Category Archives: Features

Bethany Montgomery, Editor-in-Chief Sophia Lim, Section Editor   On Sunday, March 24, popular radio personality and host of the show “This American Life,” Ira Glass, visited the Saint Martin’s campus to discuss the art of conveying information, and engaging an audience. Born and raised in Baltimore, Glass was a very involved student, working on numerousContinue reading “Radio host Ira Glass visits SMU to share his years of broadcast experience”

Olivia Alvord, Staff Writer   As this year’s interim provost, Kathleen Boyle was a clear choice when naming Saint Martin’s University’s new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Her qualifications that made her an ideal candidate include her history in Catholic higher education, leadership skills, and one year of experience as interim provost. BoyleContinue reading “Kathleen “Kate” Boyle Ph.D. named provost and vice president of academic affairs”

Emma Dobbs, Section Editor   Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person, with a current net worth of $131.5 billion dollars. The CEO of Amazon since 1996 is no stranger to success, and has worked to keep his company profitable. Among Amazon’s many retail successes is their innovation of programmable Amazon dash buttons that allowContinue reading “Amazon tests new robot delivery program”

James Colasurdo, Staff Writer   In December 2018, Saint Martin’s University welcomes new Study Abroad Coordinator Melissa (Missy) Wessman, who can be found in Old Main Room 430, the Office of International Programs and Development, Before a brief work hiatus to raise her two daughters, Wessman received her Bachelor of Arts in English, and herContinue reading “Staff spotlight: meet Saint Martin’s own Missy Wessman”

James Colasurdo, Staff Writer   For the spring of 2019, Saint Martin University’s own Criminal Justice professor Robert Hauhart is teaching in Slovenia, a small European country of two million people, by way of his Fulbright scholarship. For two years, Hauhart applied to a popular Fulbright program in Norway, but in both years, he wasContinue reading “Chasing the “Slovenian dream:” How one professor found himself teaching in Slovenia”

Dealing with your “first death:” Former Belltower EIC Katie Hargrave’s advice to graduating student athletes James Colasurdo, Staff Writer “They say an athlete dies twice, the first being when they retire.” –Roger Kahn (1972). Imagine that you’ve been playing sports since elementary school to now accepting a scholarship to play a sport in college. Then,Continue reading “Dealing with your “first death:” Former Belltower EIC Katie Hargrave’s advice to graduating student athletes”

Prya Oliveira, Staff Writer   There is a country that has a successful educational system, holding fourth place for the quality of higher education in the entire world, all while having no standardized testing or private institutions. Finland has stolen the spot for the overall best education system in the world, along with being oneContinue reading “Should we raise our kids in Finland?”

Samantha England, Staff Writer   It all began in the year 1939, when the man who would later change his name to Stan Lee was hired as an assistant at Timely Comics to fill inkwells for the artists, fetch their lunches, proofread their work, and remove the penciling from their finished works. Born Stanley Lieber,Continue reading “In memory of Stan Lee: Marvel’s greatest superhero”

Bethany Montgomery, Editor-in-Chief   Born on Christmas Eve 1905, Howard Robard Hughes Jr., an influential business man, and film director, became known as one of the most financially successful philanthropists ever. The son of a wealthy oil manufacturer, Hughes showed great interest in engineering, mathematics, and aviation, both as a young boy and as aContinue reading “Born to fly: A tribute to Howard Hughes”

James Colasurdo, Staff Writer    On Aug. 1, 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Fulbright bill. Fullbright became the largest education exchange program in history, and still exists today. Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Fulbright Program aims to promote peace and understanding across peoples in different countries, throughContinue reading “The story of the Fulbright Program: how the scholarship builds bridges between people in different countries”