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On Oct. 6, the body of Viktoria Marinova was found in an alleyway in Ruse, a Northeastern city in Bulgaria. She had been raped and murdered. Marinova was a prominent investigative journalist, reporting on a wide range of topics, including government corruption. Her show, “Detector” premiered just before her death, Read More
The Chinese government is currently operating prison camps holding almost millions of Muslims. Over half of the population of Xinjiang, a province in Northwest China, is made up of the Muslim population and the majority of Muslims in this region are ethnic Uighurs according to The New York Times (NYT). Read More
Racism and segregation are a reality for Israelis who are not fair skinned Jews. Haaretz reported that on Aug. 27, at the Kiryat Haim beach, a group of young men walked up to three Israeli-Arab people and asked if they were Arab. When the group answered yes, the young men Read More
Print copies of The Point News’ most current edition have begun to circulate the St. Mary’s campus community. Pick one up from any St. Mary’s College of Maryland building. If you can not find our drop-off location near you or would like to request the paper be delivered to a specific spot, please Read More
“It’s important to understand why Latinos are underrepresented” Dr. Lisa Flores said in her psychology lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at Goodpaster Hall. The lecture, which was titled “Latinx Students’ Persistence, Intentions, and Academic Satisfaction in Engineering,” explored variables such as outcome expectations and self-efficacy as they relate to Read More
“It was not a kitchen for the faint of heart,” read Angie Chuang as she described the heart of an Afghan family’s home during a reading of her award winning memoir, “The Four Words for Home: A memoir of two families.” On Thursday, Oct 4 at 8:15 PM in the Read More
St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) hosted the annual Stomp Out Stigma 5K for suicide awareness. The event took place on Sept. 29 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Michael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recreation Center (MPOARC) rec courts, and stretched across the entire campus. The 5K was held the Read More