The Recital Comes to Sarah Lawrence: Celebrating Student Songwriters

If you’re an international student, you probably know Sifiso Mabena for sending out emails checking on our mental health, and letting us know about upcoming events her office organizes. If you see her on campus, she will never ‘Sarah Lawrence’ you. She will always say "Hello", check up on you, and—at least in my case—attempt to speak a few French sentences to greet you.

I met with two young women, Charlotte Johl and Ellie Woollerson, leading members of The Leeds University Union Conservation Volunteers (LUUCV), a campus society devoted to lending numbers of students to local conservation projects at the University of Leeds.

The Main Stages production of Spring Awakening has arrived. Spring Awakening is a riotous and contemporary coming-of-age-musical set in 1981 Germany. In this article we chat with director Lauren Reinhard and cast members Gray Rhode and Millie Polzin. 

Captain Lucas Murray, nicknamed Chack by his passionate teammates, celebrated this and other accomplishments on his Senior Day, Feb. 17.

Samantha Lungren '24, known as Sam by friends and fans alike, took to the court for the last time in her collegiate basketball career on Feb. 17.

Now Ford is the assistant coach for Sarah Lawrence Women’s Soccer. Last year, the team won the Skyline Conference by beating her former team in penalty kicks. After the 2023 season, eight players were named to an All-Conference team, the most among all Skyline schools. In the 2023 semi-finals, they took a tough loss against Merchant Marine, but the fact remains that Sarah Lawrence Women’s Soccer is an ever-growing powerhouse.

On Friday, Apr. 13, student theatre group Blackdog Productions’ rendition of Trail to Oregon opened in the Black Squirrel.

On Apr. 6, a community of Sarah Lawrence students came together to spotlight the college’s singer-songwriters. With the help of the residents of Slonim Woods 3 and a Syracuse student duo called The Recital, four sets of student performers were given the opportunity to perform an intimate acoustic concert that evening.

April is, in true Aries fashion, going to bring bright and bold sparks to the forefront this month. We’re starting off with a bang as Mercury enters retrograde on the 1st. This is a time for us all to check in with how we communicate, whether that means finally having those deep conversations or finally updating your phone. Mercury will be retrograde until the 24th.