COA Volume 1 I Number 1 WINTER 2005 The College of the Atlantic Magazine COA MISSION COA ~ LETTER FROM THE EDITOR College of the Atlantic enriches the liberal arts tradition through I will never forget the still evening, a distinctive educational philo- looking out from Turrets, that I first saw sophy-human ecology. A human the full moon rising over Frenchman ecological perspective integrates Bay. As the moon shimmered in waters knowledge from all academic bathed by the rose glow of the setting disciplines and from personal sun, there was a moment of absolute experience to investigate, and radiance. Then the tide turned, or the ultimately improve, the relation- wind came up, the waters grew agitated, ships between human beings and work called me back. and our social and natural com- When I think of COA, I think of that munities. The human ecological moment: the luminous fullness of the perspective guides all aspects moon and the agitation of the sea. This is a place where every part- of education, research, activism icipant: students, faculty, alums, staff and trustees, all have a vision of and interactions among the the absolute beauty of this world we live in - and agitate to get us there. college's students, faculty, We study it, reflect it, bask in it and then we try to make change happen. staff and trustees. The College We intend to make a difference in this world. of the Atlantic community As editor of COA, the magazine, I have attempted to reflect the encourages, prepares and spirit of COA, the college- the humor, passion, creativity, intelligence, expects students to gain the and wholeness of the way people here grasp onto the world. It wouldn't expertise, breadth, values and have been possible, of course, without the peregination of students practical experience necessary to achieve individual fulfillment who have matured and flown before now, nor without The Peregrine, and to help solve problems COA's alumni magazine for seventeen years. As editor, I am deeply that challenge communities grateful for the gift of confidence COA alums have placed in me and in everywhere. this magazine that cannot be called anything but what it is: COA. Donna Gold editor, COA BACK COVER: Fire Dance, Sarah Anderson '04 photograph by Thupten Norbu '05. After six months of working with and documenting street performers in Mexico, Sarah Anderson's senior project culminated in a fire dance performed at COA's sun shrine. She is now creating a performance troupe that can continue the street theater tradition in the northeast and beyond. She can be reached at oruga@riseup.net. features COA The College of the Atlantic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 WINTER 2005 EDITOR Donna Gold Mission Impossible ~ p. 3 EDITORIAL BOARD Convocation 2004 Sarah Barrett '08 Richard J. Borden Doing Well By Doing Good ~ p. 12 David Camp Patricia Ciraulo '94 The industrial ecology of Henry and Peggy Sharpe Dru Colbert Noreen Hogan '91 Shawn Keeley '00 Interview with Ed Kaelber ~ p. 14 Andrea Lepcio '79 "I heard that people wanted to start a college" Erica Maltz '07 EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Trying Out Their Wings ~ p. 16 Bill Carpenter Learning by doing on Great Duck Island ALUMNI CONSULTANTS Shawn Keeley '00 Jill Barlow-Kelley Nepal, A Journey Home ~ p. 20 COPY EDITORS Photographs by Rohan Chitrakar '04 Jennifer Hughes Richard MacDonald On Bat Pee and De-Globalization ~ p. 24 PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT Thupten Norbu '05 Six months in the life of Peace Corps DESIGN volunteer Cait Unites '03 Mahan Graphics PRINTING BY Cells ~ p. 32 JS McCarthy Printers, Augusta, Maine Short story by Jamie Frank '04 COVER PHOTO Boatman, Rohan Chitrakar '04 The Grandest Narrative ~ p. 38 A dialogue in four voices COA ADMINISTRATION TRUSTEES Steven Katona Ronald E. Beard President Edward McC. Blair, Sr. Life Trustee Poetry ~ p. 46 Karen Waldron Kelly Dickson, M.Phil., '97 Poems by Josie Sigler '99 Academic Dean, Alice Eno Associate Dean for Faculty David H. Fischer John Anderson William G. Foulke, Jr. Associate Dean for James M. Gower Life Trustee departments Advanced Studies George B. E. Hambleton David Feldman Sherry F. Huber Associate Dean for John N. Kelly Academic Affairs Susan Storey Lyman Community Voices p. 2 Kenneth Hill Life Trustee Associate Dean for Suzanne Folds COA Beat p. 4 Academic Services McCullagh Sarah A. McDaniel '93 Book Talk BOARD OF TRUSTEES p. 30 Jay McNally '84 Samuel M. Hamill, Jr. Stephen Milliken Chairman Daniel Pierce Class Notes p. 48 Cathy L. Ramsdell '78 Elizabeth D. Hodder John Reeves Faculty & Community Notes Vice Chair p. 50 John Rivers Casey Mallinckrodt Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Vice Chair Walter Robinson, M.D. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. William V. P. Newlin Life Trustee Secretary Clyde E. Shorey, Jr. Annual Report ~ p. 54 Leslie C. Brewer Donald B. Straus Treasurer Life Trustee Appreciating our donors Ann F. Sullivan John Wilmerding Remembering ~ p. 64 COA is published twice each year for Clark Fitz-Gerald, Phil Geyelin, the College of the Atlantic community. Craig Greene, and Maurine Rothschild Please direct correspondence to: COA Magazine College of the Atlantic The Meaning of Freedom ~ p. 65 105 Eden Street Philip Kunhardt III '77 and the Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 International Freedom Center Phone: (207) 288-5015 email: dgold@coa.edu www.coa.edu This publication is printed on recycled paper. Chlorine free, acid free manufacturing process.