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News:
One of many pumpkins painted purple around campus in honor of Domestic
Violence Awareness Month. Photo by Alana Melvin.
Lawrence events honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Madeline Forman
Lawrence University is recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month throughout October. Director of Equity and Title IX Coordinator Sara Holtzman has helped organize events during this month relating to domestic violence, or DV. According to Holtzman, her role at Lawrence is to oversee processes, education and programming in relation to equity and Title IX.
Sports:
Sophomore Mikala Seymour (18) picked up four kills and a block against Carroll. Photo provided by Lawrence University Athletics.
Lawrence volleyball faces off against Carroll in domestic violence awareness match
Erica Grube
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Lawrence University Women’s Volleyball team played Carroll University at a packed home gymnasium to raise awareness for domestic violence in partnership with Harbor House domestic violence shelter.
Variety:
Gnome Whimsy
Trinity Laws
Features:
Jon Greenwald, retired senior U.S. diplomat after lecturing during the Povolny Lecture. Photo by Katie Võ.
A call to action: retired diplomat Jon Greenwald’s appeal for continued U.S. support of Ukraine
Blair Vandehey
Predicting the outcome of a conflict with stakes such as those of the war in Ukraine is a difficult feat. Yet that is just what retired senior U.S. diplomat and former Lawrence University Scarff Professor Jon Greenwald attempted to do in his Tuesday, Oct. 10 lecture, “The War in Europe – the U.S. stake in Ukraine’s success.”
Arts & Entertainment:
Boston Brass perform “Verano Porteño” by Astor Piazzolla. Photo by Kai Frueh.
Boston Brass joins Lawrence Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for thrilling evening
Alex Alden
On October 15th, the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band were joined by the Boston Brass, a nationally renowned brass quintet that includes José Sibaja and Jeff Conner on trumpet, Chris Castellanos on horn, Domingo Pagliuca on trombone and tubist William Russell.
Opinions & Editorials*:
Lab courses should be worth nine units — not six
Daryian Matthews
I remember my first week of Winter Term my sophomore year: Intro to 2D Art, Symbolic Logic and Research Methods in Psychology. While I enjoyed the courses very much, each required more dedicated time and energy than many of my other courses in prior terms. At the time, Research Methods in Psychology followed a typical Lawrence class schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday and Thursday on top of a four-hour long lab, which for me, was 8:00 a.m. until noon every Friday. Combining the seven-and-a-half hours of instruction per week of Research Methods with the two three-hour long art classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and the three and a half hours of logic problems on Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m., my total time spent in class was 17 hours a week, none of which included the time I spent on homework, projects and studying for exams.
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