Due in no small part to the slow response by the international community and the U.S. government to the veritable refugee crisis in Iraq, the situation has continued to worsen since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. According to the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration in 2007, one in five Iraqis have been displaced by the violence and social turmoil in Iraq since the war began.
After the initial round of voting in the Student Government Association presidential election the ticket of Patrick Boland '09 and Cary Finnegan '09 and the ticket of Joel Pitt '09 and Dan Heinrich '09 faced off in a runoff election-Boland/Finnegan held a slight advantage after the first round.
The disqualification of Patrick Boland '09 and Cary Finnegan '09 and subsequent withdrawal of Joel Pitt '09 and Dan Heinrich '09 ([see article, Page left]) from the Student Government Association presidential election led to a unique situation in the organization's recent history.
While students have been able to enjoy Cotter Union this year largely unimpeded by construction, the final element of the Union expansion project is yet to be complete-the new bookstore. Additional construction has occurred throughout this school year on the east side of the building, facing the Diamond Building, on a 9,000-square-foot wing to house the College bookstore.
In order to reach its long-term goal of converting Roberts Union to a dormitory, the College is planning to build a new science building to replace lost classroom and office space currently located in Roberts Union. The building will be located between Olin Science Center and the Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center on the Colby Green, and will house the Psychology, Mathematics, and Computer Science departments.
Leonie Brinkema, a federal judge who serves in the Eastern District of Virginia, responsible for sentencing 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison, received the Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award at the College on Sunday. The award, named after former Professor Morton A.
For students currently in high school, there could be some good news concerning college applications. According to an article recently published by the New York Times revealed that college admissions in the United States are expected to lessen in intensity in the coming years.
Professor emeritus of German Hubert C. Kueter will read from his recently released memoir, My Tainted Blood on April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Robinson room of Miller Library. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of German and Russian and the Jewish Studies Program and will be followed by a reception and book signing.
In a competition spanning over 85 college campuses throughout the country, proposals by students at the College obtained two of the 100 grants for $10,000 awarded by the Davis Projects for Peace initiative. The pairings of Qiamuddin Amiry '09 and John Campbell '09, and Nancy McDermott '08 and Emily Goodnow '09], will receive the grants to work on their projects during the summer of 2008.
Just after midnight on April 1, a mass e-mail arrived in the inboxes of most students at the College. The e-mail, whose sender claimed to be an "Assistant to the President," jokingly announced that the Presidents' Council's "decision" to make Colby a dry campus as of the fall of 2008.
This Monday, Congressman Tom Allen (D-Maine) spoke at the College about his current campaign for the Senate seat that is currently occupied by the incumbent Republican, Susan Collins. Allen, who defeated then-incumbent Republican James Longley, Jr. in 1996 for his seat in the House, began the informal session by stressing that a Democratic win in Maine was essential for securing a Democratic majority in Congress.