January 2, 2014 History Professor on Putin and Crimea (HNN) If you’re surprised by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move in Crimea, you’ve not been paying attention. That's according to history professor David Stefancic, whose expertise includes Russia. His opinion piece appears on the History News Network website. Stefancic writes, "Putin sees himself as the descendent of Ivan Grozny, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Josef Stalin, not as George Bush saw him by looking into his eyes and seeing his soul or as Barrack Obama saw him as a kindred spirit ready for a reset button." January 2, 2014 Senior Preview Days We look forward to welcoming our confirmed guests for Senior Preview Day on Monday, February 16, 2015. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., in the Student Center. Saint Mary’s College is on Eastern Time. We are in the same time zone as New York, and one hour ahead of Chicago. January 2, 2014 Belles Play to Scoreless Draw Against Brits ALBION, Mich. - The Saint Mary's soccer team played to a 0-0 double overtime tie in a conference contest at Albion on Saturday. January 2, 2014 Beeler All-Region as Belles Take 18th at NCAA Regional WILMINGTON, Ohio - Brittany Beeler had a lifetime personal record time of 22:29.3 to finish 24th overall while pacing the Saint Mary's cross country team to an 18th place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Saturday. January 2, 2014 North Central Indiana Business Conference The North Central Indiana Business Conference is a business networking showcase featuring certified minority and women business enterprises from the region. Businesses are encouraged to attend to grow their business relationships from good to great through networking and informational seminars throughout the day. January 2, 2014 Belles Battle Back to Tame Lions NOTRE DAME, Ind. - After falling behind Mount St. Joseph 1-0 in the first half, the Saint Mary's soccer team responded with a goal to force overtime and won the game less than 3:30 into the extra period for their first victory of 2014. January 2, 2014 Belles Claim Eleventh at Calvin Invite GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Saint Mary's cross country team finished eleventh out of 25 teams at the Calvin Knight Invitational on Saturday morning. January 2, 2014 Students/Faculty Pair up for SISTAR Granted Research (Observer) Over the summer, four Student Independent Study and Research (SISTAR) grants were awarded to Saint Mary’s student-faculty duos for projects ranging from researching patterns in TV shows to studying the reaction of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with metals. “By virtue of the sort of college Saint Mary’s is, students have an almost infinite number of opportunities to get to know their professors as more than just teachers and learn from both their explicit instruction and their more subtle cues,” said Tess Siver '15, a philosophy major. January 2, 2014 Students Prepare for Dance Marathon (WNDU-TV) WNDU-TV anchor and alumna Maureen McFadden '79 offered a preview to Dance Marathon, a fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, which took place on April 5. Interviewed for the story were Sophia Wilk '16 and Sarah Eiker '16 were both patients of Riley growing up and help with Dance Marathon. Students raised nearly $87,000 for the hospital at the event.