News:
YDSA plans to take steps forward towards their Plan B initiative. Logo provided by James Curry.
YDSA launching Bodily Autonomy campaign
Maika Lansing
The Lawrence University chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) is launching a Bodily Autonomy campaign. The campaign focuses on providing free Plan B and an end to deadnaming transgender Lawrentians on databases such as Microsoft Outlook.
Sports:
Wunderlich at the Conference Championship. Photo provided by the Lawrence University Athletics Department.
Staff feature: Eli Wunderlich
Eli Wunderlich
Hi! My name is Eli, and I’m a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio. My majors are environmental science and music, my minors are French and dance, and I run cross country and track.
Variety:
Björklunden Sunrise
Alex Stanger
Björklunden at sunrise. Photo by Alex Stanger.
Features:
Photo of CCE Director Rachel Flom. Photo provided by Rachel Flom.
CCE Director Rachel Flom: Advocating for community engagement
Blair Vandehey
“It takes a village,” said Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Social Change (CCE) Rachel Flom on changing a community through service. This firm belief of collective engagement has been at the heart of Flom’s volunteering endeavors at Lawrence and beyond.
Arts & Entertainment:
French & Francophone Studies Department: Senegalese film event”
Jasmine Moldenhauer
On Jan. 28, students from the Lawrence University French & Francophone Studies Department got together for a Senegalese film event, where they watched “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” (2008). This film was selected, in particular, to promote the French & Francophone Seminar in Dakar, Senegal that is hosted every other year; it is a study abroad opportunity like no other, allowing students to immerse themselves into a language, culture and perspective extraordinarily different from their own.
Opinions & Editorials*:
Tales from the world’s greatest ice-cream eater
Evan Ney
There comes a point in just about every child’s life when they encounter a force far greater than themselves and gain some valuable perspective on how big and scary the world really is. After years of parents letting them win in board games and races, everyone eventually comes up against an ornery older cousin, or a stubborn grandfather or a family friend who doesn’t bother with the act.
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