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News:
It’s On Us Week to be hosted by SAASHA and SHARE
Isabel Dorn
Lawrence’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Resources & Education (SHARE) and Student Alliance Against Sexual Harassment and Assault (SAASHA) are collaborating to host It’s On Us, a series of events focused on preventing sexual assault on campus.
Sports:
Super Bowl LVII preview
Sean McLaughlin
Sunday, Feb. 12 will see the 57th annual instantiation of the NFL’s premier game take place, and the closing of another great season of professional football. The Philadelphia Eagles will meet the Kansas City Chiefs in Glendale, Ariz…
Variety:
Conversations Across the Globe
Niranjana Mittal
What happens when your group of best friends lives on four different continents? All you have to do is pick up the phone! Current technology has made it so much easier for friends to connect from thousands of miles apart. It can be the thread that maintains a bond for life. Just a few taps of your finger…
Features:
LU Unplugged events help students refrain from technology and connect with each other
The Lawrentian Staff
This reading period, events designed to help students slow down and unwind are happening across campus. From visual art tours in the Wriston Art Galleries to seed starting in Spirit Space, Makerspace crafts in the library…
Arts & Entertainment:
Movie review throwback: “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” is a near perfect adventure film
Ellie Fiorini
"Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"
4.5/5 ****-
“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), directed by Stephen Spielberg, is a historical action film about Dr. Indiana Jones…
Opinions & Editorials*:
The "girlbossification" of AOC
Isabel Dorn
When U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) won her seat in New York’s 14th congressional district in 2019, she became one of the most polarizing figures in the United States. To many, the rise of a young, working-class woman of color from the Bronx signaled a new age of politics…
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