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Campaign Weekend Highlights Success Campaign weeken d Student highlights success assaulted in By DREW BUSH college. dorm room CONTRIBUTING WRITER "For the first time in my Colby career, I got to dance with Colby stu- By MATT APUZZO Calliope music echoing from the dents in a happy go lucky twirl EDITOR IN CHIEF student center, flood lights gleaming about the dance floor with a number from every new building, confetti of energetic partners," said A senior male was assaulted blasting from the ceilings. Kassman. early Sunday morning while sleep- Who says Colby can't throw a In contrast to the exclusive nature ing in his last Quad single, reports good party? of this dinner, President Cotter spon- from the Colby Department of 7 According to President William sored a dance that was open to all Safety and Security said. R. Cotter, each night of this week- sWdents Saturday night. This dance According to Director of end's celebration for the Campaign featured a DJ from Boston who Security Peter Chenevert, officials for Colby was distinctive and very played an impressive array of dance identified the alleged assailant late successful. Although to many stu- and popular music. Will Schmidt '01 Tuesday and turned the case over to dents, t he weekend' s festivities only remarked that "The dance was pret- the Dean of Students Office on meant more crowded dining halls ty bumping." Wednesday. and an outdoor dance, there were "It was probably one of the most In addition, the dance was held Reports indicate a white male of many other activities that were memorable and provocative events outdoors in a heated tent that took medium build wearing a T-shirt hailed as a success. of my Colby experience," said Parke up the space between the library, and blue jeans entered the room "This was a spectacular weekend Burmeister '00, Averill dorm presi- Averill, and Lovejoy. In fact, those between 3:45 and 4 a.m., awaking for Colby in every respect," said dent. attending felt that a record number the sleeping student A fight ensued Dean of Students Janice Kassman. One of the main functions of this of students seemed to crowd the in the hallway and the resident was '"There was genuine good feeling on dinner was to celebrate all that large dance. injured. everyone's part. Each event had its Cotter and his wife Linda have done "I was impressed that Cotter According to a safety advisory own special moments for me." for Colby. cared enough to sponsor such.a. big released Tuesday, the suspect is ! The most prominent of these "The alumni and parents were event for die students here," sai d described as being between 5-foot-8 ^activities was the dinner held Friday blown away by the performances of Caroline Koskinas '03. and 5-foot-10 and having short night in the field house recognizing the Chorale, the Sirens, the Blue Furthermore, according to Cotter, brown hair. the $141 million dollars that was Lights, the Megs, the Colby 8, and the trustees all seemed happy the Chenevert said the resident did raised during the campaign. Cotter the 'Ettes," said Vice President dance was taking place. However, he not know his attacker, but that upon commented that the dinner "was Randy Helm. "People had tears in ad ded , most of the students who AMITY BURR / THE COLBY ECHO seein g him on campus Monday, he one of the most spectacular events" their eyes. And it was a celebration attended seemed to arrive after the was able to give an accurate Students enjoy the heated tent at Saturday' s semi-formal dance. he could remember bein g held at too of all that Bill and Linda Cotter trustees and alumni had already left. desc ription. Colby. He added that he hardly rec- have done for Colby, culminating in Besides these major events, the just amazing and Colby is very for- Students at this event welcomed Access to dormitories after 11 ognized the field house after the the announcement that we' d raised visiting trustees and alumni were tunate that these people who are guests into their apartments and at p.m. on Sundays is limited to those transformation it " underwent with $2 million in their honor to create the treated to many smaller dedications extremely busy take time out to give dinner a video was shown honoring students carrying a ColbyCard that different lighting and decorations William R. Cotter Professorship and and ceremonies throughout the back to Colby," said Cotter. the Alfond and Levine family mem- identifies them as living in the dor- installed. the Linda K. Cotter Endowed weekend. According to Student Tor example, Cotter felt that the bers who attended. Later on in the mitory, Chenevert said once While the majority of students Internship Fund." Government Association Vice dedication of the Harold and Bibby evening; the Sirens serenaded the Security officials had a suspect, they were only able to glimpse the trans- In attendance at the dinner, in President John Gray '00 the trustees Alfond Residence Complex was a Alfonds, with the song "You're too checked the student's card history, formed field house.from the fitness addition to selected students, were all seemed upbeat and exuberant very special occasion since the good to be tr ue," and the which showed he attempted to gain about these activities. cente r, a select few prominent stu- many of the trustees, faculty mem- Alfonds have given so much to See GALA, continued on page 4 access to East Quad early Sunday. dents were extended invitations. bers, and administrative staff of the "I feel that the alumni leaders are Colby for more than 50 years. According to Sgt. Daniel Ames of the Waterville Police Department, no report of the alleged assault was filed with the department. Ames, who was on WMHB returns with new frequency duty the morning of the incident, l_roirt Staff Reports:.- ,; :,,.,.,y:y „„,, ..- ,...S:.y . , ¦ because of bureaucratic red tape front! the FCC following also said no call was placed and the the discovery that the station was "broadcasting at the victim's name was not in the Morgan Milner '00 got the call late Friday afternoon wrong frequency and wattage. department's computer. telling him the radio station would be back on the air FCC restrictions remain, however. WMHB can only Dean of Students Janice Saturday. Milner, the Minister of Sports for WMHB, broadcast at 10 watts and will have to wait for a full Kassman, who could not comment knew what that meant for Colby -football, license in order to resume projecting at 110 watts. directly on the case, said that in Following months of silence, Colby's campus radio Unfortunately, the station may not receive the permis- general, "if any person were found station came back to life Saturday after being given spe- sion it needs until this spring because the FCC must fur- guilty of assault, they would cer- cial temporary authority from the Federal ther review WMHB's application for a frequency change tainly be looking at the possibility Communications Commission. The station opened its from 90.5 FM to 89.7 FM. of suspension or expulsion." new broadcast season with the live broadcast of the The station was forced off the air earlier this summer The case has been turned over to Colby football team's game against Middlebury. when station officials discovered that WMHB was Associate Dean of Students Mark "The people demanded it," said Milner. "The broadcasting at 90.5 FM when it should have been Serdjenian, according to Chenevert. Endzone' has been bringing quality play-by-play action broadcasting at 91.5 FM. Chenevert said police officials for years and I didn't want the people to be without To the station's benefit, the radio station did acquire a were not contacted because he was White Mule football for any longer. The radio station is new antenna which is "far superior to the older outdat- unsure whether the altercation was an integral part of Colby and having it back on the air is ed one," according to General Manager Jeff Calareso. simply a fight or an actual assault. like turning the blue light off and then turning it on The new antenna can project a 10-watt signal nearly as "Obviously, the person has the again." far as the old antenna could send a 110-watt signal. right to press charges downtown," Following the football game, the station went back off To celebrate its return, WMHB will be hosting a free Chenevert said Wednesday. "I will MtXAINIB CiUKmiNSNr / IHiJ CULBY KU1U be meeting with him later and I'll be Zachary Brown '03 and community Moore spin tunes at the the air and resumed 24-hour broadcasting on Oct. 3 at 6 "back on the air party" featuring four New England DJ Jeff encouraging him to let the police newly reopened WMHB. a.m. on a new frequency,89.7 FM. Hip-Hop acts from 3:30 to 7 p.m, on Saturday, October The station was slow to return to the air this year 16 get involved." Oak Fellow Kamundu Batundi gives address EXPLORATION: ' . 1 * By MEGHANN FOYE the lives of many citizens, has docu- NEWS EDITOR mented human rights violations by '*mH-________________________________________ the national army and local militias Here at Colby, we are attached to and has petitioned the release of our laptop computers and our newly political prisoners. renovated dorm rooms. It's hard to In a speech translated to the imagine getting through life without Colby community this Thursday, these material comforts, Yet others in Kamundu Batundi spoke of his this world have been able to enact experiences in the field of human great change with more modest rights.
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