Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
April 12, 201112:33 pm
Director of Public Safety Resigns
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor and Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
On Tuesday, April 12, Dean of Students Laura Bayless confirmed that former Director of Public Safety Christopher Santiago is no longer employed with St. Mary’s College. Santiago, who formerly served as the Assistant Director of Campus Safety for Keene State College in New Hampshire, began his work as Director of Public Safety on Sept. 7, 2010, making his tenure just over seven months long.
March 22, 201112:01 am
Embrace the Nest Mess
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
The weekend before Spring Break saw the first test of the new Nest policies. I am told only a handful of students went. In fact, The Point News sent a photographer to cover the event and he captured an empty upper deck – a far cry from the 400 people who crowded into Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC) at the last nest.
March 1, 201112:27 am
Alex Walls Selected as 2012-2013 Student Trustee
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
Alex Walls, Class of 2013, will be the 2012-2013 Student Trustee. Walls was selected Saturday, Feb. 25 out of four candidates including Griffin Canfield, Laura Rodriguez and Robert Rudd. Walls will serve as Student Trustee-in-training under next year’s Student Trustee, Maurielle Stewart.
August 31, 201112:17 pm
Urgo Asks Governor for Additional Grant to Aid Affordability
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
President Joseph Urgo and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Molly Mahoney Matthews, are asking Governor O’Malley and the Maryland General Assembly for an additional $5 million a year to improve affordability and increase access to St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
August 31, 201112:12 pm
Public Safety to Become Commissioned Police Officers
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
All ten Public Safety officers and Interim Director of Public Safety, Dave Zylak, are currently in the process of obtaining official police commissions from the state of Maryland.
August 31, 201112:00 pm
Join The Point News… or something
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. I know this won’t be published until Thursday and you probably won’t read this until the next time you eat crabs and need something to cover your table with… but today I officially became a college senior. Seems fitting that today I should pass on the advice seniors before me passed on.
March 1, 201112:24 am
News in Brief: Internet Speed Doubles
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
George Waggoner, Director of Campus Technology Support Services, confirmed that on Feb. 15, St. Mary’s Technology Services and the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) successfully connected using a 100 MB/s internet line installed by Verizon two weeks ago. The connection fulfills services first requested one year ago.
March 1, 201112:22 am
News in Brief: New Nest Rules
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
After suspending all dance events funded by the Student Government Association (SGA) due to attendance at the Nest reaching unprecedented and dangerous levels, students and staff from Student and Activities and Programs Board settled on a Temporary Dance Party Policy introduced to the SGA on Feb. 22.
March 1, 201112:04 am
YouTube Applications Benefit Applicants, Keep College Creative
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
In the most recent issue of The Point News, Zach Eser wrote an opinion entitled “Video Applications on YouTube Only Benefit Internet ‘Trolls.’” Mr. Eser’s piece invoked some controversy over attacks on specific groups on campus. However, I want to instead address the value video applications add to the admissions process.
February 16, 201111:04 am
News in Brief: Internet Speed Doubles
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
George Waggoner, Director of Campus Technology Support Services, confirmed that yesterday, Feb. 15, St. Mary’s Technology Services and the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) successfully connected using a 100 MB/s internet line installed by Verizon two weeks ago.
February 2, 20116:20 pm
Verizon Fails to Increase Speed
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
Verizon, the Internet provider for St. Mary’s and the entire University of Maryland system, failed to double the speed of the college’s Internet despite hardware upgrades that could deliver Internet speeds nearly 20 times faster than current speeds.
February 2, 20116:04 pm
Winning the Future, Together: Reflections on the State of the Union
By Dave Chase, Former Managing Editor
Last Tuesday, President Obama delivered the State of the Union to a joint session of Congress. As always, the speech was surrounded by pomp and posturing, yet this speech sounded entirely different from the typical laundry list of Presidential requests.
December 7, 20109:01 am
The Political Science Classroom Should Be About More Than Just What’s in the Textbook
By Dave Chase
The Political Science major needs to be renamed Public Policy, and political science majors should get their money back.
