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John Rutherford Everett, Beth S. Harris

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

Biographical article on Hollins University's fourth president, John "Jack" Everett (1950-1961).

The Spinster (2012), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (2010), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (2009), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (2008), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Hollins Columns (2007 Apr 16), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hollins elects new SGA officials
• Hollins riding places first in region, third at zone
• "Balanced Way" program offers healthy options
• Hollins golf team finished season
• "Smashed" author speaks to campus
• Renovations approved; said to start summer 2007
• Hollins professor receives George Garrett Award
• Students Participate in creating graffiti art
• Lee Smith: A true Hollins woman
• Green and gold go after the bra
• Hollins students venture "Into the Woods"
• SRLA Penny War Raises Money for SOS Fund
• A Night Out With the Drag Kings and Queens
• Porterdavis rocks our stacks
• Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in time at 84
• Fight …

Hollins Columns (2007 Mar 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Grapheon presents 74th annual lit. fest
• Stables prevent spread of equine herpes
• Wilson Museum presents Godey's Lady's Book
• Students lend a helping hand in Lucea
• Housing Sign-ups Spring 2007
• Richard Rudolph conducts a new tune
• For students, Mrs. Dee means breakfast
• FBI Profiler speaks at Hollins
• OUTLoud sponsors drag king event
• Fans excited about "the Neon Bible"
• No excuse for smoking
• Hollins Comic: Critters vs. Smokers Part 1
• Varsity Tennis off to a promising start
• Lacrosse welcomes new members
• Fitness tips

Hollins Columns (2007 Feb 26), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• O'Toole acquitted of misdemeanor charges
• "Vagina Monologues" takes center stage
• Spinster staff prepares for book's release
• Wasserstein Festival held at Hollins
• Vaccine mandate under security
• Travelogues
• What's new in the study abroad programs?
• From Greece
• Share participates in service project
• Poet Brian Henry visits campus
• Hollins Columns: The new regime
• Staff Spring 2007
• Hollins Comic: Another night in Tinker
• Basketball team ends season
• Swim team exceeds expectations
• Fitness tips

Hollins Columns (2006 Dec 6), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Faculty approves leadership program
• HUTV prepares for spring launch
• Women discuss careers in male-dominated fields
• Students debate faculty involvement in senate
• Safety tips for the holidays
• Class, students raise environmental awareness
• Students underrepresented at polls
• "The Queen" examines British politics
• Indie artist releases new EP
• Hollins Columns Manifesto
• Letter to the Editor: Message to Seniors
• Support the Basketball Team this January

Hollins Columns (2006 Nov 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Dining services address student concerns
• HPV Vaccinations available on campus
• J-Term offers new opportunities
• SGA offers student endowment
• Campus Construction
• Students speak against marriage amendment
• Curious critters cause stir on campus
• Hollins Alum leads sex discussion
• Riders focus on teamwork, skills
• Local Columnist visits class
• Intercultural center reaches out to community
• Fall Formal Enchants
• "The Prestige" creates bigscreen magic
• Virginia Coalition promote new album in Roanoke
• 7 fun ideas for bored first-years
• Join the Hollins Columns Staff for Spring '07

Hollins Columns (2006 Sept 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Randolph-Macon will admit men next fall
• Hollins contributes in the preservation of Tinker Mountain
• Alcohol issues stir up confusion, controversy
• Randolph-Macon becomes co-educational
• First Year Elections under scrutiny
• Next Generation of Hollins Students benefits from orientation changes
• Q&A with New Dean of Students: Patty O'Toole
• Hollins purchases property on landmark Tinker Mountain
• Virginia Coalition Rocks Fall Party 2006
• "The Illusionist" casts a spell
• Can you get senioritis in September?
• Don't ask the Wizard, ask Dorothy

Hollins Columns (2006 Mar 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Rent star Anthony Rapp visits Hollins
• "Quadrangle" re-appears with a collage of voices
• ADA remains a prominent part of campus life
• Students start working on Community Garden
• Visual Arts Center welcomes new Sally Mann exhibit
• Voice reacts to South Dakota abortion legislation
• Global interest association's multicultural festival
• Brings diversity, heritage, fun to Hollins Campus
• New SGA chair positions filled
• "Transamerica": A transformative film
• GPA is not a measure of intelligence
• "Youth must be youthful"
• Quadrangle article misleading
• Senate presence a concern?

Hollins Columns (2006 Feb 27), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• The search is on... again
• Women's history month celebrated with new conference
• Strategic planning creates a new vision
• Economics department forsees needed change
• Women's leadership and social conference starts buzz
• "Career Development" News Corner
• Course on personal narratives changes outlook
• Navigating the maze of the Judicial System
• S.H.A.R.E. reaches out to various communities, causes
• Blurring the student/faculty divide: progressive or incestuous?
• I want to be Dean Ridley when I grow up
• When in London: Independence learned through subway trials
• Music review: Beth Orton's "Comfort of Strangers"
• Wouldn't it be grand if life was a musical?
• Race exercise …

The Spinster (2006), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Hollins Columns (2005 Dec 5), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Student race exercise promotes discussion
• Senate helps quiet rumors about alcohol policies
• HUtv focuses efforts on future projects with help of media services
• Student race exercise promotes discussion
• HUtv improves expands capabilities
• Harry Potter matures with fans
• Harry Potter Dictionary
• Dear Editor: "Rage Against the Dying of the Light"
• Johnny Cash: Real life music taken from real life experience
• Bad habits equal bad representation
• Oh, Hollins: Despite your flaws, I'll miss you
• Unfair judgement regarding sleeping
• Judicial system should be revisited
• Lacrosse gearing up for spring with fellow students
• Dear Editor: The class of 2006 isn't any …

Hollins Columns (2005 Oct 3), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Lt. Governor Hopeful talks 'God, guns, and gays'
• Strategic planning demands student attention
• Strategic planning needs student input
• SGA Update
• Cargoes Competition: A promising new tradition
• General education requirements to be reevaluated this year
• Inauguration weekend packed with food and events
• Carrie Weems: To Be Continued now on display
• Campus embraces Hispanic month with rhythm
• Should Facebook be a place to hurt your sister?
• Celebrity gossip turned sad: the Kate Moss scandal
• To name a baby Junebug and other serious questions
• R. Kelly's controversial urban opera is genius to my ears
• Field hockey reacts to club status …

Hollins Columns (2005 May 4), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Retiring Faculty Bring About Academic Changes
• A compilation of senior projects, thesis and papers
• Senior Hilary DuBose creates community garden
• Hollins Alum killed in Murder-Suicide
• New study abroad program offered in Argentina
• New director of dining services, Janett Russell, arrives on campus
• The "Goombah" program begins search of student mentors
• Theater department undergoes a variety of changes
• Mayfest brings rocking bands to campus
• Senior Wills '05!
• A Grand Ol' Time at the Grandin: "Les Choristes" & "Melinda and Melinda"
• Dear Editor: Rising tuitions and the three-year program - a direct correlation
• Goodbye sophomore year, goodbye class of …

Hollins Columns (2005 Apr 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Alum and acclaimed golfer chosen as commencement speaker
• Photo chemicals no longer to be dumped down the drain
• With the Club Coordinator's resignation, position to be revamped
• A changed ADA comes back on campus
• SGA Elections and Appointment Results
• Tinker Day Spring '05!
• General Speakers Bureau chair brought diverse group of speakers to campus
• Full Frame Festival a success
• A review of the hard-to-find film "Prozac Nation": more praise please
• Catch the pitch, you'll get the fever
• Off the shelf: Thoughts on poetry
• Nobody said finding a summer job was easy, but should it really be this …

Hollins Columns (2005 Mar 30), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Batten Program still evolving in its third year
• Michael Mansfield, director of media services resigns
• Professor and her students bring recycling back to campus
• First Viewpoints student art show is a success
• ADA's on the campus, ADA's on the scene: The early days of ADA
• Dear Editors: Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated
• Mrs. Congeniality 2 and Robots: Sentimental and humor-filled flicks worth seeing
• Regin Spektor: A venus of the indie rock world
• Dear Editor: Confederate flag draws response from Diversity Initiative Advisory Board
• Melissa Larkin, fencer, named Athlete of the Week

Hollins Columns (2005 Feb 21), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Professor search creates division
• Nancy Gray on a personal level
• Professor Tumas Serna retires after 17 years
• New changes to Dining Services: Gerard prepares departure
• CBS VP, Marcy McGinnis, shares her journalistic experiences with students
• J-Term, retention: a direct correlation?
• A condensed history of Cargoes
• Off the shelf: thoughts on literature
• Out to the movies with Hope and Cathleen
• Dear Editor: "Album" obscenities are not art
• Don't be a "Mean Girl": stop starting drama
• Still taking sides?: one yankee's thoughts
• Long-time fencing coach, Lynette Ware, retires

The Spinster (2005), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Hollins Columns (2004 Dec 6), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Budget cuts cause confusion for spring classes
• Forming new clubs proves difficult for some students
• Search for a new dean of students continues
• Library shelves become less crowded as more books go missing
• Various community service organizations offered on campus
• German department disolution rumors prove untrue
• Cargoes contest invites nationwide literary submissions
• Hollins community expands to online journal
• Sound-off: What are your thoughts on campus safety?
• My four wishes for Hollins during the Chrismukkah season
• Dear Editors: Walking provides nice alternative to driving
• Dear Editors: Moody administration enforces an all too stringent food policy
• Surviving crunch week: …

Hollins Columns (2004 Nov 15), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Horizon program celebrates 30th anniversary
• Hollins Christian Fellowship looks for new pastor
• Hollins Outdoor Program looks for new adventures
• Students participate in Appalachia service project
• M.F.A. students published in literary magazines
• Down but not out: Clinton/Obama in 2008
• Dear Editors: This is an angry letter
• Sophomore year: stuck in the middle
• Reverend Hale '75 visits campus
• Swim team dives into another good season

Hollins Columns (2004 Nov 1), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Another women's college gone - Wells goes co-ed
• Senior Appreciation Program goals seem hard to attain
• HAB aids GSB search for new speakers
• On air: HUTV created
• Senior Appreciation
• S.R.L.A. offers weekly conversations about various religions to students
• Students participate in Appalachia service project
• S.H.A.R.E. Olympiad raise money for local soup kitchen
• Circle K, the new community service club on-campus
• T.H.U.G.S. to perform around Roanoke Valley
• Author David Sedaris reads to sold out audience at Roanoke's Jefferson Center
• Tinker Day!: What rain?
• Taking a walk down memory lane, TV style
• A lesson from the 2004 Boston Red …

Hollins Columns (2004 Oct 4), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Sports teams better than ever in last seasons
• Students' political interest increases
• Creation of center affords new opportunities
• New and improved ADA back on campus
• HUUYA brings new religious views to campus
• New class of 2008 officers have high hopes
• Life in the not-so-express lane
• That's the way I've always heard it should be
• Dear Editors: Apathy isn't the main problem
• Dear Editors: Freya still active on campus
• Dear Editors: It's like, peace and love dude!
• New soccer coach makes welcome improvements
• Anna Copplestone named Athlete of the Week

Hollins Columns (2004 Sept 21), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• SGA Treasurer Announces Resignation
• Healthcare Provider Changes on Campus
• Computer Registration and Printing Causes Student Concern
• Student Organizes Vigil to honor 1,000 Fallen Soldiers
• Hollins Express offers Cheap Alternative Route to Virginia Tech
• New President Gray Prepares for her Arrival on Campus
• New Visual Arts Center and Museum Open to Viewers
• Fantasy Creative Workshop Once Again Directed by Students
• Campus no Longer #1 for Quality, Riding Program Tops Charts
• Dear Editors
• Ignorance is Not Always Bliss
• I Get By With a Little Help From my Friends
• Miller's Moves
• X-C Captain named Athlete of the Week

Hollins Columns (2004 May 3), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• SGA proposes clause for advisors
• HOP hall added to specialty housing
• Q&A with new Spanish professor, Elda Stanco
• Alumna to speak at commencement
• English department prepares for change
• Speaking women's minds: Student adds voice
• Professors argue for women's rights
• Eight simply rules for life on campus
• An editor's will: always toward better things
• Don't tell me to mind my manners
• Classism still a problem
• Dear editor: Just smile
• Campus equestrian team has winning season
• Lacrosse team looks forward to next season

Hollins Columns (2004 Apr 19), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Lost yearbooks arrive on campus
• Campus TV station a likely possibility
• Crossley shares perspective
• Film festival screens student, professional work
• Physics professor experiments with U.V. technology
• Scenes from Gender is a drag...Show!
• Your guide to area movie theaters
• What plans for after graduation?
• Horoscopes
• Lesson on holidays: Aussies have it right
• New tennis courts slow in development

Hollins Columns (2004 Apr 5), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Presidential hopeful speaks
• Symposium sparks journalism dialogue
• Problems arise for Colleges Against Cancer
• Center plans to bring awareness to campus
• The Hollins Columns is hiring for the 2004/2005 school year!
• English department welcomes new member
• Ring Night dangers bring structural changes
• Calendar of Events: April 5-April 19
• Sound off: What are you looking for in Hollins' next president
• SGA Openings '04-'05
• Summer jobs aren't all bad...that bad...
• Horoscopes
• Good marriage should be possible for all
• Dear editor: Wal-Mart savings come with price
• Bush inspired me: liberal all the way
• Dear editor: accusations threaten campus
• Soccer program adapts …

Hollins Columns (2004 Feb 5), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Remembering President Nora Kizer Bell 1941-2004
• Faculty/Staff
• From the Editor
• Students/Alumnae
• Goodbye, Nora. We love you.