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‘Take the lesson, not the story’: Saint Mary’s student hosts transgender inclusivity workshop

Crystal Ramirez | Monday, November 22, 2021

Saint Mary’s senior Sophia Sanchez hosted a workshop on transgender inclusivity Friday afternoon, which was aimed at making the tri-campus community a more welcoming place for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Executive director of Transgender Resources Education and Enrichment Services (TREES) Megan Buell was in attendance to help answer questions and offer resources to participants.

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The tallest tree in the world

Gabriel Niforatos | Friday, April 30, 2021

When I was younger, I used to walk past the tallest tree in the world every day. I can still remember the way it split the concrete sidewalk beneath it like a supernatural behemoth, its trunk stretching for what seemed like miles into the sky. To my childish mind, I never dreamed I would see

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Shower thoughts, quarantine edition

Ciara Hopkinson | Friday, April 3, 2020

As I struggled, yet again, to come up with a topic for the dreaded inside column, my cabin fever-addled brain hit upon the phrase, “if these walls could talk.” I paused, wondering what the walls of the tiny house I’ve shared with three of my best girlfriends for the past seven months would say about

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Summer’s over and Whitney’s ‘Forever Turned Around’

Mike Donovan | Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Whitney’s debut, “Light Upon the Lake,” shone over a midsummer breakup, illuminating, albeit weakly, the lifeless reflection of a lost relationship. “How cheap were the nights you used to keep me warm,” drummer-vocalist Julien Ehrlich questioned while he dipped his toes in the water and watched the reflection ripple. No one answered. Ehrlich was left in the cold — “awake in all kinds of darkness” — miming the reluctant

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LGBTQ resource fair promotes services for members of College community

Maeve Filbin | Friday, February 9, 2018

The Saint Mary’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club hosted an LGBTQ Resource Fair, an event that allowed participants to meet with LGBTQ and ally organizations, groups and individuals who provide resources to local and college communities Thursday. Sophomore Susi Le, the 2017-2018 recipient of the LGBT Student Scholarship awarded by the Gay and Lesbian Alumni