Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 201212:27 am
SMC Recognized with Grand Award by the Professional Grounds Management Society
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
In an email to the campus on Nov. 5, President Urgo informed the community that St. Mary’s had been recognized by the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) with the Grand Award indicating that the campus has “one of the best maintained landscapes in the colleges and universities category.” According to Superintendent of Grounds Kevin Mercer, [...]
November 5, 201211:49 pm
Hurricane Sandy Blows Through St. Mary’s
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
A little more than a year after Hurricane Irene disrupted orientation, downed power lines, and started a seemingly endless mold fiasco, Hurricane Sandy made landfall slightly north of St. Mary’s, causing billions of dollars of damage and dozens of lives along the east coast, but leaving a surprisingly small effect on the College campus. As [...]
December 2, 20123:35 pm
Botzman to Leave SMCM
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
Tom Botzman, Vice President for Business and Finance for nine years at St. Mary’s, is leaving his position in July to become the 13th President of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. “I am very excited and honored to be selected as the next president of Misericordia University, which has an impressive reputation for linking the [...]
November 4, 20125:15 pm
College Reexamines Slogans and Logos to Retain Campus Image
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
The College is currently in a phase of examining its public image, including reexamining the logo, the stationary, some slogans, and other SMCM images according to President Urgo and Assistant Vice President of External Relations Keisha Reynolds, ’96. “The effort is called Public Awarness,” Reynolds explained, “which means we are taking a look at the [...]
September 19, 201212:11 am
Volunteering: It’s More Worthwhile Than Honey Boo Boo
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
Now that I’m in my fourth week of my final semester of college (which is something I can’t even begin to wrap my head around), I’m starting to look back on my almost four years of higher education with a kind of nostalgia that’s usually reserved for people much older than I, and who usually [...]
September 19, 201212:07 am
Summer Sees Staff Changes
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
As always with the commencement of a new academic year, St. Mary’s has undergone cuts, hirings, and changes to the faculty and staff on campus. Among those who have left the College are Rich Edgar, former Director of Admissions, Office Administrator Lisa Crowe, and Director of Public Safety David Zylak. Edgar who was also the [...]
September 17, 201212:01 am
FTCD: Opinions on Opinions
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
Hello everyone and happy new year (as in new school year, not “happy 2013,” because that’s jumping the gun a bit). Welcome back to our thankfully still weird community, or if you’re either a first-year or, like myself two years ago, a transfer student, welcome to the river for the first time. Welcome back to [...]
September 10, 20128:21 pm
Trustee and Maryland State Senator J. Frank Raley Dies at 85
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
On Tuesday, Aug. 18, former St. Mary’s College trustee and former Maryland senator J. Frank Raley passed away at age 85. According to his obituary at the Brinsfield Funeral Home in Leonardtown, Maryland, Raley attended St. Mary’s County parochial schools, Charlotte Hall Military Academy, and Georgetown University. He also never lived further than 10 miles [...]
May 1, 201212:20 am
Community Dialogue Features Open Discussions
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
Thursdays will now be Community Dialogue nights at The Pub, where, according to an email sent by Associate Professor of Philosophy Sybol Cook Anderson, students, faculty, staff, and other community members will now have, “a space for free and easy discussion of campus community issues.” The inaugural dialogue was held on April 5, when the [...]
May 1, 201212:15 am
Rakoff Gives Honest, Candid Twain Lecture
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief and Allison Kight, News Editor
David Rakoff is very anxious. As a defensive pessimist, he’s always expecting and preparing for the worst. For example, as he joked in the writer’s craft talk he gave Friday, April 27 as part of the Twain Lecture Series, he always knows where the fire exits in the room are and how much oxygen per [...]
April 3, 201212:11 am
Adler and Rabinowitz Fight Viciously Over Latke, Hamantaschen
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
The debate is timeless and seemingly unending (well, maybe not timeless but it’s certainly entertaining): which traditional Jewish food is better, the latke or the hamantaschen? On March 26 while students munched on hamantaschen and drank grape juice, Associate Professor of Physics Chuck Adler and Director of the Library and Media Center Celia Rabinowitz attempted [...]
March 21, 201210:16 pm
News-in-Brief: Dean Laura Bayless Leaves College
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief
On Feb. 24, President Urgo sent an all-campus email informing the College community that Laura Bayless would be stepping down from her positions as Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at the end of the academic year. Five days later, however, Urgo sent another email explaining that Bayless had left her position [...]
