Contact: Stephen Collins
(sbcollin@colby.edu)
p: 207-859-4352 | Beginning April 28 Colby's Seaverns Field and Alfond Track area will be closed for construction. The college is rebuilding the track, installing an artificial turf field, putting in lights for the football field and track area, and working on adjacent track-and-field event areas. The facility, which is popular with walkers, will be closed to the public through late August, reopening in late summer in time for Colby's football season.
Construction of Alfond Stadium was approved by Colby trustees in April 2008. The $6-million project includes landscaping that features four- to five-foot earth berms behind both end zones and plantings that will give the field the feel of a stadium.
The Alfond Stadium will be named for the family of Harold and Bibby Levine ('38) Alfond, which also gave the naming gift for the outdoor track in 1988. The gift for the stadium from the Harold Alfond Foundation was the last personal commitment that Harold Alfond made to Colby before his death, last November.
Information about the project is online at http://www.colby.edu/improvements. | | — April 21, 2008 |
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Clinton, Obama spar over long Democratic contest
Should Clinton stay or should she go? "'Each [candidate] is making the best political argument for themselves and stating it in terms of some universal principles that don't exist,' said Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Maine's Colby College. 'Her side says, 'Every vote counts,' and his side says, 'It's over, why doesn't she admit it?'' Maisel said. 'In fact, it isn't over, and there have been lots of cases in the past when every vote didn't count.'
http://www.hindustantimes... | Helping girls to master the media
Professor Lyn Mikel Brown (education), coauthor of Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, will speak to parents about understanding marketing to girls and how to counter its effects, which include promoting unhealthy competitiveness, rather than solidarity, among girls.
http://www.concordmonitor... | Repaying campaign debt hard for losing side
Senator Clinton, deep in debt, may be able to expect support from Senator Obama. "'It's not atypical for a winning candidate to assist financially in relieving some of the opposing campaign's debt,' said Anthony Corrado, a campaign-finance expert at Colby College in Maine who is not affiliated with a campaign. 'I would expect Sen. Obama to extend support.'"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-14-campaign-debt_N.htm
For additional Corrado commentary, see:
Politico.com, May 15
"GOP can't rely on money advantage now"
Wall Street Journal, May 13
"Carrying Fight Into Convention Can Bruise Party in November"
Boston Globe, May 13
"Finance law may keep Clinton in"
National Public Radio, May 8
"Clinton Stretches Her Dollars as Race Stretches On"
Bloomberg News, May 11
"Clinton Deadline Looms for Recouping $11 Million Personal Loan"
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