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. semester sabbatical on Aug. 21, By Today," my work is essentially to be Aug. 30, he was on the picket line with a counselor for indigenous peoples, striking Bath Iron Works employees, peasant organizations and workers' I PUB: and by Sept. 11, he was writing a letter organizations," Mondragon said, In to the president of Colombia protesting Ails capacity,he has been a member of The Echo reviews the the government's forced displacement the human rights organization Marchese Blue Light of the U'wa people, It is this remark- Patriotic Union and has served as an able dedication and work ethic, even advisor to the Indian National Pub scene. when supposedly on a break from Organization of Colombia and the front-line activism, that led tlie Oak Peasant National Council. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ' I Institute to name him its 2000 Human He has also written many laws and

f ' " ' -i. i I Rights Fellow, amendments to the Colombian consti- Mondragon will teach a class, tution intended , to help ind igenous "Human Rights in Global peoples, Despite the broad scope of his PENNANT : Perspective," at Colby tills semester activism, his primary interest is in Not this year,but ; and will do research and other work to groups whose survival is threatened further his cause. His wife Lira Sfelia by development of multinational cor- they're still in the and his son Daniel have joined h|m in porations; wild card hunt Watorvlllo. Although Mondragon In the past, Mondragon has helped Y speaks English well enough to com- a.newly contacted hunter-gatherer Y municate, he prefers to speak Spanish tribe in the Colombian rain forest j "i during Interviews, with Danie) jrans- called the Nukak to secure the legal ¦¦ • ¦;. ' i »;;;¦ , ¦ - . ' rf. , . . ,; v - „ •;" rf Vvrf ,Y< ;Y la1iri g,rf " . , .' v . ; YYiYy/Yv. ' / , title to their .ancestral lands, He also _ __ ' rf^YJV% ' " ' ¦ ¦ ' ; ' : ,; ( Mondragjon's distinguished career wbrkod wltJi tlw Brnbera Kattb tribe, : , . f . ' 1'' • ' ' ¦' '' ' ? j » ' which is wsisHng'tho cpristmctionof a i\ewsM rti rietsi i' " ,„i„,• • i,.i>i,iim' „ .,„' <:— ii ,i,i,ii ih,i„ii,ii>iii„m,i^M^^^^Mf- of fighting for the poor and marginal- PR',," , 'Y'*.' teed) groups In Colombia began when j hydroelectric power plant on their wUliOFlnlS ..•¦<<¦>•.••¦•ii.to.....i.... •i>.iil , Y jallicl ^gtitlps" itySpanlflh, "Tn>re,I ct^ti . native, missed his home state, and as a Representative indude provisions er, the Senate seat that he is running Colby College and the Oak 207*872 • 3349 [email protected] surprisingly enough, the weather, for economic development to revital- for would. Colby is included in Institute for the Study of International '"You don't know cold winters until ize Maine's downtowns, the co-spon- District 14, which encompasses Human Rights have invited a group you move to Minnesota," he said. soring of a bill that reduced the high Waterville, as well as Albion, of top experts on Latin American Gagnon then decided to apply for cost of prescription drugs, and author- Belgrade, Benton, Mount Vernon, affairs to presenta panel discussion the director of security position at ing of laws to protect children from Oakland, Sidney, and part of Winslow on Monday, September 25, titled Colby,and was accepted. Shortly after, dog bites. and Unity townships. Therefore, he is "Confronting the Crisis in Colombia: Lecture calls Colby to he transferred to administrative ser- If elected to the Senate, one of interested in getting to know the con- Testing.U.S. Foreign Policy in the vices. This year is his eighteenth on Gagnon's primary concerns for his cerns of Colby students. He said, "I'm New Millennium." The event will campus, and he noted how he practi- two-year term would be to maintain going to do what I can for students to begin at 7:30 p.m. in room 01 of the action for gay rights cally "grew up at Colby." education as a budgetary priority. get to know me (because) if I get elect- Olin Science Center. After he settled back into the As far as campaign logistics go, he ed to the Senate, I'm going to be repre- Representing the U.S. government By ERIKA THORESON ference, go out and do it," Jennings Maine way of life, Gagnon started in is proud to be what is called a "clean senting Colby." in the discussion will be Alex Lee, the CONTRIBUTING WRITER said. local politics by becoming involved election candidate," which means that When asked why students should senior officer foe Colombia in the US. Drawing examples from his own with local elections and serving as a he cannot receive contributions from vote for him, Gagnon responded, "I'm State Department's Office of Andean For the third lecture this year and life, Jennings said that his upbringing Waterville City Counselor. big businesses, out of state interests, here on campus almost every day, Affairs. Other members of the panel at the request of Project Ally, well- was colored by poverty, a fundamen- About four years ago, Gagnon lobbyists or other special interests. they're going to have direct access to a are Cynthia Arnson, assistant director known activist Kevin Jennings spoke talist minister for a father who used made the jump to the state political Gagnon's opponent in the race is state senator." Then he paused, and of the Latin American program at the about issues facing gays and lesbians religion to justify his extreme preju- scene. During his time in the House, Republican Charlie Gaunce. While added, "plus, I have the cutest kids." Washington-based Woodrow Wilson in a speech entitled "American dices, and an extended family who Gaunce has never held political office International Center for Scholars, and Dream, Respect for All." served as prominent leaders in the Ku Winifred Tate from the Washington Those who put down the class Klux Klan. Although Jennings was Office on Latin America, a non-gov- work they smuggled into the Page the first member of his family to ernmental organization that has been Commons Room and listened to attend college and was inspired by a SGA: Ehrenwerth and Cattrell start smoothly critical of U.S. foreign policy in Jennings' message were offered some remarkable and courageous mother; Colombia. insight into one side of a very contro- much of his young life was over- Continued from page 1 The Oak Institute is focusing on versial subject. According to Jennings, whelmed in self-hatred because he Colombia because this year's Oak ' 39 U.S. states have still failed to secure was gay. ing the issue of diversity at small cam- Human Rights Fellow, currently in ' the equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, Unable to cope with the pressure, puses, residence at the college, is Hector transsexual, and transgendered peo- Jennings joined the 37 percent of "The conference is in the very Mondragon, who is profiled in this pie. homosexual and transgender people beginning stages of being planned and issue of file Echo. Colby students have made efforts who attempt suicide in this country, we are still coming up with the frame- to address the concerns of gay and He survived, despite the 140 aspirin work of how the conference will run," Tiananmen Square lesbian students and prevent discrim- he ingested, and realized his homo- Cattrell said. "We feel that once it is inatjofl, Ccilby's gay and lesbian orga- sexuality was something he could not organized it will be a way to bring the Protestor Jian-li Yang to nization, the Bridge, has evolved escape from, small colleges together and talk about Speak through the 70s and 80s from under- Today,Jennings relays his journey radal issues on the campuses and how from an ashamed, suicidal adolescent ground secrecy to a highly visible and to deal with them in our communities. Jian-li Yang,a major leader of the to an openly gay male and equal active sodal organization. Colby stu- Anyone who is interested will be able Chinese democracy movement, will rights crusader, promoting the power dents can now openly discuss homo- to attend." be the guest lecturer for the 2000 of change in individual lives and soci- sexual issues in courses like "Act and Ehrenwerth and Cattrell are confi- Ralph Bunche Symposium at Colby ety as a whole. J. Oppression" or the "History of dent about the year ahead and feel on Saturday,October 7. The 4:30 pm. At the very least, Jennings believes Sexuality." In fact, Colby has recently they have a lot of support with the lecture will be in the Page Commons the November referendum will been named the 7th most gay-friend- pro- committed group of Hall Presidents. Room of Cotter Union. mote awareness about the injustices ly college in the U.S. by the 2000 As Ehrenwerth was abroad last Yang was protesting in Tiananmen in our sodety. Princeton Review. year in Oxford, England, and Cattrell Square in 1989 when hundreds of "Every AMY BENNETT / THE COLBY ECHO But Kevin Jennings asked Colby time we have a debate we organized the campaign with the help unarmed pro-democracy students get closer to equality, SGA President Justin Ehrenwerth ' 01 (left) nnd Vice President Mark students to affirm they are willing to " Jennings said. of some dose friends, the two were were massacred. Yang's involvement And although he reasoned that Cattrell '01 (right), stand up on this campus and in the nervous about how things would go at in the democracy movement has put state of Maine for the equality of all "American society is not 'Survivor' the beginning of their senior years. him on a list of 49 leaders banned and we shouldn' 7 "But as far as the campaign goes, great commitment so far," said Cattrell. people. Spedfically, Jennings urged t need a vote to pro- When asked how he felt about run- from returning to China by the students to vote on Nov. 7 in favor of tect Americans' basic civil rights," Justin was around for that week "We are all really exdted about how ning the campaign alone Cattrell (including the debate), and that made the beginning of the year has gone. Chinese government. a referendum to protect the equality Jennings still remains confident. replied, "being alone on campus for Yang is president of the Foundation said, things much easier on both of us. Now, Training was a great indicator that this of people regardless of sexual orienta- "In the end we will win," he the spring was a headache because we for China in the 21st Century and He said the referendum is about we are looking forward to having the year's Presidents' Council is an excep- ; tion. wanted to make sure that people knew founder of the Independent • If the measure passes, Maine will the duty of all Americans, not just SPB elections completed so we can set- tional bunch." who we were." tle down a little more. For the most "If s remarkable. The beginning of Federation of Chinese Students and « be the eleventh state in the nation to those who face injustice, to uphold Cattrell did note that Ehrenwerth part, though, the year has been going the semester has exceeded my wildest Scholars. He has testified before the ! pass such a referendum. The referen- human equality as one of the truths was present during campaign week. U,S, Senate and the House of dum, set down in the Declaration of smoothly." "Everyone is making a expectations," said Ehrenwerth, Jennings explained, makes it Representatives on human rights in ' illegal to deny housing, employment, Independence. China. < or credit to an individual because of "Will you make (equality) your Yang earned a first Ph.D. in ma the- fight" like activists of the Civil Ri hts echo @colby.odu ^ sexual orientation. g matics from the University of .' The Maine Era, Jennings asked, "or will you turn legislature passed a echoQc plby.odii California at Berkley and a second I gay rights law in 1997, but voters and walk away" like many German s Ph.D, in political economy from \ repealed it in Feb. 1998, At that during the Holocaust? "Think about Tell ui ;w hai Harvard University's Kennedy School moment in the speech, Marilyn R. how you will be remembered In his- of Government. \ Pukkila of Project Ally declared that tory.„you know how we remember ^ FORMAL . j:frWtt&lgj M.4j FW .il MVn i&tf'4irJKiP Maine became the "only state in the those who turned their backs." f. fr*V nation that resdnded civil rights." If you are intereste d in voicing oHmtJbvnaltwir yjeciaJhti Jennings, however, believes that your opinion about the referen dum change is always possible. Kevin Jennings proposed, you can /io/i (S "You can make your history, you contact the Bridge (bridge0colby.edu) ^/Mii giua pecial can end injustice, you can make a dif- for more information, $45,00jf ot> at tearf one week6e /ow j/wevent to uaewe a tux at t/m /Jt/ce. #73-3044 42 cfato dW WatewMe, o4(& 0490/

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Previously worn by they, too> were the and people think audience at the dose of his reading only die boldest of women, thong 'thong type,'" said they're sexy. You Sept. 14 in the Page Commons room. underwear has recently exploded in Campbell. "For might as well not wear "But .this is good for those of us that popularity. No longer considered . some women anything if you're worry about the shape of the universe, risque-, "thongs," as they are com- "Only Bread, Only Light". thongs .might have worried about under- and so I'm comforted by that. I fear the monly referred to, have invaded BRAD SEYMOUR / THE CQLBV ECHO "One of the things I undertook in been a secret choice wear lines." Red Sox winning tihe World Series, and e mainstream America. StevenKuusisto speaks in Pag "Planet of the Blind" is that I would and that might Others disagree. I must tell you that I am a die-hard Red While restrictive panty girdles Commons. describe to the public what if s like to have made it fun "They say femi- Sox fan." were often worn by women in the travel the world living in a visual field for them, too. They nism is about making Kuusisto, a professor of English at 1950s and seemed a reflection of the In Kuusisto's case he stood a 100 which is all colors and shapes, but looked like soccer choices; that could Ohio State University's graduate pro- times, the 1960s ushered in a new percent chance of going; blind as a nothing exact, nothing sharp, and moms or nuns, but include opting for a gram in creative writing, came to era.. With sexual liberation and a result of theuse of pressurized oxygen nothing dear," said Kuusisto. "80 they were really wearing thongs!" thong," said Campbell. Colby last week to speak to creative per- new feeling of empowerment came a in the incubator, which destroys the cent of the blind actually see this way." "It (the thong phenomenon) With the help of Sisqo's chart top- writing classes and do a leading for the new type of underwear: the naval- blood cells and tissues of the eye that Kuusisto has traveled over 500,000 reflects that people can get a little per-"Thong Song"-and racy video, student body on the release date of his revealing bikini brief. The 1990s saw are crudalin forming the retina- miles in the past five years to Italy, wild-but they can do Lt in private," featuring thong-bikini clad women newbook of poetry, "Only Bread, Only the rise of the thong. According to Reading from a speak-and-type lap- Scandinavia, central Europe and 42 said Kim, Til believe ifs as big a on a Miami beach, thongs have light". "The Thong Capital of the Internet," top computer for the blind which states in the U.S., a rigorous schedule trend as ifs going to be when I start become part of our cultural environ- As a renowned poet highlighted on thong underwear, also known as g- allows him to download text and per- of adventure that wore out his previ- seeing them on the beach." ment Rapper Foxy Brown recently the "Oprah Winfrey Show," "Dabeline strings, v-strings, and t-backs, offers form a "UN style simultaneous transla- ous guide dog, Corky, who has now The New York Times reported joined Sisqo in a remix of the "Thong NBC," and the BBC, and whose work full coverage in front, but different tion of my writing", Kuusisto shared become a retired family pet. Kuusisto that the lingerie manufacturer and Song," singing about her own has appeared in Harper's Magazine, levels in back-or lack thereof. passages and poetry from his memoir now travels with a new companion, popular catalogue retailer Victoria's behind. ("This is the thong song; You the Antioch Review and many other "I'd never pay good money to "Planet of the Blind" with the Colby another golden Labrador retriever, Secret sold nearly 20 million thongs love it when I shake my little bon- publications, Kuusisto spoke to stu- have a wedgie on purpose, said community. Vidal, named after the American " in 1999, which accounted for 40 per- bon...F-E-N-D-I no panty lines; I got dents about his experiences as a blind Heidi Kim, Faculty Fellow in the "About six years ago I decided that, author Gore "VidaL cent of their sales-up from 10 percent my thongs on...") writer. department of American Studies at though I'm a poet primarily, I would Before his professorship at Ohio five years ago. Swimsuit bikini thongs, popular "As a child 1 was taught to think Colby. that blindness was shameful," write a book which would be part State, Kuusisto worked as the director Many believe thongs are neces on South American shores, have yet memoir and part sodal history on Kim believes thongs are just sary to avoid exposing one's under Kuusisto said. "I went to public school of student services at Guiding Eyes, a annfli pr far! to hit the beaches in the United what my experience has beenlike cop- non-profit organization just outside of wear line when wear- States. and that was a very unpleasant experi- "If ifs a matter of ing with blindness, and also how that New York City that trains guide dogs ing tight-fitting pants "International influences, so ence. In 1960, disabled kids did not go people feeling bet- experience has been shaped by cultur- for the blind through private dona- and clingy mini- called 'ethnic' influences, come up to public school. I was really unwel- ter about their bod- al and historical events that mark dis- tions. He continues to lecture through- skirts. every so often," said Kim. 'It has a come. I was talked about in pejorative ies thaf s great, but I ability," he said. "So, the book 'Planet out the country about his experiences "I wear thongs so lot to do with globalization.Today a language and treated as a pariah by doubt the increase of the Blind' came out of a two-part to students and people who are learn- people can't see my lot of the new hot sex symbols are dassmates, teachers, and school in sales is matched desire to tell my story of the personal ing to adjust after losing their sight. panty line," said Latin women, especially Latina administrators.That , plus my mother's by a decrease in eat- struggle to become affectionate about In one intermediate poetry dass at Katie Levy '02. musicians. Latin American women own guilt over the disability, led to a ing disorders... Ifs a being a blind person, and to tell the Colby, Kuusisto told a story about a According to the are being portrayed as stereotypical- long silence about it. My childhood matter of the lin- story of the obstacles to becoming a lecture he gave at a school for the blind New York Times, ly exotic and sexy." was spent pretending I could see, even gerie stores finding self-empowered, outgoing, and happy in Boston. There he spoke about the Hanes coined the Several female Colby students though I had no business doing any a new way to make blind person." benefits of traveling to a group of peo- term "V.P.L." hold overwhelmingly positive atti- such thing." money, said Kim. The passages Kuusisto selected ple of all ages that had recently lost ("Visible Panty Line") in the 1970s. tudes toward the thong. Kuusisto was bom in 1955 three "Fashions have always been good from his memoir touched upon several their sight. Kuusisto recounted how "As a mother of two, living in a "This year when I bought my months premature, weighing only two about exposing women's breasts; distinct experiences. Trying to learn to one older woman in the audience had cold climate, 'V.P.L.' is the least of bras, I bought matching thongs to go pounds and two ounces. While today American women don't seem to ride a bike as a blind child, going bird asked why a person would travel if my worries," said Kim. "I don't with them," said Sharon Skettini '02. children bom prematurely are still have a problem with that. I don't watching with a member of the faculty they couldn't see their surroundings. want people looking that dose at my "I love wearing thongs; I'm wear- placed in incubators, the incubators know whether thongs represent a in college pretending he could see the After thinking for a moment, he butt. I have a conflicting relationship ing one right now," said Levy. used in the 1950s were equipped with change in the way women feel about birds, and what if s like standing as an responded: "Because along this canal with fashion. When I lived in L.A I "Don't you feel so much sexier pressurized oxygen. Children born their bodies or not." adult in Grand Central Station in New in Venice they serve these frozen pears was up on what the trends were; I when you're wearing a thong?" said prematurely are already at risk for los- Debra Campbell, Associate York with his guide dog were all fea- that taste divine and a wine that goes subscribed to every fashion maga- Skettini. ing their eyesight because the retina of Professor of Reli ious Studies at tured in the memoir. In addition, with it that in my opinion is almost as g zine. Now I live in central Maine and the eye finishes developing during the Colby, believes the effect thongs third trimester of pregnancy. Kuusisto read several poems from good as sex." I don't think L.L.Bean sells thongs."

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The winning boat to how the senior boat stayed afloat By SHAWN LEGEND RE ing area. Hooi "Ruth" Bin Beh, who received $50 and dinner at the was called "great stuff," .a liquid- from Malaysia and fills CONTRIBUTING WETTER is originally Freedom Cafe. The first boat to sink expanding styrofoam. the role of Chinese language assis- received copies of the video "Titanic." The "CC. Sweet Melissa," was This year Colby's language tant, said the campus is "very beau- Other categories induded the most cre- unique because it was a Catamaran. departments have the help of seven tiful" but also pointed out its isola- ative boat and best costumes. All of the The team compromised of Rob Burton language assistants, the largest in tion. competitors received t-shirts with the '03, Meade Barlow '03, Shannon the history of the College. Brunhilde Roman Ibarez, the slogan "Head of the Johnson; whoever Corliss '03, and Chip Colwell '03 The assistant positions, which are Spanish language assistant, said the strokes the fastest wins." named their raft in honor of Clay Smith filled each year with new people, are campus and surrounding areas are The first boat to sink was named '03, a team member who was too sick a combination of faculty and student "very similar to England" where she "The Flying Wasp" in honor of the to compete. They thought ahead and positions. The assistants work close- has spent a significant amount of movie "Caddyshack." The team was tested their boat out the day before the ly with their respective department time. comprised of, Derek Taff '04, Patrick JEFF NICHOLS / THE COLBY ECHO race. Unfortunately it sank, so the team to provide aid to students, but also The "design and architecture of Semmens '04, Vince Domestico '04, Stocking-clad regatta partici pants cross Johnson Pond. dedded to blow up Ziplock baggies carry a course load of two classes to Colby" impressed Olya Andreeva, arid Kate Wetter '04. Despite the help of and use them for floatation. The "CC. satisfy their visa requirements. the Russian language assistant. Dr. Alan Hume from the Health Sweet Melissa" got into a little trouble effectively. them. Unfortunately, the structure was Members of this diverse group of Many also referred to the polite- Center, the boat was not destined to when it collided with From, the beginning "Rubbermaid" not sound, and the boat ended up split- another compet- seven representing several nations ness of the people at Colby. Beh win. ing boat. They was in the lead. The only difficulty that ting apart half way through the race, also started a splashing , play an impor- described the friendliness of the Right from the start "The Wasp" war with the alread from Japan to Russia the crew encountered was turning which made their festive bandannas y wet "Flying tant role in their respective depart- people and how she "was touched was not flying;rather , it sank. The team Wasp" crew. their boat around after they touched get a little bit wet. The team of Poage, ical duties include hold- by how gentlemen will open doors." of freshmen never made it across the "(The race) ments. Typ the other side. After the team turned Bethany Bodwell '04, Adam St. Pierre was awesome," said ing office hours, aiding in the class- Ibarez called the campus "more pond. The team ended up "cold," said Barlow. around, they jetted out to the front and '04, and Margaret Sidliano '04 met dur- , and attending the weekly lan- familiar" than most in Spain. Taff, and "wet," said Weiler.Their craft, The fans were having room never looked back. ing their COOT trip and decided that as much fun guage table. The Chinese and To some, this politeness and made out of a piece of plywood and an as the competitors were. There were The crew of the "Rubbermaid" the race "sounded like fun," said Japanese language assistants also familiarity was also revealed in the inner tube, did not hold up and the people with mini barbecues dressed as irates. They adorned them- Bodwell. on the take on the added duty of running International Club. Ibarez pointed four-person crew ended up taking a p lawn. The selves with bandannas, an eye patch, "We wanted to represent the fresh- porches off of the frat hous- tutorials. out that international students are dip. Despite the wetness, Wfeiler said es were teeming and a pirate hat and yelled "Yar" rather man class," said St. Pierre, Poage with people. There Although duties may vary from often spending their first time he is "definitely (competing) next was even a blow-up penis being tossed than "stroke." The pirate motif was agreed. "Ifs like, whoa," he said. department to department, the main abroad making the support struc- year." around. Frisbee good enough to win them the best cos- A crew of three seniors also set sail games went on while impetus of the program as a whole is ture that exists very important. The winning boat, "Rubber-maid," the fans waited for in. tume award. on Saturday afternoon. They dedded the games to beg to "give language students access to Claire Wrobel, the French language also received die award for best cos- Kim Strader '04 was watching the One group of freshmen competing to join in because it had been the "life- someone of their own age for free assistant added, "the people at tumes. The boat was constructed of regatta. represented their COOT trip. The long dream" of team member Sarah conversation and cultural informa- Colby are open-minded to interna- Rubbermaid bins with the watertight "It was hilarious! I loved watching "Katahdin A" group won the award Martin '01. Sam "Chico" Mateosian tion" according to Sheila McCarthy, tional students." lids securely fastened. The team of people who just did not make it," she for most creative boat. Graham Poage '01, and Jon Weinberg '01 joined her. associate professor of German and Sara Kiihne, the German lan- Captain Jon "Bonefish" LeBlanc '01, said. "I'll compete next year. I've been '04, a rower for the team, said, "We They dedded "it was now or never, Russian and head of the Russian guage assistant, was impressed by First mate Conor LeBlanc W, Kate " inspired." made our boat from 'borrowed' mate- said Mateosian. Although they did not department, die number of sports and activities Hughes '03, and Rob Painter '01, had a Lindsay Lanier '04 agreed. rials." win, the boat, named "453" in honor of In return for their services, the in which students participate. very intricate plan of attack. Painter "It was a monumental experience. They had a few orange barrels Colby's art museum, did well. assistants are offered free room and Wrobel echoed this feeling saying said, "Our plan was to row together It was just a great day, strung together with 2x4's in between "We had hel " she said. board as well as tuition for their two "You can do anything you want." and go straight across," which they did p from Tony the required classes. Often the assistants The importance placed on sports will also choose to participate in a and other activities surprised number of extra-curricular activities Andreeva, who said in Russia sports from badminton to orchestra. are each individual's "private busi- Nearly unanimous among the ness" and aren't viewed as a "part of OAK FELLOW: Mondragon hop es to educa te students on Colombia assistants is an appreciation for the education" as they are for athletes at course. "(My) second main objective is office, and no one can know where I calls a beauty of the campus and surround- Colby. Continued from page 1 "false democracy." that those rights that are written in the am sleeping. That is why I am alive." Although President Clinton has tioned U'wa people is under develop- law are made a reality." As a result, He is looking forward to his time at referred to the country as "the oldest ment by the Occidental Petroleum Mondragon has shifted his focus from Colby since "I can take a little rest from democracy in South America," those in company, which has the Colombian legal work to field work, so that he can the daily anguish of death threats and power there "have always exterminat- government's support in forcing the interact directly with the people he is f ollowings of which I am a continuous ed the political opposition," TOWN HALL: students speak people from the land by military and trying to help. When working on victim. I have to live practically hid- Mondragon explains. For instance, police force. In particular, "this has behalf of the Nukak in the 1980s, for den." political candidates whose views are at Continued frompage- l great opportunity," Gentry said later. been a very difficult struggle," which is example, he lived among them and In spite of having to constantly live odds -with the tradition are always Roseboro hoped the students will still going on as of last weekend, spoke their language. "I was a fellow of in fear, Mondragon can amazingly still killed and their deaths are blamed on broader discussion oi ethnic topics in take what they have learned at the con- Mondragon said. the people," he said. be humorous and sarcastic about his drug dealers. Also, the country aver- school by using an interdisdplinary ference and help educate other stu- Mondragon's work has two main As selfless and admirable as situation. "Here at Colby I can take a aged more than one politically moti- approach. dents on the issues. "They will be a goals. The first is "to change the Mondragon's work is, it is also little rest from that very boring kind of vated massacre (meaning more than Gentry focused on the problematic model," she said. "They won't talk to Iaws...in order for the laws to recognize extremely dangerous. life," he said. six people killed in one place) each day media, She read a list she had gotten at anyone who doesn't want to be talked the rights of such people," he said. "It is rewarding," Mondragon said, "However, my greatest reward last year. the conference of discriminatory "defi- to." When asked what specific laws he has "but 1 must tell you that the first thing from this kind of work is that I've "According to my beliefs, a country nitions" of words as used by the However, "we as a sodety have an had a hand in changing he accessed a we are rewarded with in Colombia learned that things can be changed. where the political opposition is exter- media. For instance, "criminal" in the awful lot to do to help people step out- website that contained the text of because of our work is a death sen- We've won our struggles time after minated does not have a democracy," mainstream media is often synony- side their comfort zone. I think the Colombia's constitution and read tence." Thousands of human rights time after time." Mondragon said. mous*witlv"a person of color, usually people here tonight will make a differ- aloud the several amendments to it he workers have been assassinated in As the third Oak fellow at Colby, He hopes that in his time at Colby, Africii^Smerican, but can be Latino" ence. I keep telling the students: don't had written himself. Colombia over the past 20 years. following Zafaryab Ahmed of Pakistan he will be able to make a difference in and ""welfare" is "public support for worry about numbers." For instance, Artide 13 states that, Amazingly, last year, of all the human and Didier Kamundu Batundi of the the way Americans view the situation women of color who refuse to work, in Asked for her unique perspective "the State will promote the conditions rights activists assassinated around the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Colombia. spite of the abundance of good jobs." as Dean of Intercultural Affairs on the in order for equality to be real and world, half of them were assassinated Mondragon said that his goal for his "I would like very much that the She then asked the students in the progress Colby has been making in the effective and will adopt measures in in Colombia, according to Mondragon. time at Colby is to "let people know students at Colby who listen to the audience to count the number of peo- area of racial and ethnic diversity, she favor of discriminated or marginalized "Now, there are no prisoners any- what is happening in Colombia. message I bring, to be able to transmit ple in the room wearing blue. Then said "(It) continues to be a bumpy groups. The State will protect espedal- more, just assassinations," Mondragon People in the US really do not know the message to as many persons in the they were told to close their eyes and road, but the road seems to be widen- ly those persons that because of their said. what is happening in Colombia." United States as they can." say how many people were wearing ing. We've gotten more people economic, physical or mental condition When he sued the power company Where the American media shows The first opportunity students who yellow. That no one could do it is the involved, but there is still insensitivity, find themselves in a manifest circum- building the dam on die Embera Katio that the main problems in Colombia are not in Mondragon's class will have central idea of diversity education, she We haven't gotten up to the level (of stance of weakness and will punish the land, he and the lawyer working on the are drug dealers and guerrillas, "the to hear him speak will be at a round- said. acceptance and tolerance) that I know abuses or mistreatmentsthat are made case both had their family threatened. real problem in Colombia is the politi- table discussion on the situation in "If you look at just the blue, you're the majority students are capable of, against them." ' As a result, Mondragon moved his cal dass" which has made it a policy to Colombia to be held Monday, Sept. 25 going to miss out on so much of the but students who have been pushed Mondragon does not just write family to Spain for some time. Even take over the land of indigenous peo- in Oltn 1. yellow." beyond their comfort zone seem to these laws and leave them at that, of after returning "I cannot go to my ple and has created what Mondragon Looking out at the 25 or 30 people rally around it." in Page Commons Room, however, she In spite of what she considered to added, "you can see that the majority be a disappointing turnout for this of your dassmates don't care. 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One in Foss/Woodman was set allowed in some of the other dorms, but appar- should foot the bill for running wires all over off -when a smoke detector was ripped off the ceiling in a hallway and both ently it is "unsafe" in Johnson. Someday I w ant the dorm. What it comes down to is the fact the other two incidents in the same buildings on the same Friday Geoff Ward night it to oe explained to me how a that people are willing to say were traced to the pull station at the exit of Foss dining hall. The alarm at lofted bed is "safe" in Dana or anything to avoid doing any 2:30 a.m. Friday night in Dana was also falsely triggered by a pull station. ' the Senior Apartments, but IT S NOT THE FACT actual work. We're not asking The pulling of false alarms has always been a problem at Colby, espe- Even the cable company doesn't take this "unsafe" in Johnson. By con- THAT WE'RE PACKED IN much, just to have livable cially in large dorms such as Dana and Foss /Woodman where crowds tend long. stantly calling PPD we con- conditions for $30,000. to gather. Besides being a disturbance to the dorm residents, it is also a clear HERE TIGHTER THAN I've spent the first few weeks of school vinced them that it would be One of the most basic danger in that we begin, to assume every alarm is a prank and ignore them. SARDINES IN A CAN unable to get to my desk to even check my okay to loft our bed, but get- things people ask of their Until people realize the pointlessness and danger of their actions, perhaps email or write this column. In my way have ting them scheduled to come THAT REALLY BOTHERS government is that it is some measures should be taken. The $500 fine is essentially ineffective been desks and beds strewn across my room. over here and actually do it ME responsive to the needs of the since the perpetrator is rarely caught. The fine ends up being split among , WHAT BOTHERS ME Why you ask? Because there are three people was a whole other matter. o le. In a city, if the roads the residents of the dorm where the alarm was triggered, an unfortunate IS THAT THIS SCHOOL pe p stuck in quite a tiny room. But I've mentioned However I will note that are bad, the people ask that result since more often than not the person responsible is only visiting for this before, and it's not what I want to focus on when I finally got through to HAS TAKEN ITS SWEET the municipal government a party. Some fire alarm pull stations come equipped with an ink capsule here. the Lord Hi P TIME HELPING US TO that will burst on the person who sets off the alarm. It is not a staining ink, gh P D fix potholes. In a state, if It's not the fact that we're packed in here Scheduling Person (it only there are floods or natural but rather a special type that will glow under UV light so in the event of a MAKE THIS INTO A LIV- tighter than sardines in a can that really both- took a little over a week of disasters, the people ask for prank pull, security officers can find the culprit. Colby should consider ABLE ROOM. ers me, what bothers me is that this school has phone calls), the two guys aid in fleeing their homes investing in this or other types of anti-prank alarms, especially in highly taken its sweet time helping us to make this who came over here with the abused locations such as the exit of Foss dining hall. and savine those in danorer. into a livable room. Note that we haven't been loft were extremely helpful. Isn' t that the Security is probably just as annoyed by the incidents as are the unin- way In the federal government, people expect the asking for a whole lot, just a few little things it always is with bi bureaucracies? The volved students who are forced from their beds to stand in the cold. g people president to respond with action to a wide from the Physical Plant Department and Dean at the top just like to transfer p Security officers are just as prone to complacency towards the false alarms hone calls and range of national and international issues. At Johnston that would help us make it possible inform you that your question can be Colby, the administration, the deans, the presi- as we are, but fortunately for us, they still take their jobs seriously. An offi- to sleep, study, and live without having to con- answered by someone who is on vacation for cer is dispatched and reaches the dorm in question within three to four dent, are basically the government we live stantly step on each other and hurdle furniture the next six months, but when minutes and proceeds to check where the alarm was started, As soon as the you finally get under. We ask them to be responsive, to take to do these things. to deal with the people who do the real room or hallway is cleared as safe, the alarm is turned off and reset, often work, action when called upon, but unlike govern- I won't go into all the details here, but basi- they're always great people. We within a total of seven minutes. We should be thankful Security still does just need to ment officials, we can't vote them out of office. cally what we needed was to loft a bed and get get rid of the empty suits at the top. their best to protect our safety and acts efficiently so the vast majority of us What this means is that any action they take is Ethernet support for the three computers we The Ethernet saga is ongoing. Apparently, on their own terms, at their whim, and for the who are just annoyed and cold can get back into our beds. have in the room. Johnston agreed a bed need- according to the people at Information See WORDS, continued on page 6 Colby's Internet connection is too slow If this fact hadn't already been readily apparent, many students were greeted with a message last week stating that the POP server was too full to allow additional students to sign on to the Colby server. Just another incendiary headline The on-campus Ethernet system uses a standard Tl connection. This can transfer approximately 1.4 MB of information per second. While this carry- Devi ls stupid jerk and don't read on. why that happened. we get sarcastic and pout. ing capacity is an improvement from past Colby systems, it is proving to be | If I could really call myself a We are the generation that came We are the futile malcontents. inadequate because more and more students are constantly using the net- i quoting Christian, I'd probably do some- of age in the political correctness era. Case in point: me. Only a handful work. Therefore the connection has become saturated because there is too scripture thing about this. I'd try to save the We were the ones for whom to of people directly tell me they think much information traveling through the network at once. wayward sheep instead of preaching offend was social poison. I'm an idiot. Apparently myriad oth- The administration has tried in the past to fix this problem in a number of Jeffrey Calareso to the converted. But first, I've We became adults amidst the P.C. ers tell their friends they think I'm ways, from encouraging students to cut "back on the number of MP3s they developed a fascination with backlash. These are the days in an idiot. So it's not often I am able to , play over the network (downloading them to personal computers before Ignorance. It's a terrible thing. It's Eastern religions which often prize which white folks feel they've been engage in a dialogue with my playing them saves bandwidth), to experimenting with alternate form of con- why some of us are here at college. the individual over the herd, and slighted. They feel a couple of detractors, necting students, however these attempts have clearly failed. The solution Others are here because they second, I'm not interested in water- decades of affirmative action make Some people think I'm obnoxious that was devised last year was to add a second Tl connection while waiting don't want to get a job just yet. ing down what I want to say. I'd up for a couple of centuries of slav- because I like to debate with people to add aT3connection until a later date. Others, for beer. Some, for all-cam- rather seek to understand why base- ery and genocide. on why they don't like me. Okay, I Well, that date has come. less opinions are formed about me. My peers, we get offended at the may very well be obnoxious, but I ' pus barbecues. A T3 connection can transport 45 MB of information per second, and Now, here's an interesting fact: if I was going to write about some- slightest of nothings. We get offend- still think it's a fascinating talk to despite the hefty price tag of around $25,000, Colby needs to make this you've read this far into this article, thing important this week. I thought ed because we know how to get have. upgrade. We have entered the 21st century and being able to connect quick- you're among the minority,based on I wrote about something important offended better than any generation Often I hear second-hand about ly is becoming a necessity. my unofficial poll. Most people, last week. Some folks told me they before us. We excel at expressing those who greet my articles with dis- . It is time for Colby to enter the new millennium, and make the necessary when they see my often-inflammato- agreed. Others, though, as happens unease in such a way as to let noth- upgrades to the system. too often to me, completely missed ing productive come of our emotion. See DEVILS, continued on ry headline, assume I'm just a big the point. So I'm going to explore We don't get riled up and protest, page 6 Talking ducks should not Woodman woes: fire alarms and stolen goods handle bro ken tablets from the greater good, and another is the distur- responsible for this type of crime (yes, it may feel By JULIA DREES * Wiry are there so many talking bance of fellow residents by pulling fi re alarms like you' re just taking $20 from your dad's wallet, AD DESIGNER The Vast ducks in insurance commercials? An ad falsely for what can only be attributed to person- but both of these actions are actual crimes) are for Geico car insurance has a 'spokes- al amusement. Both actions are incredibly selfish completely ungrateful for what Colb ives us Wasteland After a semester's worth of adventures in y g duck' waddling into the spotlight to and disrespectful and, unfortunately, both have and are in fact not just stealing from Colb but Foss/Woodman as a first-year, I never thought y inform you of the company's many plagued the Foss/Woodman community since from the other students who have an equal right Ryan Davis I'd be back. Maybe some can appreciate the virtues. Specifically, he claims that the beginning of the semester. to enjoy what their tuition money pays for. crusty, dried WHOP special sauce splattered on use of his company's product will the walls as artistic expression or the beer soak- The Great Furniture Heist, as An even more annoying I don't remember the last time I result in a smaller bill. At which point ing up from the carpet through their socks it could be called, was executed form of disrespect came loud- the new and bought something because I liked the (oh, my aching sides) he removes his Sunday morning as a softener for calluses, but for during the move-in days and ly and brightly to my attention commercial, I'd prefer to think it has beak to reveal a "smaller bill" under- me what clinched it were the constant fire alarms saw the loss of two large couch- remodeled dorms this weekend as never happened, but due to the fact neath. Get it? Do ya, huh? and seeing more vomit than I ever did running es, three to four armchairs, and Foss/Woodman residents full y equf ped that I am human, I would probably A similar spot for Aflac insurance with CER for over a year. a large area rug from the come were subjected to three fire just be lying to myself. Still, while the began running at about the same time Nonetheless, I have returned for my senior Foss/Woodman joint lounge alarms Friday night at 11:30 with alarm sirens techniques employed in most adver- and features another duck (or per- year, lured by renovations, a qxiality dining hall, until it was more bare than the p.m., 1:08 a.m., and 2:08 a.m. by tisements may seem logical or even haps it's the same duck and he has an and a lovely triple, But for all the outward trees will be a month from now designed the and just to top things off, one appealing to the casual viewer, pre- econ degree or something) telling two changes, Foss/ Woodman has a remarkable tenac- and echoed louder than any more at 9:37 p.m. on Saturd ay Bureau for Innovati on cious little scru tiny will reveal many guys in the park how Aflac (rhymes ity for tradition. I am greeted frequentl by the party in the triple below me night, Security informed me y of them to be absolutely nonsensical. with "quack") will boost their bene- powerful scent of everybody's favorite herbal (please don't take that as a chal- of Eff ective Torture that all but one were set off as After watching a commercial, it's fi ts in the event of an accident. remedy and have noticed that apparently sound- lenge, guys). Items started to pranks, so aside from tlie peo- devices of some fun to ask yourself "did that make me Urn, why? No attempt is made to proofing was not a part of the remodeling. reappear as a result of threats of ple who were smoking unusu- want to buy the product or service in explain why I should take insurance Interestingly, sound travels less through the walls room searches and fines and former Fascist ally heavily on Saturday, question?" Keep in mind that by advice from a duck, so I assume the than through the shaki ng floor, not to mention a everything minus two arm- excuse me while I make the countr y . bombard ing the viewer with their companies felt such logic is self- vent my roommates and I recently discovered in cha i rs has si nce been relocated broad generalization that the flashy edi mind tricks, the ultimate explanatory. Perhaps they thought our bathroom that functions as a speaker for by the head residents. The large people responsible for these J goal of advertisers is to eradicate that laughing at the ads would help music and/or the sounds of beer die nnd general menu board by the checker in Foss valued at $300 alarms are imbecilic, pathetic human beings, Not your common sense and weaken viewers remember the company's mayhem from the gentlemen above and below was stolen the f irst day the d ining hall opened to mention drunk at the time, But drunkenness is your resistance to the point where name. If that's the case, though, they us. and has yet to be returned, A television was not and never has been an excuse for imbecility , forgot to make the ads funny, instead stolen from this lounge last year and was not and that anyone can think in any stale of mind you will one day think "Say, Big I can easily shrug and chalk up such strange of merely surreal. replaced, Why should it be? Colby does an excel- that f ire alarms are funny is incredible to me, Mouth Billy Bass is a great inven- smells and sounds to the adventures of dorm life, tion!" If someone can come up with a but there are other activities that are inexcusable lent job providing us with the best facilities wher- Well , maybe the old dorms' fire alarms are Let s take a hard look at what goes plausible explanation for the water- in the all-important dorm commun ities that com- ever remodeling has taken place and keeping somewhat funny in the sense that some of them on when the so-called "entertain- fowl-insurance connection, email me pose a residential college like Colby, One is the everyth ing else perfectly functional and clean, sound just like the indtistrial-strenglh-yet-still- ment" ends and the consumerist orgy toting off of an entire lounge's-worth of furniture The type of behavior that leads to stealing furni- not-quitc-fu nctional vacuum cleaners for student known as the commercial break See WASTELAND, con- for personal use in individu a l rooms, stealing ture is just spoiled immaturity. 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Granted, the more obnox- begin to ignore them, no matter how Rogaine with minoxidil was GENITAL HERPES saying, but I'm having night- implication that it becomes perfectly healthy and uivjous and painful the noise, the more ear-splitting and obnoxious they supposed to do, even though I mares about newborns with logical on your eighteenth birthday, the choice of >i likely people will wake up and save are. Saturday morning, after the first saw it advertised all the time, MEDICATION HAVE more body hair than Robin adjectives is telling. Wacko, huh? I guess I won't be "•¦' themselves from a fiery death, but three alarms, my roommates and I Ignorant of the restrictions, I Williams (rim shot). totally rad if I smoke, The dudes won't invite me to " ifs hard to appreciate that some- peered out our common room, win- TAUGHT ME THAT NO logically assumed it was for a * Hey kids! Don't smoke! the Ratt concert, Cowabunga! body has our safety in mind when dows to evaluate the hazard of problem too embarrassing or MALADY IS TOO (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) As The best part of this scheme is that the compa- there is so very, very rarely a fiery jumping if we were to roll over in disgusting to talk about during part of the massive tobacco set- nies are shielded from criticism about targeting Z" anything to escape when the alarm bed and cram a pillow over our REVOLTING FOR "The Price is Ri ht." Of course, tlement a few years ago, cigarette teens because of the vagaries of what is considered screams, In fact, tihe only thing I was heads during an alarm that turned g subsequent ads for 'Viagra and PRIME TIME. companies were forced not only cool and the level of cynicism it takes to figure out • appredating those four times I was out to be legit. We decided it would genital herpes medication have to put Joe Camel to sleep but what they're doing, You might say I'm being too wrenched from my weekend activi- be worth the risk, especially with taught me that no malady is too revolting for prime also to produce ads telling kids not to smoke. Good cynical, but when Big Tobacco and Big Advertising * ties and the comfort of my room the coming cushion of snow, This is time. thinking, huh? I think they should force Nintendo team up, I don't think it's possible to be cynical - was that there was not yet snow on not a good attitude, and a $50 fine The best (read: funniest) of these restricted ads to produce ads telling kids that Pokemon is just an enough. - the ground. for those caught ignoring an alarm featured a man climbing a mountain. When he asinine fad developed solely to separate them from - Add to all this unpleasantness is meant to discourage it. But possi- reached the top, the camera pulled out to reveal their allowance money. But, as usual, I digress. Ryan Davis is the News Editor and bi-weekly colum- the fact that the residents of the bly the best deterrent is an example that the mountain was carved into the shape of the Anyone who thinks Big Tobacco seriously wants nist for the Echo, If you' re not completely satisf ied with - dorm have to pay a $500 fine for from last January when three stu- -word "Zyrtec." The guy thrust his arms in the air fewer kids to take up smoking probably thinks him, you can return the unused portion for a full refund. every false pull unless the perpe- dents from Seton Hall University in » trating punk is turned in. With just New Jersey died in a fire and 62 - under 200 students living in ¦ ¦ were injured because they assumed Foss/Woodman, I realize that from the alarm was a prank. m this weekend alone I already owe All these excruciatingly irritating DEVI LS: don't just read this hea dline, okay? about $7 and if this keeps up, I'll , f alse and in the case ot alarms, they want to be reassured in their because I do it too. One point on issues. I just think this needed say- « owe over $82 by the end of the incredibly dangerous incidents at " Continued from page 5 disapproval. which I most often find myself ing. semester, assuming the clever Colby need to stop. I wish it could gust. And often I hear the same I understan d that people may agreeing with my detractors is my And to those I've irreparably I pranksters go home for Fall Break b i le as people realizing that * e as s mp thing: they read the headline and completely disagree with what I own lack of information. I don't offended , let me end with a quote. -and Thanksgiving, And thaf s just this college is a community where ^ were so offended that they didn't write, I've comp letely disagreed know everything about the topics on This . is from a poem entitled * from fire alarms, there is also the immature behav ior si a mply m kes read on, They read the headline and with things I've written, My goal which I write, so I attempt to spark "Candlelight" by former Colby pro- * added cost of the stolen furniture life miserable and, again in the case they developed notions and opin- isn't self-promotion (despite evi- further research, education, and dis- fessor Tony Hoagland: "You feel the and any possible WHOP sauce i l , downr ht: risky, t of the f re a arms ig i o tic t d 't read, dence to the contrary), I'm trying, as cussion on them, But each person faint grit / of ants beneath your it decor or broken windows. Last Hopefully the idiotic side-effects of ons n the ar le hey ha n i i they pathetic as it sounds, to encourage who only comes away with "Wh at a shoe s, / but keep on walking / weekend's extremely sensible dorm. ie b id s e t They went n know ng what part s will su s e as the em s er e i to think coming out. critical thinking. I may not be terri- jerk" is lost, I'm not sure how to because in this world / you have to * damage involved the remova l of the wears on, b i e w re go ng * ut unt l th n I ask my Or worse, they read the article bly effec tive at accompl ishing that reach more people. I'll keep trying, dedde what / you're will ing to bathroom plaques that are glued oa i b b t ne gh ors to forget a ou dr ink ing and now know who I am and what I goal, but thaf s my goal, though. kill." v to the wall such that they must have i s, just please don age requ rement 't believe in and just how wretched of To get offen ded is to take the easy I apolog ize for wast ing your time * been premeditatedly pried off with serve jerks. .. a screwdriver, taking much plaster a human being I am. They don't way out. To label and denigrate is with this particular column. Next Jeff Cttkreso is a weekly columnist want to discuss the issue I raised) likewise unproductive, I know week I promise I'll be back to real for the Echo.

WORDS: take responsibility,Colby Continued from page 5 faced, Whe ther your story is three might think this is a stre tch, that years old or just happened the nothing will over change , and stu- most part we are helpless to other day, I'd like to hear about it, dents here will always jus t have to resp ond, Call me, e-mail me, stop by my deal with the hassles imposed I know that there are many oi room, whatever , From time to time upon us. But believe me, with suf- you but there who have had the I'll chronicle the ineptitu de of our ficient public outcry, maybe Dean tame problems my roommat es the administration in this column, Johnston will stay in his office past ' and I are having with the adminis- and maybe , just maybe, if o-ur new 2:00 p.m., maybe PPD will come to tration of this school, and I' m sure president reads about the prob- your roam the same week you call that most of your complaints with lems students have had , and the them , maybe the people whose 'ihe way things are done around administration becomes sufficient- salaries we all pay will start acting have fallen on deaf earsj) 'Her e ly embarrassed at seeing their a little , grat eful and try to work *'I 'm asking anyone out there names repeatedly Included in with im instead of against us. who has had prob lems similar to these stories , then they might 'our s and has been ignored and actually do something and stop felt fruetrated with the inaction at treatin g stud ents around here like 'th e Colby administration to share numb ers and start trie the meanin gless Qeoff Ward is the Opinions Editor v^with prdb ilirrti you're treating them like people. You fof ih%icbo, ^ EALL fVl fl TAIVHfST SPE CTACULAR * TELEVISH N PREVIEW: By MELVLADERA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The fall television lineup of 2000 seems to be stronger than it has ever been for nearly all of the networks. It would definitely be a procrastinator's heaven once he hears about what is in MCYIE PREVIEW store from his favorite television pro- grams. The season also promises a variety of programs, from political dra- mas to quirky out-of-this-world come- dies, which are expected to appeal to several different audiences. MANGO AT THE MOVIES "The Simpsons" is expected to be 'a strong performer this fall espetiaUy By MANGO CHIN "Red Planet' r human's body with the mission of among the 15 to 25 year-old age group. This satirical cartoon has been Fox's CONTRIBUTING WRITER bringing Hell to Earth. Mya Larkin most solid program for over 11 years, ' Will and Grace" return this season with more laughs If lanets are mentioned, (Winona Ryder), who believed she than ever. p ian any and there is no doubt that it will "How the Grin ch Stole film, there's a significant chance that was rescued from the Devil's grip by remain that way as it goes into its 12th nine Emmy Awards. "Will & Grace" the film is about the Earth being Father Laraeux (John Hart) joins the Teenage Witch" on its lineup. Sina Christmas" season. "Ifs a perennial favorite," said tackles issues that not many comedies Melissa Hart has left good shattered, blown-up, or dissolved crusade against the devil. Peter Joan y Matthew Tabas '03. "The Simpsons" is would. It was thought the theme of into space. This Anthony Hoffman Kelsen (Ben Chaplin), a New York goody ABC now we will be able to set Imagine, if you could, Jim Carrey indeed a favorite among Colby stu- homosexuality this program embraces her Maxim side at the ed film, of course, is no exception. "Red novelist who regularly plunges into gier WB. Solei crouched at a chimney in a head-to- dents. would not be well-received by the pub- Planet" reiterates the idea that the the depths of criminal minds, Moon Frye and Elisa Donovan join th< toe, booger-green fur suit. Yes, it's as The common 5 p.m. ritual on. cam- lic. Now it is one of the most anticipat- Blonde Bombshell. " is a Earth is indeed dying, and humans strongly disagrees with Catholicism "Felitity ls< disturbing as it sounds. Ron pus is the gathering of several small ed comedies of the fall season. "Will & , must find an alternative breeding and the idea of Lucifer waiting to back this time haircut free. "Angel/ Howard's (Richard Cunningham congregations of students in front of Grace" has now moved to NBC's pow- "The Hughleys," and "Popular, ground. This time, it's the red plan- take over the world. However, when " als< from "Happy Days"... ah, the good the television watching the much- erful Thursday, airing at 9 p.m. et, Mars. A team of American astro- Mya and Peter meet, she comes to bring strength to the WB lineup. ol' days!) interpretation of "How the enjoyed reruns of the cartoon. This sea- Other highly anticipated programs ABC has a weak comed lineuj nauts, who apparently do not agree believe that Peter is the unfortunate y Grinch Stole Christmas" is arriving son of the "The Simpsons" will feature include Fox's "Malcolm in the with struggling "Dharma & Greg,' on ideas of philosophy and God, soul who is chosen by Satan. at your nearest theater on Friday, stories about the splitting of Middle," a raunchy comedy that fol- must make the first manned expedi- Together, they attempt to drive the and "Two Guys and a Girl", but its Nov. 17. Carrey, of course, has been Springfield, the legendary rock band lows "The Simpsons." This show con- tion to the rough terrain of Mars. forces of evil from the world. Lost game show "Who Wants to Be i designated as the notoriously dis- The Who, the remembrance of the tinues the same flavor that "The The plot thickens when their equip- Souls will be released, most appro- Millionaire" keeps it at the top. CBf turbing Grinch who plots with his deceased Maude Flanders, and the Simpsons" has in its satirical portrayal ment begins to fail and they must priately, on Friday, October 13th. will probably be strong because all o best friend, the rein-dog, to sabota ge guest voices of Drew Barrymore, of the American family. The program's its new shows like work through their differences to "The Fugitive" anc Christmas for the town of Who-ville. Joshua Jackson, Edward Norton, and lewd humor, which is performed fan- "Bette were well advertised during eventually come to terms with their " Josh Ryan Evans (who has played others. It looks like Sunday ni hts are tastically by stars Franlde Muniz and own beliefs and mortal selves. Oh "The Ladies Man" g the "Survivor" phenomenon characters on television series such still "Simpsons" nights. Emmy-nominated Jane Kaczmarek, bod yeah, they also have to save the "Every y Loves Raymond" is alsc as "Ally McBeal)" acts as the juve- Another strong ratings contender is adds to the already whimsical CBS' world. Hunk-a man Val Kilmer "He's cool, he's clean, he's a love s best bet on ratings. NBC'i nile Grinch. (Even the Grinch had a the Emmy Award-winning political Sundays. "Friends" will also ride high as Monia ("Batman Forever") and Carrie- machine." Equally frightening, "The childhood!) Molly Shannon drama, "The West Wing." This drama NBC's erratic alien comed "3rd and Chandler's wedding attract! Anne Moss (The Matrix) co-star in Ladies Man", an extension of SNL's y "(Saturday Night Live," Mary premiered last season with a bang Rock from the Sun" also is coming attention. Michael Richards returns this action-packed sci-fi film that character Leon Phelps (Timi t< Katherine Gallagher in "Superstar)" drawing much-deserved attention. The strong after several prosperous sea- NBC in his new self-titled show promises to convince you, yet again, Meadows), is a smooth-talking, plays Betty Lou Who. James Horner entertainment value of this show sons. Bombshells Pamela Anderson, that the world is truly ending. "Red groovy, self-proclaimed mack- is Tis "( Titanic," "The Perfect Storm)" is continuous and consistent in each Speaking of aliens, this fall season Carrere, and Lucy Lawless also wil Planet" will be at a theater near you dadd y. Leon hosted a radio advice the director for the soundtrack of episode. It does a very realistic por- they may invade the ratings as UPN's come strong with their respective Nov. 3. show in which he routinely offends "The Grinch." Few could resist the trayal of what goes on in the White "Star Trek: Voyager" comes to its final shows "VIP", "Relic Hunter listeners. In consequence, he lost his " and familiar rhymes of Dr. Seuss, so this House. This portrayal can be credited season. Also, Fox's "The X-Files" deals "Xena: Warrior Princess." job and found himself in quite a holiday movie is destined, in my "Lost Souls" to the former political speechwriters with a new twist as Mulder is abduct- As for sports entertainment, th« bind. That is, until he receives a mys- opinion, to be a box office hit. One and secretaries to the president who ed by aliens, and Robert Patrick from Olympics on NBC will probabl due! terious letter from his anonymous y more thing about "The Grinch": the Autumn is finally here. You know serve as writers and consultants to the "T2: Judgement Day" joins Gillian with Monday Night Football and true I6ve that bids him to return to - web-site (www.meanone.com) is what that means: time to release hor- show. "The West Wing" airs on Anderson's Scully as her new partner, WWF Raw and Smackdown-for view- her and her money. But who is she? absolutely kick-butt. Nearly irre- ror movies that attempt to scare the Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC. This and the WB's unconventional drama ers, but all in all, each is expected tc "The Ladies Man" also stars Will sistible with its "What's Your Who living daylights out of you! Janusz show will probably dominate the "Roswell" brings back its hip young stay strong. Ferrell, Karyn Parsons, and Billy Dee Name" function, I found that if I Kaminski (Academy Award-win- drama ratings as "ER" and "Law and cast with new addition Emilie de Whether trying to pass the time oi Williams, and is produced by Lome were an occupant of Who-ville, my ning cinematographer oi Order" are beginning to lose steam. Ravin. "Roswell" has storylines that just procrastinate, when you turn or Michaels and directed by Reginald name would be "Merchant Mango "Schindler's List" and "Saving The daring comed "Will & Grace" show great promise and it may actual- the television every night, there will Hudlin. The release date, also appro- y Conga-loo-who." And if your name Private Ryan") brings you "Lost also may contribute to a possible NBC ly take the spotlight off the WB's other usuall be something entertaining tc priately, is Oct, 13. y were Sassairass Shmidt? It would be Souls", a plot that involves a group ratings supremacy this fall. This pro- hits "Dawson's Creek" and "Buffy the watch with this strong fall season. The "Silly Sassafrass Sazaphoo-who." of priests who believe the devil will gram tied "The West Wing" for the Vampire Slayer." only problem is picking your favorites "You better watch out." one day roam the earth to possess a lead at the Emmy Award Show with The WB also now has "Sabrina the OVER-21 SECTION fall beer challenge No pre mature entr y at the Pub | | By ZACK KAHN remaining beverages. By LISA MARK ing those long nights on the way back We all know too well about the since freshman year, and always be from the library. When A+E EDI TOR After such a well-liked beer and CONTRIBUTING WRITER you walk into tight marriage that academia and the reassured that you're not the only per- so many more to go, things were the Pub it is easy to miss the subtle drink have chartered over the years. In son that sometimes needs a stiff one Tlie Scene: the kitchen of an off-cam- looking even better than just a sim- Ifs hard to believe that it has decorations, The walls are dotted with the grand scheme of things, however, on a Tuesday night, just because it is a pus house somewhere in the Greater ple autumnal eve spent in the com- already been three years since the con- black and white pictures of Colby the Marchese Blue Light Pub is not Tuesday night, I pany of one's mates, There was struction of Colby's Marchese Blue days past. The tallest walls are lined K^^t on campus. Not There's always a deal at the pub, Waterville area, ^^ MJ____ %_ The Players: for our purposes the Shipyard Export Ale, the flagship of Light Pub was completed, It seems with antique skis, snow shoes, and ___%__ WK_WB___as though they are whether ifs $0.75 drafts or cheap like only yesterday the spot was tennis racquets. Then there i f k P-HteglHBk in the CIA, i food, the Pub somehow manages to I names of these over-Zl-year-olds have the Shipyard empire that extends ___k__ ^ wh ch been chavged to protect those around from Central Maine, through its reserved for the dwindling pack of place encircled with d*s%______Wk 'R8flwKeiwB!fl-ior fr°m even fry- make the Dugout look like highway them. They are Jack, Eskimo,Hoser , and home base in Portland all the way to smokers stopping by for a quick butt actually doesn'twc^butajj ^i^n iriHBHb -HHHkremature entry, robbery. So for those of you that have I nary a cl Cheesesteak. Logan Airport in Boston where they between classes. Those days are long yeajyjft^BWHItou HBBM't ._^^H__K°^H__K senior8 away yet to reach that wonderful age of 21, gone as the area been put to tried afmfflHHHKm^lXHHHtfl don't throw the brunt of your angst at The Beers: OPB DooryarA, Shipyard- have their own Shipyard Bar. The use to HPnU-Hu PoHn there is ever a I Export Ale, a Quelecois beer called Export Ale was lighter, visibly and help another student pastime: boozrtgtfttUTit liBIHbrBHHfe toHHHM)w^M|H»)ine strange the Pub, because when you do Friday Chambly,Bu d Dry, Uibatte Bleue and of taste-wise, and a bit sharper as well, ing, _hHInll^uHHHUc^HNtf ot^^H|l reason^HUflHpFbebe a at become legal you'll appreciate it all The pub sits below the S k wiU packed the more. I course thnt old Colby favorite Natural Actually, Jack admitted to having a pa/fl^F jH-Hwa ^ fH-DH^U-te-3 °^_H thtatfthoj^HProhvhy to all-too-enttcing JgtfBHfr cH |^0^^ & P^^fe. xR not, it's a place you m light. slight preference for the Export from 21h^A iW^ h«H ^ previous experience, Despite the olds to stop ajjflHHHAoneVnH HRVRn into people you haven't seen It is a cool, fall evening, the leaves preference he was able to admit it are starting to change outside and was a more Americans I geese have been sighted overhead. ish/Budweiser beer, one that^gkbcH felt on the tongue Inside, however, is warm and friend- (ui^MH^HlfM* I ly as some friends gather on a like the darker, smoot^JM^frd, ¦Bpffl ^ karaoke Rocks You Know Whose! Saturday night for a pre-party to The EeldjgMHtoramUHHkpna w^p c | | taste some refreshing beverages. "n> _V_H0^-H_k 16oz. Tanqueray and tonic, (which also told me about a conspiracy to tiled bathroom complete with a ran- The first to be opened was the «M3 ^^ HbtmP "" ^^ at $4 was an amazing bargain and do with the Gestapo, but I sort of dom pole for dancing. The karaoke ¦ ¦ Dooryard. Made by the Oak Pond stoutvHHKttexVPm &^^^E> quite tasty); familiar faces began to lost him as my straw made that is definitely what made the night, ¦ ¦ ith the Brewery out of Skowhegan, Maine, j *^HbreSfinted w task of trickle in, empty gurgling sound and I had to though. There are so many songs to this beer comes from a long line of more a^^Hb ne^jfJMtu^^Bl Bs/iWffig the "nightlife" in The karaoke magic was well return to the bar. choose from and people sang every- consensu^^^L ^^HK I good beer, and so expectations were ^^^H Pwtervllle, I must say that I was underway and as we leafed through The bartender was strictly check- , thing from "Life is a Highway/' to - high, Pouring it into a glass, the pretty excited, But I had two major numerous binders of song selec- ing IDs, bo make sure yours is on- "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been I Eskimo took a long satisfying swig, concerns, one being the lack of bond tions, Walter performed the classic hand, Everyone I spoke to was Under?" After Pevin Beliveau, '01 rolled it around In his mourn, and classiest looftOHHrnwasup for fide nightlife in Waterville, the other "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of pleased by the size, price, and qual- and "Phat" Jon Gonthier's, '01 ren- ¦ ¦ swallowed. review, comes UTiTlarge, wlne-slzed Coconuts," complete with a strong ity of the drinks, especially com- dition of the N'Sync classic "Bye, ¦ ¦ being the sheer terror of experienc- / "Mmmm," he said, "Round and bottle with a champagne cork, ing it on my own, English accent. It was my first pared to what many of us paid over Bye, Bye," I asked Pierce Colo, '01, if hoppy, non-threatening with a nice Popping off the cork and pouring A friend suggested You Know encounter with Walter, who appar- the summer in various cities. The it was true la all 18-24 year-old I aftertaste for the palette," the French-Canadian beverage Ihe Whose Pub, off the concourse in ently ia a karaoke all-star and a teg- Fub has eight beers on draught, males want to bo part of a boy band. _. Cheesesteak took a sip and Hoser/ looking exceptionally pleased downtown Waterville. Declaring ular at tho Pub, I spoke with him as including Oak Pond Brewery Nut His face was overcome with a look agreed. He liked tho smoothness and with himself, attempted to explain itself as the "Home of the Nasty he returned to his table arid tried to Brown and Shipyard Summer Ale of self-reflection for a moment, and | | 1 commented that the beer had char- how "the Chambly was a lighter Bur ger" on its sign, the bar has ask him about himself. HoWever, all and offers pitchers of Michelob Lite then he replied, "True." That has acter, Even the Hoser liked the beer In the Franco-Bolginn tradition , karaoke every Thursday from 9 p,m I learned was that he enjoys singing iot$5. absolutely nothing to do with this I Dooryard, commenting on the "solid of blanc beers." Finishing the rest of until closing. I suckered my room- show tunes. He seemed to bo very The atmosphere is pretty chill review. Anyhow, anyone who was wood flavor, Sam Adams, but their Maine mlcrobrows the others mates into accompanying me and opinionated in matters of history with Christmas lights around the there will tell you we all had a great I smooth.'' The Dooryard thus got a looked at each other in bewilder-' prayed that at least some of the min- and the problems of bur nation, bar and various farm implertients time, so this Thursday abandon - general consensus A- grade, setting a ions of Colby seniors I hud tried to which he attributed to private banks ahd tools of destruction mounted oh > yoUr studies, grab your friendp, and | | high standard the friend* could only Sec BEER , continued oh i reeruit wdiild show up, Thankfully fighting the government and some- the walls/ I was Impressed by the pretend you're a rock |tar at You hope would be upheld by the I was successful/ and into my first , thing to do with Ihe War of 1812 , He cleanliness of the avacado green- Know Whose Pub. Y r Guster and The Pinter Festival lives up to high expectations Jump Little By KELLYSTOOS Branacdo made incredible use of dif- ferent body language and tone of voice CONTRIBUTING WRITER in portr aying her roles as wife and that Childr en play of lover, unable to mix the two person - * . Professional experimental, intellec- fcual, and powerful, these are words alities. Brooks' character came alive as Bow doin that come to mind after taking part in every husband trying to -take back con- She Pinter Festival, celebrating the trol o£his household and his wife. c d , "Victoria $0th birthday of playwri ght Harold The se on show By SUZANNE SKINNER Iruiter, on Sept. 15 and 16. The five Station," leaves many unanswered BUSINESS MANAGER Pinter works represented were com- questions for audience members about "back pletely engrossing, almo st to the point the characters' grounds, personal- Warming up for their West Coast faf hypnot ic, and left audience mem- ities, and futures. The piece centers on tour, Guster is traveling to different Ijers pondering their meanings and the relationship between a cab driver, colleges. On Sept, 15, they stopped of) jthem.esfor several days after the pro- Brooks , and his boss, Gordon, and the at Bowdoin College. Playing to ar. duction. With Pinter's works being so dassic theme of miscoinmunication as enthusiastic crowd, Guster and their icryptic and easily misinterpreted, it the boss desperately tries to instruct opening act Jump Little Children put the driver over a radio transmitter to £vas dear that actors and directors on a good show. "Vi spent a great deal of time decoding the make a stop at ctoria Station. It is Althou gh Jump Little Childrer. never dear whether or not the driver is playwri ght's language and carefully warmed up the crowd with their loud choosing how they wanted to present mentally ill, butt Brooks does an amaz- music and amusing, boyish antics, the characters to the audience. The cast ing job of portraying his lack of sensi- many people in the audience were just and crew made effective use of Pinter's bility and scattered thought process. confused. A cross between Dav< powerful themes and unique form of Gordon's character berates the driver, Matthews, Metallica, and Garth drama and, most amazingly, brought but e-ventually insists that he will come Brooks, Jump Little Children had ar. the entire production together with and find him; it is left up to the audi- interesting style of music. You could only two weeks of rehearsal time. ence to dedde if it is to fire him or tell the musitians were enthusiastic The 4:00 p.rn. performances in the befriend him. Gordon portrays his and the band did have a few good Cellar Theater were completely stu- hot-tempered character with an obvi- songs, but most people came away dent-run and included two of Pinter's ous comedic flare, bringing many from the concert thinking that electric plays, "Mountain Language /'and PHOTO BY BRAD SEYMOUR/THE COLBY ECHO laughs as he describes the various guitars, accordions, and cello's really '(The Dumb Waiter." The short play, Jarrod Dumas ' Ol confronts the pensive Stacy Erickson '01 ways in which he will torture Brooks shouldn't be mixed. '^fountain Language," was a disturb- once he gets his hands on him. "Although they were seemingly tal- ing look into the brutality endured by '01. Forced to endure both physical, British accent added yet another ele- waiter that finally delivers the instruc- The third and most disturbing piece ented musicians on their respective prisoners and their families in a war- and in Schaadis characteris case, sexu- ment of difficulty to these roles.' The tions for the next kill. In a surprise of the show, "Ashes to .Ashes," instruments, the style they tried to play like, labor camp environment. The al abuse the characterization was dis- characteris demonstrated how men ending that delivered an emotional explores a power struggle between a together didn't work very well," said audience was in the center of the action turbing yet extremely emotional and and women can become caught up in blow to -die audience and Chantey' s male and female, pr esumably married. Josh Christie '03. in the first scene when the lobby of the thought provoking. All actors played doing completely immoral things character alike, it is actually the second As the man, played by Gordon, tries to After listening to Jump Little theater became a prison waiting area their characters with the conviction without truly taking responsibility for hitman, Luth, that must now die. bring the female, Brannado, back to the Children, the audience was not going and a young woman and elderly and emotion that they deserved. The their actions. Luth did an amazing job The 7:30 p.m. performances, star- real world as she falls in and out of a to torch the place, but they were more woman, played by Lauren Schaad '01 strength of mind and presence of of displaying his characteris moral con- ring professional actors Robert dream-like state. Brannado depicts than ready for Guster. After a 30- and Stacy Reid Erickson '01, endured Schaadis character was especially flicts; shown when he discusses his Gordon, Torben "Brooks, and Lisa strange images of the Holocaust and minute break, Guster took the stage abusive treatment from three guards, touching. remorse over having his last victim be Branacdo, took place in the Strider makes excellent use of pauses in her Starting off with their recognizable Noah Charney '02, Chad Creelman '01 The Ehimb Waiter, starring Stu Luth a girl. Charneyis character puts up a Theater and were of a distinctly differ- speech and a voice recorder echoing crowd favorites, Guster catered to ar and.Ben Falby '03. The action was then '01 and IMoah Charney '02, explored protective front of masculinity and ent flavor from the 4:00 p.m. shows. her speech at points. Gordon's perfor- already enthused crowd. As the night broug ht to the theater where Schaad's the minds and worlds of two hit men refuses to discuss his past murders but The first play, "The Lov er" starring mance was fantastic as an overpower- continued, the audience grew ever, character desperately tried to see her waiting for the a-ext callto tell them only antitipates the next job . Taking Brooks and Branaccio, showed the rela- ing man once again trying to gain more hyper as they danced and sang husband and Erickson's character was when and where tc find their next vic- place in a basement room, a dumb tionship of a married couple on a sub- respect and control in his household. along with the music. forbidden to speak her native language tim. The necessity that the characters waiter is their only connection to the conscious level where their extramari- Along with playing their more pop with her son, played by Jarrod Dumas deliver their lines in a working class outside world, and it is this dumb tal relationships take center stage. ular songs, Guster played some of the songs they covered when they first got together. Although the audience seemed unfamiliar with the songs cov- BEER: an Al Corey Music Center ered, they reacted favorably to the Love or faith? "oldies, but goodies." **% It was not just their music dial informal taste "Evei ^hrngmMusic " warmed the audience. Devotion or sacrifice "They (the band) were really per- test »j iiir sonable..." said Rebecca Stern '03. Py PESHO RASHKOV Amidst the colorful and multi- Eh !Ill From asking if anyone in the audi- faceted world of imperial Rome, - nfi iiiR mi CONTRIBUTING WRITER 99 Main Street, Waterville ence was on Ecstasy, to relegating thc- consul Marcus Vinicius meets the page S U "Home of audience with tales of their owr slave iri Lygia and falls in love with Telephone 872-5622 , Sometimes hi story has its turning g Continued f. rompage 7 the Big Band. " drunken college nights at Tufts and points—ones which students now her, but she does not respond to his ment wondering what it was that if discussing their dislike for MTV's "The Study in-history dasses. But do we feelings because of her devotion to Hoser had just said. Real World," the band kept the audi- ever .dunk whether their contempo- Christ. The hot-blooded and some- The Chambly looked a lot like ence entertained as they took quid* -u.i-..-' ¦ __f "" * ' raries the witnesses of those events, what capricious consul cannot champagne and was reall y quite • ** V fa. ____ _i m _w^ _M_B I f___. _M^_____fl__ _fl__ '' ' jf ^ * ^ , breaks for air and water. considered them as such? History is understand her and begins to suffer. good. All agreed it was a fantastic ; ^§?t ^ eyeglasses The concert proved that Guster is Is it easier to give passion #m • not only battle s fought by nameless up your light beer and one that should be ^ not a band of musical geniuses. Many men, political statements, or quotes and lov e for a person or to surrender drunk with seafood, fish or other *. • Maine's Lowest Prices* : of their songs sound exactly the same by famous philosop hers. The most your faith and Love for a cause?"' is lighter meals. It too was given the fine • Complete line of eyeglasses, sport glasses, sunglasses. • but it did show why they are becoming enduring effects of history are the central question posed by the rating of a B+ beverage. Strangely the popular. Playing songs with a good changes in humank ind' s moral or novel, Through-out various adven- Eskimo commented on the beers : 1 hour seruice auallable for some prescriptions. : beat and memorable lyrics, Guster is value system. tures and conflicts, Sienskiewicz "very aromatic nature with a strong the ideal college band. Ifs the band That is the focus of the novel leads Yinicius to understand the hint of wild flowers and fruit," Poulin Opticians you want to listen to on a relaxing "Quo Vadis" (Where Are You Going, principles and values of Christianity "Strange you would mention : Friday night or on a Saturday morning translated from the Latin) by Polish and shows hcrw difficult it is to fruit," Cheesesteak replied, "as I sense 872-6311 • 117 lllain St. Downtown Ulateruille \ when you are recovering from the pre- novelist Heruy k Sienkiewicz. The obtain true devotion for a cause and none at all." Jack agreed as did Hoser, "Its' worth the tri p." : vious nighf s fun. novel , as the title suggests, ponders a to understand the depth and mean- and the Eskimo was roundly booed as ing of emotions. The style df narra- crucial step in human rivilization: havin g lost his fine taste. 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After losing to Wesleyan last year in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference semifinals, the Colby field H-iB--Hyn/ hockey team was hoping to get i " revenge on the same field on which _Ht-B-^-9___B^^^i -^-^-^-^- &-7 fl ^^^$$K H-^-HH they had lost. "The loss was definitely ^_K_SiP4_^_^_-¦•KS-B-BK_^_EiMaH_^_^_H__i__l_^_Ei^^~?^Y 5^_HHMMR^^_v ^^ _^^Ml J ^¦ r3_i**^m 4 «\VwWqI-EHbI_MF^'t ' jHM^^^H a motivating factor" said co-captain Jane Stevens '01 about the game. B_BS_K_^^^^_^^ II y,TVesleyan 's second-half l9^_L_i_^_i_^_^_tf_&!_^_HI£_s(MS_^_K-SssraS-HSIsf H^ffi&« ~ >_K ¦ VslsiS- \M. iPSH-Bm _ ju_HMK _| Unfortunatel 1 1 i^_»'#4 ^ -i ' , i^^^^^^^h-B-^-Miiinf-H H_K9u ^_^___^l_^_H__H_KF^ ' M 1 f H ^^I^Bn_^-SVIIIII m fyAm<.< ~ i . . ^ miBl ^-Q offense proved to be too much as the ¦ M^@-_^V^^i__9_S^sllP' Iw^SI-i-i ¦ bh ^. ' ^_B_kS__1_K_^_^_H Mules lost a close game, 5-3. The loss _^-^_HHI ^-3H-^-^-^-i-^-HRifflSi ^ 9Em\%2jBF^i.' 1 ' \^B^mm\%Wmt\%\%\m -^-H^-B-B-HH -t-^HI -H-H B - ' _B Jly \_b^O-tV| _^_^_^_H gives the White Mules a record of 0-2 in ^______W______W___ W__ w_^_W____a __\ ^d^S 'mW^iw . \H tK. tV ^9j^ff'l^^^^HH me conference and a record of 1-2 ; PHOTOBY AMITY BURR/ THE COLBY ECHO -_^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-_^B^_B_liwH---_Mffira -K^"i :-M''fi '^ r^-Pr^ >^H ^ _EBJk -4^P^_^-9HbfR overall. um%m%m%m%m%m%m%m%mWKm\WSm^amP ^S^^^^^^^Wr B^X iW. I V " ^K "^ » lP^ -i ^* vllF^ Colby is unable to overcome conference rival Wesleyan, falling 5-3 } _Bli_^_^^ M_^_^_H^_^__H_i_^^^W. • Bi ' - mW *" j "I^ »-. -¦I Kl& ^r ^ Stevens praised her teammates' ^^^^^^^^ KB / itf^l^^ w : to the Cardinals. _^_^_^_^_H-_M-^HMl ^-^wS-E^^¥W' ^r Wmf & < *Wi4 _B y **¦ -\w " H| :. * spirited effort but noted thai more ( work had to be done in order to win ._^_BiKl> ¦ /-»¦ goals. The first goal was scored off a strong presence X>n the left. According -^-^HRH ^-^^ _H£ff_i^yitt ^^ -&4i4 L 1« ' games with this year's very competi- corner play, while the second was to Ingraham, "they connect really wdj; _^B_HHI ^B^^ _^_R_lHKP ^_r 'It I fteL l 'Aib ^ tive schedule. scored off a penalty stroke, which and did an excellent job." In addition;' _ «_^Pw ¦ "Each team played well, and it was involves a one-on-one between the Kara Hubbard '02 added an assist for* _^_^_^_B_^_^H_^H^_-^-^-^-^S-S^^ H _B,E^J ^Wlmm m ^ ^ lfr im,' W" > '^>2jJ_H f^fH. ^ *wi_ai-^-B _^_^___^_^_HH_ i : 1-¥ fc" "1B j * «>. . 1i 'Bol___^__^__^__i_Vl f» *^^B , ^^_H^11 IMy' i: ' _____v_W______for 60 minutes but we needed the allowed one step and one move in this Colby also received strong goal- _H!_^-H_^_M 1 -.JI iw '' V w entire 70," said Stevens. The Mules play, and Ingraham executed it perfect- tending from Stevens and Cany Torrisi' ___ W______played \\\\\ a strong game, but suffered ly with a shot over the goalie's head. '02, who combined for 16 saves in the1 \\\\\W?f ^^mUmmMft I ^AiP p " ^m what Stevens called "a lull in the mid- j Lyndsayy Peters '03 and Sarah losing effort. dle" of the game. The game had a Brown 03 also had a strong effort Stevens said that the Mules must ^M^^_fnH^_^^_^^^^H^^^H'i *•>. a_^_^_^S_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_iback-and-forth effect with both teams against the Cardinals. Peters, a left "pick up the standard" in order to __^__TI_^_l-^-i-i-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-H---^-^-^-^-^--m^t^^_^-d-^-^-^^_^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-Htrading goals in the first half, while die wing and Brown, a Ieftcenter, com- achieve their goal of a .500 conferences Cardinals' defense shut down the bined for one goal and one assist. record. A record of at least .500 would Colby offense in. the second half. Ingraham remarked that the offensive ensure a trip to the NESCAC tourna- Colby ended the first half tied at play for the Mules usually goes up the ment, for which Stevens said the team three. Co-captain Marcia Ingraham '02 right side of the field, but with Peters has potential. .' provided the offensive spark with two arid Brown on the field, they have a

SOX: will changes help or hurt the team? Continued from page 10 Trot Nixon was out for a month with pitched 71/3 innings of shutout ball in __^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^_t^^^^__^__^__^__H hamstring injury. The starting rotation beating the Yankees. Tomo Ohka has' question is whether this money is has been brittle. The bullpen, which been very solid as the number thie. being spent wisely or not. With the was the strength of the team for the starter and looks to be a fixture in next: new park on the table, one has to won- majority of the season, has now lost year's rotation. Bichette has hit since he1 der where the money to provide for the Hipolito Pichardo and Bryce Florie has gotten here. The question is1 Sox ever-growing payroll will come indefinitely and Rich Garces for at least whether these positives will be enough, from. another week. After being hit directly to overcome the slew of injuries the Sox In Duquette's defense, the team has in the face with a line drive in a recent have suffered this year. ; been decimated by injuries this season. loss to the Yankees, it is questionable The Sox have their destiny in then} Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez have whether Florie will ever pitch in the big own hands. They play the wild-card- both been lost to the disabled list. Troy leagues again. The list goes on and on, leading Indians eight times in the nexf O'Leary was basically lost for the first and many players currently in the line- two weeks, and trailing by only three half of the season to marital problems. up such as Nixon, Offerman, games, they have chance to overtake Garciaparra, and Jason Varitek are them and sneak into the playoffs, playing with injuries that have affected Three straight losses to the Yankees their hitting. Duquette has tried to plug hurt the Sox's cause this past week, but JOKA'S mm as many holes as possible with his they are still in control of whether they moves, but if the playoffs started today, can win the wild card or not. With the Sox would be watching them on Martinez going twice ini a five game* television, not playing the role of the series, the Sox would be|ofah .to, beat 1 LOW SPFCTAT S m wild card and taking on the White Sox. for any team. The question is^^ntheyj i There have been some positives. get there? If they dqhJt'jthjQnoyesf Arrojo has been a terrific acquisition, Duquette made this year may realty though Lansing is dearly on the back- bring the team down over the next cou-1 Pete ' s Wicked was end of his career. He has gone 5-2 since pie of years, and in the end cost him his; S^- joining the Sox and in his last outing job. ~S m wS ^S> R Summer Sampler $549++ ! Student \ NOW CdSC 00gggt ^^ * Quauty Vision Care ^ 1',,E TREATMIiN1' AND MANAGEMENT ' 875++ j/^ mmWmWSk^^Ll. ' Dundee s Classic Was $ 1 ^ of Ocular Disuse i ^l__ ^___m_) T Airfares $9M+t _[_y^ • Contact Lenses i Lager N0W ^ ^ ^^ BK ^Nte **"**^ ? Fashion Evkwkar Eurail passes I I | tO -MMMM -HIMNN -MNHH _MN_MMMi _P POULIN <& ASSOCIATES EYECARE CENTER r g Busch & Busch Lite «¦* 89 | | More Than c Bar Bottles $11 ~ 166 Silver Street William J. Henderson. O.D. 100 Departure Citie s I Waterville, ME0490I Charlenc Keating, O.D. I !______(207) 873-3500 Philip R. Poulin, O.D. I Thurs. until Study Abroad » Open Sun.-Wed. until 9 p.m., / f' 4i|i r?;.¦ < , > ^*vJ_Hi__^_l -^-^-^¦i-^-^-BB^-^-^-HHi-SHKH'i^K::-' • .' .IM n ¦¦iflKf ¦ ¦ glSlm ¦ ^^ BWMi m|A |!-SH JBL 873-6228 HH HIH ^^^^ BnnlHHsiK ^M .kt i < / - : *f-- ' -¦ ifry.^MfflMffWlW iWHB-J-W __^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^__^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-H_ra-^PH-^^_0__£H_Hi__H_UBllH k ' ^MfBMkuBMBHK j J OKAS' DISCOUNT -^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^- W-3^-^-^- W-^-^-^-^- WB-_M-MKTliflAan. Mf^££yluH {BH_Bl^__^__E ~ rse i l-w ^ ^ ^ »univeIT'S YOUR WORLD. EXPLORE IT I | BEVERAGES j S nHHM ^R|tf|^ % §• ^JDKft 52 Fro nt Su waterville, ME HH^^^¦f ¦II||l||Bl^^^^^^^^^^HB|HS|H^nUffil |^^ *»^ »ft ^fc m__ w______J_r p _ ^H |l|llymw^^^ |lll |^^^^^^ BP^S^ZTTY^^' KMglEl Ba " > < I^Phb^___^_r > ^r mw4wia_H^_^__^|!_] studentuniverse.com | _^_H_l-IU-U-9-^-^-^-^-^-H-B-i_TCMT!_^-^-^ _l_-^- l_-H_l_-H_-^-^- H_-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^- H-Hi_-^-^-^-HS-BU-w3^!n Hl 'f '/W: ?_wull_rMI -l-^H_-^-^-^-^-^-^- H. | | jy Br ft tl ^^_HI_3u-QDI-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-ffi-iSlfiw>^u ¦IK;.^ -i AffiAI H.P^ IK AtV KA ' _}ff yA'ttlir yy T? _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^B_KKiilll!i ^ 1 800.272.9676 I Z 7\ V^^MitZ__T; » L " 'V*»jh/ A iVvW 69 Bay St.,• Wwslow^^^ • 877-668> • FAX 107-877-6606i Open y days x iX^ l k^^^Mtil 4

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Last Saturday both the They'll definitely be right there with us admitted that they ran too fast at the women's and men's cross-country (in future meets)" said Hoar '03. start . of the race, which resulted ifi teams raced in an invitational meet According to captain Nick them being winded towards the enc& hosted by the University of but they intend to adjust their Massachusetts - Dartmouth. Placing approaches now that they are familiar third and 13th respectively, the rela- with the pace of Div. Ill races. tively young White Mules stormed According to Gaubinger, this mistake onto the scene and showed they will be is a "typical problem...a lot of people tH definite contenders in the 2000 cross- like to get established (at the beginning country campaign. "of the race), but with experience yott Coming off of a successful season, learn to sit back and move up more the female Mules were uncertain of gradually." Reinauer is hoping to how they would do this year. bring his time down to 25:45 by the end "Initially we thought it was going of the season, to be a rebuilding year," said Megan. Gaubinger '02, the male White Mules "We're looking forward to continu; Hoar '03; The team "is a little bit approached the meet as a "learning ing to grow as the season develops,'^ younger and in that way ifs hard to experience." The Mules expected said Wescott. know what to expect, opening the season that the freshmen "The first few races are to get our " said Maria ^ Mensching '02. would need a few meets to get -used to feet wet," said Gaubinger. "The first As evidenced by this past week's competing on die collegiate level, but few meets are like quizzes, towards the meet, this is not going to be a rebuild- as it turned out, the freshmen needed end of the season the meets are like ing year for the White Mules. A lot of no introduction to Div HI cross-coun- tests, and die NESCAC championships talented freshmen were added to the try. are die final exam ... If we do poorly on team and the veterans came back in "This is really a young developing a quiz it's ok, but we have to be sure PHOTO BY JEFF NIHOLS/ THE COLBY ECHO really good shape. team," said coach Jim Wescott, "and it we learn from it." Women' s tennis ta kes off for Boston this weekend to face Tufts and MIT. The White Mules hope "I think (die meet) went really well. was a good outing for our first time." He is confident that the Mules will to rebound from their recent loss to the Middlebury Panthers and to improve on their 2-1 record. Our team did a lot better than expect- Led by Eric Reinauer '04 with a time of learn from the quizzes they fail, but Colby will return to Massachusetts the following weekend for the ITARegional Tournament; ed, we're really excited," said 26:30, Chris Cogbill '02, John Tyson '04, have a lot of success in addition to the « Mensching '02. and Justin Stempeck '03, the White learning experiences. , Led by Mensching with a time of Mules placed 13th out of 29 teams. "It "I'm confident we are going to win ^ 17:53, Tiffany Frazar '02 with a time of was a great way to start tihe season," the next race against Middlebury," he 18:50, Rachel Meiklejohn '02 with a said Gaubinger. said. time of 19:26, Megan Hoai '03 with a Now, with the first meet of the sea- He also hopes that they will beat time of 19:30, and Katie Macdonald '02 son under their belts, everyone is pre- Bates and be ranked among the New Duquette feels the pressure with a time of 19:38, the White Mules dicting that the White Mules will England schools by the end of the sea- as playoff ti me nears relied on the core of their returning vet- improve throughout the season and son. Real Sports Duquette has Men s soccer team falls to Wesleyan in O.T Talk continued the Ben Sexton trend of deali ng By MICHAEL SHEA capitalize and send the game into over- CONTRIBUTING WRITER time. pros pects for The Mules had some good chances As the 2000 season reaches the mid- somewhat mediocre Coach Mark Serdjenian described in the last nine minutes following the dle of its final month and the pennant his team's 2-1 overtime loss to goal and carried the momentum into players to fill overtime. Though Colby would domi- races are finally decided, uncertainty Wesleyan in a single word, "excrudat- still reigns in the Boston Red Sox club- HOLES. ing," On Saturday, the men's soccer nate most of the overtime play, „ the game for Freedman and house. General Manager Dan team suffered its' second New England played Wesleyan was the first to capitalize and very well in his first varsity Duquette has certainly made a lot of Small College Athletic Conference loss appear- score the winning goal, ending a hard- 4 moves on an attempt to bolster the ued the trend of dealing prospects for scouts agree that the Sox vastly over- and fell to 0-2-O on the season. Goalie ance. The Mules would score before fought and important N1SCAC game. , ^ team's chances of reaching the postsea- somewhat mediocre players to fill paid for a mediocre power hitter who Justin Amirault '01 stated, "It was a the end of the half only to have the Though Getty felt "the team played son, but many around baseball are holes. This strategy has left tlie Sox cannot play any position in the field game that we should have won against goal called back because of a question- much better this week," it is dear the questioning the wisdom of these farm system, which was promised to well. Reitsma, though he has had arm a team we should have beaten." able offside call. "It was definitely Mules still have some work to do. , moves. With only 21 games to play and be the backbone of the organization trouble, was believed by many to be The Mules came out flat in the first dose it could have gone either way," Getty concluded by stating "We need the Red Sox still trailing the revitalized when Duquette arrived in 1995, quite the Sox's top pitching prospect and half and within the first five minutes said Freedman. to regroup and figure out ways to be , Cleveland Indians by a few games, one depleted at its upper levels and lacking was 7-2 with a 2,58 ERA at AA Trenton lost their right fullback and captain, Jay Captain Bill Getty '01 said more dangerous." In their coming can only wonder if Duquette has crip- star-quality prospects, this season. Duquette acknowledges Freedman '01, to a knee injury. Early in "Wesleyan was playing an offside trap games the Mules looks for the for- ht us maybe 15 times, wards to be more of a threat and for the pled this team's future in hopes of Tlie Sprague deal was made out of that he gave up a top prospect to the summer, Freedman sprained his and caug " Colby went into halftime still down by a goal. team to get more shots on net as a achieving a goal that will ultimately necessity. While everyone really got on acquire Bichette, but once again, could- ACL, and the injury has come back to, ^ not be reached—making the playoffs. John Valentin's case last year for his n't Duquette have turned an eye to the haunt him. Serdjenian said that the Coming out strong in the second whole. 4 The list of names added to this lack of production the team has future? Couldn't he have kept Reitsma injury is day-to-day, but Freedman half, Serdjenian felt the mul«s"really This week the Mules face two more games, year's edition is a lengthy one—Ed missed his presence deeply this season. with hopes that he could either be dealt will definitely be out for Wednesday took control" of die game and played road The team will play against Sprague, Rolando Arrojo, Mike Wilton Veras, who looked like he for a higher caliber player than Bichette and is uncertain for Saturday's impor- hard the entire second half. As tlie Thomas College on Wednesday and , midfield- will travel to Medford to face Tufts on Lansing, Rich Croushore, Bernard might be a starter-quality third base- or kept Reitsma and giv«n him a tant game against TXifts, Following game was coming to a dose Gilkey, Rico Brogna, Dante Bichette, man last year, seriously regressed in chance to win a spot in the rotation Freedman's injury, Wesleyan added a er David Manning '02 was pulled Saturday. Both captains Getty and Midre Cummings, Lou Merloni, the field and at the plate in his sopho- during spring training? Bichette does quick goal in the 20th minute and down by a Wesleyan defender just out- Freedman said the real focus is on the box. The ensuing , Hector Carrasco, and Steve Ontiveros more campaign and had to be returned have 18 home runs, but in today's Colby found itself down by one. side of the penalty game against Tufts. However it would '' have all been added either via trades or to the minors, Manny Alexander, while game 18 home runs is not nearly what The loss of a captain and the one free kick would go over the wall of be nice to come out of the week with just over the two wins and an even .500 record. '"* free agency as the season has pro- a nice utilityp layer, is a career ,220 hit- is used to be and has already been goal defidt caused the team to step up Wesleyan defenders and ht and gressed, Duquette has always had a ter and is not a capable everyday play- topped by players such as Rick Aurilia, its play. Amirault made a number of crossbar, but Colby foug quickly Amirault agreed, saying '"Ibfts is a A reputation for wheeling and dealing er. Unfortunately for the Sox, the Mike Lowell, and Mike Bordick. key saves off of Wesleyan free kicks evened the score on a goal from Sean really important game for us. Every both before the trading deadline and Sprague that came to the Sox was only Bichette is also on the hook for $6.5 right outside of the penalty box. Sculh/02.Zweig sent a diagonal cross NESCAC game counts- two wins' over the waiver wire after the deadline a shell of the Sprague that hit over .300 million next year. Defenseman Josh Zweig '04 entered to the foot of Scully, who was able to would be quite ideal at this point!" has expired, but many of Ihe of the with 30+ home runs and 100+ RBI's That salary fi gure raises another moves he has made in recent years with the Blue Jays in 96', The key to the question- how much are the Sox going have begun to turn out badly for the Sprague deal, shortstop prospect Cesar to be spending next year. Duquette Sox, For instance, in the summer of Saba, was listed by BASEBALL really wanted to get Arrojo and keep ;1998 the Sox dealt pitching prospect AMERICA as the Red Sox's seventh- him from going to the Indians, but in Matt Kinney and outfield prospect best prospect. Despite the Sox stable order to get him he had to take on Mike Volleyball looks ahead to consistent play •John Barnes to the Twins for pitcher shortstop situation, with Nomar Lansing's $6.25 million salary as well, Greg Swindell and first baseman Garciaparra manning the position for That means that the combination of By JONATHAN ECK Bears/ 3-0 (15-4, 15-8, 15-9). Johanna Orlando Merced, Merced barely years to come/ Snbn certainly could Lansing, Bichette, Jose Offerman, and CO-SPORTS EDITOR Schroeder '04, Abbey Stella '04, and played and was Inter released, while have been used to acquire a better Valentin will be making a combined Culffo teamed up for 13 kills in the Swindell was an important member of player than a defensively challenged $25 million next season, The Red Sox Following a weekend of stiff com- sweep. Overall, the Mules went 1-2 in the Sox's pen for tihe rest of the season third baseman who can barely hit will certainly be over $80 million next petition at the New England Small the round robin tournament. 'and now pitches for the Arizona above ,200. Tlie Sprague deal,, in retro- year, and if Duquette goes out and gets College Athletic Conference tourna- Colby's young players expect prac- Diamondbacks, Kinney, on the other spect, was n complete waste that could the Mike Mussina or Darren Drelfort ment, the volleyball team is regrouping tice and experienoe will help mold |hand, is now pitching lit the Twins' come to haunt the Sox in years to'come, that he wants to fill the number two and aiming for more consistent play. them into the NESCAC force that they rotation and looks like a potential 15-18 Along the same lines, the Sox starter spot, he will be pushing $100 While appearing dominant at times, aim to be. Despite falling to two of the game winner, while Barnes lend the recently acquired Bichette on waivers million dollars on the payroll. One can- the squad found themselves out- three teams they faced this weekend, AAA Midwest League in baiting and is from the Reds in exchange for pitching not argue that Duquette Is not spend- matched against the teams from co-captain Jess Weisbein '01 is opti- a candidate to make the Twins major prospects John Curtice nnd Chris ing money to try to win now, but the Amherst and Tufts, mistic about future, match-ups, "The league outfit out of spring training in Reltsma, While Bichette is certainly an The first challenger was Amherst. team hasn't been playing together for 2001. This year, Duquette lias contin- upgrade over what the Sox had at the See SOX, continued on Despite falling 0-15 in the first game, too long," she said. "With time, we'll Dfl position for most of tho year, most page 9 Colby's tenacious play brought the be able to play those teams," ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ ' rf , • , Culffo echoed Weisboln's state- ^^ i White Mules right back into the thick of things with a second-set 15-13 win. ments."We're up there with them Wlillo the final two sets were losses (5- (Amherst:)/' she said, 15, 13-15 ), the quick turnaround was Culffo also cited fatigue as a large encouraging, Co-captain Amanda obstacle in the Tufts match, Colby Was Culffo '02 came up big with nine Mils forced to return to the court to play a flHHHHH RHHHHflH and 25 digs, Tlifts immediately after concludingthe to the . The match against the Jumbos Amherst match, Nevertheless, the _^__^___^K9^_B5i__l__l_^__^_r^^_^_^_^_^B-iHII_^__^__l^-fc_^B_^-^-^-HS'_K_^_H_MS_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_H_J9proved, to be an equally substantial team refuses to lament tho loss, recog- < Wesleyan Cardinals. challenge, Unfortunately/ erratic play nizing that more victories will come as |HHH ^ |J ffiHM | H^^^^^ H | plagued tho Mules throughout the endurance increases and steady play ; match, as Tlifti won, W) (7-15, 16-18, picks up, The Mules traveled to See page 9 for the ¦ PHOTO DV AMANDA 1111 ^^ ;and^l8>. 'yyy,y,.y\- Brunswick Wednesday to face BAER/ „.¦ ;