Gaels Fall to Zags on Senior Niglit Ialso INSIDE

The Collegian Volume 111 2013-2014 Article 18 3-4-2014 Volume 111, Number 18 - Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Saint Mary's College of California Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Saint Mary's College of California (2014) "Volume 111, Number 18 - Tuesday, March 4, 2014," The Collegian: Vol. 111 , Article 18. Available at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian/vol111/iss1/18 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Saint Mary's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Collegian by an authorized editor of Saint Mary's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MORAGA, CALIFORNIA VOLUME 111, NUMBER 18 • TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 • STMARYSCOLLEGIAN.COM TWITTER: @SMC_COLLEGIAN FACEBOOK.COM/SMCCOLLEGIAN Gaels fall to Zags on Senior Niglit I ALSO INSIDE NEWS PAGE 3 Paul Finkelman gives lecture on politics of religion and slavery ' ' Ut'L'J"'r" ~~ CULTURE PAGE 5 Books turned into movies; a preview of upcoming flicks OPINION PAGE 6 The keys to a successful online profile . == - ~~- '! ~ - ' . SPORTS-' - PAGE 7 Women's basketball splits last two games in conference Quixotic Andrew Nguyen/ COLLEGIAN Despite posting a strong victory over Portland, Gaels fail to rally against Gonzaga Players present Br;id Waldow added nine for the BY CA TLIN McLAIN After Beau Levesque scored dogs responded with an answer. w· lCo bl 's STAFF WRITER Gaels, while 10 players scored for the game's opening points with a Things didn't get any better the Gonzaga (25-6, 15-3 in the WCC), deep 3-pointer and Matt Hodgson second half and the Gaels struggled "The Ties That Gonzaga got away with a big first who clinched the wee regular bringing the crowd to full tilt with a offensively. Gonzaga continued to half and beat the Gaels basketball season title Thursday at Pacific. block, the Bulldogs took command. build the lead. The 47 points were team 75-4 7 on Senior Night and the With a combination of poor A layup out of a time out by David the least scored points by the Gaels Bind" last game ofthe 2014 regular season early shooting and a big lead by Stockton represented the final field at home this season and the 75 BY CALLIE COKER at McKeon Pavilion. Gonzaga, the Gaels were in a large goal in the streak, making it 19-5 scored by Gonzaga were the most STAFF WRITER Stephen Holt scored 10 points, hole by halftime with the Bulldogs Gonzaga with 11:09 left. Przemek scored points by an opponent in all coming from the free throw line, leading 42-22, resulting in the Karnowski capped the run with Moraga this year. Each year, Saint Mary's College to lead Saint Mary's. The Gaels fin Gaels' second lowest first half this two free throws, and by the time it "I didn't think we competed very of California hosts the UNDO IT ished the regular season with a 21- season. was all said and done, Saint Mary's well against Portland. I thought we Script Contest on behalf of the 10 overall record and 11-7 mark in Gonzaga was in full control of trailed 21-6. were worse tonight. That's unac Quixotic Players acting troupe. the West Coast Conference, landing the game with a huge 21-3 lead at Every time the Gaels tried to get ceptable. The contest requires that stu fourth in the conference rankings. the beginning of the game. into a rhythm offensively, the Bull- see BASKETBALL, page 8 dents take a Seminar-approved text and adapt it however they see fit, creating a play to be per formed the following year if Business division awarded AASCB Accreditation chosen as the winner. After the SEBA Dean Zhan Li discusses the honor and what it means for the SMC community winner of the contest is chosen, the playwright winner must BY CJ COSAS critical areas." The fact that Dean Li has been working standards as being the key stan meet with a professor or men News EDITOR SEBA has been able to achieve at Saint Mary's as the SEBA dards that AACSB scrutinizes as tor to further work on the play. this internationally recognized Dean for about three and half part of its accreditation process: The contest is meant to make In February, the Saint Mary's accreditation is a proof that years and has been working first, the business program must the text more relatable for Saint School of Economics and Busi Saint Mary's provides high qual with the SEBA community and have a strategic plan and prove Mary's students by encouraging ness Administration (SEBA) ity and very effective business Saint Mary's to achieve this ac that the strategic plan impacts students to modernize old texts. was awarded a prestigious and programs. creditation and noted that Saint the program; second, the Col The 2013 winner, William sought after honor: AACSB ac In an interview with The Col Mary's had "started the AACSB lege must have sufficient and Conable, wrote a stunning adap creditation. legian, Zhan Li, the dean of accreditation process about 15 qualified faculty members to tion of Sophocles' "Antigone," The AACSB, known as the the School for Economics and teach the program; third, strong entitled "The Ties That Bind." Association to Advance Col Business Administration fur assurance learning for students Conable began writing his ad legiate Schools of Business, is a ther elaborated on what the "There is still work must be proven; fourth, the ef aptation in January Term 2013 membership organization that accreditation means for SEBA, to do: he stated fectiveness of the curriculum with the assistance of Krista is internationally recognized as as well as the whole of Saint is evaluated; and fifth, it is de Knight, a visiting professor and one of the highest authorities Mary's College. He noted that that SEBA needs to cided if there are enough staff playwright. regarding business schools and accreditation will benefit all continue working to support both the students In March, Conable submitted a education. Founded in 1916, the members of the Saint Mary's and the faculty in their academic 56-page draft to the contest, and AACSB has been establishing the community, whether they are hard to maintain the endeavors. After outlining these was announced as the winner in benchmark of business educa students, faculty, staff or alumni, AACSB accreditation key standards, Dean Li noted April. Conable says he believed tion through its high standards and even regardless if they are that only around five percent of his draft was polished, but after and its rigorous accreditation part of SEBA or not. and its high quality the business programs around meeting with English Professor process, with the first school be Dean Li emphasized that the business program." the world are AACSB accredited. Steve Tillis, he realized he had ing accredited in 1919. As stated accreditation becomes a point of In order for the AACSB to more to learn about.what his play in AACSB's official website: honor that students, faculty, and determine whether or not a was meant to say. "Today, the AACSB Accredita alumni can take pride in, but also years ago." He explained that, in school or business program is While juggling five classes tion Standards are used as the emphasized that the accredita order for SEBA to be accredited, worthy of accreditation, there and other activities, Conable basis to evaluate a business tion will attract more highly it had to pass the 21 different is a lengthy process that the ap reworked the play eight to nine school's mission, operations, motivated and intellectual stu standards established by the plicant school or program must times, during which time he faculty qualifications and con dents, a promising result that AACSB. go through that includes a lot of improved existing scenes, added tributions, programs, and other will benefit the entire College. Dean Li outlined these five see SEBA, page 2 see UNDOIT, page 2 2 THE COLLEGIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 STMARYSCOLLEGIAN.COM THE INSIDE PAGE SEBA: a goal that took 15 years is accomplished as SEBA gains recognition for its programs continued from page 1 documentation. As Dean Li explained, to achieve accreditation, SEBA had to submit many documents, facts, data, and other informa tion to the AACSB that demon strates how SEBA met each of the different 21 standards. Ad ditionally, the AACSB also sends a three person team consisting of business school deans to visit the campus. On campus, the team evaluates and verifies the ~be <!Collegian submitted documentation and SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA information as they go around talking with students, faculty, P.O.Box4407 administration, and even the Moraga, CA 94575 President and Provost of the 206 Ferroggiaro Hall College as part of its evaluation. Although SEBA has now of www.stmaryscollegian.com ficially passed all of the tests and Email: smccollegian(rugmail.com have achieved AACSB accredita tion, Dean Li noted that does not Telephone: (925) 631-4279 mean SEBA is done growing. On Facebook.com/smccollegian the contrary, he emphasized that Twitter: ~ SMC_Collegian even though they have reached that goal, there is still work to Courtesy of College Communications SARA DESANTIS do. He stated that SEBA needs to "the overarching goal is to benefit CHARLIE GUESE continue working hard to main the students." Li continued, "If Editors-in-Chief tain theAACSB accreditation and you go back to the Saint Mary's its high quality business program.

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