Lauren Wilwerding
Number of articles: 15First article: September 14, 2007
Latest article: April 25, 2008
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CPC sends students around globe with internships
This summer, winners of the Bowdoin Career Planning Center's funded internships and the Thomas McKinley Grant will pursue opportunities outside the sphere of their usual academic learning at Bowdoin.
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Buntman, Sack square off in mock election
Though the winning candidate will not occupy a real political office, the candidates in the May 7 mock congressional election still hope to have a higher turnout than Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) elections and exceed the national percentage of voters who cast a ballot.
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Students share at 4th Speak Out
Over 75 students, staff, and administrators attended Safe Space's fourth annual Speak Out, an event intended to create a confidential and supportive atmosphere for survivors of sexual assault to share their stories.
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Students span the hemisphere to build, rebuild communities
While many students flocked to tropical paradises, others spent the first week of their Spring Break participating in student-led Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips, oriented around community service and learning.
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Architecture club urges 'visual consciousness'
When it comes to decorations, members of the Bowdoin Architecture and Design Club (BAD) agree that posters of Muhammad Ali, Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley are cliché fixtures in dorm rooms.
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Textbook Annex offers new services
With the cost of textbooks averaging $800 a year according to the College's Web site, the staff at the Textbook Annex realizes that buying books can be painful. However, the Textbook Annex has recently changed aspects of the book buying process to make it as painless for students as possible. Improvements include posting book lists on the College Web site before the start of the semester and introducing daily buybacks.
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Honors Projects: Original Research: Senior examines contraception?s turbulent history in Argentina
Students can usually anticipate that there will be some challenges associated with completing an honors project. Senior Cassia Roth was surprised that one of her challenges was getting into Argentina's National Library.
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Busting Bowdoin Myths: Placement of art museum lions remains a mystery
For Director of the Museum of Art Katy Kline, the lions outside the Walker Art Building are a conversation-starter. Specifically, people often wonder if the lions were intentionally placed to face away from the steps, or if that may have been a mistake.
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Outlets, showing wear, to be fixed
Facilities Management has decided to replace an estimated 1,500 electrical outlets in Coles Tower after an assessment of the building's electrical outlets showed some signs of deterioration. The initial decision to inspect the outlets was prompted by an October 10 arc-flash incident, when Megan Waterman '08 injured her hand while plugging in an extension cord.
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Campus welcomes families, guests
After Parents Weekend in 1982, President of the College Leroy Greason offered a suggestion: "As a general policy, let's use magic markers on name tags. Faint ink seems to defeat the whole purpose." Name tags are essential for parent's Weekend: 1,748 family members registered for last year's event.
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Trustees talk business, celebrate art museum
The Board of Trustees convened over Homecoming weekend to attend to annual fall business and to commemorate the opening of the Walker Art Building. The Board voted to name the new ice arena the Watson Arena after Sid Watson, athletic director from 1983 to 1998. The Trustees also approved hiring an architectural firm for construction of the new fitness and wellness center.
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Trustees to meet, celebrate museum
The Board of Trustees will meet this weekend to celebrate the reopening of the Walker Art Building and vote on several proposals. According to the Secretary of the College Richard Mersereau, the art museum renovation had been considered by the College for nearly 50 years.
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'Common good' to unify campus
Bowdoin alumni will join students, staff, and faculty for the ninth annual Common Good Day on Saturday, though some participants will be thousands of miles away. This year's on-campus event will have more than 500 volunteers participating in 64 service projects at 50 different work sites. In addition, 100 alumni will participate in service projects from other locations, including events in San Diego, New York, Boston, Denver, Philadelphia, Florence, Bath, and Portland.
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Dorm painting policy vague, students say
Director of Residential Life Kim Pacelli wants students to be creative when decorating their dorm rooms. But this doesn't mean painting them. "There are a few buildings with [dorm rooms] that are painted [by students]," said Pacelli. "If I had my druthers, I would change that."
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Rankings concern Mills, peer presidents
Weeks after being awarded the seventh spot in U.S. News and World Report's annual list of America's top liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin has taken a position against the controversial U.S. News list and other rankings systems. Along with 18 other liberal arts college presidents, President Barry Mills co-signed a statement, released September 7, expressing concern over the ?admissions frenzy? and ?the way in which rankings can contribute to that frenzy and to a false sense that educational success or fit can be ranked in a single numerical list.?