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Photo by Pei Robins. Shuttered since the end of Winter Term 2020, the doors to the Viking Room — Lawrence’s bar and social meeting place — were thrown open to student patronage on May 12. Fourteen months have passed since the last droughts were poured in that space.    While the Viking Room has been the home to pints and conversations 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 distancing, masking indoors, limited capacity and outdoor-only seating ar...

Asian Americans, hosted by the Pan-Asian Organization. Photo by Pei Robins. *All factual information taken from PBS’ Asian Americans Episode 5: “Breaking Through”  Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. Comedian Hari Kondabolu reassured the group projected to become the statistical minority by 2042: “Don’t freak out, white people!” he said, “You were the minority when you came to this country.” Those lines begin the final installment of PBS’ five-episode feature documentary, Asian Americans, which was streamed at the Pan-Asian Organizat...

Photo by Pei Robins On Saturday, Apr. 17, Lawrence International (LI) hosted their annual Cabaret event, this year subtitled “Flying Higher than Ever.” Anticipating continued COVID-19 restrictions the following spring, the LI board began planning their yearly show after they were forced to cancel 2020’s performances. This year, they chose to pivot to a pre-recorded video, rather than the in-person performances that usually take place in Stansbury Theater. This year’s show was made up of music videos, short films and dance videos put together by cultural clubs and various individuals t...