Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
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 [...]
April 17, 201212:17 am
Wiebers Awarded Fulbright to South Korea
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
It was announced on March 12 that Leon Wiebers, Assistant Professor of Theater, Film, and Media Studies (TFMS) and scenography, was awarded a Fulbright research grant for the 2012-2013 academic year. He will travel to Seoul, South Korea to work on his project, entitled “Traditional and Modern Modes in Dress for Performance,” at the Seoul [...]
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 [...]
May 1, 201212:05 am
Students Taught to Waltz in Monty
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Arts & Entertainment Editor and Maria Smaldone, Features 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 [...]
April 17, 201212:08 am
Old Testament Expert Questions an Angry God
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
David Lamb, an expert in the Old Testament and author of the book “God Behaving Badly,” gave a lecture based on the topic of his book on the afternoon of Thursday, April 5. The lecture was sponsored by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF), a group that Lamb himself was once a member of in his [...]
April 3, 201212:23 am
Students Fight Climate Change With S’mores and Bonfires
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
For one hour on the evening of March 31, students gathered around the crackling fire pit in Waring Commons (WC) amidst smoky wind and marshmallows as part of the international event known as Earth Hour. SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition) hosted the St. Mary’s Earth Hour event, which occurs when “people in over 130 countries [...]
April 3, 201212:16 am
Navy SEAL Explores the Cost of Killing
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
On March 20, the Philosophy Club gathered in Margaret Brent Hall, the new home of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, to enter into a discussion of the spiritual or karmic cost of killing other human beings. Mike McCabe, a former Navy SEAL and local resident, opened the discussion by sharing his own personal [...]
March 21, 201210:15 pm
St. Mary’s Finds Success at Maryland Student Legislature
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland delegation of the Maryland Student Legislature (MSL) met on the weekend of March 3 and 4 at McDaniel College, where the Spring Leadership Training Institute and Interim Assembly were held. Two bills drafted by St. Mary’s students were passed, and they will be under consideration by the Maryland General [...]
March 21, 201210:07 pm
Christmas in April Delivers the Gift of Home
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The auction held on Friday, March 2 to benefit the Christmas in April chapter of St. Mary’s County successfully continued an annual College tradition for the seventeenth year. Christmas in April is a nationwide organization that renovates homes for families in need, and the St. Mary’s chapter has been active for nineteen years. “Christmas in [...]
February 28, 201212:26 am
Residence Life Compensates Mold Evacuees for Lost Items
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Most of the residents who were displaced last semester due to the mold in Caroline and Prince George’s (PG) Halls were able to easily recover all of the belongings they placed in storage. However, some residents have reported missing items that have not yet been found. In light of this situation, the Office of Residence [...]
February 28, 201212:18 am
National Health Assessment Results Encourage Better Habits Among Students
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Meghan Root, the Health Center’s Sexual Assault and Wellness Advocate, presented the results of the National College Health Assessment II (NCHA) at the St. Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Feb. 7. NCHA is a survey organized by the American College Health Association that was conducted amongst St. Mary’s students in the spring semester [...]
February 28, 201212:16 am
Tuition Discussed at Board of Trustees Meeting
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
At the General Session of the meeting of the St. Mary’s Board of Trustees on Feb. 25, sophomore Michael Killius was announced as the new Student Trustee-in-Training, and the controversial topic of the tuition raise for the 2012-2013 academic year was also discussed. Current Student Trustee Maurielle Stewart introduced Killius, saying, “I’m sure he will represent [...]
