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Alien iLaPan and; Ms Post Office loonies* See page 3. test on Saturday and Sunday." BY JASON PHILLIPS " It was really annoying," said Ben Free- StaffWriter man '95 who was in the Chem 142 test. "I was pretty ready to take the test. Rumor says that Anyone near the.science complex last Fri- someone in the class did it, but they'd have to day between 10:30 a,m. and 10:45 a.m. would be pretty stupid." have seen bewildered tour guides, orange Kylie Taphorn '96 gave an admissions tape and the science complex turned into a tour to prospective students that day at 2:30 virtual "No man's land." p.m., while the Keyes, Mudd and Arey build- At 9 a.m. on Friday, April 2nd, the ings were still closed. Waterville 911 control center was called and "Usually I take my tours through all three told that a bomb was going to go off at 11 a.m. science buildings," said Taphorn. "I had to in one of the science buildings at Colby, ac- completely detour off my tour route.I tried to cording to Sergeant Massey of the Waterville be light about it and make a joke, but I think Police Department. it definitely would have affected my first Safety and Security was not notified of the impressions of the school." call until 10 a.m., and the evacuation of the 'The Physical Plant and the custodial staff buildings began at 10:30 a.m., according to were a big help in securing the area," said John Frechette, director of Safety and Secu- Frechette. Students fleeKeyes. photo by Eric Thoreson rity. A second call was made to the 911 opera- Some faculty and students werenot evacu- tions center at 10:30 a.m. warning of the bomb. ated until close to 10:45, only 15 minutes Both of the calls were traced to on-campus nated or if someone claimed responsibility The phones were fingerprinted, accord- before the bomb was scheduled to detonate. for it, said Special Agent¦ Gerald of ing to Massey, who would not disclose any phones, according to Massey. ¦¦ ¦¦ Mahoney¦• , 'It was more annoying than anything else," ¦ theFBi: . •¦- '• .* . "" - " • - further information. ' \7- The WatetVilte Polfcie Dept. is handling said Professor of Chemistry Wayne Smith the primary investigation, but the Federal Some science faculty volunteered to help "No students were asked to stay insidethe who was in the midst of administering a test Bureau of Investigation is providing any search thebuildingbecause, "there area lot of buildings, but some did help by keeping to his Chem 142 class when the building was needed support. No device was found, ac- laboratory rooms and they know the building people away from the outside of the build- evacuated: 'The net result was that I had to cording to Frechette. Making a bomb threat is the best," said Frechette. ings," said Massey. make up another test, cancel a lab section and not a federal offense. It would only be a President Bill Cotter declined to comment No one has claimed responsibility for the the majors' reception, and readminister the federal offense if a bomb was actually deto- on the issue because of the pending investiga- threat, and no one was willing to speculate on tion. a motive.Q Meet your new Stu-A Colby in flames draw lots of people* keep in closer touch with the well of Roberts Union on Saturday BYELIZABMH MiHdir is also thinking ahead to clubs, and put my 2 cents in ow BY WHITNEY GLOCKNER News Editor night, April 3. Two students who HEBBEBT the next schooK year."Fm exited j S3v»b$ that corn e up at were nearby extinguished the fire, said StaffVtvitw about forking with the new Stu» President*^council/ Barry, according to Frechette. Two bulle- UUMMUUUiWiWUkUMMMMUMWUMMUWMUMMUUt In the past week three fires have A.Thwe's a Iotof work to bedone/' Bawy also hopes to institute tin boards were destroyed . The Student Association tStu- said Miller* a plan by whkh club budgets blazed on the Colby campus. The first fire was on March 30 on As of yet, no one has been impli- A) $late of candidates for $3.&4 *I hope to brfnjg cha«ge$to the will be allottedbased on pa$t cated or has claimed responsibility jtav$ been clwert, In n tflose n jtrea9ury,increa$ecl«bactivity<and performance^) „ . the second floor of Mary Low. It vote Win in the xuifoff, Marmel was in a trash can near the kitchen, Mateo '$4ari d Bbririfa Johnson 4M according to John Frechette, direc- became the new Stu-A ^resident Results 1993-1994 tor of Safety and Security. xVIJ. TiXIXQQ artd Vii»fmUert. &u*A $<H&d The fire was extinguished by two April 2 Election: students who saw it while it was [fires] Chaw vrtl* be tatehasl % Mttc* Jon Blau and Marc Rubin April 6 run-off are '9$. Treasure*wen t to Bute* Baity Marinel Mateo and Bonnie still small. (378 votes) The second fire occurred Friday tinder %4Md Okttttttl Chaft went to the Marinel Mateo and Johnson (355) ttttottteted K*bba Toltort *n. Jon Blau and Marc Rubin night, April 2, on the second floor of Bonnie Johnson (217) Miller Library. The fire was started investigation*" "i achtd like t Won Publishers Kendra King and Ken Lee (344) Clearing: House. I'm in shocty r with a fireworks device set on a pile w (214) of papers, according to Frechette. $a}d Mateo, ** *W» a iwaHy t%ht Alex Moody and Dee Loew ^Jokn Frechette * The Waterville Fire Department tfw& she M$& *A M of pMpH (172) dldrt't Vdfo^ Sh* ift loOkJiwg: tito* IiiiiiiiiiiiiiS ' arrived on the scene and ventilated the building to get the smoke out, wattf ta meeting the Commons total voters:981 President? at the Inawgwal Pitt* according to Firefighter Ray Poulin. for the fires. ^^§mmiM$MMMMM' m The only damage done was to the 'The one [fire] in Miller and tht ' Tdbert tfrtid that mrthlng im* Commons President and V.P. lllljlllllll^lllllj rug, said Frechette. one in Roberts clearly had a human t>j>]poa<!<Jtook away some of the for 1993-94 "It wasn't very exciting," said element involved." said Frechette. "All three are under investigation." swtMpat toMm!*il wastft j>$y<?hed lliliiliiliflllillill |i Mike Antoneiello .'94 who was in mtiUnmhtxtouMYhtntomi Lovejoy : Joff Dunlap*96 and the library the night of the fire. " I Safetyand Security has increased official * Ann Savago '96 Bi^Ki^Si^8| just helped get people out of the their foot patrol team. Tolbcrt to already Working on Mnry Low: Drew Sorbin '94 building and went back after to see Most of the campus is well !<%$ f at tta ixpcwMi-ttg s«h«oJ and Doan Snoll '95 the damage." sprinkled, but checks are being ^^^^^^^^ Hl made on the system, according to yA*n *3UI «txtitot*l worn tirn** Chaplin: Erik Kemp '94 ond There was only a small amount Hav»t to be Ottatfonfct* they <tut Michael Carey *96 ^^i^^^^^Hl of fire visible from outside the li- Frechette. t»& tm" wUi Tolbesfy^Vho hojpea Johnson: Jonn Wolff'94 nnd liiiiliii iiiHiI brary, according to Antoneiello. Stu- All three of the fires could have to schedule <?u1tuwa wwk with Brian Raffetto '95 dents were re-admitted later* that been very dangerous," said «ty>$& brtate ap^t&Xy" that vMl evening. Frechette. "Anyone with informa- The third fire was in the stair- tion is urged to come forward ."Q Administrators Safety and Senior wins $12 K Securit y hire help Scholarshi p Colby Senior Lynn Furrow is and their in wake of one of two recipients of the Saint Andrew's Scholarship. The Schol- destruction arship is awarded to two students salaries: Additional securityagentshave of Scottish decent from colleges in been hired by the college in response the northeast, according to Furrow. Bill Cotter to the recent events at Colby, ac- Furrow received $12,000 to study at The Price is Right President $182, 132 cording to John Frechette, director the University of Edinburgh for one of safety and security. Security year. Furrow plans to study in the Lawrence Pugh agents from MB1 Security in Port- East AsianDepartment concentrat- Chairman of the Board $0.00 land have been hired to supple- ing on.Chinese women and the ef- ment the usual Colby agents, ac- fects British missionaries on their Gerald Holtz cording to Frechette. Frechette de- position in society, according to Vice Chairman $0.00 : clined to comment on whether or Furrow who is.an.East Asian Stud- not Colby security agents were ies Major with a minor in Chinese. Peyton Helm asked to work overtime prior to the W.G. V.P. of Development and hiring of the additional agents. It Alumni Relations $99,521 has not yet been determined how Geology lab in ... long the MBI agents will be em- Bob MacArthur ployed for, according to Frechette. Dana? Dean of Faculty $103,188 W.G. Jason Spooner '95 was met with a rather unpleasant surprise in his Arnie Yasinski Anyone know chili on Monday at lunch in Dana. Administrative V.P. $93,600 While chomping on a bowl of chili, anythin g about Spooner discovered a small pebble Earl Smith the bikes in in his lunch, he said. Dean of the College $85,688 "You should have seen the look Woodman? on his face when he found it," said Parker Beverage Several bikes in the Woodman Jed Dunkerley '95 who was present , Dean of Admissions and Finan- basement had their tires slashed, at the table.