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.