Colby Alums

When I first came to Colby, I had a sort of phobia of alumni. The whole idea of one seemed daunting: almost a reminder of how not far through life you have gone and how much more you need to do. Mentioning alumni or meeting them served as a constant reminder that you somehow have to not only not... Read more »

 

 

Mule Mob

Colby's Mule Mob rallies to foster school spirit and support athletic teams.

 

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You want me to pick?

Life decisions. Terrifying, aren't they? Having to pinpoint what I'm truly interested in has always been difficult for me. Following one goal or path seems to take away other opportunities, to make life almost too predictable. This week was the deadline for picking classes for next semester.... Read more »

 

 

Typical, or not

Even though campus is currently drowning as a result of what feels like 2 straight days of rain, I’d like to show ya’ll something: So that’s a picture of from my room. Through a screen. Pretty cool, huh? That’s why I wanted to live in a room on the pond side of East Quad.... Read more »

 

 

When Opportunity Knocks...

...open the door. I have been trying a lot of new things lately, and I can’t help but think that a lot of this has to do with the fact that I am in Maine and at Colby. This weekend, for instance, I explored Portland for the first time. A friend and I purposefully visited the city without... Read more »

 

 

COOT-ing It Up

Last week we sort of left off towards the end of orientation week, and this week marks the third installment of a general description of how things are going to go down once you’re at Colby. After you’ve gotten all your fun orientation shenanigans over, you have two things left before... Read more »

 

 

Freshman Orienation

So last week I talked about what you guys should expect as an incoming freshman over the summer, before school actually starts. But seriously, that stuff is pretty boring. The best part begins once you actually get on campus. One of my life mantras (I know right, cool kid) is that college would be... Read more »

 

 

A Powdery Weekend

Spring Weekend at Colby. This post isn’t even going to try to be funny, because I’m taking the journalistic integrity route and just giving you the facts. Not that I don’t always, but one might argue that these posts are typically pretty subjective, though I guess that’s... Read more »

 

 

When Feeling Overwhelmed is a Good Thing

There are about three weeks of regular classes to go in the semester. The paper assignments are starting to pile up. This is the time when, academically, everything in the semester starts getting busy but also awesome. Towards the end of the semester, I always start to see tons of new connections... Read more »