Administration outraged by hateful graffiti on campus
A disturbing and unprecedented incident occurred on the Mount campus last week. On the morning of November 11 at 9:54 a.m., Professor Kim Hansen reported graffiti on the chalkboard of a classroom in the Academic Center.
The graffiti was of a swastika and a Star of David, a depiction of Nazism as being superior to Judaism by a greater than sign, according to Ty Perry, Director of the Center for Student Diversity.…
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Mount's future forecast
With the decade coming to a close, the Mount administration is laying out the plans for what direction the Mount will head in the next five years. In an e-mail sent to the College of Liberal Arts Department Chairs, President Thomas H. Powell's Vision Statement was presented in a skeletal sectioned outline.…
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Mount gets "transfer-friendly"
In past years the Mount has not appealed to transfer students as the best option for continuing a higher education because of the complicated core curriculum and expensive tuition. To become more "transfer-friendly" to the local communities the Mount is implementing better opportunities for transfer students beginning next Fall.…
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SIFE team promotes holiday tradition one tree at a time
If Charlie Brown wanted a better looking christmas tree all he'd have to do is head over to one of the farms associated with the Maryland Christmas Tree Association seeing as they have an abundance of christmas trees due to a lot of lost business from the growing popularity of fake trees.…
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SGA Meeting Briefs: Possible ARCC Renovations?
Fees (which are a part of the tuition) will be raised from $600 to $630 this spring.
Vice President for Business & Finance Mike Malewicki is looking into the option of raising student fees to $700 to help fund the renovations to the ARCC cardio and weight room, which will cost approximately $2 million.…
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LaMonica named ladies' lax coach
Athletic Director Lynne Robinson named Sonia LaMonica head coach of women's lacrosse Tuesday, Nov. 17.
According to the Mount athletics website, LaMonica served as assistant coach at Towson for two years and Denver in 2006. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2003, where she started for three years and was captain her senior year.…
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Sight unseen: Committee sponsors event to spread awareness
On November 16 Patriot Hall held an event like nothing else the Mount has seen before. In fact, participants could not see.
'A Day in Their Shoes' Committee sponsored an event last Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where participants were able to experience how it felt to be blind or another type of disabled vision.…
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Days get darker, more depressed
Students have not only had to adjust to academic changes, but seasonal changes as well.
Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, affects people around campus more than we think.
"SAD is associated with shorter days and longer nights. This is a depression caused or exacerbated by the change of seasons," Dr.…
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Advising for less stress
Advising week is stressful for everyone - students, advisors, Registrar, department chairs, and the entire Mount faculty. When problems occur it's easy to point fingers and say "if my advisor told me this from the beginning I wouldn't have this problem." The value of advising is equally dependent on the advisor and the student.…
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Career Corner: Generation Y needs to steph it up a notch
Professionalism is a must-have in the work world but how many recent college grads actually demonstrate professionalism? Not many and not very well, according to a study from York College of Pennsylvania.
York College created a Center for Professional Excellence that offers programs to help students develop into professionals.…
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