Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
April 19, 201112:25 am
Journalist Gwen Ifill Talks Politics During Ben Bradlee Lecture
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Thursday April 14 in Auerbach Auditorium journalist Gwen Ifill spoke to a standing room only audience about her experiences in journalism, the present state of politics and media, as well as their potential future. Ifill was introduced by Todd Eberly, Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, and began her lecture by speaking about her background in journalism and her current position on The PBS Newshour.
March 1, 201112:23 am
Campus Community Mourns Student
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Feb. 17, St. Mary’s College was notified of the unexpected death of sophomore Sarah “Sadie” Pyles through a campus-wide email sent by President Joseph Urgo.
March 1, 201112:09 am
Relay for Life: Students Walk for Cure
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
Starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 and ending at 6 a.m. the next morning, Relay for Life gathered students, faculty, staff and community members together in the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center to honor those who have fought cancer and to raise awareness and money to continue the struggle to fight a disease that touches so many lives.
May 3, 201112:27 am
TPN Special Investigation: Gendered Wage Gap at College
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
In an investigation into the issue of a gendered wage gap among tenure track faculty at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the data show that by itself there is a significant difference in salaries for males and females. When statistically factoring in other variables, such as differences in base salaries for different departments and years of service to St. Mary’s, gender does not have a significant effect on salary above and beyond these other factors. However, gender is correlated with the departments that make less on average and to years of service. The departments that on average make less are more likely to have more women in them, and women are less likely to have more years of service teaching.
May 3, 201112:25 am
Students Vote in Favor of Raising Student Fees
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
Voting on the issue of raising student fees ended on Saturday, April 23 at midnight with a total of 33.3 percent of the student body voting on the referendum and 78 percent of the votes in support of the referendum to raise student fees, according to an email sent out by sophomore Joshua Santangelo, Student Government Association (SGA) Parliamentarian. Student fees will be raised $25 per student, per year in order to fund the SGA’s general operating budget which goes towards funding clubs and SGA sponsored events like on-campus films and World Carnival. This fee raise will go into effect in the fall semester of 2012.
April 19, 201112:20 am
Patricia Hill Collins: “Push Back on Behalf of Those Not in Power”
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
Patricia Hill Collins, a well known social theorist and author, spoke Friday April 16 in Cole Cinema on her life’s work and the her perspective on issues like social justice, education and the effect of the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality and nation on society. The event was sponsored by Feminists United for Sexual Equality (FUSE) and the title of Hill Collins’ lecture was Cultivating a Sociological Imagination for our Time.
April 5, 201112:21 am
Panels Look Forty Years Ahead, Forty Back
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
One of the opening events for President Joseph Urgo’s presidential inauguration was an academic symposium that began the afternoon of Mar. 25 in St. Mary’s Hall. This article covers the first two panels of the symposium; the keynote address by Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Post-secondary Education, is covered separately.
March 1, 201112:10 am
Author Reflects on Treatment of Natural Resources
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Wednesday, Feb. 16, nature writer and environmental activist Rick Bass spoke about his early introductions to a common view of the natural world as a resource to be exploited for personal gain.
February 15, 201112:24 am
College Assesses Accessibility, Encourages Awareness
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
During the semester Lenny Howard, Assistant Vice President for Academic Services, freqently takes a walk on campus to assess the accessibility of campus for individuals with disabilities, an issue that at first glance only seems to affect a limited number of students on campus but in reality is of major importance.
February 15, 201112:13 am
Enviro-Ethics Lecture Pleases
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Monday Jan. 31, Andrew Terjesen lectured on magnanimity; it was a lecture proposing that human beings should take care of the environment, not because they have any obligation to or because it benefits humans to take care of it, but because they can take care of the environment and show their greatness by choosing to do so.
February 15, 201112:11 am
Calico Jack Plays HSMC
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Friday, Feb 4. in the State House in Historic St. Mary’s City, the ‘maritime musicians’ Calico Jack performed their collection of music inspired by the traditions and culture of the Chesapeake Bay.
December 7, 20109:12 am
“Tar Creek” Informed Viewers of Env. Disaster
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Wednesday Nov. 17, the film Tar Creek was screened in Cole Cinema; it told the story of a Superfund site in Picher, Oklahoma.
November 16, 201012:10 am
Discrimination and Disaster Ethics
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
On Thursday, Nov. 11 Bill Lawson, a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis spoke and led a discussion on how people should respond and prepare for major distressing and uprooting events, termed as an ethics for disasters.
