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Colby College Commencement 2021
No full textColor video with sound. Running time: 2 hour, 31 minutes, 49 seconds.
Colby College graduation ceremony 2021. Faculty procession; Graduates and families after the ceremony.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/commencement/1008/thumbnail.jp
Us and Them: Populism in the United States
No full textThe term “populism” has been thrown around recently—heedless of any cohesive meaning—to describe a wide variety of politics. But can we define populism with sufficient clarity and precision as to make it a useful term with which to analyze political rhetoric? This thesis weaves together the fragmented literature on populism to invent a unique definition: populism in the United States is a mode of political persuasion characterized by an effort to promote the interests of “the people,” understood to be a monolithic and moral group of ordinary Americans, against a “corrupt” elite or establishment which obstructs these interests. Using this new definition, this thesis analyses 3,147 speeches from thirty-eight American presidential campaigns between 1952 and 2020. The study ambitiously employs several distinct methods: quantitative readability statistics and dictionary-based content analysis, and qualitative rubric-based content analysis and literary analysis. When analyzed together, the results of the diverse study paint a clearer picture of populism in the United States. The candidates identified as populist indeed have in common a specific discourse in which they defend the interests of “the people” against a “corrupt” elite, and it is important to have specific terminology to describe this phenomenon
Socrates and the Divine Mission of Political Friendship
Get PDFPlato is widely regarded as an authoritarian political thinker on account of Socrates’ endorsement of rule by philosopher kings in the Republic. Yet the Republic should not be mistaken for a political treatise or the entirety of Socrates’ political theorizing. Each of the Socratic dialogues is concerned with the political endeavour of reorienting souls within communities of souls toward virtue via philosophical discussion. This project examines the Lysis, the Gorgias, the Symposium, the Republic, and other dialogues in the context of the philosophical mission Socrates establishes in the Apology. Socrates’ philosophical work expresses a different (and notably less authoritarian) political message than that set forth in the Republic. Socrates carries out his philosophical work according to a spirit of political friendship which suggests the ways in which his fellow citizens can—and should—participate in politics
MOT-based Lifetime Measurements of Potassium-39 5p1/2 and 5p3/2 States
Get PDFThis thesis presents measurements of the lifetimes of 5p1/2 and 5p3/2 of K39 via exciting a cloud of K39 atoms in a magneto-optical trap by a linearly-polarized pulse of 405 nm light followed polarization-specific, time-resolved fluorescence detection. We find that 138.8 1.6 ns, which is consistent with past measurements \cite{triumf}, \cite{berends} and calculations \cite{safranova}. The measurement is naturally more involved since quantum beats due to hyperfine and Zeeman effect are present. Our observation of 137.6 3.1 ns and 136.0 2.4 ns, obtained from two slightly different approaches, are compared against past measurements \cite{berends}, \cite{Svanberg_1971}, \cite{Ney1969}, \cite{schmeider} and theoretical calculations in \cite{safranova}. We determine that future work is needed to reduce the uncertainty in our measurement and resolve the discrepancy in the literature
Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons Lights Up Main Street
Get PDFThe Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons, the downtown mixed-use residential complex, opened this fall, giving more than 200 Colby students, as well as faculty and staff, a home base on Main Street. More than 350 people from across the community attended the ribbon cutting of what President David A. Greene said he hopes will be “another catalyst for extraordinary development … in Waterville.
The Colby Echo (November 11, 2021)
Get PDFPublished by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly; 1886-1897; and weekly during the academic year, 1898-present