Survey Results #11: Who’s playing my song?

You probably know that Lawrence University has a pretty amazing music conservatory on campus. But, since you don’t have to be a music major to enjoy music, we decided to ask the big music question: What is your favorite song right now? (True to form, our students’ answers are all over the place.)

I’m Not Alone – Calvin Harris

Gives You Hell – All American Rejects

Halo – Beyonce

Everything Must Go – Steely Dan

You Don’t Know Me – Ben Folds

Zombie – Cranberries

God Laughs – Delta

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Boondocks – Little Big Town

Wait – from Sweeney Todd

“Anything off of the new Green Day cd, or any Go Betty Go song.”

Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear

This Side – Nickel Creek

I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

Here I Am – Queen

Float on By – Modest Mouse

Baba O’Riley – The Who

Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon

Fearless – Taylor Swift

Waiting – Rob Scallon (my friend!)

Survey Results # 10: And the Award Goes to… (Part one)

Musicians and Artists!

Well, not JUST to musicians and artists… The overwhelming majority of responses to our question, “What award are you most proud of in your life,” included achievements in music, arts or humanities.

Below are some musical/artistic highlights from the class of 2013:

Playing music for orphanages in Cusco, Peru

Playing at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center

Winning first place at state in Duet Acting

Singing at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

Many, many state, all state, and honor ensembles

Attending Interlochen Arts Camp

Winning the John Philip Sousa Band Award (at least 3 people listed this award)

Receiving the National Committee of Teachers of English Award

Completing a novel

Being a member of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

Winning the Schubert Jazz Piano Competition

Appointed the senior teacher assistant in a freshman honors English class

Winning fourth prize in a county-wide poetry contest

Playing the part of Richard in Shakespeare’s King Richard II

Stay tuned for athletic and geographic achievements. In the meantime feel free to check out our departmental websites in music, theater, and English to discover ways that you can put your achievements and experiences to good use.

Survey Results #9: Twitter Is Forgettable?

Despite what you hear in the media, Lawrence University’s Class of 2013 has responded loud and clear that twitter and myspace are not their preferred social networking sites. We asked incoming Lawrentians which of the three sites they would pick if we could only keep one: Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. The option of “none, thanks” actually beat Twitter and MySpace…

Combined…

Times five.

Facebook is by far the most preferred site of the three.

1 – Facebook, 83.0% (151 individual votes!)

2 – None, Thanks, 14.3% (26 individual votes)

3 – MySpace, 2.2% (just four votes)

4 – Twitter, 0.5% (one solitaire vote!)

We will pass this information along to a campus department all of you will likely rely on: Information Technology Services. Although most of the information on their page relates to your life after you arrive on campus, it’s worth knowing that they are there, and how they will be able to help you. When you get some time away from Facebook, check it out.

Now, we’ll go tell ITS to plan some extra bandwidth for Facebook!

Survey Results #8: What’s New (Part Three)

As we have seen in previous blog postings, the incoming class of 2013 possesses a wealth of experiences, adventures, and achievements, and we can state with the utmost confidence that these experiences will only enhance and enrich the Lawrence community. In celebration, we at Lawrence have compiled an ABC list of all the most recent new adventures of the class of 2013… congrats!

A– AP Exams, Australia

B– Baboons

C– Cupcake, world’s biggest

D– Dissecting sheep’s brain

E– Eagle Scouts

F– Finals

G– German, games

H– Habitat for Humanity

I– Interlochen

J– Jamaica

K– Karachi

L– Literary Magazines

M– Mural, 32 foot

N– National Outdoor Leadership School

O– Organ Lessons

P– P2x7 Receptors (aka, human genes)

Q– Quiche Lorraine

R– Reef Sharks

S– Sustainable agriculture

T– Tennis

U– United Methodist Camp

V– Venice

W– Working

X– X, Malcolm (The reading of)

Y– Yale Medical Center

Z– Zzzzz’s, catching up on

Survey Results #7: Who Watches You Play Badminton?

Lawrence University is proud to offer 22 Division III varsity sports, as well as many exciting club sports (crew, men’s volleyball, ultimate Frisbee and women’s hockey).

We asked you to share with us your favorite sports to watch and play. First, there’s a sizable number of you who don’t like to watch sports at all (19) and a smaller number who don’t like to participate in sports (11) in any way. Beyond that, your answers ranged from baseball, football and soccer all the way to cheering, kickball, kendo and something called frolf. We’re pretty sure that stands for frisbee golf.

Before giving you the top five answers for each question, we thought we’d drop in a plug for our athletics homepage. There, you’ll be able to find out pretty much anything you need to know about our varsity, club and intramural sports.

Now, the top five sports incoming Lawrentians like to watch:

1 – Baseball

2 – Soccer

3 – Basketball

4 – Football

5 – Tennis/Hockey (tied)

One person indicated that he likes to watch badminton more than any other sport.

And, the top five sports incoming Lawrentians like to play:

1 – Soccer

2 – Volleyball

3 – Badminton

4 – Basketball

5 – Swimming

** Although, if you combine baseball and softball, they would be in fourth place.

So the large number of you who like to play badminton can count on a small, but loyal, audience of one.