Erase Theyears: Age and Body Image in a Youth-Centric Culture Annual Fund
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Summer 2013 Erase theYears: Age and body image in a youth-centric culture Annual Fund The Annual Fund touches every student, Prepared? every program, every day. Your gifts his May we sent 374 Saint Mary’s graduates into the world T prepared to lead and to serve — or, as one graduate said, make sure “Prepared to be the positive change our world needs.” Annual Fund gifts impact every aspect of our students’ preparation they are for the future. That’s why the Annual Fund is a key component of the Faith Always, Action Now campaign — providing immediate resources to support scholarships and financial aid, help attract and retain outstanding faculty, sustain our vibrant learning opportunities, and maintain this historic campus. Help prepare the next class for the future. To make a gift, please call (800) 762-8871 or go online to saintmarys.edu/give. Annual Fund 138 Madeleva Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: (800) 762-8871 Email: [email protected] Online: saintmarys.edu/give Annual Fund page 4 page 6 page 9page 12 page 14 TABLE of CONTENTS volume 88, number 2 | summer 2013 More Features Leap of Faith . 4 Debunking Th e Ideal-Beauty Myth. 6 Caring for Mom . 8 Revering Wisdom . 9 Th e Cost of Aging . 10 Th e Girl in the Mirror . 12 Commencement . 14 Reunion . 18 Faith Always, Action Now. C1 Depa rtments 2 . Upon Refl ection Club News . .28 3 . Avenue News Class News . .30 26 . For the Record Excelsior . .46 Closing Belle . 49 Visit saintmarys.edu/courier to view the Courier online. The Saint Mary’s College Courier Shari Rodriguez Courier Staff Class News The Mission (USPS 135-340) is published three Vice President for Shannon E. Brewer Rooney ’03 Send alumnae class news to: Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic, times a year by Saint Mary’s College, College Relations Editor Alumnae News Editor residential, women’s college in the Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001. [email protected] [email protected] 110 Le Mans Hall liberal arts tradition. A pioneer in the Periodicals postage paid at the Saint Mary’s College Karen Zagrocki McDonald ’76 Adrienne Latson education of women, the College is an Post Offi ce at Notre Dame, IN Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001 or Acting Assistant Vice President Staff Writer academic community where women 46556 and at additional mailing Integrated Marketing email [email protected] offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address Gwen O’Brien develop their talents and prepare Communications Director of Media Relations to make a difference in the world. changes to Alumnae Relations, Saint [email protected] Letters Mary’s College, 110 Le Mans Hall, Sarah Miesle ’07 Send letters to the editor to: Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Notre Dame, IN 46556-5001. Sports Information Director Cross in 1844, Saint Mary’s promotes Alumnae Relations Staff Courier Editor Christina Duthie a life of intellectual vigor, aesthetic Copyright 2013 Saint Mary’s Kara O’Leary ’89 Saint Mary’s College Graphic Designer appreciation, religious sensibility, and College, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Director of Alumnae Relations 303 Haggar College Center Reproduction in whole or part [email protected] Sarah Miesle ’07 Notre Dame, IN 46556 social responsibility. All members of the is prohibited without written Janet Graham College remain faithful to this mission Jessica Stuifbergen ’99 permission. The opinions expressed Zara Osterman (574) 284-4595 Assistant Director of and continually assess their response are those of the authors or Photographers or email [email protected] Alumnae Relations to the complex needs and challenges their subjects and are not [email protected] Bridget Feeney ’13 of the contemporary world. necessarily shared by the College or Writing Intern the editor. Courier | 1 Upon Reflection Last month I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store pretending not to read the tabloid headlines when I came across this one on the cover of a popular wom- en’s magazine: “Erase the Lines.” Next to it was supermodel and physical anomaly Cindy Crawford all glammed up and clear-skinned. I couldn’t help it. I thought of the lines under my own eyes and felt despairing. But then I remembered that I’m an intelligent, confi dent, loving person, a mother, and a decent writer (so they tell me) who’s made a general success of my life. And those lines are there because they support that story—the laughter, the stress, and, OK, yes, the lack of sunscreen that make up my life’s journey. One of the best bits of wisdom I’ve heard about aging comes from author Madeleine L’Engle: “Th e great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” I’m only in my thirties but as I advance steadily into adulthood that becomes truer for me. I feel more and more that I am the sum of all my experiences. I feel that the life stage I’m in is a compilation of memories, positive and negative, created by the me of the past for the benefi t of me, now. Because the older I get the more I rely on past experience to inform me. And the less I care about worry or laugh lines because—as fellow Saint Mary’s women, I’m sure you’ll agree—we have more important things to think about. Shannon E. Brewer Rooney ’03 is editor of Th e Courier and will never forget the day Max Westler (English department) told her she was reading too much Sylvia Plath. He told her to go back to Le Mans and read some Billy Collins for a while. She’s glad she listened. 2 | Summer 2013 AVENUE NEWS Dance Marathon raises record amount Math + Baked Goods Th is year’s Dance Marathon, held on Saturday, March 23, raised $104,374.83 for Riley Children’s Hospital in India- napolis and is the most the organization has raised in its eight years at Saint Mary’s. Dance Marathon supports Riley’s General Benefi t Fund, which funds areas of the hospital that have the greatest need, such as medical research Dance Marathon Vice Presidents Alyssa Vinluan ’13 and Kate Kellogg ’13 and and clinical programs. Since President Amy Tiberi ’13 (from left to right) Dance Marathon came to the College in 2006, students have raised more than $610,000 for Riley. Th e hospital treats children from all over Indiana regardless of a family’s ability to pay for medical expenses. Olivia McIntee ’13, left, and Samantha Brady ’13 share a perfectly baked brownie and a laugh. “Seeing that number revealed at the end of the night was Th is spring a team of mathematics students fi nished in the absolutely amazing,” says Amy Tiberi ’13, Dance Marathon top 15 percent of the nearly 7,000 teams that competed in the president. “Seeing the passion and dedication from college Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) students for a cause bigger than this campus, and even the international competition called Mathematical Contest in South Bend community, is such a humbling experience. Like Modeling (MCM). Samantha Brady ’13 of South Bend and I told them that night, ‘A lot more miracles will be made at Olivia McIntee ’13 of Sylvania, Ohio, made up the team that Riley because of that number.’” was named among the Meritorious Winners. Th ey solved the eternal question: How can you produce brownies without Dance Marathon is the culmination of a year of fundraisers burnt edges? Th eir solution: a hexagonal pan. that ends with the spring Marathon where dancers raise funds by pledging to stand on their feet for 12 hours. Students from It is the fourth time a Saint Mary’s team has had a Meritorious Saint Mary’s, Holy Cross, and the University of Notre Dame fi nish in the decades the College has competed. It is the fi rst participate in the event. time Saint Mary’s fi elded more than two teams, with three competing this year. Th e other two teams received Successful Participant ratings. One of those teams included Jessica Belles guard Shanlynn Bias ’14 Kinnick ’13 of Youngstown, Ohio, and Margaret Brown ’13 of Corpus Christi, Tex., and the other team was made up of earns All-MIAA honors Brianne Michaels ’14 of Valparaiso, Ind., Gina Deom ’13 of Saint Mary’s guard Shanlynn Bias, Evansville, Ind., and Brigid Lally ’13 of Cleveland, Ohio. junior, was one of only twelve Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association “I am very proud of all of them,” says Steven Broad, assistant (MIAA) women’s basketball players professor of mathematics. “Th ey all presented interesting solutions to earn All-MIAA honors. Th e with plenty of technical merit.” honors award is voted on by coaches Brady says the MCM was a great real-life experience. “One from the MIAA league. major takeaway from this problem is that almost any situation She led all conference players in can be modeled mathematically. As a math major the problems both minutes played and steals, we deal with become very theoretical as you advance through the averaging 2.5 a game. Bias was third required curriculum, so being reminded that simple real-life in free throw percentage in conference problems can be solved mathematically is helpful,” she says. play, making 81.3 percent of her attempts. She also fi nished fourth in scoring among MIAA players, with an average of 14.0 points per game, giving her 224 total points for the season. It's been a busy spring semester! Th e All-MIAA Second Team honor is the fi rst of Bias’ For more College news, including stories about this year’s collegiate career.