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So Long, Farewell,Tampons
Reader, do me a favor. Before continuing, name in your head some basic necessities. Food is the first thing that comes to mind, right? Water. Shelter. Clothes are optional. Healthcare. Still searching? Wait! What about feminine…
SLU Woman Attends Media Gala in New York City
Peering out of the cab, I wondered if the driver had heard me correctly. As if he was reading my mind, he stops, turns around and says “130 Bowery Street.” I skeptically think ‘I guess this is it.’ I step out in my black cocktail dress,…
Theme Houses Turnover for 2016
Theme houses are tight knit communities, but every semester they suffer turnover as members go abroad or graduate. The majority of member changes occur at the end of the school year when seniors graduate and rising sophomores are…
Treat Yo Mama Well: DIY Dorm Room Kombucha
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I love my mom like the rest of us, but this weekend I tragically found not only my mom, but two of my housemates’ moms, with horrific fungal infections on the top shelf of my closet. The kind moms sat…
Inbox SOS: IT Slams the Spam at SLU
In the digital age, it sometimes feels as if nothing is sacred, private, or out of the reach of pesky advertisers and solicitors, including our personal inboxes.
Various faculty members at St. Lawrence University were plagued by these…
A Tuber-iffic Potato Palooza at the Green House
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Many St. Lawrence students are members of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share, work on farms for their CBLs, or head out to farm simply for the joy of playing in the dirt. Our CSA shares boasting…
What is PC? Racial Tensions on the Rise in the North Country
A cartoon published in the SUNY Plattsburgh student newspaper has acted as the catalyst for teachers and students to discuss racial stereotypes at St. Lawrence University. It shows an African-American male walking through an economically…
Pumpkin Ponderings: A Green House Column
The leaves have been blazing for weeks up here in the North Country, and as they begin to fall softly to the ground with each passing breeze, another shade of orange has begun to emerge. In your transit to and from campus over fall break,…