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Orr steps up into athletic director role, Carl Clapp leaves for University of Hawaii
by Zack Farmer in News
Last Tuesday, Senior Associate Director of Athletics Mark Orr was promoted and named the new Athletic Director of Saint Mary's College. He was officially announced during the same press conference that announced Athletic Director Carl Clapp's resignation. "I'm excited," said Orr.…
Club celebrates sexuality; skits, singers, dance performances, slideshow, and after party
by Julie McAvoy in News
The first annual Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Bash, a gay cultural night, will be held April 19 in the Soda Center at 6:00 p.m. The night will include monologues, skits, dance performances, a documentary, spoken word, and an after party.
"All the other clubs have a culture night, so we thought we should have a gay culture night," said GSA Public Relations Officer Kim Dao '06.…
Speaker, rally, and service project in celebration of Farmer Workers Association
by Darwyyn Deyo in News
Last week, students in conjunction with CILSA gathered to celebrate the life of Cesar Chavez and discuss continuing his work of social justice through current events. Led by Vanessa Fortney '08 with Maria Hernandez '08 and coordinated by the Student Action Leadership Team, students met on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at speeches, fairs, and community building projects to hear about social justice issues and to build participation and community.…
What is it and how does it affect students? MySpace, Facebook contributing factors
by Linda Hua in News
The Internet is addicting. With creations of websites such as MySpace, Facebook, and LiveJournal, some may find it hard to avoid the Internet for extended periods of time. However, some people find it hard to avoid their computers in general. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is becoming more and more of an issue in this fast-growing web culture.…
Speech and debate team involved in two national tournaments
by Bettina Adragna in News
The Saint Mary's College Macken Speech and Debate Team has sent four of its members to compete in two national tournaments. The tournaments were the National Individual Events Tournament (NIET) by the American Forensics Association, which took place in Gainesville, Florida, and the British Style Parliamentary Tournament, which took place in and was sponsored by Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.…
Most students did not participate in the Jan Term service class
by Jonathan Morales in News
For some students, Bridges to the Bayou in Jan Term was only the beginning. For other students, the opportunity to serve was just too good to pass up, even over Spring Break, a time when many other students are relaxing, at home or in the sun.
Five students who traveled to New Orleans and performed service work during January will join nine newcomers and Associate Dean of the School of Liberal Arts Shawny Anderson to New Orleans to continue the job during spring break.…
by Julie McAvoy in News
Last week, Saint Mary's College students voted for next year's Associated Students of Saint Mary's (ASSMC) officers. The results have been posted on the Student Involvement and Leadership office.
Results for the class of 2007 are as follows: President Mark Gilson, Vice President Justin Bethune, and Senators Jeff Karlton and Mark Gilson.…
by Jonathan Morales in News
Toward the end of last semester I wrote about the changing role of media in today's society. Specifically, the role of college newspapers are now in danger of changing for the worse, after the Supreme Court refused to hear arguments in the appeal of Hosty v.…
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