The Colby Oracle 2009

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Saturday's S.H.O.U.T! workshops were a major thrill. The martial arts workshop,

for example, lasted about two hours with twelve participants, and was only one of the wide array of afternoon workshops that were part of S.H.O.U.T! The afternoon workshops were meant to be more active and engaging than the morning's discussion-based workshops . . .

Saturday's afternoon events, however, with the wide range of activities to choose from, formed the high point for S.H.O.U.T! The cooking workshops, for instance, involved participants in an intensive cooking course on how to make Chicken Tikka Masala. Other workshops included Slam Poetry and Taiko Drumming. The sense of excitement about the workshops added to the joyful atmosphere that characterized the duration of the activities. Another enjoyable workshop that was included in the list of Saturday events was Salsa Dancing, in which the Dynasty Steps did a dance tutorial for anyone who wanted to participate . .. . .

Learning some karate with other Colby students over the course o f S.H.O.U.T! was also definitely a unique experience; I bumped into some nice people doing it.

The true value of the afternoon workshops was the way they enabled students with all sorts of different interests to be involved.

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Echo Article by Tendai Mutunhire, March

2009

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As planned , students gathered at

1 2 p.m. on the l awn between M i l ler L i b ra ry and the flagpole. Many

walked out of their cl asses in order to attend , and most wore red .

Some faculty, staff and administrators also wo re red .

Echo Article by Anna Kelemen and Ellen London, April

2009

" Ou r power derives from your peaceful presence" Spencer C ri m '09

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INTERNATIONAL

EX'TRAVAGANZA

Visiting fetformers

Banda is a community leader and had worked for some time with an international aid organization until, according to Goldring, she was fired after she was diagnosed as HIV positive. On her deathbed, Banda shared her life story with Wong and Goldring. "I felt so privileged to have that experience-that she shared that with me," Goldring said. Family started to gather outside of Banda's house, singing and praying in support as they thought their relative was close to death. "She was in tears, I was in tears, Ken was in tears," Goldring said.

Miraculously, Banda survived and went on to found a community-based, grassroots organization. Her story, along with many others, inspired Goldring to start LuziCare in the fall of

2007.

" My experience working with Ken has profoundly affected me and has influenced sort of everything I 've done since, " Goldring said. LuziCare works in partnership with the Malawian-based Luzi Orphan Care to provide home-based care for people living with H I V/AI D S and other chronic illnesses. In August

2008,

LuziCare was able to provide Luzi Orphan Care with

$6,000,

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mostly through donations from Colby students and their parents. That money is still being distributed and Goldring hopes to send another installment of the same amount this August.

Echo Article by Chelsea Eakin, February

2009

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RELAY FOR LIFE

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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

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Seniors: Erin Beasl ey, Devan Fitz Patrick, Abbie Frederick, Brianna Kondrat, Jen n ifer M acDowe ll, Hannah Taska, Sarah G ordon Juniors: Beth Bartley, Amanda B urgess, Katri na Grave l, Amanda I vey, Heather MacDonald, E l i zabeth Russ e l l Sophomores : Tory Gray, Eri n Joyce , Ol ivia, Lattanzi , E m ma Linhard, A lyssa M arq uez, Nora McCa l l, Debbie M erzbach, Jessica M u l laney , Ann Norris, Jordan Schoonover, Dan ie l l e Sheppard, Brittany Tschaen, Ton i Tsvetanova, Greta We l l s Freshmen: Ju l i e Casey Atwater, E m ily Bees, Anne Burton, Sylvia Doyle, A l l ison E m ery, Ke l ly Foster, Colleen Kenny, Karyn K i ng , Abigael C h eru iyot, Ke l ly Potvin, Kel ly Purcel l, Sarah Richard , All ison Stitham , Robyn St. Lau rent, Ji l ian Vau g han , Kathryn Wassam

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Seniors: C h ris D e Roo, G a rrett Rayn e r, Chris Copeland, Jo h n Hal l, L u c B e n n et, Mark O zarows ki Juniors: Michael Bien kows ki, B e n Ossoff, Je remy Judfe, Carl Richards Sophomores: Sac C u rrie r, Joh n DeAscentis, D av i d Lowe, Andy Mag uire, James Bowe, Bren t Daly Freshmen: Jarad Doyon, A n d re D u n canson, G e o rg e F re n ce, Samue l Grant, C h ris Hal l aday, Tho mas Mee han, Matthie u Nadeau, Ju stin Rouse, Wil l S u p p l e, Dere k Wise

Seniors: Bec ky Juli an, Kate Sheridan, Lau ren Strazzula, Mary Clare Sne d i ker, Lau ren Barrett, Cary Finnegan, Heather Nicke rson Juniors: Keryn M e i e rd i e rcks, Caroline Atwater, Caroline Duke, Kathleen Kramer, Carly Rapapo rt , Amy Cam pbell, M egan Towe Sophomores : Kate G ragnolati , Allison I annotti , Katie B riody, Lexi Crook, Casey Thomas, M ary C u m m ing s , Julianne Kowalski , Anne G e rag hty, Sarah Warnke Freshmen: Claire Donegan, E m i ly Moos , Allison Baker, Hannah O'Bri en, Lane McVey

Seniors : C o l lin Weiss, Caddy Brooks, Alex Far m e r, Todd Boertze l , Jason Far i n o, Jam ie Wa l l ace, G eoff Parr, Sam K e n nedy Juniors: Stew Brown , A u st i n Lee, Tom G ia nakos, James B rady, Russe l l C l ark, Max Weiss, W h it McCarthy, Patrick Briod y Sophomores: C h ri s H ealy, Jack Ve rnamonti, Joh n Moria rity, Jam i e Leake, Cra i g B u n ker, A l e Boc h e s, Mark S q u icciari n o , Jo h n LoVe rme Freshmen: Tyler Cash, Scott B rown, S cott Margolis, Brady L e n a h a n , James G eo g h e g a n , Jon Mc i ver, Joh n O ' Bri e n , Nick H u n n ew e l l , Brad Turner, C h r i s B a rran d , B re n d a n Mo riarity

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Seniors: Craig Cooper, Kyle McKay, Just i n C l ark, Bobby W h e l a n , Zach He l m Juniors: Ken Kauffman, Chris Murdock, Joh n LaMantia , Jo h n Bretti n g e n , N i c k Ruocco , Rya n C o n l o n , Matt Moore Sophomores: Jo h n Lerner, Rich ard Newton , W i l Harti g a n , Dominick Morri l l , Ross O ' Co n n or Freshmen: Bra n d o n N i e u w , Mike D o herty, Taro G o l d, Wil l G re e n b erg, Niko las Atsalis , D ev l i n McC o n n e l l, Ab himanyu C ha nd e l , Rob Arn dt, Mark C o l l i n s , Bre n d a n G a l l a g h er, Con n or S u l livan, Mike Mastrocola

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African Studies

American Studies

S a mb, W e b b, Bestema n , G ordo n

S altz, McFadd e n , A re l l ano, Fran k

Art BACK: S altz, L i b by, Plesch, Simo n , E ng ma n , He n d s be e

FRO NT: Reed , Mitch e l l , G re e n

Anthropology BAC K : Bestema n , Tate, B h imu l l , Karl FRO NT: Mil ls, Ren kin

Biology

Chemistry

BACK: G re e n wood, Wil s o n , C h ristian s o n , C o l e,

B A C K: Thamattoo r, S h attu ck, Rice MI D D L E:

Fe kete FRONT: Joh n so n , Kava l e r, Han n u m,

Zimme rman, Katz , King FRONT: Fekete, Mi l l a rd ,

Til d e n , G u ay, Sto n e

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Computer Science Skrien, Taylor, Maxwell, Sitt

C lassic� H unter, O' Neill, Capreed)

East Asian Studies Zhang, Hatch, Besio, Prindle, Abe, Brown

Economics BACK: Franko, B rown, Wald kirch, Long, Meehan FRONT: V u l etin, Barbezat, G unter, Yu, Findlay

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Environmenta l Studies BACK: Webb, Nyh u s, Kopp, Cole, Josephso n FRONT: Gimond, Firmage, Ashc raft, Bulkan , Carlson, Bevier

Eng lish BACK: B u rke , C a rm a n , B ryant, Narin van C o u rt ,

B A C K: G asta l d o , S u l livan , Ruege r, Ne l s o n

Ke l l e r, B l evins FRO NT: Man nocch i, S p a r k ,

FRONT: Rey n o l d s , Rid ky

Geology

Har ris , O s b o rn e , Ha rris

French and Ita lian

German and Russian

BACK: S a m b , Po u lie r , C u rren , Dio n n e , Wirth ,

de S h e rbinin , S hahan , Koch

M e n e l li FRONT: B r u n etanx, Paliyen ko , Fe rrari, Cooper

History

Internationa l Studies

Opa l , W e b b , S c h e c k , Tay l o r, Josep h s o n , Fal law, Weis b rot, Leonard

BAC K: Dio n n e , B esio , Mil l s , Razsa , S c h e c k , Fran ko F RO NT: Beste m e n , Hatch , Y o d e r , Josep h s o n

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Latin-American Studies BACK: Tate, Fal l aw, Olivares FRONT: Garcia, Sasaki , Franko

Mathematics BACK: Mathes, B radshaw, Taylor, We lch, Kei s e rman, O'B rien FRONT: Maher, Hol ly, Livsh its

Philosophy Roddy, G o rdon, Pete rson, Cohen, Moland

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Jewish Studie1 Fre i d e n re ich, Kri nsky, Narin van Cou rt, We isbro1 Scheel

Music BACK: Hallstrom, Nuss, Borgerd i ng, Thomas Mach l i n FRONT: Lem ieux, E ricsor

Physics and Astronomy BACK: B l u hm, Tate, Conover, Campbe l l FRONT: Ridky, Lessard, Lon

Religious Studies

Sociology

Dyson, Freid e n re i c h , Man dolfo, Sin g h

Tow n s e n d G i l kes, A re n d e l l , B lake, Mo rri o n e, May e r

Science, Techno logy, and Society

Spanish

Josep h s o n , Fee m i n g , R i d ky, T h a m attoo r, Webb

R u d o l p h , Sasaki, B o l i o, O l ivares

Theater and Dance

Womens Gender and Sexuality Studies

Ward, E rvin , Th u rsto n , Wentz e l l , C o n n e r .

Leonard, S altz, Fran k, A re l l ano, Mc Fad d e n

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Relay for Life ra ised over $30,000 in 2009.

They a i med to have an a l l campus event and were able to work with" SPB to h ost a benefit concert featurin g G u ster i n early A pri l .

T h e g oa ls f o r Relay for Life are to Remem ber, Celebrate a n d Fi g ht Back a g a i nst cancer.

The B iology Club coordinates activities for biology majors, faculty, and staff.

The B l ue Li g hts are a male  cappe l l a s i n g i n g g rou p . The perform both on a n d off campus thro u g h out the yea often host i n g s i n g i n g g rou p from other schoo l s . They ar• a g rou p of fun-lovin g g uys with an u rg e to enterta i n .

The i r reperto i re ran g es fro o l d ies to contem porary roe A u d itions are held each fal l

Broadway M usical Revue ( B MR) is a student run theater/s i n g i n g/ d a n c i n g grou p that produces two stage spectacu lars a yea r! From class i c m usicals t o t h e more recent favorites , they choose the best of the best a n d leave the aud ience i n hysterics. T h e BMR experience extends beyond its members with g uest appea rances by Ja n i ce Kassman, their facu lty advisor, and uns uspecti ng a u d ience members.

Pictu red : Meredith Fast, Abe Zagroba, Sean Sen ior, Janice Kass m a n , Kelsey Jones, Sa m mee Jaff, Maggie Hayes, Kelsey O'Brien, Amy Reynolds, Ame l ia Nebenza h l , Tri p Venturel la, Preston Kava n a g h , Savvy Lodge-Scha rff, M a rtha Orti n a u , Ji m Rockafe l low, Dan Echt, Adam Boe, M i chael Clark, Nie Robic haud, Charly Carrigan, Nate H i l l

The Col by B a l l room Dan ce tea m com petes i n Bal l room com petitions t h ro u g hout the year a n d h o l d s weekly soc i a l d a n c i n g lesson s for a nyone i nterested o n cam p u s . The i r m a i n goal i s t o h ave F U N w h i le lea rn i n g the i m portant s k i l l of B a l l room Dan c i n g .

Colby Dancers prod uces t w o performances each school year, one at the end of each semester.

Students are involved i n all aspects of the show, from tec h n ical prod uction to ch oreography to fund-ra i s i n g . Colby Dancers welcomes i ndividuals of a l l backgrounds a n d a b i l ities, a n d pride themselves on produ c i n g a f u n a n d d iverse

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performances i n which everyone can be i n cl uded .

Officers: Rachel Bonenfant, Emma Gildesgame, A b by West, A li Lavine, Liz Davidson, Sarah Flanagan 1 95

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The Colby Democrats work to educate students about the p h i l osophy of the Democratic Party and to assist in the election of Democratic candidates to loca l , state, a n d national offices. During the fal l semester the Colby Democrats regi stered over 500 new Maine voters on campus, knocked on thousands of doors around the state, and made cou ntless phone ca l l s to Maine voters in an effort to garner support for the Democratic ticket i n the general election. For the spring semester the Colby Democrats kept fighti ng the good fight and turned their attention to gay rights; collecting signatures and organizing phone banks to identify voters who support equal marriage in the state of Mai ne.

Published by students of Colby College in Waterville, Ma ine since 1 877, the Colby Echo is

a

weekly newspaper covering campus news, features, loca l news, sports, entertainment and opinion. The paper is read by thousands on campus, in the loca l com mun ity and by subscribers across the country.

Editors in Chief: Chelsea Eakin and Suzanne Merkelson

Members: Lane McVey, Chris Hoder, Nick

Cunkelman, Kris Miranda, Katie Peterson, My Tien Huynh, Dash Wasserman, Tate Kaneshige, Allie Ehrenreich, Courtney Yeager, Amanda Hetherington, Julia Essenburg, Ellen London, Alexander Richard, Anna Kelemen, Raleigh Werner, Kira Novak, Jessica Chang, Laura Littman, Annie Chen, Nick Baranowski, Margie Gribbe l l , James Beltran, Benjamin Cook, Michael Brophy, Rachel Goff, Nicole Hewes, Tendai Mutunhire, Doug Proctor, Lindsay Putnam, Kathleen Maynard

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Colby �rgeriey R.e.spoti.se The Colby Equestrian team is com posed of a montage of experienced and bra nd new riders bound together by a love of horses. A l l team mem bers ride at least once a week in a lesson, and some riders also com pete i n I H SA shows d u ri ng the fal l and spring seasons . . For the 2008-09 season, Col bys Eq uestrian team fi n ished 8th i n the reg i o n .

P ictured : S a n d y Porter Bean , E m i ly H i lto n , Pau l a Shag i n , Laura Bisbee, Morgan n e Krai nes, A u d rey Bea n , Charlotte O lena, Caro l i ne M a g u i re, C l a ry Cole, Cat G a l l ag her, J u l i a Esse n b u rg

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P i ct u red : Sam Bodki n , Esther Boyd , A n d rew Bol d uc , E l a n a Cog l ia no, Becca Litwack, Dan O ' S u l l iva n , Sama ntha Merriweather, Steve Holt, Lei g h B u l l io n , Peter Perry-Fried ma n Not P i ct u red : Sammy Dee ra n

The Colby M us l i m group bri ngs together Musl i m students on campus and organ izes rel ig ious and social activities for its members and the ca mpus commun ity. The group also aims at i nform i n g the Colby student body about the rel i gion of Islam and clarifying all stereotypes and misconceptions related to it.

They mai nta i n a permanent office i n the Pugh Center that is used for prayers, meetings and socialization.

Pictured : Aqsa Mah mood, Qiam udd i n Am i ry, Samah Mahmood, Kenza Sayeg ri h , Nah ita N i s h m i n , Ayaz Achakzai , Sameera Anwar, Soule Sow, Aichatou Fal l , Adriana Manan

The Col by Organic Farmer and Gardeners Association (COFGA) provides quality, organic produce grown in our "2 Feet 2 Bedrock" garden to Col by's dining ha l l s and loca l food pantries. They a lso instill in their members the knowledge necessary to grow their own food, and inform the Col by communit} about issues surrounding food production.

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The Pottery Club hel d an Empty Bowls event in the sprin g , to benefit the Mid­ Maine Homeless Shelter.

Pictured: Nancy Meader, Michel l e Russe l l , Sara Ramsay, C a role Evans, Jeanne Berger and Suanne Muehlner.

Colby Po-H-ery Club The Col by Repub licans purpose is to promote conservative idea l s on the Col by Campus. They volunteer for local campaigns, go to loc a l and national Republican events, and bring in conservative minded spea kers.

Pictured: Anne Burton, Benjy Ogden, Senator Susan Col lins, Jarad Doyon, Trevor Poole, and VJ Vesnaver.

The Col by Student Investment Association is a student-managed fund at Colby Col lege. In

Colby S1uderrt Jnvesfmetrt As-sooiation

addition to earn i n g competitive returns on its

$1 00,000 fund,

the CSIA strives to educate

Colby students i nterested in fina nce and to strengthen the network between Colby students and a l u m s in the financial world.

P ictured: S i m ran Ja ising, Traver Elder, Lokesh Todi , Ken Kramer, Harry Goldste i n , Nick Wijnberg, John Roberts, Josh Ja m ner, Prabh S i n g h , Nick Van Niel, John Abbet, Robin Daley

Colby Surf Club Co l by Water Polo plays in the CWPA North Atlantic Division, against Bowdoin, Bates, US Coast Guard Academy, Amherst, University of Vermont and Trinity. This seasons captains were Zac Bloom, Sam Wampler, and Travis Townsend .

Pictured: Reilly Taylor, Sam Wampler, Carley Mil lian, Ryan Fisher, Professor Keril l O'Neil l , Zac B loom, Travis Townsend

Colby Water Polo Colby Waterville Al liance (CWA) works to encourage positive interaction between Col by and Watervil le. It is their hope that Col by and Watervil le wil l work together to enhance the overal l town environment and promote the wel l being of a l l the members of the community.

Pictured: Jake Fisher, Jamie Warner, Charlotte Cutter, Jess Lueders Dumont

The Col byettes are Col by Col lege's oldest a l l female a cappel l a group. Founded in 1 951 , they sing a variety of music ranging from oldies to pop to jazz, and they arrange a l most a l l of our own music, as wel l . They rehearse three times a week in the Bixler Music building.

Colbyettes The Colby Cyc l i n g Team competes i n the Eastern Col legiate Cyc l i n g Conference (ECCC) year-ro u nd. The race sched u l e i nc l u des mou nta i n b i k i n g , cyclocross, road, and track.

The team meets for d a i l y tra i n i n g rides i n the warmer months and tra i n s i ndoors d u ri ng the wi nter. This fal l , the Cyc l i ng Tea m was ran ked n u m ber one for ECCC Division II M o u n ta i n B i ki ng , a n d sent t h ree riders t o N ationals.

Members : Delia M assey, Josh Jam ner, Byron Mei nerth, Kevin G reen, Sarah Hart, Lau ren Tracy, Andy Notopou los, M att Appleby, S u s i e H ufstader, Dan Homeier

The Environmenta l Coa lition is an organization committed to promoting the awareness and practice of environmental sustaina bility through student l ed initiatives.

E V E (Eth n i c Vocal Ensemble) is an a l l female a cappel l a g ro u p that m i xes world m u s ic with wel l-known American h its. This year thei r repertoi re i nc l u ded songs from E n g l a n d , France, C h i na, M a l aysia, and the U n ited States. ...------------------

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P ictu red : A l l ie Stith a m , N i kki C rocker, Lizzie Poteet, Liz Davidso n , Jane Menton, S a m m y G radwh o l , E m i l y Fin lay, Lauren Kerr, Fern Jere m i a h

The Hipnotik Dance Team is the competitive dance group on campus.

This year, they performed at footba l l games, basketba l l games, Colby Dancers show, DYNASTY show, Mr. Col by Pageant, Relay for Life, and their own three shows. They a lso had the opportunity to go into the Watervil le community and mentor young dancers at the Young American Dance Center.

Pictured : Alyssa Kavanagh, Steph Cotherman, Lydia Pardini, Meghan Kelly, Kris Ortiz, Saralin Davis, Ali Lavine, Kel ly Foss, Abby West

The International C lub is a Pugh Community Board C lub dedicated to celebrating international diversity on campus. This year they hosted an International Food Festiva l , Diwali Celebrations, the International Consciousness Week and the International Extravaganza. They also hosted a speaker from Ghana who spoke about the Maine Ghana Youth Network.

iPl ay is an intramural sports program at Col by Col lege which is d esigned to promote hea lthy competition among Col by Students outside of the c l assroom. The goa l of this program is to inc l ude and appea l to as much of the student population as possible and provide fun activities throughout the year.

Pictured: Dan Heinrich, Michael Brophy, Doug Piper, David Venditti, Peter O ' H anlon , Elizabeth Disney , David Bacchus , Emma Schofiel d , Barbara Santos

iP!ay LuziCare, fou nded by James Gold ring '09 i n Novem ber 2007, is a student-led i n itiative for access i ble healthcare in Malawi, Africa. They seek to expa nd access to exist i n g healthcare resou rces i n one la rge rural com m u n ity i n Malawi. V iva Africa!

P ictu red : Co l i n O'Shea, Henry Powe l l , Esther Boyd, Sta n Abrams, Abby Colella, Ramsey Meigs, Kel sey G i bbs, Lane P h i l l i ps , Edd ie Benj a m i n , Meg u m i Sasada , Jessie Newm a n , Da nny H os h i no , Lau ren Mccrary N ot P ictu red : Zac k Ezor

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The P u g h Com m u n ity Board ( PCB) is an organization whose pri mary pu rpose is to provide d i rection on the ways the P u g h Center advances the Col lege's goals regard i ng m u lticu ltu ral ism. The g ro u p programs lectu res, concerts, performances, exh i bitions, workshops and special events for the ent i re com m u n ity.

The quilting club aims to teach its members about the process of quilting during weekly meetings.

Each year, members begin by ma king neonata l quilts that a re, upon completion, donated to Newborns in Need to be given to premature babies. The c lub advisors then guide members through the process of making their own quilts with designs and fabrics of their own choosing.

The S i rens are an a l l-female a cappel la g ro u p with eight cu rrent members. P i ctured are Sen i ors Catherine Wood iwiss, Nadege Roux, a n d Sej a l Pate l .

The Student Government Association of Colby Col l ege is com m itted to i n itiat i n g posi tive a n d real istic c ha n ges a n d , thro u g h t h e P resident's C o u n c i l , to provid i n g a forum for the gatheri n g a n d expression of ideas a n d concerns fro m a l l students.

Members: Patrick Boland, Cary F i n nega n , David Metcalf, Daniel Roboff, Liza Comea u , Jacob Fischer, S i mon Levy, Scott Zeller, Mae Ogorzaly, Alexander Aitoro, M ichelle Graff, J u l i e Achenbau m , Katherine Orrick, Harry Davis, Ath u l Rav u n m iarat h , J usti n Rouse, Doug Proctor, Joel P i tt, C harles Wulff, Lesl ie Hutchi ngs, Kate Vasconi, Smriti Bajracharya, Nicole M u raka m i , M ichael Baldwin, Daniel Echt, Alexi Greenburg , J udy Merzbach , J usti n Banks, Byron Meinerth, Alexandra Essman, Matt Vivero, Kristin Nissen, Khoa Nguyen, Lacey Brown, Katherine U n sworth, Peter La ndsman, Craig Zev i n , Samuel Carter, R ichard Schwartz, Mary C u m m i ngs, Amy D u n lap, Lissa Martin

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SOBHU WMHB 89. 7FM is Colby's student-ru n radio station.

WMHB features new and a lternative music i n all genres, from rock to tech n o to world to h i p-hop, as wel l as weekly com m u n ity public affairs progra m m i ng and Colby ath letic broadcasts.

Pictured : Andy Oakes, Adam Lowenste i n , Delia Massey, Benjy Ogden, Andy Estrada, Zac B l oom, Kris M i randa, Kath leen Fa l lon Not Pictured : Liz Pfeffer, Amy Keefe, Ca itl i n Casey, John Wagner, Gabriel Callag han, Armand Tufenkian, Ben Knight, Dylan Perry, Jen S h ri ber, R i ne V ieth , Zander Koa l l ick, C h ris Gorud, Xander Kotsatos, Zach M itch e l l

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Greg Mortenson Greg Mortenson i the subject and coauthor of the New York Time

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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time. Cofounder and executive director of the nonprofit Central Asia In titute and founder of Pennie for Peace, Morten on ha dedicated his life to promoting commun ity-based education and literacy programs, especially for girl , i n remote mountainous region of Paki tan and Afghanistan.

In 1 993, Morten on climbed Paki tan's K2, the world's second-highest mountain.

After hi climb, while recovering i n a local village, Morten on met a group of chi ldren writing with stick i n the and. He made a promi e to help them build a choo l .

From that grew a remarkable humanitarian campaign. Mortenson h a s e tabli hed more than 60 school in Paki tan and Afghani tan that provide education to more than 25,000 children, i nc luding 1 4,000 girl , for whom few education opportunities exi ted before.

A Salam, ali kum, which mean peace be with you . And thank you, Dr. Adam . And to Rabbi Krin ky, thank you for your ble ing. And t Joe B ou lo , whos the chairman of the Board of Tru tees, and to all the tru tees. To the administration, and to the parent , and grandparent uncle , aunts, s i ter , and brother . And, mo t of all, congratulation to all of you i n the Colby Class of 2009. Thi s i a great day of celebration .

M arti n Luther King once said, Even if the world end tomorrow, Im goi ng to plant my eed today. But I guess you guys have already beet planting your seeds, and now the rain i falling to start spreading your good hope around the world.

I love h istory, and I go talk to many school around the country . La t year I vi i ted about two-hundred thirty schools, from kindergarten al the way through the Air Force Academy. And one of the fir t que tions I ask tudents is, How many of you and I gue I can a k thi to th class here have spent a lot of t i me with your grandparents or your elders talki ng about the Depression, or World War ll, or the Vietnam War, or the civil rights movement? Or Qiam, perhap the time i n Afghani stan during Naj ibullah or omething like that. But how many of you have pent a l ot of time talking to your elder about tho e periods in hi tory? You want to put your hand up here? Okay, that really high. About thirty percent? That actually very, very high.

Generally in the U.S. only ten percent of the hand come up. It doe nt matter whether it a public chool , private chool, urban chool, or rural chool . As Qiam would know, if I a ked that same que ti on in Afghanistan or i n Paki tan, or even tho e of you who have been i n Senegal or Cameroon or Tanzania, n i nety percent of the han ds come up. And I thi nk it a great tragedy i n ou r country. We've lost that tradition where we can learn from our elder about our heritage, our folklore, our tradition , our faith, and many of the important Jes on that weve learned in hi tory. And so, in honor of that today, Id l ike to share w ith you a little bit about Three Cups of Tea, the book that I wrote.

What Three Cups of Tea means is that the first cup youre a stranger, the second cup a friend, and third cup you become family. And for a family, were prepared to do anything, even die. Now that doesnt mean you ju t go around the world drinking tea and having peace and prosperity. What it means is that we have to build relation hips with each other. We have to li ten . And we have to have, as Qiam aid, we have to have humi lity and re pect.

General Patraeu , who t he CENTCOM commander, he read Three Cup of T ea last year and he said he learned three things from the boor and he sent me an e-mail with three bullet points in it. You know, mil itary generals send you bullet point . He said: Number one, we need to li ten more; n umber two, we need to have respect; and number three, we need to build relationships.

I wa very lucky to grow up in Africa for fifteen years. I grew up i n Tanzania. I went there when I wa three months old, and my father ended up tarting a ho pita! . My father worked very hard to get the Kil imanjaro Chri tian Medical Center tarted in Tanzania. B ut one thin he alway in i ted on i having local people in charge. And often he got i n trouble with the Europeans and American , because they aid you need to have an American in charge . And fi nally when the hospital got ready to open in 1 97 1 , my father got up and he gave a peech and he aid, In ten year I predict that all the department head of thi hospital will be from Tanzania. Well, eventually he got fired for aying that, becau e they said, you know, How could you et the e people up for uch an unrealistic expectation? So we came back to the State , and my father died from cancer in h i mid-forties. But we got the annual report from the hospital ten years later, and all the department head were from Tan zania. And even today, forty year later, al l the department head of the hospital are from Tanzania.

The fir t chapter i n Three Cup of Tea i an f word. Anyone remember what the word is? We dont like to talk about it here i n the U.S . .

Failure. Today i your day o f ucces , but I think a l o fai l ure. I ' m going t o talk t o you j u t about failure a little b i t becau e I think failures are very important.

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We all make mistake in our live , and we all fail sometimes. All of you have not failed I mean you ha e graduated but ome of u don't end up graduating. Some of u bum cookie in the oven, some of us fail in our relationships, ome of u fail in our tenure , and ome of u fail. I was in New York two month ago and I mentioned some of u fail in our inve tment and there wa no laughter there.

Anyway, if you go to Afghani tan theres a very beautiful Per ian proverb that say , When it i dark, you can ee the tar . And I think that a good thing to hold onto. From my example my first seme ter of college I got a GPA of 1 .89, but I did manage to get up to 3 .4 by the time I graduated.

I have some really good news and I have some really bad news. The first good news is, of course, that youre graduating toda . but would 1ou like to hear the bad new first or the good news? Bad news. Okay.

The bad news is that in Afghanistan and in Pakistan the Taliban ha e bombed, de troyed, or but down over five hundred chool in Afghani tan and over three-hundred fifty schools in Pakistan in the la t two years. Whats intere ting, though, i that nearly all tho e chool are girl school .

So, why do a group of men want to bomb a girls chool and not a boys school? Because, I think, their greate t fearits not a bullet but it a pen. And what they fear the most i if that girl gets an education and grow up, the alue of education will go on the community. In Islam theres omething called the badith, and the hadith says, which is a tribute to all of you today, that The ink of a cholar i greater than the blood of a martyr. It actually say holier than. The ink of a cbolar is holier than the blood of a martyr.

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ome good news. In Afghani tan, in 2000, there were eight-hundred thousand children in school. Today there are even-point- ix

million in school, including two-point-six million female . Its the greatest increase in school enrollment in any country in modem history.

So were any of you here aware of that before I told you that? One person here. I think its a tragedy we focus on so many of the negative things, but theres really good things happening. Thats the good news. Thats the candle. Thats the light of hope for a country like Afghani tan.

In 1 970 one out of three college graduates said I want to go out and make the world a better place. And that wa the day ofsome of you might remember, you knowpeace signs and bellbottom jeans and guitars. By 1 990 that dropped to eighteen percent. That was the day everybody wanted to go out and make a buck. Today in a U . S . ew & Report study it ays forty percent of college graduate . like you, want to go out and make the world a better place. And just for a urvey here how many of you want to go out and make the world a better place? All of you? Alright. Give a big round.

I wa talking to President Adams a little bit agotheres been this phenomenon going on in college where young men and women, even old men and womenthe disciplines are becoming much more integrated. Rather than looking at just disciplines theyre at looking a problems.

Poli Sci is turning into international relations; engineering, architecture is turning into holistic, sustainable engineering; nursing and

medicine i looking at holistic health rather than symptomatic treatment of diseases. If you ask college admini trator why thi is happening, they like to take credit for it, but the main reason i because its being driven by the student themsel e . Its being driven by you.

You really want to go out and make the world a better place.

For example, at Colby here, theres many programs, I wont e en li t them, but all the countrie that youve been tohow many of you during your college career have got to another country? Look at that. I nt that amazing? Give a big round. And also, how many of you have maybe worked in a soup line in a kitchen or were involved in the Colby Cares About Kid program, or were involved in all the frying oil collected for biodiesel fuel for tractor on farms? You no longer have trays in the hall is that right. in the mess room? And you sa ed over fifty ton of disposable is ues, and this year you collected eight-thou and three-hundred and twenty- even pounds of food for the local food banks.

And that was just done by this class here. And you saved one-hundred fifty thousand paper cups. Now that sounds like a small thing. but those are the things that are going to make a difference in the world.

I think the most important thing is that we all have to have hope, and you repre ent the hope for the future. When I fir t wrote Three Cup of Tea, the subtitle was One Mans Mission to Fight Terrori m . . . One School at a Time, and I was very opposed to that. And I went to the publisher, I summoned a jirgaits like a tribal council, the CEO, and the head of engineering, head of marketing. And I aid why I wanted the ubtitle to be One Man Mi

ion to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time. Well they disagreed with me, and they aid, Greg, onl

one out of eight nonfiction book makes a profit, and two thirds of all bestsellers are pre-chosen by the publisher. So wed like to promote

thi book, but you need to be fighting terrorism so we can go out and pitch the media. Finally I conceded. But having worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan many years, you never settle a deal without driving a bard bargain on the ide. So I aid, If the hardco er book doesnt do well, I want the paperback ubtitle changed. So the hardcover came out, it didnt do very well. and they changed the ubtitle to One Mans Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time two years ago, and its been a New York Time be t eller ever since.

Now, fighting terrorism is based in fear, but promoting peace is based in hope. And the real enemy, whether it in the U . S . or Afghanistan or in Africa, the real enemy is ignorance, and its ignorance that breed hatred. And to overcome ignorance, we need to ha e compa ion, we need to have courage, and we also need to look up to all of you, the forty to fifty percent of you who really want to go out and make the world a better place.

So today Ill just close, if you can just remember this beautiful proverb by Martin Luther King. who said that, Even if the world ends tomorrow, I must still pla!lt my seed today, and the rain will start falling.

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Qiamuddin Amiry Qiamuddi n Amiry '09, from Kabul, Afghanistan, made rugs and translated for the B ritish armed forces before being selected for a scholarship to the secondary school Li Po Chun United World College in Hong Kong. He came to Colby as a Davis United World College scholar and, as an undergraduate, he and classmate John Campbell founded the Afghan Scholars Initiative Foundation, which already has placed outstanding students from Afghanistan on full scholarships at Gould Academy. He wa elected by the Class of 2009 to be their class speaker. He is planning to attend the Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University in the fall .

Good morning. A n d congratulations to y o u all . H o w are y o u a l l doing?

Seniors, how are you guys doing? You see, I know that we are not used to waking up this early. I know that Soule i s napping right now somewhere there. Dude, you need to wake up ! It's not your econ class, you know .

Oh, it' such a great honor to be standing here in front of you today. It's j ust an honor. You know, when I first found out that I was one of the six nominees for c lass peaker, I looked at the li t and saw I was up again t some really cool people, people that I love, platonically, an Gust making sure) and admire greatly l ike B yron. Or a we u ed to call him, B iron, in Professor Nelsons Spanish c lass. I mean, you know that kid and you don't want to mess with him, right?

So, I thought there was no way that I was going to be the speaker, so I seriously started campaigning, Obama-style. I dispatched Caroline Green to every corner of this campus. John Campbell was my David Axelrod. No, I'm kidding. I didn't do that. Now you want your vote back or something.

When I was selected though, I really feel humble. Well actually more excited than humbled. So I thank you. I thank you for your confidence i n me.

But then you guys started congratulating me, you know, like, I t i s going to be great! Some of you warned me: Qiam, i t better be good! you know. Others, like S hirmila, tried to get me tipsy (unsuccessfully, of course) and asked me : So what are you going to talk about? That was the question I got the most and she was a bit more creative. When I sat down to try to write this speech, l have to say the excitement was gone . I said to myself, Qiam, you're in trouble.

And I tell you why I was in trouble. I'm sitting there asking myself, Why did they choose you as the class speaker? You cannot represent such a wonderful c lass. I mean you guys are diver e, talented multitalented. Seriously, I did not attend any of the dogheads in four years.

Lame, right? I know. Then Bro on top of all this, Bro asks me to keep it short: ten to fifteen minutes. Ten to fifteen minutes? Do you guy even know me? I hardly warm up in fifteen minutes. It i not that I ' m really talkative well, okay, actually I am. I sound like Joe B iden sometimes. B ut you see, I have a theory. My theory is that when you peak a language as your second language, you are either very succinct you know, like, four years of Spanish in high chool, and all you ay i li ke Como estas? and then you keep smiling, and nothing else happens, or you are very talkative.

I'm very succinct in Urdu . But Im guessing that five minutes of speech in Urdu would be even less welcomed than ten minutes i n Engli h.

So, President Adams, I'll keep i t short, or I'll try.

First, I need to thank some special people, for myself and on behalf of the Class of 2009.

I ' m personally grateful to Mr. S helby Davis and his wife, Gale Davis, for financing and supporting not only my education, but the education of thousands of people, students from around the world. Its through their generosity that the lives and perspectives of thousands of people change drastically. So l thank them. I also thank my host family, Joe and Caroline Feely, who are here with us today. Without them my Colby experience would have never been the same. So thank you Joe and Caroline.

On behalf of the Class of 2009, there are so many people I want to thank today, but time wont allow me. So I'll keep i t li mited to farnilie and friends, professors, s taff, Colby administrators, the members of the Board of Trustees, dining services, and, of course, security. That was not a j oke .

B u t as Professor Rodman would say, let me recapitulate on that, starting with our professors. Esteemed faculty, w i thout your wisdom, leadership, kindness, and patience we wouldnt be who we are today. B y that I mean skeptical of everything ! As Socrates would say, you guys have been great midwives. The Class of 2009 came to Colby pregnant with knowledge. We j ust didn't know it. So you helped us to give birth. (That sounds weird. Okay, lets blame it on Socrates and move on.)

My professor , you will have a special place in my heart although my head ometirne had a hard time following you around in cla . You were the reason I came Colby. (Well, who comes to a college with no profe sor ?) But once I came to Colby. I found teacher , mentor , and friends in you. I trusted you, confided in you, and relied on you. That a kid from Kabul could consult about e erything from an identity cri i to culture shocks that I get every week with professors like Jill Gordon or Profe or Mannocchi tell you a lot about you and how approachable and warm you are. So we lo e you. We love you even if you gave us low grade . In case of Profe or Denoeux, we love you becau e you gave us low grades.

Next, parents. Let me talk to you for a econd. I congratulate you today from the depth of my heart. Today belong to you too. You ee. tudents are happy because we dont have homework, at least for a while. You guys are happy becau e you dont have to pay our tuitions nymore. B ut that not why this day is special to you. Its pecial because parents eem more excited and happier about the dreams of their children than the children are themselves. You get way more worried about our trouble than we do. Actually. you get worried even if we are not in trouble. This seems to be a univer al fact. When I came here fir t, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit, and my parent called me to ee

if I'm okay. So I said, Mom. I'm fine. The distance between Maine and New Orlean i more than the distance between Kabul, where m

family lives, and Tehran, Iran. (Or as you guys would ay, Eye-RAN. You didn't run anywhere. Please, dont ay that . ) I know that my mom i probably crying or will be crying while watching this video. (Hi, Mom ! Im fine . ) I also know there i omething about your hearts. parent , that we children will never understand or feel at least until we become parents ourselves. Thats what my mom tells me so it must be true, right? I salute you, and thank you on behalf of the clas for everything you have done for us.

On to tudents. Class of 2009 I thank you for teaching me o much, tarting day one. During our COOT J arnie Warner asked me if I had Facebook. I seriously thought that she was messing with me but then she patiently taught me what Facebook wa .

Seriou ly though. Students taught me that its okay to peak up, that I shouldnt settle for half measures. I needed to learn this. I grew up in a ociety where speaking up was not such a good idea. I remember in grade ten, under the Taliban regime, the director of education of Kabul vi ited our school. Sitting on the du ty floor, I raised my hand and I said,"Could you please replace our math teacher. because he could not teach due to old age . " Instead he always told us stories about his golden days. (So now you know why I am so bad at math right?) Anyway the teacher was not replaced, but I was urely punished for what I had done. I brought that dont-speak-up mentality to Colby, but I learned from my fellow students the importance of speaking my mind.

Here at Colby you showed leadership, classmates. The recent unfortunate incident in the Pugh Center as troubling as it wa , stands out a

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example of bold but civil student voices. I believe that we can find our best selve in our worst moment , and this event united our class

and made the administration see us differently. I salute you for your uncompromising determination, which you carried with wisdom and maturity. I encourage the under-cla

mates to be more vocal and to demand a more proactive approach from the College. Being reactive is

dangerous, both for the administration and the students.

This campus was not special to me because it was perfect. Rather what made it special was that you identified it imperfections and you cballenged them. That requires character and courage. and those actions helped define Colby for me. I thank you for that.

Enough thanks. Now to my main point and to wrap this up. I want to share one message that I have reflected on since my freshmen year, so it is pretty ripe !

It is this: I believe that the environment in which we grow up, and the people that we encounter in life, shape our character and mold our dreams. In Persia we have a saying

. Roughly it translates that melons gain color from the other melon around them and they

ripen together. You, Class of 2009, have colored and shaped me and one another in ways that will alter the rest of our live . In the bus on

the way to Portland last week, Men ya and I had a really good discussion about this phenomenon. He called it The Art of Association, associating with our surroundings and with each other, and they change us.

In my short life I have lived under five different regime , some of them very repre sive. I lived under the Communist regime in Kabul, the Mujahedin, a bloody civil war, the Taliban, the Karzai regime, and of course the B ush administration. Yeah. that was repressi e, too. right?

God knows how many times they listened to my phone con ersations.

During the civil war, survival became the number-one objective of life. Leaving our house was a matter of life and death. In my neighborhood, many people lost their lives either by getting caught in crossfire or by shrapnel. A rocket crashed into my neighbors house, and it could have been ours.

Under the Taliban regime, as in Orwells 1 984, simple activities such a listening to music, listening to radio, or reading certain books became very dangerous. People would disappear at midnight. At night you would hope it was not your house or your door that gets knocked. To watch a week-old recorded soccer match, I would rent it through underground channels and watch it with a thick curtain over our window so that the voice wouldnt go out, and the temperature inside would get 90 degrees. So its a lot of fun to watch in the Pugh Center, right? In that environment, making it to the next day becomes the focus of life and that became my obj ective.

At my United World College Li Po Chun in Hong Kong, and at Colby, the environment changed and the people around me changed.

Talking to my professors, reading about phenomenal individuals such as Greg Mortenson, being touched by people like Shelby Davi taught me that one could live for another reason too. I realized that, beyond mere day-to-day survival, a rewarding life entailed thinking about others.

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You might not know thi , but you, Clas of 2009, left huge impact on me. Through our imple conversations after a pickup soccer game o er dinner, and through your si mple que tion , l ike, "Are you planning to go home after Colby?" you made me focus on my own re pon i b i l i ty. You helped rai e the bar for me.

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President Obama aid thi , but I actually learned what it mean from you. He aid, " Foc using your life olely on making a buck show a certain poverty of ambition. lt asks too little of your elf. B ecau e i ts only when you h i tch your wagon to something larger than yourself th. you realize your true potential . " It wa here, it w a s from you, that I learned to look beyond simply where I might b e tomorrow. Therefore, I see the Afghan Scholar Initiative Foundation as our collect i ve effort.

It wa here that I had the chance to ee that it i

merely a different environment, different people that I had the good fortune to i n teract witl

and different source from which I took i n piration that made the difference between a young suicide bomber from Kabul and the young man standing before you today. M y UWC, Colby, and, mo t of all, my parent played great roles i n who I am today. I thank you all for that.

I hare the e observation with a en e of humil ity and gratitude but I al o embrace my past . W ithout it I would not be who I am. I share my thought with the clas mate who helped hape me becau e I believe you understand the weight of our re pon i bi li ty to the world around u .

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and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless the e unfortunate can be touched with the spark, which ignites the spirit of i ndividual enterpri e and determination, they will only ink back into renewed apathy, degradation, and de pair. I t i s for us, who are more fortunate, t provide that spark . " There i s no doubt that w e are t h e fortunate ones. The q u e t ion is, c a n w e provide t h e park?

Colby Class of 2009, I believe that you have an appetite for great thing . I am not a king you, as Professor Hatch would say, to save Afghani tan or to ave Africa. In tead, look around you . Look in your own communities and you w i ll find people who cannot improve thei own lots them elves. I'll clo e with a poem by Saadi Shiraz i , the thirteenth-century Per ian poet: Of one Essence is the human race, thus has Creation put the Ba e ; O n e Limb impacted i ufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace.

One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace . Around the world there are many limbs impacted, my friends. B e open or remain open to feel the mace.

Congratulations to you. It ha been fun, it has been real . And I thank you for all you have done for me. Thank you.

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Edito r' s Note As an active m e m b e r of the student body for the last fou r years , I thought that I had a p retty clear u n de rsta n d i n g of Colby College. I n b e i n g a m e m be r o f t h e yearbook staff this year, I have real ized that I had o n ly beg u n to scratch the s u rface. W h i l e t rying to docu ment a l l of the stud ents , eve nts , pe rformers, facu lty, and secrets of C o l by C o l l e g e , I real ized that there was much m o re than meets the eye .

C o l by is constantly c h a n g i n g --as each g raduati n g class seem s to t h i n k, and I be l i eve that the Class of 2009 wou l d a g re e . We h ave seen the com m u n ity change in the last fou r years, we have seen a sq uare of g rass become a l arge eco-friendly b u i ld i n g ( D iamond), we h ave seen the student center transformed and the t reac h e ro u s h i l l f i n a l ly paved . We have heard the Colby comm u n ity come togethe r on mean i ngfu l issues, we have seen Steps come and go, and we have seen friends leave before us. I n t h i s atmosphere o f change w e we re sti l l able t o f i n d comfo rt a n d support, a n d a place t o cal l home .

I n t h i s edition of the Colby O racle, the yearbook staff tried to i ncorporate aspects of older editions, w h i l e sti l l t ry i n g t o captu re the s p i rit and e n e rgy o f t h e Class o f 2009 and o f Colby C o l l e g e . The cove r is rep rese ntative of a 1970's cover with original student artwo rk and the yearbook i s organ ized i n a l ess formal m a n n e r .

As I m e ntioned before , w e h ave o n ly beg u n t o scratch the s u rface . T h e Colby com m u n ity extends m u c h beyond M ayflowe r H i l l . As we ventu re o u r separate ways w e w i l l al l be faced w i t h new challenges and the task of m eeti n g new people . Yet i n these challenges we w i l l constantly be rem i nded of our time together. As we e nter this new ch apte r, re member that the experi ences of Co l by stude nts only stre n gthen our rel ation s h i ps . You wi l l always be able to find that comfort and s upport i n others that have s hared a s i m i l a r time on the H i l l .

W e hope that t h e yearbook h e l ps you t o re member t h i s past year at Colby. O u r memories a re o u rs-- no othe r class w i l l eve r share the exact same experiences. Yet the con nections that we have made to the col l ege and to oth e rs w i l l al low u s to re main a part of Colby's past and futu re .

The yearbook staff wou l d l i ke to than k seve ral people who were i n strumental in putting together th i s year's Orac l e . Than k y o u t o Scottie Zel l ar and M a e Ogorzaly, without you r ti reless work there wou l d h ave b e e n no events t o atten d , and m uch less fun h a d by a l l . T h a n k yo u t o Kel ly Wharto n , Shannon H od gdon , and the campus l ife staff fo r u nderstanding al l of o u r last m i n ute req u ests , and for all of you r time a n d hard work. Th ank you t o Esthe r Boyd fo r getting the ball rol l i n g . Than k you t o Marg i e G ribbe l l f o r i l l u st rat i n g such a perfect cove r. Than k y o u t o t h e C lass o f 2009 f o r b e i n g s o amaz i n g , these pages are fi l l ed with you r memori e s .

Lead i n g the staff that put together th is yearbook h a s b e e n a privi lege. If th i s year's edition o f t h e Oracle is able to come close to d o i n g j ustice to how amaz i n g our time has been at Colby, then I w i l l be happy. I wish o n ly the g reatest l uc k, happiness, and l ove to my fellow g raduates . It has been more than fun, it has been awesome.

C h eers, Dan i e l l e C roch i e re E d itor I n C h i ef 2009

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