The Bowdoin Orient

Though my hangover from Ivies has retreated, I have noticed that my Ivies mentality has not. I'm talking about that mentality which puts each one of us on a noble mission to pack as much fun into five days as possible. In my sadness, I began to wonder why it is that that this beautiful mentality is restricted to the period of April 21 to April 26. If we are able to outwardly embrace our internal thirst for pleasure on this one weekend, what is stopping us from reapplying that attitude as we choose?

I am beginning to notice a trend in the performers whom we attract for the Ivies Weekend concert. In addition to being unable to break away from hip-hop, the model for our selections seems to be one "big name" artist who has three decent songs. This year we are having Sean Kingston who will sing "Me Love," "Take You There" and "Beautiful Girls." Last year we had Naughty by Nature who sang "OPP", "Jamboree", and "Hip Hop Hooray." And before that we had Kevin Lyttle who sang "Turn Me On" three times in a row.

Upon returning to Bowdoin from my semester abroad, (and yes, I did expand my horizons through unique experiences with cultures vastly different from my own), I was disappointed to see that our school's athletic logo had been altered. The fearsome snarling polar bear head in profile was no more. Instead we now have a far tamer, and far lamer, straight-on shot of what I have to assume is a polar bear but more closely resembles a bear of the "teddy" variety. I feel that this alteration is a gross misrepresentation of both Bowdoin College athletics and polar bears. To understand the true essence of this crime, we must first understand the very nature of the polar bear and its significance to Bowdoin Athletics.