Sarah Lawrence

A Melbourne couple accused of damaging numerous precious items in Bendigo by "sprinkling" vegetable oil thought the substance would simply wash off, a court has been told.

When Arnold Rampersad's biography of Langston Hughes, The Life of Langston, was published in 1986, its treatment of sexuality almost immediately ignited controversy. “As for the increasingly fashionable tendency to assert, without convincing evidence, that Hughes was a homosexual,” Rampersad wrote, “I will say at this point only that such a conclusion seems unfounded, and that the evidence suggests a more complicated sexual nature.” Three years later, Isaac Julien's film Looking for Langston claimed Hughes as queer, to the applause of the Black gay poet Essex Hemphill. In 1993, queer studies scholar Scott Bravmann criticized Rampersad for requiring conclusive evidence that Hughes slept with men when he didn't do the same regarding Hughes's presumed heterosexuality. Four years later, Charles Nero took issue with Rampersad's reliance on Hughes's not wanting to be considered gay; that hardly constituted proof, Nero observed, that Hughes did not desire men. At issue for all of Rampersad's dissenters was the politics of sexuality—in this case, the ways in which heteronormativity obscures queerness.

Writing faculty member and alum nus Brian Morton ’78 has released his latest book, Writing as a Way of Life: A Book About Art, Craft, and Devotion (Black Lawrence Press, September 9). The book offers writers at every stage tools and inspiration for sustaining a lifelong creative practice. Drawing on his career as a novelist, memoirist, and teacher, Morton weaves together stories from writers such as Virginia Woolf and Anton Chekhov, alongside insights from artists and thinkers as varied as Joni Mitchell and Miss Manners.

We’re thrilled to welcome 352 first-year undergraduates from across the U.S. and around the world, with the largest numbers coming from California and New York. True to the College’s “both/and” spirit, they bring wide-ranging passions: musicians diving into STEM; international students exploring diplomacy; and students blending the arts, athletics, and preprofessional interests. After a smooth move-in day, a Western-themed orientation was full of important information, traditions, and fun activities, including a scavenger hunt to get to know campus and each other, signing the Class of 2026 banner, meetings with RAs, a Library Takeover Party, and more.

A proposed energy storage facility in Macedon could power thousands of homes — but not everyone is convinced it is being built in the right place.

The Victorian National Party's main hope to wrest the Bendigo electorate from Premier Jacinta Allan is yet to commit to running in next year's state poll.

An Echuca man whose dangerous driving caused a "horrific" crash that killed his girlfriend and younger brother has been sentenced to four years in prison with a non-parole period of two years.

I teach my students to read Plato while their parents calculate the ROI on a philosophy degree. Seventeen years of teaching at a liberal-arts college have shown me both the beauty and limits of the ol

For the third summer in a row, a landlocked regional Victorian town where summer temperatures can soar above 40 degrees Celsius is without an outdoor pool.

A fascinating exploration of the interaction between people and nature throughout history.