Jennifer Houley – Lions' Log

May

13

2021

Checkpoint

Creative Writing, Culture

God, not again. How many times has it been now? I lost count after a month or so. Day in, day out, the same thing. I would wake up next to the bed, my legs barely able to hold me up. I would collapse into the hospital cot and call for a nurse. They would rush in and hook me up, check my vital signs, work to keep me breathing. They were good at their jobs, experts at keeping me alive just a few minutes more, then another shot of meds and it was hours, sometimes days. I had just…

What Lies Below

Creative Writing, Culture

"Get the Captain over here right now. What even is that?" Rory peered at the display screen. When the sonar-men had first called him in to take a look at the sonar map, he had expected something interesting. He had been excited, even- he and his crew would be rewarded nicely for finding something like an ancient shipwreck or some kind of underwater volcano. But that was not an inanimate historical site, nor was it a newfound natural wonder. That was big, and it was moving. Captain Reyes was at the sonar-shack in an instant- not that this was anything…

SLC Participation in McMUN

News, St. Lawrence

From January 28th to 31st, St Lawrence’s Political Science and Debate Club participated in the 32nd edition of McGill University’s Model UN. Although the PSD has participated in multiple editions of McMUN before, this was of course the first time participating in an entirely virtual context, creating a unique experience for all participants. Model United Nations, more commonly abbreviated as MUN, is an extracurricular activity, usually organized by colleges and universities to simulate United Nations’ meetings. Student participants are placed into committees dedicated to the discussion and resolution of a topic. McMUN 2021 featured twenty different committees, including the Summit…