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Feb
23

Let’s Welcome the New President

By Dave Chase, Online Editor

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.

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Feb
23

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. [...]

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Feb
09

Perspective From Inside of the Bella Center: Policy, With Some Protest

By The Point News

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 [...]

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Feb
09

Perspective From Outside of the Bella Center: We Need Direct Action

By The Point News

“How can we expect success at UN events like this when lobbyists...have more of a say than the youth of the world?” (Photo submitted by Chelsea Howard-Foley)

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 [...]

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Feb
09

America’s Healthcare System is Putting Us at a Competitive Disadvantage

By The Point News

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 [...]

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Feb
09

Tell us (s)now

By Dave Chase, Online Editor

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 [...]

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Feb
09

A Minstrel Show of Eastern Europe

By The Point News

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 [...]

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Jan
28

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)–A Warning Shot

By Dave Chase, Online Editor

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 [...]

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Jan
28

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, [...]

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Jan
28

On-Campus Housing is Too Expensive

By The Point News

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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