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HAPPENING NOW: Support the DREAM Act
April 5, 2013

Support immigration reform and undocumented students around the country secure a pathway to citizenship today, Friday April...


Conference @ Speed: A Story of Free Bread and Collaboration
December 10, 2012

I know that maybe the last thing you want to hear right now is the C word. However, conference projects are an important...


Activism and Scholarship: A Conference Honoring Amy Swerdlow
November 21, 2012

Are you interested in global LGBT rights? What about women and racial justice? How about Occupy Wall Street? Do you like...


Cheese galore(well, kind of) – The Specialty Cheeses Lunch Review
October 25, 2012

Where to even begin while discussing the specialty cheeses lunch? It definitely did not match the cheese tortellini from...


PHIL Project
October 16, 2012

Say you run into the Senior Gift Committee at the Pub, and they have their cupcakes and 1Card donation forms and the members...


The Tea Haus: Mysticism, Comfort, and Tea
May 7, 2012

The Sarah Lawrence Tea Haus is a mystical place on campus. Nestled in the middle of the old and new dorms as if one day it slowly...


Reassessing International Development: Sarah Lawrence Students Lead the Way
April 30, 2012

Friday, April 20 was a busy day for the College. Between Dr. Arnold Krupat’s Farewell Symposium, the Poetry Festival and the Race...


The SLC Green: The Last Mountain Screening
April 19, 2012

It’s easy, these days, to forget that things come from someplace.  Tracing the roots of a tomato can be difficult.  Thinking...


Land, Capital, and Apples: 40 Years in the Local Farming Movement
April 9, 2012

Elizabeth Ryan crossed the boundaries between activism and agriculture years before the New York Times would have published...


Sarah Lawrence Takes on Diplomacy: Model UN at Harvard
March 12, 2012

The United Nations (UN) is an enigma to many. What do we honestly know about it? With easy access to New York, we know that...