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COLBY CARING Handicaps: Marshall named last! Still an uphill battle at Colby speaker of millenniiim By JENNIFER COUGHLIN j By JON SILBERSTEIN-LOEB Judicial Court. She has appeared many times on STAFF WRITER '. ¦> ASST. NEWS EDITOR national television and is the recipientof many prestigious awards including the American Bar Most Colby students do not think ! Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Association's 1994 Margaret Brent Women twice about heading to Bobs for din- i ! Judicial Court Margaret H. Marshall has been Lawyers of Achievement Award, thie Louis D. ner after studying in the library or. ', selected to be this year's commencement speaker. Brandeis Award and the Harvard College exiting their dorm room and meeting Marshall was appointed Chief Justice on Oct. 14, Women's Professional AchievementAward. friends for brunch at Dana. However* 1999, making her the first female to hold such a Marshall was selected to be this year's com- students with injuries or physicals position in the 307-year history of the Court. mencement speaker after a long and laborious handicaps can have a much more dif-" ] Originally from South Africa, - process. Last spring, Heather ficult time getting around campus. Marshall was Vice President and Daur '00 and Matthew Ibdesca The Americans with Disabilities' '00 asked the then junior class to Act of 1990 set standards for handicap, General Counsel of Harvard ' University before being made suggest who they would like to access, to which businesses and insti- . ' Chief Justice. Marshall was also a have speak at their graduation. tutions across the - country must , member of the President's About 30 proposals were made adhere. Not only are there standards ; Academic Council. inducting Whoopi Goldberg and for mobility, but regulations for sup- ; Marshall graduated from Robin Williams. porting the visually and hearing Witwatersrand University in At the first senior dinner the impaired as well. Though it has beenl South Africa and attended dass managed to narrow the list several years since a student in al * Harvard University where she to about 15 people. The list was wheelchair has attended Colby,many earned her master's degree in then presented, to the Dean of the students spend part of their Colby* College, Earl Smith who in turn careers in crutches as a result of sportf education in 1969. She went on to * study law at both Harvard and presented the list, in order accord- ing injuries. ing to the desires of the senior According to the ADA, newly ren- Yale, obtaining her J.D. degree Marshall from "Vale in 1976. During this dass, to the Board of Trustees at ovated buildings must have handi- time, Chief Justice Marshall was their first meeting in October. capped access. Colby has installed actively involved with organizations and founda- Because the commencement speaker is usual- elevators in nearly all the renovated tions concerned with ending apartheid in South ly given an honorary degree from the College, the dormitories, except East and West Africa. Board of Trustees has to approve the senior's list Quad. Yet of the 20 residential com- After her graduation from Yale, Chief Justice before the candidates can be invited. Once the list plexes on campus, only five have ele- Marshall entered a private practice in Boston and was approved, it was given to President William vators. This can make getting around subsequently was made partner at Choate, Hall & R. Cotter who dealt -with the actual invitations. the dorm on crutches an excruciating Stewart. Marshall's practice primarily focused on Students were hopeful to get Colin Powell, but task. intellectual property and commercial litigation. unfortunately he was unable to attend. Andy Jaspersohn '02 sprained his In 1991, Chief Justice Marshall became the sec- Cotter proceeded through the list but received ankle while running during the fall of ond woman to be named President of the Boston only apologetic rejections. his first year at Colby and was on Bar Association- In this role, Marshall advocated When Daur was informed of the situation she crutches for two weeks. court reform and vied for more clearly defined grew apprehensive and was forced to send an e- "I lived on the second floor of lines of authority to and from the Supreme rnail to the dass explaining the situation asking DEBORAH DOBERNE/THE COLBY ECHO Mary Low and the hardest part of Judicial Court. Students took time out of their busy schedules last Saturday to give back to the having a sprained ankle was getting , Chief Justice Marshall has also served on the See SPEAKER, continued on page community. These students are cleaning at Proje ct Leaf, a facility for the mentally up those stairs. I had to hop on one Committees for Gender Equality of the Supreme 4 handicapped. foot to get up the stairs. It was a ¦ # pain." said Jaspersohn. Though the majority of dorms are not ideal for those with injuries, stu- dents' feedback was generally posi- tive. Mike Wilmot '01, who tore his Bachelor auction rivets Cpllw wonien and men ACL in January while playing rugby, said, "security has offered to escort By SUZANNE SKINNER . "I think the bachelor auction was was hoping to go to the movies or Thomann because when the bidding bought David Lewis '01. Neither me around, provide a ride if I need it. BUSINESS MANAGER a huge success because , the men something." started "(her) hand just went up and student would comment on the pur- But getting around on crutches hasn't there dared to bare it all," said Alicia The bachelors were bought for a then (she) got into the competitive chase, but Humphreys was reported been too bad. I put off my surgery Tired of cleaning your room? Sick Ford '03. variety of reasons. Tennessee part." She is planning on making as saying that he would have spent until the ice was gone, and ifs been a to death of walking to the dining But many of them were nervous Watson '03, who purchased Joseph, Thomann play lacrosse with her. up to $150 to secure his purchase of lot easier than freshman year, when I hall to get food when one of Colby's about being on stage and who is going to " make him help the "Before I came to the East Coast, I Lewis. He also commented that was on crutches and there was two finest men could be bringing you would make the highest bid. Environmental Coalition or clean didn't know lacrosse existed," said Lewis would have to clean his toi- inches of ice everywhere." breakfast in bed? To many Colby "I had a little stage fright," said (her) room." When asked why she Haynes. lets. Caroline Riss '03, who also tore her women and men, the answer was a Emmanuel Thomann '00. chose Joseph, Watson responded, Sarqh Dressier '02 paid $100 dol- SOBHU, who sponsored the auc- ACL in January,echoed Wilmof s sen- resounding yes as students forked Ali Ghaffari '02 agreed, "I was "ifs Guito - you know he's got the lars for Luke Webster '03. "I went tion, donated the $726 raised to the timents. "Security was very helpful. out their money to bid in last really nervous...you're putting your- reputation, he's pretty studly." with the intention of buying some- Voluntary • Dividend for the They offered to bring me places if I Friday's bachelor auction. self up there for everyone to judge Thomas Levings '01 purchased one," said Dressier. When he came Community. This organization needed it, but I sort of did my own Students gathered at the Spa to you." Koji Wantanabe because "he was out at the end, she saw it as her "last helps maintain educational and thing. Getting around academic bid on 20 men, who guaranteed their "I was afraid I would be bought within my price range and he's 21, opportunity to buy someone (she) recreational facilities in Venezuela. buildings wasn't too difficult either. purchasers three hours of service. by a quad of guys to clean their bath- I'm going to make him drive to New knew." When asked how she felt The organization, which was found- The sdence complex has plenty of ele- From the audience's point of room or something," said Ghaffari. Hampshire to buy me booze and about spending $100 she replied, "it ed in 1964, has a special need for vators, and Lovejoy was pretty good view, the bachelors seemed very "I was kind of nervous, but it was perhaps if there is time I'm going to was for a good cause and it's a fun money since the December mud- too. The hardest part was getting confident as they stripped, flexed for a good cause," added Guito make him give me a hot oil mas- thing to do," slides. their muscles, and danced around Joseph '03, He continued, " I didn't sage." Student Government Association See CRUTCHES , contin- the stage. want to be cleaning anyone's room. I Erin Haynes '02 purchased President Ben Humphreys '00 ued on page 4 Students protest IMF, World Bank in D.C [SEXi By MEGHANN FOYE tions which exploit human labor and ' MANAGING EDITOR the environment" The 'PDA couple In order to repair the damage done speaks on love, life, The same day the director of the by this system, the protesters demand- and their f uture after center for International Studies in ed "more regulations on labor and the Washington, D.C., came to Colby to destruction of tlie environment, For Colby. address internat ional studies majors instance, the right to unionize and the about the impact of globalization, 13 right to a living wage," said Posner, Colby students left for the nation's cap- Other students attending the ital to protest against the policies of the protest were cloudy on the issues, but I DRINKS: Internat i onal felt compelled to Monetary Fund attend the rally in Matt and Meghann and World Bank, D.C.