Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
April 21, 201311:54 am
TFMS Presents ‘Working’ the Musical
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The subject of the Theater, Film and Media Studies (TFMS) Department’s spring musical isn’t as glamorous or romantic as the premises of most other musicals. Instead of farcical situations and peppy dance numbers, Working, a musical adapted by Nina Faso and acclaimed Broadway-hitmaker Stephen Schwartz from the book Working: People Talk About What They Do [...]
March 5, 201311:52 pm
St. Mary’s Celebrates, Remembers, Fights Back with Relay for Life
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor and Anna Agarunova, Editor-in-Chief
One night for the past four spring semesters at St. Mary’s, the ARC has been inundated with purple. Purple banners, purple t-shirts, playing dress-up, and goofy contests are just some of the things that one encounters during Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which is hosted by communities and colleges across [...]
March 5, 20132:12 pm
Helen Prejean Returns to Talk About Art and Activism
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
In her capacity as this year’s Nitze Senior Fellow, anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean returned to St. Mary’s on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 21 for her second and final lecture, entitled “Dead Man Walking: A Cast Study in Using the Arts to Promote Social Change.” During Prejean’s previous lecture, she described the story [...]
April 24, 20138:50 am
Gaypril and Lavender Graduation Honor LGBTQ Students
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor and Monique Thompson, News Editor
This month, LGBTQ Student Services and STARS (St. Mary’s Triangle and Rainbow Society) sponsored Gaypril, a series of events dedicated to the celebration of SMCM’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. Gaypril began with the all day event, Out on the Patio, which showcased fun activities and free merchandise. Sophomore Erica Burns, who tabled during the celebration, was [...]
April 7, 20133:09 pm
Margaret Brent Lecturer Focuses on Working Mothers
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Elsa Walsh, a feminist journalist and creative non-fiction writer who has worked for such esteemed publications as the New Yorker and The Washington Post, is the recipient of the Margaret Brent Award for 2013. As the awardee, Walsh came to St. Mary’s Hall on Friday, April 5 to deliver a lecture entitled “Notes to My Daughter: On Being [...]
March 26, 201311:40 am
WGSX Colloquium Explores ‘Choices and Lives’
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (affectionately known as “WGSX”) held its 14th annual colloquium from Tuesday, March 19 through Thursday, March 21. This year’s colloquium, titled “Choices and Lives: Abortion After Roe v. Wade,” focused on the topic of abortion to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case [...]
February 19, 20133:43 pm
“The Vagina Monologues” Seeks to End Violence Against Women
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
This year’s annual production of Eve Ensler’s play The Vagina Monologues, hosted by FUSE (Feminists United for Sexual Equality), coincided with the global “One Billion Rising” campaign started by V-Day, the organization and holiday created by Ensler to raise awareness for violence against women. On V-Day, which occurs every Feb. 14, colleges and organizations around the world [...]
February 17, 20132:09 pm
Double-A Cabaret: Jazzing up St. Mary’s
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The brassy sound of jazz and big-band music was a welcome addition to the second annual Double-A Cabaret: An Evening of Jazz and Broadway featured eight of St. Mary’s College’s most talented student vocalists collaborating with the five student musicians and three professional musicians of the St. Mary’s Jazz Combo. The one-night-only performance took place [...]
February 2, 20133:25 pm
Prominent Death Penalty Activist Visits St. Mary’s
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 29, Sister Helen Prejean spoke to a full-capacity audience at St. Mary’s Hall about her life’s work as a leading voice in the death penalty abolition movement. As the Nitze Senior Fellow for the 2012-2013 academic year, Prejean gave the first of her two lectures at St. Mary’s, titled “Dead [...]
February 1, 201312:54 am
Rostra Club Encourages Political Sensitivity
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
By Eli Sherlock John F. Kennedy once said, “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer.” Easier said than done, Mr. President. The school year thus far has been politically charged, to say the least. From the Presidential Election to the decision on Meatless Mondays, there have been [...]
January 31, 20134:36 pm
Search for 2014-2015 Student Trustee Down to Two Finalists
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
By Michael Abrams On Friday, Jan. 25, sophomores Jonathan Holzman and Taylor Schafer were selected as finalists for the Students Trustee position for the 2014-2015 school year. The decision by the selection committee consisting of current Student Trustee Alex Walls, the Student Trustee-in-Training, and three other underclassmen, took place after the Student Trustee Applicant Open [...]
May 1, 201212:27 am
Students “Get Their Float On” at the Waterfront
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Friday, April 27 marked the end of classes for the Spring 2012 semester at St. Mary’s, and many students took advantage of the sunny clear blue skies and invigorating wind to celebrate spring before finals week at the Sailing Club’s bi-annual “Get Your Float On” event. Sunbathing, sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking were encouraged as students [...]
May 1, 201212:16 am
Nitze Fellow Delaunay Talks About Adaptations in Global Health
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Sophie Delaunay, the U.S. director of Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), returned to St. Mary’s for the third time in her capacity as the Nitze Senior Fellow 2011-2012 to deliver her final lecture, “Adapting to Recent Developments in Global Health.” Michael Taber, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Nitze Scholars [...]
