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Thursday, MArch 29, 2012
Student Government in Brief March 26
–President Todd Foy reported on the President Council meeting he attended. Foy said the Council meets five times a year to discuss issues facing the College. The Council has faculty, staff and one student, which has traditionally been the SGA president. Topics discussed were the state’s Vision Project, which sets “blanket” goals for all of state colleges, and work that will be done on campus buildings. –Brendan Peltier, Student Affairs Committee chair, said recent retirement by Sharon Zavatarro and Susan Bailey of Career Services will not affect students. A new office worker will begin working Monday, April 2. But Senator Jason Brown said some students, including himself, have already been affected by the retirements. Foy said the size and structure of Career Services has been discussed around the College, and ackowledged the Administration is working on that. –Student Trustee Jaynelle Bellemore announced Freel Library’s new extended spring hours. The new hours are: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.- 12 a.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-12 a.m. –Senator Jason Brown announced the Class of 2013 will partner with Project Linus for an event on April 4, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Townhouse Complex Greenhouse. Students will knit or crochet a square of a blanket that will be sent to underprivileged children. –Senator Brendan Peletier, head of the Residential Program and Services Committee, reported to the Senate. Peltier explained to the Senate how RPS’s Advisory Board has been discussing whether the new Hoosac lobby should be open to the campus or only for Hoosac residents. Executive Vice President Jackie Nash said her only concern would be security – if students were allowed to use the lobby, measures should be in place to prevent them from going upstairs. –The Senate voted to suspend the language in Article 4, section H, clause 1 of the SGA constitution. This suspension allows MASSPIRG to appear on this year’s ballot. The student body will vote on whether MASSPIRG will continue to work on the MCLA campus.
Student Government Association meetings are Mondays at 7 p.m. in Murdock 218, and are open to the public
BGLAD and Women’s Center to host workshop By Amy Cubello Staff Writer
Come support B-GLAD by attending an upcoming workshop about transgender/queer families. The event is being held Today, March 29 7-9pm in Mudrock 303. The event is called “Reinvisioning Family: A Queer Perspective and it is being hosted by B-GLAD as well as the Susan B. Anthony Women’s Center. Keely and Marshall Malone will be conducting the workshop. They are a transgendered couple who have two children. Marshall is masculine identified and also a stay at home dad. They each have carried one child. The couple will be reading from their writing concerning their personal and political journey to create alternative family structures that suit them. They will also enlarge our sense of what family can be. This workshop hopes to encourage others to share their stories and discuss the role of storytelling as a vehicle for addressing difficult personal and societal issues. Sumi Culligan, a professor of
the Sociology department, said “as a society, we can benefit from learning about and discussing diverse families in order to expand our perspectives on families and family arrangements.” Kali Yomota-Kurland, student on the B-GLAD E-Board, says “Students and faculty should attend because it’s an eye opener to alternative families and can spark discussion about other types of diversity.” This workshop is “an eye opener to alternative families and can spark discussion about other types of diversity,” says Yomta-Kurland. Another B-GLAD E-Board member, K.P. Palmer, agrees with Yomota-Kurland. Palmer says “Students and faculty should attend because it will be very educational. Many people don’t know a lot about the queer community, and it will be a great perspective and cover many things other than just queer education.” Come support your fellow students in B-GLAD and learn about diverse families and how they live Today, March 29 7-9pm in Mudrock 303. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
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Cooking Corner with Marissa Zelazo
Ingredients: 1/2 pound elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon powdered mustard 3 cups milk 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 large egg 12 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded salt & pepper to taste Topping: 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup panko bread crumbs Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta.
While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter and whisk in flour and mustard till it’s smooth. Add milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika, then simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf. Temper in the egg. This means to add a small amount of what you have already made, to the bowl with the egg, then combine everything together slowly. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese. Melt the butter and toss with bread crumbs to top the macaroni. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let it sit for five minutes before serving. It’s worth the wait!
Arrests and warrants issued. Week of 3/18-3/24 Monday 3/19 3:51 a.m. – Public safety investigated an alarm in the Campus Center, but could not locate it.
Tuesday 3/20 10:42 a.m. – Public safety referred to an outside agency to serve an arrest warrant.
3:33 p.m. – Public safety responded to a report of suspicious activity in the Shapiro building. No action was required.
Wednesday 3/21 11:47 p.m. – Public safety referred to an outside agency to respond to a report of disturbing the peace.
Thursday 3/22 2:30 a.m. – Public safety responded to a medical call at the Brewer-Perkins building. Subject was transported to the hospital.
port was filed.
Friday 3/23 5:54 p.m. – Public safety responded to a report of Malicious destruction at the Hoosac Hall parking lot. A re-
8:37 p.m. – Public safety responded to a report of larceny at Hoosac Hall.
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Saturday 3/24
6:12 p.m. – Public safety responded to a report of vandalism in Berkshire Towers. A report was filed.
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10:42 a.m. – Public safety made three arrests of MCLA students at the library on charges of tagging property and liqour law violations.
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