Spring Break
"Right now, we're waiting for the shoe to drop," Dr. Paul Berkner, of the Garrison-Foster Health Center said about the status of the H1N1 virus (commonly referred to as Swine Flu). As of Friday, September 11, Dr. Berkner confidently declared that no one on Mayflower Hill had been diagnosed with H1N1 thus far.
Each fall, freshmen flock to the Hill with a range of expectations and interests: rigorous academics, devoted athletes, diverse extra curricular interests and fast, lasting friendships. Not everyone has time for love. For some lucky students, however, love and career are not only both possible but sometimes combined-and all of it can begin while still in college.
For me, time flies. I've suddenly looked up to realize that I'm a kid trapped in the body of a 21-year-old who experienced no epiphainein moment between when my adolescence ended and my adulthood began. For no reason other than for the pleasure of my peers, from time to time I still choose to hold onto my childhood bliss and adolescent angst knowing that I've been fortunate enough to have an ample number of model adults to show me the ropes the day I decide to take that leap into a world that contains responsibility and involves me creating my own family.
Conceived by Colby students three years ago, Hill 'N the Ville has become a permanent autumn staple in downtown Waterville. It was created to push students to experience all that Waterville has to offer outside of the campus, and to unite the students with the local community.
Saturday, the women's field hockey team had its first chance to show just what it was were capable of in their game against 12th ranked Trinity College. True to New England Small College Athletic College standards, the game was an exciting, hard fought battle, with Colby coming back twice from two goal deficits, only to lose in the fifth minute of overtime on a breakaway goal from Christy Bradley '11 of the Bantams.
The events of early Sunday April 12, 2009 shook life on the Hill last semester. An average weekend encounter between Security and students resulted in the physical restraint and ultimate arrest of two Colby students. These events sparked an outcry from the community and a call for the review of many of the College security practices.
Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, Jacob Fischer '10 saunters casually into the student center with a smile on his face. As he greets friends, discusses business and calmly observes the world around him, it is evident that Fischer is at home on Mayflower Hill-and he is excited to be back.
My name is Audell Scarlett, I am a senior economics major and the Student Government Association Treasurer. I want to extend a warm welcome to the Class of 2013, and to my fellow returning peers I say, Welcome Back! I am excited to assume the responsibilities of being this year's SGA Treasurer and I look forward to working with many of you to ensure that this year the budget is spent in a manner that provides the most value, fun and educational enrichment for all of us on this campus.
In her new one-woman show, Colby's own Professor Jennifer Finney Boylan recounts her experience as the awkward teenage James Boylan. She shows us the young boy practicing his presentation on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon while wearing a bra stuffed with gym socks.
The women's volleyball team kicked off its season off in style this weekend, hosting a tournament at home in the Wadsworth Gymnasium. Six teams took part in the Colby Invitational: Colby, Bates College, Husson College, Maine Maritime Academy, University of Maine Farmington and University of Maine Presque Isle.