Articles Tagged ‘ Speaker ’
Candidate for Maryland Governorship Visits Campus
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, George Owings III, a candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial Democratic primary, visited the College. After a lunch with a small number of professors and students, Owings spoke to students in the 300-level political science course Maryland State and Community Politics, fielding questions about Maryland politics and the Maryland budget.
(Read More)Singer: Sci-Fi Is Not So Far Away
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War, delivered a talk to a packed St. Mary’s Hall explaining how the increase of robotics in warfare may bring war closer and closer to our doorsteps.
The talk, which took place on Wednesday, Feb. 25, was presented by the Center for the Study of Democracy, the Patuxent Partnership, and [...]
Post Secret Creator Frank Warren Speaks at Second Annual President’s Reception
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
The second annual President’s Reception, hosted by College president Maggie O’Brien and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, was held on Friday, February 20 in Glendening Hall. Attended by most of the senior class, it was an opportunity for the class of ’09 to meet their graduation speaker, Frank Warren.
The reception began with a [...]
President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Asks for Increased Student Involvement
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
William Baker, the president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, spoke at St. Mary’s on Thursday, February 12. His lecture, titled, “Saving the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributary Rivers: Will Science-Based Public Policy and the Rule of Law Prevail,” focused on how students and community members can make a difference in the race to save the [...]
(Read More)Twin Oaks Communards Give Talk on Polyamory
By Rowan Copley
Last week, members of Virginia communes Twin Oaks and Acorn came to St. Mary’s to talk to students about several cultural movements in which they engage.
On Monday, Feb. 16th they held a sharing circle about polyamory, an alternative relationship model to monogamy, and on Tuesday they held a workshop entitled “Honest Seduction.” The commune members, [...]
