Second Congressional District Colby reaches for vict ory Students have race heats up in Waterville chance to meet issue is creating jobs and pointed to Iraq. "I will never waiver ByBRAD KASNET his own background, spending the when it comes to providing NEWS EDITOR past 10 years redeveloping Loring Air funding to our troops," with trustees Force Base and creating 1,200 jobs. Hamel said. The two; candidates for Maine's "We have a jobs crisis here in the state Both candidates took By KATIE HAMM Second Congressional District seat of Maine," Hamel said. the positions commonly EDITOR IN CHIEF met Tuesday in a debate at the The candidates agreed with the associated with the other's Waterville Opera House. Rep. Mike majority of their parties on most party when it Came to Students have the opportunity Michaud, the Democratic incumbent, issues, although made some interest- embryonic stem cell to interact intimately with Trustees faced off against Republican chal- ing departures from their party lines. research. Michaud said he this year through a meeting desig- lenger Brian Hamel, the president and Hamel said he does not agree with the supported federal funding nated exclusively for this purpose. CEO of the Loring Development No Child Lef t Behind Act because of for adult stem cell In his - "FSI: For Student Authority in Limestone its "cookie-cutter" approach to educa- research, but was more Information" e-mail sent to stu- Waterville is cur- tion, which has not cautious regarding embry- dents on Wednesday, Oct. 6, rently represented by ~~ worked as well in onic stem cell research, President William D. Adams Democrat Tom Allen We have a jobs rural Maine as it saying that it needed to be announced that a meeting with as a part of Maine's has in many metro- evaluated. Hamel, mean- Trustees and students will take First District, but crisis here in politan areas. while, supported embryon- place at 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 22. redistricting has the state of "Rural Maine ic stem cell research and According to Adams, the agen- placed the city, as learns differently became somewhat emo- da of the meeting is completely •well as some sur- Maine. than metropolitan tional describing his open to whatever topics the stu- rounding towns, into locations," Hamel father's. fi ght with dents want to discuss. the Second District, Brian Hamel said. Michaud also Alzheimer's disease. "The Trustees are enormously so Colby students Republican Candidate for opposed the act, Each candidate accused interested," Adams said of meet- Congress casting ballots in but said it was an the other of being too par- . ing with students. "They're very Waterville will be un-funded mandate tisan in his politics. committed. I don't think students choosing between Michaud and from Congress that is forcing teachers Michaud said Hamel was should ever worry about if the Hamel. The Morning Sentinel^spon- to get out of the educational system. reading from a Republican Trustees are interested." sored the debate as an opportunity for In regards to the war on terror, playbook, while Hamel This is the first time in two or voters in the new towns in the district Michaud said that he agreed with the noted that Michaud voted three years that a focused meeting to get to know the candidates. mvaston of Afghanistan, but disagreed with House Democratic of this kind has happened, Adams The two candidates went back and with the invasion of Iraq. He said that Leader Nancy Pelosi 89 said. Different variations of such a forth on a number of issues for a little President Bush did not prove the exis- percent of the time; meeting have existed in previous over an hour, ranging from local to tence of weapons of mass destruction in A few Colby students years. No meeting has taken place foreign affairs. Each of the candidates Iraq and entered with no plan to win the took an interest in the COURTESY OF DAN KASPERSK1 in the most recent years because opened and closed with their main peace and no exit'strategy. "We have to debate. The League of Steve Kqsperski '05 intercepts a pass during the Colby- Wesleyan football game. <. Board meetings have been very themes in the election. Michaud change the course," Michaud said. Pissed Off Voters orga- See page 8'for a complete story on the game. congested; "it's mostly a logistical emphasized his blue-collar back- Hamel responded by saying he felt "the nized a carpool that took thing," Adams said. ground. "I'm proud to be the only biggest weapon of mass destruction is about 10 students to the opera house, "It's a continuation in. a new member of Congress who's punched a behind bars" in Saddam Hussein and while several members of the Colby Love is in the air again: way of things that have happened time clock for over 28 years at a paper also accused Michaud of voting against Republicans were in attendance as well. in the past," Adams said. "It's a mill," he said. Hamel said that his top the $87 billion bill to fund the troops in M uleMatch may return constant evolution and getting the Continued on Page 3 . By BRAD KASNET - site:.wouicL be -updated, "they -said it Stalls Tisrkef ^eeept^ Lo^oy4ward ffoffhGhieago - NEWS EDITOR would be fairly soon," according to McElyea. He said that he hopes the He also remarked on the profound ' Diversity in the Newsroom: Its Effect MuleMatch, the popular online WesMatch creators will come through Copyright By KATIE FULLER lans to continue maintain- NEWS EDITOR influence Terkel exerted on his own on What Gets Reported" preceded the compatibility website that swept with their p journalistic career in the same city. convocation earlier in the day. The Colby by storm last spring,. has not ing the site. laws hinder "As writers, we often borrow style panel, composed of columnist Jeff been updated since the end T)f last The site also has plans to expand to Sunday night in Lorimer Chapel, and method, and usually the influence Jacoby from The Boston Globe, Editor year, but could soon be relaunching to other schools as well. "They're trying 92-year-old radio personality and of others is subtle. Then there's Studs, of The Denver Post Greg Moore, and once again help Colby students find to do this on a national scale," movie nights author Louis "Studs" Terkel received the man I now realize has left his Vice President and Editor of The love on Mayflower Hill. McElyea said. Last spring they the prestigious Elijah Parish Lovejoy mark on me." Chicago Tribune Ann Marie Lipinski, MuleMatch was initiall y launched expressed the hope that they could By CHARLES FREDERICK Award for outstanding achievement in Kotlowitz's work has greatly mir- offered different views on how news- in April and quickly made a huge expand to many other schools across CONTRIBUTING WRITER journalism. Friend and colleague Alex rored the social justice based stories of rooms interpret strategies to ensure splash, with almost 1,600 students the country to get'tens of thousands of Kotlowitz accepted on behalf of . a Terkel. In "There are No Children diversity gets reflected in their news- signing up. The website is part of the students on the network . Last spring, a student decided to recovering and mentally robust Terkel, Here," Kotlowitz chronicles the lives papers. Lipinski stressed that the con- CampusMatch MuleMatch may show a movie for his club that he had as evidenced in a humorous video- of two male youths from inner-city tent of stories was more important Network, which two also come with a no doubt shown hundreds of times taped acceptance speech. than who you actually students started as They [the cre- cheaper price tag to before, so he took no special precau- "I could think of no one hired. "At the Tribune, WesMatch at Colby. Taff said last tions. The student put up posters on more honorable than Elijah every features editor is Wesleyan University ators of spring that they campus advertising the event, expect- Lovejoy, I've gotten a lot of asked to go out and talk to several years ago. MuleMatch] expected ing nothing out of the ordinary. But awards, but to get this a group that hasn't been More recently, they MuleMatch to cost within days, he received phone calls recounts another time, a talked to or may have been expanded the net- said it would be SGA about $650 and e-mails threatening fines upwards time when someone spoke ignored or neglected," she work to include fairly soon. each semester, but of $2,000. out against the mob. I accept said. Moore spoke of the Bowdoin , Colby, McFl yea said they A recent recurrence of this incident this award with honor and I trouble he faced in trying to Oberlin and Peyton McElyea '05 now p lan to add ban- has worried Colby's staff. U.S. citi- thank you very much," find conservative writers to Williams Colleges. SGA Treasurer ner ads to the site so zens are not allowed to show movies Terkel told the audience. bring some ideological bal- MuleMatch first that it costs signifi- that they have bought unless a public Terkel, a vibrant radio ance to The Denver Post came to Colby when cantl y less to SGA, showing license is also purchased, but personality at Wl'MT in upon his arrival there. "For the WesMatch creators contacted for- if anything at all . this does not always happen at Colby. Chicago for many years and me, it is really important to mer Student Government Association The unique system has students fill Antonio Mendez '06, president of a master oral historian , NO/VM BAUZS/TIIE CO1.0Y ECHO know what it feels like to President Derek Taff '04 last year.