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' ¦¦ . '' .. " MAD|S0N GOUZIE/THE COIBY ECHO ' Volleyball captured their first ever NESCAC title on Nov. 6, they will host the regional NCAA Division 111tournamen t Nov. 10-12. They face Mount Ida at 8:30 p. m. on Nov. 10 in the Wadsworth Gymnasium. College Aff a irs recommends change in Digest SGA to organize in of Civil Discourse to Presidents' Council smaller groups, focusing By BEN HERBST explaining the committee's motiva- They have made changes in the past, and agreed it could possibly con- on broad issue areas NEWS EDITOR tions. She said that allowing others to such as dividing the original Digest of tribute to community-building. He read the Digest would upgrade the General Announcements into different said that the amount of inappropriate standard for level of discourse, since categories and splitting the Digest of material found on the Digest may be The College Affairs Committee"" "riide or otherwise weak arguments Civil Discourse fro m the original limited if it were opened up. "I think By BEN HERBST recently recommended to the would be avoided and build commu- digest to make a new daily e-mail. there may be a principle of restraint in NEWS EDITOR Presidents' Council that they consider nity since faculty ; and staff would "There were problems in the student that opening up," he said. President I would love to allowing all members of the College know what students Digest, that s why Adams, who has access to the Digest Following up on an idea from community, including faculty, staff are concerned College Affairs got as an officer of the College, rarely the initial meetings of this year's make [the focus and administrators, to be able to read about. Some of the involved ," Kassman reads postings, doing so only when Student Government Association groups] a little the Digest of Civil Discourse. In the While discipli- said. Kassman brings them to his attention. executive board last spring, SGA letter, the CAC asserted that this nary action can take postings are Student In an article entitled "On Postings President Donnie O'Callaghan '06 more formal change would upgrade the level of place as a result of irrelevant or G o v e r n m en t- and Other, Sometimes Uncivil, announced a slight SGA reorgani- and involve civility on the Digest and "would con- inappropriate com- Association Discourse" in Colby magazine's Fall zation at the Nov. 6 Presidents ' tribute to making Colby a more inclu- ments that occur on have little intel- President Donnie issue, President Adams wrote, "I Council meeting. other students sive community..." the Digest, that has lectual founda- O'Callaghan '06 believe that e-rnail, instant messaging, Six new focus groups composed who want to be Currently, only students and select only happened said in a Nov. 7 electric forums and the like have of PC members and an executive administrators in the Dean of Students once. Also, Vice tion. interview that he made it easier for us to forget that real board member will work outside of a part of [the office receive the Digest of Civil President for "liked the idea of the people, with real feelings, exist on the normally scheduled PC meetings process]. Discourse. Student Affairs and Gabrielle Adams '06 Digest being a stu- receiving end of our messages." to investigate broad issues. The original intention for the Dean of Students Co-Chair of the College Affairs dent-only place to O'Callaghan said the viewpoint of "Although really great things Donnie O'Callaghan '06 Committee Digest was to provide a place for dis- Janice Kassman, voice concerns," but students who use the Digest the most came out of Presidents' Council SGA President cussion between students on issues who is also co-chair he asked , "is [the should not be i gnored, because "those [last year], there was still a better and keep the Digest of General of the- CAC, said Digest] leading to voices on the campus can't be way to organize Presidents ' Announcement fre e of extra mes- that in the past she has emailed stu- civil discourse and discussion?" lie i gnored." Council to take advantage of the committee 1 will investigate first- sages. Because of the personal attacks dents directly to correct misinforma- commented that the discourse this According to SGA Parliamentarian people on it and the ideas people year orientation and the effective- that sometimes take place, the Digest tion that is presented on the di gest. year has been at a higher level than Zach Russem '06, a motion will most have," O'Callaghan said , com- ness of current programs. has raised concerns from administra- -'Some of the postings are irrele- years past, but in the past there have likel y be presented at the next PC menting on the thought process Initiall y, the committees will tors regarding the level of civility. vant or have little intellectual founda- been what can only be described as meeting (Nov. 20 in the Parker-Reed during last year 's executive board consist only of PC members and an Co-Chair of the committee tion," Gabrielle Adams said. attacks by students on those with Room of the Schair building) to waive discussions that led to the creation executive board member, but Gabrielle Adams '06 presented the Kassman said that the CAC has opposing viewpoints. the ri ght to make a recommendation, of these focus groups. O'Callaghan said membershi p letter to PC at their Nov. 6 meeting. received complaints about the level of President William I). Adams said concur with the recommendation , or O'Callaghan asked for each PC could eventuall y be broadened to "We feel this is an important move for civility on the digest and has talked that opening the Digest up to the member to send him an idea or include other students on campus, 1 several reasons," she told them , about it in their meetings over time, entire community was worth try ing. issue with which they were partic- "This is just the beginning for Continued on Page 3 ularl y concerned after a recent [these focus groups|. I would love meeting, and from those sugges- to make [them | a little more formal tions he formed different groups, and involve other students who ^ and placed members based on their want to be a part of [the process]," Veterans ' Day ceremony planned to honor College and local heroes comments. Me said that this format he said. O'Callaghan added that should take advantage of the ener- students directl y involved in some By KATIE HAMM memorial on Miller Lnwn commemo- his father was in the Vietnam War. to try to understand the sacrifices that gy people have, and will "shake of these broad issues, such as head EDITOR IN CHIEF rating those Colby students who have A similar ceremony was held last are made. People are very supportive [PCI up a little bit," residents and residential life or* , served in war. The ceremony will end year, and Knimons said that he was in general of Veterans' Day, people The six different groups are people involved with COOT and A Veterans' Day Ceremony to rec- with veterans from the American pleased with the turnout of approxi- have thanked me last year and this facilities , headed by SGA the first-year experience, would be ognize those who have served our Legion in Waterville taking down the mate 50-75 people, lie hopes to have year, I think here the response has Sctretary Tom Testo '07; Campus ideal candidates to be a part of the nation will be held on Priday, Nov, 11 American Hag and performing a flag- another large turnout this year, Others been positive," he said. Climate and Student Respect , focus groups in the future . at 4 p.m. at the flagpole. folding ceremony. have helped him with, the event last "Veterans' Day is an opportunity to headed by O'Callaghan; Social At Echo press time all of the - The ceremony is sponsored by "Veterans' Day is important in the and Ibis year be said , including think about and honor publicl y those and Residential Life, headed by groups were scheduled to have met Colby Students Cor America. The ser- context of what 's going on in the Mailroom Services Supervisor Louis who .servethe count ry in its armed ser- SO A Parliamentarian Zacb before Nov. 10, and O'Cal laghan vice will include words by .Protestant world; veterans have given us our lluard. vices, and it is particularl y appropriate Russem '06; Services (such as was hoping for strong support Chaplain Ronald Morrell and Assistant basic freedoms and whether you're for liinmons stressed that the ceremony and important to do this when the financial Aid or Career Services), fro m members. Professor of Sociology Alec Camp bell , or uguinsl Iraq or Afghanistan , veter- is not a political statement of any type, country is at war. 1 hope those who are headed by Russem; food, headed "We need to break down into < said Lee Ignitions '07, president ol IHIS are ordinary people who are will- but just a celebration of those who are able will take a moment to join us in a by O'Callaghan; and first-year, smaller groups and come up with Colby Students for America. President ing to sacrifice ," I Miniums said, willing to sacrifice. moment of acknowledgment and headed by SGA Vice President solutions," Russem said at the William P. Adams, a Vietnam War vet- limnions added that the holiday bus "I think people, generally regard- appreciation ,''' Adams said. Romeo Raugei '06. The first-year Nov. 6 PC meeting. eran, will place a wreath on the stone personal significance for him because less of their views, have the decency
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f The Colby Echo Speakers talk about life m Muslims ITS advises students 5921 Mayflower Hill ' .. _ Waterville, ME 04901 ————— ' ' dJtetgT87%>--— . . " ' ¦ —— By CARLA JACOBS KAT1EHAS STAFF WRITER on high number of BOTH EDITOR IN CHIEF ¦ ¦ BEN HERBST, NEWS EDITOR HUI'KlM, LAYOUT EDITOR . MERLE EISENBERG, OPINIONS EDITOR JULIA. GILSTEIN, ASST. LAYOUT EDITO R In light o-f the recent world BUSINESS MANAGER viruses on campus NOAH BALAZS, PHOTO EDITOR LUCIA GIORDANO, events, such as the Sept. 11 , DANA EISENBERG, PHOTO EDITOR NICK BAZARLAN, AD MANAGER 2001 terrorist attacks and suicide ALEX A LINDAUER , SPORTS EDITOR EMILY LAWRENCE, AD MANAGER ' bombings in Palestine arid ANNIE KEARNEY, FEATURES EDITOR . . TOMAS VOROBJOV, WEBMASTER - By BEN HERBST Israel, many people have devel- NEWS EDITOR JULIE WILSON, Mil EDITOR . MOLLY. WARREN, ASST. PHOTOS EDITOR oped misconceptions about the BAYLEY LAWRENCE, COPY EDITOR nature of Islam. On Nov. 4, four The Colby Echo is a weekly newspaper published by the students of Colby College Muslim students shared their About 75 computers on campus on Thursday of each week the College is in session. experiences with Islam in the have been infected with viruses that LETTERS hopes to dispel some of these students contacted from other The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the .immediate misunderstandings. infected machines on the network^ community. Letters should not exceed 400 words and must pertain to a current issue or To begin the presentation, a or through Internet downloads. are due by Sunday at midnight for publication the same week. topic at Colby. Letters brief video -was shown to high- Letters should be typed and signed and include an address or phone number. 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Chicken Calzones Alcohol Violation 1 1/5/05 8:40 a.m. Grossman 1 lull Oeans Office Unregistered party , $9.99 Larceny 11/6/05 11:59 a.m. I'oss Kitchen Security Trays and food taken New competition f or city coffe e shops arrives B lggest GRE changes fy KATIE HAMM gives as rnucfi back to the cornmunity Starbucks comes in and ever make test longer EDITOR IN CHIEF that it possibly can, including con- tries to shut down any tributing to national charitable organi- smaller businesses. Students now have another option zations. "We try to have a positive There's enough people in By ANNIE KEARNEY of where to get their caffeine fix when effect on the community," he said. the area that support all FEATURES EDITOR GRE CHANGES that all-nighter is inevitable. As of "We are consistent with our product businesses," he said. Friday, Nov. 4, Waterville is home to a and offer outstanding customer ser- Jeff Gordon, the ov/ner Many of us felt relief when we Verbal Reasoning Starbucks. vice. We keep an environment where of Jorgensen's Cafe" on learned that we had escaped having to Although the store—located in a student can come study, relax." Main St., has no concern take the new SAT, but now, it seems, -Two 40-minute section vs. p laza across from , the WalMart Mathias noted that the company offers about the effect the joke is on us; the Graduate Record one 30-minute section SuperCenter—has only been open for full-time benefits to part-time employ- Starbucks could poten- Examination (GRE), which students -Greater emphasis on higher a few days, manager Patrick Mathias ees. ''It's not the standard part-time tially have on his busi- app lying to graduate school are cognitive skills and less said that business has been steady, and job; we try to make it a little bit more." ness. "With any new required to take, has been revamped, dependence on vocabulary he is expecting it to continue to go In Waterville, Starbucks is joining business, everyone tries and a new test will start being admin- -Broader selection of read- well: WhiLe he is not certain of the a community of other coffee shops. it," he said. Jorgensen's . MOLLY WARREN/THE COLBY ECHO istered next fall. Starting in October ing passages and less depen- reasoning behind Waterville receiving Mathias, who has worked in other has been in town for 12 Smells like coffee? Inside Starbucks offKMD. 2006, the nonprofit Education Testing dence on vocabulary a Starbucks, he sees it as a sign of Starbucks in Maine and Virginia, or 13 years, Gordon said; he Service will be administering their economic growth to have a new busi- believes that the addition of Starbucks has owned the. business for the past Thru at Starbucks. This is a similarity, new GRE, which comes after four Quantitative Reasoning ness in the community. will not have any negative effects on three and recently expanded to open a however, between Starbucks and years of research. The ETS hopes that Mathias. stressed that Starbucks the other stores. "I don 't think raft on Main St. in Oakland. another coffee shop in town, Dunkin' the changes will increase the "useful- -Two 40-minute sections v. He noted that both Donuts. Yet Sly Frutoso, the manager ness" of the test to students and grad- one 45-minute section Jorgensen's and Starbucks have of the Waterville Dunkin' Donuts for uate schools by focusing on complex -Fewer geometry questions different things in which they the past three years, also has no con- reasoning skills, a crucial part of grad- -More real-life scenarios & specialize: while Jorgensen's cern for the future of the store: "When uate work. According to ETS, it isthe data interpretation ques- offers 32 varieties of coffee, you compare the prices, there's your biggest overhaul in the test's 55-year tions Starbucks focuses on espresso. answer. Their [Starbucks] prices are history. -On-screen four-function _ Jorgensen 's has a sandwich way higher.; Everyone's looking for a T--All-three parts of the test^ Verbal calculator —-.. - ^ ; selection for lunch, while bargain," he said. Frutoso has been a Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Starbucks does not offer sand- manager at Dunkin ' Donuts in towns and Analytical Reasoning-are; affect- Analytical Writing wiches. Starbucks is also in a in Massachusetts where there are also ed by the changes, as is the format, different location of the. city; Starbucks and has never seen an grading and administration of the test. -15 minutes shorter Gordon said that most of his cus- effect, he said. As it currently is, the GRE. will be -More focused questions to tomers are those who are already administered through, a computer. ensure original analytical downtown. "We have a fairly rrr-:- : . A The Verbal Reasoning section has writing reliable clientele and I think the been revamped so that it is in two 40- -30-minute argument and main reason we would lose cus- minute sections, not one 30-minute issue tasks tomers is convenience, location, Phi Beta Kappa section. There will be a greater hours, things like that," he said. emphasis on "hi gher cognitive skills" Jorgensen's is open until 5 p.m. names award and less dependence on vocabulary, as grading used in the Verbal and Monday through Saturday and well as a broader selection of reading Quantitative reasoning sections will until 4 p.m. on Sunday, and passages, which will now include sen- now be on a point scale of 40 to 50 per Starbucks is open until 10 p.m. recipients tence-equivalent questions. section, as opposed to the current 200 Monday through Saturday and Quantitative Reasoning will also' to 800 points per section. Access to until 8 p.m. on Sunday Gordon On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Colby be in two 40-minute -sections, as the GRE will also change. Currently, said that Jorgensen 's would Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa pre- opposed to its current single 45- ETS offers continuous GRE testing, never be able to get enough busi- sented the 20O5 PBK Academic minute section. Fewer questions will but the new test will only be offered ness during these later hours to Achievement Awards. The ceremo- deal with geometry, and instead there 29 times a year worldwide. be profitable. ny took place over Family will be more real-life scenarios and Director of Career Services : MOLLY WARREN/THE COLBV ECHC Another difference between Homecoming Weekend in Runnals. data analysis. There will also be an Cynthia Parker said that not enough is People mill around local coffee shop Jorgensen s' in downtown Waterville the two businesses is the Drive The awards are given to the two on-screen fo ur-function calculator yet known about the exam to be able sophomores with the highest GPA's available to students. to gauge how it will affect graduate op in- and to the two juniors with the The Analytical Reasoning- section school admissions. "I think the main \ Merle is going abroad. Do you want to be \ highest GPA's, excluding those will be 15 minutes shorter and will thing is...not to panic about a change. who won the award as a sopho- have more focused questions. The Whatever we feel about standardized I ions editor? And if you are going a broad f or the \ more. new GRE, like the; current SAT, will tests....they [testing organizations] do • • The awards carry a $1,000 prize have a variable section that will not a lot of testing of the tests." She said i spring, but want to work f or the Echo next year, \ and "recognize truly outstanding count towards scoring but will instead that it was probably that graduate achievement," according to Harriet be used to evaluate questions to be schools will be dealing with the; same S. and George C. "Wiswell Jr. used on future exams, . problem colleges are -currently facing ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦'' ' '' ' ' ' us now—don' t" delay! * ¦ ' '* tell' '*come . ¦ ' • . • ,/¦. • \* . . . . J Associate Professor of American Perhaps the. biggest change to the as they deal with the new SAT. "Grad Constitutional Law and PBK presi- test is the shift fro m the . current sys- schools aren't going to know exactly i£-mai±-e€froMcGlby^^^ ~ dent, Joe Reisert. ¦ . ¦ ¦: tem of computer-adaptive questioning wnat to do with it for a few yearsT"" Applicati ons are due Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. j to linear questioning. In computer- Parker said. She said that with any i The 2O05 recipients were: adaptive questioning, the test's diffi- change in testing, it takes higher edu- culty is determined by the test-takers cation a few years to understand the Arturs Vrublevskis '07 answers. If they get something wrong, strengths and limitations of any partic- Kristen J. Thatcher '07 the next question is easier, and if they ular test. ; AN ENCOUNTER WITH get it right, the next question is harder. Parker also noted that the GRE Cristian Vesa '08 Linear questioning will mean that the exams are looked at very differently William R. Whitledge '08 same questions are given to everyone than the LSATsor the MCATs. In con- regardless of how they answer. trast to medical schools or law j Because of the changes, the test schools, "very few grad programs L will go from being two-and-a-half- have the very heavy emphasis on test hours long to over four hours, and the scores," she said. A civil feat: Water ville goes to vote STEVEN WEINDEflG/ THE COLBY ECHO "Democracy dorks "¦ Laura Webb 'OH and Carta Gunther '08 outside of the polls this past Election Day. good thirty feet away, "Hey, hurdle talking to Waterville voters By STEVEN WEINBERG you EDITORING IN CHIEFING wanna vote?" Sure, 1 said, if you was convincing them that they, as don 't mind being interviewed. non-Mainers, could contribute in this Two, Carla Gunther '08, a mem- political process. This hurdle seems "Three, three, three—" ber of the League, and Laura Webb to be overcome, at least for now, as I I stood confused , poised to ilex '08, co-President of the League am being chauffeured to the polls. As my democratic muscle, but most .obli ged. Soon I was sitting the front for post-election plans, Webb points importantl y wondering why the cho- seat of Gunther 's Toyota trying to to a recent grant the League received rus of three nice old Indies who had fiddle with her "automatic" scut to work in Waterville High School. just checked me name off of the belts. "We hope to work with students and voter registration list kept on repent- Both Gunther and Webb were per- educate young voters," she says. ing me thi.s number. I stared at them, forming the thankless, if vital , task And if Question 1 , the controver- duinfonndecl, of driving voters to the polls this sial referendum over discrimination I had just tried unsuccessfully to Election Day, I often hear vari ous based upon one's sexuality, passes? I update my address from my mailbox partisan groups offering "anyone" ask. "Hypothetical ly," Webb stresses pre to post abroad. That democratic rides to polls, so naturally my first before continuing, "we will get back adventure was traumatic if for no question to the two ihey reall y would to work and start back as soon as other reason for the firs t time in my dri ve any voter, whether progressive possible." But both she and Gunther life 1 tried to explain the spelling of or regressive, to the polls, say they both hope and expect my name, "Steven with a V" and "Absolutely," Webb said, Question J to be voted down. with her N(MII IMI /us/mi rai IIV earn had the woman at Hint table say in and Gunther stressing the emphasis As we arrive at the polls, I leave Colby students voted in the third ward races on Nov ¦ :¦ • ¦'¦ ¦ ; ¦ • on the Street l - ¦ •¦ , | ¦ ¦ Students/' ' - i- . '¦;,;..;( ' ' ' ' , ...... — i_-ii .„',;„ l ll i ,.:., . , ' , . , ,, , t , y ,— • What would yoateach at the ¦ ¦ , , .>. . i '"( i, „n , < • i i! ' - . , i , , "S&M-^yowaahP , s i "How to do it'yowself., 4 yourself," "Yadhtihg and aoupunctwe and Guns course the spread of AIDS. But I have seen true in, for example, an episode of the third relationships make people do crappy things. ple are too polite or sunshiny to acknowledge By KATE BERMAN ¦ people out on the prowl and I got news for season of "Friends." In real life, we live in Cheating is quite the pickle. Why bother? the ugly factor. Well I've never been polite STAFFyVBITER .; you, Colby College: it ain't pretty. In sobri- consummate fear of showing emotional falli- If you cared, why would you cheat on some- beforehand it's certainly not going to start ety, students might be close lipped about who bility. Since we have effectively eliminated one in the first place? Shame on you, now. If the person to whom you stumble The random hookup, once a term used lib— they are riding, but come nighttime it's, romance of any sort, no one wants to look cheaters. Shame. May God smite you with home is just plain old unattractive and you erally by the sexually liberal, has become "Hee-haa cowboy!" Believe me, Colby stu- like the loser whose precious "like" for more shame than He smites on slurry first don't feel like telling your friends about him ~~~ ~ cliched and dull. Parents might be shocked to" dents thirst for ass. ~— ~ another human being went mueturned. We yeai s who Jo pust-coital-fflerning vvalks-in ac-heiLjhat-Jz-j ust fine Vol) are, prnhahly learn, that the questions "When was the last Secret affairs are the most exciting and, have therefore replaced- mature openness semi-formal attire. Cheating is for those loo doing this homely kid a favor anyway. time you went out on a date?" and "When was as the name implies, the least discussed with the fine arts of stalking and avoidance. cowardly to break-up and too horny to stop FCeeping sex a secret because you don't have the last time you had sex sober?" would prob- aspect of our life at college. (Except for that The optimal path for pursing a warm body is it. If this is your nature, I can understand why the chutzpah to put your feelings on the line ably warrant the same reply: "I have no idea." disorder where people cut themselves obsessive AIM away message checking and you would want that information concealed. makes you a pathetic and weak human being- For the young progenies of wanton ways, hook because they like to physically feel the pain. incessant drunk dialing. These non-con- Only one truly noble reason to take part in But if you simply need a little spoon at the up talk is just old news, replayed more fre- No one talks about that.) Distinguishing frontational tactics have proven eternally less a secret tryst remains. We've touched upon end of the day, and the spoon you have found quently than the third season of "Friends." whose tongue has lapped whose at Colby is embarrassing than the once widely the good ("oh baby, this is a hot secret!") the happens to be a chipped and demented, that's Quite frankly, we are pretty sick of talking a difficult feat, but not, I assure you, impos- employed, "I think we should talk." Talking bad ("I did not have sex with that woman"), ok. Keep it to yourself—we've all been about it, so when it comes to discussions of sex sible. Secret hooker-uppers are generally is healthy, and here at Colby, we hate but we have yet to broach the ugly. Most peo- there.' and romance, we very maturely abstain. the two individuals at a dining hall table healthy. We'll take screwing with heads over You would think that no one was getting who avoid speaking to or looking at one talking any day, hence, our growing abun- any action at all. Public displays of affection another. As soon as one of the involved par- dance unhealthy secrets. are considered obnoxious. Dating is obsolete. ties departs, the remaining person is left to Unhealthy secrets only lead down the dark And the demon "random hookup" is, let's bemoan with her friends, "Well THAT was path of unhealthier secrets. Many respectable True Tales of Terror and Truth from Colby Security face it, just a euphemism for someone else's awkward." Because guess what? It probably people— who have been caught impregnat- by Steven Weinberg ¦ drunken mistake. And no one wants to be a was awkward. ing a slave, cigar-stuffing an intern like a I : 1 drunken mistake. The only evidence at Colby It is nice and dandy to claim that a rela- Cuban turkey or graphitizing Coburn with of fornication is the lack of condoms in those tionship is on the DL simply because hot racial slurs—blame unhealthy relationships little envelopes in the bathrooms, and of secret sex is what gets you off. Maybe that's as the cause of their dastardly deeds. Crappy Blonde is the new black f or women By DAN BURKE Finally, after much thought, it occurred to me. the government killed her because the scandal STAFF WRITER I've noticed that over the last 23 years of my was making the president look bad. Not only existence, there have been subliminal mes- that, but they somehow embedded anti-blonde sages practically beat into my psyche saying content into TV, movies and other media. I love brunettes. Every girlfriend I've ever that blondes are dangerous. In Alanis If you don't believe me, think about all the had has been a brunette, and I would probably Morrisette's words, blondes, to me are "like shows from the 1950s that portrayed blondes say that nine out of ten women I've ever had Estella where [they] reel you in and spit you as beautiful and good. If you ever turn on Nick a crush on has had dark hair. I've liked a few out". They love you, and then leave you to die. AtNite, you'll see that a lot. You'll also notice redheads before, but few blondes. Why don't I'm not saying it's true, but that message has that of the Disney princess movies made after I like blondes as much? Is it because I'm been programmed into me. 1962 have virtually no blonde heroines dark-haired myself? Is it because of the ditsy To prove my point, take a look at a number (Jasmine, Belle, Pocahontas) as opposed to blonde stereotype? of films and TV shows that have been made before 1962 (Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, the I've never given it very much thought until over the Inst 35 years where the blonde woman fairy queen in Pinocchio)" recently. This current fascination with hair is cither evil, ditsy, stuck up or two or more of This film and television made me believe in preference in the opposite sex began recently the above. For example, whom did Indiana one way or another that blonde is symbolical- when I've noticed this one particular woman, Jones fall for in Indiana Jones & The Last ly evil. Blondes are still associated with aes- In the words of Jan Brady, this woman has the Crusade? He fell for a seductive blonde thetic beauty to many, but today it's almost a three B's; beautiful, built, and blonde. I can woman who happened to be a Nazi sympathiz- deceiving beauty, like the Sirens in Homer's honestly say that when I see her, I can't take er, and who tried to steal.the Holy Grail in the Odyssey. Taking all this information in has my eyes off of her. end. How about all those teen movies from the convinced me that if I fall for a blonde, she Of course, that's a dangerous thing to write 80s where the loser in high school has a crush going to reel me in only to spit me out again. in the Opinions section, Let me assure you, on the popular blonde girl, only to realize that I know this may sound ridiculous, but if you first of all, that I'm not following her, taking the equally pretty, yet invisible, brunette liked take a look at the movies I mentioned, you will down all her personal information, or anything him all along? This doesn't describe just one see exactly what I mean. I also realize it may creepy like that. In other words, I'm not a 80's movie. Oh no, that's the basic plot of Teen not necessarily be true, but that information is stalker. I just sometimes happen to notice her Wolf, Teen Wolf II, Soul Man, Better Off embedded into my brain like tracks burned walking across campus, in the dining halls or Dead, One Crazy Summer, The Heavenly Kid, onto a CD, I may be able to reprogrnm my in the street. I've never spoken to her or even 3 O'clock High, Sixteen Candles, Qnce Bitten, brain, but not without doing some serious been formally introduced, so I have no clue Great Expectations and probably dozens of scratching. Meanwhile, I'll proceed with cau- what her personality is like. But every time she others that haven't made it onto HBO yet. tion around blonde women. If I ever get to walks by, I'm sort of drawn to her. My guess is that this long-standing trend is know the blonde woman who I see walking In my mind, this woman is incredibly beau- a conspiracy that all started with the JFK- around, I hope I don't fall too much for her. Or tiful, but she's almost too beautiful. I've found Marilyn Monroe scandal. Many have theories if I do, 1 hope) that my adoration doesn't result that something deep inside is stopping me about that scandal, but no one has really in me being captured by Nazis on my quest for from even saying a simple "hello" to her, but 1 proven ita validity. No one even knows for the Holy Grail. haven't given much thought to what it is. sure how Marilyn died. I for one am convinced unite toy become bigg ^than rappers ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' hip-hop this week Poets and ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦: ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ; • ' ' " ' • ' ¦: • ' . -v ^"-- «' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ,. . .. • .. .. . :, . , . :. , .:- • •• . . . . • . - . . • . . . THURSDAY, NOV. 10 urgent, real and sonically-Iaden about several acts that traverse By JOHN DEBRUICKER poems. The , to • Broadway Musical Review STAFF WRITER audience erupted media? The event's influence 8 p.m. after each reading, obviously quote Five Days Left, was "bigger Cotter Union/131 Page impressed by these defiant and than hip-hop." Last Friday night, Colby music emotional pieces from their peers. FRIDAY, NOV. 11 enthusiasts had a choice to make. On its third trip to Colby, the • International Coffee Hour On the same night of a Student Los Angeles-based Five Days 4:30 - 6 p.tn. Programming Board-sponsored Left commanded the stage with Mary Low Coffeehouse Coffeehouse show, the Student more inviting, dance-friendly • Broadway Musical Review Organization for Black and beats and the charisma of their 8 p.m. Hispanic Unity (SOBHU), with two emcees: M.E.R.C.U.R.Y. and Cotter Union/131 Page the support from other organiza- Serious Black. Five Days Left • Ski Movie: Shanghai Six tions and departments, put on a has opened for acts like. Cee Lo, On Screen Fri. 6 p.m. hip-hop concert/poetry reading in Hoobastank and, recent Colby Nov. 11 through Thurs. Nov. 17 Bixler/178 Given Auditorium Page Commons to bring some performers, The Roots. The • Funeral for the Fantastical street flavor to the weekend scene. band's efficacy derived largely GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD Bunny Show The show featured the work of from their live backbeats, provid- LUCK 9 p.m. four poets, two hip-hop groups ed by MPC, keyboard and live PG Nightly at 5:25, 7:20 and Mary Low/105 Coffeehouse and two pJs. The event was to drums on some tracks. They sam- 9:15.; also matinees Fri., Sat. • Last Comic Standing serve as a Poets Rest at Dawn . pled from and covered some well and Sun. at 1:15 and 3:15 known Hip Hop tracks such as 9 p.m. reading event (which normally WWW.MYSPACE.COM/5MYSIEFT Cotter Union/220 Spa happens Fridays at midnight in Five Days Left jreestyled and beat-boxed across the Cotter Union stage last Common 's "Go" and. A. Tribe SHOPGIRL the Coffeehouse) with the excep- Friday night in their return performance (2004 performance seen here). Called Quest's "Scenario," which R Nightly at 5:05, 7:10, and SATURDAY, NOV.12 tion of the musical performances, made them accessibl e to the 9:15; also matinees Fri., Sat. •Megalomaniacs' 10th hosted by Shape!Mallard '07 and Central Maine crowd. and Sun. at 12:55 and 3:00 Anniversary Concert Janelle Baptiste '08. When Mallard "I met them in New York through a were less about Benzes, Cristal and Yes there was freestyling; yes 4 p.m. saw the headlining group, Five mutual friend," Mallard said of the 20-inch rims than they were about there was beat-boxing, but the SEPARATE LIES Lorirner Chapel/Chapel 107 Days Left (then called the rappers. "When planning the hip- sex, George Bush and freestyle bat- show's success should just be mea- R Nightly at 5:00 and 7:00 •Colby Wind Ensemble: Illuminative?) in the Coffeehouse hop show we decided they would be tling. Heavy on word play and duet sured by the quality of the perfor- (EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Women and Children First years ago, he knew he wanted .to get a good addition." . rapping, the band had a cohesive mance. This unique format proved Wed); also matinees Fri., Sat. 7:30 p.m. them to return; thus was born the The quartet attacked the stage, feel that well-suited the theme of effective even when scheduled dur- and Sun. at 12:50 Lorimer Chapel idea for the show. spitting high frequency lyrics over the night. Anyone who can rhyme ing King Django's performance, • Broadway Musical Review Mallard opened the night by distorted, lo fi beats. This was not "hooked on phonics" with "hydnv demonstrating that SPB is not the NORTH COUNTRY 8 p.m. reciting a rhythmic, powerful poem your top 40 big hip-hop single type ponies" is a poet in my book. only body on campus that can put R Nightly at 8:50; also matinees Cotter Union/131 Page of his own creation, and then passed stuff; these rappers had more of a After the Dugout, Claire Jimenez on one hell of a show. Rather than Fri., Sat. and Sun. at 2:40 the mic. to the four emcees of the political and socioeconomic aes- '06, Tafadzwa Gwitimah '06 and booking one act that spans genres as TUESDAY, NOV. 15 Brooklyn-based group, The Dugout. thetic. In other words, these songs Catherine Downing '07 offered their SPB did with King Django, how • Visiting Writers Series: Fiction Reading with Lily King 7 p.m. King Django rocks Marylow Coffeehouse CD Review Art Museum/060 Schupf ^M^HM^^HMMMHMH ^HHMaM^H^HMiMMMMHMM ^M^ai^H^^HH^^nffi—ai—MiMMI ^HI^^^BHIig—i^HMM ^MMMM ^BnMMHHanBSn ^^HM ' Wing Send Koufax back into the oven; "Hard ^Tbrm^mf ^ion" j ustain ' t done Thomas By TODD OLMSTEAD STAFF WRITER ' ' " College . ' ' . ' ¦ • V' —— In the past three or four years, Events CaliforniaTbased indie label Vagrant Records-has—become-a— Calendar breeding ground for the type of jock-emo that claims to be "post- THURSDAY, NOV. 10 hardcore" by boasting the likes of From Autumn to Ashes and • Bowling Night Senses Fail. Coinciding with this 9 p.m. trend that sees more and more of Strike Ten these bands rise up every day, Hani Times are In Fashion Vagrant has become something of Koufax WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 a major label farm system, It • Pawl Nardizzi allowed bands like Saves the Day 9 p.m. and Dashboard Confessional to and front-man Robert Suchan 's The Atrium shed their indie roots, likewise characteristic croon, which can some of the more respectable acts make or break a song, and in this CHRISTIAN TALMAGE/THE COLBY ECHO on the Vagrant roster slowly man- case make it. On "Five Years of King Django performs a mix of ska, reggae and hip-hop at the Marylow Coffeehouse on Nov. 4. age to wither into mediocrity, and Madness," with the chorus of "Five later to memory (The Get Up Kids, the Anniversary and Hey Mercedes are gone, and Hot Rod Circuit just Movie review: "Jarhead" is the sucks these days). Amidst all this Please Amidst all this crap, there was crap, there was one band that stood out like a bea- portrait of war for our generation con of artistic integrity: Koufax. one band that recycle Their 2002 effort, "Social Life," was stood out like a By ALLISON MICHALSKI except for a a gem of piano driven retro-pop a la CONTRIBUTING WRITER few artfully Hot Hot Heat, but garnered little to beacon of artistic this Echo. orchestrated no critical acclaim. Two reasons integrity: Koufax. Sam Mendcs, award-winning explosions. In account for this. The first is there director of "American Beauty, " fact, Mendcs was a tiny Vagrant emblem on the makes his latest appearance to the does a bril- spine, which for many critics sends years of marriage was five years of a silver screen with his new film l iant job of up a red flag with the word "cmo" inadness/I know I have dug this S^ir^lepsi ffi./S^ "Jarhead," It is tlie story of a young turning the written on it. The second is Vagrant hole," his vocal style is particularly mtmmsm hi . man's experience in the Gulf War, destruction of did next to nothing to promote the effective, whereas on snoozxr ff Travel Fttail Boat FlKhtstS based on the best-selling novel by war into album. Sandwiched between crap "Blind Faith," there's very little to WKK^B^rBK^MSmmmm a Gulf War veteran. beautiful and more crap, it seemed to this crit- listen for. Koufax is at their best Jake Gyllenhaal play s the veter- images. In ic that Vagrant wouldn't give when the piano emerges from the an, a third-generation Marine one scene, Koufax the time of day. The band rhythm section to become Suchan's Money for College. named Anthony Swofford. The burning oil didn 't get the attention that some of counterpoint, such as the aforemen- The Army is currently offering film follows Swofford through fields glow in their label-mates did, and despite the tioned "Trouble Will Find You," or sizeable bonuses of up to $20,000. training at boot camp and into the flaming 200-plus gigs they played in support on "A Sad Man's Face." , In addition tc the cash bonuses, deserts of the Middle East where p lumes of the album, they wound up spend- The closing track, "Colour Us you may qualify for up to $70,000 he is deployed to protect the oil against the ing 2004 recording the follow-up Canadian ," is the standout, with its for college through the , fields led by Staff Sergeant Siek, desert night WWW.M0VIE8,VAIIQ0,C0M without label support. blatantly anti-American message Montgomery GI BUI arid Army " played by Jamie Foxx. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Anthony Swofford in Jarhead. Thus, with 2005's "Hard Times about the arrogance of United College Fund. Or you could ay iis Sick arid P The film serves as the first real Swofford are in Fashion," the third full-length States travelers on foreign back up to $65,000 of qualifying soil. student loans through the Army's portrait of tlie wars that our gener- watch in awe. Ultimately, most of included. Alter weeks in the desert, from the band, we sec their return to There's no subtlety in a chorus of Loan RepaymentProgram. To find ation has experienced. "Jarhead" the Marines leave without ever Swofford seems to be teetering on their original label, Doghouse "As wo traveled through each for- out more, call (207) 873-2594 isn 't the typical war movie. There liaving fired their guns, Swofford Records. It 's a record that has flash- eign land/We heard their jokes and is no actual combat in the film Continued on Page 7 es of brilliance, but shows us a band we wanted in /So we called our- seemingly lacking in inspiration. selves Canadian/Yeah, colour us Whereas "Social Life" was short but Canadian." Even the spelling Dave s ftrrberr :->rwp DAVE '« BETT Y BEOW of the strong from start to finish, tunes like song title says a lot about the senti- ~* . 47 Main St Wmslow ( S Wateruaie, Mks "Isabelle" on "Hard Times are in ment of the song. The piano is at Fashion" are mundane and can easi- the forefront of this song as HOUSE OF PIZZA V >ff 073-1010 well, ly be passed over. Strangely, the which plays to their best sound . .)' '[ B«.\y S*>v.iM • WW ilow, M'^'K' strongest songs are in the second This band is clearly competent VKQI TlMML-Frf. 2.07-872-0773 'CJjfj l 7:30 a.m.-5 (p.m. half of the record, which might as and Suchan is a talented tunesmith well have been an EP release. with a piano under his fingers, but Find You" sounds much of this W« will match any of our competitor's deals! " 7f30i «?,m.-12 Noon "Trouble Will album feels rushed and pE^Oi the most like Koufax at their best, It I'd like to send it back to the kitchen Closed Mofi-Sat11am-npm^e UCllVef Sun< Noon.10pm \j Sun. & Mon. features slinking piano melodies for some more cooking. A musical campaign: Referendum SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS Gay Men's Chorus unite 16 sing "Vote no on 1" Julie Goell By JULIE WILSON This last song, in particular, was well wouldn't want to "get used to it"? A&E EDITOR received by the audience and shined Referendum was quickly followed By DAN BURKE She earned her as an uplifting message to No on 1 by a procession of men in white but- ST/OTWRITER undergraduate Referendum, a four-person a supporters: "Say what you ton-down shirts, black slacks and degree in capella group, and the Maine Gay mean/mean what you say/don't let matching suspenders. This, of Theatre Arts at Men' s Chorus united to celebrate anything stand in your way." "Maine course, was the Maine Gay Men's '"Commedia dell' arte is sort of Emerson their musical talent, as well as sup- Won't Discriminate" has been pro- Chorus, conducted by Bruce Fithian a slapstick physical theatre. It College and port the legal protection of gay and claimed the theme song for the "No and accompanied by pianist, involves a developing storyline eventually went lesbian rights in Maine, on Sunday, on 1" campaign and can be heard at Victoria Stubbs. that looks confusing and disastrous on to graduate Nov. 6. It's common knowledge by mainewontdiscriminate.com. The Maine Gay Men's Ch6rus was iri the middle, but usually ties school at the now that this past week was a very Another key point in Referendum's a nice second half to follow the tal- together in the end. As visiting University of important time for Maine voters. This ented Referendum. They began with guest artist/professor/director Julie Southern concert served as a reminder to vot- "Invocation and Instructions to the Goell knows a lot about it and will Maine. ers, not only to vote—but to "Vote No This past week Audience" by Stephen Sondheim; a bring her 30 years of expertise in "During on P and, thus, help to uphold a new comical song, performed by soloist this strange-yet-entertaining the- those years, I DANA EISENBERO/THE COLBY ECHO law that prohibits discrimination on was a very Scott Furrow, that instructed the audi- atre genre to Colby. really got into Visiting guest artist/professor/director Julie Goell the basis of sexual orientation in important time ence to stay quite and polite during "It's something you actually commedia because of its spontane- in "Opening Night Carmen," employmenti housing, education and their act. The Maine Gay Men's have to see to understand," Goell ity and use of improvisation. It's an which was also a one-persbrt corn- public accommodation. And by the for Maine vot- Chorus also belted out such favorites explains. To see it all you have to art form that has been and contin- media act about a custodian acting swarms of people that filled Given ers. This con- as "Let's Dp it, Let's Fall in Love" by do is visit the Stnder Theatre on ues to be consistently rewritten out the famous opera Carmen and Auditorium, the support for voting Cole Porter, performed by Aaron Nov. 17, 18 and 19. through both physical and verbal pretending her cleaning supplies "no" on Question 1 was clear. cert served as a Gould, "It's a Grand Night for On those dates, Colby will get a improvisation. Even some of the were supporting actors. The show began with a wide array reminder to vot- Singing by Rogers and different flavor of theatre with "A actors you'll see in 'A Servant to With this expertise and experi- of repertoire from Referendum. "We Hammerstein, and also some Servant to Two Masters," a physical Two Masters* are constantly impro- ence in the art of commediai Goell are Referendum, and we are delighted ers, not only to Christmas favorites to plunge the comedy about a servant trying to vising their actions and words. You had a lot to teach her students and to be at Colby," Catherine Eliot vote—but to audience into thepre-Christrnasspirit. serve two masters at the same time. just give them a script, and they her cast members during the past announced, before jumping into song. These included "Christmas was meant "The servant is destitute, hungry, take it from there." two months. As of press time, the Referendum stars Peter Allen, "Vote no on r for Children" by Gordon Goodman, but fortunately clever," Goell Goell has taken her expertise to cast of "Servant" are going through Barbara Beckelman, Eliot and performed by Jim Bishop, "Rudolf explained. "He serves two masters many colleges, including Boston tech week, the strenuous .week Shirsten Lundblad and was formed in the Red-nosed Reindeer" arranged by out of a great need for money, and University, University of before the show when the lights, 1998, in response to the overturn of a performance was a four part song in Chad Weirick and "An Evening^.in the comedy is in his performing a Connecticut, University of scenery and costumes need to be bill that guaranteed the legal protec- which they involved the audience. December" written by Tricia Walker practical juggling act trying to serve Southern Maine and, most recently, set up. "It's been stressful getting tion of gay and lesbians rights in Through call and response, they first and performed by Scott Baril. these two people without every- Colby. Not only is she directing "A the show together," Goell said, Maine. When this anti-discrimination taught the audiencef=two lyrical lines Overall, with their harmonizing voic- thing blowing up in his face." Servant to Two Masters" and "but the cast is very well commit- law was repealed, they described it as ("Get up off of that thang and dance es and humorous antics, the Maine On top of this general plot, there teaching a related course called ted through the tough times." "a great step backward." However, you'll feel better/get up off of that Gay Men's Chorus evoked an uplift- are also three intertwined love sto- "Eccentric Performing," but she "These guys have been great," Referendum perseveres as "a rallying thang and try to relieve some pres- ing spirit of celebration among audi- ries, one of which involves a and her husband have also per- Goell said about the cast, "They 've cry for love, resistance and courage." sure") and then proceeded to teach ence members. In light of voting, the woman cioss-dressing as a man to formed commedia acts at Strider given up a lot of time and effort to Referendum not only performed, bases, tenors, altos and sopranos in Chorus concluded with "Everybody's find her lover in Venice. Sound back in early September. Her hus- make this show possible. I don't they sang brilliantly. Their repertoire the audience their respective har- Got the Right" by Stephen Sondheim. confusing? Well, it is when you band, Avner "The Eccentric" Goell, even know how they manage to do included such favorites as "Seasons of monies. It was then that Referendum The concert was certainly an enter- read about it, but then again, you performed a one-man play called this show and be students at the Love" from the musical Rent, "My began to toy with the word "dance"— taining way to unite present and have to see it in order to appreciate "Exceptions to Gravity," where he same time. This is really time-con- Old Romance" and "Stand by Me." replacing it will "sing," "shake," future voters. Both Referendum and its ridiculousness. played a clown who struggled to suming, but they've been really They also performed an African "shout" and, finally, "vote!" "We're the Maine Gay Men's Chorus gave Goell herself has seen a lot of pick multiple things up without one committed to this. We still have Medley, "Down by the Riverside" and here, we're queer-get used to it" Allen their all and successfully made their commedia deH'arte since she has or all of them eventually falling some work to do, but this will be a a self-written and arranged song announced with a laugh. With message shine out in voice. been directing it since the mid-70s. from his grasp. Goell herself acted great show!" called "Maine Won't Discriminate." Referendum's carrying voices, who Sketch comedy in Page JARHEAD: Momfern Beer Review __ Continued From Page 6 English Special Bitters the brink of insanity as he points his loaded rifle into the face of his com- By PAT LIZOTTE i rade.r.The violence of war; instead, is STAF WRITER replaced by a look into the young minds of the men and •women who serve our country. After drinking good booze last Gyllenhaal's performance is seam- weekend atThe Legacy Dinner cour- less as Swofford plunges into madness; tesy of Colby, I thought I would con- these are definitely not the days of tinue my classy streak. This week we "Donnie Darko." The film ultimately sampled three English Pale Ales becomes a sad portrait of these trou- known for their moderate bitterness bled men who are fighting an enemy and tinge of sweetness. Joining me in they cannot see in a place they do not this week in the privilege of sampling understand, all for a cause of which Redhook ESB, Shipyard Old they are completely unaware. Thumper and Geary's Pale Ale were Some critics have criticized the swimmers Ian Cross '07, Patrick film, citing an unfulfilled feeling, but Dean '07, veteran reviewer Chris perhaps this is Mendes' intention. As "The Chris Guy" Russoniello '06 and an audience, we are, in effect, put in rising beer review star Blake Foster the position of Swofford and the oth- '07. (Although Foster is only 20 and ers. Things are not always what they seem. The trailer for "Jarhead"—the music, the violence, the glory—is not at all an accurate portrayal of the The lewdness film; if you went into the theater began after expecting an action-packed war film, you undoubtedly came out disap- Foster described pointed. If, however, you recognize the Geary's bot- the film for portraying more of the like the lips of that 35 year old woman The Chris Guy appreciated the fla- psychological aspects of war, tle: "What it I made out with on that plane from vor. He had to admit , "I could not get BILL WHITLEDGE/THE C0L0V ECHO Mendes will not disappoint. , it Utah." Cross called him out: "Chris a girl to drink a lot of this." Sketch comedy group Slightly Known People visited Colby s' Page lacks in length "Welcome to the Suck." Guy, this beer has a better chance of Wc began feeling the effects of Common Room once again last Saturday night. makes up for in getting ass on an airplane than you." the first two beers when we moved girth and goes We all laughed like bastards. on to the Geary 's, saving the best for Foster, however, was downtrod- last. The lewdness began after down smooth." den. Holding the bottle in his hand , Foster described the Geary's bottle: visibly conflicted , he said, "This is a "What it lacks in length , it makes up problem because I have a midterm for in girth and goes down smooth." PPmDoes this catch your therefore could not consume the beer, tomorrow that I was going to study That prompted The Chris Guy to t * Y The Echo Biennial sure will. f\ he has an uncanny knack for surmis- for and I just sobered up [ figuratively, ponder, "1 wonder if a girl has ever ing the taste and consistency of beer because I was already sober to begin used a beer bottle to get off?" Cross eye simply by look at the bottle.) with as a 20-year old.]" Hopefully ensured us he could "verify lhat in ^ * : We were excited about tlie Red Jason Opal doesn't read The Echo. 30 seconds on the internet." I still 1^-4*** Hook because, costing $8 a six pack Dean rcfocused our attention on the maintain that the internet is a bas- ) as it did, none of us had ever tried it. beer. He touched on the subtle flavor, tion of usefu l information. _ -, , The 31st Echo Biennial Art Competition. The Chris Guy commented first , say- "This is a little bitter, but not quite." It was clear that Foster bud not ( 0F/* Coming this spring and judged by an algorithm. Really. ing that tlie beer tasted "sweet, sweet Cross chimed in with, "I agree it 's had sex in a while because lie was ^ tasty, but you could still funnel this." still preoccupied with the shape of Foster was vicariously unimpressed the bottle. "It's short and inade- through his fellow reviewers. "It's not quate," he commented, which hurt Highlander Laundry distinctive," he said, "just like how The Chris Guy's pride. "1 think it 's every girl has the same pair of unnec- pretty adequate," he responded, Pft 84 Elm Street, Waterville essarily short-ass shorts that say Once again, Cross maintained, "I can 'juicy' on them." definitely verify that on the inter- 872 Foster was right. The Redhook net." At this point , Dean pointed out 7305 , H p^j ^¦JBaBinECKEiKoCw ^'M'K*--v>/'t.< 1 *.v* ir-J rt'K^^^^^^ HM Tm|| I SATIm ^^^^^^ H was ordinary, and a lot of girls do that none of the three bottles had ^¦H^Bi^HBHU&!r22Sti£«£3tt& {lfc '">, <'' ' 11 ' * 'H h'ITaJff^^^^^^^^F ^m 1 X A ^^^^^^ B I |T 1 1 Wash & Fold Service ¦E^HHBHEIsSilpi^^ have ass shorts. We popped open alcohol contents listed on the labels, bottles of old Thumper next, and it "1 feel the cheaper the beer, the larg- f Drycleanitig service through Butler's did not disappoint. "It has more n -cr the font listing the alcohol con- Cleaners Is available bite to it," began Cross, "It's sweet in tent," he said . Redhook RSI), Open: Ml 9:00am - 7:00pm the beginning, but has a little bit of a Shipyard Old Thumper, and Geary's Sat.- Sun. 8:00am -7:00jnn bitter aftertaste." "It has more of an pale Ale are not cheap beers. All amber hue and it's a little heavier," three were delicious, but when all Credit Canto Accepted continued Dean. "Since I'm rating was said and done, Geary's took the stmtento & Teacheig Rmhrc 20.cento off beers on manliness tonight I have to win 3-0 on taste, 1-0 on appearance with ft Colby IP give this the edge over Thumper." and reviewers reactions. John Wheelock '06 Nick Stielau *06 { MEN 'S RUGBY MEN 'S RUGBY [HE N0A.H BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO NOAH BAUU5/ UULBt tutio Back's Captain Wheelock has led Colby men's Stielau hais been an instrumental part of Colby's rugby through a very successful season, which includ- rugby feam and is frequently cited for his superb tack-' ed a long winning streak. Wheelock himself is a valu- . ling .and his ability to make it through the competi- able player to the team. He scored a 3 point drop kick tion's defense. Stielau had a try in Colby's 30-5 victory in Colby's 30-5 win over Bowdoin on Oct. 22. over Bowdoin on Oct. 22, despite being injured. He Wheelock also added a try against Maine Maritime in tackled well against Bowdoin on Oct, 15, helping the M ULE Colby's 54-0 victory on Sept. 24. Mules earn the 16-3 win. Liza Benson '07 Laura Williamson '07 Kara McCabe '06 JUstin Smith '07 w® mcmm 'sm WOMEN'S SOCCER FOOTBALL ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦€¦ ¦; ___ . . i tAV MT * — % >SiK<;;l NOAH BALAZS/THE COLBY ECHO ¦¦ " ' NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO . . . . ; ECHO FILE PHOTO NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO . Goalkeeper Benson has had an outstanding season, Williamson moved her way up to second on Colby's Senior captain and midfielder McCabe finished her Quarterback Smith has been key to Colby's 6-1 record in which she has been recognized by the NESCAC and all time scoring list this season, with a total of 81 Colby soccer career impressively. She had a goal this season and was honored as NESCAC Offensive ECAC. She finished the season tied for first place in points in her three years playing for the Mules. She is against Bowdoin. McCabe also tallied a goal against . Player of the Week. He had three touchdown passes saves, with a total of 95 for the season. Benson also tied ranked second in the NESCAC for points, with a total Trinity onSept. 24. She added an assist against Husson against Hamilton as well as having a 52-yard scoring run for first place in the shutouts category. She made two of 25 this season. Williamson is also second in the on Oct.-20, as well as another goal ^gainst the Oct, 29 . to earn the Mules the 34-20 victory. In the season opener key saves in NESCAC semifinal victory over Amherst NESCAC for points per game and she leads the way 2-2 tie to Bates. While being influential up fiont for the against Williams, Smith threw for 207 yards and four College after the match went into a shoot out for game-winning goals with four. Mules, McCabe also played defensively for Colby. touchdowns in the 35-9 thrashing. Inhn Swain 'Oft Dan Vassal I o '07 Caitlin Cleaver '06 Kaitlin Adams '06 CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL " ¦ ¦ » v . . ¦" [C^IH I NOAH BALAZS/THE COLBY ECHO NOAH BALAZS/THE COLBY ECHO NOAH tlALAZS/TIIF. COLBY ECHO NOAH DAIAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO Swain has been turning heads in his first season Captain Vassallo has been the leader for Colby Cleaver has had an impressive season at Colby as Adams has undeniably been a huge asset to the competing for Colby. He finished in sixth place in lead- throughout much of the season and has improved his she leads and captains the NESCAC champions. She Mules this season, leading |he team to,, become ing the Mules at the Maine State Meet, earning All- times by over a minute since last season. Vassallo led earned NESCAC honors earlier this season and is NESCAC champions. She earned NESCAC honors State honors. Swain also led Colby with his 20lffplace the team at the University of Massachusetts at ranked third in the NESCAC for kills. In the NESCAC and is ranked first in the league for hitting percentage. Finish at the NESCAC championships. He was also the Dartmouth Invitational on Sept. 17, finishing 3$th, championship match against Tufts, she had 15 kills and Adams led the Mules in their semifinal match against top finisher for£olby at Open New England's. while taking second place at the Bowdoin meet on 25 digs, while giving Ihe team 10 kills , 16 digs and Williams, with 15 kills and six blocks while adding Sept. 24. three blocks in the semifinals against Williams. nine kills and three blocks in the finals against Tufts, Nicole Stadelman '06 Kyla Wagman '07 Mary Clare Snediker '09 Matt Aschaffenburg '06 HELD HOCKEY FIELDHOCKEY FIELDHOCKEY GOLF NOAH BWWS/THfcUQUiy «-NQ NOAH DMAZS/1 Nt UOLUY ICIIO : NOAM 8M «S/THE COLBY IJOHO NOAH UAIAM/ THE COLIIY ECHO Midfielder and captain Stadelman scored in the last Defender and captain Wagman has been a huge ' First-year Snedik^W tbe^ t Senior Aschaffenburg has been an instrumental part minutes of the Amherst same on Oct, 15 to break a 1- presence on the field this season for the Mules. She Mules 'this.'scittsoriias Ate tepti'J! leading scorer. She Is of the golf team over the years, after claiming"thc CBB ) tie and give, the Mules the NESCAC win they were assisted Mary Claire Snedikcr '09 who got the Mules ." : iij^i¦ " JE ;poimis, tallying is title last year, He had the top score for Colby at cm ;yitt«*^. iSe»r^;i^i^^:4n- _ -i^ipEH-MS->iJC34 . ^^ . in looking for ^tadelman kept the pressure ut the season. , shots, with 19 this season. ' !'8ole/.g I—_—¦_¦______!______—______¦_) —ii NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO NOAH BAU-V THE COLBY ECHO Back's captain Phillips plays scrum half for the Forward's captain Erickson has had an important Colby squad and is extremely passionate about rugby impact on the Colby squad and is an integral part of and is devoted to the team. She is a strong tackier and the scrum. She is a very good tackier and an overall has superb passing skills. One of her areas of strength strong, solid player -who loves the game of rugby.She is that she works hard to connect the forwards and the has scored a try for the women this season and works backs together: She is extremely important to the team with the offensive line. PACK in that she calls all the plays for the back line. Michael Tomich '06 Mike Bracco '06 Karen Prisby '07 Jess Minty '06 FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY ¦ ¦ - »_ . - • ¦ ¦ • *- • ¦ ¦¦ ¦ i. . -*.. - - , —ii ¦ ' - * * NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO ECHO RLE PHOTO NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO Wide receiver Tomich had two touchdowns and Bracco has been leading the Mules defensively and Prisby has led Colby in the last three races. She led Minty was the leader for the Mules at their first made six catches for 131 yards in Colby's 28-16 vic- was recognized by the NESCAC as Defensive Player the Mules to winning the Maine State title and was meets. She won the University of Massachusetts tory over Tufts, a performance which earned him of the Week. He had nine tackles and one interception crowned individual state champion for her first place hrvitational, as well as the Bowdoin-Colby meet. NESCAC honors. He added four catches in a 20-7 win against Tufts and 13 tackles against Bates. Against finish. After finishing in fourth place at the NESCAC Minty placed second ~at the Maine State Meet and against Mi'ddlebury as well as three catches against Wesleyan, he had a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, championships, she was named to the first All- earned All-State honors and AII-NESCAC honors for Hamilton, twc-of which were touchdown catches. an interception, a pass breakup and seven tackles. NESCAC team. her sixth place finish at NESCACs. ¦ ¦ ¦ - - - , Ml _—., .v- Jenny Lawrence '09 Tracy Male '07 Ben Crane '06 Tom Gildersleeve '07 VOLLEYBALL TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS ; I —: : 1 NOAH BALAZS/THECOLBY ECHO ' ¦" — ' NOW BALAZS/THE COtOY ECHO NOAH BALAZS/THE COLBY ECHO NOAH BALAZS/ THE COLBY ECHO First-year standout Lawrence has kicked off her col - Nalestepged vpto the first singles position this fall Crane took on a huge leadership role this season as Gildersleeve claimed the singles 'D' flight champi- legiate career impressively. She was named NESCAC and had a very impressive season. She easily beat her the only senior on the tennis team and had quite a suc- onship title at Bates' Wallach Invitational this season, Player of the Week and is second in the NESCAC for University of Southern Maine opponent, Nale also cessful season. With doubles partner Bryan Brown '09, defeating three consecutive players to end up on top. In service aces. She is ranked fifth in the NESCAC for took a win from Wesleyan University, She also had a Crane took a victory over Wheaton in the 'A' flight at the finals match for tlie title, Gildersleeve overcame an assists. She had 42 assists and 10 kills in the NESCAC number of wins with doubles partner Ginny Raho '06, the Middlebury Invitational. Crane's greatest victory original deficit to take the win 3-6, 6-3, 10-5, defeating finals match against Tufts, while chipping in 39 assists including wins to Smith College, Tufts University and came when he won the singles 'B' flight championship an opponent from Bowdoin. Gildersleeve finished the and five aces against Williams in tlie semifinal match. Southern Maine. at the Wnllach Invitational , defeating four players. season with a 3-2 record in singles. _ _ ___ David Salmon '06 Eric Legere '07 Daniel Kiernan '07 Will Kinder '08 GOLF GOLF MEN 'S SOCCER MEN 'S SOCCER NOAH BALAIVTHSCOLBV ECHO NOAH HAUZ8/ THE COLBY ECHO ./ V ' , " NOMIDAIAW THE C01HY WHO NOAH IIMA7!I/THE COLI1Y ECHO . ; Captain Salmon had an impressive season for the Legere will be a leader for Colby golf next season Kiernan switched front forward to defense this sea- Kinder has been an essential member of the Mules golf team in his lost year at Colby. Salmonhad the low- after a number of exciting finishes this fall. He had the son where he performed extremely well to the benefit this season, taking on both defensive and offensive ', jpjf score for the Mules at the University of Maine at second lowest for Colby golf at the Bowdoin of the team. Kiernan had a goal against Husspn roles. Kinder had a diving header to tie up the match ; ^Fwrittlngton Invitational, with an 89. He- finished with Invitational, with a total score of 1 80. At the CBB College, as well as an assist against St. Joseph's and an against Bowdoin, bringing the game into overtime. He „ ^''jMttae scored the Colby-Bstfos-Bo^toin ttjwt on meet, Legere recorded the lowest score for the Mules, assist against Amherst College, While Kiernan's work also had an unassisted goal against Connecticut vJSept,17. At ttie Maine State Tournamenton Sept 16, with a 85. Legere ulso had the second lowest score for on the offensive end has been important, his largest College' to break a l-l tic; the goal proved to be the r 1> ' ' >^«P^'iiiti|^Vth .0 ^o^,of 92. . . I ' the Mules at the NESCAC championships. contributions come from his play as a defender. game winner. ; \ _ l. ' \ ' '! ' V ' ' » , .. -,.-- ¦¦ 1 ..4.-.,..- . ,. il. IWW !¦*->,,-¦ , .„... _-_.¦_., ,,.,,.' ' ' ' ' ,-.-i W .-.U-- . , i — , , „. |,., , —., ., ¦¦ ¦¦ -——" -—-,¦—.¦¦ —. . ...- u .,.,.., ..¦¦—,-¦-,--.¦-¦ -., _¦ — —— I*' ' "" ' "" ''-' * "*' — "* ' " — Volleyball crowned NESCAC champs Kendall Kirby '07 finished with 11 champions in front of 4heir home By LAURA WILUAMSON digs and four aces. crowd. The win was truly a team effort STAFF WRITER Volleyblingo In the semifinal round Saturday, as everyone stepped it up. Cleaver fin- faced four-time defending , Colby ished with 25 digs 15 kills and two libero: a defensive player The Colby volleyball team defeated NESCAC champions' Williams. blocks, while Adams added nine kills, -who plays only in the Tufts University in the New England However, the Mules did not allow three blocks and four digs. Devlin was Small Co liege Athletic Conference Williams' previous Subcesses to be a close to breaking the school record for tack row and cannot com- championship on Sunday afternoon on factor as they swept the Ephs 3-0 (30- digs in a three game match with 31 plete an attack hit, block their home court to capture the league 19, 30-16, 30-21). "We came out oh (previous record of 32), to go along or attempt to block championship for the first time in fire and put pressure on Williams' with eight kills. Daly had 10 digs (a Dig: passing a spiked or school history. A feat that requires best hitter, Annie Dennison (who had career high) and eight kills. Lawrence rapidly hit ball hard work and complete dedication 30 kills in our match the previous had another solid match with 42 Kill: an attack that results was made to look effortless as Colby weekend). We were able to.block two assists and 10 digs, as Julie Hike '07 won nine straight games in the three of her first three swings and it just had six kills and two blocks, while in an immediate point or matches defeating Wesleyan took her out of her game completely. Cassie Sancartier '09 had 12 digs for a side-out University, Williams College and We went up 12-1 and never looked sohd team effort. Kirby finished with Assist: passing or setting Tufts University all by a score of 3-0; back," said Head Coach Candice 22 digs and two aces as she passed the the ball to a teammate In the first match of the tournament Parent. Lawrence had an incredible ball in serve receive flawlessly. "What who attacks the ball for a on Friday, top seeded Colby took on match with 39 assists, 11 digs and a tremendous match to be a part of! I ¦ eighth seed Wesleyan. Defeating the five aces. Adams tallied 15 kills and love the fact that everyone stepped up kill Cardinals by a score of 3.-0 (30-22; 30- six blocks, while Cleaver had 16 their games to pull together and play Set: when the ball is 21, 30-19), Colby moved on to, the dogs, 10 kills and three blocks on the the best defense I have seen this team directed to a point where WESCAC semifinal round. With 11 match. Devlin finished with 16 digs ever play," Parent said. a player can spike it kills on the night, Tri-Captain Megan and eight kills, as Mariah Daly '06 I have never played on a team that Devlin '06 surpassed the 1,000 career had seven kills and three blocks; is so mentally tough. We all -had it in kill mark to go along with 13 digs. Tri- Kirby also added 26 digs. our heads that we Would win the everyone s support for this coming Captain Caitlin Cleaver '06 finished On Sunday afternoon , Colby took matches and hot let our season end. weekend," Cleaver said. the match with 10 kills , and four on Tufts University in the match that We definitely put everything we bad Colby will host the New England blocks, while Tri-Captain Kaitlin would decide the 2005 NESCAC into those games and it really paid off. Regional NCAA tournament. They are Adams '06 tallied 'nine kills and three Champions. By ascore of .3-0 (30-28, Our defense allowed us to win the the top see and will face eighth seeded ¦¦ " ' ; '¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' , matches. The fans were absolutel Mount Ida on Thursday night at 8;30 , . ' ' , ¦!' -. . . ' : MADISON GOUZIE/THE COLBY ECHO blqcks on the night. Jenny Lawrence 30-27 30-23), : Colby defeated the y Cait Cleaver '06 smacks the ball in the finals match against Tufts: '09 had 26 assists and seven digs, as Jumbos, earning the title of NESCAC amazing as well and we will need P-iri. . Subvarsity cross country teams Football defeats Jumbos 28-16, now 6-1 in NESCAC perform impressively at ECACs By TODD LOHSEN fitness plan designed by head coach STAFF WRITER and former "NCAA Division III steeplechase-chanipien-Tedd—Coffin Colby : men's cross country has '83. "We all were^oTrTsrJd's new rad- found hope in a new taper and the ical taper training plan the week women's cross country team showed before ECACs and I think it worked off its depth at the Eastern College out pretty well," Waller explained. Athletic Conference Division III "We were testing it for the varsity Championships at Connecticut guys that are going to be running this College last Saturday. Saturday. We cut our miles way back Colby women's cross country fin- the week before the race, running 15 ished sixth out of 29 teams, further miles last week instead of the forty- establishing Colby's reputation as a five miles we ran the week before. powerhouse of Division III women's The idea is to give your legs a solid cross country. The team was forced to week to recover." adapt their training in anticipation of The men's varsity team is eagerly the course, which was longer than anticipating this weekend's Division most of the races in which the team III race after viewing the results of participated earlier this year. "There Coffin's new regimen. "It was really were virtually no hills, which was nice a good weekend, and it says a lot for the women since it was our first 6 k about the effectiveness of the taper," of the season," Betsy Littlefield '07 Dan Vassallo '07 said. "I' m looking said. "We've Been running 5k's all forward to how the varsity guys do fall... so we appreciated the flatness of with the taper." the course because of the extra dis- "I would say that all the guys clown tance we had to run." there that were closing out their sea- Overall , the race was a success for sons left the race feeling good about the Colby women. "We were looking what they had accomplished over the CHRISTINA TALMW3E/THE COLDV ECHO to place anywhere between sixth and past couple of months," Waller said, Mike Bracco '06 runs with the bail while Michael Tomich '06 looks on. Running backs Aaron Siepka '06 and Chris Bashaw '08 combined for tenth," Littlefield said. "The depth of "The team definitel y had its up and 226 yards of rushing in the victory. Although the Mules were down in the fir stquarter , they came hack from a 16- 7 deficit in the second quarter our second seven team was shown this downs over the course of the season, after Justin Smith '07 hooked up with Tomich for a 44-yard scoring play. Siepka had a two-yard scoring run in the third quarter and a one-yard weekend,., six of our seven runners but il was nice for us to end it on a scoring run in the final quarter to give the Mules the win. Andrew Heaney '07 led the defense with 11 tackles. finished within 36 seconds of the first positive note with some solid perfor- place finisher." mances and good times ." First-year standout Devan FitzPatrick '09 finished in sixth place despite running with an injured knee. Fitzl'atrick had been coping with illi- otibial band syndrome before the race Tufts ifinals , and had difficulty running in die days Women 's soccer season ends to in sem 2-1 leading up to the competition. Colby's sixth place finish came in a 2-0 setback in the season opener tered many scoring opportunities think we kept fighting the whole game; the 2-1 deficit. with an added bonus for the women's By LINDSAY BARADA for both schools. which included one that hit the goal we could have given up after they For the three seniors on the team it subvarsity squad as they narrowly STAFF WRITER Co-Captain Kaitlin llerliliy '06 post five minutes scored their second vyas their last collegiate game as .soc- edged out Conn College on their explained , "On any given d;iy any- into the competition. goal ," Co-Captain cer players. Over their college home course, "We were really looking The Colby women 's soccer team thing can happen; they didn 't p lay up Fourteen minutes Kara McCabe '06 careers, Kelly DeLong '06, McCabe to outrun [them] because we've been partici pated in their first New Hngland to their potential when we beat (hem later, Tufts garnered I think we kept expressed. "The rind llerliliy have had an overall neck-and-neck all season ," Kirsten Small College Athletic Con ference and we didn 't play up to our potential a goal and a I -0 edge fighting the team has shown record of 27-22-7 and were able lo Davis '07 said, who finished fourth semifinal game this past Saturday. when they beat us'. That 's what's so over Colby. resilience all year commemorate their fours years ol among Colby 's runners. Conn College Seventh seeded Colby traveled lo top- weird about our Ieague;there is no one Towards the end whole game; we long and 1 think wc play by making their first NESCAC finished in eighth place, trailing Colby seeded Tufts University only lo accept that is ' supposed to win' — literally of the first half, have should be very appearance as seniors, by 42 points. a devastating 2-1 loss, knocking the anything can happen." Colby regained their could proud of everything "It was a breakout season for the The mom 's subvarsity team finished Mules out of the playoffs. Tufts, determined lo continue their composure and given up after that we've accom- program in making our first NESCAC 19th out of a field of 38. John Hall '09 Colby's last appearance in the 7-0 undefeated home streak, emerged maintained posses- scored plished this season." l'inal Four appearance since the tour- and John. D. Waller '07 both beat NESCAC tournament was in 2000 fast and uggressively and maintained sion of the ball, but they As the minutes nament began in 2000," Coach their former personal-bests by an when they were knocked out 3-2 by this pace for most of the game. They were unable to make their second licked down and the Jennifer HoLslcn recapped. "We were entire minute and Bryan Gattis "07 Bowdoin College in the quarterfinals. utilized a direct style of piny which anything happen. . style of play bor- undefeated at home and had a winning also closed out the season with a Colby, ranked fifth in the New kept the ball from the middle of the Tufts ' defense did nn goal dered on frantic, record in the NESCAC, the most com- strong race that broke his previous Rngland Regions, advanced to the field, an area that the Mules like to incredible job in sti- Kara McCabe '06 Laura Williamson petitive league in the country. The personal record, Alex Gill '08 led the semifinals after upsetting second contro l, by having their defense send lling the Mules' Captain '07 intercepted a team really needed to experience thi.s men's team with a time of 27:25, earn- seeded Amherst College in penalty long balls to their forwards the entire olfcn.se through con- clearing attempt by run into the playoffs—you really have ing him a spot on the men's varsity kicks after a double overtime 0-0 tic. game. The Mules' defense -was cer- stant pressure on the Jumbos' to have played those pressure games roster for the New England Division Tufts is ranked ninth nationall y and tainly tested with the continuous Colby's forwards. defense and fired a shot from the top to learn how to win a championship. HI Qualifier this Saturday. first in the New England Region. One speed of the Jumbos and constant Less than two minutes into the sec- of the box. The goal breathed new life With 21 players returning next year, I Waller cited the success to a new of the two losses the Jumbos suffered bombardment of shots. Tufts out-shot ond half, the Jumbos increased the into the Mules, but with four minutes know this season was a step toward was at the hands of the Colby Mules Colby by a margin of 1 1-8 and regis- scoring gup with a second goal. "I left , Colby wus unable to overcome future success."