Callings centered on messages of healing
Two Mount St. Mary's graduates return to campus this week to speak about societal healing at this year's Callings Conference, which began on Monday. Krista Threefoot, a writer and research specialist with Catholic Relief Services, and Kathleen Curran, who works with the U.…
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Romano plants seeds of peace at the Mount
The seeds of peace have been planted at Mount St. Mary's University with peacemaker Arthur Romano's keynote address "The Personal Challenge of Peacemaking." This was the first keynote address of the Callings Conference.
About 80 students, professionals, scholars and the public attended Romano's presentation on Tuesday night in Knott Auditorium.…
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How the Mount is already going greenA look at Geothermal Energy in Bicentennial Hall
When the Mount's new residence hall is built it will use geothermal energy for heating and cooling.
Geothermal energy is based on the heat of the earth at a 200-400 foot depth, which is constantly 55 degrees, according to Vice President of Business and Finance Mike Malewicki.…
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Two students will take on Rwanda this summer
Senior Ryan Trout and freshman Josh Bowers have been selected to attend the 2007 Global Youth Connect (GYC) program in Rwanda from June 16 to July 14. They will be training along with other 18-25-year-olds to build relationships across cultural boundaries and to become effective human rights leaders through working with young Rwandans, human rights defenders, government representatives, and other college age students.…
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It's not easy to go green at the MountCheap coal, inefficient heating infrastructure hinder environmental stewardship on campus
It is not easy going green on the Mount campus, especially with the aging infrastructure of the heating system and the relatively cheap cost of coal.
The west side of campus (the ARCC) is heated by natural gas, while the east side uses mainly coal with a combination of natural gas.…
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Weiss put to the test on Jeopardy
Instead of giving the tests like in class, Professor Scott Weiss of the math and computer science department will be in the hot seat on Jeopardy where his trivia knowledge will be tested.
The show he appears on will air tonight on ABC at 7 p.m.
"To be able to get on the show at all is a miracle," he said.…
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CDigix service through school will stop at the end of March
Mount students were scheduled to have their CDigix music downloading service canceled Feb. 28, but a proposal from SGA's IT co-chairmen got the service extended one month.
According to sophomore Mike Sorrentino, one of the IT co-chairmen, it was not IT or the school's decision to end the music service.…
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