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Don’t Go Bacon My Heart
Bacon lovers’ hearts sunk when headlines everywhere buzzed that the popular and delicious meat causes cancer. Bacon, hotdogs, sausages and other processed meats were categorized as major causes of cancer by the World Health Organization…
Finding Home (One Year Late)
Approximately one in three students will transfer at some point in their college experience, making it a common process. While it may be a smooth transition for some, others find the college experience to be a hard, painful adjustment.…
What’s up with SLU’s Negawatt Challenge?
Watt is Negawatt anyway? Negawatt is a statewide electricity reduction competition between six colleges: Skidmore, Union, Colgate, Hobart and William Smith, Hamilton, and SLU. The competition begins Sunday, November 1st and concludes…
U.S. – Russian Tension Increases on the East Coast and in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin could never be accused of tepidness or hesitance. His challenges to U.S. operations in the Middle East, specifically in Syria, as well as Russian Naval movement in the Atlantic Ocean, have high-level…
Robert Mugabe Nominated for Peace Prize from Beijing
In one of the stranger headlines of the week, President of Zimbabwe and head of the African Union, Robert Mugabe, was nominated for the Confucius Peace Prize, China’s equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize, last Thursday. Other candidates for…
We Meat Again, BTB
Katie McGarrity
Burger-lovers all over St. Lawrence County were disappointed when Between the Buns in Potsdam closed last Tuesday. According to the Watertown Daily Times, the restaurant was seized due to “unpaid sales tax revenues,” coming…
The Search for Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs
This Fall, St. Lawrence is beginning its search for a candidate to fill the position of Vice President of the University and Dean of Academic Affairs. Within the University’s governance structure, this position is one of the highest…
Spamming St. Lawrence
At St. Lawrence University e-mail spam has been a hot topic among faculty after they received an increase of spam in the weeks before mid-semester break. Spam is unwanted messages that are often sent for the purpose of advertising or…