Highlights from this week’s edition of The Lawrentian. Read the full paper on our website or in print.
News:
Student orgs collaborate to improve Sustainable Menstrual program
Blair Vandehey
Through the collaborative efforts of the Student Welfare Committee (SWC), the Student Alliance Against Sexual Harassment and Assault (SAASHA), the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) Sustainability Committee, and the Lawrence University Environmental Organization, various changes…
Sports:
Weekend ice hockey recap
Eli Wunderlich
Men’s and women’s ice hockey had a busy weekend with a total of four games in three different locations: Appleton, Fond Du Lac and Hancock, MI.
Women’s ice hockey faced off against the Marian University Sabres at the Appleton Ice Center on Thursday. Marian scored the first goal…
Variety:
Brain Go Brrrr
Sam Forrester
Features:
The Great Midwest Trivia Competition strikes again for its 58th year
Blair Vandehey
Lawrence, one of the first universities established in Wisconsin, hosts a great number of long-standing traditions. Many of them date back decades and are still annually held on campus. While the 58th Great Midwest Trivia Contest may have started in the distant past, it will commence in the not-so-distant future.
Arts & Entertainment:
“The LEGO Batman Movie”: a film self-aware of its own chaos
Ellie Fiorini
“The LEGO Batman Movie,” 2017, is an animated film directed by Chris McKay. The story follows Gotham’s vigilante hero, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Will Arnett), as he struggles to defeat the Joker (Zack Galifianakis) and navigate parenting his accidental adoptee…
Opinions & Editorials*:
The power and precipice of social media
Isabel Dorn
Over the past few years, conversations about the effects of social media on society have been taking pop culture by storm. Almost every teen magazine or website features articles urging people to take a “social media detox” and make more time for in-person interactions. We frequently draw connections…
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