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-Nicole Caratas | Friday, May 18, 2018
When I was looking for which college to go to, my dream schools were Kenyon College and Boston College. I ended up at Saint Mary’s as a compromise. I loved the College, and my parents loved that it had connections with Notre Dame. The deal was I would major in engineering and get a degree
Nicole Caratas | Friday, April 20, 2018
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, Melissa Range read from her collection of poems titled “Scriptorium” at Saint Mary’s on Thursday. Range said she started writing when she was a young child as a way to help her make sense of the world around her and herself. Range said she was a fiction writer
Nicole Caratas | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, Hasanthika Sirisena read from her collection of short stories titled “The Other One” at Saint Mary’s on Tuesday. Taking place both in Sri Lanka and in the United States, the collection features stories about characters who deal with different aspects of the Sri Lankan civil war. “Most of
Nicole Caratas | Thursday, February 22, 2018
The three tickets for Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) president and vice president presented their platforms to the College community Wednesday evening. Juniors Madeleine Corcoran and Kathy Ogden’s platform focused on ways to help Saint Mary’s students grow during their time at the College. “Our platform is specifically designed to help students discover themselves
Nicole Caratas | Tuesday, January 30, 2018
As an English writing and humanistic studies double major, I’ve heard it all. “Oh, are you going to teach?” “What are you going to do with that?” “What do your parents think?” “Oh, you’re in easy majors! You just read all of the time!” Nothing bothers me more than the way people are quick to
Nicole Caratas | Monday, January 22, 2018
As part of the faculty colloquium, Cassie Majetic, associate professor of biology, and Aaron Moe, assistant professor of English, presented their research. Majetic discussed her research in plant evolutionary ecology, and specifically on how the odor given off by different plants attracts pollinators and how a plant’s environment shapes its evolutionary trajectory over time. “I’m
Nicole Caratas | Thursday, December 7, 2017
When Saint Mary’s student body president and vice president Bailey Oppman and Lydia Lorenc took office, they wanted to promote sustainability on campus. To achieve this goal, they named junior Emily Harrast and sophomore Kassidy Jungles as the chairs for sustainability under Student Government Association (SGA). While Oppman and Lorenc stressed sustainability, the majority of
Colleen Zewe, Gina Twardosz, Jordan Cockrum and Nicole Caratas | Thursday, December 7, 2017
Sophia Committee Sophia committee chair and senior Megan Battaglia acts as the student voice for the Sophia program, the Saint Mary’s general education program that promotes critical thinking skills and comprehensive knowledge across disciplines. Battaglia said she assists with the process for approving new courses into the Sophia curriculum and assessing their value. Grade: A
Nicole Caratas | Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Throughout the semester, a group of Saint Mary’s students participated in class on civil discourse. In order to showcase their work, the class hosted a workshop on Tuesday focused on dialogue surrounding controversial issues. This event aimed to teach those in attendance the skills that students learned throughout the semester in a civil discourse class.
Nicole Caratas | Friday, December 1, 2017
Kate Sweeney, author of “American Afterlife,” said she began her journey of writing about death when she heard about “green burial,” an ecologically friendly alternative to traditional burial. “Like so many Americans, I don’t have a comfortable relationship with the idea of death — it frightens me,” she said. “I didn’t know why I was