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Celebra tin g St, Patrick' s D&r O'Callaghan. Bastian in presidential run-off By BRAD KASNET 15 percent and , Todd Lohsen '06 and Gregory Ortiz '06 received 9 per- NEWS EDITOR earned 12 percent of the vote. Todd cent. Candidates for class representa- Rockwood '06, Matt Sabin 'OcT and tives run as tickets of two. The first round of voting was held Antonio Mendez '06 each received The run-off for junior class repre- on Sunday and Monday in the Student less than 10 percent of the vote. sentatives had Brad Curtis '07 and Lee Government Association elections. It was another close race in the first Emmons '07 facing off against Karli The major positions each had large round of the election for SGA treasur- Gasteazoro '07 and Annie Mears '07. fields of candidates and no candidates er. Justin DePre '06 just outpaced Curtis and Emmons led the initial vote received a majority of the vote in Steen Sehnert '06, with the two can- with 36 percent, while Gasteazoro and those races, so the top two candidates didates receiving 34 and 33 percent of Mears received 27 percent as write- moved on to compete in run-off elec- the vote, respectively. DePre and ins, just edging out Robin Respaut '07 tions, which were held Wednesday. Sehnert ran in a run-off Wednesday as and Tom Testo '07, who received 26 H«sults,of the run-offs were not avail- well. Emelia Tjernstom '06 finished percent; for a spot in the run-off. able at press time, but can be found in third place with 19 percent of the "A . technical glitch caused the race online at www.colby.edu/echo. vote, while Alan Ozaroivski '07 gar- for sophomore class representative to In the race for SGA president, nered 12 percent. be omitted from the ballot. Stephanie Donnie O'Callaghan '06 and Jon Jen Coliflores '06 and Kristin Shaffer '08 and Tim Williams '08 Bastian '06 were the top vote-getters Pinkham '06 had a run-off against were to be the only pair of candidates and the only candidates to garner Matt Birchby '06 and Toini Rivas '06 on the ballot. Members of the class of over 20 percent of the vote. for senior class representative. 2008 were able to vote for class repre- O'Callaghan and his running mate Coliflores and Pinkham received 36 sentative during the Wednesday run- Romeo Raitgei '06 finished first with percent of the vote in the first election, off instead. 25 percent of the 1,102 votes cast, while Birchby and Rivas earned 33 No races for hall presidents had to while Bastian and Charlie Hal e '06 percent. Kaitlin Herlihy '06 and go to a run-off, although in six dorms DEN.HERBST/THE COLBY ECHO were close behind with 23 percent. Kehdra King '06 garnered 20 percent Students came together last weekend to celebrate St. Patrick s' Day with a traditional outdoor gathering. Gabe Adams '06 finished third with of the vote, while Hugo Caraballo '06 Continued on Page 2 Architect pr esents alternate Cotter pl ans Students mule-lug Colby hosts Fifth Annual qualities. Each plan adds a;new space of activity and large space for student over the possibility By BEN HERBST Diversi FEATURES EDITOR to fill in between the Pugh Center and interactions . the Spa/Pub wing, an expansion, called in response to concerns over the the heart. Also, the plans fix the con- beech trees Bohlin said "you really of a litre mascot In response to comments and con- fusing layout of winding hallways and want to.have a larger view." Referring By CHRISTIAN cerns over the Cotter Union expansion address some lingering handicap to the long term effects of the . new stu- RESSEGUIE By ^NNIE KEARNEY STAFF WRITER plans presented in the fall, Peter accessibility issues. dent center weighed against the bene- ASST. NEWS EDITOR Bohlin of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Controversy has risen since the first fits of keeping the tree. Architects presented two new alterna- plans of the expansion called for the Throug hout the presentation, The Fifth Annual Diversity tive plans to the campus on March 15 destruction of one of two beech trees Grossman President Bob Brady Conference, entitled "The in Page Commons room. nearthe proposed heart. Friends of the Continued on Page 3 '07 is on a mission. He is forming Pecking Order: A Conference On The original plan was sent back to Beeches was formed to protest the a committee, and he's hoping to Social Class," drew to a close on Bohlin along with the Friends of the plans. The architect addressed the tree establish a commission. He's Saturday, March 12. It began on Beeches petition, comments from a concern in the first and seconds plans. emailed experts,, calculated costs the night of Thursday, March 10 Dec. 1 forum, resolutions from the The first plan deleted part of the and researched historical prece- with the Oxfam World Hunger Presidents' Council and the college new heart in order to save both beech dents. The purpose of the mis- Banquet and continued with the faculty and an Echo editorial with the trees while removing one of the two sion? To bring a live mule to conference's keynote address, charge of reworking the plans to student program spaces, cither the spa Mayflower Hill, delivered by Alex Kotlowitz. address these concerns. The Cotter or the coffeehouse. According to "The History of Kotlowitz, the author of Union . Expansion Committee and Supervisor of Special Projects and Colby College" by Ernest Marriner, "There Are No Children Here" President William D. Adams made the College Architect Joe Feely reminded the white mule has been the Colby and former writer for the Wall decision to ask the firm to reassess the the audience that "exactl y what func- mascot since 1923, when an editor- Street Journal, delivered a MOLLY WARREN/THE COLBY ECHO plans. tion goes where still needs to he ial by Echo editor Joseph Coburn thoughtful, heartfelt speech Alex Kotlowitz spoke to a crowd in Page. During the presentation, Bohlin worked out." These plans are still very Smith proposed it as the college's focused on problems of poverty explained the pros and cons of the two much conceptual. fi rst mascot. He said that since the and class division. "Acting on new proposals and a slight modifica- The next option modified the first Colby football team often upset matters of [social class] has fallen out of sustainable agriculture. Torbert tion of the original plan. According to by moving that second student space local sportswriters predictions, of favor in America," Kotlowitz suggested that students spend their the architect, the firm has worked for a to a new location , an extension of the Colby could not longer qualify as began. He partially attributed this food dollars wisely on organic pro- variety of projects across the country, southeastern facade. Representatives the dark, horse of college athletics. state of affairs to a "woeful lack of duce, encourage their politicians to including small and large schools. of the Friends of the Beeches later The opposite of dark horse, rea- discourse among our country''s politi- support sustainable policies and work "Colby has been a nice school to work supported this option because it saved soned Smith, would be a white cal leaders." Kotlowitz decried the to increase scientific knowledge ol with because it is a fairly small scale," the trees while, offering nearl y the mule. In response to the article, a "wall of silence erected around poor safe agricultural practices. The audi- said Bohlin. same amount of student space. group of students borrowed a white communities" and called on his listen- ence was quite receptive to Torbert 's Bohlin explained that the firm Bohlin ' clearly supported the third mule from a local farm for a Colby- ers to bear witness to the social and eloquentl y presented ideas. sought to create a gathering space in option , a slig ht modification of (he Bates football game. They dressed economic breakdown of many impov- Saturday morning's activities the building that is not currently there, orig inal plan that destroyed the beech the mul e in blue and grey, placed erished neighborhoods. included a workshop hosted by SGA "This building lacks a heart," he said. tree. The only difference was thai the him at the head of the marching Kotlowitz told his audience of the vice president Adelin Cai '05 and the He also added, "You need more spaces new plan pushed further out where the band, and brought him out on the horrendous conditions that he conference' s closing address. that currently don't exist and you need tree is now, making the most out ol observed while researching Chicago's Furthermore, student documentaries probing Colby-Watcrville relations to get the most out of them." that space. Bohlin advocated this plan mil wiiiiii.Diiiviiif COIIIY rqio Continued on Page 2 South Side. He explained how loss of All three plans have some similar because it preserved the critical mass I' eler Bohlin presents Cotter plans. work, public institutions, government and Colby's class diversity could'bc support, and hope caused even Mother viewed at several times during the Teresa to comment on the South operation of the conference. One doc- Side's "poverty of the sprit." He umentary, filmed recently by Michael Dialogue housing approved , green house on the way exhorted students to follow their own Wolk '07 and Ryan Maher '08, passions, then to use those passions to focused on the lives of Terry Landry, There were ori ginally two dia- the right direction for Colby," of how many people were prepared to restore hope and dignity to blighted the production manager of loss By BRAD KASNET logue housing units proposed , the Kassnum said.