Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
April 17, 201212:18 am
Students, Staff Protest in Living Rage Rally
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Friday afternoon, April 13, a crowd of students, faculty, and staff members marched across campus to raise awareness about how staff members at the College are not receiving a living wage. The members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) called the rally “Living Rage.” “This march is to show how serious we are,” [...]
April 17, 201212:15 am
Urban Trees, Human Impact on Nature
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Wednesday, April 4, Richard Olsen, a Research Geneticist from the National Arboretum, visited St. Mary’s to present his lecture called “The Urban Forest.” Olsen discussed the evolution of trees over the years in urban, rural, and suburban areas. This Natural Science and Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium was co-sponsored by the St. Mary’s Arboretum Association. “I’m [...]
April 17, 201212:14 am
Pam Cardwell Discusses Artwork Inspired By Travel
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Monday, April 9, Artist House Artist-in-Residence Pam Cardwell visited the library at the College to present her lecture, “On Art and Travel Throughout Turkey and the Caucasus Countries.” Cardwell discussed how her childhood and international travels have played a part in influencing the style of her abstract art. Carrie Patterson, Associate Professor of Art, [...]
May 1, 201212:10 am
Concert Review in Brief: Ganz and Babcock Perform Debussy
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Tuesday evening, April 24, resident accompanist and piano instructor Beverly Babcock and artist-in-residence and piano instructor Brian Ganz performed “Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra” by Claude Debussy in St. Mary’s Hall. Ganz played the piano accompaniment while Babcock played a piano version of the orchestra part. Though this concert was not meant to be [...]
April 17, 201212:03 am
Fencers Fight for Fleche and Blood
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On the morning of Sunday, April 15, the St. Mary’s Fencing Club hosted the annual spring Fleche and Blood Tournament at the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center. Along with students from the St. Mary’s Club, fencers from Goucher College, St. John’s College, and Temple University visited to compete in the tournament. The students [...]
April 3, 201212:23 am
Students Fight Climate Change With S’mores and Bonfires
By Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
For one hour on the evening of March 31, students gathered around the crackling fire pit in Waring Commons (WC) amidst smoky wind and marshmallows as part of the international event known as Earth Hour. SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition) hosted the St. Mary’s Earth Hour event, which occurs when “people in over 130 countries [...]
April 3, 201212:22 am
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Event Raises Awareness of Sexual Violence
By Allison Kight, Assistant Editor
On March, April 1 at 2:00 p.m., St. Mary’s First Responders teamed up with Walden Sierra, a not-for profit behavioral health organization in Southern Maryland, to host the 2nd annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes at the College. The event, which was free and open to students and community members, was hosted at the [...]
April 3, 201212:20 am
Board of Trustees Decide Tuition for 2012-2013 School Year
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
On Saturday, March 10, the Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition by four percent for both in-state and out-of-state students for the 2012-2013 school year. The ruling, decided by unanimous vote, means that in-state tuition costs will jump from $12,005 to $12,485, a $480 increase, and out-of-state will go up $963 from $24,082 to [...]
April 3, 201212:12 am
Nonmarital Childbirth: Positive or Negative for the Child?
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Friday, March 23, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University Rebecca Ryan visited St. Mary’s to present her lecture entitled, “Nonmarital Childbirth and Child Development: The Relevance of Marriage Propensity and Family Change.” She discussed how children born with or without parents differ in how they are affected by changes in family structure. “There has [...]
April 3, 201212:10 am
Rock Climbers Defy Gravity at Friction Fest
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Saturday, March 31, St. Mary’s annual spring rock climbing competition, Friction Fest, was held at the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC). Kids, students, and non-students alike competed on Saturday to earn top scores in the various climbing divisions. “[Friction Fest] has been going on for six years, since the wall’s been [...]
April 3, 201212:09 am
GiveCamp Gives IT to Non-Profits
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On the weekend of Friday, March 30, GiveCamp was held on the first floor of Schaefer Hall at the College. Starting three years ago, GiveCamp has been held annually at St. Mary’s every spring. Students at the college, along with professional software developers, create websites for local non-profit organizations for free. “I found out about [...]
April 3, 201212:08 am
Women’s Rugby Having a Good Season
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
The St. Mary’s women’s rugby team, coached by Dustin Allan, has been doing well this semester. They have won and lost games, and they practice in all weather, rain or shine. Their captains, seniors Diana Roman and Sarah Brown, are graduating, and there is a lot of hope being held out for the team’s current [...]
March 21, 201210:12 pm
Lecture on the Motor Behaviors of Zebrafish During Phototaxis
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
Harold Burgess, Head of the Unit on Behavioral Neurogenetics at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), visited St. Mary’s on Monday, March 5 to share his research on the motor behaviors of both normal and genetically altered zebrafish during phototaxis. Phototaxis is the observed behavior of animals moving [...]
