An inspiring article about Colby alum Jim Condron ('92) leaving his job at a top financial firm in NYC to pursue his career as an artist:
Artist fuses spirituality, nature in paintings
I found a sample of Jim Condron's Paintings on his personal website. Enjoy!
Great example of how everything you write online has consequences. Apparently, a group over at The Facebook (sidenote: I had no idea this has become such a popular site for current students!) had posted some satirical comments about the situation in Darfur. Quite a few other students and professors took offense, and had a "speak out" on the steps of Miller Library.
How does everyone feel about this? And why aren't we using the internet as a means to open up the dialogue about issues like these? Speak up!
Colby Cares Day was this past weekend - April 16th. I'm really happy to see Colby get more involved with the community in recent years. Here is a quote from the Morning Sentinel:
If lawns and buildings of organizations seem neater around the city this week it is likely the result of work done by many Colby College students.
About 150 students raked, painted and cleaned facilities -- in some cases both inside and out -- as part of Colby Cares Day on Saturday.
"It was probably the best turnout in the Colby Volunteer Center history," said center director Natalie Maida. "I think we had the most sites we've ever had."
In Waterville, they worked at the Salvation Army, Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers, Humane Society Waterville Area, Rape Crisis Assistance, South End Teen Center, Redington Museum, Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter and Alfond Youth Center.
The Colby Club of Philadelphia invites alumni, parents, and friends to a special tour of the Dali exhibit with Dan Rosenfeld, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art.
Friday, May 13, 2005, 6 p.m.
Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, first floor
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th Street, Philadelphia
The cost is $20 per person, $17 for seniors over 62
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the only American museum to host the major centennial retrospective exhibition devoted to Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).
For more information, please contact Kirk Paul '79 at kirk_paul@alum.colby.edu.
Please send payment by April 25, 2005, to:
Dali Event
Alumni Relations, Colby College
4310 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
or fax (with credit card payment only) to 207-872-3848.
The Echo, Colby's student-run weekly newspaper, just recently started publishing their articles online. Check out the latest edition of The Echo.
Some people are not fans of Richard Serra's 4-5-6 installation in front of Colby's Art Museum, but I for one love it!
If you like the work of Richard Serra, you may want to check out a new indoor exhibit that will only be at Colby until April 24th:
Richard Serra's massive sculpture, 4,5,6, in the Paul J. Schupf Sculpture Court, ushers visitors to the main entrance of the Colby College Museum of Art. Beginning this month, Serra's vast, two-dimensional prints will be exhibited inside, introducing viewers to another side of the renowned artist. Richard Serra: Large Scale Prints, on view February 24 though April 24, brings 37 prints executed between 1972 and 2001 together into an exhibition that was called "dazzling" by the Boston Globe.
In case anyone was wondering, here is a brief description of the person behind Colby's profile on Friendster, namely, me ;-)
If anyone from Colby is interested in sharing what they have been up to lately here on this blog, by all means contact me! This is a great way for people to find you... trust me, people are most likely searching for you.
Joe O'Connell '02
From a fellow Colby alum:
One Bedroom Available In Three Bedroom Apartment in Back Bay! JUNE 1st
Two professional women in their late 20s seek a third to fill the last spacious bedroom.
Back Bay apartment (corner of Beacon & Mass Ave).
The lease is renewed in September, but our departing roommate is moving JUNE 1st so we want someone to move in then (i.e. sublet from June 1 August 31 and sign lease from Sept 1, 2005-August 31, 2006).
You: We're looking for a young professional or graduate student in midtwenties to early thirties. Non smoker with no pets. We have our ownlives but enjoy spending time together.
The apartment: We split the rent equally ($830 a month per person). Your bedroom is large with bay windows overlooking Mass Ave. The apartment has hardwood floors, one and a half bathrooms, and a large kitchen with dishwasher. Heat & hot water are included, other utilities are basic cable, high speed wireless internet & electricity) come to approximately $70 per person a month.
Immediate access to Green Line (B, C & D, #1 bus to Cambridge, CT1 bus and M2 bus. 10 minute walk to E line, Orange Line & Commuter Rail. Central to most area universities (both Harvard campuses, MIT, both BU, Northeastern, Fenway colleges and Tufts Medical.)
On street parking with permit. Three grocery stores (Trader Joe's, Bread & Circus/Whole Foods & Shaws) within walking distance and several minimarts for late night needs.
Contact beaconstreetapt@gmail.com for more information.
This month's edition of Out of the Blue (A Monthly Electronic Newsletter for Alumni, Parents, and Friends) is now online. In it there are more notes about the new dinning hall policy of offering alcohol (in moderation) to students over 21, some alums speaking at Colby about the recent election, students' spring break plans... but my favorite piece was about a survey of college professors nationwide:
A recent column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer led us to a Vanderbilt study titled "Where Do the Children of Professors Attend College?" Sure enough, the study is online. Its premise is that profs are "the best-informed consumers of higher education," and it wanted to find what types of institutions their children attend. Quoting the summary: "There is a substantial tilt toward liberal arts colleges among the choices." Compared to families of similar socioeconomic status, children of faculty families are "more likely to choose research universities and even more likely to choose selective liberal arts colleges." In the Plain Dealer's words, the authors "argue that places like Amherst, Colby and Pomona colleges, where full-time professors' first task is teaching undergraduates, offer the best value."
Cool. The study is online.
Just came across this in the Colby News Wire today:
Colby's new program allowing 21-plus students to enjoy beer or wine with dinner on selected Fridays underscores a nationwide debate. "Two schools of thought have collided in recent years, as traditionalists continue to argue for tough discipline and dry campuses, while leaders of the rising 'social norms' movement say student alcohol problems are better combated by pushing moderation over abstinence."
What do you guys think? Are you jealous? Ashamed? I wonder if they are charging, or maybe Seniors can fill up their nalgenes with Beer just like we used to do with OJ or soda...
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