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Katelyn Waldschmidt | Monday, September 18, 2023
On Thursday, Saint Mary’s will welcome U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to O’Laughlin Auditorium. Limón has authored six books of poetry, including her latest work, “The Hurting Kind.” Limón comes to the College as part of the newly minted Francis A. McAnaney Humanities Lecture series, which was formally known as the Christian Culture Lecture. Humanistic
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, September 15, 2023
On Wednesday, SMC Votes hosted a session of their Discussion and Donuts series to talk about affirmative action and how it relates to the Saint Mary’s community. Amelia Moroney, a sophomore member of the SMC Votes team and organizer of Discussion and Donuts, said that SMC Votes exists to help Saint Mary’s students find their
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Monday, September 11, 2023
Since the beginning of the semester, more and more talk of the Saint Mary’s sailing team has emerged. While not a new team, Saint Mary’s sailing is still growing its crew. Makayla Perry is president of the College’s sailing club, but officially, her title is commodore. “Commodore is basically the sailing equivalent of president so
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, August 25, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Saint Mary’s sustainable farm will be offering fresh produce to the community throughout the fall semester. Director of the sustainable farm Christopher Cobb said that the idea for creating the farm arose after Pope Francis released the environmental encyclical, “Laudato Si’.” “We began having conversations about things
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, August 18, 2023
Saint Mary’s will hold its second annual Convocation ceremony to welcome new students Sunday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mona Bowe, executive director of the office of retention strategies, explained the purpose of the recently created ceremony. “It is an opportunity for our new students to be welcomed into the community by returning students,”
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, May 19, 2023
Along with other students and faculty, senior Dixie Lucas presented at Saint’s research symposium. Her research presentation was titled “Immigration and Its Effects On Family Structures.” “I decided to write about immigration and [the] effects it has on the children of first-generation immigrants,” Lucas said. “How ideology and who you are as a person sets
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, May 19, 2023
To end the spring semester, Saint Mary’s hosted a symposium where students and professors presented research that they had done throughout the semester. Most of the student researchers were seniors presenting their comprehensives or final research. Senior Annie Maher presented her research titled “Empowering Indigenous Communities and Fighting the Climate Crisis.” Maher is graduating with
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, April 28, 2023
On Thursday evening, the Cushwa-Leighton Library was full of people eager to hear about the history of LGBTQ+ people at Saint Mary’s College, titled “‘We Have Been Here Since 1844’: Queer History at SMC”. Professor Jamie Wagman’s class “Doing History” is dedicated to history research methods. This event, “We’ve Been Here Since 1844”, is one
Meghan Lange and Katelyn Waldschmidt | Friday, April 21, 2023
Editor’s note: This article includes discussions of sexual violence. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. Late Wednesday afternoon, students and members of the tri-campus community gathered together on the shores of Lake Marion at Saint Mary’s College to kick off the annual Take
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Wednesday, April 19, 2023
On Tuesday, Saint Mary’s Rice Commons was busy all day with various talks and workshops as the Raise Your Voice Symposium continued. Right before the lunch break, a panel called “Cause and Effect: Mitigating the Impact of Sexual Assault & Violence Against the LGBTQ+ Community” was held. The speakers at this event were Meghan Buell,