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involvement with the University Theater
program at Colgate. Hope’s production
company hosted a wonderful
banquet for both the professional and
student volunteer crews.
Marley’s production company
didn’t share what they brought with
them, but there was a cooler of beer
on hand for the student crew after
the concert was over and all of the
equipment was “struck,” packed away,
and reloaded onto the trucks. Marley’s
crew also had a little motorcycle they
kept on one of their equipment trucks,
and they took turns riding it around
inside Cotterell Court while we were
setting up for the concert.
Working “stage crew” was always
a lot of fun (I also worked on Dave
Mason, Pat Metheny, John Sebastian,
and several others). Back in the days
of “festival seating,” the best part was
that we always got in first for the actual
show. During the Marley concert,
after the crew reset the stage once the
warm-up band was done, the crowd
pushed right up to the stage, and we
had nowhere to go. The head roadie
signaled us all simply to sit on the
edge of the stage. I sat down where I
was and then realized that I was right
between Bob Marley’s monitors. I got
to stay there for the entire concert
— no more than two feet from him
for the whole thing — and much less
whenever he felt inclined (literally) to
lean out over the audience!
Dave Marion ’84
Chapel Hill, N.C.
i remember seeing Bob Hope perform
in Huntington Gym. I’m pretty sure
it was in the early winter months of
February 1943. If not then, it was a
year later. At any rate, I had hardly
heard of Bob Hope when I saw him
perform at Colgate. He put on a great
show.
Albert A. Bartlett ’44
Boulder, Colo.
Farnsworth ahead of his time
i was sO saddened to read of the passing
of Professor Farnsworth (In Memoriam,
Spring 2010). He was truly a
legend on campus for all of us who
were there while he was a professor.
Indeed, he was clearly way ahead of
his time in teaching economics
through practical training at his
Poolville Country Store. I never had
the opportunity to take that course
from him, but I did have a memorable
“Jan Plan” with him down on Wall
Street, which I still remember vividly
(and I have my course paper close at
hand to prove it!).
My condolences to the entire family,
and of course to my classmate,
Frank Jr.
Howard M. Liebman ’74, MA’75
Brussels, Belgium
Remembering Bill Skelton
fOr many years, Bill Skelton (In Memoriam,
Winter 2010) spent every fourth
semester guiding unsuspecting and
unworthy young travelers through
the meandering paths of his own
love affair with India. For the toll of
one skyward-arched eyebrow and
the willingness to return a changed
person, a lucky few of us were led into
temples overcrowded or forgotten;
palaces, train stations, puja ceremonies,
and the dwellings of monkeys,
monkey gods, elephants, and elephant
gods; onto Kerela beaches, motor
rickshaws, and the living-room floors
of mrdungum masters, philosophers,
and yogis; through drum circles, the
buzz of nagaswarams, and the scent
of sandalwood smoke; over sacred
rivers, sacred cow-trodden jasmine
petals, and the footsteps of Purandara
Dasa, Krishnamacharya, Rama, and
perhaps even Shiva.
We were drawn infinitely closer
to the heart of a culture both ancient
and thriving more than our own
merits would have afforded. Bill’s
only request was that we approach
his beloved with respect and a bit of
humility.
You will be missed, Bill — by us,
and even moreso by present and
future wayward-looking students
who will have no idea that they are
missing you so deeply. Nandri, romba
nandri; farewell in this world, vanakam
in another.
Greg Lasky ’01
Riverside, R.I.
What they’re saying
online
Posted to www.colgate.edu:
In response to “Filmmakers back
alumnus in First Amendment flap”
about the legal battle between filmmaker
Joe Berlinger ’83 and Chevron
over the release of raw footage from
his critically acclaimed documentary
Crude:
“Joe, if you are reading these comments…
GO, GO, GO! I am inspired
by your pursuit of your rights. To be
embroiled with Big Oil at this horrific
time (6-16-10) is a powerful thing.
How can I help?” — Your KED Buddy,
Christie Brooks King ’83
“…Crude was shown at Albany’s
Spectrum movie theater a few
months ago. It was one of the most
powerful films I’ve seen… Let’s support
a fellow Colgate alum who is
doing good in this world of ours,
where oil continues to spew out of a
well drilled a mile under the ocean’s
surface. We owe it to our planet and
our children’s children that a filmmaker
like Joe Berlinger should not be
intimidated.” — Frank Barrie ’72
On Colgate’s Facebook page:
June 24/Colgate University: Residents
of upstate New York, including
some people here at Colgate, are all
a-twitter about some minor shaking
that rattled desk chairs and computer
monitors. Early reports suggest a
minor earthquake that was centered
near Cornwall, Ontario. Did you feel it
around 1:40 p.m. today?
May 6/Markus Batchelor: “Hello! Just
checked out the website from here
in Washington, D.C., and looked it up
on college board and was instantly
infatuated. I am now dedicated to
becoming a member of the Colgate
Class of 2015! (I am now listening to
WRCU). If anyone has any suggestions,
recommendations, etc., please do reply
to this message.”
Martin Dudziak ’71: “Markus, I am
glad I went to Colgate instead of a few
other big-name schools where I was
also accepted — Colgate gave me a
breadth and depth I don’t think I could
have found elsewhere.”
Laurie Cermak ’99: “Write a real
offbeat, creative essay, i.e., not about
your inspirational senior trip to Italy
where you learned about different
cultures… (you and 500 others). I
wrote about my fear of my basement,
wth live dialogue and all, and they let
me in!”
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