Olivia DrakeSeptember 23, 20081min
Lily Mandlin ’10 browses through several herb- and honey-based soaps, creams and oils, smiling with every sniff. But one fragrance stands out among the others. "Oooh, I like this one," she says spritzing a lavender linen spray.  "Lavender. It's a natural way to de-stress." The spray, created and sold by Nature’s Edge Farm of Canterbury, Conn., was just one item Mandlin purchased during the Wesleyan Farmers Market Sept. 10 on campus. She also purchased freshly-picked corn, zucchini, goat cheese and "beautiful French bread shaped like a chain of leaves." (more…)

Olivia DrakeSeptember 23, 20081min
Associate Provost Paula Lawson died suddenly Sept. 21. Lawson graduated from Carleton College with a degree in psychology and held a M. Ed. degree from Harvard University. She served as a coordinator of Academic Student Services in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern University and as a research associate in the Office of Academic Affairs, the Institute for Social Research, and the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (more…)