Category Archives: Featured Posts

Paradoxes of “Danskhed”

Paradoxes of “Danskhed” After spending a semester in Denmark, I can confidently say that I got the most cultural insight by living with a host family.  While talking with and observing my host parents, host brothers, and host relatives, I … Continue reading

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So Many Questions

  I picked up the habit of journaling in France. It started out as an FYS requirement, but soon turned into a way for me to process everything I was seeing and learning about. That sounds corny, I know, but … Continue reading

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The Firs

I’ve always had an appreciation for unknown (obscure) bands, especially when I know people in them. When I went to college I deleted everyone on Facebook  from my former life (aka everyone I knew in high school), but for some … Continue reading

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On Keeping an Artist’s Notebook

I have to keep an artist’s notebook for one of my classes this semester. Spoiler alert: No one “discovers” my doodles or a hidden talent for visual art. My professor (Kirsten Kaschock) told us to look through sections of Da … Continue reading

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Bluets

“Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color”– Maggie Nelson, Bluets   The other day I was sitting in my Sensation & Perception class, when I started thinking about the color blue. … Continue reading

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Winter is Coming

 The cold in the North Country is different than anywhere I’ve ever experienced. It’s a chill that seeps through wool and skin, deeper through muscle and to ivory bones. I walked towards the car, the soft hum of The Shins beating … Continue reading

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Fall 2013 Artist Feature

The submissions are in, the selections have been made, and it is off to production and copy-editing for The Laurentian Magazine.  In honor of the fantastic student work that will be published, we would like to feature one of the … Continue reading

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