Adderall, Zoloft, Ambien, Ritalin, Hydrocodone, Valium, Xanax, Dexedrine, OxyContin…these are only a few examples of the vast amount of prescription drugs available to the general public in the modern age. But studies have found that the most frequent use of these prescription drugs occurs among college students and young adults ages 18 to 24, and much of this usage falls under the classification of abuse.

This December’s Senior Art Exhibition features a wide range of artistic craft, including a sculpture installation by Jennifer Mansour, photographs by Cassandra Shaine, and graphic art by Theresa Antonellis.

Mansour’s installation of sculpted wire figures, entitled “Clique,” investigates the role of groups within particular cultures.

After leading the Public Safety Department as director for 17 years, Paul Ominsky announced two weeks ago that he plans to leave the Mount Holyoke community for a director’s position at Princeton.

Ominsky will officially end his term at Mount Holyoke in January and will immediately begin at his new position at Princeton before February.

This semester the College has welcomed five new tenure-track faculty members, two in the Economics department and the others in Mathematics, Environmental Studies and English. New to Mount Holyoke this fall, Assistant Professor Katherine Schmeiser is currently teaching microeconomics theory and international trade.

On Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Gamble Auditorium, visiting lecturer in German Studies at Mount Holyoke and Smith, Anca Luca Holden, presented her study of German cultural identity in the 21st century and its relationship to the 2009 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Herta Müller.

Elaine A. Pluta ’96 will be sworn in this January as the first female mayor of the 136-year-old city as she defeated business consultant Daniel C. Boyle in all 14 precincts in Tuesday’s election.

Mount Holyoke alumna and city councilor of Holyoke, Elaine Pluta, won the local election for mayor of Holyoke on Tuesday.

Mount Holyoke’s current faculty consists of 198 professors, associate and assistant professors and lecturers, ranging a wide spectrum of race and gender. But what exactly is the difference between your professor, associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer and TA?

The meaning of the word “professor” differs throughout many countries, but in primarily English-speaking nations it denotes an individual of the highest academic rank.

“Seamless” was the word used by Gail Scanlon, Librarian and Director of Access and Technical Services, in describing the new plan to consolidate the libraries and technical services across the Five Colleges. However Ellen Bonner, Librarian and Head of Tech Services, predicted that she and seven other current technical services employees will lose their jobs due to the transition.

Though there have been no diagnosed cases of the H1N1 “swine flu” at Mount Holyoke thus far, the Health Center is working closely with College departments in developing and implementing precautionary measures in order to prevent the disease from entering and spreading across campus.

Swine Flu is a reassortment of four strains of the influenza A virus, one of which affects humans, one that affects birds, and two that are endemic in pigs: H1N1 is a brand new strain of the influenza A virus.

While this new type of influenza is called the “swine flu,” it is not transmitted from pig populations to humans, neither through contact nor through consumption of pork.