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Non-Profit U.S. Postage Paid Sound Waterville, ME 04901 Permit Response Number 39 Men's Basketball: Storybook Season Comes to a Close by Mark Reilly of the game. Amherst took a under the hoop. This, along 40-33 lead into the half, and it with Hancock scoring at will, The Colby men's basketball was clear Colby would have to allowed Colby to get back, in the team ran out of miracles. In get output from people besides ball game. front of an Amherst LeFrak Hancock and to keep Amherst As in Wednesday's Weslyan gymnasium capacity crowd, the off the offensive boards. game, Colby found itself in a mules were' defeated 85-80 by In the second half Colby came position to win with 5 seconds the Amherst Lord Jeffs in the out strong and was able to take left. Amherst had the ball under ECAC championship, and their a bite out of the Amherst lead the Colby hoop with the score story book season came to a thanks mostly to the strong 83-80. But this time there was close. Their final record was board work of Scott no steal, instead Colby fouled 18-9. Jablonski(14pts, 9rebs.) on both Kevin Barrett with 3 seconds During the game, the White ends. However Amherst was left. Barrett (6-6 from the line, 4 Mules got out to a quick start able to regain control again by in "crunch time") calmly sank and were led by Matt Hancock. going inside -Scott Saft (24pts.) two free throws and Colby's However, Amherst and Don "bull in a china shop" E.C.A.C. championship quest immediately went to a box and Birmingham(12pts.) and was over. Matt Hancock led one and although Colby has outside- Jeff Scnack(13 pts.). the Mules with a statement seen this many times, it With about 8 minutes left they making 43 points, while the presented problems. When they had built the lead back up to "NESCAC player of the year", were not able to find Hancock double digits. Then, onee again, Yram Groff, contributed 16 pits., as easily on the offensive end, when things were looking bleak and 11 rebs. for Amherst. the team began to sputter. for the Mules, they were able to Although Colby did not Meanwhile, the Amherst dig deep inside of themselves capture the championship, they offense was able to use good and scratch and claw. The Lord have nothing to be ashamed of. outside shooting balanced by a Jeffs suddenly went cold and As Rob Hyland said, the loss The White Mules'fantastic season came to a close in a struggle strong inside game to fight after every Amherst miss there "wasn't so disappointing their way back and take control were nothing but blue jerseys continued on page 14 at Amherst. Photograph by Whitney Draper/Sentinel Staff Soviet Official' s Visit Bowen Defends Helps Seal Vietnam Jan Plan Educational Exchange The head of a leading Soviet considerable freedom to choose university recently visited their host institutions and Maine as part of the conclusion course of study, and for the of an unprecedented first time will not have Soviet on ABC agreement for academic officials in residence with them. by Betsy KuIIer were happy with the trip and ABC's ultimate purpose, exchanges between the U.S. While on U.S. campuses, they they assumed the students had however, in airing these clips and Soviet Union. will live with American Monday, March 14th- Roger been subject to a media with the discussion afterwards, Shavkat A. Alimov, rector roommates. Bowen, who directed the Jan misrepresentation. After this was to address the questions, (president) of Tashkent State Under the agreement, 50 Plan in Vietnam trip that was second appearance, the calls "Wha t do young people know University in Soviet Central Soviet students will arrive in publicized on ABC's Good recieved at Colby were "mostly about Vietnam today? Do they Asia, met last weekend with the U,S. in August for a year of Morning America, appear ed on positive, " according to Public learn about Vietnam only from representa tives of Bates, study, and American students the program at 8:15 A.M. for a Affairs Director Ed Hershey. war movies such as Rambo, Bowdoin and Colby Colleges, will begin work at Soviet five minute discussion with The segment opened with Platoon, and Apocolypse Maine's participants in the universities during the 1989-90 mediator Morton Dean and three previously aired Now?" And finally "Have these newly formed American academic year. controversial author David interviews with Rob Weisbrot, educating tools desensitized Collegiate Consortium for Final arrangements for the Halberstam. This appearance Bridgit Connolly, and Jennifer students?" • East-West Cultural and visits of the Soviet officials came af t er the students ha d Rasin in the city of Ho Chi Min. Bowen replied "yes," that Academic exchange. were completed last year, been badly misrepresen ted in To conclude the clips, they young people are de-sensitized Alimov is part of a Soviet assisted by the new soviet certain clips which showed replayed the notorious line to the "passion and violence" of delegation which last week p ol icy of g l astnost , or them, ac cording to Bowen, f r om Apocolypse N ow, the Vietnam War through visited the U.S. 4o sign a openness. "horsing around in front of the perf ormed be Kevin Powers, movies, but in the case of the historic agreement to establish Presidents Thomas Hedley camera." which was really meant to be Colby students, the answer is the first academic exchange of Reynolds of Bates, A. LeRoy Colby had recieved some taken in a light-hearted and "no, they have read more than U.S. and Soviet Greason of Bowdoin and phone calls from people who joking manner. 95% of America has about undergraduates for- year-long William R. Cotter of Colby Bowen claims, cither were In this pre sentat ion, ABC Vietnam in the past and in the study. It includes 23 U.S. expressed their enthusiasm for aga inst the visit itsel f, or they allowed Bowen to emphasize present; these students are well colleges and universities, al ong the program. "This is an f elt the students did not act the dec idedl y un-serious informed. In addition, with a similar number of Soviet excellent opportunity for the responsi bl y consider ing the context upon which -some of 'hamming it up' in f ront of the institutions. young people of our two seriousness of the visit, or they the students had been acting. continued on page 14 The Soviet stud ents will enjoy continued on page 12 } * •Stu-A elections aro approaching. •Find out about the drug users * Ginda Jones gives us a look at . Look,for deadlines on p. 2. and non-users on campus in an in , new fashion options in Waterville. INSIDE: depth report, p. 3. See p. 7. o Student Association Vice Pre sident Searc h nears End Elections by Mike Diamond March 14 Nomination forms picked up in Student Activities Office, The search for a new Vice Student Center President for Development and Alumni Affairs may soon be March 18 9 p.m. - Mandatory meeting over. President William Cotter oi all candidates in told the Echo Friday that the Student Center Club Room. person who will succeed Nomination forms and present Vice President Cal candidate statements must Mackenzie is likely to be be handed in at 9 p.m. selected this week. meeting to. validate Mackenzie, who has served in candidacy. the position for the past three years and is largely credited for March 21 Campaigning begins. - the success of the Colby 2000 Campaign which raised $30.5 March 24 Statements will appear in million, will return to the Echo government department as a full-time professor in the fall. April? Elections in all dining halls. In an interview with the Echo, Off-campus students vote in Mackenzie said that his term of Student Center. Voting must of f ice had never been intended done in your own commons as a permanent one. "Bill Vice President Cal Mackenzie dining hall. Cotter sought me out three years ago when the nation- October, 1987. At that time 140 she has to be somebody who Positions to be elected: wide search failed to find possible candidates were can speak well and represent anyone whom everyone liked. identified by the nation-wide the College well." Commons President: Mary Low We agreed that I would stay on search firm of Heidrick and In addition, both Cotter and Lovejoy for three years and that time is Struggles, Boston. Since then, Mackenzie remarked that the Chaplin up." the candidate pool has been cut individual selected will have to Johnson Mackenzie's job at Colby has twice to 20 persons and the make a committment to stay at been a multi-facited one. final selection will come from a Colby for five to ten years. Student Association Responsible for large list of six individuals. This qualification alone makes Executive Board: President/Vice-President campaigns like Colby 2000, he President Cotter stated that the search for a new Vice (2 persons run as a ticket) has also dealt with alumni dedication to a liberal arts President difficult as Treasurer affairs, annual giving, phone- education and the ability to opportunities for fundraisers All-campus Social Life Chair a-thons, and applications for work well with people are presently abound. Mackenzie All-campus Cultural Life " support from foundations and necessary requirements for said, "It's a sellers market Chair the federal government.

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