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Crystal Ramirez | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The Saint Mary’s Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO), Campus Ministry and the Department of Religious Studies hosted the second installment of this semester’s lecture series “Wonderfully Made” on Tuesday evening in Stapleton Lounge. The second installment, titled “God is PROUD of You: LGBTQ+ Catholicism,” looked at the history of LGBTQ+ at Saint Mary’s and discussed
Crystal Ramirez | Monday, September 20, 2021
It is that time in the semester where I find myself contemplating my relationships and feelings. I have never had the best of luck with love and my vocal “I hate men” agenda — which is true 90% of the time — doesn’t help. So I thought, what better to do than expose the shitshow
Crystal Ramirez | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
This semester, the Office for the Common Good (OCG) is back with community-based and civically engaging campus initiatives, but with a new name. The office, formally known as the Office for Social and Civic Engagement, is a unique resource center, which exists for the Saint Mary’s College community, including students faculty and staff. OCG works
Crystal Ramirez | Thursday, August 26, 2021
The Sexuality and Gender Equity Club (SAGE) — formerly the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club — is a new club at Saint Mary’s that aims to educate others about gender, sex and attraction in addition to race and ethnicity. SAGE’s future events will include discussion circles, poetry readings and storytelling. Because of COVID-19, the club
Crystal Ramirez | Friday, May 21, 2021
At the conclusion of the 2020-2021 school year, Student Government Association (SGA) president Giavanna Paradiso and vice president Kelsey O’Connor reflected on leading the College through a pandemic-riddled year. About two week after their election, in-person classes were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As student body president and vice president, Paradiso and O’Connor faced
Crystal Ramirez | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
April 19th marked the beginning of Taurus season that ends on May 20. Now I am not a big astrology person, but I would be lying if I said I don’t occasionally read my horoscope and read on the characteristics and traits of astrological signs. I don’t have a ranking of zodiac signs and don’t
Crystal Ramirez | Monday, April 19, 2021
Saint Mary’s College held its first vaccination clinic Friday for students and community members to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic had a significant turnout, with a large percent of the Saint Mary’s population receiving the vaccine after the school announced the decision requiring students to be fully vaccinated for the
Crystal Ramirez | Wednesday, March 31, 2021
During Tuesday’s Title IX Town Hall meeting held by the Notre Dame student government, Title IX board members and coordinators from the tri-campus community gathered to discuss the impact of new Title IX regulations. In light of recent Title IX changes came noteworthy alterations to the regulations and procedures in place on each campus. Michael
Crystal Ramirez | Thursday, March 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article said the ice rink opened on March 23 when it actually opened on March 13. The Observer regrets this error. In an email sent late January, College President Katie Conboy announced Saint Mary’s students that a skating rink was on the way. The email talked about “Winter Wonderland”
Crystal Ramirez | Thursday, February 11, 2021
Despite initial plans for the fall athletic season to be postponed until spring, the College announced Monday they will not be holding fall sports this semester alongside the spring sports season. Director of athletics Julie Schroeder-Biek announced in an email that Saint Mary’s is not in a state to facilitate both sports seasons and run