The Bowdoin Orient

The house where Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her famous novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," currently lies vacant on Bowdoin-owned property. But if the College can raise the money necessary, it intends to restore the building to its former condition.

College growth continues to head south. Literally. With the recent purchase of two additional houses south of College Street, Bowdoin is continuing to slowly acquire residential property in the neighborhood that separates the College's main campus from its Farley Field House athletic complex. Since the campus is bordered on three sides by residential neighborhoods, the purchase of nearby houses by the College has been a key long-term expansion strategy for decades.

Bowdoin is a drastically different place than it was 10 years ago, according to a draft of a self-study released by the College this week. Changes over the past decade detailed in the report include a complete reorganization of residential life, a significantly more diverse student body, and a larger faculty.

When a generous donor gave the music department the opportunity to bring a musician to campus for a residency, the department wanted someone who would have wide appeal.

Slap bands?which many students remember as a childhood bracelet fashion fad in the late 1980s and early 1990s?will attempt a comeback next week when Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) and the Department of Safety and Security distributes Bowdoin-branded reflective versions of the bands to students.

Seniors Drew Fulton and Rebecca Selden were among the 50 students nationwide selected as recipients of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a unique program that provides graduating seniors grants for a year of travel and study.

When your Bowdoin education has taken you as far as it can go in the job search, self-hypnosis and meditation might just be the key to overcoming nerves and succeeding in the critical job interview.

As Bowdoin boasts high returns on its half-billion-dollar endowment?which provides nearly a quarter of its budget annually?a small number of students have been meeting informally with President Barry Mills over the past year about concerns over whether the College's money is invested in socially responsible companies.

Despite missing the boat on Google, the rate of return on Bowdoin's endowment last year far exceeded the average return of the 746 schools that participated in this year's survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).

Waterville police will soon be scoping out Colby student parties in plain clothes and unmarked vehicles, but Brunswick authorities say there are currently no plans to launch undercover operations at Bowdoin.

A new regulation may soon give the government the ability to monitor user communication on the Bowdoin network without the College even knowing about it?and requires the College to pick up the several-hundred-thousand dollar tab for the system upgrades needed to make it possible.

One year into the behind-the-scenes phase of the capital campaign, Bowdoin is gauging interest from its biggest potential donors to determine if its goal of $250 million is too high?or not high enough.

After an investigation into a claim that a senior administration official improperly used the work of a faculty member in a grant application, President Mills said in an interview with the Orient that the "issue has been resolved" and that all parties concerned "are in good standing with the College."

In the midst of an allegation that a senior administration official improperly used the work of a faculty member, the College says it is working to update and expand its policy to protect intellectual property.

The last vacant lot on downtown Brunswick's Maine Street may soon be put to better use. Development possibilities for the land?located by the train tracks next to the Hannaford supermarket?may include some combination of a train station, retail shops, residential units, parking, and entertainment facilities.

The fight to save Upward Bound and other federal education programs slated for elimination in President Bush's proposed budget has cleared an initial obstacle in the U.S. Senate. The body passed an amended version of the 2006 federal budget that included immediate increases in Pell grants and restored funding for the TRIO programs, of which Upward Bound is a part.

Two Bowdoin students were ejected from President Bush's campaign appearance in Bangor yesterday on suspicion that they planned to protest inside the event. Another Bowdoin student, who worked at the event, was involved in the removal.