Sweet Briar Students Participate in Relay for Life
By Katarina Allen ’12 With the goal of spreading awareness about cancer, celebrating survivors and fundraising for a cure, Sweet Briar’s second annual Relay For Life event will take place on April 15, 2011 on the upper quad from 4p.m.-1a.m. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, teams raise funds not only for a cure, but [...]
Benedict Gallery Exhibits Work of Local Artists
By Jennifer Will ’13 On March 21, Sweet Briar College’s Benedict Gallery hosted an opening for the new exhibition, Real Women Who Paint: Five Artists. Five local artists from Amherst and surrounding areas, Janet Dance, Cheryl Hawkins, Kelly Mattox, Kaye Lipscomb, and staff member Nancy McDearmon, revealed their most recent work to the public. The [...]
Gutierrez to Leave for Sabbatical
By Jennifer Will ’13 Dr. Cathy Gutierrez, associate professor of religion and head of the classics, philosophy and religion department, will be taking a sabbatical during the fall semester of next year. Always the hard worker, she plans to dedicate the extra time to make progress on several projects as soon as summer break begins. [...]
Fashion: No Bounce in Your Pounce
By Ellie Bryant ’12 I’m writing this in Florida at Disney for lacrosse spring training (yeah, you should be jealous), and so my motivation for this article comes from the fact that I literally live in athletic clothes for 90% of my life, especially during spring break (yeah, I’m a bro. Holla.). Anyway, we’ll start [...]
Steal the Prize: Locally Known and Getting Grown
By Gabriella Muglia ’13 Pants on Fire, formed in early 2001 by bassist Adam Rodgers and singer/guitartist Ben Delaurentis, has donned the name Steal the Prize and have been steadily producing music and growing as a band for an entire decade. Recently, I sat down with Delaurentis and keyboardist, Jon Fies, who joined the band [...]
Adele Releases Second Studio Album
By Libby Hannon ’12 It’s been a few weeks since I’ve reviewed a female artist, and I felt like it was about time I bring out some talented ladies to share with you all. This week, I checked out Adele, a rising singer/songwriter from England whose latest album, 21, is the follow up to her [...]
Briar Bowl Brainiacs: 16 Teams Competed for Title
By Jennifer Will ’13 The Spring 2011 Briar Bowl kicked off on Tuesday, March 8 in good form despite the absence of its typical emcee, Dr. Jonathan Green, dean of Sweet Briar College. The Academic Resource Center sponsors the event and usually requests Green, but this year he had a prior engagement. John Morrissey, associate [...]
Room Selection Process: Room for Improvement?
By Katarina Allen ’12 Near the end of the school year, Sweet Briar students participate in room selection. Numbers are drawn by students randomly from a box by class year on different days, a process that has been in place for many years. Every year, however, there is controversy about whether the number drawing system [...]
Vixen Tennis Team Stays Undefeated at 7-0
By Nicole Lee ’13 Contributing Writer As Sweet Briar’s tennis team cruises through its spring season, the team has set the bar high. The team established a 7-0 record by beating Richard Stockton College, Millsaps College and Concordia University at the Professional Tennis Registry’s Spring Tennis Fest that took place on Hilton Head Island, South [...]
Class of 2012 Earn Their Senior Robes at Junior Banquet
By MacKenzie Place ’12 During the week of March 21, 2011, the Sweet Briar class of 2012 participated in the well-loved tradition of Junior Week, sparking excitement and questions about where the tradition came from. Junior Week consists of juniors dressing up each day of the week in an assigned costume given by their secret [...]
Letter To The Editor
Dear SB Voice, I am very disappointed to hear that “uncivil” and even racist incidents have been going on at Sweet Briar College. What is worse is my impression that many students don’t recognize the problem and don’t have the guts and respect to report perpetrators to the Judicial Committee. The attitudes behind these behaviors [...]
Crisis in Libya
By McKinsey Skeens ’13 Inspired in part by Egypt’s call for democracy, the country of Libya has decided to join the movement and fight for a government run by the people. Moammar Gadhafi, ruler of Libya for the last 41 years, has relentlessly sent his army to fight against the rebels that threaten his rule. [...]
Earthquake Shakes Japan, Releasing Radiation
By McKinsey Skeens ’13 On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake, sparking a tsunami and causing casualties numbering in the tens of thousands, shook the country of Japan. The disaster resulted in the devastation of Japan’s eastern coast, as well damaging several cooling systems of Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear reactors located in the towns of Okuma [...]
College Continues to Struggle with Racism
By Jennifer Will ’13 During the first week of March, a box of human feces was discovered in the custodian closet on the third floor of Meta Glass. Ms. Shannon Parrish, an African American woman, was the only person targeted in the incident. Although it is not entirely clear this was a racially-motivated crime, the [...]
Strategic Draft Plans to Increase Enrollment by 65-70 Students
By Megan Stewart ’12 On March 1, Dr. Jo Ellen Parker, president of Sweet Briar College, sent an email to the student body about the new strategic planning draft to help Sweet Briar College become more financially stable. The plan submitted for review describes different ideas for this stability, the main two being increasing and [...]
Dean Green Named Provost and Dean of Faculty at Illinois Wesleyan
By Lauren Shoff ’11 Dr. Jonathan D. Green, dean of the college and vice president for academic affairs, has been named provost and dean of the faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., effective Aug. 1. He will also serve as professor of music. The selection came at the conclusion of a national search [...]
Students Gather at Sweet Briar for a Weekend of Intensive Writing
By Corinne Adams ’12 On April 7, 2011, approximately 60 students will be welcomed to Sweet Briar’s campus for three days of intensive instruction in the art of writing. In its third year of existence, Sweet Briar’s Creative Writing Conference will bring together writers from a variety of colleges and universities from across the nation [...]
Tuition to Be Raised for the 2011-2012 Academic Year
By Julie Moorhead ’13 Contributing Writer On February 23, 2011, Dr. Jo Ellen Parker, president of Sweet Briar College, informed the Sweet Briar community through e-mail that tuition will be raised for the 2011-2012 academic year. Parker stated in the letter that the cost of tuition for the next year will be $30,620, and that [...]
Plans Begin for New Library Extension
By McKinsey Skeens ’13 As the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)’s reaffirmation visit comes to a close, the College has received information on the areas and programs on campus in need of improvement and, for the past thirty years, Cochran Library has been on the top of the list. While beautiful, Cochran’s ability [...]
SGA Letter Addresses “Bullying” Causing Campus Confusion
By Corinne Adams ’12 On Feb. 23, 2011, members of the Student Government Association delivered an email to the Sweet Briar community to address the issue of bullying on campus. The email, arriving less than one week after Dr. Jo Ellen Parker, president of Sweet Briar College, delivered her own message to the campus about [...]
SBC Hosts Black History Month Open-Mic Night
By Ellie Bryant ’12 On Feb. 28, Sweet Briar College hosted Black History Open-Mic Night at 9 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. The idea for the event was put forth by Claudia Chang, professor of anthropology, and David Griffith, assistant professor of English. Griffith became motivated to host the event when he was on a walk [...]
Business and Engineering Students Conduct Research on World’s Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicle
By Sarah Lindemann ’13 Contributing Writer On Thursday, March 3, the most fuel-efficient car in the world rolled onto Sweet Briar College’s campus in order for business students to conduct marketing research in collaboration with Edison2, the company that designed the car. The Very Light Car, as the vehicle has been named, provides Sweet Briar’s [...]
New York Times Bestselling Author Lectures ‘Overachievers’
Bianca Ktenas ’12 On March 3, New York Times bestselling investigative journalist Alexandra Robbins visited Sweet Briar College to present a lecture on her book, “The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids.” “The Overachievers” attains a deeply personal perspective on the pressure nine stressed-out Walt Whitman High School students feel to excel. One student, [...]
Developments in Egypt: A Country’s Struggle for Freedom
By McKinsey Skeens ’13 In recent weeks, Egypt’s struggle for freedom following an overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak has been one of the focal points of our nation’s news. Americans have watched as protestors fought for a government that included democracy and a greater respect for human rights. With the massive amount of media coverage [...]
