The Great MHC
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Domestic students of color represent 16 percent of the class, or 107 students, and international citizens comprise 23 percent or 141 students. Twenty-six students are from China, ten are from India, and eight are from Vietnam. This year, too, the class includes ten more Posse Scholars from Miami, joining the college’s first Posse group from last year, as well as thirty-seven 21st-Century Scholars. Posse students help promote cross-cultural communication on campus and 21st Century Scholars are outstanding students who receive merit-based scholarships. “The efforts of MHC alumnae volunteers were, as always, invaluable in helping us reach such a record and such a class,” said Anci. “Our new Sphinxes are a diverse, talented, and enthusiastic group, and we are all looking forward to their arrival in the fall.”
Congratulations! You completed the first pop quiz in the spring Q with fly-
ing colors. Now, see if you can do the same with part two by matching the clue to the right movie, play, or TV show. (This one may be a little harder—we’re crafty.) Post your own MHC pop culture finds at alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/ popculture. 6. In what 1979 comedy does Alan Arkin’s character diss the family his daughter’s about to join with this slam (after seeing the squalid office of Peter Falk, the father of the groom): “Four years at Mount Holyoke so she could marry into this?” 7. In what 1987 film does Theresa Russell play an MHC alumna who just might be a sultry serial killer? 8. In what 2004 crime drama is it said of a woman accused of three murders: “How could she do that? She went to Holyoke, for God’s sake!” 9. In what 1978 film do the men of “Faber College” (based on Dartmouth) take a road trip to look for dates at “Emily Dickinson College” (modeled after Mount Holyoke)? 10. What famous Triple-Crown winner was named in honor of Elizabeth Ham ’28, who worked for more than thirty years for businessman Christopher Chenery? The 2010 film starred Diane Lane.
Margo Martindale (above) played Elizabeth Ham ’28 (below right) on film. In what movie was a champion named in honor of Ham? A. Bob Rafelson’s thriller Black Widow B. The In-Laws C. Secretariat D. in the Law and Order: Criminal Intent episode “Consumed.” E. National Lampoon’s Animal House
Answers: 6-B, 7-A, 8-D, 9-E, 10-C
The class, said Anci, “is very good and solid,” comparable on all levels to last year’s. The number of students coming from the New England and Mid-Atlantic states is up from 216 last year to 302 this year, with students coming from the South (156) and West (129) similar to last year’s count.
Culture Quiz: Part 2
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