After forty years, the university says goodbye

Since 1966, Garvin Davenport has been a familiar, friendly face around campus. As of July 1, 2006, he will have officially retired from his position as CLA Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs. “It’s been a good ride,” he said.

In the past 40 years, Davenport has been an English professor, assistant dean, associate dean, and dean. During the past two years, he has helped the University transition between presidents Larry Osnes and Linda Hanson while also serving as the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Sparc initiates and administers community development

When Johnathan Sage-Martinson works in his office on Rice Street, he doesn’t see the Hamline Midway, North End and South Como neighborhoods as they are in the present. To Sage-Martinson, the seemingly always vacant buildings so often found in these neighborborhoods are merely tinder that his non-profit community development corporation, Sparc, will use to achieve their motto of “igniting community development.”

Student-run publication emphasizes "student"

The Oracle is a student-run publication. What some faculty, staff, and students do not know is this means the students have total control of what is published weekly. It is true that we have a faculty adviser who often helps us out a great deal, but not in terms of content. During our weekly meetings, our adviser is typically present to critique the paper and serve as a mentor for all of us involved with the Oracle. However, during product night our adviser is never present, never views the content of the paper and usually is unaware of what will be printed that week.

Thespians show off talents at Theater Fest 2006

What do you get when you cross 13 actors, no sleep, and two cases of Red Bull? The result was Hamline’s third annual 24 hour theater production, Pricilla and The Pirate.

Last Wednesday, 13 theater students got together at 5:30 p.m. for a creative journey. The students had 24 hours to write, rehearse and produce a two-act play. Once the 24 hours was up, they had an eager audience packed into Drew 67 waiting to see what they had come up with.

As if being deprived of adequate time to put together a theatrical production wasn’t enough of a challenge, the 13 cast members were also deprived of sleep. Having spent the entire night constructing a play, many were going on more than 36 hours without sleep.

Baseball fields first-ever MIAC playoff birth

The curtain has closed on the 2006 MIAC baseball season, and for the first time anyone in the athletic department at Hamline can remember, the Pipers will be playing baseball well into the middle of May. With their success against Concordia over the weekend, the Pipers clinched a fourth place playoff berth. St. Thomas and Gustavus clinched playoff spots a week ago. The rest of the playoff picture wouldn’t shape up until after the MIAC contests that took place last weekend wrapped up. There is no need to adjust your television sets because the playoff picture is clear now. St. Thomas’s four losses all season earned them a first place finish. St. Olaf has clinched the second seed. Gustavus finished third.

Last week, the Pipers started preparations for playoff baseball by doing some fine-tuning against non-conference Northwestern. The Pipers trailed for much of the game, but were able to mount a comeback and gather the win. Hamline didn't score until the sixth inning, an inning they got out of down 4-2.

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