by Myles Ellison, Staff Writer in News
On April 16, 2007 one student changed college history forever. He shot and killed 33 students mid-morning at Virginia Tech. Since the tragedy, campus safety has been a hot topic on college campuses, including MCLA's.
Elizabeth McWhirk, resident advisor and president of Safety Advocates Against Violent Episodes (SAAVE), was one student who took the tragedy and used it as motivation to increase safety.
by Laura Chaput, Staff Writer in News
MCLA students skated, played basketball, and laughed at this year's March Madness.
Michelle Hansen, Chris Kennedy and Mark Richards were in charge of putting the week of events together.
"It is a tradition to do a Winter Week, and we looked at the calendar and picked a few weeks that had events already scheduled and we could build events around it," Richards said.
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by Kaitlyn Bonneville, Staff Writer in News
Spring break has come and gone and that leaves us with roughly six more weeks of classes. For many MCLA students, this is a frightening fact. Approximately 225 seniors are scheduled to graduate, which means either graduate school or facing the real world. Some students have the next few years planned out, while others are flying by the seat of their pants.
by Jennifer Chinn, Co-Managing Editor in News
The Campus Center has been a hot-spot for vandalism and theft since last fall, resulting in the possibility of the Campus Center going into lockdown at midnight.
According to Chris Kennedy, Vice President of Student Government Association (SGA), two computers have been stolen from the Achievement Lounge along with computers from Sharky's, and most recently, a DVD player from Sullivan Lounge.
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"Tonight, I'll go play a lottery ticket and if I win, we'll be having a different conversation," said President Mary Grant, when discussing raising student fees for the next academic year at the recent Student Government Association meeting.
Grant joined Vice President at the College, Jim Stakenas in briefing the student senators about the potential rise in student fees.
by Elyssa Baker, Staff Writer in News
"I've sucked the marrow out of college," Doran Hamm proudly said about his experience at MCLA. In his four years here, Hamm has participated in a myriad of activities on campus ranging from performing in theater to helping create the Lawn Olympics.
Hamm said he is very excited to get out into the world, but that he will definitely miss the community he found at MCLA.
A trip to New York city yields a fresh perspective on reality
by Brendan Miller in News
From my trip to the big apple, I've learned one very important lesson, how na've I am.
From being accosted on the street and forking over 25 dollars to preconceptions proved false and all things First amendment. I'm glad to have come home though, as I'll always be a back country hick more than a cosmopolitan elite.
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Today
• Board of Trustees Meeting
• SGA Nomination Papers Available
• Museum Studies Show
Gallery 51, 5:00 p.m.
• Green Living Seminar
Murdock 218, 5:30 p.m.
• Plaques and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Mass MoCA, 7:30 p.m.
• MCLA's Got Talent Auditions
Church Street Center, 7:30 p.
by Nicole Patricia Carter, Staff Writer in News
"It is encouraging that more people are looking at solutions," said Nancy Nylen, the Center for Ecological Technology's associate director, after her presentation at the Green Living Seminar. Her presentation revolved around the desire for everyone to do their part to reduce their individual carbon footprint as well as the carbon footprint being left by the entire human race.
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Patrons of the Arts and MCLA's Student Activities Council will present CeltFest at the Church Street Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The event will feature Toronto-based Celtic rock band Enter the Haggis, as well as local traditional Irish band JP Murphy.
JP Murphy is comprised of Williams College students from the dance troupe INISH and MCLA student band Pipes and Change.
