The Woods

Pomeroy Basketball Schedule

Friday, Feb. 10    at Robert Morris-Springfield @ Springfield, Ill.  7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11     at Lindenwood University @ Belleville, Ill.  2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16     Principia College @ SMWC  7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 20     Robert Morris-Springfield @ SMWC   7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25     Oakland City University @ Oakland City, Ind.  2 p.m.

USCAA National Tournament: March 6-10, 2012 @ Uniontown, Penn.
**All times are EST unless otherwise indicated

DIRECTIONS TO CLINTON RECREATION CENTER
Hwy 63 South
Take 63 South to the Hwy 163 intersection in Clinton (at stoplight). Turn left on to 163. Go to the next stoplight (about 1.5 miles) at 9th Street and turn right. Take the next immediate left on Blackman Street. Take this to the stop sign at 4th street. The Center is ahead on the left. Park on the street.

Hwy 41 North
Take 41 North through Terre Haute, to where 63N and 41N split (63N veers left). Go approximately 14 miles to the stoplight in Clinton, Ind. Turn right on Hwy 163. Go to the next stoplight (about 1.5 miles) at 9th Street and turn right. Take the next immediate left on Blackman Street. Take this to the stop sign at 4th street. The Center is ahead on the left. Park on the street.

SMWC launches redesigned website

Dee Reed, executive director of College Relations, announced that the college’s redesigned website will launch today after months of preparation and planning
According to Reed, the redesign will improve the user experience by making it easier to navigate. Administrators also hope the new site will more effectively engage prospective and current students.
A few of the new features include:
• Academics tab designed for easy access
• Admission tab quickly directs prospective students to critical information
• Drop-down menus
• Streamlined design

To see the new site, go to http://www.smwc.edu

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By Lacey Henson
Staff Writer

The St. Mary’s Village Church celebrated its 175th anniversary on January 8th, making it the oldest Catholic Church in Vigo County.
The St. Mary’s Village Church is historically significant to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and the surrounding community. Its rich history helped lay a firm foundation of Catholicism in Vigo County and surrounding areas which is still prevalent 175 years later.
The history of Catholicity in Vigo County and the Village Church can be traced back to 1837. The combination of people of faith and a pastor to minister them built the first Catholic faith community on the western side of the Wabash River.
A Joseph Thralls and his family, who practiced Catholicism, acquired a significant piece of land in 1835 west of the Wabash River.
Records show a purchase of land transferring from Joseph and Sarah Thralls to Bishop Simon Brute of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes for a sum of fifteen dollars.
It was there that Bishop Brute built a small frame church in what is now the Village, the first in Vigo County, to establish the site for a permanent place of faith.
In 1840, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin arrived in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with several companions.
The Thralls family provided housing for Mother Theodore and the sisters.
The Village Church was also where Mother Theodore first had mass after her arrival.
Keeping its values alive are today’s members of the parish, who are planning different activates to celebrate its 175th anniversary.
Read the next issue of The Woods for more about the Church’s historical significance over the past 175 years and coverage of the festivities that will be taking place to celebrate the presence of the St. Mary’s Village Church.

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Psychology and Human Services majors are invited to attend a luncheon forum and/or guest lecture presentation featuring
Scott Ripple, MD.
Scott Ripple, MD
Advice about careers in medicine & related fields.
Rooney Library, Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor
Thursday, Jan. 26
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.
Registration deadline:  noon on Monday, Jan. 23
Register:  career@smwc.edu or (812) 535-5188

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By Sherry Bube
Student Senate President

True leadership consists of contributing to worthwhile endeavors while enabling and empowering others to do the same. Each of us is called to leadership in its many forms. Be it from spearheading the fundraising committee in a club you are a member of to organizing an activity night for your dorm wing, leadership does not necessarily entail holding an office or being involved in everything. Instead, leadership requires collective collaboration with others, as well as humility to have others help you and to listen to and utilize their ideas.
On Jan. 21, Student Senate hosted a leadership summit entitled Leaders Under Construction. As the governing student body on campus, Senate firmly believes that not only is each one of us an integral part of the Woods community, but we also are important members in helping to lead and shape the world around us. Therefore, a leadership summit that could help hone and cultivate these skills was perceived as a need for the student body.
Because leadership entails many different aspects and at different levels, the summit was based on the idea of providing opportunities for developing and forming essential building blocks of leadership in an interactive way. Sessions ranged from how to run a meeting without stealing the show to what style of leadership one possesses.
Attendees were able to gain and improve necessary skills regardless of the level of leadership one possessed. Leaders from our own Woods community, along with the Terre Haute community, came together to provide this experience.
As a leader in her own field and community, Kimberly LaGrange, from Prime Resources, Inc. of Terre Haute, IN, was the keynote speaker. She shared with us ways to build that strong foundation in order to achieve excellence in leadership. In all, this summit focused on engaging and empowering students of the Woods.
Because leadership is not simply holding a position on a committee or an office, here are a few tips to get involved and become a leader:
Find a cause or group with which you are passionate or interested about or in
Utilize your talents and abilities in an invested role with that cause or in that group
Get others involved – who else is interested in that topic or cause? Think of ways to get them invested as well and how to utilize their abilities in conjunction with your own
Can’t find something? Start it! Find a current club or organization that shares a similar focus or begin something new!
Leadership is leading the way, being the way and showing the way. How are you being a leader today? And how will you be a leader in the future?

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By Emma Campbell
Editor-in-Chief

Welcome back to another semester and another issue of The Woods. I am personally very excited to be starting the semester refreshed after a long break. We here at the newspaper are in the process of continuing to improve our content and our connection with the SMWC community.
This semester means several things for the newspaper. Soon we will be selecting the best of our previous year’s content and submitting it to the Indiana Collegiate Press Association for consideration in their annual contest. Winners are invited to attend the ICPA conference, which includes guest speakers, lectures, and an awards luncheon.
Last year was the first in several where The Woods placed in three categories. This is a great honor considering we are in the same division as Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Wabash College, and DePauw University.
This year we are looking forward to choosing from a wide variety of material to submit and are proud of the work our staff members have done. The staff members who went to the conference last year had a great time and we hope to part take in it again.
We are also welcoming two new members to the staff in this new semester. First we welcome Sierra Shepard who will be taking the position as Copy Editor for the Woods. Sierra is a junior and Professional Writing major. Her talent in writing and editing is a huge asset to the paper.
The second position being added is that of a staff writer…with a twist. Ali Mahloch, an Equine Business Management Major, is writing as an Equine Liaison, exclusively covering team events, shows, and other happenings at the barn and in the equine program.
The Equine Liaison position is something I created in an effort to reach out to parts of the campus that we haven’t covered as well as we would have liked in the past. We would like to expand and make similar connections with other areas of campus. If you are in a sport or program who would like to see more or better coverage of in the paper, please contact us so that we can plan how to change that.
Lastly, due to a great influx of suggestions and submission to our three columns, Le Fer Living, Commuter Corner, and our anonymous advice column “Miss Terious”, there is now an email account you can send your questions and comments to; columnsuggestions@gmail.com. You can also email us your letters to the editor and other comments to newsroom@smwc.edu.
We want to continue to hear from the campus community. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Once again, welcome back.

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By Beth Allard
Columnist

It’s inevitable: if you have anywhere to get to in a hurry, the elevators in Le Fer are going to stop on every other floor at least twice before letting you on.  Once you do get on, you may find yourself with about 15 seconds to talk to someone.
I make a habit of asking whoever’s in the elevator “Hey, how’s it going?”  And I have gotten every response. “Good.” “Eh.” “Today sucks.” “Why?” (That one’s my favorite.)  Sometimes, I get a core dump from a complete stranger about exactly who or what is making their day miserable.  Strangely, I rarely get the opposite. It’s so much easier to say what is bad about our day, isn’t it?
One of the biggest challenges of dorm life is keeping a positive attitude.  Living in such close quarters with 200+ girls is an exercise in patience, even if you are a seasoned Senior.  Sometimes all it takes in one little glitch in a day to turn even the best of us into grouchy old women. And that old saying “Misery loves company”?  Too true. Spend about five minutes at a lunch table, or a few seconds in an elevator.
We all know how fast conversations can turn to the complaints du jour.   And they don’t go away once we feel better, either. Negativity has a way of sticking around and following us, and if we don’t address it, it becomes a way of life.
You may be wondering what this has to do with dorm life.  Think about your closest friends, classmates, your roommate, that girl across the hall; how do you get along with them? Do you find it hard to get along? Do some of them “annoy” you?
I know from my personal experience that when I am annoyed at people in general, it’s usually because of my own cynical mindset.  When I am holding one to a bad mood, every little thing annoys me, and in a dorm situation, there are a hundred little things to get annoyed at. How many of them are real issues, though?
How many times have you gotten really mad at an empty toilet paper roll, the girls next door’s loud laughter, or your roommate’s music and then wondered the next morning why on earth you were so touchy?
The biggest key to dorm life is perspective, and nothing skews perspective like being negative.  Need some help being positive? Try these simple tricks:
• Stay away from pity parties. (They are not nearly as entertaining as they seem!)
• Don’t be afraid to be the positive person. Sometimes all a conversation needs is someone to say “Hey – today is a good day!”
• Instead of blaring your go-to bad day song, put on some fun dance music.
• Leave little notes or gifts for people anonymously, especially if you know they are having a bad day. You’ll make them smile, and feel pretty good yourself!
• Try and keep perspective. Next time you’re ready to spout off about something, stop and consider whether it’s worth it.
• Be thankful. I know, it’s cliché. But I promise, you have more to be thankful for than you realize!
Don’t let negativity take over your dorm life.  “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Instead of complaining, see what you can to make Le Fer life worth living.

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By Anna Spydell
Staff Writer

Many Woodsies probably recall the experience of visiting college campuses during their high school years. It’s likely they remember the first time they set foot on Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus.
On Friday, Nov. 11, SMWC students got to see it from the other side as high schoolers visited the Woods to see if, perhaps, they too might become Woodsies.
With an eye to introducing potential students to the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Campus Life kicked off Campus Visit Day that afternoon with registration and a meet-and-greet.
With an RSVP list of more than 30 prospective students, including seven soccer recruits, the faculty had their hands full for a big day ahead.
“It was really a partnership between Elizabeth [Coley], Nicolette Cisarik, and I,” said Jeff Malloy, dean of Student Life at SMWC.
While Malloy’s role centered around coordinating the housing and hostesses for the visitors, it certainly wasn’t all that needed to be done.
Assistant Director of Student Engagement Nicolette Cisarik made sure that the visiting students were kept well amused.
“I planned the entertainment for the evening and helped host the events that night,” said Cisarik.
While Campus Visit Days aren’t new, this year was a little different.
With interested high school students arriving on campus Friday morning, Campus Life hosted events for the potential students during the day. From 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., the events ranged from a “photo booth,” manicures and pedicures, turns playing the campus’s ever-popular Wii, and a performace by mentalist Sean Bott.
However, for the first time in four years, after the events were over, the prospective students stayed overnight with student hostesses.
Student Krista Rangel served as one of the hostesses for the event.
“Some of my duties as a host were to make sure that the overnight guest was comfortable, make them feel at home, and answer any questions they might have about the school,” said Rangel. “It was really nice to talk with the prospective students and realize how much we had in common.”
“You’re getting a more immersive experience,” said Malloy. “They get to know the students and the campus.”
Assistant Director of Campus Life Elizabeth Coley emphasized the importance of the event.
“Enrollment is key to the future success of SMWC. Not only enrollment, but to make sure we are finding the best students for our institution,” said Coley. “Having an overnight visit like this, we give students the best opportunity to see the Woods, what it really looks and feels like and authentic conversation with current students.”
With attracting future enrollment being an important part of keeping a college alive and relevant, the Campus Life faculty and student hostesses played an important part in bringing the Class of 2016 to SMWC with Campus Visit Day.

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By Sherry Bube
Student Senate President

In the last couple of weeks Student Senate has brought new things and events to the campus community, including the long awaited coin machine, and has updated students on recent developments like the first annual Leadership Summit.
On Nov. 9, Student Senate finally unveiled the new coin machine, which was in the works for about six years. Senate held a ribbon cutting ceremony where they served cookies and about 20 people attended. The coin machine will exchange 1, 5, 10, and 20 dollar bills to quarters and is located in the basement of Le Fer Hall by the ATM.

Photo by: Emma Campbell/ The Woods

The commuter branch of Student Senate’s Forum Committee held the first Commuter Lunch Forum, which Student Senate may make a monthly event.
This will help keep commuters in the loop of what is happening on campus and give them a chance to get to know each other and share their concerns. At the lunch commuters were given an update of the Board of Trustees meetings and shared concerns including being escorted on upper floors in Le Fer Hall and about meal tickets for the Senior Dinner.
Nicolette Cisarik spoke to commuters about how to get more involved on campus. The lunch was in Sullivan Parlor, Le Fer Hall, where nine people attended.
Student Senate’s first Leadership Summit, titled “Leaders Under Construction,” will be on Saturday January 21, from 10a.m. to 3p.m. Attendees will take a leadership assessment quiz to learn more about their own leadership styles and will choose sessions to attend to help them develop their skills.
There will also be an etiquette lunch where students will practice keeping calm while discussing some controversial subjects and making polite conversation, as well as learn which forks, spoons and glasses to use when.
Keep on the lookout for more information!

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Arts Illiana, the Arts Council serving the Wabash Valley announces WordFest:  Wabash Valley Creative Writing Symposium to be held on Dec. 2 & 3 at the Vigo County Public Library.
This two-day event will begin on Friday evening with a reception that includes a keynote address, “Creative Reading,” by the newly appointed Indiana Poet Laureate Karen Kovacik. Kovacik will begin her tenure in January.
She is a native Hoosier, growing up in Highland and has authored four collections of poetry, most recently “Metropolis Burning.”
Her work has received numerous honors.  She’s professor of English at IUPUI, where she directs the creative writing program.  In addition to delivering the keynote,
Kovacik will read a selection of her poems.
The evening will be open to the general public at no cost. Workshop registration is $20, with a $10 registration fee for high school students. Local college students’ registration fees will be waived.

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By Jessie Uchytil
Staff Writer

After years of evaluations, studies and examination, Saint Mary of-the-Woods College’s Master of Art Therapy program has received approval by the American Art Therapy Association.
Saint Mary of-the-Woods College’s Master of Art Therapy program is the first distance art therapy program approved by the AATA and has been described as a “hybrid program.”  At the beginning of the semester, students come to campus for a short time, then the remainder of that semester’s studies are completed through a distance program.
“I was able to keep pursuing my dream,” said Tiffany Palmieri in the SMWC press release about the AATA recognition. Though she traveled and moved a lot during her college career she was able to stay in school.
Director of Graduate Admission Courtney Richie says the MTA’s style of program “provides students with the convenience of obtaining their degree at a distance while maintaining their work and family commitments.”
Richie said that “expert faculty and curriculum” are main reasons for the program’s approval that “allows our students to be up-to date on the latest trends in the field of Art Therapy.”
Part of the AATA’s says its purpose is to maintain criteria for training future art therapists and to award scholarships and grants.
“It is an acknowledgement of our quality and integrity,” said Master of Art Therapy Director Kathy Gotshall.
Current SMWC students can now apply for AATA scholarships.

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