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McDaniel DIVAS walk for breast cancer
At first, only the DIVAS planned to walk with adviser Sherri Hughes, professor of psychology, on Oct. 9 in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The recently formed affinity group of nine McDaniel students listed their participation in the breast-cancer benefit as one of four service projects they would perform this year.
But things got way out of hand.
Apparently, the DIVAS’ – Dedicated, Involved, Volunteering Association of Sisters – enthusiasm is highly contagious.
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Professor's book traces detective writer's past
Before you read "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" classics, pick up LeRoy Panek’s most recent book about their author. "Reading Early Hammett" is a critical study of Dashiell Hammett’s early writing from its beginnings in 1923.
At one time a Pinkerton cop in Baltimore, Hammett honed his writing skills on satirical magazine pieces and tales of sex, crime and adventure for magazines.
Although his later works – "Maltese Falcon" and the "Thin Man" books – delivered fame, he sharpened his skills and kept food on the table writing both stories and novels about a middle-aged detective named Continental Op.
"Hammett was the first and most important writer of hard-boiled detective stories, a genre that’s uniquely American," says author LeRoy Panek, professor of English at McDaniel College. Currently there are about 100 writers of the same kind of fiction, he says.
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College dining has come a long way
GLAR is not your grandma’s college dining hall. You’ll find no mystery meat covered in gravy just waiting to contribute to those 15 pounds every freshman gains.
No way. There’s a salad bar, heart-healthy chicken, comfort soup – and even a sundae bar complete with frozen yogurt in addition to the real ice cream.
Then there are the special events. September was chock full with a Jamaican Me Crazy Party on the Quad with live reggae music, Asian – complete with 100 rolls of sushi – and Italian cuisine nights, Seafood Lover’s night, and steak and lobster nights.
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Campus Safety wins Maryland Chiefs' Challenge
It’s not just academics and athletics where McDaniel College excels.
For the third consecutive year the Department of Campus Safety (DoCS) was named a winner of the Maryland Chiefs’ Challenge Campaign. The Challenge is a statewide effort by law enforcement agencies to save lives by increasing safety belt use.
Campus Safety and 38 other agencies from across Maryland were presented trophies at a Baltimore awards ceremony held Sept. 27. The staff used a combination of flyers, educational checkpoints at campus entrances, signage at large events, and educational activities like intoxication simulators at the annual student Spring Fling held on campus to raise awareness of the importance of safety belt use and other highway safety issues.
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Art History prof promotes preservation in China
After 17 hours of airplane travel, Susan Clare Scott was once again being chauffeured through the crowded streets of Beijing, where modern cars darted between people on bikes, pushcarts, pedicabs and wagons pulled by tired horses loaded with hay, tools or vegetables.
The assistant professor of art history took in the colorful scene, noting the recently built, Western-style highways leading in and out of the city and contemplating the clash of old and new cultures.
For the next several days, as a special guest at the third International Congress on the History of Chinese Architecture, Scott would discuss with Asia’s top scholars a bold idea: ways of preserving and restoring China’s ancient monuments in the wake of the country’s aggressive modernization.
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Founders Dinner 2004
On the eve of the opening home game for the NFL Baltimore Ravens, nearly 250 alumni, faculty, and friends suited up in fashionable dress as VIP guests in Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium for this year’s Founders Society recognition dinner.
This event held Sept. 18 recognizes the College’s donor club, whose members each contributed $1,000 or more to the College.
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McDaniel athletes rumble into Centennial play
Now that the butterflies of fall’s first contests have subsided, it’s time to get serious.
With a few games worth of sweat in their green and gold uniforms, McDaniel’s fall teams – including Scott Morrow '07 (left) and men's soccer – have rumbled into Centennial Conference competition.
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Hill Happenings
- The film series Exploring Our Connections: Documenting Our Lives continues Oct. 4 with "The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez" at 7 p.m. in Hill Hall Room 108. The film is free and open to the public.
- The McDaniel Peace Club welcomes Marianne Albina, Hidaya Said Najmi, and Gila Svirsky for "Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision" at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in Decker Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
- Through My Eyes: The Character Sculpture of Cindy Parker-Katz is on display in the Rice Gallery through Oct. 13. The McDaniel College Faculty Art Show opens Oct. 20. For information and gallery hours, call 410-857-2595.
- Homecoming returns to the Hill Oct. 9. Events include the Main Street parade, academic open houses, giveaways and more at the alumni hospitality tent, and Green Terror football versus Gettysburg. Click here for a full schedule.
- Mike Stern, Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist and former Miles Davis band member, gives a performance and lecture on beginning jazz improvisation at 1 p.m. Oct. 10 in Levine Hall Room 100. Free and open to the public.
- McDaniel College Theatre presents William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 - 30 and Nov. 5, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 6 in WMC Alumni Hall. Call the Box Office at 410-857-2448 for tickets and information.
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