Colby Magazine, Fall 2002

	A Children's Crusade Ushari Mahmud, the 2002 Oak Human Rights Fellow, works for victims of slavery, incarceration and child soldiering.

	For Art's Sake Dan Rosenfeld takes over as director of the Colby Museum of Art, and he's ready to spread the word about the museum and its collection.

	A Posthumous Lovejoy Award Daniel Pearl, murdered while reporting for The Wall Street Journal in Pakistan, to receive the 2002 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award.

	Words for the First-Years President William D. Adams on Colby as a civil community.

	All That Remains Forensic scientist William Haglund looks for evidence of genocide.

	Environmental Honor Governor Angus King lauds Colby for its environmental efforts.

	Rewards for Research Colby faculty a magnet for research funding.

	Plumbing the Depths Colby scientists team up to study the Belgrade Lakes.

	A New Mule in Town Colby's new official mule.

	Wit and Wisdom What we said and where we said it.

By Stephen Collins '74

Daniel Pearl

Some meetings of Colby's Lovejoy Award Selection Committee feature spirited deliberations comparing the merits of various nominees. This was not one of those years. A couple of the nationally prominent editors on the committee independently suggested that the 2002 award should go to the late Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal, and there was immediate and unanimous agreement.

So on November 13, 200 years since Elijah Parish Lovejoy was born and 50 years since Colby began presenting an annual journalism award to an American journalist for displaying courage in pursuit of the truth, Pearl will be remembered and honored with a posthumous Lovejoy Award.

Lovejoy, who graduated from Colby in 1826, was killed defending his presses against a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Ill., in 1837, and he is remembered as an important abolitionist and as America's first martyr to freedom of the press. Pearl was abducted on his way to interview a Muslim fundamentalist leader in Pakistan and was killed by his captors early this year. The selection committee recognized that both men were committed to the pursuit of justice and understanding through a free exchange of ideas in the press and found it absolutely fitting that Pearl receive the 50th Lovejoy award.

Since there can be no traditional Lovejoy address with a posthumous award, a program of distinguished journalists will instead present a panel discussion titled "The Perils of Reporting in Wartime, Abroad and at Home." Syndicated columnist and 1990 Lovejoy winner David Broder H'90 will moderate the forum and participate in the discussion. Other panelists include Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, a Muslim who has covered the war in Afghanistan for the Chicago Tribune; and 1983 Lovejoy recipient Anthony Lewis H'83, who recently retired from the New York Times.

The topic was selected to encompass both the physical perils faced by war correspondents and the dangers and difficulties experienced by reporters doing truthful, accurate reporting at home in a climate of tightly controlled information, military secrecy and national security concerns.

The Lovejoy Award was established in 1952. Only one of 50 previous awards was a posthumous honor, in 1977 to Arizona Republic reporter Donald Bolles, who was killed as he investigated criminal activity. The decision to present this year';s award to Pearl was made by a selection committee that includes Matthew Storin, retired editor of the Boston Globe, now associate vice president of the University of Notre Dame; Ann Marie Lipinski, editor of the Chicago Tribune; William Hilliard, retired executive editor of The Oregonian; Rena Pederson, editorial page editor of the Dallas Morning News; and Rebecca [Littleton] Corbett '74, assistant managing editor of the Baltimore Sun.

Storin, who chairs the committee, said, "Daniel Pearl's commitment to his profession, the drive and determination that were hallmarks of his work, and his unquestionable courage are inspirational to any journalist. His life stands as eloquent testimony to the ideals embodied in the Elijah Lovejoy Award. We could not have a more appropriate or deserving award winner. I only wish he were here to receive the honor."

More information about the Lovejoy Award is online at www.colby.edu/lovejoy.

FEATURES:
A Global Forum
An alliance with the United World College is giving Colby an international flavor and perspective.

On Terror's Trail
Brian MacQuarrie '74 looks for the sources of hatred that spawn violence and finds more.

All Business
Ted Snyder '75 runs a business school and tells us about it.

School Across the Bay
Kristine Davidson Young '87 and Barney Hallowell '64 dedicate themselves to their students on North Haven Island.