The Collegian

Public Safety published the 2007 Crime Statistics Report last week, as required by federal law. According to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and the Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998, all colleges that receive federal funding must submit annual reports, known as the Clery Report, to the Department of Education and the federal government.…

A celebration of banned and brilliant literature has been on display in the Saint Mary's library. The books are encased in glass until Wednesday, October 8. They reflect upon the moments of societal rejection and are the works of many authorial greats - Steinbeck, Sawyer, Whitman, Locke, Hemmingway, Faulkner, Voltaire and many more.…

The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) of Saint Mary's College organized a meeting to discuss the implications of California Proposition 8, which will overturn the same-sex marriages recognized in May by the California Supreme Court. This General Body meeting of the GSA began with brief introductions and was followed up by two YouTube videos presenting both sides of the argument.…

The Women's Resource Center sponsored the presentation of Women Behind Bars: A Look Behind the Scene. Director of the Women's Resource Center Sharon Sobotta introduced author Susan Madden Lankford, a resident of San Diego and the first to create a photojournalistic series addressing crucial social issues.…

The current general education requiremnents may cease to exist. The Core Curriculum Task Force, (CCTF) met during Community Time last week to discuss the change in the current general education requirements. CCTF has developed with three general models of how the set of principles that the group has come up with can be met with general requirement classes.…

The recent economic maladies of Wall Street have been making headlines across the country for more than a week, and are causing ripples at Saint Mary's College as well. At 8:00 a.m. last Wednesday, a panel of professors from the School of Graduate Business and the School of Business Administration and Economics assembled in the Soda Center with around 70 audience members to talk about current economic issues.…

The 2008 Undergraduate Science Research Poster Session took place Friday, October 3 in the atrium of Brousseau Hall. Sponsored by the School of Science and a research society named Sigma Xi, the ceremony honored the ten students that participated in the Summer Research Program.…

Ashley Capps, author of the poetry book Mistaking the Sea for Green Fields and winner of the 2005 Akon Poetry Prize, gave a reading of both her book and most recent poetry to faculty and students in the Soda Center. Capps came to campus as part of the Creative Writing and Reading Series on Wednesday October 1.…

Construction and renovation continues on campus, with some major departments moving locations. The Admissions Office moved from Filippi Hall to Brother Urban Gregory Hall Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3. Brother Urban Gregory will become the Admissions home.…