Starting next fall, the Physical Education department will be offering a one-credit table tennis course. Discussions of the class have been floating around the gym for sometime, but the recent combined efforts of Head Coaches Aldo Santiago and Allen Fitzsimmons have finally brought the sport to Mount Holyoke. Play space and storage had always been [...]

Mount Holyoke’s rowing team has been on a quest for a boathouse since its development as a club sport in 1976. During its early years, the team stored their boats under a lean-to at Brunelle’s Marina in South Hadley. Around this time, Dr. Bob O’Malley, a local surgeon, developed an interest in the team and [...]

Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour began its first of four nights at Radio City Musical Hall on Jan. 20 with a show that was anything but ordinary. Opening act Semi Precious Weapons is a New York-based glam-rock band that first came into contact with Gaga two years ago when she opened for them at a [...]

Simon Ammann of Switzerland won the first gold medal of the 2010 Vancouver Games, breaking the Whistler, B.C. course record that had previously been held by a woman. Although Ammann only beat twenty-five year old Lindsay Van’s score by 2.5 meters, Van herself will not be competing in these Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) [...]

Never in Jenifer Mackenzie’s wildest dreams did she imagine her film Kick Like a Girl, about her daughter’s recreational soccer team, would bring her into classrooms and boardrooms of nonprofit organizations and corporations. The film tells the tale of a girls’ youth team Mackenzie coached to undefeated seasons and which eventually competed in the boys’ [...]

Caitlin Pacheco ’13, known to her teammates by her middle name Woulfe, never dreamt that after her first season of rugby she would qualify to play in a tournament in front of national scouts. Yet on Thursday, Nov. 19, Woulfe was on a plane flying out of Logan Airport in Boston, MA to arrive in Florida for the 2009 Under-19 Women’s Territorial Championship.

The word ‘ubuntu’ is used by the NBA’s Celtics team to help remind them to put the team’s goals ahead of the of individual ones, and this is a motto the Mount Holyoke’s basketball team has decided to follow as well. Currently ‘ubuntu’ is taped above Head Coach Michelle Scecina’s door in hopes of reminding all athletes of what their main priority should be for the upcoming season.

Last weekend Mount Holyoke’s ice hockey team faced off in a double-header against both Smith College and Bates. “Unfortunately Mount Holyoke lost both games (Smith 5-0) and Bates (5-0). But the scoreboard did not reflect the true competitiveness of the games.

Where are you from? I’m from Miami, Florida! How long have you been playing basketball? I’ve been playing basketball since I was six years old. Any games you’re looking forward to? The game I’m most excited to play is against Smith College because I love the intensity, mutual respect and historical rivalry between the two teams.

Cross Country Julia Merton ’13 led the way for Mount Holyoke at the NEWMAC Championship 5k race held at Franklin Park in Boston, MA. Merton crossed the finish line at the 21:38 mark and captured 46th place. The next Mount Holyoke runner to finish was Holly Valenzuela ’12, who came in 57th with a time of 22:02.