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Morning Sentinel

The student-run Environmental Coalition is leading Colby's participation in a global day of events urging world leaders to take action on global warming.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/7006401.html

Washington Post

Last week Maine Senator Olympia Snowe was in the news. Now it's her colleague Senator Susan Collins. "'She is masterful at gaining attention and making sure her particular issues are heard,' said L. Sandy Maisel, a professor of government at Colby College in Waterville." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/21/ST20091021042...

Philadelphia Inquirer

Tweens have power in the marketplace, and executives are listening. "Lyn Mikel Brown, a professor of education at Colby College who cowrote the 2006 Packaging Girlhood and the just-out Packaging Boyhood, said the very notion of tween -- a marketing term, not a developmental stage, she notes -- is 'an erosion of any kind of boundary between childhood and adolescent. It's marketing a very stereotypical, teen life.'" http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20091021_The_power_tweens.html

National Journal

After hearing Senator Olympia Snowe at Colby Oct. 17 and attending a Goldfarb Center conference on Maine senators, Amy Walter '91 wrote about Snowe's place on the national and local stage.

<http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/ol_20091019_5965.php>

See also:
Kennebec Journal, Oct. 17

WCSH6-TV

Foreign correspondent Paul Salopek, winner of the 2009 Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism, discusses covering the developing world, his imprisonment in Sudan, and the state of journalism today.

<http://www.wcsh6.com/life/programming/local/207/story.aspx?storyid=110195&catid=50>

See also:
Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Oct. 19

On Point

Suzanne Merkelson '09, former editor of the Echo, on the challenges of entering the workforce during a recession and how her generation differs from that of her parents.

<http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/10/class-of-09-finding-our-bliss>

See also:
On Point roundtable with Samantha Given-Dennis '09, Oct. 19

Bay State Banner

"Obama's achievement of the presidency is as transformative as the contribution of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King," who also won the Nobel Peace prize, writes Professor Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (sociology and African American studies) in an op-ed. http://www.baystatebanner.com/natl21-2009-10-15

USA Today

"[Senator Olympia Snowe's] independent streak has not hurt her in Maine, where more than a third of voters have no party affiliation. Snowe won re-election in 2006 with 74% of the vote. 'I don't believe there's a person in the state of Maine who could beat her politically,' said L. Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College in Waterville, Maine."

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-10-13-Snowe_N.htm>

See also:
Associated Press, Oct. 13

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The Globe and Mail, Oct. 14

Daily News Tribune

Carol Simon '85, head coach at Brandeis University, was one of four Division III women's basketball coaches inducted in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. http://www.dailynewstribune.com/sports/x576551256/COLLEGE-ROUNDUP-Brandeis-...

Associated Press

"There are seven referendums on the ballot, and with so much attention on gay marriage, the others are largely being overlooked, said Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College. 'There's only so much buzz citizens can take in an off-year election,' Maisel said."

http://wbztv.com/wireapnewsme/Maine.spending.limit.2.1242831.html

Illinois Public Radio

Professor Larissa Taylor (history) discusses her new biography of Joan of Arc in a call-in program. http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interviews/2009/10/12/

The New York Times

Colby is among the colleges providing online space for student blogs in an effort to show prospective students the true college experience. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/education/02blogs.html?_r=1&ref=education