Town hall meeting raises big J ohnson Pond Regatta II: cold, wet fun issues, draws small crowd By RYAN DAVIS dent discussed some of the things they NEWSEDnOR learned at the conference that ; were most memorable to them. Tek spoke On June 1-5 the 13th Annual first, expressing hope the meetingand National Conference on Race and other such events will help students to Ethnicity in American Higher understand each other better and say- Education was held in Santa Pe,W.M. ing mat "our world is beyond black Among the 2000 people in attendance arid white, despite what ihe media were five representatives from Colby: want to tell us." Dean of Intercultural Affairs Geraldine He added "In higher education Roseboro, Abdul Aziz '01, Nate Boland today, minority students are looking '01, TyAnn Gentry '02 and Sounun Tek for more than a degree," and askedthe '03. The four students shared their audience the question that he said was experiences at a town hall meeting last one of the central themes of the confer- Thursday, although they did so before ence: "If I am comfortable with myself a small audience. completely, what is wrong with learn- The conference was organized as a ing about other cultures?" series of intense seminars or "insti- "It takes all of our efforts to make a tutes" about various racial and ethnic better place," he said near the, end of diversity issues, none of which lasted the meeting. less than half a day. Topics included Aziz talked about some of the more "Creating Constructive Campus Inter- general educational topics raised at the group Interaction," "Re-Coloring and conference, such as the idea that "we Re-Gendering Leadership," and "Can need to use what students know to WeTalk: A Dialogue Series on Racial / teach them what they don't know" AMITY BURR / THE COLBY ECHO Ethnic Relationships." and that because "different students Above,competitors struggle against capsizing at the J ohnson Pond Regatta. Left,mem- :-''These weren't quick little work- learn in different ways, teachers need -winning bers of the team pose with their vessel,"Rubbermai d." shops. They messed with your mind," to teach in different ways." said Roseboro, who had attended the Boland said that he learned that By KATTLIN McCAFFERTY or the fans. decided that they wanted to start a new tradition. conference alone for the past five years multicultural education was endan- The race was designed for teams of four stu- Tony Frangie '01, Student Government Association before asking the Pugh Center Alliance gered and cited as evidence the "three CONIRIBUTJNC WRITER Fs" dents.; Each learn Tiad to make a makeshiftraft or Treasurer, one of the students who worked on the to provide funding to allow the four of most diversity programs: foods, fiestas andvfads. These three things, he Tor some people, it had been a life long dream; boat. When the team pushed off from the starting original regatta, commented "Last year was the first students to attend as well. said, are often the only things dis- , , point, all of the members of the team had to be on year, which made it special, but it is a really fun The conference "was very high- however for others it was just another way to prac- cussed at diversity events. tice their stroke. For everyone involved, the second the raft Then they had to cross Johnson Pond, jump event." energy and I got a lot of useful infor- 'This might seem to> fulfill the need annual Head of Johnson Pond was a day to remem- out of the boat, touch the side, then get back onto According to last year's rules, the first team back mation," Roseboro said. "It was great for diversity, but it is really an empty ber. the boat and return in their boat. For some teams is the winning team. This year, though, SGA Social to be with colleagues front around the gesture," he said. He proposed a The Head of Johnson 2000 was held Saturday at this was much more easily accomplished than for Chair Rob Henzi '01, the student responsible for country who shared the same concerns others. with the same level of caring. That 2 p.in. on Johnson Pond. The weather was cold, but See TOWN HALL it did not hamper the enthusiasm of the competitors The Head of the Johnson Regatta started last See REGATTA, continued on made it meaningful." , contin- year when Kase Jubboori '01 and Trish Akins '00 page 4 At the town hall meeting, each stu- ued on page 4 Staff member harassed Ehre nwerth and Cattrell positi ve on three-mile loop about th e year ahead bicycle with a basket in the front and By EYAN DAVIS The pair has been working an aver- handling of sexual assault," at Colby. rently planning a half-time barbecue appeared to becollectingbottles..- _.. By KATE ZIMMERMAN NEWS EDITOR " age of 30 hours per week out of ' their Currently, sexual assault victims in that will take place during the inter- Chenevert said that the pink safe- and PAtW(_^ Pugh Center office since Aug. 20 to get need of counseling can only consult mission of the upcoming. Bowdoin ty advisories informing students of CONTRIBUTING WRITER AND EDITOR On Monday afternoon, a female their campaign ideas off the ground with administrators, Ehrenwerth said football game to honor the fall athletes. Ae incident were posted around IN CHIEF staff member reported being and implemented as speedily as possi- he wants to offer students "a choice They are also planning wine and campus mainl because many stu- harassed by a man who jumped out y ble. between visiting an administrator and cheese parties with jazz bands before dents are not following basic safety One might think that the start of a of the bushes on the side of the road Last Sunday, the Presidents' visiting with a trained student." the opening of theatrical and dance procedures when jogging around new administration would be filled while she was jogging. The man Council unanimously approved a pro- Another campaign promise was to events. campus. with chaos. This year's new Student reportedly yelled at her and chased posal to put forth a referendum to the improve Career Services as an aid to "We have spoken to Dining "We have too many women run- Government Association administra- her. student body that would change the seniors looking to enter the job market Services about having a cash bar so ning by themselves," he said. To be tion, however, has been running Colby Security and the Waterville constitution to indicate "zero tolerance and underclassmen seeking Jan Plan that there does not have to be a party more safe, he suggests that students smoothly, thanks in part to President Police Department are currently towards any discrimination based on and summer opportunities. host present at the wine and cheese and others should run the loop Justin Ehrenwerth '01 and Vice investigating the incident. Although with sex, race, color, national origin, ances- "We've sat down and talkOed with parties. We want to draw the focus friends. President Mark Cattrell '01. the man has not yet been caught, try, religion, age, disability, sexual ori- (Director of Career Services) Cindy away from alcohol and concentrate on "Even though the Waterville The two have been working on investigators "have a pretty good entation, or access to economic Yasinski, and we think we can make what the event is about: highlighting police have a pretty good idea who their list of ideas closely with President idea" who he is, according to resources." some real progress," said Ehrenwerth. the talent and commitment of the the- this guy was and we have a pretty William "Bra" Adams. Already the Director of Security Pete Chenevert, Tm hoping the referendum won't "We've formed a committee to look atrical students in the Colby communi- good idea who this guy was, that president and vice president have , The woman described the harass- be needed, but we need to take any into the matter extensively," he added. ty," said Cattrell. doesn't mean he's not still danger- helped to lower long-distance phone er as a white male possibly in his 60s steps we can to get rid of these sorts of One promise that has yet to be This administration is also in the ous," Chenevert said. rates after putting in long hours over between five feet seven inches and problems," said Ehrenwerth. addressed is the matter of reforming beginning stages of planning a confer- Students with any information the summer. five feet eight inches tall. He had a One of the pair's campaign promis- the wellness credit system. "We're still ence with Bates and Bowdoin concern- about the incident are asked to call "So far we have been most excited gray beard and a thin build and was es was to reform the College's policy looking into that one," said wearing a black T-shirt, a baseball Security or the Waterville Police about the new phone rates," said Ehrenwerth. on sexual assault. Ehrenwerth said he Ehrenwerth. See SGA, continued on cap, and dark pants. He also had a Department immediately. has been "working-hard to reform the Ehrenwerth and Cattrell are cur- page 2 [PICTURE New Oak fellow Mondragon fights for Colombia By RYAN DAVIS found very hardworking people, very PERFECT: NEWS EDITOR poor, whose rights were not recog- Jarrod Dumas directs nized. Since then, I decided to work for Colombian human rights activist the human rights of these people that you to all the Maine Hector Hernan Mondragon Baez no one would defend, and I've done it arrived on Mayflower Hill for his one- ever since." hot spots.