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Klingenstein’s article gives an inaccurate account of Bowdoin curriculum
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As I Please Klingenstein’s NAS study likely to have predictable results
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As I Please College athletics are important, but academics are paramount
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As I Please Rejection letters unfairly do not take responsibility
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As I Please Morality is not synonymous with religion
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As I Please: College athletics are important, but academics are paramount
Division I collegiate sports are a major source of entertainment for many Americans, myself included. D-I football and basketball are leagues in their own right, with viewership comparable to the top professional leagues in the United States.
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As I Please: Cursing in the media: what’s the big f--king deal? Leave it alone
Christopher Hitchens once said that there are two things for which the British Empire's reign will always be remembered. The first is the proliferation of soccer [sic.] throughout the world. The other, he candidly explained, is the expression "F--k off."
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As I Please: Martin shooting raises questions about race and gun rights
A 17-year-old man walked down the street. He wore a hooded sweatshirt and carried only a bag of Skittles, iced tea, and a cell phone. He was unarmed. A 28-year-old man bearing a handgun called 911 and began to follow this "suspicious" young man against the advice of the emergency operator.
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As I Please: Santorum's refusal to separate church and state is frightening
Last weekend, Rick Santorum offered his latest nugget of wisdom. He made a variety of statements, which included the fact that he does not "believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute."
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As I Please: Morality is not synonymous with religion
To gain a position of power in the United States, our electorate calls for an individual who is a moral person. But what do we mean by "moral"? By demanding a moral candidate, we collectively demand, with our votes, that said individual display an indefatigable and universal obligation to a god, or toward a set of moral principles associated with a specific belief in a higher power. Morality, at least in the eyes of the average American voter, has become synonymous with religious faith.
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As I Please: Hitchens: The last nonpartisan intellectual
My column is named after George Orwell's 1940s column in the British paper Tribune. With that in mind, I wanted to begin this column, and this semester, by paying brief tribute to a man who passed away a month ago and was heavily influenced by George Orwell.
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As I Please: Many Republican candidates lack intellect
The Republican presidential field for 2012 stands out as possibly the most incoherent, incompetent mess of poorly-educated and narrowly-read individuals to have ever collectively sought either party's nomination for the presidency of the United States
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As I Please: Rejection letters unfairly do not take responsibility
Dear Candidate, Thank you very much for your 2012 [...] application. [We] were very impressed by your application. However, this season was particularly competitive. Unfortunately, I am unable to offer you [...]."
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As I Please: Klingenstein’s NAS study likely to have predictable results
When a baby is crying loudly in the other room, often the best thing to do is to let the baby stop crying on its own. However, I find that I love Bowdoin far too much to keep quiet in the face of the insulting study that is being funded by Tom Klingenstein and conducted by the National Association of Scholars (NAS).
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Republican candidates show America is not a post-racial society
I was almost in my 20s before I noticed a racial slur being used in a racist context. I had heard homophobic slurs, often maliciously fired toward any of those unfortunate enough to be late in hitting puberty. I had certainly heard sexist slurs, aimed at young girls.
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Mourning Moulton’s old tables: new setup seeds student seating stress
When we returned to Bowdoin this fall, we noticed changes around campus and most of them were positive.
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The challenges that accompany a paradoxical post-9/11 world
It is extraordinary to think that it has been 10 years. A decade. In roughly a year, I will have spent more time in the post-9/11 world than in the pre-9/11 world.
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Klingenstein’s article gives an inaccurate account of Bowdoin curriculum
Last week, Thomas Klingenstein published an article in the Claremont Review of Books discussing President Barry Mills and Bowdoin College. In his article, which was covered in the April 15 edition of the Orient, Klingenstein charges that Bowdoin is "antiseptically" liberal and that President Mills endorses this bias. Though the article is meant to criticize the widespread "liberal tilt" which he sees as plaguing all of higher education, Mr. Klingenstein makes his case through a personal attack on President Mills and Bowdoin College. We found his comments about Bowdoin to be both condescending and factually incorrect.
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What it means to be a true patriot in the United States
To say that you love America is not the same thing as saying that you love only those Americans who agree with you. Nor is it the same thing as saying you love the America inhabited by those of European descent.
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Women’s track places sixth in final meet of the season
In what was the final Bowdoin meet for the seniors on the women's track team, the Polar Bears finished an impressive sixth at the New England D-III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Millett breaks own records in 200-, 400-meter dashes
After miserable conditions the previous week at the Aloha Relays, the women's track team excelled in more favorable conditions at the NESCAC Championships, held at Tufts University last Saturday.
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Women’s track perserveres, runs through freezing rain
Millett and Peterson each take first place in two events as Bowdoin ties Bates
The cruelty of April was clearly in full force on Saturday, as the women's outdoor track team woke up to brutal weather conditions on the day of the Aloha Relays, its only home meet of the season.
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Head breaks own school record in pole vault
In cold and windy conditions at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), the women's track team competed against strong D-I competition.
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With victory, Millett takes NESCAC Player of the Week
The temperatures were in the eighties at Middlebury College last Saturday as the Bowdoin women's outdoor track team opened its season by taking third place at the Middlebury Invitational.
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Triple jumper Laura Peterson qualifies for outdoor nationals
Over Spring Break, several members of the Bowdoin women's track team competed in a preseason invitational in Florida against D-I competition.
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At the Open New England Championships, several members of the women’s track team competed against th
At the Open New England Championships, several members of the women's track team competed against the top athletes from New England, leading to some fast times and strong performances in the high profile meet.
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Women’s track captures fifth
Against the best small school athletic programs in New England, the women's indoor track team finished fifth at the Division III New England Championships. The Polar Bears were led by several strong individual performances, including three school records and three provisional qualifiers for the NCAA Division III National Championships.
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Chris Head qualifies for championships
Seeking strong individual performances to qualify them for later meets, the Polar Bears competed last weekend at the Boston University Valentine's day meet, a fast meet against Division I competition.
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Women’s track beats Colby, Bates to capture first place at state meet
The women's indoor track team earned a remarkable come-from-behind victory at the Maine State Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships at Farley Field House last Friday night. It was their second consecutive Maine State Championship.
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Women’s track takes second
The women's indoor track team placed second in its first home meet of the 2009-2010 indoor season, defeating Tufts University and Colby College, while losing to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the defending New England outdoor champions.
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Women’s track takes first
After a long bus ride down to Springfield, Massachusetts, the women's track team won the Springfield Invitational on Saturday, beating a strong field which included Springfield College, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and the Coast Guard Academy.