January 1, 2012 South Bend Chamber Singers Auditions The South Bend Chamber Singers (SBCS), the region’s premier vocal chamber ensemble, announces auditions for experienced singers from northern Indiana and southern Michigan for its 24th concert series, 2012-13. Auditions will be held Sunday-Friday, August 26-31 in room 309 of Moreau Center for the Arts at Saint Mary’s College. January 1, 2012 For 10th year, Saint Mary’s among “Best in the Midwest” The Princeton Review has once again listed Saint Mary’s College among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest. The education services company widely known for its test preparation programs and college and graduate school guides selected the school as one of 153 institutions listed in the “Best in the Midwest” section of its Web site feature “2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” posted August 20. January 1, 2012 Murphy, Mahoney, and Centa Land All-MIAA Honors ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Saint Mary's basketball team was well represented on this year's All-MIAA honors list as three of its seniors earned all-conference recognition. January 1, 2012 Holocaust Survivor Speaks Tonight Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan will be on campus TONIGHT to give a presentation about her family's experience in Nazi concentration campus during WWII. Please come for this informative and moving lecture. Her lecture marks the 74th anniversary of Kristallnacht or "Night of the Broken Glass," when the Nazis began the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany and Austria. January 1, 2012 Students React to First Presidential Debate (Fox 28) The College Democrats Club hosted a Presidential Debate Watch Party on campus Wednesday night. Both Republican and Democratic students showed up at the event and offered Fox 28 what they thought about the candidates' responses to domestic issues, the focus of the first debate. The reporter commented on how well versed the Saint Mary's students are on politics. London Lamar '13, president of College Democrats, and Domini Paradiso '14, a Republican, were interviewed. January 1, 2012 A Tour of the "Diamond Dreams" Women's Baseball Exhibit (WNIT) John Kovach, College archivist and a women's baseball advocate and enthusiast, is interviewed for the WNIT (PBS) program "Experience Michiana" about the current "Diamond Dreams" women's baseball exhibit on display at the Cushwa-Leighton Library until mid-June. January 1, 2012 South Bend Toymaker Exhibits Handmade Wooden Toys The lobby of the Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary's College will soon look a bit like Santa’s workshop. The handcrafted wooden toy collection of South Bend toymaker George Efta will be on display from December 6 through January 31. Efta is recognized as one of the nation’s foremost craftsmen of wooden toys and puzzles. January 1, 2012 A Message from the President: Sorrow at the Passing of a Student On Thursday evening, October 18, Saint Mary’s College suffered the terrible loss in our community. Ziqi Zhang of Jiangsu Province, China, a sophomore, died in a bicycle versus car accident outside the main entrance of the College. She was just 19 years old. On behalf of the entire Saint Mary's College community, I want to express our shock and deep sorrow at the passing of Ziqi. We offer heartfelt condolences to her parents and sister and our prayers are with them. January 1, 2012 Housing Options for Seniors to Include Pets in Rooms (The Observer) Next academic year, fourth-year students at Saint Mary's can bring their pets to college. That's one of the advantages to the new senior accommodations offered at Regina South. Each of the 36 rooms will be offered as a single, including rooms that were previously offered as quads or doubles. Regular-sized singles will be parceled together as a two-room suite.