f or College pr epares reaccreditation IW^j2&S^3iB toward excellence," the NEASC pre- ing, the first-year curriculum, intellec- organizational and programmatic By CHELSEA EAKIN amble for standards for accreditation tual climate and social life, changes might be pursued to make FEATURES EDITOR and acade- states. The College will present mic performance in the first year." these services more effective?" reports to the team, which will provide The College is in a consortium with Data is being reviewed from the five years of The College is preparing to be reac- feedback following their visit. six other peer colleges that have HEDS survey taken by seniors in their iAfter credited by a team of experts from the "Reaccreditation is a routine but received grants from the Teaglc last month which asks them to look work, and four New England Association of Schools important process that every college Foundation , a group dedicated to phil- back and evaluate a whole host of decades of service and Colleges (NEASC) next fall. By and university must go through once anthropy and improving student learn- areas at the College. Jan Plan, faculty ¦ College Historian accrediting a school , the Association every ten years. Colby will certainl y ing in a liberal arts education. The mentoring and advising, internships ' Earl Smith's volume provides public assurance about the be reaccredited , but we will attempt to foundation will allow interviews to be and independent study are all topics educational quality of an institution. use the process to learn more about conducted with 12 first-year students being examined. a.on Colby's history, "If you aren 't accredited you are not ourselves," Adams said. three limes over the course of a year to Professor of Chemistry and Chair ^^^f«v/fara»r Hilt, eligible for federal money and no one The administration has chosen to get first-hand accounts. Once all the of the life after Colby committee D. feh ^s done. wants to go to your school because il form two special emphasis committees information is compiled, the College Whitney King said that Adams, in a means you aren 't meeting certain stan- to study "critical transitions"—the will be able to compare the research description of the committee's focus, dards," Executive Assistant to the transition to Colby with that of the othei wrote that "market survey research President and Secretary of the and the transition to schools to determine involving prospective students , as Corporation Sall y Baker said. life after Colby. what they share in well as internal measures of student The team of experts will visit over Three faculty mem- Colby will cer- common, what is satisfaction with various parts of the the course of four days next bers sit on each com- tainly be reac- working and what College 's operations, suggest that the College's tumultuous beginnings November and "formally review the mittee in addition to could be changed. Colby 's approach to this critical tran- By BEN HERBST and shaky first century. But Smith College on the basis of a self-study several other admin- credited, but we "It 's not a scientifi- sition is much less clearly communi- EDITOR IN CHIEF does not spend too much time rehash- being prepared this year and next sum- istrators. Director of will attempt to cally designed study cated, understood, and effective than it ing Marriner 's book , he devotes most mer," President William D. Adams Institutional in terms of sampling needs to be." When College Historian and Dean of the text to what he knows best, the said. "The self-study reports on our Research Mark use the process methods or question "We are in the data collection phase of the College Emeritus Earl Smith set last half-century. compliance with certain fixed 'stan- Freeman, Associate to learn more design, but it should of our work with a goal of producing a out to write a history of the College, The book captures the strife on dards' for reaccreditation. " For over a Dean of Faculty help to get a deeper final document early in second semes- he did not mean to simply replace campus caused by major social issues. year the College has been reviewing Martha Denney and about ourselves. understanding of the ter," King said. Ernest Cummings Marriner 's 1963 Smith found the portion of his the eleven standards laid out by the Baker are involved first-year experience "What seems to be happening in the History of Colby College. He had his research that revisited the late sixties Association which involves looking with both commit- William D. Adams at Colby," Donihue country is a move toward assessment own book in mind. during the Vietnam era particularl y into the College's mission and pur- tees. President said. as the most important thing," Baker "1 wanted to write a different kind of interesting. In retrospect , he said that pose , planning and evaluation, organi- "The transition to Adams has asked said, noting that the hiring of Freeman a history, as you can tell I did," Smith the College was pretty in tunc with zation and governance, the academic college can be a the committee as director of institutional research has said in a recent interview. The end national student issues and ahead of program, faculty, students, libraries tremendously exciting and challeng- focusing on life after Colby to consid- been important in that respect. product is Mayflower Hill: A History of the times compared to the country in and information resources, physical ing time, and coming to Colby is no er questions such as "How well is the "Some version of all these reports Colby College, a history with a distinct general. "For being so far up in the and technological resources, financial exception ," said Michael Donihue, College preparing its students for the will be available to the campus com- feel and great readability. Smith's ver- woods, Colby was way ahead on the icsources, public disclosure and Professor of Economics and Chair of productive investigation of education- munity early next fall, prior to the visit sion wrapped in the social history of the anti-war stuff. We had the right mix of integrity. the committee looking at the transition al and professional opportunities and in November, but almost certainly not Col lege that he has students and faculty to "The Commission expects affiliated into Colby. "The self-study group I' m choices beyond college?" and "How this year," Adams said. watched from his posi- make that an interesting institutions to work toward improving chairing is looking at four broad areas well is the College 's career services tion as an administrator time," he said. Also, the their quality, increasing their effec- in this transition as they uniquely operation serving the future interests since taking a job in the chapel takeover of 1970, tiveness , and continually striving apply to Colby: orientation and advis- and prospects of students, and what public relations depart- led by none other than ment in 1 962. Before current Trustee Charles that he had graduated Terrell "70, was among from Waterville High the more exciting topics East Quad reports recent thefts; no leads on the case School , and then to research attended the University Included in the chap- In response to the theft , there have of Maine where he ters are some amusing, By TEAGUE DUGAN been security warnings posted around majored in Journalism yet intriguing, stones of CONTRIBUTING WRITER East Quad as well as a dorm meeting and worked as the edi- Greek life after the 1984 Shortly before Thanksgiving held this past Monday night with tor of the Maine Daily. WWrWCCHSYECXi vote to end it. made break, East Quad residence hall Johnston and Security encouraging His career at Colby especially interesting by reported a number of thefts totaling vigilance among residents. Students —-which spanned over forty years and Smith's close involvement with the around $300 in cash. Both major are asked to report any relevant infor- three presidents—took him to myriad issue as Dean of Students at the time. incidents occurred on weekends mation to their Head Resident and to positions throughout the administra- Naturally, it is a touchy subject for an sometime in the evening. An file any further incidents of theft with tion , including: Dean of the Men 's author to broach, especially given the unknown individual entered several security. Division , Dean of Students, Dean of fondness many alumni still have for unlocked residence hall rooms, locat- As of this moment the victims have the College, Special Assistant to the their fraternity or sorority. "I hope that ed wallets and stole a substantia] not chosen to file a report with secu- President and Secretary of the chapter explains why that happened," amount of cash from each victim. rity, although they may choose to do Corporation among others. he said, "because the fraternities that The incidents appear to be unique so at any time. If the perpetrator is During his involvement with the were there in 1983-84 were not the to East Quad, although Security is caught, the severity of punishment is school, Smith has seen it grow from a fraternities that alumni remembered at advising all Head Residents to be on up to the victims and Colby's Judicial local, to regional, to international all." Instead , fraternities had coalesced the lookout for suspicious activities Board. "It could just result in a judi- institution. The book begins by quick- around athletic teams and lost their and signs of theft. At this point, there cial hearing or it could be brought ly tracing the background of the area initial meaning Furthermore, national have been no reports of anything before the police," Pete Chenevert, and the influence driving Rev. trends and the lure of coed housing other than cash being stolen. director of Security, said. "It all Jeremiah Chaplin when he landed the "Be vigilant, lock doors and pay depends on whether or not the victims sloop Hero in Waterville and retraces Continued on Page 3 attention to who's around at all choose to press charges." times," said Senior Associate Dean of One recent episode of theft in Students Paul Johnston. "We all live Colby residence halls resulted in a Senior Pledge aims high in a safe, trusting state [at Colby]. It's student being charged criminally and MOllT WAHHtN/ Ittt CULUr LLHU sad to see people taking advantage East Quad, seen herefrom West Quad Students claim to have lost S300. as gifts to the Alumni Fund, which and breaking that trust." By JOHN DeBRUICKER comprises 15% of the current capital Continued on Page 2 NEWS EDITOR campaign. "Reaching the World: A Campaign for Colby" that the College The Class of 2007 opened their hopes will reach S35 million. The mailboxes last Tuesday to find a letter Alumni Fund provides budget relief Students debate political issues on statewide television from the Senior Pledge Committee for scholarships, athletics , clubs, pro- announcing the goal of 75% class par- fessor salaries, libraries, lectures, the By JOHN DeBRUICKER Public Affairs and and other Maine uni- episodes of the statewide program are ticipation in the donation campaign. arts and other activities. Publications NEWS EDITOR Civic Engagement. versities. The show, available for free viewing on Google On Thursday, Co-Chairs of the that rate institutions also evaluate the Dressed in coat presented by the Video, the most popular clip boasting Committee Karli Gasteazoro *07 and school's participation in Alumni giv- On Thursday nights this fall, while and tie and set We don't have a Maine-based pro- over 500 views. Katie Maland '07 attended the last ing. "It 's more than just giving their friends back on campus prepared against a red white TV station, but duction company Recent panel discussion topics Senior night of the semester at the money," Maland said. for senior nights at downtown and blue backdrop, Youth News and include the midterm elections, the War Marchese Blue Light Pub spreading "Generally I think our class is more nightlife hotspots, a handful of politi- Chris Appel '07, you can do E n tert ainment in Iraq, and the Maine Taxpayers* Bill the word and collecting donations. unified than others m the past, and this cally enthralled students made their Henry Beck '09, everything at Television , runs on of Rights. Passionate at times but This fall at a senior class reception is one more way we can represent that way to Portland to film episodes of a Brad Curtis '07, Saturdays at noon rarely battling for the spotlight, the at the Schair-Swanson-Watson unity," Gasteazoro said. She also Saturday afternoon television show. Josh Handelman '07 this school if and reaches 8.000 panelists provide accessible, well Alumni Center, Trustee Dick noted the social cohcsiveness of the Youth in Politics. The show runs and Ralph Kettell you want to viewers a week. This researched interpretations of the news Schmaltz '62 agreed to pledge $7,500 Harold and Bibby Alfond Senior weekly on Fox 23 and stars a rotating '09 plan and moder- year, Colby students and remain as professional as their if the goal of 75% participation is Apartment complex this year com- cast of Colby students who discuss ate their own analy- work for it. have appeared on dress would suggest. Handelman, who reached by June 30. President William pared to the past as an example of the and at times debate current events in sis and criticism of the panel in eight has served as a moderator more than D. Adams also agreed to personally Class of 2007's attitude. "Our focus is the state and federal government. The the current political Josh Handelman '07 episodes of the once, explained the difficulty in provide $2,500 to the Annual Fund if less on money and more on participa- show will be filmed on campus in Olin landscape along Moderator. Youth In Politics twenty five minute becoming accustomed to the dynamic the class exceeds the record of 57% tion ," she said. Both of the chairs are I on Thursday, Dec. 7 thanks to a con- with students from program , according participation set by the Class of 2006. tribution from the Goldfarb Center for Bowdoin College to Appel. Four Continued on Page 3 Senior Pledge contributions count Continued on Page 2
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_ £^ 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 5 The Colby Echo New Director of Communications LSAT changes its for- 5921 Mayflower Hill Waterville. ME 04901 Heacock has been impressed by is also a friendly place. He said he 9K 3P& BOUGHT & SOLD _< anyone who brings a can or a donation Blues Club between 12 p.m. and 4 Sale: Prints & original art for great >; mmBMil 877-2484 O will get as many CDs as they want," p.m., making the drive more accessi- gifts! (Proceeds benefit £ [email protected] S General Manager Lee Emmons '07 ble and hoping to increase the number Freshwater Arts) BOOKS TOYS ft MORE TOYS BOOKS ft MORE said. "We hope it'll be more of an of donations. Food : A wild assortment of incentive, we also have a lot of CDs to yummy ingestibles TV PUNDITS: Studentshost weekly TV shows, will shoot episodeson campusthis Thursday Looking for the xlX v in the Colby environment. "We don't Continued From Page I ^^ have a TV station, but you can do everything at this school if you want to perfect gift for * of working in the studio. "Being on work for it," he said. T.V.is not as easy as it looks," he said. ^^^ 5 "You're not talking to a crowd, it's your parents ^^^^ just a hole in a box." The panelists do ?sSSH not seem to mind; the show's debate ^^^^ portions are all shot in one take. ' The program is sponsored by this holiday seascra? I "g!!?^5 Healthy Maine Partnerships, Prime Hyundai of Saco and recently the Goldfarb Center. Students are not Maximum SaWactlon paid for their appearances, working ftHLttB instead "pro bono for American ? PffCTTMJOWMOtlS ; democracy," as Appel said. He x became involved in the show through * CWSTVM fvixfffufiirnj For a special 1/2 year price, you \ **JJ1WJI1IMW a personal friend and Bowdoin pan- « COMPLETE OQUMNN elist, Frank Chi whom he met at the can get 12 issues for just $25.00! ,^2&mm£m Democratic National Convention in aUNDBtOUtBPAW Boston. A varsity runner at the College, Appel filmed several Waterville, ME episodes in the midst of a grueling Now that's a gift that keeps giving. cross-country season. 872-5818 Though the students did not come to be regulars on the show directly through any College organization, Handelman reflected on how abun- JH^Sh dant opportunities such as this one are E-mail [email protected] to subscribe today. Being thankful f or Gardner Colby Fingernails: What you EDITORIAL While here, it 's so easy to com- we get to take, the amazing professors plain about what sucks at Colby. we can actually make face-to-face never (want to) know "There's nothing to do but drink!" contact with, and the sweetest orienta- Give us a break "It 's so damn cold!" "Why don't they tion program anywhere. ever have pears in Foss!?!" (Well, 4. The size. At first , I was terri- Did you show up for class on the Monday and Tuesday before maybe that 's just me). But there's fied. Colby is only a little bigger Thanksgiving Break? Did any of your friends? Did your professors? We By SUZANNE MERKELSON nothing like being away from Colby than my high school, and by senior hope that the administration will soon figure out what the rest of the OPINIONS EDITOR to make you realize what you really year, my high school was feeling school has seemed to have already caught on to: the two-day "week" love about it. painfully small. But I love being able beforeThanksg iving is a waste of everyone's time. So maybe it 's a little bit late to So here's what I'm thankful for to walk across campus and know share what I'm thankful for, but if (not including my parents, for sending every other person I pass. I love that I'M NEVER GOING TO RETIRE me here) about Colby. I know this is a I had the chance, as a freshman, to Adding those two days onto break allows students who live far away Thanksgiving break does anything, By C.W. Bassett the time they need to make it home for Thanksgiving. Many students it makes me talk more about Colby kind of hackneyed subject, but I'm the get involved in depth with a lot of from the West Coast and beyond are unable to justify expensive travel than I do when actually here. editor of this page, so I can do what- really cool activities. I love that we costs and extensively long trips for a mere five days at home with fam- Everyone—friends, family, the ran- ever I want. can be compared to a camp, because I have been writing this column ily, and are forced to find alternative ways of spending the holiday. A dom people that know my parents 1. The location. Maine is beautiful, we're actually the same size as one. for some four years now, and I have longer break allows all of us (including professors and staff) more time who I run into in Bagel Chateau (the chock-full of good places to be out- 5. And lastly, of course, the people to keep trying to come up with new to recuperate from hectic exam weeks prior to break and brace our- Westfield , NJ hotspot)—wants to side, laid-back, and slow-paced, (including campus staff—for exam- stuff, so as to keep my beloved read- selves for finals. It would also eliminate the unnecessary deadweight ask me about Colby. And, like a enough to be a relief from the frantic. ple, the decorations in Foss almost ers saying "Lord, where does he typical of those two days: cancelled classes and classes with half of the proud grandparent, I love talking People—actually strangers—will make me forget about the impending spend his time?" This week I'm students in attendance where professors are unable to cover anything of about it. I almost want to break out wave to you while driving. And not doom of finals). Everyone's friendly. going to write about fingernails, a particular importance anyway. the snapshots of Miller Library I the flipping you off kind of wave. Everyone's interesting. Everyone's subject that you don 't encounter keep handy in my wallet Besides, saying you live in Maine relatively noncompetitive. Everyone very often in the Echo. That 's my Professors all seem to take differing approaches to this week before Everyone first inquires about my makes you a borderline badass—like is kind of awkward and nerdy. People mission: to educate and amuse the break. Some simply cancel classes, recognizing the various dilemmas major, which of course, is a mouthful: a real-live lumberjack or something. (for the most part) respect each other. public with junk that other Echo fea- faced by students (especially those who have to travel far), while others "International Studies, with minors in 2. The food. Foss is a vegetarian's We've all heard horror stories about ture writers just ignore. expect attendance and are inevitably disappointed. It is necessary to Environmental Studies and Creative paradise. If 1 gained the Freshman other schools; my personal favorite is But, eeyew, yuck, why fingernails? standardize these two days to allow some students to plan travel more Writing. " which naturally follows Fifteen, it was off of tofu, not pizza the small liberal arts college in Who really cares about fingernails? effectively, and others to save time by not attending useless classes. with an explanation of what all that and greasy burgers. And weekend Pennsylvania, where girls had to Only odd, old men like Bassett, who means. Next comes. "So, are you brunch gives me a new reason for "weigh in" to get into a frat party. That obviously has no life beyond the even Many other colleges, including nearby Bates, have already adopted going to study abroad?" I reply, with waking up each morning. shit just wouldn't go down here. more odd print media, and finally this practice into their academic calendars. As our academic calendar the same scripted monologue: "Well, 3. The opportunities. My mom was Perhaps my favorite thing about oddest, the ends of his fingers. stands now, only Monday and Tuesday are part of the pre-Thanksgiving I'm going to India in January, because asking me what my friends were Colby is the pure happiness that Bassett has been known to write week; therefore, each class would only miss out on one additional ses- we have this thing called Jan doing for Jan Plan. When I listed seems to just radiate around campus. about leaves, a colorfully absurd sion at most. The change would take time to implement, but the Plan ...blah blah blah.and then I want "Bermuda, Italy, France, Senegal, the Hardly a day passes without the fol- pestilence that haunts New England College's anomalistic schedule could probably afford to make up for the to go to Africa next fall...blah blah Galapagos..." She would encourage lowing occurring somewhere on every fall, but fingernails? No way do missed tune elsewhere. The entire College community could refuel for blah." At which point, my co-conver- me to go to those places. "But, Mom, Mayflower Hill, usually during a sun- you care. the last push of the semester with a nine-day break instead of a five-day sationahst either has already run for I'm going to India " Where else set overlooking Johnson Pond, or break crammed with the most hectic travel environment of the year. the door or is asking if their twelve- would any of us have the chance to go some equally cheesy moment: year old can spend the weekend as a to places like that and get credit for it? "...I love Colby." But , eeyew, Most of us feel the stress of classes and other commitments by this Pre-prc-frosh. Not to mention the interesting classes "Dude, me too." point in the semester. College students represent an overworked and yuck, why fin- under-slept faction who are not part of the majority of Americans able gernails? Who to take time off for other autumn holidays such as the Jewish High For love of wisdom: a fledgling philoso- Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) and Columbus Day. While really cares we are able to enjoy our weekends, they hardly provide respite from about finger- stressful weeks. Plus, flooding 1-95 South with bumed-out Colby stu- pher' subject s defense of the «f he loves dents in already heavy traffic just isn't safe. premise; if you disagree, I can't help ask the questions others won't, risk nails? Only odd, you, and you can stop reading. the wrath of thoughtless majorities, old men like By Friday before break, most of the school has recognized the start Moving on. then, arbitrariness is dare to be proven wrong. of vacation. Hey, even the Echo doesn't print. It's time for the adminis- the absence of any good reason for Many seem to assume that philos- Bassett... tration to follow this practical and necessary trend. particular decisions and conclu- ophizing entails ignoring the hard sions, and in anything important facts of reality, but this is clearly (e.g. picking your battles/academic stupid. It is impossible to ignore Well, YOU would if your finger- By KRIS MIRANDA major/President/mate) not having a these facts, simply because we exist nails were in some state of degener- CONTRIBUTING WRITER reason is unacceptable. Dogmatism, among them. What philosophy does ation. Maybe you've even had some JOKAS ' fflBh that unflinching and blind adherence entail is peering past the merely of these esoteric nail troubles, and While narcissistically reading my to Insert-Doctrine-Here, is the observable, using penetrating I'm not even dealing with the most last Echo article, it occurred to me imprisonment of thought itself. It is inquiry and focused reason to find common of all disorders-nail biting- with a jolt of guilt that my "defense" the absence of the ability and will- out where the hell it all came from, Biting is dull , a malady that every- SPECIALS of my major (philosophy, for those ingness to adapt, leam, grow. Surely what the fuck it all means. Good one indulges sometime in our ner- Jam just joining me), while (bitterly) sin- you accept that this too is unaccept- philosophy can—must!—be recon- vous but full lives. You see cuticles cere, probably didn 't reflect well on cilable with concrete phenomena almost flapping in the breeze among the department. Or on me. Or philos- and what are called "pre-theoreti- the biters. And you've often noted Solaris Merlot $7.99, 750mL ophy. To make amends for this anger- Dogmatism, that cal" intuitions, those gut feelings we someone with a blue nail, the result driven lapse in judgment, allow me unflinching and have concerning a given issue of a misplaced hammer stroke. Even to attempt a more intelligent ratio- before we start asking heavy ques- splits or brittleness can result from nale. If I haven't convinced you by blind adherence tions about it. strong soap. Alois Lageder Pinot article's end, though , then I still to Insert- By the same token, much of the But have you ever noted Beau's $7-99 750mL stand by my more vulgar answer "practical application" vaunted lines, horizontal indentations that Grigio & Pinot ' ("fuck you"), which, for any short- Doctrine-Here, is while mocking allegedly airy theory result from significant/severe illness- Bianco blend comings it may have, is still an hon- the imprisonment is only coherent because of—or at es like pneumonia, heart attacks or est one at this point. least is rooted in—the more abstract even a high fever. Eventually, if you To quote our philosophy home- of thought itself. stuff, the first principles. Ask your- live. Beau's lines will grow out How page, which itself quotes William It is the absence self, for example, why you make about "clubbing"? The nail curves Wild Hurst S7.99, 750mL James: "Philosophy is an attempt to certain moral decisions, or why you around the fingers, indicating that think without arbitrariness or dog- of the ability and advocate a certain political system. you suffer from a chronic lack of oxy- Chardonnav matism about the fundamental willingness to You have (I hope) some reasons, gen, heart disease, slow-growing lung issues." Say what you will about the some guiding precepts. Yes, one cancers, or chronic lung infections philosophy major, but surely you 'll adapt, learn, must apply a theory, but one needs to like bronchiectasis (you don't want to concede that some understanding of have a theory first , even if one is not know). Check yours out. / 52} Open Sun -Wed until 9 p m . Thurs grow. j£ |3g||rf these fundamental issues—includ- entirely aware of what it is (in which You might have Lindsay's n;nls— /[(0KBJ7-S§ ( o until now10 p m . theFri. & Sat . until midnight ing but not limited to human nature; case one should try to fi gure it out!). white at the base, pink halfway up; your have largest gBMnm^^^Y We selection of domestic the relationship between self and able; dogmatism ts reflective of an Alt this to say. even those who doctor will check your kidney function. ^JglSilgf^- • jL and import beers in Central Maine society; and how we interpret , intellectual complacency that I most mercilessly mock philosophy And could you be the victim of arsenic assign value to, and communicate assume every Colby student lacks. may be philosophers without knowing poisoning, indicated by white lines about things in the world—is of sig- Philosophy (which in the original it. If you've ever asked a question across the nails called Mees* lines? W& 873-6228 nificant importance to a meaningful Greek simply means "love of wis- without receiving an immediately sat- Onycholysis (separation of the nail * ¦* .iigl JOKAS'DISCOUNT BEVERAGES life. Taking a page from Aristotle dom") is the disci pline that most isfactory answer, chances are you're from its bed) points to injury, psoriasis, and Peter Singer, I'll make no fur- actively and most courageously one of us. fungal disease, or an overactive thyroid. 52 Front s< Waterville, ME S39ES5S - ther attempts to prove so basic a combats these evils. Philosophers Continued on Page 5 i Students on the Street What did you steal f romEast Quad?
"Katheririe Paul's heart." "I stole the HR's master keys." "A six-pack of O Douhls." **I stole everything." —LizPfeffer 09 and Liz Down 09 —Jiii Shrestha 07 -- Trina Narolis '10 and Tory Starr '09 —Jessica Williams '10 "I helped." Spirituality on the cheap: Criticizing Senator JC Watts * own character
By lRA SADOFF ing Mr. Watts's firm to help him win can violate lobbying laws involving relationships with their clients that go time lauding the presi- CONTRIBUTING WRITER construction work at a United States foreign entities. beyond lobbying." dent, but they were military base in that country. [...] That "Meanwhile, Mr. Watts's firm 's While only Watts' request for a never shrewd enough businessman, Keum Sang-yeon, did work with John Deere has moved "success fee" was technically illegal , to do what Billy Senator Watts' Colby sponsors not end up with military work. But he beyond Texas to Senegal, a country there's no question here about Mr. Graham had done three shouldn't have been surprised by his agreed last year to join Mr Watts in for which the former congressman Watts' sleazy "character." Rarely decades before, to politicized talk (Colby Echo, Nov. 16): buying the Deere outlets in Texas, also lobbies. Last fall, for example, before our current administration has wonder whether they Watts is only one of a number of cyn- putting up $2 million of the $4 million his firm started seeking financial sup- the discourse of spirituality veiled were being used. They ical hucksters who use religiosity to price, an executive of one of his com- port from United States agencies and such debased economic and political were" (pp. 229-230). win votes, greedily accumulate capi- panies said in an interview. others for a proposed , multimillion- corruption. I recommend David Kuo's Kuo details Karl tal, and often encourage a kind of In early 2005, the company [...] dollar farm-related project in that Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Rove's cynical evasion pseudo-Christian hegemony (whose also retained Mr. Watts's firm as a lob- African nation. Mr. Sailor said the Political Seduction (excerpts of which of election finance laws subtext can inspire a denigration of byist to research existing and potential plan, which is intended to modernize I include from the American Baptists setting up-in tightly othemess-guess who's going to hell). legislative actions that might benefit Senegal's farming and livestock sec- Press website). Kuo, former deputy contested congressional Mr. Watts said, "Character is doing the the company's dealers [....] Last year, tors, would help not only farmers and director of the Bush White House races-a "diverse group right thing when no one's looking." the company paid it $120,000 in fees, business operators there but also other Office of Faith-Based and Community of faith and community Well, on Nov. 11, The New York Times lobbying reports show. [...] in May groups like black agricultural colleges Initiatives, claims that White House leaders to a 'nonparti- was looking. Since Mr. Watts left 2005, lobbying records filed by Mr. in this country, which would take part operatives were "secretly dismissive san ' event discussing Congress he's made a barely Watts's firm show that the firm signed in the initiative. [...] should the project of faith-based leaders they courted, how best to help poor respectable career out of lobbying. an agreement with Mr. Keum to help go forward as intended, both Mr. and manipulated the faith-based initia- people in their area. The following excerpts show Mr. Keum Bong win new business oppor- Watts's company and John Deere will tive in the hope of political gain." Though the Republican Former Congressman J. C. Watts appeared Watts's "American Values" in action. tunities, including construction con- profit handsomely, public filings sug- "What they didn't get to see was candidate would host November 8 to speak on character. After the John Deere Company had tracts at a United States military base gest. For instance, last September, what the White House thought of the roundtable. it been sued for failing to offer dealer- in South Korea. Mr. Watts's firm during a visit to Senegal by Mr. Watts, them. For most of the rest of the wouldn't be a campaign event. In ships to qualified minorities, they received a monthly fee of $10,000, Senegal officials agreed, at his urging, White House staff, evangelical lead- fact, while the White House was "talk- Notes: hired Watts to find some. those records show." to designate John Deere as the pre- ers were people to be tolerated , not ing up Faith-based initiatives, they "He found one: A dealership in Originally, the contract also called ferred vendor of some 400 heavy trac- people who were truly welcomed. merely shifted existing moneys http:/www.nytimes.com/2006/11/11/b Marble Falls, Tex., owned by J. C. for Mr. Watts's firm to get a 2 per- tors and combines it would buy under No group was more eye-rolling around , and never really funded most usiness/11 watts. htm!?pagewant- Watts Jr. [...] As it turns out [...] Mr. cent "success fee" on the value of the plan. Mr. Watts's firm will get about Christians than the political of them. Kuo provides example after ed=l&ei=5094&en=99ea41a020e943 Watts's principal partner in his Deere any contracts it won for Keum Bong. commission payments or a finder 's affairs shop. They knew "the nuts" example of the hypocritical religious 79&hp&ex= l 163307600&partner=ho dealerships is not African-American, But the provision was later dropped, fee on those sales, Mr. Golden of Jolin were politically invaluable, but that doublespeak of the administration. mepagePublished: November II , nor is he even an American. [...] Mr. Sailor (CEO for Watts' Corp.) Deere said." was the extent of their usefulness." Our new generation of snake oil 2006 Instead, he is a South Korean busi- said, after the firm (not Mr. Watts) "Several experts said that it was "National Christian leaders salesmen includes former ordained Erich Schlegel for The New York nessman who, until recently, was pay- realized that such contingency fees unusual for lobbyists to have business received hugs and smiles in person Minister Mr. Watts and Mr. Rove and Times and then were dismissed behind Mr. Bush. The Gerrish Fund for http://www.abpnews.com/1438.arti their backs and described as 'ridicu- Spiritual Enrichment should demand a cle October 16th lous,' 'out of control,' and just plain refund: the only person enriched by Flavor of my guilty pleasure: Let me 'goofy.' The leaders spent much Mr. Watts' talk was Mr. Watts. hear y'all say "Yeeeaaaah, boooyyyeee!" North Korean nuclear proliferation:
have another season of the show. For instance. Flavor Flav 's real Two words: simply irresistible. I name is William Jonathon Drayton, Gould this become another Iraq disaster? loved the show immediately for two Jr. He is 47 years old. His lifetime reasons. One, Flav kept a ridiculous, goal is to have ten children. He has ment through restriction of dangerous flooding has destroyed much of this running commentary of the show's six children already (number seven materials. However, this also resulted year's harvest. Even without the events, in which he wore a gold is on the way from "a shorty in in the denial of basic medical supplies newly imposed sanctions, the outlook Vikings helmet. It's so funny because Vegas"), with names ranging from and importation of other necessities. for the general population is already By RYAN ADAMS he is such a small, frail man that the Karen to Shaniq to Designa. He even Up to 500,000 children died in Iraq as bleak, and is quickly headed towards a CONTRIBUTING WRITER helmet never fits right on his head has two grandchildren. He wears a a direct result of U.N. sanctions. Now humanitarian crisis. when he enthusiastically comments clock around his neck because he these same ideas and policies are North Korea claimed to have devel- By XI CHEN being implemented in North Korea. oped a nuclear arsenal due to threats We all have guilty pleasures, right? on the show. Two, he nicknamed wants people to know what time it is. CONTRIBUTING WRITER I have a few, some of which I am On top of all that, Flav is probably and pressures from the United States. becoming more and more able to the biggest pimp on Earth. There is no denying that the govern- admit. For example, when I'm riding He wears a clock I mean, come on. The show is real- On October 9, 2006, North Korea ment of North Korea is oppressive alone in the car, I may or may not sing ly just an excuse for Flav to hook up joined the United Kingdom, United It is a wonder and Communist, but their claims are along to Natasha Bedingfield's around his neck with women. And at that, the women States, Russia, China, France, South how there has founded on a certain level of truth. "Unwritten" when it starts playing on because he on his show aren't exactly hot, if you Africa, Israel, Pakistan and India as Consider that our esteemed president the radio. I love that song. I feel the ask me. But they all want to win, and the only states in the world to possess been so little has included them in his "axis of rain on my skin, and no one else can wants people to they'll rip each others eyes out before nuclear weaponry. While North thought on evil." Or maybe it's the fact that one feel it for me. But I digress. Currently, know what time they give up. So show after show, Flav Korea's test of its nuclear weapons of the other nations in the "axis of I'm having trouble filling the void of manages to get more ass than a public shocked the world, it was hardly attention to this evil" has already been invaded with one of my guiltiest of it is. On top of toilet seat. But for a man his age to be unexpected as the North Korean gov- issue as there is talk of military confrontation with the pleasures...Flavor Flaaaaaaaaaav! all that, Flav is getting laid by twenty-somethings ernment had reactivated a reprocess- other one (Iraq and Iran, respectively). I can't believe that I ignored one night in and night out, I have to give ing plant capable of producing no planned inva- So there is no doubt that our govern- and a half seasons of Flav's show probably the the man credit. That 's some good TV. weapons-grade plutonium. So it is sion, no discern- ment has contributed to the nuclear Flavor of Love when it first aired on biggest pimp on But now he's "in love" (at least without surprise that the U.N. confrontation taking place on the VH1. I jumped on the bandwagon until Flavor of Love 3...). For the time Security Council imposed weapons able foreign Korean Peninsula. It is a wonder how halfway through the second season. Earth. being, I am Flavor-less. I can't waste sanctions five days after the test. policy, just the there has been so little thought or The premise of the show, for those all of my nights for a full week of However, economic sanctions were attention to this issue as there is no who missed out, is basically a watching re-runs of the current sea- also imposed essentially banning same rhetoric planned invasion, no discernable for- Survjvor-style show for women who every woman on the show with a pet son. I don 't know how much longer I "luxury goods." While this idea may with no notice- eign policy, just die same rhetoric want a relationship with the one, the name. For example, Chandra Davis can wait for Flav to dump Deelishis. seem harmless in theory, the actual with no noticeable progress. only: Flavor Flav, the founding mem- (the eventual winner) was known on So I'm starting the rumor mill. Flav: implications of this policy will prove able progress. There needs to be more change and ber of Public Enemy who actually the show only as "Deelishis," and Deelishis cheated on you with me. to be devastating. acknowledgement of the challenges in wears a clock around bis neck. Dana Boyd was known as "Like Dat." Please dump her so that I can watch One million people (and counting) North Korea, both social and political. Apparently the first season winner After watching the show more and you rant and rave in a Viking helmet have died in Iraq over the span of a There is already widespread famine The new actions taken by the UN and didn't really work out well for Flav, more, I realized the reasons for watch- again as you spit mad game at unat- decade due partially to U.N. sanctions and malnourishment throughout this the apathetic foreign policy of the so, lucky for me, he felt the need to ing were bountiful. tractive, psychotic women. against a corrupt government. Much nation as the government relies heavi- United States are harming the inno- like the ones in consideration now, the ly on international aid to feed the pop- cent people of North Korea and sanctions imposed on Iraq were aimed ulation. South Korea has already endangering the stability of the Keeping Miller library open later only hurts students and librarians at limiting the military of the govern- suspended food shipments and local Korean Peninsula.
morning studying (if they do they lab, Mudd, the Pugh Center and BASSETT: Fingernailproblems you had never imagined before probably live in a single, so they do lounges all over campus. If it is real- not have to worry about keeping ly hard to find a quiet place to study Continued From Page 4 clipped only once every several simple mole or fungus. But the doctor their roommate up). These late after one in the morning, then months. Terry's nails are really scary: might want to cut on your finger for a studiers are probably not making maybe the late-studicrs portion of the first two-thirds are whitish, the tip biopsy unless the nail grows out nor- use of resources that can only be the student body should petition for But onycholysis could result from pink to brown. You could have mally and the brown gunk goes away. By ELYSE APANTAKU found in the library for the most a "quiet room" or something similar, acrylic nails, good reason not to apply impaired liver function, heart failure, So I hope you never again ignore CONTRIBUTING WRITER part. Thus, the problem is not that in an annex off of the street or in those vanity excesses. or even Type 2 diabetes. your fingernails; you do so at your people need to use the library; Cotter. Most of my readers are too young Let 's end with the worst case: peril. I know I can now recognize I must confess that when I first I cannot imagine that there for yellow nail syndrome, the result of melanoma (cancer), a brown pigmen- Mees' lines, and I'll be on the lookout considered the idea of keeping would be many people in the swelling, lung disorder, or chronic tation under, at the base of, or in the for arsenic in my beer. I won't stop Miller Library open until three in library after one in the morning. I bronchitis. Yellow nails have no cuti- skin adjacent to the nail. Your doctor drinking beer, but I'll drink by myself. the morning proposed by the If the library have been in the library at one in cle (it 's hard to bite the yellow nail) had better have a look at a nail or nails Good advice for fingernail fanciers Presidents' Council , I thought it was stayed open until the morning and hardly anyone was and are slow-growers that have to be like this; the discoloration could be a the world over. brilliant. "Wow! AWESOME!" was there. It was just a few other people my first thought. My roommate, three, a lot of and me scattered about the main however, works in the library and people would end floor. Keeping the library open she has been dead set against the much later would be too much LETTERS notion from the beginning. She has up getting even effort for too little benefit. managed to win me over to her point less sleep each Finally, the school has to look out tions of his attendance that night, it was wrong to demand of view and now I am trying to do for its students. If the library stayed Inresponse to theactions tint occurred he leave. A.J. and everyone else have the right to go where the same for you. night ....There are open until three, a lot of people Satiikiy,Homterl2 they please without being hassled. We should have My roommate (reasonably so) times when I feel would end up getting even less sleep addressed any problems we had with his article in a more does not want to have to stay up until each night. College students should During the evening of Saturday, November 12, an Echo patient and open-minded way. The confrontation was inap- three in the morning, even if she is like I could stay in be responsible enough to make sure reporter was confronted by several people who interpreted propriate and out of character; and for that, we would like paid to do so. Furthermore, it would the library and that they get enough sleep, but that his presence at Mainely Brews as a gesture of disrespect. to apologize. We met with A.J. several days later, at which cost Colby money to pay student often is not the case. There are times Prior to the season-ending Football game, A.J. Herrmann point we explained our side of the story and listened to his librarians to continue working until study forever. when I feel like I could stay in the submitted an article that many members of the team viewed side, eventually reconciling the dispute. We left the meet- three in the morning. I genuinely library and study forever. But as an unprovoked personal attack on not just football, but ing convinced he did not write the article intending to insult believe that this money could be bet- because the library closes, I have to all Colby athletic teams. Though only words, his article us or any other Colby sports team, and would like tc ter spent elsewhere, because nobody rather, it is that they want a place to go back to my room. I can try to genuinely upset many people. His decision to attend the express our appreciation for his willingness to work with us really needs to use the library at study that is not their room. study there, but because my bed is team's traditional season-ending celebration was thus dis- to maturely move past this incident. three in the morning. If one is studying, then there are next to me, it is much easier to just concerting, compelling several players to express their I cannot imagine that many peo- other places to study after one in the go to sleep, leaving the work for anger and tell him he was not welcome. Regardless of the -The Colby Football Team ple want to stay up until three in the morning—the street, the Lovejoy tomorrow. frustrating effect of his article and the potential implica- Men 's basketball starts off season 1-2 Professional sports versus college sports
than professional sports a lot of the along with the structure of the sport if By AMANDA ROEHN time? For those of you who may not they want to still be fans of their teams, STAFF WRITER agree with this assertion, I will use the so why shouldn't the players act like basketball example. The NCAA it? What do they owe to their teams? The Mules kicked off College Basketball Tournament is def- Yea they want to win, but at the risk of their season two weekends initely one of the most highly antici- injuring themselves? If everyone else ago down at Babson College pated, watched and revered sporting is looking out for themselves, should- for the Irving Oil events of the year. People get all fired n't an athlete look out for himself? If a mutational Their first game HATS FOR BATS up for the games even if they have not basketball player gets enough endorse- watched a college athletic event all ments and a high enough signing was against host Babson. By STEVE SANDAK and Colb> ».i> able to come year. Sure, it is a little bit like the bonus based on his image and offen- away with a victory Senior Super Bowl in the way that it becomes sive skills, why should he play Captain Nick Farrell helped a social event to watch the Final Four defense? For the team that doesn't lead the team to their season When I was 10 years old I played games, but there is a passion and des- even sell out half of their games? A opener victory with 31 the trombone. 1 was about three feet peration that the college teams play criticism might remark that a player points. fi\e steals, five tall and could not really play the with that is lacking from the pro sports like that lacks "character" or "class". rebounds and four assists instrument properly, but I loved it. And teams. One argument would be the People who throw those vague unde- He also managed to go 8- while I was a pretty good soccer and scheduling format. College football fined terms around are self-righteous for-lo from the field. 7-of- baseball player, my future as a football serves as a great example for this argu- fools that judge other who are in a sit- 10 from 3-point range, and player was not very promising. I used ment as there arc no playoffs. And uation that is foreign to them. People came away with a flawless to watch college football games and love saying that character is "doing the 8-for-8 from the foul line saw the bands, that was as close as I right thing when nobody else is look- "Friday night was a nice way figured I would get. I liked the bands ing". When you are a professional ath- to start our season Babson is Men s basketball picked up a win in their f irst game of the season against Babson at college football games. Even though ...there is a pas- lete, people always see you, and while a very physical team, but we College before falling to Washington t'mversit}- and Davidson College. my infatuation with a college band sion and desper- there might be selfish players, who am didn't lei it gel to us." Farrell decreased when I was 17 (go to a I to tell an athlete who I don 't know commented. "We won the Division I game, they never shut up), ation that the what the right thing for him to do is? rebounding battle against mem, which managed to come away with 26 points. Over Thanksgiving break . Colby my love of college sports is still college teams I cannot believe I just wrote that last we knew would be a lough task, and 14 rebounds and five blocked shots. traveled down to North Carolina to strong. There are few things that I love paragraph. Do I like a lot of the things we forced a lot of turnovers defensive- Farrell finished up the game with 16 take on the Division I team of more than watching these athletes, play with that is I wrote? Absolutely not. Am I partially ly . " Another key contributor on Davidson College, who went to who, yes, have completely different lacking from the disgusted with myself for saying those offense was junior Mark Gaudet. who Durham to take on number 9 ranked lives than most college students, but things and responding to questions I had 22 points and was -J-for-8 shooting The score Duke University four days after play- for the most part are kind of like my pro sports posed to myself? Repulsed. However, from 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the ing Colby. This trip south proved to be peers except that they compete on a teams. despite my bipolar writing style right foul line His scoring in the second shows that we an unbelievable experience for the national level. And besides the occa- now, I think there is something to be half helped secure Colby's victory got creamed, Mules as they faced competition that is sional on-the-side suit or car that a said for this idealistic view we have on over the Beavers The Mules shot 11- head and shoulders above what they shady agent will try and push on a stu- while this does create the limited abil- sports. It is a reflection of our culture, for-20 from 3-point range proving to but in all hon- are going to face in their conference. dent athlete, they are playing for their ity for teams from smaller conferences good and bad, I know this. But despite be more offensively aggressive in esty we really "We played almost an entire half pret- team, their school, and their athletes. to make it to the big games, it puts a all of the cultural influences imposed comparison to Babson 's 3-for-ll ty even with a team that lost to When comparing the college sports huge emphasis on each game. There on sports, I think we all deep down attempt. only lost about Michigan by ten and Missouri by five. scene to that of the pro sports scene, arc no playoffs where you could think there is something pure about a Colby earned this aggressive offense ten minutes of The game should give us the confi- there are two arguments to be made... maybe sneak your way past someone, game with rules and healthy competi- into their next game against dence we need for the rest of the sea- College Defense: This love for col- and there are no wild cards. One bad tion. So maybe there should be anoth- Washington University Unfortunately, the game. son," Farrell stated. Although Colby lege sports is not just something that I game can cost you a chance at the er league that has the talent level of the Bear's offense came out on top. was beaten by this tough team 99 to possess, but it seems to be a wide- National Championship. The intensity professional sports and the energy of beating Colby 79 to 71. ""Saturday was Nick Farrell '07 69, they came away knowing they can spread infatuation that many people all in professional sports ain't the same. college athletics, but without the Captain a good test for us." Farrell said hang with those teams at the top. "The across the country have. But why do Professional Defense: I don 't really bands. "Washington University is a great team score shows that we got creamed, but people like college sports, which is blame them. Owners treat the game and I give them credit, but I think we points and three assists, and Gaudet put in all honesty we really only lost about considered an amateur level, more like a business, fans are forced to go are a better team than we showed up 15 points and earned five rebounds. ten minutes of the game. The rest of against them." Despite not playing to The tight scores of both these games the time we were matching them pret- the level Farrell knows is possible, prove the Mules to be ready for their ty evenly." Farrell explained. This Colby sull managed to keep the game season. Although the captains agree match up for the Mules proved to be an Top f ive f eatureski f ilms close, trailing only 61-59 with seven there is work to be done, the Irving excellent opportunity to show where minutes left after a key lay-up by senior tournament helped gauge how strong this team is at and the success tfiey question when an evil land developer Captain Andrew Cohen The Bears then they currently are and where they are should have against the Division III tries to take over the mountain. The On Screen at Railroad Square proceeded to go on a 9-0 run which capable of going. In the rest of the tour- teams they are about to take on. Wish screw ball ski patrol stays loyal to the Cinema Fri. Dec. 1 through helped them pull away and earn the vic- nament. Babson managed to defeat the men luck as they face Fisher resort and to Pops and saves the Thurs. Dec. 7 College Saturday at home at 3 p.m. mountain. The stupid antics and tory. At the close of the game Cohen Vassar College 84-72. -
THE RAMBLIN' MAN By AJ HERRMANN
Yeah, it 's still 50 degrees outside, but the calendar shows late November MOU.T- W-WRfN/THE CtXHY tCHO and we live in Maine, so eventually Johnson Pond is going to freeze and the snow is going to start to fall. Here are some ideas to keep you active dur- Joe Rothwell '08 ing the eight hours of daylight we do Rothwell represents Colby men's hockey not only first in defenseman scoring get up here in winter. in the NESCAC, with three goals and six assists for nine total points, but he is Downhill Skiing/Snowboarding: ECHO FILE PH0IO also first in overall point scoring, beating out offensive players for the honor. He The women s' hockey team took a 3-2 win over the University of Southern Maine last week but was unable to win Half of the campus does it anyway, is fourth in goal scoring and fourth in assists. Rothwell is also first in power play against Connecticut College or Amherst College. The Mules will face St. Anselm next week, who they have not and you should take advantage of the points, with four, and second in power play goals, with three. In Colby's Nov. 17 layed since the 2004-2005 season in which Colby suffered a 2-0 loss. fact that Colby is less than a two hour p win over Babson, Rothwell had two power play goals and one assist. On Nov. 18, drive from two of the best ski resorts Colby took a 8-2 win over the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and in the east (Sunday River and score all three of their goals for the 3- think once we get the kinks worked Rothwell had two assists. Rothwell had two assists and one goal against DAVID METCALF Sugarloaf). If you're just learning you By 2 win. Colby had a 43-27 shot advan- out we will be fine." Assumption College on Nov. 26, where Colby took an easy 10- 1 win. STAFF WRITER could also head for some smaller tage while Lacey Brown '09 stopped Head Coach David Venditti agreed. resorts like Camden Snowbowl: the 24 shots for Colby. "We are still finding this year's identi- only place in the East where you can The women's ice hockey team had The following Tuesday at the ty through figuring out the roles of the ' ski on the ocean; or Saddleback: lift I their first games of the season the Alfond Ice Arena, one Comeau and younger players," he said, but , Men s squash picks up tickets are much cheaper than the big- i weekend before Thanksgiving. They two Anning remained optimistic that the ger resorts and you don't need thou- 1 were able to protect their home ice goals, backed team would keep working sands of acres of terrain when you're against the University of Southern up with 30 We are still find- and keep improving as they victory against MIT going to be on the learning hill all day Maine last Tuesday but were unable to saves by get into the competitive ing this year's - anyway. Other ways of saving money bring any wins home from their two Tnganne , was heart of the season. By ALEXA LINDAUER meeting. Can echoed Kahn, "1 think away games against Connecticut enough to identity through The team has plenty of SPORTS EDITOR that we failed to perform our best College and Amherst College hold off the figuring out the time to train for the at home against Conn College, but we play Here are some Becky Julian *09 and Laura Anning University of rematches against Amherst them again in January and we are pret- ideas to keep *09 worked together to give Amanda Southern roles of the and Connecticut late this While the women's squash team ty confident we 'll see different Comeau '09 the one Colby goal of the Maine, and younger play- coming January. will not face their first competitor until results." you active dur- game at Amherst just four minutes into earn the first The team visited the this evening, the Colby men 's squash Colby took their first win of the sea- the game to give Colby the early lead, of what we ers. University of | team has already competed against son at home against MIT with every ing the eight I which they maintained for the first hope will be Massachusetts at Boston four teams to kick off their 2006-2007 Colby player winning their position hours of daylight ! period. However, Amherst fought back many wins at David Venditti after press time. Next week season. The men traveled to for the 9-0 win. Carr was pleased with ' in the second and third periods, and home. Head coach they will host St. Anselm Dartmouth College where they took the result of the match and believes we do get up I even with goalie and Captain "Traveling College on Tuesday, and on Tufts University, Dartmouth and that the confidence the team gained here in the win- Genevieve Triganne '08's 35 saves the makes a big travel to Brunswick on Connecticut College on Nov. 17 and will result in better play in the future. j Lord Jeffs were able to get four shots difference," Captain Lauren Friday to play Bowdoin College, l 18 before returning to Colby for their He said, "Overall it was great to see ter. in for a final result of 4-1. They out- Gocthals'08 commented. "We had which will be their last game of the first home match against the some of the rookies get their first col- 1 shot Colby 39 to 13. extremely high expectations for our- semester. Last season 's games against Massachusetts Institute of Technology legiate wins and become more com- Colby versus Connecticut College selves after such a successful season Bowdoin resulted in one 3-2 loss and on Nov. 19. fortable with college squash." Kahn include borrowing a friend's equip- I was a more crushing story where last year., [but] this weekend just goes one 2-2 tie. The Polar Bears are cur- Tufts was a strong team in 2005 to added , "We played a great match ment or taking out some of the loaners Julian scored twice with assists from to show how every team can change in rently at the top of the New England whom the Mules lost an 8-1 match. against MIT and won 9-0 The previ- from the Outing Club (if you're a Anning and Colette Fmley '09, but the one year." She optimistically added Small College Athletic Conference The result was the same this time, with ous three matches at Dartmouth member). Finally, not to condone ille- Camels were able to use a third period that she believes that "we have with two wins against Connecticut and Captain Andy Carr '07 taking the lone proved good experience to get us back gal activity, but it 's usually pretty hard power play extremely effectively to tremendous talent again this year and I Amherst. win at the second spot. Dartmouth on our toes for our home match and for the lift operators at Sugarloaf and took a decisive 9-0 victory over the decisive win." Sunday River to figure out that you Mules. Connecticut College, who the The team has done a considerable don't look like the picture on a season Mules beat 5-4 and 7-2 last season, amount of shifting this year after los- pass when its -20 out and everyone's , came out on top this time with a 7-2 ing a substantial amount of players and bundled up for skiing. Three hundred MEN'S HOCKEY: Now 14th in nation just behind rival Bowdoin College win. Ryan Maher '08 had a win for gaining many new ones Can* noted people on this campus have the stu- Colby in the first position while Jake that Maher is playing at the number dent season pass for Sunday River and and played admirably, losing 6-3 next couple of years. And on Sunday, Leiby *09 had Colby's other win from one spot for the first time and doing Sugarloaf, at least one of them has to against a team where everybody will the Mutes continued their domination, the third position. Head Coach Sakhi well there "It was great to see Ryan Continued From Page 8 look something like you. annihilating Assumption 10-1. Kahn commented that although Harry Maher pick up two wins over the Cross Country Skiing: If you're Up next for the Mules are four Goldstein lost against Conn in the fifth weekend at the one spot. This is the looking for a slower paced ski experi- building (including... well... me). Colby has straight away games. They are at position in three first time he has ence (and more of a workout) strap on I Luckily, the rest of the crowd was able Castleton State on Dec, I , at Skidmore games, he played a played at one and some cross country skis and head out- ] to make up for the conspicuous moved up in the College Dec. 2 and the University terrific match. He ...I would have he showed that he side. Colby has 10 kilometers of its i absence of those two tremendous fans. United States Southern Maine Dec. 5. The fourth in said , "He showed can handle the own trails around campus and the The success carried into the next a row is the game at Bowdoin College tremendous effort and liked to have competition." A Outing Club loans out boots and skis I day, and Colby's second game, against College Hockey on Dec. 8. Bowdoin comes to Colby willpower throughout done better number of other for free to all of its members (and it the University of Massachusetts at Online Division Dec. 9. After the 3-0 start, Colby has ' the contest. It really players have also only costs 15 bucks to join). If you're Boston. Colby had a 2-0 lead, but moved up in the United States College exemplifies that way again against stepped up to more looking for a little more variety most UMass Boston came back to tie it 2-2. III poll, and is Hockey Online Division III poll , and is all of us need to com- Conn. We lost competitive spots downhill areas have their own trails The Mules then went on to score six now ranked 14th now ranked 14th in the nation. Rival pete for the rest of the this season. (and charge much less for trail access unanswered goals. It ended with an 8- Bowdoin is one spot ahead at number season." that match 7-2 The men now than they do for a downhill lift tickets). 2 Colby victory, led by Arthur Fritch in the nation. 13. and perennial powerhouse Kahn added , "I and it should have over a month Snowmobiling: Maine has one of j '08, who had a hat trick, and Middlebury College remains at num- thought we played to practice before the most extensive networks of snow- ; Grandjean, who saved 29 of 31 shots. ber 1. It 's another exciting season of I well at Dartmouth but have been clos- their next match mobiling trails in the country (over ¦ On Saturday, the Mules had a scrim- probably end up getting a scholarship Mule hockey folks, so go show your i I would have liked to er. against Yale 13,000 miles worth) and hopping on a mage against the U.S. under 18 team. to play Division I hockey within the support for the boys in blue. have done better University on Jan. sled provides a way to get out into the against Conn. We lost Sakhi Kahn 6. However, the woods for those too lazy to walk or that match 7-2 and it Head Coach women will play ski. Look online for rental options: a should have been clos- in their first match ton of places within a few hours drive 1 SWIMMING: Heads to er." He added that tonight against of Colby rent sleds and offer guided CROSS COUNTRY: Three travel to nationals they will have another opportunity to Middlebury College at Wesleyan tours if you're interested. A network play the Camels in January and that University. They will also take on of cabins and lodges welcoming placed 17th (457). the return of key player Brett Willis George Washington University and Continued From Page 8 Camel Invite Saturday snowmobilers makes an overnight Calvin College of Grand Rapids, '08 from abroad will hopefully give Vassar College over the weekend. excursion possible if you have the MI, won the men's championship eas- the Mules a boost in their second time (and the money). all in the mud. I held a pretty constant ily, as their top five all cracked the top Continued From Page 8
Ice Fishing: Another Maine tradi- pace and by the last mile, my legs were 15. All of the male teams from the i tion, ice fishing requires three key ' exhausted from working double-time northeast hailed from the NESCAC. ingredients: a shelter (erected over a ¦ in the mud, but my lungs were ready Williams College finished seventh College. Burton said, "The Camel hole in the ice), fishing equipment and I for a sprint. The sprint didn 't really (278). Wesleyan University (415) and Invite serves as the barometer for Employment Opportunity alcohol. Check online for places that work out." Bowdoin College (470) placed 15th each team member's individual per- will rent you the first two, head to one On the bright side, King placed thir- and 17th. respectively, and Trinity formance levels, and our evaluation RESIDENTIAL RESOURCES OF MAINE IS A PROGRESSIVE when College placed 31st out of 32 teams of the meet will be individualistic | SOCIAL SERVICE of our numerous friendly local liquor j ty places higher than last year, AGENCY SUPPORTING ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND outlets for the third. ' she earned 84th place. If King contin- (786). rather than at the team level." Athletes ACQUIRED DISABILITIES THROUGHOUT MAINE. Sledding: Just because you're in ues to progress at the same rate, she Vassallo ended his cross country are given the opportunity to compete college doesn't mean you still can't should be in contention for All career at Colby with a 111 th place fin- in events they may not ordinarily race DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS- WE ARE LOOKING FOR PER ish at the NCAA Division III Cross in. Captain Kristi Boman 'OR said, DIEM DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS TO WORK A VARIETY OF act like a kid. Popular options on American status next year. HOURS IN OUR SKOWHEGAN PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE EXCELLENT campus are the hill next to the Chapel Middlebury College defeated Country Championships. He churned "It 'll be a good meet to see where TRAINING AND SUPPORT. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: and the slope in front of Bro's house; Amherst College 144 to 145 for the through the swampy eight kilometer peop le are, and what we have to do to TEACHING CLEAR BOUNDARIES. ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY lesser known locations include the women's national title. No women's course in 28 minutes and 38 seconds. accomplish our goals at NESCAC's | INTEGRATION. ASSISTANCE WITH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. SKILL in his first national level and NCAA's at the end of the season." DEVELOPMENT AND MORE! short but steep hill behind the Health race in the history of the NCAA Competing GOOD DRIVING HISTORY IS ALSO REQUIRED Center and the forested slope above Division HI Championship has ever championship, Vassallo really didn 't Last season a number of Colby com- PLEASE SEND RESUME OR CALL: STEVEN SNOW. the Hillside Parking Lot (trust me, it 's been won by a slimmer margin. Tufts read into his performance too much. petitors had solid finishes at the 51 U.S. RT. 1. SCARBOROUGH . MAINE 04074. doable, but you need a lot of snow and University placed fifth (214 points) Reserving his usual caustic analysis, Camel Invite and this will undoubted- P—207 885-1300 F— 207-885-5444 a strong ability to dodge trees). and Williams College was eighth Vassallo recounted his race simply as, l y occur again this weekend. E-mail S SNOWIES RE SOURCES. COM EOE Don't whine about being stuck (238). Keene State, the team that all "1 started in the middle of pack, I raced inside: get bundled up and get out j but robbed the Colby women of their in the middle of the pack, and I fin- ¦ ' rh.t-H iuuu»nitvM l,i,l •< \:-,i,, m ¦,!. . . ,,!,. . i in it,. . ,,,,,1,11. . , .( r-i : -] " this week in sports Swimming narrowly Men's hockey opens season with victories FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 ¦ ¦ Women's Squash falls to Amherst in By TODD HERRMANN vs. Middlebury STAFF WRITER @ Wesleyan • Men's Hockey season opener Colby men 's ice hockey @ Castleton State season is underway and the team has come flying out of SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 By ALEXA UNDAUER the gates, already showing • Women's Squash SPORTS EDITOR signs of repeating and vs. George Washington maybe improving on last @ Wesleyan The Mules swimming and diving year 's successful season. • Swimming and Diving team competed against one of the top The season kicked off Nov. @ Camel Invite teams in the nation two weeks ago 17 against Babson College. • Women's Squash when they traveled to Amherst Colby played poorl y during vs. Vassar College. Althoug h the dual meet the first period and the @ Wesleyan resulted in a loss for both the Colby beginning of the second , • Men's Basketball men's and women's teams, the Mules trailing 1-0 and 2-1, the one vs. Fisher came much closer to catching the Lord goal scored by TJ. Kclley 3 p.m. Jeffs than in the 2005-2006 season. '08 But six minutes into • Men's Hockey The women lost 138-124 , a difference the second penod, Colby @ Skidmore of 14 points compared to 2005's 38 took over. Joe Rothwell '08 point difference, while the men lost by scored to tie the game at SUNDAY. DECEMBER 3 just 12 points as compared to 2005's two, and Colby never • Swimming and Diving 84 point discrepancy looked back. It was a 3-2 @ Camel Invite Head Coach Tom Burton is opti- lead after Ryan Chrenek PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG OSBORNE Men s hockey has had three decisive victories so far this season against Babson College, the University of Massachusetts at ¦ Women's Basketball mistic that the strong performances he '08 scored his first goal of Boston and Assumption College. This weekend they will be tested by Castleton State and Skidmore College vs. Thomas saw at the Amherst meet, despite the the season, and Colby 6 p.m. ultimate loss, are an early indicator never relinquished the lead that it will be a solid season for the afterwards. Eric Simmons '10 made it 4-2, then Rothwell and Colby. Goaltender Ben Grandjcan '07 crowd was raucous, cheering, yelling, zier if not for a campus security offi- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Chrenek each added their second goals saved 32 of the 35 shots he faced. "The clapping, stomping and banging on the cer, who decided to show his own • Men's Hockey We wanted a of the game, making it 6-2 Colby. first period was pretty bad, but the end glass. Alfond Arena was shaking from peculiar brand of school spint by kick- @ USM Babson would score a meaningless of the second and the third were great. the enormous amounts of school spirit ing out the two loudest fans in the • Women's Hockey solid meet at goal with a few seconds left on the And the crowd was insane," defender put forth by the fans. And the crowd vs. St. Anselm 7 p.m. the beginning of clock, bringing the final score to 6-3 Brett Souza ' 10 said. Indeed, the would have been even louder and cra- Continued on Page 7 the season to use as a step- ping stone for Prisby earns second Ail-American Women's basketball on the rebound for a win what is to come, By MOLLY BIDDISCOMBE board on the squad. One significant and we got one. title at cross country nationals challenge for the Mules is that they ASST. SPORTS EDITOR commenced the 2006-2007 season Weather Potdevin '07 facing four rather strong teams, while Captain by PATRICK While many Colby students they typically begin with a less chal- BAGLEY enjoyed a relaxing Thanksgiving lenging start to the season. Captain team. He commented , "While it is STAFF WRITER break, the women's basketball team Tanya Rosbash '08 said, always disappointing to begin a sea- traveled to New Jersey for the "Unfortunately we were not able to son with a loss, the depth of both our Two weeks ago Montclair State/William Patterson come out on the winning end the past squads was evident at the meet which Karen Pnsby '07, Anna Classic to match up against Montclair two weekends; however, we played is something we have not had in the King '08 and Dan "DV" State on Saturday, Nov. 25 and very well, and the team has improved past couple of years. This in itself pro- Vassallo '07 represented William Patterson University on a great deal from playing such strong vides a positive outlook for the the White Mules at Sunday, Nov. 26. The Mules fell to competition. " Cappelloni agreed, remainder of our season." NCAA Division III Montclair 57-39, suffering their third "We didn 't play badly the past two The men's side is already seeing Cross Country National consecutive loss of weekends; we have improvements from last year 's squad. Championships, held at the season. Senior great potential , but Ian Cross '07 took first place in 1 The Voice of America captain and guard we're just not quite meter diving with a personal best for Park in West Chester, Tracy Nale scored 17 ...we played there yet." six dives. Sam Wampler "09 had a Ohio. points for Colby, Considering only solid race to take the 50-yard freestyle Four dark horses in while Lauren Duval very well, and partaking in less in 21.98. Evan Mullin '08 finished the forms of Tim "T- '09 contributed six the team has than a month of first in the 100 freestyle with a time of Whoa" Worthington points and Alison practice and a diffi- 49.91 while Jabez Dewey "07 had '08, Alexander Gill '08, Cappelloni *10 flour- improved a cult opening sched- wins in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Nikolajs Batarags '10 ished defensively great deal from ule, the Mules have Captain Mitch Bartkiewicz '07 had a and Katrina Gravel '10 with seven rebounds. playing such a lot of promise for first in the 200 IM. Wampler, Mullin , also represented Colby Overall the team shot the rest of the sea- Dewey and Captain Ryan Adams "07 in Ohio. These super 15-52 from the floor strong competi- son. Although they teamed up to win the 200 freestyle fans "borrowed" and 9-13 from the may have fallen in relay, which finished two seconds Michael Collins * '07 foul line. tion. points the past two faster than die same team did a year beloved 1996 Buick weekends, the On Sunday at Tanya Rosbash '08 ago. Adams added that the success of Roadmaster and made a Mules have not Montclair State, Captain the meet was not onl y measured in the whirlwind trip to Ohio William Patterson lacked intensity and performances but in the attitude of the and back in two days to defeated Colby 79- competitive drive. team. "The best part of the meet was cheer on their team- 66 in Colby's second loss of the week- "Consistency seems to be a consistent how much fun everyone had. That 's mates. end. Despite putting up higher factor for our team-which is great," the kind of attitude we need to be suc- "The course was numbers, the Mules were unable to Rosbash said. cessful at season's end." knee deep in mud. It secure an advantage over WPU. Duval As for the rest of the season, Colby The women's side also saw a num- was probably the ugliest led the Mules with 12 points , ten is determined to be a dominant team ber of solid individual performances course I've ever seen," rebounds, three steals and two assists. in the New England Small College Captain Weather Potdevin "07 com- remembered Katie McCabe '08 scored 14 points Athletic Conference; they will play mented, "We were totall y satisfied Worthington. "DV did- and rebounded six times while their first NESCAC competition with the team 's performance at n 't take kindly to it at Kathleen Nicholson '08 scored seven against Bowdoin College on Amherst We wanted a solid meet at all. Prisby handled it points, with six rebounds and three Saturday, Dec. 9. Rosbash concluded , the beginning of the season to use as a like Prisby. She looked assists. Laura Williamson '07 and "Last year one of our goals was to stepping stone for what is to come, like she had something Cappelloni chipped in six points each. make the NESCAC tournament , and we got one " to prove. The mud did- The previous weekend, Colby suf- which we accomplished, but this sea- Maria Ramrath "09 proved that she n't seem to faze her." fered two more losses against Babson son we are determined to make the will be a top competitor for the Mules This is what Prisby College (61-541 and Geneseo State tournament and win it. " Colby will with a first place finish in the 200 had to say about the Anna King 08 and Karen Prisby '07 pose for a photo after competing at nationals. (76-60) in the Babson Invitational on play their first home game this breaststroke and a fourth in the 100 race: "I don 't know- Prisby finished 12th to earn Ail-American honors while King was 54th. Saturday, Nov. 18 and Sunday, Nov. Sunday against Thomas College, a breaststrokc. First-year Franny Izzo about DV and Anna, but 19, respectively. match that the Mules anticipate they took first in the 200 yard IM while I ran even slower on I As of press time Colby is 0-4, yet will dominate. second and third in that event were this course than in the hurricane at the earned her second Ail-American hon- their lackluster record hardly claimed by Captain Mary Warlaumont New England Small College Athletic ors in two years. She covered the rain- Continued on Page 7 describes the potential across the *07 and Chelsea Stillman *10. The Conference Championships. That 's sodden six kilometer course in 23 Mules also went one, two and three in how bad it was; calf-deep mud, ponds minutes and 19 seconds, placing 12th, the 100 butterfly with Jamie Warner and not one spot of sure footing. It a seven-place improvement over last '09, Warlaumonl and Maddie Given was pretty much a mud-fest. year. INSIDE SPORTS '08, respectively Sam Rose '08 Sometimes you couldn 't see where King ran 24:18 over the six kilome- Men s squash defeats MIT claimed the 500 freestyle, followed by you were going because mud was fly- ters for 54th place. The perennially The men took a win against MIT but fell to Hadlcy Chatcl '08 and Potdevin ing in your face and your eyes. I even driven King hinted that her race may Dartmouth, Tufts and Conn College. WOE 7 Annie Muir '07 finished second in the tasted some. But it was certainly a have been disappointing, in no small 100 breaststrokc. race to remember." part because of the terrible race course The Mules head to the Camel A race to remember indeed, as it conditions Women s hockey 0-2 in NESCAC Invite this weekend at Connecticut was Pnsby's last in her collegiate "I tried to get out of the huge pack Although the women did defeat USM, they cross country career. The modest in the first mile, but it was difficult have yet to win a game in the league, HUE 7 ' Continued on Page 7 Prisby failed to mention that she because I couldn t reall y accelerate at PAGE 7 PAGE 7 |