SPB discusses publicit y, fundin g sexual assault speaker excellent idea to invite her to BY AMY MONTEMERLO Colby for the second successive & RENEE LAJEUNESSE year. Leff and D'Afflittiurged SPB News Editors to endorse their proposal. "Frankly, it's pretty amazing LastMonday, November 3, the that we could get someone of her Student Programming Board quality with such short notice," (SPB) met to discuss upcoming said D'Afflitti. social events on campus. The Leff and D'Afflitti asked SPB meeting began with a short pre- to contribute over $1,000 to assist sentation by Laura D'Afflitti '99 in sponsoring Koestner. The task and Miguel Leff '98, members of force, according to Leff and the Sexual As- D'Afflitti, has sault Aware- already re^ ceived mon- ness Task Photo courtesy of Communications Force. The pro- SPB voted in favor etary donations posal, which of sponsoring from Student More construction on the art museum has some up in arms. focused on Koestner 's lecture HealthonCam- planning for pus (SHOC), Museum additi on prom pts protest Sexual Assault the Dean of Stu- Awareness dents Office. tion from about ten different do- of it. Week, became the mam topic of and the Athletic Department. BYRE^^EL^U]SESSE nors for the expansion of the Mu- In a letter addressed to all those discussion at the meeting. The majority of SPB represen- i News Editor seum>*exp lained , JCplby President concerned about the proposed ad- Leff and D'Afflitti discussed tatives were in favor of sponsor- William Cotter" The purpose of the dition, which Colman sent to vari- the possibility of sponsoring a lec- ing Koestner's lecture. Some mem- Several Colby art students are expansion, explained Cotter, is "to ous faculty members, student ture by Katie Koestner, a speaker bers however, including SPB Cul- vehemently opposed to the pro- display our own rich collection of groups and President Cotter him- oh sexual assault, during Sexual tural Chair Waiter Wang '99, ex- posed two-story addition to the American art" which is presently self, he listed the issues involved. Assault Awareness Week, which pressed someapprehensionabout Colby Museum of Art, and have "very cramped" or held in storage. First, Colman claimed that the addi- _ _ beginsonMonday, November V7. this proposal. Wang stated that, as begun to express this concern over //fiic a s a wonaerrui_.' j i r__i opportunity^ i * « rort^~. tion will partially block the natural Koestner previously spoke on the a social programmer, he is respon- the past week. Art major Devin all of our students and others to see light coming into the painting stu- subject of date rape in. accordance sible for sponsoring new, innova- Colman '98 is urging those con- what the College owns," he said. dio and completely obstruct sun- with last year's Sexual Assault tive speakers to Colby. Wang also cerned to join him in protesting the Colman is opposed to the new light from the sculpture studio. "The Awareness Week. Due to the posi- voiced his discontent over the cost construction that he feels "will have addition, however, for he sees the museum addition willhave a nega- tive response Koestner received of the program, and the fact that a direct negative, unacceptable im- College "pushing the art museum tive impact on existing educational from students last year, and the administration does not aid in pact on the Colby art facility." above art programs for the stu- and teaching facilities, which should Koestner's cancellation of a pre- sponsoring such student health- This construction, which is slated dents." He expressed concern that be given priority above everything vious speaking engagement, the related events, or provide the to begin in the spring and be com- there wasn't any talk with the art else," he said. task force felt that it would be an See SPB on page 4 plete in about a year's time, is the faculty or students about the expan- The addition will also block out- result of a 1.3 million dollar dona- sion, and that no one seems aware See MUSEUM on page d AIDS activist River Huston addre sses Colby students died. Yet, in the end she realized that HIV." Neither response was a com- their poem while others would hoot HIV-positive she ate a pint of Haagen BYJILLMORNEAU she would rather be alone than be fort to Huston. and holler,boo and cheer.Riverknew Dazs ice cream every night. Staff Writer with someone that she didn't love. River began a suicide note. Then that if her poem was a failure there Huston advised her audience to After learning that she was in- the suicide note turned into a poem. was no better place to test it than the "find joy in yourself," and "not to AIDS Activist River Huston fected with HIV, Huston dropped At the suggestion of a friend , she "slam." say nasty things to yourself any- spoke candidly to interested Colby out of college and decided to live decided to read her poem at a poetry After she exposed her raw feel- more." She told the audience that as students in East Quad about AIDS with her father and his fourth wife. contest. The poetry reading turned ingto theslam poetry audience, there a fat aerobics instructor she was ready on Wednesday, November 5. However,Huston'sfatherwasacom- out to be a "slam." At the-"slam", was utter and complete silence. And to take a healing journey. Huston Huston's humorous stories had the pulsive liar and had not told his wife people would get on stage and read then they roared.That night Huston found it rather odd that as a fit, trim audience in hysterics as she pro- that Huston had the HIV virus. The won the poetry contest and walked woman she was ashamed to reveal ceeded to talk about subjects most family spent some quality time to- out of there with the $50 prize. her body naked, but with a much people feel uncomfortable thinking gether and got along fine until That poem and many others de- bigger body she really didn't care. about. More importantly, Huston's Huston's stepmother discovered her veloped into a book, which has cur- Huston realized, "Eating makes you words of advice made the audience stepdaughter had HIV . She asked rently sold thousands of copies. Hus- happy!" realize the most valuable things in Huston to leave immediately, ex- ton learned not to criticize herself. One of the most important parts life. plaining that she needed to protect She told the audience, "If s none of of the lecture that Huston stressed Huston began her lecture by ex- her other 14 year-old daughter, your business what anyone else to the audience was the invention of plaining the reasons for voicing her As a result, Huston decided to speaks, it doesn't matter!" vaginal microbiocides. Vaginal story. She fold the audience that at commit suicide. She could not bear Huston explained thatevenfrom microbiocides are suppositories that the time she was infected with HIV, the grief of explaining to her friends childhood, women are taught to lose a woman puts in her vagina that she had absolutely nothing to lose. that she had the HIV virus. Huston weight and attempt to look beauti- will adhere to the vaginal wall and While she was engaged to be mar- explained that whenever she would ful. According to Huston, our moth- kill all viruses. The partner won't ried, she wasn't sure she was doing teUafriendaboutheryirus,hewould ers influence us in ways that make even know it's there. Huston finds the right thing. Her fiance had.been start crying, and exclaim the unfair- women feel "not good enough." She this form of prevention rather the first; person to approach her and ness of Huston having to die and explained that she used tobea trainer unique because she understands pursue her. Even though he was not leave him, and Huston would inevi- for models. Before learning that she that condoms can be embarrassing quite her type, Huston feared being tably end up comforting the friend. ¦' . . - Echo photo byMeknie.Guryamh/ was HIV-positive, she had what she and of ten a nuisance in the heat of alone and reasoned that she wanted Or, the friend would belittle the situ- described as a "Reebokbody." Then, passion. Condoms can often signify someone;;to be witti hilrwhen she ation by sayingy "Oh, you just have AIDS Activist River Huston. when she discovered that she was See RIVERHUSTON on p age2 D ate rap e survivor Ka tie Koestner to speak at Colby Show, and ^Entertainment Tonight. She has lobbied Halberstam to receive Lovejoy BYMTIIEN ^^ Congress for sexual assault policy changes. Ms. Koest- Staff Wrfter ner has spoken to hundreds of thousands of students, Fellowshi p toni ght at colleges high schools and military facilities in 46 Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam will receive the Sexual Assault Awareness Week begins next week states. 1997 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Fellowship Award this evening, November at Colby. On Monday November 17th at 8 PM in the Joining her this year is Brent Sokolow, who will 13, at 8 p.m. in Lorimer Chapel. The Lovejoy Award is an annual award Lorimer Chapel, Katie Koestner will come to speak to perform a dialogue called "He said, she said/' which given to an editor, reporter, or publisher who has contributed to the Colby Students, about date rape and sexual assault will help to give a male perspective on this issue. Last nation's journalistic achievements. Halberstam will receive an honor- issues. Ms. Koestner is herself a survivor of a date rape spring, when Koestner came to speak at Colby, there ary degree from Colby College. The Lovejoy Convocation is open to the which occurred during her freshman year at William were very few male students who attended. She is public. (AM) and Mary College. She is a well known and much beingbroughttoColbythroughSHOCCStudentsHealth respected speaker, and appeared on the June 1991 on Campus), the Athletic department, SPB (Student Psychology pr ofessor to be appointed cover of Time magazine. She has also made various Programming Board), and the Dean of Students office. television appearances including an HBO life stories It is anticipated that more men will attend the event dean of facult y documentary, Larry King Live, the Oprah Winfrey this year.Q AccorcuhgtoPresidentCotter,inastatementreadattest Thursday's, November 6, Presidents' Council meeting, Psychology Professor Ed- ward H. Yeterian has been selected for the position of dean of faculty at Colby College.Yeterian was recommended to President Cotter by a Mercur y spill in Waterville : selection committee, out of a pool of five candidates. Cotter considered the committee's recommendation, and made the final decision last week. An article further detailing the selection process and Yeterian's MDEP speaker comin g to Colby plans for the future will appear next week. (AM) There was a pit in the basement have been exposed, and over fifty BYCHAZLANGELIER filled with water, benzene, gasoline, local homeswere tested for mercury Contributing Writer lead, chromium and mercury.Waste contamination, oils, battery acid, asbestos, roofing Wayne Paradis, a project man- For over three years, children tars, caustic solvents and freon were ager at the Maine Department of Al Corey Music Center played unnoticed among toxic among the other chemicals present Environmental Protection, is com- "Everything in Music " chemicals in the basement of an in the children's play area. ing to Colby to speak On fee details ?k ' abandoned building in a Waterville A teaspoon of mercury is consid- of the spill. Paradis was one of the (tof fars, Keyboards, grass Iwstrumeitts , Sheet metals salvage yard. The aban- ered dangerous to humans. Pro- people who discovered, three ^ doned Wolman Steel Company, lo- longed exposure to the substance weeks later, over 70 more pounds Bk Music, Televisions, Stereo Systems... cated on High Street, straddles a can lead to medical problems of the of mercury stockpiled in a nearby 99 Main Street , Waterville small stream and is located next to heart, nervous system, kidneys, Waterville home. He will discuss WJk a school. liver, and brain, especially in young the mercury spill's impact on the W ^m^^the Kg Band." ^^^ Two months ago, a local mother, children. Waterville community, describe who suspected her child had mer- Several Waterville homes also how theDEP handled the spill; and cury poisoning, contacted state of- became contaminated from children highlight other problems with mer- ficials. When a state hazardous ma- carrying back jars of mercury they cury contamination and toxic waste terials team arrived, they found found in the building. In the inves- accumulation in central Maine. over ZOpounds of highly toxic mer- tigation that followed the discovery Paradis will present on Thurs- " cury at the site, most of it spilled and of •the.chemicals;on September ] $, day, November 19th; ¦at-7- 'pjn. in contaminating the building. about 120 people were believed to Olin LQ ,
RIVER HUSTON, continued from page 1—- "I don'ttrustyou" for some people, ing their hands and telling her sto- For a man, Huston advised put- Dine on our deck overlooking - Scampi • Prime Rib Dine In our Dining Room or and rather shocking religious in- ries of mothers and brothers having ting your hand on the top of the the Kennebec River. 27 BAY STREET , WINSLOW 872-0529 Lounge. Open 7 days a week. Continue to the end of Main St., turn left at the light onto the bridge to Winslow, take a right at the end of the dications for others. Yet, this prod- AIDS. Now, college kids approach penis and stimulating the base of bridge, LobsterTrap is 1/4 mi. on the right. uct has not been developed and her and tell her "I just found but I the testicles. She stressed familiar- may not be ready for another three tested positive." ity and suggested putting a con- Specializing in Collision Repairs of All Hi or four years. Huston pleaded with the audi- dom in the partner's mouth as a Huston also addressed living ence: "Every time you test negative, way to put on the condom. Vehicles, Foreign and Domestic El with HIV. Even though she did makethatareasontobesafe." More- Huston told her audience not Also complete alignment, shocks, struts, etc. tl not look sick, she still suffers im- over, Huston understood the desire to take sex lightly, and to try and mensely. She has a bone marrow to have sex. She explained that she communicateto your partner.She disease that causes her immune was not telling her audience not to also reiterated that HIV can be system to destroy her own bone be erotic or not to be sexual. In fact, transmitted through semen, vagi- marrow. She describes her virus she told the audience: "Go home nal secretion, blood, breast milk, as "painful [and] frightening at and have an orgasm. If you don't through the rectum, vagina, or times." She remarked that "it know how, I'll tell you how/' She mouth so that it enters the blood hurts" and often "hurts people declared: "Sexisgreat,itfeelsgood/' stream. around me." Huston spends three In fact; Huston explained that River Huston's last message to to five days a month hooked up to she masturbated at an early age, She her audience was that no matter DAVID MATHIEU CO. B an IV. During Huston's final mes- encouraged masturbation, an- who you are, "You are precious! sage to her audience, she took on a nouncing that "it's cheap, if s free Life is precious. Even though you AUTO BODY B serious tone. She explained that and you can do it anywhere, in fact may feel like shit and you're not Established Behind'am city BS lots of things are unprevehtable I'm doing it now." But the best part, good ehbujgh, you are. And, re-* Allen St., Waterville 7 1928 0"TO CC-fl O Discount Beverage ^^H throughout life, such as cancer and Huston explained, was that you get garding that weight loss; tne flesh car accidents. However, Huston to know your own body, and in will come off if it is meant to be. stressed that AIDSis preventable. sexual "experiences yoii can direct Don't co^ipafe yourself.^There 's | | Why pay more and hassle wit h downtown t raffic? ; , Huston understood that many the person and communicate.the / ; nqneije SteV. You're uniqueJYctifr'Syi| r? members/ of; the audiehcej tiaye!•:, j IHustdrv explained ;in| |»nd 8^ £;^'rey^t^ 1 been told over and over again that ^ out^ s of oral; sex ori' botW'iirieft and ' Vtiiiioialso^aid, Wfeliere ¦ ^ I^ Bi _|^^ P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ H^^^^ PB|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^we |all think it can't happen to us, women. Sheadvised nottoputyour to help one another. We're here to but it can. mouth directly on the. opening p i s^ye one another. I see you people ] Huston painfully saict that the vagina because when^ you do the here ait Colb : y doing that. Don't 215A College Ave. Waterville, ME 04901 when she first started lecturing she ]..I^-;ife p;Gaii cr^^t:a^4^h^; close; iAfpn yourselves,Open upl would ask: "How many people open access to the mouth. Rather, Don't go with cliques. If you see ; *We deliver kegs and cases* Miller High $'fl ?Please _ ¦;« ^99 know someone that has AIDS?" A she advised to find the clitoris and someonebeingleftoutinvitethem have IDs ready* jlAw ++ few people would raise their extend your tongue to let the air to do something. Life is ¦ precious. ¦ j *We welcome returaables* JUUEfi 30-pack hands. Then, people started ,rais- flow out. < • Love life/'a - - " - - . • .., ¦•• * ¦ b)] ii ) :;:,.¦¦ ytii)tut
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Numerous SPB concern about the lack of necessary staff to care for the been approved by the art faculty. year...Thereare so many different representatives expressed similar , museum in its present state and the problems that the He acknowledged that the studios need help and people out there," said Wang. sentiments regarding this issue. addition could cause. In addition, he claimed that there that the College is "in the process of ...working on the Despite Wang's reservations, SPB also discussed the need are already serious problems with the existing mu- larger set of concerns in the Bixler building." He ex- SPB voted in favor of sponsoring for the board to increase and im- , seum facilities such as leaky roofs and improper light plained, however, that the donation in question was Kbestner , 's lecture. Many SPBrep- prove event publicity. Costanzo levels and that these issues must be addressed and given specifically to expand the art museum. These resentatives felt that it was the introduced a proposal to purchase corrected as soon as possible. "Once that is done, then donors, he said, are the same people who may be responsibility of SPB, and not the a large dry erase board for Cotter mnsidpr evnansinn " he nro-pH willing to donate funds for the improvement of the administration or Health Center Union to promote social events Finally, Colman argued that Bixler is already conditions brought up by Colman and it would not be to fund such events. on campus. cramped for studio space in every discipline. "To let wise to complain of their museum expansion donation. "I think it's okay for the Health "We're trying to get a place On that situation continue while expanding the art mu- "They would just be turned off by this," said Cotter. Center to come solicit money from campus where everyone can go seum is a blatant slajp , in the face to Colby art students " Colman is upset by the College's "lack of consid- us," said SPB Social Chair Chuck for all their publicity events...we , he said which sends the message that Colby is only eration... to take into account the existing Bixler Costanzo '98. definitely need a spot so we can concerned with "the prestige of owning works of art" building." President Cotter acknowledged these ag- Lovejoy „ Commons leader start planning better and posting , and "not about teaching and developing the talents of gravations but said that there is no chance of shifting Amanda Blatz '99 reinforced better," said Costanzo .? the students enrolled here." where the money goes. "I agree with [Colman], but Costanzo' s claim: 'Tdon'tthinkwe When asked about the expansion, President Cotter we can't do what he would, like to do," he said.Q Features
Did you ever wonder?...... What is the Lack of money is also another impor- volunteer ofrV tant factor in the lessened role of off- SPB campus events. "There is no budget un- less for a specific event," says Spear. center ' s most campus rep "Without money it is very difficult to plan large events." However, Spear said popular that "there are a lot more seniors living Jeni Spear off-campus than originally intended. That statistic might be grounds for re-evaluat- program? ing whether or not we have a budget." BYMEGHANNFOYE Spear also says that a main problem of According to Rebecca Solomon '00,:direc- Staff Writer being the off-campus SPB member is the tor of the Colby Volunteer Center, "there is ho difficulty to publicise events. "Singled clear-cuypo^ 14 Although there have been plans to Out is ajjobd example of this/'s^cl^ipean/ j^o^msf]^^ phase out off-campus living entirely in "I have sheets to recruit off^ campus play- rates fluctuate from year tojyear as leaders years to come, this year thereis still a large ers, but I have noplace to put them up." graduate and interests vary. group of seniors living off-campus. Justin Spear has a few ideas she would like to There was an initially large increase of Ackerman '98 and Jeni Spear '98 realize pursue in order to get more off-campus interest in the fall of this year, according to that off-campus voices must be heard and, seniors involved in social-life at Colby. Solomon. Participation is tip approximately they have taken an active role in govern- Echo photo by Kristina Smith One idea she would like to see enacted is 15 percent with over 200 members of the ment and social life at Colby. Although Jeni Spear '98 , SPB off campus "a bi-monthly meeting, where all seniors Colby community involved in volunteer there are many issues that must be ad- representative. meet to be more informed of what's go- work. According to Solomon, first years and dressed in Presidents' Council pertaining campus in regards to what kind of social and ing on on-campus." Spear said, "I could sophomores are thetwo most involved classes. to off-campus living, Spear feels her job cultural programming is going on on-cam- inform people about what's happening One of the most popular volunteer pro- within the SPB is a little more ambiguous. pus." Baker also adds that Spear's role is to on-campus, and also get suggestions for grams is Pet Therapy. Approximately 40 stu- As the current Off-Campus SPB Repre- provide input on what events students liv- off-campus events that might require dents are involved. Colby Friends, held at sentative, Spear feels she has a "weird ing off-campus would be willing to come money." Colby on Sunday afternoons, involves 23 lo- role" in social programming. "There are back to campus to attend, and to reduce Spear would like to organize a few cal children and 26 Colby students. The very few off-campus, campus-wide events conflicts between planning of off-campus events off-campus, but realizes the limi- Waterville Head Start program saw a large that are programmed through SPB," says parties and big on-campus events, so that tations imposed, because of the lack of boost in participation, from five or six Colby Spear. "Last Day of Loudness is really the they don't occur at the same time. money and the transition towards more students assisting teachers with underprivi- only main event planned through SPB for Because of the College's plans to phase campus-based social life. However, she is leged children last year to 16 this year. off-campus events." Unlike other SPBs, out off-campus living and create a feeling of completely open to any suggestions and The Colby Volunteer Center's upcoming her role is not to plan off-campus events, "community" on campus, there have been would love to hear input from other se- project is Adopt a Family, in association with but to keep seniors living off-campus in- more attempts to bring social life back to niors off-campus. She says, "Ail seniors the Salvation Army and the Maine Children's formed about social life at Colby. campus. "It is obvious that social life is more should know about the SPB, so if they Home. Adopt a Family is a program in which SGA President Shannon Baker '98 de campus-based," said Spear. "This year is a want to plan an event or have something every aspect of the Christmas holiday is pro- fines Spear's role as "a link between off transitional period which makes it more dif- at their house, they could come to the vided to a family. Solomon hopes to have campus students and students living on ficult to have an active role." committee."Q residence halls sponsor families/Anyone in- terested in this or any program can contact the Colby Volunteer Center at x3442. (KD)
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The system is broken." He Ithaca, New York The system is rotten. went on to say that there need to be Last week's fireside chat, spon- The system is broken reforms on the regulationof contri- With freedom of press comes freedom of protest as well. A few sored by the Colby Democrats, butions made by special interest hundred copies of The Cornell Reviewwere burned in protest to an proved to be a well spent hour even • Sandy Maisel, groups which targetcandidates , the abortion cartoon the paper ran last week, according to the Review' s to the most uninformed listener. The Professor of issuing of advocacy adsand therais- chairman Michael Capel. the cartoonwas of three scenes, captioned central issue discussed was cam- Government ing of "soft money" —money raised with> "Which one of thesekills moreBlacks?" The first cartoon panel paign financing. Sound interesting? in questionable ways. Maisel be- showed a KKK uprising, the second a Nazi rally,and the third, an Probably not at first. Yet the chat, lieves the public is sick of the sys- abortion clinic, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Col- which eventuaUy turned into a de- tem and what could become a "de- lege officials and Revieweditors are still debating the consequences, bate, was both informative and in- speech. The gift of money enables mocracy of rich people" if campaign if any,of the paper burning. teresting. Even an English major the candidates who are running for spending is not regulated. with very little interest in politics office to express themselves, and to Reisert countered that America University of Tennessee found herself absorbed and form- cap contributions would Violate free does spend a lot of money on cam- . Chattanooga, Tennessee ing ideas of her own. Most students speech. paigns, but asked, "compared to seemed quite involved and excited Among some voter concerns are what?" He said that the feeling of Two gay men plan to sue UT for barring them from holding a about the topic. This fireside wasn't that too much money is spent for corruption comes from the fact that commitment ceremony in its chapel. According to the Chronicle of just for government majors. campaigns, and candidates try to many rules complicate the issue. Higher Education,the director of universityrelations said the univer- Two professors in the depart- find loopholes around the Cam- "There is an appearance of rule sity and its chapel are bound by the laws of Tennessee, which does ment of government, Sandy Maisel paign Finance Act. Voters worry breakingbecause there are so many not recognizemarriages between people of the same sex. UT returned and Joseph Reisert, led the discus- that special interest groups are con- rules. The public is a legitimate the men's $300 deposit and canceled the reservation. The men plan sion. Maisel opened by explaining tributingonl y to further their own source of money for the candidates to sue for breach of contract and for $3,000 in damages, according to the federal government s Campaign political and economical gain. Some to get their messages across to the Cfcromde. Finance Act passed in 1974 in re- Americans also believe that candi- America." sponse to the abuses of candidate dates spend too much time chasing The fireside chat was informa- funding. The law would include money and that qualified, less tive on a subject that many Colby enforcing a cap on donations as well wealthy potential candidates can't students know little about. As vot- as regulation of public funding in compete. ers, most students should be con- primaries and general elections. After presenting the initial argu- cerned about what their candidates Reisert explained that contribu- ments, the political scientists began represent;and the type of contribu- ' tions and expenditures (use of debating. 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' ' ' ' • ¦ ' ; ? i' 7v i '.» (. w _ • » , .•; • c k. .i Letters Allow Colby athlete s to reach for star s Choices for a sustainabl e Colby College is an extraordi- sity teams. Like their teammates, could be winning a national cham- nary liberal arts college and we they diligently strive to do their best, pionship, as Colby students did future- what we could be applaud its goals. We do not, to balance their time, to work to- twice last year, or simply compet- composter , in combination with however, support the proposed gether with their teammates to ing at the highest level at Division BY STEPHEN HIGGS all organic waste on campus , limitation on NCAA participa- achieve common goals, to be posi- III. These are memories that not only . Contributing Writer eventually is spread atop the or- tion and achievement. tive peer leaders, to challenge them- last a lifetime, but more importantly, ganic agriculture research site. A college committed to maxi- selves to become the best they can empower our children to excel in .According to a recent study, What has been most influential mizing the growth potential of become and to strive for the poten- the future far beyond any athletic (-OmyCoUege' scommitmenttocam- is the administration 's lead in culti- its students should, as Colby does tial opportunity to qualify for the arena. pusenvmonmentalqualiryandedu- vatinganenvimro ^entalconsdous- now, provide challenges and op- NCAA championships. These are We share Colby's vision to caaon is serving as amodel for lib- ness on campus.Their fiist priority portunities that promote stu- motivating and rewarding lessons academically develop future citi- eral arts colleges across the nation. was to create a full-time staff posi- dents' development in all areas for life not learned in a classroom zens to excel personally, within The collegeboasts a waste manage- tion for a campus environmental p of their being-for each enhances alnn their community, nationally and ment plan -hat has actuall y saved coordinator, who has, within the the other and optimizes the As parents, we have traveled to beyond. Let us also continue to students money. Their 3-step "Re- past 5 years, nurtured a community whole. Denying team participa- attend our sons' post-season cham- provide the opportunity for duce,Reuse/Recycle" campaignasks of respect between the collegeand tion at the national level deters pionships, regionally and nation- Colby students to "reach their students and faculty the questions: its surrounding environment Tlie development and growth. ally. With them, we shared the thrill stars" athletically as well. Hcrwamweeliminateneedlesssolidadministration has redefined the The focus of Division III sports is of their qualifying, their respect for waste? How can we set the trend in meaning of environmental quality student participation and our sons other athletes' achievements, the hidy and Doug Bowden environmental sustainability? Fac- to include interactive harmony be- are among the approximately 30 excitement of their competition and Parents of Peter '98 and ulty correspond by e-mail, and en- tweenstudentsofdifferentraceand percent of Colby students on var- the joy of their success. That success ~ Craig '99 courage theuseofthehbrary reserve etrthicity, and to rediscover links systemtoreducehardcopiesofhand- betweenhumans and theirnon-hu- outsandshort-chapterreadings.Tur- man world. Teachers seek to pre- New publication , Orbis, needs help thermore , they pare students for the About two months ago, the In- my belief that one should not be project, must face. In addition, most haveconvincedstu- realities of their fu- ternational Club at Colby held its afraid of any hardship when fol- of the foreign countries are repre- dents to double ture, while students first meeting in this academic year. lowing what one believes to be a sented by only one student each side papers and to We need work to create their Although the list of new members good purpose. In my opinion, mak- and the newspaper thus cannot be useoldpape rdraffs fighters , we own.Students under- was large, most of those who signed ing the Colby community more objective. fornote-takingand need people stand that their life- up did not come and this fact then aware of its international portion We do, however, believe this ex- memos. styles today will ei- influenced those who decided to represents such purpose. To know periment is worth our efforts and CaUght up in who want ther improve or com- attend. As I was sitting in the Pugh more about others means to know hope that not only you, the stu- the movement , change... promise the future of Center going through the usually more about one's self and in this dents, but the faculty as well will students are con- everyone else. Colby dry "getting to know each other" particular case, the impact of this accept our invitation to join and tinuall y looking has chosen to take the process, it occurred to me that, process is magnified by sometimes contribute to our newspaper. We for ways to reduce needless waste, lead,toquestionitsactions ,toshape maybe, people do not care about extremely wide cultural differences. plan on publishing Orbis once per encourag ing water and electric- a management plan that is not only being a member, because nobody In order to make the interna- month, but we would love to inten- ity conservation on campus and progressive, but responsible and else does and any initiative is mean- tional prospective more accessible, sify our activity once we increase supporting the college's new sustainable. ingless. It almost seemed like the I came up with the idea of publish- the general interest in the purpose. comprehensive waste recy - This is unfortunatel y not the cocktail parties and a new stereo in ing our own newspaper. I gained Our first issue is coming up soon cling program. Presentl y, only reality at Colby, but it could be! our office were the sole incentives support from several members of and it will provide you with a gen- 50 percent of recyclable waste It takes a faculty, administration , to be offered. the club and together, we would eral overview of most of the foreign is recycled , however students and student-bod y that not only I realized I had two options: to like to pursue this goal to the best of countries represented on campus as are working to double that fig- wants this, but will work toward quit or to change something. One's our ability. Our experiences with based on a uniform questionnaire ure in the next 3 years. Also, over it. We need fighters, we need own time is a scarce commodity journalism are extremely narrow, submitted to every internationalstu- 95 percent of cans and bottles are people who want change , we and the first option would thus seem though; and together with certain dent at Colby. Bis dann, a plus!!! being saved from land/fills , in- need activists on all levels and in a natural one, since it does not in- financial problems and the present cineration , and deep sea dump- all , departments. We need you! volve any effort whatsoever; I re- general lack of interest, result in Milan Babik '01 ing, while the campus main- The environmental movement is jected that option, though, due to some limitations that Orhis , our Colby College International Club tains a safe-disposal pro gram not only about saving Maine 's for non-recyclable waste includ- forests and promoting biologi- greatl y app reciated ing batteries and light bulbs. cal health in our rivers and Student' s honest y is Their boycott on styrof oam prod- streams , it's about every one of In response to the recent letters women' s bathroom of my dorm , money to me. I am grateful that ucts continues , arid other boy- us deciding to make lifestyle portraying Colby students as irre- Piper. Thinking it would be in vain such a wonderful person lives in cotts are being considered. Stu- changes that reflect our aware- sponsible and rude , I would like but still worth a try, I posted a sign my dorm and I want to thank dents and staff have launched a ness of the limits of natural re- to tell of a positive experience that asking if anyone had found it. I Amanda for her honesty . I think zero food waste campaign edu- sources. The health of your com- happened to me last week. Last would have known no different that actions like Amanda 's are not cating the campus on the need- munity economically, socially, Saturday night during famil y had the finder kept the money and so infrequent here and are actu- less expense of simply throwing and ecologically, is intrinsically weekend, my grandfather gave me rather expected this to happen . ally a better reflection of the stu- away food. Students serve them- connected to our environment. forty dollars for my upcoming However , the student who found dents at Colby. selves the amoun t they want, and Be active in the environmental bir thday. Unfortunately, the it, Amanda Rutherford , saw the what is thrown into the food movement, we all need youO money fell out of my pocket in the sign and promp tly returne d the Kari Christensen '98
If you could brin g a wellness lecture to Colby, what would it be?
Dave Spiro '98 and Tess Gurley '98 J ustin Frederickson '98 "Taco Bell as a lifestyle." "None. Wellness lectures are a waste of our time." ' mrnmimmmrmmmmmmmmmmBm
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You see, WMHB is right solid! rightnext door , and somethingsound- Me: "Staved him?" ing like yodeling is right now wafting Randy: Yeah, I friggin' adminis- nf ii/iTif around the cornerTt'sprobablyyodel-tered a fistin' on his head! 1 i v__f f I c J ing hour.Still , I guess obscuremusic is Me: Ok, well... is it legal to hunt at better than 92 Moose, which will only night, Randy? play a songifsomeoneelsehasalread y Randy: If yougotafaster truckman Plunked beenplayingitfbratleastayear.Iflever the warden, it is! Since I dropped a 454 get elected to some positionof power,I intheChevy,Ibeenjackin' deerwhen- by SchmaK, will back a law that would make it ever I want. Got eight thatway just last illegal to play the Spice Girls' week! Plus she'll lay a ruthlesspatch 'Wannabe" more than threetimes in Me: I thought you were only al- The unpaid internshi p dilemma twenty-four hours. I'm guessing The lowed to shoot one deer per season. Moose would break this law in under Randy.Whatareyou , somekind of expected to gain work experience in order to make 30 minutes on the first day. Then the friggin' gamewarden?Youknowwhat BY EOBYN D. MACO yourself marketable to future employers, yet you need kundromattheysharespacewithcouldyoucando...youcanheaddownsouth Staff Writer to earn money for school. Perhaps companies., busi- do everyonea favor and replace their and play the skin flute! (Click) nesses, government offices , and other organizations studiowith a couple moredryers. Me: Thank you for your time, It seems to be common knowledge that college which offer unpaid internships should allocate the But enough about the Moose, Randy. students are encouraged to spend at least one summer necessary financial resources in their budgets to pro- I'mheretotalk aboutdeer.It's come One problem with hunting sea- working as an intern in a field of professional or per- vide competitive and equal opportunities to all. to my attention that a staggering son is that toward the end of the sonal interest. While spending a summer working as an The second internship scenario is another harsh number of Colby students are un- month, the hunters start getting intern helps build the resume and the reference list, and reality because it combines the unpaid internship with aware that the woods surrounding desperate. If it looks like a deer, it offers valuable career training, the internship experi- the temporary relocation factor. Unfortunately, some the campus are right now filled with willbeshotat. By "looks likeadeer," ence can't be experienced by all due to some economic of us are geographically handicapped, and the intern- armed men. Thaf s right, if s huntin' I mean eveiything from cats and factors. While many students will be applying for ship we need in order to build our resume and gain season! Hailing from the teemingme- dogs to Volkswagens and the mule internships in various professional f ields during the work experienceis nowhere near home. Hence, living tropolis of Jefferson, Maine, I am al- statue in front of the field house. next few months, it is important that we look at the away from home becomes the next alternative. How- readyweU-acqiaaintedwiththerulesofFlashes of white can also be mis- internship experience, observe its faults, and learn to ever, if mommy and daddy won't pay the rent and hunting season. But for those of you taken for a fleeing whitetail. This is fix those faults when we can. . ¦- . .. living expenses, which can be ridiculously high, then whoare not, I calledup Randy Dingjle- why they make camouflage toilet First and foremost, not everyone can afford to work that familiar catch-22 experience reappears. The ques- beiTy,anoldhighschcolfriendofniine. paper.jTry to keep all this in mind for nothing during a summer. That is not to say that aU tion remains, how > canybu pay the rent andsw.ork.for He filled me in on the latest develop- next time you're running the three- internships are unpaid. You can get lucky and find a nothing? You can find an extra job which would help ments pertaining to hunting season. mile loop wearing a brown paid internship, but it appears that most summer in- cover the added expenses of living away from home, For the benefit of all you flatlanders, sweatshirt and white headband. So ternships are unpaid or offer a small stipend to cover but there's a good chance that there won't be. any here's our conversation: kids, next time you're out in the lunch and transportation costs. The lack of monetary money left for the books you'll need to read during the Me: So, Randy, is a hunter al- woods, try to go with colors not compensation for many internships is one of the most fall semester. In order to deal with the high cost of lowed to shoot any deer, or do you worn by deer. Because looking like troubling aspects of the whole experience. Summer is a living that many interns face and cannot afford, per- need a permit to shoot doe? a dork for a few weeks is still better time for students to earn money for tuition, books, and haps employers should encourage their employees Randy: Ifri ggin' shoot whatever than riding home strapped to a personal expenses for college. The unpaid internship through some type of monetary compensation or re- I want! 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' ,. :¦ ¦•¦ - ' ' ., ^ , / . - ., .;: . , BffwHyft NY^^ Colby Environ mental Council distort s oil dr illing facts PresidentCIintondeclared this l.Zmillion former. They are both created in such a way I would like to close with a statement of BY BENJAIVlWD. LING acre area in southern Utah a National Monu- that all prior holders of valid and existing support for the CEC and its activities on Contributing Writer ment in September of 1996, taking what had rights are compensated and claims such as campus; it plays a very valuable role in pro- been federal public domain land adminis- the one that CONOCO is exercising do not motmgenvirorimentalresponsibLu'tyatColby, I am writing in response to the recent tered by the BLM and setting it aside for the exist on these lands. and for that it deserves our gratitude. I would, effort on the part of the Colby Environmental primary (though not singular) purpose of Having thus addressed the concerns of however, like to offer the advice that if it Coalition to stop oil welldrilling in the Grand preservation and recreation under the 1906 the CEC, I would now like to point out the continues to address areas of public policy in Staircase Escalante National Monument in Antiquities Act. This act prohibits the BLM more disturbing issues that this action by the the future, it should make at least some effort Utah. For those who did not see the signs in from selling further resource rights on the CEC demonstrated. First of all, the CEC clearly to understand the issue to avoid publicly the Cotter Union and across campus, it ap- land and seriously limits non-resource devel- had only a limited knowledge of the facts embarrassing itself and many in the Colby peared that the CEC had two primary con- opment (i.e. roads), but it also unequivocally surrounding the case, getting the bulk of their community.? cerns—the first was the legality of the sup- states that the establishment of any such information from one biased source. Despite posed precedent that was being set for monument is subject to "Valid and existing a clear lack of understanding and non-exis- - ' CONOCO to be allowed to drill on this land; hts." CONOCO, rig under the statutes that tent desire to delve deeper into the facts of the INTERNSHfP,continued the second appeared to be what the implica- had governed the land up until the president's issue, it presented this incomplete and factu- tions of this policy would be on other federal declaration, had legally obtained the oil rights ally misguided case to the student body. It f rontpage 1$ -r—r—r~— lands, specifically our National Park and to more than 140,000acres of this land. Forthe has a responsibility as a respected organiza- ward system to host internsduring the Wilderness systems. president to be able tb take away such rights tion on campus to hold its information to the summer months. In order to understand both the legal- highest standards and to make a genuine If you have a chance to go to a large ity and the implications of the well, one effort to understand the issue completely be- bookstore, go to the employment sec- has to look at the context under which this The CEC has a fore taking it to the student body—a respon- tion and look at all of the books written particular National Monument w;as cre- sibility that it ignored in this instance. about internships.The topics range from ated and also the laws which govern the responsibility as a Secondly, this also points to a very howtogetthemtemshipyouwantto the administration of National Monuments respected organization disturbing fact about the nature of the most prestigious internships available and federal lands in general. For those on campus to hold its student body. By the end of the week, in the United States. These books are unfamiliar with public lands policy, much more than 300 people, including at least helpful, plentiful and expensive. It frus- of the federal government's land hold- information to the one senior faculty member, had signed trates me that the internship experience, ings, which were retained after the home- highest standards. the sheets of paper that the CEC called a usually the unpaid experience;has been, stead acts were repealed, were originally petition to stop the drilling. Not only did made into another industry. Don't get set aside for multiple use, with economic they fail to demonstrate the critical think- me wrong, there's nothing wrong with development such as logging, grazing, without some form of compensation would ing with which a liberal arts education capitalism and making money off of mining and oil exploration on the land clearly not only be unconstitutional, but also supposedly endows us by seeking the facts something. However, the danger lies in encouraged. Under the laws that govern morally abhorrent. Because this law makes beyond the propaganda, they also all the fact that money is being made at the the two agencies that administer the vast no provisions for compensation, it has been a signed their support for a petition that expense of the unpaid intern. Also, the majority of this land, the Forest Service well known fact since the monument's cre- did not exist. In asking -students to sign summer internship experience favors and the Bureau of Land Management ation that this land could still be developed if this petition, the CEC presented no actual those whocan afford to workfor little or. (BLM), private individuals and compa- one of the holders of the rights decided to policy position. The printed materials no compensation, which leaves those nies are allowed to purchase the rights to exercise them. Therefore, the decision for presented a case against the drilling, but who must work during the summers in develop the resources on these lands from CONOCO to begin drilling did not demon- the single sheet that was actually authored // the dark. the federal government as long as they stratean aboutface''onthepartoftheClinton by the CEC was nothing more than a brief Finding a summer internship seems follow certain guidelines. administration, rather it-was well within the overview of the case and a series of ques- to be a necessary aspect of our education With the advent of the environmental bounds of current law and was expected. tions about the implications of the well. and working lives. The idea of the in- movement, there began to develop feelings The CEC's second fear is the potential The people who signed the sheet may ternship is beneficial and makes sense that development on certain sections of this implications that this move has for existing have expressed their solidarity with these in today's world, but the way the intern- land ought to be limited.Such sentiments led National Parks and Wilderness Areas. As I •vague questions but did not demonstrate ship experience has been executed is to the creation of the National Park system, have already stated, these two particular ar- any support for a tangible policy posi- wrong and has wronged many. While the National Wilderness system, the National eas of federal land management are governed tion. This again demonstrates a severe we, as students, are not in a position to Monument system, and the National Wildlife by different laws than are National Monu- failure on the part of the College to impart fix the problematicways of the intern- Preserve system. Each of these particular sys- ments, and this being the case, it is very easy upon these 300 people some semblance of ship experience, it is important that we tems has different charters and subsequently to assuage all fears. National Parks are set critical reason whereby they could realize recognize what is wrong and attempt to different means for dealing with the prior aside for the purposes of preservation and that their effort to sign the list was noth- fix the wrongs of the system when we resource rights that exist on the lands incor- recreation only, leaning towards the latter; ing more than a practical waste of time have the opportunity to do so.Q porated under these systems. 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US 'Vlimil ^W mmmw^rm * • JI^f w lMmmWa)w^mammm ^mW^aWWWmmmW *^b WWWmwW^^NKI ')aaamnmmW>wrWmmW'^j ^mmmma *Wmm9 ^tmmm»%mffm ' - ¦- ¦_ MI_a_H_H_a_H_M_a_H_M_i_M_H_H_^ New AgeJ , llnjcUtkHial.¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ y>;.. 7-:. ^.-f '^ ' .^>-:i -::- ' - . ' ¦>¦ ¦ The art of talkin' some smack gonna take you to school." This is a nice and takes practice and is always a gamble. Some- tims of a nice little tongue lashing. If you or BY ROB TARLOGK polite form of jest and all can giggle at the times, the heat Can incite the other team more someone you know is assaulted by some Staff Writer artistic metaphor. . . " ' • ' ' ' than hurt them;which would enable them to talkers, use your mind, not your fist. Usually During the course of a competition, trash ultimately burn you in the end. So draw your those who talk the talk can walk the walk. Today, my fellow students, we are going talking is vital. It is best used, however, during eyes a little closer and try and remember my Alwayskeep that inmind.If someone says to to explore and immerse ourselves in the either close games or games where you have words of wisdom. When you bring the hard you, "I'm gonna blow you away like Timothy beauty of trash talking. Trash talking has long the lead and are in control. Another good core heat toyour opponent, never insult any- McViegh," just turn to him and say "sticks been a part of sports, and drives athletes to school comment that can be used by any de- thing but his ability or his school. Ethnic or and stones can break my bones but names excel and compete at levels that exceed all fensive player is, "You can call me the profes- racial slurs do not belong in sports and if you will never hurt me. Oh, and by the time I get expectation. Somemayargue thatfoul mouth sor, cause I just I^ed yo' ass." This is a little usethem , I hope I never play you, cause as the donekickinyour ass;you 'regonna becrappin ' antics and verbal berating should hot be a more harsh, yet it still is withinthe boundaries once famous clown said, " Homey don't play my size ! 1 Adidas for a month." part of competition, but I think that a good of intellectualinsults. One important note is dat!" Now, here is a good heat to bring to the Now you are armed withall the informa- verbal jab is just as important as the Gatorade that one should never start trash talking when game. A player can say to his Opponent, "Hi, tion necessary to go out and try it yourselves. on the sidelines. he or she is losing or is not playing well. Trash my name is Ike Turner; you must be Tina, Have fun with trashtalking and see how it will The first point that one must know to be a talking loses all of its vaUdity when its source cause I just spanked your sorry ass." This is help youin your conquest to excel in athletics. successful trash talker, is when to actually has no place saying it. always a sure way to get some laughs from For themost part, you haveto make yourown talk some trash. Talking trash is always good The second thing to remember about trash your team and instill some fear in your adver- phrases. Sometimes they will just pop Out on before a competition. For example, before a talking is knowing how to "bring the heat" sary. the spot; other timesthey may take some deep basketball game, one might say to his oppo- when it is most needed. Let me tell you about The last fact that one must know is how to thought. Regardless, use these words of wis- nent, "Ihopeyou get good grades, 'cause I am the heat, kids. Successfully bringing the heat answer back if they find themselves the vic- dom and I will see you next week.Q COLBY COLLEGE SPECIAL ! I Uptown ! 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Bowdoin safety to save a touch- it down to Brunswick last Saturday Now I know that we can't go down; puntert)arrenlrelandducked for the biggest football game of the back m time, and a loss is a loss, but and ran from defenders to get off a year, you missed more than just an no matter how depressing an 0-7 punt. He also placed two punts in- intense in-state battle. You also start is, there should've been more side the Polar Bear ten yard line to missed the opportunity to watch a people at Bowdoin fof this game. Ifs handicap the . Bowdoin offense. group of men give everything they that simple, Meanwhile, he was busy knocking had in search of a CBB tide. While SomehavequestiOnedtheteam's down passes and covering opposing this year's Mule squad finished 0-8 heart and ability. But anyone who wideouts in key situations. and failed to bring home the CBB made it to the game Saturday saw So what does 0-8 really mean? crown for the first time in tenyears, nothing shprt of a ferocious battle. Not much. People can see this team therecordchdn'tshowallthatneeded The Mules played with fire and in- asadisappomtment,butany6newho to be shown. tensity and refused to give up. Trail- does obviously didn't follow this Qn paper, this team could easily ing 17-6 at half-time, it would've year's Mules too closely. If they had, have been 44 or at least 3-5. A one been easy to pack it in and give up. they would know that these men point loss to Bates could have gone Instead, the Mule defense stepped refused to roll over, even in the face the other way. A few changes here up their play and stuffed the Polar of defeat. That is a winning team, and there and the Bowdoin and Tufts Bears every time they needed to.. regardless of what is on paper.Q women's rugby muster s tie scoreto7-5Bates. After thehalf ,Colby This matchwas markedwifhboth BY LYNDALL SCHUSTER came back into the game with more trouble for the solid Colby team, but ' ' Staff Writer . . spirit thanthey had shown in the first also shining moments of great rugby. half and managed to matcha second The game was also riddled with inju- The Colby women's rugby team Bobcat by wj_h one of -heir own, this ries. Two Colby ruggers weresent to Echo photo by Kristina Smith faced off againstBatesthis weekend in timebydght-manMelissaMadm'98. the hospital with head injuries, and a a gruelingmatch that resulted in a 12- The Mulesconverted the try thistime , third came out with knee problems. Bate s '98 12 tie. The Mule squad had a difficult as fullback Amie Joseph '98 split the Leah Dering '99, and Aleka Krueger J ackie first half, playing consistent defense, uprightsto bringthe score tol2-l2. '00, both camet onto the A-squad to , but failing to push theball out of their This tieputs the Colby Womenin a replace the injury losses and played Bates who has made her mark this fall as one of NESCAC's fop ownhalfof theheld. Bates , cheered on highly favorableposition for the New solid defense for a near impenetrable volleyball players, continued to solidify her reputation last week at the by a substantial crowd, scored in the England playoffs next Weekend in back line. Despite the mud and Bates' NESCAC Tournament held at Tufts University. Coming off an out- first half and managed a conversion. Holyoke, Mass. The team has played opposition, Colby did not let up in the standing individual performance at the Maine State Championships Colby,however , came back in full well all season long, arid their persis- faceofMyersity, and proved to every- in which she was named Maine Player of the Year, Bates-recorded a f ervdr, retaliating with a try by wing tence and perseverance has paid off one thatthey deserveto be put at the 100% serve-receive percentage, was named to theTft&Tourhament Michelle Medeiros '99, bringing the repeatedly. top of their league.Q team and was also recognized as an All-Conference First-Teammem- ber. Carol yn toim '01 Szum, player.from The Immunology Graduate Pro- a first-yeW^^fe| Amherstto , NHin, scored the gamewinning goal in tl^Rond overtime beat Bates the Mules,;r gram of the University of Con- also provided spark gj K§l ^|L; first playoff match-up.^^m sixteen a by delivering the necticut - Health Center at )^S__ <&&$. first score agamstPly^nHB^.hd pingCoIb to from behind ^* L. .«9 /T> is « ii. at; nTi i 11 7» - ^Fr _ ~~ ^ U>r8Ci»v * ¦ p n m » ¦ """" research interests of our 17 »»» i ii I 'li nj. . • u »„) - J i "s» iiir. ... " " • ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' *- ....^ ... •: I,,,,,,, home-cooked breakfast at . . , Get off the Hill for a member faculty include cellular, . .;. molecular and tumor/clinical im- munology. Training is designed BONNIE'S DINERCojfu THURSDAY, FRIDAY , SATURDAY Fn $die* o/Bonnii 't Fa mousHomtmad * Caki > to prepare future scientists for with Colby Spgcial or Colby SpiciallL leadership careers in industry, NOVEMB ER 20 * 22, 1997 academe , research or medicine. 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At one to the second with one of the played very BY BECKY SCHECHTER last two minutes, but Colby held on point, the team had a three-game round, the proudest...moments in physical soccer Staff Writer to end the first half still up one nil. winningstreak.Thatstreak included Mules were then school sports history. and the out- Play restarted with Colby storming victories over UMame-Farmington, forced to travel come was very The men's soccer team con- down the field and setting the tohe Middlebury and Hamilton. to Plymouth much in doubt cluded their regular season in much for the rest of the game. The Mules Serdjenian remarkedthat "big wins State College until Colby got the same way they played through- had five great opportunities to in- included beating Middlebury and where they had the unenviable task a game tying goal from Jennifer outtheyeanTvithawin. Colby shook crease the lead in the first five min- Hamilton on the road, as well as pur of hyingtoknockoffthehostschool- Goodman '00. The score was dead- off a slow start to end up dominat- utes but could not connect 3-2 first-ever win over Amherst on again. With overtime clearly being locked at the end of regulation and mganddefeatingBridgewater State The Colby defense consistently Family Weekend." UMaine- a theme throughout Colby's jour- once again, the Mules were forced 2-OortSaturday.It wasahard-fought kept the ball on the other side of the Fannington and University ofNew ney, the Mules again played out- to go into overtime. Battling through battle and the Mules shut out their field by sending the opposing England,whom Colbybeat3-2, were standing soccer, enduring two two scoreless extra periods, the opponents with strong defense and both regional finalists in the NALA overtimes before finally defeating game Was finally decided on pen- persistent offense. ; exciting PlymouthSState5:4 on penalty lacks. alty kicks. Heather Garni continued ; ¦ toui^ment./The Amherst The " ' game began with win came down to the last seconds, The victory then set up a Sweet Six- her net mastery as she made a series Bridgewater State immediately tak- Colby 2 withMarkMelander '99 scoring two teen meeting between Colby and of big saves in sudden death and ing the ball down the field uncon- Bridgewater State 0 : goals. Middlebury. Colby came away with a 5-4 20T tested and forcing goalkeeper Gra- Melander led the offense with Again, with overtime the unoffi- upset victory. ham Nelson '98 to make an early eight goals and seven assists while cial slogan of this tournament, the Unfortunately, Colby was un- save. Bridgewater State's transition keeper's punts right back in his face. "co-captain Andy Young also had a two teams battled scoreless through able to continue its magical run and game was very quick and the Colby Bridgewater State's formerly potent fine season on the offensive end," regulation before the Panthers fi- succumbed to an excellent defenseseemed uncharacteristically transition play was nonexistent due commented Serdjenian. The Colby nally scored a goal in the fourth Middlebury squad after four over- tired and disorganized. The coaches to the great intensity of the Colby defense was continually strong, of- overtime period after nearly three time periods, 1-0. Having to endure and fans shouted for the players to midfield. Colby's greatest chances ten keeping the team in games they hours of play. At a time when Colby rain-soaked playing conditions as wake up and get going. Colby re- were thwarted by questionable probably didn't deserve to win. is grappling over whether or not to well as their eighth overtime period sponded by toughening up their offsides calls in the 36th and 30th Sweeper Dakila Clark '99 anchored continue to allow its athletic teams in a week, the Mules simply coula play about ten minutes into the half. minutes. Finally in the 13th minute a the defense with Nelson who "was to participate in NCAA competi- not catch any breaks. Colby Smooth playing by the Mule nice pass got past the defense and, always steady and sometimes spec- tion, the women's soccer team pro- outplayed the Panthers for much of midfield and good teamwork Within for once, offsides was not called. Jhe tacular in goal" and Matt Sawatzky vided us with one of the proudest the game but was simply unable to the offense led to'a goal in the 37th shot by , Matt Williams '99 was '99 who "was superb as he consis- and most exciting moments in get anything going throughout the minute. Chris Fleming '99 took ad- stopped by the Bridgewater State tently drew the assignment of mark- school sports history. nearly two and one-half hour con- vantage Of a niisplay by the keeper, but AndyYoung '98 followed ing the opponent's striker," In the first game,Colb y and Bates test. Bridgewater State goalie and lofted through on the rebound and kicked Serdjenian stated. played evenly through regulation Coach Jennifer Holsten and her the ball over the keeper. Mark it in to make it 2-0: Bridgewater State Colby may not have made the and it wasn't until Carolyn Szum team should be commended on an Melander '99 followed through and then tried to get back into the game NCAAs, but the heart , and team- '01 connected on a goal with 6:09 outstanding season. Not only did put it in for a 1-0 lead. but it was too late. The Mules de- work they displayed in overtime remaining in the second overtime the team make the NCAA tourna- Much of the play then stayed in fense repeatedly cleared any and all Wins and especially the Amherst that Colby had gotten its first-ever ment, they went further than any the midfield and the pace of the of their scoring attempts and Colby game showed how talented this '97 NCAA tournament victory. The shot Colby team has since the school be- game slowed considerably. Colby held on to win it, 2-0. team is. Serdjenian concluded that was set up after the Mules got the gan allowing its teams to partici- started to step up their game with Although finishing off the sea- "The team should be most proud of ball on an indirect kick deep in the pate iri NCAA post-season play. 15 minutes remaining in the half. son strong, the team did not make the great and marked improvement Bates zone; The ball was sent across Colby finished the season with a 1Q- The Mules had five corner kicks the NCAAs. "We finished" 9-4-1, that was shown as the season pro- the goal mouth where it was redi- 6 record and a lot of great during that period'ahd were in the with a nice 64-1 stretch in our last gressed."' The team Was ranked rected by Caitlin Skulley '99 to the memories.G Bridgewater State box 'repeatedly, eight games/'' said Coach' Mark ninth in last week's ;New England but Were unable to convert. The Serdjenian? 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Graham Nelson '98 of the team this fall. Expect big things from key ingredient in the continued success of fourth at the NESCAC Championship, In the goal for the men's soccer team, Melander next autumn in his senior year. the team. Burns was honored as an All State and Nelson, out of North Andover, MA, was All NESCAC runner. Her season best absolutely incredible. Mounting over 100 Randi Martin '99 J enna DeSimone 98 and personal best time came at MIT, when saves on the season, Nelson became op- Along With Bates, Martin was one of the A focused and determined athlete, she finished second with a time of 18:30. posing players' nightmares, as he posted two biggest forces on the floor for the DeSimone has consistently been an integral Burns was competitive at the New En- three consecutive shutouts in the middle women's volleyball team. Posting impres- part of the women's soccer team's winning gland Opens where she finished 50th of the season and a total of four over the sive stats in almost every match, Martin was ways. Hailing from Winchester, MA, against runners in Division ! , II, and III. year. As the last line of defense for the honored at the Maine State Tournament. DeSimone will finish her Colby career with On November 15th, Burns will try to Mules, Nelson was practically a wall, cul- Her season totals include 189 digs, 48 blocks, a total of 14 goals and 7 assists, DeSimone qualify for Nationals by finishing in the minating the season with a 1.18 goals 36 completed sets, an amazing 96.11% ser- has been a team leader on the field with her top 6. against average. With Nelson graduating vice completion percentage, an 85.7% ser- hustle and intensity. Her leadership has car- this spring, he leaves a legacy for the vice return percentage, and 216 kills. With ried over off the field and she has been a Wilson Everhart '99 team, and a tough act to follow for who- Martin returning next season, the Mules are motivational captain. Her presence was key E verhart, the men s cross country team ever takes the net next season. primed to build on this year's success. in the team's winning season, and her ab- leader and captain, has been setting the sence will be felt next fall, as she graduates pace for the Mule harriers. Finishing 1st at Katie Taylor '98 J ackie Bates '98 this spring. the Panther Invitational at Middlebury Taylor continued her role as the im- Bates was the team leader for the women's and 9th at the State of Maine Champion- pact defender for the field hockey team volleyball team. Boasting a 98.31% service Andrew Drude '98 ships, Everhart has been very consistent. this year. Culminating an impressive ca- percentage and 91% service return percent- After missing last season with a broken At the New England Championships, reer that includes 11 goals, 7 assists and age, Bates also added 326 kills, 448 digs, and leg, Drude returned this season to make up Everhart battled runners from Divisions 28 defensive saves, Taylor shattered two 92 sets. She has consistently been recognized for lost time. Spearheading a powerhouse I, II, and III and placed a strong 90th out of Colby records. The first, for most defen- for her extraordinary talents, and was in- linebacking core, Drude led the team in tack- a field of 251 runners. Everhart, a junior sive saves in a season (12), and the second strumental in the team's victory at the Maine les with 93, and was consistently in the out of Camp Hill, PA, will be peaking next for most in a career (28). A senior out of State Tournament. She was a leader on and backfield, hurrying opposing quarterbacks fall in his final season for Colby. Wilmington, DE, Taylor has repeatedly off the court, and will be greatly missed next and dragging runners back for losses. Coach earned national recognition for her in- season. , Tom Austin called him "a true leader, on and J essie Anderson '98 tense play. off the field," and a "fantastic athlete." Los- The team leader this season, Ander- Kim Waldron '99 ing Drude to graduation will be a blow to the. son finished with a 7-3 record in both Mark Melander '99 The only returning Mule Pack member Mule defense, as he has been one of the most singles and doubles competition. Her Melander was the men's soccer team's from last year, Waldron moved to.third on consistent defenders" on a young team. Golfey career was capped this season with leading scorer this season, racking up 8 the all time Colby scoring leaders list this a singles record of 67-13 and a doubles goals and 7 assists. A junior out of season for the women's soccer team. Booting Farrell Burns '98 record of 51-16. This year's co-captain, Bowdoinham, ME, Melander was the 19 shots past opposing goalies and adding At the start of the season, Burns pre- Anderson finished with an Eastern rank-: team's "tremendous target man up front," 11 assists, Waldron was the team leader in dicted "this team won't have one obvious ing of 14 in singles and 6 in doubles ; as Coach Mark Serdjenian putit. His heads scoring, and was a key factor in the team's devastator," but it became obvious that there competition. She was also recognized up play and obvious ability to put the ball post-season success. A junior from Norwell, would be. Finishing second; at the with a national ranking of 45 in singles in the net were huge parts of the success MA, Waldron's return next season will be a Middlebury Invitational, third at States and arid 22 in doubles. •: