College among Investigative journalist to receive 2006 Lovejoy ' " men were Byron De La Beckwith, Kaplan s "New Ivies By BEN HERBST who killed NAACP worker Medgar EDITOR IN CHIEF Evers in 1963; Bobby Cherry, who By JOHN DeBRUICKER bombed a Birmingham church in NEWS EDITOR The College recently announced 1963, killing four; Imperial Wizard investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell Sam Bowers, who contributed to a In their August 28th issue, as the 2006 Lovejoy Award recipient. bombing in 1966 that killed NAACP Newsweek named the College one of He has gained notoriety for his inves- worker Vernon Dahmer; and Edgar twenty-five "New Ivies" in their annu- tigations into Ku Klux Klan activity Ray Killen, who contributed to the al Kaplan College Guide. Other and murders of Civil Rights activists killing of three Freedom Riders in NESCAC schools earning the distinc- during the 1960s that eventually con- 1964. tion were Bowdoin College and Tufts tributed to convictions of four people. Mitchell regularly appears on tele- University. He writes for the Clarion-Ledger in vision programs such as the Lehrer The guide normally features tips on Jackson, Mississippi, and has worked News Hour and as an expert on CNN. how to get into the best schools, but there since 1986. In 2005 he was a finalist for the this was the first year it has used the Mitchell will Pulitzer Pri2e and in terminology "New Ivy." Kaplan 's receive the award 2005 he won the Brandon Jones, National Director of and an honorary John Chancellor SAT and ACT Programs who con- doctorate during a ...we really Award for tributed to editing the guide, said the Sept. 17 ceremony Excellence in growing number of high.y talented in Lorimer Chapel. began to warm Journalism from students has led to an increase of elite Elijah Parrish to the idea of Columbia schools. "These schools are as com- Lovejoy graduated University. petitive as ivies, that's been true for a from Colby in 1826 Jerry Mitchell as During the while," Jones said. "We've tried to and was killed someone who Pulitzer Prize selec- highlight a list of schools that were defending his Alton, exemplifies the tion process, perhaps not as widely known as the Illinois newspaper Mitchell came to the Jerry Mitchell will receive the 2006 Lovejoy Award at 8 p.m. on September 17 in the Lorimer Chapel. ivies but as competitive." press from a pro- ideals of the attention of Lovejoy The study consisted of qualitative slavery mob in Award selection and quantitative measures. Graduation 1837. The award Elijah Lovejoy committee member ber of the Lovejoy Award selection exemplifies the ideals of the Elijah of Mississippi" will be screened on rates, selectivity, student/professor has been presented Award. Anne Marie committee, said. She added that "there Lovejoy Award," Matthew Storin, Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. m the Pugh ratios and, to a lesser extent, entrance to journalists who Lipinski, vice presi- is always interest in someone from a retired editor of the Boston Globe and Center. Mitchell is portrayed in the exam scores were all taken into con- uphold his values Matthew Storin dent and editor of the smaller paper who works in the spirit currently as associate vice president film which begins with the murder of sideration. Kaplan also conducted and commitment to Chair, Lovejoy Award Selection Chicago Tribune, of Lovejoy, working without the mass at Notre Dame University, said. Evers in 1963 and ends with the trial interviews with students, faculty, courage in journal- Committee and according to resources of a huge institution." Storin chairs the Lovejoy Award ofBeckwith in 1 994. administration and alumni. The guide ism since 1952. other members of the "We started to read some of the selection committee. In addition to Storin, Lipinski and noted the geographic diversity of the Daniel Pearl, Studs committee, Lipinski material that had been submitted for Storin also added that the commit- Corbett, the committee includes Greg College's student body and its popular Terkel and David Halberstam are was instrumental in reminding them of the Pulitzer, and his style of journal- tee felt Mitchell's work was not prop- Moore, managing editor of the Denver study abroad programs, as well as its among recent recipients. Cynthia his compelling work. ism and the courage that he has erly recognized, and that this award Post; Rena Pederson, former editor at academics and beautiful campus. "The Tucker was the 2005 Lovejoy Award "Several of us were aware that over demonstrated over the years, in doing would help to correct that wrong. large of the Dallas Morning News; school lures students who love the winner and accepted the award during the last decade or so he had done a fair work... that still requires a good deal Before the convocation in Lorimer Colby President William D. Adams; outdoors, and it boasts strong pro- an October ceremony last year. amount of reporting on these old Civil of fortitude and determination , Chapel at 8 p.m., there will be a panel and Professor L. Sandy Maiscl , direc- grams in the environmental sciences Specifically, Mitchell's work has Rights cases," Rebecca Corbett '74, because of all of those qualities we discussion on "The Role of Journalism tor of Colby's Goldfarb Center for and plenty of opportunity to ski, rock- helped lead to the trial and conviction deputy bureau chief of the New York really began to warm to the idea of in Reopening History" at 4 p.m. in Public Affairs and Civic Engagement. climb and fish ," the report read. Jones of four members of the KKK. These Times s' Washington bureau and mem- Jerry Mitchell as someone who Lovejoy 100. Also, the film "Ghosts said that most of the decision to include Colby was on account of the qualitative factors. Ivy league institutions have long 189th assembly convocation held College welcomes new dean of students enjoyed recognition for attracting the brightest students, but Kaplan's guide By JOHN DeBRUICKER place," he says. He admires the acknowledges that with the increase of NEWS EDITOR College's well rounded approach to education and development of "whole When new Dean of Students and people" who are good thinkers, learn- Vice President for Student Affairs Jim ers and communicators. He sees stu- Kaplan listed Terhune moved to Waterville from dents as having a good understanding Bowdoin central New York in the end of June, of their place in the world beyond he knew the transition wouldn't be an Mayflower Hill. College...Middle easy one. After all, his sons John , 7, In the Echo s' Orientation Issue, bury College and Henry, 11 , would have to uproot Terhune wrote a piece welcoming the and get acclimated to a new school. class of 2010. His advice to and Bates For Dad, however, the transition to a them...essentially was no advice at all. College as new school looks to be a breeze. "You're going to be given gobs of Having held a schools that number of posi- overlap with tions at Colgate University for fif- Colby, yet teen years, most Middlebury and recently dean of student affairs, Bates did not Terhune is no make the list... stranger to the types of responsi- bilities he will be highly qualified applicants, other less- MOLL* WMtREN/THE COLBY ECHO taking over from er known schools have risen to com- First-year students progressing up the hill to hear President William D. Adamss' convocation address. Janice Kassman, parable levels of prestige. Today's who stepped down college applicant chooses an institu- as dean of students tion for reasons other than scholastic program. reasons, did share many similarities. exclude than it was to include," Jones last year to become brand recognition. "You don't need The descriptions Kaplan listed said. "The decision was not made eas- special assistant to ivy growing on your walls to be an ivy below each New Ivy Bowdoin ily." He noted that Colby and its kin the president for league institution," Jones said. selection seem to indi- You don't need College , have similarly excellent academic external relations. The list includes a wide array of cate that Colby and Dartmouth programs. His experience MOILV VKWBEN/THE COlBV ECHO schools from the University of Bowdoin made the list ivy growing on College , The term "Ivy colleges" was first with Colgate's New Dean of Students Jim Terhune gets settled in. Michigan at Ann Arbor to Carnegie for similar reasons. Middlebury used in 1933 when describing the ath- multicultural Mellon; from New York University to Like Colby, Bowdoin your walls to be College and letic programs at Brown University, affairs, health center, residential life, advice. Some of it will help. Some of Macalester College. Jones said that draws many students an ivy league Bates College as Columbia University, Cornell housing and student activities make it won't," he wrote. "In the end you when comprising the list, the goal was interested in the out- schools that University, Dartmouth College, him well suited for the job. "Colgate need to write your own Colby story." to include at least one school that each doors. Most Bowdoin institution. overlap with Harvard University, Princeton was a wonderful place to work," says When asked to elaborate, he articulat- outstanding student would be proud to students live on campus Colby. yet University, the University of Terhune, "[but] I'm just thrilled to be ed his take on his new position. "By attend. The diverse group of rising and the dining services Brandon Jones Middlebury and Pennsylvania and Yale University. The here." and large our primary role is to help National Director of SAT and ACT college students, and the range of their are highly praised.