Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
April 17, 201212:16 am
STARS and LGBTQ Celebrate Gaypril on Campus
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
This month Gaypril is being celebrated at St. Mary’s; it is a month that is dedicated to celebrating gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning and other non-heteronormative students through a number of outlets, including (though not necessarily limited to) movie screenings, speakers, and performances. This month, there have been – and will continue to be – [...]
April 3, 201212:18 am
Locks of Love Returns to St. Mary’s College
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Wednesday, March 28, Locks of Love returned to the Campus Center at St. Mary’s College, giving students a chance to donate hair or money to the organization. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that accepts donations of hair or money and provides hairpieces for disadvantaged children (both in the U.S. and Canada) suffering from [...]
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 [...]
May 1, 201212:12 am
Burlesque with WARNING: Nudity*!
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
At 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, Burlesque returned to St. Mary’s in a show entitled “WARNING: Nudity*!” The show took place in Montgomery Hall in the Bruce Davis Theatre. After the shows on Friday and Saturday, there were talk-backs, where audience members were given an opportunity to [...]
May 1, 201212:06 am
Ravyns’ Rob Fahey Performs on Campus Center Patio
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Tuesday, April 17, Rob Fahey came to St. Mary’s to perform a small set on the Campus Center patio for a small audience. Fahey, formerly of the Ravyns (based in Baltimore, beginning in the 80s) and currently of the Pieces, began his performance with a cover of the Beatles’ song, “Blackbird.” The rest of the [...]
May 1, 201212:05 am
Students Taught to Waltz in Monty
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer and Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
On Friday, April 20, there was a lesson in Waltzing in Montgomery Hall, room 25, at 2:45 p.m. It was organized by senior Monica Liddi and artist-in-residence Brian Ganz of the Music Department, and was taught by dance faculty member Donna Jordan and an outside ballroom dancer, both of whom danced in recent competitions. The [...]
May 1, 201212:02 am
Danger, Danger: Electric Six Bizarre, Awkward
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
Electric Six came to St. Mary’s for World Carnival on Saturday, April 21. Opening for them was the Carpet House Band, who were, by far, better than the “headliner” that followed them around 9:30 p.m. I put “headliner” in quotation marks because I wonder how they got to the point to earn that title. Electric [...]
April 25, 20121:01 am
News-In-Brief: Rob Fahey to Air Interviews This Week
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Tuesday, April 17, Rob Fahey, formerly of a member of the Ravyns and currently a member of the Pieces, came to campus and played a set for a small audience on the Campus Center patio. Fahey performed a number of songs, beginning with a cover of the Beatles’ song, “Blackbird.” Also included in his [...]
April 17, 201212:00 am
Tuition Raises Will Hurt Families With Student Loans
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
I have heard through the grapevine that there is going to be a four percent tuition increase here at St. Mary’s. The increase is going to begin next year. When I heard about this, I was wondering how students like me are going to afford college tuition. Currently, Maryland residents have to pay about $26,000 [...]
April 3, 201212:14 am
Baseball and National Identity in Taiwan
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Friday, March 23, professor and the chair of the History Department at California Polytechnic State University, Dr. Andrew Morris gave a lecture about baseball and national identity in Taiwan entitled, “They Told Us We Were Not Japanese and Not Chinese Either: Baseball and National Identity in Taiwan.” The lecture was jointly sponsored by the [...]
March 21, 201210:08 pm
Darts and Socks: The Humans Won
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
A few weeks ago, the campus-wide game of Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) went under way. While two players began as zombies that did not need to reveal their identity for the first 24 hours, all others in the game began as humans, defending themselves by shooting zombies with Nerf guns or stunning them with socks. [...]
February 28, 201212:19 am
Rieghart, White win SGA Election, Constitution Delayed
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
This semester’s elections, with extremely close votes from nearly 500 people, have resulted in juniors Andrew Reighart and Becky White as the 2012-2013 Student Government Association (SGA) President and Vice President, respectively. Running against them were sophomores Shelby Perkins and Thor Petersen. In addition to the newly elected SGA President and Vice President, junior Tiko [...]
February 28, 201212:04 am
Senior Day for Men’s Basketball: Win 95-81
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Saturday, Feb. 18, the St. Mary’s men’s basketball team played against Frostburg State in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), winning 95-81. Starting lineup for St. Mary’s consisted of sophomore Christian MacAuley, junior Devin Spencer, junior Chris Hutchinson, Mike Fitzpatrick (the only senior in the lineup), and sophomore Brendan McFall. From the beginning of the [...]
