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January 31, 201212:18 am

Close Quarters and Strong Cosmos: Senior Cocktail Delivers

Seniors Laura Bruffey and Korinne Buckwalter enjoy their time at Broome Howard. (Photo by Kevin Baier)

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 [...]

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January 31, 201212:17 am

Welcome Back Weekend for Students a Success

Club executives and students gathered in the Campus Center on Friday, Jan. 20 for this semester’s Club Fair. (Photo by Kevin Baier)

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 [...]

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January 31, 201212:10 am

Zombie Apocalypse According to a Chemist, Psychologist, Science Major

In the packed lecture hall, Eller, Mirabile, and Rees presented on the biological, chemical, and psychologial plausability of a zombie apocalypse, discussing topics like disease and sustainable survival strategies. (By Keene Kelderman)

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 [...]

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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

Radio DJs for The Hawk Radio use this control panel to broadcast music and shows to a television channel and live internet streaming. (Photo by Justin Foreman)

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

By Evan Kelley, Sports Editor

Director of Contemporary Studies Program and Professor of Humanities Dorota Glowacka from the University of King’s College in Canada gave a lecture on female artists after the holocaust. (Photo by Katie Henry)

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

Cynthia S. Dowd, a researcher and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at George Washington University, discusses cures and therapeutics for combating Tuberculosis. (Photo by Keene Kelderman)

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

Students and other volunteers work together with members of the St. Mary’s Arboretum Association to plant three different kinds of trees around campus on Nov. 10. (Photo by Keene Kelderman)

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

Dunlap discusses statistics relating to overuse and waste of plastic bags in the nation. (Photo by Yujia Dong)

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 [...]