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Males trespassed from campus
On Monday afternoon, Public Safety officers followed three unescorted men who entered 1837 Hall using a student OneCard to a basement dorm room, where the men and another student were questioned. The men were trespassed from campus, while the student was taken into custody.…
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Conservative speaker rouses students
Controversial conservative figure Phyllis Schlafly came to Mount Holyoke last Thursday to give a talk entitled "Feminism vs. Conservatism: the Great Debate." Hooker Auditorium was filled to capacity: students sat on the floor, the auditorium stairs and the railings.…
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Do transgender students adhere to the mission of a women's college?
The changing mission of a women's college
Glossy admissions packets display women happily lounging on the green, intently listening in class and participating in the array of extracurricular activities Mount Holyoke has to offer. But where are the men? Men you ask? This is a women's college.…
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Gas leak forces evacuation
The smell of natural gas was detected in Porter Hall the evening of April 30.
Public Safety was called after someone noticed the smell around 5:30 p.m. The scent wasn't strong and its source could not be located. Public Safety was called again at 7 p.m. and the building was evacuated, at which point the fire department was called.…
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Fiber optic system completed
Five Colleges, Incorporated has unveiled the new Five College Fiber Optic Network this past Monday, the result of a six-year-long project to provide nearly unlimited bandwidth to the Five Colleges.
The project, which cost $3.6 million, will pay for itself in seven years.…
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Faculty awards presented to four professors
On April 26, the Mount Holyoke communty gathered for the eighth annual Celebration of Faculty Accomplishments.
The ceremony honored Harriet Pollatsek, Julia and Sarah Ann Adams Professor of Mathematics; Politics Professor Christopher Pyle; Bettina Bergmann, Helen Phillips Herzig Professor of Art History and Russian Studies Professor Stephen Jones.…
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Student wins prestigious journalism fellowship
Shoshana Walter '07 has won a summer fellowship with the Poynter Institute, the renowned journalism center.
She is one of 32 students nationwide to have won the fellowship.
"I didn't really know about the prestige of the program," said Walter. She had found the program at the Poynter Web site at poynter.…
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Student wins Glascock Poetry Competition
On Friday, April 27 and Saturday April 28, poets from six colleges (Amherst, Brandeis University, Mount Holyoke, Temple University, University of New Hampshire and the College of William & Mary) competed in the the 84th Annual Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest.…
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SuDance raises awareness through performance art
When Natasha Hunter '07 felt something had to be done about the genocide in Darfur, she combined her love of dance and concern for the region into SuDance, a fundraiser and dance performance that will aid the victims in Darfur.
"It's easy to interpret [the situation] in Africa to be bleak and hopeless…when we sit down and envision liberation as a community, it becomes possible," said Hunter, a student and performer of African dance since age 6.…
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Tree falls near Dickinson
At approximately 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening, a tree fell in front of Dickinson Hall.
The tree landed parallel to the parking lot, avoiding cars, buildings and students.
Shara Evans '08, was working at the Marks House when the tree fell. She heard a loud cracking noise but couldn't identify where the sound was coming from.…
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