The campus community was shocked and galvanized in late September by racist graffiti found in two locations of a residence hall, apparently scrawled by the same person in the same week.
Make Hatemongers Pay
Civil-rights attorney and activist Morris Dees riveted a Spotlight Event audience September 19 as he described the hate crimes and subsequent trials of two groups accused of inciting murder.
Keep on Plugging
The College this summer completed a three-year, $1-million project to install
wiring in all residence halls that will give students fast and easy computer
networking capability.
A Lot of Class
Members of the first class of the 21st century arrived in early September as
the most academically gifted, most geographically diverse and most ethnically
mixed group of new students in Colby's history. They also overcame the toughest
selection process in the College's 176 years.
A Colby junior who was participating in the College's program in Salamanca, Spain, died suddenly at the home of her host family on September 27.
Christine Callie of Tucson, Ariz., was found dead in her bedroom at about 7
a.m. by a Brazilian doctor who was renting a room in the home of Callie's host
family. The doctor tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate Callie.According to Director of Academic Affairs and Off-campus Study Jonathan Weiss,
Callie was seen by program director Javier Gonzalez-Alonso at his office on the
evening of September 26. Callie was not ill and exhibited no signs of distress.
The cause of death was undetermined pending an autopsy report. Weiss said
Callie died of natural causes and authorities in Spain did not suspect foul
play.
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