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February 18, 2008
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Seniors: Reminder the 2008 Senior Class Dinner with Trustees is Friday, February 22, 6:00 -8:00 p.m. in Newell Lobby and Burkman Gymnasium. RSVP by e-mailing sjjohnson@stlawu.edu.
Campus Alert: We issued a security alert this morning regarding a sexual assault that occurred on Sunday, February 10, reported to Security on Sunday, February 17. Read the Alert.
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Campus
News
 The Contemporary Issues Forum Presents: "Why White Kids
Love Hip-Hop: Wangsters, Wiggers and Wanabees, The New Reality of
Race in America"
Bakari Kitwana, author and co-founder of the National Hip-Hop
Political Convention, will give a talk titled "Why White Kids
Love Hip-Hop: Wangsters, Wiggers and Wanabees, The New Reality of
Race in America" at St. Lawrence University
on Tuesday, February 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Eben Holden. The event, part of the
University's Contemporary Issues Forum, is open to the public, free of charge.For more |
 'African Heritage' Organ
Recital Offered At St. Lawrence
Organist Sondra Goldsmith
Proctor will offer a free concert celebrating "Our African
Heritage" on Friday, February 22, in Gunnison Memorial Chapel
at St. Lawrence University. The recital, open to the public free
of charge, is designed to be enjoyed by people during the lunch hour,
and so begins at 12:15 p.m. and ends promptly at 12:55 p.m. Those
attending are welcome to bring along a "brown bag" lunch.For more |
| The fifth annual gospel music workshop
and concert, featuring Grammy and Stellar Award-nominated Chicago
Mass Choir member William R. Hamilton, will take place Thursday through
Saturday, February 21 through 23, at St. Lawrence University.For more |
 Jonathan
Cardinal '08 Named To USA Today College All-Stars
Jonathan Cardinal '08, of Ogdensburg,
NY, has been named to the 2008 All-USA College Academic Third Team, USA
Today's recognition program for outstanding undergraduates.For more |
 Michaela
Stewart '08 Is NYS Assembly Intern
Michaela Stewart '08, of Averill
Park, NY, is participating in the New York State Assembly Internship
Program during the spring 2008 semester.For more |
 Psychology
Honorary Society Inducts 15 New Members
Psi Chi, the psychology honorary
society, inducted 15 new members in its spring 2008 ceremony. For
more |
Film: Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide
A screening of the documentary film Unrepentant: Kevin Annett
and Canada's Genocide will be held at St. Lawrence University
on Tuesday, February 26, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 of the Griffiths
Arts Center, followed by a conversation with Annett. The event
is open to the public, free of charge. For more |
St.
Lawrence in the News
 A study conducted by Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela Thacher,
showing that students who pull all-nighters also have lower grade-point
averages, was cited in the February 11 column by Yvonne Fournier,
which runs on the Scripps Howard News Service wire. Fournier is
an educator who gives advice on youngsters and hometown; the column
was a response to a reader who sought advice about her teenage
son who's a "night owl." |
 Appleton Arena staff
Joe Prashaw, Glen Dibble, Gabe Szafranski, Shawn Wright and Roger
Woodard are pictured and highlighted in the "Industry Spotlight" column
in the January/February 2008 issue of Rink Magazine; the
column is a q-and-a with Prashaw, facilities manager for athletics.
For more
Laurentians In the News |
Saints
Athletics
 The
men's and women's track teams both won Liberty League indoor track
titles Saturday at Newell Field House. Women's hockey swept a home
weekend from Yale and Brown, while the men lost to Yale and Brown
on the road. Men's basketball earned a share of the liberty league
title by knocking off Hobart and Hamilton. The women avenged two
of their three previous Liberty League losses by sweeping Hamilton
and William Smith, clinching a playoff spot.
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Web
Site Updates and Features
NEW podcast! Listen to the report of SLU students as they watched and commented on Super Tuesday. Visit SLU Live!
Blogging from Vienna: Keep up with Zoe Bludevich '09 as she blogs from Vienna. Here's a sample: Vienna has begun to feel like home, or at least a European home. I have settled into a daily routine, joined a gym, and feel more like a resident rather than a tourist. I knew I was adjusted when I returned this past weekend from a trip to Amsterdam and all I wanted to do was get “home” and fall into my bed. This past weekend when I was asked where I was from I had to pause and think about it; was I from Vienna, New York or Vermont? Read more!
We're on Facebook! Network, find friends, announce events on the new SLU Facebook page, which already has 574 fans. Check us out on Facebook (you need a Facebook account of your own to see ours) and MySpace (with 752 friends on this social networking space).
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Singers performing our school songs, recording of the Bacheller
Memorial Chimes, links to our admissions video, our podcasts,
our photo albums, our student blogs, and our Web cam.
Student, faculty and alumni profiles: Every other month, we post about 30 new profiles of students, faculty and alumni. We've been posting profiles for over two years and more than 350 profiles are available throughout the Web site. You'll find profiles in such pages as Graduates, Faculty, Students, Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Research Opportunities, and many more. |
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