Colby Magazine | Winter 2004

Freedom Fighter By Ru Freeman Librarian Carolyn Additon Anthony '71 has emerged as a national leader in the opposition to the USA Patriot Act, which she says gives the government license to violate civil liberties.
Now What? By Abigail Wheeler '04 College seniors have more than graduation approaching. Four members of the Class of '04 share their hopes and worries.	Breaking the Ice By Robert Gillespie A century after Roald Amundsen's voyage in the search for a Northwest Passage, Alvo Martin '51 followed the same spectacular route on a Coast Guard icebreaker and research ship.	Being Billy Bush By Kate Bolick '95 In six years Billy Bush '94 went from spinning oldies at a New Hampshire radio station to the celebrity life of TV's Access Hollywood. How did he do it?

Editor's Desk

Letters
Comment on Tom Austin's retirement as football coach, the beauty of diverse "colors" at Colby; a pastor remembered; where is the turf field?

Periscope
Gleanings from the campus newsletter, FYI;
including Al Corey remembered; antique lovers get touchy; Phi Beta news; Lovejoy Award went head to head with the Red Sox; Colbians for Kerry; Harold Alfond called it; something fishy about Johnson Pond.

Update:
Tracy Schloss '03

Fresh Off the Field
Interim field hockey coach Marcia Ingraham '02 can relate to her players. After all, they were her teammates.

Sports Shorts
Roundup of the fall season.

Green Power
Colby taps geothermal energy, clean electricity to meet environmental responsibilities.

Athletics and Its Role
President William "Bro" Adams considers the longstanding place of athletics at Colby, and the role sports play in student life.

Innocents Among the Guilty
Chicago Tribune reporters recognized for their role rescuing the wrongly convicted from death row.

Race Matters
Racial Awareness Week events, including provocative "chalking," sparks campus debate.

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

Real World
Student leaders offer training for life after college.

Journalists On Stage
The Goldfarb Center's inaugural event discusses aspects of journalism.

Bioinformatics
Clare Bates Congdon explores applications for her work, from genetic research to artificial intelligence.

Good Morning, Professor Russo
Pulitzer-winning novelist Richard Russo is back in the classroom at Colby.

Briefs
Pioneering studies; distinguished fellow; honoring collaborative practices.

Girlfighting
Lyn Mikel Brown's new book, Girlfighting, explores why young girls turn against each other.

Blues Brother
Guitarist Scott Perry '86 heard Taj Mahal at Colby. Now he's made the blues his life.

Bridging a Divide
James Sullivan '87 pens a true-life love story about his courtship of a Vietnamese "princess."

Deadly at the Top
At 91, Mike Cohen '35 produces a country-house whodunit.

Recent Releases
From our shelf to yours

French Spoken Here
Playwright Gregoire Chabot '66 uses theater and his passion for French to revive a culture.

Profiles:
John Tewhey '65
Land Mark

Jeff Potter '78
Beat Poet

Lisa Perrotti Brown '89
Good Taste

Zach Shapiro '92
Place of Honor

Newsmakers &
Milestones
20s/30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
00s

Schweitzer's Path
Rima Carlson '96 arrived at Albert Schweitzer's clinic in Gabon, West Africa, and discovered a link to past and future.

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