The Bowdoin Orient

"What can the camera reveal that the eye cannot see?"

Growing up in the countryside of Perth, Scotland, Margot Livesey, writer-in-residence, spent much of her time outdoors and aspired to be a veterinarian. When her male science professors told her that no animal hospital would ever hire a woman for that position, she threw herself into her other passion?reading.

Senior Larissa Curlik goes to the Portland Public Market every week, despite the fact that it has been closed since last summer. But shopping is not part of her agenda anyway; she goes to research the market's history and future for her honors project.