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-Kathryn Marshall | Friday, May 19, 2017
Thank you, Observer, for shaping me into a storyteller. Stories capture the significance of the world around us by taking snapshots of everyday events and conversations, whether they take place in a lecture hall or at a demonstration downtown. They entertain us, they inform us and even more importantly, they challenge us. They challenge us
Kathryn Marshall | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The 3rd Annual Engaging Women Conference, organized by the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) at Saint Mary’s in partnership with 1st Source Bank, will lead to the empowerment of 250 women. The conference will create a transformative space for women to be educated and to engage with one another, WEI project director Joan McClendon said. “There’s something
Kathryn Marshall and Selena Ponio | Friday, April 21, 2017
Members of the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross communities gathered Thursday evening to promote campus healing in the areas of sexual assault and relationship violence. The event, Take Back the Night, started with a kickoff and walkover to Notre Dame from Lake Marion at Saint Mary’s. Participants then gathered in the Great Hall of
Kathryn Marshall | Thursday, April 20, 2017
Students, faculty and staff from Saint Mary’s College, University of Notre Dame and Holy Cross College will break the silence surrounding sexual assault during the annual Take Back the Night event. “The goal of Take Back the Night is to re-establish that our campuses are safe places to be and that we don’t tolerate sexual
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Right now, I can’t feel my legs. Or my feet for that matter. In fact, I think I am currently in Runner’s Heaven, a place where you can’t feel your legs, where the gatorade is always cold, and where the weather is approximately 63 degrees with a light breeze. If I’m in Runner’s Heaven, then
Kathryn Marshall | Thursday, March 2, 2017
One hundred years after the United States entered World War I, the dramatized concert “1917: Over There,” presented by the Saint Mary’s College Department of Music, captures the historical and emotional components of the war through music and poetry. The concert is a product of associate professor of music Dr. Laurel Thomas’ time on sabbatical, and uses readings
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, February 21, 2017
My childhood is defined by an unyielding belief in unicorns. When my fourth-grade class decided to make an encyclopedia of our favorite animals, I found myself protesting the creation of a “Mythological Creatures” section because to my knowledge, unicorns belonged in the “Animals” section. I read every unicorn-containing book I could get my hands on.
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, January 31, 2017
When she was younger, first-year Saint Mary’s student Dalanie Beach wanted to do everything and be everything when she grew up. As she grew older, she said she found she could be anything and do everything by becoming a writer. “You can step into the shoes of anyone you want to be and just go with
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Author Dawn Eden Goldstein spoke on chastity and care for the “other” on Monday night as part of the Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry “Body, Mind and Spirit Sexuality” series. She has written books such as “The Thrill of the Chaste” and “My Peace I Give You.” Goldstein graduated from the University of Saint Mary of the
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
I still remember my first breakfast in the dining hall. I was determined to make friends in college, so I made toast and wove through a sea of completely empty tables towards the one table that actually had an occupant. As I would later learn, the student was a senior, and actually a stellar soprano