Opinions Section
Let’s Welcome the New President
The Board has announced Dr. Joseph Urgo, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Hamilton College, as the next President of St. Mary’s College.
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk: English/Social Science Majors Rejoice?
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
It’s Feb. 22, Monday afternoon. I’m sitting at a lunch table with a few of my friends, one history major and two physics majors. None of us have checked our email yet, so we haven’t seen who the new president is. Speculation abounds about the new president’s background, which eventually degenerates into a my-discipline-is-more-worthwhile-than-yours dispute. [...]
(Read More)Perspective From Inside of the Bella Center: Policy, With Some Protest
This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Aaron French’s Opinion.
In December of 2009 I attended the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark as a delegate of the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC). I was one of 500 US [...]
Perspective From Outside of the Bella Center: We Need Direct Action
This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Chelsea Howard’s Opinion.
In the months leading up to the COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen this past December, I was confused about what my role would be. I had specifically planned to study abroad in the fall semester so I could be [...]
America’s Healthcare System is Putting Us at a Competitive Disadvantage
Throughout all of the debate about healthcare going on around the country, there has been one crucial aspect missing from the dialogue: where our healthcare system puts us in a globalized political economy. The United States is the only industrialized nation that lacks universal healthcare, despite the fact that we spend more per capita on [...]
(Read More)Tell us (s)now
On Saturday, Jan. 30, St. Mary’s county was hit by a massive snow storm, throwing much of the county into panic. The next day, when it was clear that roads would not be clear enough for professors and students to safely make it to campus and to classes, the school’s administration decided to close the [...]
(Read More)A Minstrel Show of Eastern Europe
Congratulations to the Department of Theater, Film and Media Studies and the students involved in the recently concluded production of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man. The night I attended, the audience laughed with gusto at this anti-war comedy set in Bulgaria. The actors performed wonderfully.
As someone who has devoted his life to the [...]
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)–A Warning Shot
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, the impossible happened. A little-known Republican State Senator, Scott Brown, won the special election for the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts.
Why so impossible? Registered Democrats have a 3-1 majority over Republicans in the Commonwealth. No Republican has won a Senate seat in 40 years. Martha Coakley, the Democratic [...]
Welcome Back from the Chief’s Desk
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
As semesters change, so do our surroundings, even on this tiny isolated campus. Seasons come and go. Buildings rise on old foundations. Grassy hills become leveled. Docks stretch out over the river. Even on a personal level, things change: as students, we find new housing arrangements, we sign up for new classes in different buildings, [...]
(Read More)On-Campus Housing is Too Expensive
In the last issue of the Point News, there were articles on a tuition increase of $330 a year and students struggling abroad having trouble finding housing on campus. While both of these articles were well written and covered issues pertinent to students and their budgets, I think that one crucial issue was overlooked: the [...]
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