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Proposed budget cut will increase faculty workload
O'Shea looks for alternatives in order to avoid implementing another pay freeze in the next fiscal year
Faculty salaries were frozen this fiscal year, and there is a possibility of a continued pay freeze next year although Donald O’Shea, Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, is exploring other alternative academic budget cuts to avoid another pay freeze.…
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Let the Games Begin
The NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships will be held the weekend of Nov. 21-22, marking the first time a women's college has hosted the national event. On Friday, Nov. 20, athletes from the four championship teams and Mount Holyoke will volunteer at the Peck School in Holyoke and the Mosier School in South Hadley.…
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H1N1 vaccination clinic held for students, faculty and staff
Now that the H1N1 vaccine has arrived on campus, the Mount Holyoke Health Center has begun to organize clinics to distribute the preventative dosage. While the vaccine arrived later and in smaller quantity than originally hoped, there has not been a rush of demand either.…
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College locates possible H1N1 isolation spaces
Shabazz eyed for quarantine
To prepare for another outbreak of H1N1, an emergency response team comprised of senior staff and department directors identified strategies for isolating ill students. The team has designated as potential isolation spaces eight on-campus locations, with 44 beds between them.…
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Flynn to teach Philosophy of Law
A new course, Philosophy of Law, will be offered this spring by the Philosophy Department. Taylor Flynn, currently a professor at the Western New England College (WNEC) of Law in Springfield, will teach the class. While she has taught the course elsewhere in the past, this is the first time that Flynn will be teaching it at Mount Holyoke.…
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Five new tenure-track professors announced
This semester the College has welcomed five new tenure-track faculty members, two in the Economics department and the others in Mathematics, Environmental Studies and English. New to Mount Holyoke this fall, Assistant Professor Katherine Schmeiser is currently teaching microeconomics theory and international trade.…
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Pioneer Valley organizations plan events in conjunction with TDOR
This week, transgender activists and their allies around the world will unite to memorialize victims of anti-transgender violence and prejudice. Recognized internationally, the 11th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, also known as TDOR, will commemorate over 100 people killed within the past year as the result of transphobia.…
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Sarzynski explores portrayals of Latin American identity in talk
On Thursday, Nov. 12, the members of cultural organization La Unidad hosted a lecture in Gamble Auditorium given by Latin American Studies professor Sarah Sarzynski. The lecture, entitled “Being Latina in the Americas,” focused on the fluidity of identity throughout the United States and Latin America, as well as its representation in the media and pop culture.…
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Dávila posts results of Oct. investigation
On Thursday, Nov. 12, the Special Presidential Assistant for Diversity and Multicultural Education at Hampshire College, Jaime Dávila, posted a report on his investigation into the alleged harassment and assault of a transgender person of color previously trespassed from Hampshire on Sept.…
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More than a Talent Show
Mount Holyoke and Berkshire Hills Music Academy students teamed up last Friday for the Best Buddies' Talent Show. The event featured acts by buddy pairs, performances by the Diversions, the M&Cs, AiR and the Unusual Suspects, as well as the stylings of WMHC DJ and BHMA student Kate Peterson.…
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New York Times columnist speaks of women throughout out the ages
It’s 7:00 p.m. on a frigid November night. Hooker Auditorium is dotted with people of all ages who have come to listen to Gail Collins, a well-known columnist for the New York Times, speak about her book entitled When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present—a story of how women have struggled and persevered.…
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Public Safety Log
November 10 4:33 p.m. A student reported vandalism was found on the 24 Silver Street garage (Incident 0901-553-OF). Case Open. November 11 2:01 p.m. Officers responded to the Long Field area for a report of trespassing by an individual in the wooded area. The individual was not located but additional signage was requested for posting in that area (Incident 0901-554-OF).…
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A truly wide world of sports: Alison Hersey Risch
As the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament draws near, some esteemed field hockey alumnae are proving that their passion for the game is as strong as their passion for their alma mater. Alison Hersey Risch is one such alum. Risch has seen the games of field hockey and lacrosse evolve into the sports we have today, both varsity sports at Mount Holyoke.…
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Meet the FHOCers
Who are the FHOCers? The Field Hockey Organizing Committee (FHOCers) is a group of Mount Holyoke students who have volunteered to participate in the planning and execution of the NCAA Field Hockey National Championship. This group of 18 women has been meeting regularly since spring 2009.…
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Athlete Profile: Sarah Rooney '12
Swimming
Hometown? Orange, CT. Major? English. How long have you been swimming? I’ve been swimming since I was eight. Personal achievements in your sport: I was on the All-Conference team in high school. Last week I got first place in the 200 IM at the Regis Invitational.…
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The Final Four Face Off
The winner of each semi-final game advances to the final round on Sunday at 1pm. Messiah Falcons Color: Navy and White Head Coach: Jan Trapp Overall record: 21-0-0 vs. (on Saturday at 11 a.m.) Ursinus Bears Color: Red, Gold and Black Head Coach: Laura Moliken Overall record: 19-2-0 Salisbury Sea Gulls Color: Maroon and Gold Head Coach: Dawn Chamberlin Overall record: 18-1-0 vs.…
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Lyons embrace "ubuntu" to defeat WNEC
The word ‘ubuntu’ is used by the NBA’s Celtics team to help remind them to put the team’s goals ahead of the of individual ones, and this is a motto the Mount Holyoke’s basketball team has decided to follow as well. Currently ‘ubuntu’ is taped above Head Coach Michelle Scecina’s door in hopes of reminding all athletes of what their main priority should be for the upcoming season.…
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Violent soccer player raises questions of sportsmanship
Recently, news has been buzzing about a women’s college soccer game in Provo, Utah. The attention, however, has nothing to do with whether New Mexico State University or Brigham Young University won the game. It involves New Mexico junior defender Elizabeth Lambert’s questionable displays of sportsmanship during the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Thursday, Nov.…
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Championship weekend timeline
Saturday, Nov. 21 9 a.m.Admission Gates open 10 a.m.Game 1: teams take field and warm-up 11 a.m.First semifinal game begins 1 p.m.Game 2: teams take field and warm-up 2 p.m.Second semifinal game begins Sunday, Nov. 22 9 a.m.Gate opens for All-Star Game (free admission) 9:30 a.…
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What's Happening in the Valley
November 19th Feminism and New Theories of Embodiment Janet Wirth-Cauchon will give a speech about today’s feminism. The speech will address the fact that feminism has long challenged the view that women, by extension of their social roles, are determined by their biology.…
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What's Happening Beyond Campus
Plimouth, MA Thanksgiving Week at Plimoth Plantation Celebrate the quintessential Thanksgiving experience at Plimoth Plantation. Be among the thousands who make the annual pilgrimage to the museum to share in the holiday spirit. Visitors will explore the museum's multiple sites, including the Wampanoag Homesite, the English Village, the Crafts Center and Mayflower II.…
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What's Happening on the Horizon
December 4 - 12 Las Meninas From a forgotten history, playwright Lynn Nottage creates a hilarious and heart-wrenching play about a romance between Louis XIV’s Queen, Marie-Therese and Nabo Sensugali, an African dwarf sent as a gift for her royal amusement.…
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Featured Event
November 19th Where the Water Meets the Sky Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Where the Water Meets the Sky is the story of a remarkable group of women in a remote region of northern Zambia. These women are given a unique opportunity to learn how to make a film, as a way to speak out about their lives and to challenge the local traditions which have kept them silent.…
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