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COVER STORY
by Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97 With more than 4,000 applicants for 490 spots, Colby's Admissions Office finds a way to decide who gets in read the article >>


Features


	Far and Near by Sara Blask '03 & Abigail Wheeler '04 The conservation movement is taking hold in unexpected sectors, and Colby alumni are at the forefront, from Tanzania to Maine
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	Now What? by Abigail Wheeler '04 Colby seniors have their plans in full swing
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	To Share or Not to Share by Gerry Boyle '78 File sharing has changed the way students get music and raised a question: whose music is it, anyway?
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Alumni


	The Gift of Music by David Treadwell Playing from the heart, Colby trio trades Foss stage for Northwest spotlight
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	Class Notes:


	Profiles Ted Bromfield ’68: Law of the Land Mark Weatherly ’79: White House View Brian McCabe ’89: Casting About Sarah Eustis ’96: Opportunity Calls Jeffrey M. Wheeler ’90 Alex Lear ’01



Dispatches


	Editor's Desk by Gerry Boyle '78
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	Letters
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	Periscope Gleanings from the newsletter FYI
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From the Hill


	On Campus A Housing Dialogue Plan to link social and academic life under review
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	Q&A Margaret McFadden on queer studies, cautious optimism and The Simpsons
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	Faculty A Personal Epic by Stephen Collins '74 Anthropologist Hong Zhang mirrors the strength of the people she studies
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	Students At Home on the Hill by Anne Marie Sears '03 Homeschooling is solid preparations for Colby, students say
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	Media & Art Booth's Toll Elizabeth Leonard probes the tumultous events that followed Lincoln's assassination
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	Sports Life Lessons by Ernie Clark Tom Austin's gridiron career leaves legacy of pride, trust and hard work
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Hackett Sentenced
Edward J. Hackett was sentenced to life in prison last month for the kidnapping and murder of Dawn Rossignol ’04. There is no parole for life sentences in Maine, so there is no possibility that Hackett, 47, will be released.