News:
First-year Angelina Larrea (left) and Dorn (right) offer coffee and tea to passersby. Photo provided by Lawrence University.
Lawrence University Community Council hosts first annual LUCC Week of events
Blair Vandehey
From Monday, April 8 to Friday, April 12, the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) hosted its first LUCC Week of events. LUCC President junior Isabel Dorn said the week was designed as a chance for the student body and LUCC to connect in a more informal environment to foster greater connection between LUCC members and the rest of the student body.
Sports:
Van Lannen served on the coaching staff at UW-Madison before coming to Lawrence. Photo provided by Lawrence University Athletics.
Van Lannen chosen as women’s head volleyball coach
Mary Boyle
Jeffrery Van Lannen will become the newest addition to the women’s volleyball program as the head coach for the 2024 season. He has high aspirations to elevate the program within the Midwest conference.
Variety:
Unvaluable
Anna Dlugi
Why am I writing this? Because a) it might be helpful for prospective Londoners and b) it gives me another chance to rave about my time in London. It’s true that everyone has different experiences studying abroad; even in my own circle, I’ve heard of varying experiences. You don’t have to love it. You don’t even have to do it. But, if you are considering doing it, and you want to hear from someone who loved it, you’re in the right place.
Features:
Fiddle Club: tunes in the market
Blair Vandehey
Amongst all the sights and sounds of the downtown Appleton farmer’s market, you may have noticed a group of Lawrence students drawing their bows back and forth across their instruments and festive folk music filling the air. These are the students of the Fiddle Club, an organization that president and fifth-year Kiara Didier says is dedicated to providing a space for students to engage with fiddle music on a deep — and yet relaxed — level.
Arts & Entertainment:
Sydney Closson performing a 1700s French horn piece wearing “the 1700s equivalent of COVID sweatpants.” Photo by Alex Stanger.
Student lecture-recital: Sydney Closson
Anna Dlugi
On Friday, April 5 at 6 p.m., Sydney Closson gave her lecture-recital in Harper Hall. A junior from the studio of Ann Ellsworth, Closson is a candidate for the Bachelor of Arts in music and geosciences. She performed two solo pieces and two duets, the first with the sophomore Isaac Keith on baroque horn, and the second with junior Lauren Coon on natural horn. All of her pieces were accompanied by pianist Catherine Walby, Teacher of Piano and Lecturer of Music.
Opinions & Editorials*:
A piano in the Lawrence Conservatory. Photo provided by Alex Stanger.
Letter from the excited new Op-Ed section editor
Sophia Lewis
I am writing to you an edition late. Two weeks ago, as spring break sat in my rearview mirror, and a meeting with The Lawrentian Editorial Board sat in my schedule ahead of me, I found myself having started my first term as editor of the Opinions and Editorials section with about an hour and a half of training under my belt, from the great fifth year Evan Ney, who all of a sudden wasn’t there to tell me what to do.
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