FEATURE FRIDAY: Professor Catherine Cabeen
Meghan Keeney, Guest Writer
May 22, 2020
Highly accomplished dancer Catherine Cabeen found herself celebrating her 30th birthday in her blue Honda Civic, parked in urban Seattle. She packed her clothes and all her belongings into her trunk; she slept in the backseat with the doors locked at night. She was basically homeless, showering in the...
More Than A Dancer
Tylee Hunt, Guest Writer
May 5, 2020
For many students, adjusting to a college education online for the remaining semester has been a bit of a shift. Biology majors have resorted to doing labs at home, journalism majors have continued to write online, but for dance majors, the adjustment has been more intense. In the blink of an eye, Marymount dance majo...
Gap Year/Alternative Semester
Rayiah Ross, Staff Writer
April 22, 2020
Because of the spread of COVID-19 in recent months, many colleges and universities shut down their campuses and are forcing their students to work in an online format. With the semester coming to a close and the summer slowly approaching, a new question is raised about what faculty and administration...
MMC Clubs & Orgs. During COVID-19
Jenna Fanelli, Staff Writer
April 20, 2020
In the midst of the uncertainty and change surrounding COVID-19, many of Marymount’s clubs and organizations have had to make drastic changes in order to adapt as online learning has taken the place of physically attending campus. The Monitor, for example, is still functioning remotely with Zoom mee...
The Retirement of Dr. Carol Jackson, PhD
Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer
April 15, 2020
On April 8th it was announced to the Marymount community that Dr. Carol Jackson, Vice President of Student Affairs, will be retiring effective June 30th. President Kerry Walk “confess[ed]” in the email sent out that she “earnestly asked [Jackson] to stay” but this year Dr. Jackson had “resisted...
MMC’s Alternative Letter Grading
Rayiah Ross, Staff Writer
April 13, 2020
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the globe, many schools have turned to Pass/Fail grading to lessen the weight on students. Within the last month, Marymount Manhattan College has made the decision to allow Pass/Fail as an option as an alternative to letter grades. Faculty will continue grading students...
A Transfer’s Experience at MMC
Michael Dunlap, Guest Writer
February 18, 2020
Each semester at Marymount Manhattan College brings new classes, experiences, knowledge, and most importantly, new students. Like most colleges, Marymount Manhattan has the option for students coming from other colleges, for any number of reasons, to be admitted upon acceptance to MMC through a tra...
Student Internships
Madeline Nortz, Staff Writer
December 16, 2019
There are many opportunities and experiences that we as students are excited to take advantage of during our time in college. Studying abroad, living in New York City, internships, fellowships, and more. While these are all amazing opportunities, many of us get so busy wrapped up in schoolwork, part-...
MMC Directing Projects
Michael Dunlap, Guest Writer
December 16, 2019
Each semester, Marymount Manhattan College puts on what is known as the directing projects. This semester’s directing projects ran the weekend of the 6th - 8th of December. The directing projects are short plays or excerpts from longer plays that are entirely student-run productions. They are done ...
Shaelyn McFadden & Rose Sheridan
Shelby Hall, Staff Writer
December 16, 2019
The Collective is a combination of art, beauty, and magic. It is a collection of people from all talents and interests, joining forces to make art together. The Collective takes photos and makes artistic shots by incorporating paint, various costumes, and outfits and utilizing props. The Collectiv...
Update on Esias Johnson
Meg Masseron, Staff Writer
December 16, 2019
As the end of the semester nears, the concerns of Marymount Manhattan students are not only surrounding finals or holiday travels. A common cause of worry regards Esias Johnson, the “person of interest” who began harassing the College the first week of October. The concerning situation had come to a halt ...
New History Major
Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer
December 7, 2019
On Friday, November 8th, Dr. Laura Brown, Associate Professor of History and Dr. Brad Herling, Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department announced the resurrection of the MMC's History Major, which is available for students to declare now. In said email, the program is “designed to be its...
