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Rachel Maddow finishes book tour at Mount Holyoke

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Rachel Maddow finishes book tour at Mount Holyoke

“I really see my job as explaining stuff,” Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC and author of “Drift” and “Blowout,” said in an interview with the Mount Holyoke News before her campus book event on Sunday, Nov. 17. The event, run by The Odyssey Bookshop in collaboration with Mount Holyoke College, was the last stop on Maddow’s tour to promote her newest book.

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“Moving Forward”: Karine Jean-Pierre talks new book, politics

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Karine Jean-Pierre spoke on campus on Nov. 11 in Gamble Auditorium to discuss her new book “Moving Forward.” The event was run in partnership with the Odyssey Bookshop and was open to students, faculty and the general public. 

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SGA holds town hall on Health Services

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On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Mount Holyoke Student Government Association (SGA) Senate held a town hall with Health Center officials. Director of Health Services Karen Engell, Medical Director Cheryl Flynn, BeWell Director Karen Jacobus and Nursing Coordinator Susan Ferraro spoke on the panel.

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Professor authors groundbreaking study on peer review

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A study on the peer review process titled “Research Culture: Co-Reviewing and Ghostwriting by Early-Career Researchers in the Peer Review of Manuscripts,” was recently published in eLife Journal. Rebeccah Lijek, an assistant professor of biology at Mount Holyoke was a senior author on the story.

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Guest injured in violent altercation at Blanchard campus party

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Early Sunday morning, multiple campus police officers, local South Hadley police and an ambulance were called to the Blanchard Community Center Great Room, where a person had reportedly been cut by a knife. These reports remain unconfirmed. 

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Jefferson scholar presents at 37th annual Lax Lecture

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Jefferson scholar presents at 37th annual Lax Lecture

“I originally thought of myself as a writer. But history gripped me,” said speaker Annette Gordon-Reed, a Charles Warren professor of American legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history in the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University. She was addressing the crowd gathered in Gamble Auditorium on Oct. 31.

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Betty Shabazz Center celebrates 50th anniversary

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Betty Shabazz Center celebrates 50th anniversary

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Association of Pan African Unity (APAU) and the Mount Holyoke African and Caribbean Students’ Association (MHACASA) held a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Betty Shabazz Cultural Center. 

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Senate town hall discusses issues of diversity, equity and inclusion

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Senate town hall discusses issues of diversity, equity and inclusion

This week, the Student Government Association (SGA) senate meeting largely revolved around diversity and inclusion, the theme of the month.

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