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Banished Words 2026:  Coming Soon!

Attention Word Enthusiasts!
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Get ready to bid farewell to overused, cliché, and irritating words!  The Banished Words 2026 list will be announced on December 31, 2025, so you can start the New Year on the right foot, er, tongue.
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LSSU Pep Band Sends Off Michigan's 2025 State Christmas Tree

On October 30th, the Lake Superior State University Pep Band joined the Soo High School Band and the Soo High Poms Team to send off Michigan's 39th official state Christmas tree in style. The Michigan Association of Timbermen and Great Lakes Timber Professionals assisted in the harvest and transport of the 68ft spruce tree, which was donated by a Sault Ste. Marie resident. 
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LSSU Celebrates Spooky Season with the LSSU Haunted Hall

This Halloween, Laker Success Coaches, RAs, and the University Activities Board teamed up to create the 2025 Brady Haunted Hall. These students volunteered their time to create, act in, and operate the spooky event from 7:00-9:30pm on October 30th.

The Haunted Hall featured an abandoned hallway with a lurking creature; an asylum; an ice-cold torture room; a spider- and bug-infested space; a pitch-dark-as-night room; a dollhouse full of nightmares; a lab where experiments turned scientists into victims; a witch's coven; a haunted pyramid; the den of a twisted serial killer; and a creepy clown birthday party.

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Commemorating Orange Shirt Day Together

September 30th marked Orange Shirt Day.

In commemoration of this significant day, the campus community wore orange as a heartfelt tribute to the Indigenous children who attended residential schools.

LSSU gathered in spirit of hope and reconciliation, coming together to educate ourselves, pay homage to the survivors of these schools, and unite in acknowledging this painful chapter of our shared history.

Together, we pledged our unwavering commitment to reconciliation, learning and healing.

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LSSU Professor of Theatre and Director of the Arts Center Works as Intimacy Choreographer for California Production

LSSU Professor and Arts Center Director Noah Lucé served as the Intimacy Choreographer for a production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors that ran from September 25 to October 19 at City Lights Theatre Company in San Jose, California.

In his role, Lucé designed and oversaw the physical language of relationship, movement, and stage intimacy, ensuring that the comedic, camp-horror reimagining of the vampire myth remained dynamic, evocative, and fully supported for the actors. Through orchestrating the intimacy for this play, he supported the narratives of seduction, danger, and hilarity. His work helped lead to an excellent reception from local media outlets and audiences alike.