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William Raspberry Wins Lovejoy Award Swasti ka William Raspberry found in bathroom Lovejoy Award Presidents * Council wins declares emergency By MEGHANN FOYE , ra spberr y meeting NEWS EDITOR in 1994 won the Pulitz er prize By MEGHANN FOYE • Chosen in 1997 as one of the 50 most NEWS EDITOR •influential journalists in the national press for Distin guished Icorps by the Washingtonian, William Commentar y as well "This event has deeply saddened ^Raspberry will be bringing his expertise to as the Lifetime me," said Student Government Colby in November as the 1999 Elijah Association President Ben Parish Lovejoy- Fellow. Achievement Award Humphreys in the opening of the Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize winning ' Emergency meeting of Presidents' columnist, will be honored at the 47th annu- from the National Council this Tuesday evening. , al Elijah Parish Lovejoy Convocation In an opening statement, in a Association of Blac k announced President William Cotter Humphreys made students aware of press release. Jour nalists . a 10-by-10 inch swastika inscribed The award is given each year to honor into a wall found by a student journalists who have made important efforts The author of "Looking Backward at Monday morning. The symbol was in their field and the memory of Elijah Parish Us," a collection of columns, Raspberry is a found in the men's bathroom on the , J_o-vejoy, a Colby graduate who became the journalist as well as a professor. He is cur- second floor of the Pugh Center on first martyr to the Free Press. rently teaching at Duke University as the Monday morning at 11 a.m, accord- The award is named for the native of Knight Chair in Communications and ing to Humphreys. Albion, Maine who received a degree from Journalism. According to a press release, he As of Tuesday evening, Dean of Colby in 1826. In an attempt to defend his is a fellow of the American Society of Housing Paul Johnston, the dean on abolitionist newspaper against a pro-slavery Professional Journalists and he has been call Monday morning when the inci- jnob, he was killed Nov. 7, 1837. The Lovejoy awarded honorary doctorates by 15 institu- dent occurred purported no known f ellow award was created in 1952 to honor tions of higher learning. leads to a suspect. journalists, editors or publishers who have Each year, the Lovejoy Fellow is chosen Students were made aware of the attempted to further journalistic achieve- by members of a committee of distin- violent graffiti on Monday after- ment in the spirit of the freedom of the press. guished newspaper editors. The group is noon through an E-mail signed by At the convocation, Raspberry will give chaired by William Kovach, director of The administrators and student leaders. an address and receive an honorary degree Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Since the time of the e-mail, another from Colby for his journalistic achievement. Ex officio members of the prestigious group student also came forth to the The address will be given at 8 p.m. on include Jane Healy, managing editor of the Student Goverment Association Friday, Nov. 12, in Lorimer Chapel. Orlando Sentinel; William Hilliard, former COMMUNI CATIONS saying he noticed the graffiti on Students are invited to attend the lecture. execututive editor of The Oregonian; Ann Raspberry, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist visits Colby in Nov.em.ber. Saturday night. This event was In 1994, Raspberry won the Pulitzer Marie Lipinsky, managing editor of the addressed in the opening state- Prize for Distinguished Commentary as Chicago Tribune, Matthew V. Storin, editor pred include Ellen Goodman of the Boston David Halberstam, Murray Kempton of ments in Presidents' Council. well as the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Boston Globe; President Cotter and Globe; Katherine Graham and David New York Newsday and Robert Maynard of According to Dean of Students from the National Association of Black the chair of Colby's board of trustees. Broder of the Washington Post; John Kifner The Oakland Tribune. Journalists. SWASTIKA, continued on page 2 Previous journalists who have been hon- and Anthony Lewis of the New York Times; Pugh Center Rep fights for vote By MEGHANN FOYE According to Sanders, the task NEWS EDITOR force was acting in response to a student of color being racially Some argue that a voice with no harassed by a white student. vote really isn't a voice. To Pugh According to members of the Center Alliance Representative task force, this incident was not Kenya Sanders '00, these senti- adequately addressed in meetings ments are truly felt each week in and something needed to be done Presidents' Council. make sure matters of race weren't Through her position on overlooked in the future. ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦-¦ Presidents' Council as P.C.A. Rep, "The members of the Task force i ,,, , ' ' , -~ •• ^^^ ¦^^^'^' ¦' •ff™ ' ^^^ Sanders voices the opinions of believed that it is extremely impor- COMMUNICATIONS members of the Pugh Center, pro- tant to have someone on presi- The addition to the Bixler Art & Music building will give much need space for art students . duces bi-monthly reports, makes dent's council that would no let motions in PC, but as of the issues like that pass with out doing October 12, no motions were something about it/' said Sanders. passed giving her the right to a As a result, by-law titles 99-03 extend a permanent invitation to New art wing projected for fall 2001 vote. the P. C. A. Representative to sit in Her position was created in the By JON SILBERSTEIN- ing and photography studios. open, with no partitions which spring of 1999 following a recom- on meetings of Presidents Council. "The new art building," said helps to open the space visually," mendation by the members of the It also says that the position is non- LOEB Peyton R. Helm, Vice President for said Church. task force on Institutional Racism, ALLIANCE, continued on page 3 ASST. NEWS EDITOR Development and Alumnae According to Helm, construc- Relations, "will be similar in style tion of the new art facilities will Colby's art department needed to the new Lunder Wing-con- cost 400,000 dollars. Those raising new studio facilities and the structed in a Classic New England money for the new building are trustees heard its plea, announc- style." anxious to get the necessary funds ing they would build new and ^^^^^^^ u^tt ^J^^ ff ^^^^^ l Architect Fred Fischer, o prior to President Cotter's resig- improved art studios to open the wh also designed the Lunder Wing, nation at the end of this school I A~ in the fall of 2001. The stakes out- . : I GOV'T: \ I has been awarded the commission year. Helm said, however, that lining the site have already been Maine voters prepare /Maine to build the new facility. Unlike President Cotter fully supports the placed. the Lunder Wing, Fischer intends project and intends to raise the While the trustees have given to vote on referedum r/a *m*~m *mL new studios aim to remedy this to incorporate a lot of open areas money prior to his retirement. VOTT__L_Bw w p \ preliminary approval to build, into the new studios to provide for Construction of the new art one and two. price and schematics remain in problem. TJJ -^ a more "flexible space" says Helm. facility is scheduled to begin this question preventing final permis- The current studio space, in see f our J "Both studios will be completely summer. pa£e ^j sion. It is expected that final per- addition to its small size, also has mission will be granted in January insufficient lighting and ventila- during the next trustee meeting tion. "The sculpture studio we when more information is avail- have now," because it is currently > located in the basement of Bixler, __S__________ Bf ' ' '''^ ______________Br9HD___I able. "The proposed building will be "gets so musty and dusty," said n^^^^^^ Hh^ v vJP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I constructed between Bixler and Church, who is doing an Indepen- Roberts," said Steve Collins, dent study on the proposed build- Director of Communications. The ing and designing her own version. ^mmmmmmmmw ^m ^Kmmmm^mYm^^m^m^m^m^m ^m ^m ^m^m^m^m^mnew ^mbuilding ^L will have two floors. In addition, "the lighting" of The first floor will contain sculp- the current studios, "is not that ture studiOB. The second floor will great," but the new "painting stu- house painting studios. dio will have a combination of flu- These new studios are intended orescent and incandescent lights to replace the mediocre, cramped and a lot of windows," said kq^^^^a^j_^^^^^^^^^^^^^H facilities in Bixler, The construc- Church, which will help to reme- tion of these new facilities has dy the ventilation problem. been a top priority of the, In addition, the new studios ; ; ' ' . art l^i::: !7 .'':. v4;!A : _^^^^^^^BI^^^^B^J department who has requested the will "open the foundations studio construction of new studios for (Foundations classes are begin- i^.f sometime, ning classes for studio majors) and ^ll^H^I^^^ I create so much more studio space", *^^^* ¦ ¦ ¦ pii^^^lL^if^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l Students have also voiced dis- , [ ¦ • : . • for everyone, said '* ; I-u^J^Kj mBBBBHIP¦ ^ • ' Katie • p ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ pleasure with the current facilities, I; ;. ' ., ' , ,. •;. , , . , The studios in Bixler "are so LaRbchelie '00, also¦ a studio art _/QllOric US IMIIIIIIIIIKIOIIIITIIMIIHIIIIInXllll llltllll""" . ' ¦ ' ; PO' cramped and," consequently, "all major. _ ¦¦ ; construction o^ the new wfltxct woros •• 'Miiiti«ttiriitiiiii >tMiiiriif<i ' <ti >iiM<«<«>< 'Pq* *^ the projects are scaled small The art , ' because there's no space, The big facility is 'intend^, 16 coincide ./ , ''Devils Quptiitg Scriputre " „., ...pg. 9 ' [sculptures] wehad;'were lined up wlthithe/nnisy^tliDivltQi'thei'Bixler'/^ ' ^ , Students on the S.tree t *• pg.
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