EdwardJ. Hackett arrested on p arole violations Murder suspect has history of stalking allegedly responsible tor Rossignol's death parking lots, kidnap- By KAITLIN McCArTERTY on parole to his parents' home ping, sexual assau t and UZ BOMZE in Vassalboro, Me, after EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND pleading guilty to burglary MANAGING EDITOR and kidnapping in Salt Lake By LIZ BOMZE City, Utah and serving nine MANAGING EDITOR State Police announced at a press years of his 1994 sentence conference on Tuesday in the Alfond [see article, pg. 1]. More than 11 years ago, Salt Athletic Center that the man respon- Police report no connection Lake City, Utah police arrested and sible for the murder of Dawn between Hackett and charged Edward J. Hackett, Dawn Rossignol '04 last week has been Rossignol or Colby College. Rossignol's '04 alleged killer, for arrested on parole violations. Lt. Doyle said, "This was a ran- attacking a 24-year-old woman at Timothy Doyle of the State Police dom act of violence. Colby knifepoint at a Salt Lake City park- said that he expects the Attorney College could have been any ing terrace. General to charge Hackett with mur- parking lot at any facility in According to the "Salt Lake der within the week. Maine. There was no associa- Tribune," Hackett, who was 37 at "A one-week investigation into the tion between Ed Hackett and the time of the prior assault, kid- , ' HTTP://WWW.WMmCOM/GLOBAL/STORY.ASP?S=145
to drink; they 're not in a real state NOAII IIAl.AZSl/rilfi COUIV tCHO of medical emergency, just semi- As Colby students are diverted to hospitals, public resources arc taxed. ¦* Continued on Page 2 The Colby Echo Student Activities launches cojnrjrehen- 5921 Mayflower Hill i _ Waterville , ME 04901 " : • - . ' ' ' ' Cljjjg^S^ ' . '- . "" sive website for clubs and organizations GOINGS ON, KAITLIN McCAFFERTY, EDITOR IN CHIEF and the summer vacation gave its cre- [stopping in], emails and phone calls," UZ BOMZE, MANAGING EDITOR ators the opportunity to piece together Hallen said. "We thought that making OFrffH^jl LL By LIZ BOMZE their ideas; this information public and accessible ¦• ' ' MAURA MYERS, LAYOUT EOITOR MANAGING EDITOR * < J ' t * . ' KATE'RUSSO, NEWS EDITOR ; "[Langone] and I had been in con- for students, faculty and staff would -, ¦ ' ^;c* rf i ERICA AYOTTE, SPORTS EDITOR EMILY HONIG, FEATURES EDITOR * Because Colby is a residential and versation about this type of website be a useful thing to do." J. ,v '- V- RYAN GLENNON, ASST. SPORTS EDITOR V'l 'U STEVE WEINBERG, OPINIONS EDITOR relatively secluded institution, it is Not only has this endeavor proven y\ ~?h^!y} EMMA McCANDLESS, A&E EDITOR ALEXIS CASELLE, AD/MANAGER useful to the Colby community, \ * essential that it provide an extensive but j * * NOAH BALAZS, PHOTO EDITOR ALLISON DWYER, AD. MANAGER and varied environment of campus- to both Hallen and the Leanne Burnham, "Glister fa for Lovers" LAUREL GABLER, ASST. PHOTO EDITOR MARISA MacNAUGHTON, COPY EDITOR based student activities, clubs and We wanted Associate Director of Student TOMAS VOROBJOV, WEBMASTER CATE YOUNG, SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER organizations. To date, the Student explain the func- Activities, are in frequent contact with KELLY THOMAS, LAYOUTASST. Activities Office manages over 100 tion of the Stu-A Bates and Bowdoin Colleges and say Most students wish that The Colby Echo is a weekly newspaper published by the students of Colby College campus clubs; in its mission state- that the website helps bolster activities Sundays were more like on Thursday of each week the College is in session. ment, the Stu-A Office says it exists Office and at the neighboring institutions. Saturdays, that Sunday is finally "to provide students with resources to "[Burnham] and I have a very colle- here. LETTERS address ques- The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the immediate extend their learning outside of the gial relationship with the Stu-A people Gustef will be playing this community. Letters should not exceed 400 words and must pertain to a current issue or classroom atmosphere, Stu-A strives tions we regular- at the other two institutions," Hallen Sunday Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. at Bates. topic at Colby. Letters are due by Sunday at midnight for publication the same week. to empower students with the neces- said. "We help promote each other's The comic music trio is full of Letters should be typed and signed and include an address or phone number. The Echo ly get. sary leadership skills, information, big shows. We try to help one another surprises and laughs at every show. will not, under any circumstances, print an unsigned letter. If possible, please submit letters in Microsoft Word or text format either on 3.5" disk support, guidance and feedback to Lisa Plume Hallen out with anything one wants to sell." The band has been to Bowdoin and echo(S).colby,edu, The Echo reserves the right to edit all submissions. meet and surpass their cp-curricular Colby Stu-A, for example, has been or via e-mail at . Director of Student Activities : other college campuses in the goals." Pursuing this goal, then, Stu-A selling tickets to this Sunday's Glister north east. EDITORIALS concert at Bates. Likewise The Editorials are the official opinion of the majority of the Echo staff. Opinions has recently created a website- , Bates will The members of the band are expressed in the individual columns, advertising and features are those of t,he author, not www.colby.edu/stua-to facilitate for a number of months," Hallen said. soon be selling Roots tickets for NESCAC graduates. They gradu- of the Echo: _.. ' . ¦ ' access to club and event information. "Finally, it became a live project. We Colby. ated from Tufts in the late nineties . CONTACT Us Director of Stu-A Lisa Plume worked on it-the three of us-over the Feedback has so far been very posi- and have been successful since , For information on publication dates or to contact us about submitting an article Hallen said that this project, only summer to get the content and layout tive, and Hallen says that their objective their undergraduate years. please .call us at (207)872-3349 or ext. 3349 on campus. For questions about advertising and business issues', please call .(207)872-3786, e-mail about six weeks into its inception, in format for easy navigation, It was a for the site "to be functional and infor- The band is best known for ' ' '' " ¦ [email protected] or fax (2071872-3555, ' ' " ' " . : would not have been possible without work in progress for some time, but it mational, rather than bogged down with catering to their audiences ': by the help of and knowledge from the came to life over the summer." a lot of writing" has been met. involving members in every, per- 207»872*3349 [email protected] Communication Office. Karen Oh and Content-wise, the website offers ; "We want it to be useful and infor- formance. Kim Langone '03, she said, deserve how-to direction and information in mative," she said. "We want people to The Group is on tour for their much of the credit. multiple areas: starting a club, plan- be able to get information quickly-to new album, "Keep it Together," "[Oh and Langone,] are the folks ning an event, : using club budget glance at the front page to see other but expect plenty of old musts like Who's Who who were the designers, the people money, training to be a party host, links they need." "Barrell of a Gun" and "Demons." who were able to arrange everything engaging in off-campus activities and Revisions and tweaking will come Get tickets at the Student Greg Lynch '04 from a technical perspective," Hallen leaders of various clubs. later. The next big project for the site, Activities Office or on said. "We provided the content." "We wanted to explain the function according to Hallen, will be updating www.guster.com. By ANNE CHRISTMAN Hammond. Together, they "make Brainstorming for the website, of the Stu-A Office and address ques- and maintaining club contact informa- STAF WRITER . ' : sure things, are where they're sup- however, began at the end of last year, tions we regularly get through people tion. posed to be before the weekend There's nothing quite like a guy starts," Lynch said. Later in the night, whose hobbies include cooking stir- Lynch also makes a solo round in off Students forced to find fried asparagus, working as a bounc- order to "get rid of people who are Latino HeritageMonth kicks , er at Champions, hosting his own here for beer and music." radio show and hanging out with his The main cause of damage in the hrst of a series of months dedicat- alternative options for mom. Sorry girls, too bad, he's taken. apartments is "people who've come long-distance calling In addition to these activities, Greg up_here to party," Lynch said."My ed to celebrating different cultures Lynch '04 is a member of Colby job is to make sure the place is still Christian Fellowship and has played standing by the end of the year. It's By ANNE CHRISTMAN also about keeping people responsi- By ELISABETH MAGUIRE celebrate other people. It's some- Next month will be Native STAFF WRITER ble for their actions and forming a STAFF WRITER times just as small as going to an American Heritage Month. Stanton bond between residents based on event." Tates said. is looking forward to the events The simple routine of picking up common courtesy and respect, The new Office of Multicultural Other events planned for the being planned by the OMA and the phone and dialing the seven^ Lynch said. Affairs, run by Dean of Students for month include two guest speakers, Four Winds, the Native American digit long-distance calling code was Lynch's leadership skills come Multicultural Affairs Cecilia Quetzil Castaneda on Oct. 13 and student group at Colby. She
. SASHA SCHROEDER/ THE COLBY ECHO kids. I treat each person like they 15 this year, Latino Heritage Month longer afford to provide the service. Renaissance man Greg Lynch '04. have a purpose and a responsibility. has in recent years become a Colby Over the years, Gagnon said, The apartments are a luxury, a resort. tradition. The events throughout the long distance carriers like MCI, defensive tackle for Colby's football I want to make sure people take a Sprint and AT&T introduced phone team since his first year at Colby. role in keeping their space clean." cards. Eventually, they became so Hailing from Walpole, Mass., this "Don't be intimidated when you philosophy and classics double see me. I'm a nice guy...Unless All culture is major holds one of the most chal- you're from Middlebury," Lynch important; cul- lenging positions here at Colby: said in defense of his rather intimi- Many students tures need to be Lynch is the Facilities Manager of dating position. eventually dis- the Alfond Apartments, and that After graduation, Lynch plans to celebrated. People should make anyone think twice pack up and move to Germany. "I'm covered that need to know who before you trash the place this com- half German and want to get better at phone cards ing weekend. As facilities manager, [speaking] German," he said. He also they were, under- Lynph's job requires that he tour the would eventually like to become a were a cheaper stand who they halls of the building every Friday minister. "My ultimate goal is to start way to call home with Dean of Residential Life Ron a Christian School," Lynch said. are and celebrate every Sunday. who they will be.
Donte Tates '05 HOSPITALS AMD POLICE: HealthCenter hours President of SOBHU popular that less that 25 percent of students were using Colby 's long reduced:students should know whento call911 distance service. Colby, partnered with Student month will include cooking classes, Telephone Services, offered a rate Continued from Page 1 Morns is concerned that students Latino movie showings, visiting of 8 cents per minute, with no "con- will hesitate to seek medical atten- speakers, Latin dance classes and nect" fee. With the plan, each stu- problems with loud parties and tion in severe conditions. cultural presentations. dent received a code and was billed intoxicated students that same week- One of the new features this year individually. No "prepay" was end, and Morris told the "Sentinel" will be a multicultural cooking class required. "police had alread y dealt with as each month. This month will feature However, many students eventu- many incidents of intoxication on [Colby] can't let Colombian cooking taught by all y discovered that phone cards campus in the first full week ol somc.kids go with- Victoria Caicedo '07 on Oct. 6 in were a cheaper way to call home school as they did all of last year." the Pugh Center kitchen from 6-8 every Sunday. According to Waterville city officials were out attention. We p.m. "It's family style, everyone Gagnon, some calling cards charge notified before the start of the don't want some- participates, we put on Latin music as little as 3 cents per minute. school year that the Garrison-Foster and everyone gets to eat the food at "We surrendered to the market," Health Center would not be open 24 one dying because the end. Even professors come; it 's Gagnon said. hours this year. they choked on pretty cool to see a professor with "We are no longer contracted to "We did talk to the Police an apron on!" Stanton said. STS," Gagnon said , a result of the Department beforehand to let them their own vomit. Also involved this month is dwindling popularity of the service. know of the difficulty we were hav- Students Organized for Black and Colby students can no longer call ing finding nurses to fill the evening John E. Morris Hispanic Unity President Donte long distance with their personal Waterville Police Chief and night shifts," Dean of Students Tates '05."All culture is important; MII.ISilA I'OUIIN/llll. COII1V I0MO codes from their rooms. Janice Kassman said. cultures need to be celebrated. Latino Poetry Night /,v one of many Latino Heritage Month events planned. Currently, because student use of Morris said that he thought there People need to know who they the plan is so low, Colby "is making would be "some effect" on the "I've heard several students say were, understand who they are and no money," Gagnon said. "Colby Waterville public safety depart- ' they don 't want us calling 911.' celebrate who they will be," Tates class Sept. 26 in loss Dining Hall. students are also iiivited to volun- would have to subsidize the pro- ments this year with the changes in I'm not try ing to eliminate people said. SOBHU has organized presen- Stanton , who is herself of Latino teer to teach a cooking class, The gram by thousands of dollars," in the health center hours. from calling 911 in appropriate situ- tations on Latin culture every heritage, points out (hut there are OMA publishes a calendar of multi- order to cover the cost of the con- "We're absolutely anticipating ations ," Morris said. "The Health Monday this month, us well as the many different cultures throughout cultural events every month, and tract with STS. more calls," Roy said. "It's a matter Center used to take care of those Latino Film Festiva l, which will Latin America. "It 's ;i good time to anyone can request that an event be According to Gagnon, in the pasf , of safety ; the authorities at Colby underage who were drunk but not in feature a Latino film every get to know what those different cul- placed on the calendar, even if the Colby gencrnted over $130,000 per can 't let some ofthe.se kids go with- serious dungcr, but now we have to Thursday night. "If 1 want people to tures are. It 's a month set aside to cel- group is not specificall y associated year from students who used the out attention . We don 't want some- do that." embrace my culture, then I need to ebrate culture, people, food , with the OMA. long-distance plan. At this time stu- one dying because they choked on look towards embracing their cul- everything about Latin America ," their own vomit." tures. You've got to be willing to Stanton said. Continucd on Page 4 Memorial fund in Rossignol murder calls Colby to look back to 1971 homicide Rossignol's name At the request of the family of mur- crime lab, and it was investigated days after the body was found. The indict him," Smith said. tested for fingerprints until 1986 and dered senior Dawn Rossignol, a By EMILY HONIG by the local police in Colby campus reacted with shock. Years later, in October of 1 986, the the 197 1 Waterville , Police memorial scholarship fund has been FEATURES EDITOR Waterville...They just weren 't "At the time when it was revealed case was reopened. However, accord- Department arrest and investigation begun by the Department of College sophisticated in crime investigation, as a murder, I think that the reaction ing to the March 19, 1987 issue of the records were missing. Relations and the Development The death, of Dawn Rossignol '04 and they just couldn't conceive that was probably much the same as it is Echo, by that time important pieces The case garnered national atten- Office, the need for a fund became is the sole homicide at Colby since it was a murder, so they thought right now on the campus. People of evidence were missing, including tion due to the lost evidence and the clear in the days following the mur- 1971, when first-year student she'd been hit by a car>But she was were really frightened and very a book with crucial fingerprints and early misclassification of the death, der, as the news spread and members Katherine Murphy was found 35 quite far off the road, and she was- traumatized, and there was disbe- and led to the creation of the Maine of the Colby community began to inquire about how to give. feet away fpom Mayflower Hill n 't hit by a car," College Historian lief," Smith said. State Crime Laboratory. According to Executive Assistant of Drive, at the bottom of the hill. and former Dean of the College Earl Because of his statement to "That was the impetus for creat- I think that the reac- the President's Office Sally Baker, Although no one was ever convict- Smith said. police, Pelletier was considered a ing the State Crime Investigation "It will be designated for financial ed in connection with this murder, According to Smith, the day after primary suspect in the case. "The tion was probably Unit, so that after that murder all the aid with preference going to students which was the motivation for creat- the body was found, a Winslow man most prevalent theory was that local police departments were much the same as it . from Maine." .;¦' : . ' Maine State Crime named Alan Pelletier went to police, she'd gotten into his car, and he required to rope off the scene of a ing the Rossignol's family felt that a scholar- saying that he had seen a woman is right now... Laboratory, recent events have led may have tried something, and she suspected homicide and wait until ship fund would be the best way to being beaten by a man on Mayflower to discussion of this tragic event of got out of his car and he got worried People were really the state people arrived," Smith said. use donations made in memory of more than 30 years prior. Hill Drive the previous night. that she was going to tell on him," "So as a result, I think we have more Rossignol because it would help According to the Oct. 29, 1971 "He said that...he parked his Smith said. frightened and very unified and. better trained people." enable other students like her to issue of the Echo, the body of truck in the Mary Low parking lot However, since the scene had not traumatized. Although Smith noted that so come to Colby. Murphy, who came from West and walked back down .and saw or initially been roped off, the integri- much time has gone by that "there Oneohta, NY, was found by a jogger felt the body in the ditch, where her ty of the crime scene had been Earl Smith : aren 't any of the same players at all Rossignol, who at Colby was both on the morning of Oct. 21. She was body was found, and panicked and severely compromised, and the Former Dean of the College [in the Rossignol case]," it is likely a Mitchell Scholar and an L.L. Bean reported missing the previous went home, and didn't tell anybody. scene was not officially searched that the Crime Laboratory has Scholar, was the first person in her evening. But the next morning he came with until days^after the body was found. caused the investigation of family to attend college. Her death was initially treated as his father and said that he'd seen it," "They had a suspect, but they Pelletier's pickup truck, which Rossignol's death to be more cohe- People interested in donating to a hit-and-run automobile accident, Smith said. didn 't have evidence, and the sus- allegedly had a bloody armrest, but sive and better managed. "Today we the Dawn Rossignol Scholarship although there were news reports According to reports in the Oct. pect was never indicted, because in had been impounded and lost. have a much more sophisticated Fund should contact College stating otherwise. 2, 1986 issue of the Echo, the case the view of the district attorney, Additionally, an umbrella and a book investigation going on, I suspect," Relations. "It was before the state had a was reclassified as a homicide three there wasn 't sufficient evidence to found near the scene had not been Smith said.
ARREST: WEEK-LONG INVESTIGATION BRINGS UTAH CRIMINAL HACKETT INTO CUSTODY SECURITY: Officerpresence increased , further
Continued from Page 1 safetymeasures to be evaluatedin future Continued from Page 1 ple a false sense of security, then we in the criminal division, cases really have really been counter-productive begin at this point. We have a lot of lots, Chenevert noted they could be in doing it." work to do to prepare the case against a possibility, but at this point secu- "I am more interested in empha- him. We're confident [that] we have rity wants to focus on what can be sizing the way people personally the right person. This investigation done now for students' safety. deal with safety, people need to will be ongoing certainly for weeks "I think it is too premature for me change their mentality: [Cameras and months. We are continuing to to say," said Vice President of and lights] are not going to do a follow up on leads and tips.;, and we Student Affairs and Dean of damn thing if you are oblivious to are committed to being here over the Students Janice Kassman about the the threats," Taff added. next several weeks to fully investi- possible installation of cameras and "The fact that it was a random act gate this case." lights around campus parking lots. of violence and it occurred during Police continue to decline the "Parents and students have sent the day does little to help us to mit- release Rossignol's cause of death or in suggestions including more light igate that threat during the future . It discuss any investigative details. to increased personnel to cameras. "It's just prudent that we don't dis- We will be making a list and look- cuss the details, and at some point all ing at them all," said Kassman. ...if we put cameras that will come out," Doyle said. "The technological things will take "Usually those details are better left longer because we want to make and lights in only to for judicial proceedings." sure we get them right and they give people a false Town officials in Vassalboro told have not yet been determined." Jennifer Sullivan of WMTW that In fact, the need for security cam- sense of security, state police arrived at the Town eras, specifically in th.eHiUside and then we have really Office around noon on Monday and Foss parking lots, was brought requested use of the office for "an before Presidents' Council last fall been counter-pro- ongoing investigation." Reportedly, due to an increase in vandalism. The ductive in doing it. police first asked to use the fire sta- council unanimously passed a tion on Route 32 in East Vassalboro motion written by past Sturtevant Derek Taff '04 without explaining their purpose. President Peter Brush '03, "recom- SGA President Town Manager Michael Vashon mending that Security and PPD and Fire Chief Eric Rowe told look into building a video surveil- Sullivan that three or four hours later, , LIZ BOMZE/TIIE COLDY LCHO lance system in the Hillside & Foss points even more to the fact that Maine Warden Service officials also Doyle announces Rossignol "s murderer as Edward Hackett, 47 at press conference in St udent Athletic Center. parking lots." people need to stay vigilant." used the building. Brush researched the subject and Even before Rossignol's death , "I think they've had a number of Department, the State Police Crime want to express secondly my appreci- "We were and are very certain that presented it to security last fall, safety had been a topic of[ discus- surveillance helicopters in the area," Laboratory and other police depart- ation to all the law enforcement and the security measures that we had in though he noted that both security sion for the Presidents' Council. On Vashon told WMTW. ments in Maine. other offices and officials and organi- place were appropriate. As I said, the and the administration "lacked Sunday, Sept. 14 the Council passed As far as they have found, Police "No resource has been left off the zations that were involved in this circumstances of our lives here have enthusiasm for the idea." a motion, which encouraged the see no connections between this case table," Doyle said. process. now changed in certain -ways and so Ultimately, nothing happened. College to make the library accessi- and other similar abductions this Although Doy le would not com- "Everybody at [Colby] reaches out too will our thinking about the ways "I was very disappointed that this ble at night only by key card. year. Doyle said, "Wc are aware of ment on any forensic anal ysis con- and feels the impact of this on the in which we protect ourselves. But didn 't happen," said Brush. "And it Taff offers the examples of a stu- other attempted abductions involving ducted by the State Police Crime family. We remember Dawn in this I'm very confident that the things we is even more disturbing now." dent escort service—dispatched college communities across New Lab, he assured that "They have liter- moment as well," Adams said. had in place were appropriate at that Money for the cameras would through security—to walk people to England and to our knowledge there ally worked around the clock as well "There is a tremendous relief here time. have come from the fines account their destinations and a possible is no connection between this case to assist us in this investi gation." but there is also a reminder of what "1 finally want to observe that a with the permission of Kassman and self-defense course as possibilities and any of those." Chief of Waterville Police Jon has happened." great deal has changed for this place the Chief Justice of the Judicial for students to become more active State Police gratefull y acknowl- Morris said, "This is such a great Me added, "I also want to thank in the last week," Adams said. "We Board. The fines account is made up in their own safety. edged the cooperation between vari- relief for the community. I think that members broadly of the Waterville... are going to begin thinking very hard of money which students have paid Other students arc also taking the ous groups that led to the people toni ght can take a sigh of and Oakland communities as well and systematicall y about the changes for various lines, anywhere from initiative to make their peers feel apprehension including the relief and recognize that this person who have been so supportive during that those circumstances imply for parking tickets to open container safer. Alfond Apartment Facilities Waterville and Oakland Police is in jail. " this last week." us. Wc will be communicating more fines. Manager Greg Lynch' 04 is giving Departments, the Colby College After a lengthy round of police Speculations surrounding campus energetically about that in the future. According to the limited research residences of the first floor apart- administration , faculty, staff and stu- statements and media questions, security measures—what they were In the meantime, we are keeping the on the cameras done last year, it ments the option to have their win- dents, members of Waterville and Colby President William I) . Adams before the attack and how they will security measures that we have had could cost anywhere from $40,000 dows bolted. And SGA Secretary Oakland communities, the Wardens made brief comments. change—have risen since last week. in place sinee learning of this, and we to $70,000 to equip the Hillside lot and Webmaster 11. Drew MeKcchnic Service, the Railroad Police, the "First JUKI foremost at this Adams, however, assured that cam- are also continuing to remind stu- with cameras, depending on the plans to start a running board , which Department of Corrections, the moment, as in all others, my thoug hts pus security before the attack was dents of Ihe importance of their self- number of cameras and the capabil- would allow students to pair up with Kennebec County Sheriff's go to Dawn's family," he said. "I sound and thorough. awareness.''' ities they would possess, other runners at a specific time, Adams would not comment on any "My feeling is we can look into rather than running alone. specific chunges that will be made to it ," said Tail. "But if we put cam- security in the future. He said , "1 eras and lights in only to give peo- think we need to look at all of the general areas of security that wc would all agree make sense to look at. Hut 1 can 't predict exactl y what HACKETT: HISTORY PROVES PATTERN any changes might be at this point. 1 want to take a good look at this, I want to consult with appropriate peo- Continued from Page 1 tive restructuring, impulse control ple and to t hink about it very careful- and sexual issues," as well as ly." facility. At Tuesday evening 's press abstain from alcohol ami have his Meanwhile, Adams promised to conference in (lie Alfond Athletic medications monitored , Sullivan slay in complete and constant com- Center, however, Maine State Police reported. munication with the Colby communi- Lieutenant Tim Doyle assured the Hackett 's haphazard lifestyle ty regarding this case. large crowd of media personnel and was no secret , as his parole file "We' ve been very full in our com- members of the Colby community indicates, "Lengthy criminal munication with students about Ihe that he is securely incarcerated. record. Need to monitor progress. changeswe have made with regard to "The Kennebec County Sheriff's Transient lifestyle. No stability for campus security...We 're going to Department is familiar with his back- many years" -all these were notes keep those in place and we will be ground," Doyle said, "and I'm sure made to his file by a member of the communicating again what those they 'll bundle him appropriatel y." parole board. measures ¦were. As I said, wc will be After serving nine years in a Utah Doyle added that investigators looking at (lie longer term in a very correctional facility, however, arc aware of other attacks on New vigorous mid systematic way." Hackett was paroled to his parents' Eng land college campuses, but that home on Route 32 in Vassalboro, Hackett has not been linked to any lIZ UOMZe/TIIECOLBV ECHO Me. Inst March on Iho condition of those incidents. of Rossignol. President Adams shores community relief and sympathy f or the f amily that he undergo therapy for "cogni- Yeterian agrees to serve third term IN TOWN Hermitage House By KAITLIN McCAFFERTY EDITOF-IN:CHIEF [Yeterian] has Vice President for Academic been an Affairs and Dean of Faculty Edward Yeterian has accepted the invitation to extremely serve another three-year term begin- important part ning in Fall 2004. It will be his third QsA , term as vice president and dean. ner during my President William D. Adams said, first three years "[Yeterian] has been an extremely important partner during my first three at the College. years at the College. I admire and William D. Adams trust in his relations with faculty col- By EMILY HONIG College President VWVW.C01BY.EDU leagues; I respect his judgment on all Yeterian will serve a third term. FEATURES EDITOR kinds of matters; he is known for his fairness and impartiality." academic initiatives now underway, James and Janice Swinton own Yeterian has held his current posi- including several building and pro- people in planning the Diamond the Freedom Cafi on Silver Street, tion for six years dating back to grammatic initiatives, I am particular- Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary and they recently opened the President Bill Cotter. Yeterian said, " I ly grateful to Ed for agreeing to serve Studies Building. Hermitage House, a coffee and began under President Cotter and was the College in this way." He said, "The [Goldfarb] Center dessert shop and reading room asked to continue by President Adams Yeterian is excited about the and the new building are key compo- next door. Features editor Emily when he arrived three years ago. changes that will be happening at nents of the strategic plan and will Honig sat down with Janice to talk Under both Presidents Cotter and Colby. He said, "Being in the midst of have a positive impact in terms of about her new business. Adams I had a leadership role in acad- the transition frorh strategic planning office, seminar room, classroom, and emic planning." to execution of the plan, it's exciting student research space for several Emily: When did the Hermitage Because the Strategic Plan is begin- to continue to serve as dean and to departments and programs. Helping House open? ning to be realized, continuity is have a role in improving academic to move things from planning to real- Janice: The Hermitage House important. Adams said, " Most impor- resources and opportunities for stu- ity is a very satisfying part of my officially opened July 12 this year. tantly, [Yeterian] andT work closely dents and faculty." position. I look forward to doing together on planning issues and oppor- The academic section of the more with the academic components E: What are your specialties? tunities affecting the academic pro- Strategic Plan involved Yeterian of the strategic plan during the com- J: Desserts, coffee and, this fall gram. I was eager for him to continue working closely with the faculty. He ing four years." and winter, soups, gumbo, nice lit- especially so that this part of our work said, "Working with a variety of fac- Adams consulted with division tle hot bowls of stuff. We set it can proceed uninterrupted. The conti- ulty colleagues, I have begun to put chairs, the Board of Trustees and up—this is why it's called the nuity of academic leadership will be into effect some of the key elements senior administrative colleagues Hermitage House—as a retreat, a important for me and for the college." of the academic part of the Strategic before inviting Yeterian to return. little secluded place where people In his email to campus, Adams stat- Plan for Colby." can come, hang out, get away, ed, "In light of the many important Yeterian is working with various have some desserts, sit, read. We , EMILY HONIG/THE COLBY ECHO wanted it to be a nice little peace- Janice Swinton of the Hermitage House seeks refuge f rom the city. ful place with a little food, com- forting desserts. Worms bring chaos to Colby network, that I wanted a Hermitage in the ing at us. There s no connection E: There used to be a reading woods. Our world is so crazy, sometimes, when we need to recon- shut down dorm internet connections area upstairs in the Freedom Cafe. there are so many things going on, nect. I'm just here, as always, as a Has that bridged down.here? we're stressed out, and for spiritu- resource for the community. By KATIE HAMM were written to exploit this informa- a worm. At the beginning of the year J: We will have some books al rejuvenation, physical and emo- STAFF WRITER tion." . _ :" ITS provided "Fix-It" CDs to patch down here, mostly Christian tional, sometimes you need to go to E: When did you come to The particular worm that is now the system and remove the worm from books, self-help and health-related a different space, and this space is Maine? Computer problems have plagued threatening the network affects only a computer, but that CD no longer sorts of books. That's part of it. really set aside just for that. We the Colby campus this semester, caus- computers with the latest versions of contains the newest updates, making it don't preach to people or knock ing entire dorms to be knocked off of Windows, Windows 2000 and useless for students now. E: Where are you expecting them on the head with a Bible; it's the internet. Windows XP. "Students really have to get most of your business to come an open space for people just to We don't preach Worms have been a particular prob- updates," Lemar said. "They should from? come in and do what they need to lem this year. Compared to viruses, be getting Windows critical updates J: That's a really good question! do, whether it's talking to their to people or worms are "more intrusive," Director weekly and vims definitions two times At the CafS, we get business from friends, eating some chocolate cake «? knock them on of Information Technology Services Student a month." everywhere, but I think that the or just sitting quietly. I think we .Ray Phillips said. "They can mess up Windows updates can be obtained people who will probably really need this kind of space, I really do. the head with a ¦ your"hafd drive 'arid set loose' a fnali- Continued from Page 2 Incident Report Log dents did not have phone, cable TV September 2003 or internet acce'ss in their dorm rooms, and the phones were located Nature: Date: Time: Location: Disposition: Comments: in the hallways . The money that Colby generated from the calling plan used at this time was used to Medical Response 9/16/03 5:49 p.m. Residence Hall Maine General Overdose. purchase the phone system that the Harassment 9/ 17/03 12:59 a.m. Dana Hall Security Phone calls, no College now uses, the installation ol Medical Response answering. which cost more than $1 million. Citation 9/ 1 8/03 2:30 a.m. Academic Building Maine General Alcohol. According to Gagnon , (he type ol Medical Response 9/19/03 « 1:14 a.m. Goddard-Hodgekins Deans Office Possession of Colby calling card plan a student should buy depends on his or her personal Citation Property. needs. A card with a lower per- Suspicious Person 9/20/03 12:40 a.m. Residence Hall Deans Office Alcohol. minute rate but with a connection Citation 9/19/03 9:20 a.m. Foss Hall Deans Office Possession of Colby f ee would be better for students who Medical Response Property, make longer calls, while a card with Medical Response 9/20/03 6:35 p.m. Johnson Pond WTVL Police Person Identified. no connection fee would work for those who make shorter calls. Medical Response 9/20/03 10:34 p.m. Blue Light Pub Deans Office False ID. Students should now purchase Citations (2) 9/20/03 11:20 p.m. Residence Hall Maine General Alcohol. phone cards, available at the Colby Citations (3) 9/20/03 11:52 p.m. Residence Hall Health Center Alcohol. bookstore ,( local stores and online , Medical Response 9/21/03 12:59 a o.m. ResidenceHall Health Center Alcohol. cnlls, for long-distance However, Vandalism 9/20/03. Deans Office Open Containers. .some curds may have connection * 9:45 p.m. Dana Beach fees, expiration dates or charges for 9/20/03 " 10:24 p.m. Dana Hall Deans Office Open Containers. non-conntcts. "Be cautious of what 9/20/03 11:53 p.m. Residence Hall ' Health Center Alcohol. you're buying," Gagnon said. 9/21/03 3:30 p.m. Spa, Student Center Security Broken window. EDITORIAL Alp aca-up and venture to the f air they were shaped like alpacas. These also began to resemble the Hollywood Tightening campus security mid-sized pack animals even put the mega-superstar. My guess is the tufty llamas to shame. plume of hair that sits on both heads Within only a matter of hours, this campus went from a peaceful, Among all the alpacas, one in par- does it, but who knows? bucolic safe zone to a feared and tightly patrolled arena of police officers. ticular did stand out. One bore ah Besides the alpacas there were also I'M NEVER GOING TO RETIRE For the first time in their college tenures, students are locking their doors, unnatural resemblance to Halle Berry. the social activism tents." I saw these By C.W. BASSEIT bolting their windows and walking around—never alone—with a sense of This is not 1o say that Halle Berry is tents as one giant soapbox for the skepticism and alarm that they likely never anticipated coming to unattractive because she looks like oppressed and was thus drawn to ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Waterville. Dawn Rossignol's '04 abduction and murder, as well as the By STEVEN A. WEINBERG an alpaca ' ' . • ... them. Upon presence of State troopers and an endless barrage of press personnel, have or that entering, I Grief and not only shocked and terrified members of the Colby community, but cer- alpacas hoped I tainly awakened this campus to safety concerns that should have been I didn't take a shower Sunday are more would be Newspapers instituted long ago and need be addressed in the immediate future. morning, but I have never felt so clean. attractive consumed by It cannot go urunentiohed, however, that Colby Security has done an out- Walking around the Common Ground because innumerable No one on the Colby campus has standingjob this past week to ensure not only the safety, but also the peace of Fair is kind of what I would imagine they look pamphlets , been untouched by the death of Dawn mind of on campus. Mamtaining campus security is an exhausting job even the world would be like if we all real- like Halle b u ttons , Rossignol last Tuesday. You all have at without obvious cause for concern, so the extra effort is much appreciated. ized the potential of soy. Berry, but accusations once been, flooded with all-campus That said, Colby needs to enhance its technological protection as well This fair offers far more than what merely and maybe emails and a special edition of the Echo, JILL WENTZELU/THE COLBY ECHO . WWW.STARPULSE.COM in several areas. Last year Presidents' Council motioned for security cam- "the Man's" fair might offer. Amongst suggest- Which is which? Who is who? even some but mostly with emails, many from eras to he installed in the parking lots on campus—a proposal that the this brilliant organic rainbow are some ing that cookies. Of President Adams, who will eventually College denied, citing lack of funding. This is an unacceptable excuse, true gerns. some kind of unnatural resemblance these, I received none. Those social tell us what the police tell him. not only in light of Dawn's death, but also because the four main student By far, the best part of Common occurs between this particular alpaca activists seemed preoccupied, dis- Whatever the rumors are, they make it parking lots—Hillside, 'Roberts, Foss and Alfond—are at some distance Ground is the alpacas. There is no and Berry. pensing their wisdom to those seem- difficult to write fanny stuff for this from buildings and, therefore, leave students walking back from parking doubt that horses would be 10 times Oddly enough, after noticing this week's Echo. lots in a vulnerable position. cooler and 12 times more adorable if first "watershed alpaca," many others Continued on Page 6 But uncouth though it may be, I Security cameras are a must for these parking lots. And while many would suspect that most all of us on students are fearful that their privacy will be breached if cameras are Mayflower Hill need something at least installed, the benefits of safety far outweigh the alternative. Indeed, the vaguely amusing to get us through these Art Museum has long been equipped with security cameras to ensure the False sense of security is problematic tough days. No knee-slappers, but some safety of its holdings, and it seems hardly necessary to point out the value ironic appreciation of the stuff that sur- of preserving safety for members of this community. By DEREKTAFF bucolic Utopia most people don't think ty on campus, I keep thinking about the rounds the news (most of which is Lighting is also crucial. Presumably, Dawn was abducted from the SGA PRESIDENT about locking their doors Or the dan- importance of our consciousness of always bad; the ratio of bad to good Hillside parking lot sometime after 7:20 a.m., well after sunrise. The fact gers of walking around at night. As safety threats. The sense of security we news is... well, guess!). Because I was that some places on campus are not well lit at night is unacceptable; the In the wake of last week's tragic wonderful as this feeling is, it is also had and loved has been shattered and bom many years ago, I tend to go to the back of Foss parking lot, for example, is particularly dark. Also, many events, people have expressed con- one of the pitfalls of the "Colby people want it mended as quickly as newspaper for my news, regularly students work out and are employed at the Alfond Athletic Center in the cern about how the College and the Bubble" mentality. This sense of secu- possible. However, if we restore what allowing 96 non-spam messages to pile evenings. Right now, the Alfond is being closed early every night. SGA will augment safety on campus rity makes us blind to threats that we is really a false sense of security we are up on my computer. Now you know for the long-term. I have received a lot Instead, there should be better lighting on the walk back to campus. actually face and this sense exacer- ultimately being counterproductive. why I don't answer your email; I'm of questions and suggestions about Paths to and from the Alfond Apartments are also an area of concern. There needs to be a shift in the way that having trouble learning how to turn on our plans and we welcome these ques- Coming from the Heights dormitory, there is no lighting, nor is there any along people manage their own safety on this my computer again. tions. One question has been whether campus. As far as SGA's role in this, But every night at 3 a.m., the Hillside parking lot-Apartment path. Although this pathway is not recog- we intend to shift gears in response to The sense of secu- the nized, many students park in the lot and use the path that goes behind Hillside. what happened. I will start by saying we are developing ways to help people Morning Sentinel is delivered to my It is imperative that this path be recognized and lighted. that we don't need to shift gears rity we had and change the way they think and act in back door-all the news that's fit to print The Echo staff applauds Presidents' Council for passing a motion to make because safety has always been one of loved has been regards to safety. If the suggestions the in the northern Kennebec valley. And, Miller Library card-accessible only past a certain time. There is no need for our major priorities. Prior to Dawn's College and police have been making of course, the news of Ms. Rossignol's anyone outside the Colby commnnity to be in the Street of the library during death, we made notable progress on shattered and peo- about using the buddy system, being death has dominated the Sentinel's front late hours. And in light of the rape that occurred at Bates College last year in this Initiative and were examining ple want it mended alert, reporting suspicious activities, pages since last Wednesday. The the bathroom of their library, we laud the recommendation from Presidents' other ways to make the campus safer. etc. become second nature to students Sentinel, however, is not a popular news Council and implore the administration to follow through. However, this event has opened our as quickly as possi- and faculty, this will significantly alle- source for most of the Colby Communi- In Derek Taff s editorial, he relates what the SGA is doing to create a eyes to the vulnerabilities that exist at ble-There needs to viate the security threat. Additionally, if ty. Newspaper readers here read the Colby. Hopefully¦ this: will make it eas- , Thpes or the "Wall safer campus. We commend these effort? and encourage more. '. .- ,.."/¦ -\?F.-< .. f i[i J/ .fifty; : - I '. niiur' these precautions become habits . Globe or maybe the Communication is vital to the-safety of campus. President William D. ier for, us to identify threats that we, Colby students will- be eralowed with Street JournaL"actually sneering at us ' ' m^s^ww^Z:, Adams' emails, as well as those from Security, Communications and others were blind to just a short time ago and way people manage vital skills for Jife, which coincides poor benighted rubes who depend upon have kept us informed and aware of what is happening on campus. It is come up with appropriate responses. with SGA's other plans to improve a Waterville paper for news. important that we are^knowledgeable during times such as these and the One of the myriad reasons Colby is their own safety... postgraduate preparedness. And those sophisticates are mostly administration has done a remarkable job. We encourage them to continue such an exceptional place to go to col- SGA can be most effective by com- right: the Sentinel is not a great newspa- to update the student body on all developments and security concerns. lege rs that, in general, students feel ing up with ways to make these safe- per. But I somehow need a local news- It is in times of difficulty that character is proven: The Echo staff believes safe and secure. It's comforting to bates our vulnerability. that Colby will rise to this challenge by coming together as a campus, staying know that during our time in this In pondering ways to promote safe- Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 safe and communicating. LETTERS Closets are for clothes, you silly bleeding hearts Haemkrin iUfMmplif75 with a determination to be clear and as Alumnussends condolences For those of us who still have friends accurate as possible, and a sensitivity on campus, and for the parents and conservative speaker to campus, I I remember the loss of Katie Murphy and empathy that speaks to a deeply As an alumnus, and a member of the friends of current students, the detail JACK TALKS BACK hope to arm students with the proper in 1971 and I'm reminded of the fears heartfelt sorrow. I want to thank those Alumni Council, I want to express my and thoroughness of the coverage By JACK SISSON tools to fi ght the political oppression and anxieties attendant to that loss. who have contributed to the columns in condolences to the College for the should be a balm in an otherwise uncer- that plagues our college." Please know you are all in my The Colby Echo with words that must recent homicide near the campus. I'also tain world. The strong sense of commu- My provocative, slightly sarcastic thoughts and prayers. Stick together like have been so unbearably difficult to want to congratulate you and your staff nity in the Colby family is indeed While my efforts to bring Bay response usually yields a bit of anger glue. Colby is a community in micro- write. Most importantly, I want to tell for the exceptional coverage you and strengthened in the efforts of you and Buchanan to campus have yet to and if I'm lucky, some profanity. I typ- cosm. Share that strengtii. Look out for Dawn's friends that their words have the Echo have done to keep those of us your staff and the Echo updates. materialize, I have repeatedly been ically return with a joyful chuckle. And each other in every aspect. Life is not a brought Dawn into the hearts of many 'from away' informed. Reading both your new web site and the asked why I chose to bring an "ultra- then I try to get serious and continue: dress rehearsal. Today is the real deal. who did not even know her. Echos' special edition on-line beginning conservative" to Colby. After all, SPB "My aim is to get conservative stu- Be well, be strong and get together. I know I echo the feelings of many of on Thursday allayed many thoughts or has limited funding, and a mainstream dents to come out of the proverbial the parents and families of Colby stu- fears, and allowed us to see how pro- speaker, even a moderate conserva- political closet. It can get pretty dark Sue '74 dents, when I say that our hearts and Our hearts and active die administration and students tive, would seem more appropriate. and lonely in there, and it really isn't Aparentthanks Co/by, thekh prayers go out to the family, friends, prayers go out to arc in the wake of this tragedy. I explained to one frustrated dis- much fun." In my experiences, if you faculty and staff who have been , Again, my condolences to the senter, "Colby has an obligation to seek out the right people, these conver- Dear Editor, shocked and devastated by this tragedy. the family, friends entire Colby community, and if there make a 'safe space ' (borrowing from sations are successful enemy-makers. As a parent of a Colby freshman, I Thank you for talking to us-and mak- faculty and staff ho is any way I can be of help, please let popular Colby activist rhetoric) for all I haven't been able to pinpoint how can tell you that my concern for my ing us feel like we are better able to me know. its students." I continued, "All too and why these comments trigger peo- daughter's safety, and the safety of all share in the sorcow and concern that is have been shocked Sincerely, often, students aligned with conserva- ple towards militancy. My only guess Colby students, is foremost in my mind facing everyone in the Colby communi- and devastated by tive ideologies arc marginalized, criti- is that, to a large extent, my pop-jnr- tonight. And I felt it important to com- ty-even when wc arc miles away. Duncan R. Gibson '83 cized and flat-out ostracized for their municate my gratitude for the way the this tragedy. beliefs . By bringing an intelligent Continued on Page 6 Echo has covered this tragic situation- Sharon Cullinane Students on the Street What superpower would y ougive C.W. Bassett? ' ' ; ' [^: 'C}^$ ' , '>^^r^i»ion!M '' ' ^;; . . ¦;' ; . "A super-humanliver. " "Wait 's the English professor; right/?'' <'He would be Captain *Bpbze-flounrJ* Bassett, [ , he ¦ ^ ' ; ' ¦'¦ y ' '[ ' ' ¦¦ ' '' ' ¦ . • :' drinking legal since 1813" y ^moh arid Nik (of England) " . ;' ,; . } : ' : . — Jack Siiion '06 : , . :. .;. :• ' — Brandy lippn 'OS maltingunderage ~+Wtrri Cunningham 'Of, Amanda Sullivan '04, Gate ¦ ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ::.' ' ::•; ' '^'i ;;y , ' .' ; J/ounti '04, Celeste Millard '04 Who Wants Cake by Stephen Weinberg Relax, don't do it, when you're (sup- pose d) to start off the school year ¦ 'Ok..." I thought, "vanilla yogurt is actual classes. What happened to the delicious and I suppose I can handle freshman year regimen, when the first ADVENTURES IN this, especially with my 'Dolphins days were spent traveling around in Gone Delightful' Lisa Frank academic exclusive groups, chosen arbitrarily OUTER SPACE planner," • by the High Cootmaster? Then, one By MATT MORRISON But you know what, friend? I could focus on goals of making couldn't handle this. I had to buy friends rather than the challenges of books for class, get settled, locate my time management in an increasingly With my puppy Pumpkinfacehead, migrated posse and find out what hectic world. Pumpkinfacec/eaef, I returned to Colby exactly: "You haven't paid for school Those beginning three first year College campus,- paradise in the sky, and can't go here anymore" translated days . of relaxation, openness and hoping to set my life in order. While acceptance after returning from musing over my struggling existence, COOT make for such a notably as I judged the best way of sending off Ah...if only the smooth, stress-free transition, it's a P-face, I considered that the old wonder that Colby does not repeat the expression Would be more fitting if world was as sim- system for upperclassmen. Certainly called "Wake-ing like a dog." While ple and playful as there is no need to usher us into the rightfully amused at my sudden burst community again exactly as they did of puntastic brilliance, I got a bit more the gifted Lisa our first year, with forced interactions serious, painted my face like an angry Frank herself. Alas, that were sickeningly proper and awk- lion, and began trying to figure out a ward, such as the following: steady schedule that could regulate my Colby is fun, but Really Happy Girl: "What do you doggy-death induced ups and downs. even it is slightly like?" ' ; ' ;¦ With only two more days to get my Weirdo Boy: "I'm a raging Bad news about banning booze—and act together before the big first day of less serious than Socialist-skinhead combo." school, a trip to Wal-Mart loomed as a the.. LSD-ravaged RHP: "Oh my god... meeting people tedious, but one-stop-fix for all my from all walks of fife in a diverse college other adventures in awesome alliteration Lisa Frank school supply cravings. Lisa Frank. setting is so enriching and fantastic." Ah...if only the world was as simple This business of endless, cordial too elusive tonic that calms, coerces, third floor perch, I saw a figure, tall, and playful as the gifted Lisa Frank Small talk deserved to cease with the COLO FILTERED OPINIONS and conquers all, asking only the sac- skinny, bearded and slightly, unkempt herself. Alas, Colby is fun; but even it to in English. In addition to this, now end of first year ori entation. Time By MATTBUSCH rifice of an evil organ buried deep in with glass raised to his lips. No one is slightly less serious than the multi- I had to schedule time to be sick, before classes does not. our body. was aware that I was there observing colored flying unicorns that adorn the before 8 p.m., mind you. And my Coming back to school and having There is only one God who is God: and they probably would never be, but mind and notebooks of LSD-ravaged tasks were all to be completed in two one full day before classes start is too "Don't join too many gangs. Join alcohol, and Colby is his prophet. In this as the light silhouetted this form, Lisa Frank.. In fact , as I came to find days. Two days? Are you kidding me? abrupt a transition, and one that could few if any./ Join the United States and church the Eucharist is the holiest of bursting out from behind his figure out, Lisa Frank sticker dispensers Well, at least that's like 14 dog days I have been smoother with a simple join the family—/But not too much in with a hazy and smoky brilliance of would not be an appropriate way to thought to myself, .then cried at the repeat of last year's scheduling. It's between unless a college;" thus advis- allure, I experienced my own personal prepare myself for the coming, intense thought of P-face. not easy to get your stuff in order and es the immortal Robert Frost. . visual sermon on the mount. school year. Not only was hauling my stuff a feel prepared to . plunge into classes However, I fear it too late to heed this No blasts, burning bushes or black- SUDDENLY, as if I should have giant pain in my back's ass, but once all at the same time without that advice. I sense I've already faced my ini- outs, but I suddenly knew—call it known that collegiate activities operat- settled, I realized that move-in day, a three-day buffer zone. If "stuff' was tiation into the Colby gang and despite epiphany—the work we are here at ed on yearly cycles, I was flooded with Monday for non-first years and losers "swimming" and "classes" were "a the fact that I have yet to find the tattoo, Colby to carry out. Not some fancy set offers from the tennis team, the news- that want to go back to school early to pool" and "that three day buffer I am pretty confident that Was the reason of ideals based on studying, or sleep- paper, and the secret-secret club—oh be "positive role models in leadership zone" was "being Greg Louganis," my COOT leader was poking around my ing or sobriety, but instead to seek the crap!— for my renewed assistance. positions" (or losers), led right into then we'd be talking. sleeping bag that one night. sensation of said sweet, sweet nectar But what is a gang today but a nice of life and slip serenely through the way of saying cult? Around what river of its grace. eff e would dear Colby be a cult? Despite Yet there is trouble in this paradise Emergency Contraceptive ctive the incredible dynamism of our fear- as those on the outside wish to cut off mifepristone or RU-486). EC is not As a board member of the Family less leader, Bro, it is safe to say that sacraments and the blood is given before this 'life-blood' and overthrow our effective after implantation of a fertil- Planning Association of Maine, I met Colby wouldn't be a cult of personali- the body with the latter merely a preven- theocracy of ideals and empowerment. ized egg in a uterus; it cannot interrupt with Governor Baldacci this week to ty. No, Colby is a cult that worships tative measure. Churches dot the campus I propose a crusade against those who an established pregnancy. discuss a bill (L.D.1152), which is something, and in taking a little infor- landscape and altars are laid out each wish to do this, those who oppose the —The FDA has declared EC safe presently before the Maine Legislature. mal poll of my roommates, Fuzzy 3- night, gloriously adorned in a tapestry of open chalice. Because if they succeed and effective. The American College It would allow EC to be available Way and Beer Googles; we realized names and tallies. Each night we come they are not just enforcing a rule, but of Obstetricians and Gynecologists through pharmacies via a collaborative exactly what that deity is. and prostrate ourselves to these holy collapsing an institution we hold so practice act with cooperating physi- Ev ery night Colby students com- spots, either out of love or of incapacita- dear to our hearts. For those of you MEDICAL ADVICE FROM GARRISON cians. Pharmacies are an ideal location mune together, regardless of broader tion,-but all out because of its fire living that hear my call and want to take [Emergency for women to access EC, as they are differences such as what dining hall deep inside them. action, email me your home phone and HEALTH CENTER open when demand is highest. Some MP MPH Contraception] is they eat in, to echo a common senti- One night out wandering, after bap- address so we can coordinate our Melanie Thompson, , medical practitioners at regular ment : "Too much blood in my alco- tizing my tongue a little too liberally, I action next semester. Meetings will be My eight-year-old son confuses his not an abortion women's health exams have already hol system." found myself staggering to a stop in in my basement, and if we are lucky cub motto, "Be prepared!" with a car- pill... EC is not started asking women if they would like Yes, my fellow constituents, I am the shadow of AMS. And looking up my mom will bake lemon bars. toon Calvin and Hobbes quote, "Be a prescription for EC in advance to referring to that illustrious but never into the corner window of someone's careful or Be Roadkill!"—a warning effective after have on-hand should they need it. Now for his bike-trekking father. Still, the implantation of a that's what I called being prepared! message he takes home is think ahead; To "Be prepared" at Colby: be sensible; avoid a bad outcome. fertile egg in a —Come to the Health Center as WEINBERG: Satellitesorbiting in the sky,making geriatrics want to cry Why, then, is there a nationwide soon as possible after unintended uterus... intercourse and speak with the nurse. Continued from Page 5 problem with knowledge of and access some nickels in tubes and dropped a nickels to science, or if that money to the "Morning-After" pill , also EC is available for $20. ing to have a legitimate interest in nickel in the tube labeled: "military". would also ultimately go to the con- known as Emergency Contraceptive (ACOG) and American Medical —A fter hours, call the Health their causes. "Oh, you don't want to do that," she quest of outer space. She explained it (EC)? Isn 't EC or actually the "72- Association (AMA) endorse more Center at x3402 and talk to a nurse After walking through two tents I told me, shaking her head. "You see, could go either way, but that her hours-after-but-I-can't-find-a-clinic- widespread availability of EC and about the timing of possible EC, . finally mustered up the courage and the government is trying to control daughter had just had a gastrectomy open" pill the epitome of NOT being recommend that it be available with- —At a routine Health visit, ask your asked a woman why she had several outer space, and if you give money to and government-funded science prob- prepared? If you had it in your dresser out a prescription. practitioner for a prescription for Plan cups of nickels and also a bunch of the military, they 're going to. be able to ably helped that, so I probably should drawer today, shouldn't it be called the —EC works best within the first 72 B or Proven. tubes, all labeled corresponding to fed- afford to do it. Control the world do it . I dropped the rest of my nickels "Night Before, pill?" hours after unprotected intercourse, so Only Colby students can be treated eral government spending. through space, you know." in the science tube and left. Key facts about EC: access is a key issue. at the Garrison-Foster Health Center; " You put the nickels on whatever This is horrible, I thought. How can I left that booth and soon after left —Almost half of the 6.3 million —Since one in four women are vic- if a visiting friend needs treatment, tube you want, honey. The nickels rep- I enjoy satellite television anymore if 1 the fair. It was a bittersweet few hours annual pregnancies in the US are unin- tims of sexual assault, increasing access call the Maine toll-free number, 1-800- resent the federal budget, but you get know the very same technology to 1 spent with the Maine Organic Farmer tended. EC holds the potential to cut is key. 887-4029, to find a referral to the near- to decide what money goes to what," give me hundreds of channels will one and Gardeners Association. We had our this figure in half. —Sixty-seven percent of Mainers est place that can hel p. she told me. day control my life, my mind? ups and our downs but in the end, I —EC is NOT an abortion pill (like favor access to EC without a prescription. This seemed exciting. 1 began to put I asked her ifl could still give some learned not to talk to old ladies. IAFF: SGAworking towardsa safer Colby BASSETT: Plasticsand Botox: the future...today SISSON: Colby, findyour inner Karl Hove era surveillance systems and we will Continued from Page 5 . ball, typically a steamroller job like this Continued from Page 5 Continued from Page 5 continue to examine the viability of week's disastrous squeaker against When did the academic climate at ty precautions commonplace. For these options. paper and local news. And the Sentinel Skowhcgan, 46-14, in which Skow-town gon infested one-liners are true, Colby become so intolerant that a example, we arc examining that idea Safety has and will continue to be a has some other good stuff in it as well. rolled up 462 yds. from scrimmage. Now, 1 don't intend on whining professor would allow his ideas to be of an online "Runners Board" which major priority for this year's SGA. For example, today, Sunday, I get Dave Enough to make a woman lack confi- about "conservative oppression ," censored? Furthermore, why aren't would be an internally operated nexus Consequently, we are working on pro- Barry, the funniest essay writer in dence. Maybe a prolactin pill? because that 's just annoying. we doing more to change this alarm- lor students who choose to exercise jects that will provide real solutions to America, Example: "Erasmo insisted The Sentinel loves medical stulf—this However, I will defend the notion that ing reality ? outdoors. It is just one way to encour- safety threats rather than perpetuate a that I'd enjoy riding this river in a week an enormous two-column spread conservatives at Colby need to devel- age the buddy system that the College false sense of security. Throughout kayak, a small boat that gets its name on Botox, my favorite sentence being: op some courage. While the duty to and police have been advocating, We this process we would love as much from the liskimo words 'kay' meaning "In a recent study, two-thirds of 75 establish intellectual/political nerve When did the aca- iue also looking into the idea of an feedback and as many suggestions as 'boat ,' and 'ak,' meaning 'that should patients who were unable to control their ultimately rests on individual stu- escort service for people who feel possible. Please contact your hall not be occupied by anyone who is not a blndder|s| because of spasms had benefit dents, as a college we have an obliga- demic climate uncomfortable walking around cam- president or any member of SGA's licensed liskimo.'" from Botox injections, [some] for us long tion to create an environment that become so intoler- pus by (liemselves. Wc would also Executive Board with ideas, thoughts, Hut much as I admire Harry, I find ns six months." A shot of Dotox costs allows for mil embraces diversity ol like to see .self-defense education and concerns, Dawn's memory will be pages of other joys and marvels. Like a $1,500, expensive bladder control. Then thought. Allow me to illustrate what I ant that a profes- become more available to students honored if her death helps ' to bring comic panel by Bunny Ilocst (I kid you Railroad Square is playing "Thirteen ," mean: sor would allow and faculty as this is a critical life about a genuine change in the way wc not) and John Reiner: man sitting in his rated R, Is hanky-panky starling earlier, Last year SPB sponsored a "round skill. There has also been some pre- manage our personal safety on and off chair obviously addressing his wife, "If or is this a film about on orgy? tabic discussion on the war in Iraq" his ideas to be liminary discussion about large-scale of Mayflower Hill. we really need to talk, Loretta, can wc at Finally, a short account of the 60th where four professors-expressed their censored? projects like better lighting and cam- least talk about football?" And bits ol unniversary celebration of Mr. & Mrs. thoughts on the looming war. All four wisdom: "Breast-feeding produces a Phillip Weber, Sr. Both Webcrs are members objected to the US liberation hormone, prolactin , which makes a retired lifetime employees of Lnuricl of Iraq. When a Colby student brought • QUAI.11v V ISION CAIUI , Plastics in Madison (ME). Maybe that one-sidedness" of the In light of these attitudes , 1 decided ; •Tm.TRl!ATMI'.NT ANI>MANA<3liMliNT mother relax. It increases mother's self- the political " .^ ^ Ol' , the to bring Bay Buchanan. And if I have ^W QCVLW DlSMSli confidence, Trips away from home arc guy in "The Graduate" wasn't so silly debate to the forum 's attention: C I'll be bring • CONTACT LIINSHS made easier." after nil. Bveryone remembers him audience responded with laughter. my way, ing more speak- • FASHION HYKWIIAK 1 love those cozy tips—not "makes A whispering the magic word "plastics" in Eventually, the event 's organizer ers of her "ultra-conservative" ilk to mother relax," but "makes mother relax," Dustin HoU'mim 's car, We linglish grad- explained that there was one professor campus. My hopes are to eliminate Poulin & White Eye Center As I recall, my own mother and my wife uate students all laughed in a superior who was willing to defend the Uusli some censorship, ignite a little relaxed measurably when they built up way at such bourgeois materialism. Administrations position on the war; courage and get some friends out of enough self-confidence to escape baby, Hey, the Webcrs have 23 great- however, lie opted not to speak. His the closet. Alter all , it docs get pretty 166 Silver Street J>hilip R. Poulin, O.D. . 04901 Except, of course, when they went to see grandchildren . Wonder about reason: defending the war in Iraq dink in there. Christop¦ her C. White, OJX (207)^fl^873-3500™ h Waterville Senior High School play foot- Dustin Hoffman. would alienate his students. this week Northern Lights brings lively bluegrass to an excited crowd THURSDAY; SEPT 25 evening progressed, a great many \., *. Latino Film Festival By EMMA McCANDLESS numbers allowed Henry to demon- A&E EDITOR ; 7 pm, : strate his talents. He performed sev- —m^3xAWI eral instrumental solos, including • SGA Film: Charlies Angels: "Here's some culture for ya!" the lively "Hippodrone Reel" early Full Throttle Ben Damereth, new lead singer of on. He also proved his skills as a 9:30 p.m. the bluegrass band Northern Lights, vocalist, lending life and feeling to Arey 005 told an extremely packed Mary Low numbers such as the calm, lilting Coffeehouse on Saturday night. The ballad "Red Sky." FRIDAY; SEPT 26 group, performing for,the first time Bassist John Daniel was also an • International Coffee Hour with their new vocalist, proved to exceptional performer. Although he „4-6 p.m. be incredibly popular with the audi- used an electric bass, rather than a Mary Low Coffeehouse ence. Their music was by turns live- more traditional acoustic instru- • SGA Film: Charlie 's Angels: ly and soothing, and coupled with ment, Daniel did an excellent job Full Throttle free coffee from Starbucks at Colby, lending just the right sound to the 7 and 9:30 p.m. it provided a welcome respite for group's music, turning it into tradi- Arey 005 weary students. tional bluegrass with just a little bit ... ¦ * Latino Poetry Night The band played a wide variety of a contemporary edge. ¦ ' 7p.m. '. of music, ranging from recent num- The quietest of the quartet, Mary Low Coffeehouse bers to old-time favorites, which banjo/mandolin player David Dick • Naturally Seven distinguishes them from many other stayed in the background for most 9 p.m. contemporary bluegrass acts. The numbers, but when he did come for- ' ' ' '¦' " ; Spa ; . . • band members themselves were ward "to take the spotlight he truly also diverse, featuring both older shone. Judging by the audience's I SATURDAY, SEPT 27 and younger generations of sound. warm applause at the end of his solo Their individual talents, too, are and the cheers when his fellow band • SGA Film: Charlie 's Angels: WUREL GABIER/THE COLBY ECHO . Full Throttle varied and complement each other members convinced him to sing, The edgy and upbeat bluegrass band Northern Lights pleased the crowd at the Coffeehouse last Saturday. 7 and 9:30 p.m. exceedingly well. Dick seems to have been Colby's Arey 005 Damereth is excellent as the lead favorite member of Northern Lights. types the audience might have held their hands. When the band Coffeehouse committee chair Tom • SCOUT (Live music) singer and guitarist/mandolin play- • Most impressive about the group's about bluegrass music. announced that they were leaving, Rogers '04 "for taking such good 9 p.m er. His vocals in particular are concert was the depth and range of And .the audience certainly the calls for an encore compelled care of us," and said, "This place is ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , :. ' spa ; • ' -. . , • strong and authentic, featuring a music they are capable of perform- appre ciated it. As the evening wore them to perform three more num- great! With three great restaurants :¦? Fall Semi-FormaTBaTice folk music sound that recalled the ing. From the traditional bluegrass on, the crowd got livelier and more bers, all even more enthusiastically and a Starbucks, you guys never 10 p.m. soundtrack ; of "O Brother, Where number "Silver Lining" to the almost enthusiastic about the performance. received by the audience. even have to leave!" Hopefully for ' Page Commons Art Thou?" . - . rock-n-roll sound of "Rainmaker" to By the end of the concert, most Northern Lights seemed as excit- music fans, the band was impressed Equally impressive was gui- the soothing feel of "Red Sky," everyone in the Coffeehouse was on ed about Colby as Colby was about enough to return to campus in the tarist/vocalist Bill Henry. As the Northern Lights shattered all stereo- their feet, dancing and clapping them. Damereth especially thanked near future. Colby's own Jennifer Finney Boylan set to kick off Music at Colby looks 2003 Visiting Writers Series on September 30 f orwardto new season However, Boylan said that in spite made "She's Not There" By EMMA McCANDLESS of these drawbacks, she still felt com- extremely popular. Since it 's To conclude the November con- A&E EDITOR pelled to write down her story, "If publication - this spring, the MANY MUSICAL GROUPS certs , Collegium Musicum, directed you're a writer, you write," she said. book has been doing very well by Eva Linfield, performs a pro- The creative writing program 's "On some level I don't know that I commercially, and Boylan has H/¥E (NN0WIVE PRO- gram entitled "Music in perennially popular Visiting Writers had much choice about this narrative. attracted a great deal of unex- Remembrance." Two works from Series will kick off on Sept. 30 with a There were a lot of good stories that pected media attention. GRAMS PLANNED the late 17 and early 18 centuries, ' hadn't been told before, and I felt "I had no idea what people Marc-Antoine Charpentier 's "Mass writer who is no stranger to Colby s ; '::-; - ; nil-, fy. -,.r :¦ campus. Professor of English Jennifer compelled to see i f I could tell them." would think of this book, at all," for^the .Dead" and J.S. Bach's Finney Boylan will begin the series this Boylan certainly succeeds in this Boylan said. "I kirdfbf'Worried By MICHAEL GREENBURG motet, "JJesu, meine Freude" (Jesus, year, reading from her recently pub- task. Her memoir is at once filled with people would just shrug and STAFF WRITER My Joy) constitute a concert exam- lished memoir, "She's Not There: A lighthearted humor and deeply touch- scratch their heads." But she ining musical expressions of Life in Two Genders." The reading will ing emotion. As Boylan 's good friend, adds, "It would be pretty hard to Lorimer Chapel will fill once remembrance, which Linfield says, be held in the Robins Room on the sec- novelist and former Colby professor be disappointed at the response again this year with the sounds of "are not deadly." Rather, these ond floor of Roberts Union at 7 p.m. Richard Russo, notes in his afterward [the book] has gotten." student performers in a wonderfully grand works offer brilliant sounds, The memoir recounts—with much to the work, "The most unexpected Boy lan said she is both WMW.COt.BY.EDU varied concert series program. In reminding us, in light of recent joy, tenderness and heartache— thing is how in [Boylan 's| story we pleased and bewi ldered by the Jennifer Finney Boylan. addition to performances by visit- tragedy, that part of grieving is Boylan's personal odyssey to transi- recognize our shared humanity." publicity she has received since ing artists and the applied music about regenerating. tion from being a man named James to In each story that Boylan shares the book s publication. base 'of Colby wdl reflect that fact. faculty, the Colby Wind Ensemble, Finally, the Colby College a woman named Jennifer. She said that about her transition "from regular to "I 'll...admit that I' m a little weary lcM y guess is that this will be a very Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Chorale, under the direction of Paul the decision to turn her story into a Diet Coke." as she refers to it at one of some of the attention," she said. emotional reading for mc," Boylan Musicum, Chorale and Jazz Band Machlin, who begins his 30th year published work was not an easy one point , she displays a peiiect balance "I'm just as glad to get back to the said. "Much of the story focuses on all offe r winter and spring concerts, at Colby, will conclude 2003 with a for her to make. of blithe intell igence ami moving classroom and to teaching English, the generosity of the people in this differing widely in scope. For the "Service of Lessons and Carols" as "In some ways, it would have been insight. She draws her readers fully which is something I can do better, community. It 's also, of course, a very music lover of eclectic taste, this a supplement to the 34th annual easier for me if I had not written a into her story and makes them under- and know more about, than being hard time on campus right now, and it year should serve up a blend of Service of Carols and Lights. book," Boylan said. "I would have stand both the difficulties and the some sort of media creature." is going to be hard to have a sense of beauty, grandeur and humor. Machlin noted that it is important to retained my privacy and it would have joys of her journey. Boylan 's memoir tells a very emo- humor about anything for a long time. The lineup of student perfor- distinguish these two services, for been easier to ' move on,' which is The skill , humor and love with tional story, and she said that she 1 will do my best." mances begins Nov. 1 with the the Chorale's program comes fro m what I'm doing anyway." which Boylan tells her tale have expects that reading from it at her homo Colby Symphony Orchestra, under a service originating in Kings the direction of Jonathan Hallstrom. The orchestra has a new principal flutist, Barbara Sicsel, who will PortlandString Quartet is a delight f or all audiences mark her debut in Lorimcr with a Winter and performance of Stephania dc spring concerts became very animated themselves, reasons beyond the optical amusement player-was far from frightening in K.cnessy 's "Manned Fli ght." In By SUSAN FRANCIS their upper bodies tensing and lunging he provided; the oboe-related anec- so und. It was, instead, a pleasing piece addition to featuring Sicsel , the differ widely in CONTRIBUTING WRITER like a cat pouncing after its prey. They dotes he relayed were interesting, to listen to, and received at its end a orchestra will perform two standard scope. For the seemed trul y involved in their art and informative, and witty. Apparentl y, in standing ovation from several audi- works of the orchestra l and operatic Musical background or training arc music. Also amusing, during the sec- days now past , the armies used to send ence members. repertoire , Mozart 's overture to music lover of not necessary to appreciate the talents ond piece, an oboe player joined the oboe-players out in front of their The Portland String Quartet fin- Don Giovanni and Ludwig van eclectic taste, of Colby's artists-in-residencc, the quartet by introducing a new and troops to fri ghten their opponents; the ished its third piece amidst much clap- Beethoven 's Symphony Number 3 , Portland String Quartet. The group exciting visual as well as audio com- droning sound of the hordes of oboes p i ng and genera l glee, and I think I can "The Eroica." this year should performed for the first time this ponent to the mix; his luce turned resembled that of multitudes of bees, sulbly assume that nil audience mem- The following weekend, on Nov. serve up a semester on Saturday night in the increasingl y reel the longer he played md thus rendered the oboe-play ing bers left more than salisllcil-save, per- H , the Colby Wind Ensemble, under Lorimcr Chapel , and was entertaining without drawing breath. 1 will admit to army 's opponents emotionally fraught . haps, for the one small child in the the direction of Eric Thomas, will blend of beauty, throughout the night. the cruel pleasure I took from observ- However, the second pioec-ii quin- third row who .squirmed and squealed deliver a program entitled "In grandeur and The quartet performed three fabu- ing this phenomenon. tet -, instead of a quartet , as the original throughout the entire performance. Search of Classics for Band." lous pieces, receiving, an excellent The oboe player was enjoyable for ¦lour were accompanied by the oboe Rehearsals for this progra m have humor. response from the audience. The begun with Thomas focusing on the evening's audience filled much of the fundamentals of band performance, lower chapel , as well as a select few including close attention to key and spaces in the upper chapel pews. Very dynamics as well as phrasing. As he College, Cambridgc-a program few of these audience members said to students at the first designed to break barriers between departed early, despite the temptations rehearsal , "some of these pieces arc the University system and the city. that tend to increase as Saturday night works that one must return to every Keeping with that tradition , the grows later. Their constant civptiva- couple of years." Service of Lessons and Carols will tion, though a surprise, was proof of In addition to performing include music varying widely in the popularity of the quartet among Shostakovich 's raucous "Gallop" historical scope. Congregational music connoisseurs at Colby. und the "Second Military Suite in enrols, as well as readings of the However, as the quartet began to E-llat Major" by Hoist , the ensem- Old and New Testaments from peo- play, it became clear why students ble will perform an arrangement of ple of different walks of life in the attended the concert in spite of many ,I.S. Bach's "I'antasin and Fugue in Waterville community. Among the other tempting events on campus. C Minor" for symphonic band. readers are a hi gh school princi pal , Afler asking one student what brought Thomas also conducts the Colby n fifth grade student and a member him to the concert, I found that the Jazz Band, and its program, entitled of the city council, who will read in quartet was preceded by u remarkably "Latin Stylings" features such I'rench as a tribute to Wittcrville 's good reputation. Fortunately, they had dance styles as the mnmno. That Miibstnntiul French-speaking com- no trouble fulfilling (hut repute. concert is the following Saturday, munity. That program will be Particularly enjoyable is watching, Nov. 15. However, for u little early Thursday, Dec. 4, with a prelude rather thun listening to, the artists. jazz flavor, check out the group's beginning at 7 p.m. All other con- During the livelier portions of the Family and Homecoming Weekend certs begin at 7:30. iMiiin. ONiiffl /iin: cm »v rv.no piece, the violinists and viola player 'The Portland Siring Quartet performs in Larimer Chapel on Saturday evening, concert, Oct. 11. CD Review SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS Saves the Day "In Reverie" Kathryn Hulick '04 By EMMA McCANDLESS A&E EDITOR By TODD OLMSTEAD CONTRIBUTING WRITER Though Saves the Kathryn Hulick '04 is a quiet student with a •vivid artistic Day's lyrical imagination. An art major with Saves the Day has corrie a long approach has a studio concentration, she is a way since their 1998 debut of grown simpler, talented painter with a great "Can't Slow Down," which was a amount of promise. raw and energetic album with a fit- the arrangements In her artwork, Hulick said ting title. After releasing their sec- on many of the that she focuses mainly on ond full-length album, "Through painting and collage. "I work in Being Cool," they attracted atten- songs have watercolor and ink arid paper, tion from Vagrant Records become more Saves the Day then rip it up and put it back (Dashboard Confessional, Face to In Reverie together," she said. "It 's fun," Face) and signed a deal that would complex. Vagrant Records As her art has developed dur- eventually garner them much atten- ing her time at Colby, Hulick tion with the critically acclaimed guitar solo/bridge. One song that has found a way to combine "Stay What You Are." Saves the stands out as an example of distinc- painting with a slightly more Day has now released their fourth In this case, Conley still conjures tive arranging is "She," an acoustic unusual interest—alphabets. record on the Dreamworks and up beautifully catchy melodies, ballad laden with arpeggios and "I'm really interested in Vagrant Records label, entitled "In although he has apparently begun sweetly sung background vocals. alphabets," Hulick said. "I took Reverie." writing more universal lyrics. Probably the most drastic change Sanskrit at Colby and it was one Fans of Saves the Day will find Unlike his earlier, deeply personal on the album is the timbre of of my favorite classes. I' ve that with this latest record not only works of fiction such as "Holly Conley's vocals, as he has adopted made up alphabets, and I has the group 's musical style Hox, Forget Me Nots," which fea- a much more pure and smooth style learned runes in high school. I Kathryn Hulick '04 is an ambitious and talented artist. changed drastically, but their line- ture verbose lyrics helping him vent of singing. He no longer sounds like even invented a language, made up has changed as well. Lead singer his aggression, the new material a torn-up pUnk singer screaming but up an alphabet for it—kind of really excited about it, and I working under the supervision of Chris Conley made the decision to gets down to basics. The title track the angst in his life, but sings , his like Tolkien." am," she said. "It's what my art two art department faculty mem- go back to playing guitar on stage, contains a gorgeous chorus of "So songs sweetly, which adds to the To that end, Hulick is current- is about and what I'm interested bers, Associate Professor of Art something he did in the band before once again I ¦ swim in laid-back feel of this album. One ly undertaking an extremely in reading about and studying." Veronique Plesch and Associate they ever made a record. Thus, the reverie/Without your love/Feels so would expect this vocal metamor- ambitious- Senior Scholars pro- ; In addition to the studio and Professor of Art Bevm Engman. band is no longer a five-piece outfit, long ago I can 't remember phosis on a soft ballad like "She," ject entitled "Thought Made research work that Hulick is "[Hulick's] project is fascinat- and while Conley, Eben D'Amico now/Where we began." but not on a song like "Anywhere Visible." The project combines undertaking for the project, she ing because it combines a cre- (bass), and David Soloway (guitar) Though the lyrical approach has With You," which probably comes elements of both linguistic art is also working on a third, less ative and a scholarly side, and remain, the band has recruited a grown simpler, the arrangements on closest to reaching older Saves the and more traditional art forms. conventional, artistic compo- that these two aspects, far from new drummer in Pete Parada. many of the songs have become Day territory. Nevertheless, Conley "It 's one half studio work and nent. being separated, feed each To accompany this new roster, more complex. Many of the songs never reverts to that old style, striv- one half research paper," Hulick "I' m keeping a journal," other," Plesch said. "I have been the band also has a brand new feature keyboard instruments ing to gain new ground in virtually said. "I'm looking at how people Hulick said. "It 's full of scrib- very excited to $vork with her, as sound, although fans can hear the played by guest musicians such as every song on the album. turn 'their . ' thoughts into some- blings and drawings, words and it connects with all kinds of evolution from the earlier music. the piano on five of the tracks As a whole, fans need not expect thing visual, something that art. It's sort of a more concrete interests of mine. It is a true Saves the Day's new creation is a played by Reed Black and the organ a conventional Saves the Day other people can understand." example of what my project is pleasure to follow [Hulick's] musically sound album, though fans on three tracks played by Richard record and will appreciate this Hulick is very enthusiastic all about—thoughts and words reflection and discovery and to of the band's earlier music may be Barron. Despite the expanded musically solid, mature album that about the project. "The thing and language being translated see her work, both visual and disappointed in the direction it has instrumentation, the band mostly shows the continuing progress of a about doing a Senior Scholars into something that 's visual." intellectual, progress." taken, as is common when punk adheres to a conventional pop-song tremendously talented and creative project is that you' ve got to be For the project, Hulick is bands grow older and more mature, structure on-'the album, with alter- young band. seeking new outlets for their music. nating verses and choruses with a ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ \( £P Wa&^ EAT IN OR . SfH&Wid&tty M Spring Break 2004. TAKE OUT Travel with STS, A^n ^ ^ , America's #1 Student Tour y Operator to Jamaica, Cancun, Acapulco, Bahamas MON - FRI Lw ML ^E. A and Florida. Now hiring campus reps. } i SATURDAY Call for group discounts. 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"We get past Colby's goaltender and Tri- came out strong in the first Captain Elizabeth Riley'05, who gar- half," Williamson said, "But nered with four saves against the backed down in the last twen- Beavers. Because their shutout trend ty minutes." was broken by the Bantams this past In the second half both Saturday, the Mules overall record teams played to their full now stands at 2-1-1. potential, but it was the Elizabeth Morbeck '07 shot the Bantams that scored the win- game-winning goal into the UMF net as ning goal with only minutes Kara McCabe '05 got the assist. remaining in the second half McCabe led the Mules in points this due to fatigue and a miscom- ...... ,„ , .:. . ,.— . ... , , ,~ . . . game by tallying two goals as well. munication in the backfield. , ...... ^. ...^. ..,...... — — -r ~ Iliar .— | 0. - .. NAOMI WILSON/THE COLBY ECHO Colby's defense was strong and their "At the start or the second halt Elizabeth Morbeck '07 f ightsfor the ball in Saturdays' tough loss to Trinity ' ' • offense hungry for goals as they tram- we picked it up and played ; . . . . NOAH BAUZS/ THE COLBY ECHO pled UMF with a final score of 6-0. well until the end. If we can "This was an opportunity for us to just put it together for 90 min- work on our offense and make sure to utes we're going to have a very suc- drained from hitting the post twice," against St. Joseph's College and beat Iflinli ^ put the ball in the net," Head Coach cessful season," Williamson said. Holsten said. "I am very pleased with the Monks 3-0. Meg Cordner '07, Last week's New England Small College Athletic Conference and Jen Holsten said. "We have struggled Riley, New England Small College our team's performance, especially Laura Williamson '07 and Liz Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week volleyball setter with this team the past few years, so I Athletic . Conference Player of the that they did not give up even after Morbeck '07 scored for the Mules. Prescott leads Colby and the NESCAC in many categories. She is current- was pleased to see us end up with such Week Sept. 15, tallied five saves for Trinity scored late in the second half. The Mules will travel to ly third in the NESCAC for assists with 349 withan average of 9.97 per a decisive result." the Muies. Hopefully we will carry this attitude Middlebury, Vt. this Saturday to take game. She is also tied for first in service aces with 42 with an average of Against the Bantams, the Mules "We had opportunities in the Trinity into our next few games." on the Middlebury College Panthers at 1.20 per game. She helped Colby to a 4-0 run in their invitational tourna- were first on the board with a goal by game, but we Were emotionally Colby played again this Tuesday 11:00 a.m; : ment and was named to the All-Tournamentteam as a result. Colby tragedy: neglecting O'Brie n inducted into N.E. Hall of Fame ,r FIELD HOCKEY: Victory to play by the "rules By ERICA AYOTTE don 't get anywhere, else. It sounds Reflecting on the effect that win- streakcontinues SPORTS EDITOR corny, but there are so many things ning a national championship had on that you gain by competing on a Salem, O'Brien said, "[It] was an Continued from Page 12 we do not know. Women's basketball head coach team:.confidence, work ethic, goals, amazing accomplishment. As time instead of playing like 11 individuals," Dawn's death has made Colby a Patricia O'Brien was inducted into satisfaction, problem solving skills, passes, I appreciate the accomplish- Han described. different place. Even those here who the New England Basketball Hall of people skills and pride in represent- ments of our team that much more and The Colby defense was also a factor did not know Dawn are affected by Fame at the University of Rhode realize just how special and rare it was. in Saturday's win with their extremely her death. People don't feel safe. Not Island Sept. 19. She was honored as a There was an excitement and spirit on clean play. The defense only allowed one person I have spoken to has said member of Salem State College's The great joys I campus like never before. The pride of Trinity four penalty comers in the game, he or she feels comfortable walking 1986 women's basketball team—a being number, one out of 400-plus with zero during the entire first half. EATTHE SPREAO around campus alone now. It is scary team that won the Division HI experienced as [teams] gave the College a sense of At the same time, the Mules took By Cliff White and confusing; there are many ques- National title that year. O'Brien was a college athlete pride and accomplishment and many advantage of the Bantams' careless tions and few answers, and the Colby inducted into the Salem State Athletic fond memories to look back on." defense and drew an impressive 15 cor- universe, usually happy to be focused Hall of Fame in 1994 for the many and my love for This season will be O'Brien's ninth ners. Head Coach Marcia Ihgraham '02 This past week has been far from on the weekend's drinking activities, accomplishments she achieved during the game have year as head coach of the Mules, Over said, "They have given up a lot of cor- normal. And this will not be a normal has been turned upside-down. her tenure; she scored 1,280 points the past eight seasons, O'Brien has ners this year, so we challenged them column. My job with the Echo is to I would feel strange if I did not during her four years as a player and shaped the path accumulated a winning percent of 60 there by taking lots of shots and if the write about sports at Colby. My editor was twice named the team's Most of my career. with six post-season runs in the past tells me I pretty much have free reign Valuable Player. She was also named seven years. to discuss whatever I want, as long as It is scary and a District I Ail-American and gar- Patricia O'Brien The New England Basketball Hall We have the skill it is disgusting enough to intrigue, nered Salem's Unsung Hero Award Head Coach of Fame was founded in 2002 by Dan stupid enough to laugh at and opin- confusing; there for her efforts in 1986. Doyle, the executive director of the to beat ionated enough to be hated. are many ques- "I felt extremely honored when I Institute for International Sport. Its Middlebury. Peak Normally, Colby is the perfect setting found out that our 1986 team was ing your college. The great joys that first class of inductees ceremony last to inspire just the sort of tongue-in- tions and few being recognized by the New I experienced as a college athlete October included men's basketball physical condi- cheek, obnoxious, arrogant banter answers , and the England Basketball Hall of Fame," and my love for the game have head coach Richard Whitmore. This tion will make all that readers laugh over and then for- O'Brien said. shaped the path of my career. You hall of fame will honor only players, get. For those of you who were Colby universe "Playing collegiate basketball really learn about being a part of coaches and others who were involved the difference. expecting that this week, I apologize. has been turned was an incredible experience for something that is bigger than your- with basketball in New England. I can 't bring myself to write anything me," she remembered. "The cama- self and I am a much better person Brittney Lazar '04 like that in the immediate wake of upside-down. raderie is something that you just for it." Co-Captain such a tragic event. I've got something more important to say. It's about Dawn Rossignol '04. Sailing starts out strong, finishes second shot wasn't there trying to draw a foul." Most of us like to refer to this little bring sports into my column, as inap- This game plan definitely proved Utopia of a campus we have here as propriate as it may be. Sports are effective and took Trinity off their game. the Colby "bubble." As a metaphor, I weird things; they are laughable for held on such differing bodies of water expensive equipment. This year 's bud- Saturday the Mules will travel to By ALEXA LINDAUER think it's strikingly accurate. Students the simplicity of their aim, yet they as lakes open seas and harbors. get has already been spent simply in Vermont to take on the Middlebury CONTRIBUTING WRITER , here arc far removed from anything are such a vital factor to many peo- The sailing club practices on the making necessary repairs to the J Y-15s. College Panthers in their first NESCAC particularl y earth-shattering. Most of ples' happiness. Sports are remarkable nearby Messalonskee Lake, where they While regattas arc free to enter, travel road trip. Middlebury has always proved us arc from comfortably rich families, in how they allow people to enjoy life Saturday signified the official start maintain two 16-foot-long JY-15s. The expenses add up. Allen said, "They 've to be a formidable opponent, this year and we, for the most part, feel that if so much more. of the season for the Colby Corinthian club hopes to expand their fleet to [the College] made it very difficult to being no exception with the team ranked we happen to get in a jam , our fami- Like each life, each game is unique- Yacht Club, as the team traveled to the do fund-raising," citing that the club is in the top 10 in the nation, and Colby lies and their money will be able to ly different, and its outcome largely University of New Hampshire for the not allowed to post requests for dona- worked hard this week to turn the tides bail us out. What we have up here in unknown. But sports give us more def- New England Intercollegiate Sailing tions online or contact alumni for finan- of disappointing recent years. rural Maine is a giant cushioned inition than life. Paramount and sacro- Association 's Eastern Series One [The College] cial support . Middlebury, however, plays on a turf loony-room, where we're allowed to sanct to the success of sports are ru les. Regatta. Facing tough competition made it very dif- The team is comprised of 3H mem- field , so tire Mules spent some practice have as much beer as wc can drink They provide a structure upon which from the host team, as well as Bowdoin bers, however, only those with si gnifi- time in the field house this week to and get away with pretty much any- strategy can be formed, performance College and Tufts University, the Colby ficult to do cant racing experience are able to adjust to the faster surface. Despite play- thing our bore d and stoned minds can can be rated and contcstsfcan be decid- team placed second overall , with Tufts fundraising. I'd compete. Although not all members can ing on grass at home, Colby is a fairly come up with. In a way, up here we ed. Everything is much clearer and emerging as the winner. participate in the regattas, the club is strong turf team and turns the potential feel like little princes ,and princesses, simpler in sports, and when things do Beating out in-state rival Bowdoin like to see the open to all who are interested. "You can disadvantage into an advantage by capi- powerful , invincible and invulnerable . become complicated, it is easy to put was especially noteworthy, where sail- still go out and have fun ," Allen said. talizing on their speed. But what happened to Dawn them in perspective, and laugh at the ing is a varsity sport. As Commodore sport here grow Members who aren't able to compete "1 know we have the skill and the pas- changed all that. Death always hurts, intensity of energy used on something Christian Allen '05 said, "Bowdoin is a significantly. are welcome to practice. sion to beat Middlebury, so making sure especiall y when it happens unexpect- that , when looked at in retrospect, huge sailing school." Each school For the past several years, the wc iire in peak physical condition and pay- edly and to the young. But most of the appears so insignificant. enters two boats carrying two people Christian Allen '05 Sailing Club has struggled to gain ing attention to Ihe little details will make time, we can always place a reason In the end, what draws us to sports is which compete in eight races, The Commodore recognition and interest on campus. all the difference this year," Luzar said. behind it. Car crashes, cancer and hur- their distinct fairness. Some games are scores are added for an overall total. Allen 's goal is to "get the club mov- I Ian agreed, "Middlebury does not ricanes, to name a few, are all largely blowouts, some are decided on a single Colby entered a second team as well, ing," and hopefull y make it a varsity know what they have coming." The unstoppable unci leave no mystery call, and some games get called for rain, which placed above both UNI I teams. include larger 25-loot hoats in the sport in the future , "Ideall y I'd like to Mules will continue working together behind to haunt the living. They are Over time, life will return to "nor- The club will travel to Bates College, future. However, the school allots the see the sport here grow significantl y," and capitalizing on all their .strengths in acts of God or nature. We enn find mal" up on Mayllower Hill. Until and Bowdoin, Tufts and the University of team $1,800 a year, which Is a small ho .said. this weekend to tiy to improve their catharsis in saying, "There was noth- after that time has occurred, let us put in Southern Maine for regattas which are budget for a sport that requires such record to 6-0. ing we could have done," and we to perspective whatever holds impor- move on with our lives. tance in our lives, laugh at their absur- But a car crash, a (ire or a disease dity, and put a little more love and Freedom Cafe's did not kill Dawn. She was killed , with commitment into them for the comfort intention , by another person and less they provide. Hermitage House Meet MARK. than n mile away from campus. How, A unique and beautifully appointed An AVON Opportunity ! secluded place for jour relaxation! Earn the $$$ you are looking for ! You make the schedule! 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Becky Evans '04, of tough training and arrived at the Emily Arell '04 and Karen Prisby '07 University of Massachusetts- swept the competition and proved that Dartmouth in less-than-peak condi- By RYAN GLENNON of our team. trol, as backs captain Nate Mylrea '05 The men's and women's cross as the season progresses they could tion. However, they had learned their ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The men won their match with the kicked for points off two UMF penal- country teams left the University of very well appear in the varsity's top lesson in pacing from last week's loss University of Maine-Farmington 16- ties. This brought Colby to an 11-0 Massachusetts-Dartmouth Invitational seven. The team demonstrated the to Bowdoin and Laval and ran a This Saturday the Colby men's and 0. Captain Ryan Lochhead '04 said, lead. Paul Robertson '04 took a run- very satisfied with themselves. The program 's depth by also putting smarter race this past Saturday, They women's rugby teams opened up their "Farmington is traditionally one of ning start as he carried the ball 20 men finished sixth overall and the Elizabeth Turner '07, Anna Somo '04 ran under control, but the fatigue from season at home at the "Swamp." Both our toughest competitors. They play yards weaving in and around desper- women took home fifth. Both teams and Elizabeth Coogan '07 in spots six the workouts earlier in the week took teams are the reigning Maine State as hard, if not harder than, any team in ate Beaver defenders as he walked his endured the hot, sticky conditions and through eight respectively. Prisby their toll, and the runners began to Champions and look forward to the Downeast division." Colby, way into the try zone for another five came away with positive results. posted a new personal record, and fade around the three-mile mark. defending the title, but such a presti- Bowdoin, Bates College, the points, sealing the victory for Colby. Women's Coach Debra Aitken was Turner enjoyed the highest finish of However, Peyton McElyea '05 had his gious honor can make staying at the University ofMaine-Orono, UMF and Backs Jon Evans '04 and Eric pleased with the result, an improve- her young career. usual fantastic performance, posting a top of the pile treacherous. Babson College compose the division. Brockmeyer '06 played well, running ment from last year's sixth-place out- As far as the New England Small time of 26:41 over 8,040 meters Both teams started with a little dif- UMF, as expected, came out fierce- fast and hitting hard helping Colby come. Karina Johnson '05 delivered College Athletic Conference is cqn- (5.025 miles) earning twenty-second ficulty as their opponents came out once again as the top Colby harrier, place overall. Tri-Captain Eric fast and hard. The women surprised earning twelfth place with a time of Reinauer took 27, and Jeff Alden '07 themselves as they went down 12-0 18:29 over the five-kilometer course. came in 34. quickly to Bowdoin College, which Jessica Minty '06 followed four We are focusing on The Mules continue to look for- came out pressing hard right from the seconds behind in fourteenth, enough getting the most out ward to the championship races at the start with their patented "looping" to improve her personal record by 35 end of the season, rather than get technique. The Colby defense held seconds. Hillary Easter '06 also cut of practice so when caught up in the outcome of invita- their ground as the Bowdoin offense her fastest time by 22 seconds, com- it comes time for the tionals and dual meets. inched their way deep into Mule terri- ing in thirty-sixth overall. "The meets in the beginning of the tory. Unfortunately, a Bowdoin rugger Though she has had much experi- championship season don't really matter that much. broke through the line scoring a try ence with middle distance ' running, meets, we'll be in They are fun to race in, and give us and kicking for the extra points, Tri-:Captain Mary Phelps l 04 had not some idea of where we are in our putting them ahead 7-0. run a competitive cross country race peak condition. training, but if we put too much After the half, Bowdoin came out until this past Saturday. In her debut, emphasis on them and go in 100 per- and scored another quick try, but she surprised her coach and her team- Eric Reinauer '04 cent rested, our long term training suf- missed the extra points. This would be mates with her 6:20 average mile Tri-Captain fers," Reinauer explained. "Right now the last time Bowdoin would score, time, coming off a bout with anemia. we are focusing on getting the most leaving them with a 12-0 lead. Colby Though they are more known for out of practice so when it comes time got on the board when they capitalized being hill runners, Allison Cogbill cerned, the Colby women still have for the championship meets at the end dn Bowdoin confusion in the ,try zone. '07, Kirsten Davis '07 and <4ri- work to do to catch up with. Trinity of the season we'll be peak condi- Kendra King '06 kicked for the two Captain Elizabeth Turnbull '04 helped College and Amherst College, both of tion," he said. extra points, closing the gap to 5. As JUSTIN DEPRE/THE COLBY ECHO keep Colby competitive on this rela- which are nationally ranked. Amherst, Tufts and Williams the injuries accumulated and the A Women ruggers ruck over the ball. tively flat course. However, it is Very early in the season College continue to be the frontrun- side began to slowly change up, but Colby also entered several runners to be counting any team out. Aitken ners in the NESCAC, but men's head Sarah Belden '06 broke her way ly as they pushed their way deep into earn its first win towards another in the women's sub-varsity division. feels comfortable thus far, seeing her coach Todd Coffin '83 was very through multiple tackles as Bowdoin Colby territory. With a lot of penalties Maine State Championship. Lochhead The Mules dominated this event, win- team "in the thick of things." enthusiastic about the team's standing. players bounced off of her as she and some tough play by the Beavers, explained that in order "to win our made it all the way to the one-yard Colby had to fend off UMF deep in division and go to [the] line. Colby got the ball back as King their own zone for the first ten min- Northeastern's, we have to win all five placed a massive hit on a Bowdoin utes of play. of our games, so getting this first win Dazzlin' Asses back in business rugger, forcing a fumble so Jackie John , Wheelock . '06 helped get under our belts was a big step on the Dao '05 could scoop it up and run it in Colby out of some tough situations road to having a successful season." for the try to tie the game at 12. Back with his strategic kicking, until unfor- The women play home on Sunday captain Brittany Kureth '04 comment- tunately he was sidelined with a leg at the Swamp against a tough ed on the come-from-behind save: injury for the second half. Plymouth State team at 11:00 a.m. The "Even though we were down 12 noth- Mutumwapavi Vengesayi '06 scored men will take on Bates in Lewiston, ing, we were able to persevere and the first try for Colby getting them on Me. at 1:00 p.m., also on Sunday. come back. It says a lot about the heart the board. Colby began to take con- Tough times ahead as Golf continues to struggle; in home tournament Saturday Aschaffenburg '06 finished with' 80, consistent play among their top play- By LARRY DAGROSA 84 and 88 respectively. "We should ers. "To be competitive we need our CONTRIBUTING WRITER have played better than that on our top guys shooting in the high seven- home course," Younker said about ties low eighties," Younker said. Coming off a disappointing open- Sunday's performance. "We don't The Waterville Country Club is a ing tournament, the Colby golf team play the back nine that often , which hilly par 70 that has the reputation of looked to regain their form as they does lessen the advantage of playing being a forgiving course. It did not, played host to the annual Sidd Fan however, play that way for the invitational at the Waterville Mules, who on Sunday found the Country Club last weekend. With We should have unexpectedly fast greens detrimental another strong field, including to their short game. Though the team Bowdoin College, Husson College, played better Finished last, they played somewhat St. Joseph's College and the than that on our consistent and much better than the University of Southern Maine, this weekend before. MICHAEL WOLK/THE COIDY ECHO Colby s' ultimate Frisbee team, the Dazzlin 'Asses , went 4-1 in their host tournament Sunday, losing only to UMO year 's tournament saw some excel- home course. This weekend the Mules wrrl face in the championship game, as they beat Bates College, Unity College twice and the University of New England. lent golf. We don't play some of their toughest competition at Husson led the pack with two of the New England Small Conference Spring Break 2004 ! their player finishing in the top five, the back nine tournament , held at Williams Travel " with Beach Life Vacations! while St. Joseph's Joe Manganaro '05 that often. College in Williamstown , Mass. This America 's Best Student Tour ACT NOW! Book 11 people, get __J^^HTfl-M__K^-UnT'_P___ Pl^KrTflTl L._l shot an incredible two under 68 to is a very strong group, and with the Operator! m U frce - iSii tne °ffi cia NESCAC title on the line everyone the 12 'P ^ ' take the lowest score of the day. 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A ¦' ¦' • . @ NESCAC Tournament disasters; this game was lost at theline good rushing day for Stepka ' @ Williams . .'- . . of scrimmage. Trinity's offensive and was usually tantamount to a • Volleyball defensive lines dominated Colby from Colby win. This offense @ MJT invitational the start of the game. The Bantam allowed the Mules to control • Men's Tennis defense forced two fumbles and the flow of the game and sus- @ ITA Regional @ MIT sacked quarterback B.L. Lippert '04 tain long drives, keeping the • Field Hockey four times. Lippert never had much of defense off the field and fresh. @ Middlebury College an opportunity to throw throughout However, this ideal situation • Women's Soccer the entire game. Nial DeMena '07 was far from what happened @ Middlebury: College scored the lone touchdown for the on the field Sept. 20. • Men's Soccer Mules with only 3:30 remaining. Special teams were the first @ Middlebury College The Trinity defense was stellar in to make a major mistake. Early • Men'sCross Country stopping the run. The Bantams, who in the first quarter the snap @ Bates Invitational last year tied for the New England sailed high over the head of • Women's Cross Country Small College Championship with a punter and place kicker John @ Bates Invitational record of 7-1, had to contain A1I- Goss '06. All Goss could do • Football American running back Aaron Stepka was fall on the football. @ Middlebury College '05 if they wanted to control the game. The botched punt led to a SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 Trinity did just that by holding Stepka Trinity field goal. Late in the ' ¦ . • Golf , to 52 yards on 20 canies and by hold- second half the snap was NAOMI WILSON/THE COLBY ECHO '07 NESCAC Tournament ing the entire Colby offense to just again offline. Goss could have Colby falls short as Trinity escapes with a 30-6 victory. Nidi DeMena was the only Mule to put points on the board. @ Williams 154 yards total. gotten the punt off, but he • Men's Tennis The Mules' inability to run cost seemed to panic and tried to run with Members of the Colby defense, Bantam rushers sprinted by. we will face all year and will go far in @ ITA Regional @ MIT them against a very talented Trinity it and was tackled short of the first although they played solidly in the The Colby defense was helped by the league." WED NESDAY, OCT. I team that has lost little power since down. This second botched punt left first half, were victimized by Trinity's three holding penalties against the There are many problems that • Golf last season's championship run, and the Bantams in excellent field position great field position. They seemed Bantams that erased one touchdown Colby football will have to address @ IMF Invitational looks to challenge the always-favored with just minutes left in the first half. fatigued in the second half. Trinity and two passes of at least 50 yards, during the week if the Mules hope to @ Belgrade Amherst College and Williams Trinity scored a touchdown and the capitalized on the opponents' wearU which would have given Trinity first beat Middlebury College on Saturday. • Men's Soccer College for a second-straight league extra point as they took a 10-O lead ness as the Mules missed several tack- and goal. Lippert said, "Trinity will Last season the Panthers squeezed out vs; USM @ 4 p.m. title. Trinity's Greg Tanner '04 was into the locker room. les and were often left flat footed as likely be one of the best defenses that a 17-14 win against the Mules.. Another undefeated weekend f or volleyball Mules soccer starts strong and stops a for a 3-1 match win. , . an unconventional team,, and that we By ERICA AYOTTE "We started off very slowly against had to be ready for any type of ball late comeback by Trinity for a tie game SPORTS EDITOR Trinity and it took us a while to ... run coming back over the net. Our main a good passing game and a fluid focus was moving our feet and mak- By NAT BROWN to give in," Coach Mark Serdjenian away with a tie, [but] this year we Colby volleyball posted another offense," Henley said. "We were moti- ing every pass perfect so we could run CONTRIBUTING WRITER said. know we had our clear chances to win, undefeated weekend Sept. 19 and 20 vated by our loss to Trinity last year some combination plays and mix up "Once we scored our second goal I and we are upset we didn't take at a New England Small College after winning the first two games and our offense. Every single person on After 90 minutes of regulation, plus didn't think that we would give up two advantage of them. As a team we will Athletic Conference tournament at the team got a chance to see a lot of two 10-minute overtime periods, the jn less than a half," Boccuzzi said. But build off this game and realize we Bowdoin College after losing to Bates time against Conn , and everyone real- Colby men's soccer team walked off our team defense lapsed for about 15 must stay focused for the entire 90 College 2-3 Sept . 17. The Mules faced We were moti- ly stepped it up." their home field with a hard-fought 2- minutes and Trinity capitalized. We minutes," Boccuzzi said. rival schools Wesleyan University, "I was really proud of the team for 2 tie against the Trinity College had our chances to win, hitting three or The Mules will travel to Vermont to Trinity College and Connecticut vated by our not getting down after losing both the Bantams. The draw left the Mules in four posts and having a couple break play against the Middlebury College College during the two-day event. loss to Trinity first game to Wesleyan and the first fourth place in the New England away chances in the overtime periods," Panthers in an important NESCAC Colby first took on Wesleyan in a game to Trinity," Parent said. "We Small College Athletic Conference Though a tie may not have been the game Saturday at 11:00 a.m. The Friday night match up. The Cardinals last year. It was rebounded well and started playing a three games into the season , best result, it still leaves them in excel- Panthers, who are tied for first in the forced Colby to five games, but the all about pay- little harder and a little smarter. Trying to carry over their momen- lent shape to start the season. With a 1- conference with a 2-0-0 record (4-0-0 Mules stayed on top in the 3-2 win (22- However, I am not excited about the tum from their win against Bates 0-1 record in the NESCAC , the Mules overall), have been on a tear this sea- 30, 30-2 1, 27-30, 30-22, 15-11). If more back. fact that we 'slow-started' both matches College last week, the Mules got off to have begun the season on the right son. They have yet to allow a single than three games are necessary for a because that is going to cost us matches a great start, courtesy of Brian Kelly foot. Their defense was solid, the goaj- goal in four games, while scoring 14 , match, the first four games are played to Alyssa Henley '04 down the line unless we fix it." '05 . and Chris Rodgers '06. Kelly keeping has been excellent and the goals overall and four goals in 30 points, while game five is played to Captain Although Colby won all three scored off of a Rodgers' assist just 3:35 offense has kicked into high gear. NESCAC play. 15 points, still with rally scoring. matches, the Mules did not live up to into the game, and Colby ended the In just two conference games, the "Our hope is to be healthy and play "Wesleyan is a very scrappy team their potential , according to Parent. "I first half on top 1-0. Mules have managed to equal their hard. We'll need to come out strong with a few strong hitters so we really feel as though we endured but did not The second hal f started in much the NESCAC goal total from all of last and start fast against Middlebury as had to focus on anticipating where dropping the last three. It was all excel at any point," she said. same way, as Ryan Boccuzzi '05 year. Colby has also surpassed their we've done in our previous games," they were going to place balls and also about payback." After yesterday 's game against scored his fifth goal of the season, with record from last year. Serdjenian said. work on mixing up our offense," "We played Trinity on Saturday CBB rival Bowdoin, Ihe Mules will Kelly picking up the assist lo give the "The difference is [that] last year Captain Alyssa Henley explained. and just were so flat, which reall y soon be on the road to Cambridge, M ules a 2-0 lend. we would have been happy to come "The entire match was very inconsis- surprised and disappointed me," Mass., where they will compete at the Trinity wasn 't about tent in terms of tempo, with a mixture Head Coach Candice Parent Massachusetts Institute of Technology to give in, however, and of fast points and long rallies, so it explained. "We rebounded and start- Invitational Sept. 26 and 27. "This is a made it 2-1 just 3:30 was difficult to keep momentum. But ed to offensively play pretty well, select tournament where onl y top- after Colby 's second we did a great job of maintaining our and Trinity just folded." ranked schools from last season and goal. The Bantams fed composure and energy and that helped Connecticut College was Colby's schools that partici pated in the off of the change in us pull it out in the end," she said . third and final victim, with thu Mules N.C.A.A tournament were invited ," momentum and scored The Mules faced Trinity in their overcoming the Camels in an embar- Parent explained. "We finished ranked the tying goal less than first game on Saturday and dropped rassing 30-14, 30-22, 30-20 sweep. ei ghth in New England lasl year, so two minutes after their that game to the Bantams 21-30. "Our serving was definitely a key we were invited." In Colby 's pool are first goal, Iloth the However, the desire for retribution factor in the Conn, match and it Wellesley College, Johnson and Wales Colby and Trinity gave Colby enough power to win the enabled us to make key runs," I lenley University and Eastern University. defenses buckled down next three gnines 30-18, 30-22, 30-15 explained. "We knew that Conn, was alter that , as neither team was able lo find the back of the net for Movin' on up: field hockey 19th in Nation the rest of the game. "After it got to 2-2, wc didn 't fold. Overall, scoring the other two of ' By AMY CRONIN the team s tion with the coaching stall'has also been 1 thought wc played a CONTRIBUTING WRITER three goals. She scored the unassisted outstanding Ibis season, "We work hard good game. Towards game-winner in the middle of the first together cvciy day at practice, and wc the end , guys were NAOMI WII.S0N/1IIK COUIV MHO '07 as both teams battle for a NESCAC win. half and added an insurance goal in the support each other on and oil' the field. tired, but mentall y we 'trinity gets personal with John McCornuick The Colby field hockey team second half oil' an assist from Gilbert. This relationship creates an atmosphere were tough enough not remains undefeated after beating the Bonner tallies seven goals so far this that is a combination of fun and dedica- Trinity College Bantams 3-1 in their season. tion , and it has certainl y contributed to second New lingland Small College Co-Captains Britlney Uizar '04 and our undefeated record," Eazar said. Athletic Conference game of the sea- Injoo Han '04 believe that the team This camaraderie was definitely evi- INSIDE SPORTS son. The Mules played with intensity chemistry of Colby field hockey has dent on Saturday in Colby's victory ver- Devastator for Ihe duration of the contest, and the been a huge factor in their success this sus Trinity. The Mules' passing game Kim Prescott '04 sets up volleyball as they score reflected this effort. season. "Only having lost a few seniors was right on target , unci every player was Sari Gilbert '04 scored her first goal to graduation, we are very much u close- running onto Ihe hall , switching fields continue to steamroll the competition, PAGE IO of the season only five minutes into the knit team, and 1 think that really shows and using the sidelines. game off iin assist from Michaelyn in our play," Hun explained, "The game on Saturday really Rumbte in the Swamp Bortolotti '05, Ail-Americun forward Doth' captains stress that not only is showed how Wc gel together us a team Rugby teams fair well in season openers Wendy Bonner '05 was once again u the communication among pluyers on Saturday, PAOEII significant contributor fipr the Mules, Ihe teum excellent, but that Ihe interac- Continued,on Page 10 PAGE ,ti PAGE 10