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Spa loses $1600 in jan PIan th eft operi> " said Lynch. open. Since the burglary, the old BY BROOKE FITZIMMONS At this time, Security officers siafe has been replaced by a new Staff Writer contacted the Waterville Police hardened steel safe. Department and Officer Scott "They probably used a crow bar The Joseph Family Spa became a LaLiberty arrived at the Spa. or screwdriver, but it's hard to say," crime scene on Jan. 5, wheh!i>1623.18 LaLiberty confirmed the point of Chenevert said. was stolen from a sheet metal safe entry of the bieak-ih, discover- The instrument used to break kept in the back office of the build- ing that the screen door facing into the building is still unidenti- ing. While no arrests have been the Garrison-Foster Health Cen- fied, although Massey was in agree- made, the Waterville Police Depart- ter had been cut, while a window ment with Cheneverfs assumption. ment is still investigating the inci- next to the left of the door had There is ho evidence at this time dent. footprints on it. Inside the Spa, that someone affiliated with Colby Director of Security Pete the window sill and stairway rail- or with the Spa committed the bur- Chenevert reported locking and ing below it also exhibited foot- glary. safely securing the Spa and the prints. Chenevert said that the "We have not focused on any Cotter Union with a student outside of the door's window, particular suspect," said Waterville worker at 12:35 a.m. But by 5:45 which was made of slants of Deputy Chief of Police Joe Massey. a.m., when officer Tim Lynch was metal, was broken to cut through "We've exhausted all oiir leads and dispatched to the scene, he im- the screen. we're kind of at a hold. Sometimes mediately noticed "a pane of When Manager Heather Vigue we'reiucky and downtherpad we'll glass had been, kicked in and iand Joe Klaus from Dining Ser- get someone for another crime and there;was what appeared to be a vices were called to the crime they will confess to other ones footprint on the door." scene to determine what had been they've committed, This certainly , isn't a dead issue." Further investigation re- stolen Vigue reported that : ' ¦ ¦ vealed that "the door the of- $1623.18was missing, along with He admitted, however, that it -A i ; C , 7 ; pfi, M II11 | 1979, the longest presiden- volved in a variety of ca- ^ ' t v. tial term in the College's reers prior to arriving on Secur ity officers shut down a part y in thi Anth ony- 186-year history, there was Mayflower Hill. He was Mitchell-Schupf party lounge Saturday night, charg ing speculation during the end a law clerk to a federal ,par by hosts with selling alcohol to guests. Approxi- of the fall semester as to judge, an associate iri it New mately 60 students were forced to leave the part y and when Cotter would end his VprkCity laW firm, aWhite $106 was confiscated , along with a keg of beer and two ' tenure as president, follow- House fellow and the assis- taps. ing a letter released to the tant attorney general in , The birthday party, which 4 was hosted by Brad campus stating that he Northern Nigeria. He has Skchitano '99, independent of his position as SGA Vice would retire in the spring also served as the resident ' President; was registered with the College. He and his of either 2003 or 2001, Cot- director of Ford Founda- roomma tes tried to ensure that no Alcoholic bever ages ter announced in a similar tion programs in Colombia were brough t into or out of the parly area. Signs were release over Jan^ ^ Plan, how- . and Venezuela, and was the posted on the doorways and windows in an attempt to ever/ thaft he will retire on president of the African- : forbid students from exiting the party area with alcohol. Juiie 30, 2000. Americanlnstitutein New Students checked Colby Cards and age identifications at "Every institutionneeds York . < the door and only those students over 21 were allowed renewal, new ideas, new A committee com- to drink. • /„V ; 4 j , ' . leadership/' said Cot ter , posed of bdth students How^yeft agerid^tifyingb j;acelets Wete,8olc!l, for $3, who.will leave with the last ; ariid faculty members is aprac ticethat isforbid denintheStuden tHandb ookand graduating class of the cen- jeur pmtly being formed to the packet "How to Minimize Liability torii Maximize tury. "The |iine to leave an h^jjlfselect Cotter 's suc- Responsib ility ,Whfcn ^^ ii ig^Alc^Kol/f '.This packe t, institution: is when things , ce|s§r, Their first meeting whichisav.iilablcatthe Security Office ^as alsodistrib . v , ¦ ¦¦ _ '( are going y/ell '' he said. ;¦ , '' ' ¦ ' ' aaa- ' • r: "* will ie at the end of Febru- . irtrtbfa ^ * p > f^a-om^^te' A'-A ;^:, my (A,y*7^ ' ' ¦-• -;. , . • ¦¦ ' ,. *a¦ ¦ ¦ ¦*:-m : y,. During Jiis ^etrn aspresi- .A AAAyAAA~:.: - ' .. -it . " . .: . ary; and the selection pro- >> > j ^f M^(flttU« ^^ , an\pj\g other jj ^yise therea fter , dent Cotter has , ' acme^ernehts; ; d cesS willbegin shortly Tlie Collegeexpects the next residential life at ? cbitty by;implem sn$ng;t ^ i jtb j by president to be named in J anuary of 2000. » ffi ^^ that tbi tiejinip ^ 4ll ? '' We have a lot to do getting read y for that trsixiBir ^hen informed'Si^dhItano/ charging ^ohkyfat / ^ : ; ' ¦ ; :: ; ; :, Vl : J ' : , has" also;irt (;refi_ecl ' the. endowment ;almost stibn ^^aidC^tier. ' • ' ; :> 7-> $' ; : :, - " ' * : ' ' ; V. " door was against the law, confiscated the money, and ^ ' j Khn' that. )i^d ob-,erYe4^ ' helped makp ^plby 's stud y ; I Dtiiring the next year-a nd-a- half> Cotter will help IV^^d ^o£ ^ bestin the J iaUbn. ^ ¦ option papers , stat ements : concerning Colby' s ^buts%i jHk'#o' pMH mjmft'tecn ' wfen shfe • ^ gftihej dfoeqtfo,an|: ^ ;&Cflg-ra^- ill ' ' "" y .A- ' ; _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_ :' . " - - , ' ¦ '^m______ri_ \\\\\\\\ w^_l \\\\\\\\\\\__0_rl_H_RV_n_-_D__n_nii__f^ _ \W_ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ w f h^t^______: h||B||| H_NI_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-^^ ^ • y;: ' *^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ K_MM _M fM_H_-|HHHHHHHHHHIM ^HHHHHHHIH |H ^^ ' ;^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ HHHHI ' 'W il'SSS^^ ' ,; Trees removed from Academic Quad In addition, the trees were damaged from sanding BY BETSY LOYD and salting of the walkways in the winters and heat and Asst. News Editor drought in the summers, according to Yasinski. "If s a series of environmentalpressures and the (Janu- Six sugar maples planted when Colby's Mayflower ary 1998) ice storm created additional problems," he said. Black History Month kicks off with Carby Hill campus was first constructed were removed from the In an e-mail to the Colby community, Yasinski lecture center of campus over the JanPlan Break. During the explained that the trees were removed in the winter, as Hazel Carby, professor and chair of Yale University's African digging process, phone less damage is done to American Studies Program, will speak about "What Is lines to Roberts Row were the soil when it is fro- This 'Black' in Irish Popular Culture" at 4:30 p.m. Thurs- damaged. zen. Four of the large day in Lovejoy 100. Carby is the author of "Reconstruct- "It's sad to have to take healthier trees were not ing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American (the trees) down, but they removed. Woman Novelist" (1987) and "Racemen: The Body and were becoming danger- "We hope they'll last Soul of Race, Nation, and Manhood" (1998). Several lec- ous," said Arnold Yasinski, a few more years," said tures and films are being brought to Colby for Black administrative vice presi- Yasinski, History Month, focusing on the theme, "Issues and Im- dent of the College. Mew trees will be ages of Memory: Biographies, Communities, and Histo- While using an elec- planted during or soon ries." The lecture is also part of the Women's Studies tronic detection device, after spring break to re- Colloquium. workers failed to notice a place the six trees and working phone line next to all of the smaller trees Colby Partnership trains local teachers the old one. When digging, on the quad. The smaller Approximately 30 local school teachers were trained in the current line was dam- trees will be relocated to Internet technology in Olin Science Center and the Albert aged. Beginning at 5 a.m. other parts of the cam- S. Hall School in Waterville last weekend, put on by the on Saturday, phone lines pus. Colby Partnership For Science Foundation, with a $20,000 were shut down to Roberts Yasinski said that grant from the Bell Atlantic Foundation. It is the second Union and to all dormito- they have chosen to of three programs p lanned to train teachers from ries on Roberts Row, ac- plant three kinds of Waterville, Oakland, Winslow, and Fairfield on how to cording to a Feb. 3 official trees, red maples, sugar use the Internet and to provide them with Internet ac- notice from the Dean of Stu- maples of a stronger va- counts. dents Office, to allow for riety and red oaks, so the "major repair." Echo photo by Jennie Record that if a disease attacks Doel to discuss Maine migrant workers According to David The sight of the uprooting the trees, they will not Priscilla Doel, professor of Spani sh and Por tugues e, Firmage, biology professor become sick at once. The will lec ture abou t her wor k wit h Maine migran t workers and director of environmental studies, the trees were trees will be approximately 25 feet tall and should grow and the foundation she helped create, Maine Service Ad- "rapidly dying." He said that thetree varieties the College to roughly 45 feet. voca tes in Fore ign Languages and Engl ish, on Feb. 19, planted "weren't that good for this area" due to the thin "They'll be as big as we can reasonably plant," said from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Smith Room of Roberts Union. bed of soil covering ledge rock, which stops roots from Yasinski. "By the time people come back for their 10th growing down. reunion, we'll have big trees again."D PARTY, continued fr omp age 1 arrived. added that if several people chip in money According to Sicchitano, though, to buy a keg beforehand and one person the students who had stepped out- buys it, then that is acceptable as well. side to smoke did not have any alco- Colby, however, is exempt from thissbe- holic beverages, nor did he see any cause it holds a seller 's license, allowing evidence of alchohol on the new it to sell tickets, bracelets, or individual snow. beverages at events. * After contacting Lead Officer While the party was broken up, mpny l , i i i i Jimmy Dickinson, who advised her peop e nclud ng D rector of Secur ty that the infraction was grounds for Pete Chenevert felt the par ty hosts did a breaking up the party, Bumps re- good job of organ izing and maintaining turned to the dormitory and informed a responsible environment. Sicchitano that the party would have "I t seemed to be a fairly well-run party if to end. it wasn't for the violation," said Chenevert. At that time, she witnessed a male Sunil Thakor '99 attended the party student, who had confiscated a beer and was dismayed at the turn of events. can from a student who had brought "This was, withou t a doubt , the mos t it into the party, poiir the beer into respons ibl y hosted par ty I have ever at- his own cup. This infraction violates tended in my four years here. The invita- the new policy approved by Presi- tions sent out clearly stated that one must dents' Council this fall, which allows be 21 in order to consume alcohol at ;the for a $250 fine for entering or leaving party/'he said; a designated party space with an al- Responsibility and safety ' were the coholic beverage. While a fine was goals from 'the start, accord ing to Sicchitano. : - issued outside of Pierce that night to ¦¦ a student in possession of an open ' ./ ,'. :. ¦. ' . "; A: Echo photo by'J ennie ReCprd i ^We thought about having a party in container, no fine was given to the Disgruntled students congregate outside the AMS party room. our quad , but we wanted to do it the more student in AMS or the students who yA-% responsible way," said Sicchitano. ' -, Bumps alleged ly saw drinking outside. reau of Li quor Enforcement , the party host , anyone taking The incident report was filed in the Dean of Students Under Maine Law Title 28-A, section 2078, illeg all y money at the door and the person pouring from the keg Office , along with the conf isca ted money and items, sell ing liquor w ithou t a l icense " includ ing charging for could all be held liable under this law, had an MBLE or which will be returned after the Office has made a deci- br acele ts enabl ing people to acquire alcohol " calls for a police official witnessed the act. sion. No one has been able to give a reliable account of $300 fine, plus court costs, and up to 30 days in jail. Ask ing for donations prior to the party,, Lyman said, is an how long it has been since the last incident of selling According to Officer Jim Lyman of the Maine Bu- acceptable way to raise money for beer at a party. -He also alcohol was reported by Security,Q ; Your Friendly Neighborhood Laundromat Established 1946 Metric Motors, Inc.! I T)iQhIander | " Laundr y , ELM CITY PH OTO & Drycleaiiing \ ' Jfife wPortra/t Studio Waterville , Maine 's ^ (HjMHB^^ OneDigita H6tir Photo Self Service -&. 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The goal is to form a plan for life at organizations, notably the Oak Foundation, which dorm access issue Colby in the coming decade and beyond, and helps the world's most disadvantaged people, pe- enough security to studentsby keep- to leave the new president with a focus from titions for international human rights and helps to BY PATICK J. BERNAL ing out would-be off-campus in- which to begin his or her term in office. The protect the environment. Staff Writer truders. transition is expected to proceed smoothly, said Although equipped with future plans, depart- "Colby students are responsible Cotter, but like all changes, will require time and ing from Mayflower Hill will not be easy for the Presidents' Council looked again enough to not abuse this privilege" effort to be successful. Cotters. at recommending 24-hour dorm and "the benefits (of 24-hour dorm According to Cotter, he and his wife Linda, who "We have lived here longer than any other lace, access with the Colby Card at their access) far outweigh the disadvan- is the associate director of the off-campus studies p and have lots of friends here. It is hard to .Q Feb. 4 meeting. tages," said Dana Hall President office, will probably relocate to the Boston area. leave," said Cotter The issue of dorm accessibility Kelli Hall 'Ol. had been greatly discussed during Bethany Knorr '01 supported the g SUN COAST VACATIONSpresent* I the fall semester before the presi- proposal, asking "why should I be dents voted nearly able to enter my unanimously to neighbors' rooms approve 24-hour but not those of dorm access for all Colby students are my friends a cross students. re sponsible enought campus?" Knorr After the mo- ' to not abuse this also said that tion was passed, "this is a trusting "! ______^_ ^BKr jf W___rapl9___!-n_£b_ ^ ^Lx-j BS&i!?? ^** oFf \______k ___ \W' %^" I^o ' ^^ ffvii ^^^ lk^ w ft^l «i the College deans priviledge. community and I I K21 HOURS of I and senior, staff -Keri Hall 'Ol ii think that our 1 voiced opposition dorm entry policy FREE DRINK S! i ¦ Florida to the change, cit- should reflect I ing security rea- these values." | NASSflH ^^ Cancan^^ r ^B ^n sons. Thus, the issue was revisited Assistant Dean of Students Ben . SPRING BREAK I I ^P Jamaica V by Presidents' Council for more in- Jorgensen noted that dorm damage I Wee S50 off per p_non with this coupon , Offer J | | valid only for passengers traveling from BOS to ft depth discussion. has recentl been on the decrease, ammWBSBBt __h*. wBfii * * J—l *^X ^G/v 4 3_SaJhS l_ShErasfi— fi_6l_l_EHa_l_ r L Bahamas M y St. ; _^____8E_ K__C£ _ j /^ R j V ^*"A*» HE * h 3_B_H__^___^___H_i k|i Nassau on weekend of 3/20. Offere _[>ire$ ¦ A^ flV w * ^K-S^-SJES E ^G|5!89& ^ s&l i », Is ¦* ¦* \, ^_^___^_B-_^H_l Student Government Associa- but that only partial credit could be 2/1/99. Call for more details! I ^_i^^ % ^* |9Hnc Barbados 1 tion Vice President Brad given to the advent of the 1 8J^7M-8445 South Padre 1 Sicchitano '99 felt that the presi- Colby Card. 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In fact, it was and if Ihad fun. Fun no; fascinating almost two weeks into my stay be- and life-changing yes. I left the fore I met another American. In thy comfort of Mayflower Hill and trav- journal I wrote that my first feelings eled toKampala, Uganda , to do po^ were of being 'lost and lonely in a lineal science research with finan- totally foreign place." cial support from Colby and the There were also wonderful mo- Ford Foundation, and academic ments. The shores of Lake Victoria guidance from Government Profes- are amazing. I will miss theTman- _ » .,* . „ , > , „«., , Photo courtesy Flannery Higgins sor Guilan Denoeux. . . ••'- .. . ;":* - gbes and Jpananas. I spent many Atypical village scene in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Kampala is aJnot,dusty tity;jrt is hours /.' , wandering through notbeautiful. It is best described as Kampala's bustling markets. As I interesting interviews took place dents I spoke with at Makerere Uni- rive tor an appointment ana dis- bacJriyarcls and there were many look back at the photos I t^k, 1 am while crammed into a fourteen seat versity'told me they thought having cover that the Minister I was sched- things about my Mjp that made liv- remindedof the kindness that Ugan- mini-bus. Ugandans love to talk a more open system of government uled to meet had stepped out of the Icity; diffiimlt Meh with dans showed rhe. about politics;Almost everyone told would be an improvement, but at office for the day. I was asked to mg^igi-'the IThie^p-eopin le^aire \axg^^iihsguard almost every^ store known as J^e;_i_endliest Bast Af- me thatthecurrentgovernmentand the same timenone of them wanted leave theMinistry of Justice because frdhtvI Jiyas ifc>£ready to confront rica-licitlik£tf^ president are ah improvement over to be involved in rocking the boat. I did not have the proper research the ^ount pt physical deformity I was there^EyeiyoBe wan^^tottalk previous leaders like Idi Amin. President Clinton visited permit. When I tried to apply fpr the that I saw. Cholera, leprosy, tuber- to the muzurigu - the generic term President Museveni has not killed Uganda last year. He praised permit I was told that my stay in culosis, malaria and AIDS are scary for people with white skin. Chil- half a million of his own people and Uganda's economic progress and Uganda was too short and that there realities in Uganda's capital. The dren followed me down the street the economy is improving; there- encouraged other African nations was not enoughtimeto issue me the gap between the rich and poor is wanting to be my friend and to hear fore he is viewed as a good leader. to follow the Ugandan example. necessarypapers. ' ' drastic. Every other night the power stories about life in America. Adult Museveni, while not exactly a dicta- What Clinton failed to comment on During my stay, I gained an un- went out. We had to boil water be- men followed me down the street tor, has created a system of "party- was the need for more improve- derstanding of the obstacles; facing fore drinking it. The phone system asking to marry me and saying they free" democracy! Every Ugandan is ment of the Ugandan democracy. a developing country like Uganda. I is terriblei.Many roads are not paved. loved me. One man offered 200 cows supposed to be a member of the The average Ugandan on the learned how to maneuver a culture Newspaper headlines are almost for my hand in marriage. National Resistance Movement street was willing to talk with me, different from my own. I also have always filled with corruption and The best wayL,to get around in (NRM), and organized opposition but I had difficulty trying to arrange greater appreciation for American scandal. Uganda is to take a "matatu" or to the government is likely to get interviews with members of the democracy and other things we gen- When I first arrived in Kampala, group taxi and some of my most one arrested or harassed. The stu- Ugandan government. I would ar- erally take for granted. Q mMm\S1

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"I've gotten a lot of great responses/' he said. Some people take off after college and tackle the To accompany the magazine, Racz put together a financial world. Others may head to a remote part of the web sight (www.jcrewd.com) from whichhecan track ad in African coast. Still there .are those who make their way responses. Illinois student foi$cfl^ dormitory back home and move back in with thefamil y. Justin Racz "The response has been positive. We have people A Southern Illinois University afferent was found dead in his is one of the latter. A 1997 Middlebury graduate, Racz from all over" visiting the sight, he said. room last Friday nigto,.accozd$ *g tanfte Daily Egyptian. Report- was not sure where he wanted to head after graduation. The project, however, has not exactly been lucra- edly, the student died of f&tunii«au 4b -femming from cardiac: ar- "Nothing really grabbed me," he said. tive. Racz joked that "between (John) Grisham and I, rest . The victim had received a heart ybnflptant about ten years ago On the other hand, "it's a time where if you have a we combine for five millioh a year. And I had nothing and was confined to a wheelchair beetle ot his condition. The great idea people will go for it," Racz said. His great idea to do withit." victim's father had knocked on his dotir and when he received no was to do a parody on thecollegiate clothing company of What can one expect to find in the take-off of what answer he did not receiveany respons e iff called the police. t "* choice, J. Crew. Racz calls the "first catalog to sell a 20-something - ** ^ Why attempt to bring down such a titan? lifestyle that seems to say 'we're rich but don't have AccordingtoRacz, 'Itwasripeforparody.Everyoneowns jobs and can spend unlimited hours in polo shirts on Fraternity stuttafit dilflof Mad trauma f * *i * 1 ftf* attacked, J. Crew clothing. When reading the catalog youwonder , why yachts and walking on beaches'?" 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Last Saturday night, Safety and Security entered the AMS party lounge and broke up a party. Approximately sixty 21-year old seniors Trees: A Eulogy were in attendance, dancing and hanging out with their classmates. I mourn the loss of six mature to its whispered wisdom, to write clock-tower and rows of windows This party was, in short, a model Colby party. The hosts followed sugar maples that graced our cen- what they hear. I want to instill in all lined up. Architects of old found nearly every rule associated with party-hosting at Colby, a confusing tral mall. I'm too well practiced at them a conscious dependence on inspiration in wild landscapes. task; I.D's were checked at the door by a party host. Under 21-year this ritual of eulogy. I'm sad that trees. What do I do with that teach- Gothic cathedrals mimick regal old olds were not served alcohol. Signs were posted in the room warning my voice can only commemorate ing now? Shall I warn them of gone forests, Greek columns stand like people not to leave the room with alcohol. The party hosts made every trees, but can't save them, though trunks, disappeared crowns, of si- cedars, New England shingles shed effort to enforce these rules. they have saved me. I've loved trees lenced birdsong and absent leaves? water like the bark of trees. Now we Granted, the hosts were in violation of one rule, collecting money at Colby, and counted on their pres- prune landscapes to match our care- at the door to cover the costs associated with throwing a party. This ence to guide me. In recent years, fully laid-out buildings. Shall we was wrong. The means in which Safety and Security chose to handle I've lost many of these friends. model our learning, too, on these this particular violation, however, was shortsighted and unneces- Two old elms I looked up to, cut I've loved trees at principles? sary. down and replaced by lamp posts. I mourn the imperfect, lost trees, The security officers informed the party host that the party would A sprightly maple, the first to flower Colb y.- In recent the mature reminders of the wild. be shut down because they were collecting money at the door, and with sour-green blossoms in spring, years I've lost many of They grow in the shape of their that students were outside with open containers. None of the stu- uprooted by a steam tunnel. A seasons. They age, die, and rot. dents attending the party that night, however, were cited for having whole row of mature locusts, to these friends. Trees nourish intelligence, as much open containers outdoors. make way for the Science Center as books do. As Thoreau puts it, By deciding to shut down the party, Security missed a great (where trees, no doubt, are stud- "The civilized nations-Greece, opportunity to teach students and party hosts a valuable lesson. ied). A matching row across the Rome, England-have been sus- When officers discovered money was being collected at the door — way, cut down because they no tained by the primitive forests an offense, but one often overlooked by officers nonetheless — they longer matched. An entire hill of I mourn the six old maples we sat which anciently rotted where they could have filed an incident report, cited the party hosts for violating tangled forest cut down for apart- under, walked under, talked under, stand. They survive as long as the procedure, and moved on. ments. Yes, I know, this is progress, studied under-don't give me the soil is not exhausted. Alas for hu- By shutting down the party, which was meticulously well run, the development, growth. This is aes- reasons, I know the reasons-dying, man culture! little is to be expected Security' department said, in effect, that anything straying from a thetics, planning,beautification. Yet ' they said-but who isn't? of a nation, when the vegetable textbook party will be shut down. none of this puts trees first. It mis- Imperfect, imbalanced, marked mould is exhausted, and it is com- Instead of encouraging parties such as the one in AMS, Security is understands trees as landscape by accident and stress, these trees pelled to make manure of the bones doing more to discourage students from hosting parties. This was a merely. were like the rest of us, kin to the of its fathers." well-run, organized gathering of responsible 21-year olds. No one I send my students out to find a wild. Not one of us can compare was out of control, dangerously intoxicated, or damaging property. tree the first week of their freshman with the tall white pillars of our Linda Tatelbaum Nobody will charge at the door for beer anymore, that much is for year. I assign them to sit and listen library, the level granite steps, the Associate Professor of English certain/ but the incident could have been handled in a much better fashion.Q Bookstore vs. Amazon.com Practice safe sex on Valentine 's Day Chances are most of you are ail-too familiar But in December 1997, a couple of George Wash- with the mad rush of Colby students in the book- ington University grads founded an online book- With Valentine's Day just around the corner, loveis in the air... so store on registration day. In fact, the only thing store called VarsityBooks.com, which discounts love carefully. In honor of National Condom Week, which runs worse than the long lines and the permanent crick textbooks up to 40%. For example: between February 15-21, please protect yourself and the ones you love in your arms you get from carrying 50 lbs of books "Artificial Intelligence, A New Synthesis" (hard- by practicing safe sex. across campus is the amount of drool that hits your cover), costs $59.95 at the Colby Bookstore (used, For people who are sexually active, correct and consistent condom shoes when the cashier announces cheerfully, $44.96), and $59.95 + s&h at Amazon.com. At use is the only means of protection against both unwanted pregnancy "That'll be $3000 plus your first-born child, VarsityBooks.com, it was $50.96. and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV: please." Granted, buying it used at the bookstore would With the latest 1999 estimates by the United States Centers for "My first-born child?" you ask, "Are you sure have been the least expensive, except that they Disease Control and Prevention indicating that 15 million Americans that's really necessary?" didn't sell used copies of that particular book. become newly infected with an STD each year, and about 2,8000 teens "Yes," she replies, "Books are getting mighty Plus, VarsityBooks.com has the same book in pa- become pregnant every day, it is obvious that using a condom is expensive these days." perback for $38.25. Shipping charges? A $5 flat worth the five seconds it takes. Five seconds versus a lifetime, you Of course, there is an alternative to the book- rate no matter how much you order. And unless decide. store. Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com are you plan on having the books sent to either Illinois So instead of buying your special partner flowers on February 14, a great way to avoid the lines but tend to get a bit or Washington D.C., there's no sales tax. Not bad, why not buy him or her a box of condoms. There's so much variety more pricey, considering that the amount of ship- huh? - you can chose from rainbow colors, ribbed, extra large, scented, you ping you pay is directly proportional to the num- Oh and by the way, you have until February 13 name it. If you're too embarrassed to buy them, stop by the PostOffice ber of books you buy and inversely proportional to to return all those books you bought at the book- and pay Alan a visit. Too shy to bring up the subject with your special the amount of money you have. Which means that store. someone? Then send them a condom-gram, sponsored by Student by the time you've added everything to your shop- Health On Campus. Valentine's Day is a day of love and it should ping cart you're hawking your stereo at the near- Erin McConaughey '99 remain that way. Soif you're going to make love this V-Day, doit with est pawn shop to pay for it. Mimi Sammarco '99 love in your hearts and a condom on his penis. Hey, it's National Condom Week, so let's celebrate! ? Operation Santa Claus a success — thanks Colby It is with great pleasure and insurance and retirement benefits ceptions of us as anti-family and thanks that I want to acknowl- in atraditional families. Fortu- a burden on society in general. edge the work of the Colby Col- nately for us and for the children We live outside of those boxes as The Colby Echo lege community inmaking itpos- that received these toys, it was much as we are able. Similarl f ounded in 1877 y, sible to deliver over 550 toys to youth who in- students attending college are RENEE LAJEUNESSE, Editor-in-Chief Franklin County 's Operation spired us to set our vision for toy often seen as being "out of touch" AMY MONTEMERLO, Managing Editor Santa Claus this past Christmas. collections significantly higher in with reality and self-centered. MATT APUZZO, News Editor DANIEL MORRIS, Ad Design Franklin County was especially 1998. Through your vi sion, we Thankfully, you have demon- BECKY POLLARD, Sports Editor GARETH OSBORN, layout Ed itor hard hit this past year due to the were able to collect over 550 toys strated once again that such cat- EZRA DYER, Opinions Edilor JULIA DREES, Asst. Uyout Editor closing of the GH Bass, the shoe through donations from the egories and stereotypes are not MELISSA GERBI, Fealu res Editor BETSY LOYD, Ass/. News Editor manufacturer. Colb ol te ic , OLIVER GRISWOLD, A & E Editor BECKY SCHECHTER, Asst. Sports Editor y College V un er Off e valid and not useful. KOL HARVEY, liushtess and Advertising MAX SADLER, Copt/ Edilor Our church, Northern Lights SOBHU, our church, and the Tha nk you once a gai n for JENNIE RECORD, Photo Edilor KIM VICTOR, Layout Asst. MCC, in Vassalboro, began col- people of Frontier Vision. working in par tnership with us JENNY O'DONNELL, Phot o Edilor MARION MATTHEWS, Ad Repreaen Intivc lecting "Disney" toys for a sec- What makes this equally sig- to reach out to those in need. ond year in 1998 tohelp ou t needy nif i cant for me and for the folks Your generosity of time and Ti ll: COLHY ECHO is a weekly nowHpapor published by the students of Colby College on Thursday of each week the College is in session. children. W have chosen Disney in our church is that many of our spirity has bettered the world for THE ECHO encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the immediate toys to send a message to the member who are gay, lesbian, bi- some deserving kids! community. Letters should not exceed 400 words nnd must pertain to a current* issue or corporate world that there are sexual, transgendered, or ques- topic at Colby. Letters are due by Sunday at midnight for publication the same week. some of us who appreciate the tioning, Letters should be typed and must be signed and include an address or phone number. If often f ind ourselves be- Bill Gordon possible, please also submit letters on a 3,5 inch Macintosh disk in Microsoft Word format. all-fam ily policies that include ing "boxed in" by people's per- Northern Lights MCC You may also submit letters via e-mail to "echoPcolby.edu". THE ECHO reserves tlie right to edit all submissions. The Editorials, above, aro the official opinion of (he paper. Opinions expressed in Kudo s from Cuba individual columns, advertising and features are those of the author, not the ECHO . I will introduce myself: my name is Judith Arvesu cause it is an examp le of free press. Personally Till: ECHO will make every effort possible to prevent inaccuracy, but will not be held responsible for errors in advertisements or articles. and I am 27 years old. lam a young poet, who is calling I think that it is a marvelous work. Congratu- For information on publication dates, or to contact us about submitting an article, for your kind of attention. la tions. please call (207) 872-3349 (x3349 on campus). Only a few days ago I ha d the chance to Please consider me your friend , God bless you, For questions about advertising and business issues, please call (207) 872-3786, read, a number of your newspapers and I was email echonds®colby.edu, or fax (207)872-3555. Ourmnilingaddress is: THE CowECHO, 5921 Mayflower Hill, Walervillo, ME 04901 very impressed by the excellent design, and Judith Arvesu interesting photographs. But above all, be- Havana, Cuba What 's the legal Colby d r inking age ? Advice fro m Colby's own followed all the rules , then tech- pay for the DJ , ri ght?" And BY EZRA DYER nicall y it is possible to have a the hosts would have done love docto r Opinions Editor party, ri ght?" Well, sort of. things differentl y. As they 're The problem is, parties these liable for what happens at a BY RO SECRANS BALDWIN Someday, I'll be old and days have to be run tighter than party, the hosts obviousl y Staff Writer crank y. I'll sit around com- ESPN 2 Miss Fitness America ' s want to try to adhere to the plaining about how good butt. Take , for examp le, last Sat- rules. The problem is, when Last month, I received an unsolicited letter, via e-mail, in response to tilings used to be while my urday night. I began my evening Security finds the smallest pastel green pants creep up with a Grapegarita at flaw in an otherwise respon- my senior libido article lastsemester. I have decided to print the letter, and my response (with the names changed, of course, , toward my chins. So ri ght Margarita ' s, and let me tell you, sible, well-run event , they no to protect the innocent now, just for prac tice, let me nothing can make a person yearn longer give warning. They or, the very, very dirty) as the first installment in my new column: Dear , from this Thursday until the Echo fires me, put on my pastels and tell you for a cup of nice, water y keg move strai ght to breaking Doctor Rosencrantz. I will about how there used to be beer like a big glass of grape things up. What ever hap- respond to your e-mails, in order to benefit both the individual and parties at Colb y. tequila. So I was looking for- pened to discretion? collective sexual concerns. You can send your letters to [email protected]. Back in the day (say, two ward to returning to AMS for Just for the record , this I did not, nor will ever, write these letters; when the mail stops, I will return or three years ago), the folks the party in the basement , just does not app ly to all of the to my typical diatribes. Until then... down at Security security officers. But seemed to have a there are some that Dear Doctor Rosencrantz, pretty libera l policy need to reevaluate You seem to know a lot about sex, about sexual problems. I would not as far as parties were Parties these days have to be run their role as campus describe myself as a sexual deviant, but that's why I'm writing, to get an , just like , but I won't concerned. Basicall y, tighte r than ESPN 2 Miss Fitness cops. I pers onall y objective opinion. I am a senior at Colby College you as long as everyone wish they hadn 't tell you whether or not we're acquaintances in order to guard my anonym- ' had their underpants America 's butt fired the drug dealer. ity. Here's my sexual problem: my sister also goes to Colby, she s a on and nothing was At least he would freshman. She lives in a triple, and one of her roommates sometimes says on fire , a party would have had some per- she looks up to me as an older brother, but other times she smiles and rubs , b ht we wound up beDe allowedalio we a to run its course. as soon as I slept off my leth - spective on the relative seri- up against me seemingly y accident Somehow last nig hone rang. It was my mother calling This year , since the introduc- argy-inducing Grapegarita / ousness of collecting money talking alone in her room when the p ' and tion of a certain LaGuardia Chimichanga dinner combo. But for a party. Busting up par- to speak to my sister. My sister s roommate answered the phone, 't there, so I to the campus , the organized unfortunatel y, I made it over to ties because of easily rem- without thinking, I signaled to her to pretend as if I weren 's best friend; am social scene has been dra- AMS at just about the same time edied violations is what the wouldn't have to speak to my mother. This is my sister virtual incest? maticall y scaled back. Which as Security, who opened up a police are for. Given fair I on the verge of committing is understandable. Who big can of Party-B-Gon immedi- warning, it is in the interests Sincerely, Bob #l wants to host a party when atel y upon their arrival. of the hosts not to be told you can potentiall y end up This event was a bona fide twice. If there is grievous with a summons? I' m speci- attempt to try not to break any rule-breaking going on, then Dear Bob, , eh? Incest has a rich history fying the organized par ties rules. For crying out loud , ev- shut it down. But in cases like A very interesting scenario: virtual incest boundaries to keep back because back in their rooms eryone there was actuall y 21. last Saturday, give things a in our country, and one cannot expect the Colby interest peop le have compensated for There were signs everywhere chance. It is incredibl y dis- the Hank Jr.'s roaming hands. But we are not concerned for any the the lack of public events. So warning all of the 21-year-olds courag ing to find that when- you might have in your sister. On the contrary, you seem to have only , , well-intentioned motives in mind for her well I' m not making any claims not to take beer outside. The ever someone tries to revive most non-sexual puritan being. What you will violate, however, is her trust, and quite likel her that everyone hasn 't kept on central problem lay in the fact the stifled Colb y social life y you attempt to diddle one-third of her tri le. Your inclu- doing what they were doing that the hosts of the party were they meet with such resis- respect should p , , leads me to other areas of concern: is this an before , it' s just no longer a collecting money. This is ille- tance. So, Security, try to re- sion of incest though passion, a bypass of brace-clad betty in favor of her room- public thing. gal. Or legal. It depends on how member that peop le throw- indirection of mate, h the fire of your loins burns for the sibling? If so, you need to But this being Colb y, ev- it' s done. But you' re not sup- ing parties are assuming a lot thoug consult a therapist, as I condemn all forms of incest, though they make for ery so often some courageous posed to collect money with- of responsibility, and are do- cool movie plots. If you do find yourself truly interested in dating the fool has an idea: "Hey, I could out a liquor license. Fine. In ing their best to cooperate. roommate, then you are a poor victim of circumstance, and you must find host a party. Gee, that would the past , Security mi ght have The social scene at Colb y is in yourself the strength to follow your love, despite societal hesitations. be swell, more than ten peop le said , "Ok , you' re not supposed ailing. Try not to kill it her a Subaru! But tread li htly, especially if you together at the same time! If I to do that. So that money ' s to comp letely.Q Invite her to a dance! Buy g don't want a sisterly kick in the groin.Q Macha lani steers successfu l "Maiden ' ' TOyage at Strid er tion immediately turned heads. Were we, the BY ROSECRANS BALDWIN audience, expected to perform, to observe from inside the drama? Reid Farringtpn's '99 Ariel Dorfman's play "Death and the risky scenic design gave the audience a mas- Maiden" takes place in an undisclosed loca- sive, curved slice pf a living room> with rieal- tion in South or Central America during the timevideo feeds projected onfe theback Wall, aftermath of a fascist regime. Like Lawrence so that the audience felt incliide_d;m TTibrhton's''Imagining Argentina," Dorfman viewof the play (recaU imagines a drama that could have been an Her and less subtle design for the 1997 pro- actual series of events. The history of the play, duction of "Mud"). Machalani desired an however, is as forceful as Dorfman 's writing intimate relationship between the play and in which terse, eloquent dialogue slices into the audience, and the actors certainly played the psyches and relationships of three charac- upon that proximity. 67 77 ters. TnefactthatColby_er_k_^ Gerardo Escobar, played by Ben - Grasso chose to direct such a difficult piece is a bold '99, is a lawyer who has been named to a testamenttoher capabilities.This was powerfully commission that will investigate human, rights evident to those whowere able to secure a seat at cases against the former dictatorship. His one of the four shows this;past weekend. wife, Paulina, played by MeOssa Trachtenberg Theater productions at Colby rarely chal- '99, was kidmpiped, reiped and tortured lenge thei-iselyes' to an artistic degree/where years earlier and has hot yet recovered from Ay. / -: :y yy Photo courtesy of Powder,& Wig , absolute failure is possible; that is Machalani the trauma. Paulina believes that Dr. Roberto Ben Liston '99 gets all tied up in "Death and the Maiden.? i • * and ereyy put extreme effort and care into a Miranda, played by Ben Liston '00J, who has show that might have fallen flat had they not driven Gerardo(home afteraf lat tire, Bthesarne consistent dramatic aesthetic. The actors, like exploration into the most gruesome of cir- been intelligjent enough to tie their various doctor who oversaw her tortureyears ago;Since the show itself, were not afraid to disrupt cumstances. _ ; them& together. The imaginative strength of she feelsthecourtsaretheffediial, shededdes fo traditional conventions. In fact, the only weak- "Death and the Maiden" also!featured •the piece was branded upon ail aspects of the put the doctor "on trial'' herself. y.:% A±A[ nesses existed in a few lagging sceriechanges Assistant Director Jamie Yourdpn, Lighting production: acting, scenic design, lights arid The actors were all strong, though slightly and occasional disruptions of sound levels. Designer Christopher Anderson, Costurne sound; The set of "Death and the Maiden" uncomfortable in their roles. It was dear they The effects of the show, however, remained Designer Nikki Grasso, Sound Designer Jill was constructedon the stage of Strider The- wereeach confidently pushing their charac- forceful and the audience left with the pleas- Huntsberger and Stage Maihag^r Kea "' ¦ ' ater so that the audience was actually located ters to their respective limits, and in such ant realization of what can be achieved with Watson.Q ' , ... 7 .i " where plays usually take place. Thisi re-loca- attempts it appeared difficult to maintain a dedicated, passionate (naked, in Listen's case) Rosecrans Baldwin is the Echo's drama critic.

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Ph one 207.8T3JSOO ' ^^^ ^ ^ j Mill. ¦ J ^^_^_^_ _^_^_^ .nt^nm.cS.Mit.ivVk, ' v jN * _^__lr"K ' Hf"^ H__' 'i< -. a >^Ai&!&M&$l88&.^m^M& __i__i_h._B_M0 Freddie Prinze J r., Rachael < *xG**v *^VJ_^_^_^ ^VJ^_^_^_^_^__' ^-*-k4 ^gOflbwEwSsStoSH_W ^___D_I i—Vfla _^Xf vJ^_^_^_^_1 Braxton Williams is the Echo's film critic. ¦ f acnl$tfataff ; 'r: Leigh Cook, J odi Lyn O'Keefe Students \ ' ^^ mKmSSBMg§W Buy anypackage and your friend gets V .offa - Directed by Robert Iscove 9 \ HH packageof equal or lesser value with yo urColby ID.^eBmmtmmmmm " Goo# and monster/ " Across from the K-Mart Plaza I had a great time watching "She's All That" until I realized that the only original thing about ^k^k^k^kl out of five it was that Kevin Williamson didn't write it. The Ian McKellen, Brendan f— movie redefines the word "cliche," only it does Fraser, Lynn. Red grave AM) so without the self-referential kitsch of "Scream" Directed by Bill Condon and "The Faculty ." Sure, "She's All That" is an entirely different genre, but the humor, of the movie bombed so hard that I found myself mak- "Gods arid Monsters" is the story about the* ing up little jokes in my head to stay amused. last days of James Whale, the acclaimed diredtor? The movie is about a stereotypical young of the Frankenstein movies who was ostracized^ soccer buck named Zack (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) from the Hollywood establishment for being* who dons a letter jacket and winks at fawning openly gay. After suffering a stroke, the aristo-J honeys. When his girlfriend dumps him for a cratic Whale (Ian McKellen) meets his muscle-da Real World character, he makes a bet to trans- gardener Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser), and" form Laney, a reclusive loser (cause-oriented invites him to sit as a model for his paintings gYRAGUSE J artist) played by anti-heroin crusader Rachael Boone is wary of Whale at first, but soon realizes* Leigh Cook, into the prom queen. (Remember that the man is more intriguing than frighten' the commercial where she wrecks a kitchen and ing. As the relationship grows increasingly com-J yells about "your job" and " your friends?" Very plex (though never sexual), their actions in then hip. Any questions?) After seeing Laney in a present begin to revive the ghosts (or monsters)* bathing suit, Zack decides he like likes her, and of the past..Whale comes to terms with his memo-J this of course leads to barrier-breaking social ries of a lost love, while Boone learns the lasting* up heaval and a conflict. But I forgot what that ¦ ¦ ¦ value of companionship. was,'' . . . . ., . McKellen is phenomenal as Whale, manag-J I guess there were some aspects of '' She's All ing to balance whimsy and pain in the same* That" that were, indeed, all that. Freddie Prinze, moment. Fraser transcends his acclaimedP Jr. plays a charming leading man, and Cook is "George of the Jungle 'f ro le by leap? and bounds^) Europe # Asia • Africa excellent as the latter-day Cinderella. Jodi Lyn unfolding his character from hunk to human* Australia South America Q'Keefe plays a chillingly evil prom queen, The with pathos, Lynn Reclgrave is also excellent in" • dance scene at the end is cool until it starts to her Golden Globe-Winning role ag Whale'spSr^ reserrjble an expressionist play* And there's a tahical but kindly housekeeper But a speciato which r satlsf ying-^feterja;scpneIn Zack throws award should gp to director Bill;C^n^^ . 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RENEE LAJEUNESSE rtt Rt Editor-in-CMef 1999 Winter Carnival Events Beginning this evening, the Today - Ice Sculpture Contest, Scavenger Hunt Starving Artists Theatre Company 4-5:30 pm - Sunset Snowshoe Trek will .be at Colby for four . shows 5-7pm - Dining Hall Tray Sledding throughput the weekend, three of 9pm - Bonfire/BBQ, Bob's Parking Lot their critically acclaimed play 10-2pm - Champions Mght ($2 w/ ID) "Viper 's Opium," and one of Friday - 5pm - Scavenger Hunt Deadline "Road Movie," an award-winning 10p.m.-2am - Mayflower Match-Up Semiformal ($2, play performed at Colby last win- or free w/ Mayflower Match) ter. Saturday - Noon - Ice Sculpture Judging The Starving Artists company 9 pm - Pat McGee Band, Page Commons Room. ($5 was invited back to Colby by and cash bar) popular demand after last year's 4pm - Winners announced for Scavenger Hunt/ performances. Sculptures @ Men's Hockey v. Amherst According to Julia McDonald Sunday - Sam - Free Buses to Sugarloaf ($25 Lift Tix w/ '99, "The response from the Colby Colby ID) community was so overwhelm- 7-9pm - Sweetheart Skate, Johnson Pond w / DJ, ingly positive we wanted more Hot Chocolate, etc. peop le to see them," said McDonald. Strider Theater In "Viper 's Opium," a play Performing Arts at Colby presents The Starving Artists by Godfrey Hamilton, Mark Theater Co. Pinkosh plays Curtis, a "Viper's Opium" - Thursday-Saturday 8 pm discombobulated homosexual Photo courtesy of Communications "Road Movie" - Saturday 11pm man, and Kathryn Howden The Starving Artists return to Colby to present "Viper ' s Opium." plays Cricket, an extroverted a mirror up to yourself and being one," said Pinkosh. Black History Month Film Series Good Samaritan. giggle at it. We do that with gay "Viper' s Opium" will be Feb. 22 - Do The Right Thing....Lovejoy 100....7:3Q p.m. According to the Irish Times, men in 'Road Movie." We talk perfomed this evening through Sat- March 1 - Beloved....01in 1....4:30 and 7:30 p.m. "Viper's Opium" is a "presenta- about the types of gay men that urday at 8 p.m., and the one reprise March 29 - Daughters of the Dust....Lovejoy 215....7:30 p.m. tion of lonesome Americans cruise and we laugh at them and performance of "Road Movie" will searching for their place in life." I make fun of gay men, but I also be on Saturday at 11 p.m. in Strider Colby College Museum of Art The play won a Fringe First always own to the fact that I am Theater, and is being sponsored by Feb. 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Award at the 1996 Edinburgh one and honor the good stuff of the Performing Arts Department. ? Opening "The Japanese Prints of Charles Hovey Pepper," Fringe Festival and was selected for the Dublin International Festi- There val in 1997. Museum< exhibit cominTi g ¦ s <. soon "Road Movie," a one man OnFeb. 14, TKe ColbyCollege Museum of Artwillojpen anexhibition, \ Waterville Opera House , ¦'. show written by Harnilton and of "The JapanesePrints of Charles Hcvey Pepper/' The opening will be .. A r J¦, - . ] Feb. 20 - Magic ofXyn- "dazzling magic" . .. ' ¦ , '. ' ¦, performed by Pinkosh, was met . held at the museum frojn-2:30-4:30 p.m. There will also be a Japanese with rhuchenthusiasm from it's Dance performance and lecture by F/rofessor of Music Steven Nuss^on* Colby audience last year. It un- ' Railroad Square Cinema I Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Davis Gallery of the museum.a - 'f|f^^?f^' ' folds the story of Joel has he Ja Friday, Feb; 12,-^hursday, Feb. 18 ,

across the landscape of ^ — ¦ . . — ¦ Gods and Monsters - 3:15 (except Fridays), 7:15, 9:20 travels? i—. ' . __ , ' . . . ',— —.,'. . . . , , gay Amer ica in search of love, Shakespeare In Love - 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20 and 9:40 (except no 12:20 and 2:40 shows Feb. 12) ' " wher e he makes discover ies ¦ The Wizard of Oz (newly restored) - Daily at 1:00 and 5:00 about both himself and other MC no poep le, which weave perspec- ^EXCEPT 1:00 show Feb. 12!) tives on HIV, AIDS, sexuality, *^% "Everything in Musi ^ friendship, love and death. .J ^fgfS Hoyts Waterville 6 In an Echo interview follow- fc (rtiHa n Kfivboard «, (rass Instilments, Sheet " Payback" 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:35 ing las t year 's performance, , , "S'he's All That" 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 9:40 m Music Televisions Stereo Systems... "Varsity Blues " 1:10 , 3:40, 7:30, 9:50 Pinkosh talked about the impor- Main tance of a play in making peop le mil "Home of ^^ Street, Waterville "Patch Adams" 1:30, 4:10, 6:5a 9:30 "have to think." Telephone 872-5622 "At First Sight" 1, 4, 6:40, 9:20 1 "It' s reall y importan t to hold W the Big Band. " "A Civil Action" 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 NOTF.! No 9 o'cinrk shows Mond av-Thursd a v.

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Colby's, success in their dual FRAPPIER a fourth place finish against meets resulted in 25 White Mules ^qualifying for the Staff Writer tough rival s Bates and Bowdoin, upcoming New England Charri pionshi ps. along.with MIT and Tufts. The women' s team especially benefited from con- The Colby men's indoor track Coming off a stron g show- tribu ,tions by its first- year athletes . team had a bittersweet month of ing at the Bates meet, Thomann "T he freshrnen women gave us a bigboost bringing January. Alth ough unable to handed in the best Mule perfor- talent and depth ," said fifth-year head coach Sura emerg e victorious as a team in mance of the afterno on, taking DuBow. anyofthemeets,thereh avebeen first in the 400-meter ra ce with a As in most seasons , many pool records were bro- severa l individuals who turn ed time of 51.38 seconds. He also ken. But this winter broug ht an exceptional number of in outstanding performances ran a leg on the second place record times produced by Mule swimmers. Most nota- over the month. 4X400 relay team. bly, Alyssa Severn '02 broke the record for the 50M In the first meet of the season In addi tion, Colby garnered backstroke. at on J an. 16, Colby second place finishes from The women divers also played a key role in ensur- put in its best performan ce thus Brewster , who threw the weight ing the Mules a successful season, provi ding consis- far in the season, coming in sec- 53'4" , Boucaud and Jared Beers tentl y strong performances and high scores in their ond out of five teams. Scoring '01. Boucaud missed the top fin- events. 149 team points, the Mules were ish in the 55-meter hur dles by a The women ' s team is sending 15 representatives to edged onlyby the home team Bob- mere four hundredths of a sec- New Englands. cats, who tallied 189 points to win ond and Beers finished second "F or the women, this is the stron gest tea m I've taken the first leg of the Quad Cup. toThomanninthe 400-meterrace to the New Englands ," said DuBow. Five first place finishes of with a time of 51.85 seconds. Although the men's team is not as lar ge as the the day booste d the team ' s score In their final meet of J anu- women's, and therefore did not fare as well in the dual significan tly, including an 11- ary, the Mules traveled to the meets, DuBow is confident that they will do very well second victory over Bates in the University of Southern Maine at the Championships. Echo photo by fenny O'Donnell 4x400 relay. Tyrone Boucaud '00 to compete on the school' s newly "Th e men's team is much smaller but very tal- AColby diver warms up for a weekend meet. earned 13 total points for Colby, laid indoor track. Colby had a ented ," she said . "Th e smaller meet will be better. The top men should all place." J acobi '99 and Kathr yn J ohnson '00. DuBow also feels that both the men arid women The men's team qualifiers are co-captain Andrew Warn wm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^* have good chances of making Nationals. Two members Brown '99, Stephen Feldman '01, J eremy Greenfield Of the men's team made it to Nationals in 1998. 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Tri-captain James Approximately 90 young athletes Feb. 12 @ ^^^^^^^^^^ M | aged 24 points and 9.5 rebounds in Scribner '99 and Ryan Aldrich '99 "worked out" with the Lady Mules, hv^^^^ m ^^^^^ mmW games against Husson and received invitations to play in the practicing their basketball, softball, Feb. 13 @ Bowdoin. She scored a career-high game this weekend to be held dur- soccer, ' field hockey and lacrosse Men's HockeyW^^ f / !V$' ^ ^ ^^^^^|tiflflH ^H]K t ^K ^m 29 points in the Husson contest, ing Mardi Gras after being named skills.Q Feb. 12 T^^imji^^ agk^ HOCKEY, frontpage 16 Feb) impetus for the meeting, for a large Tortorella said that end of the sea- LaLiberty, a Waterville native Women'sjp}^^K^^^teyi' ¦pjBPHv 1 ' * population of alumni from each son games are taken into account by who practiced with the Division I -i A? school resides in Boston and at- the playoff selection committees for University of Maine Black Bears, tended the contest. Tortorella does the first time this year. played competitively for the USA riHH^^ p nt pfc^^ s /- - > t^k _£m " 8* ' •* *¦-- * 5 * *¦ not foresee next year's schedule al- The offense is sure to be led by National Under 18 Team. lowing for a repeat of the Beantown Fred Perowne '01, the team's lead- Koh said the team will take each Men *S Indoor T#&4^ Colby-Bowdoin game, but hopes it ing scorer with 15 goals and 13 game as it comes. fi @ B&wdoM^msM t^Sm will resume the following year. assists. Scott Richardson '00 has "Our team prides itself on tak- Feb* 2 mm "It was great for the alums," said also been a force, tallying 11 goals ing one game at a time," said Koh. Women's ^^ ; Tortorella. "We gave ourselves the and 15 assists. The Mules have also Following yesterday's matchup, ^ ^^ ^P ^ ^ ^t ^^ m /S^ oi'^ Khea -fl Hfl PS¦ H opportunity to win and it just didn't been helped by the addition of the Mules have only four games * -rwi2?«» %r » /~*i^^*^j^^^bbk^«L*»-«T- - ^. 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Middlebury The Colby men's: and a disappointing basketball team 72-59 loss to Williams. heiated up the court Still, head eoach this January as they Dick Whitmore was extended their positive about the record to a success- team' s performance ful ll-7? £ last weekend.- The Mules began "With theexception the month with an of the first half at Will- impressive showing iams, the team played at the Colby Invita- quite well, and wearein tional Tournament a position where, if we as they defeated continue our progress Nyack College 78- over the next three 67. They then went weeks, we will get a on to capture the chance foplayinlhepost title with a win over season," he said. Husson College73- Consistent play 60. Senior co-captain was exhibited all James Spidle was month by Spidle, named Most Valu- Allen, Brian Hansen Echo file photo able Player of the 'OO arid Sam Clark'01. tournament for his no- The Mules get two points on a long jump shot. Spidle echoed table olav, which con- Coach Whitmoreinhis tiriued throughout the month. assessment of the team's performance over January. Colby suffered a minor setback when they were "The team was able to come together as a cohe- defeated by the Clark University Cougars 80-73. sive unit, enabling us tobring abouta successful season The Mules rebounded to improve their record to 8- so far," he said. Echo photo by JenRecord 5 with dominating victories over Thomas College, The Mules battled against Bowdoin again on 109-57, and 78-53! Tuesday night in Brunswick. They hope to improve Jofte pliiuc Gh» |»muu "HI Both Spidle and Ken Allen '00 exhibited stellar on their 11-7 record and make a run for the playoffs . The women's ice hockey goaltender set and broke the East- play in Colby's narrow 69-65 victory over the Bates when they return home to Wadsworth Gymna- em College Athletic Conferencerecord for saves in a game this sium to face Amherst on Friday and Trinity on Bobcats. 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Colb y ties nation 's to p-ranked team time, both goalies sealed the nets BY BECKY POLLARD shut and the game ended in a tie. Sports Editor Mule goalie Jason Cherella '99 stopped 40 of Norwich's 41 shots. As the men's hockey head coach The crowd was calmer on Jim Tortorella pauses during his Saturday's contest against the hectic afternoon, the day before his Middlebury Panthers, but the play- players skate their biggest game of ers were not. Again, the Mules the year, he reminds himself how battled to a 1-1 tie, thanks to Ray much he loves the sport. Lang's '00 unassisted goal halfway Tortorella must find a way to through the first period. And again, teach his squad to be consistent, Cherella was key for Colby's de- prepare for a weekend against Nor- fense, stopping 38 of 39 shots on wich and Middlebury, the number goal. one and three teams in the latest All-American defenseman Rob national polls, manage a 76-year- Koh '99 played a critical role in the old program, coach the U.S. World game as well. Junior National Team, and forecast "It was a strange weekend you the team's post-season fate. And he know. You play hockey to win and finds a way to do it. that didn't happen," said the cap- During an up-and-down Janu- tain. "But we're happy for the most ary, Tortorella watched his team's part. We were happy we played play border on brilliance and then well, but also thought we could falter on inconsistency. The Mules, win." who were 4-1 before January, went Playing two important games 5-5-2 over the busy month to put back-to-back forced the tough chal- _ „ __ ... ,. , »-,.» ., Echo photo by Jenny O'Donnell their record at 9-6-2. Inconsistent lenge, both physically andmentally. Colby p ut Norwich in their pl ace Friday night. play marred the month for the Koh said that after the first game nament. Colby rebounded the next Mules traded wins, losses and ties The loss to Bowdoin evened this Mules. But that was January. "we couldn't dwell on what had day to dominate the University of to compile the 5-5-2 Jan Plan record. year's rivalry at 1-1. Tortorella Colby was very consistent last happened and couldn't be happy Southern Maine and win 10-2. Wins over St. Anselm's, the Massa- hopes it set a new tradition be- weekend, tying both Norwich and either" due to their face-off the fol- On Jan. 6, the Mules eked out a 3- chusetts College of Liberal Arts and tween the schools of playing in Middlebury 1-1 in overtime. On Fri- lowing day. 2 win over Plattsburgh, but on Jan. USM were countered by two tough Bostonin front of an alumni crowd. day, the Alfond Arena rocked with The Mules hope these ties will 9 found themselves on the losing losses to Williams, 3-2 and 5-4 in The game was added to the sched- Colby students and White Mule give them the momentum they end of a close game as they fell to overtime, and a 3-1 lopsided contest ule because both schools had an alumni when Steve Cunningham didn't have during January, which Bentley 4-3 in overtime. against Bowdoin held at Boston extra game date available. The lo- '01 took Mike Dalton's '01 pass into began with a 6-1 routing by Roches- Colby had trouble establishing University. Colby recorded ties cation of Division I powerhouse the net, tying the score at 1-1 with ter Institute of Technology on Jan. 2 any momentum to propel them against New England College and Boston University provided the 6:13 remaining in the game. In over- at the Plattsburgh Invitational Tour- through the rest of the month. The Salem State. See HOCKEY, page 14 Nordic and alpine skiers take January by storm Women 's indoor track 10K Freesty le event and me men took sixth. The men's finds talent in numbers BY MATT SMITH and women's scores combined for sixth place in the 4X5K Contributing Writer Classic mixed relay. The alpine women garne re d a sixth place f inish in BY BROOKE FRAPPIER The men' s and women' s nordic and alpine ski both the slalom and giant slalom. Rutherford led the way Staff Writer teams are almost halfway throug h their season with for the Mules finishin g 20th. The men placed seventh in the NCAA Division I Ski Championships only four both slalom and giant slalom. Top f inishers includ ed Several women's indoor track athletes have turned in weeks away. Balit and captain Crai g Bowden '99 at 16th and 25th in multiple top performances so far this season, establishing an "We ' re hoping to get someone to qualif y in the NCAA slalom and Riis at 11th in the gian t slalom. Riis' perfor- extremely talented team. This weekend proved it. The team champ ionshi ps," said head alpine coa ch Mark Godomsky. mance marked the best finish for the men this season. earned 189 points to win the fourth leg of the Challenge Cup The Mule skiers opened their Unfortunatel y,fir st-yearBalitinjured held at Bates. season al the Bates Winter Carnival. his knee in an accid ent that abruptl y The Lady Mules victory was led by Faith Anderson '00, The alpine women placed seventh II ——— ended his season. who competed in four events and alone gathered 24 points. of 13 competing teams on both sla- Our best skiing is yet The latest ski action took place in Jeannine Bergquist '00 provided Colby with 14 points when lom and giant slalom events, while to come. the Green Mountains of at she won the 400-meter dash and placed fourth in the 200- the men had an impressive f if th the Carnival meter dash. Other first place finishes came from Katie place team effor t in the giant slalom -Emily Etchells '99 at Stowc. The women' s nordic team MacDonald '02 in the 600-meter run, Laura Wilcox '01 in the event. finished sixth and seventh in the pole vault, Karen Hoch '00 in the shot put and both the 200 Individuall y, alpine skiers Beth » 15K Classic and 5K Freestyle. The and 400-meter relay teams. F esta ' 01 and Amanda Rutherford ' 00 f inished 20th and men f inished eighth in both events. The women' alpine The team's win culminates a season thatbegan in January, 22nd to lead the women in slalom. David Riis '01 and team placed seventh in slalom and sixth in giant slalom, when the women got off to a runningstar tby winning the first Carl Balit ' 02 f inished 12th and 14th to pace the men's while the men took ninth in slalom and sixth in giant leg of the six-team Challenge Cup Invitational at the Univer- slalom. Riis also finished 18th in the giant slalom. This slalom. sity of Southern Maine on Jan. 16. Colby beat teams from was the f irst year in the history of the Bates Carnival Top f inishers f or the women were captain Emily USM, Bates, Rhode Islan d College, the University of Massa- that Colby has ever placed better than eighth in total Etchells '99 and Rutherford at 21st and 22nd in slalom chusetts-Dartmouth and Westfield State. points. and Etchells and Festa at 16th and 19th in the giant MacDonald scored 26 of her team's 211 points. The USM The nordic team also f ared well, with the men' s team slalom. Riis placed 21st in slalom for the men. Huskies, with 167 points, were the only team close to the placing seventh in the 20K Classic race and thc women The Colby skiers awai t their next competition this White Mules' total of 211, while Bates came in third with 104 placing sixth in the 15K Classic. weekend, when they travel to Hanover, N.H., Saturday points. MacDonald took first place in the 800, second in the Thc next weekend of action for the Colb y skiers brought for the Dartmou th Carnival. high hurdles and the long jump, and f i f th in the high jump f or the alp ine team to the University of New Hampshire, while Etchells is confiden t that the Colby skiers are ready her 26 individual points. the nordic team hit the slopes at St. Lawr ence Universit y. for thc competi tion. Colby had a total of nine f i rst place finishes on the day, In the nordic rac es, the women placed seventh in the "Our best skiing is yet to come," she said.Q See WOMEN' S TRACK, page 15 # female swimmers and divers I MC7 111" C7 Y") / 7 *C ^ qualif y for New England Finals , page 13 LI\bl.UL: brULi.* 1 > • Colb y throwers carry indoor track team, page 13