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THE VOL. CXXXX NO. LAWRENTIAN8 Appleton, Wisconsin May 28, 2021 $15 Minimum Wage Movement THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS: sets agenda for coming months Family Cookout The Black Student Union (BSU) and Committee Caleb Yuan the administration in the next benefits. Staff Writer academic year, the initiative will During the conversation be- on Diversity Affairs (CODA) collaborated to host ______present their concerns to LUCC in tween the two groups, the Union an end-of-the-year cookout on May 22. The event The “Pay Us 15” initiative, the hope of gaining potential sup- of Grinnell Student Dining Work- founded by junior Barrah Sham- port, according to Freeman. Their ers offered some suggestions, such featured food, music and games held on the Quad. oon, continues its effort towards list of concerns addresses issues as focusing on a specific worker raising student workers’ mini- including the impact of a low pay demographic before expanding mum wage in Spring Term, under rate on the mental well-being of the campaign, doing mass move- the leaderships of Students for a those who come from underprivi- ment such as distributing fliers Democratic Society (SDS), Sun- leged backgrounds, decreased and holding demonstrations, as rise Appleton and Student Libera- financial aid packages for interna- well as waiting for administrative tion Front (SLF). tional students and the disparities changes in National Labor Rela- As of now, the initiative has between student’s received wage tion Board (NLRB) during this set several agendas including ap- and the cost of tuition, books, summer. Following these sugges- proaching the Lawrence Univer- clothing, food, transportation and tions, the initiative will be consol- sity Community Council (LUCC) entertainment. idating specific plans during the at the end of this academic year As part of their efforts, the “Pay summer, according to Freeman. and potentially forming a stu- Us 15” initiative reached out to the The initiative is also hoping dent worker union at Lawrence Union of Grinnell Student Din- that the incoming staff in NLRB University in the next academic ing Workers, an undergraduate will come to recognize undergrad- year, according to junior Terrance student worker union at Grinnell uate student workers, Freeman Freeman, the co-chair of SDS. The College in Grinnell, Iowa, accord- said, which is why the endeavor initiative will be consolidating ing to Freeman. The National La- to form a student labor union will more plans of action at the end of bor Relation Board (NLRB) would take place next year. Spring Term, Freeman said. not recognize an undergraduate Alongside with administrative As a recent development on student union alone, Freeman changes, the initiative remains campus, the “Pay Us 15” move- said; however, in 2016, the forma- uncertain about how Laurie Cart- ment held its first event, a -cam tion of student worker union in er, the incoming president for pus demonstration, on April 16 Grinnell was approved by NLRB Lawrence University, will stand near the Warch Campus Center, under the agreement of Grinnell on this movement in the next in order to raise awareness of this Administration. academic year. However, Free- initiative and call for the Law- According to their official web- man stated, it could be possible rence administration to increase site, the Union of Grinnell Student that Carter, as a new President, student workers’ minimum wage Dining Workers made a contract will seek to develop a close rela- to $15 per hour. They view this in- with the Grinnell Administration, tionship with the student body crease as a response to students’ which raised hourly wage for stu- and may be willing to support this financial difficulties, including dent workers to $10 per hour and movement if a considerable por- their tuition fees alongside their guaranteed experience bonuses, tion of student body is advocating academic life. grievance procedure, better food for a higher pay. Before directly approaching safety training as well as other Features Highlights: LUaroo 2021 to make history this weekend For the full piece on the music festival, submitted by the Band Booking Committee and the Committee on Diversity Affairs, flip to our features section. BBC and CODA festival highlighting BIPOC and The lineup this year features a Guest Submission LGBTQ+ artists. The two student few names that Lawrentians may ______groups then saw the opportunity remember — CJ Run performed Just like everything else this to combine forces, leading to this on campus in February 2020 at year, Lawrence’s student-run year’s lineup featuring only acts WLFM house. Minnesota trio music festival will look different that met certain criteria. Gully Boys were part of the 2018 from years past (and hopefully, “In years past, it has always LUaroo lineup. Although they from years to come). In recent been important to us that we were not announced before the years, the festival has hosted highlight performers of color festival was cancelled, Nur-D over a dozen traveling perform- and LGBTQ performers, but this and Glitter Moneyyy were slated ers on the quad over Memorial is the first time we’re giving them to perform at LUaroo in 2020. Day weekend, supported by ad- our focus exclusively,” said Geor- This year’s virtual lineup also in- ditional performances by Law- gia Greenberg ‘20, festival co-di- cludes Bradie Blaze, Fana Hues, rence students. rector from 2018-2020 and cur- Kelechi and Sammy Rae & The One big change this year is rent alumni advisor. “In order to Friends. the festival’s partnership with not be tokenizing to artists, it is In addition to the new book- the Committee on Diversity Af- (ABOVE) Attendees approach the table where the cookout’s food is being served. important to have a real curios- ing strategy, the festival will be Photo by Alana Melvin. fairs (CODA). The student group ity about what’s out there now. partially virtual. On Saturday, approached the LUaroo organiz- (MIDDLE) Students form a line as they start to dance to the music. The lineup is entirely selected by May 29, Lawrentians around the Photo by Alana Melvin. ers, the Band Booking Commit- Lawrence students, and we get to globe can join the livestream o tee (BBC), for advice when they look deeply and get excited about (TOP) Senior Shaun Brown grills food for the cookout. Photo by Alana Melvin. wanted to create their own music all the artists we find and invite.” See page 7

Sports Variety Features A&E Op-Ed Milo, the calf, & Weight Photo Feature by Astra Universal Heartthrob: Department of Theatre Arts We should absolutely Training Theory Medeiros Kevin Goggins performs The Domino Effect continue debating... PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 PAGE 10 THIS WEEK 2 NEWS May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN Viking Room reopens patio seating to on-campus students Luther Abel that have some worried about the Staff Writer danger of COVID-19 spread at the ______VR. In a poll of 129 students post- Shuttered since the end of Win- ed in the Lawrence Shoutbox Face- ter Term 2020, the doors to the book group, the most frequently Viking Room — Lawrence’s bar raised concern was that of mask- and social meeting place — were lessness combined with proximity thrown open to student patronage among the attendees. There was on May 12. Fourteen months have passed since the last droughts To view the VR’s were poured in that space. Instagram account While the Viking Room has scan the QR code: been the home to pints and con- versations on-campus many a night since 1969, the world has changed in the past year, and so the Viking Room has changed with it. According to the VR’s staff supervisor Greg Griffin, social dis- tancing, masking indoors, limited capacity and outdoor-only seating are the rules for the Spring Term 2021 in order to keep the doors worry that the VR’s opening was open and students healthy. premature and should be pushed When VR leadership was look- to next school year. ing for the optimal time to reopen, However, for many other Law- Customers wait while bartenders prepare drinks at the Viking Room’s newly reopened bar. Griffin said, campus safety was a rentians, the VR’s opening ap- Photo by Pei Robins. key consideration. The conclusion pears to be a welcome move that they came to was to wait until Wis- allows them to socialize and enjoy consin’s weather would allow for the warming of Wisconsin. 88 per- patron comfort outdoors, where cent of those polled favored the Weekly updates on the the possibilities of transmission opening. status of COVID-19 at COVID-19 are most reduced, according to “I think it’s great that [the VR] Griffin. reopened,” senior Hannah Rauch Lawrence Per Griffin, those returning to ON CAMPUS said. “I know that many seniors the VR after its hiatus will find the have been desperate to reconnect patio furnished with added seating before we graduate and this gives and tents to offer some protection us a safe place to socialize…[this from inclement weather, particu- could] be used as an incentive to TESTS TOTAL POSITIVE larly spring rains. get vaccinated, especially if they ACTIVE CASES: Veteran bartender, senior Zoe CONDUCTED: CASES: open up the inside for fully vacci- Adler was likewise optimistic nated students.” about the reopening. To the possibility of indoor Total LU tests: Active LU cases: Total LU cases: “It has gone very well,” Adler seating opportunities, Griffin 20,847 0 144 said. “[The staff] have all done an thought September was feasible excellent job adjusting to current but dependent on the status of circumstances. Rules have been COVID-19 cases. Total Appleton tests: Active Appleton cases: Total Appleton cases: implemented for everyone’s safety For those on the fence about 50,931 91 8,801 such as moving to entirely outdoor visiting the VR, Adler considers it seating with a maximum capacity the safest option for those looking of 48, limits to how many people to go to a bar. can sit at a table - four if vacci- “[People] should do whatever We are in: Limited cases nated and two if not - and keeping they feel most comfortable with,” a cap on the number of people in Adler said. “However, if you walk Isolation and the bar.” along College Avenue, it’s obvious GREEN Adler added that while some that there are no bars safer than quarantine spaces students have resisted following the VR in operation right now. I LIGHT available the rules, these individuals were think if you are itching to get out asked to leave. She explained that with your friends, your best bet In-person classes and activities continue violators receive verbal warnings would be the VR, which has been and will ultimately be ousted if as planned, up to half of non-essential set up to make social distancing they do not heed the staff. possible.” employees can work on campus. It’s rule violations such as these

*data reported as of May 25 Title IX transition continues, new interim coordinator begins work Emily Zuniga in Title IX and student conduct higher education address their worked at a variety of private Now, along with the previously faculty and staff are trained on Staff Writer and recently completed her Clery Act and Title IX obliga- and public institutions and stated roles, the Coordinator of Title IX. Compton is also work- ______term as President of the As- tions.” Because of this demon- that the majority of her higher Equity & Title IX Coordinator ing on revising the interim Title ____ sociation for Student Conduct strated expertise, Barrett said, education experience has fo- will also be responsible for en- IX policy in hopes of making it On May 6, Vice President Administration.” Compton was the perfect fit for cused on work within student suring that Lawrence’s current permanent this summer. of Diversity and Inclusion and Barrett said that the office of the interim position. conduct and Title IX. processes and policies address Barrett hopes to have the Associate Dean of the Fac- Diversity and Inclusion was al- According to Compton, the Additionally, the responsi- multiple types of discrimina- search for the new Coordina- ulty Dr. Kimberly Barrett an- ready working with Grand Riv- transition process into the role bilities of the Coordinator of tion, said Barrett. tor of Equity & Title IX Coor- nounced that Martha Compton er Solutions to review a variety of Interim Coordinator of Eq- Equity & Title IX Coordinator Further, Compton said that dinator concluded by August or will serve as the Interim Coor- of Lawrence’s policies, calling uity & Title IX Coordinator has position have been expanded, as Interim Coordinator of Eq- September. As of May 13, the dinator of Equity & Title IX Co- their knowledge of education, been going smoothly. Compton according to Barret. Previously, uity & Title IX Coordinator, search committee, made up of ordinator. Compton is the Di- human resources and law quite has over 20 years of experience the main responsibilities of the she has been focused on re- students, faculty and staff, was rector of Strategic Partnerships extensive and impressive. Ac- in higher education with her position included coordinating sponding to reports, helping in the process of conducting and Client Relations at Grand cording to their website, Grand most recent position being the the Title IX process, inform- to ensure that students have preliminary interviews. River Solutions. In the email, River Solutions works to “bring Dean of Students at Concor- ing the campus community resources, making sure stu- Barrett stated that Compton “is systemic change to how school dia University Texas. Comp- about Title IX and connecting dents understand their rights a nationally recognized expert districts and institutions of ton further stated that she has students with support services. and options and ensuring that Publication Note: Due to spatial constraints, we were unable to feature staff members in print. Please keep an eye on our Instagram account, @the_lawrentian, to see our final staff features of the term. May 28, 2021 SPORTS 3 THE LAWRENTIAN A picture of the UFC’s lightweight division Unusual Sports: Antonio Gonzalez fight, McGregor would take a year now champion Oliveira and now 3rd Columnist and a half hiatus from the sport. With ranked Beneil Dariush. Gaethje was The world of zorbing ______the money-making superstar out of now next on the list to fight Khabib. course or you may hit a weird bounce The UFC is the premier MMA Kelli Quick the picture, other stars in the light- The matchup between Gaethje Columnist and go flying off in a different direc- organization in the world which hosts weight division were building up their and Khabib was highly anticipated, ______tion. These events can also be held on international talent on the biggest resumes and arguments for title con- but the match was short lived. The ramps not just hills, both wood and stage week in and week out. The UFC This sport is quite simple: You tention. first round saw Gaethje land some metal, but really you just need some has been home to some of the most climb into a big inflated ball and just Dustin Poirier was next in line to significant strikes to Khabib in the kind of slope. However, this sport is brutal, entertaining, talented and leg- let yourself roll down a hill. Some- face Khabib. Poirier was on a 4-fight form of both punches and leg-kicks, also popular to be held in water. The endary fighters to ever step inside times the person is harnessed into the win-streak against some of the top but the pressure and grappling abil- aim of this sport is to be as adventur- the octagon. Home to 8 men’s weight ball, but it is not required. The history contenders in the division and got his ity from Nurmagomedov was too ous and as creative as possible in order divisions and 4 women’s divisions, of zorbing dates back to when ham- chance at a belt, but unfortunately for much for Gaethje (as it has been for to be the first at the finish line, howev- each division is home to its respec- ster balls were invented in the 1970s. Poirier, a dominant crazy Dagestani every other fighter). Gaethje went to er, like all sports there are some rules. tive champion and contenders. But The balls were traditionally made for man named Khabib put an end to his sleep early in the second round to In recent years, a lot of injuries have there is one division in the UFC that small rodent pets. Although the first run. But being that it’s only a loss to a triangle choke. Khabib announced questioned the existence of the game. seems to be home to the best fighters instance of Zorbing was recorded in an undefeated champion, Poirier has his retirement at 29-0 and set the In 2009, a person died with another in terms of skill and brutality. The the 1980s when the Dangerous Sports been able to get two more wins under MMA world alight. Speculations to one severely injured when their zorbs men’s lightweight division is home Club constructed a hollow sphere of his belt and now sits at the 1st ranked the new matchups to be made and went out of track in the Czech Repub- to some of the most dangerous men 23 meters with a space for placing fighter in the division, second to the how the division will now look were lic. After repetitive deadly incidents, at 155lbs from precise, hard-hitting two chairs inside it. Since then it has current champion. His most recent on all media reports. Gaethje, Poirier the Russian authorities introduced strikers to some of the best grapplers evolved in the mid 1990’s to what is win came in the form of a massive and Mcgregor were all ready to pos- safety laws for the sport in 2013. Since in the sport. known as Zorbing! David and Andrew upset against a returning McGregor sibly contend for the vacant title. The the participants are hurling very fast The division’s current cham- Akers came up with the idea of Zorb- who was brutally calf kicked and opportunity at the title would not see down an incline, it is illegal to bump pion is Brazil’s Charles “Do Bronx” ing in Rotorua, New Zealand. Since subsequently TKO’d by Poirier who to any of those fighters as the match- into other contestants in their bubble Oliveira, a veteran of the UFC who that time this sport has evolved and avenged his prior loss to McGregor. up was now between Oliveira, who on purpose. The participants are also has the most submission wins in the expanded globally. Their trilogy fight is set for July 10th defeated Ferguson in December of not allowed to wear any clothes that UFC with 14. Prior to Oliveira was Since 1990, the human spheres of this year. Another man who worked 2020 and was now on an 8-win streak, have zippers, and their pockets should the undefeated, and utterly dominant, have been exhibited in mass media, his way up to a long-awaited title fight and the former Bellator lightweight be emptied. Another safety issue, they Khabib Nurmagomedov whose recent when the Gladiators event “Atla- was Tony Ferguson. Ferguson won the champion: Michael Chandler. don’t want anyone’s bubble to pop retirement left the top of the division spheres” was first aired. In 1991, Jack- UFC’s ultimate fighter and proceeded A new face to the UFC, but not to mid-roll. wide open. It is a testament to the ie Chan starred in the film Armour of to tear through the division’s top fight- MMA, the 37 year-old American fight- Again for safety reasons the stan- ability of Nurmagomedov to have had God II: Operation Condor featured a ers, building up an impressive resume er “Iron” Michael Chandler boasted dard Zorb (sphere) is about 3 meter in 0 losses while competing at the high- stunt scene using a flexible plastic orb and adding to his streak. Ferguson a 21-5 record prior to coming to the diameter, which is converted to 10 feet est level of his division and the sport similar to a zorb ball. The zorb balls was set to face Nurmagomedov on 5 UFC. Chandler dominated the light- across. It has an inner diameter of 6 itself. Before Nurmagomedov took the soon became the most demanding separate occasions in his career, but weight division in Bellator and made feet 7 inches (3 meters). The outer air top spot, it was the notorious Conor sport in the world of adventurers. In the match-up kept getting cancelled his debut as the co-main event for cushion should be 50-60 cm around McGregor, who stood on top of the 1994, Zorb Limited was founded in for various medical reasons. The trend the rematch between McGregor and a rider. The thickness of zorb plastic division by defeating former UFC and New Zealand to commercialize zorb held true when Khabib became the Poirier. Chandler stunned the MMA should be around 0.8 mm, (0.03 inch- Bellator lightweight champion Eddie spheres. The prime aim of Zorb Lim- champion. The fight between the two world by knocking out Dan Hooker es thick). The orbs should be connect- Alvarez. McGregor had just become ited was to popularize the game by would never materialize and became out cold in a brutal fashion early in ed with numerous small nylon strings the UFC’s first double champion, selling more activity balls. Today, it is one of the most cursed fights in the the first round with a powerful left along with one or two entrances like a holding the lightweight and feather- popularly performed in various coun- eyes of many fans who were long- hand and cemented his place as a top tunneWorld record holders of Zorb- weight belt, which he had just taken tries. The Hill riding events are popu- ing for the matchup to come to frui- contender in the UFC. Poirier was ing. from Jose Aldo a year prior. Mcgregor lar and commonly performed in New tion. Nonetheless, Ferguson had the next in line to challenge for the title On 8th September 2019, James vacated his belt when he went on a Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, misfortune of coming against a surg- coming off a win against McGregor Duggan completed his fastest 100 me- break to care for his newborn son Phuket etc. ing Justin Gaethje, who was on a that same night but turned it down ters of zorbing in 23.21 seconds. He and to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. In This sport has opened up multiple 3-fight win streak at the time coming for the trilogy fight coming up soon. held the record for the fastest 100 me- one of the biggest PPV event of all locations in 7 different countries, in- off a rough start to his UFC career Being that fighting McGregor does ters in the Maguire Harvest Festival, time. McGregor would return from cluding the United States. Believe it or from his beginnings as lightweight bring in a bunch of money win or lose, Ireland. Rebecca Mazonson also held his loss to Mayweather to fight the not this is a sport for any age, though champion in the then World Series of it’s no surprise Poirier would turn it the world record of the fastest zorbing newest champion at the time: Khabib it seems the youth would be more will- Fighting, now known as the Premier down knowing that he’d still be next ride. She rode the zorb with a speed of Nurmagomedov. That fight itself ing to participate in this activity. A fun Fighters League. Gaethje would put in line for a title should he win against 32 mph. Later, Keith Kolver broke her would be the biggest MMA event of all fact about this sport is that the ball on a spectacularly dominant striking McGregor. record and rode a zorb with a speed time to this day. From explosive press that you use to compete, it was used performance against the indestruc- The deal was set for Oliveira to fight of 32 mph. Rebecca Mazonson holds conferences, personal bad blood, as the symbol for Russia’s 2014 Olym- tible Tony Ferguson for 5 rounds until Chandler on May 15th of this year; so, the record for the longest time spent McGregor assaulting a bus filled with pics, showing that this sport is well the ref called the fight. Unfortunately, like two weeks ago. The first round inside a zorbing ball during a zorbing fighters and Khabib jumping out the known and very popular. Ferguson has not been able to recover was one of the best rounds I had seen event. She was zippered inside a zorb cage in an all-out brawl at the end The objective is to be the first to in the win column, seeing him lose all year, with both fighters getting for straight three hours, 49 minutes of the fight between the two, that reach the finish line, so part of it is two fights since then. Although to be the leg up on another and Chandler and 6 seconds. Steve Camp holds the fight chaotically beautiful. After that speed, but also a bit of luck, for other fair to Tony, they were against the world record for the longest distance See page 5 participants could knock you off your Milo, the calf, and Weight Training Theory Sean McLaughlin amateur to world class strength athlete in a What many old- Cycling was the predominant form of the weight remains light, week two it is mod- Columnist matter of weeks. The body does have a natu- timers refer to as “solidifying the gains,” training undertaken by the uber-successful erately heavy, week three sees you repeat ______ral capacity for “newbie gains,” the (rela- constant weight training is perhaps the sim- US powerlifting team of the 80s. What this your previous best, and week four sees a new The story of Milo is a classic in Greek tively) rapid progression of muscle size and plest form of functional weight training we technique encompasses is a repetitive cycle 8 rep personal best set. Then the reo count Mythology. Milo, a famous Greek wrestler, strength in the few months after one begins know of today that sees consistent results. (hence the name) of beginning a training jumps to 5, and the process repeats, and so gained immense strength by carrying a calf strength training, but it never lasts beyond This technique involves essentially training block with lighter weights, and progres- on and so forth. World-renowned lifters like every day from its birth until it was a fully a few months, if that. The reasoning behind a given weight at a set number of reps over sively working up to heavier weights at Ed Coan and Kirk Karwoski, two of the best grown cow. The calf grew into a cow at the this is actually unknown; all evidence is and over and over again until it becomes lower reps. The block would start off at sets to ever do it, trained using cycling. Coan same rate Milo grew into a man, or so the purely empirical--that is to say, we know easy, and then moving the weight up at the of 8 or 10 reps, and over the course of 10-12 squatted over 900 lbs at a bodyweight of 220 story goes. it because we see it happen time and time same number of reps and repeating the pro- weeks, progress to heavy triples, doubles or lbs in the single ply division, while Karwoski The story of Milo is that which any- again. Prevailing theories behind the body’s cess. This is where the phrase “solidifying even singles at the tail end. Then, this pro- managed 1033 at 275 lbs bodyweight, also in one who has ever gone to the gym and tried less than ideal rate of adaptation to strength the gains” comes from: completing a new cess begins again, this time with the light- single ply equipped lifting. to grow their bench press for clout will no training surround the fatiguing of some max lift is oftentimes a one-off, a matter of est weights being slightly higher than at the Variable Loading doubt have tried to replicate. They attempt bodily endocrine mechanisms of some sort. timing rest, recovery, food and water intake, beginning of the previous block. Strength Within certain rep count parameters to replicate Milo’s journey by utilizing the To return to our example, the hormone pro- and stress to be at optimal levels simultane- was built by gradually fatiguing the mus- over the course of a given period of time old method of just adding five pounds every duction necessary to fuel muscle and ner- ously, or else the weight doesn’t go up. A lift cles and aforementioned endocrine mecha- (for example, a program may call for a total week. The logic is simple; if I add five vous system adaptation at the necessary rate I make today, I could have missed yester- nisms, only to relent when they had been of 250 reps of deadlift cumulatively across pounds this week, it’s a very small jump, to bench five pounds more per week eventu- day. But if I consistently train my five-rep pushed to the limit to being again with newly one month, at an average of 75% of maximal my body can handle it and next week I will ally cannot stand up to the rate necessary to max, for example, achieving it weekly every gained size and strength. Russian scientists effort/intensity. These numbers were deter- have gotten stronger so another five pounds allow for the following week’s additional five single week for 10 weeks, then by the end of have made the discovery that the endocrine mined empirically through experimentation will be no sweat, and soon I’ll be absolutely pounds. So instead, humans have learned a that period I will be comfortable completing systems that I’ve already spoken so much by studying the top performing Russian massive. Except as any kinesiologist or expe- number of techniques to better maximize that set on any given day, and my five-rep about can tolerate two out of four weeks Olympic lifters throughout the course of rienced gym bro will tell you, this theory is the body’s ability to adapt and grow, result- max weight will have increased. Now, I am every month of hard training before they five consecutive Olympic cycles, or 20 years’ nonsense. The human body is not capable ing in the modern day feats of strength at stronger. This is constant weight training become fatigued. So over the course of a 12 worth of data), training loads from one given of adaptation at such rapid rates as to allow which we find ourselves left speechless. in a nutshell. week program, the first four weeks could period to the subsequent period, i.e. day to for someone to go from a relatively weak Constant Weight Training Cycling consist of training sets of 8 reps. In week 1, See page 5 4 VARIETY May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN Spacemart To jorts or not to jorts By Kelly Foy By Rachel Robrecht As the temperatures start rising, going to be part of the jorts move- Previously: After getting to “I don’t care,” she says, stubborn. Zander answers for her. the long pants are being put away ment. HOWEVER, they didn’t fit, know more about Waylen and “You guys are nice to me. And I’d “Oh, come on, when we were her in the closet. Mostly, I’m ecstatic. and I tried to make em’ fit too. Real Zander’s past, Ethel learned that rather be a fugitive on the run with a age—” Winter and COVID really were tak- hard. They just squeezed me in all the Zander left their protest group after couple of terrorists than Spacemart’s Zander ignores him, pressing his ing an intense toll on me. However, wrong places. They’re wearable but Waylen accidentally bombed civil- human property.” backpack into Ethel’s arms. “Just stay one qualm I have is that I don’t know most certainly not my first choice. ians. Pursing his lips, Zander says, here, okay? This should only take a which shorts are in style. Right? Is At this point I was quite melan- “Pack light,” and Ethel pumps her fist minute.” anyone else having this issue? Like… choly. I had just dropped a significant There’s a written transmission in the air. She jumps at the blaster shots I feel as if I have the perfect winter amount of cashola on these illusive waiting for Zander when they get back *** that follow Waylen and Zander out wardrobe but when it comes to sum- jorts that didn’t even fit me! I started to their quarters. He taps the screen to Zander lands the shuttle farther of cover, but neither of them seem mer the one issue I find myself with to feel like perhaps you don’t get to read it, eyes flicking over the words as away from Waylen’s campsite than to be hit. More shots ring out and is shorts! To my knowledge, I know pick to be a part of the jorts move- the corners of his mouth turn down. normal since they’ll be abandoning Ethel curls in on herself, trying to denim is really really really in. SO, the ment, the jorts movement picks you. Ethel debates reading over his shoul- the shuttle there. “It’ll throw them off focus on the sound of her ragged safe bet is to probably stick with jorts. Perhaps I just wasn’t one of those der but figures it would be too impo- the scent,” Zander says, adjusting the breath instead, until someone shouts, Which I have been, I love jorts. But, chosen ones. Woe is me. Nonetheless, lite. Shifting her weight, she waits for strap of his backpack. and she can’t help but poke her head what about different styles of jorts. I didn’t lose ALL motivation. I went him to finish. While Ethel admits it’s a solid around the side of the trunk to look. For example, I own a pair of paper bag back to Depop and started deep div- Zander shakes his head in disbe- plan, but it doesn’t mean she’s excited She sees Waylen locked in a waist jorts, but those don’t seem very ing. When I say deep diving, I mean lief. “They pink slipped me.” about the six-mile hike ahead of them. struggle with a security officer who “in” anymore and the LAST thing I that I was on there for many clicks “Huh?” They move as fast as they can through he’s attempting to disarm. Zander want to be doing this summer is look- searching through poorly photo- He sighs, pinching the bridge of the dark forest, illuminated by the steps out of the shadows, taking aim ing like a fool in the “wrong kind” of graphed jorts. Pro tip: poorly photo- his nose. “They’ve fired me, Ethel.” beam of Zander’s flashlight. They’re with his blaster before seeming to jorts. graphed items usually sell for less on Ethel’s eyes go wide with alarm. quiet, although perhaps not quiet think better of it, instead running up Just as a disclaimer, I think Depop but have the same quality as “What? Why?” enough. Ethel rustles the underbrush behind the security officer and bring- everyone should wear what they feel nicer photographed items. Anyway, “They didn’t approve of how I towards the end of their journey, ing the handle end of his weapon comfortable in, no matter what it is! I did it. I found my magical pair of handled Waylen’s little break in,” he which causes a blaster to be levelled down over his head, causing him to However, sometimes I just have an jorts. I remember them being reason- explains. “At least, that’s the official at her head. collapse to the ground. undying need to be with the trends. ably priced along with them being reason. They can’t prove that I was “Shit, Waylen, it’s just us,” “Took you long enough,” Waylen Last summer I went on depop end- extremely cute. THEY WERE ALSO involved, but I doubt they’ve forgotten Zander shouts. complains as he catches his breath. lessly trying to find the perfect pair LEVI’S!!!! where my allegiances used to lie.” Lowering the blaster, Waylen “I didn’t want to shoot you.” of jorts. Also, I feel like I haven’t So, to sum it up, never give up on “Oh,” Ethel says. She looks at says, “What, did you forget some- “Always were a terrible shot,” even described what jorts are. For your expedition to find jorts. There’s the floor, trying to hide what must be thing?” Waylen teases. Zander scoffs, rolling those of us who are unaware, Jorts always a pair out there for everyone obvious disappointment on her face. “No. They, uh…” Zander bites his his eyes, only to be caught off guard are jean shorts. Anyway, back to the even when it seems doom and gloom. “Where are they transferring you?” lip, uncomfortable. “They fired me.” by Waylen pulling him in for a bruis- point, I was scrounging Depop look- If I was able to find mine, you’ll defi- “Transferring?” Zander laughs. Waylen snorts. “So, you decid- ing kiss. ing for the most exquisite pair of jorts. nitely be able to find yours! My initial “Try exiling. They’re giving me two ed to come crawling—” Suddenly, Ethel stands and comes out of However, as I’ve spoken about before, jorts journey was about a year ago weeks to be out of Spacemart terri- Waylen’s eyebrows shoot up and he cover, coughing meaningfully until Depoppers love to overprice their at this point and now I’m the proud tory.” He gives the screen a last long grabs Ethel and Zander by the shoul- the pair breaks away from each other. clothes. Every pair of jorts, because of owner of multiple pairs of jorts. Now look. “Suppose I should pack,” he ders, pulling them aside as a blaster “We should probably leave, like, now,” them being so trendy, were upwards that I’ve revealed my journey with mumbles. shot narrowly misses them. she reminds them. of 30 dollars. Which is absolute denim jorts, I really hope they’re still in In shock, Ethel trails after Zander With all of them crouched While Waylen nods at her with blasphemy! I had thoughts of going to fashion because I genuinely feel very as he heads down the hall. She leans behind the wide trunk of a tree, a self-satisfied smirk, Zander at least the thrift store and making my own connected to the sweet denim. Even if against the doorframe, watching him Waylen scowls. “Didn’t realize you has the decency to look sheepish. jorts! However, I ended up checking they’re terribly out of style I’m sure I’d gather his things from his sparsely had company.” “Right, sorry,” he says, taking his pack Etsy and found an expensive pair, but still be caught wearing em’ cause I just decorated bedroom. “Where will you “Neither did I,” Zander says, back from Ethel. I really really liked them! Once they love em so much. Xoxo go?” she asks, finally. rummaging around in his bag for his “Ship’s this way,” Waylen says, arrived I was ecstatic, I was finally Zander shrugs. “Might as well own blaster. “Must’ve sent security motioning for them to follow him. take Waylen up on his offer. What else after me.” “Where are we going?” Ethel is there?” “How many?” Waylen asks. asks. “What am I—” The rest of the “I doubt it’ll be more than a few. “I have a safehouse not too far words catch on the lump in Ethel’s Though they’re probably calling for from here, we’ll lay low for a bit.” throat, and she swallows around it. backup…” Waylen helps them load their things Zander pauses, eyeing her with con- Nodding, Waylen readies his into the ship. “Then, I was thinking cern. “Can I… Could I come with blaster. “I’ll take right, you go left.” we’d pay a visit to some of your broth- you?” She winces, hating how small Recovered enough from the ini- ers and sisters, see how they feel about her voice sounds. tial shock, Ethel finds the presence of their current employment,” he winks. By Celeste Reyes His shoulders sag. “It’ll be dan- mind to ask, “The hell am I supposed Grinning, Ethel says, “I like the gerous,” he warns, but his tone isn’t to do?” sound of that.” firm enough to discourage her. Waylen looks over like he’s just “So?” remembered she’s there. “He didn’t Thank you for reading “So, you’d be a fugitive. You’re give you a weapon?” Spacemart! Missed a chapter? Catch running away with terrorists.” “She’s just a kid, Waylen,” up on lawrentian.com. To Whom it May Conern By Grace Reyes May 28, 2021 VARIETY 5 THE LAWRENTIAN Little Prince and What’s on your mind, ants? A Cybersummer Collage By Lauren Kelly By Willem Villerius

Pets are such a big part of our in it than you are supposed to have in don’t see us until you feel us and then lives, but do you ever guess what a day? Well that’s good for my colony there are always more of us and you’ll they are thinking? Each week, I will of ants. Our mandibles really crave never find us all and as long as one of take a different “pet” and write their the feeling of digging into something us can smell your precious sugar food “inner thoughts.” sweet. I mean, in the wild we also love we will come and stay and you can being omnivores. Plant or fruit sap, vacuum us up but no no that won’t Hey, what up? Yes you up there! milk, the living or the dead, you name change anything! See you next week, Do you think about us down here? We it we try to eat it. next year, who cares if you stop eating ants march and you humans stomp. And we are so strong! SO strong! in your bedroom. We follow trails and so do you, step- Did you know that? Let’s say it again, For my fake friends who find us ping on our fellow ant-comrades. We big enough so you can hear it: WE scarier than spiders, I mean, thanks! are so strong we hope that some- ARE STRONG, HUMANS! When we We appreciate our scare quality. But day we can carry you humans away said that we want to move you like you are fake friends because you just like Bikini Bottom and make the Bikini Bottom (we know the reference would rather kill our colonies than entirety of one of your Hiett rooms an because we are cool and we relate), face the facts! We need your food. ant-only zone. Sorry, but you have to I actually think that we as a species Yeah, I said it. You feel selfish? Aww. be this small to pass. We do actually can at least move a few people and I Maybe watch where you’re walking, make the rules. Give up your power mean that is pretty cool and I mean too! up there and give in to the ants who who knows until we prove it, yeah? So And for those of you who look at are more united than divided, and we don’t count us out. Little kids around us and feel no fear? Watch any close- are happy to say that our lottery num- 2005 might remember a National up video of us and you’ll never look at bers are good enough to get that quad Geographic special that proved we are us the same, chumps. We are supe- before you. And if not, don’t worry... MIGHTY. Don’t even get us started on rior, and dangerous, and just imagine we’ll move in around spring term, if our cousins, fire ants. They are hard- us on your scale. Every one of us who that’s cool? core. They will mess you up, because crawls on your leg or on your wall or Well, that’s our more aggres- they do sting and they can even strip desk or in the grass or maybe who sive side. We just love sugar, sugar, animals to their bones. narrowly avoids death on sidewalk, sugar, follow the line, the smell, the Maybe this makes the average we think...what if this was our world? taste until we find your overflowing Ormsby ant seem less cool? Well Remember that. And feel lucky that recycling, who cares if you know how what about when we come in armies it’s just us, common black ants, and to recycle properly and rinse out your to your rooms? Crawling around, up NOT fire ants. cans, we can still taste the Cafe lem- your charging cable or on your water onade. Nice. I guess it has more sugar bottle or even on your little toe! You

A picture of the UFC’s... top 5 ranked fighters could win the continued from page 3 belt against the champion on any Photo Feature by Astra Medeiros almost ending Oliveira. The sec- given night, but that is the fortu- ond round came and Oliveira nate circumstance we are given in came back composed and dropped the UFC’s lightweight division. The Chandler with a picture-perfect left perfect mix of all you could ask for hook which soon ended the fight. in an MMA fight could be found Oliveira celebrated by jumping out among UFC lightweights. It is pro- the cage, luckily not for the same jected now that the winner of the reasons Khabib jumped out the trilogy fight between McGregor and cage. He brought his belt back to Poirier will be next in line to fight Brazil and celebrated his new belt for Oliveira’s belt. I for one hope with the Favela he was born, raised, they make a fight between Gaethje and still lives in. The new champion and Chandler as I see them both as, blue. frame. saturday nite. will now have to be the one to con- pound-for-pound, the most hard tend with the best challenges the hitting and explosive fighters not division throws at him. only in the division, but likely in the It is rare to have a divi- entirety of the UFC. sion where, realistically, any of the

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Milo, the calf, and Weight... of my fellow chem majors will be aware. It is evident that weight training is continued from page 3 This comes as a result of the variable stress- far more of a calculated, scientific endeavor day, month to month and so on, are at a es nature throws at an organism. Tigers than previously considered. Now, to any minimum 20%. The training was character- become massive in size, gain intelligence and reader considering beginning lifting them- ized as “constantly whiplashing” by strength obtain crazy strength as a result of constant- selves, don’t allow all of this information and training expert Pavel Tsatsouline. Jumps ly adapting to the random challenges they some (apparently) conflicting points of the may be up or down, they may be in reps or in experience in nature. To replicate the arbi- three theories I have presented here; newbie weight lifted, etc. The theory here surrounds trary nature of nature itself, variable loading gains are a real thing, and going from never patterns observed in nature. The creators in throws crazy training jumps in as the 20% weight training to any regular schedule of Russia believed as a result of their observa- rule, at random times. There is no organiza- lifter will provide serious benefits, both visi- tions that progress seen in nature, changes tion to it, but it has seen dramatic success ble and invisible. But when that plateau hits, of all sorts, happen discreetly. That is, there in Russian Olympic weightlifters, with half as I myself have been constantly reminded of is no constant improvement, but more of of the weight class records in Olympic lift- over the years, then perhaps consider taking sudden jumps in performance. This theory ing still standing in about half of all weight a look into constant weight training, cycling, is almost akin to the discreet energy lev- classes (in a pound-for-pound sense, since or, if you dare, variable loading; and may the els attributed to electrons jumping between weight classes have been changed numerous gains be ever in your favor. energy levels and emitting photons, as any times by weightlifting’s governing bodies). 6 FEATURES May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN AAPI Month: Lovie Jung Mary Boyle around twelve or thirteen years old, as she mainly played pick-up where she appeared in two College World Series. Not only did she Staff Writer baseball (Leland, 2015). Despite her late start to the sport, Jung transition schools, but she transitioned positions, as she made her ______was a natural athlete and soon became one of the most sought-out debut at Arizona as shortstop. Because of her outstanding defen- During the month of May, we celebrate the history high-school softball players in the country. sive ability, Jung started all 67 games at shortstop. Offensively, and culture of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have After she graduated from Fountain Valley High Jung was arguably the most powerful leadoff hitter in the uni- contributed to America’s history and success. During the final School in 1998, Jung began her collegiate career at Fresno State versity’s history. She led the team in batting average (.364), runs week of AAPI month, we honor Lovieanne (Lovie) Jung, a native University in 1999. She made an outstanding debut her freshman (64), hits (75), extra-base hits (31) and walks (44), with 16 home of Hawaii, who left her mark on the softball world through her year, with a stellar performance at second base and a batting aver- runs and 40 RBI (University of Arizona Website, 2013). She had outstanding performances both offensively and defensively, which age of .330. During her sophomore year, she led the team with a 23 multiple-hit games, and tied for a team-best 10-game hitting has earned her a myriad of accolades and awards throughout her .391 batting average and a team-best .512 slugging percentage in streak in 2002. Jung was named first-team All-Pac-10 (All Pacific career. A two-time Olympic medalist, Jung was a multi-faceted 2000 (University of Arizona Website, 2013). She earned third- Region) and Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, and was named a player and a force to be reckoned with. team All-America honors as a second baseman, and finished her finalist for the USA National Softball Training Team. (University Jung was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1980 and moved career at Fresno State with a batting average of .359, 7 home of Arizona Website, 2013). Despite her transition to the other side to Southern California at a young age. Jung’s family was poor, runs, 84 RBI (Runs Batted In) and 158 hits (University of Arizona of the field, Jung was named an All-American as shortstop (2002- and she and her parents moved in with an aunt in Santa Ana, CA. Website, 2013). Along with her impressive batting statistics, Jung 03) (Luis, 2004). (Barney, 2021). Jung’s parents, William and Gloria, quickly found stole seven bases in seven attempts, and she started 141 of 142 Jung continued to dominate after her collegiate career. jobs and were able to move out of the aunt’s house and buy an games. She was named to the All-College World Series team after In 2003, she was a gold medalist at the Pan American Games apartment for the family (Barney, 2021). hitting .500 in Oklahoma City (University of Arizona Website, where she hit .455 with a team-high of 10 hits and three home While Jung had her parents as role models, she did not 2013) and was named All-American at second base (1999-2000) runs. In 2004, she was a gold medalist at the Olympics in Athens, have any softball players to look up to. Softball was not publicized (Luis, 2004). Greece where she hit .300 (6-20). In 2005, she was a gold when she was growing up, so her only influences were baseball After a phenomenal two seasons at Fresno State, Jung medalist at the Pan American Qualifier (teamusa.org). In 2006, players. Jung didn’t even begin playing softball until she was made the transition to play at the University of Arizona in 2002 See page 11 So What, What Does It Mean To Be Me? A Look Inside Tapashwi Karki Tapashwi Karki days after graduation I sat on the couch with my family, in the I might sound far-fetched and idealistic but I grew up Columnist middle of the movie my parents were watching, unable to answer in love with superheroes and fantasy novels full of world-saving ______them in what I wanted to pursue a degree in. adventure. The people I looked up to most were the teens my age, My name is Tapashwi Karki but I never really use my Coming into Lawrence University, I debated BioChem around the world, starting great change and challenging even name in its entirety. I get angry when I overheat and I cry over as a major because I found comfort in it. I felt like it was some- their own governments. Most of all, on the days I was sad over a children’s movies for weeks. On the days I turn my work in three thing I knew and grew up with yet while I sat in my first biology test score or over struggling to finish a long assignment my mom days in advance fully checked over, I think about law school and class I felt small and unsure. I fought the feeling and continued would come into my room and boldly tell me, “you’re here to open up my LSAT study guide for half an hour. On the days I’m onward, trying to structure my life at Lawrence around this idea change the world, I just know it.” three cups of coffee down trying to finish up an assignment due in of pursuing medicine while actively ignoring the distaste for this I grew up in love with creating change. Two of my best 2 hours while trying to prepare for a meeting in an hour, I debate future I was building in me. That, as is evident now, was not a friends during high school helped co-found an organization called just living in the woods in the middle of nowhere. Saying that I feeling I could ignore for very much longer. As I struggled in a PLUM (Please Learn and Understand Menstruation) in which know what I want to do next would be an injustice to myself. linguistics class during the first lockdown, listening to my cousin they developed kits for village girls in Nepal to have access to When I was in the second grade, we were asked to wail in the next room, I had to ask myself, “what am I doing with sustainable pads and practice good hygiene during their periods. create a poster of who we were. My poster was bright blue and my life?” They helped deconstruct the taboo around menstruation with covered in almost too many smiley faces. In the center, in big Asking this question was both the best and worst thing I everyone they met. One of my first best friends, while Thailand and badly misspelled bold was “when I grow up I want to be a could have done. It sent me in this long winding spiral of debating struggled politically, wrote articles of change countries away, edu- scientist”. That year I dreamt of working for NASA because I read what my purpose was and who I am meant to become. It made me cating the people around her as a journalist. I have grown up with a book about space and we had an entire unit about the moon. I question my ethics and morals and made me look through every people unafraid of change and challenge, and questioning what I wanted to explore the universe and discover a new planet. When major requirement, trying to see what would spark some flame in want to do with my life has made me realize nor am I. I want to fifth-grade graduation came, we were asked to prepare a short me. To be frank, nothing really did so I fell back on the last big help people in every way possible and to the best of my ability and speech on who we were and what we hoped for in the future. In spark I’d felt, law. I signed up for seven government classes for my whether I can change the world or just one person’s world, I am the speech, I talked about my love for the earth and how someday sophomore year, I ordered an LSAT study guide and two books on still hopeful. Whether I am working as an international lawyer, I would save it from climate change as my 3rd-grade teacher thinking like a lawyer and I moved forward. In all honesty, while I fighting cases for justice against genocide, or in an organization stood in the back, waving her ‘Earth Lover’ shirt. Unsurprisingly love my government major in the pre-law track, I am still unsure fighting for people’s rights or traveling the world and supporting when 9th grade rolled around, there was something new for me to of my future after Lawrence. Something I have learned through communities in need of aid and support, I know I want to be a part say. As we were asked to write a letter to our senior year selves, I the poking and prodding of purpose this year is that I am certain of the change. My name is Tapashwi Karki and I want to change dreamt about being a lawyer or being in the FBI as I thought about I want to change the world. the world. Emily Prentis and Aaron Hotchner. Breaking the pattern, three The Line 3 Oil Pipeline: A disaster waiting to happen Lucian Baxter tial spills very difficult to clean up. In a twist of cruel irony, Indigenous water protectors Columnist In order to construct the pipeline, Enbridge plans to have been arrested at protests on charges of unlawful assem- ______dredge and fill wetlands, drastically altering the habitat of the bly and trespassing. Simone Senogles of the Red Lake Nation For seven years, Indigenous communities and envi- wild rice harvested by the Ojibwe people. Wild rice is a very sensi- in Minnesota says she felt insulted by these charges as “It’s ronmental groups in Minnesota have fought to stop Canadian tive plant, and is easily affected by changes to its environment; Anishinaabe land [...] Enbridge is the trespasser, they are the oil company Enbridge from building an oil pipeline called Line indeed, the impact of climate change on wild rice is already being criminal, and they were aided by law enforcement who are sup- 3. This pipeline, proposed in 2014, would replace a much older felt by the Ojibwe people. Dawn Goodwin, of the White Earth posed to be protecting us, but instead they were protecting a pipeline by the same name, which was built in the 1960s, and has Reservation in Minnesota, said that a recent increase in rain, like- corporation” (Beaumont). (The Ojibwe people are an Anishinaabe been disastrous for the environment in Minnesota. In 1991, the ly a result of climate change, has negatively impacted the growth nation). original Line 3 ruptured, spilling 1.7 million gallons of oil onto the of wild rice. She said, “that puts our lifeways in danger because it’s Sheila Lamb, a member of Minnesota’s MMIW (Missing frozen Prairie River in what is to date the largest inland oil spill in all connected” (Beaumont 2021). According to a Minnesota envi- and Murdered Indigenous Women) task force and an Ojibwe- United States history; clean-up crews had to use hoses to suck the ronmental review, wild rice is “extremely sensitive to chemical Cherokee city councilor in Cloquet, Minnesota, shared that she’s spilled oil off of the ice and into tanker trucks, preventing it from pollutants,” so oil spills in rice habitat would have a severe impact heard from “various organizations that do direct services of a defi- reaching the Mississippi River, only two miles away. on the Indigenous way of life (mn.gov). nite increase in sexual assault and sexual harassment that is being Without coordinated resistance efforts from Indigenous, That way of life is supposed to be protected by trea- perpetuated by those working on Line 3” (Beaumont). She refer- grassroots, and faith leaders, the new Line 3 would have been ties that affirm tribal sovereignty. These are contracts between enced a 2017 U.S. State Department report which proves a link completed in 2017; four years later, it is still under construction, Indigenous tribes and the U.S. government “prior to 1871 that between violence against indigenous women and the oil industry, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, giving recognize and establish sets of rights, benefits and conditions and explained that “when events like pipeline construction bring water protectors a narrow window to defeat Line 3 once and for for the tribes who agreed to cede millions of acres of their an influx of affluent men to an area, it correlates with an increase all. homelands to the United States and accept the protection of the in violence against women and sex trafficking” (Beaumont). Line 3 is intended to cross under roughly 200 bodies United States in return” (mn.gov). Treaties supersede state laws, President Biden has vowed to prioritize Indigenous of water, including wetlands where wild rice, an ancestral food of enabling a government-to-government relationship with the US, rights and environmental justice, but he has remained silent on Indigenous people, grows. Though Line 3 shares a name with a and empowering tribal governments to manage their ancestral Line 3. He signed an executive order on his first day in office previous pipeline, it will follow a new corridor, going under land homeland. Enbridge is attempting to build their pipeline across canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, so there is already a prec- and water that has so far remained unscathed by oil spills, and indigenous land, without the consent of Indigenous communities, edent for presidential intervention in pipeline construction. opening up the possibility of even more widespread ecological which means Enbridge is trespassing on Indigenous land that is Moneen Nasmith, an attorney with EarthJustice, sees a couple destruction. The pipeline will carry a particularly heavy type of supposedly legally protected. Line 3 will encroach upon the Fond options for the Biden administration to step in: “the Army Corps crude oil called bitumen which sinks in water, making any poten- du Lac reservation as well as other Ojibwe treaty lands (Pember). See page 11

Check out the latest edition of Lucian Baxter’s column, Revolution Treehouse, on lawrentian.com. May 28, 2021 FEATURES 7 THE LAWRENTIAN Universal Heartthrob: Kevin Goggins Molly Ruffing nervous given the generally over-intoxicated, naked students. As a Community Advisor in Sage Hall last year, I was Editor-in-Chief Kevin, though, approaches the situation as he does every other — known as the “shit magnet” due to the many incident reports I ______ensuring that students are safe while they have their fun. filed and the circumstances I found myself in. Because of this, I If you’ve spent much time on campus, especially in Kevin’s reputation did not desert him during Senior quickly became acquainted with the officers of Campus Safety, the wee hours of the morning on a Saturday, you probably know Streak 2020 when the senior class began chanting his name. and eventually my name became programmed into the depart- Security Night Shift Supervisor Kevin Goggins — more often While the source of the chant is unknown, it is still rather impres- ment phone. With this sort of reputation and relationship, one known simply as Kevin. Goggins joined the Lawrence University sive how many students chanted his name during that cold, dark might expect that I knew Kevin Goggins quite well. Contrary to Campus Safety team in August of 2012 — a fact that many who night. Remembering it, Justen could only shake his head and assumption, I didn’t actually meet the beloved Kevin until nearly work with Kevin couldn’t seem to pinpoint. Many people, instead, laugh. halfway through the year. said he’s been here forever; after all, he trained almost everyone According to Justen, this sort of enthusiastic response When I first met Kevin, I introduced myself and let on the team, according to Senior Lead Campus Safety Officer really isn’t uncommon, for 90 percent of students at parties shout him know that I had never actually met him before. Little did I Brianna Bernard. This forever is coming to a close, though, as his name when he walks in. Justen continued, describing Kevin as know, but that was the greatest insult known to man — or at least Kevin plans to retire at the end of this academic year after nearly the “lovable Campus Safety mascot.” Considering the cookies that Goggins — because he apparently sulked about it for the rest of the nine years at Lawrence. Kevin bakes for students, faculty, staff, etc. and how often he sings night. As a man known for being known, I seemingly really put a Kevin has been featured numerous times by writers of while on the job, the mascot role doesn’t seem too far from reality. dent in his confidence. The Lawrentian, often as one of the “hidden figures” of Lawrence. Dean of Students Curt Lauderdale ’01 also brought up Despite this less than marvelous introduction, Kevin Rather than rehash his past life as an officer and eventual captain a moment from last March in which the senior class was attempt- and I quickly became friends, and I remember fondly the nights he with the Department of Corrections, it seems more fitting to share ing to cram in every tradition before being sent home due to the would join me at the duty desk, shouldering the important task of some anecdotes to celebrate his retirement, just like Kevin would COVID-19 pandemic. According to Lauderdale, Kevin was an eating candy with me and chatting about the world. Through these on any other night. incredible help in getting seniors into the cupula to sign their conversations, I learned about his four sons, three of them being Bernard, who has been working with Kevin for seven names. This was not necessarily an expectation of Goggins, but he triplets, and his dog Ryder. More than that, though, I quickly years now, shared the fun fact that Kevin has won two trophies made it a priority. learned how much Kevin cares. for being the “Universal Heartthrob” — one from his time working While Lauderdale has never had one of Kevin’s cookies, Every time I talk to Kevin, he tells me how wonder- in the prison and one from Lawrence University Campus Safety. he does receive pretzels every year on his birthday in reference ful Lawrence students are and how much he loves talking with Clearly, he has a reputation that follows him. to an episode of “Seinfeld,” a show that Kevin knows he enjoys. us. Whether we’re fully sober or maybe a bit impaired, Kevin These are not the only awards that Kevin has won This is just one example of many in which Kevin has displayed truly sees some amazing potential in each of us. Especially as he either. He is a two-time recipient — and many-time nominee — of his consistent care for people, genuinely getting to know them as approaches retirement, Kevin has become even more generous the Babcock Award, which is presented annually to a member of he interacts with them. Lauderdale explained that Kevin is some- with his wisdom but also his wishes for students’ futures. the Lawrence community who “through involvement and interac- one who actually wants to know how you’re doing when he asks, Bernard summed up Kevin’s immense impact on our tion with students has made a positive impact on the campus com- regardless of who you are. community well when she said, “I want to make sure [Kevin] munity.” He has also won the President’s Award of Excellence, Lauderdale described Kevin as someone who is an knows he has accomplished what so few can by being what I would and his plus-one for the celebratory dinner for this award was his excellent example of caring for people and place and someone call a life changer, a mentor and, most importantly, a hero.” mother, one of his greatest supporters. who has a good sense of perspective in his ability to resolve To Kevin, then, I wish you a restful retirement if you Campus Safety Officer Erik Justen who has worked situations compassionately and efficiently. Justen also described allow it. If you aren’t keen on slowing down, then I hope you keep with Kevin for the past two years shared a story that highlights Kevin’s rapport with people as a rare quality, for he has never up with your antics and keep sharing your light with those around Kevin’s presence on campus well. As many know, Lawrentians met someone who has had such a way with people. Bernard even you. It has truly been a pleasure and an honor to get to know you, have a traditional Senior Streak in which the senior class runs out referred to him as an “enigma” in his personality and interactions. and you will be deeply missed by all those who have had the plea- of Memorial Hall from the Viking Room and proceeds to streak I can certainly attest to his ways, for I’ve witnessed him interact sure of knowing you at Lawrence, which seems like damn near across campus. This event is one that may make some officers with people on many occasions. everyone.

Special Edition of Faculty Q&A — Kevin Goggins Do you have a favourite building? with the students and staff is hon- That the students at Lawrence are What do you want to be when you students at Lawrence I have met. I — Anonymous estly like you are just meeting with the truly a treasure, and take the time grow up? — Anonymous can never begin to tell you all you how A favorite building I honestly could most caring people ever. It is amazing to learn from all of them, and always I think a Great Lake Whale Watcher :) much you all have meant to me, and not select just one. Possibly Main to see the caring attitude towards enjoy the time you get to talk with the hardest part of leaving Lawrence Hall — so much history is in that each other here. I cannot recall ever them. Why haven’t I gotten any of the is not being able to spend time with building. Walking in it, the feeling having an interaction with a student famous Kevin Goggins cookies? all of you. Please know you are all that so many generations of people that I did not feel I left the interaction So many students look up to you, — Molly Ruffing ‘22 the most special people in the world. walked those halls, is so amazing the better person for them taking their who do you look up to? All you have to do is let me know The world is going to get such spe- to me. time to speak with me. — Alesandra Aragon ‘22 where to deliver them. I would love to cial, and caring people. Thank you for Believe me, it is mutual — I look up to bake you some cookies. accpting me and making me a better How do you stay so positive? What is one thing you want all the the students. Students at Lawrence *** person. — Anonymous new campus safety personnel to are so talented and intelligent. I am Note from Kevin: I honestly dont see how anyone could know about the job? always in awe talking with them. I could never ever find the right, or All my best always, not be positive at Lawrence. Dealing — Alesandra Aragon ‘22 correct words to THANK all of the Kevin Goggins

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organizers aimed for a healthy mix of genres, favoring non-con- only to continue its second decade, but to ensure that there wasn’t LUaroo to make history... servatory performers who may not have the same opportunities. a generation of Lawrence students who had to miss out.” continued from page 1 The festival will end with a live on-campus performance from fem- “Frankly, it is a little exciting to me to think about all the photos Lawrence’s YouTube page, watch the pre-recorded sets and even dot. at 9 p.m. The full schedule is available at go.lawrence.edu/ of everybody wearing masks at LUaroo,” she continued. “And we have the chance to interact with some of the performers in the live luaroo21. are going to have a few masks with our logo printed on them, and premier chat. The livestream will begin at 3:30 p.m. and the first All attendees will be expected to wear festival wristbands, found I don’t know, it’s kind of exciting how we will remember this time performer, Brandi Blaze, will begin at 3:45 p.m. either in SPCs or at the festival; student volunteers and campus in history.” Sunday, May 30, will be largely dedicated to student perform- safety will be checking Lawrence University IDs. Although the The festival will start at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 29, and ers. Building on Sol Studio’s successful live open mics, the festival event will be outside, all attendees are expected to wear masks, as attendees will have the chance to pick up an LUaroo 2021 face organizers selected a dozen on-campus performers from student distancing may be more challenging. mask, purchase pins to support SOL Studios’s spring fundraiser submissions. These artists did not have to meet the same guide- “Throughout planning, I was really aware that half the student and buy Vietnamese Culture Organization’s Vietnamese iced cof- lines that BBC and CODA developed for outside performers, but body this year has never seen LUaroo,” added Greenberg. “We fee on Sunday. wanted to put on the fest this year to the best of our ability, not 8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN Movies, Movies, Movies Creative Writing Club Serial Story: Levi Homman any one story or concept. There a far Columnist too many subplots and dramatic set- ______ups that go to waste or seem to be for- Episode Eight Army of the Dead, 2021, direct- gotten altogether. Near the beginning of her dad in Diane’s face. He and one of your dad’s old CDs in here if ed by Zack Snyder – 3/5 Stars Jeff Mason of the story, when the team enters the Guest Writer Grandma shared ears and noses; they you wanted to listen to that—” city, it’s explained that many of the ______laughed the same way at the same “No,” said Lizzie, and for a On the heels of one of Zack zombies have dried out and collapsed They kept the windows rolled things. Uncle Mike had the same chin moment, the two locked eyes. In only Snyder’s highest moments of his in the heat, but they will return to life up, the air conditioning locked on the as Dad, when they both shaved, and a glance, as Diane turned her head career, the release of his four-hour when it rains. It never rains, and the coldest setting. While the red trees their bodies felt almost identical in the and faced her, Lizzie looked into those cut of Justice League on HBO Max, he zombies never come to life. In another stood tall and silent, the car’s tires shoulders when Lizzie wrapped her eyes she didn’t really recognize, that has released another passion project scene, one of Ward’s team members buzzed against the road. arms over them. Almost. But Diane skin that was smooth on the cheeks this month, Army of the Dead. While confesses her love for him, with virtu- Lizzie spent the drive out of the didn’t have anything. Not even her and pink on the forehead, the face she this new zombie extravaganza doesn’t ally no setup or development of their park doing the same thing she’d done eyes were the same color, blue like the hadn’t grown up with. Nothing in that have the budget or cast that Snyder relationship before that point. on the drive in. Her eyes were fixed to bottom of a swimming pool. smile or that skin reminded her of her had for Justice League, it manages Perhaps the most frustrating one spot, digging into it, wondering A blast of music came from the dad, yet it didn’t matter. Then Diane to be surprisingly entertaining for a example of this lack of commitment what it would have in store for her. speakers and caused the both of them looked away. movie in a comedically oversaturated within the story is in its humor. The However, unlike the drive in only a to suddenly tense up and go for the “No?” genre. overall casual tone of the dialogue few days prior, nothing outside of dial. Lizzie nodded. “I like this.” Army of the Dead’s greatest and initial introduction to Army of the car enticed her. She kept her gaze “Sorry!” said Diane, turning it Diane put the other CD away and strength is that it doesn’t take itself the Dead seems to imply that it wants focused on her mother’s oval face. She down. returned to looking at the road. Lizzie too seriously. The opening credits to be a horror-comedy, akin to some- almost smiled. This music wasn’t soft, like what watched her head bounce with the sequence, which lasts far too long, thing like Zombieland or Shaun of When they were half an hour Dad used to listen to. Nor did it lay in beats of the song, saw her tongue curl shows the audience that a zombie the Dead. In spite of this, jokes don’t outside the park, Diane sifted through the air the same way a plucked guitar under her lower lip, tempted to sing outbreak started in Las Vegas, but come very often, and when they do, a pile of CDs tucked away in the string or a piano chord could. Lizzie along, though she remained silent. was contained by constructing a wall they don’t always land. It’s especial- armrest with one hand, exchanging wasn’t sure she liked it and crossed She felt a new memory being tied to around the city’s perimeter. This is ly tragic that Snyder chose to cast glances with the road ahead of her. her arms. But then, after the first song that face. Inseparable now, the image demonstrated with a brightly color- the hilarious Tig Notaro in a pivotal Lizzie was only able to notice part of had come and gone, listening a little of that same face pulling her out of corrected, slow-motion montage of role but gave her a criminally small each of the covers as her mother’s fin- closer, she understood things about the water, saving her, looking at her gruesome zombie fighting set to a amount of screen time. gers jogged over the top of them, until it. She noticed the way any given with big eyes that were all at once ten Richard Cheese and Allison Crowe Army of the Dead at its peak, they came to one in particular. They sound of the song reverberated in her different emotions, all shouting and cover of Elvis Presley’s “Viva Las though, is fun. When the characters plucked the case out and opened it. head, the synthetic resonance and the unforgettable. Vegas.” This premise is ridiculous, but aren’t explaining the boring, over- “I’m gonna put on some music,” dreamlike texture of the voice behind “It’s a little weird, right?” Diane the movie knows it, and it flaunts it. wrought lore of the world or bicker- Diane said, already inserting the disc. it. Someone was talking to her. Every asked. The story truly begins when ex- ing about their told-not-shown back- She paused, just as the reflective silver section of the song sounded a differ- Lizzie didn’t answer. Instead, she mercenary Scott Ward — played by stories, they shoot some zombies. touched the slot. “That alright with ent color. Lizzie realized her foot was listened more intently to the lyrics Dave Bautista — is approached by Snyder’s signature use of slow motion you?” tapping on the side of the carseat. and tried to sing along whenever the casino owner Bly Tanaka – played by works well for the action sequences, Lizzie nodded and said yes. “Actually,” Diane said, “I’ve got refrain came around. Hiroyuki Sanada – who requests that and the hair and makeup on the zom- There was nothing reminiscent Ward re-enters Las Vegas and retrieve bies is notably well-done. The visual $200 million from a vault below his effects budget clearly falters at points, casino. Financially on the ropes, An overview of Netflix’s celebrating AAPI and the odd cinematography choice Ward accepts, and recruits a team to of using a very close depth of field pull off a zombified Ocean’s Eleven is sometimes distracting, but these stories collection style heist. Another wrench is thrown issues are quickly overshadowed by Rukmini Raman An animated musical with family, and then reconnects with his into the mix when Ward’s estranged the impressive stunts and explosions Staff Writer Eastern themes and a fully Asian cast? old one, rebuilding bonds and work- ______daughter, Kate, who is volunteering at that make the movie what it is. Sandra Oh, Kimiko Glenn, Ken Jeong ing out differences. And it’s another a camp for survivors outside the city, Army of the Dead isn’t the kind At the beginning of May, I opened and Philippa Soo alongside some up- one with LGBTQ representation. decides to come along to try to res- of movie that audiences should go Netflix to a splash of graduated colors and-coming voice artists? Plus, lots of cue her friend. This father-daughter into expecting quality filmmaking. announcing a new featured collection, Asians behind the camera, too? Yes. The Food Shows: Ugly Delicious, relationship is the closest thing to an The emotional stakes are paper thin, “Celebrate Asian American & Pacific More of this, please. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner and The emotional storyline for the movie, but it has a truly distracting amount of Islander Stories.” The unapologetic Chef Show) it goes largely underdeveloped, and plot holes and its cinematography and mouthful truly surprised me — we The Legend of Bruce Lee/Enter the This category encompasses the when the emotional beats do come effects are only passable. That said, don’t get featured. We don’t get rec- Dragon – Watched two David Chang celebrity chef spe- along, they feel unearned. it’s fun to watch people fight zombies ognized. We don’t get celebrated. But I have to address these together cials, plus The Chef Show, co-hosted This is a problem with the film every once in a while. here we are, even if it took a year for space, but Legend is a biographi- by Roy Choi. It’s not groundbreak- as a whole; it can’t seem to commit to of highly publicized hate crimes for cal limited series while Dragon is ing, but who doesn’t love authentic Americans to consider us. The history the seminal classic, released post- Asian food? Or just food, narrated by of Asians and Pacific Islanders in film humously, that Bruce Lee made in Asians? and TV could fill pages, but I have a Hong Kong after being shunned by Lydia Hellevik’s EP long list of titles to get to. So, here are Hollywood. Lee was rightfully a leg- A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities reflects her “raw and brutally or sar- Lauren Woodzicka my rapid-fire impressions, as well as end and the stories of his experiences I didn’t even bother reading the Staff Writer castically honest” style, as her EP some additional thoughts: in Hollywood and life in general as synopsis for this one – it’s an in- ______shares her personal life experience an Asian are infuriating to learn of. language show made in Taiwan, so it’s For Lydia Hellevik, a junior in with candor and humor. Her relation- The Highs: I also have to recommend the show already pulling ahead of Hollywood. the Bachelor of Musical Arts pro- ships provided the bulk of the inspi- Kim’s Convenience - Watched Warrior, which is moving to HBO And now I’m wondering why there gram for Jazz and Contemporary rations for her songs, contributing This show follows a Korean- Max with its upcoming third season. aren’t more anime, K/J/C-dramas or Improvisation, writing songs is her to the personal aspect of the EP. One Canadian family that owns a corner The story was created by Lee in the other international titles in the col- way of releasing “whatever is burning song, about her dog, “could be trans- store in Toronto. I’ve watched all the 60s but was rejected for having a lection, given how popular they are on my mind.” This made releasing an lated into a kind of cheesy romance currently available episodes, the fifth Chinese lead, and now his daughter in the US. EP, in lieu of a junior recital, a perfect song and I think that’s funny,” com- and final one is coming soon, and I has resurrected it as executive pro- choice for her. Her EP, Egotypical, ments Hellevik. A few songs are absolutely loved it. It genuinely felt ducer. Always Be My Maybe – Watched highlights her creativity and song- about men, since they “give you so like watching an Asian immigrant This one was hard to place writing skills in an incredibly personal much material” to work with. She family to me, a member of an Asian Finding ‘Ohana because it doesn’t revolve around the way. highlighted a unique song she wrote immigrant family. In conclusion, I The only explicit Pacific Islander AAPI experience so much as just hav- Hellevik shared that when writ- entitled “Mustard on the Corduroy,” have no complaints that this Canadian feature in the Asian American and ing Asian characters, which is still ing music, she starts with stream of which is not about relationships with show set in Toronto made the “Asian- Pacific Islander collection. I do love incredibly important, but not what I consciousness writing, which is trans- other people and instead encapsu- American” list. a story of young people reconnecting expected of the collection. Still, it was formed into her lyrics. The next part lates the feeling of waiting for change of the process is sitting down at a with their roots, though. pretty funny, features tons of Asian “and feeling like change is about to Master of None piano and coming up with chords, casting, including Keanu Reeves, who happen.” She described her style as Co-created by Alan Yang and which typically is a straightforward Seoul Searching is of both Asian and Pacific Islander “accessible pop-funk style with jazzier Aziz Ansari, it has a diverse cast, process. “Usually if I have a topic in Like Finding ‘Ohana, this one descent. The characters were still chords,” and this is reflected through- and Netflix categorizes it as LGBTQ+, mind it tends to very easily translate also follows a group of American undeniably Asian; Ali Wong is a ris- out her songs. so that’s a plus for intersectionality. through my fingers onto the keys,” immigrants as they travel back to ing business-owner and Randall Park Like all creative endeavors, there Asians are gay, too! It seems like a Hellevik says. Gaining feedback from their homeland. fronts a struggling band – whose were challenges to overcome in order slice-of-life dramedy that follows a other musicians that she trusts is songs are hilarious, by the way – so to obtain the final product. The most group of friends as they come of age important to her music-making pro- All in My Family we have the diversity of Asian pursuits challenging aspect for Hellevik was – and keep coming of age, because are cess, especially in developing lines for An immigrant story if there ever covered. getting over self-doubt and “sending you ever really done with that? Added horn and percussion. was one, this work follows a man who To read the rest of to my list. Rukmini’s overview, please Hellevik shared that her music emigrates from China and starts a new See page 9 Over the Moon visit lawrentian.com May 28, 2021 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 9 THE LAWRENTIAN Department of Theatre Arts performs The Domino Effect Sarah Matthews theatre major, mentions the chal- Arts & Entertainment Section Editor lenges performers have faced this ______year due to the pandemic: “The big- This past weekend the Lawrence gest challenges related to COVID-19 University Department of Theatre are probably finding ways to navigate Arts performed their version of The through a production in order to keep Domino Effect, a play written by Fin everyone safe. But to be completely Kennedy. The production was direct- honest, as this pandemic has gone on ed by Kathy Privatt and stage man- the easier it has been to make theatre aged by junior Riley Seib. and it is incredibly rewarding to be The play, performed in the able to share stories with people,” campus’ Stansbury Theater, is set in Sobel states. Hamlets, London, and follows the life The university’s production of a girl named Amina who refuses of The Domino Effect has further to speak, played by senior Lexi Praxl significance, as the show was also and sophomore Frankie Sobel. Amina Dramaturg Grace Krueger’s Senior grows up with her mother, Nibijah, Experience project for the theatre arts played by sophomore Madeline Guest, major. Krueger’s Senior Experience as well as her father, Samit, played was entitled “Small Actions, Big by freshman Jon Winkler. Amina’s Effects: Diversity and The Domino father is a clockmaker and struggles The Lawrence University Department of Theatre Arts performed The Domino Effect starting on Thursday, May 20. Effect, A Dramaturgical Analysis.” to keep the family financially afloat. Photo by Alana Melvin. mostly uniform and simplistic, but being able to communicate through Effect was the ensemble element of A poster featuring Krueger’s Senior In turn, Amina’s mother abandons also utilized impressive and intricate words was a really cool experience. I the show. Being able to build off of Experience work was showcased in the two to go work in America. fox and sheep costumes, as well as forgot how much I rely on words in friends on stage knowing that every- the lobby of the theatre for viewers Exploring how one small action reflective capes. Movement was also my everyday life and to be able to let one has each other’s backs was amaz- to read. can lead to a series of unfortunate an important aspect of the production, that go and just ‘be’ was really fun to ing.” To summarize the meaning events, like a startled fox somehow as the actors, all taking on roles of explore on stage.” Live theatre has obviously looked behind the performance, Privatt’s causing a butcher to lose two of his narrators, had to perfectly time their The Domino Effect, featuring different this year than in years past. “Director’s Note,” written in the fingers, The Domino Effect deals with lines with their actions. In addition, aspects of detail-oriented speaking Luckily, the theatre department has production’s program, states: themes of time, family and unintend- detailed footwork lining up with video and movement, was a show full of been able to continue performances “While choosing to tell this story ed consequences. In addition to well effects was a significant feature of the complex theatrical elements collid- throughout this academic school year here in Appleton, I took to heart defined acting and narration, the pro- show. ing together. Each performer car- with radio shows during fall term, Fin Kennedy’s words about his goals duction also showcased an impres- Sobel, who plays Older Amina, ried an important and crucial role student-written plays in winter term as a playwright: ‘I don’t try to tell sive set featuring gigantic dominos as well as Narrator, Fox and Teacher, for the overall function of the play. and The Domino Effect this term. All people what to think, but I want to and a video screen, designed by comments on the multiple roles the Remarking on her favorite aspect of performers were masked during the give a platform to people and themes Aaron Sherkow. The costumes of the cast took on, saying, “I think that the production, Sobel says, “My abso- production and seating in the the- that most of the public wouldn’t have play, designed by Isabel Kelly, were going from being a narrator to not lute favorite thing about The Domino atre was socially distanced. Sobel, a access to.’” The Book Club Album Review: Solitary Company Mikayla Henry In the hopes of learning more Columnist about underrepresented communi- ______ties in order to better advocate for by Son Of The Velvet Rat In the blink of an eye, we have them in the future, Hall-Klingensmith Caleb Carter in Austria and is slowly but surely ble route with a bubbly pop chorus suddenly found ourselves with the has also added LGBTQ Fiction and Columnist developing a loyal following in the backed by Hammond organ and a ______last edition of The Book Club for this Poetry from Appalachia, edited by United States. Altziebler plays gui- horn line. By and large, even the hap- Music aficionados love nothing term. It feels like just yesterday I was Jeff Mann and Julia Watts, to his tar and sings while Kanizaj provides pier songs on the album seem to have more than to brag about unknown writing my first recommendations for reading list for summer break. It con- accordion and organ. a tinge of melancholy that is a signa- groups they enjoy in no small part my favorite books for you all. I’ve tains a collection of published fiction Solitary Company, released ture of Son of the Velvet Rat. because of the credibility that comes loved writing this column and shar- and poetry from Appalachian LGBTQ March 19, 2021, might be best Listening to Solitary Company from having obscure taste. Just about ing book recommendations from both authors and tackles many aspects described as folk noir. The instru- is an intimate experience, like sharing everyone has at least one friend who other Lawrentians and myself, and I of dealing with one’s sexuality and mentation on the album is a little a secret with a close friend. Altziebler loves to complain that they liked bands hope you’ve been able to find a new gender and how they intersect with more fleshed out than their early bares his soul with moving lyrics that “before they were cool,” and distance book to read as a result. My goal for one’s family, religion and homeland, releases, but still includes mostly cover a diverse range of emotions, and themselves from those groups once this summer is to get some reading especially since they are often viewed sparse textures that create a nostalgic I think that’s why I hesitated to share they have mainstream appeal. When time in so that I can come back next as being mutually exclusive parts of atmosphere. Altziebler’s lyrics tackle this album when I discovered it. The I discovered the folky, sentimental term with some fresh, new recom- our identity. “This book is something themes of love and loneliness, but duo’s new home near Joshua Tree ballads of Son of the Velvet Rat on the mendations for you all to enjoy when I hope to relate to, as I am both occasionally venture into darker terri- National Park is an apt metaphor for radio, spreading the word seemed the you get into that next reading slump. a member of the Queer community tories like murder, where his gravelly their music, in that too large an influx appropriate thing to do. But after lis- For this last issue, I’ve decided to and have Appalachian roots,” Hall- whispered tones evoke singer Tom of tourists in the park would make it tening to their 2021 release, Solitary focus on books we haven’t quite read Klingensmith shares. All in all, he Waits. The influence of the dusty, difficult to truly appreciate the quiet Company, I started feeling conflicted. yet, AKA books in that tall summer hopes his summer reading will allow arid Mojave makes its way onto many majesty of the landscape. Likewise, On the one hand, the band has stand- “To-Be-Read” (TBR) pile. him to better appreciate the amaz- tracks like “Stardust,” with its simple, this album feels almost too personal out songwriting that deserves recog- Tucker Hall-Klingensmith, a ing complexity of the lives of those driving beat and whistled tune. These to be shared with a broader audience nition, but on the other, something freshman, agreed to share some books around him. simple musical building blocks appear as a commodity for fear of listeners about the music feels delicate, almost from his TBR pile that he is look- I have a lot of books in my TBR on a number of other songs, and it’s ignoring the messages embedded in like too much popularity would spoil ing forward to enjoying this summer. pile that I’m excited to read over clear that in spite of the mature lyrical the lyrics. Son of the Velvet Rat no the effect. Am I just a music hipster? One of the books on his list is An summer vacation, including If We themes, the album is a close cousin of doubt wants their music heard, but Son Of The Velvet Rat, a folk duo Indigenous People’s History of the Were Villains by M.L. Rio. It follows other garage/desert rock bands like the emotional qualities of this album from Austria, consists of husband- United States by Roxanne Dunbar- Oliver Marks as he is finally released The Black Keys. “When the Lights demand an audience who will treat and-wife Georg Altziebler and Marija Ortiz. It brings the genocidal program from jail for a murder he may or may Go Down” is one of the most expres- its music with the utmost respect. Kanizaj. The couple made their musi- of U.S. settlers to light, a topic that not have committed. The detective sive songs on the album, and one So, do consider listening to Solitary cal debut in 2003 in Graz, Austria, is largely omitted from history. Told who put him away all those years ago can taste the cool desert night air Company, but only when you are pre- and after moderate success locally from the perspective of numerous wants to finally get the answers he was in the gentle harmonies and scant pared to experience something deeply with their first few albums, decided Indigenous peoples as they tried to searching for. Oliver tells the tale of a instrumentation. The popular single, personal. Maybe I am a music snob to move to Joshua Tree, California resist the expansion of the U.S., this group of actors studying Shakespeare “Beautiful Disarray,” demonstrates after all, but Son of the Velvet Rat has in 2013 to experience the expansive book gives voice to those who were at an arts college, and how, when one another range of moods present on created something valuable, and it’s freedom of the Mojave Desert. The forced to remain silent about their of them is found dead, the rest left to this album, taking a more accessi- worth preserving. couple is still fairly popular at home suffering for centuries. “A lot of native try and convince both the police and cultures and histories have been sys- themselves that they aren’t to blame. I tant to “separate my ego from the pro- excited for people to hear this,” as tematically erased from our modern Lydia Hellevik’s EP have a feeling that it’s going to be very continued from page 8 cess” and “have confidence in myself well as anything she releases in the world,” Hall-Klingensmith says. “And similar to The Secret History, which out stuff that I’ve written to other that my music is good enough.” future. She wanted to thank Michael we have a lot of work to do to get I enjoyed a lot, so I’m excited to read people […] and not asking for feed- Despite the challenges, creating Murphy, who was an essential part back in touch with our indigenous this during the summer. back.” Hellevik shares that as a singer, this EP has been an enormous person- of the recording process a “giving neighbors. I think it’s super important That is all for this term’s recom- “a lot of the time we’re not an essential al success for Hellevik. She stated that and genuinely encouraging person to to understand how their legacies of mendations! I hope you have enjoyed part of an ensemble, and I feel like “doing this EP has helped me regain work with.” trauma and genocide have affected them, and maybe even found a new there’s a stigma about singers being confidence that I can take charge of Egotypical will be released the modern U.S., so I look forward book to read as a result. I wish you all less knowledgeable in music and less my own projects and execute them before the end of the academic year on to reading this in order to get that a wonderful summer and can’t wait to capable.” For Hellevik, it was impor- how I want to.” She’s worked incred- the streaming platforms Soundcloud, perspective.” get back to The Book Club next fall. ibly hard on the EP and is “really Bandcamp and Spotify. 10 OPINIONS & EDITORIALS May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN What I’ve learned living the paper mill life Lauren Kelly knew nothing about mills or night do, I bet your first term of college felt This works with a lot of other things However great long breaks are Op-Ed Editor shifts or working with 40- to 50-year- like a breath of fresh air. It was prob- that we do as really cool humans. I for us in feeling like a human, though, ______old strangers, I was scared. But I ably hard in a different way and way encourage you to work at a mill or they are just not realistic for many Since I turned eighteen, I have quickly learned that I can do pretty more stimulating, but gosh, wasn’t it a instead think about what else makes students who need to work to support spent the last three summers working much anything if I can work for 12 breeze compared to making your body you feel like a “baller,” “legend,” you themselves through college. I instead at a nearby paper mill. For me, that hours; drive a gas towmotor back- work that long without breaks? name it. offer a balance—why not work and meant working three to four 12-hour wards with an 800 pound, 70” roll of For an example of this confi- With such a grueling schedule, take breaks? We can gain so much shifts (no breaks) for 36 to 48 hours paper; and make it through countless dence, are you feeling nervous about though, you do miss out on so many self-knowledge, esteem and confi- a week, for two weeks of days and night shifts and feeling wide awake at your upcoming finals? Never invali- things: on relaxation, time to get bet- dence in doing hard things...whether two weeks of nights. My schedule 3 am. I am so proud of this mental/ date your struggles, but the mill can ter in your field, opportunities, sleep, that be at a paper mill, a super cool was always Tuesday, Wednesday, physical/stubborn strength I possess change your thought process when social time, camping trips, vacation, internship at NASA, a few summer Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, that I try to talk about the mill when- facing a challenge. First, are the finals rest after a tough school year...all to classes, et cetera. At the end of sum- Friday, 6 am to 6 pm, or 6 pm to 6 ever I can. really that important in the grand be able to afford the price of tuition at mer, reflect on how much you’ve am. In short, it was a lot—but I felt Luther, one of my writers, wrote scheme of things? (This is something Lawrence. Sure, you might think that grown and see how it makes school like I should give these time frames an article a while ago about Lawrence the mill can help you understand— this is a temporary sacrifice, just a and the rest of life comparatively to explain exactly how it has con- students earning money at local mills school is not all that, and technically four-year hardship and then you’ll be easier. What makes it manageable, sumed the summers of 2018, 2019 as a hypothetical solution to some we could all make a lot more money doing what you want for the summer. though, are the breaks we get. So and 2020 for me. While I can be bitter students wanting a wage increase. I with a mill career post-graduation.) But I know that life will just get more please take as many breaks as you can about this, I weirdly do love it and think that working at a mill can give Second, didn’t you push huge balers to demanding as we get older and go while doing whatever makes the most think fondly of it (but based on my you so much confidence for other the baler area without the help of your into our careers, and as Sarah says in sense for you this summer. early Variety articles, I’m pretty sure parts of your life that ordinarily would forklift? (While mental labor can be a her article this week, “the adult world Have a great summer, and I will I depict it as Stockholm Syndrome). intimidate you a lot more. Not too lot harder than physical labor, know- will soon reach us, and it will be even say goodbye as the Op-Ed editor for When I first started as a new many people our age work at a mill ing you are capable of being strong harder to find time to reset yourself.” good, while slowly embracing my mill 18-year-old high school graduate, who for the summer, and for those who helps you power through challenges.) I completely agree. life once more... Saying goodbye to our Op-Ed editor, Lauren This edition of The Lawrentian is the last for the 2020-21 school year and, with that, there is inevitable change. We wanted to provide Lauren Kelly, the outgoing Opinions & Editorials editor with the chance to say goodbye, and we also wanted to use this space to thank her for all the work she has put in these past two terms with The Lawrentian. Lauren, you have been a wonderful member of our team, and we wish you all the best as you head into your senior year with capstones gallore. Lauren Kelly Outgoing Op-Ed Editor Though I haven't spent the most time as Op-Ed editor, nor as The Lawrentian Variety writer or Op-Ed writer (or paper delivery person!), I have very much enjoyed working for this newspaper! I'd say the highlights are definitely working with my amazing group of writers, meeting with the Ed Board, getting to be a (temporary) prescriptivist each week with my edits, and doing layout. This has been such a great and often busy two terms, and I am very grateful that I had this opportunity! I hope more students will get to experience the behind-the-scenes efforts that go into producing this paper each week. I still plan on writing for the paper next year, but my time as editor has come to a close...thanks, everyone — my writers, Molly, the Ed Board and, of course, readers!! We should absolutely continue debating the terms Zionism and Anti-Zionism Barrah Kunaan Shamoon no mention whatsoever that Zionist let us look precisely at which actions law, the Palestinians have a right to standard of life, I would highly rec- Staff Writer political practices led to Palestinian are being supported by those who call self-defense, and they should be able ommend Edward Said, Noura Erakat ______internal displacement of an enor- themselves Zionists: forced removal to exercise that right in any way they and Leila Khaled. To learn more mous scale, the establishment of a of Palestinians from their villages and see fit to combat ethnic cleansing about the faulty media coverage and In a well-intentioned but ulti- Palestinian diaspora around the homes in the Nakba of 1948, which because the world has failed them for American understanding of Israeli mately ignorant article published last world and Palestinian ethnic cleans- continues to this day, denial of the 73 years. Most Palestinians don’t even occupation in a way that garners sup- week, one of The Lawrentian staff ing. When discussing the historical right to return for the majority of the want to be associated with Hamas or port for the imperialist American for- declared that the terms Zionism and term “Zionism,” as well as what sub- Palestinian diaspora, establishment their policies but in a 21st century eign policy, Ida Nikou’s conference anti-Zionism were “causing more sequently occurred in the building of a of checkpoints and one of the most technological occupation of immense paper “Framing the Gaza Conflict: trouble than they're worth” and that nation-state based on ethnic-religious highly funded militaries in the Middle proportions, that’s all they have along U.S Media Portrayals of Palestinian we should simply stop using them apartheid, Villerius very conveniently East, the only nuclear power in the with slingshots, stones and their Arabs” is a good starting point to in political discussions about Israeli states that the movement of Zionism Middle East, propaganda and indoc- words. Not an even fight, right? So, critically examine the media you have occupation and the Palestinian has to do with Jewish self-determina- trination through various programs let’s not do a sweeping condemnation been fed on the Palestinian struggle. struggle. For an American audience tion. He leaves out that this movement such as the birthright trip and reduc- in one breath, either. I hope these writers and speakers are who is already quite unaware of the was always centered around Jewish tion of Palestinians to second-class The second occurs in the conclu- able to convince you why we need to immense urgency of Palestinian lib- self-determination at the expense of Israeli citizenship or statelessness. sion: “whether you tout #FreePalestine continue having this debate instead of eration, saying a statement like that Palestinian land, dignity and pride. This is not an extreme reading as the or ‘Jewish Indigeneity,’ none come living in a world of abstractions where is just tightening the blindfold that The British and French, who were the author would like us to think because untainted.” Again, this is an occupa- Zionism is merely “Jewish pride” and American audiences are so used to primary tools through which Zionists the foundation of Israel has always tion of immense proportion which not the concrete examples of apart- wearing when it comes to Israel- were able to occupy Palestinian land been based on ethnonationalism. has resulted in the ongoing genocide heid put in practice by the Israeli Palestine and the American sponsor- to establish their settler colonies, were I would also like to refute several of the Palestinian people. Let’s not government. Now is not the time to ship of Palestinian ethnic cleansing. also fully aware that they would once of Villerius’s false equivalencies. The compare a slogan aimed at liberation bury our heads in the sand; rather, it I’m here to take that blindfold off and again be drawing lines in the sand first is a condemnation of Hamas and with one that justifies the occupation. is a time to stay informed and make show you exactly what Zionism is and which they had no business doing. the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the The concept of Jewish indigeneity to critical links between the foundation how it has single-handedly caused It is not that Zionism has come same breath. Now, I get it. Americans historic Palestine is a Zionist nation- of Israel as a settler colony with that the apartheid state, which renders to mean, today in 2021, “those who have been raised in largely neo-liberal building concept in which those who of the foundation of the United States Palestinians second-class citizens in are supportive of the actions of the frameworks where seeing an Islamic were supposedly displaced thousands of America. Now is the time to see their homeland. Israeli government,” but rather militia is very scary. However, to of years ago have more of a claim to U.S sponsorship of Israel as not some First, let us look at Villerius’s “those who are supportive of Jewish condemn the only scrappy defense historic Palestine than those currently confusing foreign policy tool happen- ideal definition of Zionism: “In my self-determination at the cost of force that Palestinians have against living there. And that claim merits ing in a far-off desert but rather one perfect world, these labels would Palestinian political autonomy.” This a colonial occupying power armed them the right to colonize, settle and tentacle of an expansive policy meant never come up in political discus- is what the leaders of the Zionist to the teeth with American money, ethnically cleanse the real indigenous to ensure American economic domi- sion. Zionists would be those broadly movement have argued for, and it has weaponry and tactics is quite igno- population. nation. Now is the time to be anti- with Jewish pride.” This comes after been the attitude of Jewish settlers in rant and diminishes the enormous For further reading and under- Zionist with honor rather than guilt, an entire article lamenting Israeli the region well before the establish- power gap between the Palestinians standing about Zionist policies and with free will rather than with a gun genocide against Palestinians with ment of Israel as a nation-state. Also, and the Israelis. Under international how they have degraded Palestinian to your head.

The opinions expressed in The Lawrentian are those of the students, faculty and community members who wrote them. The Lawrentian does not endorse any opinions piece except for the staff editorial, which represents a majority of the editorial board. The Lawrentian welcomes everyone to submit their own opinions. For the full editorial policy and parameters for sub- mitting articles, please refer to the masthead, which is located on the back of each edition. May 28, 2021 OPINIONS & EDITORIALS 11 THE LAWRENTIAN Polarity2: A warm hug for summer Willem Villerius Eurocentric perspective. Jefferson process of refraction, who among us so we can pay for school and invest in or higher power but tribute for the Columnist stated in Notes on the State of would not be mystified by the appear- our futures. love and melancholy of every season. ______Virginia that "experience has shown ance of a rainbow? Even being taught I find it interesting how we might I have no doubt that each season We're at the point in the spring that ours is the particular climate of about refraction from a young age, I often characterize summer's warm has given us something meaningful season and spring term where we America where he may be raised with- still find myself enchanted, pondering embrace or summer as "coming" or whether we know it or not, so I ask can feel summer approaching. I've out degeneracy. Southwardly the heat the rainbow when it appears. "arriving.” In these words, we conjure what you do now as you are unshack- been thinking about one of my favor- of the sun occasions a deficiency of It's clear that the climate pro- the idea that summer meets us where led by school. We enjoy summer's ite songs, "Summer Soft" by Stevie pasture, and northwardly the winters vokes intensity in the human spirit. we are, that summer arrives at our beaches and warm weather, but what Wonder. There's something about are too cold for the short and fine hair, We call the time it takes to cycle doorstep, that summer offers us its can you do to show not just that you the song's dense texture and Stevie's the particular sensibility and constitu- through the seasons a revolution and warmth and tender hug. I ask you enjoy summer's presence, but that incomparable voice that reminds me tion of that race." consequently see each year as a time reading this - how might you arrive you care about summer - that you are both of summer's restless heat and For millennia, the climate to begin anew with new revolution- at summer? How might you hug sum- invested in summer's future. the nostalgia of school ending. In the has meant life or death for many. ary resolutions. It is for this reason, mer? As you walk through the fruits of song, Stevie shares with us an evoca- Abnormalities in the climate can dev- among many others, that I foresee We've spent thousands of years nature this summer, you will recog- tion of summer and winter and how astate crop harvests or cause unfore- climate change rattling humanity to of human existence at the will of nize many things you've seen before. he feels fooled and heartbroken when seen droughts and other weather its core. Eventually, climate change the weather, afraid we might die at Leaves, branches, flowers, bugs, rays they end. He references this again and catastrophes. There's even the medi- may well accelerate past the point of nature's whim, but as the sun increas- of sunshine and more will enter your again in the chorus, singing "and he's cally recognized seasonal affective no return; beyond just human dis- ingly sets on our ability to undo the brain to be recognized. It's interest- gone" and "and she's gone.” disorder that denotes recurring bouts placement, there will be many natural human effects of climate change - the ing that we recognize and rethink of Throughout human history, of depression that come with seasonal catastrophes as well. tides have turned. I asked how you things as we've seen them before. I there has always been something changes. It's something we've paid I don't believe in any higher might arrive at summer because we encourage you not to recognize, but supremely meaningful about the attention to for all of time, whether power, nor would I call myself spiri- are past the point of even meeting to discover. You might actively look changing of seasons and diversity of we're pondering Stonehenge's mys- tual. Still, as I grow older, I feel a summer where it is; we need to make through the landscape for beauty gone climate. A centuries-old controver- terious alignment with the summer stronger and stronger desire to cul- a concerted effort to knock on cli- unnoticed or learn to better make sial philosophy called environmen- solstice, or narratives of rebirth and tivate a relationship with the natural mate's door and offer our humility as your own garden grow and give back tal determinism tries to account for sexuality relating to springtime as in world that we are increasingly leaving humanity. to a carbon cycle whose scales are at a changes in human sociology and dif- Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in shambles. I try and find a sense To undo something like climate tipping point. ferences between humans based upon or the copious metaphors comparing of humility with the world around change, there needs to be both an Our Earth is the home summer differences in climate. For years and flowers blooming to feminine sexual- me from day to day and year to year. individual and collective approach. lives in and we'll need to band togeth- years, scholars have often spuriously ity and beauty in cultures across the You may conceptualize a year split The one most of us know is the collec- er to make sure it doesn't fall into dis- tried to link climate to all sorts of world. up between winter, spring, summer tive one. We organize, protest, donate repair. While we all work on banding human differences, unsurprisingly Just as we look to the fruits of and fall like I was taught growing up. and more with many groups like our together, I encourage you to knock on veering often into racist pseudosci- seasonal changes to understand our- Some might distinguish between a wet own Sunrise Appleton chapter here the door to summer's house and pay it ence. selves, we look within to explain the season or monsoon season and a dry around our university. Creating a a visit rather than waiting for summer In the 11th century, Arab poly- seasons and climate. Is it any surprise season. In any case, there's gratitude grassroots sense of belonging around to leave its house and come to you. If math and geographer al-Mas'udi that religions worldwide have cen- to be found in asking yourself "what's our climate is a beautiful thing that we are symbiotic with this Earth, we'll referred to the colder climate of medi- tered certain beliefs from time imme- in a season?" - to ask what makes a must continue if powerful institutions find the fruits of this co-dependent eval France, stating that it made the morial around the powerful mysteries season meaningful to you. in society won't do it for us. It's as relationship more fulfilling than the Franks "tend towards Brutishness, of climate and weather? It may be a The warm hug of summer is right noble a cause as I am aware of in cheap thrills we find from our current being generally dull-witted, sluggish tool of a deity like Zeus' thunderbolt around the corner for us. Not only will today's society. parasitic one. A parasite only has so and corpulent" and that "appropriate or a barometer of divine judgment. we be embraced by warmer weather, I want to turn to our individual many bodies, so much biomass, so to their icy homes, they were pale- The logic would often follow that but we will be set free from our educa- relationships to the climate. As sum- many homes to wreck before the para- skinned and fair-haired." In recent natural catastrophes, bad weather or tional institution. The well-endowed mer's freedom from school is on the site finds itself homeless too. centuries, figures from Thomas struggles with crops were due to a fail- among us might revel in three months horizon, how will you pay personal Jefferson to Adolf Hitler have ure to comply with the divine's wishes. of an unabashed break and many of tribute to the climate? It's no longer made the same case from a white, Before we understood the scientific us will necessarily find full-time work a question of tribute for fear of a god Repeat After Me: Enjoy summer Sarah Matthews truly and honestly the best thing for Instead, use that energy to real- behind this summer break. I think it’s importantly life looks different for Columnist you to be doing. Over past summer ize the endless possibilities that you great if you’re working at an intern- everyone else. If you can learn to ______breaks, I have felt kind of disappoint- have this break. Sure, someone might ship or job this summer. I know a lot not compare your summer to other I have always found summer ed in myself because I’m usually stuck be backpacking across Europe, and of us will be. But also make sure you’re people’s summer plans, I think you’ll break to be a really weird time of the in my hometown working a part-time while that seems super cool, it’s not saving time for yourself. While you’re be on the right track for every other year. Some people have incredible job while other people are going to the only cool thing to do this summer. at it, try not to rub it in other people’s season as well. internship opportunities, and some crazy places and appear to be “taking Remember that summer break is your faces that you’re still grinding away Lastly, it’s also important to rec- people are working 9-to-5 jobs. Some advantage of their summer.” chance to relax and reset. In fact, the even though it's summertime. ognize that the majority of us won’t people stay home, while others go on But, even if summer is a new break isn’t only a chance to reset, but If you’ve felt guilty this school be getting a summer break after col- luxurious vacations. Obviously, when season and you feel like you should a necessary action you need to take year for taking breaks, now is your lege. In a country that prides itself on we’re all in school together, we’re on be doing something more extravagant in terms of your wellbeing. This year time. If you don’t take summer as constantly being overworked, I say a somewhat similar path, but sum- with your life, I think it’s important to has been incredibly tough for so many a serious opportunity to catch your take advantage of every break you mer break is where our plans diverge. remember that summer is ultimate- reasons. The last thing you should be breath, next school year might stretch have while it lasts. The adult world Sometimes the openness summer ly like every other time of the year. doing right now is beating yourself up on for too long. Please do not feel like will soon reach us, and it will be even break has to offer can almost be dis- Even though the temperature may be over your summer plans. Relax. You napping and watching a series on harder to find time to reset yourself. couraging. “Am I doing the right thing warmer and you might have more free deserve it. Netflix in three days is the definition Take this summer to do so. I promise with my summer, or am I just wasting time on your hands, this doesn’t mean At a school like Lawrence, it can of not using your break properly. This you that no matter what you do, tak- my time?” that you need to start comparing your sometimes feel like you can’t hide summer, social media posts of bikini ing breaks is good for you. Please, Well, I’m here to remind you plans to what others are doing. You’re from the “Lawrence busy” culture. bodies and workout routines are going enjoy summer. It’s the least you can that there really is no such thing as on a certain path for a reason, no mat- While it’s easy to fall into the trap of to start rolling in any minute, and I do for yourself. wasting time over the summer. I am ter what season it is. That being said, wanting to do a million things at once cannot emphasize this enough when a true believer that what you do over try not to get so caught up in thinking during the school year, I strongly urge I say do not fall for that trap. Summer the summer, whatever that may be, is you’re doing summer break wrong. you to leave the toxic busy culture looks different for everyone and more

AAPI Month: Lovie Jung and two runs scored at Worlds. At the Jung earned a silver medal at the coached at various softball camps and lessly worked on the frontlines during continued from page 6 World Cup, she led the team with a Olympic Games in Beijing, China in speaks at different events to advo- the coronavirus while supporting her Jung was a gold medalist at the ISF .615 (8-for-13) batting average. Then 2008 (teamusa.org). cate for women’s softball. Even more daughter Gabriella. Jung’s persever- (International Softball Federation) in 2007, she was a gold medalist at Even after her retirement impressively, Jung became a firefight- ance and determination is an inspira- World Championship. Once again, the Pan American Games and a World from softball, Jung continues to er for the Riverside Fire Department tion to all, and her legacy will continue she hit .300 (6-for-20) with one RBI Cup Champion. To end her career, inspire on and off the field. Jung has in 2009 (Eads, 2020). She has self- to pursue.

The Line 3 Oil Pipeline... shared that Ojibwe groups have met eignty (Beaumont). Houska declares needed to build fossil free infrastruc- including solar and wind farms. In the continued from page 6 with the Biden administration, includ- “Sovereignty is sovereignty; if we say ture years ago; the last thing we need words of Senator-elect Jen McEwen of Engineers could revoke the Clean ing “representatives of the Council no, it means no” (Beaumont). is a brand new oil pipeline that will of Duluth, Minnesota, “If we want to Water Act permit to consider new of Environmental Equality, the Army Indigenous communities carry dangerous crude oil through have a livable planet for our future information, or the administration Corps of Engineers, the Department are already seeing the effects of cli- delicate ecosystems for years to come, and the generations to come, we sim- could revoke the existing Presidential of the Interior, and the Department mate change on their ancestral home- keeping an antiquated and destruc- ply cannot build new fossil fuel infra- Permit and ask Enbridge to apply for a of Justice transition team,” but have land and way of life, and Line 3 will tive industry alive. We instead need to structure” (Whelan). new one” (Beaumont). Water protec- found that government officials only exacerbate these effects. The cli- divert money, resources, and labor to tor and tribal attorney Tara Houska know very little about tribal sover- mate crisis is already here, and we building clean energy infrastructure, 12 COMMUNITY May 28, 2021 THE LAWRENTIAN

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This past term, I have worked with members of the Executive Team as well as the Editorial Board to continue to reevaluate how The Lawrentian operates. This included refining our editorial policies, inves- tigating how to increase the pay of our staff and creating new opportunities for people to become involved with The A Letter to the Editor Lawrentian. You may have noticed that the Creative Writing Club was featured in each edition this term, and we Dear Editor, also had some guest illustrations included; these were all paid opportunities for students to get involved, regardless I have spent this year at Lawrence fighting for academic disability accom- of whether they were able to commit to an entire term or just one edition. modations. I need them due to a diagnosed mental health condition. I have had I am looking forward to spending this summer digging into other newspapers’ hiring practices and seeing how them since the fall of 2018. When the pandemic hit, and Lawrence switched we can implement them to ensure that we are making positions accessible and hiring appropriately. I am hopeful that to distance learning, the accommodations I needed changed. Interacting and time spent dedicated specifically to this issue will allow us to begin in the fall with legitimate policies and procedures communicating over Zoom is extremely difficult for me. I requested new, tem- related to hiring. porary accommodations to deal with this issue and was vehemently denied by Lastly, I would like to address something that I was questioned about earlier in the term. 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