The Bowdoin Orient

The 2010-2011 academic year had the usual ups and downs—transports, thefts, a national championship, Meatless Monday, a salary thaw, a notable bias incident and nice weather for Ivies. These stories, along with many others, are chronicled in this summary of a year of Orient articles.

The University of Southern Maine softball team has provided opponents with wins all season, and that continued last night as Bowdoin beat the Huskies 7-1 and 5-2 in a doubleheader yesterday. USM is now 2-24.

While some alumni return to campus for reunions and others make the trip for homecoming weekend, there is one unique reason for former students to come back to campus—weddings. Although the chapel stands in a central location on campus and serves as the backdrop for a variety of student activities, hosting weddings is one of its many functions that goes relatively unnoticed. The chapel is available for weddings all year, though summer weddings are generally more popular, and restrictions are applied around this time to ensure that members of the Bowdoin community have first priority when selecting dates. "May through October we give preference to people that have a Bowdoin connection," said Director of Events

While most avid baseball fans were glued to the TV yesterday for Major League Baseball's opening day, many followers could also be found checking their teams online. For some fans, opening day signals not only the beginning of the baseball season but, sometimes more important, the fantasy baseball season. The idea for fantasy baseball, according to ESPN, was first established in 1980 and was originally referred to as "Rotisserie Baseball" after the French restaurant where the creators met. It is now an empire that allows approximately six to seven million people to call the shots in their own leagues, drafting teams and making trades to compete for prizes ranging from bragging rights to cash.

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams look toward the NESCAC Championships as their seasons progress. The teams will get preparation for the championship meet tomorrow at Colby, when the teams face off against Wesleyan and Trinity.

Head field hockey coach Nicky Pearson rounded out a victorious season by adding another honor to her extensive list of accolades.

Bedbugs crawled back into the College with another reported case, this time in first year residence Winthrop Hall. The student contacted Facilities Management after suspecting the presence of bedbugs. Facilities Management was unable to confirm an infestation at press time, but planned to reexamine the area. In the interim, the student was relocated to another residence until further notice.

"Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" has taken on literal meaning for several Bowdoin students. Katie Kinkel '13 returned to campus this year to some unexpected roommates in her Stowe Hall room. Early in the year, Kinkel began to notice red bumps similar to mosquito bites concentrated primarily around her feet, legs and hands. Kinkel's father, a doctor, thought these bites may be a result of bedbugs; however, when she went to the Health Center for treatment, they diagnosed it as an allergic reaction and sent Kinkel on her way with an anti-histamine.

"I couldn't really be confident," said Grant Easterbrook '11, discussing last week's class council election in which he ran for President. "It's anyone's guess what will happen when you have four people running." Easterbrook's concerns, however, were alleviated when the results of the senior Class Council elections were announced Sunday night, with Easterbrook winning the presidency for the second year in a row. The Orient Express predicted Easterbrook's victory on Sunday afternoon.

Two thousand one hundred career yards is a respectable record for a quarterback, almost enough to make the top-10 for Bowdoin College. This number, which could be a career in and of itself, is the difference between Oliver Kell '10 and Hayes MacArthur '98, for the number one and two spots in the College's history.

"I'm so f***ing scared," thought LZ Granderson, an openly gay ESPN.com journalist, when the LA Lakers asked him who his Hollywood crush was. Granderson, who has been out for over 10 years, said he grappled with the decision of what to tell these athletes—grappled, he said, until he saw his son standing behind them watching. It was then he realized that he had to tell the truth about his sexuality, or everything he taught his son would be a lie.

The men's ice hockey team closed out its weekend of conference play with a tie and a loss, bringing its record to 11-5-1 this season.

The men's ice hockey team has spent the past week preparing to suit up against rival Colby twice this weekend. The team will travel to Waterville to face the Mules today before returning to Bowdoin for the second big tilt of the weekend at home on Saturday.

The men's ice hockey team is preparing for a homestand this weekend, during which they will face two conference opponents. The Polar Bears will take the ice against Skidmore on Saturday evening, looking to avenge last year's loss to the Thoroughbreds, and will face off against Castleton on Sunday.

Tenacious, tough, team-oriented: Tyler Tennant '10 is one of those rare football players that coaches are dying to have, teammates want to play next to, and opponents dread lining up against.

Keeping up with Lindsay Hodge is no easy feat. The senior cross-country standout was ranked eighth on the team last season and has already moved her way up to first after only a few races. Head Coach Peter Slovenski believes Hodge's personal improvements are making a notable difference for the team's results this year. Slovenski said Lindsay has "transformed herself from someone who was on the edge of the varsity lineup into a runner who is making all-star teams."