Housing crunch resolved Dam takes dining Underclassmen live off campus for first time^m to the next level By KATTLIN McCAFFERTY like lounges, and others have to between 193 and 210 students liv- off campus next year. Priority will live off campus," said Johnston. "It ing off campus. be given to seniors as has been the FEATURES EDITOR \ By KM TLIN McCAFFERTY bins. The pies and-^akes-ere even dis- was interesting. There was no The renovations to Dana, Foss custom in the past. "The students FEATURES EDITOR layed in order to look more appeal- email sent out, there was no mar- and Woodman greatly affected who volunteered (to live off cam- p ; For the first time in five years Dana Dining Hall was flooded this ' ' " ¦ ' keting to let people know that we those numbers. Hillside was reno- pus) knew that going into it," said •^S* . underclassmen are living off cam- past Sunday night with people who "Everything has a garnish. The had a problem. People just came in vated in 1995, leaving a lower bed Johnston. "If there are not enough » pus. Not since 1997 have non- were anxious to see the new Ultimate way the food is displayed different. and volunteered to move off cam- count on campus. At that point it seniors then great, but it won't be is seniors lived away from Dining, program. Most people eat'With their eyes and pus. Thirty-five or so people vol- was primarily seniors who lived that because they have already Mayflower Hill, but this semester Ultimate Dining is the latest in din- we are trying appeal to that," said unteered. We never had to say that off campus, but there were about lived off campus that they auto- to Sophomores are joining juniors and ing hall technology. The Ultimate Avasthi. we didn't have a place for anyone 20 juniors and 6 sophomores. matically get it." seniors in town. Dining experience focuses on deliver- The temperature is also a vital part to stay, that we didn't have a place "There were hot many under- Johnston said that his office has v It looked as though a major ing a restaurant quality meal to stu- of making the food restaurant for anyone to live." classmen living off campus, but received many phone calls from quality. housing crunch was imminent for dents. At the international bar where the However, juniors who were there were some," said Johnston.- concerned junior parents making second semester until students ^ In the spring of 2001; dining ser- dish is cooked* in front of the con- abroad were sent an email letting In 1997 the Alfond Apartment sure that Colby can still accommo- ? began to come forward and offer to vices tried "a custom driven process sumer, the plates are warmed so that them know that living off-campus Complex was built which made date their children who are coming move off campus. Even before the on campus. What happened was the food will not cool down as quick- was an . . - ,. ' living on campus back from abroad. "There is a events of Sept. 11, which discour- everyone was pleased with the quali- ly. "At a restaurant, the food is never option. much more attractive home for anyone on campus who aged somie people from travelling ty of food," said Varun Avasthi direct cold when it comes to a table. We did- During to seniors. AMS was wants one," said Johnston. abroad, Associate Dean of Students tor of Dining Services. the fall also built which Johnston said that many juniors n't want students to have to eat cold for Housing Paul Johnston knew "The college said that that was food," said Avasthi. semester increased the returning from abroad were not that there was going to be a hous- good> but that if we were in the same "3 As for the taste, Avasthi said that ing there were amount of people' pleased with their housing and crunch second semester. There place next year it would be a problem. the recipes had been chosen and then were more juniors returning than 111 students who could live oh told their parents that they needed We have to stay on the cutting edge tried and tested many times. Dana • there were leaving, not to mention living off campus. At that to get off campus housing. "They and stay up to date on the trends (in now puts salt on their French fries as the influx of second semester fresh- camp us , point the number of were using it as an argument to dining services)." The newest trend well. "We wanted to make it so that men. and during students living off live off campus," said Johnston. was Ultimate Dining. (students) wouldn't have to add any- Initially, "there was a difference the spring campus drastically Many juniors wanted suites, a Last year Colby was ranked as 4th thing to their food," he said. "Taste is of 40 between the returning juniors semester shifted and became request that Johnston cannot guar- in the nation for excellence in campus very important." and those leaving " there are much lower. antee. He does guarantee singles to go abroad, ¦¦ ¦ ¦' .© _¦»" b The Princeton Review. The end result is one that tries to about 145. "It has been and doubles, however. . ¦ ' T~~~. -• y Johnston said. That number ¦ ¦ _. _ «j Avasthi would like to keep such high please. "In the end we try to capture increased from 40 to 60 and then to Thirty-five of those students are unusual in the past 4 or 5 years, but think "(the housing sifua-ion) standards. The staff began to ask what the whole restaurant experience," said ^ almost 80 after Sept. 11. The num- juniors, and only 5 are sopho- there has never been a ban on it. will be fine. We filled most of the could they do differently. Avasthi. "It is all about customer satis- ber of students deciding to refrain mores. We just give priority to seniors," lounges, but it's not the first time. Sodexho, the company who cater faction. It is all about the customers from going to a different country "Although in the past few years said Johnston. We tried to keep at least one lounge - all of Colby's dining halls decided seeing the 'wow' factor. We have had dropped, so the problem became underclassmen living off campus The juniors and sophomores liv- in each dorm," said Johnston. "It that bringing in Ultimate Dining so many positive, comments on every- femch bigger. has been unheard of," said ing off campus this semester are looked like a difficult project but would be a good move. Colby is the thing." -• "When that happens and there Johnston, "it has happened not guaranteed to live off campus we've come through it pretty :¦ ' ¦¦ only college in the Northeast to have The process will also cut down on is not an increase in bed count, before." Between the fall of 1995 for next year. The. same lottery well." Ultimate Dining and one out of only food waste. Mow instead of expecting people have to live somewhere, and the spring of 1997 there were process will determine who lives 60 Ultimate Dining experiences in the to make food for 800 people and then nation. . wasting if they did not all come, Dana Ultimate Dining subscribes to can make food almost to order. They BOOKS BRING BOOKSTORE BIG BUCKS three rules that produce restaurant will start to calculate the decrease in quality food; taste, temperature, and waste after the first month when the appearance. When the three of those program levels off. aspects are combined the result is "I think there will be a consider- improved quality according to able reduction of waste,", said Avasthi. .. Avasthi. Students and staff alike are excited Although the actual layout of for the update at Dana. "It's nice to see Dana has not changed, it does have a the students excited about it. I'm new look. Where there used to be pumped up and my employees are white plates and mugs, there is now excited too. They know the students brighrsalmon and yellow c___ na/r_.e and are excited to put it out to them salad bar is now displayed in black and for them to see it," said Avasthi. plates and bowls, as are the condi- "The new setup promotes teamworkr ments. The burgers come with a bas- It gives the employees something to ket and individual wrapping; the fries do. There is satisfaction on all ends - did as well for the first day, but after students and employees. We're hav- much student feedback about the ing a lot of fun." amount of wasted paper, fries are once again served in the large black
. BRAD SEYMOUR/THE COLBY ECHO Students crowd into the Colby Bookstore to buy books for spring semester. Presidents' Council passes noise resolution, rejects skateboard ban , EJy JON SILBERSTEIN-LOEB As such, Ritter claimed, it is diffi- Although some small amend- then we might want to give them a NEWS EDITOR cult for Security to give out cita- ments were made to the original citation right off." tions fairly. On these grounds, motion put forward by Ritter, the Even so, said Chenevert, securi- On Monday night, Feb. 4, Ritter's motion suggested that "no amended motion passed with little ty will take the motion "under President's Council passed a resistance. The motion that passed advisement with the Dean of motion proposed by Sophomore prohibits security officers from Students." Class Representative Matt Ritter giving out citations when initially President's Council did not '04 to amend the noise complaint responding to a noise complaint pass a motion proposed by Piper policy on campus. In matter of unless a warning has already been Dorm Presidexit.«v....v..Kaarne.y t fact, however,' the motion adds lit- given either by another security Shanahan '04 to issue a statement tle to the current policy. officer or an HR. to the administration suggesting a Currently, when a security offi- Nick Markham '04 President of ban on skateboarding tricks on all cer responds to a noise complaint Sturtevant did not support the campus buildings, steps, walls, he or she acts according to person- motion because he felt "some benches, etc. In fact, at the end of al judgment and depending on the offences with regard to noise com- deliberations Shanahan was the severity of the situation the securi- plaints are not dubious and only member of President's ty guard will either issue a citation deserve a citation on the first Council who did support the or a verbal warning. More often offense." motion. then not, explained Director of Chenevert believes, however, Several members of Colby's Security Peter Chenevert, a securi- that this motion will not change skateboard community showed ty guard will first give a verbal much. up at President's Council to warning before a citation. A secu- "In most cases we don't get protest the motion. Members of rity officer, wlio refused to be there until after the hall staff," said the group cited skateboarding as a named, echoed Chenevert, "We Chenevert. Additionally, when form of personal expression which say 'cease and desist' and if they security does arrive first, "most of Colby should support and also k continue then we issue a citation," the time we say 'Please knock it argued that the College endorses he said. off...if we have to I don't see that alcohol related events which often According to Ritter, noise com- citations can be handed out for the as a big change, The only impact, I contribute to dorm damage, the plaints are "100 percent arbi- first noise complaint" and only if can see, is with rooms that we price of which far surpasses, the trary...what bothers one person the party does not cease and desist have dealt with over and over and damage done by skateboarders. HRAD SEYMOUR/I! IK COM. Y ECHO may not bother another person." can a citation be handed out. have been n pain all yenr long, Ultimate Dining chef cooks up an ultimate culinary creation.
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News Briefs pg. 2 "Uncommon Sense" ...; pg, 6 Students on the Street pg. 6 Editorials pg. 6 "The Vast Wasteland" : pg. 6 This Week's Events pg. 8 i _ The Colby Icho I\EWS BRIEFS 5921 Mayflower Hill '" Waterville, ME 04901 IONS ON ^mz^ REFLECT Schubert's "Die Winteweise'' ; RYAN DAVIS, Editor in Chief IWIAIW performed at Colby ". GEOFF WARD, Managing Editor ht acclaimed tenor JON SILBERSTE_N-LOEB, News Ed. KAITLIN McCAFFERTY, Features Ed. Tonig , MIKE MELOSKI, Sports Editor / LIZ SQMZE, Asst. News Ed. William Hite and pianist EMMA McCANDLESS, Opinions Editor SUZANNE SKINNER, Assi Sports Ed. Michael Baumann will perform KATE RUSSO,A&E Editor DREW McKECHNIE, Asst. Layout Editor Franz Schubert's "Die BRAD SEYMOUR, Photo Editor KATIE RAUCH, Ad Representative Winterreise'' ("The ' DAVID COHEN, Layout Editor PIPER ELLIOTT, Ad Representative Winter s ABBIE NEWCOMB, Business Mrigr fc LISA DEKEUKELAERE, Copy Editor Journey"). The performance Ad Designer. will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Given Auditorium of Bixler Art and Music Center. The Colby Echo is a weekly newspaper published by the students of Colby "Die Winterreise," College on Thursday of each week the College is in scission. Schubert's second major^cycle . LETTERS . of songs, was completed just a The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the year before the young composr immediate community. Letters should not exceed 400 words and must pertain to er's death; The 24 songs in the a current issue or topic at Colby. Letters are due by Sunday at midni ht for-pub- . g cycle form a narrative tale lication the same week. Letters should be typed and must be signed and include an address or phone number. The Echo will not, under any circumstances, print describing the j ourney through an unsigned letter. - a winter landscape by a man If possible, please submit letters in Microsoft Word or text format either On whose love affair has ended 3.5" disk or via e-mail at [email protected]. The Echo reserves the right to edit all unhappily. submissions. Hite has appeared with the ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ——¦¦•— ¦-? ——— — —-—EDITORIALS^ ——------— ——^r American Symphony The Editorials are the official opinion of the paper. Opinions expressed in the Orchestra, the New York City individual columns, advertising and features are those of the author, not of the ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ Ballet and Boston Baroque. He Echo. • . • •; . has performed with the CONTACT Us American Repertory Theater For information on publication dates or to contact us 'about submitting an and the Kentucky Opera. He article, please call us at (207)872-3349 or x3349 on campus. 'BRAD SEYMOUR/THE COLBY ECHO teaches voice at Boston For questions about advertising and business issues, please caU (207)872- Actor- Jim Lukas performed his one-man show, "Reflections/' on Martin Luther King 3786. e-mail [email protected], or fax (207)872-3555. Jr. Day/inwhich he portrayed the life of Dr.King. University.
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On Saturday, the Portland NAACP leader Reeves addresses discnmination String Quartet will open the spring semester of Colby College's 2001-2002 Music at By KAITLIN McCAFFERTY to school Reeves was part of a pro- about public policy and politics. serve in the military and then went (Jackson)," said Reeves. It was the Colb concert series with a var-< FEATURES EDITOR gram called 'busing.' Reeves took a Reeves began to see that there were to Grambling University, a histori- first time he had ever questioned his y bus. out oi his neighborhood and different types of neighborhoods cally black college in Alabama. As a political stance. ied program of works. The con- Shannon Reeves, influential went to school in a primarily white and he was interested in what made sophomore he was the President of Later on campus he began to talk cert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Republican and President of the community each neighborhood different. He the NAACP on campus. He made a to one of his professors about his Lorimer Chapel. Oakland, Calif. NAACP branch, Being one of the only black stu- saw problems in his neighborhood huge difference in the enrollment doubts. The professor urged Reeves The program will include spoke in Cotter Union on January 24. dents at his school made Reeves and saw that the NAACP was help- and the effectiveness of the group on tb reevaluate his Democratic stance String Quartet in C Major, K. decide to try and be the best. He ing .o solve the problems. __, _ _ campus. Under his leadership, and Reeves did. He saw that he had The Young America's Foundation, as 465, "Dissonance " by Wolfgang took his schoolwork seriously and Soon Reeves "was addicted to enrollment increased from 17 to 300. conservative ideas that mi ht fit in well as campus activities brought > g Amadeus Mozart, String Reeves to campus. The Colby he began to excel in the classroom. politics," he said. He held his first The group's biggest goal was to reg- more with the Republican ideals. Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. Republicans sponsored him. He wanted to prove that although he press conference at the young age of ister people to vote. They helped Reeves believes that his being a Reeves decided to tell his story looked different from the other stu- 14. He was interested in understand- 2,000 people register while Reeves vocal part of the Republican Party is 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven about growing up in California as a dents that he was no less than they ing US policy and helping the public was the head of the organization. very' important to stopping racism and String Quartet in E Minor, Democrat and then in college how were. Through his endeavors he and helped the NAACP organize At the age of 19 Reeve ran for arid ' discrimination. He fights for "From My Life" by Bedrich ¦ he was encouraged by a professor to reached the top of his class and different groups so that they could mayor of the college town. He ran as African-American citizens to be put Smetana. ' reevaluate his political stance and made many friends. Reeves believes help more people in his area, He saw a Democrat because at this point he on each committee: "Change doesn't The Portland String Quartet ¦ ¦ decided to become a Republican. He that matriculation is the only way to how organized groups could make a was still registered as a Democrat. happen on the outside, change hap- is now in its 33rd year and ' is eventually became the Secretary of ever beat discrimination and racism. difference in society. "Being active as There was a big party thrown for pens on the inside," said Reeves. He composed of violinists Stephen the California Republican Party and "Work harder, try harder, study a young person is very important," him the night before the election and believes that because he is inside the Kecskei-iethy and Ronald became involved in the NAACP. harder to prove (that there is no dif- said Reeves. many of the people in attendance Republican party, he will be encour- Lantz, violist .Julia Adams and "I am a 33 year old black ference between the races). I got the When Reeves turned 17 he was did not go to the polls the next day aging change through that vehicle. cellist Paul Ross. The musicians Republican who is president of the best of both worlds arid was well elected to the National NAACP. "I because they were still asleep from Reeves still resides in California NAACP. Some say ifs a paradox," rounded," said Reeves. Reeves has believed that the black community the party the night before. Reeves in a primarily black neighborhood. are artists-in-residence at Colby said Reeves, "but I just follow what I the close knit community of his needed to solve its own problems," lost the election by 29 votes. He opens stores in the area and tries and have conducted a string believe in." neighborhood as well as the ethnic he said. He saw that the problems he His campaign had commanded to set a good example for others in quartet institute, now located As a child in California, Reeves diversity of his elementary school. had tried to help solve in his com- attention though. Jesse Jackson the area. His challenge to the Colby on the Colby campus, for the grew up in a primarily black neigh- At age 13 Reeves was introduced munity were problems that hurt asked Reeves to help him on his 1988 Community is "Be active in whatev- last 25 summers. borhood. His community was tight- to the NAACP. He went to Youth many in the United States. campaign for President. He saw that er it is that you choose and make a Meetings and through that learned After high School, Reeves Went to "being black was a problem for difference." ly knit, but when it came time to go Top expert on terrorism ¦ ' to speak at Colby
Author, professor, and ter- rorism expert Martha Tenure granted to Crenshaw will present a lecture Amanda Qeiger tx.u**tit Ihsse sunglasses titled "Terrorism-Why is the lo wear on spring break . She wore them only onco U.S. Targeted?" on Monday, betao slie was kilted by a drunk driver. seven professors Feb. 11. The lecture will begiih Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. at 5 p.m. in room 1 of the F.W. Olin Science Center. ;."! By JON SILBERSTEIN- For Johnson, tenure in the biol- life as a painter she will spend less Crenshaw has published LOEB ogy department means being able time promoting her work and numerous books and NEWS EDITOR to continue his research on the allow herself to "take more risks article-? molecular biology of seeds and in my work...There is such an exploring the contexts of terror- On Jan. 19, by unanimous vote seed germination in an interna- emphasis on publishing during ist organizations, using of the trustees, Bevin Engman tional context. the tenure track." research on the psychological (art); Russell Johnson (biology); During January, Johnson was in Engman plans to work toward motivations behind terrorism Margaret McFadden (American Costa Rica with a group of stu- increasing the number of Jan Plan to better understand its word- studies); Anindyo Roy, Elizabeth dents studying international offerings in studio art for next ings. She is the author of Sagaser , and Katherine Stubbs (all plants. Next fall, he plans to be in year and try to create an interdis- Revolutionary Terrorism: The English); and Jennifer Yoder (gov- Quito, Ecuador with the Colby- ciplinary course that combines art ¦ ______¦ ¦ ______r FLN in Algeria, 1954-1962 and m ? ernment/international studies) Bates-Bowdoin program there. and modern philosophy. has edited several compilations were promoted to associate pro- Johnson will conduct similar stud- Trustee Colleen Khoury '64, fessor for 2002-03. ies there. who made the motion to give analyzing terrorist movements The tenure track process is rig- "This is a new arid exciting tenure to the seven candidates, around the world. orous, time consuming, and anxi- track for my research," said said, "One of the most exciting Crenshaw is currently the ety producing things is to see the quality of the E, Andrus Professor of ______P^^^^^^^^^^ tlaBf for the candidates. Johnson. John "There is an incredible amount "Russell got through all th ree individuals coming forward." Government at Wesleyan of pressure," said Sagaser. (reviews), we are very pleased and All seven professors were hired University, and in 1995 she ______§ Engman similarly commented, it was nice to have it happen," to the tenure track when they received the university's Award "it is a big relief for me, I guess it said Warren Merrill Associate arrived at Colby and have since ______P^^^^^^^-I______i___H J. for Teaching Excellence. She is for everyone," Professor and Biology Department undergone rigorous examination serves on the executive board For Sagaser it was "really an Chair Herbert Wilson. by their colleagues in each depart- honor to be on the track and able In the government and interna- ment and by other experts from of Women in International ______R___-_v__vi!v& 4 __ M______./.______^_\ \\\\\ n^___wS_\^'' ___m %.-______to get tenured ," As a "poet-schol- tional studies departments, outside the College. Security, an organization dedi- ar," Sagaser was required to "be a Jennifer Yoder was given tenure. Provided the professor does cated to increasing the influ- player on a national level," pub- "It is a very important permanent npt come to Colby from another ence of women in the field of lish extensively in journals and position in the government tenure track position, the exami- foreign and defense policy, and _-_------f^__^]-_n_-_»__-f ___¦ ______-J______L give a number of talks in her spe- department not only for the nation, includes a review after the she is a councilor for the cialty, lyrical Renaissance poetry. important courses (Yoder) teaches professor 's first semester at Colby, International Society of ''The scariest part," admitted on Eastern Europe but also for the another one after their sixth . ______.j^^L' -,*.'/. * v ^ *¦** ix.i* ' ¦>* F ______P^^ ^^^^B Political Psychology ^______L_.f " ______T______N______^ P^ ^______. Sagaser, -"Was the outside reviews. link she creates with international semester at Colby and a final Some really famous people *iirc studies," said William R. Kenan Jr. review during the professor's lecture Tuesday looking at your work...thinking Professor and Government sixth year at the College. In the Wellness about it can freak you out." Department Chair Sandy Maisel. third and final review, comments Now that Sagaser has mnde . "It was a very thorough outside from experts in each professor 's Nan Bell will present tenure she has plans to do "a lot of review with many outside schol- specialty outside the school are "Wliafs Love Got to Do With innovative stuff" because "having ars who were very impressed with solicited. It" on Tuesday,Jan, 15, at 8 p.m. tenure gives freedom to take more her scholarship...this was During tenure track, professors Bell will explore what love is risks" and to follow her "instincts (Voder's) first teaching job and it are required to publish extensive- and what love isn't in a dating in (her) own intellectual develop- was very gratif ying to watch hor ly in their field and be an active relationship. Video, handouts ment." a real teach- participant in the academic com- grow and emerge ns and interactive discussions will For Sagaser this means more ing star," said Maisel. munity. During his or her sixth i help identify characteristics of i courses that integrate current phi- For Engman, tenure does yenr review each tenure candidate . losophy and ancient lyric poetry "change your sense of perma- is required to submit a dossier an abusive relationship and * such as her class "Lovo and Loss nence," but she always felt her explaining their contributions to "red flags" will be examined. in the English Lyric" in which "voice was equally recognized in their field of study as well as the The presentation will conclude Sagaser compares poetry across the (art) department." College. with a review of the hallmarks
®MU Ottwtu mtetuMMtvimMi three periods. Aside from the responsibility of of a health relationshi ,' . -CEt/JoJ09 y p. 'The theory of the lyric really sitting on more search commit- excites me," Sagnser said. tees, Engman anticipates in her
'¦ _• . * ¦• t, England, Wisconsin, and Waterville The n_.me"Colby" has madei:he rounds By LIZ BOMZE College. It was not until 1864, when Gardner Colby, for example, was the Wisconsin Central Railroad. ¦ ASSISTANT MEWS EDITOR ; • ' a generous "Maine-born Boston "great-great-great-great-great Notably, however> it was Charles businessman" named Gardner grandson of two Puritans who first who became a major political figure From England to Salem, Colby gave the school $50,000, that planted the seed of the Colby name in Wisconsin Republican politics, so Massachusetts, to shrink-wrapped the college had occasion to change in North America," namely Anthony many (including Anderson) specu- cheddar in Wisconsin, and up to the the name. In 1867 Waterville College and Susannah (Haddon)-Colby, who late that the town was named for grassy knoll called Mayflower Hill, became "Colby University;" howev- sailed with 700 other Puritan passen- Charies^andnotTGardnerv the name "Colby" has come a long er, as Anderson points out, Colby gers from Yarmouth, England to Regardless, however, cheese way. And odd as it may seem, the has never been a university. Salem on the "Arbella," part of the making is currently the second lead- connections between the names are One of four children born to Winthrop Fleet. _ ' ing employer in Wisconsin, second often strong, as anthropology Josiah and Sarah Colby, Gardner John Winthrop, "a major gover- only to "corrugated box manufactur- Associate Professor ; Jeffrey was left fatherless at age four, leav- nor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ing (i.e. cardboard made from ¦ ' ' Anderson proved in his informa- ing his family-impoverished for and a verv devout Puritan," resisted trees)." . . ' " ' _ _\__ ' tional essay entitled "Origins and much of his childhood. It would be giving "too much" freedom to those When asked to explaSThis inter- Connections for the Name 'Colby,'" several years before Jeremiah who were escaping the religious est in the name-tracing subject, which he recently displayed on the Chaplin, the founder and first presi- tyranny of England. Perhaps it was Anderson stated that, aside from college's intranet. dent of the College, would revive in resistance to this oppression then being a symbolic anthropologist According to Anderson's Sarah and her family from "destitu- that Colby College was l_iter found- (where he studies word etymology), research, "the surname Colby itself tion and move her and family to*-* ed as "one of the first New England "it was time to learn more about the originated from a place name—in Charleston, Massachusetts where colleges to denounce denomination- history of the college and town. If England," conceivable since "there they opened a store. al preference for students and facul- one does not know the history of a ' ¦"¦ are currently three towns with the Gardner observed and educated ty" : : place, one is lost there. To find one's specific name Colby in the United himself enough from his mother's Moving off the hill/ or, as place, history is absolutely neces- Kingdom. It is a hybrid Anglo-Norse trade to generate his own lucrative Anderson puts it, "now for the big sary." He ended by adding that he form derived from Cald-byr, mean- commerce in shipping, the railroad, question" - what about the cheese? had not heard of Colby College until ing 'cold settlement.'" Anderson and projects in the wool industryr The connection is closer than one he applied for a position here. PHOTO COURTESY OF HERB WILSON cites this meaning as a coincidence, Eventually, Anderson notes, might think. Colby Cheese was "I grew up and went tb college in Betsy Brown wife of biology associate professor Herb Wilson,jogs , but, indeed, an uncanny one. Gardner Colby served as a trustee of invented in and, thus, named after, the Midwest. The first thing that with Olympic torch in Manchester,NH. "The college that became Colby the college until he died in 1879; Colby, Wisconsin. And the town came to mind was the cheese, so I was chartered in 1813 as the Maine nonetheless, the Coljjyjfamily name itself, -Anderson states, had been have long been curious about Literary and Theological Institution'' passed through four more genera- named for Gardner Colby, "the whether there was some connec- Colby staff member (and the first class was not held until tions on the board, ending with Colby College namesake," when tion." 1818). Even in 1821 when Maine Bainbridge Colby (1932-42). Gardner and his son Charles Lewis split from Massachusetts, the name Anderson notes that the Colby Colby journeyed west for some time carries Olympic torch was changed only to Waterville family tree is quite extensive; to command constru ction of the By KAITLIN McCAFFERTY She was chosen out of 210,000 .FEATURES EDITOR applicants to become one of the 11,500 torchbearers. Smith to receive Distinguished Service Award | ; The Olympic torch is something "I had no idea about the number By JON SILBERSTEIN-LOEB knowledgeable of both Colby and left off. After Smith officially retires said Smith. "I have been an adminis- i that most members of the Colby of applicants so I couldn't gauge her NEWS EDITOR * Maine history, Marriner served as the this spring he will write the second trator longer than anyone in the his- i 'Community can only see on televi- chances," said Wilson. "I knew that College's first historian and wrote the history of Colby College from 1950 tory of the College which is kind of * Sion, but for Betsy Brown that was she certainly qualified as an inspira- This June, during Alumni first "History of Colby College." until 2000, which will "really cover scary. I'm ready to retire but I'll miss | not the case. On Dec. 28, Brown car- tional person. When we opened the Reunion " ' Weekend, Executive Smith, who originally came to the new campus and its creation," the students." ¦' -ried the Olympic torch for a quarter mail one day and learned she was Assistant to the President Earl Smith, Colby as a journalist and photogra- said Smith. Awarded periodically at Alumni . '' of a mile in Manchester, NH. going to be a torchbe'arer, we were the longest standing administrator in pher, has also held a wide array of "The Award means a great deal to Reunion Weekend to an alumnus/a ¦ _. • Brown was nominated to carry ecstatic." the history of the College, will be administrative posts during his me. I think I have known all the past who has achieved unusual distinc- I the torch by her husband, Herb The same day that. Bjrown carried awarded the Ernest C. Marriner tenure. In 1970, shortly after his recipients-it is a very nice thing to tion in his or her profession or avoca- I Wilson of the Biology department. the torch, Miss New Hampshire also Distinguished Service Award, the arrival at the College, Smith was have put to one. Marriner was a mar- tion, the recipient of the [ -The couple saw an ad on television ran her assigned 1/4 mile. most prestigious honor awarded by made Associate Dean of Students velous man and was very prominent Distinguished Service Award is > -recruiting torchbearers and Brown Brown jogged the 1/4 mile that the Alumni Council. before becoming the Dean of at the College," said Smith. : determined by the Awards 1 'expressed interest. she was assigned while carrying the Smith and Marriner have much in Students in 1976. According to Margaret Viens, Committee of the Al-unni Council, ¦ ; . " ' "I wanted (to carry the torch) torch. A few family members and common, not only in their extensive Smith has also served as the Director of Alumni Relations, the with ratification by the Executive ! ;ufter I heard about it last spring dur- friends were on the sidelines to give and valuable contributions to the Director of Communications, Ernest C. Marriner Distinguished Committee. Nominations con_=._to._feg. [ -ing a television commercial," said Brown encouragement as well as to College but also in their back- Assistant to the President, Director of Service Award "is the biggest, most committee from the alumni body at ! Brown. "It sounded like fun." She see history, in action. grounds. Marriner, a Maine man like Student Activities, Secretary of the prestigious award given by the large. | Jogged on to the Olympic website to . "It's really neat to know that Smith, held a number of posts at the Corporation, Director of the News Alumni Council. It is kind of like a Past recipients of the Award | . apply. (she) was the only person in the College and always managed to best Bureau, as a professor, advisor to the lifetime achievement award...it made include Lawrence R. Pugh '56,
¦ ¦ "Torchbearers are chosen . based.. world carrying the Ol ic flame fill the position where the College Colb Echo, and as the College sense (for Smith to receive the award) Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist E. », r, ymp y i on the applicant's inspirational char- for a short while," said Wilson. needed him most. Historian. after such a long and distinguished Anne Proulx '57, trustee Edson ^acteristics," said Wilson. "Because The torch weighed 3.5 pounds all Marriner served as Dean of . In the latter capacity Smith career." Mitchell '75, and most recently, j r ! Bets is such an active volunteer. I together; Brown said that it was easy Faculty and, as an avid historian intends to pick up where Marriner "40 years is an awfully long time," Robert W. Burke '61. I Jknew writing a nominating para- to lift. r "graph would be easy. The hard part While jogging with the torch in ! --was keeping the paragraph within hand Brown said that she was think- ~ "-"-"~————————- | j...the limit of 100 words!" ing "what an honor it was to carry r Bahamas —— — t _, Brown is involved in numerous the flame." -/*i^^^lw**Ji>--^4 | volunteer activities. Her focus is on People were following her and j the American Association of asking questions so she was busy 1 University Women and Literacy trying to answer them. i Volunteers of America. Because of " The experience was one that nei- ! & ^oftl&u } ^WJ/t I i her outstanding achievements with ther Wilson nor Brown are likely to ! the volunteer work, Brown was seen forget. _!--$_£ an inspiration to many and "Carrying the Olympic torch at Colby College _MmmV ^^t* I FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE TRAVEL received the honor of carrying the rocks!" said Brown. iam Ca%h and Go free MMS _^I*__«MJI | 4 , Ca_i-_n__r-l«__iUti_._n.iii IW _____i_, ,8 • torch. m *"-*w-___n>-tlx-m! ** - "Stay with someone you know" .
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"I kind of had to ' ¦ ¦ ¦ We have lots oi I cut ties wit him-because there was no trust there at all." ® 'A* V :. ¦ ¦: ¦ j " r rgm ^^ * - , ^ Meanwhile, Poulsen's attorney Wayne Rooks has ordered that any fur- s j ways to keep your I Z&VU64'STAHONERS ther production of "See Right Through You" be terminated. 1S3A MaTttSt *» 873-5111 _y Timberlake's representative from Zomba Music Publishing, Leslie ' : j ' ^' .s^ff.iobldng:-^^/ ' -! Greene, refused to comment. Ju 'r r ;¥rjKe__inebec : / y-itt-lore oaf Sekctionl >A cut ' ii' a___c® ^.. iiaHoHettff ont ptp iudt Jffl Oberlin offers class on Dave Matthews Band -11 Ss.vings i. (remity your community bank since 1870 ys^ See us for framing, matting. 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After a month in the making, the ultimate dining experi- ence has arrived at Colby. Many had anticipated strange con- Making sense of America's new traptions and wait-staff on roller skates and others at least ^ the game can like a sport. I'm even ball. The same goes where college that America is a nation that loves to <* anticipated new lights and some funky plants. Such was not 7 Uncommon proud to be one of about three (if football is concerned: a game day root for underdogs -and football pro- the case. In fact most of the visible changes to the dining hall Sense there are even that many of us) equals "lef s party!" I have seen this vides us with plenty of those, be l- are relatively mundane. But the changes made to the logisti*- Steelers fans at Colby. What I'm con- phenomenon in action—l come from they unknown'players who sudden- - cal and operational facets of Dana are at least closer to inter- Emma fused aboutis how someone like me, a family of Notre Dame fans. And of ly achieve celebrity status or a x ¦ esting if not slightly ultimate. McCandless who has absolutely no idea what course, when it comes'to profession- favorite team that seems doomed to '' food to order as opposed to pre-cooking it, anything that happens on the field al sports, is any single game more perpetual losing streaks. Americans By preparing I don't get football. means, can enjoy the game so much. for , but food that was closely associated with parties than feel a surge of pride in cheering the food is not only fresher and tastier I don't know what it is, but I sim- In light of the end of this year's sea- the Super Bowl? Even if we don't go up-and-comers-and born losers. f< ¦ ¦ wasted in the past is now conserved because it is prepared on ply cannot grasp the rules and skills son, I'd like to examine this ques- all out with beej^n'achos, pork rinds Or maybe I'm being too lofty ' demand. What the dining hall has done in the name of food required to play the game. Friends tion. Just what is it about football and the like, if s fun to plop down on about all this. Maybe football really ' have tried to explain, high school that's so captivating? the couch and enjoy watching a is just a game; maybe all the fuss is conservation; however, it has undone by wasting ample ! products by individuaTly wrapping grilled gym teachers have yelled and threat- Maybe it's the fact that people are Sunday afternoon football game more about pork rinds and beer than amounts of paper ened, and family members have pack animals. We, as human beings, with friends. team spirit and admiration. But for ! items and loafers. This aspect has many students commenting bowed their heads in shame, but love to spend time socializing. We Of course, this isn't the only pos- me, thaf s a tough sell. Call me ' that the new Dana is "ultimately wasteful." * football continues to bafflemerI do look .xxrany-exeuse to throw a party sible-sxplanatiohioriootbail' spopu- quaint,_b_ut_I_believe, there's some- ' know that there's a guy called the and jump at the chance when the Forcing students to get fries in small individual packages larity. Maybe football is so appeal- thing special about football that # precludes the ever popular 'fry plate' which used to consti- quarterback who's pretty important, opportunity presents itself. ing because it provides us with brings people together and makes and kicking and tackling are key ele- (Loudness, anyone?) Football, be it heroes. From homecomings and them love the game. ' well balanced meals at Dana and because the tute so many ments--! think. Thafs about the high school, college, or professional, high school rivalries to professionals Even if some of us will never !/. meats are not pre-heated, Dana staff is reluctant to create spe- extent of my knowledge. gives us just such an opportunity. with scores of adoring fans, football understand it. ' ; cialty sandwiches for their patrons. This means no more dou- It's not that I don't LIKE football; Homecoming, the school year's provides us with people that we can ble cheeseburgers or Colby 8s unless they happen to be on the I do, very much, to the degree that first big party in most towns, goes root for and celebrate-win or lose. Emma McCandless is the Echo anyone who has no clue how to play hand in hand with high school foot- There's also the consideration Opinions editor. special menu that day i The lines that are causing so much trouble seem to be the result of over exuberance by the student body and the over- whelming desire to experience ultimate dining firsthand. Looking to the West at Harvard Once everyone calms down and the Dana staff is able to regroup the lines will shorten and the few but annoying kinks ; The American "-"West-tO(_»k offense and told The Professor," to stump for the ignorant, bigoted, in the well-oiled machine that is Ultimate Dana will be Perspective Boston Globe that Summers had In 1995, long before this mau- and nearly-as-vain Rev. Sharpton. ' resolved. /.: • "attacked and insulted" him and mau erupted, Leon Wieseltier wrote The tenure system_ __equently suffers Some are concerned that in the face of Ultimate Dana, less- Matt treated him with "disrespect" dur- in The New Republic that West's from abuse, but rarely abuse as fla- ''* ing their conversation. The buzzards books, including er dining halls such as Foss and Bob's will fall by the.wayside Guy-Hamilton his best-selling grant as Professor Wesf s. West can began to circle. "Race Matters," are "almost com- no longer hide behind his pseudo- ; and become shrinking violets. Not to fear. The respective Many professors used the furor pletely worthless." Wieseltier went academic pursuits with Summers^J managers of both dining halls halve ensured the Echo that When Harvard University created over Summers' treatment of on to write while critiquing the pom- occupying the Office of the President,1' both culinary institutes will continue to produce quality food President Lawrence Summers was a highly regarded colleague as an posity that permeates nearly every since Summers is one of the rare unl-** , for their loyal patrons. Nevertheless, a clear demarcation has inaugurated on Oct. 12 of last year, opportunity to attack Summers' sentence in Wesf s survey of "con- versify presidents more concerned!.. he inherited an undergraduate pro- ¦ , dividing those who are stance on affirmative action. temporary Afro-American social with academics than economics. *J been drawn in the proverbial sand gram recognized almost as much for Although Summers has, in the thought" that "Wesf s eccentridty is Unfortunately, the lessons to be-J, Ultimate Diners and those who are not. rampant grade inflation as for its words of Crimson editor Samuel [only] surpassed by Wesf s vanity." learned from this bit of trouble ir\< .J Regardless, it behooves all of us in the coming months to be collection of the nation's brightest Podolsky, "always been a staunch The critic cites a specific passage in paradise were quickly overshad-2j considerate of each other's dining preferences and to not minds. With his opening address, he supporter of diversity," many of the the stiryey where West writes, "my owed by-arTmaelstrorrr^f-poiiti-aO Harvard' * become too judgmental of those who prefer a different, even managed to make the entire campus professors in s powerhouse attempt to put flexible Marxist correctness, Political correctness has * nervous by not expressly endorsing Afro-American Studies Department analysis on the agenda of the black a place, but political overcorrecdorijij ultimate, dining experience. This is just another step toward the policy of affirmative action. have questioned the methods churches is a pioneering endeavor." generated by fear of a white pres..** advancing diversity, an aspect of the Golby community that Later he suggested to a Harvard Summers has used to endorse affir- Outrageously supercilious, you dent rebuking a black professor 6rO contributes to the richness of our lives and extends well community notorious for its dislike mative action; many professors have say? Well, what can one expect from purely professional grounds is not*» beyond food. of the military that it might be time suggested that the president simply a man who claims his wholly non- warranted. .*jj to end ROTC's 31-year hiatus from has not been vocal enough. musical CD, "Sketches of My To an objective observer, Larry fi Cambridge and thabpatriotism may All of this carping about diversity Culture," represents "a watershed Summers' professional critidsrh can;? j not be such a bad jjung in times o£ and Larry Summers' capadty to run moment in musical history"? While not be seen as a radal or radst|j- crisis. that concept into the ground is mere- West is unquestionably one of the action. To the collection of reac>*3 Scandalous. ly a red herring placed at the gates to preeminent minds in American tionaries who lie waiting to "medi— -, In late fall of last year, Summers Harvard Yard to attract the pre- academia, he seems to have been ate" the next imaginary radal crisis Dana ratchets up reportedly held a private meeting dictable rircus act of racial peda- consumed by an insatiable desire for and feather their own nests by mak- » with Cornel West, one of the most gogues and self-promoters like Jesse celebrity, which has rendered his ing baseless accusations, it is as visible and outspoken members of Jackson and the famous racist Al scholastic pursuits secondary though events can only be seen in intensity, still not Harvard's faculty and a lauded Sharpton to fan the fires of racial dis- despite the high expectations that black and white. authority on matters of race and eth- content. Diversity was not the real accompany his designation as one of Apparently presidents can no nicity. Apparently, Summers felt issue at stake. Harvard's fourteen University longer exhort a professor restirfg in West had given too many A's and A- Certainly, diversity is an issue at Professors. the pantheon of scholarship to per- quite ultimate pluses in his popular Intro to Harvard and at any academic insti- The real issue in the aftermath of form up to expectations without end of the lunch period has to be African-American Studies class; tution concerned with making this argument is the issue Larry being accused of "assaulting acade- By ERIN HANRAHAN Summers wanted West to lead the acceptance available to everyone, Summers had intended to raise with mic freedom" or breaching the code STAFF WRITER thrown out." Not so with the indi- vidually prepared portions of fight to make a Harvard cum laude but it is, at most, a minor point of Professor West in their private chat: of acceptable racial conduct. In Ultimate Dining. Clark is enthusi- legitimate once again. The president contention between Cornel West and that Cornel West is paid a great deal fewer words, presidents can no In a giant leap forward by what astic about Dana's transition to was also concerned with West's Larry Summers. West provided fuel of money by the most prestigious longer execute their duties. was once the Christian Rock of Ultimate Dana, adding that the most recent academic vita and urged for Jackson and Co.'s race machine school in the nation to publish schol- Scandalous. dining experiences, Ultimate Dana t staff was "antsy to get back to him to embark on a work of serious in order to divert the attention of arly works and to devote his time to unveiled itself to the Colby popu- work" after a month of renovations scholarship rather than focus his academe away from the loathsome Harvard's students while contribut- lation Sunday evening. Students ¦ and preparations. efforts on recording a rap CD and specter that haunts Professor Wesf s ing to discussions within the greater Matt Guy-Hamilton is a weekly and staff alike rallied to kick off the ¦ And get back to work they did, helping the Reverend Al Sharpton reputation: Cornel West does noth- academic community. Cornel West is columnist for the Echo. opening, of a culinary Utopia four with 550 ultimate eating virgins with his exploratory rprestdential ing substantive to make himself not paid to make pop CD's with weeks in the making. flooding the hall within its first 45 campaign. worthy of the title "University Derek 'D.O.A.' Allen, nor is he paid Distinguishing itself from a sec- minutes open. Among the changes ular euphemism for the New Colby students can expect in Testament's Last Supper, Ultimate Ultimate Dana are new, colored Dining has done for. Lovejoy Patriots victory a vindication for die-hard fans dishware; an evening casserole Commons what Alice Cooper has quently is that in 1986, the Patriots "They have no chance in hell" etc. the team when hardly anyone else doubling as a loafer sandwich sta- done for the music industry. In The Vast were also in the Super Bowl and the was more than a little unnerving. did. Especially because this time, my tion by day; and lunchtime ies short: This radical change has p Red Sox were in the World Series, Perhaps I'm some sort of cock- tireless rooting actually paid off, and and cakes, where only pies were Wasteland shifted Colby's eating paradigms, though both suffered humiliating eyed optimist, but I believe that I didn't end up looking like a sucker. served during Dana's regime as a and left some few of us just freaked defeats: the Pats at the hands of the being a fan means more than just Every spring training, I go into mere dining hall. Ryan Davis out. Chicago Bears, the Sox at the hands cheering when the team wins. It the season believing that this is The Ultimate Dana also received Colby is the first college in New of Bill Buckner. means supporting them even when Year for the Red Sox, and every year, new paint and trim, and its condi- England to implement Ultimate So I guess I can understand a lit- things look bleakest. I'm horribly disappointed. In 1999, ments and desserts nest in raised It still doesn't seem real. Dining, a Sodliexo Mariott pro- tle of the Boston-naysaying, pre- I don't want to get into a debate my dad won tickets to the cata- bowls rather than sunken trays. The Patriots have won the Super gram designed to minimize cook- Super Bowl XXXVI skepticism that about what it means to be a "real strophic Game 4 of the ALCS against What's the strategy behind U.D.'s Bowl. New England has its first pro ing and holding times, as well as overran the region during the past fan," which is among the most the hated Yankees (think fans throw- lifting of the extras? "We're adver- sports title since 1986, when as every food waste. week. A little. But the number of pointless undertakings this side of ing bottles at the refs). Sitting in the TV commentator would tell you, the Dana's head chef Van Clark self-described Pat's fans who I heard trying to understand the appeal of See DINING continued Celtics won the NBA championship. See PATRIOTS continued explains; "When you've got a tub saying "They 're going to be embar- boy bands. However, it makes me What has been pointed out less fre- of pasta out, whatever's left at the on page 6 rassed" "It's going to be a blowout" feel good to know that I believed in on page 6
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One day into the pro- Stands that night, I had no idea that pened. I have to keep telling myself hot on the heels of a spertacular, can't prove that I never doubted the because we've got a higher quality gram Foss was still swamped with it would be the next-to-last playoff that ¦:./ "- . annual late-summer swoon by the Patriots, and in the wake of the program now," Clark said. 300 students by mid-lunch. game in New England until the Red Sox, I lost interest in football for game, I feel like people would be Banalities like cereal are no "We average about 350," Snow Bowl against the Raiders this IT MAKES ME FEEL _ evefal weeks, only to come around unwilling to believe me. I don't have -longer allowed to dilute the Landry said. "1 recognize the loyal- year, Still, I refuse to give up hope, in the home stretch. ' . . ' . ' a ring, of course, I can't make it to extreme environment of Dana's ty. We've got some very loyal cus- and believe with all my heart that GOOD TO KNOW I On paper/it of course looked like Boston for the victory parade, and I m going to continue main food concourse. Without a tomers and I' the Curse of the Bambino will be BELIEVED IN THE the Rams would dominate on can't even go to any games next doubt, some dishes are by nature serving them." broken in 2002. Sunday. They were the top seed in year, since they're all sold out. some, Good news for those members Perhaps this week has been so the NFL, more extreme than others; ^ TEAM WHEN HARDLY with numbers that seemed All I have is trie image of Adam ultimately, did not make the cut. of the Colby community endowed strange because I'm* not entirely sure almost comically inflated. However, ANYONE ELSE DID Vinatieri's kick sailing through the Mundane foods you-won't find at with that special Carhart brand of how tb react when one's team wins - after seeing the Pats battle through uprights, the memory of my heart Ultimate Dana include last year's bravery and reckless abandon that the title. I certainly don't remember the snows of Foxboro and then upset pounding in my throat for ^ ESPECIALLY BECAUSE four solid wrap station, which was nixed allows for ice climbing and ski anything about 1986, which was the heavily favored Steelers last hours on Sunday night, and a nag- from the menu "altogether. The jumping, but may fall just short of long before I became a sports fan, THIS TIME, MY TIRE- week, it seemed perverse to me that ging, three-day-old sore throat from wraps were replaced with a higher Ultimate Dining. and thafs probably a good thing. LESS ROOTING PAID anyone would think the Super Bowl screaming so much. quality, higher intensity interna- "I was intimidated," says one Moreover, - the Patriots story has would be a blowout. I figured it was God, I love football. tional bar. junior too embarrassed to reveal been so craizily improbable that if I OFF, AND I DIDN'T probable that the Patriots would Four new electric skillets and a his identity, of Dana's nascent saw it in a movie, I'd probably END UP LOOKING lose, but if that had to be the case, I Ryan Davis is the editor in chief of heated saucepan line the new intensity. "I walked by Sunday and groan. never thought it would be very , the Echo. He would like to point out international bar, suggesting its saw some people inside and stuff. I wouldn't be surprised to learn LIKE A SUCKER. much. thai John Madden is the biggest idiot to function can best be compared to a Then I went to Foss." that Disney has rejected a movie pro- The Vegas oddsmakers had the ever call a football game. With a minute high-intensity stir-fry station. Jessica Povtak '02 relates; "I posal about a scrappy former fourth- I'll admit that I wasn't a very Pats as 14-point underdogs. ESPN's and a half to go, he recommended that "•THere is where students will also went, but I went at peak hour. That string QB who comes on in relief of good fan earlier in the year, especial- John Clayton declared that the game the Patriots run out the clock and take find a supply of breadsticks so was my problem." Unsure of her- the injured $100 million superstar ly by my own standards, which "had all the makings of a dassic their chances in overtime. As soon as popular, they sent Colby staff to self in the extreme atmosphere, and leads the remarkable underdog include watching every game of the Super Bowl blowout." The vaunted they started their triumphant drive, the food supply for more after just Povtak "just got a bowl of cereal." team called the Patriots to victory in 1992 season, when the team went 2- sports prognpsticators at Bowdoin's Madden changed his tune: "Now, I one: day. ~ —r- —-— ———r - -The hesitance with which some a_year- that saw more patriotism, 14 ("Pats singing 0-16 blues" I student newspaper, the Orient, kinda like what the Patriots are doing." But Ultimate Dana is not for Colby students meet Ultimate flags, and red, white and blue than remember one newspaper headline picked the Rams by 17. I, however, Why is this guy famous? •_ very one...yet , While everyone is Dining can likely be attributed to any in American history. "Real declaring). In 2001, when the season always kept the faith. adjusting to the renovated service their unfamiliarity with such plan and French fries that come in intense dining institutions. While a carton/ Clark added that Dana Mariott and Colby staff members staff is still "working out portion underwent four weeks of training factors." before the debut of the new pro- I'll be better when I'm older For now, the results of Ultimate gram, Colby students were left adult bodies, having to pretend we take us away from our past. I.ve growing older is a way to come into Dining at Dana remain as yet largely unprepared for the change.' know what we're doing and getting given up on my childhood notion yourself. As a child you do what oth- ^rnseen, though its supporters are The future success of Ultimate All Talk stared at if we eat our baby corn the that adults understood the world, ers tell you to do, you eat and sleep optimistic. When asked about the Dining rests primarily on student wrong way? Sometimes I'm still and that some birthday morning I when the grown-ups decide you potential effects of Ultimate Dana and staff adjustment to the new Briana Wright intimidated when someone at school would wake up and share in that should. There is comfort in this on the popularity of lesser, penulti- plan, lots and lots of those good asks me for advice, wanting to understanding. No longer would I lifestyle, but it makes it difficult to mate dining experiences, Terry of breadsticks, and Ultimate Dana's want to climb trees or listen to bad determine what you value. When hair metal bands. I would be a mem- you grow you take responsibility for Foss Dining ¦ Hall ' fame didi not ability to feed our proverbial ¦ ¦ ..-#_ * »-, , , This" I turned twenty- DON'T WE ALL SOME- seem concerned. Frankenstein. January ber of the confident, the knowledge- your actions, your happiness and two. As on every previous birthday, "I'm not concerned," he said, TIMES FEEL LIKE able, the elite. The grown-ups. your life. You discover what you I woke up expecting to feel some- •adding that he was "always ready Last year,, when my dad was love. You discover how to make how different. This is it, I thought to CHILDREN WHO SUD- recovering from a serious leg injury your life your own. myself as I lay in bed. This is adult- DENLY FIND OUR- and a.string of traumatic emotional The journey isn't without fear, of m Spedal ^ hood. This is maturity. Yet when I events, I asked him how old you had course. Ifs the most difficult and | opened my eyes I found that, just SELVES IN ADULT to be for things to begin to make frightening thing we do. But there is like every other birthday, nothing ~ tarn Vehicles, Foreign and Domestic g BODIES, HAVING TO sense. He said he'll tell me when he also wonder. Late on the night of my E9 Also complete alignment, shocks, struts, etc. 5 felt different. My twenty-first yea- finds out. birthday, walking from Coburn to ~~ sim had just slipped silently into the PRETEND WE KNOW "But right now," he told me, "I the apartments, I saw a tree with a ¥j~M iWr '^ ^ night and I had gone from being ^^ 28 WHAT WE'RE DOING? don't even know what I want to be few green leaves. Perhaps confused finally,nervousl y,legal to ordering a when I grow up!" by the warm weather, this tree had beer without a second thought. I had Neither do I. I'm no closer to opened its buds, showing bold green hardly even noticed. respond with, "I'm not sure, I just choosing a career path than I was leaves at midnight in the heart of Watchingthemovie "Big" several got here myself." four or ten years ago. But there are winter. weeks ago, one of my friends Of course that isn't true. I've been some things that I have learned. I It was amazing. It was something declared, "I finally know what this here, at Colby, longer than most of like being outside. I want to lean - that, a year ago, I might have walked movie is about! No one ever feels the students and some of the staff. how to speak Spanish. My friends right past. like they're grown-ups, you just sud- Yet, like Tom Hanks in the movie, have learned similar lessons about 9 DAVID MATHIEU CO. | denly find yourself in that world sometimes all of us wake up, look the importance of music in their and you have to deal." around, and wonder how we got so lives, or art, or simply time spent AUTO BODY I I think there is truth in this. Don't H Established ' far from our childhood. with friends and family. Briana Wright is a weekly Eg Allen St., Waterville -c£_tL. _\\ we all sometimes feel like children Although there is a beauty in the These aren't lessons I adopted. columnist for the Echo ' who suddenly find ourselves in m 1928 872-5518 **"* . I process of growth, the changes that Instead, I feel like the process of
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I f ly* ! ii fix#*%ivi_-_--;ixi^^#m . tl ' •I I ' www.teac hforamerica.or¦ g , • .* !, ¦-- '¦ , 5 ' ¦ ¦ • :- ! ; ; • ¦ ¦ j,* > ' " " -— " ' i — — — 1 ___ i i n ——— i ¦ >i Women's basketball DEVASTATOR W_ goes 5-5 in January OF THE _.EK By SUZANNE SKINNER Connie Beal '03 ] won the game 68-51. j ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR i ' V:. . ' "We played an amazing half of j January was a rebuilding month basketball," said O'Brien. Beal/ a thrower for the Colby Women's • for the Colby women's basketball The Mules most recent victory i team. Five juniors returned from against Tufts was "one of the best Indoor Track team, is having an all-American it studying abroad, changing the games we've played," according ¦ season. She recently set a Colby record in the chemistry on the court. All the to co-captain Christine O'Dohnell ' " ' ' with a throw of 44 feet 2 inches. That j play^s hadjo readjust their^lay- _' 0____ y, : ;. .' _ ...... ;. : .. shot put J ing styles to accorhmodate the Unfortunately, the players were tlrrow also quali^ and i new players. They finished the unable tov maintain the momen- , nationall in Divison lll. In I month with a' decent conference tum. The next day, they lost to ranks her third y { record; 3-3 and hope to qualif y for Bates 43-63. The Mules were up at addition to the shot put Beal also sHbws suc- { the NESCAC Championships. half time, but "we lost our focus," cess in three other throwing events and owns i "We've been pretty inconsis- said Lawson. "That would have j tent," said Coach been a huge several Colby records. I Patricia O'Brien, win." i The Mules had a Although | | record of 5-5 for they have not MIKE MELOSKI / THE COLBY ECHO j the month of had a stellar j January "We had season, the ! a lot of ups and Mules-still have t downs," said co- a chance to Men and^ome^ te j*captain Katy qualify for the ¦ ! Lawson '02. NESCAC cham- By DREW BUSH is "very talented" according "to "This was intended to be a rebuild- "We have a lot of young talent. At | | With so_j_aany p io n shi p s. STAFF WRITER Wescott. In the weight events he has ing year, and it is in some ways, but we our last meet it was awesome to see the \ players return- Right now, they helped the team tremendously,. He just have some kids who really per- team put in so much effort. The t ing, it was diffi- are ranked 6th Although _both the men and registers a 35-pound weight throw and form for us," said women's track coach dynamics of our team are real good \ cult to find and in the confer- women's indoor track teams need is ranked 9th nationally. Reed Sibley Debra Aitken. "Our high point scorer and I'm excited to go to Nationals the j maintain a good rhythm on the ence '.- the top seven teams play in more people to fully compete in their '05, has helped to give ihe team depth has changed every meet. Four people second time around," said Beal. [ court. "It was a really big transl- the tournament. "[The ranking is] events, both squads have registered and is doing "very well" in the hur- have made it provisionally to Beal has also qualified automatical- ation; almost like starting over," not great, but there are teams marked improvements over last year, dling event. theNationals meet and one person ly for Nationals and set a new indoor • said Lawson. below us," said O'Donnell. The "I'm really excited about the team," I've been very happy with the way automatically." track school record in shot put. Karima ! Even as the Mules were adjust- Mules need to play well in the last said men's coach James Wescott. "If s a the team has come together collective- The team placed second to USM in Ummah '04 has also helped by the .' ing, it was evident that they had a three games against Bowdoin, drastic improvement from last year ly," said Wescott. "There is great lead- their first meet, third when they trav- team placing well in the high jump and \ lot of talent. On January 12, the Trinity, and Amherst if they want and a great team to build from. Overall ership from the captains. They get eled to a invitational at Tufts for their triple jump. In addition, Rebecca Evans 1 Mules faced Wheaton College. to maintain their ranking. They a young team." together on Friday nights." So far, the second meet. They also beat Bates at a '04 has run well in the 800 and Jessica ' The game began badly for the are confident they have gelled as a Helped by a duo of freshman, team has had a respectable showing at Bates Co-ed Invitational. Appleby '05 has competed strongly in . Mules; at half time, Wheaton was team and can win. Xavier Garcia '05 and Patrick Harrier the meets. They placed third at the Although the team's nucleus is def- throwing events, f up by fourteen points. This deficit "[The loss at Bates] definitely '05, in the sprint and jumping events, Tufts Invitational; and lost 77-91 at the initely juniors and seniors, freshman Both the men and women's indoor ¦ inspired the players who roared inspired us for the coming week," the team has faired well. Garcia, in fact, Bates Co-ed Invitational. on the team have contributed as well, track have had great success despite | | onto the court, playing with a said Lawson. qualified provisionally for the long The team will compete again on In the pole vault, Elizabeth Frederick needing more athletes. "Our numbers 1 vengeance in the second half. O'Brien is optimistic about the jump at nationals. Saturday Feb. 4 in the State Meet held '03 has set a new school record. are still low, when trying to fill 22 ¦ ¦ Bianca Belcher '03, who was remainder of the season. "It is The' team has gained strength in at Bates and the next weekend at New In addition to Frederick, three events," said Aitken, but the teams ! scoreless in the first half scored important for our team to focus," middle distance from last year with the England Division His, also at Bates. weight people, Meg McCusker '02, have made improvements. I seventeen points. Wendy Bonner she said. However, "anything can help of Nat Brown '04, Eric Reinauei The women's team has benefited Michelle Keady '03, and Connie Beal ¦ ' ¦ ¦ r—¦¦ . . ...__.... - _.-_— J '05, who was also scoreless in the happen in our conference." '04, and Rich Downing '05. from strong performances by several '03 have qualified provisionally for —-— t' beginning, tallied eleven. Colby In addition, captain Lee Rankin '03 different team members. Nationals. Swimming and diving finish January with strong ^weekend ! By MIKE MELOSKI Kristan Jiggets '04 in the backstroke. • SPORTS EDITOR Povtak stressed how the freshmen i swam well from the begbnning of the i The women's swimming and div- season. "Usually the freshmen have a i ing team is in the midst of a successful hard time contributing until a few i season. Lead by a strong group of months into the season," she said. "But { seniors and receiving several contribu- they have swam well since the begin- ning' of the season and are swimming J tions from underclassmen, the team fast times." Knight agreed and said , 'T J has jumped out to a 5-3 record. The t majority of the team's victories came think their dedication with training over the month of both in and out of January during a the pool have been stretch where the key to their suc- team went 4-2 with cess." wins over Norwich, Povtak dis- Bowdoin, Trinity, cussed the ability and Wesleyan. The of the team to fight team has only one through adversity dual meet remain- saying, "we have ing on the season. been missing a They will use the key member of the remaining time to team for the prepare for the majority of the NESCAC champi- season and hope- onships and the NCAA's. fully she will return soon, but we just The Lady Mules are lead by cap- rallied as a team and swam well; the tains Jess Knight '02 and Jess Povtak loss hasn't affected the rest of the team BRAD SEYMOUR? THE COLBY ECHO '02. Colby's team has also received as a whole." Colby swimmer Nick Wa leneziak '04 helps the men' s team defeat both Wesleyan and Trinity with wins in the f reestyle events. strong performances from Laura Miller Knight added "we are more of a '05, who broke several of Colby's all- team than in my previous three sea- time records. Knight, Joanna Fontaine sons and I think die tightness of the ed about the remainder of the season best times. The Lady Mules next meet '05 compete in the butterfly; Mindy team has helped us to overcome the and believe February will be a great is February 9 at home against Williams '03 in the distance medley; adversities we have faced with having month of training to prepare for the Amherst. Kristi Eck '05 in the freestyle; and no divers and injuries." NESCAC championships and for Metric Motors, Inc.! Povtak and Knight were both excit- many of the swimmers to swim their ^wmmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmimm. • • < < . i. )}.%>; ¦, . ' ... r> ' . .;< *> * < . * > . ! v " „ \„ ' , "' , -, Waterville*,Maine 's IIE TIU AND V*^^ Bi | ^ • T .ATMI.NT MANAGBMKNT JOKA S mm |_.^ .; fi;. rws . v^' Bmy.ff tmd^ A.^. .s S&- .b Foreign Car Service ' ' ¦ " . ¦ < ¦} SPECIALS Jak > '/ , 1 1 * < \ . ' -1^mP^Xj C^Ju3l! ^ POULIN & ASSOCIATES EYECARE CENTER T ¦ < ' "7***** ^»-^ By ERICA AYOTTE Kearns '03, Bobby Nagle '02, and among them. STAFF WRITER Nick Bayley '05. The defense has supported the "As far as the forward lines, forwards well with quick passing Men's hockey has achieved guys have pretty much played and physical hustle. They are also their 11-5-2 record'through tough, with the same' group all year, the first line of protection from physical play and cohesive team- which helps to create a chemistry potential goal-scorers, which work. They started the season when out on the ice," said helps standout goaltender Chris without a loss, however, while fac- Higgins. "We know where each Ries '05. ing strong opponents in January, other is going to be, and we are This week the team faces Salem such as '$i ranked Middlebury State and USM. Next week they and Williams, the Mules did not will face Bowdoin in Brunswick, see the same success. and Hamilton and Amherst at Captain Mike Higgins '02 com- home. They are especially prepar- mented, "We play hard and con- ing for the Hamilton game. sistently. for 60 minutes in our "Hamilton ended our season wins, _but with our losses there last year in the playoffs. That come ': times of inconsistent play, motivation will be"ir _ the back of where we are not mentally ready our minds," said Kearns. If Colby to play the game and it causes us wins this crucial game they will be to play catch up on strong oppo- in .one of the four top positions nents." However, they soundly and therefore gain home ice beat NESCAC opponents Tufts, advantage in the playoffs. Wesleyan, and Conn College. \ The Mules strong forward lines comfortable when making plays." have scored 90 goals, while oppo- These forwards have played not only nents have only scored 51 goals strong all year, in scoring BRAD SEYMOUR/ THE COLBY ECHO due to stalwart defense and fine goals, but with passing and creat- Colby ' s Evan Kearns prepares goaltending. The forward lines are ing plays as well. They work well to p ass to an open teammate. headed by Mike Higgins '02, Evan together and have scored 97 points After strong January, skiers look to NCAA's By SUZANNE SKINNER the next weekend at the Bates the next weekend at the UVM ten, but I think he has the potential the giant slalom and 2lst in the team has six. Consequently, they ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Carnival when their top skiers fal- Carnival. They placed third in to finish in the top five." slalom. Siebeck-Smith is ranked placed 8th, 9th, and 10th in the tered. Thomas Richardson '03 both the slalom and the giant Right now, Nickerson is ranked 26th in the slalom and 29th in the various events. Placing in the top four for the placed the highest of any Colby slalom. giant slalom. However, Boulanger is opti- giant slalom in all of the carnivals, skier - he was twenty-sixth. The With three more races left, the The top 17 skiers qualify for the mistic about the next three races. the Colby men's ski team had a Mules finished 9th overall. men are well on their way to championships. If they continue to "Nicole Wessen ('05) is a great great January. After losing , their Determined to improve on the achieving their goals of finishing ski well,, all of the men have a skier who seems to improve from top skier to an injury, the Colby first day's performance, The in the top five at the Eastern good chance at making the cut. week to week. One of these week- women's ski team has not been Mules roared out of the starting Championships and sending three The women's team has "unfortu- ends she is bound to have twS able to place higher than eighth in gates during the slalom race. or four individuals to the NCAA nately not had a great season. great runs and end up among the either the giant slalom or slalom. Warner Nickerson '05 finished in championships.Godomsky "They have been struggling a little top racers." Godomsky noted that "Phenomenal," said Coach 9th place with a total time of believes that Saunders, Nickerson, bit as a team," said Godomsky, Caroline Riss '03 could have some Mark Godomsky when asked to 1'46.11. Robert Saunders '05 Knights, arid Noah Siebeck-Smith Boulanger tore ligaments in her big races, as well. describe the men's season. "We've placed 15th with a total time '03 all have a chance at qualif ying. ankle and has not been able to ski. All in all, the Mules had a good been getting better each week." of V47.ll. Captain Kristian Captain Nicole Boulanger '02 She is the women's number one January. "Its been good," said The White Mules were off to a Knights'04 placed 19th with a total agrees. "Rob [Saunders] is one of skier. "Lack of depth on the ladies Godomsky. "Hopefully, we'll "blazing start when they placed time of 1'47.84. Their combined the best skiers on the hill," she 12th in the league for both the side is probably the biggest prob- carry on the next three weekends? fifth in the giant slalom and fourth scores placed the Mules in fourth said. "Warner Nickerson has been slalom and the giant slalom. lem," said Godomsky. Now that We just have to keep plugging in the slalom at the St. Lawrence place. a solid skier for the team. He has Knights is . ranked 15th in the Boulanger is out; the Mules only away." Carnival. They suffered a set back The team continued to improve had some great finishes in the top slalom. Saunders is ranked 10th in have three carnival skiers - a full Young Mules basketball squad Women's ice hockey matures as season continues dominates NESCAC By ERICA AYOTTE strength to the Mule offense. ; captain Damiei. Strahorn '02 who excellent scoring one rea- attitude that has allowed for them By GREG SAWYER ability, STAFF WRITER "This year we brought in a large CONTRIBUTING WRITER had 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 son why he will be a player to to continue forward through some and talented freshmen class which has assists. They received grea t con tri- watch in the NESCAC next-sea- difficult points during the season. Colby women's ice hockey is cur- helped to spark more offense than th__i butions from Nick Loukes '04, son. Captain Strahorn credited Conning back to school after the rently ranked eighth in all of Division team has seen in the past," said Young. Sean Flood '03, and Patrick long Christmas recess, the Colby The Mules followed up their much of the team's recent success III hockey with their impressive 11-1-1 Although a defensewoman, Young has McGowan '05, who had 13, 11, and Tufts loss with an " men's basketball squad was read y exp losive per- to the fact that the younger play- record. During January they crushed contributed to the scoreboard herself, 11 points respectivel It was the to continue their first semester y. formance against rival Bates. In ers have become more comfort- NESCAC opponents such as racking up nine goals thus far. team's first NESCAC victory of success. With a respectable 5-3 the 91-79 victory, the Mules had able in the system that we play, Connecticut College, Wesleyan, Trinity, Excellent goaltending has also been the season. record, the Mules headed to five guys hit for double digits. and their growth and develop- Hamilton, and Amherst by at least a. major part in the creating this all- On January 28 the Mules Clinton, NY to battle in the Strahorn showed why he should ment have been major factors in three goals in every contest. around solid team. Lynn Hasday '05 destroyed the University of New Hamilton Invitational on January be an All-Conference selection, our recent success." Their total goals for the season and Sarah Webster '05 have had out*1 absolutel **. 5-6. After defeating SUNY- New y torching the nets for 34 The contributions from the number 53, while strong defense has standing seasons, carrying the difficult points Paltz in the first round of the tour- , hitting shots from all spots underclassmen have been tremen- limited opponent goals to only 13. and stressful job of goaltending with' nament, 88-8 1 , the team moved on on the floor. To go-along with liis dous, but you don't win in the They credit their success as much to poise and confidence as freshmen; scoring, to play Hamilton in the champi- he showed his all-around NESCAC without quality upper- team cohesiveness as to talent, Both goalies have amazing save per-} onshi p round.' game with 7 rebounds and 6 classmen. Co-Captain Carrie Swiderski '02 centages, Hasday at .938 and Wer_ster . McGowan The Mules suffered a firm beat- assists. Loukes, * , When asked about the upcom- said that "the unity of the team is out- with .979. i ing at the hands of the Cushman, and Michael ing two weeks Strahorn said, standing and rather unlike how it has Colby women's hockey not only . 12 Continentals, with the final score Rutherford '05 had 13, , 10, and "With Gutierrez (Joe '02) return- been in past years. Everyone on the plays strong, but they play with theij 11 89-62. Little did the team know points respectivel y. ing, hopefully getting Crosman team has n dominant strength that hearts too. "We let each other knovjf Currently, the Mules are in a tie (Kevin '03) back to the way that this would be the start of a he can adds to the team dynamic." when we are disappointed or proud,'^ for ei hth in the NESCAC with a and a health losing streak that spanned almost g play, y Flood, we can The defense, led by Christina Swiderski said. "We talk and cry and 2-4 league mark 9-11 overall. the entire month of January. , get into the NESCAC tournament Dotchm '04, Jill Young '03, and Co- laugh together, and we have fur» Strahorn is second in the league in During this skid, the team lost and then who knows what can Captain Kelley Jessopp '02, creates a which is what playing a sport is essen» scoring games to St. Josephs of Maine, at 21.5 points/game, sev- happen." virtual wall to stop potential scorers in tially about." - _ Bates, Bowdoin, Connecticut England 88-63 with their precise enth in three-point field goal per- The Mules play their final their tracks. The team faces Concordia passing, devastating defense, and centage at 39% and third in free home game of the season on College, Wesleyan, and Williams. "The team chemistry is really there University of Minnesota on Saturday; players throw percentage at 82.3%. February The low point was the 80-48 loss balanced scoring. Ten 6 when UMaine Ihis year," said Dotchin. "We are much before digging in for a tough roaol led b Loukes' and Loukes is ranked ninth in the Farmington comes to town. against Bowdoin on the White scored baskets, y They more of a passing and play-making schedule the following week against 's 18 points apiece. league in assists with 3.8 per game finish the NESCAC regular with Mule's home floor. McGowan team. I feel like everyone is ready to Bowdoin, Williams and Ul rankec. Loukes filled up as well as fourth in steals at 2.1 per three road games against Several factors have attributed Besides scoring, play with confidence and give 110% in Middlebury. !. to the team's difficulty in winning the stat sheet against the over- game. Bowdoin, Trinity, and Amherst. each game." Young believes, "that as long as thej matched UNE squad with 6 steals, The White Mules have trul games, including two players y Young talent, such as forwards team sticks to tiie systems we have Strahorn grown as a team, and their success leaving the squad and one player 6 assists, and 5 rebounds. Heather DeVito '05 and Caitlin Krausc been playing with from the beginning 4- assists, can be attributed to this growth. not on campus during the January contributed 8 rebounds, '05, with nine and seven goals on the of the season, our team will continue to ancl 4 steals to along with his 9 They have displayed a "No Quit" ' term. However, the team has go season respectively, have added be successful." , shown some incredible resiliency points. «-¦ and has learned from their diffi- A loss to a hot-shooting Tufts cult seven game stretch. The team came at the end of the week. Mules have gone 3-1 in their last The Jumbos hit ten three-pointers four games and are showing signs on their way to n 75-60 victory, of returning to the high scoring The Mules were once again led by and lough defensive team that Strahorn, who scored 16 points on they were for the first two months the night but wns held under Track Women's Basketball Swimming of the season. wraps for most of the night by the Off to a good start as All is not lost after an incon- Freshmen prove crucial to swimming's . *» Snapping the seven game los- Tufts defense. ing streak was a victory over a The Mules received a nice con- they send runners to sitent January success very tough Middlebury team, 82- tribution from guard jfared Nationals see page 11 see page 11 74 in Wadsworth Gymnasium on CUshmnn '05 who had 12 points, January 26, The team was lead by including two three-pointers, The see page 11 Augusta, ME native displayed hia