COLBY'S BIG DIG
Yes, they have pushed a lot of dirt around since construction began on the Colby Green in October. But Steve Campbell
(PPD) reports that only about 5 percent of the project's approximately
60,000 cubic yards of soil is in place thus far. Steve says the rumble
of dynamite will continue through January. Then, after a hiatus,
blasting will resume at least briefly in the summer to take down
inevitable high spots. Trenches currently being blasted will be for
utilities, including sewer lines, but dynamite also will be used to
excavate pits in the bedrock so future trees will have some soil in
which to thrive. The utilities earthwork is expected to continue
through February and then will pause for about a month during the
hardest of the hard freeze.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The second new building on Colby Green is the first to get a name. The
social sciences and interdisciplinary studies building will be called,
simply enough, the Diamond Building. As announced last summer, Trustee Bob '73 and Jennifer Diamond
pledged the naming gift. That building will be the physical home of the
Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, endowed by
another trustee, Bill Goldfarb '68 and his daughter Paula Goldfarb '00.
The important things to remember: The Goldfarb Center is not a
building, it's a program, and it's housed in the Diamond Building. And
though it's tempting to make an acronym of "Public Affairs and Civic
Engagement," we're not going there. In second references it's the
"Goldfarb Center."
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP CREW
When the women's crew team won Colby's first national team NCAA championship in June, coach Stew Stokes, assistant Pat Tynan,
and the 20 team members returned to campus after school was out. Since
they had a race on Homecoming Family Weekend, the full Alfond Arena for
the Dec. 2 Colby-Bowdoin men's hockey game was the first good
opportunity to honor the crew publicly. Eleven team members were able
to attend (six are abroad, four graduated), and President Bro Adams and Dean of Students Janice Kassman
presented them with trophy blades commemorating the championship and
news that the College is purchasing official NCAA national championship
rings, to be delivered early next year.
SIGNING FOR HER SUPPER
When members of the women's crew team received handsome trophy blades
commemorating their championship, the blades had fingerprints of
Colby's sign-maker Pam Dudley
(PPD) all over them. That's just figuratively speaking; Pam runs
equipment that does sign lettering and engraving. She did the lettering
for the team's rowing scull, for example. And the graphics that label
museum exhibitions? That's Pam, too. Beyond lettering, she made all the
new Colby seals that adorn lecterns around campus. Pam, whose primary
responsibility is running the stockroom, gets help with signs from
Colby's carpenters and painters, and she's ably assisted by students --
currently Ryan Phelan '05 and Anna Czechowski '07. Thanks, all, for helping Colby look good (and save money).
1001 SMILES
Santa's little helper Carole Levine
(bookstore) reported that the collection box there was empty with just
a few days left in the 1001 Smiles toy drive. The cost of bringing a
smile is small. If you have no time to shop, drop off some cash and
organizers will do the shopping and see that you get a receipt for your
tax deductible donation. Drop sites are the Cotter Union Post Office
and the bookstore, which will be open until next Friday 4:30 p.m.
Thanks to all who have contributed already.
PHONE BOOKS: TALKING OR MUTE
Two new local telephone directories are now available outside the Telecom Office on the ground floor of Eustis. The Verizon Super Pages have listings for the Waterville-Skowhegan area, and the Talking Phone Book covers Waterville-Augusta. Please help yourself.
NESCAC ALL-ACADEMIC PICKS
Ten Colby scholar-athletes were honored as 2003 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team selections. They are football players Wayne Harrington '05 (Rockland, Mass.), Jeremy Jamieson '04 (Stoneham, Mass.), Steve Kasperski '05 (Naperville, Ill.), and Tom Wilson '05 (Bellevue, Wash.); volleyball players Johanna Schroeder '04 (Salmon, Idaho) and Abbey Stella '04 (Westfield, Mass.); women's soccer player Kara McCabe '06 (Watertown, Conn.); field hockey player Melissa Mullen '05 (Green Township, N.J.); men's soccer player Aaron Poplack '05 (Houston, Texas); and cross country runner Karina Johnson '05 (Tolland, Conn.). Congrats to all.
STUDIOUS MULE KICKERS
Men's soccer coach Mark Serdjenian '73
also reports that his team earned the 2003 NSCAA Team Academic Award
for having a team GPA over 3.0. That's the third year straight for the
kicking mules -- the only team in the conference that can say so.
BORDER MISSION
When Nurse Practitioner Lydia Bolduc-Marden
(health center) heads out on a medical mission to the Dominican
Republic in January, she'll be taking more than Colby's goodwill.
Traveling to staff a medical clinic on the border with Haiti, Lydia
will be assisted by Mike Deheeger '06 (Wilmette, Ill.), who
will serve as a translator. Together they will deliver a pile of sports
equipment -- tennis equipment donated by tennis coach Mike Morgan (athletics) and Caroline Mathes (nutrition consultant in the health center) as well as soccer balls donated by men's soccer Coach Mark Serdjenian '73.
HARK! THE CHORALE
Colby College Chorale's Service of Lessons and Carols, directed by Paul Machlin (music) on Dec. 4 in Lorimer Chapel, was recorded and will be broadcast on Maine Public Radio's MaineStage program at 8 p.m. tonight (Dec. 17). If you missed it live, don¹t miss it tonight.
COLBY IN THE NEWS
December has seen a range of Colby voices in the news. Among them, Tony Corrado (government)'s role in framing the campaign finance reform law, upheld this month by the Supreme Court, was in the Dec. 12 Minneapolis Star Tribune in a story titled "Campaign finance law is a case study in how to legislate": http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4263317.html. Lyn Mikel Brown (education) spoke about recent media coverage of "bad girls," and the Morning Sentinel covered it: http://www.centralmaine.com/news/local/242373.shtml. George Ladd (psychology) was quoted on the effects of TV violence in the lead story in the Dec. 10 Sentinel: http://www.centralmaine.com/news/local/231958.shtml. Ariel Armony (government) was in the Spanish-language El Pais Dec. 8, talking about U.S. accomplices of the repressive Argentine military junta. Michael Donihue was quoted in the Dec. 5 Atlanta Journal Constitution in an article titled "Slow job growth mystifies experts": http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/1203/06econ.html. Fourteen student researchers who reported on water quality in Threemile Pond were in a Dec. 5 Sentinel article (not online). Their Problems in Environmental Science class was taught by David Firmage and Russ Cole. The Nov. 26 Home News Tribune (N.J.) announced that Jenny Boylan
(English) will talk as part of a speakers series in 2004. The other
speakers in the series are Susan Sarandon, Mariane Pearl, Elaine
Stritch, and Whoopi Goldberg.
RECEIVE TRAVEL GRANTS:
Maria Morrison, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Missoula, Mont. ... Shari Dunham, Gordon Research Conference, Metals in Biology, Ventura, Calif. ... Jason Long, Economic History Society, University of London. ... Jonathan Hallstrom, 13th Annual Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, Fla. ... Mary Jo Carlsen, 13th Annual Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival, Gainesville, Fla. ... Laura Saltz, Modern Language Association, San Diego. ... Kerill O'Neill, American Philological Association, San Francisco. ... Natalie Harris, Associated Writing Programs, Chicago ... Sharon Lynn, Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, New Orleans. ... Erik Jensen, N.E. Modern Language Association, Pittsburgh.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Physical Education and Athletics: Assistant men's and women's track coach; sprints and hurdles.
MOOSECELLANEOUS
We'll eschew the acronym "PACE" in favor of the Goldfarb Center so as
not to be confused with Pace University or the PACE Center at Yale.
(That's Yale's "Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise"
Center.) ... No one but last year's women's crew will ever be able to
say they won Colby's first national team championship, but Stew Stokes told Bro Adams that this year's crew team intends to be the first to say it won back-to-back national titles.