Chef at home on the Hill

Becky Sugden, chef at Roberts Dining Hall, has an unexpected life history as she recounts her life growing up in Waterville and learning how to cook for thirteen years—aboard schooners in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Unless viewers like you compain a whole awful lot, no film’s going to get better. It’s not.

I had no doubt that Universal Studios was up to the challenge of bringing to life a well-loved children’s book. Boy was I wrong.

A funny thing in Strider Theater

Powder and Wig’s production was a notable addition to this comedy’s history on the stage.

The blueberry challenge: three beers, one winner

As fruit-infused beer increases in popularity, Maine has the distinct advantage when it comes to handcrafting blueberry beers.

A bold production of “Unwrap Your Candy”

The evening was about as post-modern as post-modern can get.

Alums donate religion endowment

The Religious Studies Department recently received a generous endowment from Robert E. Compagna ’76 and Joan Sennett Compagna ’76 that aims to promote the interdisciplinary study of religion by providing more resources to students on the Hill.

Junior strives to make a global impact

Hillary Sapanski '13 has spent time abroad in India and Peru, and plans to travel to Malawi and Chile later this year, to volunteer and help those in need. She has also spearheaded campus campaigns, including "Colby Loves Japan" and "Mission Somalia" to alleviate the hardships caused by natural disasters.

You have been warned: BrewDog’s Tokyo* stout is a challenge

With no surprise, this youthful Scottish brewery has drawn both praise and controversy from consumers and critics alike, and perhaps the brand’s Tokyo* imperial stout is the perfect embodiment of such mixed feelings.

Scandinavian music, revisited

While Scandinavia may conjure up images of cold, desolte landscapes, the works chosen by Triumvir possessed incredible warmth and playfulness.

Up in smoke: Powder and Wig’s Reefer Madness

Considering the cast and crew’s time constraints, this year’s show was another impressive display of students’ passion and creativity under pressure.

Five Years: Hill ’n the ’Ville

As each of the four acts took the stage, Colby students and Waterville residents listened together from blankets on the grass. The whole scene, framed by the recently completed restoration of the two-cent bridge, was a reminder of the festival’s purpose: uniting the sometimes distanced communities of Colby and Waterville.

An Earful

This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of interning in New York City with the radio show [Marketplace](http://marketplace.publicradio.org/) and, along the way, I’ve learned that there’s more to what you hear on the air.

Climate change endangers hops, beer production

As global temperatures rise, hops production will suffer and cause beer prices to skyrocket.

Portrait of the artist as a young woman

“For me, I don’t find copying something in real life [to be] that interesting. I feel like art should be creating something new.” Her style is very much centered on visual literacy: she is interested in seeing how much she can experiment with color while still preserving the sense of a piece.

Wind Ensemble Soars

The intense sounds of dozens of wind instruments playing together made the small chapel shake with a fantastical intensity. The clash of notes foreshadowed a lively performance to follow, a program entitled, “Defining Heroism: Part Two.”

Wednesday night is party night with Matt & Kim

People jumped off the ground and all of the tangled bodies in the crowd moved like a collage, balloons bouncing off their fingertips.

On the prowl for Deerhunter

Cox’s dreamlike lyrics created a calm shoegaze atmosphere that was almost transcendant in the song’s sad ambience.

Bomb threat in Cotter passes quickly

Early in the morning of Wednesday, October 6, the security switchboard operator received an anonymous call that said, “There is a bomb in the Spa,” before immediately hanging up.

Taking a break: Maine's blue collar workers

Although a lunchbox is a mundane item, the idea of the exhibit turns the ordinary into a vibrant representation of personhood.

Rural Maine at its finest

The Common Ground Fair is a well-loved melting pot: students from the Hill mingled with community residents, local artists and vendors, as well as a slew of people who came from outside of Maine just to visit the fair.

Merging the Hill and the Ville

I think it's great that people are adopting Waterville as their hometown and not just thinking that they're living in a dorm for four years.

Open your mind and your wallet

Golden Monkey... affords you the opportunity to keep your liver and still have some bite in your drink

Arcade Fire, Heating Up

Funeral was imaginative, exploratory, and inventive. Neon Bible was dark, bold, and dramatic. The Suburbs-released at the beginning of this past August-is something different.

Jewish history in Kennebec County

Interviews with Jewish residents of Kennebec County, coupled with research conducted through the College archives, provided a portrait of a religious community during the interwar years.

Waterville's Soulful Eatery to Close

For almost 11 years, James and Janice Swinton have cultivated the Freedom Café, a beloved local restaurant that specializes in an eclectic range of Southern cuisine. The Freedom Café has dished out a variety of exotic flavors-primarily Creole, Cajun and Caribbean-to satisfy the eager palates of those heeding the restaurant's unofficial motto: "Come sit at our table."

The Golden Student-Teacher Ratio

Cheers to the Future

The buzz on the Hill isn’t just coming from a Solo cup. It’s coming from word of mouth as the College—both its administration and its students—is reevaluating its drinking culture.

Girls Rock! Weekend

Hardy Girls Healthy Women's annual Girls Rock! Weekend.

Taking it to the Street

Building and breaking the mini-cosmos

A renowned Tibetan scholar and a former Buddhist monk, Samten labored above a bright blue pedestal in the College Art Museum to craft the intricate designs of the Kalachakra sand mandala, the wheel of time.

Taiko, techno and the lost art of originality

At 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday night on the Hill, few would expect much of a turnout at a music event that does not offer its attendees extra credit, or freshman seminar completion. Yet the rows of seats in Given Auditorium were happily full for a concert given by an experimental music group, and for those remaining empty seats, the blast of a Taiko drum compensated, providing the unparalleled presence of a body-shaking resonance.

CIA agent killed

It has been a difficult winter season for the College community with the loss of alumna Elizabeth Hanson '02, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) specialist whose passing has attracted national attention.

Hackers hit email system this winter

Maine Street revamped