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By Raquell Muniz  On April 2, 2016, the Center for Civic Engagement came together with Volunteer Services from St. Lawrence University to host our annual Kick It For A Cause event. This year, the recipient was 17-year-old high school…

Heroin use is a growing problem in North Country, drawing the attention of government officials and law enforcement. As a result, Assemblymember Addie Russell is proposing new legislation to combat heroin abuse in St. Lawrence…

Photo via The Guardian Authorities are investigating Prince’s death with a focus on the role that painkillers may have played into his premature demise, according to a published report from Fox News on Tuesday. Prince’s death came about a…

Photo via Brenda Winn '17 I was told countless times that studying abroad was going to be the best experience of my life, and I really believed that this was true. I pictured myself going out to clubs, and eating all sorts of new food,…

Photo via Huffington Post “I’m sorry Mr. Jackson, I am fo’ real .” On Wednesday, April 20, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced that Harriet Tubman would be replacing former President Andrew Jackson as the face of the 20 dollar…

The CDC released a new study this past week that shows suicide rates in the United States increasing twenty-four percent over a fifteen-year period from 1999-2014. The rate is now 13.0 per 1000, up from 10.5 per 1000 in 1999. Rates had…

With warm weather comes a shedding of clothes, cares, and apparently a ton of litter. Yes, trash: butts, roaches, bottle caps, etc. Microtrash in abundance has been sprinkled over every outdoor green space where I would like to lay a picnic…

Being a Boston sports fan is one of the most rewarding things you can be. There is absolutely nothing like a Boston fan. Ask anyone who knows anything about sports — the heart and soul that is visible at a Boston game, whether that be…