Colby in the News

Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:43:33 +0000

Opponents of same-sex marriage produced advertisements showing children learning about homosexuality in schools. "'It was very effective. It's drawing on the fears of the unknown,' said Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Maine's Colby College. 'There's no evidence that it's going to happen, but there's very clear evidence that it's an effective campaign tactic.'"
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Associated Press, Nov. 1

Big turnout takes clerks, state officials by surprise

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Governor John Baldacci visited Colby on Election Day to thank students for their efforts on the No on 1 campaign. The referendum question, about same-sex marriage, drove voter turnout Nov. 3.

Tests Aim to Protect Brains of High School Athletes

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:48:28 +0000

Colby Medical Director Paul Berkner is president of the Maine Concussion Management Initiative, an organization that is providing baseline cognitive testing for high school athletes in Maine, allowing coaches and trainers to know when a student athlete is ready to resume play. "[I]t appears that a child who suffers a concussion, then has another blow to the head before they have healed the first concussion, that second blow to the head - or injury actually, it doesn't have to be a blow to the head - causes worse symptoms, if not death," Berkner says.