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St. Lawrence to Address Widening Budget Gap
Due to a widening budget gap, St. Lawrence University plans on reducing expenditures and raising revenue by $12 million over the next three years. “You can’t sustain a situation where your expenses are growing faster than your revenue, and…
Second-Ever TEDxStLawrenceU Event Focuses on Truth
This past Saturday, February 3, 2018, eight speakers— Gabriella Gurney ’18, Grace Wetzel ’19, Jeff Maynes, Kelly O’Connell ’08, Mougheis Umar ’20, Ndirangu Warugongo ’18, Peter Bailey ’82, and Thomas Elcock ’18 – took to the stage in Gulick…
CNN Report Reveals Slavery in Libya
In 2011, NATO backed an effort to take down the dictatorship of Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi, who had previously ran the country of Libya for 40 years. At the time, the overthrow of Gaddafi seemed to finally rid a country of an…
Nunes Memo Sparks Lively Debate in Washington
The House Intelligence Committee voted to release The Nunes memo last week, which sent Washington into yet another heated debate. The Nunes memo is a government document which alleges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used…
US Olympic Committee Faces Allegations of Sexual Assault Cover-Up
Following the Larry Nassar trial, all 18 members of the board of United States Gymnastics were forced to resign due to the board’s unwillingness to stop Nassar’s sexual abuse of gymnasts. The trials of serial child molester, Larry Nassar,…
Spring Semester Writers Series Commences
Thursday, February 1 marked the beginning of St. Lawrence University’s spring semester Writers Series in Sykes Common Room.
Okey Ndibe, 2017-2018 Viebranz Professor of Creative Writing at SLU, was the first of four writers to present this…
Ferocious Flu Strain Hits St. Lawrence Campus
SLU flu season is upon us again, and this year’s strain is already the most widespread flu on record in the past 13 years. It has caused the death of 37 children in the United States, more than normal for this early in the flu season.…
The Ongoing Project of Sustainability at SLU
St. Lawrence University advertises itself as having embraced sustainability as a core value. It does so, according to the Office of Sustainability page, through working to implement projects to fulfill the goals in its Climate Action Plan,…