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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.

Survey Results #6: The Greatest Question of All…

Critical thinking is an integral part of the Lawrence education experience. Each question seems to lead to a new question. (Like, “What are we having for lunch today?” leads to, “What will we have for dessert?” and, “What about dinner?”) So we decided to ask you what you feel, right now, is the greatest unanswered question.

Your responses were full of thought, intelligence and humor. Enjoy a few of them below:

What happens next?

Why?

Chocolate or vanilla?

What is the long time purpose of anything?

Which came first–the chicken or the egg?

How and why does Oxyclean work?

Why do we fall in love?

What is fulfillment?

Can music save the world?

Why are you eating that?

Not asked yet…

What does everyone see in Will Ferrell? I just don’t get it. What a fool.

Why do we repeat our mistakes? (personal or historical and even the big ones)

How many licks does it really take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

To what extent are we all connected to each other?

Does any kind of higher power or being really exist?

Survey Results #5: What’s New (Part Two)

As we continue on the journey of discovery of the incoming class, it has been refreshing to see that there is no shortage of academic and extracurricular achievements. The summer before college is a perfect time to celebrate old friends, achievements and adventures and anticipate new ones. While traveling and working are still the top responses to the survey question; what’s new? , there are plenty of unique responses that we would like to highlight below:

What’s new since your application to Lawrence?

-“Baseball team is going downstate”

-“I sang a solo at graduation”

-“I just got back from a trip to South Africa with a friend where we worked with injured/orphaned monkeys and baboons”

-I got paid to play music four times!”

-“I am going to take acting classes”

-“working on an organic farm this summer”

-“I have played human foosball”

-“Prom turned out to be horribly boring”

-“I just finished a mini triathlon today!”

-“I made over $200 selling pottery at my high school”

-“I have lived through nearly an entire year in Mexico and seen far too many beautiful things to articulate in the process”

-“Nominated for Worst Driver in the school–Sad!”

-“I feel like a newborn with a world full of possibilities. What isn’t new?” (well said!)

Still more to come. ..stay tuned.

Survey Results #4 – I See Your True Colors…

Our apologies for titling this blog after a song from 1991 (or a personality test, depending on your perspective). Still, we wanted to tell you a little bit about Lawrence’s traditions before you arrive, including class colors. (Check out our longest and most popular traditions.)

These traditions include information about our coat of arms, school songs, the organs in the chapel and even a big, huge rock. But you’ll also be able to read about the tradition of class colors.

Beginning in 1914, Milwaukee Downer College (which merged with Lawrence College in 1964 to create Lawrence University) began transferring a red, green, yellow or purple banner to the incoming freshman class. The tradition continues today, with each incoming class receiving their official banner from the alumni association.

While we can’t yet reveal your official class color – that happens at the President’s welcome on September 8th – we thought it would be interesting to see which of the four colors your class liked the best. (Note: this does not have an impact on the class color you will receive!)

The results were:

1 – Green, with 39.9%

2 – Purple, with 30.9%

3 – Red, with 20.2%

4 – Yellow, with 9.0%

For the record, blue is not generally considered one of the available colors, as blue and white are the official school colors.

As of yet, there’s no explanation for the absence of orange…any ideas?