Features Section
January 31, 201212:18 am
Close Quarters and Strong Cosmos: Senior Cocktail Delivers
By Hannah Grabenstein, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
For graduating seniors, another milestone has passed. Though 100 days isn’t until this Thursday, Feb. 2, senior cocktail is a thing of the past. The cocktail, which was held Friday, Jan. 20, was held at the Inn at Broome Howard and was limited to the first 70 seniors to buy tickets (which were $15 for [...]
January 31, 201212:17 am
Welcome Back Weekend for Students a Success
By Anna Agarunova, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Welcome Back Weekend drew crowds of students to the three events organized by the Student Government Association (SGA) programs board. The events ran Jan. 20-22, and included the 2011 comedy-drama film “50/50″ in Cole Cinema, Hypnotist Tom Deluca, and the return of the band Pearl and the Beard to the campus. The film “50/50″ was [...]
January 31, 201212:10 am
Zombie Apocalypse According to a Chemist, Psychologist, Science Major
By Taylor Schafer, Co-News Editor
Hollywood has tried to make our worst nightmares imaginable for years, but on Wednesday, Jan. 25, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Leah Eller, Assistant Professor of Psychology Scott Mirabile, and senior Chemistry and Biology double major Steven Rees all joined forces to tell the scenarios of a real life zombie apocalypse. In the first Natural Science [...]
January 31, 201212:09 am
Spotlight: Anthropology Club
By Gideon Singer, Anthropology Club President
This semester yields a tremendous opportunity in which all of us anthropology students and enthusiasts can forge and crystallize our anthropology community. We, the leadership of the anthropology club, wish to provide forums for the fostering of positive interactions between all members of our community through establishing a reliable system of updates, discussions, and on [...]
December 6, 201112:15 am
Club Spotlight: Seahawk Radio
By Taylor Schafer, Co-News Editor
With forty-three registered radio shows per week, the Hawk Radio is a very open atmosphere for music, which is senior and president of Hawk Radio Nick Hughes’ favorite thing about the station. “I think the best part is that anyone can have a show about anything they want. You want to do a show made [...]
December 6, 201112:14 am
Second Generation Women Artists After the Holocaust, Themes and Symbols
Director of Contemporary Studies Program and Professor of Humanities Dorota Glowacka from the University of King’s College in Canada visited St. Mary’s on Wednesday to deliver a lecture titled, “Encounters with the Daughters of Absence: Women Artists after the Holocaust.” Lecture and Fine Arts, The Arts Alliance, The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, The Department of [...]
December 6, 201112:10 am
Chemistry Professor Discusses Fight Against Tuberculosis
By Monique Thompson, Contributing Writer
On Nov. 16, for the last lecture of the semester in the Natural Science and Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium Series, Cynthia S. Dowd, a researcher and assistant professor of chemistry at George Washington University, provided information about the therapeutics that are now being used to combat Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB). The deadly disease tuberculosis has affected the [...]
November 15, 201112:27 am
St. Mary’s Lives Up to “Tree Campus USA” Title by Planting More Trees
By Taylor Schafer, Co-News Editor
Living up to St. Mary’s College’s recent approval as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, Lesley Urgo, a member of St. Mary’s Arboretum Association, along with 21 students and community members planted 19 trees around campus on Thursday, Nov. 10. According to L. Urgo, the group broke up into three teams for [...]
November 15, 201112:20 am
“Bag It” Urges Bagging Plastic Use
By Taylor Schafer, Co-News Editor
Sorry Barbie, but it turns out that a life in plastic is not so fantastic after all. On Wednesday, Nov. 9 in Cole Cinema, the Center for Study of Democracy, the League of Women Voters, and the Environmental Studies Department co-sponsored the showing of “Bag It,” a documentary by Jeb Berrier that investigates plastics and [...]
November 15, 201112:19 am
Secor Explains Marine Fish Migration
By Taylor Schafer, Co-News Editor
Continuing the Natural Science and Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium series this semester, David Secor came to St. Mary’s to discuss “Migration Ecology of Marine Fishes,” on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in Schaefer Hall. Secor is a University of Maryland Regents Professor at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, where he teaches graduate courses on fisheries ecology, science [...]
November 15, 201112:18 am
Healing Powers of Gardens, Time Outside
By Allison Kight, Assistant Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 5, at the healing garden behind Cobb House, the St. Mary’s Arboretum Association hosted a two-part event centered on the reviving powers of nature called “The Healing Powers of Gardens.” The first part was an informal lecture by Mary-Jeanne “MJ” Raleigh, the director of Counseling Services here at St. Mary’s about her [...]
November 15, 201112:17 am
Taber Presents “Last Lecture”
By Emily Rosen, Contributing Writer
The Last Lecture Series, started by St. Mary’s College students in 2006, seeks to provide select faculty members, chosen each semester by students, the chance to impart some of their wisdom on the campus community. It is intended to celebrate knowledge and inspire audiences to live their best lives. This semester, Michael Taber, Assistant Professor [...]
November 15, 201112:16 am
Ethnographer Talks Bongo Culture Loss
By Jessy Schroeder, News Co-Editor
On Wednesday, Nov. 2, British anthropologist Judith Knight visited St. Mary’s College to present a lecture in Cole Cinema as part of the Department of Anthropology’s Visiting Ethnographer Series. Her presentation focused on her ethnographic study of the pygmy people of Gabon in West Africa. While Knight stated in the beginning that, “pygmy,” is now [...]
