Andy

I think the drama and music scenes are two of the best things about Colby. The Theater and Dance Department puts on a few big shows every year, but the Powder and Wig drama club, which is open to anyone who auditions, also does a lot. Those productions are smaller, but they're still pretty damn fun. Or intense. Often both. In the past few years they've done And Then There Were None, Around the World in 80 Days, Alice in Wonderland, and Proof, among others.

The student band scene is growing, and our six a cappella groups perform for everything from cider socials downtown to humanitarian benefit concerts, apart from their invitationals and semester shows. We recently had a Battle of the Bands at the local opera house, which featured acts from Colby and from Waterville, the surrounding town.

If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday morning, I might be doing homework or I might be in the office of the Echo, our student newspaper. If I AM doing homework, it's still because I spent a long night in the Echo office. The Echo is something I've gotten progressively more involved with over the years, and I love it. My freshman year I think I wrote five articles. My sophomore year I wrote an opinions piece almost every week and did a lot of concert reviews in the spring. Now I don't write opinions columns that often but I'm one of two copy editors who goes over the whole paper before we send it in for publishing, and I've also been writing more in the arts & entertainment section. Everyone I know seems busier than they ever have been plus people went abroad so social dynamics in the groups I used to hang out with are kinda different, so knowing that I'll see the Echo staff every Tuesday night is nice.