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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The keynote speaker at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ 125th commencement exercises will be Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians.
This year’s commencement will be held Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m., in the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts sits on the ancestral land of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians.
In addition, MCLA will confer honorary doctorates to four individuals: President Holsey, state Sen. Paul Mark, Mass Humanities Executive Director Brian Boyles and former president and CEO of Child Care of the Berkshires Anne Nemetz-Carlson.
“I am excited to have Shannon Holsey as the keynote speaker for this year’s Commencement,” said MCLA President James F. Birge. “Her dedication to community service, leadership, and advocacy for Native American rights aligns with our commitment to producing well-rounded, socially conscious graduates. I look forward to the inspiration and wisdom she will undoubtedly share with our graduating class.”
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Holsey will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters recognizing her leadership and commitment to the well-being of her community that has earned her three terms as president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band, following her eight years as a member of the Tribal Council. Raised on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation in Bowler, Wis., Holsey has dedicated herself to ensuring the tribe serves as responsible stewards of economic, environmental, cultural, and intellectual resources.
She also serves as the president of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, which represents 12 member tribes across 45 counties with a land base of about 1 million acres. She is an appointee to the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations and…
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Ladies and gentlemen,
I’m glad to be part of this dialogue which explores opportunities to strengthen regional connectivity and integration. A timely gathering, I would say. As always, it is a great honour to be here. In Baghdad. A city steeped in history and tradition. A city I have called my home for over five years now.
Ladies and gentlemen, Iraq’s centrality to regional stability cannot be overstated. For numerous reasons. This is a point I have made many times.
Now, I assume there is no need to spell out the many highs and lows which faced Iraq over the past decades. All of you will already be aware, our Iraqi friends and colleagues most of all.
Instead, I wish to use this opportunity to emphasize that, today, Iraq is increasingly well positioned as an arena for dialogue and investment.
Within this context, domestic stability is (of course) key. Key for the Iraqi people, first and foremost. But also key for people of the region and beyond, as well as key for (for instance) foreign and private investors.
For any country to advance on the global or regional stage, it must be trusted. And, equally important, it must be able to trust others. And yes, that can be easier said than done. As we all know: trust is hard to gain but easy to lose. And nobody denies that legacies from the past can still impact the present. In other words: building trust requires constant and hard work. And that includes the ability to self-reflect.
One thing is for sure: each and every country benefits from being a reliable partner. Why? Because, at the end of the day, everything is connected.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Iraq of today is very different from that of two decades prior. It…
In recent years many theater companies have made a point of introducing performances with land acknowledgements, thanking the Native peoples whose ancestral lands the theater occupies — lands that were generally taken from them by force.
In the case of “Manahatta” at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company, the whole play serves as a land acknowledgement of sorts.
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s drama jumps back and forth between Wall Street in the early 2000s and the same land in the 1600s when it was known as Manahatta, the home of the Lenape people.
“Manahatta” premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2018 and played New York’s Public Theater (in Manahatta itself) last November. Also a lawyer and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Nagle had the West Coast premiere of her play “Sovereignty” at Marin Theatre Company in 2019.
The play follows Jane Snake, a young Lenape woman who grew up in Oklahoma after many generations of displacement, as she rises through the ranks at a major Wall Street investment bank in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.
As played by Livia Gomes Demarchi, Jane radiates confident professionalism mixed with workaholic deference to the unreasonable expectations heaped on her by her bosses, Max Forman-Mullin as brusque, demanding young department head Joe and Anthony Fusco as smoothly callous CEO Dick. They appreciate Jane in direct proportion to how much money she makes them, and if she falls short they have no use for her.
Back in Oklahoma, Jane’s mother is struggling financially and falling prey to the same kind of predatory lending that Jane’s company is profiting from. Portrayed with placid stoicism by Linda Amayo-Hassan, mother Bobbie is too proud to ask for advice or even let her family know what’s going on. As older sister Debra, Oogie Push is resentful of…
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured a trio of $20,270 events for developing horses on its Monday, Feb. 19 card, the second of the year at the mountain oval.
The faster winner in the two pacing divisions was Train Station, a son of Roll With Joe who was victorious in his second straight start, here in 1:54.2 despite cold and windy conditions. Jason Bartlett got the Per Engblom trainee to the top in front of the stands and rated the pace, then stepped him home in :27.3 to hold a 1-1/4-length lead at the finish over Dark As Night, who necked El Yerno for second. Morrison Racing Stable shares ownership in the visitor to Victory Lane with Brian Gordon.
In the other pacing headliner, Fade To Light utilized the Pocono Pike to chase down a hard-used Rusty Beach by a neck in 1:54.4. Anthony Napolitano, posting his second driving triple in as many 2024 cards at Pocono to take the early meet lead, sulkysat behind the Bettors Delight gelding for trainer Jose Godinez and the dual ownership of Godinez Racing Stable LLC and Jhonatan Garcia Guia.
On the trotting side, Gatsby sat a nice two-hole journey, then rallied up the inside to catch pacesetting chalk Chef Rocco by three-quarters of a length in 1:57.4. Braxten Boyd, who joined “A-Nap” and Ridge Warren with three victories each, drove the Cantab Hall gelding to the win for trainer Joe Karrat and owner Christopher Zollo.
On the training side, 29-year-old Lesley McDaniel, who came to Pocono from Hawkinsville, Georgia via Maine, recorded the first victory in his young career when he had the veteran Mister Big gelding My Mind Is Madeup ready after 72 days away, winning a 1:55.1 contest for driver Simon Allard and…
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Jorge Campillo’s time has come. With Jon Rahm and Sergio García heading to the LIV Golf, he is now the sole Spanish representative on the PGA Tour. The 37-year-old Extremaduran will make his debut on the American circuit this Thursday (16:00, Movistar Golf), having acquired his card last season through synergies with the DP World Tour, formerly known as the European Tour, which now distributes ten memberships among the highest-ranked players in its annual standings who did not already have one.
As he mentioned in an interview with this newspaper in December, his schedule on the other side of the Atlantic will not be too hectic, as his status there is limited and he does not have access, for example, to the Signature Events, the highest category of tournaments.
He will begin his journey at the Mexico Open.
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Interestingly, this event is not far from where he made his first appearance in a regular PGA Tour event, the Mayakoba Classic, which was a regular stop on this tour south of the border before it fell into the hands of the LIV and the venue shifted to Puerto Vallarta.
Not much has changed. It remains a minor event, with a field that includes only four of the top 40 players in the world rankings, although that classification has long ceased to be a reliable benchmark, and it takes place on a resort course.
But where the average fan sees a less appealing menu, Campillo sees an opportunity to earn a good number of FedEx points to pave the way for more significant events later in the year. Others who have taken advantage of the new “European path” to access the…
“Manahatta,” at Aurora Theatre Co. in Berkeley, takes on a big subject: the violent subjugation of the Lenape people in what is now Manhattan by Dutch settlers in the 17th century and the ensuing development, and fall, of Wall Street.
Livia Gomes Demarchi and Anthony Fusco play dual roles in Aurora Theatre Co.’s production of Mary Kathryn Nagle’s “Manahatta.” (Courtesy Kevin Berne/Aurora Theatre Co.)
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s powerful one-act play focuses on a 21st century family of Lenape descendants living in Oklahoma. While daughter Jane Snake, a graduate of Stanford and MIT, has landed a job with Lehman Brothers on Wall Street, the family back home is about to lose their home to foreclosure.
The production moves between the contemporary family drama as Wall Street collapses in 2008, and 17th century Manahatta, with the actors appearing in both time frames.
The leader of the Dutch faction (Anthony Fusco) tricks Lenape leader (Linda Amayo-Hassan) into virtually giving away Manahatta. Fusco also portrays Jane’s vicious Wall Street boss and Amayo-Hassan takes the role of Jane’s mother with deft humor.
Livia Gomes Demarchi as Jane, the daughter working on Wall Street as it begins to fail
(a comparison with the 17th century tulip bubble in Holland when speculation drove flower bulbs’ prices to extremes can be made), carries the story line forward powerfully.
Jane’s modern friend Luke is excellently portrayed by Ixtlán (an actor with a Native Plains Nations and Mexican Indigenous background). He also plays a pivotal role in the 17th century, as the lover of Jane’s alter ego, and a soulful go-between, interpreting for the Dutch traders and shadowing their cruelties.
Elsewhere in the cast, Max Forman-Mullin is heartless as a trader during both time periods, Victor Talmadge plays a kindlier banker and clergyman.
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SEAFORD — TidalHealth Nanticoke has recently been designated a Cigna Healthcare Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery for its dedication to treating individuals living with morbid or extreme obesity.
“TidalHealth Nanticoke is proud to be recognized for meeting the rigorous selection criteria set by the Cigna Healthcare Centers of Excellence program,” said TidalHealth Nanticoke President, Penny Short, MSM, BSN, RN.
“We provide our patients with exceptional care, and it’s always gratifying to have this level of national designation to confirm that commitment to outstanding care and patient safety is on par with the best bariatric programs in America.”
There continues to be a prevalence of morbid obesity on the Delmarva Peninsula and with it an inherent risk of several associated complications. The bariatric program at TidalHealth Nanticoke helps patients eliminate those risk factors every day through and number of options including bariatric surgery.
The Seaford hospital has implemented a systematic approach to improving quality of life, which makes available to patients the very best surgical options and outcomes, education, nutritional lifestyle changes and exercise; all of which are essential to success.
TidalHealth Nanticoke’s commitment to quality bariatric care includes appropriately trained team members, leaders, and surgeons who participate regularly in meetings to review surgical outcomes. They seek continuous improvement to enhance the bariatric program’s structure, processes, and outcomes.
Cigna Healthcare makes information about the quality and cost of healthcare services available to its members to assist them in making informed decisions about their healthcare needs.
In line with this goal, Cigna recognizes hospitals and facilities in its network that offer specialized clinical services for certain health conditions. Facilities, like TidalHealth Nanticoke, are selected for consistently delivering outstanding evidence-based, safe bariatric care.
To learn more about bariatric surgery, weight loss and wellness services available at TidalHealth Nanticoke and at the…