Features Section
April 21, 201312:46 pm
John Hodgman Talks ‘Cats, ‘Downton Abbey’ at Twain Lecture
By Staff
By Michael Abrams On Saturday evening, best-selling author and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent John Hodgman graced the ARC Arena with his brand of irreverent humor in the 7th annual Mark Twain Lecture Series on American Humor & Culture. After an opening by local blue-grass revival band The Rusty Spurs, Hodgman worked through [...]
April 19, 20138:54 am
Four Seniors To Complete ‘Ride Across America’
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
Fun fact: It is 3,440 miles from the Washington Monument in Washington DC to the San Francisco Bay in California. About 5 and a half hours by plane and 1.5 days by car, seniors Nathan Smith, Alex Cole, Lukas Iriola, and Devin Jerrard will see every mile of this cross-country journey from their bicycles, in [...]
April 8, 20137:12 pm
St. Mary’s Walks a Mile in Her Shoes
By Jake Wohl
Sunday, April 7 marked the third annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event here at St. Mary’s. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an organization founded in 2001 dedicated to raising awareness for, and bringing an end to, rape, sexual assault, and gender violence. Walk a Mile is an event that takes place [...]
April 24, 20138:50 am
Gaypril and Lavender Graduation Honor LGBTQ Students
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor and Monique Thompson, News Editor
This month, LGBTQ Student Services and STARS (St. Mary’s Triangle and Rainbow Society) sponsored Gaypril, a series of events dedicated to the celebration of SMCM’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. Gaypril began with the all day event, Out on the Patio, which showcased fun activities and free merchandise. Sophomore Erica Burns, who tabled during the celebration, was [...]
April 20, 201310:46 pm
Former CEO Of Nextel Gives Advice To Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Former CEO and chair of Nextel Morgan O’Brien visited St. Mary’s to talk about his experiences in building a business. The Economics Club hosted the event on Wednesday, April 10 in Schaefer Hall. A wireless innovator, O’Brien, who co-founded Nextel with Brian McAuley, helped create the first all-digital nationwide wireless network. O’Brien began his career as a [...]
April 20, 20136:29 pm
Roman Marriage Lecture Shows Cultural Connections Between Paganism and Christianity
By Delia Titzell, Staff Writer
By: Delia Titzell and Bridgette Brunk On Wednesday, April 11, St. Mary’s College of Maryland welcomed Dr. Judith Evan-Grubbs, Professor of Roman History at Emory College, in presenting a lecture entitled ‘Marriage and the Family in Ancient Rome, from Pagan to Christianity’. Dr. Evan-Grubbs is currently working on a new book, “Children Without Fathers in [...]
April 7, 20133:09 pm
Margaret Brent Lecturer Focuses on Working Mothers
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
Elsa Walsh, a feminist journalist and creative non-fiction writer who has worked for such esteemed publications as the New Yorker and The Washington Post, is the recipient of the Margaret Brent Award for 2013. As the awardee, Walsh came to St. Mary’s Hall on Friday, April 5 to deliver a lecture entitled “Notes to My Daughter: On Being [...]
March 26, 201311:40 am
WGSX Colloquium Explores ‘Choices and Lives’
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
The Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (affectionately known as “WGSX”) held its 14th annual colloquium from Tuesday, March 19 through Thursday, March 21. This year’s colloquium, titled “Choices and Lives: Abortion After Roe v. Wade,” focused on the topic of abortion to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case [...]
March 26, 201311:25 am
‘What’s For Supper?’ in Native American Communities
On the afternoon of Monday, March 4 in Cole Cinema, the Department of Anthropology hosted its spring distinguished scholar. Professor Helen Rountree, largely considered the leading expert on Virginia and East Coast Indian tribes, gave her talk titled “What’s For Supper? Maryland Indian Food and Nutrition.” In an introduction by Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. [...]
March 15, 201312:30 am
Bike Shop to host ‘Du the Point’ duathlon
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
On Saturday March 30, runners and cyclists of the St. Mary’s community will get the chance to showcase their talents throughout Historic and down Route 5, and for a good cause. The SMCM Bike Shop, in alliance with the Cross Country team and Circle K International, will host the College’s first duathlon event titled Du [...]
March 12, 201311:49 am
Junior to Lead International Service Trip to Nicaragua
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
In continuation of her project started last semester while completing a three-month internship abroad, junior Cristy Tono will be leading nine other students on a service trip this May to Nicaragua. In the fall Tono’s aim, in her internship through the Foundation for Sustainable Development, was to bring more environmental awareness to the community of [...]
March 5, 20132:12 pm
Helen Prejean Returns to Talk About Art and Activism
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
In her capacity as this year’s Nitze Senior Fellow, anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean returned to St. Mary’s on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 21 for her second and final lecture, entitled “Dead Man Walking: A Cast Study in Using the Arts to Promote Social Change.” During Prejean’s previous lecture, she described the story [...]
March 3, 20133:31 pm
The Future of Fracking
By Monique Thompson, News Editor
On Feb. 26, The Center for the Study of Democracy, The St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, The League of Women Voters, and The Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium hosted a well-attended panel discussion in St. Mary’s Hall on “the Future of Fracking in the Chesapeake.” The panel included discussions by Guy Alsentzer, Director of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper [...]
