SLU

Yes, only 9 more days until the whole first-year class arrives on campus for the first time. Students have already begun to trickle back to campus for athletics but it's time for everyone to come back. August has been a quiet month; the summer fellows left at the beginning of the month, sports camps are over, and all of the dining facilities have been closed. The lull of August has gone on long enough though and I'm ready to dive headlong into my senior year.

Hard to believe though that once the year begins, there is no turning back.

While out on tour or just wandering around SLU's campus, I often wonder
which buildings people claim as their favorites. With such a beautiful
campus, there's no way we could limit it down to just one. So I thought
I'd poll the office and see what buildings made the favorites list among
the admissions crew. 

Here's what they said:

A day after I summited the second highest peak in New York State, I sit sore and tired. My legs ached from miles of walking uphill, and I am exhausted from waking up at 6 am to leave for the high peak region of the Adirondacks. As I nurse my swollen feet, a map lays open upon the table. The ache has not yet gone away, and I am already planning my next trip, this time for the highest peak of Mt. Marcy, which I stared at in jealous want from the top of Algonquin.                    

                                   

      In a speech I gave to admitted students during a visit days in late April, I tried to convey what is unique about being a part of St. Lawrence University. I mentioned but failed to fully explain the feeling of place St. Lawrence students experience when pulling off route 11 into Canton.