Colby Magazine: Fall 2001

Impossible Image
By Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97

Eating disorders threaten millions of Americans,
including students at Colby.

Indomitable Subtext
By Stephen Collins '74

In the life and work of Hanna Roisman,
the Holocaust is an
ever-present undercurrent.

The World of David Patrick Columbia
By Gerry Boyle '78

Tracking the parties of the rich
and famous, Columbia '62 is
New York City's high-society diarist.

Editor's Desk
September 11 and the College community.

A diverse response to diversity.

Gleanings from Earl Smith's campus newsletter, FYI, including faculty accolades, stolen photographs, comments on coffee exports and pigs on the loose.

Giving Victims a Voice
Sevdie Ahmeti, human rights worker and chronicler of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, spends a semester at Colby as an Oak Fellow.

Following Lovejoy
Tom and Pat Gish, recipients of the 2001 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, stir up Kentucky with The Mountain Eagle newspaper.

A Formula for Fun
Math prodigies from Canada and the U.S. stretch their cognitive muscles at Colby camp.

Professional Life after Death
Blood stain analysis isn't the usual topic of a Colby course. But every summer this subject and more draws coroners and medical examiners from across the country to Mayflower Hill.

Wit and Wisdom
What we're saying and where we're saying it.

Q&A
Frances York, Dana dining hall.

A Bigger Better Canvas
Colby artists stretch out in Crawford Art Studios.