REMEMBERING PRESIDENT STRIDER honorary doctorates to him and his wife upon his retirement in 1979." $2 milliongift to Named a Life Trustee of the Col- lege, there is also a scholarship cre- ated in his name. Strider Theater in Runnals Union "was named in [his family's] honor, and in recognition Collegeathletics of their love of music, especially choral music, the College estab- By LEAH WALPUCK annually for our programs is a lished the annual Strider Concert. NEWS STAFF tremendous boost. The gift from Alsa in 1979, the Maine Bar Asso- the Alfond Foundation will aug- ciation presented him with its Dis- President William D. Adams ment our programs and the impact tinguished Citizen Award. In 2000, announced a $2 million donation will be huge," Zalot said. the City of Waterville named from the Harold Alfond Founda- This is not the first donation that Strider Avenue for him." His list of tion in support of varsity athletic the Alfond Foundation has made to achievements continues. programs at the College on No- the College in support of its ath- Born on April 8, 1917, the na- vember 18. letic programs. The Bill Alfond tive West Virginian is survived "The gift from the Foundation Field, the College's first synthetic by his four children: Mary is a two million turf, and the (Bruenn), Robert , William and dollar endowed Harold Alfond Sta- Elizabeth (Dain); three grand- gift. As with all This is not the dium are both rela- children: Marjoric , Katharine endowed gifts , the tively new and Mary; two great-grandchil- gift is invested and first donation facilities that have dren: Zakariya and Joseph; and will generate that the Alfond been made possi- his sister, Barbara Kuehn , and about $100,000 in ble by of the Al- brother, David Strider. interest annually Foundation fond Foundation. Strider graduated cum laude for the depart- has made to Atthough the from Harvard University in 1939 ment. The won- College is still un- derful thing about the College in sure of any spe- endowed gifts is support of cific plans of how Strider that they are de- its athletic it will use the en- posited and we dowment, stu- th " introduced will have the an- programs. dents seem eager President" the January for change. Mourning loss of 17 nual interest for- ever," Marcella "I'm looking demic program that has since been recognition from a prominent Program of Zalot , Harold Alfond director of forward to seeing what kinds of By ALLISON EHRENREICH adopted by many peer institutions. foundation and bolstered the Col- NEWS EDITOR athletics, said. changes this is going to have for He helped bring the residential co- lege's financial position to allow Independent "The gift [also] endowed the the athletic programs at Colby. education to the College and us to reach far beyond Maine and Study, or position of Director of Athletics at Hopefully I'll get to see the be- Robert Edward Lee Strider II , "broadened the curriculum to in- New England for outstanding stu- Colby," Zalot said, so that now ginning of some of these changes the College's 17,h president and clude foreign study opportunities, dents." Adams continued, saying JanPlan, to the position includes "Harold Al- before I leave in three years," said life trustee, passed away in interdisciplinary studies and non- "He also was president during the the College's fond" in its title. Rosie Wennberg ' 13, a member of Boston on Sunday, November Westem and Black studies," ac- extraordinary period when an un- The varsity athletics program the swim team. 28, 2010 at the age of 93. Strider cording to his obituary. popular war, political assassina- curriculum. here on the Hill is a part of the Harold Alfond, known for his served from 1960 to 1979 during It was during his leadership on tions and total upheaval in the way highly competitive New England philanthropic nature and particu- a period of great social change the Hill that the Ford Foundation young Americans chose to live Small College Athletic Conference lar interest in aiding athletics, died both at the College and across elected the College as one of 18 their lives blew up everything we (NESCAC). "With 32 sports and in 2007, yet his charitable life mis- the nation. "centers of academic excellence," knew about how students ought to over 600 students participating an- sion lives on in the name of the President William D. Adams awarding the College a "two-for- behave on college campuses. He and the following year, while nually in our programs, we are Harold Alfond Foundation. said that Strider guided the one matching grant of $1.8 mil- was clear that those times were teaching and studying for his mas- stretched pretty thin," Zalot said. "The Alfonds have always be- College through "one of the lion, an amount nearly six times often very difficult for him, but his ter 's degree, he met Helen M. Bell, With the gift from the Alfond lieved in the power of competitive most challenging times in its greater than any gift the College description of things was charac- whom he married in 1941. Bell Foundation , individual teams and athletics as part of the educational history, and in many ways had ever received," according to teristically low-key. He told me, 'I passed away in 1995. the athletic program as a whole process. Their generosity to this Colby's national reputation is his obituary. The gift helped Colby think, at times, we lost our sense Strider served in World War II as will have greater opportunities to college and the athletic depart- his legacy." become one of the most elite small of humor.'" an ensign and later as a lieutenant in improve facilities and succes- ment specifically is really unbe- Strider introduced the January liberal arts colleges in the United According to his obituary, "The Navy communications. Dis- sively improve their potential for lievable. I cannot thank them Program of Independent Study, or States of America. many tributes to him included hon- charged in 1946, he began teach- success within the conference. enough for all they have done for JanPlan, to the College's curricu- Adams said that the Ford grant orary degrees from 11 colleges, in- "Having an additional $100,000 us," Zalot said. lum, which is an innovative aca- "brought to Colby its first major cluding Colby, which presented See STRIDER, Rage 2 Alcoholand drugpurchases take toll on students wallets

to guarantee a fun weekend is tak- "The amount of money is prob- ple's alcohol. into some trouble a few years $20-$40 on hard alcohol for both By COURTNEY YEAGER ing its toll on their bank accounts. ably staggering when you look at it "No one wants to buy alcohol, back...[and] I realized it 's not her friends and herself weekly. MANAGING EDITOR In a recent student poll , 18 of over the course of the semester or so if I want to party I have to worth it." Students on the Hill are rarely the 24 respondents from a range of over the course of a year," Senior buy," a male first-year said. "I An anonymous female junior caught with illegal drug parapherna- Every week, many students on class years reported that they buy Associate Dean of Students Paul usually spend $60-$ 100 per said, "We buy illegal drugs in bulk, lia. Security reported two allegations the Hill spend an exorbitant alcohol each week, and of these 18 Johnston said. "[Imagine] what weekend. When 1 first got to col- so it's not really each week, but in October that could not be con- amount of money on alcohol and students, 10 said they also pur- else you could have purchased with lege, I spent [more than] $200 per [it 's] like 50 bucks each time." illegal drugs. Whether students are chase illegal drugs. Thirty-three that [money] and how much of it weekend, but since then we This same student said she spends See DRUGS, Page 4 buying beer for drinking games, percent of students who buy alco- was lost to a fun weekend." stopped buying for so many ran- purchasing liquor for unregistered hol spend $5-$ 10 each week, and Some students on campus spend dom people." This student's parties or buying marijuana to two students said they spend more their own money on alcohol, while largest concern is the price of beer share with a small group of friends, than $40 per week on hard alcohol other students go to parties with and liquor in the local stores. "I'm the price that students pay in order and beer. the intention of drinking other peo- used to prices in New Hamp- THIS WEEK'S ECHO shire," he said. "The price of al- cohol in Waterville, Maine is i www.TheColbyEcho.com probably my biggest and probably my only problem with Colby." The use of illegal drugs is also on the rise, according to Rachel Henderson, coordinator of alco- hol and drug programs at Colby. Alcohol Edu, an online alcohol education program that students are required to participate in be- fore and during their first year, "shows an uptick in students using weed before coming to school [as compared to previous years]," Henderson said. But not all students who regu- larly use drugs also choose to drink. A junior male said that he spends more than $40 on mari- juana per week but never drinks al- cohol. "I don't mind spending money on weed," he said. "1 smoke every day or every other day maybe, but it 's a social thing....It 's the best way to chill with the guys." All of his friends CHRIS KASPHAK/THE COLBY ECHO drink as well, but he reported, "It 's Some students spend upwards of $200 a week on alcohol; others spend money on illegal drugs. just not for me. Alcohol got me Robert E.L Strider II 1917-2010 cism and invective. 1 always ad- ries of life at Colby, including From STRIDER. Page 1 mired him for this, even when I those related to living in the disagreed with him." President 's House, raising a mg English at Connecticut Col- Adjunct Professor of Athlet- family here and making his way lege and completed his Harvard ics Dick Whitmore said. "Presi- through the personal challenges PhD in 1950. He joined the dent Strider was [one of] the of a college presidency. He Colby community in 1957 as the most erudite and imposing peo- loved Colby and he was gener- dean of faculty before serving 20 ple 1 have ever met." and re- ous with his time and counsel. I years as president, which, at the called a personal phone call will miss him a great deal." time, was the longest presidential Strider made to congratulate him There will be a memorial service term the College had seen. after his basketball team had at The Episcopal Church of Our His friends and colleagues on won a particularly remarkable Saviour on 25 Monmouth St , the Hill remember him fondly. game. He "commented that the Brookline. Mass., on Sunday, De- John Sweney. a retired English scene had some connection to a cember 5. 2010 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu professor, who joined the faculty Shakespearian play. At this point of flowers, memorial contributions in 1967 at a time when tensions he lost me intellectually, but in may be donated to the charity of were mounting surrounding the almost every subsequent meet- one's choice, or to: The Helen and Vietnam War. said that, "passions ing through the years he always Robert E.L. Strider Scholarship were high on both sides, faculty reminded me of the 'hallowed Fund. Office of College Relations, meetings were contentious and halls of Wadsworth Gym on that Colby College. 4320 Mayflower good manners were often left at wonderful Colby night!" What a Hill . Waterville. ME 0490 1 -8843, the door. Bob ..found himself to presence." Whitmore said. or to: The President and Fellows the rig ht of the anti-war faculty Adams said. "Bob extended of Harvard College/Harvard (which included me), but he kept many personal kindnesses to Choral Endowment, c/o Gary his temper and presided with dig- me and shared in a deeply per- Snerson, 124 Mt. Auburn St.. nity while enduring lots of criti- sonal way his profound memo- Cambridge. MA 02138.

I recall him walking the (A note on Strider] By EARL H. SMITH campus paths and COLLEGE HISTORIAN [I remember] Dr. Strider reading greeting scores of Robert Strider was an extraordinary man whose presidency How the Grinch Stole Christmas to a students by name, pausing brought a remarkable number of important and lasting improve- ments in both the curriculum and residential life. His most en- big gathering of students in Runnals frequently to talk with during contribution to the academic program was the January Union...a night or so before we all them. He and Helen Program of Independent Study, which is now widely emulated. His headed home after exams for Christ- Strider made it a point to thirst for innovation also brought the first programs in foreign study, interdisciplinary studies. Black studies and non-Western mas break. It was the first time I'd get to know students and studies to the College. It was this kind of academic change that caught the attention of the Ford Foundation in 1963 and set the heard that story...and I loved it then each year they invited all College on the path to national prominence. and still do now. I read it to my the seniors, in small If he had served in another time, it might be said that he was a popular president, but in the 1960s and 1970s there were no pop- grandchildren every Christmas. groups, to their home for ular college presidents anywhere. As an intellectual and a scholar, coffee and dessert. Robert Strider prized thoughtfulness and civil discourse, and he Meg Fallon Wheeler was at times a poor match for angry students who were stomping Class of 1966 Tom Morrione '65 around opposing the war, challenging the faculty and administra- Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology tion on most every front and distrusting anyone over the age of 21. Even so. he prevailed , and it is certain that history will record him ' Vas one of Colby s finest and most creative presidents. J I was an English major and President Strider taught... It was an honor to Shakespeare. He had know and work the most wonderfully for President resonant deep voice, Strider. He was an and he often read extraordinary aloud from the works.... man with a deep He could also sing... and abiding love and would sometimes for Colby. surprise us by breaking into song. Janice Kassman Special Assistant to the Nancy Morrione President for External Affairs Associate Pearl of Admissions

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Black Student new side of academia when he at- ing, sufficiently entertained, when By CAITLIN VANCE On March 2, 1970, when there protest's disruption of campus life Unions emerged across the country, tended the American Council on suddenly steam billowed into the NEWS STAFF were only 22 black students on paled in comparison to racism's as did campus efforts to increase di- the Teaching of Foreign Language room and the moderator said, Ibram Rogers gave a talk on the Colby's 1,500-student campus, a normal human development. versity and create resources for (ACTFL) conference at the Hynes "The coffee is ready." Black Campus Movement in the group of 17 Colby students occu- Over the course of the next eight black students and black studies convention center in Boston on "I tried it," Violette laughed, Pugh Center last Wednesday, No- pied Lonmer Chapel in protest of days, other students and professors programs. After the assassination of November 19-21. Professor of "and it was good.'* vember 17- During his talk, Rogers the college's inadequate diversity on the Hill supported SOBU's ef- Martin Luther King in April 1968, German Ame Koch asked Violette Violette became interested in put special emphasis on the devel- policies. The students were all forts with additional protests out- the number of these sorts of protests to attend the conference after Vio- the German language shortly after opment of the Movement at the members of SOBU (Students Or- side the chapel, and urged the increased. In 1 970, with repression lette presented at the Colby Un- his graduation from Waterville College. The Pugh Community ganized for Black Unity), now administration to of Black Power dergraduate Summer Research High School in 2006, when he Board (PCB) sponsored the event. known as SOBHU (Students Or- comply with the movement leaders Retreat in 2009. Alongside Koch, participated in an American Field Rogers, 28, is currently a post- ganized for Black and Hispanic group's demands. Over the course like Angela Davis, Violette presented his research on Service exchange program in doctoral fellow at the Rutgers Unity). Charles Terrell, then-pres- After eight days, students around the German teaching methods. Switzerland; his passion for Ger- Center for Historical Analysis in ident of SOBU, headed the group the administration of the next eight country became in- Violette's work man has only New Jersey. He is on leave as a of students. They refused to evac- called the police, days, other creasingly inter- focuses on "improv- grown over the .professor of African-American uate the chapel until then-Presi- who issued a re- ested in diversity "Naturall ! history at SUNY College at dent Robert E.L. Strider agreed to straining order students and issues, and the ing beginning and Violette' years. y intermediate Ger- s there was a girl Oneonta. Rogers has published meet their five demands. They de- against the students professors on movement moved man by adding real- work focuses involved, and extensively on the Black Campus manded that the College abolish and asked them to off-campus, and 've been to- Movement and other topics re- a minimum GPA requirement for evacuate the the HU1 supported adopted a defen- life examples." on "improving we Violette studies the gether since, lated to Atncan- students on financial chapel. SOBU rea- SOBU's efforts sive, rather than of- curriculum and text- beginning and which has en- American aid, that 50 of 78 soned that if they fensive, stance. By history. His dis- black applicants to refused to leave the with additional 1973, over 1 ,000 books of these intermediate couraged and ba- The movement courses and partially sically allowed sertation is the be accepted—a chapel, the media protests outside colleges had made translates interesting German by my frequent first full-length spread to freshman class in would call attention significant changes travel...I have a study on the 1974 that would be to their noncompli- the chapel, to their policies, articles from said adding hundreds of sources to make the place to stay." Black Campus at least 10 percent ance, rather than and urged the and "outspoken material accessible real-life Violette is cer- Movement , institutions, black—that an inter- their original de- racism" was less which is the disci black mands. They left administration to prominent in cam- to language learners. examples." tain that the Ger- including Colby plinary "We look for things man language name given to studies program be the chapel, but dis- comply with pus communities. that grab student in- will be an inte- the struggle of andotterccfleges implemented and cussion of their de- Questions di- gral part of his black college that a black sub- mands continued. the group's rected toward terest, like reviews in Maine, where of the top five clubs life; he is pursu- students who freshman week, de- The College met demands. Rogers after after fought for the signed to hel the 's second the lecture tended in Berlin, for example," he said. ing a Fulbright scholarship in black student p ^ group Violette presented this research to Switzerland or Austria next year. diversification students from large demand (that is, that towards present-day an audience of more than 30 pro- Violette has been working of higher educa- bodies were cities adjust to life 50 of 78 black stu- activism on the Hill fessors. He said that standing in with Koch since he first arrived tion in the late overwhelmingly in Maine, be in- dents be admitted). The administra- and elsewhere. Rogers noted that front of a room full of professors, on the Hill. "Professor Koch is a 1960s and early stated. SOBU that tion also met SOBU's demand for a methods that worked in the 1960s "was kind of a win-win situation. great mentor, and he views the 1970s. He is white. felt these demands black sub-freshman week. The Col- and 70s may not work in 2010; oc- Even if it went poorly, 1 had an ex- students not only as students but writing two were simple and rea- lege approved the group's demand cupying a building in visual protest cuse: 'I'm only an undergrad.'" also as resources and potential books on the sonable, and thought for the abolishment of a GPA re- no longer meshes with the spirit of However, the panel 's chair called partners in research," Violette Movement: one is a historical that Strider should have no prob- quirement for students on financial the time. Rogers offered an alterna- the presentation "inspiring," and said. Koch has provided Violette analysis of the struggle and the lem meeting them. aid, but delayed the implementation tive by referencingstudents at other Koch and Violette have already re- a number of academic opportuni- other is a dramatic narrative his- Strider took issue with the stu- of this requirement for a few years colleges who have studied the ad- ceived a publishing offer. ties, defying conventional expec- tory of the movement. dents' method of protest. He stated until sufficient funds were made ministration's written policies and The weekend also proved fruit- tations of a small language During the late 1 960s and early that meaningful discussion was im- available. Although there is a small compared those promises with the ful for non-academic discoveries. department at a liberal arts col- 1970s, hundreds of thousands of possible under the conditions that African-American Studies program social realitieson their campuses, de- "We went to the Goethe Institut lege. "[Koch] really is active in black students led a series of the students created, and declared on the Hill now, it is not as promi- manding that the realities be changed for a reading from Andrea Grill's helping students become profes- protests and demands. The Move- that the students were disrupting nent as the "Chapel 17" would have to match the goals. Then again, stu- book Das Schone und das sionals," Violette said. "1 learned ¦ ment spread to hundreds of institu- normal campus activity—even hoped. The administration has never dents at Williams College occupied Notwendige {The Beautiful and a lot about academia as a profes- tions, including Colby and other though the students chose to oc- met SOBU 's last demand (that is a building this year in pursuitof gen- the Necessary). She read a hilari: sion and the issues professors colleges in Maine, where student cupy the chapel because they felt it that each freshman class after 1974 der-neutral housing, and the Col- ous excerpt in which two friends deal with." Violette effectively bodies were overwhelmingly white. was the building that would least be at least 10 percent black). Never- lege's administration granted their steal a southeast Asian cat-thing blended the professorial lifestyle Members of the Black Campus disrupt normal activities—and ille- theless, SOBU's occupation of the request. from the zoo with the intention of with his own life as a student Movement fought for black studies gally trespassing. SOBU replied chapel did spark change on the Hill. Rogers added that activism making the most expensive coffee when he rolled into the Alfond departments and course offerings, that if they had had faith in the ad- The 1970 occupation of Lorimer usually starts with one individ- in the world by feeding this ani- Apartments Saturday night in a increased numbers of black stu- ministration's ability to meet their Chapel was part of a larger national ual refusing to accept the status mal the coffee beans and harvest- tweed blazer with a pocket full of dents and faculty and black cultural demands within the current system, movement of hundreds of thou- quo and his talk sparked mean- ing it from the excrement.. .which business cards. centers and resources for black stu- they would not have occupied the sands of black students who made ingful discussion.

EVENT REVIEW One dinner, sixshangeis out in the General Announce- cards indicated that all but one of the By YANA MAYAYEVA ments. Students also received in- 95 people in attendance would like NEWS STAFF formation cards in their mailboxes to participate in another "six 1 had the pleasure of having din- encouraging them to sign up for strangers" dinner and also revealed ner with six strangers on Thursday, the event. Those interested were that on average participants were KMD Florist & November 18. Some were familiar encouraged to reply with basic bi- able to meet four new people. Cam- faces—people I had seen on campus ographical information such as pus Life hopes to arrange another but never thought I'd have the op- their names, majors, hometowns, dinner in January and at least one portunity to meet—and others were class years, extra-curricular activ- more during the spring semester. Gifts people I never come across (which ities and student identification The office 's ultimate goal is to make was surprising considering the Col- number. When the CAs put to- these dinners a regular occurrence at lege's small size). gether the seating chart, they ini- the College and help members of the To my left, a senior elaborated on tially separated participants by campus community become com- the hardships of being in a long-dis- residence hal l , thinking that those fortable engaging with new people. Full Service Florist tance relationship of six years; to my students who lived in the same "In my mind, the purpose of right a sophomore told me about her dorm were likely to already know the dinner is quite simple. It is to experience being abroad during her each other. They then weeded bring together members of the NOVEMBER SPECIALS: first semester of college and remarked through the other biographical in- Colby community," Wartman on how difficult it was when she ar- formation provided by the partici- said. "I believe that community rived on campus second semester pants, and made use of their own and a sense of belonging are es- without knowing many people. Di- prior knowledge of the applicants tablished through relationships. Candy Vase: $39.95 rectlyacross from me was a Commu- in order to achieve their ultimate The more people that we nity Advisor (CA) who gave me advice goal of seating strangers together. know.. .the more likely we are to on my Education minor, and sitting The dinner turned out to be a commit to that community and to next to her was Jed Wartman, the As- great success. "When walking be successful in it. 1 sincerely Sugar Maples: $34.95 sociate Dean of Students and Director around, you could hear all the fun hope that there will come a time of Campus Life. Needlessto say, I was and thoughtful conversation hap- when we need to rename the pro- surrounded by interestingpeop le who pening...! loved seeing how com- gram to 'Dinner with Six Ac- Autumn Alstromeria: $44.95 had ample advice to give me and ex- fortable and excited everyone was to quaintances' and then later to periences to share, people I might have participate," Danby said. Feedback 'Dinner with Six Friends.'" never gotten the opportunity to talk to had it not been for this dinner. Wartman originally suggested the mmmm. dinner to Associate Director of Cam- imWmmT pus Life for Residential Education and Living Katrina Danby. He and Danby were excited by the prospect of "bringing together members of the Colby community that do not typically interact or engage with 73 Kennedy Memorial Drive each other;" with the help and en- ergy of the C As, they made the nec- Waterville, ME, 04901 essary arrangements for the dinner. (207) 873-0443 Campus Life invited students, faculty and staff to participate in the dinner by way ofan email sent Reps question Recent cases of hard alcohol ban vandalismon Hill therefore, " They don't have any By SARAH LYON ably wouldn't have seen it." Ad- By SARAH LYON authority." Adams said. "I'd rather ditionally, "the students that told ASST. NEWS EDITOR ASST. NEWS EDITOR spend money on positions that [Landry] about it were not overly With this year's hospital trans- have discrete, specific responsi- Members of the College com- upset about it, they weren't agi- port rates remaining the same as bilities with respect to interactions munity received an email from tated about it, they just pointed it last year 's, several Student Gov- with students and other parts of Vice President for Student Affairs out, saying, 'were you aware ernment Association (SGA) repre- the Colby population and can be and Dean of Students and College of this?'" sentatives questioned President held responsible for the results of Advisory Committee (CAC) Co- As for the vandalism in William D. Adams regarding the those interactions." Chair James TerhuneMonday, No- AMS, Terhune believes the effectiveness of this year's hard al- Finances remain a significant vember 29, detailing two incidents writing of the word "fag" on a cohol ban. Although Adams at- factor in terms of hiring. "Wealth- on vandalism on campus within whiteboard was "a reckless and ier institutions tend to have more CHRIS KA5PRAH/1HJ CO I. BY ECHO the past two months. insensitive use of that term" tended the Sunday. November 21 Live musical performances at the Unp lugged event helped raise ' In the e-mail, Terhune ex- and not directed toward a par- meeting to answer representatives people employed in every part of awareness about bottled water on Thursday, November 19. questions about a variety of issues the college." Adams said. How- plained that "in one instance a ticular individual. That "does- on the Hill , the hard alcohol policy ever. Class of 2012 President swastika was scratched into the n't make it ok by any stretch of and its implications dominated Laura Maloney '12 and Publicity Taking back the tap top of a table in Foss Dining the imagination, but it's differ- most of the discussion. Chair Justin Rouse '12 noted that The campaign on campus began Hall and in another the word ent from it being a harassment East Quad Dorm President Mor- every other NESCAC school has By COLE YAVERBAUM last fall, when Sorensen submitted a *fag ' was written on a white issue," he said. gan Lingar ' 13 asked Adams to eval- positions related to issues of diver- NEWS STAFF proposal to the Environmental Ad- board in [Anthony Mitchell Following the AMS incidents, uate the hard alcohol policy thus far, sity on campus. Each year, 2.7 million tons of visory group, which introduced the Schiipf Residence Hall] AMS. the residence hall held a special from his point of view . Before en- Although the College recently plastic are used to make bottled idea that the College should reduce The AMS incident was further meeting facilitated by Assistant couraging students to share their completed the Reaching the World water worldwide. Students on the its bottled water consumption. The compounded when a bulletin Dean of Students Joseph Atkins. own views regarding the policy's ef- campaign over the summer, ac- Hill are taking part in a national project has continued as an educa- board created by the CA to pro- Those present at the meeting dis- fectiveness. Adams commented on complishing its fundraising goal campaign. Take Back the Tap, to en- tional campaign via the Environ- mote understanding of [Lesbian cussed "how that group of peo- the fact that several hospitalizations June 30. Adams also stated plans courage other students to cut back on mental Coalition ever since. Gay Bisexual Transgender ple can come together in have still occurred throughout the for future fundraising projects. The the consumption of bottled water. In addition to the many members Questioning] LGBTQ issues respectful ways and have dis- semester despite the ban. "If we biggest part of Reaching the World Take Back the Tap "is dedicated of the Environmental Coalition was vandalized." agreements, but do them re- were expecting it to change that part was raising $54 million for pur- to reducing the supply and demand who are involved in this campaign, In the case of spectfully, and of our reality immediately, then it poses of financial aid, Adams said. of bottled water, ultimately to there are about 10 students who are the Foss incident, that sort of hasn 't [changed], so I'm kind of Still. "We need to continue to raise eliminate the sale of bottled water part of a subgroup, which works di- Terhune said that Terhune thing," Associate frustrated by that." he said. He re- a lot of money for financial aid." on campuses and reinvest in public rectly on this particular project. several students Dean of Students minded representatives that, "trans- Additionally, "we want to be able water infrastructure. This cam- Take Back the Tap applies for Cam- submitted com- believes the and Director of ports haven 't gone up. by the way, to take advantage of certain aca- paign works with campuses, pus Life funds through the Envi- ment cards detail- writing of the Campus Life Jed they just haven 't gone down." demic opportunities [and will] restaurants, and cities," President ronmental Coalition. ing the vandalism Wartman said. However, it will take time for keep looking for opportunities to of the Environmental Coalition So far this semester, the efforts on the table and word "fag" on a AMS plans to the College to truly measure the fund new faculty positions," and Student Coordinator for the here on the Hill have been largely asking Terry whiteboard start their own policy's effectiveness, Adams said. Adams said. "We want to continue Maine Take Back the Tap Cam- geared towards the recruitment of Landry, the dining version of the Looking at data from this academic to draw and attract donors to un- paign Sarah Sorenson M 1 said. students to sign the Take Back the hall manager, to was "a "Not in My year alone is not enough. Regard- dergraduate research opportunities Consuming plastic water bottles Tap pledge to reduce bottled water see that it was re- reckless and Neighborhood" less, "the likelihood that we would and internships," he added. uses up huge amounts of energy consumption on campus. The paired. Although campaign in reverse this [hard alcohol ban] is Later in the meeting, the SGA each year and is a major contribu- pledge encourages students to use Landry had the insensitive which residents practically zero." he said. "It 's typ- approved the Entrepreneurs Club tion to waste worldwide. In reality, reusable bottles such as Nalgenes, table removed and use of that have "a sign or a ical now in the NESCAC and and received more information most of the water people are drink- and to fill them up with free water repaired, he did sticker [that] you many other places," he said, citing about a tentative motion regarding ing from these bottles is actually from a sink or a water fountain. not know to report term" and not put on your door Bowdoin College as an example. dorm damage, which did not get tap water. Furthermore, " The reg- "We have to get the point across the incident to se- directed or somewhere in Adams also answered questions added to the agenda. ulations and testing on tap water that tap water is as safe and clean curity, which is your room that regarding the job search process for In the tentative motion, Lingar are actually stricter than those for as bottled water, much cheaper and why administra- toward a indicates that cer- a new associate dean of multicul- recommended to the College Af- bottled w ater," said Sally Holmes much healthier for the environ- tors did not re- particular tain behaviors are tural affairs and director of the fairs Committee (CAC) that "stu- M3, a member of the Take Back ment. Single-use plastic bottlescan ceive news of the not OK in your Pugh center. This individual will dents found to be guilty of the Tap Committee and the athlet- only be recycled one time and then vandalism until individual. space," Wartman replace Shontae Praileau. who re- intentional physical damage to ics liaison for Take Back the Tap. they must be down-cycled to other about two 'weeks said. "It would be signed on September 27. Adams College facilities, unless they have Sorenson said that, on the Hill , products," Holmes said. In addi- later. Following optional, but the said that the administration posted turned themselves in within 48 "the goal of Take Back the Tap.. .is tion, the group has done film the incident, "we've made people hope is that everyone would the position again shortly after hours, be suspended." Lingar to significantlyreduce campus bot- screenings, Environmental Advi- understand that notifications [to have stickers on their door." Praileau 's resignation, and "[the noted that, "intentional damage tled water consumption and sales sory group proposals, made posters security] are supposed to hap- Wartman said there has been current] pool as 1 understand...in- does not include vomiting or emis- with the eventual goal to make and tabled. They have also worked pen," Terhune said. Normally, some discussion about extending cludes candidates from the previ- sion of other bodily fluids." Colby a bottled water free campus. with dining services to eliminate Security would visit the site of the campaign to the rest of the ous search." Adams said that Although not enough represen- An integral part of this project is ed- bottled water from catered events. the vandalism, take pictures and residence halls, although plans interviews for the position will pos- tatives voted to add the tentative ucating students, faculty and staff Next semester, the group plans investigate when it occurred. "I to do so have not yet been de- sibly begin in December, but will motion to the agenda, Lingar ex- about the negative externalities of to host an educational teach day in don 't think this was a case of a veloped. most likely occur next semester. plained the proposed idea. Some bottled water on the environment, February with other campuses in dining services person deliber- Terhune said that the CAC As far as forming a campus representatives took issue with the human health and the economy." In Maine. The purpose of this day ately not reporting something," had drafted the November 29 working group centered on issues policy, stating that suspension is addition to issuing online surveys in will be to draw attention to the is- Terhune said. Rather, Landry was email previously and post- of diversity, "If it 's time to do that too harsh of a punishment. How- the General Announcements asking sues of bottled water, groundwater "just trying to be responsive to poned sending it to the student again, I'd be very open to talking ever, Lingar said this rule will dis- students about their about their bot- protection and increasing water in- student concern" and took action body until after Thanksgiving about that." Adams said, explain- courage students from committing tled water consumption, the project frastructure in the United States. to fix the table. break. He said the CAC ing that a diversity working group dorm damage. She noted thaf'the is planning educational programs The event will also focus on how The swastika itself was about wanted to notify students "that did exist at the College in the past. intention isn't to go suspend a lot of for the Waterville community and climate change is affecting water an inch and a half in diameter. Di- in both cases we had members However, Adams expressed people, it would be great if no one local schools. supplies throughout the world. rector of Dining Services Verun of the community who saw disapproval of implementing a ever got suspended." The national campaign started by At Unplugged, which took place Avasthi noted that although these things [and] saw them as chief diversity officer at the Col- In addition to discussing the Food and Water Watch, a non-gov- in the Lower-Pavilion (LoPo) on workers clean the table after problems and took steps to ad- lege . "I'm not a believer these po- motion with other SGA mem- ernmental organization based in Thursday, November 19. Enviro every meal, the swastika was not dress them." In addition, he sitions make a profound bers and her constituents, Lingar Washington, D.C. The campaign Coalition did a water taste test using prominent enough for them to said that the CAC wanted to difference." he said. Unlike other said she hopes to develop a ver- "advocates for common sense poli- Poland Springs, Dasani or Aquafina have noticed it right away. "At applaud these students for members of the administration, sion of the motion for a future cies that will result in healthy, safe and regular tap water.The taste test first sight [Landry] wasn't able to drawing attention to the issues, such an officer would not have meeting, which would allow food and access to safe and affordable demonstrated that people cannot see it," Avasthi said. "It was very as "that 's how we reinforce our people reporting to him or her and representatives to discuss the drinking water," as stated on its web- truly differentiate between bottled small, etched in. If someone did- community values and what would not be held accountable; matter further site, www.fQodandwaterwatch.org. and tap water. n't tell you it was there, you prob- we're about . Some spend $200on alcohol weekly Student initiatives in Pulver also be reported to local authori- substances. My mend takesAader- clock and hopefully opening the open-ended. Students and clubs ties, and the Waterville Police all for her ADHD (Attention Deficit From DRUGS, Page 1 By YANA MAYAYEVA door for more student-oriented are greatly encouraged to voice Department would most likely in- Hyperactivity Disorder), and during NEWS STAFF change," McAfee said. Art ma- additional changes they would tervene into the situation. exam week she gives me a few," a jors as well as students in other like to see take place in the Pavil- firmed and one incident in October Henderson counseled 163 stu- female senior said. *i don't see any- The Student Government Asso- departments are being solicited to ion. Indeed, this initial move- in which four people were involved. dents last year on personal drug or thingwrong with that if it's going to ciation (SGA) launched an initia- submit their artwork, which will ment is merely meant to open "Nobody's saying, 'I've got to alcohol problems or that of their help me do better on my tests." tive last year to make the Pulver be reviewed by a committee. "We doors for further discussion, so [change my illegal drug habits] be- friends. "The majority of people Students' relationships with Pavilion more student-oriented. want Colby students to see just that Colby is even more reflec- cause of the way the College re- who are going to use drugs are drugs and alcohol on the Hill are Representatives are continuing to how talented our artists are." tive of what the student body acts,'" Johnston said. "The thing going to use weed," Henderson not abnormal among the greater work on the project this semester, McAfee said. wants and represents. people seem to be doing differently said, but some students use harder population of college students. "I hoping to make serious headway on A large Colby insignia clock is "Pulver Pavilion is a great venue is taking it outdoors.. .going behind drugs on campus. talk to people who do the samejob the initiative by the end of the proposed to replace the small stan- for showcasing student life. As Heights and by the pond, wherethey The same male first-year who that I do at other colleges," Hen- school year. dard clock in the student center. In Colby's student center, it should be don't think they'll be discovered." reports spending $60-$ 100 on al- derson said, "and all through the Leonard Dorm President Becca addition, a student mural will more reflective of the Colby com- When students are caught with cohol each week said that he also NESCAC (New England Small McAfee ' 13 started the project and brighten up the Lower Program- munity and their talents and inter- drugs, they are often unaware of its buys cocaine in bulk once a College Athletic Conference) is leading it with SGA Committee ming Space (LoPo). SGA is solic- ests," Lyndsey Pecker '14 said. implications. After their first of- month, in addition to spending $80 schools, they see the same things Coordinator Nicole Murakami Ml. iting students to paint murals in Emily Minmberg '14 ex- fense, students are placed on disci- a month on marijuana. that we see at Colby." In Hender- "We want to add more life to our Pulver as well. Moreover, the ini- pressed similar sentiments. "It plinary probation, which remains Johnston said, "1 haven't had son's experience, she suspects center." McAfee said. "We want tiative involves highlighting clubs would be great to make the Pavil- on the students' records until they people come in as a result of [co- "that the amount a person spends the Pavilion to show off Colby stu- on campus. The pottery club made ion more student-oriented. The graduate. A second offense may re- caine], but from what we hear, it's on substances really has to do with dents and to enhance school spirit." a vase for the information desk , artwork and murals will definitely sult in suspensionfrom the College. certainly being used." Since cocaine the amount of spending money Campus Life, the Physical which will be displaying a bouquet add more life to the student-cen- If a student is caught selling, lacks a strong scent, College Secu- that they have." Plant department (PPD| and SGA of flowers soon. Other clubs are ter, and make it more reflective of however, the administration fol- rity cannot detect students' usage. Johnston believes that the drink- arc asking students to speak up encouraged to make additions to the Colby community," she said. lows a much harsher protocol. "I According to Henderson, "There ing and drug culture at the College and voice the changes they would the student center as well, so as to "I am sure this will raise Colby think if someone were to be are other drugs that people use as has a social stigma. "It depends on like to see take place in the cen- keep the rest of the student body pride, as students will have a found responsible for selling, well—certainly around end of the where you go and who you party ter. "We hope to achieve this aware of their various projects and place to collectively make their after the first offense, you'd be semester—such as study drugs." with....You have to invest change by displa>ing siudent art. accomplishments. own. 1 can't wait to see these gone," Johnston said. He ex- Some students, however, do not [money] in order to maintain that painting murals, adding a new McAfee said that the project is changes take place!" plained that the student would consider study drugs to be illegal social status." SGA Report Card: B+ Let's work with what we have Maybe this position is something we prove the support for this position, it •M. he good: may need to move toward in the fu- would be a critical building block in TThe primary job of SGA is to advocate the student body's needs and to bridge the gap ture, but right now the problem needs the advancement of support for multi- between students and the administration. All things considered, SGA has definitely to be addressed on a student level. cultural affairs on campus. worked hard to fulfill these goals. Colby's issue with diversity is not One of my favorite aspects of The hot topic on campus this fall has been multiculturalism. SGA has done well ad- recruiting students from diverse back- Colby is students' ability to get things justing to this sudden outcry for greater support for multicultural affairs. The high [mint grounds, as the Class of 2014 is the done. This school seems to be full of of SGA activity this semester was the open meeting regarding the state of public affairs most diverse class in Colby's history. Type A people who are willing to on the Hill held on November 7. We also like SGA's response to the void left by the ab- Rather the problem is getting students take the reigns on a project in which sence of an associate dean of multicultural affairs and director of the Pugh Center: next from underrepresented backgrounds to they believe and see it through. It is semester, SGA will implement the student-held position of a gender and sexuality di- The abrupt and still unexplained stay at Colby. The four- and five-year student energy rather than administra- versity officer for Pugh clubs concerned with the topic. departure of former Associate Dean of retention rates for students of color tive policy that will improve support In addition, SGA has created the socioeconomic task force to address issues of so- Multicultural Affairs and Director of from 2000-2008 is 10 percent lower for multicultural programming at cioeconomic class difference on campus, a problem President Hutchings and Vice Pres- the Pugh Center Shontae Praileau a than that of white students. Colby. I think that a wide variety of ident Ravunniarath promised to address in their campaign. All of these are impressive first mere 90 days after she came to the Fortunately, there already exists a students have done an impressive job steps, but the real testwill be to see how far SGA can follow through on these projects. College ignited a powder keg of is- position to work with students on mul- making their voices heard on the sues surrounding multiculturalism on ticultural affairs at Colby: Praileau's issue of multiculturalism, and it is The bad: the Hill. former position, the associate dead of successful student activism that has If you read our November 10 editorial on SGA's first poll, you will know how dis- Since that time, the Student Gov- multicultural affairs and director of the kept this pressing issue at the fore- pleased we were with the first poll of the year. However, Publicity Chair Justin ernment Association (SGA), the Pugh Pugh Center. Unfortunately, this posi- front of the College's mind all se- Rouse is working hard to lead improvements for future polls' objectivity and effec- Community Board (PCB) and a slew tion is vacant, and most of the students mester. But students cannot do it all tiveness by taking measures like working with a statistics professor in addition to uti- of other clubs and concerned students who have worked with people who by themselves; we need an associate lizing other resources. have been actively searching for and were recently in this position agree that dean who can manage and harness This SGA, like many SGAs in the past, has gotten too involved in SGA reform. They discussing both the causes of and po- the position could use a great deal student energy on campus and direct need to eschew self-concerned motions like Class of 2014 President Brandan Rivard's tential solutions to Colby's perceived more support from the administration. it toward the proper resources. motions from November 14 to allow class presidents to serve as CAs and SGA repre- lack of support for diversity. I do not know how exactly better Colby students are a special breed, sentatives to serve on the SPB exec board. The exec board needs to focus the represen- One of the possible solutions to supporting the associate dean of mul- and we are perfectly capable of solv- tatives on following through on the endeavors they have set in motion that we have the diversity dilemma for which ticultural affairs and director of the ing this diversity dilemma ourselves. listed above. Elections are just over three months away, and it won't be long before new many advocate is to hire a chief di- Pugh center can be accomplished. While a senior-level dean of multicul- leadership with a new agenda replaces Hutchings and Ravunniarath. versity officer, a senior-level dean Maybe this position needs to be di- tural affairs sounds great on paper, the who would oversee multicultural af- vided between two people (it is two real catalyst for change on this cam- Overall: fairs throughout the entire College titles, after all). Maybe the director of pus will never be an administrator; it SGA has done an admirable job this semester leading students through one of the and report directly to President the Pugh Center 's office should be lo- will always be the students, and we more tumultuous semesters in recent history. Hutchings and Ravunniarath's current Adams. The main argument in favor cated in Pugh rather than Eustis, need an associate dean who is capable agenda reflects the platform on which they won about as accurately as one might hope. of this measure is that every other where it was until Praileau left , to be of working with us and directing stu- While they seem to be in-touch with the administration, as their subpar poling thus far NESCAC (New England Small Col- closer to students. I'm sure the solu- dent energy from the bottom up, as shows they still have a ways to go towards staying in-touch with the entire campus. lege Athletic Conference) college has tion is not a simple one, but if the opposed to a senior dean who would a Chief Diversity Officer. administration can find a way to im- institute change from the top down. —The staff of The Colby Echo THE COLBY ECHO PUBUSHED BY THE STUDENTS OF COLBY COLLEGE SINCE 1877

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NEWS STAFF VANESSAC HONG YANA MAYAYEVA DANIEL SIDMAN CATE DONOVAN EMILY MININBERG MADELINE STKACIIOTA AUREN IORELU LEX URRY ANIEL UNDERLAND A lesson to learn from your Js L F A M D S NICOLE HEWES DEVIN O'BRIEN CAITUN VANCE Now, here's a quick history lesson for Around you are twenty individuals who, ESTHER KING MICHAELA PEMBROKE LEAH WALPUCK you whippersnappers: for a variety of reasons, paved an untradi- ERIN LOVE CARI.Y RUSHFORD EVA ZENILMAN Because of their inherent "untradition- tional, and unrepeatable, course through ality" (sorry English department), the J- college. Even when this derailment has graduates used to celebrate accordingly. presented challenges, it has been formative 5430 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine 04901 On the last day of the fall semester, the Js at the very least. (207) 859-5430 gathered in front of Miller library to have I would love to talk about all the won- [email protected] I www.thecolbyecho.com "OBP Growlers-On-The-Steps," a flippant derful things my fellow Js have done, and In two weeks, some of your friends de- display of solidarity amongst a group that are about to do, with their years on and off part Colby forever. A few students who would not be sipping Champaign with the Hill , but in many cases it 's not my The Colby Echo is the weekly student newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, have been teammates, classmates, room- their peers during the springtime lunacy. place to divulge. Still , since there is little Maine. The paper is published every Wednesday that the College is in session. Students mates and bedmates, will quietly leave Yet, when Colby decided to ban all "-On- time left in the semester, I would encour- are strongly encouraged to contribute and should contact the editor(s) of the section(s) Mayflower Hill and move on to a large The-Steps" assemblies a few years ago, it age you to spend some time with your J they are interested in working for in order to learn more. world full of small paychecks. So let 's was substituted by a new. more peaceful peers. Although I think every Colby stu- take a moment, please, and recognize one ceremony for the spring grads but was not dent bears an important and unique set of LETTERS of Colby's silent minorities, the Js. replaced for our Js. individual experiences, the Js exist outside Wait, I know what you 're thinking: I am Perhaps this loss of J-camaraderie is of the four-year-box. which is surprisingly The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the immediate a senile old man with a beard full of the why I am experiencing a lack of closure liberating. I can only speak for myself, but community. Letters should not exceed 400 words and pertain to a current topic or issue. grumps, pleading for unrequited attention in my looming departure. Reportedly, my time away from school contextualized However, the Echo reserves the right to run longer letters. The Echo also reserves the on the eve of graduation. And you're right: graduation day is a time to recognize our my reasons for studying here, and I re- right to edit submissions for grammar and clarity and may choose not to run a letter. The I do need to get a few things off of my chest. accomplishments as individuals and as a turned to Colby with a matured under- Echo will not, under any circumstances, print an unsigned letter. It bothers me that the Colby adminis- class in front of our professors, families standing of my opportunities and, more Letters are due to the Echo by noon of the Sunday preceding the publication date. tration and student body generally i g- and friends; a symbol of a chapter 's end significantly, which of these opportunities They should be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] and be in a text-only for- nores my small class. It bothers me that and the opening new world of opportuni- were most important to me. mat. I have been solicited for money by two ties. That I cannot partake in such a won- Part of my newly found context within separate Senior Funds. It bothers me th^t derful display of romantic metaphors the college is my recognition of Colby's pri- OPINION PAGE my parents received a written invitation disheartens me. orities. Principles of microeconomics Editorials represent the majority opinion of the editorial board. Opinions expressed to our small winter ceremony (very Sarcasm aside. 1 do believe closure is taught me there is limited capital and un- in the individual columns, letters or cartoons are those of the author, not of the Echo. small: hors d'oeuvres with President important, and 1 think it's unfortunate that limited wants, and there certainly may be The Echo welcomes column and cartoon submissions from members of the Colby Adams) merely two weeks in advance, the college allows Js to leave with a feel- more noble allocations of our resources. community. as if an after thought. It bothers me that ing, by and large, of anticlimax. Still , with a little creativity, I believe my ADVERTISING & SUBSCRIPTIONS I was offered to participate in the Senior Having cleared the air, 1 would just like small graduation ceremony could better re- For more information on publication dates or advertising rates contact , Stephen Week of my choice but was not permit- to point out that this Op-Ed is probabl y the flect our unorthodox education , which, in Sentoff, at [email protected] or (207) 872-5430. To obtain a subscription contact ted to walk (no diploma necessary) with first and last thing you will be hearing the age of standardization, is something Peter Rummel, business manager, at [email protected]. my 2010 classmates. about the class of 2011J . which is too bad. worth celebrating. POSTCARD FROM AN ALUM j POSTCARD FROM ABROAD Finding a new zeal in Auckland A few unexpected lessons learned from my French amis

COURTESY OF WILL PRICE Former Editor-in-Chief Beth Ponsot 10 standing atop the heights ofWJiite Island. New Zealand's only active marine volcano.

As 1 stood over my backpack, half- to JFK airport felt different from the oth- guidebook that I left behind. While I laughing, half-crying, in my home in ers that had preceded it. This time, my hoped that my newfound backpacking Queens. MY. 1 couldn 't help but wonder; "hardened inner traveler" betrayed me as lifestyle would change me in some fun- "Is this seriously it?" I trembled, unsure of how I would make it damental way, I'm fairly certain that this I' m no stranger to li\ing life in unfa- through an unknown world without my hasn't been the case. miliar places Despite my love for New usual material back-up, or at the very I think that—myself included— indi- York. I've spent much of the last four least, a planned itinerary. viduals often expect that the sheer act of years away from it . choosing instead to So. what to tell you, dear Echo read- going abroad will change them in some live both abroad (Dijon, then Paris) and ers who I so fondly love and miss, now intrinsic way. We believe that life-long

in different places within the U.S. that you know the contents of my back- conundrums will be clarified, that type- COURTESY OF EMM* BECK Yet. upon leaving, I usually have with pack and my fears of traveling without A's will evolve into free spirits, that we EmmaBeck '12standinginfrontofthelnvalides, a French military history museum. me large, rolling suitcases filled not only a hairdryer? will find what we are seeking. with choices to suit any potential fashion Well, I can say that New Zealand is an It is our expectations, however, that Greetings from abroad! ing to pet the dogs (myself included). The whim but also with various odds and ends amazing place, and if you haven 't ven- un-do us. After now completing 12 weeks in Eu- only time I got away with staring at some- deemed "away from home necessities." tured to this side of the globe yet. I highly Tonight I write you from Guangzhou, rope, most of which have been spent in one was when a blind man was in my whatever that means. recommend it. China. The second half of our backpack- Paris, I have come to realize that I have bikram yoga class (everyone else was This time however, my travel compan- In 26 days I've hiked across an active ing trip is upon us and it should only get learned much more than how to eat my staring too because he was significantly ion gave me clear instructions: 1 was to volcano, visited a real-life glacier, more exciting as we press on. While we body weight in pastries every day. better than everyone else there and he bring only the bare minimum. Not one to watched in horror as my significant other don't have specific destinations in mind, There were some things that I expected couldn't see us staring). dismiss directions. I packed three t-shirts. jumped off a bungee platform from 1 ,076 we have definitely decided that we will to encounter, such as the ever-popular lan- Surprisingly, I am also learning a bit one sweater, one dress, two pairs of jeans feet m the air. climbed up many a sheep- visit four countries: China, Thailand, guage barrier miscommunication inci- through means of the school system here. and the appropriate undergarments. At the covered summit—in this country, sheep Malaysia and Singapore. dent. For me, it was my host family I am taking a cinema class, which is in last moment. 1 swapped a New Zealand outnumber people 13 to one—and re- So with that, 1 part giving no advice, thinking I was pregnant for the first two fact a philosophy class, which would po- guidebook (too practical) for "A Portrait garded some of the most out-of-this- other than to say that, if at all possible, try weeks because, of course, I told them I tentially be a lot easier to follow if the en- of the Artist as a Young Man" (perfect), world scenery that exists. And I'm not to curb your expectations of what you hope was when I merely wanted to say that I tire class and the professor wouldn 't all and vowed to blow with the wind across even outdoorsy ! to get from your time abroad. You can join was full. I'm very glad they finally de- talk at the same time. It would also help if what 1 expected would be a volcanic par- New Zealand has taught me. at the very me in my not-so-valiant struggle as I at- cided to clear that up, since they wouldn't myself and another girl were not the only adise in the Pacific least, that you don 't always need a GPS to tempt to reject the notion that one must let me drink any wine "quand je suis Americans in the class. 1 am also taking Depending on the kind of person you figure out where you 're going (this is espe- continuously plan for all the hypotheticals, pleine" (pregnant). an art history course, 1 9th century French are. the idea of hoisting a backpack over cially true on the South Island, where there and instead try living out each day. New and unexpected lessons have also painters, which is difficult for us "uncul- your shoulders and figuring life out mo- is usually only one road to get you from Simply because being in a new coun- come my way I teamed that, in most apart- tured" Americans because we cannot cite ment-by-moment might sound either ex- point A to point B), and sometimes the best try is a beautiful thing. Backpack or no ments in Paris, you need the key not only the New Testament on the spot, never hilarating or terrifying. As a lifelong decisions are made at the last second- backpack. Even sans hair-dryer. to get in, but also to get out. Thankfully mind tell that Salome is depicted in the member of the latter category, this car ride Yet. I still find myself itching for the -Beth Ponsot '10 teachers just laugh when you say this, be- painting. However, the class does making cause it has normally happened to them as going to the hundreds of museums in well. I learned that you are allowed to ges- Paris more comprehensible. It also makes POSTCARD FROM ABROAD ture towards a painting with you fingers the sold out Monet exhibit at the Grand but not with a pen, even if you're a foot Palais more accessible- away, for fear that a spontaneous muscle Paris has still left me with a few unan- The epicurean delights in Bologna, Italy spasm might occur, lunging the pen to- swered questions. For example, how is wards the painting. This action results in everyone so skinny if they eat so many being asked to remain in the middle of the Nutella crepes and don't run because they room and to put the pen away. I learned find it too unfashionable? Why do they walking up the Eiffel Tower is an incredi- not have a way to say, "I'm excited" with- bly exhilarating experience, but walking out it having sexual connotations? Why is back down almost immediately due to a there a four-foot perimeter around the bomb threat is an entirely different kind of Mona Lisa if there is permanently a three- exhilaration. I learned that if there is a line foot additional barrier of Asian tourists at customs that is two hours long, if you around it as well? Who buys the dancing say it 's your parent's fiftieth birthday party cow toys under the Eiffel Tower? that night, and you're late, you can cut the I have learned to appreciate life at line. I learned that spending five hours at Colby a lot as well. Waking up five min- Angelina's, home of the best hot chocolate utes before class and getting there on time in the world, is never a waste of five hours. does not happen. I could buy four plates I have also learned that castles are a much of eggs benedict at Early Bird for the more practical form of shelter than houses. same price as one at Laduree. The guys One of the most important things that I aren't all super chill. As a Geology major. have learned is how people interact here. I am disappointed by the low abundance People don 't smile at babies or dogs on of bedrock outcrops. It 's terrible. These the metro. You can always tell who the things are all easily cured by anything Americans are because they're the ones sold at your local patisserie. making funny faces at the babies or ask- -Emma Beck ' 12

COURTESY OF JENNIFER STEPHENS Jennifer Stephens '12 taking in the lovely Mediterranean sun with the storied canals of Venice. Italy in the background. the central part of the city along narrower, home from my quest for baking supplies windier roads that lead into the hillier out- just in time for a large early-afternoon I love Sundays. Something about them week with the best cup of coffee in town. isn't done here), and have yet to replicate skirts, passing gated estates and perfectly pranzo of spaghetti with homemade pesto seems reassuringly traditional, familiar, The months at Colby bring other Sun- the esteemed Foss Pumpkin Cookie. I'd manicured villas before looping back that my roommate Ade's mother makes ritualistic. And although church kicked off day rituals: long, drawn out brunches, be lying more than Berlusconi himself if around into centro through Porta Santo and jars at their small family farm in many of my Sundays growing up. I' m huddled together in a Foss (when it was I said 1 didn't miss all that, but I must Stefano. On the walk home the streets of Sicily. Olive oil greased our smiles. Five pretty certain the most important ntuals open on Sunday) comer booth with good admit there's some charm in the Italian Bologna art always full of the most amaz- of us, a Sicilian, a Sardinian, a Brazilian, are the ones that have nothing to do with friends and hot tea, which are good for Sunday as well. I think my lovely room- ing smells wafting from the balconies and an Israeli and an American, a mixture of putting on your Sunday best or cramming avoiding both the frightful weather mate Irine said it best during my first shuttered windows above the sidewalk. roommates and friends, sat and ate. into uncomfortable pews swirling outside and the daunting tables weekend in Bologna: "E' domenica. Man- Glasses clink, laughter chimes, the bells talked, and laughed for nearly two hours At home. Sundays mean lengthy post- of Miller during the feared Sunday giamo troppo." It's Sunday. We eat a lot. of Santa Maria ring. over our shared Sunday meal. A kind of church coffee dates with my family at our evening crunch-time. Detailed narrations And that we do. Generally, my Italian As Irine said, Sundays in Bologna are fo- make-shift family, brought together to usual coffeehouse. With parents that only of the weekend's absurdities are told over Sunday rituals begin with a sometimes cused on food , but I have a feeling they're share good food and (broken, for me) con- call Maine home every other month, a dangerous amounts of pumpkin cookies earl y, sometimes late morning run (de- really about something more. Making big, versation on a chilly November day. brother and sister-in-law who spend half (my hips can vouch), and there is so much pending on the previous evening's festiv- comforting meals with simple ingredients, The cake wasn't quite Rita-worthy, but their time at sea. an engineer/never-end- shared laughter that our jaws ache. ities) in Giardini Margherita, a beautiful multiple heads of earthy garlic, and too delicious and warm all the same . There mg-thesis-writing/black belt sister, and a These days, or these Sundays, rather. I park about a ten minute walk from my many courses seem to just be an excuse to were no pumpkin cookies, no nice man brother-in-law who works far too many don't get to hear "remember that time apartment. It's the largest green space in bring together friends and relations. It 's less waiting to make me an omelet, no con- hours a week , time together is a precious when..." (my oldest relationships here are Bologna and always full of people: tiny about sharing food and more about sharing veyor belt to magically make my dirty commodity Sundays are our opportunity all of three months), don't get to say "no ninety-year-old women in heels, men run- time with people you love. dishes someone else's problem. The com- to relax , recap and refill: all while laugh- zoup for you!" with confidence that my ning in short shorts, old men selling flow- Today was rainy and cold, so I gave up pany wasn't technically family, and my ing together over foamy double-mochas audience will immediately pick up on ex- ers, ladies with their Louis Vuitton, little my run and decided instead to attempt to post-lunch coffee was a single shot of and chai lattes and french roasts. There 's actly which Seinfeld episode I'm refer- girls on pink Disney princess bikes, moms make torta di mele as perfectly tart and espresso instead of my usual 24-ounccr. habitual quoting of "Seinfeld" and encing (Friends was much more popular and dads with babies, grandparents with sweet as my cooking instructor Rita, who but I'd say the new traditions arc a pretty "Monty Python". Nothing is better than overseas), don't get to sip my usual non- babies, babies with other babies. If 1 exit also happens to be the most wonderful, good substitute for the real deal. hearing the same stale family jokes every fat double-mocha latte (skim milk just the park on the west side, 1 can run out of joyous woman in the world. I returned -Jennifer Stephens ' 1 2 LET ME BRING THIS DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL If you can read this, stop A first-yeartake on chinking I ve never really been against drinking. In whom I party—is that alcohol is needed to fact, I entered Colby prepared to begin have not a "good" time but an "amazing' reading and go buy the OED drinking, and to develop a "taste" for al- time. I've come to the conclusion that both cohol as 1 usually say. Over the last sev- argumentsbear considerable strong points . and those in intellectual remission. It is eral weeks, I've reached this goal and However, I disagree with both. time for other people to step up, and fol- have had an amazing time, with the ex- Colby has its ways of stressing us the low Justice Roberts' lead, and announce ception of a weekend or two. hell out and partying can effectively quell that they will no longer stand for society's But coming from an environment in our stress. Drinking with friends or in pertinacious insistence on separation be- which drinking is neither taboo nor glori - large groups is indeed fun. Nonetheless, tween the working class and the more ac- When I arrived at Colby as a pre-frosh, fied , I find it immensely perplexing that when too many people have had too much ademically endowed. I was told to prepare for the alcohol-re- some—the majority of whom have pre- to drink things can go awry—and that is You may be skeptical, reader. You may lated craziness that awaited me. An im- sumably been drinking for quite some essentially what turns some off of the sense trepidancy beneath this valorous portant figure within the administration time—have so little control over them- whole business. But, as many have said There I was, sprawled on my Persian bravado. Our olive branch may seem ill even conceded to parents and prospective selves when they do so. In essence, I cannot time and again, moderation is key; re- rug in the den of my mountain chalet, intentioned, merely because it is a Deluxe students that Colby had at one time been fathom why some drink to get drunk, why fraining from excessive alcohol consump- when I heard something so absurd I nearly olive branch purchased from the Sky Mall a hub for college drinking that far ex- girls end up unable to walk home or become tion is the only safe option. knocked my glass of Cabernet Sauvignon magazine we found in our Lear Jet. But ceeded the standards upheld by students the subject of sexual impropriety. I pay par- 1 suppose that at this point, in terms of onto my five-thousand-dollar-tiger-skin please, for once, try to look beyond the ab- who drink here today. Thus, I knew right ticular attention to female binge-drinking drinking, a few of my friends would call slippers (the tigers are raised on a diet of strusity of our language, beyond our well- off the bat that I'd be entering an envi- here on campus because I have sisters. me a hypocrite. And they'd have reason to veal and Courvoisier). My manservant tailored suits and fancy cars, to the ronment in which heavy drinking was My friends fall into two camps: those do so as well. But from what 1 have heard, Chester was reading some newspaper earnestness of our message, which I be- normal. But I really wasn't turned off or with whom I live, those with whom I party seen and done in my short time here on the aloud (with my permission, of course), lieve is that we want to shed our preten- intimidated by this fact. Indeed, if I were, and all with whom I hang. Either by dint of Hill , I can firmly say that in spite of some and uttered the following quote from tious vernacular and come down to your I would have gone somewhere else— conversation or action , they have all ex- of the rash and regrettable decisions my Supreme Court Chief Justice John level. If it is impossible to discern what Bowdoin, perhaps. pressed their take on heavy drinking. Peers good friends and I have made, we extract Roberts: "1 hope we haven't gotten to the my message is, I found most of the words Nevertheless, 1 knew good and well with whom I live have come to deem drink- from them valuable knowledge and expe- point where the Supreme Court's opinions I've used so far by putting the Oxford what I was getting myself into for the next ing an unnecessary and adverse activity rience that will only make our experiences are so abstruse that the educated layper- English dictionary in a paper shredder and four years here at Colby. Although I didn't with which college students don't have to here at Colby more enjoyable. I only hope son can 't pick them up and read them and then ruffling blindly through the resultant drink in high school and have chosen to engage to have a good time. The opposing that, in the long run, more of us here at understand them." refuse for usable words. live in substance-free housing this year. argument—posed of course by those with Colby do the same. Balderdash, I told Chester. But the But this will not be a one-way prom- more he read, the more I began to under- enade, readers. We will not carry you on stand Roberts' argument. Perhaps our em- our shoulders in this noble struggle (after inent board of former barristers has all, we wouldn't want to get our Brooks Aholiday tiding from Scrooge become so obsessed with bloviating in a Brothers shirts dirty). We will certainly manner bereft of substance that they have try our damnedest to start communicat- of longing and incompleteness (what the ing— much like Peggy Lee famously did failed to fulfill their constitutionally man- ing only with words taken from the Buddhists call dukkha, if I'm invoking in 1969—"Is that all there is?" dated obligation. Perhaps our patrician pa- working class lexicon, but you must PL266 appropriately here), the ineffable I look around this country, and I see trons should dispense with their meet us halfway. Try getting a diction- malady that makes Updike 's Rabbit very few people who I am truly convinced pretensions to prolixity; their prosaic pere- ary. Any dictionary. You don't even have Angstrom, apropos of nothing, hop in his are genuinely happy. Maybe ?uestlove grinations tend towards involution when to use it; if you really need to find out car and start driving south. I'm talking from The Roots. That dude seems like he concision is needed. what a word means, you can use the In- about the malcontent that prompts Kevin really has his life together. He really As members of the learned ruling class, ternet. But it makes you feel intelligent, Spacey to, in Sam Mendes' 1999 film seemed to be enjoying himself playing the persons like John Roberts and I have a re- having a book that size. And imagine At the risk of sounding like a bit of a American Beauty, quit his job, get a new drums the other night on Late Night with sponsibility to aid and educate those who how intelligent you'd feel if you actually Scrooge McDuck here, if there's one thing job at a fast-food restaurant a la McDon- Jimmy Fallon. But apart from him. no are less intellectually endowed. We must used it! But I'm getting ahead of myself: I can 't effing stand it 's Christmas. OK, alds, buy pot from his neighbor's son, lift other individual comes to mind. educe a new dialogue between the intelli- we, the academics, will try to tone down allow me to clarify. It 's not that I take issue weights in his basement, listen to "Amer- So in essence what bothers me about gentsia and the people who watch "Jersey our abstrusity in exchange for earnest at- with a holiday commemorating the birth of ican Woman" (the original version by The this time of the year is the insincerity of it Shore," between the well-read and the tempts at deciphering our incoherent jar- Christ (Although I'll confess that as a latke- Guess Who, not Lenny Kravitz's rendi- all. 1 don't believe that the U.S.A. is a can 't-read, between those with erudition gon. Good luck. eater I'm not buying the whole son of God tion) and touch himself while he lies in country overflowing with joy, jubilation , thing. Jesus was a swell guy, don 't get me bed next to his sleeping wife, fantasizing goodwill and warmth during the rest of the wrong, but the Christian soteriology seems about rose petals cascading down on the year (hell, in general I don 't fee! like peo- a little farfetched.), it 's more that I'm both- naked body of his daughter's cheerleader ple are all that happy), so why put on this ered by the commercialism that accompa- friend. Yes, it 's that serious. So serious facade of forced nicety every time the The best of both worlds nies the holiday, and more specifically that Spacey gets shot at the end of that kitschy claymation Rudolph movie starts the—what 1 perceive to be forced—cheer movie. In the head, for Chrissakes* appearing on TV. every time the cloying confusion my first friend had about of the entire seasonal affair. Such artificial I'd like to take a moment to apologize sounds of Christmas carols start being Maino. I looked down at my outfit: flannel exuberance and goodwill starts at Thanks- for excluding the female population in this piped over America's airwaves and the in- shirt, down vest, black leggings and giving, so we might as well lump in that rant so far and perhaps being guilty of sex- sidious odor of potpourri creeps into Sperry Topsiders. more secular holiday with it as well— ism and gender bias by only giving the everyone's nostrils—in short, every time That's when I realized that this outfit though I hate to do that to Turkey Day, male perspective. I can 't access the femi- the carnival of terror we Americans cutely doesn't translate outside of Colby The given that lately I have come to associate it nine experience as readily as I can the call "the holidays" gets into its annual night made me refirame my notion of with drinking beer, eating pumpkin pie and masculine—and frankly, I'm not going to swing? No amount of alcohol or greasy "the bubble." I've always been aware of watching TV for extended periods of time, attempt such a daunting undertaking in my fast food consumed late at night can as- the popular conception that students do and let 's not forget about consuming that rinky-dink opinion piece—but I imagine suage the pain and anxiety that sit cease- Holiday breaks are a time to see not keep up with the world outside of heavenly, savory and sweet grain-based that the majority of American women are lessly in our bone marrow, the pain that friends and family, sleep in our childhood Mayflower Hill , but it had never oc- concoction called com pudding. Boy similarly suffering like Spacey, Rabbit and only finds relief in those blessed moments beds, watch all those shows we love but curred to me that the world doesn 't howdy, do I love com pudding. the rest of us given the unrealistic ideal- of simplicity occurring just before we go don't have the time to watch during keep up with Colby either. Life in our To get back to my point, though, my izations of femininity they face from the to bed and just before we wake up—so school—essentially, holiday breaks are a part of the 04901 has its own culture, problem with the holiday season is this: 1 media and given that they exist in the let 's not naively pretend that "Jingle chance for us to relive our pre-Colby of which I subconsciously have become see all these happy families, all these same anticlimactic America as men do. an Bells" and a few TV Christmas specials lives for a few days. While home, I can 't an avid member. happy people with their plasticine smiles America that leaves its citizens wonder- are some magic curative. Bah, humbug! help but compare my home life to my A few minutes into our conversation, sitting around in Panera Bread sipping Colby life. the weirdness between my friends and I their peppermint lattes and eating soup 1 have a distinct freshman-year mem- disappeared and it was like I had never left out of bowls made out of bread, grinning ory of calling my mom and excitedly home; I clicked right back into my "old" like idiots as they have banal conversa- telling her how everyone at Colby was life. However, upon my return to Colby tions with one other about what happened p >WU just like me. Now before you go for my the following Sunday, I felt myself just as last night on Dancing with the Stars while head in the Civil Discourse, understand easily slipping back into life here. they fiddle away with their cell phones that I'm not talking about race, eco- We all have this dual life when you that play games and take pictures and nomic-class, political views or whatever think about it. Yes, many suburbs are un- also double as Easy-Bake Ovens, and I'm touchy subject you want to get upset doubtedly a lot closer to Colby life than just not buying it. I'm just not buying that about. I'm talking about motives, priori- my own upbringing in Maine's metropo- all these Americans are really, deep j£» ties, and goals. My first semester was the lis, but everyone has their Colby life and down, the rosy-cheeked, sure-footed op- V COCKTAIl I LOUNGE V ^ first time in my life that I could tell their home life. When home, we talk timists they pretend to be at Best Buy on V RES *" friends that I could not hang out because about different people and events; our Black Friday, grinning from ear to ear as T^ I had an exam coming up, and not be jokes about sketchy bedbug-ridden they push their carts along. Like cowards, looked at as if I had three heads. Heights or the third floor of Miller don't they are cowardly concealing themselves EAT IN OR TAKE OUT By now, I've acclimated to the aca- translate and we will not be constantly behind a guise of white-washed con- demic climate at school; that 's not the dif- surrounded by peers. sumerism and capitalism. SZECHUAN, CANTONESE & MANDARIN ference 1 notice now between my home The original shock of being around so Forgive me if I come across as a tad life and my Colby life. many people who care about the same cynical here, but I tend to feel that, as Now DELIVERING (Min. $15.00) Last Thanksgiving, a few hours after things as me has worn off and I am ' Thoreau puts it in Walden, "The mass of returning home, I went to pick up my often in for a rude awakening upon my men lead lives of quiet desperation." (I Delivery Hours: Open to 9:00pm life-long best friend. She and I are prac- return home. However, I think it is a looked it up on WikiQuote; I don 't just Friday & Saturday: Open to 10:00pm tically the same person and always have good reminder of how much I appreci- have a Rolodex of literary quotes circu- been. I pulled up at her house and she ate Colby life. I've realized that the dif- lating in my head. Don 't be misled into came running out. She jumped in the car ferences between us here are ones to be thinking that I'm an intelligent, well-read TEL: 207-861-4433 and we drove off. A minute or two later, appreciated by each other, not ones that individual instead of a bitter, lonely kid with extreme confusion in her voice, she drive us apart. with too much time on his hands and In- 207-861-4488 said to me "What are we listening to?!" This holiday break season, I'm pre- ternet access.) How do I know Thoreau 's With perhaps equal confusion, I re- pared to continue my double life. words to be true? Because I lead a life of OPEN 7 DAYS A W EEK sponded "Maino's 'All the Above.' You Many of the things that I have quiet desperation. And excuse me if I'm don't know this song? It plays constantly learned from others here at Colby are being myopic here or committing the log- Sun I2pm-9:30pm at schooll" so much a part of me now that they ical fallacy of composition, but something Monday-Thursday: IIam-9:30pm: After arriving at the late-night restau- cannot simply lay dormant just be- tells me that I can't be the only one who Friday-Saturday llam-12 mid. rant that was our destination, we got out cause I'm not around Colby people. 1 feels this way. Something tells me that 1 of the car and went inside. We met a few like to hope that as I move forward, can't be the only man in America who 41 TEMPLE STREET friends inside. Once the classic awkward I can take the best elements of both feels gnawed at by an incessant sense of WATERVILLE. ME 04901 pleasantries were exchanged ("How are worlds in order to create a super hy- inadequacy as he traipses through a coun- (THREE DOORS DOWN FROM THE BOB-IN ) you? How is school?"), one of my friends brid of the two. One thing is for sure try that touts incomparable and inimitable looked at me and said, mouth agape, though: that super hybrid will not in- men like Tyler Durden and Terry Tate the "What are you wearing?" with the same clude leggings. Office Linebacker as the paragons of ! Pu Pu PLATTER FOR TWO masculinity that we should all aspire to "orrection: In "wnat Sexual Assault fcducation'f*" from the November if issue, the tcho be like, but who our lives will never 50% OFF misspelled Jamie Foxx's name. measure up to. I'm talking about that ; COUPON ExMSES 12/15/2010 ; vague dissatisfaction, that incurable sense Students discussdouble standards on the Hill Senior Heather Pratt took Sills ' subsequently turned into a movie By LINDSAY PUTNAM argument even further, arguing by the same name. FEATURES EDITOR that the reason the thesis has So while Owen's list has become so heavily debated is due sparked controversy across the Discussions regarding the to the societal norms that have country regarding male and intimate details of our sexual been placed on female sexuality female sexuality and double stan- encounters are nothing new in over the years. dards between the two, how today 's world At an> given time "The fact that people are freak- prominent arc these issues here on we can find a range of people ing out about this and calling her the Hill? talking about their sexual con- thesis a 'role reversal' means that In an online survey of 65 Colby quests, from students swapping there is a sexual double standard. students, only a slight majority of stones in a dining hall or a dorm I think our society is really vested students agreed that a double rtKMTJ to adults dishing the latest in the idea that men and women standard revolving around male dirt around the water cooler in experience sex differently—our and female engagement in sex is the olficc or over drinks at the culture believes the classic notion prevalent on the College campus. bar. But what happens when that men iust cannot help but need "Double standard? Hell yes!" one these details become public sex all of the time and women female student wrote. knowledge via the Internet? And hate it. which is so far from the Another female student echoed what does the pleaMire we get in truth. The fact that this girl's the- that response, writing, "As a sharing these stones tell us sis challenges that gendered and woman. I' ve experienced this about how our culture views sex somewhat sexist idea freaks a lot first hand. I' ve overheard people and sexuality ? of peop le out ." Pratt said talking about me. calling me a Like the infamous Duke "sex thesis. " students on campus admit to " rating " their sexual partners. For Duke Alumna Karen Several prominent news cen- slut for having hooked up with a Owen, what began as a joke ters have discussed the now infa- guy. and then in the same breath amongst a group of friends has mous sex thesis, debating whether lauding the guy for having gotten generally accepted that both sexes Of the 13 subjects, all are athletes, fame, but for the wrong reason. quickly grown into the latest or not Owen is a ma\cnck tran- with me or expressing a desire to are just as likely to divulge details mostly on the Duke baseball and "The girls who are happy with Internet phenomenon Owen is scending traditional gender roles get w ith me themselves. Women, to their friends. lacrosse teams. Putting sexual that Karen girl definitely would the author of the Duke "sex the- here and in general, are not able Students also opined about the double standards aside, would the have been outraged and said the sis" —a PowerPoint presentation to own our sexuality in the same contents of the thesis itself as list have even become famous in exact opposite types of things if a that compiled the sexual details way men are. Men can do what well. Sixty-six percent of the first place had it not been writ- dude had written this," one male of 13 subjects , complete with The fact that they want, but women are viewed respondents felt that the publica- ten by a woman about prominent student said. names and photos, into 42 com- people are just as a means to that end. not tion of Owen's thesis violated male athletes? The heteronormativity of the prehensi\e slides . The slides pro- independent beings that have the privacy of the subjects "I think it has to do with Duke's thesis also sparked some discus- \ ide not only a clear freaking out their own ends, too " involved in the presentation, notoriety with these matters in sion among the respondents of plav-by-play of the encounters about this A number of respondents, how- adding that the publication of an general," one male responded, cit- the survey. "If a man wrote this between the author and the sub- ever, felt that students at Colby actual document differs drasti- ing the highly publicized incident about male sex partners, that jects, but also rate each man and calling hold many of the same standards cally from simple gossip. that involved Duke lacrosse play- would raise a whole gamut of dif- based on his athletic ability, her thesis a for both men and women. "The difference between dining ers several years ago, although the ferent issues," one male said. physical attractiveness, size, cre- "1 think it 's a double standard hall gossip and this [presentation] men were cleared of all charges. Those that brought up the issue ativity and talent "role reversal" that exists everywhere. At Colby, is that one has made it onto the The fact that the list was written agreed that a thesis written by a The "thesis" has prompted a means that though I know many would dis- Internet, and any aspect of by a woman also seems to have man or a woman about same-sex vast and wide conversation on agree, I think it may actually be anonymity is gone once you are aided to its rise to fame. Many partners would have received far male and female sexualitv and there is a less so than other places. While it 's on the Internet," one female stu- male students cited the other dou- more coverage, both good and whether or not a double standard sexual double almost always trashy for a girl to dent said. ble standard that has been over- bad, and could potentially be still exists in American culture hook up frequently with multiple Some felt otherwise, claiming looked throughout the discussions even more devastating for the regarding the two. Many have standard. guys and discuss it. I also see a lot that consenting to sex never on the thesis: what would the reac- subjects involved. praised Owen for speaking out in of the same disdain for guys who implies consent to public discus- tion have been if a man had writ- The one thing that all respon- a culture that primarily encour- Heather Pratt do the same thing, much less so, sion, which happens frequently at ten this list about women? dents seemed to agree upon is that Class of 2011 ages male promiscuitv while dis- but it 's still there." one student said. the College. "This is no different "If a male wrote this, it would the student body as a whole needs couraging the same in women Others provided similar than what male athletic teams on never have gotten as much atten- to be more respectful of their sex- "(Owen] acted not like the in regard to her sexuality and her responses, claiming that on such a this campus do now by giving tion as it has, because everyone ual partners on the Hill. "AH of us classic victim when guys do this apparent ease in expressing it. small campus it is hard for any girls ratings on a scale of one to would just think it was lame, self- need to show more respect," one traditional!), but like the aggres- Many feel that Owen's thesis student, male or female, to boast a 10 and making it common knowl- serving and full of contrived student wrote. "If both want to sor—she had high risk, no attach- stands out in a world where sexu- large number of sexual partners edge on the team how good she is attempts at actual humor. So have sex, great! If both want to ment sex and she's comfortable al discourse is typically monopo- and still be respected by his or her in bed," one student commented. there's your double standard right talk about their relationship in with it—a traditional gender- lized b\ men such as Tucker Max. peers. Still others claimed while Another argument many news there," Chris Home '12 said. public, that 's fine, too. But if bending behavior." Judith Sills , a whose Internet stones were pub- there may or may not be a double centers have addressed when dis- Others felt that a man writing either one wants to keep private psychologist who recently spoke lished as a book. / Hope They standard in terms of the accep- cussing the thesis is the signifi- this same thesis about women things private, then the other one on The Toda\ Show . said. Serve Beer In Hell, which was tance of multiple partners, it is cance of the subjects themselves. would have received just as much should respect that, too." SHOC educates campus on how to deal with stress Student Health on Campus shares tips f or safe stress management as f inal exams week approaches enough sleep, but adding just a on building awareness of one's activate your senses. Spending a half hour more each night can thoughts and senses. Ye said, little time each day doing a medi- make a big difference. If stress "Stress often comes from the tative exercise can help calm the keeps you up at night, Newman expected fear of an outcome. It is mind. recommended avoiding caffeine self-imposed. With mindfulness Ye also said, "Take breaks, in the afternoon and evening, meditation, you are aware of your especially with tests that require writing a list of thoughts before thoughts without judging them. memory." In fact, substantial psy- going to bed and sleeping regular You must let go of your thoughts chological research has been done hours. It is also helpful to do and worries and you must let go to support the "spacing effect," something relaxing before going of your habitual reaction." the theory that information is to sleep, such as leisure reading Ye also emphasized the impor- remembered better when studied or listening to music. Even just a tance of listening to one's body. repeatedly at spaced intervals few minutes of doing something rather than studied all at once in unrelated to schoolwork can help massed fashion. calm your mind. Here are some final tips to Students often try to hold in Being busy remember when dealing with whatever is stressing them out. isn't a bad stress: Talk to friends or family but Newman suggested that if when something is troubling you something is troubling a student it thing....It's and reconsider your approach to is better to talk about it with a important to stressful events—often our per- roommate or f riend. Newman spectives can lead to more stress said. "Students often believe their have a positive than necessary. Remember to focus NICK IODICE/THE COLBY ECHO Students participate in a meditation session in the Chapel led by Jing Ye to help relieve stress. friends are too busy to listen to attitude and on each day at a time instead of them or have their own issues to wasting energy worrying about deal with, but really, most people to take things what you need to do in the future. p their friends and Take breaks during long periods of By STUDENT HEALTH up. and the effects can be detri - witnessed many of the physical want to hel one step at a " ' " stud ing and you will likely be ON CAMPUS mental to students mental and side-effects of stress, but it has won t feel bothered at all. time. y physical health also seen the impact on students' According to Marden, turning more efficient. And remind your- Lydia Bolduc Marden nurse mental health Patricia Newman to alcohol or tobacco in order to self that your identity is not defined . , Patricia Newman Stress. We 've all felt it. You're practitioner at the Garrison-Foster clinical counselor and director of alleviate stress can also backfire: by your success in activities or aca- Director of Counseling Services up at 2 am hoping the words in Health Center, said "students who counseling services, has reported "Too much alcohol can lead to demics, but by your character. >our textbook will stick in your are stressed often have a lower a significant increase over the depression and smoking usually High stress can often stem brain for the upcoming exam Or immunity and get sick more often. years in students seeking counsel- exacerbates one's stress and can from or lead to other mental perhaps you feel a muscle cramp I' ve seen a lot of students come in ing services, many with issues cause panic attacks." "Your body knows when it needs health issues such as anxiety dis- intensifying in your shoulders who aren ' t getting enough sleep or related to stress. Newman said. In order to avoid the negative food or sleep. You must respond orders or depression. Don 't hesi- after you 've sat in front of your eating well Many report feeling "Being busy isn 't a bad thing. It 's consequences of stress, it is impor- to the body and most importantly tant to contact counseling services computer lor five hours trying to overwhelmed easily and an inabil- about time management . tant to find a healthy activity to be kind to yourself," she said. for additional support. think of something :tisig;itful to ity to get work done " Perspective is also a huge part of relieve it. Some students on the Ye suggested choosing a sim- Don't forget to check out the add to your papci As we all know , When we don 't get enough it too. It 's important to have a pos- Hill have turned to meditation and ple daily activity in which you Student Health on Campus however, stress doesn't come just sleep or exercise and don 't eat itive attitude and to take things have found the meditation sessions can incorporate short meditation. (SHOC) Stressbuster Fair from 10 from our school vork Stress also well, it becomes more difficult to one step at time." lead by Jing Ye, a clinical coun- For example, Ye recommended a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, comes from social pressures, keep our bodies healthy Muscles Marden and Newman both dis- selor at the Health Center, to be an that, when washing your hands, December 7 in Page Commons. extracurricular activities , relation- can become tense and we are cussed the importance of sleep. essential part of a healthy mindset. walking to class or waiting in line, There will be free massages, deli- ships, searching for jobs and more prone to illnesses. Most students on the Hill would Ye guides students in "mindful- take a moment to pay attention to cious food , guided relaxation ses- ¦ lit—- -—1.< 1 .la*. U„„1( L, / . ..-.,.,, tUa oattoatinnB unnr krutu fcole nnrl E! 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Alex Altoro 'UJ Ana Tanasijevtc '11 favor of excelling OIL the dance score a date with this floor. Often spotted on tables or Macedonian goddess, she will Colby bad boy a.k.a. Colby chairs at parties, fist pumping to Looking for a girl to be your take care of you with her stock- heartthrob Alexander Aitoro has techno or Taylor Swift, Alex con- Macedonian princess? You are pile of gummi vitamins and her been called many things: Adonis, tinues to demonstrate why "best in luck! Meet Ana Tanasijevic, a TLC. Ana is a big gift giver, so sex-panther, brunet. In just a few dancer" was one of three senior senior hailing from Boston who don't be surprised if she remem- short days, this thoroughbred can superlatives he won last year. has bedazzled Colby's campus bers to pick up your favorite add another title to the list: college Close friend Katrina Danby has with her Macedonian - Bostoni an candy bar when she goes to the graduate. Alex will leave the Hill described him as a "dance floor charms. Ana's affinity for grocery store. after nine illustrious semesters legend" h la Michael Jackson or gummi bears, chocolate milk Turn ons? with a triple major in economics, Napoleon Dynamite. He learned and arts and crafts is surpassed Freckles. Button noses. Laundry government and winning. Alex has all his moves from his mentor only by her love of exploring smell. Scruff. Musicians. NICK IOCHCE/TKE COLBY ECHO put his extra time in school to good Nicholas Cade *08. the Maine wilderness. When Shown sporting his homemade sweatshirt and trademark side- use, and has earned himself the Alex has been to more countries Ana isn't in the library writing a Turn offs? burns, first-year Jones aspires to become a history professor. highest award bestowed upon an than most of us can name and never paper or study for her next ing Frat boys. econ major at Colby: a job at backs down from a challenge. He Japanese quiz, you can find her Barclays Capital. once fought a bull in Mexico and holding her roommates' hands Dining Hall of choice? Alex certainly has a Wall went skydiving over the Alps. or baking cakes for them in her Foss. (She is a big fan of the Intergalactic Tomb Street pedigree. A connoisseur of Despite all these harrowing experi- Easy-Bake oven. lentil soup and brown rice.) Scotch and of Mediterranean cui- ences, Alex contends that the only Ana is looking for her very sine, he has a wardrobe with more things he has ever been afraid of are own Clark Kent to sweep her off Favorite Pokemon? Raider: Colby 's pastels than a Degas painting and failure and Scar from the Lion King. her feet, so Lex Luthers need not JiggtypufT. spends his weekends racing boats Refined, yet easy-going. apply. Ana's idea of the perfect and sinking putts. A former Dangerous, yet safe. Be careful: date is a bike ride to Dairy Cone - Written by Michael Herriman own Indiana Jones Lacrosse State Champion at he can just as break your heart as for a monkey sundae. Just asking Fairfield Prep in Connecticut, he can make you a fortune. her to Dana lunch is not going to Alex has put down the stick in - Written by Michael Brophy cut it. If you are lucky enough to Indiana said. By EMILY MININBERG Although coming to college is NEWS STAFF one of Indie's first times away from home, he is really enjoy ing Rather than living in the shad- his time on the Hill thus far. ows of big name celebrities Sean Indiana especially enjoyed his Connery and Harrison Ford , COOT experience. "I was on the Colby's own Indiana Jones *14 hiking and funyak COOT; it was chooses his own path. Indiana a really good time to just take in Winston Jones was named after the picturesque Maine scenery the critically acclaimed action and get to know a really good character, and his middle name group of people." was inspired by the British prime Despite only being a first minister Winston Churchill. semester freshman, Indiana has "Although I have always had big dreams about his time at to share a little part of my identi- Colby. "I am hoping to major in ty with Harrison Ford and Mr. history and get more involved Churchill, I have found a way to with the writer's center, but dur- have fun with it." Indiana admit- ing my first semester 1 have ted. "I definitely own the hat been really working on adjust- and the whip, and I always know ing to college life and the work I have a Halloween costume to load." Indiana said. "Sometimes " it 's really hard to keep track of COURTESY OF ALEX AJTORO COURTESY OF MICHAEL HER RIM AN fall back on. King of the dance floor, Alex seeks to conquer Wall Street next. Ana is hoping to find love for her f inal semester here on the Hill. Just in case you were wonder- time here because I feel like I ing, Indiana's sideburns have have so much going on day-to- been a long-term pet project of day," he said. Fortunately for his. "I am not really into fashion, Indiana, he has a classy gold but the side burns are a way 1 pocket watch he carries with The haunted history of Runnals stand out aside from my name" him everywhere to help main- Indiana said. "The notion of my tain some notion of time. be Powder and Wig's faculty that, as a professor, he occupied Runnals, but Sewell said that "as 'burns first made an appearance Indiana's passion for history By COURTNEY YEAGER advisor and to hopefully launch the only office with a private the fire laws get more and more between my sophomore and has been with him throughout MANAGING EDITOR the theater program. "The most shower and toilet—the room had stringent, the use of that space junior years and they have been high school. "One day I am hop- logical place for that to happen once been the office of the gets more and more limited." a source of pride ever since." ing to teach history at the college The Runnals building, now was Runnals," said Sewell. women's athletic coach. The majority of Runnals' sec- While Indiana has worked level," Indiana said. home to the theater and dance Students performed Sewell's One popular legend about ond floor is monopolized by a hard to establish an identity sep- The summer between his department, was built in 1942. first Colby production on the old Runnals among students is that the dance rehearsal studio, complete arate from that junior and The building was named in honor gymnasium's basketball court, building is haunted. Sewell with a sprung floor. "It 's a hard- of the action film senior years he of the beloved Ninetta Runnals, which is now the seating area of remembered the historical basis of wood floor that's elevated above character, there I definitely interned at the who served as the College's first Strider Theater. "We did our first this myth. "We did a [William its supporting beams, so it gives is no denying Foxborough dean of women from 1920 until show with the lights...on light Butler] Yeats play about a seance very subtly under dancers * feet," that he is a big own the hat Historical her retirement in 1949. The poles because during the day the called Words Upon the Window Sewell explained. "When that fan. " I am really and the whip, Society, work- Runnals building was originally place would again be used for Pane. In the seance, the ghost of was installed, it was the first such into the Indiana ing to help cata- established as a women's gymna- basketball," Sewell said. Jonathan Swift is evoked...and as floor north of Boston." Jones movies," and I always logue artifacts sium for "what was then called With the help of dedicated far as I know, that was the first ori- Runnals also has its own infor- Indiana said. "I know I have a from the revolu- 'women's life,'" according to professors such as Doug gin of the now rather strong mal library of dramatic writing, would say that tionary war. Richard Sewell, adjunct associate Archibald, Roberts professor of mythology of there being a ghost and Sewell said it can often be my favorite is Halloween "Working at the professor of theater and dance English emeritus, Sewell man- in Runnals." easier to find a play there than in The Last costume to fall historical soci- emeritus and director of Powder aged to play a role in establish- During Sewell's second year at Miller Library. Crusade— the ety gave me an and Wig emeritus. ing the College's theater and the College in 1974, Runnals was In the spring, Sewell's experi- chemistry back on. opportunity to "Ninetta Runnals left Colby dance department. Before, completely renovated and rebuilt ence at Colby will come full cir- between really engage long before I was connected with Powder and Wig was the only as a theater. "The building now cle as he directs another play by Harrison Ford Indiana Jones with the history it," Sewell said, "but as a kid I met outlet for students interested in has a large, well-equipped theater Yeats entitled The Cuchulain and Sean Class of 2014 of our country her by chance here in Waterville. dramatic arts. shop, handsome dressing rooms, a Cycle. "But in the meantime, I Connery is pal- and solidified Looking back now, her function The previous sorority rooms very versatile stage and an impos- have had the pleasure of seeing pable and the the notion that I as the dean of women seems a lit- now serve as the faculty offices sible little black box in the cellar," Runnals become the home of a action sequences are awesome: wanted to teacn someday, tle old-fashioned and comic, but for the theater and dance depart- Sewell said. Students often per- very active and exciting theater Aside from the Indiana Jones Indiana said. at the time it was an important ment. Sewell was very proud form shows in "The Cellar" of and dance department." trilogy. Colby's own Indiana Aside from Indiana 's histori- step in moving toward recognition loves the movies Kick Ass and cal side, he also likes to get in of sexual equality." District Nine. "Those are just touch with his inner Luke When the building was con- some of my favorites, but I am Skywalker. "You may not know structed during World War II, definitely a movie buff," Jones upon first glance, but I am a huge fewer men and more women added. "I really love walking geek," Indiana said. "I am an were attending college, and the down to Waterville's Flagship obsessive Star Wars fan. It gets women needed a gymnasium. Cinemas and catching a movie." to the point that it interferes with Besides serving as a female- Indiana, or "Indie" as his my daily functioning," only athletic facility, Runnals friends call him, is originally According to Indiana you are housed the sororities' offices. from Foxborough, MA. Being at likely to find him in his room Each sorority had its own meet- Colby is one of the first times he playing RPGs (role playing ing room within the building has been out of the state of games) on his computer, in the because "by quaint Maine law," Massachusetts for an extended post office or in Dana. Indiana Sewell recalled, "sororities in period of time. "I have never is a self-proclaimed Dana afi- Maine could not maintain a house been on a plane, nor do I have a cionado. "Dana kind of reminds because it was smacked as a passport," Indiana said. Even me of the food I eat at home," house of prostitution." though he has not been keeping he said. "When 1 arrived in 1973 , up with his namesake's globe- There is no denying that Runnals was no longer being trotting ways he is certainly Indiana Winston Jones has found used as a women's gym because interested in traveling: "I would a way to live up to his name and the new gymnasium was coedu- really be interested in seeing is quite the character himself. cational ," Sewell said. ANNIE WILSON/THE COLBY ECHO England or Germany sometime "Who knows, if I ever have a kid, The College hired Sewell to The Runnals building was constructed in 1942 and originally functioned as a women s' gymnasium. ' during my Colby experience," I may name him Dow." Colby Ski Slope recalls fond memories for many For others, such as New Jersey not have good exposure. "It faced the outdoors. native Marcia Sheldon '64, who west," Bates said, "and as a result In the past few years, howev- had never been skiing before she the snow would melt on it." The er, plans have been made to arrived on the Hill , the proximity slope was eventually closed in revitalize the land and establish of the slope simply allowed her to the early 1970s because of the the Quarry Road Recreation experience a new outdoor activi- Area. In an interview with The ty she might not have otherwise Colby Magazine last year, John tried. "Sugarloaf wasn't the Koons '72, one of the driving mountain it is now," she said, but Access to the forces behind the project, said, still its lift tickets "were more hill opened "it has the potential to be some- than 1 could afford." It was also thing positive for both Colby harder for Sheldon to get to up a whole and Waterville." Sugarloaf, as women were not new world of The Quarry Recreation Area allowed to have cars on campus already boasts an impressive in the early '60s. outdoor five-kilometer Nordic skiing In fact, during Sheldon's time adventure trail, and there are many more at the College, there were no plans to develop the area for organized sports for women. [and] led to walking and biking. The Quarry "There was no softball , no field nearly a Road Recreation Area "would be hockey, nothing like that ," a great place for the Outing Sheldon said. "Phys. ed. was our lifetime of Club," Bates said, as its proximi- only outlet." Sheldon was intro- skiing for me. ty to the Messalonskee stream duced to the Colby Ski Slope also opens up new opportunities through a physical education Marcia Sheldon for kayaking and canoeing. class offered during the winter. Class of 1964 Thus, while the Colby Ski NELSAPORG Sheldon's first impression of Slope is little more than a fond The College purchased the C 'olbv Ski Slope froman elderly couple in the late 1950s. and the hill was a the Colby Ski Slope was "that it memory of winter sports and popular option for students until it closed in the early 1970s, when it became too expensive to maintain. was steep," she said. "But it must comraderie in the minds of those have motivated me, because 1 tremendous amount of resources who graduated many years ago, went downtown and bought skis, it consumed. Many forgot about the area promises many exciting five minute drive—you were For Anderson, who also orga- boots and bindings." the area that was once bustling opportunities for outdoor adven- By RACHEL GOFF sure to meet students you knew." nized, trained and supervised "I guess there's some criti- with locals and students who ture for students at the College in LOCAL NEWS EDITOR The Colby Ski Slope helped the Colby Ski Patrol on the cism that the area [of the ski shared a passion for skiing and the years to come. foster a sense of community at slope, the Colby Ski Slope gave slope] was too developed," As the weather gets colder the College dur- him the opportu- Sheldon said, but "access to the and snow start s to fall, many stu- ing the cold win- nity to hold a hill opened up a whole new dents pile into the car on ter months, when Our slope leadership posi- world of outdoor adventure Saturday mornings and drive the Mudents were tion outside of a [and] led to almost a lifetime of one-and-a-half hours to reluctant to leave was pretty school setting. skiing for me," as well as a tra- Sugarloaf to go skiing. In the the warmth of friendly, "The hill could- dition that she passed down to 1960s, however, students had the their dorm rooms. n't be opened her children. option of downhill skiing much "All lift operators because no unless we had a Nathaniel "Buddy" Bates '57 closer to campus were students," matter when minimum of two not only practiced on the Colby In the late 1950s, when the Anderson said. qualified ski Ski Slope with the ski team dur- College purchased the Waterville He enjoyed work- you went patrolers there on ing his time on the Hill, but also, Ski Area from the elderly couple ing as a lift oper- there...you duty." Sheldon as president of the Outing Club that owned it. the hill became ator because it said. "The Ski during his senior year, he was known as the "Colby Ski Slope." "was a great way were sure to Patrol was a won- asked to speak with the owners of The slope was located a few min- to socialize. It meet students derful way for the property when the College's utes north of campus, between only took 10 'min- other students to negotiations to purchase the slope Main St and Messalonskee utes for skier o you knew. step up and per- came to a standstill. Stream. It consisted of two trails , ride the lift up form important "The owners were elderly and a T-bar lift and a 32-meter jump. and 10 minutes to Peter Anderson work, while being they wanted to be sure that the "The Colby slope was pretty ski down—you Class of 1966 students. We had area would be available to the tame." Peter Anderson '66 said. could maintain to be strong skiers citizens of Waterville. It took "Serious skiers would go to interrupted con- (it didn 't matter several more years of negotia- Sugarloaf and other 'real" moun- versations with all your friends how elegant), know First Aid, tion before Colby eventually tains Bui our slope was pretty at the hill that day." Anderson mark ski obstacles and otherwise was able to purchase the proper- friendly, because no matter when said "fit was] also a great way help maintain safe conditions on ty," he said. The Colby Ski Slope was located a mere five minutes from cam- you went there -it was only a to meet girls." the slope." Unfortunately, the slope did pus, and many students served as members of the ski patrol. Kringleville: Santa comes to downtown Waterville

By DAN SIDMAN cabin and entered into his wooden Waterville Chamber of Christmas tradition that still Bank of America. A giant has been repainted and the interi- NEWS STAFF domicile. Families filtered into Commerce illuminated an unas- continues today. spruce, adorned with lights, or and exterior alike have under- the square and formed a queue in suming spruce tree in Kringleville has persevered stands regally beside the gate- gone redecoration. Around 3 p.m. this past front of Santa's residence to meet Castonguay Square and import- through the years despite way to Santa's village. Wooden A schedule posted beside the Sunday. Santa Clause stood hold- and take photos inside with the ed an unheated log cabin in national crises such as the two-dimensional candy canes doorway lists this year 's ing a large white and red-striped head elf himself. which local children could go Vietnam War and the Iran dot the snow-dappled square Kringleville events. The fifth staff in his hand in the center of This Christmas village, sit on Santa 's knee and tell him Hostage Crisis. Even when the and a full-size sleigh bearing the annual Parade of Lights , the Castonguay Square in downtow n which came to be known as what they wanted for holiday lights ceased to shine in initials S.C. sits nearby, expec- town 's yearly holiday parade Waterville* Santa 's visiting hours Kring leville, is one of Christmas. Central Maine Waterville in 1973 due to energy tantly awaiting the jolly old man down Main Street , took place on for the afternoon began at 3:30 Waterville 's oldest traditions. It Railroad brought Santa to town shortages, Santa still took up to pick up the reigns and urge Saturday. Typically the parade p.m., when he strolled up the began in the weeks leading up on the back of a vintage residency and greeted visitors in his faithful fleet of reindeer into takes place the day after ramp attached to the side of the to Christmas in 1969, when the caboose that season. So began a City Hall instead. the night. Thanksgiving, but this year it Kringleville continued was moved back a day. This through the '90s when year's parade, themed "Holiday Castonguay Square and the rest Even when Memories," began at the north of Main Street underwent major end of Main Street in Downtown renovations, and the village the holiday Waterville at 6 p.m. and ended at remained so festive that a televi- lights ceased Castonguay Square. sion crew visited the holiday The parade culminated with village one year during the to shine in the lighting of the giant spruce decade to film a Christmas spe- Waterville in tree in the square and Santa 's cial and commercials. arrival at Kringleville. Over the years debates have 1973 due to Waterville Main Street presents developed over whether Santa energy the parade and the rest of should keep his current location Kringleville , sponsored by or be relocated to an empty store- shortages, Inland Hospital. Mix 107.9, front window of the old Stem's Santa still took Oxford Networks and The Department Store building. Morning Sentinel. Ultimately, Waterville residents up residency Kringleville clearly occupies spoke out against the move and and greeted a special place in the heart of the holiday village stood its Waterville residents. Given the ground. According to visitors in dedication that town inhabi- Kringlevilie's website, at the end City Hall tants have shown in the past in of the '90s, employees from preserving their town tradition , Keyes Fiber constructed a new instead. one can safely predict that house for Santa. This is the house Kringleville will continue to be that currently sits in the center of a hallmark of the holiday sea- the square. Christmas carols resonate from son in Waterville for many Today, a large gateway with the large speakers mounted on years to come. the words "Kringleville" in the front of Santa's cabin, and a For a full schedule of Santa 's neon li ghts marks the entrance green plaque over the door with visiting hours, which will take to this holiday escape in the cen- the initials "S.C." stenciled on it place up until Wednesday, ter of town, sandwiched announce its inhabitant. In recent December 22, visit Kringleville. the Christinas vi llage in Castonguav Square, is one of Waterville s oldest traditions. between the Opera House and a years the red wooden building www.kringlevillc.com. SPOTLIGHT: HARDY GIRLS HEALTHY WOMEN Students help foster healthy environment for girls to the College is called the Girls' "Through discussion and activ- sages women receive from By EVA ZENILMAN Coalition Groups. The coalition ities. Hardy Girls helps young numerous social mediums about NEWS STAFF groups are comprised of four to girls connect to other women in how we're supposed to act and Though Hardy Girls Healthy ten middle school girls who have their lives and think about and talk look," Creeden said. "[The girls Women's (HGHW) most recently signed up for the program and about what it means to be a can then] challenge those assump- publicized event. The Freaky 5K, two "muses," who are the Colby woman in today's world and tions and messages and form their took place on Saturday, October volunteers who work to facilitate understand that it is okay to expe- own opinions about what it means 30, the organization facilitates a a welcoming atmosphere within rience a range of emotions from to be a girl in today's society." number of programs that run their coalition. anxiety to desires to concern to At the end of the year, with the throughout the year, and they are "The coalition is a safe zone elation," Emma Creeden ' 11 said. foundational knowledge they closely linked with the College. where girls support and respect Creeden is one of three program have gained from their muses, "Hardy Girls is a 10-year old each other for who they are," leaders who became involved the girls will construct a social nonprofit with a range of Susan Weidner '14, a muse at with HGHW during her sopho- action project to show their resources and programs [dedicat- China Middle School who more year. The two other program understanding of girl culture and ed to the health and well-being of became involved with Hardy leaders are Hannah DeAngelis ' 12 how they can make a change in a girls and women]," Hardy Girls' Girls through the CVC, said. The and Jennifer Stephens * 12, both of positive way. co-creator, board member and curriculum for the year revolves whom are currently abroad. Though first semester has not Professor of Education Lyn Mikel around the concept of being hardy All coalition group meetings ended yet, the experience so far Brown said. "We have 19 groups and what it means to be a hardy are discussion-based. For exam- has been full and rewarding for running in area middle and ele- girl. "We want to have the girls ple, one of Weidner's meetings the volunteers. "It 's been really mentary schools, involving over become knowledgeable about the included looking at advertise- cool to see girls feel like they 40 Colby students," Brown said. media and gender stereotypes, ments in magazines for beauty have a safe space to form and CHRIS KASPF'AK. THF COLBY ECHO The students at the College who and how to interpret [them]," products and cosmetics so that express ideas," said Weidner. Hardy Girls Healthy Women s' office in downtown Waterville. are involved with HGHW are a Weidner said. the girls in the coalition could Though she is there to facili- mixture of volunteers through the The muses promote a curricu- express what they though the tate discussion, Creeden finds Colby Volunteer Center (CVC) lum developed specificall y for the image was advertising and then herself learning from the girls in "1 am always proud when the "The hi ghlights are the girls ' and students in Brown's seminar, program that covers girl culture, discuss further what it was actu- her coalition. "It is a support net- girls validate one another and responses to one another, their Practicum in Girls' Development media, girlfighting, family, ally advertising. work that allows everyone to other girls' experiences, such as enthusiasm for group and when and Education. cliques and clubs, sexual harass- "Hardy-Girls allows girls the grow and evaluate their opinions standing up for someone who they all get invested in a conver- The HGHW program specific ment, dating and relationships. opportunity to talk about the mes- and perceptions," Creeden said. was being ostracized." sation or topic. " Police department deals with drug use in town

research on how to identify indi- Children and Youth. 15 percent of to Assets are also available to help vidualized risks for addiction." Waterville youth ages 14-19 had youth that have previously strug- The Waterville Police their first drink of alcohol (other gled with underage drinking. Department, along with the Maine than a few sips) before age 13. The Waterville Police State Government has seen a dra- Thirty-nine percent had at least Department works with other area matic jump in the number of pre- one drink of alcohol on one or law enforcement and public health scription drug related deaths. In more occasion in the past 30 days agencies on the Northern Kennebec 1992 there were 34 prescription and 23 percent had five or more Underage Drinking Task Force to pill related deaths in the entire drinks of alcohol in a row (i.e., combat this illegal an< ' dangerous state of Maine, and most were binge drinking) in the past 30 days. activity. The Northern Kennebec unintentional overdoses. Within Six percent had at least one drink Underage Drinking Task Force, a five years, the number of drug- of alcohol on school property on group of five local law enforcement related deaths in Maine jumped one or more of the past 30 days. agencies, is made up of police offi- fourfold. From 2004-2009, there Local authorities and organiza- cers from Fairfield , Oakland, were 374 drug-related deaths in tions have come together to help Waterville and Winslow, as well as Maine, most due to accidental decrease underage drinking in Kennebec County sheriff deputies. overdose. More than 90 percent of Waterville. The Greater Waterville Two years ago, when the task all of the drug related deaths, Communities for Children and force first began to study the sale including suicides, involved pre- Youth have created various pro- of alcohol to minors, half of the scription drugs. grams for the prevention of under- businesses they investigated had Methadone and Oxycodone are age drinking, as well as programs sold alcohol to at least one under- the top two causes of prescription designed to help those who have age individual. This summer, out opiate deaths in Waterville. struggled with underage drinking. of the 110 businesses they PRESCRiPTIONWOBLD ORC Beyond that, nearly a third of The Youth Empowerment checked for compliance, only Diversion Program, which provides The Waterville Police Department organizes the Perscription Drug Waterville's drug-related deaths Through Employment program eight failed the test. doctors with data they can use when deciding whether or not to prescribe medication to an idividual. are caused by a second category (YETE) seeks to provide high The task force also plans to con- of drugs, the benzodiazepines, school-aged kids in the Waterville tinue its educational programs, hard drugs as they are in states with being diverted," Sorg said. including commonly prescribed area with work training and expe- including visits to local schools and By EMILY MIN1NBERG denser populations and major met- "Doctors may develop suspicions tranquilizers such as Xanax, rience as a way to discourage classes for teens, parents and busi- NEWS STAFF ropolitan corridors, where drug traf- when a patient is doing what is Klonopin and Valium. underage drinking and find pro- ness owners. "The educational While students at the College ficking networks are more staffed known as drug seekin-requesting Aside from prescription med- ductive outlets for at-risk teens. piece is important," said Tracey participate may be aware of the and therefore far more profitable. prescriptions for increasing ication use, marijuana has histori- The 21st Century Community Frost, school resource officer at drug culture on campus, many are According to Research amounts or going from provider to cally been the most common illicit Learning Grant is an afterschool Messalonskee High School, not aware of the problems associ- Associate Professor at the provider to get multiple prescrip- drug used throughout the state of program that has a partnership "because the goal isn't to catch ated with illicit drug use in the University of Maine Dr. Marcella tions. Patients may be harder to Maine, and Waterville is no with Waterville Public Schools for more kids or bust more businesses, surrounding community. Sorg, there is a cultural disdain deal with if they become addicted exception to the statistic. kids of all ages, and it provides a but to achieve greater compliance." According to Deputy Chief of associated with hard drug use in and need opiates so that they don't Marijuana is grown locally year safe after-school venue where kids Although students at the Police Charles Ramsey, rural populations such as go into withdrawal. The physicians round, but higher-grade product is are engaged productively in a College are largely unaffected by "Waterville is a small service cen- Waterville. "Rural populations caring for these patients are caught also cultivated in Canada and then supervised environment. the drug culture of the surround- ter city, where people in central don't look kindly on things like between a rock and a hard place. smuggled over the border. Waterville also has a parent ing community, it is important to Maine come to shop, bank, work heroin abuse," Sorg said. "Pills They want to do what is best for According to a junior at outreach program that helps to know that Waterville, like many and take advantage of entertain- just don 't come with the same their patients, but sometimes find Waterville Senior High School, educate parents about substance cities and towns across the ment opportunities. This popula- cultural baggage. People feel "Smoking pot is very much part of abuse among youth and how they United States, is finding new- tion center also draws individuals safer with pills and see them in a the Waterville drug culture" In the can help prevent it. Programs ways to address problems of who wish to sell and buy illegal different realm than illicit drugs. Waterville area, 65 percent of adult such as Boomerang and Diversion illicit drug use. substances." Ramsey notes that the With prescription drugs, there's a The social residents ages 26 to 34 and 55 per- most popular drugs in Waterville perception of safety because context and cent ages 35 to 50 report to having are alcohol and marijuana, but pre- they're associated with the med- used marijuana at least once in scription medications such as ical establishment." geography of their lifetime. Thirty percent of OxyContin ®, Oxycodone and Doctor-shopping schemes, falsi- the town aren't Waterville high school students reported using marijuana within DK NAIL Percocet have been gaining popu- fied prescriptions and illicit sale larity in recent years. and distribution by licensed health- as conducive to the last 30 days, compared with 26 According to the Census care professionals are the primary the consumption percent nationally. Fifty-nine per- Bureau, the national median methods of obtaining prescription cent of Waterville students in SALON household income in the United drugs intended for abuse. of hard drugs twelfth grade reported using mari- States is $49,777. In Waterville, Waterville's proximity to the as they are in juana at least once in their lifetime. Certified Licensed Professional the median household income is Canadian border also provides the "Having kids from Colby and $34,049. According to the option of obtaining cheap pharma- states with Thomas College around definite- National Survey on Drug Use and ceuticals from Canada. denser ly makes the trafficking of mari- COLBY SPECIALS: H ealth, "members of a family The Waterville Police juana in the Waterville area a with an annual income less than Department organizes the populations more appealing business," a $35,000 are far more likely to use Prescription Drug Diversion and major junior from Waterville High Thursdays: hard drugs than a family who lives Program, which collects data from metropolitan School said, "because Colby and Manicure Pedicure Combo off the national median income." area law enforcement agencies Thomas College kids want mari- Regular Price $35, $30 with student ID "Colby students make a lot of and the District Attorney's Office corridors. juana and they buy it in larger assumptions regarding drug use in relating to offenders who are quantities and at higher prices Manicure Waterville," Matt Burton '\4 charged with crimes of possession than Waterville locals." Regular Price $10, $8 with student ID thinks. "Students assume that it is or trafficking in prescription drugs Aside from illicit drug use, the a more low-income and predomi- and hard drugs. The data is dis- themselves having to deal with abuse of alcohol is also an issue in nantly white community and tributed to pharmacies and med- addicted patients who engage in Waterville, especially underage HOURS: they.. .associate this with crack, ical health professionals, who arc illegal activities." drinking. A student from Waterville Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., crystal meth and heroin use. This able to use the information as part According to Dr. Margaret Senior High School who wishes to Sunday B Appointment demonstrates a lot of ignorance on of the process in deciding whether Greeowald, a former chief medical remain anonymous said that "most y our part " or not to prescribe medication to examiner in Maine, "The assump- kids start drinking in their fresh- While hard drugs such as an individual. tion is that everyone knows the man or sophomore years because 183 Main St cocaine and heroin do exist in "It 's nearly impossible for risks associated with prescription the weekend party scene around Waterville, ME 04901 Waterville, the social context and providers to really know what their medication use, but that 's not the here revolves around drinking " geography of the town aren't as patients do with the drugs they pre- case. Prescribers need to inform According to the Greater (207) 872-9022 UAttonrtlla rnmmnnihn, f nr WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY

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- ¦ - -¦ - -- ANNIE W1LS0NTHE COLBY ECHO ANNIE WILSON/ THE COLBV ECHO The Colby Wind Ensemble performed in Lorimer Chapel on November 20. The group is comprised The Colby Wind Ensemble, led by Director Eric Thomas, evokes sonically many aspects of hero- of students, faculty and community members who come together for a common artistic goal ism: from the quiet heroism of Rosa Parks to the violent heroism of samurai, all were represented.

in the Chapel, the ensemble was a ations, but 1 would not have nec- rated horses on a mission . There The flute solo by Elizabeth Man's Desiring" was dark and By CAITLIN VANCE sea of black formal dress and the essarily known the details of the were some daring, high-pitched Malone * 13 seemed to stand out as ominous, and evoked a sense of NEWS STAFF audience was silent during pieces. intended themes. dramatic moments. The trumpet a light shining against the darker, anxious dread, like seeing the sky Before I attended my first Wind The music was more formal and The concert , entitled "Defining solo by Mark Tipton was power- more somber backdrop of the fill with dark clouds. The entire Ensemble concert at Colby as a elevated than what I am familiar Heroism Part One: Storytelling ful (a friend in the ensemble ensemble's accompaniment. ensemble yelled at the piece's end first year. I expected it would not with, but the concert was enjoy- Mythology." explored many facets warned me to watch out for it The next piece, "Samurai for adding to the surprise and anxiety. be much different from high able nonetheless. of the theme, including war heroes, beforehand). For their excellent Symphonic Wind Orchestra," Before the next piece, "A school band: one hundred disillu- Director Eric Thomas conducted those who stand up against author- playing and for Tipton 's rousing was about samurai: smart, edu- Movement for Rosa for Symphonic sioned and cynical teenagers the ensemble, and gave informative itarian control, those who work for solo, the audience gave the cated, artistic warriors who Band," Thomas explained that this clumsily playing wind instru- introductions to each of the seven humanitarian ism at the community ensemble a standing ovation (only would fight for an ideal, knowing piece was written to commemorate ments, so that they could brag to pieces. 1 appreciated Thomas's level , those who combat racism two pieces into the concert). full well they may lose. Rosa Parks' actions in Montgomery, colleges and grandparents. explanatory comments because I and those who fi ght for ideals The ensemble then contrasted The piece was a fairly static, a quiet side of heroism. This was Colby 's Wind Ensemble is could appreciate the music more The piece "La Virgen de la the upbeat "Macarena" with but the epic soundscape evoked probably the slowest, calmest piece quite different: it consists of fully than if I had approached the Macarena." was dedicated to a "Theme from 'Schindler 's List."' was appropriate for the emotions the ensemble played, with upturns forty-four members, fifteen of music uninformed. It is strange that committed trumpet and French which was beautiful in its tragic that would run through a war- throughout and a lighter ending. whom are students , and the rest extra-musical comments should horn player who volunteered his mood. Thomas explained the plot rior's mind as he prepared for The ensemble ended with of whom are professors and influence my consumption and time to play with the Colby Wind of the film, in which greedy Czech battle: the sound of taiko drums "Red Cape Tango" which started members of the community. judgment of the artistic product, but Ensemble and help students businessman and member of the in the distance, wonder and anxi- out light and airy, but grew more Wind I nscmble brings these I suppose the same phenomenon before he died. He always wished Nazi party in 1939 occupied ety in the night about the next frantic for a rousing finish. three groups together around an exists in other art forms. to perform this piece with the Poland, Oskar Schindler, becomes day's battle, and the flute before In different moods and sound- artistic endeavor, bringing fruitful Many of the pieces did evoke ensemble, so they dedicated the sympathetic to his Jewish work- attack.The piece was notable for its scapes, from quiet to bombastic, results to the community. The con- scenes of marching, war and over- performance to him. force, turning his factory into a grand swooping gestures and the ensemble deftly took the cert was significantly more formal coming obstacles, whether from It was a bouncing and dramatic refuge and saving thousands of prominent drums. audience through the many facets than most events at Colby: it was the rhythmic or melodic consider- piece, and reminded me of deco- Jews from a terrible fate. The next piece. "Jesu Joy of of heroism. REVIEWSa- O) •S3 Harry Potter reachesmaturity with Hallows Angels in America, 20 years later aG By Qalnat Khan, A&E Editor B By Qalnat Khan, A&E Editor *-> Like a crazed zealot on a Valium-addicted wife, Harper ence as a character. Even as a holy journey, I arrived at the (Zoe Kazan). shadow of an destroyed Peter Norton Space on 42nd Joe abandoned his wife and human being, he still makes street two and a half hours has started seeing Louis—for his presence felt. Wood cap- early to try my luck at getting the first time, Joe feels like a tured his malevolence and a ticket. My friend showed living person. Joe 's mother, hypocrisy, and his genera l me the New York Times Hannah (Robin Bart lett), toughness. However, Wood review a couple of weeks ago comes from Salt Lake to New lets us see that there is a heart of the off-Broadway revival York when her son tells her underneath all that bitter- of Angels in America, the he's gay and takes care of ness—he is despicable but he Pulitzer Prize winning play Harper, now that Joe has left is one of us. by Tony Kushner. her. Belize (Billy Porter) is But it has always been Joe I needed to see it-reading Prior 's friend , the former Pitt I have cared most this play in high school was drag queen and current night about-there is something so probably the most transfor- nurse to the venomous, clos- tragic about him. His attempt mative experience I had. eted and dying from AIDS to live up to the strictures of Even though the theater com- Roy Cohn (Frank Wood), a his religion, to be a good per- pany said the performances fictional portrayal of a very son has left him a shell of a were sold out for the foresee- real historical figure. man. His is a life of self-ful- ' TEASER TRAILER COM able future, it didn t matter. The play is structured filling failure and sadness. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) make an escape in the enchanted motor- So filing into the theater at 8 around Prior and Roy Cohn, Bill Heck's performance bike. The newest installation in the Harry Potter filmseries , marks the beginning of the end. p.m. that same night, I was two gay men with full blown captured Joe 's vulnerability more than euphoric. Golden AIDS, and what each of them poignantly: his calm exterior Those anticipated nights Potter is public enemy num- the costumes and the music all ticket in hand, I look my seat represents. Roy is mean, hyp- betrayed such a deep hollow- of your childhood: you had ber one and there is a price for add to the somber and general two rows away from the stage. ocritical and cruel. His ness and sadness. Although waited so long and then his capture. sadness of this film. The Signature Theatre America is full of "gastric Heck shone in every moment finally, the new book was Meanwhile, Harry, Ron and Dark hues saturate the film 's Company's adaptation had juices;" it is vicious and unre- he took the stage, I was out. You'd shut the door to Hermione are on a hopeless environment as do heavy mate- polished and grand sets, cou- lenting—"America is no struck most by the scene in your room and all you could quest: they need to find and rials of stone and iron, along pled with effective lighting. It place for the sick." which Louis tells him he do was read, falling through destroy all of Voldemort's hor- with the driving repeated figura- benefited from the small Prior 's America is sick and wants to go back to Pri or. a book to find magic. cruxes (magical pieces of his tions in the music. The darkness space, so that the combination dark, but always hopeful. It Heck's reaction captured J.K. Rowling turned an oth- soul that make him immortal) pervades the mood, even in the of the cosmic and mundane isn 't the paradise that Jews an absolutely ravaged per- erwise jaded generation too con- so that when Harry faces him, moments of sunshine, openness felt more immediate in the imagine as Zion or that the son: wide-eyed with despera- sumed by instant gratification, they will be mortal equals. and gentle music, making them intimate setting. tion , he tore off his clothes, to the hard-won pleasures of This is the first time that the even more poignant. It also had strong and cap- ecstatic in his sadness, until reading. "Harry Potter" is not a trio is not back in the safe con- I qualify my praise of Yates tivating performances from he stood naked on stage. This literary masterwork, the way fines of Hogwarts: they are because I can't say the balance the small ensemble cast, who Despite the is Joe 's shattered heart : a "Beloved" or "The Great out in the real world, travel- between moments of tension and are really the heart of the pro- ' naked fi gure, alone, as the Gatsby" are, but the series holds ling the English countryside, humor (a hallmark of Harry duction. Sitting close to the play s stage changes around him a sentimental value for those of hiding out in a tent, desperate- Potter) always work—they seem stage and seeing the sweat on grandeur, its and Louis walks away. us who grew up with Harry. ly trying to fi gure out what inappropriately placed at times. the actors' faces and spit fl y- Even twenty years later, to And now, the film series they need to do. And somehow For example, at an extremely ing from their mouths as they complexity, someone who can 't compre- comes to its close. The much these Deathly Hallows add to tense moment when all seems spoke was thrilling and surre- and its scope, I hend the horrors of AIDS and anticipated film adaptation of the confusion: what do they lost for the trio, this gem of a al. The immediacy and inten- what it must have been like to Harry Potter and the Deathly have to do with Voldemort and line finds its way in: "What sity of their performances am always lose your lovers and friends in Hallows, I think, should satisfy Harry, and Dumbledore? happened to you, ugly?" were palpable. most moved by droves, the play's urgency and any Harry Potter enthusiast—it The films have undergone Despite all this really beautiful The play is about a number hope still remain immediate ¦ captures the spirit of the book, i many changes since Sorcerer s lighting and cinematographic of things. It 's subtitle, "A Gay the human and relevant. While the decision to adapt Stone but with David Yates as work that creates darkness and Fantasia on National Themes" elements that it Despite the play 's the book in two parts can be director they have found a dread, the scene loses its inten- sort of gives an intimation: it grandeur, its complexity, its seen cynically as the studio's shaky maturity. Before, the sity—it just becomes funny. is about politics, religion, his- captures. The scope, I am always moved by attempt to milk the franchise for Harry Potter movies were told However, that misstep fades tory and the course it will transcendent the human elements that it all its worth, I would say it as adventure stories, and any in comparison to what was take, AIDS, being gay in captures. The transcendent allows the director to explore character's emotional develop- done very well in the film: the America, the future, forgive- kindness Belize kindness Belize shows for the material more fully, espe- ment was an afterthought Yates soft, tender moments. One ness, love' faith, relation- shows Roy is Roy is my favorite moment in cially the relationships between is focused much more on the such moment finds the trio at ships, peace, and more life. Perestroika. Belize asks Louis Ron, Hermione and Harry— relationship between the three their nadir: Ron has abandoned However, any attempt to my favorite to say Kaddish for Roy, the magic aside, they were always friends than on any of the action. Harry and Hermione, who are briefly summarize what this moment. Jewish prayer for the dead. the heart of this story. That isn 't to say the film is miserable without him and frus- play is about cannot capture the To Louis' objection that he The film finds the wizarding lacking in high adrenaline trated by their blind quest. beautiful complexity and grand can 't say Kaddish for such an world in very real danger: scenes which showcase great Hermione sits alone listen- vision of Kushner and the direc- evil person. Belize answers, Voldemort is back in full power, effects and the technical ing to weak music coming from tor, actors, and tech crew who Mormons crossed a desert hop- "He was a terrible person. He his cult of Death Eaters has team's abilities, but the quiet the radio. Harry crosses the make it happen on the stage. ing to find. Having hope for it died a hard death. So maybe. A taken over the Ministry of moments, of sitting, of camp- tent, takes her hands, helps her Set in 1985, the play follows makes it worth living in—it is queen can forgive her van- Magic and are running the wiz- ing, of talking are given a up and starts to dance with her, Prior (Chris Borle), the center why Prior asks for more life, quished foe. It isn't easy, it arding world like a totalitarian great deal of thought. The the goofy and innocent dancing of the play, a gay man living the blessing he wrests from doesn't count if it's easy, it's regime—purging and branding other elements of the film are of kids, full of laughter. with AIDS, and the scriptural the Angel, the blessing he the hardest thing. Forgiveness. dissenters and Muggle-born also much better integrated as For a moment, horcruxes and visions he has—he sees an gives willingly to the audi- Which is maybe where love witches and wizards. Harry a whole work: the set design, the end of the world don't matter. Angel (Robin Weigert) who ence in the end. and justice finally meet. Peace, tells him he is a prophet. Louis Borle, as Prior, played up at last. Isn't that what the (Zachary Quinto, he was the queeny, fey aspects of Kaddish asks for?" Spock in the new Star Trek Prior. This worked really well It is a beautiful sentiment, G'zOne Brigade movie), Prior 's lover, a leftist when Prior was sad. Borle 's and it reminds you that a> Indestructible phone: ' -»—* plagued by Jewish guilt, aban- queeniness made Prior 's sad- although Roy s America can By Michael Brophy, Editor-in-Chief doned Prior when he told Louis ness almost operatic and he be overwhelming. Prior 's is Loundess is just around the breeze. It also has the traditional called my brother from the he had "the spotty monster." filled the stage with it. It was the one that survives in the corner, and for as much joy as keyboard on the outside. This shower the reception was crystal Joe Pitt (Bill Heck) is the clos- a heightened sadness that was brief moments of peace and this quarterly holiday has is a nice option, but the outside clear, although the acoustics eted Mormon lawyer with the completely sincere. kindness. It is why he blessed brought Colby students, it display is dumbed down and I in there were not ideal. emotionally unstable and Cohn is such a huge pres- us with more life. brings an equal amount of found that whenever I started to Although I was only brave destruction to public and pri- operate the phone on the out- enough to test the waters of vate property. side, I would flip it open with- the phone's durability capabil- One of the most frequent vic- in a few seconds. ities, I was unable to find tims of party-related accidents is The phone also has a rea- another reviewer (and many the cell phone. As the smart sonably powerful flashlight of them were far less gentle phone revolution continues, feature, so you can take it than I) that had any qualms mobile phones are quickly spelunking in the Hillside tun- with the Brigade's durability. becoming fancier and include nels. And since it is dust- The drawback to the more fragile glass surfaces. proof, you won 't have to Brigade 's durability is its All hope is not lost for the worry about all the asbestos size. The phone is 4.4" by particularly clumsy phone down there getting into your 2.2" by 0.9" inches and owner, however, as Casio's phone and ruining it. (I can 't weighs six ounces. Quite new addition to their G'zOne say the same thing about your frankly it feels like a brick, line of practically indestruc- lungs, however.) which is reassuring when tible phones, the G'zOne If you 're buying this you are texting in the hot Brigade, is capable of with- phone however, you're buy- tub, but is not always com- standing a fall from the roof of ing it because of its durabil- fortable when you ' re walk- heights, a dunk in Johnson ity. According to Verizon, the ing around with it in the Pond or any other mishap you Brigade "Meets Military pocket of your jeans. may accidentally bring upon it. Specifications 81 OF stan- If you are one of those peo- The operating system works dards for Water, Shock & ple who cannot seem to keep fine if you're only interested in Dust Resistance, Immersion, your phone in one piece, the phone calls and SMS or MMS Vibration , Salt Fog, Humidity, Brigade may be a worthy messaging, but it is not ideal for Solar Radiation, Altitude, Low investment. Designed with more ambitious phone features and High Temperature Storage." industrial workers in mind, the such as music or e-mail. The I was rather gentle to the Casio G'zOne Bri gade can NYTIMES COM Tfie Angel (Robin Weigert) crashes through Prior s (Chris Borle) roof The second part of Brigade has a full qwerty key- phone and didn't push it too far. take whatever a weekend at board, which makes texting a I will say, however, that when 1 college can do to it. Angels in America follows Prior and the effects of AIDS on an interconnected group of people. The Fight in Foxborough Womens hockeystarts 2-2 By THOMAS ATTAL STAFF WRITER to drag down Welker on one of his break attitude is what has won them touchdown receptions. After the three Super Bowls. 1 won't try to In order to have athletic suc- game. 1 half-expected Smith to file argue that this year 's defense is as cess, one needs resilience and the a restraining order against the en- good as those were, but it might just capacity to get back on that horse. tire Patriot;*' offense. be good enough . The Pats also If the opening of the season is any In terms of defense, the experts seem to have a knack of making the indicator, the Colby women's ice arc once again crucifying the Pats biggest play of the game their best hockey team will be successful. for allowing an inappropriate play: big interceptions against the The team has bounced back and Steelers. Colts and Lions all won two games following losses. As Terrell Owens would say, changed the respective games. Colby began the season at home "Getcha popcorn ready " Unfortu- There is no Later on Thanksgiving, to no against longtime rival Bowdoin nately for him. TO will not be par- one's surprise, the Jets put away College. The first two periods ticipating in the game of the year love lost the Cincinnati Bengals 26- 1 0. set- were all about defense and goal- on Monday night in Foxborough. between the ting up the Fight in Foxborough tending. Colby netkeeper Brianne Mass. The New England Patriots (sorry. 1 couldn 't resist). There is Wheeler '14 was very solid with and the Nev. York Jets will face oft Jets and the no doubt in my mind that the Pats 30 saves, many of which were cru- to prove who is the best team in the Patriots, and and the Jets are the two best teams cial. With less than a minute gone AFC East—and possibly the NFL. in the AFC 1 would go so far as to in the third, Bowdoin opened the The Patriots staged a come-rrom- the game we say that it would not surprise me to scoring. However, Colby showed bclund win on Thanksgiving to steal see these two teams meet again, ei- its heart by responding just two NICK IODICE/THE COLB T ECHO can expect at Colby women s ice hockey opened its season at home versus Bowdoin. the turke\ from the Lions, as Tom ther in Foxborough or at the Mead- minutes later when Stephanie Brad> and the offense w ent oft' on Gillette this ow lands in January for a trip to the Scarpato ' 11 beat the goalie to the Detroit 's secondary. The quarterback coming week Super Bowl. left on a breakaway. Although second period. Thanks to Wheeler give Colby the early lead. Colby finished the day with 341 yards and In a year in which the Red Sox Colby was outshot. they consis- and the defense, one goal was continued to shoot at the Ephs' four passing touchdowns. Wes will be tough, failed to hold up their end of the tently got more significant oppor- enough to break the ice on this goal and was rewarded when Liz Welker caught two of those TDs; he physical Boston-New York rivalry, the tunities than Bowdoin. Regulation new season. Osgood ' 11 scored 16 minutes into led all Patriots' receivers with eight power struggle has shifted from the time ended with a 1-1 tie, sending After taking a break for Thanks- the second period . After assisting catches for 90 yards. Deion Branch (read: violent) baseball dianlond to the gridiron. the game to overtime. Colby did- giving, Colby looked to build on Osgood's goal, Scarpato continued liauled in the other two Brady bombs, and very These two teams have a history and n 't have time to settle into OT. as their victory when they played her strong season by assisting one of which went for 79 yards. a hatred for each other that is Bowdoin scored the game-winner Middlebury on Saturday. How- (along with Osgood) Meghan Not to be outdone. BenJarvus entertaining. largely unknown to both fan bases. after just a minute of play. ever, at Middlebury, the Mules Tedoldi ' 13 to score only seconds Green-Ellis (a.k.a. "The Law There is no love lost between the This disappointing season- were unable to hold off the unde- into the third period. Already way Firm") and Danny Woodhead Jets and the Patriots , and the game opening defeat to a rival could eas- feated Panthers. Wheeler deflected ahead, Colby tallied again just combined for 20 attempts and 91 amount of yards (406) to an aver- we can expect at Gillette this com- ily have set the tone for the team, 31 shots away from her net, but the three minutes later when Tasha Ri- yards rushing. Green-Ellis scored age offensive team (ranked 15th in ing week will be tough , physical but they refused to let that happen. Mules weren't able to overcome vard ' 13 netted an unassisted goal twice, including one spectacular total offense). 1 will once again re- (read: violent) and very entertain- Three days later, they played a goals by Middlebury in each pe- off of a Williams turnover. run in which he went Hulk on De- tort b> pointing out that games are ing. Whoever wins this game will non-conference game against the riod. The Panthers now sit atop the Williams managed to score two troit comer Alphonso Smith, car- not scored by yardage, but by almost definitel y have home field University of Southern Maine. New England Small College Ath- minutes later to prevent Wheeler rying him the last five yards into points. The Patriots ' defense may advantage for the playoffs. For the Wheeler was brilliant again, sav- letic Conference (NESCAC) from achieving her second the end zone. Smith later gave up not be pretty, or even drunken rest of the AFC that means one ing 29 shots—14 of which came in standings with a 5-0 record. shutout, but Wheeler was superb the 79-yarder to Branch and failed hook-up pretty, but that bend-don "t- thing: whoever wins, we lose. the third period—and recording Despite this loss, the Mules re- again. She made 29 saves and the first shutout of her collegiate fused to end their break on a de- moved her season GAA to a fan- career. This performance lowered feat. They traveled to Williams tastic 1.25. her goals against average (GAA) College the next day and played At 2-2. Colby has played well to 0.5. Colby earned its first vic- with a chip on their shoulders. Just and shown a lot of heart. The team tory of the year when Ally Kane two minutes after the opening seems like it's well on its way to a Climbingwall revamped ' 13 took advantage of the power face-off, Annie Papadellis * 14 promising season and a spot in the play to score 14 minutes into the scored her first collegiate goal to NESCAC playoffs. that aren 't all expert 5.1 Is. CMC mains a long-term goal. By NICK CUNKELMAN co-president Margot Apothaker Furthermore, the current STAFF WRITER '11 enlisted the help of Karthik upgrades are transferable Like setting a new route. Sonty '10 and Dan Austin *10. to a new facility, which al- Colby 's recent readjustment of its alumni with expertise in the field, lows for the investment to climbing program was anything who returned to Mayflower Hill play out if and when a new but unimaginative or pre-planned. to set 20 new routes on the wall wall is set up elsewhere. After part of the wall was closed ranging in difficulty from begin- "The focus thus far has last year because it was below in- ner to advanced been on short-term im- '* 1 dustry standards, a budget for the "Right now we have a fully provements to maximize mWmtmV a,.^^^!! climbing wall was developed and operational bouldering wall." utility of the curfent fa- ^^ .. ,.. ^^ ^^.^!^ has now led to a workable boul- said Merzbach. cilities." said CMC co- SGA' president Collin Jenkins denng wall. (Climbers boulder by As for s role, the Finance \^r T ¦ ^ navigating routes without ropes Committee—essentially the cabi- "II "How ever, the ulti- B KL^^^,' Wm\\\W9. .Br ^ or harnesses: the College's boul- net of Treasurer Michael Dakers mate goal is a new climb- ^^^WmmV mmmM mmWtmf HKHII *" Bu^.llll.K^.l^>4^l denng wall in the Athletic Center "11—looks to support not only ing wall which can m^d , climbing at the College but also its accommodate more peo- ^jMBHI B P V takes them at most. 12 feet off ^^P^^H L.I P AHmOmWrnm rr¥Mu '*^K S^.H the ground.) outdoor programs more generally. p le and provide a better This re-orientation was spurred During the readjustment, members climbing experience." by the Colby Mountaineering Club of the Committee met with Added co-president Hm (CMC) working in tandem with Merzbach. Director of Outdoor Scott Hill "II: "The new .IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK

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CALI LIVINGSTONE THE COLBY ECHO The Mountaineering Club and SGA teamed up to revamp the climbing wall in the Athletic Center. Men's basketball opens season DEVASTATOR OF THE WEEK Russell '11 named Maine State Basketball Player of the Week

88-74. Junior forward Eric By ROBERT YEE Beaulieu shot 11-13 from the SPORTS EDITOR field , good for a collegiate-high 22 points. Russell turned in an- other solid performance with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists. For his efforts, Russell was named to the all-tournament team. Sophomore forward Gordon Fischer added 11 points. After a few days off, the Mules traveled to Danbury, Conn, to The Colby men's basketball face Western Connecticut State. team opened the 2010-11 season The Mules fell behind early, 27- on November 19 with a tight 73- 8, and were never able to recover, 71 loss to Cuny College at the falling 87-66. Brandeis Classic in Waltham, Russell tallied his second dou-

Mass. The Mules defeated New- ble-double of the young season FILEPHOTC bury College the next afternoon , with 13 points and 10 rebounds, Eric Beaulieu '12 scored a collegiate-high 22 points versus Newbury. but dropped to 1-2 after falling to while adding four assists. Van Western Connecticut State on No- Loencn scored 14 points and vember 23. added three assists. Kyle Dono- Despite their strong shooting van *12 and Uzoma Orchingwa Mules now ranked and rebounding in the season- ' 14 each added eight points off of opener versus Curry, the Mules the bench. were doomed by their mistakes on Russell, an AU-NESCAC se- in top-20 nationally offense, as they committed 32 lection last season, was named the turnovers (compared to Curry's Maine Men's Basketball Coaches three assists) and Mack (11 14). Colby shot 61.5 percent from and Writers Player of the Week. From BASKETBALL, Page 18 points, 10 rebounds) all turned in the floor, including 75 percent He's averaging 17.3 points, 10.7 strong performances. Mack be- from behind the three-point line. rebounds and 3.7 assists during from that point until the Engineers came the Mules' third player to Led by Mike Russell's '11 15 re- the first three games of the season. went up by a point with 9:36 to play record a double-double this sea- bounds, the Mules gained a 39-17 But, according to Coach Whit- in the second half. son with 11 points Mike Russell '11 advantage on the boards. more, Stats can't tell the whole The teams traded and 10 rebounds. With just 1:16 left in the game, story. The team's captains, Russell leads until Colby All II Colby play- SPORT: Colby led 71-70. Curry tied the and Van Loenen (two players that went on top for the If we are going ers saw playing Basketball tmm Af*± g^ game at 71 with a minute remain- Coach Whitmore believes will be final time with to accomplish time in the game. HOMETOWN: i fj ing, and Colby relinquished pos- among the NESCAC's finest this 1:32 left in the Clancy was en- JJ'% ¦ ^^ session with another turnover with season), are working hard on and game. RPI's come- our goals, we couraged by her Wellesley, Mass. * 38 seconds left. Curry ran down off the court to make this young back effort beyond are going to team's success, POSITION: Career points the clock until Jarrell Jackson hit Mules team gel. "Our leadership that point felt saying, "I have Forward the game-winning layup with five on the team is working hard to short. Vaughan and need all 11 been very pleased WHY: Russell racked up two double-doubles in seconds remaining. bring everything to fruition, and Kowalski were [players] to with how the team Russell, the New England Small the young players get better every named all-tourna- has performed in Colby's first three games of the season, averaging College Athletic Conference's day," said Whitmore. ment players for step up our first three out- 17.3 points and 10.7 rebounds while playing " However (NESCAC) leading rebounder last The Mules have five more their outstanding throughout ings. , nearly 31 minutes per game. Colby's co-captain season, led the Mules with 22 chances to tune up their game be- performances over she cautions that points and four assists to go along fore their first conference test the weekend. the season. there is still room earned all-tournament honors at the Brandeis with his 15 rebounds. Senior guard against Bowdoin on December 11. Coach Clancy to for improve- Classic and named the Maine State Basketball ~ Christian Van Loencn scored nT Colby will travel to the University lauded their ac- Christine Clancy ment: "There are Player of the Week. Russell is approaching points and grabbed seven rebounds Of New England on Tuesday and complishments but <4f Head Coach still a number of in the loss. Ben Foreman *12 was the University of Maine at Farm- spoke to the im- areas in which we the 1000-point milestone , with 970 points, perfect from the field , nailing all ington on Thursday before hosting portance of depth need to improve, along with 660 rebounds. three of his three-point attempts Maine Maritime Academy and a on the path to success: "If we are but right now, the area that sticks and all four of his free throws for a team to be determined at the going to accomplish our goals, we out most is our shooting percent- Crunching the numbers collegiate-high 13 points. Colby Invitational. are going to need all 11 [players] to age—we need to shoot the ball a .610: Shooting percentage by the men's basket- Coach Dick Whitmore, entering "The next two weeks, with six step up throughout the season." lot better as our competition begins ball team in its first three games of the season. his fortieth season as head coach at games, will challenge our togeth- Colby followed their excellent to pick up." This team has very Colby, cited the team 's youth as a erness and development," said tournament performance with a high expectations for itself, and the Bates has the next highest percentage at .550. main cause of its loss to Curry. Whitmore after the loss to West- successful home opener, scoring early returns are promising. 3: Colby women's basketball players, Jil Vaughan, "The [team's] relative inexperi- ern Conn. Colby will look to gain a resounding 83-47 win over the Colby plays an away game at Jules Kowalski and Rachael Mack , who recorded ence was a major factor [in the momentum versus non-confer- University of Maine at Farming- Maine Maritime Academy this double-doubles in the team's first three games. loss]....We did not execute well." ence opponents before their inten- ton. Although the Mules only led Wednesday and then faces an impor- 91: Place earned by senior Emma Linhard at the Divi- The next afternoon, Colby sive conference schedule begins in 9-7 four minutes into the game, tant New England Small CollegeAth- played a consolation game against January. Added Whitmore, "I be- they entered halftime with a 46- letic Conference showdown with sion III Cross Country Championships. Colby women's Newbury. The Mules were victo- lieve in our guys and know they 23 lead. Vaughan (17 points, eight Bowdoin, ranked number 18 in the cross country finished ranked 27th nationally. rious as they took out Newbury will meet the challenge." rebounds), Ritchie (13 points. NCAA Division III, this Saturday. Swim and diveteams open seasons Colby's Kathryn Lee *13 called attention to the perform- 2:06.07 and 2:11.57, respectively. By DAVID LOWE took home the only first-place ance of Martha Mesna '14, who "Colin McLaughlin '14 had the STAFF WRITER finish at the meet. She won the "had stellar performances in one- stand-out performance at the 100-yard freestyle in 55.96 sec- meter diving as well as the 100- meet, stepping up in the 200[yard The Colby men 's and onds, averaging 1.8 yards per yard and 200-yard breaststroke." butterfly], 200 [yard breaststroke] women's swimming and diving second. Lee followed up her Colby's men have just two sen- and 200-yard IM (individual med- teams opened the 2010-2011 win with a second-place finish iors and two sophomores listed on ley). I was also impressed with season against Amherst College in the 200-yard individual med- their roster, so they had to rely on Madeira, who was tenths of a sec- this past Saturday at Pratt Pool ley with a time of their first-years ond off [of] a lifetime best in his in Amherst, Mass. The Mules 2:18.69. Other and juniors for . 200 [yard backstroke]," Wulff dropped both head-to-head notable swim- depth in Satur- said. He continued on a positive meets against the Lord Jeffs, mers included The Colby day's meet. James note after the meet. "From what 1 who are a perennial power- Kayleigh Mona- men's and Hootsmans '13 saw at Amherst, I believe that we house in the pool and on the han *13, Sarah and Ryan Fischer are off to a great start." high dive, by a score of 145- Hansen '12, women's '12 posted third- Overall, Schnettler be- 112 for the women and 139-97 Jenna Mahaffie swimming place finishes in lieved that "the Amherst meet for the men. '14 and Rosie the 50-yard was a great first step for- When the Mules arrived at Wennberg '13, and diving freestyle (23.50) ward." Saturday 's meet was Amherst, "we were ready to hit who swam to a teams opened and 200-yard indi- just the beg inning of a long the ground running and come second-place fin- vidual medley competitive season for the out swinging, and while we did- ish in the 200- the 2010-2011 (2:08.94), respec- Mules. The swim teams also n't end up winning, we were yard freestyle season against tively. In the 100- underwent fall training, very happy with our perform- relay in 1:45.38. yard breaststroke, which the coaches revamped ance," co-captain Erin Schnet- Colby also swam Amherst "Adam Spierer in order to get the most out of tler ' 11 said after the meet. This two other relays, College. '13 and Craig everyone. "We ' ve incorpo- is especially true this year as including an all- Zevin '11, who rated a new practice schedule, both the men's and women's first-year relay had just come off more disciplined dry-land ac- teams lost some key swimmers consisting of Kayla Lewkowicz, of football season less than a tivities and more intense to graduation. Furthermore, Patricia Kelly, Shannon Kooser week before, had excellent sprinting within practice. This "several key senior and junior and Annie Bacher, which fin- swims," co-captain Charlie Wulff new strategy reflects the fact team members were unable to ished in 1:49.72. ' 11 said. Zevin finished fifth that we' re tired of business as compete, rendering the meet a The strong finishes by under- overall with a 1:05 finish, and usual and that we ' re ready to challenging one," Schnettler classmen continued as Josie Spierer followed with a time of have an outstanding season," said. Although the upperclass- Bazemore '13 and Mahaffie 1:08.82. Continuing with the Schnettler said. men's absence surely hurt the posted third-place finishes in the youth movement, John Madiera Next up for the Mules will be team's overall performance, it 200-yard breaststroke (2:39.53) '14 and Brendan Tshcaen '14 fin- another away meet at the Massa- gave Colby 's great young talent and the 200-yard freestyle ished fourth and fifth in the 200- chusetts Institute of Technology in a chance to shine. (2:04.66), respectively. Schnettler yard backstroke with times of Cambridge, Mass. WsmerVs ice Menls basketball hockey opens opens season at versus Bowdoin Brandeis Classic

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Tortorello, Hockey downs Bowdoin, US. U-18s Squash teams Linhard race start season Nationals withtwo wins

BY NICK CUNKELMAN By SARAH KIRKER STAFF WRITER * STAFF WRITER As far as a sign-off to a ca- Colby's men 's and women's reer goes , finishing in the top squash teams dominated in their 100 at Nationals ain 't that bad. first matches of the season, taking So it was after a season of up- easy victories against MIT and and-down performances (by her Northeastern. The men were met standards) that senior co-cap- with little resistance on their trip to tain Emma Linhard found her Boston, leaving with two 9-0 vic- top gear at the NCAA Division tories. The women cruised almost III Women 's Cross Country as easily, dropping just two Championships on November matches over the weekend. 20 and took 91 st place in a field On the men's side, Harry Smith of 279 runners. '12 had a great weekend of play, Linhard ran a 22:21.70 over earning quick three-gamevictories the six-kilometer course, good in each of his matches. "Harry for a 30-second season best and played some of the smartest shots only two seconds off of her ca- yet, and his intensity never let up reer personal record (PR). throughout the match. He lost just Teammate Amy Tortorello ten points in three games against a '13—Colby's most consistent good opponent," said Coach Sakhi runner all year—finished in Khan of his number one player. 149th place with a time of Colby's number two, William Sul- NICK IO0ICE/IHE COLBY ECHC Tortorello posted a livan '13, also had a successful 22:48.10. Nick Kondiles '13 plays a puck along the boards past a U.S. defensemah. Colby defeated the under-18 national team, 2-1 on November 28. 10-second PR with the result, weekend, following Smith's lead but considering her blistering by earning an easy win against pace all year, she was right- By HILBERT SCHENCK After starting off 0-3 with McKinney on a breakaway. As- rattled the boards throughout the MIT and then providing a spark fully disappointed with her STAFF WRITER losses to Babson College, the sistant captain Dan Nelson '12 next two periods until Travis Boyd against Northeastern, coming back overall position. University of Massachusetts at tied it for the Mules later in the from the under-18 team tallied a from an early deficit to win in four "Amy didn ' t feel particu- Boston and the opening period. goal. McKinney's goaltending and games. Coach Khan praised Sulli- larl y good, even from the start University of First-year Ben the defense allowed Colby to escape van's tenacity, saying that his of the race," said Coach Deb Southern Maine, On Sunday, Chwick added an the game with a 2-1 win. Colby's comeback victory was "just the Aitken. "Emma has had more the Mules were empty-netter at two wins made them the victors of kind of turn-around we needed to experience with Nationals, looking to find the Mules the last second to the Face-Off Championship. see at the end of a long day." While most Colby students their groove in the looked to give Colby its The come-from-behind vic- The team's success wasn't i were home visiting family and Face-Off. Colby build off their third goal. tory over Suffolk and the haTd- limited to its first two seeds. Colby, which friends, the men's ice hockey team and Suffolk On Sunday, the fought win over the national First-years William Hochman remained on campus to compete in opened the event first win of the Mules looked to team are encouraging signs of '14 (number six) and Darryl Soto was nationally- three games. The final two took on Saturday, at season as they build off their first life from the Mules after their * 14 (number eight) each lost just ranked in place this past weekend as part of Bowdoin, with win of the season as poor start. The Mules were still ten points over the course of the annual Bowdoin-Colby Face- the Mules taking a took on the they took on the making mistakes, but their much- three games. This strong start Division HI Off Classic, a four-team round 3-1 win behind US. Men's U.S. Men's Under- improved puck handling and from the inexperienced middle throughout robin event featuring Colby, Bow- the offense of 18 Team. Colby stellar goaltending raised their of the men's lineup, combined doin, the U.S. Under-18 Men 's Spike Smigelski Under-18 Team. jumped out to an record to 2-3. with dominating performances the year, Team and one other invited team. '13, who scored early 2-0 lead with Now the team will attempt to from the top two slots, demon- The winner of the event is deter- the go-ahead goal goals from Karl continue to find their chemistry as strates that the high preseason finished the mined first by points (two for a with 4:01 remaining in the game. Bums ' 11 and Billy Crinnion 'II. they look forward to away games hopes for the men's team were season ranked win and one for a tie) and then by Suffolk opened the scoring, how- This physical contest was far from against Castleton State and Skid- well-founded. goals allowed. This year, Suffolk ever, in the first period when Max over, however, as the national team more and a two-game series with The women also had a very suc- 27th in the University joined the event as the Barron chipped the puck past was eager to prove that they were Bowdoin to round out the 2010 cessful weekend, dropping only country. fourth team. Colby senior netminder Cody not afraid of the older Mules. Hits calendar year. two matches against Wellesley and Northeastern. Against Wellesley, the Mules * only loss was a hard- fought five-game marathon be- and I believe [she] was just tween Cordelia Cowan '12 and her more mentally and emotion- Women's basketball off to 34) start number six opponent. ally prepared for the race. It Once again, first-years were was also the first race that responsible for some of the Amy had run without a team- Mules' most impressive perform- mate or teammates right be- ances, as Lindsey McKenna '14 side her." lost just nine points in three Looking back to the Division games. "It was exciting to see our III New England race the week [first-years] take the lead in their before, Coach Aitken also decisive first victories of the sea- noted that Tortorello 's progres- son. I'm hoping this will set the sion to the Max Cross Country tone for the rest of the season," Course in Waverly, Iowa at said Coach Khan. Other impres- Wartburg College is a feat in sive performances included those and of itself. turned in by Molly Parsons ' 13 in "Despite the disappointment the number two slot, who beat of not having the team make the her Wellesley opponent in three at-Iarge position, I thought that tight games, and Penny Kagan both Emma and Amy had one of ' 11 in the number eight slot, who their strongest races at the Re- dropped just eight points in her gional Qualifier, and both match against Northeastern. proved that they were two of With this impressive start to the the top runners from the [New season from both returners and England] Region ," said Aitken. first-years, Coach Khan had more "It goes without saying that FILE PHOTO than a little to smile about going Sophomore guard Jayde Bennett drives past a defender. Colby women s' basketball is off to a 3-0 start and is ranked 19th in Division III. Amy Tortorello had a very into Thanksgiving break. How- strong first season of cross ever, he says that the team will cer- ' 13 all scored technic Institute (RPI) 54-48. tainly not let up, and while the country, and Emma finished her By TIM BADM1NGTON success. Christine Clancy led the and Diana Manduca last [cross country] race with a STAFF WRITER team to wins in her first three at least five points for Colby. The Vaughan recorded her second dou- strong start is appreciated, the real very strong showing." games as head coach. Mules briefly lost the lead in the first ble-double of the season, scoring 10 test is yet to come. "We will need Even as the cross-country The women posted their first win half, but a quick transition lay-up points and pulling down 10 re- to turn up the steam on our return season comes to a close and in- . with a 61 -46 victory over New Paltz from Ritchie helped put them back bounds. Kowalski added a double- from break because we have two door track begins, the coach and State in the first round of the on top for the entire second half. double of her own, scoring 16 tough matches against Wesleyan the team are already eyeing the Amherst College Women's Basket- Vaughan's and Mack's dominance points and grabbing 10 rebounds. and George Washington coming fall of 201 L As Aitken put it, ball Tip-Off Tournament on Satur- on the boards, coupled with Colby's Manduca assisted on a game-high up. These matches will be more "we will be back with a day, November 20. Jil Vaughan ' 12, generally physical play, underscored seven baskets. Colby jumped out to important to win as we go for- vengeance next >car, attempting a six-foot-three forward, paced the Clancy's fundamental coaching val- a commanding early lead in this ward," said Khan. to qualify our team for Nation- Mules with 15 points and 10 re- ues: "We have been doing well in game and were up by as much as 13 These crucial games against als again." The Colby women's basketball bounds. Also scoring 15 points was the two areas that matter most to me: points before RPI scored their first Wesleyan and George Washington Colby, which was nationally- team had its best season in team Rachael Mack, a six-foot-two for- defense and rebounding." bucket midway through the first will be played at Wesleyan on De- ranked in Division III throughout history last year. This year's Mules ward. Mack also added nine re- In the second game of the half. The Mules' lead diminished cember 4. In the words of Coach the year, finished the season have gotten off to a terrific start in bounds. Aarika Ritchie '12, Jules Amherst Tip-Off, 19th-i anked Khan. "1 have confidence that the ranked 27th in the country. their efforts to improve on that Kowalski '11 , Jayde Bennett '13 Colby defeated Rensselaer Poly- See BASKETBALL, Page 17 Mules will be ready."