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One of SLU’s most iconic traditions, Raft Day, returned last Saturday. This event on the first Saturday of the fall semester involves students journeying to the Grasse River right across the road from our home. They venture for a day of…

Carter Rowley is sticking a giant thermometer into a pile of what looks like dirt. “Right here, I just turned this pile. Can you smell it?” Rowley asks. I think it smells like wood. But Rowley says there’s a lot more to it than that:…

*Takes the stand to a cheering audience* Thank you, thank you folks it’s great to be here, truly You are the best people, possibly the best there ever was! (Crowd screams “we love you!”) You’re too much, you’re too much, thank you thank…

In October 2018, amidst mounting pressure from faculty, students and alumni, President Fox sent an email to the St. Lawrence community overtly rejecting a petition to revoke the honorary degree of U.S. Senator Susan Collins ’75. Fox…

Veronica “Roni” Zabala, Features Editor: I have no idea what I’m doing after graduation, but my most recent interviewer said I was “a great writer,” and I can thank The Hill News for that! So thank you Hill News for looking great on my…

According to ancient university lore, New York State law sees any sorority house with more than a certain number of female residents as a potential brothel. Luckily for St. Lawrence University sororities, there is a loophole. If they all…

Only 51 percent of SLU students have ever been tested for an STI in their lifetime, and only 33 percent have been tested for HIV. These statistics are from a survey I conducted for my SYE. People ages 15–24 are at a much higher risk for…

Diversity was on display at St. Lawrence University on Saturday as the week-long Latin American celebration ended with Carnival, which was put on by La Sociedad. Amid music, stilt walkers, bright costumes and performers, SLU students got a…