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2013 writing invitational

the writing issue Alumni and Students Share their Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry [ page 6 ]

Philanthropist Dana Greene Keeper of the Past, Cultivator of the Future [ page 20 ] St. Mary’s College contents

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Executive Board page 6 Danielle Troyan ’92, President 2013 Writing fall 2013, vol. xxxiv, No. 3 Todd Purring ’86, Vice President Angie Harvey ’83, Secretary Invitational www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree Alice Arcieri Bonner ’03, Parliamentarian The magazine’s first writing Jim Wood ’61, Treasurer Editor Lee Capristo invitational yielded submissions Elected Voting Members Alumni Editor from alumni and students in fiction, Mary Wheatman Body ’79 Kathy Cummings creative nonfiction, and poetry. Emily Brown ’10 Design Camille Campanella ’12 Skelton Design Debbie Craten Dawson ’94 [ page 6 ] page 20 Photographer Donna Denny ’81 Bill Wood Barbara Dinsenbacher ’56 The Philanthropy Editorial Board Laurel Tringali Eierman ’84 of Dana Greene Karen Anderson, Mary Wheatman Mark Fedders ’74 Body ’79, Lee Capristo, Kathy Cummings, Missy Beck Lemke ’92 Historian and biographer Elizabeth Graves ’95, Nairem Moran ’99, S. Jae Lim ’09 Karen Raley ’94, Maureen Silva Dana Greene adds philanthropist Ryan McQuighan ’05 to her achievements. Publisher Laurie Menser ’01 Office of Advancement Jeremy Pevner ’09 St. Mary’s College of Maryland 18952 East Fisher Road Allan Wagaman ’06 St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686 departments Student Member Bill Sokolove ’14 2 president’s Letter The Mulberry Tree is published by St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Maryland’s public hon- 3 College News ors college for the liberal arts and sciences. It is Chapter Presidents [ page 12 ] produced for alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, the Annapolis: 22 alumni Connection local community, and friends of the College. Erin O’Connell ’91 30 philanthropy The magazine is named for the famous Baltimore: mulberry tree under which the Calvert colonists 32 from the Archives signed a treaty of friendship with the Yaocomico Dallas Hayden ’06 people and on the trunk of which public notices Jayson Williams ’03 were posted in the mid-1600s. The tree endured long into the 19th century and was once a popu- Boston: lar meeting spot for St. Mary’s students. The Tashia Graham ’09 illustration of the mulberry tree on the cover was drawn in 1972 by Earl Hofmann, artist-in- Black Alumni: residence when St. Mary’s College President Brenda Robinson ’85 Renwick Jackson launched the magazine. D.C. Metro: Copyright 2013 Matt Schafle ’10 The opinions expressed in The Mulberry Tree Southern Maryland: are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the College. The editor Cathy Hernandez Ray ’77 reserves the right to select and edit all material. [ page 16 ] Western Maryland: Manuscripts and letters to the editor are encouraged and may be addressed to Editor, The Kristi Jacobs Woods ’97 Mulberry Tree, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, cover: 18952 E. Fisher Rd., St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. Staff Ted Pugh ’14 is an English major from Photographs and illustrations may not be David Sushinsky ’02 Lexington Park, Md. He was photographed reproduced without the express written Beth Byrd in the reconstructed State House at Historic consent of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Lawrence MacCurtain ’11 St. Mary’s City. Photo by Bill Wood.

opposite: The start of memories: a new student poses for a family photo during move-in weekend. Photo by Lindsay Edward.

St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 1 a letter from the president College An Attainable Goal News

am delighted to have an “St. Mary’s has a great Editor’s Note opportunity to introduce myself Ryan Breymaier story to tell, and I ’97, who finished to you, and to provide you with feel fortunate to have ike an ember hidden under I cold ashes, that when dislodged, fifth in last year’s a report on the summer activities at St. become part of the L offers up heat in a renewed effort doublehanded Mary’s. In mid-June, I was appointed community and to be to make a flame, I write. Mostly my at- Barcelona race to fill the vacancy created by the tempts lack the passion to combust, but I given an opportunity keep at it because of the possibility of fire. around the world, resignation of President Urgo. I came to tell that story.” I believe that this persistent urge is recently announced to St. Mary’s through The Registry, an the “fire in the belly” fueling many writ- his intention to academic “temp agency” that places ers to keep at their work or keep coming back to it, despite the odds that anything compete in the next retired college administrators into in- they produce will end up with an isbn Vendee Globe Race. terim positions. When I was appoint- tag on the jacket. ed, I told the Board that it was my intention to have the admissions issues, and For more than a year, the magazine’s Othmar Blumencron’s Dame Blanche editorial board has been interested in the resultant financial issues, behind us by the time a new president takes over. was named the best in fleet and awarded featuring writing by students and alumni. the Waldschmidt Trophy. This goal is, in my view, attainable. We decided on a writing invitational as Photo: p hotoboat.com It was clear to me that the shortfall in students that had prompted the a way to solicit their work. After much discussion over genres to include in the Governor’s Cup Yacht Race Alumnus Discovers administrative changes was the first order of business. Although I did not invitational, we agreed on the three that officially begin until August 1, I worked with Chip Jackson, who served wonder- are most often taught by the current St. Makes its 40th Run 17th-century Vessel fully well as interim president until my arrival, to arrange for the immediate Mary’s faculty: fiction, creative nonfic- Ideal conditions made for smooth sailing during the 40th Archaeologist Scott Tucker ’08 uncovered tion, and poetry. new discoveries at the bottom of the St. running of the Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, August 2-3. With appointment, through The Registry, of Joel Wincowski as interim dean of admis- We were pleased by the response from Mary’s River as part of his doctoral work with sions. Over the summer, Joel worked with the admissions staff on processes and St. Mary’s students and grads to our one leg leaving from Annapolis and another from Dahlgren, University of Southampton in the UK. After Va., 131 boats in all participated in the event. World-class two years of study and underwater excava- outreach. Through their solid work, the enrollment picture improved greatly; by first Mulberry Tree writing invitational this summer. Their work was read by a shorthand sailor Ryan Breymaier ’97 crewed aboard the Col- tions, Tucker brought to the surface new the time classes began, they had increased the number of new students to 384, faculty panel from the English Depart- lege offshore team’s vessel, Yellow Jacket, skippered by Jake artifacts from the site of a ship’s remains off what was once the shoreline of 17th-century plus 97 transfers, compared to last year’s 418 plus 81 transfers. This is a far better ment. What you’ll see in these pages is a Wolf ’15. Breymaier, who finished fifth in last year’s double- St. Mary’s City, Maryland. His findings indicate that the vessel glimpse into the writing lives of some of result than first forecast. Early indications for next year are very positive. There is handed Barcelona race around the world, recently announced was likely involved in the tobacco trade between Maryland and those whose “fire in the belly” may ignite his intention to compete in the next Vendee Globe Race. England in the mid-to-late 1600s and marks the first ship of its much to do, but we have a very good team. something in yourself. kind from the period to be identified. St. Mary’s has a solid foundation, wonderful students and faculty, and loyal Please don’t overlook the magazine’s alumni, all of whom are determined that the College will prosper. Our rank- website (www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree) Fulbrights Charles Musgrove (history) was – many other submissions are posted Awarded awarded a Taiwan Fellowship ings continue to be high. Our graduation rates are the third highest in the na- there that weren’t selected for the print for his project, in which he will tion for public colleges. St. Mary’s has a great story to tell, and I feel fortunate magazine. Louis Hicks (sociology) is a Ful- investigate the development of to have become part of the community and to be given an opportunity to tell Lee Capristo, editor bright Scholar teaching Ameri- liberal democracy on Taiwan from 1945 to 2000. In the past that story. I look forward to reporting good news as the year progresses. can Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan in 2013-2014. five years, seven Fulbright grants His co-authored chapter, entitled have been awarded to St. Mary’s “The United States: Chang- faculty. Additionally, Danielle ing Recognition of Racial and Doubt ’12 was a Fulbright Stu- Ethnic Diversity” appears in a dent Program awardee for 2012- Ian Newbould new book, Multicultural Variations: 2013 and spent the year teaching President, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Social Incorporation in Europe and English in Turkey. Doubt now North America (McGill-Queen’s works as an admissions coun- University Press, 2013). selor at St. Mary’s.

2 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 3 Julia Bates, center, helped with Trinity Church’s installa- tion of memorial gardens and labyrinth (see story, p. 28) Organic Synthesis.” Out of 373 co-authored an article published in The Board of Trustees approved Life After proposals submitted, Eller’s was the September issue of The College the reappointment with tenure and one of approximately 30 that were Mathematics Journal. The article is promotion of the following faculty St. Mary’s funded. Eller, in collaboration with titled “Chomp in Disguise” and to associate professor: These four faculty/staff have a Allegheny College and Queensbor- originated as a combinational Todd Eberly (political science) collective 100 years’ experience at David Ellsworth ough Community College, plans game theory project MacLaughlin (theater, film, St. Mary’s. Here’s what they had to to develop an organic laboratory did in Meadows class. and media studies) say upon retirement: curriculum that uses microwave Lindsay Jamieson (computer Elizabeth Applegate, assistant Lois Stover technology, emphasizes green science) professor of French, wrote an ar- college students all the way to their chemistry, and fosters higher-order Pamela Mann (librarian) Chair of Educational Studies and ticle, “The Quest to ‘Understand’: Director of Teacher Education, completion of a college degree. thinking skills. Lin Muilenburg (educational Francophone African Intellectuals Associate Provost for Academic People might not know: I played col- studies) and Rwanda,” which was included Services for three years lege basketball at Carleton College. Charles Musgrove (history) Faculty in the book, The Contemporary Franco- Came to the College in 1996 Your “life after St. Mary’s”: I am now a Museum Studies Program John Ramcharitar (biology) phone African Intellectual, published by Favorite place certified doula, or childbirth coach, Tours the Southwest Publications Roger Stanton (psychology) Cambridge Scholars Press. on campus: I and teach childbirth classes. I also Katharina von Kellenbach Seventeen students in the College’s museum studies program , pro- love driving hope to start workshops on very Lin Muilenburg, associate toured the American Southwest this summer on the program’s Going, Going, fessor of religious studies, had her New Board down the road early learning for new parents. professor of educational studies, first study tour. The tour included trips to the Grand Canyon, the book, The Mark of Cain, published between DPC Gone and Abigail Maclean-Blevins Chair, Members Los Alamos Nuclear Test Site, Zion National Park, and the High by Oxford University Press in and Admissions Janet Lawrence MAT’13 Museum of Art in Phoenix and was co-led by Ken Cohen, assis- Anne Arundel Hall June. received an Outstanding Confirmed after a long day Office Associate in the Admissions Poster Award at the EdMedia 2013 Office tant professor of history and coordinator of the museum studies Todd Eberly, associate professor Gail Harmon (partner, Harmon, at work and Comes Down to Conference in Victoria, British Co- Came to the College in 1985 program, with Rod Cofield ’03 and Sara Rivers-Cofield. Rod is of political science, co-authored Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg, watching the sun set on the river. Make Way for New lumbia. The accompanying peer- Favorite place on cam- director of Historic Londontowne in Edgewater, Md. American Government and Popular Washington, D.C.) was elected But my favorite place would be in reviewed research paper entitled any classroom, teaching. pus: The overlook Academic Buildings Discontent: Stability without Success chair of the St. Mary’s College of “Using Class Dojo to Support Stu- Best thing about St. Mary’s: The fact of the waterfront (Routledge, 2013). Maryland Board of Trustees at its The new structure will house dent Self-regulation” will appear in near the Garden of May meeting and two new board that the St. Mary’s community the departments of anthropol- The American Association of the Proceedings of the Association is always thinking about how to Remembrance. members were confirmed by Gov- Garden of Remembrance and hear- ogy and international languages Best thing about State and Local History has made for the Advancement of Comput- be both “public” and “honors” in ing the gentle sounds of the foun- ernor Martin O’Malley. The new St. Mary’s: The and cultures, the Center for the a 2013 Award of Merit to Julia ing in Education ed-media 2013 our curriculum, instruction, and tain behind me is so restorative. members are Stephanie Rawl- students, hands down. Study of Democracy, the new King, professor of sociology, for Conference. The paper and poster student life keeps us focused and Best thing about St. Mary’s: The mot- ings-Blake (mayor of Baltimore) People might not know: I have never Blackistone Room, and Historic her book, Archaeology, Narrative, and were based on research conducted honest. ley crew who inhabit this campus and Ann McDaniel (senior vice been to New York City, but I plan St. Mary’s City’s archaeology the Politics of the Past: The View from in St. Mary’s County Public People might not know: For fun, I sang make St. Mary’s a vibrant place. president, The Washington Post). to go see a Broadway show soon! department and collection. The Southern Maryland (University of Schools for Maclean-Blevins’ for years in a women’s choral group People might not know: I have a pas- Your “life after St. Mary’s”: Travel, buildings are expected to be oc- Tennessee Press, 2012). AASLH’s research project. called “Two Rivers Harmony.” sion for dance. When I hear any work on my vegetable garden, work From left to right: Mary Coy ’12, Janet Coy, cupied in the summer of 2016. awards recognize “the best of the VP of Enrollment And I’m a secret reader of junk type of music, I find myself making out, read good mystery novels, have Andrea Bancells ’06, Alise Nacson ’99, and best” and involve juries assembled mysteries. up choreography in my head. The Faculty Management morning coffee on the deck with our Vincent Rozanskas ’97 at the state, regional, and national Your “life after St. Mary’s”: I started genre doesn’t matter; when the Promotions and Dean of my new position as Dean of the dogs… I could go on and on! levels. music starts, my brain engages. Mary’s community. Faculty and School of Education and Human This past spring, the Board of Admissions Your “life after St. Mary’s”: I enjoy line staff, despite heavy workloads, Randolph Larsen, associate pro- Services at Marymount University Gail Dean NSF Grant Trustees approved the promotion Named dancing class and am working on are consistently helpful and good fessor of chemistry, co-authored an in Arlington, Va. in July. Office for the Associate Provost of the following faculty to full a cookbook filled with recipes my to Eller article published in the May issue On October 7, Gary Sherman for Faculty Affairs humored. The students’ energy and professor: husband likes to prepare as well as enthusiasm is infectious. of Marine and Petroleum Geology. The joined the College as vice president Julia Bates Came to the College in 1988 The National Science Foundation’s Aileen Bailey (psychology) anecdotes and pictures. People might not know: I live in an article is titled “Spatial variation in of enrollment management and Education Facilitator, Department Transforming Undergraduate Ruth Feingold (English) historic landmark. The house was shallow sediment methane sources dean of admissions. Sherman of Educational Studies Janet Kosarych-Coy Education in STEM Program has Jingqi Fu the birthplace of Raphael Semmes, (Chinese) brings nearly 30 years’ experience Came to the College in 1981 awarded a $170,000 grant to Leah and cycling on the Alaskan Beau- Assistant Professor of Psychology captain of the Confederate raider, Julia King (anthropology) Favorite place on campus: The Garden Eller, assistant professor of chem- fort Sea Shelf/Slope.” in admissions and enrollment Came to the College in 1980 the Alabama. of Remembrance is the most beau- istry, for her project “Collaborative management, most recently at the Favorite place on campus: The older I hope to Alex Meadows, associate profes- tiful place on campus. Your “life after St. Mary’s”: University of Saint Joseph in West buildings on South Campus pro- get involved in the community with Research: A Student-Centered sor of mathematics, and Andrew Best thing about St. Mary’s: I really Hartford, Conn. voke in me a sense of the history volunteer projects. I signed up to Organic Laboratory Curriculum MacLaughlin ’09, a graduate stu- appreciate the extraordinary of the College and hold many be an election judge and want to Featuring Microwave-Assisted dent at the University of Arizona, attentiveness and care of a faculty Favorite place on campus: Sitting on personal memories as well. volunteer at the local elementary that supports first-generation the benches under the arbor by the Best thing about St. Mary’s: The St. school and community center.

St. Mary’s students and grads responded to our first Mulberry Tree writing invitational this summer. Their work was read by a faculty panel from the English Department. What you’ll see in these pages (with more on the magazine’s website), is a glimpse into the writing lives of some of those whose “fire in the belly” may ignite something in yourself.

tanley had fallen asleep, his snoring choked with hot, dusty mountain air. The sound reminded Johnson of the fiction clogged carburetor on a motorcycle he’d fixed up one summer in Ohio. At night, his own mind churned. The war (From The Tide1 King, Black Lawrence Press, New York, 2013) had been hard to swallow. He did not know what he had by Jen Michalski S 1942 expected, but he had not expected this. The exhaustion. It was almost time to go. His mother, Safine Polensky, would see him out the door but not to the train station. She would not watch him leave on the train, his face framed in the window, his The hollow fear so intense it burned a hole through you garrison cap covering his newly shorn head. She would see him to the door, where he could go to work, to school, to the store, and in and left you hollow. The walking. They walked along the corresponding memory of her mind, he would return. She opened the lock of the rose-carved jewelry box on the kitchen table with a butter knife, the key orphaned in Poland somewhere. ridges and through valleys for miles and miles, up and up He wondered whether she would produce a pocket watch, a folding knife, his father’s or his uncle’s, that he could fondle while trying to sleep on the hard earth, dirt full of blood and insides, exposed black on roads that lead to little towns full of rock and cement tree roots cradling his head like witch fingers. He opened his hand, waiting. She pulled out an envelope, old and houses in which lived Italians with gaunt, piercing eyes brown, and the dark, furry object he regarded. A mouse carcass. A hard moldy bread. “Burnette saxifrage.” She put the crumbly mound in his palm. who begged for candy or sugar and cigarettes and mostly “Most powerful herb. I save it until now.” He glanced at the leaves and roots spread over his palm, dried like a fossilized bird. His lips tightened. His whole life to that point had nothing because the Germans had taken everything. a stew of herbs – chalky and bitter and syrupy in his teas, his soups, rubbed onto his knees and elbows after school. Safine had brought (from The Tide King by Jen Michalski) them from the homeland, Reszel, Poland – stories of baba yagas

by Chelsea McGlynn

One for sadness, two for mirth; Three for marriage, four for birth; Five for laughing, six for crying; his mother the way others wrote to their girls. Seven for sickness, eight for dying; Now, Johnson stared at his slight, curved back all day, the sun hotter “You take this.” She grabbed his than fire. On narrow trails in the hills, they pulled themselves up with Nine for silver, ten for gold; ropes and cleats through passes that only they and their mules—the Eleven a secret that will never be told. palm, her knuckles blue and bulbous. dumbest, smelliest articles of military equipment ever used to transport – Traditional Crow-counting Rhyme supplies—could navigate, driving back enemy strongholds at Niscemi, “Eternal life. You take it when you Ponte Olivo Airport, Mazzarino, Barrafranca, Villarosa, Enna, Alime- My gramma believed in those old folk crow-counting rhymes na, Bompietro, Petralia, Gangi, Sperlinga, Nicosia, Mistretta, Cerami, as passionately as the Pastor believed in preaching and the neighbors are about to die. You will live. This and Gagliano. It would seem so easy if not so many men died, if John- believed in gossiping. She said she saw four crows on the power line son was not walking on an ankle he’d jammed on a hill that had swol- the day that my momma was born and six on the day of Momma’s is the only one. You understand?” len to the size of a softball. And yet their toughest fighting was still to wedding. Gramma, of course, tried to talk Momma out of it, but she come, at Troina, with Germans shooting at them from the mountains had more stubborn in her soul than a whole herd of donkeys and mar- in every direction. ried my poppa anyway, who was already red in the face from too much But not today. Today there was sky and food and the Germans to wine. When my poppa turned into the cussing and smacking drunk he the east of them. was always meant to be, no one was the least bit surprised, especially “You want these?” Polensky tossed the hard candies from his K ra- not Gramma. And when Momma arrived at Gramma’s doorstep with tions over to Johnson. Every day, they had scrambled eggs and ham, raven-black bruises, a couple of suit cases, and me in tow, Gramma and herbs and the magic of her youth. He may have believed once, biscuits, coffee, and four cigarettes for breakfast; cheese, biscuits, hard lead us straight back to the guest room already prepared for us. She been scared, as a child. He put it back in the envelope, more fragile candy, and cigarettes for lunch; and a ham and veal loaf, biscuits, hard confided to me she saw two crows flying west that afternoon and just I learned to plan my day around than the herb. candies, and cigarettes for dinner. knew we were coming home. Momma shushed Gramma and told her “You take this.” She grabbed his palm, her knuckles blue and bul- “I thought a nancy boy like you liked a little candy now and then.” not to fill my head with those silly tales. the crows, just like Gramma. I spent bous. “Eternal life. You take it when you are about to die. You will live. Johnson stuffed them in his mouth, pushing them into his cheeks like I learned to plan my day around the crows, just like Gramma. I spent This is the only one. You understand?” a squirrel. eleven-crow days searching for secrets and ten-crow days for gold. One- eleven-crow days searching for secrets He nodded, pushing it into the far pocket of his duffel bag, where “I haven’t brushed my teeth in months.” Stanley shook his head. crow days, I’d tip-toe through the house, as if sadness couldn’t reach he was certain to forget about it. Herbs had not saved his father from “I’m afraid I’m going to lose them all.” me if I only stayed quiet enough. My momma would give Gramma and ten-crow days for gold. One-crow pains. They had not spared his mother’s hands, curled and broken, “Well, I’ll tell you what.” Johnson lit his cigarette. “If I come across a one of her looks whenever she caught me hiding those days away in her lungs, factory black. How would they save his head from being days, I’d tip-toe through the house, as toothbrush in my travels, I’ll save it for you.” my room. But Gramma could stare down the moon, if she had the half blown off, his guts from being hung like spaghetti on someone’s “I think you’ll have better luck finding a Spanish galleon.” Stanley lit mood to, and Momma would roll her eyes and let me be. bayonet? He hugged her. She smelled like garlic and dust. Then he, if sadness couldn’t reach me if I only his own cigarette. Momma started coming home after a long day of job searching with Stanley Polensky, walked to the Baltimore station, got on the train, and “What do you know about Spanish galleons?” even more drag to her step and the crow’s feet in the corner of her eyes went to war. stayed quiet enough. “What do you want to know?” got deeper. Gramma tut-tutted at the bills that came in the mail. They 1943 “I don’t know.” Johnson closed his eyes. He had not done well in argued about money one night when they thought I was asleep, but I school. When he did not get a football scholarship to Ohio State, he could tell by the gleam in Gramma’s eyes that she was going to win They carried what they could carry. Most men thought he’d become a police officer, like his father. Knowing the war this one and the next day an acre of her farm land was sold off to one carried two pairs of socks in their helmets, K-rations in their pockets, would help his chances, he’d enlisted the first opportunity he got. of the neighbors. The bills with angry red late notices stamped across their letters and cigarettes in their vests. That queer little private, Stan- “What is it, like money or something?” them came a little less often after that. I tried helping, but the crows through the window pane. She opened the kitchen door with a jerk ley Polensky, also carried a book, and it was not the Bible. “No.” Stanley drawled, smiling. “It’s a ship.” let me down and I didn’t see any groups of nine or ten of them for the and shooed me away again with a hard pinch. “Polensky, throw that thing away.” With the nose of his carbine, Cal- “Warship?” rest of that summer. That one crow was still sitting on our roof, picking and prying at vin Johnson, also a private, poked him in the small of his back, where a “And commerce, too. They sailed mostly in the 16th to 18th centuries.” The day Momma came home with a new set of bruises, Gramma the loose shingles. I got so mad that I could feel anger clattering in children’s book, Tom Swift and His Planet Stone, was tucked in his pants, “Is that what you learned in that Tom Swift book?” Johnson opened pushed me outside and told me to go play. I tried listening through my heart beat and singeing up my veins. I was sure my heart would under his shirt. “No wonder you can’t get any.” his eyes, studied Stanley lying on his back, knees swinging open and the door-jam, but they talked as soft as the flap of blackbird wings. I burst right out and my hair would start to flame if I had to see that “At least I can read.” Polensky flipped him the bird over his shoul- closed, smoke pluming upward between them. occupied myself with peeling long strips of paint off the door frame blackbird for one more second. I scooped up a handful of gravel from der. They were in a line, two men across, stretching for miles from “Wouldn’t you like to know?” Stanley stared at the sky. His eyes and watching ants carry away a struggling beetle. A single crow landed the driveway and began throwing stones at that sorrow crow, hollering Cerami on their way to Troina. Stanley Polensky was a boy who, back broke up smiling when he looked at you, happy or sad. They squished on our roof, right when the sheriff turned into our gravel driveway and and caterwauling all of that anger right out. The gravel tinged against in Ohio, Johnson would have given the full order to. He would have a little, the outsides wrinkling, along with his forehead, his cheeks dim- I wanted nothing more than to creep back inside and hide under my the rain gutters and rattled down the shingles, until one and then an- nailed him with a football where he sat in the bleachers, reading a pling. Polensky was the youngest of six. Johnson had always wanted blankets. I peeked through the kitchen window, long enough to see the other finally hit its mark. The crow gave some undignified squawks book. He would have spitballed him from the back of class or given siblings. His mother had him. Another had died in the womb. sheriff scribbling in his notepad and to hear Papa’s name spit out of and caws, before fluffing up its feathers, stretching out its wings, and him a wedgie in the locker room after track. Polensky had cried in his He imagined Stanley as a little brother and grimaced. But you took Momma’s mouth. Gramma glanced up from pouring hot water from flapping right out of sight. But I knew it was just a matter of time before bunk at night for their first week at Fort Benning, wrote long letters to what you got, not what you wanted.  the kettle into a brown mug and caught the glint of my peeping eyes it came flying back.  Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree.

8 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 9 2013 writing invitational Miriam laughed, “Salima told me how pretty little Rahel ended up married to a man older than her father. Salima said that she and Rahel used to live in a neighborhood with Christians and that Rahel was My prospects weren’t much better than often left alone after school. She’d sit at her window, gazing at the Christian students who came to the bookseller across the street. One Miriam’s. While my Rose of Baghdad Embers boy caught her watching and smiled at her. And what did she do? She smiled back. Soon, it became a game between them, smiling, and laugh- was in a more discrete location, my face ing, and making faces through the window. by Kerry Graham “Then, one day, he was waiting for her as she walked to school. was bland, my nose too large, and my It was not an alarm, but prickles of sweat—under her arms, The house stood tremulously quiet that morning, and her footsteps Who knows if she did anything to show she recognized him – the eyes too small. I was unusually tall, on her back, down her neck—that awoke her. Blindly, Special’s fingers landed almost silently. From the kitchen doorway, Special regarded whole neighborhood would have known about the affair then and groped along the floor for her cell phone. She soon felt its cracked Ma, aware from her tense motions that she had indeed, expectedly, there if she had. Salima says that Rahel walked past him and he dis- more than my fair share of clumsy, and screen, and, laboriously, brought it close to her face. Her eyes slit open changed overnight. Special had anticipated it: the tender-voiced, face- creetly dropped a yellow paper, and then said to Rahel so that all could to a squint to check the time. 7:27. stroking and tightly-squeezing mother reserved exclusively for the eve hear, ‘You dropped your paper.’ too shy to be at all charming. Shit. Special’s jaw instinctively clenched with the worry that Ma of 7/27 always vanished during the long moments of fitful sleep that “Of course she hadn’t dropped anything, but she understood his might glance at her own phone in the next sixty seconds. Even on oth- followed. She imagined slight quivers down Ma’s body. meaning, and so she thanked him and picked it up.” er, ordinary, hollow mornings and evenings, Special deftly prevented Special gazed now at the woman she much better knew, whose brow “Just like you’d see in the pictures,” mused my younger sister, Rivka. her mother from recognizing it was 7:27. Although she could not deny bore bitterness and fist rarely faltered. Though more rigid today, it “She must have thought so,” Miriam laughed. “She couldn’t wait until she today, ripe in ruin, its title of July 27th, she wanted still to protect Ma was this morose stance with which Special was most familiar. From got home to read it, so she read it in class – and what do you think it was?” The dallal had been trying for years to bring Miriam a husband, but from those numbers on the clock. what she understood, the fire alone is what suffocated the light in Ma’s “What?” I indulged Miriam, although every word she spoke made his choices were limited: our father was not a wealthy man, so any pro- Sensing the sudden racing of her heart, she paused her thoughts world. Precisely seventeen years ago, fatal flames had destroyed their me feel sick to my stomach. spective husband would have to want Miriam for her own sake. Most and breathed as deeply as she could. She expertly used this technique, home, their plans, their first-born’s delicate lungs—and the person Ma “A love letter!” Baghdadis have an ukht – otherwise known as the Rose of Baghdad – divulged by the school psychologist, to combat the clutches of anxiety. once was. But inexplicably, they intensified Ma’s dependence on the Rivka gasped. somewhere on their person. It’s a mark left by parasites living in the dates Even after the frantic beats slowed, Special’s asthmatic lungs continued tiny toxic torches she lit and inhaled from daily. “The teacher saw her reading it and demanded that Rahel hand it we eat. Miriam had the misfortune of having the disfiguring mark on luxuriating in the air miraculously free of smoke. Surely Ma had been “Why you didn’t wake up your sister?” Ma glanced, barely, in Spe- over,” Miriam continued. “Rahel tried to give her some other piece of her face. If that weren’t enough, Miriam was loud, gossipy, and stubborn. in the kitchen since before dawn, languidly smoking cigarettes, melting cial’s direction. “Y’all about to be late to school, and I swear I don’t paper, but the teacher was adamant that she hand over the yellow paper She refused the dallal’s every match, confiding to Rivka and me that she one minute of this difficult day into the next. She braced for the haze. want your teachers in my face.” – so, what else could Rahel do? The teacher read it and announced to would be a spinster, and earn her keep making clothes for beautiful ladies. Then Special heard it, the sound that invariably prompted her to “Today Saturday, Ma.” Special gently reached around her mother, the whole class what it was. Of course, the news of Rahel’s indiscre- Rivka had the best prospects of all of us: her silky, waist-length, au- shield her sister: the soft sigh of sleep from the bed an arm’s reach tugging the window open. “We ain’t got school.” tion spread like fire. After something like that, Rahel would have been burn curls made her a rare beauty. She was gentle, wise, and the best away. When Special resolutely stood, she stepped on the shovel she “Oh.” Ma’s eyes flickered with an emotion Special could not iden- lucky to find any husband, never mind one who would take her with- cook in the house, even at the age of thirteen. We did our best not to re- thought was under her bed, and again, the irony of the girls’ names tify. “Well make sure she up soon anyway. You know I don’t want y’all out a dowry and pay for the wedding her parents could not afford.” mind Rivka of these merits, lest we tempted the Evil Eye. She wore an flared. When their father converted to Islam during one of his first in the house today. And I got my service later.” Miriam gave me a pointed look as she said, “Imagine what might amulet tucked under her dress to keep her safe from envious glances. incarcerations, he pronounced a devoutness that did not mandate he How Ma managed, from beneath the ashes of her grief, to muster have happened if she hadn’t married the widower.” Now that I was old enough, the dallal had started hunting for a hus- abstain from whiskey and gin, but he did insist that his children receive enough willpower to birth two more children, Special never knew. But Her parable was cut short by our mother’s screeching as Salima band for me. My prospects weren’t much better than Miriam’s. While Arabic names. For fourteen years, Special’s name had hung about her every 7/27 reminded her of their place in Ma’s mind, heart, spirit: miles found herself once more on the receiving end of Nana’s wrath. my Rose of Baghdad was in a more discrete location, my face was like clothes that wrongly fit. So frequently had her parents repeated the and days beyond the blaze that only Ma still saw. “You’ve burned them, you little fool! Matzo cooks quickly!” bland, my nose too large, and my eyes too small. I was unusually tall, loose translation—special—of her given name, Badiah, that ultimately “Alright, Ma.” Automatically, Special imagined the contents of the Salima was gentle-hearted and delicately pretty – that’s what drew more than my fair share of clumsy, and too shy to be at all charming. the paraphrase claimed her. But Special belonged to a name better kitchen cupboards. She wondered if she would need to go around to Elazar and countless other men to her. But she was slow-witted, and Even these limited prospects, though, would shatter as soon as Mir- suited for her sister, the girl who dazzled. Special instead hungered for the store before dinner. Today, for the next time but not the last, Ma clumsy, flitting about the kitchen like a wounded sparrow. Perhaps iam breathed a word about Aaron. the name chosen two years after her own: Barika, to bloom. A name would devote hours to illogically pleading for peace from the power men also found that alluring, but to the women, it made her a burden. “I need the walnuts and dates for the haroset,” said Nana. She count- meant for a gardener, the child whose sole solace stemmed from soil. that first created fire. She would again mourn her daughter long dead, “Watch these next ones carefully,” growled Nana. ed out a handful of silver fulus and held them out to me. I rose, brush- In these mismatched names, Special’s flimsy faith, in both a god and leaving alone the two still living.  Making matzo requires coordination and concentration: each indi- ing off my skirt, and held out my hand so Nana could deposit the her parents, first formed. Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree. vidual task must flow together into a coherent stream, or the matzo will money into my palm. She didn’t seem to notice me shaking or hear the be ruined. Miriam, Rivka, and I all knew how to make matzo in accor- sudden pounding of my heart. dance to Nana’s rhythm. Sorting the rice for hametz was the easier task, “I’ll go with you,” volunteered Miriam, rising as well. “You always Next Year in Jerusalem but Nana had to teach Salima her ways: once the three of us married, take such a long time when you go to the shop – those bags must be Nana would have to rely on Salima to help her run the household. really heavy.” I shuddered. Salima and I were the same age – nearly to the day. I Nana missed the latent meaning in Miriam’s words. “I can only by Samantha Cameron could have been the one getting scolded by my mother-in-law for day- spare one of you – Pesach is in two days,” she snapped. “Aziza is the “But Moses said to the Lord, ‘Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of sister, Miriam, dramatically. “It was about one of your classmates – do dreaming and burning matzos. only one strong enough to carry the bags by herself.” words, either in times past or now that you have spoken to Your servant; I am you remember Rahel?” “Have Salima mix the dough,” suggested our oldest sister, Violette. Miriam’s face pinched as if she’d tasted a rotten lemon. “I’ll watch the tanoor.” Nana gave me that look that only mothers can give – the one that slow of speech and slow of tongue.’” — Exodus 4.10 I nodded. Everyone knew Rahel: she was friendly and had beautiful grey eyes. Like Salima – my new sister-in-law – Rahel was one of the Nana grumbled, but there was much shuffling around in the kitch- cripples you with guilt even if you’ve done nothing wrong. I had done en, so she must have taken Violette’s advice. something wrong. lucky few who was pretty enough that she’d never have to bribe her My sisters and I flicked expertly through the rice, Miriam snickered, vindictively. “Don’t dawdle,” she said. She hurried back to the kitchen. grain by grain, hunting for even the slightest hint of the five forbidden future husband with a dowry. She and Salima were both poor, so it Lucky girls married their cousins, keeping the wealth and labor in I wrapped myself in a black abaya, covering my Western dress and grains: a dull job to be sure, but it gave us an opportunity to sit down was a blessing to their parents that they were so lovely. the family, marrying a man they knew, and remaining either near or other distinguishing features: once I left home, I would look just like and gossip as we worked. “Poor Rahel,” Miriam clicked her tongue. “You know why she in the same house where they grew up. Violette had married the only the Muslim women out in the streets.  “Salima told me a terrible story last night,” announced my older stopped coming to school?” “She got married,” I replied. “To a wealthy old widower.” male cousin we had left, leaving Miriam, Rivka, and me adrift. Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree.

10 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 11 2013 writing invitational Working backwards, I believed in the concept of Nature Love before I had experienced it myself. The promise was the allure, not any tangible experience I had had, unless I am forgetting some childhood I want to understand how soil and sun experience still buried deep in my subconscious. It might have just been a promise, but that promise moved me. The promise of Nature make human flesh and human emotion. is transcendence with the help of a power that grabs hold of you. I grew up under the impression that once I decided to love Nature, it I also want, once I know what I’m would love me back. I didn’t know what this would entail, but I as- creative sumed there would be passion. Instead, I walked into a garden filled made of, to know what I can be. with rocks, a pasture chock full of thistle, and a barnyard splattered with sloppy chicken manure. I went to the woods to be struck by Nature, and I was mostly struck nonfiction by fear.  Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree.

Yesterday

The Tonic of Wildness by Martin McGowan 2 You push yourself up from the table, detaching remember stuff. She knows where she was and what she was doing on by Emma Reisinger yourself from links holding together their denial. Quite simply put, certain days. I think you’re exaggerating again, big surprise there!” Oh, her time is up, and you know it. Time no longer has any relevance how they would protect her, passing off every slip up she made as a “Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows to her. Despite her best efforts, despite her impressive veneer, she has “senior moment” or a joke. For protecting her meant protecting them- which surround it. We need the tonic of wildness… We can never have enough of absolutely no idea when yesterday was. She has no idea if it was the selves. How could they possibly admit to themselves and each other Nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and Titanic day before today or the day before today fifteen years ago. Sure, she that the person who has known them the longest might soon be able features, the seacoast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and decaying trees, could tell you or your brothers what she did yesterday, but she had no to differentiate between them and a group of strangers? the thunder cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets…” idea if she actually did those things yesterday. And it was this banter, this But, they haven’t seen what you’ve seen. They think it will mani- — Henry David Thoreau, Walden back-and-forth, between you and her and your brothers, that is so frus- fest itself with stoves left on for hours, bills left unpaid for weeks, ap- trating, so infuriating, for you because you know upon what unstable pointments frequently missed, and names and faces forgotten. But, There is a mythology of Nature love that intoxicates ground the truth is now constructed on. You know that, yes, maybe she that’s not how it always is, and that’s not how it is for her. For her, it suburban children like me and maybe like you. We’re wannabes; we did, in fact, do those things yesterday, but she has no idea, no concept isn’t so much “missing” things or “forgetting” things, rather it’s cancel- wanna be free, we wanna be in tune with the world around us. We of yesterday. And thank God she can still recall those memories because ling things. She has begun to trade hours of time meeting friends for want want want—but how? Oh, how. Oh, how I want to feel alive be- maybe it means that it is not quite that ruinous yet, maybe it means it weekly lunches at Bob Evans, attending daily mass, and working at the cause of sunlight shining warm upon my face, because of rain falling won’t progress so fast, so strong, or so devastatingly in the future. senior center for hours of time sitting, sitting in her faded pink rocking soft upon my fields. I want to be enfolded in something bigger than But what it absolutely means is that your brothers will be able to chair, creaking away her day while staring at the door, or at least in the myself, bigger than all humanity even. remain in their perpetual state of denial, and what a beautiful state that direction of the door. She’s never watching, just staring. You can see If I just walk outside, it will happen. is for them. It’s not she who needs time; it’s they who need it. “See,” her in the living room now. Staring.  If I just take a hike, I’ll feel alive. they will hurl at you at your monthly family spaghetti dinners, “She can Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree. If I just get in tune with nature, all my life will be singing. There are many people who do not have this compulsion to re- vere Nature and seek fulfillment from it, yet in big-n Nature there is something deeply alluring to many. In the landscapes of outdoorsy Gifts of the Chesapeake magazines and advertisements for R.E.I., Nature is an appeal to both our moral and aesthetic sensibilities. To love Nature takes on by Karen Wathen, Spring 2013 more urgency than a casual aspiration. This form of love seems to be as much of a need as our other biological needs for air and food In a deep slumber, I feel a hard, calloused hand grab my foot and vigorously shake When the calendar falls on April 20th in Southern Maryland, people and water. So we seek Nature, and we expect happiness and good- it. This is Dad’s traditional signal to communicate to me it is time to go. Neither of drop their boats in to the frigid, brackish waters and set out to stalk ness in return. us utters a single word; just a simple shake of the foot and I know exactly what to the king of the Chesapeake: the striped bass. The morone saxatilis, In the search for Nature, we are looking both for something in- do. Like clockwork, I leap out of bed, throw on a few layers of clothes and sprint better known as the rockfish, striper, and/or striped bass is a highly re- credibly basic and something incredibly complex. We want to un- to the 18’ Carolina skiff tied up to our dock. I jump into the boat where my Dad spected and cared-for population. In 2007, President George W. Bush derstand human life as more than an exchange of proteins and car- tions of a club supposedly devoted to conserving our natural re- is impatiently waiting for me to untie the bow so we can cast out on our usual declared under executive order 13349 that the coveted striped bass be bon, as something of which I am a part. I want to understand how sources that uses those resources to produce and ship cheaply-made Saturday morning adventure. There he sits in his captain’s chair, with his arms considered a protected game fish. The striper is Maryland’s most vital soil and sun make human flesh and human emotion. I also want, disposable items to people worldwide as a means of enticing their folded tightly and perched atop his belly, giving me the “you’re almost late” look. commercial and recreational fish. So important, in fact, it was declared once I know what I’m made of, to know what I can be. membership. Did I deserve to be recognized as a Nature Lover? My seven-year-old spirit bubbles with excitement as I hear the roar of the outboard the Maryland state fish. The rockfish is notorious for being a fighter A few years ago, I joined the Sierra Club and received a bum- What had I done to merit that badge, other than send a check in the motor gear up for another big day. Racing the rise of the springtime sun, we chart and therefore, the sport fishing and charter boat industry in southern per sticker and a free red backpack for my small contribution. I mail? In word I loved Nature, but indeed I was as much a supporter out through the cool and misty open waters. Maryland relies heavily on this species to provide a source of income joined the organization because I believe in their principles, but I of the United States Postal Service as any other faction. I felt like a and entertainment. People come from all over the DC metropolitan felt ashamed of the bumper sticker. Put aside the troubling implica- Girl Scout who just wanted to wear the badges.

area to take trips out on the many charter boats who host fishing trips on the Chesapeake. Solomon’s Island, Maryland is one of the Home most well-known harbor towns for charter fishing; this small two- mile island houses over twenty-five commercial charter boats. The by Rita McDermott rockfish provides the people of the Chesapeake Bay watershed with not only a bountiful blessing of delicious meals but also a challenge Every time I walk into my mother’s kitchen, I am not only greeted that fosters intimate relationships amongst those who seek to catch with a hug, but also by the words “Home Is Where the Heart Is.” My House is the structure, but home refers this special species. mother doesn’t say actually say this out loud; as I indulge her embrace and grandma-like kiss, a wooden sign above the kitchen window with to something beyond that structure. It We finally reach the prime real estate for our hunt of the coveted striper. Dad that phrase painted on it stares back at me. Literally, the eyelike win- rushes around the boat, gathering the rods, fidgeting with the lures, attempting to dows of the geometrically perfect house - square with a triangle roof hits on the warmth, the emotion, the steer clear of neighboring vessels and keeping a keen eye on the depth finder. At and rectangle chimney puffing heart shaped smoke – stare at me. My the tender age of ten years old, I stand in awe as I watch him perfect the process; neighbors have the same phrase on a slightly less creepy heart-shaped memories. It’s the evidence of life in the his is the master of the multi-task. Flawlessly, he executes the preparation and plaque on their front door. In fact, I’d confidently bet money that about house – the crayon on the bathroom gracefully drops two lines into the depths of the Chesapeake. With our bellies full half of the houses in our Eastern Shore neighborhood have this very of sugary sweets, we sit side-by-side anxiously awaiting a bite from the striper. same phrase displayed somewhere in their houses as well. wall from when the middle child was It is during these idle times that the true pleasure of fishing is elicited. I listen to I suspect that one reason the phrase “home is where the heart is” Dad tell me about how things were back in his day; he narrates stories of adven- became so popular in the first place is because it highlights that house a toddler, the iron mark burned in the tures and triumph in an animated and fabricated manner that keeps me on the and home are not synonyms despite what Roget’s Thesaurus says. edge of my cold, plastic seat. He talks about how he walked five miles to school, House is the structure, but home refers to something beyond that carpet from when a soccer ball knocked uphill both ways and tells innumerable tall tales of his childhood. I reciprocate structure. It hits on the warmth, the emotion, the memories. It’s the the story swapping by rambling on about the boy in school that I like and how evidence of life in the house – the crayon on the bathroom wall from over the ironing board, the crack in he never waits for me after lunch and how he always pays more attention to my Dad rushes around the boat, gathering when the middle child was a toddler, the iron mark burned in the car- friend Chelsea. He listens intently and advises me to move on; my ten-year-old pet from when a soccer ball knocked over the ironing board, the crack the ceiling from when “Santa” entered spirit is devastated but there is a sense of safety in his voice that compels me to the rods, fidgeting with the lures, in the ceiling from when “Santa” entered through the attic. take his advice. We sit and talk until we see a sharp bend in one of our rods; the Home also captures a certain amount of pride and effort put into the through the attic. secret sharing stops and the action begins. attempting to steer clear of neighboring living space. That feeling of accomplishment, of finally feeling a space is cozy or “just right” after months or even years of bringing a vision to Trolling is the most popular strategy used to capture the coveted striper vessels and keeping a keen eye on the fruition. Simply having a house does not guarantee having a home, nor within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This strategy consists of setting does having a home guarantee having a house. up fishing lines, dropping them over the sides of the boat and slowly depth finder. At the tender age of ten Every time I see “Home is Where the Heart Is” over another kitchen cruising through open water as the lures drag behind. The slow glide window or elsewhere, I can’t help but ask if the owner is saying her a couple of trips to Vintage Values. I still remember one profoundly of the boat gives the tacky, brightly colored lures a lively spin which years old, I stand in awe as I watch heart is in the same structure, or if the owner is using the sign to confusing conversation with my mother freshman year when I was us- makes them look quite appealing to the hungry stripers who lurk with- reminisce and find comfort in knowing there are warm memories and ing “going home” to refer to going back to SMCM, to QA first right, in the dark waters of the Chesapeake. The infamous striper is known him perfect the process; his is the master loving people elsewhere, that the current structure is only temporary, and my mother was interpreting my words to mean going back to the as a “lazy feeder” meaning that when it feeds, it travels with the current the saying used as a sort of “light at the end of the tunnel.” I also ask Eastern Shore. and simply eats what it comes across rather than fighting the current of the multi-task. myself: If home really is where the heart is, where is home for me Since calling St. Mary’s home for the first time over 10 years ago, and searching for prey; this fact is crucial to ones success in capturing and people like me, people who have left pieces of their hearts various I have called numerous other places home, confusing not only my the coveted striper. Within the charter industry, trolling is a very popu- places? mother, but also other friends, family, and even myself. The suburbs lar strategy because it is a relatively simple and hands-off process. This Without question a large piece of my heart is on the Eastern shore of Baltimore were home after graduating, the Eastern Shore was home leaves the attendees on the boat an ample amount of time to kick back, of Maryland. Though I didn’t move there until I was 12, it was the first again when I got my first “real job,” then Arnold was home, then Costa enjoy a few beers and simply revel in the beauty of the Chesapeake. chors near a submerged structure in the water such as pilings or docks. place to capture my heart, a place I hope my parents always live so I Rica, Colombia, and now Vietnam is home. I have left friends, family, It should be noted that even though this is a relatively simple process, From there, the striper-seekers take a rod with multiple fish shaped never have to make up a reason to visit. Every time I visit, I am invigo- inside jokes, laughter, and bad interior decorating in all of those places. when the striper finally bites the trolling lures, a dramatic bend in the lures on the end and bob it vigorously up and down in the water at rated by the salty smell of the Chesapeake Bay and the crisp tingle of I also left all different sized pieces of me, probably the largest piece in rod warrants grown adults to propel themselves into a mass hysteria a considerable depth. This makes an illusion of a school of fish and the bay breeze on my cheeks. Colombia. There, I learned tangible skills, like speaking Spanish and of excitement. These fish are true fighters and it can sometimes take stripers go crazy at the sight of fast movements and bright colors of Though Maryland’s Eastern Shore has a large piece of my soul, it dancing salsa, but more importantly I walked away with intangible upward of half an hour to get one striper reeled in. Other techniques the lures. This technique is used less on charter boats more so for the does not contain it all. Another chunk of my heart is at St. Mary’s Col- skills – teaching with more compassion, living with more passion, not used to capture the striper also include jigging, bottom fishing and surf individuals who consider themselves true anglers. Trolling seems to be lege of Maryland, where creating a cozy, homey space involved tapes- just accepting but also embracing the unexpected – and all the memo- fishing. One of the most exhausting and exhilarating strategies used the charter strategy of choice in the Chesapeake because of the nice tries turned draperies, spray-painted plywood turned table tops, and ries that come with those learning experiences.  to capture the striper is the jig. Jigging is a technique where a boat an- dichotomy between action and relaxation that it provides.  Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree. Read more at www.smcm.edu/mulberrytree. 14 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 15 2013 writing invitational

lexicon

by Ericka Hume

you are written in a language i cannot yet understand. but perhaps one day i’ll be fluent poetry in you, i’ll write sonnets in your arms and in your shoulderblades.

maybe No Year Monsters i’ll be able to switch from my native verse to yours without 3 thinking; by Joe Hall by Michael Bargamian bilingual. A C D maybe i’ll mess up sometimes shirts hang to our chests and get our grammar wrong, For how long the stent holds If a hundred men are spent shooting When they take out the staples smeared with sweat i’ll conjugate my verb against the flow, let us talk holes through the heart of a mountain stained purple in your forms or put the adjectives and you move into the trailer— in the wrong order, rounding at least one will end his life Shapes light obstructed my palms are rough with dirty tree bark run-on sentences switching from you with his dirty bag on the shoulder and all over to me. See so many mountains long oars on the summit other children writhe in the dirt holding this cardboard sign: The only grind over a squirrel a dog maybe i’ll lose bits of you, some of us well “Denver” a lion i’ll struggle for the word some of us drowning turns time into diamonds that means “escalator” and this place is lazy with summer’s air blubber on about smelling like bread and sausage moving stairs. our favorite B scents from a clanking, clamoring city unseen can i learn a new language having never been We turn you away at the door i run with other children fluent in my own? (we count the ways the grass tickles our feet) because you are too hungry for love they shove and spit and gang up either way, Across the other ridge in their afternoon ritual of you are the exotic tangle of flashing furious pieces of metal and plastic foreign words and letters where her husband asphyxiated we claim this park with gleeful domination that entrances me what they won’t say and, slowly i speak as i learn stopping at two twin trees and i listen is so many survive i show them what is in my pocket Fold after fold round and green and with a pin at its top

until lighter vapor we scream, We sit down at the table stomp the ground in hypnotic rhythm twist our faces and hands into secretive shapes we do not eat and act as monsters

FICTION Karen Wathen (Gifts of the Chesapeake) is a senior, majoring in English. She is from Califor- Jen Michalski Anna smcm reunion weekend graduated in 1994 with a major nia, Maryland. in English. She earned a master’s degree Martin McGowan (Yesterday) is a senior, major- by Taylor Spencer by Kris Willing from Towson University and embarked on a writing career. She was voted one of the best ing in history. He is from Bowie, Maryland. authors in Maryland by CBS News, one of “50 Rita McDermott (Home) graduated in 2005 we glide along familiar paths Jen Michalski Martin McGowan Skin – Women to Watch” by The Baltimore Sun, and with majors in English and student-designed sopping up memories, akin to yellowing sheets “Best Writer” by Baltimore Magazine (Best of (health and wellness). She has a master’s degree swapping mental snapshots, Baltimore issue, 2013). Her novel The Tide King on hospital beds in tesol, Teaching English to Speakers of reveling in flashbacks was published by Black Lawrence Press (2013; Other Languages. She has taught in Maryland turns into particles of dust emblazoned on our aging brains. winner of the Big Moose Prize). She is the au- public schools as well as internationally in which She collects all around Her thor of two collections of fiction,Close Encounters Columbia and Vietnam. She currently teaches in hopes of one day smearing them our stories sparkle (So New, 2007) and From Here (Aqueous Books, high school writing in Seoul, South Korea. She back over Her brittle bones with nostalgia, Chelsea McGlynn 2013) and a collection of novellas, Could You Be Rita McDermott is from Stevensville, Maryland. so that She may feign being alive the rough and prickly With Her Now (Dzanc Books, 2013). She also for a few seconds longer. edges buffed smooth edited the anthology City Sages, Baltimore, which POETRY Baltimore Magazine called “Best of Baltimore” over time Joe Hall graduated in 2004 with a major in I have seen the Devil; in 2010. She is the founding editor of the literary like the stones English. He earned a master’s degree from She lives inside of me. quarterly jmww, a host of the monthly read- at the shoreline George Mason University. He is the author ing series The 510 Readings in Baltimore, and of our beloved waterfront. of The Devotional Poems (Black Ocean 2013), Kerry Graham interviews writers at The Nervous Breakdown. Joe Hall She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Pigafetta Is My Wife, and, with Chad Hardy, The and ours it is. Container Store Vols. I &II. His poems, fiction, Chelsea McGlynn (Corvid Family) graduated all of ours -- book reviews, and essays have appeared in Gulf in 2011, majoring in biology. She works as an a reservoir of serenity Coast, Octopus, Puerto Del Sol, htmlGiant, aquatic specialist at the National Institutes of The Colorado Review, and elsewhere. He we carry in our hearts Health. She is from Beltsville, Maryland. currently resides in Buffalo with fellow alum every Kerry Graham (Embers) graduated in 2005, and poet Cheryl Quimba. where Samantha Cameron majoring in English and psychology. A one-time Ericka Hume we Ericka Hume (lexicon) is a junior, majoring in world traveler, she now wanders through litera- go. English with a minor in environmental studies. ture and imagination with the students in her She is from Woodstock, Maryland. Baltimore City English classroom. She is from Baltimore, Maryland. Michael Bargamian (Monsters) graduated in 2013 with a major in art/art history. He lives in Samantha Cameron (Next Year in Jerusalem) is a Ellicott City, Maryland. senior, majoring in history. She is from Ashton, Taylor Spencer Emma Reisinger Maryland. Michael Bargamian (Anna) is a junior, majoring in English and psychology. She is from CREATIVE NONFICTION Mechanicsville, Maryland. Kris Willing (smcm reunion weekend) graduated in Emma Reisinger (Tonic of Wilderness) graduated 1993 with a major in psychology. She manages in 2013 with a major in English and a minor in international operations for Laureate Education studio art. This fall, she is in Lyon, France, as an in Baltimore, Maryland. She is also working on au pair. She is from Baltimore, Maryland. Karen Wathen Taylor Spencer an executive MBA program through Waldron University. She lives in Ellicott City, Maryland with husband Matt Moore and daughter Kaeli. Her stepson is Nick Hughes ’12.

Kris Willing

18 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 | 19 She remembers: “I was completely taken with The Philanthropy of the river, it was not so much the enduring memory of taking the final turn being able to remember as scholarly undertaking of the SMP as the prac- on Route 5 and seeing the emerald waters of tical product of four years of study that dem- the St. Mary’s River. She remembers: “I was being unable to forget.” onstrates the student’s unique, “independent completely taken with the river,” a reaction commitment to the liberal arts.” Dana Greene echoed by the quote which graces the Garden In naming her endowed scholarship in Keeper of the Past & Cultivator of the Future of Remembrance: “it was not so much being memory of her parents, Dana recognizes the able to remember as being unable to forget.” significant role they played in supporting her For Dana, the rest was quite literally, history. pursuit of an education. Obtaining a college Amongst the faculty, Dana was and continues education is something that Dana has never to be regarded both as an impressive scholar taken for granted. As a young woman growing By Lawrence MacCurtain ’11 public. This belief in a mode of history and a genuinely thoughtful person. Professor up in the 1950s and early 1960s she faced the that is accessible and discernible to the of History Christine Adams, who joined the popular pressures of a society that saw little public attracted Dana to biography. On the power of the written word, faculty in 1992, remembers Dana: utility or worth in educating women, especial- Dana’s research and writings have the twentieth century Anglo-American ly in the broad tradition of the liberal arts. Her centered upon the lives of spiritu- She [Dana] was very welcoming when I arrived – at poet Denise Levertov once said: “the father, Charles, never possessed a college edu- ally and intellectually conscientious the time, she was the only other woman in the depart- poem has a social effect of some kind cation and in the benevolent concern of a par- women. She has published on Lucretia ment, and easily the most prolific author, as well as whether or not the poet wills it to have. ent, questioned the practicality of his daughter Mott, Maisie Ward, Evelyn Underhill, an excellent teacher. She maintained a high-powered It has kinetic force, it sets in motion… pursuing one. One of the earliest champions elements in the reader that would oth- and most recently, Denise Levertov. career while commuting from Virginia and raising four Harry Rector’s immortalized words grace the Garden of of Dana’s education was her mother, Doro- erwise be stagnant.” These elements Dana states that she was drawn to daughters…She was also genuinely thoughtful – the Remembrance. thea. Drawing clues from her daughter’s love write about these historically underrep- kind of person who would send a personal note (hand- that Levertov spoke of are the emotions of reading, she encouraged her at a young age resented spiritual leaders in an effort to written!) to congratulate you for a publication or to and sentiments of the reader, which to embrace learning. highlight their “intellectual, theological thank you for some service to the College. She was a an education should impart a broad survey bring to life what would otherwise be Dana notes that her mother was a con- and aesthetic contributions as women.” real asset to St. Mary’s…. of the arts and sciences, in addition to one’s mere words. Thus, if the poet is tasked stant source of inspiration and someone who In attempting to reclaim the legacies of chosen field of study, laid the groundwork for with animating words, the historian or The College made a distinctive first impres- wholeheartedly embraced life-long learning. such individuals, Dana identifies the the College’s celebrated curriculum. Specifi- biographer is furthermore challenged sion upon Dana, beyond the natural beauty, Dorothea went to college later in life, earned genre of biography as an ideal medium to cally, Dana was instrumental in both defin- to animate, and bring to life an individual, a and administrator at the College, Dana was she credits the inquisitive and broad love of a master’s degree and even pursued a Ph.D. craft a compelling narrative. Speaking of the ing and establishing the school’s designation time, a place. a caring and humane colleague and mentor learning among St. Mary’s students as con- curriculum at the age of 75. She character- popular nature of biography, she asserts: “bi- as the Public Honors College of the State of Such is the challenge of historian, biogra- who worked to support students, staff, and vincing her early on that this was a school izes her mother as someone who always ography has a public face to it and a power Maryland in 1992. In this way, she worked pher, and most recently, philanthropist, Dana faculty.” Dana’s enduring generosity and lega- like no other. Then and now, she regards the “wanted to learn.” In this spirit, Dana created beyond academia. On a fundamental level, bi- closely with individuals such as former Presi- Greene. For Dana Greene the study of history, cy of accessible learning are just as compelling student body as more than just a collection of this scholarship to support financially vulner- ographies draw a profound resonance in peo- dents Renwick Jackson and Ted Lewis and and especially biography, has a fundamental as the historical figures she has made a career young people pursuing a degree, but instead able students who likewise want to learn. She ple through the context of others.” Similarly, Provost Mel Endy to help construct the rigor- human appeal. She has worked throughout of chronicling. a “committed community of scholars who are states emphatically that: “being part of such a for Dana, St. Mary’s College of Maryland is a ous and unique academic standards that de- her academic career to be a public scholar, In explaining what drew her to the realm united in their pursuit of a liberal arts edu- unique institution and teaching at St. Mary’s source of profound resonance. fine the contemporary St. Mary’s experience. someone who brings alive the past and pres- of history, Dana states that going back to her cation.” Regarding Dana’s personal commit- was a blessing in life,” and something above Dana Greene was first introduced to the St. On laying the foundation of the College’s ents it in a manner that is compelling as it is undergraduate days at the College of New ment to her students, Laraine Glidden notes: all worth sharing with future generations of Mary’s College community in 1971, fresh from contemporary curriculum Laraine Glidden real. And making history real was something Rochelle, she possessed an interest in the students. Similarly, Maureen Silva, vice presi- completing her Ph.D. at Emory University. I remember a long-ago discussion we had about says of Dana: “[The curriculum’s] underlying that Dana did for nearly three decades while “elemental questions” brought forth by the dent for advancement at St. Mary’s says: She accepted an invitation to visit St. Mary’s grading. Dana said that she considered that any stu- principles are in accord with those that Dana teaching at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. study of philosophy and intellectual history. “Dana’s commitment is emblematic of the and interview for an open position within the dent who received a failing grade from her, was actu- advocated and lived. She has practiced the This spring she, along with her husband, However, compared to the theoretical nature College’s priorities and her leadership con- History Department. ally a failing grade for her. She believed that her role liberal arts in the world, via her…travels… Richard Roesel, established the Dorothea and of philosophy, she thought: “history was real,” tinues to strengthen our institutional fabric.” Flying from Atlanta, Georgia to Washing- as a professor was to mentor students so that they suc- careful reflections in personal interactions Charles Greene Endowed Scholarship Fund to help something tangible. As a 23-year-old graduate Reviewing Dana’s personal web page, one ton, D.C., Dana looked forward to the pros- ceeded, that they learned. She did her best to make cer- and scholarship. Most importantly, our liberal finance the education of St. Mary’s students student, she dreamed one day of the opportu- is presented with a prominently positioned pect of teaching within the Beltway. Some two tain that every student in every class met her objective. arts education resembles the shape of Dana who have limited financial resources. Long- nity to teach history, and present the past as quote from Keats: “Writing is a vale of soul- hours later and still driving south, she won- Additionally, as a historian, she finds an Greene’s life – dynamic, organic, and fully time colleague and friend Laraine Glidden, an exciting, dynamic force. Ever the champion making.” If a writer is an artisan of the soul dered where exactly the College was located emotive significance in St. Mary’s colonial rounded.” This was especially the case with professor emerita of psychology at St. Mary’s of social history, Dana believes that the study then Dana Greene through her philanthropy and how a small state like Maryland could tradition as a vanguard of religious and polit- the creation of the St. Mary’s Project (SMP), notes: “It was no surprise to me that Dana of the past, especially to the extent that it is is also a weaver of minds, a champion of St. seemingly continue on endlessly. However, ical tolerance amongst the English speaking the signature senior capstone project that Greene would be establishing a fund that a uniquely human field, ought to transcend Mary’s College of Maryland and the liberal as is the case with so many who first visit the new world settlements. Dana’s commitment unites a student’s specific field of study with would help support St. Mary’s students in the lecture halls of academia and be told and arts education.  need. During her decades as a faculty member written in such a way that resonates with the school, Dana notes, even some 40 years later, to the liberal arts, in particular the ideal that applied method and research. She regards the

their children. On a break School then moved to Banneker teachers) for Baltimore County combination of teaching and Brian Mills received his doctor- direct and perform in musicals husband Jeffrey, and children, 2005 from teaching science, she’s Elementary School. Prior to her Public Schools Teacher of the administrative work, plus ate in kinesiology from the throughout central Vermont. Maia, age 13, and Tristan, age class enjoying traveling with her recent promotion to principal, Year for 2012-2013. A native of Julie Hocker completed her working with other people who University of Michigan in 2012. 10, live in Richmond, Va. family throughout Europe. she served as assistant principal Baltimore, she has taught fourth master’s of business adminis- are just as enthusiastic about He previously earned masters’ 1995 notes Jacqueline’s oldest son, Austin, at Banneker Elementary, Leon- and fifth grade at Johnnycake tration from the University of science education. She previ- degrees in applied econom- 1999 is a U.S. Marine; son, Logan, is ardtown Middle School and John Bell was recently elected Elementary School. Husband North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s ously worked as an elementary ics, statistics and kinesiology, 1963 attending a university in Lon- Margaret Brent Middle School. chairman of the board of the Jessica Cotugno has been Will also teaches fourth grade Kenan-Flagler Business School in school science teacher in Miami, also from the University of don; and Zachary and Natalie Janet and her family live in Edgewood Center for Children appointed as supervisor of in Baltimore County. Cara May 2012. Julie was the Hobgood Fla. Rachael, husband Nick Michigan. In August 2012, he Al Gough continues to be ac- are attending the International Mechanicsville, Md. and Families, the oldest chil- instruction for elementary educa- completed her master’s degree Fellow as well as president of the Cutrufello ’04, and son, Augie, joined the University of Florida tive in St. Mary’s County, Md. School in London. dren’s charity in the western tion in St. Mary’s County Public in leadership in education Christian Club. She accepted live in Albuquerque, N.M. faculty as an assistant professor since retiring from his position 1991 United States. It began as a Schools. Prior to her appoint- from Notre Dame of Maryland an offer to join the Vanguard in the Department of Tourism, as vice president of corporate 1986 refuge for Gold Rush orphans ment, she was an instructional University in April. She also is Group’s MBA hire class and George Everly, III is a 2013-2014 Recreation and Sport Man- Lori Bugno Brawner has 2 services for the Southern p hoto: B ill Woo d and today serves more than resource teacher at Piney Point lead singer for Egyptian Cotton, is currently on rotations at the Supreme Court Fellow assigned agement which is part of the Myra Raspa and her spouse, worked in the airline industry Maryland Electric Cooperative 7,000 children and families in Elementary for four years and an acoustic cover band formed Philadelphia-based investment to the Administrative Office of College of Health and Human Sal Raspa, chair of the St. since 1994 when she joined Con- in 2006. He wrote the Coopera- the San Francisco Bay area. He previously taught at Piney Point in 2010, and enjoys directing her firm. Julie will finish her rotation the U.S. Courts. He received Performance. Brian teaches Mary’s County Board of tinental Airlines. After spending tive’s history, Lighting Up Our continues to be a member of the Elementary and Greenview school’s a cappella group. Cara assignments in November and a master’s degree in business sport finance and statistics and Education, were honored by the many years in sales in Tampa, Lives, for its 75th anniversary St. Mary’s College of Maryland Knolls Elementary. She has a and Will live in Catonsville, Md. launch her career as a manager. administration and a law degree his research encompasses sports St. Mary’s County Business, Fla. and Houston, Texas, she in 2012. He also serves on the Foundation Board. John was ap- master’s degree in reading from from the University of Maryland economics, specializing in the Education and Community relocated to Chicago, Ill. as a board of directors of the St. pointed in June as head of prime Towson University and is certi- Chris “Christmas Dracula” 2006 in 2010 and served as senior edi- areas of the sports labor market, Alliance Inc. as 2013 recipients result of the Continental merger Mary’s Historical Society, has brokerage account management fied by the National Board of Layman [3] spent most of his tor for the law school’s Maryland league policy and industrial of the Community Educators with United Airlines. She’s now Cassie Clemente is the pro- written articles for its quarterly in the Americas for Bank of Professional Teaching Standards. post-St. Mary’s College career Journal of International Law. He organization in sport. Brian lives Award in recognition of their the manager of contact center gram director for recruiting and publication, “The Chronicles of America Merrill Lynch, and is Jessica lives in Dameron, Md. working as a jack of all trades in interned at the Federal Deposit in Gainesville, Fla. support, dedication and com- applications, quality and tactical TV and film and as an inde- screening at the Jesuit Volunteer Insurance Corporation, the St. Mary’s,” and is active with 3 based in New York City. mitment to the students and performance for United. Lori Corps (JVC) in Baltimore, Meals on Wheels. Al and wife, 2000 pendent contractor for the U.S. Maryland Court of Appeals, 2007 schools of St. Mary’s County, lives in Arlington Heights, Ill. Md. She returned to JVC as a Susan, live in Leonardtown, Md. 1997 government before eventually and a national trade association Md. A $1,000 scholarship Stephen Waggoner has becoming a history teacher. He staff member in January 2012, before joining the U.S. Senate Jennifer Covington is the Dan Schiffman Susan Pritcher Waldhauser will be made in honor of the has received Chris Harney [2] has received joined the faculty at Cincinnati is happily living in Marina Del having served as a volunteer Budget Committee as counsel. Surgery Service Nurse of the says her two years spent as a Raspas. Myra taught English at Northwestern Mutual’s another coaching accolade Children’s Hospital Medical Rey, Calif., where he still reviews from 2006-2007. Cassie lives in During the 112th Congress, Year for 2013 at the Univer- “Sem Fem” were unique and Esperanza Middle School and Diamond Award for outstand- with his selection as the 2013 Center and the Department of scripts, teaches multiple subjects Baltimore, Md. George participated in the Stennis sity of North Carolina (UNC) wonderful and resulted in life- Great Mills and Leonardtown ing performance as a financial National Associate of Basketball Pediatrics at the University of to a boy band, and lives near the Emerging Congressional Staff Hospitals. A biology major at St. Aaron Crapster time friendships. After her three High Schools for many years adviser. He was recognized at Coaches Middle Atlantic District Cincinnati Medical School as a beach when he is not traveling is an American Leaders Program which provides Mary’s College, she went back children received their college before serving as the writing re- the company’s annual meeting Coach of the Year. This is the tenure-track assistant professor the world, or, as shown here, Cancer Society Postdoctoral mentoring, networking and pro- to school at the University of degrees in 1994, Susan went source instructor for the county in July and joins an elite nation- second time in his eight years at in the Center for Autoimmune sitting on top of the world at Fellow in the Chen Labora- fessional development for younger North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s back to school at Notre Dame school system. Now retired, she wide group of top producers. St. Mary’s College that he has Genomics and Etiology. He tory located in the Center for School of Nursing to earn her 4 the western hemisphere’s tallest congressional staff. During his of Maryland University. In has written a cookbook with Dan lives in Frederick, Md. received this award. He also re- received his doctorate in micro- skyscraper, the Willis Tower, in Clinical Sciences Research at fellowship at the U.S. Courts, he bachelor of science degree in 2009, she was granted lifetime two other retired educators ceived his third Capital Athletic biology from the University of Chicago, Ill. Stanford University School of will spend the year in the Office nursing, graduating with highest membership in Alpha Sigma and is working on two other 1994 Conference Coach of the Year Virginia in 2007 and did post- Medicine, in California. A native of Judges’ Program. George lives honors in 2009. She has worked books. She and her family live Award for 2013 and is the only doctoral studies at the Univer- of Walkersville, Md., he worked on the UNC Orthopedic and Lambda National Honor Soci- Elizabeth Pickard is the newly 2004 with his fiancé, Katie Gunther in Lexington Park, Md. Seahawk coach to receive this sity of Massachusetts Medical for a year after graduation as a Trauma Surgery Unit since ety. She graduated magna cum elected vice president of the ’06, in Washington, D.C. honor more than once. Chris School. He received the 2012 Tara Conway King is working as biochemical engineer at MedIm- becoming a registered nurse. In laude in 2012 from Notre Dame International Museum Theatre lives in St. Mary’s City, Md. New Scholar in Aging Award a professional artist and painting mune Inc., in Gaithersburg, Md. Nick Friedman has received 2010, she was promoted to Clini- of Maryland and received the 1990 Alliance. She has worked at school’s liberal arts award for with wife Carrie Dannenfelser from the Ellison Medical instructor in Charlottesville, Va. and then went to the University his doctorate in evolutionary cal Nurse III and passed her Janet Rhodes Fowler was ap- the Missouri History Museum outstanding achievement. A Harney ’99 and daughters, Foundation. Steve’s research She went to law school at Mercer of Wisconsin at Madison to biology from the University of medical-surgical board certifica- pointed in July as the principal since 2005 and has been the as- licensed esthetician since 1979, Drue, Wrenn and Sloane. focuses on how different cells of University in Macon, Ga. and pursue graduate research in Maryland, Baltimore Campus tion exam in 2011. Jennifer lives for Margaret Brent Middle sistant director of interpretative she has been the owner and the immune system interact to practiced labor law in Savannah, chemistry. While exploring the and is doing a postdoctoral in Durham, N.C. School in Mechanicsville, Md. programs since 2009. Elizabeth 5 operator of Renaissance Skin Adrienne Miller Uphoff is a contribute to protective immunity Ga., then returned to school at chemical properties of synthetic fellowship in the Labora- She began her teaching career lives in University City, Mo. Dan Engelstad Care Spa in Bel Air, Md. since Jennifer received a master’s de- family medicine scholar and a after vaccination and during East Carolina University to get peptidomimetics he also learned tory of Ornithology at Palacky is the new in a private school system in member of the Class of 2017 at an art education license with a how to blow glass and brew head men’s basketball coach for 1984. Susan and husband, Jennifer Page Stickney [1] gree in vocal performance from diseases associated with infection. University in Olomouc, Czech Southern Maryland where Virginia Commonwealth Uni- focus on painting. Tara’s new stout. He lives in Palo Alto, Calif. Southern Vermont College, a George, live in Fallston, Md. performed on campus with the the University of Delaware and Steve, wife Lisa, and daughters, Republic. His current research she taught kindergarten and versity School of Medicine in business is called Art by Tara Division III school in Benning- Chesapeake Orchestra during has performed in musical theater Hannah, age 4, and Lillian, age is focused on the evolution of first grade before becom- Richmond, Va. She previously King (http://etsy.com/shop/ Rachael Lashof Cutrufello ton, Vt. He joins the Mountain- 1984 the River Concert Series’ Fourth productions across the country. 1, live in Cincinnati, Ohio. elaborate plumage coloration ing an assistant principal. In worked in Charlottesville, Va. as artbytaraking). She’s exhibited is the director of education eers after working as a Division of July celebration. One of her Her first CD, “Dream Baby,” of New World blackbirds and Jacqueline Rodgers Cot- August 2003, she joined the St. an international board certified her work in Colorado, Maryland, at the National Museum of I assistant men’s basketball selections, “Three Songs of the was released in 2009. Living in 2003 macro evolutionary trends in tingham is living outside of Mary’s County Public Schools lactation consultant at Skyline and North Carolina and it also Nuclear Science and History in coach for Coach Milan Brown Sea,” was arranged by Ross Pittsford, Vt. with her family, she color evolution across the black- London, England with her as a kindergarten teacher at Lactation Care. Adrienne, Cara Costantini Detwiler was can be seen online at her website Albuquerque, N.M. Rachael at Mount St. Mary’s College in Wixon ’10. A lyric soprano, teaches voice and continues to birds and other songbirds. husband, John, and three of Lexington Park Elementary one of five finalists (out of 8000 (www.taraconwayking.com). says she’s really enjoying the Emmitsburg, Md. from 2007-

2010 and then at the College of manages an internship program Pa. While in high school he SOCIETY OF Outstanding Young at both the high school and ALUMNI LEGACY Don Stabile Post Don Stabile Doctoral 2011 Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma. and works with undergraduate was a two-time Maryland State DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Alumna of the Year collegiate levels for now, trying SCHOLARSHIP Graduate Alumni Alumni SCHOLARSHIP from 2010-2013. He was the and graduate research assistants lacrosse champion and played to generate more excitement Jamie Roberts is starting her SCHOLARSHIP Mary Bowles Van Judy Songrady ’09 is this Grace Chao ’16, of Ellicott Caitlin Anderson ’13 is this Seahawks’ basketball team cap- to code and analyze data relating for three years at St. Mary’s Col- about lacrosse. She lives in third season as an assistant Ryswick ’96 is this year’s year’s Outstanding Young City, Md., is this year’s recipient Alexander Borman ’10 is year’s recipient of the Don tain his senior year and gradu- to campaigns and elections, vot- lege before becoming a student North Lake Tahoe, Calif. women’s basketball coach at recipient of the Society of Alumna of the Year. of the Alumni Legacy Scholar- this year’s recipient of the Don Stabile Doctoral Alumni ated as the all-time leader with ing behavior, and other political assistant coach in his senior year. Catholic University of America, Distinguished Alumni Award. ship which is awarded to a new Stabile Post Graduate Alumni Scholarship. Majoring in 410 career assists. He’s currently topics. Jeff and wife, Stefanie After graduating, he spent a year Judy is passionate about the Ross Wixon heard his arrange- a Division III school in Wash- or current student who is related Scholarship. He graduated biology and biochemistry, she second behind Alex Franz ’11 Carol Esworthy Taylor ’08, live at River Hill High School in A native of St. Mary’s County, bonobos, a species of Great ment of Roger Quilter’s “Three ington, D.C. St. Mary’s College to an alum of St. Mary’s College. magna cum laude from St. Mary’s graduated summa cum laude and who has 587 career assists. Dan in Laurel, Md. Clarksville, Md. as the varsity Md., Mary is now in her 18th Apes that live in the Congo Songs of the Sea,” performed 2011 Female Athlete of the Year, For Grace, it’s her father Henry College with a double major in Phi Beta Kappa and is pursuing lives in Bennington, Vt. lacrosse defensive coordinator year of teaching kindergarten at River Basin rainforest in the for the first time by fellow Jamie excelled in basketball, Chao ’94, who attended St. political science and econom- a doctorate in the biological/ before joining the athletic staff at St. Michael’s School in Ridge, Democratic Republic of the alum, Jennifer Page Stickney lacrosse and soccer. She was 2009 Mary’s College as a Navy petty ics. For Alex, “public service biochemical sciences at Johns Dustin Reichard has completed Frostburg State University as an Md. although that wasn’t her Congo (DRC),. Bonobos risk ’94 during the July 5th River a member of the Capital Ath- Rachel Baum [5] received her officer, graduatingsumma cum is not a choice…it is a way of Hopkins University. Although his doctorate in ecological and assistant men’s lacrosse coach. original plan. As a new college extinction because they are Concert at the College. Ross letic Conference All-Academic doctor of veterinary medicine laude. Currently a sophomore life.” During his undergradu- Caitlin says, “There was no evolutionary biology with a mi- While at Frostburg, he earned graduate, she interviewed at St. being hunted for bushmeat and earned a master’s of music in Team, and as a senior, was degree in May from the Virginia- majoring in economics and ate years, he was a member of eureka moment in which I nor in animal behavior at Indi- his master’s degree in business Michael’s School convinced that the illegal pet trade. trumpet performance from captain of both the basketball Maryland Regional College of psychology, Grace graduated the Finance Board and Policy suddenly realized my love for ana University in Bloomington, administration. she could teach any grade except Western Michigan University and soccer teams, and led her Veterinary Medicine at Virginia She originally intended to be- from Centennial High School as Review Committee, served science,” she is clearly passion- Ind. His dissertation research kindergarten because she lacked (WMU) and has performed as basketball team in scoring. come a psychologist who helped an AP Scholar with Distinction as class treasurer for three ate about biological research focused on a common songbird, Tech and was selected as its Laura Wigginton Moore has the experience necessary to a trumpeter with Kalamazoo troubled teens. But then she fell and was someone who epito- years, and was president of the and teaching and intends to the dark-eyed junco. Dustin is Outstanding Graduating Stu- started a photography business teach that age group. However, Symphony, Southwest Michigan in love with neuroscience. While 2013 mized the term, “well-rounded sailing club for two years. His pursue a career in academia. spending the next two years dent. While pursing her degree, called Laura Elizabeth Photogra- Sister Mary Rita Cullison, St. Symphony, WMU Gradu- watching late night television, scholar-athlete.” She chose St. academic interest in national As an undergraduate, she was as a National Science Founda- Rachel also was the recipient of phy (www.laura-elizabethphotog- Michael’s principal at the time, ate Brass, and the Maryland Justin Harty has been com- she happened upon “Primate Mary’s College because of its security issues including foreign a laboratory teaching assistant tion Postdoctoral Fellow at the the Southwest Virginia Veteri- raphy.com). A history major at St. told Mary she had heard her Renaissance Festival. Multi- missioned a U.S. Marine Corps Week” and viewed a short seg- “balance between high academic policy and the law stem from for two semesters, a chemis- University of California, Davis. nary Medical Association Award, Mary’s College, she comes from name during chapel prayer and talented, he is also a composer Second Lieutenant. The third ment on bonobos. These remark- achievement and intense sport the events of September 11, 2001 try recitation leader for two Dustin’s long-term career goal is chaired the college’s honor a family of professional artists wanted her to teach kindergar- and arranger and has worked generation of Hartys to serve able Great Apes do not murder, competition” and because she and led him to graduate school semesters, an active member of to become a college professor. board and served as a college and performers and has had an ten. And the rest is history. on several music projects for as U.S. Marines, Justin attended rape or commit infanticide; He lives in Davis, Calif. ambassador. Earlier this year interest in the arts from an early the River Concert Series, as well Officer Candidate School at clearly saw herself “succeeding, at the University of Maryland Tri-Beta, the biological honors Mary’s classroom, nicknamed they share as much DNA with she spent six weeks on a clinical age. Laura and husband, Nick, as for notable performers in Quantico, Va. during the sum- thriving, and flourishing as a where he is pursuing both a society; co-founder and active “Noah’s Ark,” is where students humans as do chimpanzees. rotation at the Healesville Sanc- live in Lexington Park, Md. Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Ga., mers of 2011 and 2012 and was student in a warm and likeable master’s degree in public policy member of the biochemistry 2008 raise butterflies from caterpil- tuary in Australia. In December, To gain experience working with and Turin, Italy. He currently awarded the Commandant’s community” that is St. Mary’s. and a juris doctor degree. His and molecular biology club, and Kathleen Kennedy [4] lars and watch chicken eggs received Rachel will receive a master of primates before graduate school, teaches music courses at the Trophy, the highest award given When asked what it means to be goal upon graduation is to enter participated in the St. Mary’s 2010 grow and hatch in an incubator. her juris doctor degree with a public health degree from Vir- Judy spent three years at the Community College of Balti- to a U.S. Marine Corps officer an alumni legacy student, Grace public service and work for the River Project. Caitlin also Nora Fallon-Oben Each year she holds a Celebrity concentration in environmental ginia Tech. Her two degrees will is the National Institutes of Health more County and is the owner candidate, for superior achieve- said, “Memories from familial federal government as an at- worked her sophomore year as Reader Day which brings in lo- law in May 2013 from the Uni- allow her to assist in rural areas first head coach of the Sierra (NIH) as a nursery technician/ of Wixon Music Works (www. ments in academics, physical ties are one thing, but creating an torney. Alex, to date, has done a research assistant for a senior cal celebrities to talk about their versity of Maryland’s Francis and undeveloped countries with Nevada College’s women’s research assistant, working with wixonmusicworks.com). Ross fitness and leadership while experience of your own, separate internships with the U.S. State working on her St. Mary’s Proj- careers and how reading plays King Carey School of Law. In potential zoonotic and infectious lacrosse team which will com- infant rhesus macaques studying lives in Glenn Dale, Md. an officer candidate. He also from your predecessor’s, is what Department, U.S. Department ect, followed by a Summer 2011 a part in their daily lives. By the June, she graduated from the disease through education and pete in the Western Collegiate cognition and social behavior. won the Leadership Award for it truly means to be an alumni of Justice Criminal Division, internship at Johns Hopkins end of the year, her students are University of Maryland’s School veterinary medicine. Rachel lives Lacrosse League beginning Then she spent a year at Duke Adam Zimmerman has been the highest leadership average. legacy student.” During her and with The Honorable University and then a Summer readers at school masses. of Public Policy with a master’s in Blacksburg, Va. in Spring 2014. After graduat- University as a lab manager in the working at the Maryland Justin capped his collegiate freshman year, Grace continued Susan K. Gauvey of the U.S. 2012 internship at St. Mary’s degree in public policy and a ing from St. Mary’s, Nora Twice selected as St. Michael’s Canine Cognition Center and Insurance Administration in lacrosse career with his selection to excel academically and as a District Court for the District College which led to Caitlin’s concentration in environmental Robert Blackwell is a U.S. spent two years as the head School Teacher of the Year, she the Hominid Research Group. Baltimore, Md. since November to the 2013 U.S. Intercollegiate Seahawk volleyball setter who of Maryland. Currently, he is St. Mary’s Project involving the policy. While she waits for the Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade coach for the junior varsity has also received teacher of Budapest was next, where Judy 2011. A 2013 recipient of the Lacrosse Association (usila) was ranked 5th in the Capital a Notes & Comments Editor of bacteria Pseudomonas aerugi- results of the Maryland Bar stationed at Naval Air Station girls’ lacrosse team at her alma the year recognition from the enrolled in the veterinary pro- Al Gross/Jim Long Rookie Scholar All-American Team Athletic Conference for service the Journal of Business & Tech- nosa. Her non-science pursuits exam, she’s developed a website North Island in Coronado, Calif., mater, St. John’s College High National Catholic Education gram at Szent István University of the Year Scholarship for along with fellow alums, Albert aces. She also served as a student nology Law and a student bar included student ambassador, (www.kpkennedy.com) and where he flies the MH-60R School in Washington, D.C. Association; the Golden Apple (the leap to Hungary isn’t so the northeastern zone of the Mitchell ’13 and Patrick Mull ambassador, campus tour guide, association representative. He the St. Mary’s Ultimate Frisbee would like to network with other Seahawk helicopter. Rob and and also coached travel and Award for teaching excellence surprising if you know that Judy United States, Adam is using ’13. They were the only Capital conduct board member, athletic plans to publish his first journal Team, climbing wall instructor, St. Mary’s College alums. Kath- wife, Rachel Johns Blackwell youth lacrosse teams at Next from the Archdiocese of Wash- is a first-generation American his scholarship to attend the Athletic Conference players advising council representative, article this fall on Maryland’s sailing and scuba clubs, and leen lives in Baltimore, Md. ’08, MAT ’09 live in Spring Level Athletes in Bethesda, ington, D.C.; and the Sister whose parents escaped Hun- Career Development Seminar chosen and bring to a total of and vice president of the St. social networking law. Alex intramural badminton, kickball Valley, Calif. Md. Her big break came earlier Mary Lucille, RSM Outstanding gary during the Cold War and and Regulatory Skills Workshop nine Seahawks so honored to Mary’s River Project education lives in Rockville, Md. and volleyball. Caitlin is from Jeff Taylor received his doctor- this year when she started the Teacher Award. Mary, husband became U.S. citizens). in Portland, Ore. He expects to date as Scholar All-Americans. outreach group. Sykesville, Md. ate in political science in May 2009 first girls’ lacrosse program Michael and their children, receive his master’s degree in ap- In addition, Justin and Albert from the University of Maryland Judy hopes her five-year veteri- in North Tahoe, Calif. Her Michael Jr., Sara and Derek, live plied mathematics from Towson represented Seahawk Lacrosse at College Park. As the program Keith Fischer is an assistant nary program in Budapest will team, comprised of 8th and in Leonardtown, Md. University in May 2014. Adam at the 2013 usila/laxworld coordinator for the University of men’s lacrosse coach at help her become “the go-to girl 9th graders, was sponsored by lives in Baltimore, Md. Division III North-South Senior Maryland’s Center for American Susquehanna University, a Divi- for Great Ape health.” the Tahoe City Public Utility All-Star game. Politics and Citizenship, Jeff sion III school, in Selinsgrove, District. 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22, 2013 on Captiva Island, Fla. U.S. Virgin Islands. They live branch manager for M&T Bank an associate portfolio analyst at ’09 were in the wedding party. Mitre Corporation in McLean, Marriages They honeymooned there with in Silver Spring, Md. in Annapolis, Md. The couple T. Rowe Price. The couple lives The couple honeymooned in Va. The couple lives in Spring- their children, Jack DiGuiseppe, lives in Annapolis, Md. in Baltimore, Md. Iceland. Sean is a budget analyst field, Va. &unions age 13, Sophia DiGuiseppe, age Brad Newkirk ’04 and Katie at Irving Burton Associates; 12, and Quinn Stickney, age 7, Lange ’06 [7] were married Jessica Elizabeth Fitzwater Tiffany Deutscher ’07 and Jen is a philanthropy special- Tristan St. Onge ’09 and and immediate family including May 26, 2013 in Manteo, N.C. ’05 and Gerald Donovan Justin Soderholm [13] were ist at the Eastern Shore Land Heidi Butler [19] were married Mary Beth Bomgardner ’86 Jennifer’s brother, Brian Page Shown here with the couple are Bigelow, III ’06 [10] were mar- married May 19, 2013 at Astoria Conservancy. The couple lives June 8, 2013 at St. Michael’s and Bill Day [1] were married ’94 and sister, Laura Wigginton the bridesmaids and groomsmen, ried Sept. 2, 2012 at the Spring- Park in Queens, N.Y. Luke in Stevensville, Md. Catholic Church and held 2 9 16 May 4, 2013 in Oxford, Pa. They Moore ’09 who was matron starting with the front row, from field Barn, in Williamsport, Md. Henninger ’08 was their their reception at Woodlawn are shown here with Mary Beth’s of honor and wedding photog- left to right: Derek Lange, Amy Kate Northfield ’06, Mike witness. They enjoyed a fall Jessica Peterson ’08 and Farm, both in Ridge, Md. Eric daughter, Kelly Carter, a student rapher. Jennifer is an actress, Horton ’06, and Josh Hunter Muszynski ’05, Ken Castelli honeymoon in New Orleans, Jeremy Butanis ’09 [16] were Bruestle ’09, Daniel Powell at Northern Virginia Community singer and voice teacher; Brett is ’02 who officiated; second row: ’06, Sean Devlin ’06 and Chris La. Tiffany and Justin received married April 6, 2013 in Alexan- ’09, Jeremy Rockler ’09 and College; and Bill’s sons, on the president and chief investment Alun Oliver ’04, Greg Newkirk, Toft ’06 were in the wedding their master’s of arts degrees dria, Minn. Ann Kim ’08 was a Timothy Taylor ’08 were mem- left, Foster Day, a West Point officer for Stickney Private Client Laura Lange and Matthew party. Wes Lanich ’05 and in teaching, in 2012, from bridesmaid and Jeremy’s sister, bers of the wedding party. The cadet, and on the right, Trip Group. They live in Pittsford, Vt. Lange; third row: Holly Stone Audrey Hamilton ’08 provided Monmouth University. Tiffany Vanessa Butanis Von Steuben couple honeymooned in Key Day, a student at the University ’06, Sarah Edwards ’06, and the music for the ceremony. The teaches social studies at Monroe ’07 was an usher. Jessica is a West, Fla. They both work at the of Delaware. “MB” is a financial Lorna Sanchez ’96 and Andreas Minhlann Nguyen Jackson ’04; couple honeymooned in Key Township High School in New medical student at Des Moines U.S. Census Bureau; Tristan as analyst with a government 3 10 17

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Andreou were married May and the fourth row: L au r a Elizab e th Photo gr p hy West, Fla. Jessica, a music teacher Jersey; Justin teaches social University; Jeremy is an actu- a survey statistician and Heidi contractor and Billy is a heating, 5, 2013 at Historic St. Mary’s ton ’05, Jamison Combs ’01, at Oakdale Elementary School in studies at the Green School arial assistant at Farm Bureau as a survey methodologist. The ventilation and air conditioning City State House in St. Mary’s and Elan Jenkins ’04. Brad is Frederick County, Md., received for Environmental Careers in Financial Services. The couple couple lives in Greenbelt, Md. salesman for Oliver. The couple City, Md. and will honeymoon the lab coordinator for St. Mary’s her master’s degree in education- Brooklyn, N.Y. The couple lives lives in Des Moines, Iowa. lives in Oxford, Pa. in Thailand. Lorna is a licensed College’s Chemistry Department al leadership from Hood College in Brick, N.J. Melanie Kokolios ’11 and Ste- clinical psychologist in private and Katie is the Seahawks head in 2010 and graduated, in June Benjamin Espina ’09 and ven Moore [20] were married Brian O’Hara ’92 and Shelley practice and with the District field hockey coach. The couple 2013, from Emerge Maryland, Ross Mark ’08 and Lydia Amelia Ettinger ’11 [17] May 18, 2013 in San Juan Cap- Cobos [2] were wed in an inti- of Columbia public schools. lives in Leonardtown, Md. a program that trains Demo- Garcia ’11 [14] were mar- were married June 1, 2013 at istrano, Calif. Adrienne Milner mate ceremony March 23, 2013 in Andreas has a doctorate and cratic women to run for political ried July 6, 2013 at St. Peter Amelia’s parents’ lake house at Hieb ’11, next to the bride, was Arlington, Va. The couple hon- works in corporate research Katie Snyder ’04 and Michael 4 office. Gerald is an admissions Claver Catholic Church, in 11 Deep Creek Lake, Md. John matron of honor and Christina 18 rre n Br an d on S. Wa eymooned in Tulum, Mexico. and creative consulting for the Walsh [6] were married March manager for the American Public Saint Inigoes, Md. Blair Lusby Campbell ’09, Elisabeth Neu Luciano ’12 was a bridesmaid. Brian is legislative director for a Gensler Corporation. The couple 16, 2013 in Baltimore, Md. The University System. They live in ’11, Holly Callan ’12, Adam ’10, Andrew Won ’09, Rachel The couple technically didn’t trade association in Washington, lives in Washington, D.C. bride’s sister, Marie Snyder Frederick, Md. Wisneski ’09, and Michael Specht ’10, and Benjamin’s go on a honeymoon, they just D.C.; Shelly is a captain in the ’10, was the maid of honor. The Ennis ’09 were in the wedding sister, Emily Espina ’16 were moved to Seoul, South Korea U.S. Army Judge Advocate Gen- Hilary Woodward ’00 and couple honeymooned in Riviera Hanna Gribble ’05 and Erik party. Dorothy Murphree members of the wedding party. where Steven, a private first eral’s Corps in Crystal City, Va. Robert Kohlmeyer [5] were Maya, Mexico. Katie teaches Reichenbach [11] were married ’47 watched her grandson get The couple honeymooned at class in the U.S. Army, works in They live in Arlington, Va. married Nov. 19, 2011, at the English and coaches basket- Sept. 15, 2012, in Columbia, Md. married. The reception was Deep Creek Lake. Benjamin intelligence and Melanie teaches Carnegie Institution for Science ball at the Institute of Notre Instead of a honeymoon, the held at the College’s Garden is a research specialist at Ceres English-language immersion Jennifer Page ’94 and Brett in Washington, D.C., and honey- Dame; Mike is an associate vice 5 couple bought a house! Hanna is of Remembrance. The couple 12 Nanosciences in Manassas, Va.; kindergarten for a Korean 19 Stickney [3] were married June mooned on St. John in the president at Cassidy Turley. The a technical editor for the Journal honeymooned at Excellence Amelia is a veterinary student at private school. Walshes live in Baltimore’s Can- of Rehabilitation Research and Punta Cana in the Dominican the Virginia-Maryland Regional ton neighborhood, where they Development and a freelance fic- Republic. Lydia teaches math College of Veterinary Medicine Christieanna Tawiah ’11 and proudly cheer for the City’s Birds. tion writer/editor. Erik is a Tech- at her high school alma mater, in Blacksburg, Va. The couple Alfonso Tafur [21] were mar- Kate Story ’04 and Chris Sirc nical Sergeant in the Maryland Elizabeth Seton High School; lives in North Potomac, Md. ried Nov. 9, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. [8] were married Oct. 6, 2012 Air National Guard. The couple Ross is a background inves- Christine McGraw ’11 was a in Deep Creek Lake, Md. Carol lives in Ellicott City, Md. tigator. The couple lives in April Pavis ’09 and Shane member of the wedding party. Schmoeller Hatton ’04 and Alexandria, Va. Shroeder [18] were married The couple honeymooned Ellen Wilkie Kowal ’05 were in David Clewell ’06 and Janice March 2, 2013 at Our Lady Star in Italy and Greece along the 6 13 20 the wedding party and several Chan ’07 [12] were married Sean Matthews ’08 and of the Sea in Solomons Island, Mediterranean Sea. Alfonso is Seahawk lacrosse alums were April 5, 2013 at the Cylburn Jennifer Anthony ’09 [15] Md. and held their reception an analyst for the U.S. federal Patricia Councill ’05 and in attendance. The couple hon- Arboretum in Baltimore, Md. were married June 22, 2013, at at Running Hare Vineyard in government and was recently William Stengel, III ’05 [9] eymooned in the Outer Banks, Erin Hardy ’07, Peter Lo Running Fox Farm in Ches- Prince Frederick, Md. They transferred to England. Chris- were married Sep. 8, 2012 at N.C. Kate works in campus ’06, Jeremy Pevner ’09 and tertown, Md. Missa Mercer honeymooned at Walt Disney tieanna, who formerly worked Kurtz’s Beach in Pasadena, Md. recreation at Loyola University Gina Truitt ’07 were members ’10, Anina Tardif-Douglin World in Orlando, Fla. April for the Florida Department and honeymooned in Rehoboth, Maryland; Chris is an associ- of the wedding party. Janice ’11, Mike DeLizia ’08, Alaina is a teen services librarian with of Children and Families, is Del. Patricia is a paralegal at the ate with Morgan Stanley. They is a program and curriculum Tshontikidis ’09, Steph Korba the Loudoun County public actively looking for employment Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl live in Baltimore, Md. development manager at the Cal ’09, Ben Gould ’09, Bruce libraries in Virginia; Shane is in England. The couple lives in

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Council on Environmental Rachael is the director of educa- College, went on to receive her as the chief of staff for the Super- Quality of the Executive Office tion at the National Museum of in memoriam bachelor’s degree from Western intendent of Public Schools in births of the President. Amanda and Nuclear Science and History in Maryland College (now McDan- San Diego, Calif., before retiring Fabien are looking forward to 2 Albuquerque, N.M. The family iel College). She worked as an for the second time in 2003. taking Darien on many travel lives in Albuquerque, N.M. Jane Reaney Linton ’33, of extension agent for the U.S. De- Terrance is survived by wife, To Kim Lathrop ’75 and Fei adventures! The family lives in Virginia Beach, Va., died March partment of Agriculture on the Stephanie; son, Todd; daughter, Lathrop, a son, Luke Jun Feng Catonsville, Md. To Eric Jackson ’04 and 23, 2013, at age 98. A native of Eastern Shore in the early 1950s. Shannon Smith Regil; three t es y A l e x C ol [1], born April 5, 2013. Big Minhlann Nguyen Jackson ’05, Washington, D.C., she attended Barbara is survived by husband, grandchildren; and his sister sisters, Jet, age 18, and Eve, age To Hilary Woodward ’00 a daughter, Della Mai [9], born St. Mary’s Seminary, and gradu- Lee; sons Howard and William; Pam Smith Cunningham. Photo cou r 16, welcome Luke to the family. and Robert Kohlmeyer, a son, June 22, 2013. Eric and Minhlann ated from Central High School daughter Susan Craig Stewart; Left to right: Nathan Smith, Alex Cole, Kim LeBarge, Lauriann Parker, Kim is an independent inventor Henry Robert [5], born Dec. are elementary school teachers and Washington School for sisters, Nancy Long Stouffer and Dwight Asmus ’63, of Valley 3 8 Devon Jerrard, Lukas Iraola and holds three patents for swim 31, 2012. Hilary is a senior com- for the St. Mary’s County Public Secretaries. She accompanied Dorothy Long; brother, Donald Center, Calif., died Jan. 16, goggle design; Fei teaches Man- munications strategist at Jobs Schools. The family lives in husband, John, on his assign- Long; ten grandchildren and 2011, at age 68. He attended St. darin immersion in Portland, with Justice/American Rights at Leonardtown, Md. ments with the U.S. Agency nine great-grandchildren. Mary’s Seminary Junior College The First Meeting of the “SMCM Middle of Ore. public schools. The family Work, a national workers’ rights for International Development and worked as a film messenger Absolute Nowhere Alumni Chapter” lives in Portland, Ore. nonprofit; Robert works in gov- To Mia Oliver Woods ’04 and in Santiago, Chile and La Paz, Andrew Bean Shorter ’54, of for a television station in San ernment relations but currently Colin Woods ’05, a son, Oliver Bolivia. Jane and John retired to Towson, Md., died Jan. 26, 2013, Francisco, Calif., delivering news Six of St. Mary’s most recent alums traversed the country Jennifer Gering Fryer ’98 Dent Farm in Avenue, Md. She To is a stay-at-home dad. The family Patrick [10], born May 28, at age 83. Born and raised in St. reels to the station by motor- this summer for good causes. and Alton Fryer, IV, a daughter, lives in Washington, D.C. 4 9 10 2013 at Special Beginning Birth was active in the Daughters of Mary’s County, Md., he moved cycle. He later worked as a slot Alex Cole ’13, Lukas Iraola ’13, Nathan Smith ’13, Elizabeth Susan [2], born Nov. Center in Arnold, Md. Mia is a the American Revolution, The to Baltimore, Md. after graduating technician at Harrah’s Rincon and Devon Jerrard ’13 16, 2012. She joins big sister, To Anya Parker Olsen ’02 and pediatric nurse practitioner at National Huguenots Society, from St. Mary’s Seminary Junior Casino and enjoyed motorcycles, biked from Washington, D.C. to San Hannah Stratton, age 9; and big Ryan Olsen ’02, a son, Drew Dundalk Pediatric Associates; and The Maryland Historical College. He was an insurance un- sailboats and sports cars. Francisco to raise money for Alzheimer’s disease research. brothers, Alton V. “Quint,” age Parker [6], born July 2, 2013. Colin is a certified occupational Society. Jane is survived by derwriter with Zurich Insurance The “A Ride to Remember” bikers averaged over 78 miles 7, and William Hayes, age 4. Drew joins big sister, Eila, age 3. therapy assistant and a stay-at- daughters, Jayne Linton Ely and Company until he retired in 1994. Alexander Kamantauskas per day over the course of their 44-day ride. Jennifer is a manager for Dealers Judith Linton Hunter; son, John; Anya is a social science research home dad. The family lives in Andrew is survived by wife, Mary ’92, of Syracuse, N.Y., died Kim LaBarge ’13 and Lauriann Parker ’13 ran relay-style Greatest Assets, Inc.; Alton is an six grandchildren; seven great- analyst for the Social Secu- 5 the Federal Hill neighborhood of Jane; son, Andrew; daughters, May 15, 2013, at age 45. Raised with a running team from San Francisco to Baltimore with account executive for the Princi- rity Administration; Ryan is an Baltimore, Md. grandchildren; and sister, Mary Mary Catherine and Elizabeth in Columbia, Md., he received 4K for Cancer, a Baltimore based charity. This was the pal Financial Group. The family economist for the U.S. Maritime Reaney Thompson. She was Jane; four grandchildren; and an associate’s degree in general twelfth year 4K for Cancer organized a distance run for lives in Lutherville, Md. Administration. The family lives To Chelsea Ebmeier Rohner preceded in death by her mother, brother, Charles. studies and music from Howard charity, but the first trip to cross the country. The 4K for in Montgomery Village, Md. ’06 and Freddie Rohner ’06, Maysie Dent Reaney (1903) Community College, and at- Cancer Run Across America team reached Baltimore in 30 To Caron Ellzey Inglis ’99 and a son, Mark William [11], born and sister, Helen Reaney Olga Horoshack ’61, of Mill- tended Northland College and days, with each runner running about 16 miles a day. Jeremy Inglis, a daughter, Norah To Michelle Dougherty April 15, 2013. Proud family Tugman ’31, both St. Mary’s ville, N.J., died Dec. 2, 2012. St. Mary’s College of Maryland [3] Seminary graduates. Elise , born Feb. 25, 2013. Chronowski ’03 and Joseph 6 11 members include grandparents before graduating from Towson Who would expect the two groups would cross paths? On She joins big brother, Finn, age Chronowski ’03, twin daugh- Pam Boddicker Ebmeier ’81 Terrance L. Smith ’62, of Beau- University with a bachelor’s June 18, day 38 of the journey for “A Ride to Remember” 7, and big sister, Amelia, age 3. ters, Violet Marie and Charlotte and Ken Ebmeier ’80, aunt Beverly Sewell Cockey ’49 fort, S.C., died June 12, 2012, degree in music composition and day 3 of the 4K for Cancer Run Across America’s trip, HS, ’51 JC Caron works as a board certified Anne [7], born May 21, 2013. A Mary Alice Rohner Jenkins , of Salisbury, Md., at age 70. Born in San Diego, and theory. the groups happened to run (and bike) into each other on behavior analyst and educational very unexpected surprise but a ’92, aunt Susie Rohner Pipkin died May 24, 2013, at age 83. Calif., he graduated from St. In the 1990s, he worked for a Route 50 in Nevada, a stretch of flat desert road known as consultant; Jeremy is the U.S. welcome addition, they join big ’98 and uncle Clint Pipkin ’96. Born in Chester, Md., she was Mary’s Ryken High School in software company in a Mary- the Loneliest Road in the U.S. operations manager and engi- brother, Carter, age 4. Michelle Chelsea is a financial analyst at valedictorian of her St. Mary’s Leonardtown, Md.; attended St. land barn that housed cows and neer for Isotopx, Inc. The family is a physical therapist for Med- JLG in Hagerstown, Md.; Fred- Seminary Junior College class Mary’s Seminary Junior College; The two groups “chatted for a bit in the middle of no- internet servers. He later worked lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. star Good Samaritan Hospital; die is a résumé writer at iHire in and worked at the University and graduated from Shepherd where” and snapped a few pictures, then resumed their in internet technology with a Joe is a firefighter and paramedic Frederick, Md. The family lives of Maryland, Eastern Shore for College in 1964 with a degree in travels in opposite directions. variety of companies including To Amanda Blaney Laurier for Montgomery County, Md. in Knoxville, Md. 23 years. Beverly is survived by history and physical educa- The Post-Standard and, most “I think that was probably the most remote meeting of ’99 and Fabien Laurier, a son, Fire and Rescue. The family husband, Ralph; son, Robin and tion. From 1964-1967, he taught recently, AmeriCU credit union. St. Mary’s College of Maryland alumni,” joked Smith on Darien Louis [4], born Jan. 27, lives in Baltimore, Md. To Laurie Pisel Spencer ’07 his wife, Amber; and four grand- history and social studies and Alex is survived by wife, Cristin; the “A Ride to Remember” website. “We are considering 2013. Amanda is the science, and Todd Spencer, a daughter, children, Rose, Elijah, Isabel and coached basketball and baseball sons, Joseph, Joshua and Samuel; starting a new Alumni Chapter: The SMCM Middle of technology, engineering, and To Nicholas Cutrufello ’04 Paisley Elizabeth [12], born Guinevere. at St. Mary’s Ryken High daughter, Mary Rose; his par- Absolute Nowhere Alumni Chapter.” math (STEM) curriculum and Rachael Lashof Cutrufello May 18, 2013. She joins Taylor, School. He joined the U.S. Ma- ents, Irenaeus and Sally; sisters, designer for the Student Achieve- ’06, a son, Augustin “Augie” age 2. Laurie is a stay-at-home Barbara Long Craig ’51, of rine Corps in 1967 and served a Kristina Kamantauskas Thorne, Find out more about A Ride to Remember: ment in Baltimore Elementary Nicholas [8], born Dec. 29, 2012, mom; Todd is a U.S. Marine Richmond, Va., died March tour in Vietnam where he earned Katrina Kamantauskas-Holder, www.aridetoremember.net Schools (SABES) Program at at the University of New Mexico Corps Captain stationed at 26, 2013, at age 82. A native of a bronze star with combat V. and Aldona Kamantauskas Johns Hopkins University; Hospital where Nick is doing his Camp Lejeune. The family lives Cumberland, Md., she received His 30-year career with the U.S. Find out more about 4K for Cancer Run Across America: Joseph; and brothers, Irenaeus Fabien is the adviser for climate medical residency in neurology. in Sneads Ferry, N.C. a national 4-H award while in Marines also included a tour at 4kforcancer.org/follow-us/2013-san-francisco-to-baltimore 12 and Eugene. change adaptation for the high school and after graduating the White House. After retiring from St. Mary’s Seminary Junior at the rank of colonel, he worked

omething unforgettable dramatic ways in which science and “Students studying Scholarship Fund. Max gratefully states: happens when kids get close technology have affected everyday life STEM at the College [The] award will go a long way in helping me…I Senough to touch a uav or c-130 over the past 50 years to understand the want to go into the field of chemical engineering or Hercules aircraft, and doing this is value in investing in stem education.” are learning the research; things like researching new pharmaceuticals, Kathy Glockner’s favorite method for Kathy marvels at the ways in which future today.” energy sources, or even new sorts of crops…My family introducing young people to the realm the digital revolution evolved over the —Galen Hench ’13, physics major, admissions counselor and I greatly appreciate [Kathy’s] considerable contri- of science, technology, engineering and course of her own professional career. bution to my endeavors. math (stem). Kathy brought technol- And she believes the next generation of ogy to life as a stem coordinator at Pax scientific breakthroughs resides within On the power of giving and creating a finan- River Naval Air Station. She notes that our youth. She knows that cultivating cial legacy, Kathy stresses that an impact can even the most hardened of adolescents a curiosity and passion within children be made whether a gift be great or small. She produce low whispers of “whoa, cool” towards stem is crucial in guaranteeing The path to her philanthropy started with the recognizes that the very act of sharing makes when shown the gleaming fuselages of future developments in these fields. desire to establish a long-term gift to the Col- a gift or endowment of any size a great thing. jet engines. Her commitment to intro- A liberal arts curriculum is, above all, lege in addition to an immediate financial con- Ultimately for Kathy, giving entails both the ducing young people to stem has not intended to introduce and cultivate a tribution that would have an impact on current establishment of an endowment, and showing been limited to showing off the sleek broad intellectual perspective, including students. Kathy accomplished this by reviewing students across St. Mary’s County that the aircraft of the Navy. Last fall, she gen- stem. In creating the Kathryn W. Glockner her estate plans with the giving officers within world of stem is not just confined to a lab, erously created the Kathryn W. Glockner Endowed Scholarship Fund, a gift oriented the College’s Office of Advancement and but is also the gleaming fuselage of some of Endowed Fund to help finance the educa- around stem education at St. Mary’s, pledging both a bequest and establishing an the world’s most advanced aircraft.  tion of St. Mary’s students pursuing a Kathy is helping to promote the Col- endowed scholarship. By creating an endowed major in the fields of science, technol- lege’s liberal arts curriculum. The dif- scholarship, Kathy ensured that her legacy of Kathy Glockner resides in St. Mary’s County with her hus- ogy, and math. ference and value imparted by a stem giving would begin well within her lifetime. band Ron, and is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park with a degree in communications. She is also a Kathy’s career at Pax River spanned education within a liberal arts institution Last fall, Max Flerlage ’15, a biology and chem- 1993 non-degree alumna of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. over 30 years, and given her commitment such as St. Mary’s becomes evident in istry major from Cobb Island, Md., became the to stem education, one might assume the ability of our students to communi- first recipient of theKathryn W. Glockner Endowed she worked as a scientist or technician. cate effectively both in and outside their In reality, Kathy served as a writer and fields. Whereas a technical university To learn about how to editor for the Technical Information De- might impart skills only relevant to a make an impact today partment, becoming the unit’s director specific scientific field, the liberal arts while also leaving a in 1995. As a writer, Kathy was tasked education produces a student who is an Coming soon legacy of support for with documenting the scientific and expert in the chosen discipline, and who generations, visit smcm. technological work being done on base. at the same time is intellectually cross- a new way to support St. Mary’s College! edu/plannedgiving. She describes the core of her work as “breaking disciplinary. At St. Mary’s stem students make “One need only look Everyone can have an impact! down major, complex ideas and making them around and consider up a third of the graduates. You may also contact discernible to an audience outside the scientific Speaking to the advantages of pursuing Together our community of Liisa Franzén in the community.” In this capacity, she collaborated the dramatic ways stem at St. Mary’s, Galen Hench ’13, a phys- students, alumni, faculty, and Office ofA dvancement, closely with scientists and taught them how to in which science ics major and admissions counselor responsi- parents ensures the vitality at (240) 895-3220 or ble for recruiting science-oriented prospectives [email protected]. communicate effectively as writers. Kathy notes and technology have and success of St. Mary’s that for more than a few scientists, communica- states: “students studying stem at the College tion skills took a secondary role to research and affected everyday life are learning the future today.” In particular, College of Maryland. Each analytics. Left unaddressed, even the most bril- over the past 50 years Galen notes that his own experience pursuing member contributes to the liant of researchers could find themselves un- to understand the physics entailed “cutting edge research” that collective by emulating the able to clearly communicate the findings and culminated in a successful St. Mary’s Project. value in investing in value and importance of a value of technological breakthroughs to their Galen valued the opportunity to collaborate St. Mary’s education. constituents within the civilian realm. Kathy STEM education.” with faculty in an environment where “under- was the pen behind the slide ruler. grads are not competing for time and atten- —Kathy Glockner Addressing the importance and her commit- tion with graduate students.” A new way to support projects, programs, and students is launching in October. ment to stem education, Kathy remarks that, Kathy’s generosity has already begun to im- Watch smcm.edu for details. “one need only look around and consider the pact St. Mary’s students in a significant way.

VOICES Reading Series Church Point and Trinity Church Cem- The solution is seen as a new design. etery, long beloved by St. Mary’s stu- The openings which allow marine life 8:15 pm in Daugherty-Palmer Commons dents, are currently being upgraded. access will now have overlapping October 24: Truth Thomas (singer- stone arms to catch exiting sand. Church Point is the most immediate songwriter, poet) Once the corrections are made, more area of concern. The spar of land that sand will be brought in to build up juts into the St. Mary’s River below November 21: Alumni Reading – Michele the point, and the cross will get a Trinity Church and that encloses a K. Johnson and Tony Quick (poetry, fiction) new foundation. tidewater pond is fighting for its very December 12: Charles Baxter (fiction) existence. Father John Ball, rector of the church, notes that erosion is “ The Container” by Clare Bayley, threatening not only the beach but also the pond. The cross situated at directed by Michael Ellis-Tolaydo the end of the beach now alternates Captions to come. Ovid October 24-26 at 7 and 9 pm between being surrounded entirely qui offici tem qui sinulla October 31–November 2 at 7 and 9 pm by water and standing high off the borest, qui denditaes re ground with its foundation exposed. doluptae sandio corit, October 27 and November 3 at 2 pm sin eius explabo rrorem Bruce Davis Theater in Montgomery Hall Trinity Church Cemetery has its own facesequam quam inciet challenges. Fr. Ball says that the old a voluptio tem quae do- cemetery has fewer than 300 plots luptatio. Nem receario 18th Annual remaining to accommodate full-body reptam, sendes molupid Holocaust and Genocide Lecture burials and only two spots left in its etur sam nis earum qui “Nonviolent Resistance to the Nazis” current columbarium. vollam et optae mo et eos aut ipiet, quati utem by Nathan Stoltzfus Help is on the way in both instances. quas dolore. The church has just received a October 29 at 8 pm $57,000 grant to save Church Point, Daugherty-Palmer Commons and the parish is currently working to raise an extra $50,000 to cover The Seventh Annual TFMS Film Series the balance of the cost. The church Toil & Trouble: The Reel History also recently completed construction of Working Women of two memorial gardens with niches for urns, a meditative labyrinth, and a The building of a labyrinth was Interested in preserving Church “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter” courtyard/columbarium. sparked by a bequest from the estate Point? Send contributions to by Connie Field “Church Point Restoration Project” “We view this as our ministry of of Maurine Holbert Hogaboom, a at St. Mary’s Parish, Box 207, November 11 at 8:15 pm place,” Fr. Ball says. “When one is longtime friend of the church and St. Mary’s City MD 20686. Cole Cinema in the Campus Center surrounded by such natural beauty college. There are also two memorial gardens and a granite and flagstone Columbaria information can be that draws students, community Artist Talk: Beehive Design Collective members, and tourists, one has a courtyard surrounded by columbarium found at www.trinitysmcmd.com, responsibility to preserve it for future niches. Individuals can also have their or call 301-862-4597, or email November 12 at 4:30 pm generations.” cremains buried in the bed plantings [email protected]. Boyden Gallery in Montgomery Hall with their names recorded on a plaque The “Church Point Restoration Proj- inside the church itself. Like parishioners, graduates ect” follows up a joint effort in the of the College and anyone who Studio Art SMP Midterm Exhibition 1990s between the church, the Col- In designing the garden beds, the has worked for the College or December 2-10 lege and Historic St. Mary’s City to church spent a year exploring how Historic St. Mary’s City for at Boyden Gallery in Montgomery Hall protect their shoreline. The state-fund- cemeteries commemorate not only least two years has purchasing ed project brought in stone boulders, individuals but also communities priority for columbarium niches Performance of Handel’s “Messiah” and periods of history. Guidance was known as rip rap. While the rip rap at dedicated rates. December 14 at 4 pm successfully protected the north side provided by faculty members Katarina of Church Point, which abuts Horse- Von Kellenbach, in, Dan Ingersoll, and Michael P. O’Brien Athletics & shoe Bend where the College keeps Julia Bates. Recreation Center its boats, the south side has steadily The labyrinth, overlooking the river, is gotten worse. a key component in the new gardens. ICSA Sailing National Championships Bates notes that labyrinths are ancient May 31 – June 5, 2014 tools for reflection. Their paths, she says, echo the twists and turns of our Alumni Weekend (June 7-9, 2013) started out wet lives, including the death of loved ones. but a record turnout brought the sunshine back. Photo by Pay O’Neill ’73.

32 | St Mary’s College | The Mulberry Tree | fall 2013 Non-profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit #10001 Leonardtown, MD Photo: bill w oo d Passing the Torch The men’s lacrosse team posted the best season in program history this In first-round play at the championship past spring, under fifth-year coach Chris tournament on May 8, 2013, a fourth- Hasbrouck. The Seahawks garnered quarter rally by Lynchburg College the school’s first-ever berth in the ended up with their one-goal win, 6-5. NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse After the buzzer, senior Albert Mitchell Championship Tournament by dethroning ’13 (right) passes the torch to first- two-time defending conference and year Conor Jordan ’16. national champion, Salisbury University.