To tray or not to tray, that is the question. Or at least that is the question students at the College have struggled with this past week. Sparked by the disappearance of trays for Earth Week, students have engaged in discussion and debate and to that purpose utilized e-mail lists, the Digest of Civil Discourse and personal conversation.
When the Federal Open Market Committee met this week, thousands of alumni around the country watched and listened with a careful eye, but only one Mule has a seat at that table: Eric Rosengren '79. Rosengren has served on the FOMC-the committee that decides interest - July of 2007 when he was appointed president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
In just a few weeks, we'll scatter across the world in order to return to our houses, campsites or apartments. We tell ourselves now that after May 19, we'll finally be home after nine months of living with strangers in a dorm. But of course it's not nearly that simple.
SPB's Concert and Live Music Committee (CLM) has recently brought a variety of acts to campus, satiating a large array of musical tastes. They have been great at scheduling performers who are both up and coming or already big, and getting the student body excited for each one.
The women's lacrosse team kept on rolling this week with two successful games, including a first round win in the New England Small College Athletic Conference playoffs. On Friday, the Mules took on Amherst College, ranked ninth nationally and second in the conference, in the final game of the regular season.
The following article is the second of a two-part series seeking to explain important outcomes of the self-study done by the College surrounding the Nov. 2007 visit of an evaluation team representing the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of New England.
"Even in a small corner of the country, we still have the ability to spread new music, to be a presence," president-elect of WMHB 89.7 FM Adam Lowenstein '09 said. This past year, Lowenstein, under the guidance of Tim Williams '08, 2007-2008 president of WMHB, has worked toward substantiating and expanding this ability.
The Echo editorial board had a difficult time deciding what to editorialize on this week. Between the seemingly endless debate over dining hall trays, student issues with housing and residence hall floods of Biblical proportions, we had a lot of material to choose from.
Strider Theater was packed last Friday night with an eager audience waiting to see this year's Colby Dance Theater performance. Colby Dance Theater demonstrated both student and faculty work in this contemporary program that spoke to the audience members' emotions through body movement, color, light and sound.
Anna King '08 surely is the queen of the 3000m steeplechase. Last weekend, King won the event at New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships for the second year in a row. Her time of 10:34.65 broke own meet and school record, rendering King the fastest steeplechaser in the history of Colby's program and the NESCAC Championships.