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Feb
23

Students ‘Splash’ into Haiti Relief

By Rowan Copley

Despite the snow still noticeably blanketing the grounds outside the River Center, dozens of students and staff (and two prominent administrators) jumped into the freezing St. Mary’s River for this year’s Polar Bear Splash. Proceeds from the event will go to providing general relief for the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti. (Photo by Brendan Larrabee)

About 40 students and staff and two College administrators jumped into the St. Mary’s River on Thursday, Feb. 18 by the River Center as part of the annual Polar Bear Splash. Proceeds gathered from the event supported relief for victims of Haiti’s earthquake.

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Feb
23

PHOTOS: Polar Bear Splash

By Brendan Larrabee, Staff Photographer

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Oct
06

2009 Annual Cardboard Boat Race Makes a Splash

By Sarah English, Staff Writer

Twenty teams competed in the 2009 Annual Cardboard Boat Race, which has been a family weekend tradition for 16 years. (Photo by Brendan O’Hara)

Hundreds of spectators lined the banks of the St. Mary’s River to watch the sixteenth annual Cardboard Boat Race last Saturday as part of the College’s 2009 Family Weekend.

The Cardboard Boat Race consisted of twenty teams, many composed of both faculty members and students. Leanne Gradijan, a first-year student at St. Mary’s and a race participant, said that each team was required to follow a specific set of rules governing boat construction.

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Oct
06

HSMC Celebrates Fifth Annual RiverFest

By Caroline Selle, Features Editor

Students with the St. Mary’s River Project brought the terrapin from Schaefer Hall to RiverFest 2009 along with a variety of other aquatic organisms.

On Sunday, Sept. 27, about 800 members of the College and surrounding community gathered in Historic St. Mary’s City for the fifth annual RiverFest. From noon to 6, attendees were able to enjoy activities from skipjack rides to pumpkin painting and birds of prey demonstrations as well as the Historic St. Mary’s City museum.
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Dec
09

Sailing Wraps Up Fall Season with Anticipation for the Spring

By admin

The team consists of sailors from all over the country, as well as outside. The recruitment process usually involves sailors “contacting us,” a sign of the status St. Mary’s holds in the sailing world. (Photo submitted by Jen Chamberlain)

As most sports move indoors this time of year, the St. Mary’s sailing team toughs out the cold.  “It wasn’t too long ago that we all arrived on campus early to do boat work and prepare for the season. Now that our fall season is wrapping up I find myself in a dry suit all [...]

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