George Lopez discusses a new model for Afghanistan In his introduction to George Lopez, who spoke to a capacity crowd on campus March 10, political science professor Bill Wilson said Iraq has morphed into Afghanistan almost imperceptibly, and we must now see the Afghan war anew. Then Lopez, in his address “Rethinking Afghanistan,” proceeded to [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Peace Realism
Posted in Campus News, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Asking the Big Questions
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged John Kenney on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John Kenney, Saint Augustine and the Meaning of Life Really big questions are John Kenney’s specialty. “I often tell students that my field of philosophical theology asks really big questions that you ask yourself on occasions in life when you’re pulled up short and you have to think hard about the meaning of life and [...]
A Different Perspective
Posted in Campus News, First Hand, Firsthand, Summer 2009, tagged Fulbright Scholars, MATESOL on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Three Fulbright Scholars consider their time at Saint Michael’s College As soon as Mutahar Al-Murtadha, a graduate student from Yemen, was nominated for a Fulbright scholarship to earn his master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL), he started to search for appropriate universities in the United States that matched his interests. [...]
Taking Care of (Their) Business
Posted in Campus News, Student News, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two young entrepreneurs hit the slopes for profit Snow sports are a great money-making niche for enterprising collegians, two Saint Michael’s students have independently discovered.
News Desk: Summer Headlines
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With Art and Word
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Onion River 2009 and classroom dedicated to John Reiss A stark-faced black-and-white owl, drawn in graphite by Mallory Breiner ’07, stares from the cover of the 2009 Onion River Review, published in early April. Now in its 36th year, the Saint Michael’s art and literature journal, a 100-page bound volume of stories, poems, photographs and [...]
Book Marks
Posted in Campus News, Summer 2009, Uncategorized on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Historian gives more than 1,000 books Students of history and political science, as well as book enthusiasts in general, will benefit from the remarkable addition of more than 1,100 books to the Durick Library from the collection of retired Yale University historian John Morton Blum. Blum, whose academic work was on the Progressive Era, particularly [...]
Summer 2009 In Memoriam
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Summer 2009 Class Notes
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Back Story: Mike Tranghese
Posted in Alumni News, Back Story, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 19 years as commissioner of the Big East Conference, and 11 years before that as associate, I’ve helped grow the league in clout, finances and reach. The league was founded in 1979 with seven teams, and now it’s the nation’s largest Division I Athletic Conference with 16 teams and a goal to “compete at [...]



