Arboretum Association Works to Protect SMCM’s Fragile Beauty
Many of the students, faculty, and staff of St. Mary’s know of its often striking natural beauty. That’s why Lesley Urgo and others on campus are organizing to make an even more beautiful and...
View ArticleAudience All Jazzed Up by Musical Performance
On Friday November 12, 2010 ladies, gentlemen, and children from young to old filled Montgomery Hall as they watched the Jazz Combo performance.
View ArticleHammond Discusses His Re-Exploration of Childhood Through Fifties Toys
At the second-to-last VOICES lecture of this semester, St. Mary’s own Jeffrey Hammond read from his new memoir Little Big World, a reflection on the “weird American political history” contained in the...
View ArticleTalk of Honor Code Begins
Despite being an honors college, St. Mary’s lacks something many colleges in the United States take for granted: an honor code.
View ArticleTuition Likely To Increase In Spring
With the continuation of tough financial times and the related difficulties of budget planning, St. Mary’s College tuition is most likely to increase once again this semester. How much of an increase,...
View ArticleReusable To-Go Boxes Get Test Drive in Spring
This coming spring Bon Appetit plans to implement a trial reusable to-go box program, a welcome addition to college residents tired of seeing overflowing trash cans filled with Styrofoam ones.
View ArticleCampus Pub To Begin Operation in Spring With Pilot Program
Specifics are starting to crystallize on the new proposed campus pub culminating in a potential pilot program this spring, according to General Manager at Bon Appetit Debi Wright.
View ArticleRoom Selection Schedule Modified
Because of the delay in hard tuition numbers, the Office of Residence Life (ORL) has moved back room selecting and housing contract deadlines into early March.
View ArticleSMCM Students Perform “Monologues”
Every year around this time, women from across around the world unite in giving voice to a subject not often touched upon in “polite” conversation: their vaginas.
View ArticleVote Focuses on Music Dept. to Form Possible Master’s Program
Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) and Dean of Faculty Larry Vote is stepping down to return to his roots as a music professor, and to help President Joseph Urgo possibly develop a summer...
View ArticleCampus Pub to Open Mar. 31
After months of debate, planning, and waiting, the pilot program for the campus pub and late night food option is anticipated to begin March 31.
View ArticlePrograms Board Faces Difficult Controversy Over Firing Chair
The recent termination of junior Reid Levin from the position of Programs Board Coffeehouse Chair, ostensibly related to lackluster attendance at meetings, is leaving some students crying foul play.
View ArticleBREAKING: Campus Pub Opening Possibly Delayed
11:20 a.m.: According to President Joseph Urgo, the opening of the campus pub, scheduled for tomorrow, may be delayed. Urgo said that it came to the attention of administration that Bon Appetit, the...
View ArticleTwelfth Annual WGSX Colloquium Explores Women & War, Today and Past
This year’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGSX) Colloquium, Women in War: Object/Subject, explored the often tragic use of women to both commit and justify warfare.
View ArticlePub Opening Delayed, Food Still Available
In an email to campus last week, President Joseph Urgo informed students and faculty that the opening of the campus pub, scheduled for tomorrow, would be delayed.
View ArticlePres. Urgo Officially Inaugurated
Two Saturdays ago marked the inauguration of President Joseph Urgo with a ceremony which combined the usual pomp and circumstance with a unique combination of laughter, celebration, and fiscal modesty.
View ArticleJournalism and Our Attention Spans
n the year’s final Paul H. Nitze lecture, Nitze fellow and New Yorker senior editor Nicholas Thompson spoke on how, though the internet may have seemingly killed attention spans and long-form...
View ArticleGraduation Order Back to Being Based On Major
An ostensibly minor change to how students line up and receive their degree at graduation has led to a much larger discussion between students and administration regarding how students affiliate...
View ArticleStudents, Faculty Work Towards Freeing Patty Prewitt
Twenty-five years ago, Patricia “Patty” Prewitt was ripped from her five children and locked away for 50 years based on bad police work and a falsified motive of “lust and greed.” This past Friday, St....
View ArticleSustainability Fellow Not Sustainable
At a recent President’s Council, the decision was made to suspend the Sustainability Fellow position. Though members of the administration noted the choice was one of a reallocation of limited...
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