Jamie Haydel, Staff Writer
November 3, 20098:33 am
Art and Politics Work Together to Bring Awareness to Displacement
In a Middle Eastern refåugee camp, a young girl plays with her friends among the piles of rock and debris littering the ground. A world away in New Jersey, a State Highway worker helps drag a cracked and dusty cement road barrier to the side of the road. What do these two scenes have in [...]
October 19, 20096:17 pm
Students Plant ‘Smoking Hot Sycamores’ and Other Trees around Campus Paths
If there’s one thing that can be said of St. Mary’s students, it’s that we don’t lack concern for the environment. While the rest of the community was huddled inside early Saturday morning avoiding the cold, rainy weather, about 15 students met at the Campus Center to take action and support the environment by getting [...]
September 22, 20098:10 am
“Iron Man” Brian Boyle Recounts his Struggle
It’s hard to appreciate what we have until we lose it. None can relate to this sentiment more fully than senior Brian Boyle, who has gone through the experience of losing the most precious thing possible: his life. On Oct. 1, 2009, the world will have an opportunity to read about Boyle’s experience of surviving [...]
December 9, 200811:29 am
Benefit Raises Awareness
The red cloth banner draped over the entrance table was riddled with the names of people who cared; people who cared to help spread awareness about a growing epidemic: AIDS. On December 1, AIDS Day 2008 was acknowledged worldwide, and St. Mary’s took part by throwing a benefit concert in DPC at 8:00 p.m, which [...]
November 18, 200811:52 am
Underwire ‘Zine Gives Gender Issues a Lift
Junior Sarah Eargle is passionate about women’s issues. The head of Feminists for United Sexual Equality (FUSE), Eargle has directed her passion into single-handedly bringing back a project that had long been discarded: Underwire. Underwire is a zine that was started to bring issues of women, gender, and sexuality to light. Seen as a creative [...]
