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Associated Press

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  

Morning Sentinel

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. http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/7056110.html

Maine Public Radio

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. http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/9...

Maine Public Radio

Audio of Mitchell's Oct. 22 speech at Colby ran almost in its entirety. "Mitchell spoke in Waterville at Colby College where he stressed the role of hope and persistence in peace negotiations, and noted that the current administration places this challenge very high on it's agenda, which he sees as a welcome change for the positive." http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3456/ItemId/9588/Default...