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spring 2006 vol. 95 no. 1
Features 12/Advice from the Real World Colby asked recent graduates if they had advice for students soon to leave Mayflower Hill. The young alumni had plenty, from the concrete (do internships) to the philosophical (follow your passions).
22/Farm Hands As the nation’s farmers grow older, fewer young people are turning to agriculture as a career. Meet Colby farmers who are bucking the trend with everything from organic vegetables to rodeo calves.
16/The End It was January 1984 when then-President William R. Cotter delivered the news. Colby would dissolve all fraternities and sororities. Why? Hear from the players at the time—and from alumni on both sides of the issue.
On the cover The fraternity paddle in the photo illustration on the cover was crafted by a member of the Colby chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE). It is from a collection of Colby fraternity memorabilia on display in the Coburn Smith Room in the Schair-SwensonWatson Alumni Center.
Departments 02/Letters 04/From the Editor
alumni at large 44/Class Notes 66/Obituaries
Colby News 05/Goldfarb visiting fellow shares passion 05/Activists question investment 06/Latest Watson set to wander 06/Shepard urges students to share stories 07/SAT task force weighs in 08/King still pursuing “dream” 08/Coffin receives Brody Award 09/Mosquito aid nets results
alumni profiles 50/Dorean Maines ’67 56/Sonny Omatseye ’79 58/Barbara Marchetti ’84 64/Jeannette Gribben ’02 The Last Page 68/Becky Munsterer ’01 remembers her “Mr. Wonderful”
From the Hill 30/Lynn Hannum fishes for answers 32/Waterville teachers take a seat 34/Doris Kearns Goodwin ’62 on Lincoln 37/President William Adams on college costs 38/Q&A with Nilanjana “Nel” Dutt ’05 40/Colby skiers shoot for 2010 Olympics 42/Keyen Farrell ’07 is all e-business
Colby Online (www.colby.edu/mag) The Courage of Katrina Survivors When Erin Rhoda ’06 first set out to interview Hurricane Katrina survivors for her January independent study, she expected a tepid response. Instead Rhoda received more than 20 replies from survivors who said their recollections were part of the healing process. Read their stories in Colby online at www.colby.edu/mag.