By Ruth Kehinde – Digital Editor
Senior Olivia Powers is currently spending their last semester interning on campus. As they finish their criminal justice major and psychology minor, Powers is interning for Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Edward G. Weeks. Powers has been working with Weeks since the fall of 2020.
Continue reading “Olivia Powers interns with LU professor”By Taylor Viles – Sports Editor
Tomorrow’s Teachers is a Lasell club dedicated to giving opportunities to aspiring educators.
Continue reading “Teaching ‘Tomorrow’s Teachers’”By Kait Bedell & Angela Hayes – News Editor & 1851 Contributor
Lasell Works is a program the university introduced where students live off-campus for their sophomore year and work a part-time job while taking online classes. It is designed to help students get involved with the workforce early, and helps students save on money as the cost of their sophomore year is exempt from room and board.
Continue reading “Lasell Works keeps on working”By Kaie Quigley, Rayana Petrone & Josh Wolmer – Features Editor and 1851 Contributors
While the student body was away on winter break, the university made several technological upgrades in hopes of improving internet connection for the campus community. Taking a hybrid approach to the 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19, having competent WiFi has become a necessity.
Continue reading “University upgrades internet over winter break”By Bailey Klingaman – Digital Editor
For most students, the decision to attend Lasell is a distant memory. With COVID-19, upcoming commencement for seniors and growing amounts of classwork, students may have forgotten the Lasell that they love. They may have forgotten why they believed Lasell is the right college for them. Despite regulations on campus activities, Lasell still maintains many of the factors that students find attractive.
Continue reading “Students remember why they chose Lasell University”By Katie Peters – Co-Editor-in-Chief
Running athletic facilities on campus during a pandemic has presented a multitude of challenges. The three gyms on campus – Edwards, McClelland and the Athletic Center – are open for both resident and commuter students. All facilities have precautions implemented to safeguard against COVID-19. While many students have no gripe with these precautions, some feel they are limiting.
Continue reading “Athletic facilities guidelines cause mixed feelings”By Audrey Abbate, Angela Hayes & Emma Ingenohl – 1851 Contributors
At Lasell, a major new adoption is the flex class format. Flex classes are made up of resident, commuter, and remote students with resident and commuter students coming to class in-person, while their remote peers join via Zoom. This new class format is to promote equity in the learning environment and to cater to both students and professors who were given the option to remain at home last semester and this one alike.
Continue reading “Flex classes: a mid-year review of online learning”By Felipe Bida – 1851 Contributor
The first time I took a COVID-19 test at Lasell last Fall, I accidentally contaminated the cotton swab by letting it touch the table for approximately 0.2 seconds. That’s when I first took notice of Neusa Do Nascimento, the testing coordinator. She took the swab, threw it out, opened me up a new one, and with a warm smile that shone through her mask she said, “Sorry, you’re probably gonna be so sick of me by the end of the semester.”
Continue reading “COVID-19 testing coordinator shines in Edwards”
