Features Section
Zombie Epidemic Creates Shortage of Brains on Campus
By Rowan Copley
We are lurking under the overhang in front of Baltimore Hall, waiting for food. There are eleven of us, hiding and glancing impatiently at each other as we smoke cigarettes.
(Read More)Professor Predicts Black Holes as Energy Source After Sun’s Demise
St. Mary’s Physics professor and department chair Charles Adler used the physical laws of nature to predict the future of Earth and humanity in his talk The World of the Future: Physics as the Art of the Possible. The lecture was the fourth Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium of the semester.
(Read More)Christmas In April Holds Annual Auction
On Saturday, Feb. 28, Christmas in April held its 16th annual live and silent auctions to raise awareness and funds for Christmas in April. Kelly Schroeder, Rotaract Club, For Goodness’ Sake, Garrett House, and the Service and Social Change program in the Office of Student Activities coordinated the event. The actual house-building will occur on Saturday, April 28, and the funds from the auctions go toward materials for the building project.
(Read More)ARC Danceathon Raises Money for Haiti
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
On Friday, Feb. 26, students danced in the Athletic and Recreation Center until 2:30 am for the “Dance Your Shoes Off Dance Marathon!” The event, which was part of the Nest and hosted by the Residence Life Staff and Programs Board, was held to raise donations for Haiti. Attendees were asked to bring a donation of 5 dollars for the American Red Cross or shoes for Soles for Souls.
(Read More)Leading 2010 Mr. SMC Contestants Announced
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
In the Mr. SMC pageant on Saturday, March 27, several young men will compete to see who is the manliest, sexiest, and maybe even prettiest of them all.
(Read More)College Professors Discuss Art and Science of Beer
In front of a large audience of St. Mary’s students, professors, and community members, College professors Jeffrey Byrd and Andy Koch presented the complicated science and subtle art behind beer brewing, as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series, Jan. 17.
(Read More)Bernard Uncovers the Social Sciences’ ‘Secret Life’
By Jessy Schroeder, Opinions Editor
Anthropologist and ethnographer Dr. H. Russell Bernard visited St. Mary’s College on Monday, February 15, 2010 to lecture on “The Secret Life of Social Science.” He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the American Anthropologist journal anda recipient of the Franz Boas Award from the American Anthropological Association.
(Read More)Student Educational Association to Host First ‘Schools that Learn’ Colloquium
By Alexandra Bertrand, Staff Writer
On March 6, the Student Education Association (SEA) will team up with the Educational Studies Department at St. Mary’s College to host the first annual “Schools that Learn” colloquium in Daugherty Palmer Commons (DPC).
(Read More)Escher’s Geometry Explained
As part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series, St. Mary’s mathematics professor Susan Goldstine presented The Geometries of Escher on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Her presentation discussed the link between the math and art behind M. C. Escher’s work.
“Professor Goldstine is the reason I am at St. Mary’s College,” said mathematics professor Alex Meadows, [...]
Professor Predicts the Future, Discusses Error
For the first Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium of the semester, Southern Polytechnic State University professor A. Bowdoin Van Riper presented on how views of the future have changed over the decades, and why they never seem to be accurate.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the Future! At least, behold the future as people invisioned it in [...]
