How is Colby run? Who runs it? See pages 4 & 5.

It says you re 28? Questions raised over leaders 9 pay Jorgensen. Each commons has a Student Association leaders do BY ELIZABETH HERBERT separate constitution, and none of not have to ask permission from I don't think so... Editor-in-Chief them specify that commons' lead- Presidents' Council or their own ers, who are directly in charge of executive board to be paid. Recent controversy surrounding overseeing and dispersing the ap- "I think that they deserve what payment of the Johnson Commons proximate $10,000 per year budget, they've gotten... and a lot more than president and vice-president has must ask permission of their com- that," said Jorgensen. opened the issue of exactly how mons to be paid. Before 1990, neither Stu-A lead- student government leaders are to "They are implicitly authorized ers nor commons leaders werepaid. be paid. to handle money," said Jorgensen, During the '90-'91 year, the Stu-A Some Johnson Commons hall and since Johnson Commons did secretary and treasurer began to re- presidents were ujpset when Sarah not unauthorize them to pay them- ceive payment. Gelman '96, president of Johnson selves, they did nothing technically "They were paid because they Commons, and Alex Chin '96, vice-- wrong. did a lot of the grunt work," said president, received their paychecks Jorgensen said he can under- Jorgensen. without the commons' council vot- stand how the commons presidents in the spring of '91, Presidents' ing on it, as had been done in the would be upset, however. Council voted toapprove "stipends" past. Typically, each commons vote "It's the principle that people for Stu-A president, vice-president, twice a year on whether to pay their were concerned with," he said. "I social chair and cultural chair. Com- leaders. think the fair thing to do would be mons leaders were still not paid. However, although Gelman and to ask the commons council." The leaders began toreceive sala- Chin did not ask their commons for "Stu-A should probably do the ries because they did not have time permission to pay themselves, they same thing," added Jorgensen. "I to serve on student government and were not out of line, according to believe in maximum accountability hold down campus jobs, according Student Activities Director Ben of student government personnel." see PAY on page 7 Stu-A looks toward next year

mm n ii 11 ii ii imi mini iiiim ihi i' ¦¦™«™w«°^ «»«« °™°»'^" ¦ '" ¦¦¦ Echo photo by Jennifer Merrick Elections coining up for 1995-1996 officers Debbie Butler ' $5 buys a beer in the Spa after showing her Maine State ID. The Spa will not sell beer to students BY KRISTIN CARR without a Maine State * Asst. News Editor pus. I think they're used more Though second semester is still getting underway, BY C. SWAN often off campus than on. I've the Student Association (Stu-A) is already looking Staff Writer never known anyonetohavebeen toward next year. Nomination papers for Stu-A posi- turned down," he said. tions are available in the Stu-A office this week and Three f ake IDs, the most col- Some students said that it was elections will be held on April 10. lected at one event in recent years, common for friends to lend IDs. "We're really trying to promote to get people to run were conf iscat t ID] for almost ed at he Chaplin "I've had Imy fake for any position," said Stu-A President Bryan Raffetto Commons Toga Party on March 4, two years, said a 20-year-old fe- " '95. "We'd love to see 100 percent of [residence] halls according to JohnFrechette, direc- male. "If s my sister s expired ID. ' le run for tor of Safely and Security. All I had to do was change the have peop positions." According to Raffetto, there are several aspects of When f ake IDs are conf isca ted expiration date/' Echo file photo by Gretchen Rice on campus, security turns them "I don't really look like the this year's Stu-A adrninistration that he hopes to see carried over into next year's. Bryan Raffetto ' 95 (center , with hat), Stu-A over to the Department of Public picture," she said. "I think they're President, conducts the f irst Student Safety, Liquor Enforcement Bu- for an ID that says I'm 21 "I like the Student Opinion Polls (SOP) that we've looking Opinion Poll last fall, one of the programs he , f eel done, and I think that they have helped us to reach out reau in Augusta according to Fre- and that way they that their would like to see continued next fall chette. The State then has the op- butts are covered. If they had to the campus," said Raffetto. "M aybe they could be tion of whether or not to pros- looked at the picture, I think I used for a different purpose, beyond the Colby campus ecute. would've been busted long be- too. They could take on more of a world or interna- Colby Outdoor Orientation Trips (COOT), for the first "If the State does nothing; we fore." tional flavor." few months of school. It would give first-years some- impose anautomatic$50 fine," said One student admitted having Additionally, Raffetto commented on the imple- one to show them around, or take them to campus Frechette. "If the State takes ac- used her Maine driver's license at mentation of a peer-mentor program. progr ams," said Raffetto. tion, then we decide if the college the Spa although she was under- "I think it would be a good program, in addition to see STU-Aon page 8 will also." age- She bought beer two or three In most cases, the State does times a week for approximately act, "usually with the civil off ense , four months. "I took advantage Health Center to order breathalyzer not the criminal off ense," Frechette of the f act that [they] thought I said. This misdemeanor com- was old enough ... It was a mis- BY JENNIFER O'NEILL ter. intoxication or if something else is monly involves a $100 fine and a take," she said. Staff Writer According to Alden Kent, a going on, according to Kent. Be- court appearance. Many students f eel that f ake •I physician's assistant, the staff had cause the Health Center is not fully "Over the last two-and-a-half IDs are unnecessary on campus. In several weeks, practitioners always wanted such an instrument equipped to deal with all the com- years, the number [of appropriat ed "Th ere's not an overwhelming at Colby's Garrison-Foster Health and ordering a breathalyzer now is plications that may arise from a se- IDb I has gone down," said Fre- number of students withfake IDs Center will be ordering a not in reaction to any specific inci- verely intoxicated person, they will chette. 'Twenty-twoIDs were con- at Colby/' said a senior. Alcohol breathalyzer to be used on students dent or problem. Due to the fact that be sent at the nurse's discretion to fiscated four years ago. We'll be was so accessible in his first year visiting the Center for alcohol-re- there is only one nurse on duty dur- the emergency room at Mid-Maine lucky if we see a dozen this year." that a fake ID was unnecessary, lated problems. The "intoxilator," ing weekend nights when most stu- Medical if their blood alcohol con- ' Frechette attributes the drop in he said. as it is also called, will not be used dents are brought to the Health Cen- tent is above a certain level. This e of conf iscate d IDb to "There's no reason to use one the numb r until September after Health Center ter for alcohol-related problems, it level has not yet been determined, better monitoring of lines at when someone can buy f or you," keg staff have been trained in its use and becomes an issue as to whether or but the Health Center's next issue Student Center parties by security, said one woman. "At parties you a protocol has been established. not the nurse can handle severel will be to decide on the appropriate but he thinks that "there is prob- don't need an ID. Everybody who y Health Center staff say they are intoxicated individuals and those number and create a standard ably an increase in people i nvolved wants alcohol can get it and I don't policy insupportof a brea thalyzer because alread in the same offense off-campus." think the legal drink ing age is y ill in the Center, according for its use. it will allow them to continue to One sophomore agrees. "I have preventing a nyone f rom to Kent. Unlike the types of breathalyzers friends who use fake IDs off cam- drinking /'Q provide high-quality care for stu- A breathalyzer will help deter- used by police, the kind the Health dents coming into the Hea l th Cen- mine if a student's illness is due to see BREATHALYZERon page 7 I-Play gender issue, MC center

Big brother/sister idea discussed addressed by Presidents* Council The majority of Colby students support and would be willing to Poll (SOP) that revealed how many students think that participate in a Big Brother/Big Sister program for first-years to help BY KRISTIN CARR •* . I-Play is not an effective intramural sports program. build social and cultural life advising, according to a recent Student Asst. News Editor According to Raffetto, many students think that it Opinion Poll (SOP). is too difficult to get people to join donn I-Play teams, Out of 421 votes, 329 students said "yes, I support the idea and Among the items discussed at Presidents' council though open league teams seem to be more successful. would be willing to participate," 66 voted "no, I do not support the idea, last week were the report by Dean of Students Janice This point led to the questioning of whether or not nor would I wish to participate" and 26 answered "yes, I support the Kassman, the state of the I-Play system, a Trustee Com- gender restrictions were conducive to I-Play partici- idea but would not be willing to participate." mission update and student government elections. pation. "I think that it would help ease the transition into residential life of •Changes within the Deans' office Several hall presidents mentioned the difficulties a first-year, if they were assigned a Big Brother or Big Sister who lives Kassman reported that Intercultural Affairs Assis- involved with fielding I-Play teams with gender re- in their hall," said an anonymous junior. "This student would ideally tant Vitaliano Figueroa has left Colbv prior to his planned strictions in place. Currently, a team must field a coed be as visible and accessible as his/her hall staff, and could act as a peer departure date, and ESL team with a minimum on- advisor without the intimidation that a first-year might feel from an Program Director and As- field gender representation older support system."(A.B.) sistant Dean Judy Carl- '1 know of no other school that of two. Hendrick will also be leav- puts the multicultural issue at The idea of doing away Students don 't play I-Play ing to assume a job as editor the heart of campus life as we're with the gender require- "Do you regularly participate in I-Play, and do you consider I-Play of the Multicultural Press. planning to do." ment came up, but it was to be an effective intramural sports program?" asked last week's Stu- •Multicultural Center met with much disagree- Additionall Kassman —Dean of Student s Janice Kassman dent Opinion Poll (SOP). y, ment from several presi- mentioned the recommen- Out of 421 votes, 252 students said "no, they do not regularly dents. One concern was that participate in I-Play," and 36 percent of these students thought that it dation to the Trustee Com- by doing away with the gen- was an effective intramural sports program, while 64 percent disagreed. mission for the enhancement of the Student Center for der requirement, women in particular would feel ex- Among the 113 students who answered that they do participate in I- the accomodation of multicultural needs. On April 6 the cluded from participation. trustees will be at Colby, and the commission plans to Play, only half of them said they thought the program was effective. Due Raffetto said he "would support a temporary aban- to athletic restrictions such as varsity sports, 24 students said they do not invite interested students to discuss how the solution donment of the gender requirement, but not total participate in I-Play, and among that group, 42 percent thought I-Play will work. abandonment." The council as a whole could not come was effective, while 58 percent voted it was not.(A.B-) "I think [enhancement of the Student Center] is a to a conclusion on the matter. Colby solution — expansion of the common ground • Student Government Elections theme," said Kassman. "I know of no other school that Regarding student government elections, all nomi- puts the multicultural issue at the heart of campus life as nation forms are due in the Student Association office Watson fellows named we're planning to." at 5 p.m. on March 22. There will be a rules and Two Colby students have received fellowships from the Watson •I-Play regulations meeting in the Page Commons room in the Foundation for the 1995-96 year. Hannah Beech '95, from Washington, In discussing the current state of the I-Play system, Student Center at 9:30 p.m. on March 22 for all stu- D.C., will travel to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong working on her Student Association (Stu-A) President Bryan Raffetto dents running for any position, including class offic- project called "Crafting and Controlling the News." Meadow Dibble '95 brought up the results of a recent Student Opinion ers. Election day is April 10.Q '95, from Massachusetts, will be in Senegal, the Ivory Coast and Cameroon, investigating "CreatmgSomethingfrom Nothing: Networds and Artwork in West Africa. "(E.H.) St. Patrick's Day Benefit Concert for Mid- Specializing in Collision Repairs of All ^ Vehicles, Foreign and Domestic Maine Interfaith Shelter /C^ \ Tickets $4.00 w/student ID & $7.00 non-students / ^j k ] \ zh * I \ ty Will open the concer t for \. J/ The Northeast Winds Irish Minstrels- THULE Roof rack systems. "Sweden's best/' sold here. 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A ^^ Game is a story about a women's volleyball As we move toward the next century, we team that has to deal with the tensions of a are witnessing the rise of video media as the new player who is of a different ethnic back- primary medium for providing news and ground from the others. entertainment. There was a time when Hard Water, a documentary written by America's newspaper industry flourished , Robert DiVito '95 and adapted for screen by when the most important aspects of educa- Alyssa Falwell '95, is about the history of tion were simply reading and writing. The Waterville through the lens of the people who dawn of television spawned a media revolu- live there. The Looking Glass, by Sarah Miller tion, and America's educational systems are '96, is based on "The Looking Glass Self," by beginning to reflect that; media/arts centers C.H. Cooley, and is a silent film about an 18- can be found across the country, there to year-old woman who is coping with the expe- provide people with a technical background riences that have shaped her life. It is shot which will enable them to move into the age through the reflection of a mirror with a syn- of multi-media and video with the necessary chronized narrative overlapping the video. skills. FOCUS is planning a screening of their In response to the growing need for multi- films shortly after spring break, at which media education, Caleb Cooks '93, who was point Cooks said he hopes "the staff and hired by Colby to develop the role of film- administration will be able to see the power making on campus, began a project called of creative arts screening. For the group, it FOCUS, "Freeing Our Community of Un- willbe an opportunity to see how an audience availing Stereotypes." responds to what we've done." "FOCUS is not just a film club, it's a film "We 'd like to get a media arts center on club with a purpose," said FOCUS Co-Presi- campus for everybody to use," Co-president dent Laurie Chin '98. Issues such as race, Carrie Clough '98 said. The media/arts cen- gender, religion, and sexuality are the pri- ter concept is "similar in purpose to the writ- mary targets for FOCUS. ers' center, and will be inclusive to writers as Cooks, the project director, added that well as videographers," Cooks added. "the point of the program is to build under- "We're trying to make film an academic standing and a commitment to diversity discipline at Colby," said Chin. "A liberal arts [within the Colby community]." FOCUS has school should parallel society, and multi- accepted a request by Students Organized media arts are everywhere. Film should be an Against Racism (SOAR) to do a spot for the academic discipline because it's such a pow- Photo courtesy of FOCUS multicultural house, and has invited other erful medium that it just seems fitting that a Caleb Cooks and FOCUS members film The Game, written by Laurie Chin clubs to suggest film ideas. school of Colby's stature should have a film '98 , last fall A major concern of the group is funding. department." in which each member of the class pays a and synchronized sound into their films. At The Phillip Morris Foundation has given Colby does offer some film courses, but $100 fee and then collaborates to create a film the end of their junior year, the students vote Colby a grant which provides the necessary they focus on the analysis and observation of as a class. As a senior, students may create a an choose the two best screenplays, written equipment, but the individual production certain genres in various contexts. There are film in lieu of writing a thesis. All of these by a student, and the screenplays are made projects are funded by FOCUS, or the group no technical film courses where a student can courses supplement the usual Film Theory into films and directed by the writer during that they are doing a film for. The actors are learn how to use a video camera or learn how courses. Wesleyan also has its own screening senior year. generally Colby students and faculty, as well to write a screenplay. room, which seats about 50 people, an edit- Dave Nicholson, technical director of FO- as members of the Waterville community. While a film course focuses solely on tech- ing room, and its own cinema. The depart- CUS, thinks that Colby has nothing to lose FOCUS has been fortunate enough to ob- nical aspects of film production, it is possible ment is staffed by one full-time professor and and everything to gain by creating a film tain the services of Dee Cooke, a professional to combine theory and practice. Bowdoin by various other professors from relevant department. casting director who has waived her fees . College offered film production courses until departments. "Colby tries to give you a toolbox, tradi- "She's a tremendous asset to us," Cooks two years ago, at which point they created the Vassar College has taken film a step fur- tionally centered around reading and writ- commented. "She's one of the best." Film Studies program, which did away with ther, having recently been certified to award ing. I think film augments the toolbox that Recent projects include a piece called A any technical production, mainly because a B.A. in Film. The college provides all of the Colby gives its students to express them- Game, a documentary called Hard Water, and costs were too high. necessary equipment, which the students selves in trying to think critically by seeing a piece called The LookingGlass. A Game was Wesleyan University has dealt with the place a refundable $100 deposit on at the start things in new ways," Nicholson said. "There's written by Chin, who pointed toward Tom cost problem by requiring students studying of each semester. After completing two years something inherently powerful about con- Hanks as her inspiration because "he repre- the film discipline to pay a general fee of $30 of general study, the student spends his or veying your message through audio/visual sents everything film should be to me; he's for all film courses. As a junior, you may elect her entire junior year working in pairs on and textual integration for which there is no genuine and dedicated and works so hard." to take a course entitled "Sight and Sound," films, learning how to incorporate lighting substitute/'Q

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Robert McArthur Arnold Yasinski Earl Smith Parker Beverage Peyton R. Helm Vice President for Academic Affairs Administrative Vice President Dean of the College Dean of Admissionsand Financial Aid Vice President for Alumni and and Dean of the Faculty Yasinski is Smith over- Beverage is Development McArthur is the chief busi- sees the offices in charge or ad- Helm over- primarily re- ness officer at of the Dean of mitting and en- sees all sponsible for the Colby, in charge Students, rolling the first- fundraising ac- curriculum of of the physical Health Services, year class. Here- tivities and is the college and plant, dining Communica- views applica- directly in the faculty. He services, both tions and Career tions, recruits charge of capital oversees the the treasury and Services. He is students for ad- campaigns. It is Tenure and Pro- the business of- also involved in mission and en- his responsibil- motion Com- fices, computer both student rollment, col- ity to get sup- mittee and services and ad- and public af- lects transcripts port from out- Chairs the Aca- ministrative services. Yasinski also runs fairs, student activities and public af- over the summer and gives the informa- side sources demic Affairs Committee. McArthur is the summer programs at Colby, and he fairs, which indude putting out admis- tion to the Dean of Students so they can such as alumni. He also works with stu- responsible for overseeing the academic teaches one English course each year. sions brochures and the alumni book. match up roommates. He is also a first- dents trying to raise money for athletic budget, which makes up one-half of the He is on the administrative committee, year advisor. Beverage travels around teams, oversees faculty salaries, is the college's budget. and he is Chairman of the Athletics Ad- the country and recruits to various faculty associate of Grossman, works visory Committee, as well as secretary groups of students, parents and counse- with the Senior Pledge Committee and for the Trustee Commission on lors. Although he is involved in finan- advises the phone-a-thon. Each year he Multicultural and Special InterestHous- cial aid, he spends the majority of his job teaches a classical studies course during »ng. I in the admissions office. Tan Plan.

J anice Kassman Dean of Students John Frechette Richard Whitmore Kassman Director of Safety and Security Adj. Professo r and Chair, Athletics oversees associ- Caleb Cooks Frechette and Physical Education ate deans, ad- Project Director and Technical Advisor supervises 24- Whitmore is ministrative Cooks 93 was asked to return to hour coverage in charge of staff and student Colby after his graduation and start a for the campus scheduling ath- life. She is the film and video program which in- and oversees letic events, ad- chair of the Col- cludes students making films on sub- programs such ministering all lege Affairs jects such as diversity, as Colby Check, student athletes, Committee and multiculturalism, gender and religion. the Jitney, Lost hiring and over- the secretary of While this is only his second year run- and Found and seeing coaches the Student Af- ning the program, he teaches a Jan the Escort Ser- and evaluating fairs Committee Plan course where students make gen- vice. Colby's athletic on the Board of Trustees. She is also one eral action picture projects on video. program. of the spokespeople for the college and she is both a faculty advisor and an associate for Drummond.

J an Arminio J udy Carl-Hendri ck Paul J ohnston Geraldine Roseboro Mark Serdjenian Associate Dean of Students Asst. Dean of Students and ESI Associate Dean of Students Associate Dean of Students Associate Dean of Students Arminio Program Director Johnston Roseboro Satdjenian is respon- Carl- is the associ- is respon- assists first- sible for resi- Hendrick is ate dean of sible for in- year stu- dential life; the director housing, and tercultural dents, su- and she of the En- he works activities and pervises the works with glish as a Sec- closely with provides aca- tutoring both the resi- ond Lan- the room demic coun- program d e n c e guage Pro- draw com- seling and and trouble- hallstaff and gram (ESL), mittee in de- personal ad- shoots in faculty resi- the assistant signing the vising to mi- questions of dents and as- dean of inter- room selec- nority and in- discipline. sociates. She is the first stop for any national stu- tion process. ternational students. Roseboro He also works with first-year advi- disciplinary concerns regarding dents and an advisor for foreign stu- supplements Career Services func- sors, peer advisors, oversees J-board hallstaff or hall-related actions. dents. She also runs international tion by helping students of color find and is the men's soccer coach. Arminio is a member of the Cultural coffee hour at Mary Low, the host internships and jobs. She holds posi- Events Committee, which organizes family program with 22 families, tions on the Campus Community the Spotlight Lecture series, the ACE sends weekly newsletters to foreign Committee, Harassment Advisory committee and the National Commit- students and is in charge of orienta- Group, Ralph J. Bunche Committee, tee to Set Standards on Higher Educa- tion and COOT for international stu- and the Cultural Events Committee. tion. Arminio's passion is doing re- dents. If students wish to find jobs search on white racial identity and abroad, work in the Peace Corps or she tries to convey her knowledge to teach in the ESL program, she is the the Colby community. person to contact.

Ben Jorgensen Josh Eckel Director of Student Activities Assistant Director of Student Activities jorgensen advises the student Eckel serves as the director of government, manages the Student the COOT program, is the off- Center and assists and advises campus student advisor, helps clubs and organizations as well as advise and assist other student other student groups. He is also groups and acts as the Dean on to Stu-A power an academic advisor for first- Call for two weeks during each structure years, runs .all of the commons' semester. He also assists finances, advises President's Jorgensen in overseeing all of the (next page) Council and is secretary of the student government clubs and College Affairs committee. advising the commons. Student Association power structure

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Bryan Raffetto '95 J osh Woodfork '97 Student Association(Stu-A) President Stu-A Vice-President Raffetto is in charge of running Stu-A, thus Woodfork is in charge of selecting he leads the legislative branch of the campus students to various college committees, government, serves a one year term on the and he appoints students to them and Board of Trustees, runs Stu-A programming makes sure they attend the meetings and speaks to the deans. Raffetto, like all the and report to Presidents' Council. other Stu-A members, is a involved with every Woodforkalso worksin conjunction with college committee. Although he cannot have a Raffetto in running the executive board, vote, he is able to attend all the committee and he is a member of the Education meetings and voice his opinion. Policy Committee.

J ames Colligan '95 Katye Thatcher '97 Lawaun Curry '97 Beverl y Colon '96 Marc Rubin '95 Stu-A Social Chair Stu-A Secretary Stu-A Cultural Chair Stu-A Parliamentarian Stu-A Treasurer Colligan Thatcher Curry con- Colon runs Rubin allo- was given a writes up min- ducts the cul- commons coun- cates and creates $32,000 budget utes of all meet- tural programs cil meetings, the annual bud- at me beginning ings, writes cor- on campus, his keeps discus- get for clubs, is of the year, and respondences main goal being sions focused the chair of the hisjob isto useit and is in charge to promote di- and in order, Colby Alloca- to plan social ofallotherdocu- versity aware- and runs proce- tion Club and is events. Colligan ments. ness through dures for voting. in charge of the is also a mem- lectures and She is part of the entirebudgetfor ber of the Stu- guest speakers. Stu-A executive Stu-A. Rubin is dent Activities He is a member board, thus she also the co-chair Board, and he is in charge of advertising of both the Cultural Events Committee works selling tickets, and she attends all of the Financial Priorities Committee events both on and off campus by means and the Cultural Action Committee, he of the Stu-A meetings with the rest of the which determines the financial direc- such as radio, college newspapers and works closely with the Dean of Cultural board. tion for the current school year and for ticket sales at Strawberry's. He often Affairs Geri Roseboro, and he collabo- future years. works in conjunction with Curry and rates with groups on campus such as the four commons;while he is planning ,1 Hillel and Christian Fellowship. ; eventsVa^- ^ey'^tjp'hir^tbplah, ad- vertise and get security. Closing the gap between students, faculty, admini strators Treasurer of the Student Associa- Student-faculty interaction is "Student-faculty relationships right now, but increased student BY ALISON BORNSTEIN & tion (Stu-A) Marc Rubin '95. "Un- oneofthemostpositivethings about are very strong," said Lawaun Curry awareness could make everyday life JENNIFER O'NEILL less you've had direct contact with Colby," said Adrninistrative Vice '97, cultural chair of Stu-A. "The a little easier." News Editor & Staff Writer the administration, you don't nec- President Arnie Yasinski. "They are faculty is definitely there for you, Other students are quite aware essarily know who people are. Stu- definitely one of the most impor- and it comes down to what students of the personalities behind the Although students might not A represents the student body. So, tant things that students get out of make of it." names. "I am very aware of the deans have a direct need to meet with it's great if you know who everyone college life." "The administration and Stu-A because I am a head resident and I administrators, and may not be is,butitisnotessentialforaposirive "My door is always open," said are always here for people," said interact with them on a weekly ba- aware of the different positions, stu- Colby experience." David Firmage, professor of envi- Vice President of Stu-A Josh sis," said Sherrie Sangster '96. "As dents generally seem to have a posi- Many students have no need to ronmental studies. As for success- Woodfork '97. "However, people an HR, I am kind of a liaison be- tiveoutlook on Colby's student-fac- speak to the deans, but if they did ful relationships, "students must be could take more advantage of them. tween the deans and the students. uity-administration relationships. they would take advantageof them. willing to have contacts with their Studentsseem to get by without too In general there is a gap between "Students are fairly unaware "I don't know who the deans are, professors and the adrninistration. I much contact with the administra- students and adrninistration, but I about who everyone is and what but if I had academic problems I encourage students to speak with tion, but when there is a problem think Colby is trying to improve they do, if [studentsl are not in- would seek them out," said Megan me, but they must take the initia- they'll speak up. It's fine how it is this."Q volved instudentgovernment/'said Smith '98. tive." Coors Winterfest Bottles $ was 15 j flH^^k 19 ++/case ^•n^ ^^Q^^ bHHL 'pBHH,^^^^HLi^v^^ o Afa- , wy^^BNmh.

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Two Wellesley students were named Rhodes Scholars, according to The Wellesley News. Wellesley was publications the only women's college represented in thepool of Rhodes Scholars winners this year, as well as one of only four schools to have 2 or more Rhodes Scholars (the others being Harvard, Princeton, and the the fact that students who had not University of Chicago). The winners for 1994 were selected from a pool of 1250 candidates nationwide, and BY ELIZABETH HERBERT visited thecollege would assume there will spend the next two years studying at Oxford University in England. The scholarship pays for room Editor-in-Chief was more of a minority population and board, tuition at Oxford, books and all other living expenses. than actually existed. At themost recent Campus Com- The two problemsBaker said they University of Pennsy lvania munity Committee (CCC) meeting, were having were how to define students, faculty and administrators "multicultural," which can have Philadel hia, Pennsylvania p discussed college publications and negative implications, and how to how they reflect diversity. A task t a hs to the college's ad- It is not unusual for a college to frown on relations between faculty and students, and in the past use pho ogr p force was recently formed by Sally vantage without taking advantage of lawsuits have been filed by students against both colleges and professors .Now , accordingto the Sophian, Baker,Head of Communications,and prospective students. the tables have turned. Sherman Rosser, ; "Are we giving The University of Pennsylvania is facing a sexual harassment complaint over therelationship between Director of . The brochure should them misinforma- a professor and a student. This time, however, it's the professor suing the college for harassment. David MulticulturalEn- tion about what Cass, a professor of economics, was denied a promotion; during his interview, he was questioned about say the college was rollment and they will find his relationship with a graduate student. The question led to a "fit of temper," and was later cited as a "committed to Assoc. Dean of here?" said Baker. reason for his being turned down, said the paper. Cass said that this was an example of the administration Admissions, to diversity, not diverse " Rosser said that "trying to impose their morality on adults and telling them that their liberty is restricted because they're examine the pub- Josh Woodfork although there was not capable of deciding for themselves whether or not to have a relationship." -^ '97 lications used to aneedfor sdmesort recruit students of color. The main of publication addressmg issues per- University of Ca lifornia at San Francisco reason forforminga task force was to tinent to minority students, a scaled- San Francisco, California ensure that while the college repre- down version, less expensive to mail, sents a positive image, it is also real- might be the way togo. Rosser pointed Officials at the University of California at San Francisco are charging that private investigators have istic. to Middlebury College's smaller bro- been sent to the campus by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company to intimidate researchers studying Baker characterized the issue as chure, and said that he would like to company documents. These documents, which were sent to the college anonymously, show that Brown "involved " and noted that students see the same thing for Colby. & Williamson "waged a 30-year campaign to suppress information showing the addictive nature of are generally happy with college pub- Josh Woodfork '97, Student Asso- nicotine," according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. lications, with the exception of Voices, ciation Vice-President, said the bro- The company demanded the return of the documents and a list of all scholars who have studied them, a viewbook geared toward recruit- chure should clearly say that the col- but the college has refused. They say that the private investigators have been "staking out" the university's ingminority students. Problems with lege was "committed to diversity, not library for Brown & Williamson, and have made harassment complaints to the company.Q the booklet mainly centered around diverse. "?

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Interf aith Shelter receives the Stu-A secretary ii * '—^—— , dial staff in J ohnson. the money collected from East and treasurer made $600 each se- However, it was left completely mester, the president and vice-presi- in the air whether the decision to Whathappensto the recyclable Each week the cleanin g staff col- Quad cans. This has been hap- up dent made $450, and the social and pay the leaders was to be voted on cans from residence hall bitisf --) lects their cans; and when the com-, pening ior the past few weeks, ; ; cultural chairs made $350. Although each semester. Somecommons lead- r ' Aj t ¦§; . panywhohandlesColby'srecycling accord ing to Tina Frappier, a cus- ^¦> the executive board get their checks ers go back to their commons coun- Although some students col- comes to campus to collect, they todian in East Quad. That money as a matter of course, the board voted cil and ask to receive lect and return the cans them- give the custodians money for the really adds up as well, and will permission that year not to award payment to payment, said selves (have you seen them run- cans. While it may not seem like a provide people with meals and Jorgensen, while Robin Fort, who served as cultural some presidents and vice-presidents ning around on Sunda y morn- tremendous amount of money each shelter. Isn't that a little more im- chair. refuse payment altogether. ings?), they are actuall y the re? week, cleanin g staff said it adds up portant than one mor e six-pack? Q i . ¦¦ —j- . ^_i All Stu-A executive members Rubin said he also feels that com- (president, vice-president, treasurer, mons' leaders should go beioretheir BREATHALYZER, continued from page 1- social chair, secretary and parlia- council before receiving payment, Center will get does riot include a regarding the breathalyser is the from going to the center if they mentarian) now receive $400 each and mat this procedure should be- print-Out of the data/ and since only stigma he feels it will bring against need it," said Sullivan. semester, according to Marc Rubin, come part of each commons' consti- a number will be flashed on the the Health Center. "I am worried • Students can not be incrimi- Stu-A treasurer. Presidents' Coun- tution. screen; the information can only be that it will discourage students in nated for underage drinking or any cil, when approving the Stu-A bud- "I think it's something that used for medical charts; not as any need of medical attention from com- other legalities from the blood al- get earlier this year, approved the people didn't give much consider- sort of mcriininatinglegal evidence. ing in for the necessary care, be- cohol content number determined $5,600 stipend to be used for sala- ation to before," said Rubin. Kent confirmed that the blood al- cause of the fear that it will some- at the Health Center. However, if ries. Stu-A leaders do not have to go cohol content as well as all medical how be used against them," said students under 21 years old are During the '92-'93 year, com- before Presidents' Council to receive information is "confidential." Kent. sent to the emergency room atMid- mons leaders decided they too pay, but Rubin noted that theexecu- "We're here to offer medicine, Colby Emergency Rescue mem- Maine for alcohol related problems, should be compensated. Currently, tive leaders are more likely to be not as a tool of the Dean's Office ," ber Chris Sullivan '97 says he thinks the consequences are uncertain. commons' presidents and vice- impeached for not working than to says Kent. it is a "positive thing" because it Several students are worried presidents makebetween$200-$350 lose their salaries. According to Kent, Dartmouth will help the Health Center admin- what having a breathalyzer and per semester, varying with each "Impeachment is more of a pun- currently uses a breathalyzer in ister better care. possibly being sent to the emer- commons and the amount of work ishmentthanwithholdingpay, " said their Health Center, and Amherst "As long as the Health Center gency room could mean. each leader is perceived to have put Rubin, who said the Stu-A social is considering purchasing one as can publicize the fact that there "It seems risky," said Tom in. structure is such that it could not well. won't be legal consequences, then I Killilea '97, "because the exact "All the commons councils that withstand for long someone in a The only concern that Kent has don't think it will deter students policy is not yet clear. "? year approved payment to the com- position that was not working.Q

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I am ex- fun is offensive to women and degrades an act between partners that I had independently decided to pay AssistantDirectorJoshEckeldid(he's tremely proud of the work of both doesn't deserve such bashing, and indeed should not be taken so Sarah Gelman and Alex Chin for the one who actually handles the the Commons Councils and the Stu- lightly. their service to Johnson Commons Commons budget oversight for this dent Association thus far this year. It , Often little thought goes into donning a t-shirt with such a mes- as President and Vice-President. office) is sign the check, so to speak. has been one of the most active years sage, and the t-shirts are just one symptom of a larger problem While the Student Activities Of- The question of payment for that I can recall at Colby.While it has pervading the campus. fice does exercise some degree of elected student leaders has been a not always been as smooth as we all We are in college not only for a degree but to learn to respect and oversight in the financial affairs of thorny one since it was first posed a mightlike,IthinkthatColby student learn about ourselves and others; There are far too many thoughtless student groups such as the Com- few years ago. Who decides if the government is doing an excellent job acts occurring at Colby to believe we are living and working in a mons and the Student Association, it leader has met thejob requirements? and, for the most part, deserves what community that values respect, awareness and learning. The preva- is really the students who decide Who decides when and how much they get. lent lack of taste is unacceptable on a campus that is supposedly what they will spend their money each student leader is paid? In the working toward the appreciation of intellectual achievements. on. Alex and Sarah were paid on the end, these matters must be decided Benjamin D. Jorgensen There was a "White Trash" party at ah off-campus house this implicit authorityof their Commons by the electorate: the students. Director of Student Activities weekend, where male guests wore "wife-beater" t-shirts. Though the intentions of this gathering were not malicious, poking fun of such a situation is thoughtless and mean. Battering women is not something to take lightly. The men who donned the so-called "wife-beater" t- In support of affirmative action shirts should have condemned the implied actions connected with the shirt instead of just putting them on because "everybody else was Affirmative action ar gument misinformed doing it" If s no excuse to say, "it doesn't really matter." * non-majority student who is not as The men's lacrosse team also held their second annual Rent-a-Lax- I am writingin response to Fred in a socially-stratified society that , , Player Auction. The event seemed to work well for everyone; the Webster's recent letter, "Affirma- vilifies anything not-white, not-het- equally "qualified " if not more so lacrosse team got to "strut their stuff" and raise money for their spring tive action not for equality." I feel erosexual, not-Christian, and not- to be here than myself. Has Mr. trip as the audience cheered and chanted "take ii off. " Fun was had by compelled to address some of the male? Or, have we inadvertently Webster? Can he provide statis- many. issues Mr. Webster raises. First of reached a point in our history where tics? Examples? And how can we But to anyone not conditioned to a mindset of poking fun at and all, I believe that there is a differ- people can be judged along charac- measure and quantify excellence ? ignoring complicated issues, the entire scene was barbaric and filled ence between the concept behind systematically ' with sexual overtones. The negative racial and gender roles that what affirmative action legislation In my experiences I I do not feel that Mr. Webster s selling a person implies were forgotten. desires, and the actual application have not encountered letterhassufncientl yevaiuatedwhat of such laws. Mr. Webster seems to affirmative action means to a soci- Ironically;these two events took place during Colby's own Femi- confuse the distinction and argue one non-majority ety like our own. Instead, his argu- nist Fortnight, which was passing by virtually unnoticed. The focus of student 'who is not the Fortnight's events include discussion and education. Whether or against the ideas behind the laws, ments seem to be merely reacting to not one wants to label themselves a liberal feminist, a conservative rather than the sometimes flawed equally "qualified ,* if much dogma spewing from the , chauvinist or something in the middle, participating in intelligent applications and enforcements of not more so, to be mouthsoftheless-popularbutever- in-coritrol, conservative white conversationabout issues of enlightenmentmatters much more to the affirmative action policies. Indeed, here than myself. Colby community than an off-campus party or a athletic auction. theundocumentedinstanceswhere males.Unless Mr. Webster can sub- As welive in our Mayflower Hill microcosm, many realities of life non-majority applicants (who may stantiate his opinions with credible become abstracted into social causes. In Waterville, the city we call or may not be as qualified as their ter lines, rather than skin colors (or numbers and examples of how much more excellent he and other home for nine months a year, many people livebelow the poverty line. majority counterparts) ruthlessly genders, classes, ethnic affiliations, majority applicants happen to be, I Otherssufferfrom abuse.Norare theseproblems limited to Waterville. "get even" with the now "revers- sexual orientations; religious affilia- , find his assertions unjust and abu- Many Colby students, despite the stereotype of "Leave it to Beaver" ibly-discriminated"majorityappli- tions)? If so then why is Mr. ' sive. Complex issues like affirma- lif estyles, have led hot-so-idylliclives. Ignoring these problems will cant, blindly inspires Mr. Webster Webster s letter making a racist and tive action, as well as other policies do nothing to enrich our lives and engage in the task of learning — to condemn, rather simplistically, classist judgment by associating af- which desire more social equality, whichi s presumably what we came to Colby to do; We should remove equal opportunity laws. firmative action policies uniquely demand a degree of sensitivity and the proverbial blinders and take a careful look at what is actually Questions arise in response to with people of other class and ethnic ' analyticalsophistication. Otherwise, going around us. Mr. Webster s letter: would an backgrounds? Areweto assume that there is a danger of not bringing an The long winters in Maine and the intensity of schoolwork can abandonmentofaffirmativeaction those who were recruited and ac- excellence to societal issues that re- cause severe cases of cabin fever. However, in the search for new and policiesequalize the applicantpool cepted, through affirmative action, quire nothing less. interesting diversions from the monotony of being cooped up in- so everyone gets a fair shot at com- are inferior and less-qualified to be doors, we should think more carefully about the social implications ing to Colby? Does this assertion at "excellent" Colby? In my experi- Michael Cobb '95 of the events we choose. Creativity is fine, but a touch of class is take into account that we are living ences I have not encountered one needed, too. The Implications of our mockeries are more deep-seated man might appear on the surface. Affirmative action not just for the poor I am writing in response to Fred arenotcurrentlyrelatedtoaperson's regardlessof their race,sex> or edu- Webster's letter, "Affirmative ac- academic standing. In centeringhis cational backgrounds. Just take a tionnotforequality/'inlastweek's argument around economics, Mr. moment to look around you and Echo. Mr. Webster states that "af- Webster mistakenly equates "poor" you will see evidence of this every I . tt dfa g $dpi firmative action is the act oi re- with "non-white." Interesting. In single day. You may be correct % cruiting minorities for positions actuality,affirmative action policies that affirmative action at the colle- founded in 1877 based on their ethnicity first and are concerned with race and gen- giate level will not solve the prob- ELIZABETH HERBERT, Editor-in-Chief merit later." I would rephrase this der. As a matter of fact, the group lem that some people in this soci- HANNAH BEECH, Managing Editor as affirmative action being the ac- that has benefited most from affir- ety are highly disadvantaged;, tive recruiting of qualified minori- mative action has been, and contin- however, maintaining the disad- ties who would otherwisebe over- ues to be, white women. Nowhere vantages at thecollegiate level and ALISON BORNSTEIN, News Editor YUHGO YAMAGUCHI, Copy Editor looked. It is directly thanksto these in Mr. Webster's article does he ex- beyond, as you seem to advocate, RYAN MAYHUGH, Sports Editor GALEN CARR, Asst. Sports Editor DAVID MACLEAY, Layout Editor BRIAN GOLDEN, Asst. Layout Editor policies that we now have, for ex- press concernover thesepotentially will only make matters worse. The JENNIFER MERRICK, Plato Editor JENNIFER ATWOOD, Asst. Photo Editor ample, a sizable black middle class, undeserving white women, imply- fact that an individual has been ERIKA TROSETH, A&E Editor ANDY VERNON, Staff Cartoonist and a drastic increase in the num- ing that only the non-white benefi- denied access to strong and rigor- RACHEL KONDON, Opinions Editor JESSICA BOHN, Layout Assistant ber of women in high-level posi- ciaries are unworthy. Once again, ous academics in the past is no E.M. DUGGAN, Features Editor JEN SPIESS, layout Assistant MATT MCGINNESS, Business Manager DANIEL DETTCH, Layout Assistant tions in the workforce. very mteresting. It is the prevalence grounds for continuing to deny VAUGHN CHAU, Ad Manager AIMEE FLORES, Subscript ions Manag er He goes on to say, "Colby is not ofsuchsubtlyprejudicialstatements that person such access! Indeed, I responsible for the education of as these that only proves how very would argue, as does the policy of the poor who are not academically necessary affirmative action still is. affirmative action, that that is - all qualified to be here." The validity Let us not f orget, Mr. Webster, the more reason to ensure that that The Colby Echo is a weekly newspaper published by the students of Colby College on of that statement aside, I would that many people who have been individual is given the chance. Thursday of each week the College is in session. The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the immediate like to point out that, unfortu- disadvantaged in our society make community. Letters should not exceed 400 words and must pertain to a topic pertaining nately, affirmative action policies incredible contributions to Colby, Adrienne Clay '97 to current issues at Colby. Letters are due by 8 p.m. Monday for publication the same week. Letters should be typed and must be signed and include an address or phone number. If possible, please also submit letters on a 3.5 inch Macintosh disk in Microsoft Perceptions about Kin g wron g Word format. You may also submit letters via e-mail to "[email protected]". " is becoming a cliche" The Echo reserves the right to edit all submissioas. I think that Fred Webster his grave for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would The Editorials, above, are the official opinion of the paper. Opinions expressed in should seriously reconsider his Colby's young Republican writers, roll over in his grave" if he knew individual columns, advertising and features arc those of the author, not the Echo. own thesis in "Aff irmative action most of whom are in no position to that affirmation action was occur- The Echo will make every effort possible to prevent inaccuracy, but will not be held not for equal ity" and his ref erence be doing so, and I am sure Dr. King ring and people were being re- responsible for errors in advertisements or articles, For information on advertising rates, publication dates, or to contact us about to Martin Luther King, Jr. would not appreciate or approve of cruited based on their ethnicity. submitting an article, please call (207) 872-3349 (x3349 on campus). F irst of all , referr ing to Martin such remarks. Perhaps Fred is not aware that Luther King, Jr. "rolling over in Mr. Webster states that the "Rev. more LETTERSon page 13 Opinions BMBB——M—^——— B——I——BPB— THE IB Congressional plans to JojmcaljmerP 1.1. f no police the Internet termine whether it's all right for BY HANNAH BEECH you to read. The concept is exactly Managing Editor the same. From a practical standpoint, Imaginewalking into the Maclab monitoring the Internet would be and popping your e-mail disk into technologically and fiscally over- the disk drive. The little rooster an- whelming. Do the proponents of nounces that you have five new thelegislation really expect telecom- messages. munications companies to expend Cool. Somebody loves you, and the absurd amount of money neces- it's probably not your mom. Which sary tomonitor their links? The gov- means that the messages' language ernment certainly is not going to might not be squeaky clean. In fact, fund this project, when it already it's from a friend at another college, has so little money that it wants to who's takinga midnight break from cut school lunches and the National a paper by typing a few words to Endowment for the Arts. So much vou. for. Congress You click on supposed stance their message. against un- Suddenly the mes- funded man- sage disappears. dates. It's not a system Faced with error. It's a govern- the tough choice ment censor- between comply- Cloaked in eu- ing with the phemistic language, the Comrnuni- government's regulations and stay- cations Decency Act of 1995 pro- ing financially sound, many tele- poses to hinder privacy and free- communications services might Newt;Out of touch and out of control dom of speech protections on elec- shut down their links. Placing legal breaks for the wealthy doesn t fixated on discontinuing funding tronic networks.The Helms Amend- responsibility on telecommunica- BY RACHEL KONDON equate to a failure to support capi- for the dreaded Corporation for ment (named after the fossilized tions services for not only what they Opinions Editor talism. And unless we are missing Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Pub- senator from North Carolina), produce but what their subscribers something, recent New York Times lic Broadcasting Service (PBS). would further want to restrict mi- produce places an undue burden on Here we go again. The latest in and Boston Globe editorials con- Similar in content to the liberal nors from access to indecent the companies. In an era in which CbngressmanGingrich's seemingly demning capital gains cuts don't propaganda distributed by audiotext. the U.S. is trying to maintain a tech- infinite pronouncements of semi- add up to these papers condemning America's press, the topics covered Attacking potentially obscene nological advantage, encouraging profound insights: the nation's edi- free-market economics or advocat- by CPB and PBS are inappropriate materials floating around the Net, communications networks to close torial writers are socialists. ing state ownership of wealth.Many for an American audience, says the Act wants to prohibit individual up shop makes no sense. ,v (! ¦ • ,.' We won't condemn Newt for people (Republicans and Democrats Gingrich. CPB programmers have speech characterized as "obscene, Currently an electronic petition speaking his rriind; it's his right as alike) think that a tax break and a the gall to broadcast material with lewd, lascivious, filthy or decent" by addressed is circulating along elec- an American. But let's shed some balanced budget may be antitheti- gay and bisexual themes, nudity and penalizmg telecormnunicationsser- tronic networks. A coalition of pub- light on the basis of his claim. As he cal to one another. communist undertones, and base- vices thatwould carry such material. lic interest groups — ranging from sees it, editorial writerswho oppose Editorialists' critical opinions ball, the Civil War, Ethan Frome This means that every message the ACLU, People for the American cuts in the capital gains tax must be show that they understand the im- and Pavarotti. According to our you send to a high school friend , Way, Media Access Project, online socialists. Criticisms of this free- plications of a sometimes elitist Speaker, these things are danger- every mailing list, every on-line chat services, computer industries and market device, one that limits the America — an America that can go ously liberal: they distort traditional group, every newsgroup, every telecommunications networks—is amount of money the wealthy must too far and hurt those in genuine family values. What are the family World Wide Web page and every organizing a lobbying group to pre- fork over to the government, are need. Believe it or not, there is a line values of a divorced man connection your computer makes serve electronic freedom of speech. suspect and may be subversive. between concern for America's for- unaccepting of a lesbian, democrat with another will be monitored for The legislation has been intro- As weak a case as he makes, if he gotten and socialism: it's called con- half sister, but okay with a $4 mil- indecent language and improper duced to the Senate Commerce had stopped there, there would be science. lion advance from a right-wing content. Committee and is awaiting discus- no compulsive desire on the part of Appalled by the "ultra-liberal" newspaper publisher? Thewholephilosophyof theAct sion. Luckily a similar proposal to this writer to launch yet another ideas circulated in American news- Mr. Gingrich, if Rush Limbaugh is diametrically opposed to prin- restrictthe electronic networksdied attack on his ideas. But he didn't stands, Gingrich asks big business can preach pro-capital gains to mil- ciples of free speech. And in order at the hands of last year's Senate. stop there. Over dinner in Washing- to help him put an end to the mad- lions of listeners, and if JerryFalwell to monitor what is deemed safe for But the current congressional ton last week, he urged corporate ness from the left. This is certainly can testify that faith in God is the Internet consumption and what is landscape is not as friendly to alter- executives and business leaders to not his first attempt to limit free only answer to our problems, then not, all information mustbechecked. native audiotexts as last year's. "steer their advertising dollars away expression or determine what liberal OP/EDs ought to be able to So much for privacy. Imagine hav- Hopefull y electronic networks will from newspapers that have not con- Americans should and should not express their ideas without you feel- ing someone check your mail before not be reduced to static sistently supported capitalism." be exposed to. Along with other ing threatened. it's dropped in your mailbox to de- "Newf'works.Q Mr. Speaker, arguingbiggest against tax radical right-wingers, Gingrich is See NEWT on page 13

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Adrienne Clay ' 97 Josh Keith '97 Brian Gill '98 "They can never work the VCR. "They make mistakes on the "My bio. lab instructor always They're supposed to know every- board in chalk, but we have pen keeps his top button buttoned. I thing, and they can't even figure and can't erase our notes." hate that." out what button to push." Echo photos by Jennifer Merrick Opinions **B ^'*'**' maBnMimmBamBmnMMmammaxaiaanma ^ MB^mMMamnaummmm ^iiu ^am^m^BmBixmMm^m^Bmammmi ^ttmmmM^^ Getting caught in the "Inter-Net" have a social life. To paraphrase widespread, also instantaneous in scenes. One that is especially elabo- oriented context. BY JASON REIFLER Steppenwolf, I'm heading out on a way never before possible. Alter- rate is the Internet Underground It's only a small jump from Zoo Staff Writer the information superhighway and native culture is embracing more Music Archive, or IUMA. One can TV to Beavis and Butthead. The ge- I'm looking for adventure. And I'm than just the content of a culture, read hundreds of band profiles, get nius of Beavis and Butthead, The sun is rising upon the digital finding it. Hey, I'm born to be wild. but also the form. As Marshall music industry news, or even whether you like them or not, lies in age; I'm flunking of sleeping in. Un- Or is it born to be wired? . McLuhan said, "the medium is the download music from the bands. the fact that they were the nation's less I can get Nicholas Negroponte's The digital revolution is effect- message." The software that IUMA lets you first multimedia pop culture critics. job, MIT professor and Wired maga- ing all aspects of our lives. As main- In a twist on the Toffler vision download to play the music — They review rock videos—not rock zine columnist, and get paid for say- stream culture embraces these of a global economy run by brain MPEG CD 1.0.1— is flawed, so until music but specifically rock videos. ing things like "e-mail is more than changes, alternative culture is given power, there can now be a global that gets improved, don't get your The song and video are inseparably just a means of communication, it's a greater opportunity to use the tools youth subculture run by brain hopes up. linked. Although our extra crude way of life." of technology to its advantage. The power. The same techno-geeks that Although this globalization of Siskel and Ebert — thumbs up or However, in my unrelenting whole delivery system of alterna- are programming for Microsoft youth culture has been happening thumbs down is just the polite way drive to stay hip, I may be forced to tive culture is being changed. What during the day are running the for some time, it is my theory that of saying "cool" or "sucks" — are adopt the e-mail way of life. Popu- used to spread by word of mouth youth culture interest sites at night. the synthesis of the digital medium probably incapable of getting on- lar culture, or at least alternative/ and local media is now being car- The global village seems to have its with alternative/youth culture is the line, they are nonetheless critics of youth culture is going on-line. I ried out on-line. Where there used share of disaffected youth looking result of U2's Zoo TV tour. On-line, the digital/multimedia age. don't want to be left behind, so to be a small audience there is now, for a way to express itself. interactive TV, or whatever — they If I somehow manage to get out before long I'll be cruising the quite literally, the world. As an example, there are plenty were the great populizers. They took of bed on time, I'll probably still be infobahn . Digital alternative/youth cul- of World Wide Web home pages digital and multimedia to the next late to work. I'll need to check my e- I now have a modem. I no longer ture is, in addition to being more dedicated to underground music level. And they put it in a youth- mail before I leaveO The politics of compassion same affection for him that his he loses the one that the govern- For men only BY MATT MCGINNESS friends in the market do. There is a ment provides. era l movies including "Die Business Manager new, twisted ideal of rugged I have a picture of President BY DAN MACCORONE Hard," "The Terminator " and II indi- ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ¦¦ ' ¦ I ¦¦¦¦¦¦!¦ I ¦——-m l | " ' vidualism emerging. It is calling for Johnson on my wall. LBJ was not the Staff Wr iter "Ghandi. " In addi tion to mov- If you ever happen to wander cutting the heart out of the food most admirable person — he liked ies, several speakers came, in- through Quincy Market in Boston, stamps program, cutting federa l aid to conduct business on the John and This week I received several clud ing wrestler Teri "Hulk" you might see Kenny. Keivny is to students pursuing higher educa- belittle his staff, but he devoted his letters complaining about last Hogan, who gave a riveting spot- about 45 years old, and he loves tion and leaving in the lurch many presidency to creating the kinds of week's Feminist Fortni ght Many light lecture entitled "1,001 Ways President Clinton, JFK and Disney. of those who do not have the means programs that take care of people students were angry about the to Beat Up a Professional Kenny is also mentally challenged. to care for themselves. like Kenny. He believed that society fact that females are the only ones Bowler." After speakin g for only He lives in a house with a number of Kenny may not be on the bud- has a moral obligation to care for here that have a whole 11 days ten minutes , there wasn't a man people who have similar conditions. getary chopping block along with those who are down on their luck or dedicated to their gender. Here in the audience who had a tear in They have caring people to look food stamp recipients today, but his are not able to sustain their basic is just one of the many letters his eye. Hulk then crushed a after them, and they have each other future does not look particularly needs. that I received: boom box playing Sinead for support. bright. The reigns of the nation are Three decades after his presi- Dear Dan, O'Conner with his bare hands. The same program that cares in the hands of the "haves," and dency, this belief is coming under Recentl y I noticed signs Sunday afternoon men from for Kenny's physical needs has they are sick of seeing their tax dol- fire from people who have never around campus for something all around campus gathered to also found him a job. The job is lars go to people like him, who have met Kenny or anyone who could called Feminist Fortnig ht. These enter the "Mortal Kombat H" not anything glamorous; in fact, nothing but the clothes on their not survive without assistance. signs say that the Fortni ght lasted tournament in the Page Com- it is a job cleaning up at backs, food and a place to sleep. There is no conspiracy of the poor or from March 1st to the 10th. I see a mons room. This portion of McDonald's, but Kenny is proud No one else at Colby may know unfortunate to defraud the govern- problem here. Doesn't a fortni ght Men 's Fortni ght was sponsored of the fact that he works. He walks Kenny, but all of us know benefi- ment. These are people who want to last for 14 days — not ten as the by the newly formed "Kick the through Quincy Market when he ciaries of government assistance. make a contribution and not be left poste r claims? This is false adver- Ever Living Poo Out of Every- has free time and talks to who- The people receiving aid are your behind. tising and something should be body" men's-only club . ever will listen. The vendors there grandparents on social security, Politics is not about abandoning done about it! And since I felt Mon day was Interna tional all know him, and they give him your roommate who has federal those who are less fortunate because oppressed by this event, I think Men's Day. Well, not reall y, but meals or small gifts whenever loans or a friend whose family is or it is easier to look the other way or that this oversight should be made several male students put up ban- they can. Kenny has people who was on welfare. In less than three because it plays well on television public , even thoug h this could ners all over one room in Dana care about him. months, over 400 Colby students to say that we must get these depen- embarrass the supporters of this declaring this day to be cel- What Kenny does not know and will graduate, many without pros- dents off the taxpayers' backs. All affair forever. ebrated by drinking lots of beer might not understand is tha t the pects of employment or a place to Kenny wants is a chance to work Flustere d in Foss and seeing who can belch the political leadership of the Common- live. The only difference between every day and an autographed pic- Well, Fluste red , this has been loudest If you missed the party, wealth of Massachusetts and the these students and Kenny is that he ture of President Clinton. I think we a huge issue on campus this past don' t worr y, there will be a vid- nation do not necessarily have the does not have a home to return to if can do that for him.Q week. People have almost started eotape made available , which riots over it, but luckily Dean you can take out of the library at Kassm an was abl e to res train your leisure. A liberal arts illusion them by brute strength alone. To end the festivities on Tues- prepare for a diverse world. The expect us to develop interests in The reason that Feminist Fort- day night there was a spectacular BY NICHOL ALEXANDER wellness requirement prepares us other areas as well? night only lasted 11 days was concer t/football game* Trent Contributing Writer for a lifetime of fitness. Why do requirements exist at all because many students thoug ht Reamer from Nine Inch Nails pro * It strikes me that the college has if not to direct us? that in order to be fair , a men's vided the inspira tional music At Colby, a liberal arts institu- outlined everything that will make The explanation for why some fortni ght should be instituted while the Colby football team de- tion, we get a liberal arts education. us well-rounded, good people. of us don't comprehend the ramifi- as well. Though they ori ginally stroyed Bowdoin 65-3 in a benefit No big surprise there. However, let However, there is a resounding gap cations of the Contract with America tri ed to schedul e thi s event for game for the group MAB (Men us consider for a second what this between thecharacteristicsstudents or know what's going on in Con- sometime in late J une, people Allerg ic to Beer). They , raised education consists of and how it is here develop and the characteristics gress is simple — it's because some protested , saying that everyone $4,000 to supp ort those poor, un- enforced. Our education is con- they will need after graduation. of us don't care or don't want to would be home for the summer , for tunate men who cannot par- structed and defined by some exter- There is absolutely no focus on know. This is not an attitude that we and thus, would not be able to take in na ture 's favorite beverag e nal source that we give ourselves to what will make us good citizens in should permit, nor is it an attitude take part in the festivities. There- — a nice, cold beer. All in all, the by attending Colby. We accept the a country that demands participa- that educators should be happy with fore , Men's Fortni ght was re- evening was a hoot. liberal arts curriculum as something tion. There is no effort to insure that as an end product of the liberal arts scheduled f or March 11t h Men's fortnig ht was not the beneficial and desirable and hope students leave school reading news- curriculum. through 14th. However , thoug h success expected, bu t it gave hope that those who created the curricu- papers and magazines. There is no As the National Endowment for this fun event has been recog- to all those who believe in equal lum have some greater goals for us effort to make sure that they de- the Arts (NEA) sinks into desola- nized by the school, the advertis- oppor tunity . One student was to work towards. velop the ability to formulate ideas tion, as the welfare system is frac- ing departmen t has been ra ther quo ted as saying "I didn 't really Thegeneral distribution require- on current affairs and politics. tured and destroyed, as the lunch lax, placing people like those of meet anyone new these past few ments specifically indicate what this "We don't have to make a re- program is killed, as $11.6 million is you readin g this article in an days, bu t I sure feel like the man I college wants us, as students, to take quirement for that;" "That is what taken away from food stamp pro- awkward posi tion. Many of you always knew I was!" He then pro- away from our educational experi- all the other requirements sup- grams, as billions and billions of are probabl y hearing abou t ceeded tobekh"Hail /CoIbyHan i" ence. Quantitative Reasoning, Arts, port;" "We expect students to de- dollars are thrown away on obscure Men 's Fortni ght for the firs t time, right into my ear. Student Activi- Historical Studies, Literature and velop that themselves." So go the military programs, we sit happily which means tha t you missed one ties is looking forward to a larger Social Sciences represent what obvious responses to this prob- upon our hill, confident that our hell of a part y. turnou tnextyear , and as one mem- Colby thinkswe should know upon lem. But if the college really ex- liberal arts education will direct us Some of the festivities that ber says, "We may actually have entering into the real world. The pects us to develop interest in aca- for the future and make us respon- were held dur ing " Men 's Fort- posters in the Studen t Center, but diversi ty requirement helps us to demics on our own, why doesn't it sible citizens.Q night" wer e the showings of sev- don' t get your hopes up/' Q Opinions LETTERS continued from pa ge 10 - King used affirmative action dur- lege with an affirmative policy that three times higher for a black in Schools: let the ing the 1960's to secure a fair share recruited minorities and saw ben- Roxbury than a white in of jobs to blacks in a program en- efit in an integrated environment. Brookline. Dr. King would have titled Operation Breadbasket. Op- It is here that he realized that the to look only as far as Boston to play on witness rampant housing and hands eration Breadbasket sought to en- best is brought out in people when his Ph.D. at Boston University banking discrimination. I think courage city businesses, which ben- they are exposed to and interact BY CALEB MASON a few years ago when the pub- he would conclude that civil rights efited from black patronage, to em- constructively with others who are Staff Writer lic schools in neighboring legislation alone has not resulted ploy a proportionate number of different than themselves. Chelsea essentially went bank- in socioeconomic justice and that qualifiable blacks in all levels of a Thirdly, King would know that B.C., rupt. Faced with what would we as a country need to do more. In the 4th century company. For example, if blacks equality and equal opportunity edu- have been utter disarray, Affirmative action has resulted Aristotle wroteof the Spartan occupied 30 percent of a city's do not exist yet in the United partans Chelsea made a deal with B.U.: in constructive integration and has cational system that the S population, Operation Breadbas- States. The U.S. Census Bureau the University would take over opened up opportunities to cared only for producing soldiers: ket requested that a company hire finds that African-American men they didn't understand the prin- the public schools and could 30 percent black employees. If a earn onl 86 percent of what white women and minorities. Institu- y ciple of education qua education. restructure the curriculum as company did not take action there males are paid for comparable tions such as the military and some They trained the mind only inso- it saw fit. One of B.U.'s first jobs and black children are three colleges and universities have would be a call for an economic far as it was militarily useful. They changes was to vastly increase boycott of the company' times more likel to live in pov- done so without "compromising s product y scorned culture; they weren't truly the emphasis on music, espe- erty than whites children. The excellence" as Webster assumes. and services. The results were civilized. cially in the elementary more and upgraded jobs for blacks. NAACP's studies indicate that A generation earlier, after a schools. automobile insurance rates are Abe Rogers '95 Secondly, King attended a col- 30-year honorless bloodbath, White helped design a pro- the superior Athenian cultural gram in which poor, inner-city sensibilities succumbed to the kids, who would have had no Demandin g excellence not enou gh philistinic Spartan military ma- access to musical instruments Fred Webster suggests in his let- lence? bers of society unless they are will- chine. The lean, utilitarian or lessons, were able to learn to ter, as does much of the political Within his article, he seems to ing to help out. Why? Because oth- hawks of the Athenian Assem- play. For the first time in many debate today, that it is not the unwittingly define the very nature erwise, the road seems impossible. bly consoled each other, with of their lives, these kids weren't government's role to help society of the problem: that our govern- Ever since the civil war, Americans the bitter but self-congratula- patronized or ignored when "from the top down." He says that ment represents one group of have demanded nothing but excel- tory air of the defeated pessi- they asked to try out the saxo- "if we demand the excellence of people. He includes in the "we" lence from other Americans, but mist: "We should have copied phone or the flute. Professional everybody from the ground up, then group those who are inequality still remains. the Spartans when we had the musicians from the university maybe the poor will be able to rise underrepresented by government; Affirmative action is a better re- chance." gave lessons and perfor- up to the level of academic achieve- the poor who have been structur- sponse to the inequality that exists One should never pretend mances. Chris even brought mentthatColby demands...". There ally isolated from access to economic in our society than throwing up our that history's little anecdotes Colby's Jazz Band down for a are flaws in this argument, which, gain. hands and saying, it's their prob- are dead and have no power day of concerts at two elemen- due to the nature of the academic This argument whole-heartedly lem. Affirmative action shows his- over us. The anti-intellectual tary schools. environment that we are uv should advocates that our society should torically disadvantaged people that crusade of the current round of As we played, I saw some- be discussed. abandon any poor or excluded we as a society are committed to school and arts cutbacks is noth- thing I'll never forget: 8, 9, and He suggests that "we" should groups of people until they some- integration and to allowing every- ing new. Political assaults on 10 year old kids, kids without not allow our government to com- how miraculously pull themselves one to compete equally. True, Affir- art and culture were presaged money, kids who face the so- promise itself to help people. Then, up by their own privatized boot- mative action should not be qualifi- most recently in this country cial realities unfamiliar to kids later on, he suggests that we should straps. cation-blind, which legally it isn't, by the turn-of-the-century at St. Paul's or Philips Exeter, demand from "the poor" that they He seems to propose no way but it is also true that we should not Know-Nothing party. Cloaked kids who are about as far as conform to our standard of excel- through which they can pull them- ignore the historical situation that in populist rhetoric brimming one can get from the cultural lence. How can he on one hand say selves up from their place to ours has created structural isolation of with phrases like "preening art- privileges of the upper class, that he has no ability to help people other than by demanding excellence. minorities from integration into the ists" and "cultural elite," the who responded to the music from the top down, but then on the Equal members of a democratic so- mainstream. Know-Nothings flared briefly on an intellectual level that one other hand demand that people ciety should not demand excellence and died. But their legacy lives hopes for, but rarely sees, in conform to his standard of excel- from other, less incorporated, mem- Marc Herbst '95 in the words of Newt Gingrich school audiences. They were who, as he vows to kill the Cor- learning — and music was the poration for Public Broadcast- catalyst. Financial aid cuts are no solution ing, said, "They 're not public Incidentally, psychological re- broadcasting. Rush Limbaugh search indicates that aptitude for With each new article, Marc kill financial aid, school lunch pro- be missing many faces, including is public broadcasting." music and mathematics are Fairbrother's stances are deterio- grams, and heat assistance pro- mine, because there is simply no In the public schools, as strongly linked. Studies on child rating. His Feb. 23 article was at grams, they have the audacity to way on this earth I could afford to prodigies least thought out and argued a attempt to resurrect Star Wars and be here without help. money gets tight, music pro- suggest that musical and point. I disagreed with it, but I could By eliminating financial aid, the grams are generally among the mathematical genius may be sim- l respect his opinion. However, his GOP would stop less fortunate first to be cut. According to p y different manifestations of the We're not all as deeply ingrained cultural valu- same basic faculty. It may even March 9 attempt can be reduced to wealth y as Mr. people from attending top notch nothingbut whining. Sure, the fight institutions such as Colby and pre- ational standards, music is low turn out that the Chelsea students over financial aid is about money, Gingrich and vent them from getting those high in the educational hierarchy. will soon outstrip their genteel sub- ^ We have a little Spartan in us but don't get righteous on me. paying jobs. It would only perpetu- , it urban colleagues in math. without financial seems. Cutting music is ac- Fairbrother states in his closing ar- ate the age old 'rich get richer and But this connection is by no aid, Colby would cepted as a legitimate bud gument that the only way for the poor get poorer' problem that is get means a new discovery. The U.S. to get back on track economi- be missing many paralyzing the nation. It's a fact trimming measure. Keeping it Greek philosopher Pythagoras is seen as stroking the aesthetic was fascinated b cally is if we all contribute, even if faces. that people with education make y the relation of it stings: "At least somebody seems more than thosewithout. Wouldn't sensibilities of the cultural elit- mathematics and harmony. And ists (who probably listen to Na- music was, in case we've forgot- to understand that." Who? Newt? bulk up military spending. Hardly depriving a good part of the popu- The GOP? I think not. seems fair to me. lation this opportunity only in- tional Public Radio). I'd like to ten, one of the seven original Lib- I wholeheartedly agree that in But back to the issue at hand, crease welfare, something Newt is suggest that music is much eral Arts. If we respect learning, order to straighten ourselves out, financial aid. Whether the GOP re- so eager to stamp out? more than a peacock — it is a we must hang on to it — not as a crucial weak stepchild spending cuts are mandatory. But I alizes it or not, its elimination Yeah, Marc, I'm all for health, pedagogic resource. , but as a central Colb 's Chris White, Direc- component of human want them across the board, not would only further throw the U.S. happiness, and freedom. What do y edu- cation.Q just in specific areas where Newt into a downward spiral. We're not you think I'm fighting for? tor of Bands, was working on I himself won't be affected. And all as wealthy as Mr. Gingrich, and while he and the rest of the GOP without financial aid, Colby would Mike Truman '98 NEWT, continued frompage 11— What Newt doesn t under- tening to the call of the future, Squash cover age inadeq uate stand is that the sentiments ex- not straining over our shoulders pressed by newspaper writers trying to hear echoes from When I picked up the Echo last I understand that Colby stu- sports page works extremely hard the and the programming seen on ' Thursday, I saw large, whole-page dents do not follow the squash for Colby. Therefore, it is only right past. articles on hockey's fifth seed and season like hockey or basketball, that each team receives their mo- PBS reflect the reality of some The Speaker's attacks on this the basketball NCAA tournament butcoverage like this of their great- mentof glory. Receiving a national Americans. The stuff heard on liberal "ta ke-over" of society that has yet to begin. I did not, est moments will keep it that way. title is about as high as you get in Pat Robertson's 700 Club reflect were addressed by Editor of the however, see very much on men's I am not asking for a full-page college athletics, so next time think a different reality. The noises he Globe editorial page H. D. S. squash and how they had won the spread detailing the weekend at about the efforts and success of hears in his head comes from a Greenway, who said, "I suspect national title at Princeton. Finish- Princeton, but recognize all of that team and not just what looks Gingrich fantasyland, that's not that most editorial writers on big ing one of their best seasons ever, Colby's athletics equally in the good on paper. America he's hearing. America city newspapers might be a tad that small blurb was not enough to Echo. is a changing, complex and di- more liberal than Newt." Well, say so. Every team featured on the Michael Soares '98 verse land. We move forward lis- thank God for that.Q ASCENSO, continued frompage 20 she said. "Lenia leads by example, and The indoor season is over, but she is active in talking to and en- outdoor track will soon begin. couraging the underclassmen run- Aitken is considering having her try ners on the team," said Aitken. combine all 1 the 1500m, and she believes she has A sociology major and a lpSBS W| 1F H^ ^ " ^ ^ a chance to qualif ' B y for outdoor na- women s studies minor, Ascenso Bjfl jm||J^ ^P ^ ^ * your debts into one I tionals in both the 800m and the hopes to keep running after gradu- 1 1500m. ation. She would like to live in a city SyP *^ ^ easy-to-manag e payment 1 "Her muscles and her cardio- like San Francisco, New York or pay. i vascular system are so strong. She Boston, and she acknowledges that | Bad credit no problem. ALL accepted based on ability to has natural speed," said Aitken. it might be difficult with a job and Auay I 1 Ascenso is excited about trying being in a city. 1 Fast Help Is Just k Pbnmse Call the 1500m and she would like to see "The thing about running 1-305-537-3617

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The Echo: a proud tradition since 1877 POMPEO, continued frompage 20- calmer than most people are on the enough," said Pompeo, "but I've field." always played on lines with goal "I feel really lucky," said scorers. I've never been considered Pompeo. "I was on two very differ- one of the best players on the team; ent teams here in terms of personal- I don't relish in that kind of recogni- ity. For soccer, we've had such a tion." strong winning tradition that things In 25 games this past hockey sea- seemed to take care of themselves. son, the smooth scorer netted 10 When you have a winning tradi- goals and dished out 24 assists for a tion, all you have to do is keep it total of 34 points. In four years of rolling." donning the #3jersey for the Mules, Easier said than done. But cool- Pompeo has notched 38 goals and ness is one of the traits that defines 74 assists for a total of 112 points, Pompeo's on-the-field personality. placing him among the top 12 point "Brian has brought two things to scorers in Colby history. our program: patience and matu- "He is in an elite group," said rity," said hockey Head Coach Scott Borek, "his ability and leadership Borek. "He has no panic button. He won't be able to be replaced. I think also has great perspective. It forces it's rare to have a great athlete who the guys around him to keep their doesn't allow himself to get perspective, and I respect him for wrapped up in it." that. Even as a coach you don'tkeep As an American studies major everything in perspective some- and education minor, Pompeo now times, and I think he has helped considers the possibility of entering everyone with that." the real world as a teacher. As evi- "He is a quiet leader," said denced by his captainships for two Serdjenian. "I'm not sure that I've of Colby's most competitive and ever heard more than a normal con- popular teams, educating others versational voice from him on the seems to be right up his alley. field." "The part I enjoyed most about Pompeo's calm demeanor has being captain was, you were sup- been a staple in his personality since posed to influence the youngerplay- his days at Cohasset High School, ers," said Pompeo. "After a while, where he helped his brother Danny you notice changes in the younger break the school scoring record for players, and you feel like you've hockey. Pompeo then transferred to had a role ... there's no better feeling Ecno file photo by Jennifer Merrick Belmont Hill, a preparatory school in the world." ' 95 makes a move on the UMass Amherst goalie in a game last year. outside of Boston, where herepeated In his final season for the Mules, Brian Pompeo his junior year ahdbeganto flourish Pompeo was selected to play in the sion III all-star game at Plattsburgh, don't replace Brian Pompeo." be[raised somewherewitriiri the con- as a hockey player. Yet his reputa- New England senior all-star soccer New York to be played April 1. Unfortunately enough, Borek's fines of the Alfond Athletic Com- tion as a puckster and more impor- game and was given first-team all- "His skill level is extremely words ring true for Mule fans, who plex, it will mark the finishing touch tantly, his on-ice ego, never esca- New England honors as well. high," said Borek. "We'll really miss will undoubtedly crave his smooth of an illustrious dual-sport career lated to pompous proportions. The hockey captain was also sent that next year. Anyone who has presence and ability on the turf and and give Pompeo the recognition "I get criticized for not shooting an invitation to the national Divi- watched him play realizes that you ice next season. Should his #3jersey that he has earned.Q *

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BY RYAN MAYHUGH cocaine addict , (which caused the Celtics to threaten Sports Editor a $100 million lawsuit against the J ournal and Suskind ) and evidence from tests by cardiolog ists Ron Suskind is public enemy number one. supported this possibility. However , Lewis was If you don' t know who Ron Suskind is, don' t be never outri ght accused of drug use. Whether or not surprised. When I tell you he is the reporter from he used cocaine is insignificant. If he died due to The Wall StreetJournal who wrote an article a week cocaine use or from the common cold, he is still ago which investi gated and anal yzed the death of gone. Boston Celtics captain Reggie Lewis, you'll under- Reggie Lewis' fate can't be helped. However , stand why he should contemp late going on an ex- measures and changes should take place to ensure tended vacation to northern Alaska. that a similar traged y doesn' t take place in the Lewis, who collapsed on the court of a playoff future. First and foremost , the NBA should scra p its game in 1993 and died three months later while current drug policy and institute a new one. Under shooting baskets in the off season, was not only a the current policy, if a player is found to be using fantastic basketball player, but an active member of drugs , his contract is voided and he is expelled from the Boston Community as well. The public was the league. deprived of its hero , and it demanded to know how This policy seems less harsh when it is noted that something like this could happen. drugs tests are performed only on athletes where Echo photo by Jennifer Atwood His death was the result of an enlarged and there is a reasonable cause to suspect drug use. This Leah Berstein '98 , left, and Kara Marchant '97 practice in damaged heart , and the death certificate said the policy tries to ignore what should be the real pur- the Fieldhouse recently. cause of the damage to his heart came from adenovi- pose of drug testing: treatmen t Allowing a player to rus two, a virus that is known to cause the common return after rehab is better than the see-no-evil, cold. Questions began to pop up. hear-no-evil method used now. Women's lacrosse Suskind , in a length y and extensive article , in- If Lewis did in fact use drugs , he would certainl y vestigated the events that surrounded Lewis's ori gi- not be the first athlete to do so. Recentl y, Sports nal collapse. In the studies that followed, performed Illustrated told the story of Dwight Gooden and looks to youth by some of the best cardiolog ists in the country, it Darry l Strawberry, the baseball players from the was discovered that Lewis had three dead spots on New YorkMets whose lives and careers were turned Tammy Smith '96 is "the most con- the left ventricle of his heart. Immediatel y, the upside down due to cocaine addictions. Both have BY KAREN BLAISDELL sistent player from last year," and doctors questioned the possible use of cocaine, been in treatment programs several times, and are Staff Writer Kara Marchant '97 is also "playing which often causes the dead spots. currentl y strugg ling to stay clean. extraordinarily well," according to Lewis refused to take a drug test. A test could not In contrast to both Gooden and Strawberry, who With a strong core of returning Salin. Joining the team this year are be forced because of NBA regulations , so the doc- were stuck with bad boy imagines earl y in their players and the welcome addition two top prospects, Kate Taylor '98 tors were left wondering. The Celtics could have careers , Lewis was the perfect package. A great of two first-years, Head Coach Heidi and Alice Zecher '98. Salin said she allowed a drug test to be administered , yet they did basketball player , a fabulous father and husband Salin is looking forward to a suc- is impressed by their performances nothing. and a positive role model in the communit y. He cessful season for her women's la- thus far in the pre-season and feels Approximate ly three months later , Lewis was could do no wrong. crosse team. The team is relatively the younger players will rise up to dead. In such a traged y, frustration takes over and Now he is gone. Definite answers will be diffi- young, but Salin said she feels the become leaders. people look for someone to blame. In this case, cult to attain with the current amount of evidence squad will be able to "overcome the The team's first challenge will several had fingers pointed in their direction. and information. inexperience." come when it leaves the confines of Doctors, NBA officialsy the Celtics, you name it Even if the situation is finall y resolved, it will be "Our goal is to improve upon the Fieldhouse and travels to and they had something to do with uie death of small consolation to the three-year-oldboy and one- our 6-7 record from last year," said Williamsburg, Virginia for spring Lewis. In his article , Suskind sought to get to the year-old girl who are forced to grow up, robbed of Salin. break. It will take on Washington bottom of the situation. the chance to get to know the grea t man that was Leading the way for the Mules is and Lee, a consistently top ranked He did bring up the possibility that Lewis was a their Dad. Q , Rebecca May '95, who ended last Division III school. Salin looks for year's season as the team's second- this to be a good game as the two leading scorer with 26 goals and teams have never faced teach other four assists. The third and fourth before. top scorers were JJ. Eklund '97 and After they return back home, Stacy Joslin '97, respectively. Colby will face tough competitors Courtney Sullivan '96, who accord- such as Springfield, Trinity, Tufts, ing to Salin is "playing extremely Bates and Bowdoin. The team is well thus far," will also contribute looking forward to the season and to the offense. Salin feels the players are "really Backing up the offense is an focused on achieving great in the equally effective defensive unit. season. "?

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I Hours: Tucs. -Thurs. 4:30-11. 00, Fri . & Sat, (ill midnight Softball returns Pitchers lead baseball team strong hitters and adds to pitching staff BY MIKE GAIXANT '95 will be leading the squad this Contributing Writer spring. Frechette will be in right field, and according to Stap les she The softball team, is gearing has a great throwing arm for the up for an exciting season this position. Thompson , in center spring, uncertain of what the fu- field, is another great fielde r with ture holds. With some ret urning quick speed on the base paths. upperclassmen , a few promising Also returning will be Karen first-years and a new head coach , Ackley '96, who will be a top the team is very eager to get pitcher for the team . Kay la Baker started. '97 will be at first and has had New Head Coach Beth Stap les, some impressive hitting in prac- who also coaches the women's tice so far. Stephanie Tyrrell '95 basketball team , will be returning has had past ex- to second base perience coach- this spring. ing high school According to teams and was an Stap les, some assistant coach at prom ising first- the University of years will be a Maine at Orono. great addition to Stap les said prac- the team. J oan tices have been Giblin '98 will going well, but add to the pitch- players have ing staff and is been battling a large numb er of also a strong batter. Robyn Maco arm , shoulder and elbow injuries '98 is a pitcher with a uni que that have restricted the team 's windup as a south paw. preparation. Alrea dy, the Mules Stap les said the Mules' have lost one player , Heather streng ths will lie in hitting , with Richardson '98, to a shoulder in- high percent age batters and a few jury for the remainder of the sea- power hitters. But she has been son. most impressed with the team's Cuts for the team have alread y work ethic so far. been made, and after injuries , 15 'The players have been wor k- ing hard and are very dedicated ," players are currentl y on the team , Echo photo by Merritt Duff which Stap les said is a good num- said Stap les, "they should con- First-year pitcher Mark Hachy winds. up at practice.. ber of players going into the sea- tinue to improve throug hout the son. season. " BY LUCAS PENNEY season, Dexter is looking for the look to keep the trend going into the ' positions The team opened its season While the players Staff Writer Mules to produce its first winning season will be returning stolen-base are not definite this early in the with an indoor scrimmage against season since 1987 as well as aim for leader, Jerrod Deshaw '97, and season, Stap les said she has an the University of Maine at a playoff berth in the ECAC tourna- McGovern. The Colby baseball team has be- idea of where the players will be Farmington on March 15 and will ment at the end of the year. Deshaw was the team leader in gun its spring training in hopes ot laced. Co-captains Sarah Fre- be heading to Florida for spring p embarking on what looks like a very "I'm excited to see how we match hits and batting average, accumu- '96 so break. Q chette and Lynn Thomp n promising year. This 1995 team is up early on. I think we now have an lating a .343 average. Huerta will fill experienced team that can compete the spot behind the plate of Rich loaded with young talent that has with any team we play," said Dexter. Rygalski, who last year was the ; ¦ seen its level of play increase dra- " have been team's home-run leader. Ben Russell matically since last year. This will Hitting and pitching , A. cunt I tiirii be a key to future Mules success as concerns for Colby in the past but '97 has had a solid spring and will many of their NESC AC rivals boast recent practices and scrimmages anchor the team at third base. Metric Motors Inc. I upper-classmen rosters. have shown the Mules need not The northern climate has kept . TsamtmmmmamnHmmmmmmmmmmuBammm Colb indoors for the "This is a young, defensive worry. The pitching staff is loaded y spring, but 1 yiiSyikU with strong, experienced players come March 25, the team will test nunud i ervflJg^aiJife s > I team/' said captain Justin Van Til ^^^ '95. "We have key players back in like senior captain Mike Frasier, their work on the grassy fields of the infield." Doug Macauley '95, Mike Keller '95 Florida. This year Colby will be /t \yyh Returning for the Mules in the and junior Jason Kidwell. 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Lenia Ascenso '95 runs for Colby at indoor nationals BY LARRY BENESH my best time. But I couldn't do any- from behind. This season she found Staff Writer thing about it," she said. herself in a different position. Ascenso has competed in track "She discovered early on that Last weekend Colby sent senior since middle school. She ran all there was no one else who was go- Lenia Ascenso to Northern Ohio through high school, and she has ing to be ahead of her," said Aitken. University for the Division III run track since her first year at Colby. "Lenia's major breakthrough has women's indoor track champion- Still, it was only her second year been that she got the confidence to ships. She qualified for the 800m competing in the indoor season, and go out there, take the lead from the competition, and the atmosphere last year she took the season off start, keep it, and win. She found was exciting and intimidating. while she was abroad. out that she really can compete with They escorted her into the event, "For her to go abroad and to any of the top runners in our league." and her name was announced. comeback and have the season she Ascenso has had many great "It was nice to be treated impor- has had is really impressive," said moments this season in several tant," she said. "It was like being in Head Coach Deb Aitken. "Not a events, but perhaps the finest dem- the big leagues." whole lot of people in any sport can onstration of her ability to compete She had a strong enough start. do that." came at the New England Division But something fazed her. Ascenso has actually improved I Championships. Ascenso was up "About half way through the her times since she went abroad. against the best runners from all race I think it all hit me, just being Even her time at nationals, which schools in New England. there and everything. I just sort of she said she wasn't happy with, "There were people in my heat mentally dropped out," she said. was better than anything she ran in from Northeastern, BU, BC and "With the tougher competition that any season before this year. UConn. It was exciting to compete is at nationals, you have to be on top "1 look back at all the improve- againstpeople who were recruited," of yourself mentally." ments I've made, and I realize I've said Ascenso. Despite Ascenso's frustration had a great season," said Ascenso. She was the lone Division III Echo photo by Yuhgo Yamaguchi with her mental performance, it is A great deal of her improvement runner to qualify for the finals in the Scott Higgins '95 practices lacrosse in the Fieldhouse this difficult to say that her finish as 12th could be due to a change in strategy 800m, and she finished an impres- week. in the nation is a disappointment. in her running style. Ascenso has sive seventh place. "Since it was the end of the sea- always been a conservative runner, "It felt really great to do that," son, I really wish I could have run and she liked to work her way up see ASCENSO on p age 14 No place like home Men' s lax p repares f or A sure bet season on the road Brian Pompeo '95 course of the season for the Mules knows how to win BY GALEN CARR since they will spend hours before Asst. Sports Editor virtually every game on the road. BY GALEN CARR "All of our big NESCAC games Asst. Sports Editor As the men's lacrosse team pre- except against Amherst are on the pares for the upcoming season, vari- road," said Zazzaro, "it's going to The name cuts through the darkness some- ous questions linger. Will the Mules be tough with 12 away games." where between the library and Roberts. A fulfill their surprising potential? Do After achieving a national rank- long, drawn out "Pompeeooo, Pompeeooo!" they have what it takes to surpass ing of #19 for Division III and land- rings out, echoing off all of frat row. last year's record of 11-3? Can they ing a spot in the ECAC playoffs last The call has become immediately recogniz- make it further than the first round season, the Mules have their work able on Mayflower Hill over the past four of the ECAC playoffs? Some have cut out for them because they will years; it is the same one that has echoed in their doubts. Others are spewing once again attempt to secure a spot times of triumph across Colby's soccer fields confidence. in the and throughout the hallowed rafters of Alfond Yet there exists "We 're a lot deeper postseason. Arena. Brian Pompeo, the senior captain of Colb 's one final question at every position . "I think the y that might have spring has been soccer and hockey teams, played in his final Colby fans scratch- then we've ever very encourag- athletic contest for the Mules last week, a 9-2 ing their noggins as been. " ing," said submission to Salem State during the men's their lacrosse team —David Zazzaro , Zazzaro. "We're hockey first-round ECAC playoff game. The looks to enjoy a suc- a lot deeper at loss brought to a close what could be consid- cessful season: men's lacrosse head every position ered by many as one of the most consistent Where are they? coach than we've ever athletic careers in school history. Over the course been and that As sweeper for the men's soccer team since of this year's 15-game schedule, the makes for some pretty competitive his freshman season, Pompeo has anchored a Mules a re sla ted to play just three of practices. Mule defense that has made postseason ap- those contests here in Waterville. "What's been making it such a pearances in each of the last three years. In After playing seven home games productive preseason is the leader- Pompeo's four years, the Mules posted an last spring, the Mules must hit the ship by the seniors," he said. overall record of 47-13-4, with their most no- road this season, spending most of As the new season dawns, the table campaign in 1993, when the team went 16-1-1, notched a total of nine shutouts and their time at Colby doing no more record book will close on four of the than practicing. It appears as if the most productive senior lacrosse captured the ECAC championship. schedules of many NESCAC teams players Colby has ever seen: Brent "I think he is a deceptive athlete," said revolve on a rotating basis, with a McLean, Jeff Harris, Franchot Tone Head Coach Mark Serdjenian. "He doesn't substantial number of home games and Andy Vernon. look as flashy as he really is. He used to scare one year followed by virtually none McLean begins his final run as a me his freshman year because he dribbled the next, according to Head Coach four-yearstarter and is within reach around a lot in front of the net, but he never David Zazzaro. of theall-timepoints-scored record . coughed it up. His composure on the soccer field is amazing. He is always outwardly much U—— ..,..¦¦.. — ¦¦¦!¦ — —. I.— ¦ — — W ¦ I I ¦!¦¦ ¦¦ — I I l I.I. ¦!.!. I || I.,—11.11 ¦ .J This scenario could present a Harris returns as the leading Echo file photo by Jennifer Merrick rather formidable opponent over the see LAX on page 14 see POMPEO on page 16 Brian Pompeo '95