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May 1, 2006
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Campus Events
 Twenty-nine
seniors were recognized for academic excellence at the annual Phi
Beta Kappa Spring Induction ceremony
on April 28. Phi Beta Kappa is the national honor society for the
liberal arts and sciences. The St. Lawrence chapter holds three elections
each year, the first is in August prior to students' senior year;
the second is in March after fall semester grades are posted; the
third is two days before graduation,
with the final induction ceremony planned for May 20 at 3 pm. |
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"1856": Senior Year Research on the Economics and History
of SLU and the North Country, will be presented on Wednesday, May
10 at 4:30 p.m. in Herring-Cole. This course is a combined history
and economics senior seminar, to explore the early years of SLU, both
in terms of the university itself and the surrounding area, as part
of the University’s Sesquicentennial
celebration. Professors Horwitz and Regosin created the course
with these questions in mind: : “Why SLU?” and “Why
here?” This semester, students read general texts on the history,
both economic and general, of the era and each student has done archival
research at the SLCHA, the Town of Canton, and SLU. The May 10 session
will feature five oral presentations and posters by all 17 participants.
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 "Obsessive
Consumption," a public art event, will take place at the new
Cuca's restaurant, 25 Court Street in Canton, on Friday, May 5, from
5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, May 6, from 8 to 11 p.m. For
more
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 A
team from Hugh C. Williams High School in Canton won the 62nd Annual
Pi Mu Epsilon Interscholastic Mathematics Contest, held recently at
St. Lawrence University and sponsored by the University's mathematics,
computer science and statistics department and the local chapter
of Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honorary.
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Sesquicentennial
News:
Laurentians familiar with St. Lawrence history know the
fundamentals of Olympia Brown’s life: first woman student
in the Theological School – first woman graduate of any theological
school – first woman to be accorded full ordination by a denomination
in America – leading suffragist.
It all sounds neat and clean. But, as always with pioneers, it
wasn’t. Olympia Brown spent her life fighting prejudice. As
tempting as it is to say that her presence at St. Lawrence indicates
the progressive nature of the institution, which has famously been
coeducational since its start, in fact many of its leaders were
uncertain about admitting her, and quite certain in their opposition
to her being ordained. Read
more about Olympia Brown and plan to attend Reunion,
at which Janet Hartzell Bowering '52 will present a costumed monologue
about this pioneering leader.
Write your best wishes to SLU on its 150th birthday and
your greetings to the people who'll celebrate our 200th birthday
in 2056. Send your birthday wishes to St. Lawrence and future Laurentians
through our Web
link.
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