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Colby Magazine Volume 104 Issue 3 Spring 2016 Article 1 April 2016 Full Issue Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine Recommended Citation (2016) "Full Issue," Colby Magazine: Vol. 104 : Iss. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol104/iss3/1 This Download Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. Spring 2016 A STORY RETOLD Reunited, Catherine Besteman and Free speech vs. political correctness Somali Bantu join to build a community Lisa Arellano turns assumptions upside down Aaron Hanlon on Trump and (Alexander) Pope Basketballer Sam Willson goes classical Home Turf Pitcher Wiley Holton ’19 goes into her wind-up as she practices on the infield of the first synthetic turf softball and baseball field complex in NESCAC. Holton notched her first collegiate win as the field was opened for play against University of Maine-Farmington March 30. The new Spring 2016 softball and baseball complex was dedicated April 9 with games against Tufts. Holton and her teammates finished at 15-15, the COLBY best season since 2009. 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT COLBY | colb y.edu | facebook.com/colbycollege | twitter.com/colbycollege | facebook.com/colbycollege y.edu I started the month of May with a visit to Maine Superior traditions designed for a different time, place, and Court. The courthouse, a glass and masonry building along population. Many colleges, Colby among them, have the Kennebec River in Augusta, opened last year adjacent to done an admirable job creating more diverse and dynamic its 1830 predecessor. I was called to the courthouse for jury communities. In fact, the Colby Class of 2020 will be duty, one of 150 to be questioned and possibly empaneled the most diverse and academically prepared class to enter for upcoming criminal cases. While the setting and focus the College, with approximately 25 percent of the class differed from my daily work on Mayflower Hill, the identifying as students of color. But are Colby and other experience reminded me how of closely tied we at Colby are colleges doing enough to find and address biases in our to broader issues in our society. systems and practices? Have we challenged ourselves to understand the complexities of how students from varied The judge talked to us about the critical role of jurors and backgrounds experience our campus culture and programs? why impartiality was a cornerstone of our justice system. Do we know what it takes to create an intense and intentional While the building was new and the challenges we would be residential community of scholars where all participants can asked to address would reflect modern social problems, the engage fully, benefit equally from the intellectual and social tenets of the laws we would be interpreting are rooted in the resources of the campus, and be treated with respect? When 800-year-old Magna Carta, he told us. We were asked several things go wrong, as they do in all communities, will our questions to assess conflicts. I looked around the room. To response be just and unbiased? my imperfect eyes, 148 of the 150 potential jurors were white. So, too, were the judge, the clerks in the courtroom, and the These questions have guided a series of conversations at sheriff’s deputies. The juries chosen that day were, from what Colby this year, and a task force on diversity, equity, and I could tell, completely homogenous with respect to race (I inclusion will report its findings and recommendations next was not among those chosen). month. We will soon appoint a dean of the College, whose responsibilities will include leading our efforts to create a What would it mean for defendants from ethnic and more inclusive community. We have much work ahead of racial minority groups to face those juries? Would the us, but I am encouraged by Colby’s commitment to honest, questionnaires we completed reveal biases we might hold difficult conversations, even when they are about our own with regard to race and identity? Could our legal system, shortcomings. designed for a far less diverse society, be truly impartial? When I arrived back on campus from my day in court, The fault lines in our judicial and law enforcement systems my wife, Carolyn, and I strolled to the last-day-of-classes have been exposed in dramatic and tragic fashion in barbecue on Dana lawn. The sun was out, a band was recent years. The resulting social unrest, the anger and playing, and we were surrounded by an amazing group of disenfranchisement, the challenges of understanding and students, friends, and colleagues who came to Mayflower Hill acknowledging the antecedents and realities of different from down the road and across the globe. It’s always good to experiences in our society, are playing out in our cities, return home, especially with a little extra inspiration to build politics, and courts. on our past and face our challenges with resolve. That unrest has roiled campuses across the country as well. Our higher education system, like our legal system, is hundreds of years old and built on ancient European David A. Greene 3 Algo-rythmic Brendan Leonard ’16 performs in “We Don’t Have an Algorithm for This,” a theater and dance piece created over Jan Plan by students directed by Assistant Professor Spring 2016 Annie Kloppenberg. After a preview performance in Strider Theater, the work premiered at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s COLBY Church in New York City. 4 COLBY | colb y.edu | facebook.com/colbycollege | twitter.com/colbycollege | facebook.com/colbycollege y.edu Win Win Olivia Amber ’17 (number 13) and Amy Bianco ’17 (36) are flanked by assistant coach Callie Douglass, left, and head coach Tracey Cote, right, after Amber earned Colby’s first All-American honor for Colby’s Nordic ski program at the NCAA Division I Skiing Championships at Steamboat Springs, Colo., in March. Amber, a geology major with a minor in science, technology, and society (and a passion for fieldwork), finished ninth in the 15K mass start, and Bianco, a government major focusing on public health, finished 16th, earning the women’s team sixth place in the national 15K team scoring. 5 COLBY TOGETHER Each year more than 12,000 alumni, parents, and friends support the Colby Fund. These gifts have made it possible for the College to continue to make an impact on the lives of our students, offering the Colby experience to thousands of diverse, engaged, and multi-talented young people. Together, your support provides students with a rigorous academic program and connections that last a lifetime. Spring 2016 Office of Engagement 800-311-3678 and Annual Philanthropy 207-859-4320 4320 Mayflower Hill [email protected] COLBY Waterville, Maine 04901 6 colby.edu/give Spring 2016 Vol. 104 Issue 3 COLBY COLBY | colb 22 | twitter.com/colbycollege | facebook.com/colbycollege y.edu 24 42 24 A Cosmic Connection: For anthropologist Catherine Besteman, reunion with Somali Bantu in Maine was life changing. By Gerry Boyle ’78 38 Can We Talk? College campuses are roiled by conflict between freedom of speech and political 44 correctness. Colby’s take. By Kate Carlisle 22 Professor Aaron Hanlon can talk Pope—and Trump 42 Jacques Hermant ’71 opens his door and heart 48 44 The book’s the thing for Professor Megan Cook 48 For Professor Lisa Arellano assumptions are deconstructed 52 Posse Houston expands comfort zones 54 Sam Willson ’16 shoots and scores 54 55 Cuba was waiting for Carey Powers ’14 7 “I was free to name Colby COLBY as a beneficiary of my retirement account while still adequately providing for our children.” —Nat Chamberlin ’03 Prompted to review his beneficiary designations after transferring jobs and rolling over his retirement account, Nat Chamberlin ’03 and his wife, Jessica Wysor Chamberlin ’03 decided to name Colby as a beneficiary of his retirement account. They have generously provided for Colby in their estate plans. You, too, can For more information, contact Colby’s Office of Gift Planning make a significant at 207-859-4370 or visit difference at Colby. giftplanning.colby.edu 8 Spring 2016 Vol. 104 Issue 3 COLBY Staff Ruth J. Jackson | colb COLBYexecutive editor Gerry Boyle ’78 Exclusively Online managing editor y.edu | facebook.com/colbycollege | twitter.com/colbycollege | facebook.com/colbycollege y.edu Kate Carlisle Video follows Colby students into the world director of communications Barbara E. Walls of Portland, Maine, immigrants. director of creative services Stephen Collins ’74 college editor Coach Eric Barthold ’12 shows men how Arne Norris web design to redefine “manly.” Milton Guillén ’15 photo video journalist Robert Clockedile Cynia Barnwell ’11 writes about her nascent social media manager screenwriting career—and the Colby Laura Meader assistant director of communications mentors helping to make it happen. Jorge Acero, Abukar Adan ’17, Fred Field, Brian Fitzgerald, Dennis Griggs, Kelly Lui, John In Nepal, Abukar Adan ’17 asks who Meader, Heather Perry ’93, Carey Powers ’14, Georges Rabbath, Mary Schwalm ’99, Irvin Serrano, should tell a community’s story. Dustin Satloff ’15, Clare Stephens ’18 contributing photographers Abukar Adan ’17, Cynia Barnwell ’11, Megan Cook, Jenny Chen ’12, Christina Dong ’17, Charles In Each Issue Eichacker ’06, Aaron Hanlon, Allecia Reid, 3 From President David A. Greene Kevin Rice ’96 contributing writers 10 Feedback 16 Administration David A. Greene, president Ruth J. Jackson, vice president for communications 12 This Caught Our Attention Dan Lugo, vice president for college and student advancement 13 From the Editor Alumni Council Executive Committee David S.

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