At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, a large white goose was discovered lying motionless on the ground outside the Dining Commons entrance at Mount Holyoke College. Amid pouring rain, a small group of students gathered around the animal’s unmoving body. While the sight of a dead bird might elicit pity at any institution, at the College the scene was tragic: the dead goose appeared to be Jorge, the lone pilgrim goose living on campus and the College’s beloved unofficial mascot.
The residents of the Shirley Chisholm Living Learning Community celebrated the 100th birthday of the community’s namesake, previous Mount Holyoke College Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Shirley Chisholm, on Nov. 22. Chisholm, who died in 2005, would have turned 100 years old on Nov. 30. To honor her legacy and importance to the College, the community’s many residents of the third and fourth floor of North Rockefeller Hall gathered at the Betty Shabazz Cultural Center for a community dinner organized by Shirley Chisholm LLC Resident Advisors Karoline Bastien ’27 and Madoussou Dem ’27.