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By Karen Blakelock and Brenda Winn Staff Writers On January 28, the Hill News sent out a survey requesting student opinions on the Thelomathesian Society. Only 21% of students expressed that they fully understand how the SLU Student…

Earlier this year, I wrote a fun little article about death .  Now I am writing an article about life.  Isn’t that nifty?  I really just wanted to showcase my liberal arts education the best way I could and what’s more liberal arts…

By JENNA MEAD GUEST WRITER In an attempt to take the most productive break from your studies, I would like to recommend the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1968) to you for your viewing pleasure (available for streaming on Netflix). I came…

By LEIGH VASSALLO COLUMNIST In honor of forty years at Studio 8h in 30 Rockefeller Center, Lorne Michaels put together a three and a half hour special commemorating and celebrating all of our favorite sketches and alums to come out of…

Red is a Part of the Rainbow too Last Tuesday, hundreds of students and faculty rushed down to the Sullivan student center to donate blood to the American Red Cross blood bank. I was late to the party and I didn’t get a…

By JAQUI COLT COLUMNIST At this point in my second-semester senior career, being thoroughly dedicated to drinking local, some brew-tour buddies and I decided to hit up another brewery after skiing.  This one, I am telling you, is well…

A state of emergency was declared in Kanawha and Fayette counties in West Virginia on Monday in response to a train derailment carrying, millions of pounds of crude oil. Out of fear of contamination of the public water supply, the…

By JAKOB HAND COLUMNIST The Academy Awards, a.k.a. the Oscars, a.k.a. Hollywood’s annual pat on the back, are here once more and per usual, there is debate about who will win the big prizes. Some races are somewhat concluded already,…

By CONNOR MARTIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF     This Sunday, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and their lucky guests are going to walk the red carpet, hoping for a win that will catapult them to stardom or bring them…

BY: BEN RICHARDS STAFF WRITER Nestled in the middle of the beautiful Adirondacks, an area that I hope most students at this university are very familiar with, rests in the town of Tupper Lake. I must admit, it’s not my favorite town in…