Colby
A Stand-out Compliment
Someone posted the following letter in Colby Compliments today and I thought it was worth re-posting: This is not meant to exclude anyone, but to include those who are usually left out by things like this (Colby Crushes, Colby Cuties, etc.) So if you’re offended: 1) My bad 2) Sorry I’m not sorry. Dear Students [...]
Colby College Announces It Has Achieved Carbon Neutrality, Ahead of Schedule
Earlier today, Colby College announced in a press release that it has achieved carbon neutrality, the equivalent of emitting no net carbon dioxide. This came two years before the deadline it set for itself, after more than a decade of actively greening its campus. In its press release, Colby explained that much of the reduction of [...]
The Best of Colby’s Bicentennial Tweets
Stuck down in Brunswick, I lived Colby’s 200th birthday bash vicariously on the interwebs. Classes were cancelled to observe the occasion (a cause for celebration in itself). I just hope all you Mules saved a little something for the weekend–I’ll see you at Bates. The coinage of YOBO set the tone early on: You Only [...]
ConsentFest Recap
View as slideshow Men For Consent@MenforConsent ConsentFest is tomorrow! We’ll be tweeting about it with the hashtag #consentfest See you there! facebook.com/events/5719830… Fri, Feb 22 2013 07:16:27 ReplyRetweetFavorite On February 22nd and 23rd, representatives from Bennington, Hamilton, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith, and School of the Art Institute Chicago made their way to rural MA to meet [...]
VIDEO: LL Cool J’s 1985 Performance At Colby
17 years old, before he had even released his first album, LL Cool J was paid a tiny $500 to play a show at Colby. Joined by his DJ, Cut Creator, LL gave a confused and unexcited audience a taste of some new and exciting techniques, like rapping, scratching, and beatboxing. A hundred or so [...]
Michael Roth Hints at January Changes for Wesleyan
While traipsing around Asia to visit alums and, in the classic Wesleyan tradition, attempt to “find himself,” President Michael “Roth Dog” Roth penned a hope-y’all-aren’t-going-too-stir-crazy-at-home letter to the Wesleyan community. Wesleyan currently begins its break December 15 (the last day of final exams) and begins spring classes on January 24. That’s 40 days off, an [...]
Colby President William Adams to Retire in 2014
Via a Colby College press release comes the news that the Mules’ well-regarded president, William D. Adams, will retire on June 30, 2014. Adams was by all accounts a well-liked figure in Waterville, and Colby students knew him by the nickname “Bro.” With a moniker like that Adams certainly set himself up to flourish at Colby, [...]
The Line Between Two Freedoms
Controversies have sprung up across the NESCAC regarding how colleges and universities are supposed to balance religious freedom with anti-discrimination policies. Tufts, Bowdoin, and Colby have all dealt with separate, but related, issues regarding the protection of students from discriminatory practices and protecting the right of students to practice their religion freely. At Bowdoin, two [...]
