New alcohol policy approved for this fall
Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire speaks to student Conference examines issues By ANNIE KEARNEY ASST. NEWS EDITOR
involvement in global humanitarian issues of genocide the world over A new point system for enforcing current alcohol policy violations, as rience as the commander of the UN and saw the same eyes as those of his to students, a few committed profes- well as new fines attached to the By STEVEN WEINBERG assistance mission in Rwanda and three-year-old son. They are, "both By STEVEN WEINBERG sors, the many sponsoring clubs and offenses, will be implemented starting EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Uganda during the Rwandan geno- human children, both exactly the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF departments and President William Sept. 1, 2005. The new point system, cide, arid cited modern examples of samel That is one of my pressures," D. Adams. which assigns a set number of "points" Aiming to "light a fire" in the humanitarian atrocities in Darfur, he said. Taking the Rwandan genocide of Vice President for Student Affairs for each offense, is the result of nearly hearts and souls of Colby students Sudan, to stress that the Westphalian In another example ofthe horrors of the 1990s as a jumping-off point and Dean of Students Janice seven months of work on the part of about humanitarian issues around the model of nation-states working in Rwanda and the difficulty his forces for a wider discussion of humani- Kassman responded to what Akturk the College Affairs Committee, which globe, Lt. General Romeo Dallaire their own self, interest needs rethink- had acting as referees, he described the tarian issues described a minor was asked by the Trustee Working spoke to a packed crowd at Page ing. time a sergeant of his was surrounded around the world, administrative pres- Group this fall to find a way to dis- Commons this past Saturday night as "Are all humans human?" Dallaire and fired upon by Hutu child-soldiers the Shadows of ence at the confer- courage multiple offenses. the keynote speaker at the asked near the middle of his speech to protected by a human shield of preg- Rwanda When the geno- ence by saying she Students on the committee were Shadows of Rwanda §&,_ contrast the international nant young women. Conference was busy that week- Anthony-Mitchell-Schupf President ^^^^ cide happened Conference. * H]%N responses to civilian deaths in "Do you kill children who kill? brought films, end returning from Pat Semmens '05, Dana Hall President JimM^-*' " In the speech, §mjj& ^^°~ *" the former republics of Who are drugged up and not fully panel discussions 11 years ago another conference, Michael Klaus '07, Alfond Apartment and many other Representative Jessica Foster '05, Dallaire stressed the ^%^*" t * Yugoslavia to those in conscious of what they are doing? and guest speakers people claimed - , "~ F deans were busy at Student Government Association changing global * «^ | Rwanda. Drawing on possible What do you do? Can you live with to Colby this past dynamic after the end ' { "^f racial and post-colonial preju- what the decision is?" he said of the weekend. The they didn 't some of the other President Cat Welch '05, Tim , t " "* S dices, the lieutenant general split-second choices his sergeant had conference was campus events that Newhouse '05, Andras Rozmer '05, of the Cold War % ' ? know...[now] , describing the pre- Jfei asked how countries could to make. organized by weekend. "We all and Carolyn Findeisen '06. Faculty ^ g. sent day as '£f value the lives of their citizens In moments such as this one Colby for no one can thought it was a members were Associate Professor of the, "era^ag "f4 over others. throughout the speech, Dallaire's Humanity, a club claim they wonderful event." Music Steven Nuss, Adjunct Assistant o f Jim J~ Perhaps the most stirring surprisingly soft-toned rhetorical not officially rec- don't know. she said. Professor of Physical Education and \ \ 7 moments of the speech style, which found its way into jokes ognized by the Kassman also said Athletics Heidi Godomsky, Senior ~ ~ ' "" came and anecdotes of his youth growing College until this that Director of Associate Dean of Students Paul irk I - ''"' - *-- ( Huseyin Akturk '07 "' ' < "' when up in Quebec towards the beginning, past Tuesday Student Activities, Johnston, Vice President for Student &m I j ** % President, Colby for Humanity llk l ff t Jv\ gave way to more somber and seri- because of dis- Kelly Wharton, Affairs and Dean of Students Janice HhflSk , ' , ^f f aA ous words. agreements over allowed Colby for Kassman, and Carter Professor of Throughout the speech, the lieu- the club constitu- Humanity to use one Mathematics Tom Berger. a A A$i& tenant general gave advice for stu- tion. of her account numbers for the time "What we wanted to do was put dents to get involved in changing the "When the genocide happened 11 leading up to the conference. The existing policies regarding alcohol in ^^^^^^^ at that point not being official- one place to make it as clear as possi- world. As a child of the sixties, years ago people claimed they didn't club, Dallaire noted how he "believes in know," Huseyin Akturk '07, ly approved, had no account number ble. We also wanted a system that undergraduates taking a very defini- President of Colby for Humanity and of its own and thus had nowhere to would discourage multiple offenses," tive role in our society." one of the main organizers of the put money it received for conference Kassman said. To that end, committee gned all existing viola- ^^^^^^fe^ Dallaire His advice to students towards the conference along with Victoria related expenses. members assi , end of his speech was to get involved Caicedo '07, said. Now, he added, The conference attracted attendees tions points, and they made all fines agl|P^ . reflected .on his in non-govemmental organizations "no one ex claim thjey don'tjgigw.'y from all, over the East Coast and related to alcohol set at' $100, which fflr time in Rwanda dur- (NGOs), "harass" public officials and In addition to . raising awareness Canada. Other undergraduates came meant lowering the unpopular $250 B ing the genocide. To businessman about these issues and, over the Rwandan genocide, Akturk fr om Bates, Bowdoin, Middebury, open container fine, though it raised a illustrate his continual most importantly, to just get involved. said he hoped the conference might and Wheaton colleges as well as sev- the $50 underage consumption fine. point of the common "Go beyond borders. Move human usher in a greater level of student eral University of Maine campuses. The committee did not create any new humanity across racial, rights," he said, ending his speech to interest on humanitarian issues and In all, 290 people Were registered for rules regarding alcohol. ethnic and national ties, he a standing ovation in Page Commons show that students can organize sim- the conference, though the number of "A big positive for me was that it told a story of finding a before a short question and answer ilar events of this magnitude. He also people actually attending is larger, takes some of the discretion away starving child in a session that followed. expressed in an interview his disap- because Colby students and faculty from the dean's office," Semmens Rwandan village orphaned pointment that, "in the conference who also took part in the conference said. "I feel like some people thought by the conflict. He said he we had no administrators to support did not need to register. . that the office was playing favorites. I looked into child's eyes us although we invited them." He did, however, express thanks Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 M0U.Y WARREN/THE COLBY ECHO Final decision made on OVallaghan/Raugei among winners after SGArun-off election conceptual Cott er positions. Other administrative duties Raugci will be acquainting themselves All three ofthe class representative They .beat incumbent Lee Emmons By BEN HERBST include appointing students to differ- with the resources on campus and the elections were decided in the run-off '07 and Brad Curtis '07. FEATURES EDITOR ent committees this summer. people in various , departments. as well. Because of an error in the ballot expansion plans O'Callaghan and Raugci appointed O'Callaghan commented that meet- The positions of senior class repre- during the initial election, the sopho- In a close run-off, the ticket of the following students to dorms in ings with Kassman and Wharton will sentative came down to another close more class representative positions Donnie O'Cnllaghan '06 and Romeo need of a hall president: Katherine focus on the question, "These are tlie race. Jen Coliflores '06 and Kristcn were decided in the nin-oflf as well. In Raugci '06 won the positions of Boyce '08 in things we want to Pinkham '06 were elected with 51 per- this election, current first-year repre- By BEN HERBST Student Government Association Goddard-Hodgkins, do, what do we cent ofthe vote over Matthew Birchby sentatives Timothy Williams '08 and FEATURES EDITOR President and Vice President respec- Nick Cade '08 in need to do make '06 and Toinette Rivas '06. Stephanie Shaffer '08 ran unopposed tively. The pair won 51 percent ofthe Treworgy, Antonio If we want to them happen?" Annie Mears '07 and Karli and received 86% ofthe vote, President William D, Adams has 916 votes, while their opponents in the Mendez '06 in The take advanta ge Committee work Gasteazoro '07, write-in candidates in A detailed breakdown ofthe votes accepted the recommendation of the run-off, Jon Bastian '06 and Charlie Heights, Ben Poulos has already begun the initial election, secured the repre- can be found in the Student Cotter Union Expansion Committee Hale '06, won 49 percent. '08 in Pierce and of the energy of so that PC can vote sentative positions for the junior class. Activities Office. to go forward with n plan to renovate O'Callaghan and Raugci have Andrei Roman '08 in school startin g on a motion con- and expand Cotter Union, creating a begun to acquaint themselves with all Taylor. No student cerning a Sexual new space between the current Spa the responsibilities of their new posi- was appointed to be we have tp take Assault Initiative wing and the Pugh Center. The tions, They have been meeting with president of advanta ge of before the end of expansion will require the removal of current SGA President Cat Welch '05 Williams. All of this • year. one of the two beech trees that has and Vice President Adelin Cai '05, these appointments the next two O'Callaghan hopes been a source of controversy. and will continue to do so during the will need to bo months . to begin imple- On March 28, Adnms announced to final two months of school. They arc approved by menting the initia- the community that he agreed with also plannin g meetings with Vice Presidents' Council Donnie O'Callaghan '06 tive at the start of the committee's choice of architect President for Student Affairs and Dean next fall. SGA Presldont-Eloct next year. Peter Dohlin 's third scenario for the of Students Janice Kassman as well as As far as next Other elections expansion. Bohlin presented three Director of Student Activities Kelly year, the new presi- in the run-off were scenarios at a March 15 forum. Wharton, "it's nice to get involved dent and vice president would like to tight as well. In an e-mail to stu- In his March 28 e-mail, Adams right away," O'Callaghan said, "if we continue beer and wine nights at Dana dents, Adelin Cai '05, chair of the wrote, "I have accepted a recommen- want to take advantage of the energy Dining Hall nnd introduce SGA to Elections Committee, said that this dation for n building expansion that of school starting wc have to take incoming first-years. "[We want to] let "wns surely one of the closest elec- will provide sufficient space for n advantage of tho next two months," [first-years] know who SGA is," tions iiv recent memory." functional heart of the student center The first job for the president and O'Cnllaghan said. He further Tho other executive board race, for and thnt will address problems with vice president-elect was to fill vacan- explained that this also means showing treasurer, was also settled in n run-off the way traffic moves in and around cies In residence halls thnt did not elect first-years how thoy can get involved election. Justin DcPro *06 bent Stcen presidents. According to O'Callaghan, and where to direct thoir input. Stehnert '06 by a margin of 52 percent . MEnrDITIIM ANCUSO/rilECOLI IVCCHO Continued on Page 3 around 20 students applied for six This spring, O'Cnllaghan and to 48 percent. Donnie O 'Callaghan '06 and Romeo Rauvei '06 won ihe SGA election.
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for Brazil in August, Husain must much has the plan worked. She will be By BEN HERBST complete an intensive Portuguese pro- comparing these two cities with the ALCOHOL: Point system adopted on campus FEATURES EDITOR gram. In February, she will depart rest of their respective countries by months...I wanted to reach a compro-. Brazil for India and stay there until visiting different towns and cities. Continued From Page 1 mise that addressed tlie unique nature One senior is among July of next year. Her research will involve gathering of their situation," O'Callaghan said. this year's 50 nationwide In her project proposal, Husain data such as architectural drawings don't know if that's true or not, but O'Callaghan said that the system recipients of tlie Watson considers the seductiveness of metro- and photos of the cities. Also,. she when you have it all in once place, would be watched closely next year, Fellowship. A Watson politan cities promising a higher qual- hopes to create a map illustrating dif- clear, ahead of time, it takes away any and adjustments would be made Fellowship is "a one year ity of life versus the reality of a ferent types of housing that, she appearance that some people get off depending on how it was received. grant for independent potential for poverty for many. She enqounters. more easily than others." Many students were not aware pf study and travel outside provides her native city of Karachi, There is no requirement for any The recommendations of the com- the new policy, but several felt that it the United States awarded Pakistan as an example of the inter- report on her research and she views mittee were voted in by Presidents' seemed like a positive change, espe- to graduating college section of wealth and poverty in an this experience as more of a personal Council in their meeting this past cially the reduction of the open con- seniors nominated by par- urban setting. "Through abject pover- one or, as she said, "more of a learning Sunday. Most people supported the tainer fine. ticipating institutions," ty and displays of opulent wealth experience for mysclf.V She also proposal, six PC members voted to "I think the way Security does it is according to the award's alike, the people of Pakistan—just as added, "I don't know if what I pro- dissent for various reasons. it forces kids off campus and I think website. people the world over—build their duce will be useful for anypnc else." One objection came from Perkins- the relationship between Security and Asma Hupain '05, an homes as self-portraits, capturing and However, she was confident that the Wilson Hall President and SGA students has gone down, so I think the art major and economics portraying the essence of their lives," project will be beneficial for her ns a President-Elect Donnie O'Callaghan change is a good thing because it has minor, will be taking her she said in the proposal. "personal means of understanding *06, who felt that the system did not gotten a little more lenient," Amanda studies to Brazil and India For the actual traveling next year, [problems facing her native have enough flexibility for first-year Roehn '08 said. next year in a combined Husain will use Brasilia, Brazil and Pakistani." students, "I didn't find before that it wasn't study of architecture and Chandigarh, India as the focal points As part of the rules of the fellow- "My own discomfort with the point clear. I thought before the open con- sociology. Her project is of her study. These cities arc similar ship she cannot return to the United system is that it treated first-years like tainer fine was too high, though, so entitled "Concepts in because they were built roughly 50 States or Pakistan for a year. Sho plans anyone else. I feel like your first year that's a good change. Even $100 will' Concrete: Searching for years ago and idealisticnlly planned. on attending graduate school for of college, is different from any other still keep students from dbing it," Utopias to Alleviate However, "for the most part they did architecture after this trip. year and you have so much going on Nick Bnyley '05 said. EniNnilODA /THECOlDY ECHO Urban Poverty." not work out that well," she said. In in those ' first few weeks and Asma Husain ' 05 won a Wafson Fellowship. Before slio can leave her travels she would like to find how
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By BRAD KASNET either County Road or North Street. Kyle . Jackson from the Bureau of NEWS EDITOR An eastern option would begin near Planning described the various options. the entrance to campus on Mayflower He said that a cursory review suggests Hill Drive, pass between the arbore- that the eastern option would best serve Officials from the Maine tum and the Colby Green and end at traffic needs, but also has the most Department of Transportation North Street. adverse environmental impact, as it (MDOT) were on hand March 29 in A southern option would also begin passes through wetlands, crosses sever- the Pugh Center to present a work- at the bottom of Mayflower Hill Drive al streams and would cut through sev- shop regarding a proposal to build a and' would travel up alongside eral walking trails'j in the wo'6ds. new' road that would alleviate some Runnals Hill to an intersection 1 with Concerns were also raised by'commu- "r> traffic that currently travels through Washington Street. nity members abodt the southern route, PHOTO COURTESY OF EMILY BROSTEK the campus. The northern or eastern options which also cuts through a number of Students and community members enjoyed a tour of Waterville's South End as part of Burst ihe Bubble Week. The Washington-North Streets would also likely include closing the trails alongside Runnals Hill. Connector was proposed by the steep North Street hill to traffic, as it While the northern route has consid- College several years ago during the would be replaced with a new road. A erably less environmental impact, it planning process that resulted in the "no-build" option and improvements to would add about a mile to the trip from campus master plan. The College and existing roads will also be examined. North Street to Mayflower Hill Drive. Relay For Life slated f orApril 22 the City of Waterville asked MDOT to As buildings begin to rise, around •' John: Balicki of MDOT also conduct a feasibility study. the Colby Green and the campus described measures that could be The workshop, which was only the expands across Mayflower Hill Drive, taken to slow traffic on existing roads to raise money f or cancer research first step in a long planning process, College officials were hoping to and identified places on campus where focused on three possible corridors for remove some of the traffic from that these measures could be implemented. building a new road, as well as traffic road so it would be safer for pedestri- His suggestions included adding By MATT WAR SHAW Since then the event has grown into a Silverman '05 have been planning the calming measures that could be ans to cross the street. center islands to create more of a CONTRIBUTING WRITER national fundraiser and has even made relay since the beginning of the year. applied to existing campus roads "It was the College's opinion that "boulevard effect" on Mayflower Hill its way into eight other countries, While a research assistant at either in conjunction with or instead of the best way to solve this problem was Drive or Campus Drive, a raised plaza A unique event will come to cam- The event begins with the first lap Massachusetts General Hospital , a new campus bypass in order to make the northern bypass;" Patricia in front of the athletic center and pus this spring in which the entire being completed by cancer survivors Jalkut learned ofthe relay from anoth- the campus safer for biking, running Murphy, director of the Physical Plant roundabouts at either end of Campus community can participate. The first as a way to recognize those who have er assistant attending Boston College. and walking. Department, said.. "We're trying to Drive. annual Colby Relay for Life will take been most affected by cancer. After Jalkut thought that starting a relay at The three possible corridors for a work with DOT so they hopefully see He also suggested placing more place on April 22 at the college's out- the ceremonial first lap, team mem- Colby would be a great way to "give new road would be intended to take what we see." She said the city has trees along campus roads. "The pres- door track. Colby's relay is one of 16 bers begin the 12-hour event. Each back to Colby," she said. "1 can't think traffic around campus and limit the also expressed concerns with the con- ence of trees slows traffic," Balicki walks to take place in Maine this year. team must keep at least one member of one person that has not been number of vehicles driving through on dition of and maintenance issues sur- said. "It creates more of a village or This year's statewide goal is to raise of the team on the track at all times. touched [by cancer]...Everyone can Mayflower Hill Drive and Campus rounding the North Street hill. urban appearance." $1.1 million through pledges made by Each team must register on the ACS's come out for this event." Drive (the road that passes in front of Although the College and city have Scott snid that any construction is tlie teams taking part in the walk. website. Money is raised through a After enlisting the help of fellow the Alfond Athletic Center). made their preferences known, Dunne still at ' least several years away. He Relay for Life is the American $10 registration fee per member ($100 senior and close friend Silverman, the A northern option would begin at the Scott of MDOT said that the depart- said the planning process takes at least Cancer Society's signature event. It minimum per team), as well as two began to plan the event. They intersection of Rice Rips Road and ment must conduct a thorough and two years and then funding for the was started in 1985 when surgeon pledges team members can solicit on found plenty of resources within the Washington Road and travel behind the open planning process to consider all project must be secured. Gordon Klatt jogged around a track for their own. College as well as in the Waterville athletic center to an intersection with available options. 24 hours, raising $27,000 for tlie ACS. Meredith Jalkut '05 and Miranda community. A committee of roughly 20 students has helped the two seniors bring their idea to fruition, The group has worked closely with the Topshnm ACS to plan a successful COTTER: Planselected that maximizesavailable space and functionalityrequires , tree to be cut event. They have also enlisted the help ofiacn l businesses; Papa John ' s is donating 50 pizzas for the partici- Here's What' s Pla ying Fri. arc not required to affirm Adams choice of plan nt this Continued From Page 1 ' pants and n local spa will be giving April 8 through Thurs. April 14 time. In an interview, Adams said that he plans on updating free massages, In addition, college MnaMMMMMMMmMMmMMmnM aunnM tlie trustees on the project. "I will brief them on the recom- bands have agreed to entertain the MEL1NDA AND MELINDA tho union." mendation of tho committee," he snid, participants throughout the night, PG-13 Nightly at 5:00, 7:00 and ¦ Since expansion plans were unveiled During his , deliberations , Adams weighed the recom- Jalkut and Silverman both hope that 8:55; also matinees Sat. and Sun. by the committee in December, contro- mendation of the committee and motions by Presidents' the relay will continue to grow in the at 1:00 and 3:00 versy has followed tlio project. Critics of Council, which recommended placing programmatic con- following years and become nn impor- the plans contend that the new project cerns ahead ofthe beech trees, as well as a vote by the col- tant event on the college calendar. OFF THE MAP should ninke better use of solar energy lege faculty nnd a petition signed by hundreds of faculty, To find out more go to the event's PG-13 Nightly nt 4:40 nnd 6:50; rind that expansion can be done without students nnd staff pleading to save the beech tree. website, which can be found nt also matinees Sat. and Sim. nt 12:45 the removal of a beech tree. Members of the opposition to any expansion that forced www,ucscvents,org/rel«y/mc/colby. In response to beech tree concerns, the removal of trees felt Bohlin 's presentation did not pro- Tins WILD PARROTS OF Adams said in'his e-mail, "The building vide much of nn option. • TELEGRAPH HILL committee,' tho architect, and the mem- "I was disappointed , though, in the architect 's revi- ' G Nightly nt 5:20 nnd 9:15; also bers of tho College's senior administra- sions, and feel wo could have spared the tree by re-think- Spring Break 2005. matinceS Sat. find Sun. nt 1:20 tive staff all believe that, though this will ing the design in a more radical way, rather than just be a difficult resolution for some in our taking the same design and shrinking it ," Professor of Travel with STS SCHULTZE GET S THE community, it is the correct course of English Linda Tatelbaum snid. However, she commended America's #1 Stu dent Tour BLUES action to achieve the College's goals for Adams for relaying their concerns to the architect and Operator to Jamaica, Cancun, PG Nightly nt 7:10; also mati- this facility." . trustees nnd waiting for the Friends ofthe Beeches con- Acnpul co, Baham as nnd Fl or ida nees Snt. nnd Sun. at 3:J5 Now that Adams has accepted a con- cerns to bo considered. Now hiring on-campus reps. ceptual plan for the expansion, a budget Tatclbmim currently hns no plan to protest the project Ca ll for gr oup discounts. S BOKN INTO BROTHEL . nnd schematic design will be prepared Anther. Sho said this was probably the end of her quest Information/ Reservations Nightly nt 8:55; also Unrated ond presented to tho Board of TYustccs at "unless some students express interest in going further with 1-800-648-4849 or matinees Snt. and Sun. nt 2:55 their October meeting; The board has to the protest, in which case I would bo willing to get www.8l8lrnvcl.com ' , Hill wnnLEDn c/tiiii coiiiY echo approve the final project; however, they involved." ittMffiBHMHBKHHl One of the beech trees near Colter wlll he cut down. ¦ J0^k I& E3
From" a Visitor to Prague: a toast to Another year endin g EDITORIAL the .nationthat was, and might he peters out innnuj l- i New alcohol policy makes sense
Even seen through beer goggles, the new alcohol policy should make * By'.CANAAN MORSE ; . hostage ;Qr a battleground. Taken over around 400 thousand Jews in the sense. After an extensive period of revision, the College Affairs Committee / '" OPINIONS EDITOR by the Hapsburgs in the 1700's, Czech Republic. After the Nazis were has created a coherent alcohol policy wisely approved by Presidents' fought over by Bonaparte, painfully finished, they were missing 325,000 Council this past Sunday. Potentially wide-ranging fines for alcohol offens- I spent three 1 days .' of7ttiis ;past hamstrung 'by the Nazis, and then of them. Then Stalin came, and as es are replaced by a simple $100 benchmark. Beginning next year, when the Spring Break as a guest of the Czech domineered by the Soviets until '89, many of the remaining Jews fled as policy will take effect^ one's history of alcohol offenses can be easily tallied, Republic. I was treated very well, my many of their most popular national- were able. The two regimes effective- allowing leniency for first-time offenders and giving clear grounds for puni- credit card notwithstanding; her food istic songs and proverbs are about ly purged the country of its , hardiest I'M NEVER GOING TO REM tive action for multiple and serious offenders. was rich,! her citizens were generally drinking the Germans and the people, while allowing no room for By C;W. Basstett It's simple, finally. The chart, which every student should try to get a copy friendly, and, her streets were clean. Communists' away. - They weren't new culture to grow. ; of, deserves to be put up on our walls next to the rules of beer die (see Echo My pocket was never picked, or poked depressing at all; some of the sayings I voiced my rather depressing first year issue 2002) as both a testament to drinking and how to moderate it at—not that they weren't happy to were actually pretty funny. They've insights once to Mega while we were The year's, end is but a month wisely. And, to know what happens when you, "Drink 'til you're drunk" (see take my money, but they usually having a beer or six in a Prague bar away, and you all are either writing "Drinking 'til you're drunk" Morning Sentinel 3/14/05). excused themselves by returning to called Y Zlateho Tygre. She replied those papers or lab reports or PLAN- Its layout gives the impression that this is something understandable to me large quantities of beer. My original "No, no. See, the thing is, the Czech NING to write , them, as soon as the both students and deans, and therefore we might be able to use it for,our own Czech beer is a remarkable sub- people just don't care. They just don't rain stops. We all know.that depres- defense in unfair situations. Leaving less to tlie imagination, this policy stance for a number of reasons. First, American-tourist give a shit. Whatever happens, they'll sion is the rain's sister, and work done should make it easier for students to understand exactly how much trouble it's of superior quality. The Germans surmise was that just have a beer and have a good depressed claws its way to a B-: The in which they have found themselves. boast no weitzbier, and the English no time." She loved it. The rest ofthe bar only worse state would.be a sunny 65 As for the consequences and the point values themselves, most of them ale, that is smoother and better-tasting beer was the was loving it. degrees, which would, (oyerflow the seem fairly assigned. Most notably, the open container fine, probably the than the Czech pilsner Second, it's Czechs' After she explained I thought, well, Dana beach with startling wisps of most common alcohol fine, was reduced fiorn $250 to $100. These seem to cheap. You can buy .5 L of the world's why not? My original American- cloth that were called in my day us to be agreeable changes. Having an open container is arguably not a first pilsner for the equivalent of one panacea.,.Now, tourist surmise was that beer was the "bathing suits." .; „, ' frightening abuse of alcohol, while $250 is a severe bill. dollar US., Just remember that it's a it's ah entertain- Czechs' panacea. And while it might Anyway, of course, ijo one swims '" ' ' ¦halfliter. .. Y ;. Y. Y ment for a very have been so when Catholicism and on the Dana beach unless the rain has Conference shows intellectual Third, arid this gets me shaking my Judaism were freshly lost, I guess it left puddles deep enough for the head every time I think of it, Czech realistic people. hasn't remained that way. Now, it's breast stroke in one corper. Even then, atmosp here on campus beer is needed by its people. I can just an entertainment for a very realis- nautical activity at Dana pales beside emphasize this only to the limit of my tic people. the pornography that used to accom- Hey, the intellectual atmosphere wasn't supposed to be raised on campus own incredulity, but the overwhelm- just cultivated a love for beer strong And who says you can't build a pany the "Senior Swim" Y in Johnson until dialogue housing got off the ground. We were told Colby was running ing impression I got was that it was enough to drink the rest of the world strong country with realism and beer? Pond after Champagne ,on the Steps. into the academic doldrums the second students walked out of class, that alco- the lifeblood of the country. They say away if they feel inclined. I think I know plenty of college stu- The Administration put a stop to that hol policy was the only kind of policy that Colby students really care about. that 60% of their.population is offi- It makes more sense when you dents who would be willing to invest exciting ritual when both, seniors and No one told this to the organizers ofthe Shadows of Rwanda conference. cially atheist, but they believe more consider how hard Hitler and Stalin in an inexpensive pilsner that makes pond suffered significant damage. Or, at least they recognized that fact and planned a conference in spite of it. strongly in beer than most Catholics hit this country. Panzers crossed into Budweiser taste like bilgewater. And Anyway, I sit at,.my computer—a Over the course of a weekend, the Colby for Humanity club organizing the do in their own metamorphic wine. the Sudetenland in early 1939, and it might end up advantageous in the Mac older than most first-year stu- event showed that Colby students don't need to live together in the same According to many of the Czechs I Hitler was in the Prague Castle soon long run for the Czechs that they dents—staring at the dirty mounds of dorm to cause social awareness on campus. Besides bringing to light one of met, beer has been their primary sup- afterwards. His next move, of course, aren't blinded by single-minded ideol- snow, impervious to the floods of the most tragic stories ofthe early twenty-first century that seems destined port during the seemingly endless list was the segregation of the country ogy the way America often is. That's rain, I wonder why I'm here. I have to be ignored (Darfur, Sudan) by discussing one of the most tragic events of of European wars that always pre- and the deportation of all the Jews to actually a very interesting prospect. the last one that was ignored (Rwanda), they showed what a committed ferred the Czech Republic as either a Poland. Before 1939, there were It's hopeful, too. group of students can accomplish if they don't mind putting their social lives I have for some and schoolwork aside (for alternate example see The Echo.) Conferences like this past weekend's show that Colby students don't enter years now a vegetative state once they leave the classroom and top-down initiatives claimed that I such as dialogue housing have a hard lot to stack up to. This does not mean Oh, I remember—two years in college we should begin to rest on our laurels any time soon, but it might just give am here because the green house an idea of what it might want to do next year. I'll never retire...! .. : .„;.i... irjj n; uy.D oJ.'Ii iUil 'li .UOS' iilVf and I'm still not legal. Thanks, America ¦ ¦ could retire and! ¦ ' 'p. ,:/-.};:¦¦ < ;" '¦;:.'iV .'-''(T ¦' .•ly '.' .'';.' : ' , \V\-j pi. ; ;:.- -iP .!;/-7 ;?> , n.' ;)l ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦!¦¦ It .! • • ¦ • . .< ¦ -: : ; • i ' . • • . . no one woujp The higher drinking age has a cou- puking;, they simply do not know ^ By MERLE EISENBERG ple of important downsides. The first when tp stop. You cannot really blame sod...Would you JQKAS ^^ STAFF WRITER is that many students know little about them for it either, because no one has miss this weekly ' heavy drinking before they get to col- exposed them to it. The past two years of my college lege. Guidance counselors, parents The second result is the arbitrary column? ^^ life have taught me one valuable les- and other mentors refuse to expose punishments which are enforced SPECIALS Mm son about American domestic poli- high school students to any type of against those who are underage. If I cy: in many areas it seems arbitrary alcohol. Thus, students are forced to get arrested for public intoxication, for some years now claimed that I am and moralistic. The most poignant derive their own beliefs from what lit- not only do I receive a fine, but I also here because I'll never retire, i But example for college students is the tle information they can . find—in get charged with underage posses- that's a really shabby cart before a Milwaukee's Best Light 18 pack subjective drinking age of 21. What sion, as I "possess" it in my body. swaybacked horse. I could retire and ++ will make me so much more Miraculously, if I am one year older, I no one would sob disconsolately. all $5.90 "mature" (for lack of a better word) ...I've learned at receive only the fine as I am now Would you miss this weekly column? in the year before I "come of age?" "mature" enough to drink. Based on Anyway,'' I' wonder why anyone What else will 1 supposedly learn least one thing. my experiences when I'm drunk I've would build a college, and a quite Milwaukee's Best Ice 18 pack ajj $5.99 ++ about the abuses of alcohol that I When I'm oblit- at least learned one thing. When I'm attractive one at • that, in Central have yet to learn? obliterated, whether it is at 16 or 19, Maine. Well, wc all know why: : the Historically, 21 seems logical. erated , whether there is no difference in my maturity Congregationalists at Bowdoin didn't After all, many ofthe rights we enjoy, it is at 16 or 19, level. I'm still a mess. want a Baptist cell closer than 60 ' including the right to vote, used to Tightening restrictions, as Colby miles upriver. The Bowdies were Coors Light 18 pack a11 $8-99 '* commence only after we turned 21. there is no dif- proposes, or raising the drinking age, there first, and so all the Baptists piled Yet most of these now pome at 18. So ference in my as the US did, does little to combat into "Trie Hero" and ran aground at why did the drinking age move in the the problem. Instead, it pushes the the Falls ofthe Kennebec, where'they opposite direction—from 18 in'some maturity level. problem beneath the surface and pre- got out and built Schupf (no.no, that states to a universal 21? - I'm still a mess. tends that the issue is solved, which it was later—Roberts, I guess). ' Currently, many students at Colby definitely is not. Students who can Anyway, all of these legendary ^g^^S^^i Open Sun.-Wed. until 9 p.m., Thurs. , and most other colleges drink some do everything else at 18 are responsi- Puritans descended from the ORIGI- , stories. ble enough to make the correct deci- , who got off their ship at unt m ri at unt midnight type of alcohol on weekends, and tlie many cases movies or friends' NALS iM&^mWf 6 '* ^ P' '' ^ ' ^ ^ ' ^ majority remains illegal. Few first- Both of these sources of information sions regarding drinking. Instead of Plymouth Rock and started building ^e now 'iave ^ie "nrScst selection of domestic j&JSfSffi^ y years ever have problems, buying discuss only the positive aspects of condemning alcohol use for everyone colleges, most of them called Harvard and import beers in Central Maine fl/w/fflf V&jSL alcohol—they simply go down the drinking. What message can you lenrn under 21, society has an obligation to on the Charles. But coveys j of hall and ask their 21 year old neigh- from "Animal House" other than get- teach students about drinking, Protestants trotted off in every direc- bors or uppcrclnssman friends. A ting drunk is fun nnd there ore few because people must assume that tion in New England to build more mgk> 873-622.8 age . does little to consequences for your actions? This most students will not abstain from colleges, mostly in Amherst, yyhere RJDKA S ggr higher'drinking f tmmtitmmntaMyum&Eia joKAS* DISCOU NT BEVERAGES affect the number of people, who explains why so many first-years using alcohol. they didn't quit until (lie . second half 52 From St.. Waterville. ME drink or do not drink, spend their first few weeks at Colby Kj|»lg3 H Continued on Page 5
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By KATE BERM AN this. I am dreaming that someday we STAFF WRITER will have a smoke free environment. If it means taking cigarettes off the shelves or giving harsher punishments genocide within us Romeo Dallaire: I remained horizontal for the to drug dealers then so be it. To me, it The majority of spring break, due to the seems foolish that we let people get influence of narcotics and the touch of away with selling something that is so neously that economic progress and Genocide and global a man. The man was my orthodontist harmful to people's lives. I just can't By CEDRIC OWENS intellectual advancement may erad- and the drugs were Oxycodone, pre- bear the thought of thousands of inno- STAFF WRITER icate the crime, just as medicine scribed to relieve the pain from my cent people dying each day because of once helped eradicate diseases once responsibility wisdom tooth extraction. smoking. Maybe someday we'll win "You are what?" asked a British believed to be a punishment of God. Since I was too loopy and disfig- the battle. journalist in , the movie Hotel Despite the breadth of its ured to party pr travel, I did the next Yours truly, Rwanda. "I'm a Hutu," replied the destructiveness, the forces that best thing: reorganized my childhood Katherine Julia Berman attractive woman at the bar. "And drive genocide—the intricate tac- eyes. Darfur is a shadow of file cabinet Amid the collection of There is a lot more wrong with this your friend is..." "She's Tutsi," tics of its leaders arid the anger of By VICTORIA CAICEDO Rwanda, not only in the sense ofthe atrocious fiction, I discovered a letter letter than saying "yours truly" to the laughed the woman,.utterly confus- dissatisfied masses—are very CONTRIBUTING WRITER genocide occurring but also in terms I wrote in sixth grade to Bill Clinton. president. Why had I set up such unre- ing the journalist and the audience, weak, and crumble against the of the apathy of the international This grammatically incorrect and the- alistic standards for the world? As chil- who saw virtually no difference power of rational judgment and On Saturday April 2, Lt. General community. Although Kofi Annan oretically misguided dren in America, between the two women. inborn humanity. Yet at the same Romeo Dallaire came to Colby as pledged a "Never Again" for anoth- document has not been mostof us are taught But only a few days later, the time, even passion can be stifled by the keynote speaker for the er Rwanda, the international com- altered from the state Whether or not strict rules to live by. difference between being Hutu or indifference. The coordinators and "Shadows of Rwanda" conference. munity seems to be not only in which it was mailed As teenagers in Tutsi meant the world. During 100 masterminds of genocide, who are It was estimated that more than 200 oblivious but irresponsible. to our commander in Bill Clinton America, most of us macabre days in which humanity also masters of deceit, encourage people came from outside of There is no excuse to claim that chief. I was a special agreed with Kate will dismiss these paused, it was the bloodstained line other nations' apathy by pandering Colby—activists, professors, stu- we don't know about Darfur. The little girl. rules and participate that separated the living from the to complacency, optimism and dents, doctors, and even just the fact is that history seems to repeat Dear Mr. President, Berman...HI in all those activi- dying. And finally, it became the laziness and trying to suppress the curious came to see the keynote itself and we are again challenged I think that ciga- never know, ties we once popular criterion for assigning motivation for involvement. They address by Dallaire. by a human catastrophe. Why don't rettes and marijuana deemed despicable. guilt and innocence—the apolo- attempt to convince the outside He came to inspire many of us we act? Why is the international are not only deadly, because good 6V I mean, a long time getic task with which the powerful world that their actions are limited, with his stories from * Rwanda and community standing by, waiting but one ofthe saddest, Bubba never ago in a galaxy far, countries of the West tried to sal- that the situation is improving and his reflections on what has to be either for everyone to perish or for most corrupt things far away didn't the vage their humanity after they had that barbarities are committed on done to force someone to act? going on in America responded. same thing happen done nothing to stop the genocide. both sides. Usually, they succeed. A_ —«£*"?! the world Dallaire believes that students today. The worst part to Darth Vader? It was shameful that 800,000 peo- So in light of our responsibility play a key role in about them is that Back then thev ple of Rwanda perished, when only to protect the most helpless, it is forcing change with- they're out there because the tobac- called it "The Dark Side" but now it's a few thousand peacekeepers ultimately our choice. We as citi- in a system where co industry and drug dealers care just known as adolescence. would have saved them. And if is zens of the most powerful /f intervention is mea- more about making money than they Everything authorities claimed was inexcusable that it is happenmg country in the world can be Jy f sured by the securi- do about people's lives. Everyday I immoral turned out to be a boatload again today in Darfur. spectators in a modern day // Qte ty and the see people go into stores, without of fun. This realization makes kids But it will keep on happening morality play, with evil *STi ||uk interest that hesitation, and buy a pack of ciga- rebellious and victims of peer pres- again as long as the nations who killers, lamentable victims II 7M vjl nations have rettes. Everyday people, even chil- sure. There is a real sense of disap- have the lasting capabilities to and even a few admirable Ji $ Vt in other dren, buy marijuana. They're not pointment attached to the inevitable intervene do not have the courage heroes and we can stage an \JV buying it because they randomly steps - in growing up. Some parents to challenge their disheartening encore in which some perpe- feel like it, they're buying it because might still tell their children they are ^ perceptions of genocide (broadly trators are tried before of the ^ they are addicted. proud, but some forget about that step defined as people killing a large world's conscience. On the other It seems to me that smoking is a along the way. Young adults are left number of people for ethnic, eco- hand, we can truly learn from our trap. Advertisements for cigarettes brutally aware that they have failed nomic, or religious reasons). The past and save the victims. from the sidelines }\ fr^ regions. make it look like if you smoke you'll the expectations that once governed greatest impediment to stopping There is nothing inevitable while hundreds of « If "It's seems be handsome and popular, and smok- their lives. genocide has to do with the over- about genocide, and even once the thousands are massa- [/ like activism ing is really fun. Unless you are taught Whether or not Bui Clinton agreed whelmingly brutal nature of the rock has begun tumbling it is not cred in Darfur. "I was^ vl *nS* died in the otherwise, you could be persuaded to with Kate Berman as a staunch anti- crime. It goes beyond individual too late to intervene. Perpetrators warning that there Yy If seventies, buy cigarettes. These positive images tobacco lobbyist I'll never know, understanding, lurking in our are afraid of being exposed as ille- would be significant rc; II you have to of smokers might even convince kids because good ol' Bubba never minds like a ghost whose appear- gitimate and resent nothing more killings and massacres vl j irevive it!" He to start doing drugs. In other words: replied. Come to think of it, he ance is undoubted but whose actu- than international pressure, while that would destabilize Vl \I asked not for you could fall into their trap! enjoyed cigars. ,al; existence is denied. Too often , the actual murderers are either fol- the whole political \ \ t di plomatic Many young people are curious. No matter how much we missed genocide is regarded as an anom- lowing orders or dependent on process," said Dallaire, \ petitions, but What do cigarettes taste like? Does our idealistic goals, think about aly, instead of as a result of horrible their governments. Moreover, the who had to stand against for active smoking taste good? What does it feel whores. Because whores were once mistakes in human judgment, and armies of the aggressors are usual- developed countries and harassment like to be high? Will I become addict- kids too, maybe with parents who told the predictable frenzy of frustrated ly relatively weak. the United Nations in order instead. ed? These are just some of the ques- them that it was wrong to perform masses captivated by demagogues. Tlie hardest step is not the phys- to maintain troops inside rj Jf Dallaire fin- tions that kids wonder and ask. They sexual acts for heroin. And there they ¦ Not only does this misconception ical process of intervening. It is Rwanda during the genocide ^Cv- ^^ ished his keynote don't realize that what some people are, as whores, doing those things. So ^sff .^-^1^ dissuade proactive intervention, but mustering the courage to stand in order to save as many Tutsis ^z ames ^ address with a state- and health officials tell them is true: at least you are not that big of a it also encourages the false hope forth, having acknowledged the and moderate Hutus as possible. ment that gives us much responsi- cigarettes and drugs are deadly. flop—unless you are paid for sex, in that genocide might one day disap- painful flaws of humanity that Dallaire reflected on the problem bility towards the world, "All I have never smoked and hope that which case I cannot help you. pear just as mysteriously as it block the resolution of a problem of genocide and found himself in a humans are humans, and there isn't I will always be able to truthfully say showed up. Many believe erro- we vowed to fix a long time ago. lonely battle for Darfur, where just a one human more human than any few are fighting to open everyone's other." bad ' WhO Wants Cake? by Steve Weinberg BASSETT: Ifonlythey sailed'to south Fla
Continued From Page 4 was to talk most of the rest of the United States (those Pilgrims are tricky, but they may have had help of the twentieth century. from the wily Jesuits in Boston) into Anyway, they coulda learned Daylight Savings Time. Saturday Spanish and imported some red brick night we were shorted an hour of sleep and built all of these prestigious little and granted an extra hour of light. Protestant colleges in Miami Beach. That's so we could look at tlie dirty Or Fort Lauderdale. Or Key West. snow and the frigid rain. Noooooo, not those Puritans! The def- Anyway, I've got to find a new inition of a Puritan is someone who is transition. I've used "anyway" almost afraid that somewhere, someone is as often as the Pilgrims built colleges. having a good time. That's why we're Only trouble is that my transition staring at the mud in Central Maine. doesn't have millions of dollars in Anyway, the only way that those endowment. bricklayers could make things worse Insomnia: an irritating but common and curable ill LETTERS and told me so. Perhaps it was too subtle Mr.Mymtestmtmwpres Med Pageant. I had been By MELISSA GANZA, RN 3) Avoid enffeinated beverages to sleep, a head-to-toe (or toes upward) exer- for the Mr. Colby that it was HEALTH CENTER STAFF (coffee, tea and some carbonated bev- 8) Avoid using your bed for study- cise in which you say to yourself, under tlie mistaken impression Insomnia is characterized by difficul- erages), nicotine and alcohol late in ing. The association of your school- "my f eet f eel very heavy, very warm To the Editor: a talent show, and only too late did I dis- ty falling asleep, waking up during the day, Caffeine and nicotine are work with bed may cause you to and very much at ease" and proceed cover that it was something else. the night nnd having trouble getting stimulants and alcohol, thought by think/worry about your classes, slowly up your body—legs, hips, . The Colby Echo of March 16 con- In addition, Ms. Wilson's comment back to sleep, waking up too early in some to promote sleep, interferes with upcoming assignments, etc. stomach, etc., giving yourself plenty tained an article written by Ms. Julie about my "self-proclaimed Michael the morning or feeling as if one lins- the quality of sleep you might other- 9) If you aren't falling asleep with- of time to do this slowly and calmly Wilson that unfairly characterized the Moore image" indicates that she mis- w't slept well. Besides creating wise get. in a reasonable timo and don't feel and to really feel those parts of your song thnt I sang in the Mr. Colby heard or misunderstood tlie announcer's fatigue, insomnia can cause difficulty 4) Be sure you arc getting enough drowsy, get up and do something non- body sinking into the bed, Your eyes Pageant, Tom Lcker's "National introductory remarks. He actually said in concentrating, irritability, stress, exercise, but remember that exercising stimulating until you do feel drowsy. should be closed and you should Brotherhood Week," as distasteful, not that I looked like Michael Moore biit depression or reliance on alcohol. too close to bedtime can make it hard Then return to bed. allow no other thoughts to enter your offensive, and perhaps even , implicitly that even though my physique pales in Everyone has these problems some- to get to sleep, Allow at least 3 hours 10) If you find yourself lying head while doing these or any other racist. While the reporter is of course comparison to thoso of tlie other contes- times, but if you arc seeing a pattern between exercise and going to bed. awake and worrying, try keeping a type of relaxation exercise. These entitled to dislike the song or my perfor- tants, it is what people like Michael or feci it is happening too often to 5) Avoid heavy meals late in the paper and pencil by your bed to jot exercises may take some time to mance, it is important for those who Moore strive for, you, read on! day. A light snack at bedtime may down things you need to remember practice and perfect or may work for may not have heard or understood tho I am not a racist ond I did not mean to help, however. the next day, and then you can let you right away. words to know that the song docs not hurt anybody's feelings, If you were Several simple things may be tried 6) Make your sleeping area comfort- them go. 12) Don't resort to over-the-counter endorse racial conflict , but rather offended by my song, come to my room to help alleviate this problem: able, For example, if it's too light, try a 11) Various relaxation techniques medications. You could become psy- protests against it. (Butler 020) and I will apologize to you mask over your eyes. If it's too noisy, may be helpful for you. Think of a chologically dependent on them and Tlie point ofthe sons is to criticize nnd in person. 1 want to make clear that my 1) Try going to bed and getting up try ear plugs (available in drug stores), favorite, "safe" place and imagine long-term use may bo harmful. mock intolerant people who pretend for Intentions were not to divide but to unite at regular times each diiy. For some a fan or a "white noise" machine, yourself there—including how that 13) If these suggestions nrcn't only one week of every year to bo toler- this community which I have so recently people, very late nights on tho week- 7) Follow a consistent routine place looks, sounds, smells and even working for you, or you feel you need ant, thus uiging genuine tolerance 36S joined nnd which is so important to me. ends and late sleeping the next day before bedtime each night. Rending, feels. This helps block out unpleasant help with this problem right nwny, days a year. Tom Lehrer wns well known make getting to sleep nt a more "nor- listening to soothing music or a warm thoughts and replaces them with feel free to contact one ofthe Health in tho fifties and sixties for his songs of mal" time on Sunday night an impos- bath or shower may bo help Ail. A con- more soothing ones. Really put your- Center's practitioners, counselors or political nnd social satire. I know thnt Sincerely, , sibility. sistent routine for getting to bed at self there in your mind and let go of nurses. We are eager to help! some people understood the satirical 2) Do not take naps, night cues your body that this is time tho "here and now." You can also do point of the song, becausethey laughed Robert D. Undcrwood-Halpern '08 ssCT^v^ "¦ 1 m ' ! mm ijP^j| S^Bj£ %» f "^fe&^ ^ ' 'i ' i ' » ^TlRiH^w^fe JS^^y "^^ * KKS/S j t !v .' s^dB^ w™/ '* * s S pw p ^fKror^^l ' ; i • \ j , f^— y;y«ni ¦¦ tf wy«CTgii^ 'y" "'4iy . <^ir« ii' "» i———rrHT'W^arjSgwjJ ""v%ty-"'" "5"~ " "''" VsS2*Wfc$§^' -jp. "fflSS*^ ^ " * ¦ t,( t ' / oi>tf ' '< $ a^\II^A -^'i^'^y Jlfflw ^^^'^^ *tA^^w4i«^:, / - • V . - -- iT-,% ^fflR I I The Colby Mountaineering Club is holding the first ever Outdoor Film Festival. We are showing films by Maine college I I students on the sporls they love to do. Kayaking, surfing, skiing, skate boarding, wake boarding/ climbing, mountain biking...if I I you do it and )have a film about it, we want it. We have a HUGE screen set for on Dana lawn; We have a panel of judges, including I 1 Bro, to pick winning films. We are giving away a $300 first prize, along with other amazing prizes. Colby and other Maine college 1 ® students do some amazing things with their (not always ample) free time. Colby and other Maine college students make amazing 1 Alex Telis (box 7114, email altelis) i films about those, sporls.X If you want to submit yourmf film for showing at the festival submit a film to J *-^ /nR in VHS> DVD, or mini-DV format by April 20th. Films must be made by (though not necessarily portray) college students. | ! ! The festival will be on Dana Lawn on the 28th of April. Questions can be addressed to Alex Telis at [email protected]. | : " ¦ " ' " ' ' y ' ' ¦ i r' ': ' . . . . . : v ¦MA - A- ' "r^:A -AA APRIL^'2005¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '> ¦ ' ' ;y ' ' ¦ -,: Af Aa . [¦ ' , 7- - , • t • ,; yy- yy., , ;•: .-: - . . :r y-7 yy"y> ;.;• ' , . . y , ...... ;. 7= 7^ s? ¦ ¦' ¦ ? :;A A v • < ,. - : ' " - -.• ¦; . . - . -.. ¦ .;; : <¦ '? a .A A>A; y:- *At;^; t < .¦ . ¦ ¦ . . :• . . , ¦ y-7 7 x " . - y. vy* v;,f '.<\ y.y ' ¦-7 . .,' • . . . , • < ¦ * l , ¦¦ ¦ 7 .. ' = • .. -7VY - ¦¦; ' .\ . ' 7' -.7 ,; , A , r y .'VP' ,: " >: ¦ ' this we©k " THURSDAY, APRIL. 7y. • Fighting Terrorism 1 Film: Death and the Maiden ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ " ** : ' ; " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , • . ' . , .. , . ' ' ¦' ¦ft ^ VyC/fK <• ¦ >¦> " ' \ : "' . .^ •• ' ¦ ' ' , .7 • ". ¦¦ ' ¦ • i - 1 ¦¦ ; r' ¦' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ 7 p.m. • . . ' • " . ' . ¦ . - ' : . ¦ ' :, . '^.y't-.^yly.p- . ."^,i* :. * ' ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ J ¦' • • . • (- . Olsen, and make use of that pile of . . ;; * Welcome to Basin City: home to a the campus on that fine spring day . . . . >., ,. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ * ' " ¦ ' - 3 ¦ ' . 1 • ' : . . , -A- coterie of killers, hookers, corruptcops was the importance of the tiered skirt , dirty laundry under your bed. The and clergyman, all peering over their this season. Jeweled, cotton, silk, chif- sunny stree|sof campus. .., ',- -. ij. * see yours or your crack smiling back taking Mayflower hill by storm in all homeless look is spreading like wild- shoulders in fear (or is it anticipation?) fon—whatever your fancy—simply And, yes, the, last of the snow at them while sitting down for a bite to patterns and sizes. fire from New York to California; let's ofthe evil that lurks in the shadows. add a pair of chandelier earrings to storms are :over.. You're allowed.to eat or in the lecture hall seat behind Turning to the. male specimen how- join the fashion moguls, Maine. "Sin City," the cinematic dream- your ears, thong sandals to your feet show off a little leg, but let's not go you. Mmm, scrumptious. ever, after admiring a portion of the That's all for now, happy hunt- scape envisioned by maverick direc- and plastic aviators to the crown of overboard; > everyone 'knots ' what As 'fpr spicing up your tops, it male species on campus pass by my ing everyone! tor Robert Rodriguez and graphic your head and you'll be set to hit the underwear" looks like; no one wants to looks like button-down blazers are spot on the steps, it was evident that novelist Frank Miller, is a world where the dames are divine but dis- posable, the men vengeful but valiant and the streets paved with blood. It is a lurid landscape where A-list actors cross paths with grotesque vil- Beer R0fi@M Anwior^Ua^ lains delectable damsels and intrigu- Spanish beers suck: San Miguel vs. Mahou evening, with the Alibis • ¦) • ¦ ¦ V - -• ' ¦ a world where Kirsten is little, and after ter." weekday non-holiday. By JOHN DEBRUICKER By PAT UZOTTE pre-reviewing with a glass Sarah abstained from 1 The crowd, although rarely observ- the dames are ' StA^F WRITER STAFF WRITER of wine she admitted, "This comment because she ing the band directly, clearly came to " ¦ ¦¦ " divine but dis- "What am I supposed to say about will be rough for me." As was pissed that she had to ¦ . . ' ?¦' ¦" . • ' ' enjoy the Bootleggers ' atmosphere, them?" asked Sarah Smithson '06 at we would discover, She was finish her beer. With two In the spirit of breaking the Colby for which the Alibis provided a very posable , the ¦ tlie start of our Spring Break Beer correct. ' ' ¦•¦ ¦; ;%• ' wounded soldiers in front Bubble, which seems ito be tne theme effective soundtrack. As one man men vengeful Review. "Well," I answered, "it's a "I can't really tell the of her" she declared, "I'm this week, I made\my, way down to behind me noted, "You'll need an but valiant , and beer review. You talk about the beer. difference, . • between not finishing those." She the local tavern ''ton, Efn] street last alibi tonight!" I mean you can say something deep Spanish beers—-they all prefers her Twisted Tea. Friday night to seV comic book universe ever n't just brushed my teeth." including ( ' mc.'; Kitten drunk. ' What a trooper. packed nt nine ing out of their would be "Inme-o brouglit to the silver screen. desctibijd It lis "shat.tacu- , I also bared witness to o'clock, still adorned shit kicking Ang Lee and George Romero tried lar^* ttnU Surali followed tlie aftereffects of the five with St. Patrick's hands ; Maine bar music. to capture the aesthetic through nifty up by ' sayin g, •"! ' doit i 't shots of Absinthe he took Day liquor company Ybu got your mus- editing techniques (placing panels in want to .finishiftls;" TWvbm|»;The thfrt evening. Todd loves techno flags nnd glowing tang sally, you got the frame), but Rodri guez has gone review has standards of excellence dance clubs. muted television screens showing your orown eyea gin, you Know uie far beyond that. to meet and successfully finjtlilrig So the lw*r review wns n bust. boring lopsided NBA games. Even rest. Anyway, wc do make up for this ' 1 The vivid atmosphere of "Sin two beelruia one olftlicm.. A jCotnc.to think of it, every domestic B98.5, Central Maine's Country sta- in sheer volume." Seeing as how City" was created through bizarre Todd and 1 wjejitdlictwl and start- vbeer I tried there tasted like wntercd- tion wns on the scene distributing pro; Bootleggers struck me as ni shit- makeup, garish costumes, gritty noir ' ed oii the Sun Miguel,' which we •'dowhi malt liquor. I brouglit some motionnl items. "kicking Maine bar, I found few dialogue and, of course, an elaborate wcro, cautiously optimistic: about San Miguel h6me for my brother to It didn't take long to look around shortcomings for the Alibi's volume and innovative use of CO, shot since notliing cbuid taste as bad as • fry and in between cringes ho man- and deduce that, sadly, my roommate to compensate. This deafening entirely on a "digital backlot" (i.e. the Mohou we Hud ' just forced aged tp add, "I can't even say thanks nnd I were the only Colby students in honky-tonk was right up this with nil the acting shot in front of n down. Wewfcrc disappointed. ,, for this." attendance. A major indicator wns crowd's alley. green screen and the backgrounds "It doeaVt soy .vjd *w '' it'» Wo did not bring it to a vote that wo were tho only males in the So few drummers sirtg lead vocals added during post-production). brewed," noticed ; Tbdd. "Is that because neither beer would have room without facial hair, and the only as the band's percussionist did; he While other movies such as the bad?" Mulling it over, he at>swcifea .received any. 'flic only redeeming gentlemen under thirty who didn't never compensated the 'steady blue- recent "Sky Cnptnin and the World of his own query with "]tyny be( It 'quality of Spanish beers is that wear FUBU grnss-esque baseline while belting out Tomorrow ," "Immortel (nd vilnm)" doesn't suy( bec«u^,lt 'sjusi piss in ilioy'rc'cheap and arc sold cvciy- Despite our differences, the locals nil the'clnssics. Tills band had clearly nnd "Cnsshern" were also shot on a can." It was pwuy bod.' | . •:,,» ,/ Whenv including the more upscale accepted us warmly. A bnrtender been nVound n few Central Maine digital bnclclots, this movie's use of "I drink pussy ililnks and with continental McDonald's. halfway through the show asked watering holes long enough^© Know ¦ High-Definition digital cameras (like How tint I supposedto drink this?" V, '; My advice: drop the extra Euro and knowingly If I "wns the Colby kid" the rcotpe for foot-stbpping good "Sky Cnptnin") in addition to the asked KlratcJn helplessly. Allliouflh •_ buy imports. Or don't go to Spain. and if I wanted n ginger ale. Later on times. Each had a microphone to "bticklot" method makes "Sin City" she did add, "It mialit in the night, I even won tlie door prize chime in on sing-nlongs, and ait¦ attl- y'f^ause ¦ ' • - - it's the second one,; but it taatis b«t« of two free lift tickets to Sugarloaf, ; . .1 1 ', . , Continued on Pago 9 provided I skip class und go on n Continued on Pago 0 !,B!! 1^11 3 €»! l^l lPlllFF "1* '^ > E^' ifli "^" P-^E £k ©^^ ¦* * m '.fcH'. ' , : vi.' ¦ * ' ^ * " "-iitV'*' ) - >*——* ner in tow, to the small area in front of thd^intei^e^jl^f^^^Gi^,^. _ Continued From Page 8 the band to dance. The dances looked which the ' energy level couldn't^' like something out of Hee Haw, and accommodate. . Ctf 1 _ i ? ¦ ¦ contributed much to my enjoyment of All things considered, I will never • ' tudeftthat/ reflected the bassist' the show. forget my first night out on the town. ¦ s -. • - ' " - ¦ One man leaned back and lost , Nj^''M< /; " ttarf'nKdia?iicalHi , co^boyliat, . . ./ 7 7. .':. ', ' •• con^ Thanky^u^Ali^s 3( ( s|.;JpER<)SETf|ARAKAW ;Trj^h^to ¦' '¦ leg. It levitated off the Bootleggers tharik-fou 11 ' v a^d / ' Bbyian 'rnaistered her keyboard trol of his lower , Wafe'rville. * '"' '''^RETCirlENfteltiL^CZ keqiing with file ihrnse of the^ ground momentari- ' and at the sarr« "be" with a businesslike attitude, stoical- >¦ STAFF WRITER ^, play, tmie^ ly stroking out good-time jams as ly, oscillating side to - re^l'people. seriously as a sixth grader -at a side, only to return 0L ^J^^kof f " "//The director had a vision piano recital. As the set went on, again to the ground. I cltfwrif Jane t^rsafd^pfrpk As '" for the play and that love'for however, the players loosened up, Fascinating. -part ofthe Colby ImproV group, she it manifested in ail of us. I and. the guitarists limited stage I only wish that . later s added. Jin, jest, "We love loved it because "it was a ,, ¦ the set was orga- eacliotheV 'but hate" ourselves.*' moves¦ ¦ Mi camel. - ¦ . into effect. .- - challenge," Lee proclaimed ,, . , When, cover band plays a social nized in a fashion 7 Sometlung th^t simple andhas taken her tritonpiiantly. ' - ' a Dance j function, ti^e most important element that kept the dancers A. long way.in^jsl^Br at When asked what aspect of the performance is the construction on the > floor for ' Colby !: $*• —* of theater lured her onstage, C^p ^ , of the , set list, at which the Alibis more than one song ' • JanB^k"a Sociology major and she.replied that she wantedto • . excelled.. From The . Temptations to at a time. After one . ,Th^^>^^m^tpi(nv came to know everything about the- ' ^ , Elvis to Carl Perkins, the Alibis had the big hit that brought CoI^-^'TbIu^; California, ater, "not just one aspect," , local crowd eating out of their hands. several couples near from 'ffl?£W§8#>Valley High and; liked to "just .observed About every other song brought a the stage, the band School/ a^a.'^l^illy'pessan" per- the,bdund-the^seene opera- , les, the slowed it down a lit- ¦ '¦¦ sonality fcttad ns venue, in theater tions. Thus, even though her , different pairing of coup - ¦ ¦- ;7 '•^ir Y' Mw.EBRUICK ER/THEfigtBy^ HO • v. " " MEREDITH MANCUSO/THECOLBY ECHO woman typically skipping ahead, part- tle too much with The Alibis rock the crowdWBbikmgers $S?ki anddian^e. , ' , main theatrical intrigue., is Jan Lee'06 *. t ¦ —¦ ~ SheStoi^al^ys enjoyed watching acting, Lee worked as an ¦ i^t! —~n . ' . .-?7iV( - Jwi . - ^eate^iiigtunovies,' but didnthe 't get assistant to the director f orthe Jan and Wig's most recent production, McKinney brings down piigi: irivei^WrM^spheteuntil junior Plan children's shpw of "Millions pf had Lee in a powerful role on a del- lustbn thfif f iato™gh<^t?pd/ tgnd, even feen, she Cats" and helped organize schedules icate topic. ¦ ¦ ¦ . V¦ ¦-. .Y:';yt';5-. -a . . ¦ . . ¦ ; P'-^ '.»' ?• ' A'M ' , ^y^^iq^bpjtnairily chorus roles. for different schools to bring their A four member cast in a "radio" . . . / . iH^' r his R nAN RI IRKP needed comic relief, and Juston them about .it injDA'.R.E. ^i^^^fe/kt^Vlby, she heard about classes for the ^how. , - .{ y „ play, it "made you think about chaos , ¦ for both CONTRIBUTING WRITER McKinney delivered. ' Some.o^h^jsubjects of jokes ^ditfoAs Powder & Wig Lee works in the scene , shop and miscommunication." Lee said . '.;. ;- McKinney got up on stage after hit clos^tQ3iK|me for- the Colby f . r'ajs^pepartmcatand shows. She peisist- where she learns to use power tools she is grateful to have had the expe- landed part being introduced by Social Club crowd, -esppoamwinvolving park- p^^ auditions a in and weld little pieces into the beau- rience, though it was a difficult '07 and hit the ing ticketsj anih'^rig juston McKinney performed a chair Riley Doyle rooi^at^jtod i^^9lored_Girls," a monologue piece tiful sets that make the final prod- script to deliver because ofthe mili- one-hour stand-up comedy set this ground running. sex suggestf^M M Cosmopolitan ||/5iat' she' recalled as "a really great uct. Last fall, she enrolled at the tary jargon. ^*1' Saturday at the Spa . to a packed As mentioned by Doyle, magazine. Other things, such' a^ H \ experience." National Theater Institute " in "It was interesting that the char- crowd. He .was originally scheduled McKinney's stand-up experience marriage jokes, most members d¥eV / ' -As more roles and produc- Connecticut which helped her acters are all flawed, but they're all to begin ^t 8, but his act had to be has included regular appearances the audience couldn't quite relate tions came her way, it kick-start- explore acting, directing, voice, idealists hi their own right. Emma delayed for 20 minutes because of on "The Tonight Show with Jay to. Still McKinney made it so even ed her thinkmg about theater as movement, design and playwrit- ,(her character) knows what she the wrapping up of Romeo Leno" and Comedy Central. the most uncommitted could relate. a career path. ' -' ing all together in an intense 14- wants the military to be, and she is Dallaire's speech. McKinney definitely showed that Of course, the classic moments Lee was part, of the ".Vagina week program. "Jt made you step uncompromising in her ideals, yet . After Dallaire's speech ended and experience as'he reached across of the ni ght involved some of trfe^''¦^Monologues" mTootb< her freshman out of your comfort zone and that uncompromising nature is what and the crowd moved its way to the Spa, it the socioeconomic divide and audience members being pickeE? an4*'SC^homore yeas regrets work with some 'risky' material, kills her because the military can't was clear that everyone was in dire kept the audience in stitches. on. He took jabs at a woman sitting*, , mining out this year. playing roles you'd usually be" be what she feels it should." need of a pick-me-up. The audience He talked primarily about his grow- in her boyfriend 's -lap, women' ft* >me perfonrtances-thatstick Out in apprehensive to play." As we chatted on, Lee voiced ing up in Kittery, Maine, the front wearing' Wrik togs «YW;thf£, hef&mKHy^^Th^M*^^ airf She describes it as "liberal arts in her concern that the world needs to including how he lived the cold air rushing ip .anctfeven the '^henaL^fvtadla^^^ft'-fime in theater," and appreciated how .it see more Asians in theater. With under a bridge under guy sitting in the frofttt 'taUmg r ' , y fioj^i v '^Am^ taught her to approach a play in Lee's dedication to the art we hope Interstate 95 where the only for the Echo (Hi!).- 'A & > "w^cheiat'y& ai>aisembte;t^^raoducaan , regards to its finesse and entirety. to see her making her mark on the bus that came for him was Everyone in the. auaiepcB^ took, their &i fc&j wHich was angi^w wading feme." "The Pugilist Specialist," Powder theatrical world. the short bus. He took jabs at minds off of homewwk, &iceSj the rich kids that went to his Rwandan genocide and tBg., school. Among his best- $40,000 .per year tuition remembered quips was, and had a great time. "You know those rich kids McKinney's humor ,, . . €83 Review who went to your school is deeply rooted very S^#S who were always in the front much in his lower of the line for school pic- class, dysfunctional Fiddy offers a "Massacre "of tures? [Silence] Or are you upbringing and it was ;7fee guys those kids?" very well delivered. Bchsm^ •^^in^e^iiggjs/i rappi ng He told some flat-hilari- Above all, McKinney , ous stories about being a cop showed the packed ; :GOTJ&y j in Lebanon, Maine. His sto- house that if there were By MATT THOMAS ries including catching rac- a fifth spot open on the ¦In STAF WRITER coons in people's houses, Blue Collar .Comedy \, iertieifrA shooting a deer behind the Tour, there is no doubt , ... Rating:. 1.5 out of 5 stars ear and how kids , : who he would fit right iii., t have known about . .,., . . - . i y -r ' wouldn' t-y [ I Before I beginjet me put fourth a dis^ MOLLY WARREN/PHOTO EDITOR forming gangs and beating ^ ^ Sg claimer: I don't like most mainstream hip- Mckinney's ticklesthe Spa with his comedy him up if he didn't teach hop made today. I liked gangsta rap better when rappers talked, about being broke and having to to yhustle^and rob get by-not how much 'Wealtir they have. In fact, I probably SIN CITY: k comicbookuniverse corns to lifeon thesilver MM- ' shouldn't be diverging from the Echo trend ¦of reviewing ; independent/iesser-known SO Cont Continued From Page 8 Underneath every- releases and instead doing on album by one The Massacre thing is a deeper layer of pop culture's biggest stars. . . of corruption, inyoJy-; v However, as a reviewer, I'm supposed to . one of the world's first ."fully-digital" 'r ing shady, politicians . remain unbiased—just because I don't like Of course, 50's sub-par lyricism would ^ live action motion pictures. y like .Senator. Roark . rapping about Escalades and Cristal doesn't all be a little more acceptable if he could Robpit Rodriguez has led a puz- ' (Powers .Bopthe), and , mean that nobody else docs. present it with some style. ,. ¦ .\ . , zling film career to say the least. ' M the j church, led. by the Furthermore, I must admit that even I found "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" (or ,f The ,, renegade , filmmaker who '^Senator's older broth- though I've always been less than enthusi- "GRODT") to be somewhat enjoyable . reportedly dons a cowboy hat and .|.6iv ' 'Cardinal ;Roark astic about 50's popularity, I did enjoy because despite 50's cliched thug raps, it a guitar over one shoulder as he ^(Ru)tgqr'l)[auer)/ pome of his debut, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin". had plenty of catchy hooks and Dr. Dre- directs, ( Started his career off with ^, Quewtjn , Tarantino ., Therefore, I approached "The Massacre" produced beats to draw me in. ^a bang,in, 1992 with the hard-hit- |uest-directs a segment . objectively and with a simple question in "The Massacre," in comparison, lacks :^ , ting "El ^arinchi," delivered on a '!Uf Sin City as a favor to . mind—dpes 50 deliver an album that is as much of what made "GRODT" work. 50's - i' ,- budget of just $7,000. He fol- ._ . HS|V'"bi^tho]|r* ,:;|^bert; - i enjoyable as his first? hooks are as lazy and uninspired as his rap- ^ , lowed this stunning debut with its ^'^driguez, .whoj coni- The answer is a resounding, "No." ping, and Dre only produces two tracks this I 1995 sequel, the equally engaging po|cd tlie score ,to "Kill , I always consider it a bad sign when I sit time. The other producers (Scott Storch, , , . Desperado." Rodriguez 's recent Bltlf Vol. II" for a mere , down to write an album review and I real- Ncedlz, C. Styles, etc.) try pathetically to ,., efforts however, have disappoint- (jb^ltir (it's tlw $ciine in ' ize that I can't find a whole lot to say about copy Ore's style, giving us beats that have ed (including the 3rd mnriachi ;','' ttie|cnr,. with, Owen tind tlie CD that I could say about any odier the same sort of thumping percussion, dark ; ' |, installment, "Once Upon a Time , JD^Toifo, vyhogiihhas the album in its genre. Suffice to say that "The piano melodies, synth blasts and laid-back in Mexico" and "Spy Kids 3-D"), '^crli^ber of a ltrmiy ' Massacre" is one of those CDs'. R&B grooves, but none of the character ' I which has led some film critics to > IptMed in his head)., - , i , If, you're familiar with mainstream rap, that makes Ore's work so distinctive. , . |{ calj, into question Rodriguez 's/ , ? ;-. ipirantino's influence you know exactly whnt to expect on "The , The worst thing about these songs, how- , ' , 1 . obsession over HD digital earner- , '¦y.ajjnnrentijj dops nptsjtopfi vMassncre"—lots of boasting. , , , ever, is that many of them sound like hnlf- , r n.wprk, claiming that lie's become S . , :50 boasts of his sex appeal ("Candy asscd attempts to remake songs from top ,fixated on capturing excellent ^ife'mly; ^eyocative ^ ;of^, his• ' ,- Shop"), his criminal background ("Ski MGUODT'—"Disco Inferno" sounds like , ,,Pul Mask Way"),, his, m Supposed To Die shots, rather than tell n enptivat- f4pt erpi^!qe :y ^.. ^ p. immense gun collection "In Da Club"; "I' . ing. story. . . iFiction," with its circur ("Gunz Come' Out"),-and, of coui-se. his Tonight" sounds like "Many Men (Wish , , , In."Sin City" however, with Frank WWW,M0VIES,VWJ0O.C0M Joii^truqtur.Q, and / ; recy- , multi-Platinum sales ("Position of Power"). Death)" and "Gunz Come Out" sounds like Nancy and Hariigan in Sin City.Graphic novelist Frank Miller and direc- Miller's, gritty 'narrative nnd penchant filjiig', ,Qf f ?,ppp7pulturc ,If , there's anything that distinguishes 50 "Heat". This by itself says volumes about tor Robert Rodriguez come together to bring a comic universe onto' ' , for masterful storytelling, Rodriguez the " archetypes^). ,;.; • ,.;. , • :¦ from other mainstream rappers today, it's the album. big screen ' 7 has found tho. perfect material for his ,. • The .language . ( Of-.tlw ., the overblqyyn egotishi an^ narcissism tliat 50 is recycling the same song concepts to hic artistry. Rodriguez has chosen yV underlies his^raps, 1' , .;.;y compensate for a lack of originality. The grap :. - , f \\rtXi l .; , lto}4iv;;mostl 1 , , ' ; to. adnpt,thrce of Miller's grnphlc.nov- (Bruce , Willis), who is looking for (Elijah Wood) .diqppses. .,pf. jicr , in/hcr i rflipbgljiiiWicebyer , nar- , Yet fpirV^i{;.of . hi$/'^ closest 50 ever comes to originality, on . . eis in his ','Sin City" anthology: "The redemption after saving Nancy Sleep like a wily incubus..J( , •..,. ..¦',; , 1 ration, oyvoa iriuph to the , . ..rthjlng on.^^as'saQra".;lu|snU cbanged- 'The Mpssacre" is with "A Baltimore Love Hard GppdJ>ye," "The Big Fat Kill" Callahan (Jessica Alba) from tho The final tale, in the isngn , cpneerns | pu|p novelists : of thp . 50 is still a pdpr, rapper. He lias ri, slow, Tiling", in which he personifies heroin, but ' ' , and "That Yellow Bastard". . , clutches of a raving pedophile years Dwight (Clive Owen) who js,Jooking 1950ii Tlu;nk!6f ' Sin; boring flow .nnd;^ dull monotone: voice it's too little, too late. , , Miller has received co-writing nnd earlier, only to be called back into to put the hurt on Jpcal. thug Jackie Cijty" as, ',' .; Dashiell thnt reminds' me,.pf Masief and Fabolous ' $0 may be the most popular nipper now, but qp-dirccting credits on the film, much action when the Chimera known ns Boy (Benicio, De\"Tor,o>, , lifter he ; Hnmmett/Raympnd (both of whom nro arguably dinofig rap's unless he shows growth as an artist on future ( , ,to the cjiagrin of tho Director's Guild the Yellow Bustard (Nick Stahl) smacks around his old flume (and ] . Chandler ,„ fpr ; the . worst lyricists). , : , ' ' ,; ' .;• albums, he's bound to see his dominance liz- ' of America, because the pages of his rccmcrgcs to finish tho job. Dwight's new ,. squeeizc) Slidllo Plays'tatiorij generation. ; His tendency to punctuate his rhymes zie. After all, dicre can only bo so many ¦ i . graphici novels basically serve as sto- Tlie second tale deals with Mnrv (Brittany Muipjiy). . ..., . ¦ „• ' , j - loved oycry nnuse- , with dark humor is at times' interesting, but blingcd-oiit thugs in the game these days. rybonrds for, the film, which (Mickey Rourko), nn Obcnncnch in Unfortunately, this disturbs, tlio',(icli- ntlhg gprgcoiis dnrik, hardly redeeming. Like The Game' (Whose tliat snid, I think I'll go pop in some ^ . ' ' voraciously. , who, after ing, , album I ;' ' 'd ,,, Immortal,'Technique or Phnroalto Monch , ,Rodr)guqK follows the Nictzschcan mold cnto bnlimcc of povycr rciicUQjl between , ( pminpus blopii^piirr \ tra^i50e in a toreview for Tjic^threo ' (ales , arc. pretty much spending one night with a gorgeous die. hookers of | GJ<} Tpwii ,(irt<}Iuding . scqonldl, I ^pcnt.jn "Sin , Epinionsicom^ continues llvb , under how. Pence. nutpnoirious (nlUipiigli t(icro is, a bit hooker mimed Goldie (Jninio King), Rosnrio PawsQivAloxis Blcdel, jind , City/! and I, ani cpn;v the illusloiiitlittt his Eangsta pasf, flp r^ As it happens, you have just borne ations preferred ,, by, the hosting huriian bellows to stoke the flames to By ALEX McPHERSON witness to the rarely sighted, but schooj, : other events are added j their eventual roaring intensity as CONTRIBUTING WRITER nonetheless quite active, Woodsmen including climbing a 4.0' pole with quickly as possible. A competitive Women s tennis triumphs team singing one of their favorites: spiked boots, throwing double-bitted time is anywhere under four minutes So one evening you and your room- "Baby Seals." these Carhartt-clad axeSj rolling logs and water boil; says Woodsman Liz Stovall '07, ace mate were having some delectable lumberjacks spend their time honing Water boil^is particularly interest- boiler. In contrast, the author's over Trinity in tight game chicken patties in Foss when all of a their chopping skills and axes alike ing to the laymari and wprjh describ- Mountain Safety Research (MSR) sudden a girl appears at the top ofthe nearly everyday on their brand new ing; Two teams of two woodsmen are camping stove boils a liter of water iri stairs and yells something unintelligi- practice field across the street from given a log, axe, knife and a match, about three and a half minutes. By JESSICA BERNHARD Mike Morgan noted. "Both teams ble. Fair enough. People do odd things the Hillside parking lot. The core with the goal of boiling a pot of water This Saturday, the team opens the STAFF WRITER were very talented." .7 '. ' all the time, but the bewilderment elements of their competitions are faster than the other team. This spring season with the annual Mud The women's match against Trinity builds when the table next to you the horizontal-chop, the vertical- involves shaving off slivers of tinder, Meet, hosting strong teams from was especially close, with the clinch- erupts in what could only be described chop as well as using the bucksaw making slightly larger pieces of kin- Dartmouth College, University of This Saturday, Colby men's and er match won by Anna Erdheim ?06. as a sea-shanty-Irish-pub-song-rau- with one or two woodsmen. dling, stacking the cut up wood with women's tennis faced off against The match tied 3-3 at one point, cous jig. Depending on the meet and the vari- structural integrity and then acting as Trinity College. "The Trinity matches Erdheim came back to win 3-6, 6-4, Continued on Page 11 were both great," an impressed Coach 6-3. "She had lost her first set and was close in the second." Captain Sara Hughes '05.said, "Then' she just really turned it on. She played the best I have ever seen her play and came back to win in three sets." Hughes and Alison Dunn '07' also won their doubles match. In singles, Hughes '05, Dunn '07 and Lauren * tiWMityj Sn > > m > ; ,. >• , < s )-. .. Uhlmann '06 were victorious,'as well: V..r ,X A^M^M^s-^m r, >^W . - i . • * <•! ' " - ' ¦>} ' -Jtrio -to * mwwtmmy) t:> *lmk'Auv ^ 'i ',^- " ' : > * ' A- ( ,iU^ ^^fi^AAhll ,AA,Y /. ' ' ' , - ' HUghes wds7 particularly ,Irnpre&sed X^fMS^M-^ " " "- " ^ ^ with her partner, Dunn's,'singles play, "Allison was in total control of her match and really dictating play. She finished fast and having someone do that can serve to shift momentum back around," Hughes said. '" ' ' "I was really happy with the focus that everyone gave at crucial points in the match and how willing everyone was to adjust their strategies in each oil i/niir inpnrYiJnH'^' ,.\v ' '« .¦'' ' ' 'ftv * y ift\\\r ™'\li ail your inoui ij'iJiy „> . : M S yi^i^ i-m Nil • I was really ; : happy with the calls can -be free^ ; r '^Pi»^ - focus that 1 f ' ' i, - I , i Ir : , 7C-. \ "/ ' < v teiwft, • (• *i|» ^' i everyone gave ¦ ¦ . -&w ¦ wa¦ '' a '' \ Jmv %,: A at crucial points m(Evert the ones from - < ' ] v * "m> % |; , , - ^\ . ' '\ \t%, ^ ' ¦¦ -¦¦¦ ¦ Jni,\ J^ill,^,^^ > ' in the match Mt.Can 't Take a Hint) i\^ ^ * $> I %l and how willing everyone was to ¦ ¦ ; /• < . " ' • i M '> y m 2**w { \ adjust their ' > > • ' -•- ' ' "•. f i%ilm^V\ strategies in " -^'" each match. Mike Morgan Coach. match," Coach Morgan said. i iJlH™ ; "The men also played a great match against n very tough nnd disciplined iMfffi1 affi ¦¦¦ i &Mi mWimmmlAmmiKlmWmm^ : • 7 ' '%^9fumf Trinity team," Coach Morgan said of ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ,!¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ • ¦ ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' !•/; ¦ : - •;),i . :, ¦ ' ; '!(" ' ¦ '¦¦ , ¦ - ' ¦' ¦ ' ¦ • ''' • ' , ' ¦' .;- - . '.' ' . ' ' ' P Pi '.. . , ' ... , , . ' .P .c; py-7 :;.: ¦ ' 'H „ . ' '• • ;, \- "" . '• ' '.¦"> ' ." ' ' ' ' • (. '• ' " ' ', ""lW;i ,' . .• .V ; '-..' / • ' .:- ;i ,) '> <' - v7' ;lVv^ 'i'. ' v; r *.",'/.'.7 ';- . . -N' . - ' - . : .' ' . ^r- ^rr ;i; \.:l^r!y-^^^ -;r ^\^jM «;. the men s team, who put up a passion- : ' ¦ y ,7 ' . 7' 7.y'•777-77 ; 7/ . i ys-y ;l ^y¦ yyv7 , M 7 : ; 1 ate fight but ultimately lost to Trinity 7-0. Doubles was especially strong, as Captains Ben Crane '05 and John Fallon '05 defeated the number seven ? S&£^^ ranked team in the region 8^5. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦:¦ ' Doubles partners Tony Gill '07 and ' .. ' -¦: ¦: , ' . . 7 :\-r ?¦ • Ar'A' ¦ ¦ ' !,< < A-A " :: ' ¦ : r r^t>^ '^ ,J , Znch Scluunnn '08 also had nn out- A.^.Ay.AA' % A >r- >r . ¦\ :- - W a «iniwlrf Uini!iia8t»nTt«.CV^IfalMnvilimuUtl 7 r . i< : ¦ ; • • • ';>;. '',¦'/.. .^Ui w\\rwttii]M.llpii6«M|iwrwnNii* . ' , , v . K;:w)!.wA\W*mfa 7'77 Continued on Pago 11 ffll&meii's lacrosse tdnke&ri iffi POTSStilt Cif Of fne-.- ;Wfif! .K Most recently, the Kim had nine ground balls and six : p By AMY CRONIN Mules beat Wesleyan caused turnbvere arid Liz was excel- : STAFF WRITER by a margin of 14-6, lent in shutting ftoWn;: Wesleyan's pulling away in the leading goal scorer," Godomsky said. The' Colby women's lacrosse team second half by holding "Our defense is playing' &\ really is currently ranked ninth in the nation the Cardinals to only tough zone which is By JESSICA BERNHARD was the first time in at least the four energetic members, "As Colby around eight to ten regattas a year. The Bush in an AP Physics class. Last time STAFF WRITER years that I've been here that we held Corinthians we pride ourselves on a club hopes to expand in future years. I saw that look was right before I ran regular practices at the Hume Center, balance of fine cigars, Mount Gay and Another one of the club's advan- down Bambi. I miss the OC already. The Colby Corinthian Yacht Club generally about four times a week," competitive sailing," he stated, tages is its location. The Then there's the devastating (CCYC) kicks off their spring season Allen said. extremely seriously. Messalonskee is around seven miles absence of Dave Roberts. Granted Jay with a race this weekend at the Things seem to be getting under Because the club is so new, the long and about one iriile wide at its Payton is a good player, but Roberts University of Southern Maine, despite way for the Corinthians, according to commodores, Allen and Warner widest According to the Corinthian's was responsible for "the steal," which the fact that the Messalonskee, the Allen, "We just purchased six FJs Nickerson '05, generally rely on stu- website, this gives the team an ideal will go down in history with lake where the team practices at the from Bowdoin in August so we have dents who have some previous sailing place to sail as the Messalonskee is FOUL BALLS Vinatieri's 46 yarder in the snow Hume Center, was still frozen. been focusing on building activity on interest and expertise to support the big enough to allow for consistent bowl, and pretty much every at bat Commodore Christian Allen '05 campus." In addition Allen noted, team. However, as the club grows in wind and longer courses. By JEREMY LITTLE David Ortiz had in the ALCS. I don't noted, "Spring sailing is brief up here; "We've got a bunch of new, highly size and funding, the leaders hope to So whether its Mount Gay, compet- understand how they could trade him. we probably won't even put our boats energetic freshmen and sophomores be able to support in-house talent and itive sailing , or both that the The Sox got rocked opening night. in the water." who are very enthusiastic about the to compete on a national level. Corinthians are after, it seems like the It was ugly. CCYC is a fairly young organiza- club, and I am very confident that dur- Despite the setback of cold Maine club is off to a first-rate spring season Opening night featured a Yankees That's brings me to the Yankees. tion around campus. There was previ- ing the next few years the CCYC will weather, the Corinthians are presently with'plenty pf opportunities for some slugger who lost forty pounds, a Red Yeah, they're probably going to win ously a Colby Sailing Club, but the only grow to become larger and more active in the Eastern Series ofthe New solid (and perhaps', chilly) raying. Sox pitcher who needs to lose forty the east again, but then again it's cost- Corinthians became an official organi- successful." ' England Intercollegiate Sailing Oops, I meant racing. pounds and a Yankees catcher whose ing Boss Steinbrenner $213 million. zation in the spring of 2003. "Last fall Peter Arlein '07 is one of those Association and they compete in ass must weigh at least 40 pounds. There should be an asterisk next to After one inning, Josh Kahn '05 their record. I really do hate them. I astutely pointed out that the Boston thought maybe after the choke I Red Sox are not the model of physical wouldn't hate him quite as much, but WOODSMEN: to befea turedon ESPMnril 23 fitness. Actually his exact words were, believe me. Those pinstripes will "Dude, your team is fat." always make me want to retch. woodsmen and have a rowdy time. I'd like to say he's wrong, but hey, Yes Randy Johnson was impres- , Continued From Page 10 The team's closing meet for the if the shoe fits. Evidently the Sox sive. But then again he's an eight- season will take place on April 23 in spent a little too much time at the buf- foot tall geriatric redneck with no Maine-Orono, University of New Canandaigua, New York. This meet is fet line in Fort Meyers. Despite what cartilage in his knees and the build of Hampshire and Unity College here on much larger than typical, with chain- Kevin Millar might say, these guys are a flamingo. There's no way he makes Colby's home field. saw manufacturer Stihl hosting a supposed to be professional athletes. it past June. The team met with UNH earlier in Timber Sports Challenge which will I just don't think this team is taking Jason Giambi is quite literally half the fall, and Captain Kate Braemer be televised on ESPN later in the year. things seriously enough. The similari- the man he used to be. Maybe that *07 reported that "We swept the Travis Kendall '07 will be represent- ties to "Major League 2" are uncanny. bacne ("back acne") problem will boards, basically, and we plan on ing Colby in this prestigious event and AH we need now is Johnny Damon finally clear up. doing it again!" will be competing in the "cookie cut," and Willie Mays Hays in a remake of Bernie Williams looks like he aged The team is also familiar with single bucksaw and the horizontal- ;'Black Thunder White Lightning." five years since last season. He'd bet- Maine rival Unity, having split the fall chop. In addition to the televised 1 Last year I made fun of A-Rod's ter get on the juice quickly. Otherwise meet with tlie women coming away event, the rest of the woodsmen will frosted tips and Pedro's greasy he'll be playing the saxophone in the victorious while the men were beaten have a chance to compete against over Dominican perm; now Johnny dugout before the all-star break. out by. a strong Unity squad. Everyone 60 ofthe best collegiate woodsmen Damon has highlights courtesy of a I hated Tino Martinez eight years is encouraged to come this Saturday teams in the nation and Canada. • . PHOTO COUmCSY OP KATE (UlAEM taping of "Queer Eye for the Straight ago. I hate him now. Let's just leave it The woodsmen compete in the cross, cut saw at the University of Maine- to the Mud Meet to support their local Guy. m not even going to touch at that. Orono on March 19. The event is one of a handfidl of co-ed events. " I' this, I already got yelled at for making For the record, Tony Womack isn't some, cliche jokes about Canada. good. He just isn't. C'rribn folks. I write a weekly column I'm not even going to bother slam- called Foul Balls. Let's try not to take ming Jeter right now, It's been done MM.Men s tem this too seriously. and it's been done better. I will say The bad hair prize so far goes to that I love that Jeter didn't come to A- SENIORS! Manny Ramirez, who's doing his best Rod's defense this off season when Let's Keep the tradition alivol lalktolmi^T^ Rick James impression . Although, Trot Nixon and Curt Schilling pub- Mark Bcllhorn's slimy mullet is defi- licly made fun of him. Does anybody We're the 21st class to participate in Senior Pledge, and we ¦ Continued From1 Page 10 nitely up there. like that guy? The Yankees will never ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ; can be the fifth class to exceed 50 percent participation! . . ' . ' ¦ yy, y ; . ¦ ", ' ' ' V ' . .. . , •. . , I'm ft typical Sox fan, so I'm going win n World Series as long as Slappy to go right ahead and start complain- McBluclips is on their team. As for other , goals, Fallon noted, ing about what's wrong with this For those Yankees fans out there, By "Tlie men's team is working on further team. First, Curt Schilling's ankle is I'd like to leave with n chant you're developing : its weapons and ' Ousting Jiclfl together with Bondo. There's no going to hear every time the Yanks set ^ them conic , game'tiirie" . Both^teams way he's going to be 100 percent by foot in Fenway. "Year Two Thou- hope to qualify' (fy rtfgiohalBthis 'spring. April 13. Wade Miller can't get sand! [clnp clap clop-clap-clnp]" /mm JL\ fA & v "We've lost some poopltf from tlie team healthy soon enough. Maybe this will be your year. Then since last year but everyone is stepping Edgar Rentcria looks like George W. again, the Cubs nrc due. up and I think we arer much better, dedicated, .and more Itard-workingteam since last , spring.' ; feveryono lino improved So much, on¦ tlie. individual c\ JmL level and I really think yve are going to ^^^^^^^^^ M ^^^^ M have a great shot to get to Regionnlsthis lM,,IMm ¦ ° Nnnlmntn * Pp5t ffi ^'^WWf* * '' ^^ ^^ ^ "^^^^ mm ^ WSRTOfffflawKH ^ ' o . year, which we missed last year," Sara r J » Hughes 'OS said; Hughesalso indicated tlliSH . .;¦ tlie team's desire to lake down fierce JnM. ^ •. . competitors \yilllnins College and ' . JwSgM Bowdoin College, this spiring. ilwS Jffi^Sm "Overall the wcckciid was n confi- g&AI dence booster for both teams," Coach Morgan said; Tills week, the men's Please consider making your senior pledge. team will battle Tufts . University at Every gift makes a difference! y home at 10 a.m. ,oh Saturday. The www.colby.odu /alumnlf untl /6oniorpledgo.html women compete against'Williams nt iffln &l&ftft&te riwmm home nf 1 p.m on Saturday. M M ^^^Wfpmffiv^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ( ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ K ' ¦ " : ' , ~jr ^l\ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ w ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ .• ' - • .. .' . u"" \ x-* \ p. - ,. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ^c^" x ¦¦ ¦ ;¦¦ ., • . - . ¦ y^*^ ^ " ix i ^X " The. Colby^EeH©' ^ ' ^ ' ' /^^^ > v ' \ • ^m\m\mm\mm \ * \mmV^ fills week ¦ in sports Softballtakes f ive wins and f ive losses on spring break trip FRIDAY, APRIL 8 '07 had a double in the seventh inning the score is a poor indication of how only two earned hits. She also added a this point." By ALEXA UNDAUER and was hit in by Kara Fagan '06 for the game went overall, as Luther three-run home run. Catcher Fagan Pitcher Lindsey Toomey '07 • Men's and Women's Track SPORTS EDITOR tlie lone run ofthe game. The women was able to capitalize on two errors helped , out defensively by throwing allowed no earned runs and only two @ Snowfiake Classic were also successful in their game in the fourth inning, scoring all eight out three runners at second base on earned hits in the afternoon against Tufts , . ; » The Colby women's softball team against Plymouth State with nine hits, runs then. stolen base attempts. Wisconsin and struck out four hitters Baseball split their spring break trip to Florida, two of which came from Captain The Mules turned things around the Unfortunately, Olmsted broke her in the process. Bonner added a home- @ Bowdoin taking home five wins and five losses Wendy Bonner '05. following day, taking a win against thumb in the game. Assistant Coach run and the women walked away with in six days of play. More important The following day, the women Bethel College in the morning and the Candice Parent said, "That is a huge a 5-1 victory. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 than their record, the trip allowed the were unable to continue their win- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater loss for our team. We are hoping she The Mules split their final day of team to get outside and play, some- ning streak against Luther College, in the afternoon. Roehn struck out five will be able to make it back for the play with a win against Middlebury • Woodsmen thing that Maine's prolonged winter who took an 8-0 victory. However, batters against Bethel and allowed end of the season but it is unsure at College and a loss in extra innings to vs. Mud Meet has prevented. Senior Captain Kate 20th ranked University of Chicago, 7:30 a.m. Hurd said, "We definitely had our according to the National Fastpitch • Crew high points and low points, but over- Coaches Association. Pitcher Toni- @ Lowell, Mass. all our spring trip is supposed to get Lynn Robbins '05 had four strikeouts I • Men's Tennis us used to playing on real dirt again and allowed just three hits in a 4-0 vs. Tufts and experiment with different lineups shutout over Middlebury. Shannon I 10 a.m. and strategies." Emerson '05 added a RBI double • Men's and Women's Track The women started off with three while Fagan had a two-run single. The I @ Snowfiake Classic , losses to Wellesley College (2-1), Mules were tied 1-1 with Chicago . Tufts College (3-2) and Union after the seventh inning. The Mules • Women' s Lacrosse Babson ¦ College (5-1). After a scoreless seven had one run in the eighth inning that @ Amherst » innings against Wellesley, the game Chicago was able to match. Although , Baseball went into extra innings and Captain the Mules added another run in the vs. Bowdoin (2) Liz Riley '05 was able to hit in Amy ninth inning, Chicago managed to get 12 p.m. Palmer '07 to take the lead. However, two runs and won the hard-fought • Women's Tennis Wellesley managed to turn up the heat game. Roehn gave up only five hits vs. Williams in the eighth and ninth innings to take while striking out three batters. 1 p.m. . the win. Lauren Olmsted '06 and Parent concluded that, "Even ' • Men's Lacrosse Mollie Puskar '08 each had doubles though our record is not great, we @ Trinity , . for the Mules against Babson. gained some valuable close game The team turned their luck around experience that will hopefully help us by taking two wins on March 22 in our conference games this season." J against Lawrence University (1-0) and The women will have their home- i opener this Sunday, April 10 against Plymouth State (7-4). First-year pitch- PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG OLMSTED er Amanda Roehn had five strikeouts Lauren Olmsted '06 throws out a pitch in Florida while the Colby men's basebal l team looks on in the back- the University of Southern Maine. and only gave up two runs in seven ground. The women f inishedtheir trip with a 5-5 record and will have their home opener against USM Sunday. innings against Lawrence. Miki Starr Men's lacrosse takes tough loss to Amherst Men's crew defeats Auburn, Georgia a bit fetter, for Colby who matched sophomores and freshmen," Coach By JUSTIN ANSEL Amherst , with two . goals . apiece. Hupt said. , men's and women's teams performed start getting an idea of who among us ASST. SPORTS EDITOR . Offensively for Colby, Ryan Scott '07 While so far the season has not By WALTER CAMPBELL well, "In relation to our three previ- would make the fastest boat." By the STAFFWRITER i contributed with three goals while gone as expected for the team, ous spring breaks, this race year week's end, the men's varsity eight The Colby men's lacrosse team bat- Tim Brown '07 had a goal and an there have'been some encouraging yielded the fastest time...which is had defeated Auburn University's tled both the Amherst College Lord assist. Goalie Jeff Miller '06 had 13 signs. With a few wins under their Trie crew team is working through team, the Georgia Institute of Jeffs and some rough weather this past saves in the losing effort. belt and better play in the second difficult training regimen this spring, Technology's B team and Georgia Saturday in their second game played Colby's record now stands at 1-4 half of games, the team could gain but still coming out with positive Our confidence State University's team, all crews on the newly built Bill Alfond turf overall after picking up^their first win momentum heading into the heart results. Adding to their difficulties is were practicing in Gainesville. field. The game did not go as planned of the season against Keene State in ofthe schedule. • the Messalonskee Stream, where they remains high , Unfortunately, what was to be their for Colby who lost to the 12th ranked the home opener. "The future is very bright for us, train. The stream "is not an ideal prac- first race of the season was cancelled Lord Jeffs by a score of 11-4. "The story of our season so far has these early season mistakes are fix- tice arena," explains Co-Captain Ted and we are look- this last weekend due to bad weather. Rain pelted the field for much of been inconsistent play," Captain Tom able," Hunt said. "We have a talented Farwell '05, " because of its narrow- ing for a chance In the race, which would have been in the game leaving • players on both Deutsch '05 said. "We'll have quarters group that needs to gain confidence ness, twisty nature and the plethora of Worcester, Massachusetts on teams struggling to maintain their where we look like we're unbeatable, and start playing to our potential, the beavers, stealth logs and ice floes." to show Coast Saturday, Colby would have faced footing. The Lord Jeffs got off to a but then we'll have a quarter where it coaching staff believes in these play- Exacerbating a treacherous stream, Guard our pun- Wesleyan College, the University of ers and feel we will turn it around." they are rowing at a treacherous time Massachusetts and the Worcester quick 3-0 lead and continued to doesn't even look » like we know rh ythm pound Colby, leading by a score of 6- what's going on." Wednesday's Bates game was cru- of the day. The men's and women's ishing Polytechnic Institute. 2 at halftime. "We tried to take a cou- The team's spring break trip to cial to the rest of the season and was teams have been alternating the times and power The team will have a chance to put ple of their top pl ayers out of the Florida was a tough stretch for the an intense match-up due to the close during which they row, from 4:00 in their training to use in their race this game and make them beat us with club as first half leads against both rivalry and Bates' improved play this the afternoon , a great time to row, and through the Saturday in Lowell, Massachusetts. other players, [but] they were able to Hamilton College and Union season. "It's a game that we really 5:30 in the morning, a great' time for water next The men's and women's teams will be capitalize on our errors," said College turned into 8-6 and 9-8 need, not only for our record, but for absolutely nothing besides sleeping. up against the Coast Guard Academy Assistant Coach John Hunt. (OT) losses respectively. team morale," Deutsch said, prior to The team cites their spring break weekend. and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Of the competition, Farwell The game's second half was similar "We are playing well in the first the match up that occurred after The training in Gainesville, Georgia as a Ted Farwell'05 went to press. "I'm confident valuable training experience, though. said, "Our confidence remains high, to the first as Amherst was able to half of games but aren't playing well Echo Captain score the only three goals ofthe third with a lead, this could be attributed that we'll take it to them!" "Our spring break training trip to and we are looking for a chance to quarter. The final quarter of play went to our youth on offense, mostly Georgia was everything that we had show Coast Guard our punishing hoped. Besides one afternoon of bad rhythm and power through ,the water weather, the water was great and promising for the races to come," next weekend on the Merrimack allowed us to find a lot of speed early Farwell said. He also noted in addi- [River] in Lowell, MA." White Mules baseball off to a rough in the season," Farwell snid. tion to the training value, the trip was At regattas over the break, the important because it "allowed us to start with eleven losses and no victories Highlander Laundry Aced the MCAT, GRE JS^ jgj 84- Elm Street , Waterville or SAT? Now teach it! By AJ HERRMANN in six days wears down on hitters and achieving...the talent's there, but wc STAFF WRITER pitchers both mentally nnd physically. just didn't get it done." K> 872-7305 The stress seemed to show for the Despite the tough times there were "(8®6) 824-Q0O5 Kaplan Test Prep & Jw f li <£ Colby's men's baseball team had a Mules in their last three doublehcnd- some bright spots for the Mules. "~— p Admissions is currently shaky start to the 2005 season ns the crs, as Colby lost all six games to end Jacobs pointed to inficldcr Andy Carr ick-up Available presen- ^mu as "and Delivery, same day If necessary seeking energetic team went 0-10 on its annual spring the trip 0-10 and only kept one ofthe '07 (who split time between second l||j f^ ters at Colby to teach our break trip to Florida. The week games close (n 7-6 loss to Lawrence). and third base) and his ,405 average as -Wash & Fold Service courses. If you have excel- began with nn encouraging start According to sophomore Rob someone who was "hitting the snot against Amherst College, with the Roscnb $0.65 a pound lent standardized test aum, the biggest problem for out ofthe ball." A number ofthe first- *21) cents off for students wllli Colby ID Mules leading 7-6 after seven the Mules this year hns been pitching. years also performed well on the trip, scores, give us a call today innings but eventually lost the lead Roscnbaum at 207-899-0166 or e-mail felt that the tenm, "should as Nicholas Spillane '08 leads the -Dry Cleaning -Alterations and the gome, 10-7. have won four of the ten games," but team with a .433 average and Sum SandraJVlcIntyre© Later that day the Mules lost again, acknowledged "we kept shooting our- Kennedy-Smith '08 is second on the -Attendants on Duty -Air-conditioned kaplan.com. this time 15-2 to Knox College, set- selves in the foot." The stats back team in ERA. p ling the tone for a week that would Roscnbaum up, as the team batted a The men faced Husson College on Credit CurdsA cce ted feature numerous blowouts nnd blown solid .302 on the trip but had a disap- Tuesday and came out with n 13-3 chances for Colby. pointing team ERA of 12,18. Other loss. They hope for better luck this The day nfter losing to Knox nnd problem areas were defense (the team weekend as they will irico rival Amherst, Colby dropped two games made 28 errors on the trip to only 11 Bowdoin College in a doubleheader INSIDE SPORTS to Plymouth State (losing 5-4 nnd 5-2) by tlicir opponents) and fatigue. Saturday at home nfter a game nt Woodsmen to host home event and then got n day off before playing Adding to this, the relatively smnll Bowdoin on Friday. Despite the rough The woodsmen will host Ihcir annual Mud in doublehcndcrs for three straight team led to some depth issues ns, start to the year, tho Mules con take Meet this Saturday. paqb ii days against Kalamazoo College, according to Roscnbaum, "when you solace in the fnct that none of the Lawrence University and Corroll play ten games in six days with n 21 games played so far count in division College. Despite Brnie Banks' man roster, anus get really tired." standings. Colby, still has n chance to Women's tennis defeats Trinity famous "let's piny two" quote, dou- Junior Rob Jacobs '06 agreed with make the playoffs if they can turn Tho women liopo tp continue their success blohenders arc n tough assignment for Rosenbaum's frustrations about the things around in their 15 inlcrdlvision against Williams nt home on Saturday, iwqe jo ¦ 4MHIWI.IMI IMtw i, Hl I.. H i H ¦ ¦»—.¦ 11 IIMHHMHW"—' baseball players ns playing ton games trip, saying, "we just kept linder- games. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦»t.*M¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ » ' PAGE 11 . ' :; ¦ } , , ¦; paqe io