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Changing the VP Electoral Process
On Monday, Lawrentians will decide the Vice Presidents for next year’s student council. Per tradition, the whole school will vote on these important positions. But is this really optimal? The…
Out with the Old, In with the New: What does faculty turnover mean for Lawrenceville?
The members of the Class of 2012 are not the only ones leaving Lawrenceville next month, as an unusually large number of faculty members will leave the School next month…
Going “Green” and Greedy
The growing presence of organic fruits and vegetables, reusable grocery bags, and hybrid cars exempliplies the growing importance of being eco-friendly in today’s society. Lawrenceville’s incredible new solar farm and…
Food for Thought: Interfaith Initiative
This past Monday, nearly 130 Lawrentians visited the ETC Lounge in Irwin to participate in the Fourth Annual Interfaith Initiative. The event, which was hosted by various religiously affiliated clubs…
Kimmel to Host Emmys: Return of the Late Night Talk Show
With the announcement last month that Jimmy Kimmel will host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards next September comes a reminder of the importance of perhaps the most underrated of all…
The Dangers of Ranking Schools
According to Forbes’ magazine’s list, Lawrenceville is the 14th best private school in America. Lawrenceville, with our 27% Ivy/MIT/Stanford “pipeline” matriculation rate, 1:8 faculty to student ratio, 76% rate of…
A Facade of Freedom: A Writer’s Struggle for True Expression
If you were asked to use one word to describe America, it would have to be freedom — the freedom of speech, the press, and expression, just to name a…
Programming, A New Kind of Craftsmanship
In our daily lives, we communicate with one another without giving even a second thought to what we say. Communication comes naturally to us. And computer programming is nothing more…
The Inaugural Address: President Elect Nick Fenton speaks to the School
Hello, my fellow Lawrentians! I hope this article finds you enjoying your spring term. I hope that you will find what I have to say informative, and that after reading…
Short Period Scheduling: Mistake or Valuable Tool?
As Lawrentians prepared to spend an unusually long weekend with friends and family last week, their much-anticipated day of freedom was not as sweet as they had hoped. This time,…