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Navigating Their Own Worlds: The Varying Experiences of Children of Divorce
Lydia sits on the bench outside of the office. The muffled sounds of the principal’s and secretary’s voices echo from behind the closed glass door. She taps her pink and white sneakers together to the rhythm of the clock that hangs on the…
Theme House Corner: The Outing Club
Every year, the St. Lawrence Outing Club (OC) offers hundreds of trips and organizes dozens of campus-wide events. From Peak Weekend to the Great Titus Cool-Down, the Outing Club has been leading excursions in the North Country and beyond…
A Colorful Array of Self-Expression: The Growing Number of Tattoos Among College Kids
“Go on over and sign the waiver hun, and we’ll be all set to start,” says Lori, the tattoo artist.
Her voice is soft and calm, what she has just said was protocol and it was obvious that she had recited it many times…
Theme House Corner: L.I.G.H.T. House
What does LIGHT stand for, you may ask? Limp Infected Grotesque Homicidal Twinkie? Lint Infused Heartless Greasy Trinket? Loudly Implying Groovy Hippo Treason? Lusting Italian Goat Herbal Tentacle?
Although all of these acronyms would…
“An energy drink of anxiety and excitement…” How College Women Experience Hookup Culture
“It is exhausting getting drunk every weekend and going to the suite and trying to hook up with Matt,” Katie Bell ’17 declares, a bit exasperated, at the dining table of her townhouse. “I don’t want to do it anymore.”
Soft tea lights…
LIGHTS ON LAURENTIANS: “It’s all anyone talks about…” How Hooking Up Became So Sexy
It’s a Saturday night. Three friends prepare to go out as the last of the day’s sunlight creeps below the trees on the edge of campus. The bass of an upbeat pop song pounds in their ears from the Bluetooth speaker that is perched on the…
Theme House Corner: Commons College
I’m sitting in class Sunday evening, wearing my fleece pajamas curled up on my favorite purple couch in the common room, which seems to have lost its cushions to the previous night’s game of “floor is lava.” I listen to our professor, Josh…
LIGHTS ON LAURENTIANS: “Everyone and Their Mother Has One…” The Growing Trend of Electronic…
Will lifts the small black device to his face, drawing a deep breath from its hollow tip as he stares off into the crowded room. It’s smooth metal shell glistens in the flashing lights that blink in unison with a pounding subwoofer in the…