E VENTS AND M ILESTONES
DAY OF SILENCE COMMEMORATED
Dozens of students and faculty members par-
ticipated in the National Day of Silence on Friday,
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April 25, by not speaking for the day. The action
was in support of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and trans-
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to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harass-
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“This was the highest participation rate I have
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seen yet,” reported Vianca Masucci ’09, co-head of
Choir members Tabitha Walker ’11, L’Oreal Lampley the SG Gay-Straight Alliance, after the event.
’11, Nam Hee Kim ’09, Kyungmin Kim ’10 and
Indeed, national organizers reported record
Christy Lee ’10 celebrate the 80
th
anniversary
numbers of participants. Hundreds of thousands
of the chapel.
of students participated, from middle school to
college.
ACTORS PLAY TO SRO CROWD IN
SPRING PRODUCTION
The Department of Theatre, Speech & Dance
presented “Great Expectations,” on May 23-25.
Award-winning poet
Featuring lead performances by Jason Andrews
’08 and Sophie Noel ’09, the play was directed by
reads from his work
theater teacher Betsy Durning and the set was
designed by head of the department Kevin Held. Robert Cording, the James N. and Sarah L.
For the show, Durning spent time adapting the O’Reilly Barrett Professor in Creative Writing at
script for her unique troupe, using Barbara Field’s the College of the Holy
adaptation of the famous Charles Dickens novel. Cross in Worcester,
Proceeds from the show benefited Camp Ram- Mass., was a special
leh, the residential summer camp for local children guest of the English
from low-income families where St. George’s stu- Department this spring.
dents serve as counselors. During his two-day
visit on April 25 and
MUSICAL FEATURES POWERFUL April 26, Cording vis-
SONG AND DANCE NUMBERS ited English classes, had
The cast of “Oklahoma!”—led by seniors Alex lunch with student
Robert Cording
Merchant, Will Bruce, Will Mason, Jason Andrews, writers, and gave a
Peter Miller, Ellie Myers, Hailey Feldman and special reading of his poems in Madeira Hall.
Eileen FitzGerald, junior Margaret Hawkins and Cording has published five collections of
sophomore Allie Barrows—performed six SRO poems, including “Life-List” (1987), which won
shows Feb. 29-March 2. The show earned Bruce the Ohio State University Press/Journal Award,
and FitzGerald Arete Awards for their outstanding “Against Consolation” (2002), and “Common Life”
contributions to the dance numbers, and also (2006). His poems have appeared in such journals
earned pianist Hendrik Kits van Heyningen ’10 an as The Nation, Image, Paris Review, and The
Arete for his work as a composer for some key New Yorker.
musical scores for the production.
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