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Linda Kinstler
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Ryan Holmes
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Daisy Alioto
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Mariya Ilyas
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Seth Walder
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Erin K. McAuliffe
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Craig Hardt
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Quinn Cohane
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Sam Vitello
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Diana Lee
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Luke Lamar
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Eliza Novick-Smith
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Piper Grosswendt
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Caitlin Beach
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Charles Cubeta
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Melody Hahm
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Zoë Lescaze
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Tasha Sandoval
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Sasha Davis
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Nora Biette-Timmons
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Jeff Cuartas
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Elizabeth Maybank
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Peter Davis
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Sarah Levin
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Peyton Morss
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Claire Aasen
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Luke Drabyn
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Molly Burke
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Madison Whitley
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Nick Daniels
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Zohran Mamdani
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Amanda Minoff
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Gemma Leghorn
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Erica Berry
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Adam Marquit
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Chester Eng
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Ted Clark
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Andres Botero
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Andy Bernard
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Claire Collery
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Melissa Wiley
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Sam Miller
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Anita Shah
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Carlina Coleman
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Andrew Hancock
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Garrett Casey
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Jim Reidy
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William Albuquerque
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Chris Rowe
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Daniel Cohen
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Jonathan Coravos
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Madeleine Pinne
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Joe Sise
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Lauren Speigel
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Lauren T. Xenakis
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Michael Rothschild
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Chris Sanville
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Mollie Friedlander
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Carolyn Levin
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Ted Romney
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Leah Weiss
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Jessica Kohn
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Yoni Ackerman
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Judah Isseroff
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Edward Mahabir
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Salma Berrada
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Matthew Goodrich
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Hallie Bates
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Rutledge Long
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Daisy Mariscal
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Pierce King
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Luke Milardo
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Molly Soloff
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Eric Edelman
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Rory Brinkmann
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Abby Snyder
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Emma Powers
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Mary Helen Miller
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Keith Heyde
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Liv King
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Charlie Boyle
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Ouda Baxter
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Henry Laurence
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Adam Eichenwald
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Doug Johnston
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Georgia Nowers
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Bill Wilson
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Arseniy Sheydvasser
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Ben Stern
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Charlotte Ryan
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Alex Williams
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Adam Kommel
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Charles Dorn
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Nat Herz
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Dylan Kane
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Alex Edison
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Kate Balderston
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Anthony Colabella
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J.B. Chun
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Laura Till
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Wes Fleuchaus
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Jean Yarbrough
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Mark Richter
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Tim Foster
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Reilly Lorastein
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David Shuck
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Keri Forbringer
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Keel Dietz
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Lenny Pierce
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Emily Guerin
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Kathleen Emerson
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Evan Boucher
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Chris Omachi
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Jimmy Pasch
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Tyler Patton
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Leah Hughes
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J. Pasch
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Ryan Erskine
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Jamie Cohen
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Tara Connolly
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Leo Shaw
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Scott Sehon
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Chris Fung
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Sara Hubbard
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Kristen Ghodsee
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Robert Zhang-Smitheram
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Alex Porter
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James Dickinson
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Bruce Poliquin
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Ben Johnson
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Anna Ackerman
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Coco Sprague
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Thomas B. Tupper
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Jessica Marie Johnson
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Emily Tucker
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Sarah Wood
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Elizabeth Gonzalez
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Sadie Nott
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Michelle Wiener
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Will Grunewald
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Kayla Baker
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Hasan Elsadig
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All articles
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After sweeping two-time champ Tufts, baseball headed to playoffs
The baseball team swept the defending champion Tufts last weekend to clinch a spot in this year's NESCAC tournament. After previously dropping games to other NESCAC East opponents, the Polar Bears entered last weekend in a must-win scenario with a postseason tournament berth on the line.
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CMCA show honors Wethli, Bisbee
The works of two Bowdoin professors will be exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockport beginning May 19. The show, which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the CMCA, will feature Professor of Art Mark Wethli and Lecturer in Art John Bisbee, along with three other Maine artists.
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Pay for seniors slightly above national average, survey shows
According to a recent Orient survey, the average starting salary for graduating seniors who have found employment was $42,339. This figure is slightly above the national average for recent graduates of $41,701, as reported by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. College graduates' difficulties finding employment were highlighted by an Associated Press report last week that said that about 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor's degree-holders under the age of 25 were jobless or underemployed last year. The survey was emailed to all seniors, 214 of whom replied. Of those, 84 percent are currently seeking or have successfully found paid post-graduate employment; the other 16 percent are pursuing other opportunities, such as graduate school. Of those entering the labor market, 57 percent have found employment, while 43 percent are still looking.
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Millett leads track at NESCAC title meet
Track's spring success continued at the NESCAC Championship last weekend at Bates, with the women placing fourth out of 10 teams and the men coming in fifth of 11. Seven Bowdoin women were named to the All-Conference Team, while 10 men received the same honor. The recognition is bestowed to athletes who finish in the top three in at least one event.
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Kong publication reads into ‘Tiananmen fictions’
When thinking of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, one might picture horrific images of ruthless soldiers bearing down on frightened students and battered bodies strewn across the public city square. But one can only imagine.
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Senior Week to include paintball, rafting
Although this year's Senior Week will feature many old traditions, the 2012 Class Council has replaced Racer-X with a performance by DJ Sex Ray Vision. Racer-X, which performed during the fall semester and last Thursday for Ivies, has customarily been a part of the Senior Week festivities. After perusing the E-Board's list of artists, the council seized the opportunity to offer something different and booked mash-up artist Sex Ray Vision. "Why do we need to see Racer-X twice in one month?" asked Matt Ramos '12, Class Council vice president.
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Softball beats Bates twice, clinches final playoff spot
The softball team clinched the last spot in the NESCAC championship by beating Bates twice last Sunday after losing the series opener the day before. "It was obviously a big series and a big accomplishment," said Head Coach Ryan Sullivan. "We knew we needed one game, and Bates is a good team."
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Rep. Cornell du Houx ’06 denies former girlfriend’s accusations
State Representative Erin Herbig has received a protection from abuse order against her colleague and former boyfriend Rep. Alexander Cornell du Houx, who graduated from Bowdoin in 2008 and represents Brunswick. According to The Bangor Daily News, Herbig's court statement alleged that du Houx stalked her, secretly photographed her while she slept, and threatened to commit suicide after the couple broke up early this year.
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The kids aren’t alright: baby boomers, their kids, and technology
I forget which generation I belong to. I can google it at a moment's notice on one of my million devices and find out, so why bother remembering?
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Post-doc fellow resigns for ‘personal reasons’
Tristan Cabello, a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at the College, resigned from his post this week due to personal reasons, according to Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd. Cabello's departure has disrupted the two Africana Studies courses he was teaching this semester. According to Judd, Professor Olufemi Vaughan will be taking over Cabello's Africana Studies 218 course, The African American Experience in Europe, while Professor of English David Collings will replace Cabello in Africana Studies 221, Race and Sexuality in Modern America.
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Men’s lax heading to NESCAC semis after Wesleyan victory
While the rest of campus was on Whittier Field celebrating Ivies last Saturday, the men's lacrosse team was locked in a defensive battle against Wesleyan in the NESCAC quarterfinals a few hundred yards away. The Polar Bears defeated the Cardinals 6-4, and will move forward in the tournament to play Trinity at Tufts tomorrow in the semifinals. This is the fifth consecutive year that Bowdoin has made it to the semifinals.
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Anonymous email calls for investigation of Bowdoin Outing Club
An anonymous email was sent last week to the Student Activity Funding Committee (SAFC) alleging that the salaried directors of the Bowdoin Outing Club had mishandled club funds and disenfranchised student members. Whoever sent the letter has thus far guarded their anonymity, and the message's claims remain unsubstantiated. The email's authors did not respond when contacted by the Orient. The stated purpose of the email was to encourage the SAFC to conduct an investigation of the Outing Club, but the inconsistent logic of the message, its meandering composition, and the authors' refusal to provide evidence to corroborate their allegations have prevented the SAFC from conducting a formal investigation.
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Idealist’s efforts are ineffective without facing political realities
Places like Little Dog Coffee Shop are filled with a certain kind of person. A young person who enjoys the outdoors, supports local businesses, and is devoted to using his or her experience in a poor region to do something more. These people want to save the world, and their enthusiasm can convince you that it is possible.
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Tom McCabe retiring, posted 15th-most wins in D-III history
With 227 wins and 22 seasons under his belt, Tom McCabe has every reason to boast. But that's not who he is. This season marks the final strolls down the sidelines for the 59-year-old head coach of the men's lacrosse team. In October, McCabe and his wife, Pat, will leave more than just Bowdoin behind as they depart on a 24-month commitment to the Peace Corps. They have been scheming about this adventure since college, but just turned in their final applications and medical forms.
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One transport, no arrests during Ivies weekend
A vomiting University of Southern Maine student shut down the C-Store, and Bates students and Bowdoin alumni caused Security some headaches, but for the most part, Bowdoin's biggest party weekend of the year ran smoothly, according to College officials. Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols called the event "as a whole, a successful Ivies," noting that "the Brunswick police had virtually no interaction with any Bowdoin students." One Bowdoin student was transported from Coles Tower due to overconsumption of alcohol and energy drinks last Friday. According to Nichols, one transport is "fairly typical for a standard weekend, so we were pleased," given Ivies' potential for more
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Women’s lax falls to Amherst in Rd. 1
Amherst edged the women's lacrosse team out of the NESCAC quarterfinals on Saturday. Although the Polar Bears trailed the Jeffs closely at intermission with a score of 5-4, Amherst managed to overpower them in the second half and win the game 9-7.
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BOC members deny administrative wrongs
To the Editors: A recent anonymous email entitled "Outing Club Crisis" makes the accusation that the Bowdoin Outing Club's (BOC) program is "dictated" by its staff and is no longer accountable to student members. We write in enthusiastic support of the Outing Club's structure and current Director and Assistant Directors.
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RoboCup team gears up for international competition
Grass carpets sprouted inside the Watson Arena in preparation for the RoboCup U.S. Open, which was held at Bowdoin Saturday and Sunday.
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Baseball commits 18 errors in 6 games, clings to 5-4 NESCAC record
The men's baseball team finished 3-3 after playing against NESCAC East rival Colby and non-conference Roger Williams and Brandeis over the last week. Over the six games, the team raised its in-game record for defensive errors from four to seven, compiling 18 defensive miscues in total. Before last weekend, the Polar Bears had been averaging around one and a half errors per game; that average has doubled in the past seven days.
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Artist-in-residence to retire after half-century at Bowdoin
After 50 years of producing works that are held in the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the New York Public Libary, Thomas Cornell will retire from his post as artist-in-residence at the end of May.
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Rain threatens to move Ivies Concert indoors
A questionable weather forecast for the weekend may change the location of the Saturday Ivies Concert. In an email to the student body, Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols stated that inclement weather would relocate the concert to Farley Field House. According to Ruiqi Li '13, E-Board co-chair, the decision to move the concert inside will not depend on the weekend's weather alone, as last night's rain will be a factor too.
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Could West Hall Become Sanville Manor?
Since coming to Bowdoin and spending my freshman year in West Hall, I've always wondered when and how buildings, rooms and even trees on campus receive their names, and more importantly, how I could leave my name behind.
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McEwen—professor, dean, mentor—retires after 30 years
When Craig McEwen left Sills Hall after teaching his last class of the fall semester, he was met with applause. Students, faculty and staff had gathered to celebrate the sociology professor, dean and community leader who was retireing after 30 years at Bowdoin.
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Coed sailors head to team race championship, women end historic year
Though the women's sailing team has garnered most of the attention this season with its highest-ever ranking—No. 11 in the nation—and successful regional finishes, it was the coed team that impressed this weekend. Bowdoin placed second out of six teams at Roger Williams' Staake Trophy, beating competitors from the University of Vermont and Salve Regina, among others, to secure one of two berths to the Fowle Trophy—the New England Team Race Championship—this weekend at MIT.
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Two seniors win Fulbright Program grants
Out of the 18 Bowdoin applicants this year, two seniors have won Fulbright grants, and four of their classmates have won funding for teaching assistantships. Daniel Jeong and Eli Garrard won Fulbright grants. Nick Powell, Derek Brooks, Zach Crawford, and Shazeda Ahmed received the other awards. Each year the Fulbright Program funds approximately 1,000 Americans who study or conduct research in any field. The other type of grant, which is not provided by the Fulbright Program, provides funding for students to work as English teaching assistants at schools and universities in foreign countries. Last year, approximately 870 teaching awards were made.
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Women’s tennis compiling historic season
The women's tennis team is enjoying one of its best seasons in recent memory. According to Emma Lewis '14, its No. 10 ranking in D-III represents "one of the highest national rankings that Bowdoin has had in a long time." Bowdoin improved its overall record to 10-6 after a marathon of matches last weekend. After a loss to Amherst and wins over Tufts, Wellesley, and Hamilton, Bowdoin now has a conference record of 5-2.
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Faculty salaries increase for 2nd year, ranked 11th of liberal arts colleges
Professors' salaries have increased for the second year in a row. The increases come despite a sluggish economy, which led to across-the-board decreases in 2010. The Chronicle of Higher Education places Bowdoin 11th among liberal arts colleges in terms of the salaries paid to full professors. This is a departure from past years in which Bowdoin often "fell fourth or fifth," according to a Chronicle report.
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Campus music events ignored by Orient
To the Editors, On Wednesday April 11, Professor McCalla convinced me that the James Carter Organ Trio's performance would not disappoint. It didn't. It was likely the best jazz concert I have ever attended: a fitting finale to Professor McCalla's 27 years at Bowdoin.
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Art historian to connect visual arts, neuroscience
Art historian Barbara M. Stafford will channel the philosophy of a liberal arts education on Thursday, when she presents her ongoing research on the interrelations of art and neuroscience.
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Upswing in STI cases prompts more students to seek testing
A greater number of students have been getting tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at the Health Center in recent weeks. The influx of students occurred in the wake of an email sent out by Whitney Hogan, coordinator of health education, on March 7. The email reported an uptick in STIs on campus, including chlamydia, syphilis, herpes, and gonorrhea. "We saw this spike right before spring break," explained Sandra Hayes, director of Health Services. "It was short notice, but we wanted students to be aware that if they chose to be sexually active over the break, that there's a risk to that. Some students feel very complacent in the Bowdoin bubble—they think their risk is smaller and that's not true."
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Students elect representatives, class councils for 2012-2013
Last Sunday Bowdoin Student Government elections determined the next year's 2014 and 2015 class councils. Positions on the BSG assembly, such as at-large representative and E-Board representative, were also determined. Of the 346 votes cast, roughly 74 percent were cast by first years or sophomores. A number of newly elected students, including John Izzo '15, Ryan Davis '15, Alex Tougas '14, and Sunnie Kuna '14, and Asher Stamell '13, ran unopposed.
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Men’s lacrosse beats Colby, hits 10 wins for first time since ’09
Men's lacrosse secured two key victories this past week, bringing its overall record to an impressive 10-3. The Polar Bears won 7-5 against Wesleyan last Saturday, and 10-6 against Colby on Tuesday. The second win brought Bowdoin to 10 wins for the first time since 2009. "Wesleyan was an outstanding team victory," said Head Coach Tom McCabe. "Everybody played well—goaltending, defense, face-offs, and offense."
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‘Consent is Sexy’ Week fights sexual misconduct
ASAP, which acts as a unifying organization to combine the efforts of multiple campus groups, was formed in 2008 under the direction of Davis. "There were so many groups working in different ways on the spectrum, from healthy relationships to sexual violence, that we decided to create this umbrella group," said Davis. In its first year, ASAP was made up of groups such as Bowdoin Men Against Sexual Violence (BMASV), V-Day, and Safe Space. The alliance has since grown to include 16 organizations, ranging from the Bowdoin Outing Club to the Spirituality Circle.
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Gould exhibits new work inspired by recurring student query
At least once each semester, a student in Visiting Assistant Professor Meggan Gould's introductory photography class apprehensively approaches her with a manual camera in hand and asks the question: "I see dust and scratches on my viewfinder. Are those going to show up in my final photos?"
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Rowing team boasts strong spring season
The rowing team is currently enjoying its most successful spring season in several years. With 46 rowers—the largest roster in recent memory—the team has won 15 out of the 24 races it has competed in since spring break. "This is the strongest group we've got," said Head Coach Gil Birney. "The athletes themselves are really talented. It's a great combination of really good conditioning and great chemistry."
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‘Lullaby’ experiments with ‘aesthetics in performance’
A unique fusion of theater and dance, "Lullaby," will premiere next week in the culmination of a year-long exploration of far-ranging emotions, personal narratives and collaborative creation.
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College hires new women’s soccer coach
The women's soccer team has a new coach in Brianne Weaver, Director of Athletics Jeff Ward announced this Wednesday. Weaver has served as head coach at her alma mater, St. Mary's College in Maryland, for the last six years. Weaver will take over for Maren Rojas, who stepped down after five years to take a job as head coach at Boston College. According to Ward, the athletic department began receiving calls of interest only hours after Rojas announced her decision. "We had over 100 applicants for the job—the deepest pool of candidates that I can ever remember for a search," said Ward, who has hired 16 new coaches in his 14 years at Bowdoin.
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Smoking detracts from hipsters’ irony
At its root, hipsterdom is about one thing: irony. Hipsters cast a satirical take on all that mainstream culture holds near and dear. Mainstream culture celebrates preppy, clean-cut looks. Hipster culture celebrates disheveled dollar store duds. The Salvation Army—hipsters' preferred shopping destination—recently sent out a petition asking grandmothers around the world to knit more ugly sweaters to meet the growing demand.
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Men’s tennis earns first win over Midd. in 4 years
The men's tennis team is climbing the rankings after its victory over Middlebury last Saturday. The 5-4 victory marked the Polar Bears' first triumph over the Panthers since the 2008 NESCAC championship match. No. 9 Bowdoin also shut out Brandeis 9-0 on Friday. Chris Lord '14 and Casey Grindon '13 fought back against Middlebury to win in a tiebreaker after having been down 7-5 at one point. Alex Jacobs '12 said that "their effort and hustle was the difference" in their match.
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College’s deans remind faculty: Ivies is a weekend, not ‘spring break’
In an email to all faculty members earlier this week, deans cautioned professors not to accommodate students' celebrations during Ivies Weekend. While the email acknowledged the "longstanding student tradition at Bowdoin," and that "students should and will have fun," it asked faculty, "please don't cancel classes or defer exams, papers or projects to accommodate their revelry." "We ask for your help in making sure this annual weekend celebration doesn't turn into another full week of spring break," read the email, signed by Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd and Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster.
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Ultimate Frisbee teams both win sectionals, stay undefeated
Following commanding first-place finishes at their sectional tournament last weekend, the ultimate Frisbee teams will head to the New England regional tournament next week. Stoned Clown, the men's team, went 3-0 in Saturday's round robin play—never winning by fewer than 11 points—before beating Bates 11-5 in the finals. The women, Chaos Theory, shut out Bates 15-0 before beating Colby 15-1 to claim first.
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Nichols briefs BSG on new Ivies procedures
Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols briefed Bowdoin Student Government on expectations and preparations for Ivies at its Wednesday night meeting. Changes, including a new registration process for guests, are expected to make security arrangements tighter than ever before. During any given Ivies, it is generally the guests of students that pose the majority of security problems, said Nichols.
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Women’s water polo wins division for first time, nationals’ No. 14 seed
The women's water polo team won its first division championship last Saturday, qualifying it as the No. 14 seed for nationals. After beating Bates 14-7 in the semifinals earlier in the day, Bowdoin scored the final goal in overtime to win 7-6 over top-ranked Wellesley. "Previously our best finish was third place two years ago," said captain Sarah Hirschfeld '13.
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Bowdoin trustee collects millions from Oaktree Capital IPO
Oaktree Capital Group, the world's largest distressed-debt investor, priced its initial public offering at $43 a share on Wednesday April 11. Bowdoin Trustee Sheldon Stone '74, a principal and portfolio manager, will take away the third largest share from the $387 million that the firm raised from the deal. The company first filed for an IPO in June 2011, and the IPO will allow its top executives to realize their stake in the firm.
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Angus King offers new voice in Washington
To the Editors: I write in support of Angus King, Bowdoin professor, former Maine governor, and candidate for the United States Senate. Governor King needs and deserves our help to start his campaign in a position of strength that will see him to victory in November.
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Film producer speaks frankly about industry
"I really feel that, if I can help three people win Oscars or get Oscar nominations, then I can keep doing it, because it's not that hard."
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Russian department loses longtime professor, seeks new faculty, funding
After 36 years at the College, Professor Jane Knox-Voina's retirement this semester is a blow to the Russian department, but it is far from fatal. Knox-Voina and Associate Professor of Russian Raymond Miller have vigorously campaigned over the years to sustain the department despite concerns over low enrollment numbers. "There was always the realization that we were one of the smallest departments and if we didn't have our numbers up, that the future might not be as optimistic as we would like to have it," said Knox-Voina in a phone interview with the Orient.
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Softball turns triple play, Correa hits walk-off homer in 5-win week
The softball team swept conference rival Trinity to extend its winning streak to seven games last weekend. Bowdoin's joy did not last long, however, as the team lost two games to Brandeis on Sunday. Despite the loss, the team rebounded quickly, sweeping the University of Maine-Farmington (UMF) on Tuesday to bring its overall record to 22-10.
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Housing lottery begins with quints and quads
The 2012 housing lottery began on Tuesday, filling 377 beds in quint and quad units. Though not without standard amounts of drama and disappointment, the lottery went relatively smoothly, thanks in part to live updates from residential life over Twitter throughout the evening and the lottery instructions that were projected on a continuous loop behind the sign-up tables. Daggett Lounge was packed when the event started at 6 p.m., but many students left after Lisa Rendall, associate director of housing operations, reminded the crowd that the quints lottery would take place first.
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Women’s lax beats Wesleyan, loses to Colby
The women's lacrosse team crushed Wesleyan on Saturday, besting the Cardinals by 11 goals in an 18-7 victory. On Wednesday, however, Bowdoin lost to No. 8 Colby in a close 10-9 game. At Colby, the Mules took a 6-5 lead into halftime before the teams each scored four goals in the second half.
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New club rechartering process raises concerns
Student organizations seeking to renew their charters for next year will face a new registration process. Implemented by the Student Organizations Oversight Committee (SOOC), the new procedure includes a mandatory online survey that aims to improve club records and streamline the operation. Dani Chediak '13, chair of the SOOC, said that a few club leaders have contacted her with concerns about the new survey. Some leaders were disturbed by the nature of the questions and felt that they were being forced to defend their organization's existence, Chediak added.
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Admissions launches online aid calculator
The U.S. Department of Education mandated that all colleges install a "net price calculator" on their websites last fall, according to the New York Times. The calculator is designed to estimate the actual cost of a college, taking into consideration the factors that influence financial aid offers. The College Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have created generic calculators, but Bowdoin launched its own version to better represent its unique methodology in determining aid. Admissions is hopeful that the net price calculator will eliminate what Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn refers to as "sticker shock,"—when the high price of tuition deters prospective students from applying.
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Powerful pitching leads baseball to three wins after Bates loss
The baseball team recovered from a late loss to Bates on Friday by winning three straight games—two against the Bobcats—to stay in second place in the heated NESCAC East standings. The team now boasts records of 14-8 overall and 2-1 in the NESCAC. Although Bowdoin took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning on Friday behind pitcher Christian Martin '14, Bates scored in the fifth and eighth innings, pushing them ahead by one run.
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Counting calories: The lowdown on Bowdoin’s fattiest foods
Ever wonder how many calories are in the Philly cheese steak sandwich you ate last Friday? How about that delicious slice of pesto chicken pizza? Though the Huffington Post recently recognized Bowdoin for having the number one healthiest college dining hall in America, the Orient decided to investigate the underbelly of Bowdoin dining to find the top 10 most caloric dishes.
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‘Hamlet’ to cap Plattus’ directorial career at Bowdoin
The timeless and existential "Hamlet" will premiere tonight under the direction of Shakespeare enthusiast Sam Plattus '12.
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Students possessing fake IDs charged for forgery
Two Bowdoin students were charged with forgery after they reportedly attempted to buy alcohol with fraudelent IDs on Saturday night. A clerk at Rite Aid suspected that the two Maine driver's licenses the students produced were fake, and contacted the Brunswick Police Department (BPD). The officer who arrived on the scene detained the two students in the parking lot and confiscated the IDs, which were of high quality and allegedly purchased online. The police have also charged a third student, whose ID was seized at Rite Aid in January. The two students apprehended Saturday were also charged with possession of alcohol by minors. In the past, the police have opted for the charge of possessing a fraudulent ID card, rather than the criminal offense of possessing a forged document.
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Identifying as a 'queer queer' on campus
Less than a week ago, I was going through a painful breakup with the label "queer." I had tried to make it work between us, but I could no longer keep a label in my life that didn't support me. Queer and I had a good run. We met a couple of years ago and after getting to know each other, I realized I had fallen in love. We seemed meant to be.
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Track teams finish 1, 2 at Middlebury
The men's and women's track teams followed up record winter seasons with impressive showings in their first scoring meet of the spring, the Panther Invitational, last weekend at Middlebury. The men beat Middlebury and Springfield to finish first (157.5-137.33-117.16), while the women came in second behind Middlebury and well ahead of Springfield (147-138-109).
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Dance show includes abstract, expressive
This year's Spring Dance Concert will include a vast range of performances, from the debut efforts of first-time dancers to a dynamic solo piece by Nyama McCarty-Brown, a visiting faculty fellow.
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College to charge guests at Ivies concert
After Bowdoin students received an Ivies survey from the E-Board last fall, questions buzzed around campus, but there was one left echoing louder than the rest: Would Ivies continue to be free? On Monday, the buzzing came to a halt, when students received another email about Ivies, this time from Allen Delong, director of student life. The message stated that while Ivies will remain free for students, guests will be charged a $20 entrance fee. The fee will provide admission at the gate to both the concert and dinner on Saturday, April 28.
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After switching barns, club equestrian striving to be more stable
After being unable to compete fall semester due to inadequate funding, the equestrian team has regrouped and is now galloping into its second and final show of the season at Dartmouth this weekend. According to captain Chrissy Hayes '14, the team's resurgence is thanks in part to the arrival of a new coach, Paulajean O'Neill, who has over 30 years of professional training experience. The team also changed its home farm to New Boston Barn in Gray, Maine this January.
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Volent College’s highest compensated employee
Paula Volent, senior vice president for investments, was Bowdoin's highest paid employee in the 2009 calendar year with total compensation of $772,873, according to federal tax documents. The 2010 Form 990, a tax document filed by all nonprofit organizations, places Volent's total compensation above all other chief investment officers in the NESCAC. Collette Chilton, the chief investment officer at Williams College, was the second-highest paid, receiving $600,410 in total compensation in 2009. Volent was paid a base salary of $416,600, bonus and incentive compensation of $300,000, retirement and other deferred compensation of $35,034, and other reportable compensation of $2,883. Since 2002 she has been the College's highest compensated employee.
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Club cyclers compete in first spring race
Bowdoin cyclers competed for the first time this year at the Yale Lux et Velocitas race. Andrew Pryhuber '15, Turner Kelsey '14, Alex Daniels '14, and captain Charlie Cubeta '13 raced last weekend against cyclists from Northeastern schools and Canada, many from varsity cycling programs.
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After the transport: Hundreds of dollars for care, counseling
As of last weekend, 23 students have been transported for over-consumption of alcohol over the course of this year. While a transport is often a one-night ordeal for the student involved, the costs incurred—which often add up to hundreds of dollars—can become a financial burden that lingers long after the weekend is over. In each instance, the student is charged for the cost of the transport and for emergency care. On top of that, the College mandates that students go to three counseling sessions with licensed drug and alcohol counselor Geno Ring, a disciplinary measure that will set them back $300.
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Republicans have redefined trash talk
Democrats should be thanking the Republicans in Congress. Not because they have been nice, but because they have been pricks. Nothing makes the Democrats looks better than the pricks in the Republican Party. The Republican elites have unloaded every nasty thing they could possibly say about the president, which means that there is nothing more they can say. There can be no more ratcheting up the rhetoric.
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Angus King opens campaign headquarters in Brunswick
Angus King's Senate campaign opened headquarters in Brunswick on Monday with a celebration at its 135 Maine St. office. King's kickoff address echoed the announcement of his run as an independent candidate, which he made on campus in early March. In a speech that focused on the problems created by political gridlock in Washington "No one will tell me how to vote, except the people of Maine," the former governor said. "The way the system works now, the party label means they're locked in. This is what Olympia Snowe told us in her parting remarks." King told the crowd of roughly 100 supporters that he was unsure if he could "do anything" in a divided Senate, making his decision to enter the race "very difficult."
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BSG
At its weekly meeting on Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Government discussed whether it should support changes to first year chem-free housing at the College, in light of a BSG report on the modifications and a hearing with chem-free students opposed to the proposed changes. The report was filed on April 1 by the Committee on Student Affairs, which was tasked by the Executive Committee of BSG to compile a comprehensive review of the proposed changes to chem-free housing. Alongside the report was a hearing with students John Grover '14 and Kailey Bennett '14, who argued that dissolving Hyde Hall—an entirely chem-free dorm—into floating floors would cause many complications.
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Bowdoin Brief: Chediak, Greenberg take top seats in BSG elections
Dani Chediak '13, vice president for student organizations, emerged victorious as next year's president of Bowdoin Student Government, garnering approximately 77 percent of the vote, with 562 votes. Among other goals, Chediak aspires to bring LSAT, MCAT, and GRE prep classes to Bowdoin's campus and to create an online queue that will help students gauge when campus shuttles will arrive. President of the first year class John Izzo ran opposite Chediak, garnering 170 votes.
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Vance offers painterly perspective
Rising star Lesley Vance will visit campus Wednesday in celebration of the opening of her solo exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The artist's still-life oil paintings push the conventions of the medium. She will discuss her approach with Mark Wethli, chair of the art department, next Wednesday.
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College reaches longtime goal of gender parity among faculty
This year is the first in Bowdoin's history that the faculty is composed of an equal number of men and women.
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Bates snaps 5-game winning streak for No. 11 men’s lacrosse
The men's lacrosse team won two challenging games this weekend only to lose to rival Bates on Wednesday. The Polar Bears (7-2, 4-2 NESCAC) had built up a five-game winning streak after a 9-7 win against Middlebury and a 9-6 win against Williams, but lost to the Bobcats for the first time in five years.
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Students protest report on chem-free housing
Students voiced opposition to a possible restructuring of chem-free housing in two open forums this week. The potential changes to chem-free housing—which would reshape how first years are assigned to rooms—could occur as soon as this fall. After surveying approximately 500 individuals including students, faculty and residential life staff members, a committee compiled a list of popular recommendations, which were published in a report in February. Perhaps the most controversial suggestion advanced by the committee was discontinuing Hyde Hall as the designated chem-free first 's status year brick, and adopting a "floating floor model on a two year trial basis" beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year.
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Which major is the hardest?
Perhaps you have noticed it, or even more likely, you have participated in the tremendous amount of showing off that occurs about how much work you have. "I have so much work, I'm SO stressed out," with the implicit I-have-way-more-work-than-you-do-you-wouldn't-understand-you-lazy-any-other-major-but-mine, is a phrase often heard around Bowdoin. As an English major, I hear this a lot from my pre-med and chemistry friends; I feel the need to constantly talk about my work load, just so they know that I'm probably working harder than them
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Hot bats lead softball to home sweep
After the softball team was swept by conference rival Tufts last weekend, Bowdoin split two games against Husson before coming home to finish its weekend with two wins against Thomas College. On Monday, the Polar Bears came away with 8-0 and 9-1 victories against Thomas at home, bringing their record to 15-8. Toni DaCampo '13 went 5-7 at the plate and had four RBI on the day, while the team tallied 26 hits over 11 innings.
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Admissions revises overnight pairing process
After years of essentially random pairings of Bowdoin overnight hosts and prospective students, the Student Admissions Volunteer Organization (SAVO), in collaboration with the Office of Admissions, instituted a new overnight process last fall. Visitors and hosts are now matched on the basis of on similar interests. Anna Wright '12, who is serving in her second year as the SAVO overnight student coordinator, said in an interview, "Before this year, it was really kind of random; I had a list of all my hosts, and I would just match them up, men with men, women with women."
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Track, swimming deserve recognition
It is not difficult to become a runner or a swimmer. Neither sport requires meticulous ball handling skills or amazing hand-eye coordination—just the energy to propel yourself off of the couch. With such minimal prerequisites for participating in these activities, it is no wonder that they have such little value on our campus.
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Filmmaker alumna tells personal story
Filmmaker and alumna Ali Codina '00 fielded questions from an emotional audience last Thursday after screening her 2009 debut documentary, "Monica and David," in Smith Auditorium.
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Women’s tennis wins twice, every player on team scores
After beating Wesleyan and Trinity last Saturday in Connecticut, the women's tennis team is surging with confidence as it enters the most challenging part of its season. Bowdoin defeated Trinity 5-1 and Wesleyan 9-0, and every player contributed at least one win in the matchups.
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Comprehensive fee to rise 3%, pending board vote
This week President Mills presented the proposed 2012-2013 budget to professors and administrative staff. The budget is projected to include a 3 percent increase of the comprehensive fee, a 4 percent increase of the faculty salary pool, and a 7 percent increase of the financial aid grant pool. These figures are not final, however, as the budget will be presented to the Board of Trustees in May for final approval. Mills said that based on modest projections for positive endowment growth of 7 percent per year, the College budget is balanced through 2015.
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Ultimate weekend as Chaos, Clown go undefeated at Open
The men's and women's ultimate Frisbee teams concluded their regular season on a high note last weekend. Both teams won the second annual Garden State Open Tournament, and neither lost a single game. The men are now ranked No. 5 of the D-III schools nationwide, and No. 66 overall. Not to be bested, the women's team is ranked No. 41 in the country and No. 6 for D-III. Both squads finish the regular season undefeated.
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Students awarded Fulbrights, Watson Fellowship
Several students received nationally competitive grants and scholarships this year, including a Watson Fellowship, two honorable mentions for the Udall Scholarship and, so far, two Fulbright Grants for English Teaching Assistantships. The Watson Fellowship is a prestigious and highly competitive one-year grant awarded to graduating seniors of "unusual promise" for a year of independent foreign travel and exploration. Upon accepting the $25,000 stipend, the fellows must agree not to return to the United States (or their home country) for 12 months and must embrace their independent projects on a large, potentially global scale.
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Foxconn controversy reveals campus news consumption
I went to Smith Union on Tuesday evening intending to find a handful of students to talk to me about the stories that have been percolating in the national news about Apple, Foxconn, and labor exploitation in China. Walking around the Union, I counted 70 people and at least 70 Apple products including MacBooks, iPods and iPhones.
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Sailors finish in top 8 three times, women ranked No. 11
The sailing team traversed New England this past weekend, sending crews to three different regattas. The women visited Brown University for the Dellenbaugh Trophy, where they took eighth of 18 top teams. Skippers Kaylee Schwitzer '15 and Lizzy Hamilton '15 were joined by crews Kim Dempsey '14, Ayaka Okawa '14 and Isabel Low '13. They are now ranked No. 11 in the country, the highest in program history.
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Women’s lacrosse rebounds from loss with two big wins
Coming back after its second conference loss of the season on Saturday to Middlebury, the women's lacrosse team bested Williams on Sunday and shellacked the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday for two wins. In Wednesday's match against Southern Maine, Bowdoin allowed its fewest goals of the season and outshot the Huskies 33-14 for a 14-3 victory.
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Women’s lax starts strong after 2011 title game appearance
After making it to last season's national championship game, the women's lacrosse team has large shoes to fill this year. And by winning four of its first six games this season, the team has shown it has what it takes to live up to these expectations. Bowdoin got off on the right foot with an 11-6 win against Connecticut College on March 10, and a 22-4 slaughter of Wheaton four days later.
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Alumnae discuss careers in arts
"His name is Paul Handler and he's my studio assistant," said artist Mara Sprafkin '02. "The only problem is he's fictitious."
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13.8% of regular decision applicants admitted to Class of 2016
The Office of Admissions has sent acceptance letters to 802 of 5,829 regular decision applicants, resulting in a 13.8 percent regular decision acceptance rate. Overall, 1,079 prospective students have been admitted to the Class of 2016—a 16.1 percent overall acceptance rate. The College received 6,716 applications this year, marking a 2 percent increase from last year. There was an 18 percent rise in applications from students of color compared to last year, a 13 percent increase from international students, a 29 percent increase in the number of applications from students in the Southwest, and a 22 percent raise in the South.
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Men’s lacrosse extends win streak to 3
With a 9-8 win against Springfield on Tuesday, the men's lacrosse team extended its winning streak to three games and brought its record to 5-1. Against Springfield, Billy Bergner '13, Griffin Cardew '14, Tyler Williams '15, Nathan Fritts '12, Mark Flibotte '12, and Brendan Hughes '12 all contributed goals. Hughes also won 13 of his 18 face-offs, and, with a face-off percentage of .673, he has the best mark in the league.
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Alternative Spring Break sends students near and far
Bowdoin's common good spread a little farther than normal in the last few weeks as the McKeen Center fielded another successful series of Alternative Spring Break trips.
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Visiting poet brings theatrics to reading
With verses that channeled the voices of butterfly-watchers, rugby players, and T.S. Eliot, poet Richard Berengarten graced Moulton Union on Tuesday with a performance showcasing his diverse work.
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Spring Gala nearly forgotten, BSG intercedes
The annual Spring Gala almost fell off this year's social calendar after the event was left without a overseer. In past years, an ad hoc committee comprised of students has collaborated with the Office of Student Activities to plan the event, but this year no such committee was formed, an oversight that was not caught until two members of Bowdoin Student Government discovered that financing for the event had not been secured.
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Softball off to hot start thanks to 7-1 DellaTorre
After playing two games a day eight times over a nine-day period, the softball team returned from its spring training trip to Florida with a 12-4 record. "I thought we played well," said Head Coach Ryan Sullivan. "We played pretty consistently as well, with maybe one or two lulls, which is to be expected on a long trip like the one we took."
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Celebrated Québécois writer to visit campus
Bowdoin College is worlds away from Haiti, and Dany Laferrière is worlds away from the young man he was when he fled his native Haiti and sought refuge in Montreal at the age of 23. Today, the 58 year-old has earned international esteem and numerous accolades as a novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
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Film studies to become program, more classes to be offered in fall
The film studies department will grow into an interdisciplinary program next year, the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort. As a program, more courses will be offered and professors from other disciplines will receieve joint appointments in film studies. When Tricia Welsch, chair of the film studies department, came to Bowdoin to replace the only member of the department in 1993, she sought to broaden the course offerings, and helped film studies become an approved minor in 2001.
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New chem-free proposals are flawed
About a month ago, the Chem- Free Housing Review Committee submitted its proposal for modifying first year chem-free housing. I would like to air some concerns about this proposal, even though I no longer live in chem-free housing
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Welch, Van Zant star on mound for 10-6 baseball
The men's baseball team kicked off its season in Florida over spring break, winning its first five games and finishing with an overall 10-6 record. Bowdoin outscored its opponents 72-61, while holding them to just 19 runs in their 10 wins. "It is harder to grind through physically and mentally pitch to pitch when you've played that many games in a short amount of time," Head Coach Mike Connolly said. "But it doesn't mean it can't be done."
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Brunswick resident arrested with marijuana, guns
The Brunswick Police Department (BPD) discovered 126 marijuana plants, along with numerous semiautomatic weapons and ballistic vests, large amounts of cash, and dozens of illegal prescription pills when it attempted to arrest Brunswick resident Aaron Fickett on unrelated charges during a March 12 visit to his apartment. Officers Kristian Oberg and Matthew Swan were on a routine patrol when they happened to run the license plate of Fickett, 27. They found an outstanding warrant for his arrest, issued when he failed to appear in court for charges of carrying a concealed weapon and refusing to submit to arrest.
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Uptick in sexually transmitted infections
Boy meets girl at a party. Boy and girl hook up. A common scenario at Bowdoin College. Then boy gives girl a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI), or vice versa—a scenario that seems to be recently spreading on campus. Earlier this month, Coordinator of Health Education Whitney Hogan sent an email to all first years as well as Peer Health regarding the recent upswing in diagnoses of STIs on campus. The email was then circulated to many other groups and individuals.
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Winter sports season wraps up with mixed results
Spring break was no vacation for a handful of winter sports teams whose seasons continued into March. Headlining the group was women's basketball, Bowdoin's only entrant into an NCAA tournament. The team made it to the Sweet 16 for the third straight year before being ousted by George Fox, the No. 3 team in the country and eventual runner-up to the title. With a final record of 21-8, the Polar Bears reached 19 victories for the 12th consecutive season.
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BSG discusses NESCAC alcohol survey, printing plan
Tim Foster, dean of student affairs, made an appearance at this week's Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) meeting to address preliminary data from the recent NESCAC-wide alcohol survey administered in early March. The academic affairs committee also proposed providing new funds to students who exceed their printing allocations. Of all nine of the NESCAC institutions that took part in the conference-wide survey—Amherst and Wesleyan did not partake—Bowdoin had the highest participation rate, with 78 percent of students filling out the questionnaire.
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Messina propels men’s hockey into NESCAC championship weekend
After outlasting Trinity 2-1 on Saturday, the second-seeded men's ice hockey team will take on third-ranked Middlebury tomorrow in the NESCAC semifinals. Trinity scored the first goal of the match 1:54 into the first period, but goaltender Steve Messina '14 stopped the next 31 shots to keep the Polar Bears in contention.
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Rapper Childish Gambino to headline Ivies Concert
Childish Gambino will headline this year's Ivies Concert, along with the indie-pop duo Phantogram and the DJ mash-up artist Milkman, according to the Entertainment Board (E-Board). Ivies, which will take place Saturday April 28, is the biggest show the E-Board plans each year and is both eagerly anticipated and widely attended by students. The E-Board's primary considerations in selecting the acts were the results of a student survey conducted last semester.
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‘Top Girls’ tackles Thatcherite struggle
This year marks the 40th anniversary of women at Bowdoin and the Department of Theater and Dance has not missed the opportunity to comment on the challenges women have faced breaking into various fields. "Top Girls," directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Abigail Killeen, tracks one driven woman's struggle to ascend the ladder of an employment agency in early-1980s Britain. The play, written by Caryl Churchill, premiered last night and will be performed again tonight and tomorrow.
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Ludy OT goal keeps women’s hockey alive
Thanks to a goal by Stephanie Ludy '13 with 21 seconds left in overtime, the women's hockey team is heading to the NESCAC semifinals for the third year in a row. The third-ranked Polar Bears will play second-seeded Amherst tomorrow after a 3-2 victory over Williams last Saturday.
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Satellite investment office established in New York City
Bowdoin has established a second investment office in New York City, College officials confirmed this week. A statement sent to the Orient did not disclose the date of the opening, though a February 22 article published on the website of Foundation and Endowment Intelligence suggests that it occurred earlier this year.
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‘Pillowman’ to bring dark humor, puppetry to stage
Zach Perez ‘12 will direct Martin McDonagh’s dystopian play as part of an independent study under Roger Bechtel
Featuring interweaving secret police investigations and puppetry sequences, senior Zach Perez's production of Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman" will run Wednesday and Thursday.
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Women’s basketball ousted by Tufts in NESCAC semis
The experience and fortitude of the women's basketball team will be put to the test today in what could be Bowdoin's final game of the season. After getting ousted from the NESCAC playoffs in a 55-40 loss to Tufts in the semifinals, the Polar Bears (19-7) will face the University of Southern Maine in the first round of the NCAA D-III tournament at 6 p.m. tonight in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Snowe will not seek re-election, King undecided
Maine senator cites lack
United States Senator Olympia Snowe shocked the Maine political scene on Tuesday when she announced that she would not seek re-election in November. Her decision prompted a flurry of speculation as to who would run for her seat. The senator made her announcement in a written statement, citing "an atmosphere of polarization and 'my way or the highway' ideologies" as the motivating forces behind her decision.
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Artist on quest for impossible to lecture
Renowned conceptual artist and documentary filmmaker Lenka Clayton is presently trying to send a handmade letter to every household in the world.
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Curling prepares for home bonspiel
After winning a national championship in its first season last year, Bowdoin's club curling team is looking to repeat its early success. More than halfway done with its season, which ends in April, the team has its sole home competition this weekend.
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Bowdoin's 'toxic' son
Robert Friedland is a man addicted to risk and profit. His life has taken him from a first year classroom at Bowdoin, to a cell in federal prison, to a commune with Steve Jobs, to a gold mine in Guyana, to the Forbes list of billionaires. This career trajectory may be unorthodox, but his desire to accrue wealth is undeniable. In whatever endeavor he chooses, Friedland has repeatedly shown that he is not afraid to seize opportunity, no matter how hazardous.
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Committee proposes chem-free changes
A committee charged with examining chem-free housing published recommendations this week for how to improve the system. If adopted, the proposed changes would alter the residential and social landscape for first year students. Under the current system, Hyde Hall is a chem-free living space and all incoming first year students who elect to live chem-free are placed there. The College, however, has no strict definition for the term chem-free.
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Despite popular perceptions, humans can be part of nature too
The idea of nature, of a pristine wilderness characterized by its separation from man, is a widely accepted notion. We are told—and believe—that to "experience" nature, we must step off of the paved road, away from the comforts of civilization. Some environments are more "natural" than others like, say, New York City, but true nature is inherently separate. Bill McKibben perfectly defines our concept of nature in his book, "The End of Nature," as "the separate and wild province, the world apart from man."
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Class of 2012 gift to fund financial aid over next four years
The Class of 2012 senior gift is one that promises to keep on giving to the College's financial aid program. Current seniors and members of the development office have begun the process of creating a class gift that will have an immediate impact on the Class of 2016. The gift will take the form of a new scholarship for financial aid. It is yet to be determined if a single student will benefit or if the funds will be divided among multiple students in the next academic year.
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BSG delays vote on use of force at student protests, to discuss C/D/F
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) touched upon a number of issues this week, ranging from the assembly's stance on the Northwestern University Associated Student Government's statement against police force during college protests to Bowdoin's credit/D/fail and add-drop systems.
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Records fly as men’s swimming posts best-ever finish at NESCACs
Ten school records fell on the way to the men's swimming and diving team's fifth-place finish at the NESCAC championships last weekend at Williams, marking the team's best ever performance in the 12-year history of the meet. Captain Mac Routh '12 posted the best Polar Bear finish by winning the 50 butterfly, while taking second in the 50 backstroke and fourth in the 100 fly. He set new Bowdoin records in all three events.
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Downeaster funding, Brunswick expansion threatened by new bills
The Downeaster expansion is being threatened by transportation bills now in Congress that could reduce funding. The bills awaiting votes in Congress would prohibit Maine and other states from using the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program to fund the train line, which is currently accounting for close to $6 million of the Downeaster's $15.1 million annual operating budget.
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Carter ’13 joins Cumberland County Dem-Committee
Junior Elisabeth Carter attended the Brunswick Democratic Caucus with no intention of becoming a local representative, but by the end of the Sunday meeting she was one of the 12 members of the Cumberland County Democratic Committee.
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Baxter, Ladd, and Helmreich lead in damages for first semester
A total of $7,899 in damages to student residences occured in fall 2011. According to the report compiled by Lisa Rendall, associate director of housing operations, Baxter House accrued $3,193 or 40.4 percent of the damage costs.
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College debuts new, efficient steam turbine system
Bowdoin's new steam turbine-generator, installed last summer, is officially up and running. The College finished commissioning and testing the turbine in early February, according to John Simoneau, facilities project manager. Since February 17, the earliest date for which data is available, the turbine has generated 71,032 kilowatt hours, or 18 percent of the campus' total electricity.
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Women’s swim has best NESCACs ever
An unprecedented 12 Bowdoin records fell at the women's NESCAC swimming and diving championships at Wesleyan last weekend. The Polar Bears shattered seven individual records and five relay marks on their way to a sixth-place finish, the best in program history.
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NPR’s ‘From the Top’ to record in Studzinski Hall
The sounds of Studzinski will hit the airwaves next week when National Public Radio's "From the Top" records a new installment of their program featuring Allen Wong Yu '14 on piano.
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72% of 2010 grads working, 4% searching, survey shows
Despite worries of scant employment opportunities for recent graduates, almost three-quarters of the Class of 2010 held paying jobs one year after graduation. It's unclear how this compares to previous years, as the College only recently began thoroughly tracking post-graduate activities. The vast majority of 2010 graduates—72 percent—are currently in paid employment, according to a survey conducted one year after graduation.
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Maine’s Poet Laureate responds to Longfellow
Taking the stage in blue jeans, a button-up shirt, tie, and brown New Balance shoes, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair introduced his audience to an oft-neglected element of Longfellow's poetry.
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Pre-Orientation trips to become mandatory
In a break from tradition, all incoming first years will spend their first night at the College together in Farley Field House. In an email sent to the student body on Wednesday, Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster announced that Pre-Orientation trips will be mandatory for the Class of 2016. The decision is part of an experimental change to the Bowdoin first year Orientation process. In past years, approximately a quarter of students did not participate in a Pre-O trip. "Our goal with this initiative is to create a common introduction for all entering students, rather than having participants and non-participants," wrote Foster in an email to the Orient.
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Women's basketball heads to NESCAC semifinals
In the women's basketball team's home NESCAC quarterfinal game against Wesleyan last Saturday, the Polar Bears held the Cardinals to just 37 points—the fewest an opponent has scored since Bowdoin's first game of the season. Bowdoin's defense clamped down from the start, holding Wesleyan to 20 points or fewer in each half for a 53-37 victory.
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Track women capture third at regionals
For the first time in a decade, the women's indoor track and field team finished third in the New England D-III championship with a total of 72 points. "I think the little efforts of everyone on the team culminated to the great performance this weekend," said captain Laura Peterson '12, who took fifth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump.
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‘History Boys’ explores educational methods, sexual identity
A group of unruly and existentialist British schoolboys take the Pickard stage this weekend in Masque and Gown's production of "History Boys."
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Applications to College Houses down; Ladd most popular again
Students hoping to live in one of the eight College Houses face competitive odds yet again. Residential Life received its second-highest number of applications ever for College Houses, with 295 students vying for 200 spots. While the number of applicants is down from last year's 346, Assistant Director of Residential Life Chris Rossi indicated that this year's applications are more evenly distributed among the eight houses.
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Middle Eastern stereotypes damaging to global society
If learning extends to the world beyond the classroom, it is sad to see that certain stereotypes endure when Americans pursue their studies abroad. As a Moroccan student at Bowdoin, I was deeply dismayed in realizing the persistence of American misconceptions about the Middle East so patent in Sam Frizell's Talk of the Quad piece "The far side of the strait" (February 17).
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Men’s track places fifth at D-III Championship, takes first in four events
The men's track and field team put on a show at the New England D-III Championship at Springfield College, placing fifth out of 24 teams last weekend. The Polar Bears won four of the 19 events, the highest total of any school. "In my four years, I don't think I have seen the team train and race with such dedication and seriousness," said Alex Williams '12, a member of the distance relay team that took first in a facility record time of 10:18.80.
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BSG takes up letter on national protests and first year council changes
Members of Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) fervently debated whether or not to sign a letter in defense of student protests on college campuses at their weekly meeting Wednesday. The letter on student protests up for discussion has been sent to various colleges throughout the country by the Northwestern University Associated Student Government in response to crackdowns on "Occupy" movements at UC Berkeley and UC Davis earlier this year.
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IT and library satisfaction survey debuts for College students, staff
Problems with printers? Cross-referencing crises? The Measuring Information Service Outcomes (MISO) Survey offers participants a chance to vent library and IT woes. Created at Bryn Mawr College in 2004, the MISO Survey collects student, faculty and staff opinions on both library and IT services from numerous campuses, allowing each college to compare its performance point by point to peer institutions. This is Bowdoin's first year using MISO; it is one of 30 participating colleges.
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Bowdoin Brief: J-Board has 43 apps for 5 to 6 spots, comparable to last year
Forty-three students have applied for membership on next year's Judicial Board (J-Board), a number consistent with previous years. Among those who applied, 22 applicants were first years, 18 students were sophomores, and three were members of the junior class.
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Wesleyan loss wraps up men’s basketball season
The men's basketball season came to an end after a 78-59 loss to Wesleyan in the NESCAC quarterfinals last Saturday. Though the game remained close for much of the first half, Wesleyan went on a 14-4 run to end the half with a 36-24 lead. The Cardinals continued to pull away after halftime, powered by double-digit performances by Mike Callaghan, Derick Beresford and Shasha Brown.
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Thanks to balanced barrage, men’s hockey secures home ice
After beating Wesleyan and Trinity last weekend at home, the men's ice hockey team clinched a first-round home playoff game. With two matches left to play, Bowdoin is second in the NESCAC standings behind Amherst.
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Seeking creature comfort, animal lovers bypass ‘no pets’ policy
There is a gecko in the Tower. His name is Queso.
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Art class explores aesthetics of time
Art and Time students create 24-hour video, capturing what normal clocks cannot
At first glance, the exhibition currently gracing the Fishbowl Gallery of the Visual Arts Center may seem contained, even minimal: a lone LCD screen hangs on the long white wall of the left wing while 15 modestly sized photographs occupy the other. The understated presentation, however, provides a foil for the strikingly vast, varied nature of the project.
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BSG to launch Uncommon Hour based on TED talks
Common Hour's monopoly on Friday lectures will soon come to an end with the start of Bowdoin Student Government's "Uncommon Hour." The program is styled after TED talks, a series of lectures featuring thinkers who are behind breakthroughs in science and cultural studies.
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Women’s basketball primed for playoffs after emotional season finale
In a year of ups and downs, the women's basketball team finished its season the right way. After a comfortable 70-56 win over Wesleyan on Friday, the Polar Bears (18-6, 7-3 NESCAC) had their senior day ceremony prior to their final game against Connecticut College on Saturday.
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Benchwarmers closes doors, Frosty’s reopens
Two Brunswick businesses faced diverging fates last Saturday; while the sports bar Benchwarmers closed its doors indefinitely, Frosty's Donuts reopened under new ownership.
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Renewable energy options abound in U.S.
While the official process of setting the federal budget for the fiscal year doesn't begin until October 1, Obama's energy department released its "wish list" earlier this week. Among other things, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and associates are proposing to remove $4 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel companies. At the same time, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy would benefit from a 29 percent hike in funding, up to $2.34 billion.
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Men’s basketball to rematch Wesleyan
The men's basketball team fell to Wesleyan last Friday but bounced back the next day with a victory against Connecticut College, clinching the No. 6 seed in the upcoming NESCAC tournament.
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Sophomore trio brings live broadcast sports to Bowdoin
If you happen to tune into WBOR 91.1 FM at the opportune moment, you just might be taken aback by talk of touchdowns and home runs in place of the station's usual indie fodder. For the first time in decades, sports broadcasting has returned to WBOR.
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53 students admitted in EDII, 5,818 apply regular decision
The Office of Admissions admitted 53 students through Early Decision (ED) II, putting the total of admitted students for the Class of 2016 through ED at 224, six fewer than to last year. Admissions will now begin to evaluate the regular decision pool, which consists of 5,818 applications.
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Museum director leaving for California museum
After a three-year career as director of the art museum, Kevin Salatino unexpectedly announced his plans to leave the College and become the director of art collections at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. He will maintain his post at Bowdoin through the summer.
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Women’s ice hockey splits weekend Hamilton series
The women's ice hockey team (11-8-3, 9-5-0 NESCAC) broke even against Hamilton (9-12-1, 6-8-0 NESCAC) last weekend, winning the first game but dropping the second.
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Curia, former lively forum, lies fallow
Bowdoin students may be expressing their opinions on the internet more than ever, but they are not doing it on Curia (bcuria.com), Bowdoin's life and culture blog. On the website, which is described on its "About" page as "a place to gather and discuss timely issues," there have been no new posts since November 30, 2011. Five posts have been created since the current editors—who wrote all five—Jimena Escudero '13 and Ursula Moreno-VanderLaan '13 took over this year.
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We need to know social network impact
To the Editors: In response to Daisy Alioto's "Facebook is important, deactivation movement is misguided" (February 10) and the ensuing online exchange between Alioto and Tyler Patton (the founder of the Facebook deactivation movement), the super-connection snowball might be unstoppable, and it may well crush all who refuse to plug in.
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Women’s soccer coach Maren Rojas departs
After five years of heading the women's soccer program, Maren Rojas has stepped down from her position as head coach. She recently accepted an assistant coach position on the Boston College women's soccer team, and left for Massachusetts on Wednesday. Nonetheless, Rojas attributes her decision to leave to more than just the offer from Boston College.
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Bowdoin’s chapter of The Globalist releases first issue of the year
Today marks the publication of the Bowdoin Globalist's inaugural issue. The content was initially published online this Wednesday, though hard copies of the magazine are now available on campus. This issue of the Globalist, an international affairs magazine with chapters based at other colleges and universities, focuses on "youth in revolt." The magazine's executive staff includes Lauren Speigel '12, Aaron Wolf '12, Gus Vergara '13, Stanton Cambridge '13, and Max Staiger '13.
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BSG weighs nationwide resolution condemning police brutality
The Northwestern University Associated Student Government approached Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) on February 7, urging it to sign a resolution that aims to condemn the use of unnecessary police force during protests on college campuses. The resolution was drafted in light of the allegedly violent protests occured at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis campuses last November.
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Students gain ‘Insight’ into curating
Art history students take to curatorial work with "Insight Out" at the BCMA
When James Bowdoin III donated his private art collection to the College in 1811, he started a tradition that lives on today.
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Swimming posts double victory at Colby in last meet before NESCACs
The aches and burns of a long season were not enough to deny the swimming and diving teams a definitive pair of wins over Colby last weekend. The men's team (5-1) routed the Mules by a score of 192-101, while the women (4-2) overpowered Colby 194-101.
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Amtrak comes to town, due in November
Over two and a half years since the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority began expanding Amtrak's Downeaster route from Portland to Brunswick, the tracks will finally reach the College this November. In an email to the Bowdoin Orient, onsite project manager Mike Lyne wrote that he is confident that construction of the platforms in Freeport and Brunswick are not far from completion.
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Track teams sweep Maine State Meet
Continuing their undefeated seasons, the men's and women's track teams took gold at the Maine State Indoor Championship at Bates last weekend. The men's team was seeded second going into the competition against Bates, Colby, and University of Southern Maine, but were able to edge out Bates for the win by just six points.
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Dean's List to perform Feb 18, Ivies under wraps
Students will have to wait at least another month for the much-anticipated announcement of the acts that will headline this year's Ivies concert, according to the Entertainment Board (E-Board). Nonetheless, to tide students over, the E-Board is bringing DJ/rap trio The Dean's List to play Smith Union on February 18 for its winter concert.
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Girls and Women in Sports Day to happen this weekend
As part of its annual Girls and Women in Sports Day, female student-athletes from Bowdoin will welcome local girls in grades K-12 to campus this weekend as part of an initiative to expose them to an array of sports.
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15 students leave Colby in wake of sexual misconduct
Fifteen Colby students have left the school, either in suspension or permanent withdrawal, as a result of the sexual misconduct that occurred there this fall. According to student newspaper The Colby Echo, the students are being cited for violating the College's policy on "sexual misconduct, lying to school officials and hindering an internal investigation."
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'Beyond the Bowdoin Hello' programming necessary
This past summer, Nylea Bivins '12 planned a week of programming dedicated to discussing identity, bias, privilege, and inequality. The fruits of her work were seen during the first week of this semester, in a series of events thoughtfully entitled "Beyond the Bowdoin Hello: Ask, Listen, Engage."
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Club volleyball undefeated in division
The season has just begun for the men's club volleyball team, and prospects are looking bright. The Polar Bears began practicing in early November, and participated in their first preseason tournament, the Marty Open, on January 29 in Fairfield, Conn.
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NFL’s Tagliabue to headline Anything But Straight
As part of an ongoing campaign against homophobia in sports, Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the National Football League, will visit campus on Monday. Tagliabue, who has a strong history of supporting gay rights, will deliver the keynote address at the third annual "Anything but Straight in Athletics" event. Created in 2010, the annual event is aimed at supporting the Bowdoin LGBT athletic community and eliminating homophobia in sports. One of the founders, Ben Chadwick '11, was an openly gay member of the men's lacrosse team.
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Isseroff off the mark; bias should be address
Dear My Dear Author Mr. Isseroff, I write in response to your column in last week's issue remarking on the "thoughtlessness" of the "Beyond the Bowdoin Hello" series, likening it to that which has corrupted the ideals of today's Republican Party ("Republicans and the 'Bowdoin Hello' face distortions of original meanings," February 3).
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3.4% increase in Res Life applications; new process
One hundred and forty-five people applied for positions as proctors and RAs on the Residential Life staff for the next academic year—the highest applicant pool ever. Nonetheless, this number is only 3.4 percent larger than the 141 people who applied last year for the same 71 positions. This year's pool contains 46 current staff members who have reapplied and 99 new applicants. Twenty-six members of the staff are graduating in May.
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Facebook is important, deactivation movement is misguided
Over winter break I met my friend Emily for lunch in Boston. To passersby we probably looked like old friends—effortlessly conversing about our families, friends and campus life.
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Men’s basketball defeats Ephs, narrowly loses to No. 1 Middlebury
The men's basketball team triumphed against Williams on Sunday in an 89-84 overtime victory, beating the Ephs for the first time since 2009.
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Bowdoin set to hire 2 tenure-track professors in gov, anthro
The College is set to hire two new faculty members, reducing the number of ongoing tenure-track faculty searches to nine. The anthropology and government departments have selected Gregory Beckett and Andrew Rudalevige, respectively, to begin teaching next fall.
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Travel-heavy weekend ends in loss, OT draw for men’s hockey
After stunning Amherst 7-4 four weeks ago to start an undefeated streak throughout the month of January, the men's ice hockey team fell to the Lord Jeffs in a 3-1 loss last Friday.
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Mentoring group pairs first years, seniors
Last Thursday marked the beginning of a new student-led mentoring program on campus: Generous Enthusiasts. The program, spearheaded by Anna Ackerman '12 and Laura Armstrong '12 is meant to improve social relations between first year students and upperclassmen and thereby help first years branch out socially. The self-selecting nature of the program is meant to make it feel less forced. Unlike the existing "buddy" system run through the College Houses, Generous Enthusiasts is fueled by students who are all eager and willing to interact with first years within the partnership.
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Miller paces skiers, Hoose breaks out
A bout of bad luck hit the Nordic ski team last weekend at the University of Vermont Carnival: two of the team's top contributors were unable to compete due to injuries. "We've been a bit snakebit this year, with an unusual number of injuries and illnesses hitting our team," wrote Coach Nathan Alsobrook in an email to the Orient.
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Record number of requests by end of Add/Drop period
Twenty-one percent of classes were at or above capacity by the end of Bowdoin's two-week add/drop period last Friday. This year 1,043 add/drop cards were received compared to 980 last spring, a 6.4 percent increase. Registrar Jan Brackett said that numbers have not been this high since the spring of 2007, when the Office of the Registrar also coincidentally received 1,043 cards.
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BSG debates changes to structure of first year Class Council
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) continued deliberations Wednesday regarding a potential change to the first year Class Council system that will come to a vote next week. If approved by the BSG Executive Committee, the change would allow BSG to convene a month earlier than usual, giving the Student Organizations Oversight Committee more time to work with nascent and existing clubs on campus.
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Men’s basketball beats Colby by 27, tied for No. 6 in NESCAC
The Bowdoin-Colby rivalry was at its peak last Saturday when approximately 750 fans packed Morrell Gymnasium as the men's basketball team brushed the Mules aside with a score of 67-40.
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Student trio to bring late-night food truck to campus
If grilled cheese sandwiches stuffed with bacon and chicken fingers sound like a perfect addition to your Saturday night, take heart in the news that exactly this sort of fare will soon grace the Smith Union parking lot. A weekend food truck, run by Steve Borukhin '14, Isaac Brower '13, and Eric Edelman '13 will cater to late-night carb cravings long after Super Snacks closes its doors.
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OneCard accepted by Brunswick businesses
Domino's Pizza, Aki Sushi, and Big Top Deli first to sign on
After many years of false starts, OneCards will be accepted as payment at select businesses in downtown Brunswick. Domino's Pizza, Aki Sushi, and Big Top Deli are currently set up to accept student identification cards as payment, with more businesses soon to join.
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Tournées Festival brings six Francophone films to campus
A Chadian man sends his son to war; a failing magician forms an unlikely friendship in Scotland; a disabled woman travels to the Pyrenees. These diverse characters and more will come to Bowdoin next week as part of the Tournées Festival.
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Holtz, Tess-Wanat lead women’s hockey to sweep over Williams
After facing off in a two-game series against Williams, the women's ice hockey team swept the Ephs to move to third place in the NESCAC last weekend. No. 3 Bowdoin (8-7-3, 6-4-0 NESCAC) beat No. 5 Williams (9-9-0, 5-5-0 NESCAC) 4-2 on Friday and 3-0 on Saturday, with Kayte Holtz '13 scoring go-ahead goals in the final period both days.
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College boasts world's fastest wireless technology
Perennial groans regarding the inadequacies of the College's Internet connectivity may finally fall silent. The College has nearly completed the installation of the world's fastest wireless technology, a process which began in early December. Mitch Davis, Bowdoin's chief information officer, negotiated a deal with Cisco that brought the company's brand new, top-of-the-line wireless system to campus, placing Bowdoin among the first three organizations to receive a shipment of the company's new Aironet 3600 Series wireless access points.
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Hockey games should not resemble carnivals
I attended a Bowdoin men's hockey game last December with an old friend whose son is a Bowdoin student. Great hockey, great arena. But the deafening musical assault—which relentlessly attacks and overwhelms the ear of every attendee during every single possible break in the action (even for 20 seconds, while the players quickly "set up" for a face-off)—is extraordinary. But not just extraordinary, disorienting. We almost always had to yell at each other if we wanted to speak—and we were sitting right next to each other.
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College house application process altered
With the application deadline for College House residency just around the corner, interested students will be subject to a new interview process designed to improve the increasingly competitive College House application process. The new method is meant to be more personal and to grant current College House members a larger role in choosing new residents.
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Facebook mass deactivation experiment hits College
College students propelled Facebook to popularity, and at Bowdoin, they are now experimenting with deactivation en masse. Last Monday, Tyler Patton '12 and Ruiqi Tang '13 launched massdeactivation.blogspot.com, the site of their self-proclaimed "social experiment" that urges Bowdoin students to disable their Facebook profiles from February 8 to March 8. During this time, profiles will not be deleted but dormant, allowing students the option to resume their presence on the social network after the trial period.
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Learning from Abbey’s environmentalism
For better or worse, modern-day environmentalism has become an increasingly global movement. There is plenty of logic behind this transition: greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-powered plant in China or South Africa do not just impact local populations, but on people around the world. Population growth in Nigeria or India will increase demand for food commodities and valuable resources worldwide.
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Maine Event treats squash teams well
After winning a combined 11 matches in the first two months of the season, the men's and women's squash teams beat eight more opponents at last weekend's Maine Event, bringing the men's record to 10-11 and the women's to 9-9.
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Michael Bartini hired as new head of financial aid
The College announced Tuesday that Michael Bartini will replace Stephen Joyce as the director of student aid. Bartini will begin working at the College this week, but will not officially replace Joyce until July.
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Orbit will offer customizable activity feeds
The Orbit, which replaced the Student Digest last spring as the College's announcement network, is in flux once again.
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Film crew from C-SPAN records 'The Wire' class on Wednesday
On Wednesday, a film crew arrived on campus to tape Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Brian Purnell's "The Wire": Race, Class, Gender and the Urban Crisis." The course will be featured on C-SPAN's "Lectures in History" series on an upcoming Saturday.
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BSG debates council elections, approves T-shirt funding request
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) presented projects for the coming weeks and settled lingering matters from last semester this Wednesday in its first session of 2012.
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Vassar College accidentally admits 76 students under ED II
Seventy-six would-be members of the Vassar College Class of 2016 had to put a cork in their festivities last Friday after finding out that the college had, in fact, not intended to offer them admission.
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Claremont McKenna found to have lied to U.S. News on SAT data
On Monday, the news broke nationwide that since 2005, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) had reported inflated SAT scores to the Department of Education, U.S. News & World Report, and various credit rating firms in efforts to elevate the college's ranking.
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Strong January play elevates men’s hockey to No. 2 in NESCAC
One year removed from a NESCAC championship victory against Williams, the men's hockey team has nearly matched last season's breakneck pace after 17 games. After the team lost two straight games in early December, it has gone 8-1-1 and sits comfortably at second in the conference (11-4-2, 8-2-2 NESCAC).
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Class of 2016 apps increase 2% from last year, set record
The Office of Admissions has received a total of 6,694 applications for the Class of 2016 so far, a 2 percent increase from last year's applicant pool and an all-time record for the College.
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Wethli's 'Civitas' maps democracy at Muskie School
I never saw the Muskie School of Public Service atrium before Professor of Art Mark Wethli's new sculpture, "Civitas," was installed, but I try not to imagine the space without it. With its bare white walls, stretches of glass and gray trim, it is no wonder the space, part of the University of Southern Maine in Portland, "struck a lot of people as being a little cold."
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Henrikson paces women’s basketball during break to 13-5 record
While much of Polar Bear Nation was at home hibernating over break, the women's basketball team was sprinting up and down the court in Thousand Oaks, Calif., at the Posada Royale Holiday Classic. A winter of games and training has put the team in a solid position for the stretch leading up to the NESCAC tournament.
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Town joins College in week-long diversity series
On Sunday, students returned to campus for the start of a diversity awareness week aimed at stimulating conversations about difference and identity in the Bowdoin and Brunswick communities.
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Squash posts mixed results in recent play
In the past two days, the men's squash team has gone 1-1 against its two in-state NESCAC competitors, losing to Bates 7-2 on Wednesday before beating Colby in a competitive 5-4 battle last night.
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Frosty's Donuts soon to reopen doors under new ownership
Though the door of Brunswick's Frosty's Donuts has displayed a "Closed" sign since last June, new owners Nels Omdal and his wife Shelby St. Andre are working hard to flip the sign to "Open" in just a few weeks.
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Government professor departs unexpectedly mid-year
For professors like former Assistant Professor of Government Shelley Deane, teaching at Bowdoin might be just the beginning of their careers.
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Track teams make easy work of first meets
The men's and women's track teams are off to a season of individual and team-wide successes, crushing personal records and sweeping regional competitions. The men hit the ground running before winter break with a first-place finish at the Southern Maine Invitational on December 10.
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Distribution requirement reform is elusive
For those students fed up with the challenge of finding courses that will satisfy their distribution requirements, relief does not appear on the horizon.
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Colby weekend ends in stunning defeat for men’s hockey
After a resounding 6-2 victory over Colby last Friday, the men's hockey team has struggled in its last two games, falling to Colby and the University of Southern Maine (USM). At USM on Tuesday, the Polar Bears quickly took the lead after Ollie Koo '14 scored his first goal of the season just three minutes into the first period.
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Sculpture classes transform everyday materials into art
According to Sculpture I and II students, Lecturer of Art John Bisbee oft-repeated mantra this semester has been: "Let the material tell you what it wants to do." Sculpture I and II students will exhibit their work tonight at Fort Andross.
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From Vietnam to Maine: exploring Bowdoin’s international appeal
If people outside Maine can barely pronounce Bowdoin, often calling it "BOW-doyn," then how do students from as far away as Kenya and Vietnam find out about the College? Why do international students choose to attend a school that most people outside the United States have never heard of?
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BCS, FIFA are money-grubbing ‘nonprofits’
This past weekend, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) released its selections for this season's football bowl games. The decision to create a LSU-Alabama rematch in the title game has garnered the most controversy from the national media. However, I see the inclusion of Michigan and Virginia Tech in bowl games as the most perilous development.
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Swimming teams place fifth at MIT
At the MIT Invitational, a two-day event that left the swimming and diving teams more fatigued than usual, both the men and women finished fifth. The men collected 324.5 points, well behind national powerhouse MIT, who won the meet with 1,397.5 points.
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Shocking snacks, stimulants: an editor’s guide to pulling an all-nighter
'Tis the season for sleepless nights: Finals are nigh and late nights will soon become the norm. Working through the wee hours may not offer the thrill of launching Looney Toons-inspired Santa traps, but all-nighters need not be miserable. I pull many of them, and while I can't speak to the health benefits of foregoing forty winks, I can offer a seasoned set of tips for how to do it best.
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NESCAC to survey on-campus alcohol use
In the aftermath of a series of conversations between NESCAC student affairs deans, Bowdoin will join eight other colleges in the conference in conducting comprehensive surveys on student alcohol consumption. The plan for the spring survey was crystallized last week at the NESCAC deans' annual meeting in Boston.
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Fencing finishes fall with new coach, strong results
Although the Bowdoin Fencing Club may fly under the radar on campus, practicing late at night in Sargent Gym and carpooling to tournaments, the group has proven this fall that it can be competitive in regional competition. This year, the club has the assistance of a coach for the first time: Eric Ritter, an instructor from the Down East School of Fencing.
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Bates’ Kerner replaces Torrey
Kelly Kerner will be leaving Bates College and joining Bowdoin as senior vice president for development and alumni relations. He will replace Bill Torrey, who worked at the College for more than 20 years and is currently serving as vice president for university advancement at Bentley University.
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Brunswick children prepare for Skate With Polar Bears Food Drive
Bowdoin will host the annual Skate With the Polar Bears Food Drive on Sunday, inviting children from the greater Brunswick community to come for a free skate with the men's and women's hockey teams. The two-hour event will take place in Watson Arena starting at 12:15 p.m.
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Women at Bowdoin archival website launches
One afternoon in Sills Hall in the early 1980s, a female administrator walked into the office of communications professor Barbara Kaster, one the first women to be appointed to a full professorship at the College. The administrator asked if Kaster had noticed that the Kotex machine in the women's restroom was empty, and said that she had called Facilities Management to refill the machine two weeks earlier.
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BSG Report
On Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) president Derek Brooks '12 discussed the faculty's rejection of the proposal to extend Thanksgiving break at the Monday night faculty meeting.
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Fall End-of-Season Awards
This fall, 16 Bowdoin athletes and two coaches received a combined 34 end-of-season awards following successful seasons.
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Start of 2012 brings new team doctor
The Athletic Training Department will be welcoming a new team doctor starting January 1, when Michael Pleacher will replace Lucien Ouellette. The change in staffing is a result of the establishment of a new OA Centers for Orthopaedics location in Brunswick, where Pleacher was hired as a sports medicine specialist.
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Increased security, penalties hamper campus roof climbing
Though gazing up at the stars and down at the campus from the roof of a College building may be scenic, it is also a serious violation of campus policy.
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Women open NESCAC play against Mules
After starting the season with two difficult games, the women's ice hockey team begins NESCAC play against Colby tonight at home before traveling to Waterville tomorrow to play the Mules again. Though it is 0-1-1, Head Coach Marissa O'Neil said the team feels prepared to face Colby (1-2-1). She said the Polar Bears will have their work cut out for them, as the Colby defensive unit is highly physical, aggressive, and is anchored by a strong goalie.
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Occupy Bowdoin hosts first campus gathering
Protest signs bearing phrases like "People Before Profits" and "What About Economic Justice?" lined the hallway leading to Smith Auditorium on Tuesday. Over 100 individuals gathered in the auditorium that afternoon to partake in the inaugural Occupy Bowdoin Teach-In, organized by Robbie Benson '14 and Ricardo Zarate '13.
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Senior majors exhibit range of work in rare Portland show
Twelve senior visual arts majors to present semester's work in Portland show
After weeks of painstaking sketching, crafting and creating, the senior visual arts majors will display their work in a one-night show tonight in Portland. No Bowdoin students in recent memory have exhibited their art in Portland without faculty work alongside it.
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Men’s hockey team reloads after strong 2010 season
Heading into arguably its two biggest games of the year this weekend against Colby, the men's hockey team is in a solid position after playing to a 2-1-1 record in its first four official games of the season. Bowdoin began the season facing tough competition from Williams and Middlebury.
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Sexual allegations stir Colby
Controversy has enveloped Colby College in wake of allegations of sexual assault involving multiple members of its football team. The Colby administration has disclosed neither when the alleged assault took place, nor the details of it, but suspended three football players on November 11, just one day prior to the game between Colby and Bowdoin. The school did not explicitly state that the players were responsible for the alleged assault.
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December Dance Concert brings comedy, grace, revolution to stage
This year's December Dance Concert is particularly notable as it marks the stage debut of Bowdoin's repertory ballet program. Charlotte Griffin, assistant professor of theater and dance, was brought to Bowdoin in 2010 to expand the dance department's offerings.
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Squash posts victories at season opener
Both the men's and women's squash teams began the season on high notes, taking home a combined three wins during their season opener at the Harvard Round Robin two weeks ago. The No. 18 men's team bested two nationally-ranked opponents, Stanford and Tufts, in commanding back-to-back 7-2 victories.
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BSG approves resolution to extend Thanksgiving Break
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) voted 20 to one in favor of a proposal to extend Thanksgiving break to a week. The faculty will vote next Monday on the proposal.
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Students to display directing skills on stage next week
The 10 students in Theatre 270 will present one-act final projects this Monday and Tuesday
Though campus audiences are used to students taking the stage as actors, it is a little rarer to find them in the director's chair. This semester, however, students enrolled in Professor of Theater Davis Robinson's directing class learned the tricks of the trade and will showcase their self-produced scenes Monday and Tuesday.
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Website will allow students to track shuttle vans
Students will soon no longer have to guess whether the shuttle is worth the wait. In the next few weeks, Information Technology (IT) will finalize and launch a website that allows students to track the location of shuttle vans in nearly real time. The service has been in development over the past month and will be accessible online through the student gateway.
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Men’s basketball starts year with three wins, two close losses
The men's basketball team has opened up its season with a 3-2 record, with both losses determined in the final seconds. In their opening game, the Polar Bears traveled to UMass-Dartmouth where they won the 2011 Hampton Inn Classic. After a routine 72-38 win over the University of Maine-Farmington, the Polar Bears overcame their hosts in the tournament final 66-61.
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Jared Porter '03 promoted by Red Sox, to speak at Baxter Dec. 9
The Boston Red Sox announced last week that Jared Porter '03 has been promoted to Director, Professional Scouting, in what has already amounted to be one of the team's most eventful offseasons in recent memory.
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Women’s basketball off to 3-1 start
Sprinting down the court, guard Jill Henrikson '12 collected the outlet pass from forward Alexa Barry '12 and dribbled hard to the basket. Plymouth State's defender simply could not keep up, and Henrikson beat her to the basket for an easy two points. By the end of the game, the run-and-gun offense of the women's basketball team was simply too much for Plymouth State, as the Polar Bears handled the Panthers 80-27.
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Bowdoin Brief: 45 Maine St. owner pleads guilty to civil violation in court
Orville Ranger, the owner of the 45 Maine St. property that was destroyed in last April's fire, pleaded guilty in court two weeks ago to a civil violation of the Uniform Fire Code and Life Safety Code. He will pay a $500 fine for failure to provide more than one means of egress from the second floor of the building.
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Bowdoin Brief: Maine senator Joseph Sewall '43 passes away at age of 89
Joseph Sewall '43, former Republican president of the Maine Senate and prominent businessman, died at the age of 89 on November 23.
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Do colleges actually ask serious questions?
To the Editors: I read the Bowdoin Orient article "NAS research now occurring on campus" (November 18). Michael Toscano, the primary researcher for this project asks the question, "What does Bowdoin teach?" I too would like to know what Bowdoin teaches. Oh, not the names of courses and programs.
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Curtain Callers set for second-ever production
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" has all of the trappings of a great musical: audience participation, improvisation, and wry jabs at the English language. In their second-ever production, Curtain Callers take on the Tony-winning musical tonight and tomorrow.
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Business as usual: Field hockey advances to D-III semifinals
Like a veteran surgeon performing open-heart surgery, the field hockey team dissected its first two opponents in the NCAA D-III tournament last weekend to once again earn a spot in the Final Four. After No. 1 Bowdoin defeated the Keene State Owls in a 4-0 victory, the team trounced the talented MIT Engineers in a 3-0 regional final shutout.
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C-store’s convenient location trumps inflated prices, students say
Ask a Bowdoin student about the prices at the C-Store, and the response is almost uniformly a comment on the high costs, accompanied by a resigned shake of the head. The C-Store, based on these responses, has become decidedly more expensive.
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ED I apps increase 3.7 percent, new high
The Office of Admissions received 589 applications for the first round of Early Decision, the largest number in the College history. Despite last Tuesday's deadline, this number is not a final count for the total ED I applications that the office will receive. "Some arrive in the mail and some applications come in incomplete, so this is just a preliminary number," explained Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn. "It will probably be another week to ten days before we have our final number."
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Dark materials: Bisbee, Fensterstock
At first glance, Lauren Fensterstock and Lecturer of Art John Bisbee make an unlikely artistic pair. She fashions fragile, black paper flowers; he crafts bold abstract forms from metal spikes. She uses the centuries-old quilling technique popular among Renaissance nuns; he hammers, welds and bends iron into submission. Fensterstock's pieces—highly-detailed terrariums—are encased behind glass; Bisbee's spikes jut into space, even threatening unobservant ankles in the case of "Charge 2," a floor piece.
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Men’s cross country heads to nationals
The cross country program had a banner day when it hosted the NCAA New England D-III Regional race last Saturday. The men's team placed third out of 49 teams, and earned a trip to the national championship. The women's team ran a solid race, placing eighth out of 51, but did not manage to qualify. Two female runners, however, will be moving on as individuals.
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Second round loss closes historic volleyball season
The volleyball team's historic season ended in a fiercely fought 3-2 loss to UMass-Boston in the second round of the NCAA D-III Tournament last Saturday. The team finished its record-breaking season with a record of 27-3—the most wins in program history—and its first perfect 10-0 record in the NESCAC. To top off this impressive run, 2011 saw the Polar Bears winning their first ever NESCAC Championship, their first D-III entry, and their first D-III Tournament match.
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Historical perspective: Hazing through the ages at Bowdoin
One hundred and thirty years ago, hazing at Bowdoin might have encompassed fraternal coal-throwing and accidental blindness. The New York Times ran a story entitled "Old-Time Hazing at Bowdoin," on November 28, 1881. The article reads: "The Maine newspapers tell us that a Portland lawyer has brought suit claiming $10,000 from each of seven Sophomores in Bowdoin College for injuries to his Freshman son's eyes by a piece of coal thrown through his window in a hazing scrape. This brings to the mind of a corresponddent (sic) of the Journal the tradition of a notable incident of the same kind in the same college many years ago."
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Transport numbers consistent with past years’
Thirteen Bowdoin students have been transported to Parkview Adventist Medical Center due to over-consumption of alcohol since September. According to Tim Foster, dean of student affairs, this number shows that "we are tracking almost identically to last year," when 12 students had been transported by the third week of November. Yet this year, the numbers rose quickly. In September alone, six first year students were transported to Parkview for alcohol-related reasons. The head proctors of each first year dorm sent an email to the entire class of 2015, in an effort to curb the heavy drinking.
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Job shortage, fraught future for students
Last week, the Pew Research Center released a new report about the "rising age-gap in economic well-being." Although the Occupy Wall Street movement has called attention to the vast wealth gap between the so-called 99 percent and the 1 percent, Pew decided to take a closer look at trends in the distribution of wealth by age groups.
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Despite clutter, H-L Library lightens burden of schoolwork
Among the strangest aspects of my transition to college was adapting to working in a public space. While the desk in my West Hall double offered me a private, personal place to do homework, there were several buildings nearby where I could attempt—and occasionally succeed—at finishing all of my assigned reading. Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L) was one such spot, and has remained a favorite for the past three and a half years.
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Seeking someone special with Bowdoin Date Week Personals
As part of Date Week, we want to give students the opportunity to anonymously post what they are looking for in a partner.
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Mitchell ’54 speech launches oral history project
Former Senator George J. Mitchell '54 addressed a sold out Pickard Theater at the launch of the library's George J. Mitchell Oral History Project. The Oral History Project, a three year endeavor, launched on Monday night and can now be viewed online. According to the website, the project has collected approximately 200 transcripts of interviews from Mitchell's friends and family, as well as senators and staff members, public policy officials, foreign policy specialists, and more. Together, the testimonies shed light on Mitchell's life, political career, and numerous accomplishments.
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Women’s basketball, ice hockey lead winter teams
Across campus, Polar Bears are gearing up for the start of the winter sports season, and if last year is any indication, Bowdoin has a lot to look forward to. Women's basketball, in particular, had an impressive record of 24-6 that brought it to the NESCAC championship game and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
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Ed Lee ’74 wins mayoral election in San Francisco
Bowdoin students may recognize newly-elected San Francisco mayor Ed Lee '74 from his flashy web campaign ad, which featured rappers M.C. Hammer and Will.i.am, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and Giants closer Brian Wilson, among others. Lee's November 9 victory made history: he is the city's first mayor of Chinese descent. A third of San Francisco's population identifies as Asian American.
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In preparation for winter openers, strong men’s teams promise to deliver
Whether it's "being in the hunt," in the words of Terry Meagher, the men's hockey coach—or being in "the upper grouping of the NESCAC," as men's basketball coach Tim Gilbride called it—many of the men's winter sports teams seem to think they have a shot at winning a NESCAC title. "It's the best conference in the country," said Director of Athletics Jeff Ward of the difficulty of claiming a NESCAC crown. Though the league's competitiveness makes the regular season grueling, it prepares teams for success in NCAA play.
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Occupy movement evolves at Bowdoin, other nearby schools
A month after Occupy Bowdoin's posters first appeared, the group will host a "teach-in" on Tuesday, November 29 at 4 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The event will feature brief addresses by various professors, and a local representative from Occupy Brunswick. A representative from the American Civil Liberties Union may also speak, but has yet to be confirmed. The floor will then be opened to general discussion.
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Windy weekend caps off strong fall sailing season
A long trip for the coed sailing team proved to be worthwhile last weekend, as Bowdoin took second at the Atlantic Coast Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. Though the Saturday conditions were mild, the regatta was cut short because of insufficient wind on Sunday. Pete Edmunds '14 and Mae Speight '13 sailed to third place in the A division, while captain Jeff Goodrich '12 sailed with Clare Henry '12 in the B division, which they won with 14 points.
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‘Beyond the choir:’ broadening student support for carbon neutrality
NEWS ANALYSIS
How do you make people care about the choices they make if they cannot see the consequences? How do you rally a student body not known for collective activism around a single cause? The challenges in sparking student commitment to carbon neutrality are colossal; but behavioral changes are part of the College's plan to neutralize its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Every individual on campus must reduce their annual carbon footprint by 500 pounds of CO2, and while this component of the overall reduction may be minimal, it is a critical one, according to Coordinator for a Sustainable Bowdoin Keisha Payson.
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While concussions down from last year, College sees general increase in reports
Twenty-five Bowdoin athletes and non-athletes have sustained concussions this year, down from 39 in Fall 2010. Despite the decreasing trend, the College has seen an overall increase in reports of the injury in the past years. As concussions have received heightened scrutiny nationally, the College has in turn increased its efforts to both raise awareness of the injury and educate students of its impact.
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Baxter leads in on-campus housing damages
According to Facilities Management, damage to on-campus housing has decreased by five percent over the past semester in comparison to Fall 2010, though the figure is likely to shift as the year continues. While the complete statistics will not be compiled until the end of the semester, thus far Baxter House has accrued the most abuse, at slightly under $2,000 in damages, and Ladd House is second, with $1,200.
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BSG approves Black Friday shuttle service, debates break
With over 10 representatives absent, a scant Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) assembled on Wednesday to discuss the contentious issue of extending Thanksgiving break by two school days. The increasing geographical diversity of the College—over 59 percent of the Class of 2015 is from outside New England—has prompted concerns regarding students' inability to travel home during the holiday. In the past few years, more and more students have been unable to return home and have been forced to remain on campus during Thanksgiving due to the brevity of the three day break.
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Bowdoin Brief: Quinby House experiences changes in leadership
Following the removal of three residents by the Office of Residential Life (ResLife), Quinby House has undergone several changes in leadership. According to the policy outlined in the College House Constitution, the vice president will assume the presidency if that position becomes vacant. Former vice president Maura Allen '14 is the new president of Quinby House. The house elected Sam Shapiro '14 to the vice presidency.
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Best of Bowdoin barbers: students specialize in campus cuts
Given the size of the Brunswick community it is no wonder that students sometimes struggle to find a cheap and convenient haircut.
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Cross-dressing comedy lights up stage
For many actors, the opportunity to perform a work by Shakesepeare elicits both excitement and trepidation. Despite the fact that performing one of the playwright's works is often the highlight of an actor's career, the Elizabethan texts can seem antiquated and inaccessible to some. Masque and Gown took the plunge in performing "Twelfth Night".
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Field hockey beats Middlebury, 6th conference title in 7 years
Undefeated regular season? Check. NESCAC championship? Check. National championship? They are just a few games away.
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Faculty to debate extending Thanksgiving break
Fall break would be shortened by one day to allow a new weeklong Thanksgiving break
Students who hail from far-flung corners of the country and cannot travel home for the Thanksgiving holiday can take heart in a proposal put forward to the faculty on Monday.
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WBOR concert entertains, even without Kreayshawn
Surfer Blood still well-received at fall concert after starting act withdraws from performance
The WBOR fall concert took a last-minute turn on Friday after the cancellation of its first professional act, Kreayshawn. Earlier Friday evening, the singer tweeted, "As you know I have bronchitis and won't be able to perform for the beautiful young Bowdoin College peoples tonight #sorry."
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College announces language minors in Chinese, Japanese
At the faculty meeting on Monday, the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee (CEP) announced its decision to add minors in Chinese and Japanese languages. This decision will apply to graduates of the Class of 2012.
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Wild weekend brings Bowdoin title
For the first time in its quarter of a century history, the women's volleyball team has won the NESCAC championship title. In an almost unheard of 3-0 NESCAC final victory, the team handily defeated defending champion Middlebury last Sunday with set scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-17.
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48-Hour Film Fest awards two prizes to ‘Beer Goggles’
For six student filmmakers, fulfilling the criteria for the 48-Hour Film Festival required inspiration, improvisation and maybe even a little lens solution.
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Tax credits help loan-burdened students who live in Maine
A college degree has never been more expensive. According to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, college tuition has increased more than 439 percent since 1982 and 5 percent since last year.
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2011 squad secures spot in history
Some say volleyball has never really been an East Coast thing, and others think Bowdoin's athletics can't compete with its academics, but anyone following the team this year would be quick to disagree with both assertions. Head Coach Karen Corey's team has cemented itself as the best in school history. The list of accolades for this team seems to, quite literally, grow by the day.
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Meddies haze? Not by College definition
According to the hazing policy posted on the Bowdoin website, the College defines hazing as any initiation activity that "1) physically or psychologically humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers—regardless of a person's willingness to participate; 2) results in the disruption of the educational process or the impairment of academic performance; or 3) violates College policy or state law."
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Library opts against restricting online access to explicit material
According to the Bowdoin administration and the Office of Safety and Security, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library) will continue its policy to not restrict Internet access, though the public computers in H-L Library have been used to view pornographic materials.
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Hanczor ’12 solidifies legacy as conference Player of Year
With her final kill in Morrell Gymnasium last Sunday, captain Kristin Hanczor '12 not only sealed Bowdoin's first NESCAC volleyball championship but also cemented her place in team history. The team's remarkable 3-0 victory over defending champion Middlebury in the championship match on Sunday was due in no small part to Hanczor's leadership, as she earned 12 kills in the course of play, spearheading the attack.
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Does Bowdoin haze its own first years systematically?
As a partial result of the men's hockey hazing incident, interest in hazing has spiked within administrative circles on campus, reflecting an equivalent concern among students.
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Women’s rugby plows through Fredonia
After defeating SUNY Fredonia 29-19 last weekend, the women's rugby team is competing in the Northeast Regional Championship tournament this weekend in the hope of heading to nationals next spring. Bowdoin finds itself in this championship weekend following an away win against SUNY Fredonia last Saturday.
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YALP to SCLP: changing the name of the game
Bowdoin's Young Alumni Leadership Program (YALP) is changing both its name and its approach this year in a move designed to ensure that all of its members are as dedicated as possible to strengthening their relationship with Bowdoin after they graduate.
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Andrew Cohen: The man behind football’s defensive turnaround
Early in the fourth quarter two weeks ago, Wesleyan's football team was threatening to score. While the Polar Bears held a 12-0 advantage, the Cardinals were gaining some steam as they pushed from the Bowdoin 38-yard line. From the advantageous field position, the Cardinals marched to the 14-yard line, but went no further.
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Men’s lacrosse coach Tom McCabe to depart at 21st season, joining Peace Corps
After 21 seasons of leading the men's lacrosse team, Head Coach Tom McCabe officially announced his departure from the Department of Athletics on Monday. McCabe will stay through the spring season, and plans to join the Peace Corps with his wife next year.
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Bowdoin Brief: New England Small College Queer Summit draws crowd
Though more than 140 students from eight different colleges attended the New England Small College Queer Summit last weekend, it was an intimate affair: The theme of this year's conference was "The 'Sex' in Sexuality."
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BSG debates chem-free housing, gives multicultural event $2,000
The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) meeting on Wednesday featured a discussion of chem-free housing at Bowdoin, and the allotment of $2,000 for multicultural programming.
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Club water polo heading to nationals
The excitement was palpable at Greason Pool this weekend as the water polo team continued its record-breaking season at the North Atlantic Division Championship. The water polo team played host to seven other collegiate clubs in a tournament whose winner would advance to the national championship tournament.
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Blogging provides humorous, creative outlet for students
College blogs are nothing new There's CollegeCandy, HerCampus, Barstool U, and a seemingly infinite number of Gossip Girl-type sites. Many students at Bowdoin participate in the collegiate blogosphere, and within the past year a few students in particular have created blogs dedicated to documenting life at the College in a variety of ways. The Orient looked into three Bowdoin blogs: The 'Cac, Empowered in Howard, and Making a Mess.
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‘Doll House’ delivers standout premiere performance
Opening night for any theatre production typically calls for its share of mishaps and flubs, yet the Department of Theater and Dance's first performance of "Doll House" left the audience begging for more.
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College weathers storm, other NE schools suffer
Bowdoin experienced a premature taste of winter when a record-breaking snowstorm hit the East Coast Halloween weekend. Beginning Saturday night and continuing through Sunday morning, the storm spread throughout Maine, covering the Midcoast area in five inches of snow.
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Surfer Blood, Kreayshawn set to take stage for WBOR Fall Concert tonight
After an unexpected setback in plans and some last-minute scrambling, WBOR finalized its plans for the fall concert last Friday: Indie rock outfit Surfer Blood and alternative rapper Kreayshawn will perform tonight in Smith Union.
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Fall intramural season wraps up, winter starts
After a fall season that included 338 participants, the intramural (IM) sports leagues came to a close last weekend with the flag football championships. For the first time ever, this year's IM lineup included a badminton group. Started by Rob Byzantine '14, it boasted 35 participants. Tennis is also a new addition to the IM repertoire, as it started up only last fall.
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Participation in SafeSpace, OutPeer, OutAlly on the rise
The lists of allies and advocates are all across campus—anyone who's used a bathroom at Bowdoin has seen an OutPeer, OutAlly or SafeSpace "bathroom list."
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Briefel releases horror film anthology
Bowdoin English professor releases collection of essays on how the horror films have changed since September 11
Academics have set out to prove that horror movies are worth more than a cheap rental for a middle school slumber party. In an uncertain moment in history, the genre may provide valuable insight into our culture, our values, and above all, our fears.
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After incidents, administration reached out to Brunswick Police
Barry Mills praised the relationship between the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) and the Bowdoin community in his address to parents last Saturday, noting a positive shift in the last year and a half.
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Football beats Wesleyan, rebounds from two losses
After suffering an embarrassing 41-7 loss to Wesleyan last season, the football team avenged that defeat with a 12-6 win at Whittier Field last weekend. The victory improves the Polar Bears' record to 3-3 and drops the Cardinals to 3-3 as well. The game's turning point came just before halftime, when Bowdoin was only up 3-0.
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Baxter wins ‘Do it in the Dark,’ alleges sabotage
"Let there not be light" was the refrain in Baxter House throughout the month of October, when the house was competing in the 10th annual "Do it in the Dark" Energy Conservation Dorm Competition. The motto paid off —Baxter House took away the prize, boasting a 40 percent reduction in energy use. Moore Hall won among first year dorms with a reduction of 26 percent, and Baxter and West Hall were winners for largest reduction between affiliates.
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‘Occupy’ movement should inspire Democratic base
Occupy Wall Street is the best thing that has happened to the Democratic Party in a long time. Finally, a movement has come along to reveal a hard edge of a party that has been taking soft stances on too many issues for too many years.
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Sailing qualifies for fall championships
In what has turned out to be its best season in recent history, the sailing team continued its streak of success last weekend when it qualified for two championship meets. At Harvard's Victorian Coffee Urn regatta, the women's squad finished sixth of 18 and qualified for the Atlantic Coast Championship (ACC), even with 17-knot winds.
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BSG discusses allocation of funds for the remainder of school year
On behalf of the Office of Multicultural Student Programs, Nylea Bivins '12 submitted a proposal to Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) on Wednesday seeking $12,500 to fund a multicultural event planned for the week after winter break.
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Few faculty at Sarah and James Bowdoin Awards
To the Editors: My wife Tina and I were thrilled to attend the Sarah and James Bowdoin Day celebration last Friday on Parents Weekend, as two of our host students were honored.
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Off-campus jobs provide community interaction, better pay
The College prides itself on having ample employment opportunities for all students who want a job , employing 70 percent of the student body over the course of a school year. But despite the jobs available on campus, a small number of students choose to take their talents to the surrounding area and work at businesses around Brunswick.
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Men’s soccer season finished after losses to Trinity, Tufts
In the final moments of Wednesday's game against Tufts, members of the men's soccer team saw the season flash before their eyes. Although the team scored the tying goal with just 46 seconds left on the clock, the Jumbos came back to defeat the Polar Bears 2-1 in overtime.
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‘Doll House’ loses lead, postpones production
The theatre department delayed its debut of "Doll House" after Lucas O'Neil '12 stepped down from his role as the show's male lead for personal reasons. Andre Demers, a Portland resident and 2010 graduate of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., will be taking his place.
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Volleyball sports perfect home record
The women's volleyball team earned a 3-0 senior night victory on Tuesday against Endicott, marking the team's last regular season home game and keeping Bowdoin undefeated in Morrell Gymnasium this year with a perfect record of 9-0. The win improved the Polar Bears' overall season record to 21-2, marking the fourth time in program history—and the first since 2006—that the team has won more than 20 games in a season.
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Study Abroad numbers comparable to last year's
Between September and May of this academic year, a projected total of 215 students will study abroad in 46 different countries. Eighteen juniors will remain abroad for the entire year. The OCS has reported that this year an estimated 47.1 percent of the Class of 2013 will study abroad, a marginal increase from 46.8 percent of the Class of 2012.
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Webb photo exhibit opens today at BCMA
New exhibit traces the inflence of pioneering photographer Eugene Atget on the work of Todd Webb
The BCMA, having sustained the foot traffic from scores of Hopperphiles this fall, is trading coastlines for skylines in a tribute to another Maine artist. BCMA's newest exhibit, "After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs New York and Paris" opens today, featuring the photographs of Todd Webb (1905-2000) and his predecessor French photographer Eugène Atget (1857-1927).
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Strong Head of Charles puts finishing cap on fall season
The rowing team's fall season ended on a positive note after the team turned in successful performances in its last two regattas. At the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta in Worcester, Mass., on October 15, the team won two gold medals and one silver medal.
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After robbery, Variety Deli increases security measures
The Brunswick Variety Deli increased its security measures following its September 29 burglary. During the early morning hours of that day, a burglar pried open the rear door of the deli, stealing change, cigarettes, and a safe containing $4,500.
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Men’s rugby heads into final weekend undefeated with five wins
A year ago, nobody would have guessed that the men's rugby team would be seeded first in the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU). But after a 3-0 victory over Colby last week, the team is approaching its final weekend in good position.
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Religion should not factor into Romney’s presidential viability
At a recent convention of religious conservatives, Pastor Robert Jeffress used his introduction of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry as an opportunity to attack rival candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.
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Bowdoin Brief: Health Services changes free condom brand from ONE to Trojan
Bowdoin Health Services has switched the brand of its complimentary condoms from ONE to Trojan for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Gunn offers expertise on film, play directing
Indie filmmaker John Gunn leads workshop, familiarizing nine students with tricks of the trade
"There is no bad here... except for the things that aren't good." Reassurances like this are typical of filmmaker Jon Gunn, who led an engaging writing and directing workshop with humor and wit last Friday.
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BSG passes 3 resolutions: tickets, newspapers, charters
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) members assembled Wednesday for their weekly meeting and voted on a variety of issues ranging from the reinstatement of student organization charters to the purchase of 200 movie tickets from Regal Cinema for student use.
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Bowdoin Brief: Matt Roberts ’93 wins Emmy for 64th Tony Awards writing
Since he was 11, Matt Roberts '93 knew that he wanted to work for David Letterman.
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Bowdoin Brief: Dining removes pepper shakers from Super Snack
At Super Snack last Saturday night, students might have noticed a mysterious lack of salt and pepper shakers in Thorne Dining Hall.
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Few Bowdoin students participate in ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests
Curiosity drove roommates Anna Ackerman '12 and Annie Sneed '12 to Zuccotti Park in New York City on October 10. They had heard about Occupy Wall Street, but wanted to experience and understand the leaderless and nonviolent movement against corporate greed firsthand.
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Chinese bronzes make debut at BCMA
The latest exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will transport its visitors back three millenia and more than six thousand miles away. "Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan," showcases a collection of bronze vessels and musical instruments produced between 300 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E.
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Football loses QB in 20-7 win over Hamilton
After a 0-2 start to the season, the Polar Bears rolled past Hamilton to get their second consecutive victory on Saturday. However, in the process of doing so, starting quarterback Grant White '14 broke his collarbone, sidelining him for the remainder of the season. Against the top defense in the league, the Polar Bears only threw the ball 12 times, opting instead for 46 rushing attempts.
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Three more victories for field hockey, win streak at 19 games
Even though her field hockey team is currently in the midst of an undefeated season, has had six shutout victories over opponents, and is ranked No. 2 in the country, Head Coach Nicky Pearson is as focused as ever. "We've always got things to work on," she said.
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Few conclusions to draw from Clery report
The Office of Safety and Security released the 2010 Annual Report on Campus Crime, Fires, Alcohol and Illegal Drugs in an email to the Bowdoin community on Monday. Changes in the numbers between 2009 and 2010 did not illustrate any conclusive themes. The annual report is federally mandated by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.
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Men’s soccer continues to struggle against NESCAC opponents
There was a chill in the air as the men's soccer team stepped off the field last Sunday, the possible end to a surprisingly short season looming closer. The Polar Bears currently have the second-worst record in the NESCAC, and may be playing their last game of the year next Wednesday.
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College employees' dependents see relatively small tuition benefits
The job market in academia is notoriously cut-throat. Colleges vie for the best professors to teach students and draw research grants, while newly-minted Ph.D.s must fight tooth-and-nail for visiting professorships, let alone tenure-track positions. So when it comes to the benefits packages offered by schools, professors are not usually in a position of leverage.
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‘Ivies’ survey results vary, favor diverse performers
Although it's over six months away, Ivies is already generating buzz on campus. The Entertainment Board's (E-Board), recent survey—which received over 1,000 student responses—posed questions to determine what kind of concert Bowdoin students want for their Ivies Weekend.
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Women’s soccer wins first NESCAC game
Homecoming's sunny weather matched the spirits of the women's soccer team as it rallied to its first NESCAC victory of the season, beating beat Hamilton by a score of 2-0.
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BCF controversy was catalyst for decision to retract funding
There has been a good bit of coverage in the Orient about the decision to redirect the funding for Sunday evening chapel services. I thought it best to directly address this issue as this is an important matter for our community.
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Chaos, Clown find success in ultimate weekend Clambake
Strong performances by both the men and women's ultimate Frisbee teams at the Red Tide Clambake last weekend point to an exciting, competitive season for Bowdoin ultimate.
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BSG moves toward renewal of funding for yearly initiatives
Members of Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) convened Wednesday for their first meeting of the year, where they discussed Judicial Board (J-Board) policy and renewed funding for several annual BSG initiatives. J-Board Chair RJ Shea '12 and Laura Lee, the assistant dean of student affairs, discussed the most recent annual J-Board report.
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Bowdoin Brief: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings '83 reverses decision to split company
Breaking up is hard to do, and sometimes it may not be the right choice. On September 19, Netflix announced that it would separate its DVD-by-mail service from its online streaming service, moving the former to an entirely new website called Qwikster.
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Bowdoin Brief: SAFC proposes annual guideline change to BSG
The Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) will propose a number of changes to club funding guidelines to Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) on November 1.
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Using hate speech ignores simple civility
To the Editors: If Mr. Cespedes is incapable of discussing a sensitive topic without using hateful and hurtful speech, perhaps he should stay in college until he learns how to do it ("Forbidding hate speech contradicts need for open discourse," October 14).
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Boston Globe film critic shares tricks of the trade
He may refer to himself as just a "thing on page 8," but for a large group of Bowdoin students, Wesley Morris might just be their golden ticket to a lifetime relationship with the silver screen.
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Volleyball continues record-breaking season streak
Three years ago, the volleyball team's then-seniors set the foundation for a legacy still being shaped, for an edict was put into effect: Always win at home. Captains Jill Berkman and Kristin Hanczor, along with senior Gina Lonati, have abided by that rule and have yet to lose in Morrell Gymnasium in over 30 home games.
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Report: 16% decrease in Bowdoin's gas emissions
The College's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dropped 16 percent between fiscal year (FY) 2008 and FY 2011, according to reports released today. The reports—an annual update on GHG emissions and the first of what will be biennial updates to the 2009 Climate Neutrality Implementation Plan—were accompanied by a statement from President Barry Mills encouraging the campus to help the College achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2020.
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Mid-season review: field hockey
There is really only one team at Bowdoin whose soundtrack could feature "We Are the Champions": the field hockey team. Not only is the squad Bowdoin's only team to have won a national championship, but it has done so three times in the past four years.
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Current events influence course enrollment, demand
As students complete their course registration forms, any number of forces shape their decisions about which classes to enroll in.
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Homecoming celebrates 40 years of women's athletics
The athletic department will kick off homecoming festivities this weekend by celebrating 40 years of women's athletics at the College. Beginning this afternoon, the athletics department will host a series of alumnae events for all the teams.
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Cimarrón Project to present Afro-Cuban music to campus
Baila! A splash of infectious rhythm will be spicing up the Bowdoin music community when the Cimarrón Project, an Afro-Cuban all-star group specializing in rumba, danzón, and cha-cha, hits the scene today and tomorrow.
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J-Board releases Annual Report detailing 15 cases from 2010-11
The Judicial Board (J-Board) recently released its 2010-2011 annual report in an email to students, faculty and staff.
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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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Total giving to College down in 2011, annual giving steady
The Office of Planning and Development saw a decrease in the value of gifts to Bowdoin this year, as many of the remaining pledges from the College's 2009 capital campaign were paid off last year. In fiscal year (FY) 2011, the College took in gifts worth $35.9 million, a 25 percent decrease from FY 2010 in which it received gifts totaling just over $48 million.
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Obama misses mark with Middle East policy
We never felt the frosty winter air of that November night as we sat in the unusually crowded Shannon Room. There was a palpable sense of excitement, which diffused all over campus as students sang the national anthem at midnight.
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Bowdoin Brief: Jack Magee's Pub and Grill to offer express lunch option
On Wednesday, the Dining Service began its plan to offer express lunches at Jack Magee's Pub and Grill. The new option resulted from vocalized student interest and support from the administration.
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‘Like’ is, like, such an unnecessary filler word
I've been getting sick these past few weeks. Not from a virus, fungus or flu. Instead, my illness is verbal and it has only one symptom: "like."
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Bowdoin Brief: BPD, Security continue the investigations into bike thefts
The Office of Safety and Security is continuing to work with the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) to investigate the spate of recent bike thefts.
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Dean’s office should outline speech policies
To the Editors: The Office of Multicultural Student Programs, within the Office of Student Affairs, has revoked funding for speakers at the Protestant chapel service. Why? At one service, a Freeport pastor read Chapter 1 of Paul's Letter to the Romans and suggested that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with Christian ethics, as reported in "BCF chapel service sparks controversy" (September 23).
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First water polo tourney goes swimmingly
With a 4-0 record, the men's water polo team has high hopes for a season that started two weeks ago at home with its first conference tournament of the year. The club team, led by captains Spencer Vespole '13 and Noah Perwin '12, beat its competition handily.
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Women's rugby at 7-0 after two more wins
The women's rugby team will host Amherst tomorrow in its final game of the regular season. The team looks to continue its dominant play and close out the season undefeated before going into the playoffs next weekend.
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Despite mud, cross country runs clean races at Invite, Open
The men's and women's cross country teams performed well against stiff D-I competition at the Open New England Championship last weekend. The men finished 18th out of 43 teams—fifth among the D-III teams present—while the women took 23rd in a 39-team field, eighth among D-III schools. The University of Connecticut won the men's race, while the women from Boston College took home the gold.
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Football falls short against Ephs 21-24 in season opener
Quarterback Grant White '14 snapped the ball and stepped back into the pocket. From the edges, he could see the Williams pass rushers coming off his offensive line. As the clock was winding down, White looked downfield to his wide receivers—captain Pat Noone '12 and Nick Goldin '13—and running back Zach Donnarumma '14 sprinting towards the end zone.
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Three male teenagers suspected in bike thefts
A Bowdoin student reported seeing three teenage males stealing a bike outside of Druckenmiller Hall on Monday night at approximately 10:30 p.m. The student reported the incident to the Office of Safety and Security, continuing the ongoing investigation into a series of recent bicycle thefts.
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Taking a stand
The University of California, Berkeley was thrust into the spotlight this week after the Berkeley College Republicans held a controversial bake sale. The event was protesting a student initiative supporting a state Senate bill to allow race, gender and ethnicity to influence admissions decisions at California's public universities. The group's Facebook page listed the prices for its baked goods, which were intended to reflect the impropriety of affirmative action in the college admissions process: $2 for whites, $1.50 for Asians, $1 for Latinos, 75 cents for African-Americans, and 25 cents for Native Americans. All women received a 25-cent discount off those prices.
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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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Volleyball off to best start in history
The volleyball team is off to the program's best start ever. Its winning streak stands at 10 consecutive games after an easy 3-0 win over Maine Maritime Academy on Tuesday night. The Polar Bears quickly dispatched of the Mariners with lopsided game scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-12.
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Office of Multicultural Programs withdraws sermon funds
Citing the College's commitment to creating an "inclusive environment," the Office of Multicultural Student Programs has decided to withdraw funding from chapel services hosted by Bowdoin Christian Fellowship (BCF). The office's decision to withdraw funding was prompted by controversy surrounding the Sunday, September 18 service during which a visiting pastor, Sandy Williams, made comments that certain students found homophobic.
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Mango Floss to play Space Gallery
Monsters will be invading Portland's Space Gallery tomorrow night. The punk-influenced, garage-pop trio Mango Floss features three Bowdoin alumni—Sarah Wood '10, Farhan Rahman '10, and Peter McLaughlin '10—and their debut album, "Monsters" features songs like "Godzilla" and "Sociopath." The group will be playing these songs and others from "Monsters" when they hit Space Gallery's stage.
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Men's ultimate breaks out new strategy at sectionals
At the USA Ultimate East New England Sectional Tournament last weekend, the men's ultimate Frisbee team, Stoned Clown, intentionally sacrificed prospective wins in order to let first year players get a chance to learn the ropes in a real game setting. The team's strategic decision to develop its new talent instead of going for wins indicates that the team is investing in its future.
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Bulk of SAFC funding already allocated to 19 clubs for 2011
Of the $680,000 the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) distributes every year, more than two-thirds of the total is allocated before the fall semester even begins. Last May, the SAFC allocated 76 percent of the pool to 19 clubs with operating budgets, with some student organizations emerging with all their requests met and others seeing large sections of their funding proposals go unfulfilled.
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Quinby House on social probation after transports
Quinby House is on social probation after allegedly providing hard alcohol to two first years. The house will be unable to host events with registered alcohol through October 30.
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Two women’s soccer games, three overtimes
The women's soccer team played in two close overtime games last weekend against NESCAC rivals. Against Middlebury on Saturday, the win slipped away from the Polar Bears 6:34 into overtime, and Sunday's matchup against Williams ended in a double-overtime tie.
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Juniors to launch Globalist’s Bowdoin chapter
A new campus publication is hitting the presses this semester. The Globalist, an international affairs magazine with chapters at various colleges and universities, will publish its first Bowdoin edition this semester under the leadership of juniors Max Staiger, Gus Vergara and Stanton Cambridge.
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Bowdoin Brief: Brunswick Variety Deli burglarized Thursday a.m.
Burglars allegedly pried open the rear door of the Brunswick Variety Deli early Thursday morning, stealing cigarettes, change, and a drop safe with a combination.
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BCF sermon keeps with historic teachings
To the Editors: As a proud graduate of the College, I am thrilled to hear that chapel is taking place in a school founded by evangelical Congregationalists.
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Women sailing up to No. 10 in country after 3 regattas
Thanks to a string of successful performances, the women's sailing team is now 10th in the country in Sailing World's College Rankings, its first time on the list since 2003. The women's team finished eighth in the 16-team Regis Bowl at Boston University with a total of 94 points. The boats mixed rookies and veterans, as Emily McNeil '14 sailed with Charlotte Williamson '15 and Lizzy Hamilton '15 sailed with Isabel Low '13.
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Hastings ’83 won’t allow Netflix to move too slowly
Netflix's original business finally has a name that doesn't contradict its nature.
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New art sets sail for Kent Island
Walking through the Fishbowl Gallery has felt more like taking a meditative hike through the woods and along the coast ever since "Island Found" opened in the Fishbowl Gallery last Friday.
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Endowment returns 22.3%, grows to $904.2 million
Bowdoin beats returns reported by U. of Pennsylvania and Harvard; sixth-highest increase in past 30 years
Bowdoin has announced that its endowment earned a return on investment of 22.3 percent, rising in value to $904.2 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, up from $753.5 million in fiscal year 2010. The increase in value is the College's sixth-highest single-year gain since 1970.
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Mired in mediocrity or on the brink of success?
Sports Analysis
In the buildup to tomorrow's game against Williams, there are signs that the matchup will not only herald the beginning of a new season for the Polar Bears, but possibly a new era.
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Online course registration set to arrive Fall 2013
Bowdoin is set to get a technological makeover. The installation of a new student information system will allow students to register for courses online for the first time ever. Members of the Board of Trustees and President Barry Mills approved the purchase of the new information system, called Banner, at a May trustee meeting.
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Finally injury-free, football team harbors great expectations for 2011
After finishing 3-5 for the second consecutive season in 2010, the football team is determined to set things right this year.
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Career Planning Center to announce post-grad plans for the Class of 2011
Unlike many other liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin's Career Planning Center (CPC) website does not display the post-graduate plans for the Class of 2011.
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Campus on alert as theft investigation continues
The Bowdoin Office of Safety and Security and the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) are continuing their investigations into a chain of recent burglaries on campus and the surrounding area. Following football practice on the afternoons of September 9 and 10, several students reported items missing from the football team's locker room in Pickard Field House, including cash, credit cards, cell phones, athletic apparel, a team playbook and stereo equipment.
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QB Faceoff
People say that having too much of a good thing is a good problem to have.
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Calnan ’11 is Woman of the Year finalist
Michaela Calnan '11 was announced as one of the nine finalists for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year award on September 14. A record 471 collegiate players were initially nominated for the honor, and the top 30 contenders were named in August before the top three finalists from each division were chosen, Calnan among them. The final Woman of the Year will be announced next month.
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49 Colby students charged with underage drinking in police raid
In the aftermath of a Waterville Police Department (WPD) raid on an off-campus party last weekend, more than 50 Colby students are now facing alcohol-related charges.
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Students should show support at football games
Being excited is awesome. There is something truly wonderful contained in the feeling of excitement. Coming to college, after the monotonous final days of high school, I was thrilled: new classes, new teachers, new people, new parties, and new opportunities.
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Two men’s soccer shutouts keep winning streak intact
After an initial upset, men's soccer is back in business and continuing what it has always set out to do: win and win well. The team beat both Western New England and University of Southern Maine at home this weekend. Bowdoin has won its last three games, more than making up for the team's sole loss in the first game of the season.
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Jack Magee’s Pub packed as Jaw Gems’ alumnus returns
Last night beloved graduate and jazz prodigy, Ahmad Hassan Muhammad '10 graced Jack Magee's Pub. Ahmad Hassan Muhammad '10 approached the keyboard and by the time he and the Jaw Gems played their first song, the Pub was filled with a warm and friendly vibe.
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Following State Championship win, women’s golf strives for more
The women's golf team continued its winning streak last weekend at the Maine State Collegiate Golf Championship in Cumberland. Over the course of two days, Bowdoin trumped Bates by a combined score of 745 to 786. Three Bowdoin players—Kendall Kyritz '15, Ursula Munger '15 and captain Chelsea Gross '13—carded below 93 in the Sunday round that ultimately decided the tournament. Kyritz scored 182 for her two-day total, making her the lowest-shooting Polar Bear for the second tournament in a row.
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BCF chapel service sparks controversy, leads to withdrawal of funds
Last Sunday's weekly chapel service hosted by the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship (BCF) was interrupted when two students, of about 50 in attendance, walked out of the chapel in reaction to what they considered to be homophobic remarks.
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U.S. alcohol laws are arbitrary and ineffective
The other day, I was reading through the Office of Safety and Security's crime log when I came across a report that an underage student had used a fake ID, bought alcohol, and provided it to other minors in Osher Hall.
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Bicyclists urged to be more cautious; new laws introduced
Drivers and bicyclists are on a collision course. Starting September 28, Maine law will prohibit texting while driving a motor vehicle, something Nichols said is important to note since "we are all guilty of it...from time to time."
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Volleyball defeats NESCAC rivals to spike record to 7-1
The volleyball team took home three wins in the opening matches of NESCAC play last weekend. Victories against Bates, Roger Williams and Colby bring the Polar Bears' winning streak to six and improve the team's overall season record to 7-1. It all began last Friday when Bowdoin defeated Colby 3-1 at home, with scores of 25-16, 16-25, 25-14 and 25-17.
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Renowned Sondheim discusses his music and lyrics
Stephen Sondheim, the world-renowned composer and lyricist who brought to life works such as "West Side Story" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," walked into Pickard Theater Tuesday night to a sold-out house of approximately six hundred people.
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Women’s rugby shuts out Williams in Sept. 10 rematch
After a 25-0 victory over Williams in its opening tournament two weeks ago, Bowdoin defeated its NESCAC rival again last Saturday by the same score. The Polar Bears have yet to allow a point this season and have scored 127 points in four games. Said Head Coach MaryBeth Mathews, "It really was a different game and I think that from my perspective any time a team gets beaten they're going to come back with a lot of determination and they did."
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Crustacean population boom a boon to lobster bake tradition
Before he began the tradition of the lobster bake in the 1960s, former Director of the Dining Service Larry Pinette took a class on seafood preparation at the Culinary Institute of America.
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Bowdoin Cable Network adds online streaming
The Bowdoin Cable Network (BCN) is going online. BCN General Manager Lidey Heuck '13 confirmed that, starting this semester, the network's movie content will be made available on-demand on the Internet.
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What did vacating a NESCAC title mean for the College?
As the news of last spring's hockey hazing has spread across campus, members of the Bowdoin community have debated the merits of the College's response.
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Women’s rugby goes 3-0 at Beantown Preseason Tournament
After a dominant performance that won them the D-II bracket at the Beantown Preseason Tournament this past weekend in Amherst, Mass., the women's rugby team will face Williams tomorrow in its first non-tournament game of the season. The Polar Bears played too fast for Amherst Saturday morning, earning them a 58-0 shutout victory. In a match punctuated with strong line breaks followed by support, Uche Esonu '13 played well.
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Bands tune up for Shameless Plugs
This year's Shameless Plugs lineup features Bowdoin-affiliated bands that promise to return some of the Ivies spirit to campus, if only just for one night. The headlining acts, Eleven and Great Caesar, will grace the stage in Smith Union Saturday night with exciting new sets.
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Maine St. changes after six businesses depart
Bowdoin students returned to campus this fall to find six stores on Maine Street with dark windows and locked doors. In light of these businesses' departures—two stores of which had been open for almost half a century—Brunswick has been forced to rebalance.
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Want to be a successful Bowdoin first year? Work your butt off
Working at the Harlem Children's Zone this summer changed the way I looked at education. They talk a lot about the "Matthew Principle" there. The phrase references a parable from the apostle Matthew who said, "For to all those who have, more will be given...but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away."
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Hanczor leads volleyball’s big weekend
The volleyball team trounced the University of New England 3-0 on the road Wednesday night. The non-conference win against the Nor'easters improves the Polar Bears' record to 4-1 for the season. Bowdoin easily cruised to victory with game scores of 25-17, 25-16 and 25-15, handily claiming their third straight win.
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Visiting pianist reintroduces classical Bach to Bowdoin
At the recital of Visiting Artist-in-Residence George Lopez this past Saturday, the pianist brought the crowd to its feet not just after the concert's final measure, but after every single piece—a true honor given that standing ovations are not casually awarded at classical music concerts.
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After a decade of reflection, 9/11 takes on new meaning
On September 11, 2011, I stood in front of the American flag and wept for the people who perished on that black day. I also wept in shame. Ten years have passed since the attacks, and yet I can still never forget what I felt the day those planes hit the towers: nothing.
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Strong singles showing leads men’s tennis at Stony Brook
The men's tennis team had a mixed showing last weekend at the third annual Stony Brook Invitational. Bowdoin net two singles flight championships, though it failed to put any doubles teams into the finals. Captain Oscar Peña '12 battled hard through the A bracket to win all four of his singles matches, while Sam King '14 cruised to victory through Flight B without losing a set. Peña's matches all lasted three sets, a testament to his endurance over the weekend.
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New digest begins its orbit, replacing class email lists
In an effort to limit the white noise on Bowdoin's online notification network, the Orbit was introduced this fall as the official events communication system of the College, replacing the old Student Digest and class email lists.
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Current budget deal is less than perfect
The debt ceiling deal passed this summer may have saved the United States from defaulting, but it has not changed much. While the deal cuts at least $2.1 trillion over the course of a decade, it also raises the debt ceiling by up to $2.4 trillion, resulting in what some advocates tout as a budget deficit of only about $300 billion. So it would seem.
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Men’s, women’s soccer hope to build off overtime losses
The soccer teams traveled and fell together last Saturday after similar upsets in their first conference games of the season at Wesleyan. Both the men and women battled past regulation time, but were ultimately defeated by the Cardinals' soccer squads 3-2 and 2-1, respectively. On the men's side, Wesleyan led early, scoring two goals in the first half. Bowdoin first year Sam White responded by heading in a shot, assisted by Nick Powell '12.
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First Amendment lawyer Abrams talks WikiLeaks
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan described him as "the most significant First Amendment lawyer of our age," and President Barry Mills called him the "rock star of First Amendment rights."
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Men’s golf finishes fourth at hometown Invitational
In its season debut, the men's golf team finished fourth at the Bowdoin Invitational at the Brunswick Golf Club last weekend. Ten teams, including NESCAC rivals Williams, Bates and Tufts, participated in the event, and Husson University claimed the tournament after posting a combined score of 616. The school beat second-place St. Anslem's College by 14 strokes, with Williams (641), Bowdoin (650) and Endicott (652) rounding out the top five finishers. Bowdoin's top finisher was captain Johnny Bohorquez '13, who tied for fourth place individually with Tufts' Seb Vik and Williams' Dylan Dethier. All three golfers posted combined scores of 155.
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Bowdoin Brief: Thief hits Pickard Field House, Harpswell home, Buck center
Safety and Security and the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) are on the lookout after a flurry of burglaries struck campus this past weekend.
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President Mills has done enough for Bowdoin
To the Editors: Upon reading the opinion piece "President Mills should also be Professor Mills" (September 9, 2011), the unfounded and incoherent nature of the author's argument troubled me.
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Women’s golf starts year with victory
The women's golf team earned their first victory this Sunday against Bates at the eponymous Bowdoin Blast, hosted by the Brunswick Golf Club. The Polar Bears won with a combined score of 375 to 400. Bowdoin's Kendall Kyritz '15 was the medalist in her first collegiate golf event (carding at 92), followed by Taylor Guiffre '14 and Bates' Bridget Dunn.
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Bowdoin Brief: U.S. News and World Report college rankings released
The new edition of the U.S. News and World Report rankings of America's best colleges and universities brings little new to the liberal arts world.
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Women’s cross country will feature influx of new talent
The women's cross country team hopes to rebound this fall after losing four of its top seven runners from last season. Last year, Bowdoin was second in the state meet and placed seventh out of 51 teams at the regional meet. In the preseason national women's coaches poll, Bowdoin was the 40th-ranked D-III college.
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Admissions welcomes 2015: smallest class in three years
Unlike the Class of 2014, whose unusually high yield rate led to a record-breaking class size of 510, the Class of 2015 is "the right size—485," said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn, who also noted that "everyone's much happier" with a smaller number of first year students.
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Field hockey prepares to open 2011 campaign at Wesleyan
After clinching three of the past four NCAA championships, the women's field hockey team is gearing up for what looks to be another season of success. Despite the loss of six seniors, the team returns seven starters from last year's NCAA title game, including two All-Americans, senior captains Ella Curren and Katie Herter.
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45 Maine St. owner faces criminal charges over April fire
Close to four months after the April 17 fire at 45 Maine Street, the building's owner Orville Ranger has been issued with both a civil and a criminal summons. He is expected to stand trial in the coming months, and will appear at a dispositional conference scheduled for November 17.
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Men’s soccer looks to build on past success
With five of the team’s seven leading scorers returning, Bowdoin aims to stay on top
The men's soccer team heads into the 2011 season in a highly enviable position. For the first time in program history, the Bowdoin men's soccer team is ranked third in the country in the National Soccer Coaches of American Preseason Poll. The Polar Bears have much to be proud of coming off their best season in school history. They won a record 15 games, a trip to the NESCAC championship game, and a trip to the NCAA Division-III Final Four for first time ever.
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In time for fall sports season, athletics unveils new website
While most fall athletes spent the last weeks of summer gearing up for the upcoming season, the sports information office was hard at work on a different kind of offseason workout: redesigning the athletics webpage. Sports Information Director Jim Caton worked with a team of students on the project, in conjunction with Presto Sports, a company which hosts numerous collegiate athletic websites.
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Waves of light & water: Rachel McDonald
This past summer Rachel McDonald '12, a visual arts and art history major, created a body of work inspired by the Maine Coast. McDonald's exhibition is on display in the Fishbowl Gallery located in the Visual Arts Center.
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Remembering A. Leroy Greason, former president of the College
For many in the current Bowdoin community, the name Greason may only evoke the image of the glossy tile of the College's swimming pool. Yet the man behind the name—A. Leroy Greason, former Bowdoin professor, dean and president—died in Brunswick on August 28, leaving a legacy that continues to influence the lives of many individuals and the College itself.
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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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Smith takes helm as men’s tennis coach
After a successful season in which the men's double team of Stephen Sullivan '11 and Oscar Pena '12 won the D-III title, the men's tennis team is bringing into its ranks a new coach. The athletic department hired Conor Smith this summer following the departure of Colin Joyner '03, who left Bowdoin to pursue an MBA. Joyner left behind a six-season legacy consisting of 73 victories and the team's first NESCAC championship, which it won in 2008.
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Behind-the-scenes: BCMA student jobs
This summer the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) offered an educational opportunity for two Bowdoin students to become engaged in museum work from the other side of the velvet ropes. Juniors Molly Clements and Max Brandstadt served as student educational assistants and assisted Curator Joachim Homann in preparing the exhibition, "Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan."
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Hurricane Irene’s bark far worse than her bite
Hurricane Irene struck the College campus on the evening of Saturday, August 27, leaving minimal damage in its wake. By the time it hit Maine, Irene had been downgraded to a tropical storm.
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Though largely liberal, Bowdoin tolerates all political perspectives
At certain colleges, conservative newspapers have been trashed or shut down. From the defacement of hundreds of issues of a conservative magazine at Tufts University to the State University of New York at Albany's decision to deny funding to a conservative newspaper, examples of political intolerance at institutions of higher learning abound across the country.
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Women’s lax season ends with loss in finals
Instead of packing up their dorm rooms in the final days of last semester, players on the women's lacrosse team were busy making program history in New York. After an 11-9 victory over The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on May 21, Bowdoin advanced to the NCAA D-III championship game against Gettysburg the following day.
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Maine event: Hopper’s lighthouses illuminate museum
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art's exhibition, "Edward Hopper's Maine," is one of its most successful to date. Andrew W. Mellon Curator Fellow Diana Tuite co-curated the exhibition with Director Kevin Salatino. Tuite remarked that in the exhibit's first month alone, "approximately 15,000 people have visited the show, whereas annual attendance is usually around 25,000."
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Summer renovations improve facilities across campus
Students returned to campus to find that a number of changes had been made to several buildings.
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Supposedly American problems aren’t limited to America after all
As I flew south over the Appalachian mountains toward Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this past July, I looked upon a familiar sight. I have visited this nation more times than I can count; I have been to 22 of the 50 states and I have lived in two. I have travelled across half the country by Amtrak and I have taken road trips through the arid southwest.
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Gould shines in opening night victory over USM
The women's soccer team kicked off its season yesterday with a dominant 3-0 shutout win in a non-league game against the University of Southern Maine Huskies. Bowdoin experienced several near misses from close-range shots in the early going and nearly put the game out of Southern Maine's reach within the first 10 minutes of play.
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Sexual misconduct policy receives minor revisions
While many of the changes this year are visibly noticeable, one of the most important improvements to life at Bowdoin is invisible to the naked eye. Per federal order, Bowdoin has revised its sexual assauly and harrassement policy, though Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster said the changes are slight.
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Women’s rugby prepares to kick off season
This weekend marks the women's rugby season kickoff, with a Boston tournament hosted by one of the premier women's rugby clubs in the country, the Beantown Rugby Football Club. The Polar Bears will play in a round-robin style competition starting tomorrow, with Smith College at noon and Amherst College at 2 p.m.
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Diversity initiatives include index and new O-week events
In an effort to raise awareness of instances of discrimination on campus, the Office of Student Affairs has introduced a "Campus and Community Index" and made specific changes to the first year Orientation program.
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Physical therapist says goodbye to Bowdoin
To the editors: My name is Todd Lamoreau. Some of you may have known me as the physical therapist on campus here at Bowdoin for the past seven years. I was also the athletic trainer for the women's volleyball team for the past three years.
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Conservative academics are minorities, too
To the Editors: I found Thomas Klingenstein's piece "Klingenstein defends Claremont Review essay" (April 29) interesting.
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Longfellows audition for a slot in NBC reality show
The Longfellows stepped into the limelight yesterday when they auditioned for The Sing Off, an NBC reality TV show that pits a cappella groups against one another to win $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract.
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‘I Am Bowdoin’ continues fight against bias in the community
The dialogue about difference and bias at Bowdoin will continue on Sunday, and students and administrators are hard at work to ensure the conversation is not silenced by the end of the school year. "I Am Bowdoin" leaders have organized a nighttime walk around campus and into town entitled "Belonging in Brunswick," and they are hoping for a strong turnout.
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Director of athletics connects to coaches, athletes
While many jobs at the College are predictable and patterned, there are some that go off of the beaten path. With the inherent unpredictability of sports, it is no surprise that Director of Athletics Jeff Ward has a different schedule each day. For Ward, days frequently start early and run late. Overtime can literally mean staying to watch the overtime period of a game—and this is one of the things he likes best.
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Men’s lacrosse grabs playoff victory over two-seed Amherst
The men's lacrosse team has caught fire and now sits just two wins away from clinching the NESCAC title as it prepares for a rematch with the NESCAC regular season champions, Tufts, on Saturday.
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Students perform in ‘For Colored Girls’ this weekend at Wish Theater
Twenty-one girls take the stage to perform a play directed by Liz Gary ’11
For the next two evenings, Wish Theater will feature “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” a show written by Ntozake Shange in 1975 and nominated for a Tony Award in 1977.
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College reflects on a successful Ivies
As the campus recuperates from another Ivies, students and administrators alike are reflecting on the highs and lows of the weekend. From Thursday's Racer X concert to Pinestock on Saturday, many agree that this year's springtime celebration went off without a major hitch. The weekend's events were a culmination of planning and coordination by the Entertainment Board (E-Board), Dining Service, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) and the Office of Safety and Security.
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Baseball takes one of three from Jumbos
With the top spot in the division at stake, Bowdoin and Tufts University began a three-game series last weekend in Medford, Mass.
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BMC’s Quadzilla attacks tonight with student bands
Though Ivies has passed and the Whittier Field stage has been dismantled, the music isn't about to stop. Quadzilla, a music festival sponsored by Bowdoin Music Collective (BMC), will throw the spotlight on student performers tonight on the Brunswick Quad from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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Trustees look to finalize new comprehensive fee for 2011-12
The comprehensive fee to attend Bowdoin will be going up. Just how much, however, remains to be seen. When the Board of Trustees meets next weekend, voting on and accepting a comprehensive fee for fiscal year (FY) 2012 will be one of the major tasks on its itinerary.
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Department prizes vary for each
Scholarly excellence can be rewarded in a variety of ways. If you are a chemistry major, your possible prizes range from a certificate to a Merck Index. On the other hand, if you are majoring in government and legal studies, you can apply for the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize Fund and, if successful, could walk away with close to $200. "There is no 'one size fits all' for departmental prizes," said Senior Vice President for Administration and Treasurer Katy Longley. "First, the terms of the prize may vary; one fund may designate the size of the prize, and another may leave the size of the prize to the discretion of the department. Second, some prizes, such as certain book awards, carry no monetary value."
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Women’s lax beats Amherst in quarterfinals
The women's lacrosse team secured the second seed in the NESCAC tournament last Friday at Tufts with a 7-6 win over the Jumbos.
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Community reacts to Bin Laden’s death
For a generation growing up in the shadow of September 11, the death of Osama Bin Laden is a watershed moment—the figure so often portrayed as the epitome of evil is no more. Though many American students felt closure and celebrated the death of Bin Laden, many others felt deep ambivalence about the event and its potential consequences.
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Men’s tennis takes four-game winning streak into NESCACs
The men's tennis team finished its regular season in style, with two wins over rivals Trinity and Colby last weekend. On Friday, the 14th-ranked Polar Bears defeated the 15th-ranked Bantams 7-2 at Harvard.
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Brunswick displayed patience during Ivies
To the Editors: I would like to take this opportunity to ask all my friends and supporters to call off the wildly successful boycott of the Brunswick community I proposed in my hugely popular November 5 letter, "Brunswick community intolerant of students." Though we will never be certain our point has been made, at this point the human toll has simply become too much for me to ask you to continue. We've had a good run.
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Honors project ‘Fright Show’ freaks Wish Theater audience
As part of her self-designed major, bridging the theater and film departments, Jillian Eddy '12 presented her honors project "Jackie and Johnny's Friday Night Fright Show" yesterday night. Combining film collages with live theatrics and music, Eddy brought together multiple art mediums for a truly unique performance.
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IT and SWAT launch the ‘Orbit’ to mixed reviews from students
After a year of work, Information Technology (IT) and the Student Web Advisory Team (SWAT) have officially launched the redesigned student digest, the Bowdoin Orbit. Although still in its trial period, the Bowdoin Orbit will eventually phase out the Student Digest. It will be married with a gateway that boasts discussion boards and a newsfeed compilation from student blogs and websites.
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Women’s novice crew team takes gold at New England Rowing Championship
It makes all those mornings of getting up early worthwhile. Last weekend, the crew team cleaned up last weekend in Worchester, Mass. at the at the New England Rowing Championship, which hosts approximately 1,200 athletes representing 36 schools.
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In break with recent tradition, Phase II only sparsely attended
Toby Zitsman '13 decided to spend Tuesday night on a couch in Moulton Union's lobby in hopes of being the first in line for Wednesday's Phase II course registration, which began at 7:30 a.m. As it happened, his desperate efforts were unnecessary. "I slept over on one of the couches, but I didn't really need to," said Zitsman, who turned out to be the only person to camp out in a break with the tradition of recent years, when numerous students elected to sleep in Moulton Union on the night before Phase II registration.
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Softball team beats Bates by one in final game
The softball team ended its season on a strong note with a 1-0 victory over Bates on Sunday. The game was the last of the season for both teams, who were both eliminated prior to the NESCAC postseason tournament.
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MCC awards honor community service
Community service and civic participation are deeply ingrained in the Bowdoin ethos. In a testament to these principles, Samantha Collins '11, Sarah Pritzker '11 and Associate Professor of Education Charles Dorn were recently honored by the Maine Campus Compact (MCC) for their ongoing commitment to these pillars of the College.
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Men’s track places sixth at NESCAC championship
The men's track team traveled to Wesleyan last weekend to compete in the NESCAC Track and Field Championships, where the Polar Bears claimed sixth place.
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BSG convenes for final meeting of the spring
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) convened on Wednesday for its final meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year. BSG dealt with a proposed name change to the "Vice President for Facilities" position. The proposal would change the name to "Vice President for Facilities and Sustainability," reaffirming the College's stance on reducing its environmental footprint.
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Women’s track takes fifth place at NESCACs
At the NESCAC Championship at Wesleyan University, the women's track team clinched fifth place in a day marked by personal achievements.
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Bowdoin Brief: Chapel bells ring through the night in suspected Ivies prank
The campus came alive with the sound of music last Saturday night with an unexpected recital of the Chapel bells. In what appears to be an Ivies prank, an unidentified person entered the Chapel and set off the bells at approximately 1:30 a.m., causing them to ring for roughly 30 minutes until 2 a.m.
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Women’s tennis beats Wellesley in last match of regular season
The Polar Bears will play No. 4-seed Middlebury in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament
The women's tennis team wrapped up a successful regular season with a commanding 9-0 victory over Wellesley College this past Saturday on the road.
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Bowdoin Brief: Renowned concussion expert to visit campus on May 13
Concussion expert Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) will speak on the treatment, prevention and subject of head injuries on Friday, May 13 in Pickard Theater. Nowinski, author of "Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis," is co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the Boston University School of Medicine and was an All-Ivy football player during his time at Harvard.
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After bomb scare, sailing posts seventh place finish
The sailing team finished its spring season at the Morris Trophy, hosted by BU, with a squad composed entirely of underclassmen. Coach Frank Pizzo called the event "a preview of next year's team."
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Bowdoin Brief: Nutter ’11 selected to attend 2011 Student Freedom Ride
Anna Nutter '11 will experience history first-hand this week in a unique kind of road trip. Nutter was recently selected to participate in an exclusive experiential learning program called the 2011 Student Freedom Ride. Along with 39 other college students, Nutter will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the May 1961 Freedom Rides with a 10-day bus trip starting today in Washington D.C.
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Bowdoin Brief: Four faculty members raised to endowed professorships
The College recently elevated four faculty members to endowed chair positions in recognition of their work in various fields of study.
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Seniors design Free Time app to simplify scheduling
The question, "when are you free?" never seems to have a quick and easy answer. Seniors Ben Johnson, Nathan Merritt and Houston Kraft may have found a solution to this problem, however, with their new iPhone app, Free Time. "It basically looks at your calendar from a new perspective," said Kraft. "It imports the calendar from your phone, and shows the blocks of free time when you are available, and you can quickly share those with people."
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BPD to open investigation on fire at 45 Maine Street
In the aftermath of the April 17 fire at 45 Maine Street, the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) has decided to commission a criminal investigation after the Brunswick Fire Department (BFD) discovered several violations of the building's fire code.
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Weeks’ ‘Feuds’ opera brings Huckleberry Finn to life
Senior Louis Weeks’ opera breathed new life into the problematic and controversial narrative of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” Wednesday night in Studzinski Recital Hall.
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Joyner breaks down barriers as first out male NCAA coach
Men's tennis coach Colin Joyner '03 is the only male to be openly gay as a collegiate athletics coach—ever.
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Campus welcomes star acts for Ivies 2011
After opening with last night's Racer X concert, Ivies Weekend 2011 is officially underway. From the Entertainment Board (E-Board) to the Dining Service, students and administrators have been hard at work preparing for the College's annual weekend of campus-wide celebrations, concerts and general revelry.
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Women’s lacrosse trounces Husson
The women's lacrosse team churned out two wins this week, highlighted by a 20-1 victory over Husson on Wednesday.
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Times Record delays contributors’ payments
Several former contributors to the paper claim their requests for compensation have been ignored
LC Van Savage moved to Brunswick in 1974, and soon after began contributing features pieces to the Times Record. In time, she became a columnist and was still writing for the paper when, four or five months ago, she noticed that her checks were no longer arriving. She initially thought nothing of it, for the paper had been late with payments before. But when weeks of waiting turned to months, she contacted her editor, asking for written assurance that the Times Record would pay up. He said he could not do that, so she decided to stop writing.
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Martin, Gorman, and Van Zant lead baseball past Mules in weekend sweep
Christian Martin '14 may have pitched six scoreless innings against Colby College last week, striking out eight, but his performance still wasn't the most impressive of the opener of the three game series.
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All students secure beds in open housing lottery
Although the results of the fourth and final housing lottery were met with varying degrees of satisfaction, every student on campus found a bed for the upcoming school year in the end.
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Eda Cufer lectures about art between globalism, communism
Expert presents insight about historic events of Eastern Europe in late 20th century
Yesterday, Eda Cufer's lecture "Art Between Globalism & Communism: Reimagining the State" examined how artistic movements in Eastern Europe reacted to the fall of the communist regime between 1989 and 1992.
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Softball grabs 20 wins but drops two to Husson
After reaching 20 wins earlier this week with a sweep over UNE, the softball team dropped two games to Husson on Wednesday night.
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Yarbrough inaccurately depicts college diversity
To the Editors: How does Professor of Social Sciences Jean Yarbrough conclude that the college lacks "intellectual and political" diversity ("Bowdoin should examine its lack of diversity," April 22, 2011)?
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YALP oversees Senior Pledge Initiative
Beginning last week, members of the Young Alumni Leadership Program (YALP) began tabling in Smith Union on behalf of the Senior Pledge Initiative (SPI), a program which aims to spread awareness among the senior class regarding how they can give back to the College in the years following graduation.
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Men’s lacrosse clinches playoff spot with win
When the men's lacrosse team hosts Tufts tonight at 7 p.m. under the lights on Ryan Field, it will mark the last home game for the team's 10 seniors.
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AddSeven, expanding its reach, widely embraced at Middlebury
As finals loom and the relaxation enjoyed during Spring Break becomes a distant memory, the skepticism surrounding AddSeven.com—which was launched soon after students returned from vacation in March—has also faded away. The website is the brainchild of seniors Yoni Ackerman and Noah Isaacson, and in the month since the site launched, 717 Bowdoin students registered. Now, Ackerman and Isaacson have expanded to include networks for Bates, Colby and Middlebury.
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Women’s tennis falls to Amherst, shuts out Hamilton and Vassar
The women's tennis team finished its most difficult road trip of the season last weekend with a 2-1 record, improving its overall season record to 11-5 and the NESCAC conference record to 4-4.
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Students honored with a variety of scholarships and fellowships
As far as fellowships are concerned, Bowdoin has struck gold. This year, Bowdoin students have been honored with a number of prestigious awards, including two Udall Scholarships, a Beinecke Scholarship, a Goldwater Scholarship, six National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and various Fulbright Scholarships.
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With seven individual victories, women’s track takes first place
The women's track team ran away with first place out of a field of six last Saturday at the annual Aloha Relays, which took place at Magee-Samuelson Track and marked the team's only home meet of the season.
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Bowdoin Brief: 2011-2012 BSG assembly, class councils announced
With the final polls for Bowdoin Student Government's (BSG) spring elections closing this past Sunday, the final BSG positions for the 2011-2012 academic year have been determined.
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Men’s track grabs second at rainy Maine State Meet
The men's track team traveled to Lewiston amid a downpour over the weekend to compete in the Maine State Meet. The Polar Bears amassed 175 points and were runner-up to Bates, who scored 251 points.
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Bowdoin Brief: Taylor on campus to discuss environmental history issues
Last Wednesday, Joseph Taylor dove to the depths of American history in a talk on his work surveying the continent's marine landscape. Marine environmental history aims "to historicize the nature of oceans and put that in conversation with human history," said Taylor, associate professor of history and geography at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.
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Women’s rugby wins Maine Collegiate Tourney
The women's rugby team will host a clinic and then scrimmage next Thursday afternoon against the Portland U-19 team comprised of local high school players.
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Bowdoin Brief: Shift in Moulton dining tables result of employee mistake
Despite a brief shift in furnishing this weekend, all has returned to normal in the "dark room" of the dining hall at Moulton Union. Students were surprised to find the dining room tables in a different arrangement than normal when they arrived for a meal. Instead of being arranged in identical rows, the tables had been rotated about 45 degrees and sat in rows of varying length.
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Sprague leads sailing with eighth place finish
Tempestuous weather and a temperamental breeze throughout New England challenged the sailing team on the last major competition weekend of the year, but the Polar Bears stepped up with a solid performance nevertheless.
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Men’s tennis defeats Bobcats on road
The Polar Bears beat Bates 6-3 last night, due in large part to the strength of their doubles line-up.
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Alumni celebrate Ivies Weekend on the West Coast
While Bowdoin students celebrate Ivies on the football field, alums in San Francisco will be having a party of their own. Nalgenes, Bowdoin logs, and the "spirit of Ivies" will appear on the West Coast this Saturday for the first ever San Francisco Ivies, an event organized by alumni from the Class of 2008. "We're extremely fortunate to have a really huge Bowdoin community out here," said Kate Ambush '08, who helped plan the event. "We were kind of hanging out and we thought, 'Hey, Ivies is coming soon...wouldn't it be great if we could hold the same kind of event here in San Francisco?'"
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‘Hair’ ties down audience in search for ‘real love’
Student production brings
The acclaimed musical "Hair: The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical"—the first full-length show staged by Bowdoin group Curtain Callers—will take the stage in Kresge Auditorium tonight for its final performance.
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Baseball sweeps weekend series against Bantams
As the ball flew past the Trinity centerfielder off the bat of Adam Marquit '11, captain Dan Hicks '11 rounded third and was waved home. The relay throw came into the shortstop, who quickly turned it toward home as Hicks thundered down the line.
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Quints, quads lotteries run smoothly after email mishap
Daggett Lounge buzzed with nervous anticipation on Wednesday and Thursday evenings as students assembled for the quints and quads housing lotteries. Emotions ran from excited relief to frustrated disappointment as more blocks were entered in both lotteries than there were rooms available.
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H-L Library gifted Chinese Book Collection
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library held a reception yesterday to celebrate the College’s acquisition of the Frederick W. Mote Chinese Book Collection. The collection, which consists of Motes’ personal library, was donated by Motes’ widow, Hsiao-lan Chen.
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Early morning fire strikes 45 Maine Street
A fire at 45 Maine Street on Sunday caused significant damage to the three-story commercial and residential building. The damage was deemed to be too significant to repair and led authorities to raze the building to the ground. The official cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Softball takes two of three against Tufts
A stellar performance from rookie pitcher Melissa DellaTorre '14 and a strong offensive showing from the Polar Bears fueled the softball team's first ever NESCAC series win over visiting Tufts last weekend.
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Museum director Salatino builds impressive record in first two years
In 2009, Kevin Salatino arrived at Bowdoin from Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). As the new director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, he began transformning the place and has been hard at work since.
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Men’s lacrosse beats Bates to move up to fifth in NESCAC
The men's lacrosse team will play at Williams this Saturday for a spot in this season's NESCAC championship tournament and a chance to take home a NESCAC title.
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‘I Am Bowdoin’ continues work to put an end to bias on campus
Since the birth of the "I Am Bowdoin" effort six weeks ago, student leader Nylea Bivins '12 says the campus is in "a place that I've never seen it in before." Following the Sunday night community meeting on March 6 and the "I Am Bowdoin" rally on March 10—both in response to the March 1 Coles Tower bias incident—students and the administration have aggressively worked to raise awareness about issues of bias.
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Bowdoin should examine its lack of diversity
This fall will mark my 23rd year of teaching political philosophy and American political thought at Bowdoin. I dearly love this college and want to do everything that I can to see Bowdoin be the best that it can be. But love requires honesty, and Thomas Klingenstein's essay provides us with the opportunity to examine one area where we are notably deficient: intellectual and political diversity.
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Women’s lax defeats Bobcats, boosts national ranking to 12
The women's lacrosse team rolled over Bates on Wednesday evening, notching another impressive win to bring their total tally to 10-2 (5-2 NESCAC). With the victory, the women are now ranked 12th in the nation.
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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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Security and E-Board prep for Ivies week
With Ivies officially arriving next week, preparations for the event are in full swing. The Office of Safety and Security and the Entertainment Board (E-Board) are gearing up for the events of next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Alaskan archaeologist talks about prehistoric Arctic life
Owen Mason shares his expertise and research about walrus hunting villages
Dr. Owen Mason brought the prehistoric artic to life in his presentation about prehistoric whaling on the Bering Strait on Tuesday.
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Brooks elected BSG president for 2011-2012 academic year
Kim (treasurer), Chediak (VP of student organizations) and Taylor (VP of facilities) win elections
After polls closed for the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) elections last Sunday, the results were almost immediately sent to students via email. Derek Brooks '12 will serve as BSG president for the 2011-2012 academic year. Brian Kim '13 was elected treasurer, Dani Chediak '13 won the race for vice president of student organizations, and Chase Taylor '12 was successful in his bid to become vice president of facilities.
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Men’s tennis falls by one to top-ranked Middlebury
The men's tennis team put up a valiant fight against Middlebury in its match last Saturday. Though ranked behind Middlebury, Bowdoin came within a point of an upset.
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Professors react to charges levied in Claremont Review
The scathing critique of President Barry Mills and the College's perceived lack of intellectual diversity, which appeared in the latest issue of the conservative Claremont Review of Books, triggered several responses from members of the College's faculty this week.
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Gamache, Horowitz and Lucyk take first place
The men's track team traveled to Durham, New Hampshire last Saturday to compete against local D-I schools.
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Poet Villanueva shares experience of being Chicano in the United States
The poet ties personal insight with artistic practice
Internationally-acclaimed Chicano poet, artist and scholar Tino Villanueva came to campus on Monday to give a reading of his work and speak about poetry's connection to the Chicano experience.
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Women’s tennis beats Bates with impressive singles play
The women's tennis team beat the Bates Bobcats 7-2 on Wednesday in Lewiston. The victory leaves the Polar Bears at 9-4 for the season overall and 4-3 in the NESCAC.
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Cuts and compromise needed to solve the nation’s severe debt crisis
According to a BBC analyst, "All sides are starting to realize the U.S. government cannot keep overspending. For every dollar it spends, 40 cents are now borrowed. If the government was a normal household and was forced to pay normal interest rates, the US would already have declared bankrupt." These words reflect the vast amount of money that the federal government is borrowing to finance continued deficit spending. With the debt at 97.4 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), neither party has offered a serious plan to reduce the debt.
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Students seek out graduate school advice
Liberal arts students in colleges like Middlebury, Williams, Amherst and Bowdoin are accustomed to answering the question, "What are you doing with your life after graduation?" As students are often forced to choose a career path more focused than their college studies, many decide to continue their education in graduate school.
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‘Including Samuel’ explores challenges faced by those with special needs
At Bowdoin, where students share roughly similar learning abilities, it can be easy to overlook the challenges facing children with special needs. But for photojournalist Dan Habib, the issue of mainstreaming special needs students into the public education system is not only pertinent—it is personal. His documentary “Including Samuel,” to be screened at Bowdoin today, chronicles his family’s experiences after his son, Samuel, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
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Watson Fellowship awarded to Magno ’11 for dance and service
While many Bowdoin seniors are searching for jobs or preparing for graduate school, Josh Magno '11 is packing his suitcase. Magno was awarded a prestigious Watson Fellowship and will spend the next year traveling the world, spending time in at least five different countries completing his project "5, 6, 7, 8, Instep, Outreach: An Exploration of Dance as Community Service."
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Harkavy places second in 400-meter hurdles
In its third meet of the season, the women's track team posted strong individual results at the New Hampshire Invitational last Saturday.
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‘I am Bowdoin’ photo should not be staged
To the Editors: I am responding to Megan Massa's April 15 letter "'I am Bowdoin' event photo lacked diversity" because I feel that it needs to be understood that this commenter is part of the problem. The idea that pictures should be staged and created in order to satisfy everyone in a demographic is absurd. This is a picture of a group of participants, male and female.
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BSG approves FY book proposal, extends hours at Fitness Center
On Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) met to discuss the first year book proposal, as well as a variety of other measures.
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Women’s rugby loses 27-14 to Merrimack
The women's rugby team will travel to the Cumberland Fairgounds this weekend to compete in the Maine Collegiate Rugby Tournament.
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Political beliefs do not impede with teaching
To the Editors: Here is a question I have about the entirety of Thomas Klingenstein's essay ("Essay in Claremont Review rips Barry Mills' convocation," April 15), from the he-said-she-said about what happened on the links to the speculative statistics about how many Republicans are on Bowdoin's faculty: Who cares?
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Bowdoin Brief: Bowdoin prepares to host 2011 RoboCup U.S. Open
Beginning today and continuing through Sunday, Bowdoin's own Northern Bites (NB) will host the 2011 RoboCup U.S. Open for the Standard Platform League in Watson Arena. This is the third consecutive year that the College has hosted the tournament.
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Women’s sailing team prepares for New England Championship
The coed sailing squad slugged it out on the high seas at New England Championships last weekend, while the women's team took one last weekend to prepare for its own championship regatta, which takes place on Saturday at Bowdoin.
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Brunswick Teen Center thanks Bowdoin
To the Editors: The Brunswick Teen Center Program @ People Plus wants to thank Kat Flaherty '11 and the Bowdoin women's basketball, rugby, soccer and volleyball teams for scooping, as well as the a cappella group that performed, at this year's Fool's Eve Fiasco event at The Gelato Fiasco on March 31. We would also like to thank the many Bowdoin faculty, staff and students who came by to enjoy some great gelato and support our program! The Teen Center teens enjoyed a field trip to The Gelato Fiasco once again, each getting a dish of gelato courtesy of the McKeen Center for the Common Good!
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Bowdoin Brief: ‘Consent is Sexy’ brings sexual assualt awareness to campus
"Consent is Sexy" week, an initiative coordinated by the Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), wraps up today after highlighting issues surrounding sexual assault this past week.
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MacEachern wins top prize for African prehistory work
Though his book won the Society of Africanist Archaeologists Book Prize, Professor of Anthropology Scott MacEachern did not return from the ceremony in Dakar with a gold statuette commemorating the achievement. "I think I got a beer out of it," he said, smiling. But though the prize itself may have been slight, the book's impact is sure to be less modest.
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Baseball sweeps Thomas, takes two of three from Bates
Winning four out of its five games last weekend, the men's baseball team quickly forgot about its recent stumbles as it improved to 13-6 overall.
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40th anniversary of dance showcases diversity of curriculum
Dance classes reform to celebrate milestone in Pickard Theater
Creating a swirling sea of resplendent and contrasting shades of blue with their every leap and turn, the dancers of Advanced Repertory, Dance 312, welcomed the audience to the Spring Dance Concert yesterday evening.
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SWAT to introduce new digest after year of discussion, design
The Student Web Advisory Team (SWAT) has spent the past year working on two coordinated projects; redesigning the campus digest and the student gateway. The Bowdoin community will soon see at least one portion of the team's extensive labor come to fruition; pending the finalized technical details, SWAT will start testing the new digest at the beginning of next week.
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Class gifts leave unique legacies across campus, in scholarships
Even the keenest observer walking through the Bowdoin campus might overlook the numerous plaques, gateways, rooms and statues donated by previous Bowdoin classes. Since the College's early years, graduating classes have found a way to profoundly and visibly give back to the campus by way of class gifts. With the economic downturn, these gifts have shifted from more visible landmarks to endowed funds for scholarships and financial aid. Regardless of what the gift is composed of, classes continue to have an impact on the College well after their graduation.
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Softball extends win streak to nine games with victories
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.
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Internet woes to be addessed with upgrades
Tour guides often say that a good wireless Internet connection is available everywhere on campus, even in the Bowdoin Pines. Yet over the past few weeks, students have been forced to endure faulty connections, long loading times and inaccessible websites, no matter the location.
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Native American scholar speaks on tribal sovereignty
Dr. N. Bruce Duthu, professor & chair of Native American studies at Dartmouth College, was invited to campus to speak today about tribal sovereignty.
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Sailing coed team takes third
The Polar Bears had strong results in both coed and women's events last weekend, an encouraging performance as the team looks to continue to improve in the coming weeks.
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Alcohol Team prompts dialogue with summit
With Ivies Week looming, conversations about the dangers of alcohol may be more salient than usual. During the Alcohol Team's (A-Team) second annual Alcohol Summit on Thursday evening, approximately 80 students and faculty gathered to discuss how students view the use of alcohol on campus.
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Stevens to compete for position on under-23 New England Rugby team
After three and a half years of women's rugby at Bowdoin, senior Becky Stevens is looking to claim a spot on the under-23 New England Rugby team.
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Men’s ultimate prepares for D-III New Englands
The spring season is finally in full swing for the men's ultimate team. This Saturday and Sunday at Farley Field, the team will compete in the North New England D-III College Open Conference Championships with its sights set on ultimately reaching the USA Ultimate D-III College Championships.
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ASA dedicates Asian Week to Japan relief
In light of the earthquake that devastated Sendai, Japan and many other areas of the country on March 11, the Asian Students Association (ASA) decided to reorganize its annual week of cultural events as a fundraiser for the Japanese Red Cross.
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Alums thank Coviello for ‘Writing’ series
To the Editors: We are grateful to Associate Professor of English Peter Coviello and others in the Bowdoin community who were our hosts on campus last week during "Writing for Money," a series of conversations with students about the various ways they can build careers in the media.
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BSG candidates for 2011-2012 meet for debate ahead of weekend elections
The candidates running for positions in Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) for the next academic year participated in the fourth annual BSG debates on Monday evening in Jack Magee's Pub. Students running for the positions of vice president of student organizations, vice president of facilities, BSG treasurer and BSG president all debated on the pub's stage in a question-and-answer format moderated by Seth Walder '11, editor in chief of the Bowdoin Orient, and Amanda Nguyen '11, current vice president of student organizations.
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Men’s lacrosse beats Endicott by one
The men's lacrosse team toppled Endicott in a home game yesterday evening, capturing its first win in three games. With a final score of 13-12, this victory puts the Polar Bears at a 4-6 record.
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'I am Bowdoin' event photo lacked diversity
To the Editors: I am afraid I must express discontent with an image displayed in one of your recent articles. Accompanying the April 1 article, "'I am Bowdoin' promotes diversity awareness," was a rather misleading image. As a representative group on campus, "I am Bowdoin" strives to bridge the boundaries between race, sexuality, socio-economic class, religion, gender and other sources of difference among Bowdoin students so to create a more cohesive, unified campus environment.
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James Joyce symposium decodes ‘Ulysses’
And the year of James Joyce continues. Last night, "The Next Joyce Century: Still Fearing and Loving 'Ulysses'" opened with a panel discussion in Hubbard Hall. The symposium will continue this afternoon with a roundtable discussion in Massachusetts Hall.
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Women’s lax gets rained out after falling to Middlebury
Though the postponement of Tuesday's game versus Husson disrupted the women's lacrosse team's schedule, the Polar Bears were not too perturbed by the break in play.
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Creator of the pepper flip game uncredited
To the Editors: In Charles Cubeta's April 8 article "Pepper flipping tradition has raised the stakes since 2004," I feel I must for posterity's sake reveal the true origins of this campus phenomenon.
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‘Proud of My Whole Self’ Day connects identity, expression
The arrival of the weekend and warm spring weather will not be the only thing celebrated on campus today, as the second annual "Proud of My Whole Self" Day will honor connections between identity and expression.
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Davis leads men’s tennis to impressive comeback
The men's tennis team posted a late comeback in its two final singles matches to topple 20th-ranked MIT last Friday. The Bears, ranked 14th in the nation, improved to 7-2.
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Loopdriver performance digitally plays with minds
Last night, a full audience in Wish Theater was presented again, again and again by the stark themes of loopdriver.
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Women’s tennis trounces Mules 8-1
The women's tennis team came out on top with an 8-1 victory in its match against Colby yesterday afternoon. With this win, the Polar Bears improved their record to 8-3 (2-3 NESCAC).
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Eco Service Day encourages sustainability in agriculture
With the last of the massive snow drifts finally disappearing from campus, numerous students will take advantage of the spring weather to get outdoors and participate in tomorrow's 10th annual Eco Service Day.
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New late weekend hours at Buck formalized
Last night, the Alcohol Team (A-Team), Athletics Department and Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) announced that Fitness Center hours will be extended through the rest of the semester. In a campus-wide email, the groups indicated that the Buck Fitness Center will remain open until midnight on Thursday and Friday nights, and until 10 p.m. on Saturday nights, as of last night.
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Hari Kondabolu ’04 returns to perform stand-up comedy as part of Asian Week
They say comedy is an antidote to the times; if so, the performance of comedian Hari Kondabolu '04 was a fitting end to the fundraising efforts of Asian Week.
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Boeding qualifies for NESCAC, New England Championship
Last weekend, the men's track team bussed to Springfield College to compete in a tri-meet with the hosts and with Middlebury. The meet started off with a dynamite performance by James Boeding '14 in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
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‘Cooked’ screening seeks to spark heat wave talk
After 10 years putting together her investigative documentary, Judit Helfand showcased the product of her labors, "Cooked," to students yesterday.
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Peterson and Millett each take two wins at Springfield Invit.
The women's outdoor track team sprung into action last weekend at the Springfield Invitational with a third-place finish behind Springfield and Middlebury.
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BSG discusses guest meals and gender-neutral housing
Weekly meeting shortened as BSG prepares for candidate elections this weekend
Following the candidate debates on Monday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) met briefly on Wednesday evening to continue discussion of guest meal plans and gender-neutral housing.
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Bowdoin Brief: Brunswick superintendent proposes closing Jordan Acres
Facing a budget deficit of $3.9 million, Superintendent of the Brunswick School District Paul Perzanoski announced a proposal last week to close Jordan Acres School. In addition to closing the school, which is located at 75 Jordan Avenue in Brunswick and enrolls kindergarten through second-grade students, Perzanoski's plan calls for laying off 32 employees. According to Perzanoski, closing the school would save the district more than $1 million.
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College connects to Wabanaki tribes through discussion and arts festival
Maine colleges team up to bring Native Americans to campus, diversify student body
As part of the College's long-standing efforts to reach beyond its borders, events sponsored by the Wabanaki collaborative will headline on campus today and tomorrow.
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Rugby beats Colby 17-12
The women's rugby team will continue its spring training season in a match against Merrimac College Friday evening.
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Bowdoin Brief: Demolition of Bowker House receives final town clearance
After receiving approval from the Town of Brunswick yesterday, the plan to demolish the J.H. Bowker Double House in order to build a parking lot will proceed, according to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer Catherine Longley.
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Film scholar Halle analyzes Turkish cinema
Yesterday, students got a taste of German cinema directly from an expert in the field.
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Bowdoin Brief: Klingle awarded fellowship from the Mellon Foundation
Associate Professor of History and Environmental Science Matthew Klingle was recently awarded the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's prestigious New Directions Fellowship, which was presented to only 15 scholars nationwide.
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Sports Short: Men’s and women’s crew opens season strong at Amherst Regatta
The crew team began its official spring season this past weekend at the 'Big Three' Regatta in Amherst, Mass.
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Bowdoin Brief: Founder of The Land Institute delivers talk on sustainability
Wes Jackson, founder and current president of The Land Institute, spoke to a packed house in Kresge Auditorium on Monday in a talk entitled "Consulting the Genius of Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture."
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Norah Maki ’09 ‘trespasses’ on campus for ‘Ulysses’ lecture
Alumna revisits Bowdoin to give a lecture about her
Norah Maki '09 returns to Bowdoin today to give a lecture on her collections of prints, "May I Trespass on Your Valuable Space," which are being displayed in the Fishbowl Gallery on the first floor of the Visual Arts Center.
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Women’s lacrosse upsets Colby with overtime victory
The women's lacrosse team faced Connecticut College, University of New England, and Colby last week, going on a 3-0 winning streak that culminated in the 14th-ranked Polar Bears beating the 8th-ranked Mules.
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Pepper flipping tradition has raised the stakes since 2004
Peculiar events are commonplace in Bowdoin dining halls, but sightings of a student army crawling across the ground, singing a Miley Cyrus song, or serving as waitstaff does not warrant a second look due to the campus-wide craze of pepper-flipping. "Getting pepper flipped" is a common experience for Bowdoin students, but one sure to raise eyebrows from outsiders. Pepper flipping is a game that has turned into a unique social phenomenon at Bowdoin. The current version runs as follows: a student makes a challenge or bet to another student, such as "If I land this pepper flip, you have to serve me dessert." If, and only if, the chosen student consents to this task, the first student will pick up the closest pepper shaker and attempt to flip it in the air. If the tossed pepper shaker completes at least a single rotation and lands upright, then the bet must be fulfilled. There are two golden rules essential to the game. The first is that there must be only one flip per meal.
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Town Council moves to swap McLellan and Longfellow
After over a year of negotiations between the Town of Brunswick and the College regarding the soon-to-be-vacated Longfellow Elementary School, the town moved one step closer toward approving a proposed swap of the College's McLellan Building for the Longfellow property at Monday night's special Town Council meeting.
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Japanese crises spark campus support and events
We have all been shocked at the terrible destruction wrought by the triple-crisis of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in Sendai, Japan last month. Almost a month after the disasters struck, over 12,000 people are dead and another 15,000 still missing. The story no longer dominates the front pages, but the emotional and physical suffering of hundreds of thousands of survivors continues.
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14th-ranked men’s tennis beats Cardinals, Jumbos
Over the weekend, men's tennis established itself as the team to beat, easily dispatching Tufts on Sunday and Wesleyan on Monday. The Polar Bears now have a record of 6-2 (2-0 NESCAC).
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Chapel weddings, on campus receptions popular among alumni
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
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Calvocoressi celebrates poetry’s oral tradition
Last night, as part of National Poetry Month, poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi performed a reading of her work after being invited by associate editor of the Bowdoin Magazine and From the Fishouse co-founder Matthew O'Donnell.
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Local Natives withdraw from Ivies concert
Band cites “personal reasons,” rock band Dr. Dog to replace
On Saturday night, the Entertainment Board (E-Board) received word that Local Natives, an indie band from Los Angeles, would no longer be able to perform at Ivies. Working quickly, the E-Board inquired for and received a contract from Dr. Dog, a Philadelphia-based psychedelic rock band, to serve as a replacement. The band will join the remaining lineup, Mac Miller and Janelle Monáe, at the April 30 concert.
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Baseball fails to slow down Lord Jeffs
The lingering winter weather in the northeast has cooled down Bowdoin's hot streak, as the baseball team struggled against NESCAC rival Amherst College.
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Keigwin + Company invited to help celebrate 40th dance anniversary
Twenty-eleven marks one year after the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, one year before the supposed apocalypse—and the 40th anniversary of dance at Bowdoin. The dance40@bowdoin celebration kicks off with a performance by Keigwin + Company tomorrow night.
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ResLife announces College House decisions
Scores of Bowdoin students were left disappointed this week when College House decisions were mailed out on Monday. In a year that saw a record number of applicants, the Office of Residential Life had the hard task of choosing from over 300 applications for only 206 spots.
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Bean returns and phone manners
I bought a pair of Bean Boots last winter. When I dug them out of the closet a few months ago, they looked old and torn. Because I know that L.L.Bean will exchange my boots for a new pair, no questions asked, I'm tempted to drive to Freeport and redeem a new pair of boots. What constitutes an abuse of L.L.Bean's return policy?
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Softball takes two against UMaine-Farmington
The Bowdoin College softball team successfully sweeped the University of Maine-Farminton in a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon.
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AddSeven.com catches fire, brings ‘Senior Seven’ to all
April Fools has come and gone, but AddSeven—and the whirlwind of questions surrounding the website—remains. Despite a rumor that the new social networking site AddSeven.com was an April Fools joke, the site has been gaining popularity on campus since it was launched on the weekend of March 26; on Monday alone, the site's homepage attracted over 5,000 hits.
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Men’s Lacrosse beats Camels to take first NESCAC victory
The men's lacrosse team will look to avenge last year's NESCAC semifinal loss to Middlebury when the Panthers come to Brunswick this Saturday.
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Brunswick Executive Airport officially opens
For those with access to a private aircraft, flying in and out of Brunswick just got a lot easier. The Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM) officially opened for civilian use on April 2, replacing part of the Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) that is slated to close on May 31 of this year.
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Lecture mispresented Hindu religious rituals
To the Editors: I am surprised to see in your April 1 issue the Art Smart "Female suicide bombings and Hinduism focus of Harman's lecture." In the article, William P. Harman, professor in the department of philosophy and religion at the University of Tennessee, tries to couple the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Homeland (LTTE) suicide bombers with Hindu folk worship of the deceased women. The latter is usually the result of local factors and is not practiced for any political reasons. And more often than not, Hindu folk worship of women stems from an affirmation rather than a rejection of life.
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Women’s tennis tops Wesleyan
The women's tennis team easily dispatched the Wesleyan Cardinals 8-1 last Saturday in its home opener. The 12th-ranked Polar Bears remain unbeaten in D-III play as their record improves to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the NESCAC.
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Veritas Forum to consider what it means to be ‘good’
Professor of Philosophy Scott Sehon said he is looking forward to Bowdoin's first-ever Veritas Forum because he thinks "it's a good thing for there to be more dialogue between religious perspectives and secular perspectives." But one might ask Professor Sehon for a more precise definition of the word "good"—exactly the question he is going to have to answer during next Thursday's forum.
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Sailing finishes mid-fleet
The sailing team faced blustery conditions last weekend as it raced to prepare for the New England Championships, which begin in only one week.
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BSG explores guest meal plans, revisits first year book program
On Wednesday evening, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) had its first meeting since Spring Break. The meeting opened with a discussion of instituting guest meals at the dining halls. At-Large Representative Tess Kramer '13 initiated the dialogue, stating that the idea was proposed to her by friends. "After friends brought it up, I talked to a lot of students to get opinions," she said. "Everyone agreed it would be a great idea."
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Women in Business convention showcases female professionals
Last Saturday, the Bowdoin Women in Business Club (BWIB) welcomed 15 female speakers to campus for its annual Bowdoin Women in Business Spring Convention. The convention gave female students the opportunity to learn more about career preparation, networking and leadership in areas ranging from media to technology.
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An Indian, wolverine, bulldog and an Irishman walk into a bar….
I'd like to begin this week's column on a bit of a somber note. Last Sunday, former Yale women's hockey player Mandi Schwartz lost her battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Community reacts to new NYT online paywall
Under the recently instituted New York Times (NYT) website paywall, news comes at a price. Yet for members of the Bowdoin community, access will be subsidized. As of March 28, the NYT capped free online access at 20 articles per month and began charging $15 a month for unlimited computer and smart phone access. However, through the NYT Campus Newspaper Readership Program and Bowdoin Student Government (BSG), anyone with a Bowdoin email address is eligible for unlimited access at a discounted price of $11.28 a month.
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Davis Project for Peace grant awarded to sophomore Ilyas
Mariya Ilyas '13 is preaching what she practices. Ilyas was recently awarded funding from the Davis Project for Peace to create a high school journalism program at Al-Imtiaz Academy (AIA) in Abottabad, Pakistan, based on her experience working on newspapers in high school and at Bowdoin. The Davis Project for Peace provides each selected student $10,000 to implement their project ideas to achieve peace throughout the world.
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English Department hosts first seminar on ‘Writing for Money’
To the casual observer, it might be easy to consider the various trends of struggling bookstores, folding magazines, and massive layoffs at the largest newspapers as indicative of an increasingly bleak landscape for people interested in making a career of writing. The reality is not as dire as the statistics may suggest.
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Bowdoin Brief: Call It The Truth wins opening set at April 30 Ivies concert
After last night's Battle of the Bands, Smith Union is still ringing. Eight bands signed up to compete for the chance to be the opening act of the Ivies concert on April 30, with Call It The Truth coming out on top. Call It The Truth includes members Justin Foster '11, Nate Joseph '13, Mikel McCavana '12 and Fhiwa Ndou '13.
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Bowdoin Brief: Students report harrassment from three moving vehicles
In the span of just 15 minutes, people from three separate vehicles yelled harassing language at two students near Howell House between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m. on April 2. According to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols, people in the second car shouted a racial slur while those in the third called out a sexual slur; the language of the individuals in the first car was indiscernible.
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Bowdoin Brief: Africa Alliance sponsors week of “Africa in April” programs
Throughout the past week, the Africa Alliance has been hosting its first-ever "Africa in April" celebration. Organized by the 10 members of the student-run organization and sponsored by Africana studies and the music department, the week has already featured a number of programs to generate greater awareness and understanding of African culture.
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Bowdoin Brief: Students report cash theft on the 13th floor of Coles Tower
The slew of Coles Tower thefts continue. Two more students reported having cash stolen from their rooms on the 13th floor of the tower on March 31. Although the exterior doors to their rooms had been locked, the bedroom doors were left unlocked, said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.
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Bowdoin Brief: Common Good Grants to be presented next Wednesday
Next Wednesday, 10 local non profits and the committees of the Common Good Grant will gather together under one roof for a night of education, checks and Bowdoin Logs. Two student-run committees oversee the application process for the Common Good Grant. The grant committee comprises 12 students who review applications from local non profits and choose proposals to approve, while the extension committee is responsible for locating donors to enlarge the program.
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Bowdoin Brief: Security identifies culprit in harrassing phone calls case
One Security investigation has reached its conclusion. Over Winter Break, eight students received harassing phone calls from someone claiming to be a Bowdoin student, said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols. Nichols said the calls were "not threatening, but inappropriate."
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Bowdoin Brief: Relay for Life fundraiser set to begin this evening at 6 p.m.
The American Cancer Society will come to the College as part of the 6th annual Relay for Life fundraiser. A sea of purple-clad students, staff and faculty from the College are expected to gather for 12 hours to raise money for cancer research. The overnight event, which begins at 6 p.m. and will continue through the night and early morning, anticipates more than 463 participants. As of press time, the organizers had raised more than $26,000.
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Bowdoin Brief: Time frame for bias crime in Tower narrowed, says Nichols
The investigation to find the person or persons responsible for the March 1 bias incident in Coles Tower remains ongoing. Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols speculated that it was unlikely the party that wrote "I love Meatful Monday. F*g n***er" on a white board on the 15th floor of the building would come forward and confess at this point.
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Bowdoin Brief: College looks to add lighting in aftermath of bias incident
As a result of the discussion following the Coles Tower bias incident, the College may be adding new lighting around campus.
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Four winners of Delta Sigma Art Competition announced
Three seniors and a sophomore win the annual competition
The Delta Sigma Art Competition hosted its annual Wine and Cheese Awards Reception in the Lamarche Gallery in Smith Union on Wednesday.
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Men’s tennis rebounds from slow start to spring
The men's tennis team emerged from Spring Break with a 4-2 record, scoring confident wins against Skidmore (5-4) and California Lutheran (6-3), but the preseason trip got off to a slow start, with losses against Trinity (Texas) and Pomona-Pitzer.
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Recent alumni take Bowdoin lessons to different careers
Recent graduates have proven that life after Bowdoin can lead to many paths, from designing cutting-edge fly-fishing technology to sports writing, to talking about sex. Scott Caras '08, a Government and Legal Studies and Anthropology double major, always had an avid interest in fly-fishing. While at Bowdoin, Caras and fellow students Ted Upton '07 and Max Key '08 would seek out fishing spots along the Androscoggin River and around Casco Bay and Popham Beach. While all three took corporate jobs after Bowdoin, they maintained a strong interest in fly-fishing. After gaining experience in business, the fishing buddies joined with Providence alumnus Peter Crommett in December 2009 to found Cheeky Fly Fishing, a manufacturing company targeted at what the website describes as "progressive fly fishermen."
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NHL GM Brian Burke headlines ‘Anything But Straight’ events
When the Bowdoin community welcomes Brian Burke, the president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to campus today as part of the "Anything But Straight in Athletics" (ABSA) series, attendees will acknowledge one of the most dynamic personalities in the National Hockey League, but also one of the most powerful agents of change in fighting homophobia in athletics. As a representative of the notoriously macho culture of professional hockey, Burke seems an unlikely gay advocate, but his tenacity in confronting homophobia in the sport has been unrivaled.
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St. Mary Schola to perform ‘Requiem’ on Wednesday
In conjunction with the current exhibit at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, "Object of Devotion," the music department will sponsor "Requiem," a concert in Early Renaissance music by St. Mary Schola.
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In cold weather, sailing shines with multiple top-five finishes
Fresh from a week of sailing in Florida, the Polar Bears returned to chilly New England to post strong results in Boston and Newport last weekend.
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Regular decision yields 15.6% acceptance rate
After almost three months of consideration, the Office of Admissions sent out regular decision letters for the Class of 2015 last Friday, March 25. This year's acceptance rate—15.6 percent—is notably lower than last year's, which was 19.7 percent. Admissions had initially targeted March 25 as the final date to mail decision letters, though letters were mailed out a day early last year.
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Fantasy baseball in full swing on campus after opening day
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.
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Active dialogue faciliates change against adversity
"[It is] validating to be who you are—even if you had to fight to be who you are," said Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Judith Casselberry on attending the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival and producing the "Amazon 35 Project." On Friday, March 4, 2011, eight scholars gathered in Lancaster Lounge to celebrate black women's resistance. "Testify, Witness and Act: Black Women's Resistance" was co-sponsored by gender and women's studies and Africana studies, with support from the Edith Lansing Koon Sills Lecture Fund, the Women's Resource Center and the history department.
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Young pitchers shine on baseball’s spring training trip
After a successful start to its season at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational over Spring Break, the baseball team will return to the field on Sunday for a doubleheader at Amherst.
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‘I Am Bowdoin’ promotes diversity awareness
In the aftermath of the March 6 Daggett Lounge discussion regarding acts of racial and sexual intolerance and the March 9 "I Am Bowdoin" community protest, members of the student body and the administration are taking steps toward ensuring that there is no repeat of the March 1 bias incident that occurred in Coles Tower. In particular, "I Am Bowdoin" recently transitioned from being a protest group to an organization of around 40 students geared toward spreading diversity awareness.
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Women’s lax wins 5 of first 6 games over break
With only one loss to date, women's lacrosse has posted a strong beginning to its season, having decimated their opponents with wins as great as 21-2.
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Rabbi Harry Sky donates Inuit art collection
Sky’s donation expands the Artic Museum’s collection of Canadian Inuit Art
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center recently received a notable collection of contemporary Canadian Inuit Art. Rabbi Harry Z. Sky, a resident of Maine and a Rabbi at the Temple Beth El in Portland, donated the collection to share his interest in Inuit Art with the Bowdoin community.
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After over 20 years at the College, Torrey plans to step down in June
Though he will remain as Secretary, Torrey cites a "personal need" to pursue new goals
Since arriving in Brunswick over two decades ago, Bill Torrey has traveled the world over raising money for Bowdoin. As the College's chief development officer, it's not unusual for him to be in London one week and Los Angeles the next. Yet his days of tracking down alumni are numbered, as Torrey, senior vice president for planning and development, will step down from the post this coming June.
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Middlebury student detained in Syria
Middlebury junior Tik Root, who has been missing since March 18, is currently being detained by Syrian authorities, according to his father Tom Root. Although the U.S. State Department has issued no official statement concerning Root's location or the conditions of his detention, his family received word from the Syrian Embassy on March 26 confirming that he is safe and in the hands of the Syrian government.
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Victories lead women’s tennis to No. 13 national ranking
The women’s tennis team finished its Spring Break trip to California last Wednesday with two more victories, improving its record against D-III schools to 6-0.
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Men’s lacrosse struggles with 2-4 record
The men’s lacrosse team will travel to Connecticut College this weekend for its third conference game in pursuit of its first conference victory.
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Math, computer science majors increase among Class of 2013
Members of the Class of 2013 recently made decisions that were far from sophomoric. With the March 10 deadline for major declarations having come and gone, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jim Higginbotham said there were a "couple of interesting trends" in the non-binding choices made by this year's sophomore class.
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Bias incident deserves serious reflection
To the Editors: I am appalled by the racial hate speech incident reported in the March 4 issue of the Orient, "Bias Incident Strikes 15th Floor of Tower." It makes me wonder if the perpetrator has learned—or will learn—anything of value during his/her time at Bowdoin.
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Registrar Christine Cote announces retirement
After 18 years of service to the College, Registrar Christine Cote announced that she will retire from her post this June. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Jim Higginbotham said that Cote hopes to pursue photography and other artistic interests in retirement, building upon an already blossoming career in the fine arts.
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Softball struggles early with 5-11 record in Fla.
After the most successful season in program history, including a 34-14 record and a program-first NCAA tournament win, the women's softball team looks to keep improving this season.
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Incorrect professor cited in Orient article
To the Editors: Thank you for including coverage, in Lily Harriman's "Afro-Colombian artist and activist lectures, student ensemble joins in traditional dance," in the February 25 issue of the Orient, of the lecture and dance recital of Julio César Montaño for Black History Month. As the organizer of the event, I was pleased to find my introduction of Mr. Montaño quoted in the article. Less gratifying was the fact that my name and title were cited in the article as "Director of Chamber Ensembles Roland Vazquez," when in fact I am "Assistant Professor of Music Michael Birenbaum Quintero," a mistake that I can only assume comes from the search for a Hispanic surname on the music department webpage.
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Winter teams struggle over Spring Break
Although many Bowdoin teams were riding hot streaks going into Spring Break, the Polar Bears struggled to continue their successes in postseason play.
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Capillary Action flows up to Bowdoin
Comtemporary music band to perform Wednesday night in Studzsinski Recital Hall
As students eagerly await the all-star Ivies line-up featuring headliners Janelle Monae and Mac Miller, a very different, up-and-coming group, the avant-garde Capillary Action, will grace the stage of Studzinski theater, offering a taste of the contemporary music scene that promises not to disappoint.
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A community reacts in the aftermath of the March 1 Coles Tower bias incident
On March 6, approximately 200 students, faculty, and staff attended an open discussion in Daggett Lounge about acts of racial and sexual intolerance both at Bowdoin and in the broader Maine community. Triggered by the March 1 bias incident in Coles Tower, the meeting was organized to shed light on these events and provide a productive forum to generate ideas.
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Dining Service rearranges Smith Union management
Dining Service recently announced two employee changes as Tricia Gipson, formerly the manager of cash operations and student employment, will assume the position of Dining Service business manager on April 4. Adeena Fisher, a graduate of Ithaca College and the Culinary Institute of America, will replace Gipson as manager of dining retail operations.
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Alternative Spring Break traverses continent
Eight student groups spread out across the North American continent during the first week of Spring Break as part of this year's community service Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips, sponsored by the McKeen Center for the Common Good. 81 students participated this year and their feedback on the 2011 ASB program has been overwhelmingly positive.
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LACMA curator shares expertise on presenting European art, sculpture
Amid the bustle of a West Coast metropolis, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) curator J. Patrice Marandel uses his expertise to present "Old Masters" in new ways. Introduced last night as one of "the most important curators in America," Marandel provided the Bowdoin community insight into his work purchasing and exhibiting European art and sculpture.
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Bowdoin Brief: ‘Meatless Monday’ debate continues in national media
While the controversy on campus surrounding "Meatless Monday" may have calmed over Spring Break, it continued to spark discussion around the country as various national news media outlets debated the February 21 event. The meal was originally organized by the Bowdoin College Democrats.
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Bowdoin Brief: ResLife assures beds for all students in 2011-2012 year
Though 30 fewer students are studying abroad next year and 510 students in the Class of 2014 are rising as sophomores, Residential Life is confident housing will not be an issue in the 2011-2012 academic year. "We have enough beds," said Interim Director of Residential Life Lisa Rendall. Rendall added that the current configuration of housing—including "forced" housing in Brunswick and Stowe Hall—would remain the same, and that more forced housing would not be added.
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Men’s hockey upsets Amherst in first round of playoffs
The men's ice hockey team has made it to the final four of the NESCAC tournament and will face off against Colby in the semifinal on Saturday.
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Bias incident strikes 15th floor of Tower
At some point between Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday morning, a message on the white board of a dorm room on the 15th floor of Coles Tower was vandalized. The initial message of "I Love Meatless Mondays" was maliciously edited to instead read, "I Love Meatful Mondays! Meatless Mondays Suck!!! F*g N***er."
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Androscoggin Dam has long-term impact on river pollution
The Androscoggin, Maine's third largest river, winds from the northwest of the state to Brunswick and Topsham, where the Androscoggin Dam stands today. While students might pass the dam with only a moment's glance, residents of Maine who have lived along the river since childhood speak of the Androscoggin's long and complicated environmental history. The dam, which has been rebuilt several times since the early 1800s, remains a symbol of ingenuity and adaptability.
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Best-selling Clarke reads ‘Exley’
Massachusetts Hall opened its doors to Brock Clarke, Associate Professor of English, on Wednesday, with students and Brunswick residents gathering to hear a reading from his latest novel.
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Consumerism poses largest threat to the environment
Whenever we decide to buy something, we often decide whether to buy "green." It is a complicated choice because we confront a lot of options. For every product you can buy, someone seems to have created a "green" version. "Organic" labels can be found on everything from mushrooms to nail polish, and you can even buy fuel-efficient leaf-blowers. Although we usually see a "green" option whenever we buy anything, some things stand out as oxymorons. Buying a hybrid SUV, for example, is not a good move if you are honestly trying to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Women’s hockey beats Camels in quarterfinals
After a thrilling win over the Connecticut College Camels last weekend, the women's hockey team will travel to Middlebury to take on the top-seeded Panthers on Saturday.
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SWAT works to upgrade digest, limit class e-mails
There is no shortage of means of communication on campus: innumerable posters vie for student's attention on the walls of public spaces and students receive fliers in the mailboxes—at least until BSG voted on Wednesday to stop the practice. Arguably the most heavily-trafficked advertising venue is e-mail, however. Student inboxes are inundated every day with the student digest and a veritable flood of campus-wide messages announcing everything from College House parties to summer job opportunities.
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Hashtags, trends and retweets: Twitter takes flight at Bowdoin
Dismissed by many as a glorified Facebook status update, Twitter has proven to be a powerful social media tool for some students at Bowdoin. Some merely use the popular interface for recreation, others use it to communicate important information to a larger audience, and even others advertise and forge business contacts by way of Twitter's 140 character messages. Within the Bowdoin community, Twitter exposes students to a range of current happenings on campus. Looking at the handle @bsgpresident, run by John Connolly '11, students can read things like, "Have an opinion about Meatless Mondays? The organizers will be talking to BSG Wed. night at 830 in Daggett. Stop by to share your opinion."
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Squash takes Summers Cup
The men's squash team collected a trio of exciting one-point victories to take home the 2011 "C" Division Summers Cup at the College Squash Association Team National Championships last weekend at Harvard University.
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Students discuss impact of chem-free housing
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) held the second installment of its newly instituted "Discussion Series" last night. The conversation focused on chem-free housing at Bowdoin. The discussion, facilitated by the BSG Student Affairs Committee, aimed to spur student debate about the purpose and efficacy of chem-free dormitories.
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Women’s basketball prepares to host first rounds of NCAAs
After the excitement of last week's NESCAC tournament, this weekend the women's basketball team's attention shifts to the upcoming NCAA tournament.
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College Houses see record applicant numbers
Ladd’s 63 applicants for 22 spots closely followed by MacMillan, Baxter and Reed Houses
The results are in for last week's most highly anticipated competition following the Oscars: with 63 applicants for its 22 single rooms, Ladd House was the most popular among students applying to live in College Houses for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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‘Lie of the Mind’ impresses with domestic drama
As an emotional look at two families keeping secrets, Masque & Gown's production of playwright Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind" is thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining.
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Eusden, Miller lead nordic to eighth place at EISAs
The Polar Bears rounded out their cross-country season this past weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association (EISA) Championships with their best carnival performance this year.
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Judicial Board chooses its new members for 2011-2012
The Judicial Board's (J-Board) search to fill five open positions concluded recently, as the J-Board released its final selections for the 2011-2012 J-Board to the College on Wednesday. The five successful applicants were notified of their acceptance on February 23.
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Her Campus cartoon is ‘untimely,’ irrelevant
To the Editors: When Orient cartoons criticize or satirize campus and community organizations, they tend to be relevant and articulate, which are both important qualities for a newspaper. It is clear that a cartoon published immediately following an event (such as the Brunswick Police Department's early shutdown of Pinefest) or in response to a seasonally relevant policy (such as ResLife's restrictions on holiday lights) is a criticism of that specific event or policy and not a criticism of the organization as a whole.
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BSG considers ‘Meatless Monday’ feud
BSG discussed the controversial "Meatless Monday" event that occurred on February 21 at its weekly Wednesday meeting. The event, which was meant to raise awareness about the health and environmental issues of consuming meat, has stirred up much campus debate among students in recent weeks.
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Women’s track takes 17th at Open New Englands
The women's indoor track team had an impressive performance at the Open New England Indoor Track and Field Championship at Boston University last weekend.
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Visiting artist takes photography students back in time
Photography students traveled back in time last weekend to produce images you will not see on your news feed.
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Campus should come together against hate
To the Editors: In his e-mail to all employees and all students of Bowdoin, Dean of Students Tim Foster, discussing the racially and homophobic biased incident that occurred in Coles Tower this week, said that this type of behavior "hurts people." In his email, Foster was of course referring to the personal feelings of the people directly offended, but I think it needs to be emphasized again and again that things like this don't hurt just those at whom the hate is directed.
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Men’s track takes 22nd at Open New Englands
At the Open New England Indoor Championships last weekend, the men's track team ran against 50 colleges and universities, and placed 22nd.
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Students react to Ivies concert lineup
Following the announcement of performers for the 2011 Ivies concert last Friday, student praise and criticism for the Entertainment Board (E-Board) selections began flowing immediately. Janelle Monáe, Mac Miller and Local Natives are the three acts who will perform at the April 30 concert.
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Men’s swimming finishes sixth at NESCACs
The men's swimming team hosted the NESCAC Championship last weekend, earning its best finish since the institution of the championship in 2001.
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‘Resistance’ theme at center of black women’s symposium
In recognition of the transition from February to March—Black History Month to Women's History Month—the Gender and Women's Studies Department will host the one-day symposium "Testify, Witness and Act: Black Women's Resistance" at several campus locations today.
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Bowdoin Brief: National news media picks up ‘Meatless Monday’ controversy
Almost two weeks after "Meatless Monday" on February 21, one might expect the campus debate to have finally run its course. However, Bowdoin's own meat-free event has also gained attention from several national media outlets.
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Curling headed to Chicago for nationals
"We didn't know we were any good." Those were the words of curling team captain Carl Spielvogel '13—the head of a 6-1 team that is heading to collegiate nationals in Chicago.
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Men’s ultimate to compete in first spring tourney
The spring season has arrived early for the men's ultimate team. Amid snow and wintry temperatures, the team will compete in its first tournament of the season this Saturday at the University of New Hampshire (UNH).
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Bowdoin Brief: ResLife announces decisions on 2011-2012 student staff
The 145 students who applied for a position on next year's Residental Life (ResLife) staff received final decisions yesterday afternoon in their mailboxes. With only 71 spots available—33 first year proctors, eight house proctors and 30 residential advisers—this year's application process was the most competitive in the history of the College.
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Bowdoin Brief: BSG and Facilities team up to install new outlets in Smith
With frustrations mounting over the lack of electrical outlets in Smith Union, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) followed through on a plan to make power more easily accessible by installing more outlets earlier this week.
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Recent alums find success in diverse career tracks
The Orient checked in with some recent alumni to see what they have been up to since leaving Bowdoin. For Nathan Chaffetz '08, the Bowdoin Cable Network segments he sent in with his resume landed him his first job post-college. "I primarily rant[ed] about things I didn't like at the school," he said, but it "definitely got me my first job, and I'm very thankful for it." This first job was in Los Angeles, where he booked people and organized shoots for Showtime's "Penn and Teller Bullsh*t!" a libertarian-leaning documentary television series that aimed to debunk misconceptions, popular fads and pseudoscientific ideas.
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Women’s basketball beats Bates in NESCAC quarterfinals
The Polar Bears will look to win their 9th NESCAC Championship in 12 years this weekend
The women's basketball team made it through the NESCAC quarterfinals last Friday, shutting Bates out of the running with a decisive 69-51 win.
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Janelle Monáe, Mac Miller headline 2011 Ivies concert
Local Natives round out acts for April 30 concert
After weeks of hinting and guessing, the Ivies spring concert lineup is here. Ivies 2011 will feature Janelle Monáe, Mac Miller and Local Natives. "Janelle Monáe was high on our list," said Entertainment Board Co-Chair David Gruber. "She got rave reviews on the comments portion of [the Ivies] survey."
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‘Venus’ marks first major College production to examine race
The Department of Theater and Dance stages “Venus, this weekend, a controversial and provocative play that addresses the issues of scandal, sensation and race.
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Dudley Coe stands as a testament to College history
After one final flurry of activity with the swine flu outbreak in fall 2009, Dudley Coe lost its title as Health Center to the state-of-the-art Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. As the state-of-the-art Buck Center opened its doors, the role of the historic Dudley Coe changed for the first time in almost 100 years. With health services no longer present in the building, the first infirmary in College history was finally closed.
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Men’s hockey preps for playoff game at Amherst
Men's hockey preps for playoff game at Amherst
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More students apply to study abroad in fall
The deadline for off-campus study applications for the 2011-2012 academic year has come and gone. On Monday, approximately 46 percent of the Class of 2013 submitted an application to study away to the Off-Campus Study Office (OCS). OCS received a total of 229 applications, 19 of which were applications to study away for the entire year. 116 students elected to study away in the fall semester, while 94 opted to study away in the spring of 2012.
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E-Board presents The White Panda’s Top 40 mashups at Morrell tomorrow
There will be a new bear at Bowdoin this weekend with The White Panda coming to perform at Morrell Lounge on Saturday night.
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Women’s hockey to host home playoff game
The women's hockey team will take the ice at Watson Arena for its first home postseason game in four years on Saturday against Connecticut College, following another split against Williams and Middlebury last weekend.
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New OneCard policy arbitrarily restricts dining hall access
After a whole semester of the new OneCard policy at the dining halls, it is clear that the new rules implemented in September 2010 were designed not in the interests of the students—the paying customers of the dining halls—but for the convenience of Dining Service administrators. For those unfamiliar with the new policy, it stipulates that "students are required to present their Bowdoin OneCard for all Polar Point and OneCard Plan purchases at Smith Union Dining operations and for Dining Hall meal access." In previous years, students who misplaced their card could simply provide their Bowdoin ID number in order to access the dining hall.
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David Brooks showcases his lighter side
Conservative New York Times columnist delights sold-out Pickard Theater on Wednesday
"Being a conservative columnist on The New York Times is like being the chief rabbi of Mecca," said political commentator David Brooks, drawing a big laugh from the audience. If anyone has the tact for that job, it would be Brooks, who throughout a visit to campus on Wednesday managed to avoid saying anything that might draw the ire of Bowdoin's liberal community.
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PostSecret creator to open up at Common Hour lecture today
Today's Common Hour speaker was not kept secret from campus: Founder of PostSecret Frank Warren.
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Women’s swimming takes 10th, men prepare to host NESCACs
The women's swimming and diving team wrapped up its season at the NESCAC Championships at Williams last weekend, returning to Bowdoin with seven new school records and a 10th place finish.
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‘Meatless Monday’ continues to spur student controversy
Bowdoin's first ever "Meatless Monday" produced a wide range of reactions among students this week, some laudatory and others severely critical. In the eyes of some, the meal was a success that demonstrated the health and environmental benefits of reducing meat consumption; for others, however, the event was a heavy-handed attempt to curtail dietary choice.
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Men’s basketball bounced in first round of playoffs
After earning a spot in the NESCAC Tournament, the men's basketball team saw its season end in an 82-62 quarterfinal loss to Williams on Saturday.
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230 places taken in Class of 2015 after College accepts 45 in ED II
With the recent conclusion of the second round of early decision (ED II) applications, approximately 230 students have been admitted to the Class of 2015. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn reported that a total of 45 applicants were accepted through ED II. The admitted students join the 184 applicants who were accepted in the first round of early decision; together, the two groups make up a large part of the Class of 2015, which Meiklejohn reported would comprise around 485 students.
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Looking at the ethics of tipping and skipping
"I work as a waiter at a restaurant on Maine Street, and in my years of experience I have found that Bowdoin students don't tip. Ethicist, please address proper tipping practice." -Samuel Sabasteanski '13
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Hillel brings cinematographer Yoav Kosh for 'Shiva' screening
The screening and the discussion aim to show audiences
This evening's Hillel event will lend students a view into the rich cultural diversity of the modern Israeli state. Cinematographer Yoav Kosh will visit campus for a screening and discussion of the Israeli film "Shiva," directed by an acclaimed Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz and her brother Shlomi Elkabetz.
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Men’s track grabs 25th at D-III New Englands
The men's track team amassed 50 points and finished fifth out of 25 teams on Saturday at the D-III New England Championships hosted by Springfield College.
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Firms submit bids for Bearings upgrade
Banner and PeopleSoft are two software companies remaining in bid for new Bearings platform
Information Technology (IT) is poised to make the final selection of the software system that will replace Bearings in the coming weeks. According to IT's Director of Project Development Abbie Brown, next week a group of faculty and staff from the Registrar's Office and IT will sit down to decide on the best software system for Bowdoin. This group will then submit a recommendation to head administrators such as President Barry Mills and Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis for a final decision.
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Hostile political parties prevent dialogue
I would like to make some general statements on the problem of political parties and the problem that those parties, or associations more generally, solve. Not to beat the issue with a meat hammer, but I believe some observations from the "Meatless Monday" episode deserve some reflection. I was talking with one of my closest friends about "Meatless Monday," and something she said gave me an unsettling feeling. She did not really care too much about the issue until she found out it was backed by the Bowdoin College Democrats, and that made her furious: "Just another attempt for them to shove another one of their causes down our throats." The issue was made much more controversial than it had to be just because a political group had its stamp on it. And party platforms make us angry! Why is this?
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Afro-Colombian artist and activist lectures, student ensemble joins in traditional dance
Artist and activist Julio César Montaño, a native of Tumaco, Colombia, spoke of his efforts to preserve Afro-Colombian culture at Quinby House yesterday evening in a lecture that highlighted his political activism in the Afro-Colombian community of Tumaco in the late 1980s.
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Women’s track finishes fifth at New Englands
The women's indoor track team placed fifth in the New England D-III New England Championships in Massachusetts last Saturday with several impressive individual performances.
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McKeen Center service trips offer variety of programming
With the spring service trips set to commence this weekend, Bowdoin students are preparing to lend a helping hand in local communities. The programs, sponsored by the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good, range from visiting a refugee camp in Portland to helping out at an organic farm and give students the opportunity to participate in community immersion and service programs off campus over a two-day weekend trip.
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Van Campen ’05 to paint her way across America
For many people, traveling across the United States is a lifelong goal that too often goes unachieved. Greta Van Campen '05, however, will set out on her cross-country journey with a unique purpose; she plans to paint a portrait of America.
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‘Meatless Monday’ rouses contemplation and action on campus
To the Editors: I have a good deal of beef with your rather myopic outrage over the pilot attempt at "Meatless Monday" last week. If I may, I wish to add a little outrage of my own before the campus forgets about the event entirely. Perhaps our very own "best Dining Service in the country" is an important part of the problem, but not for the reasons you have suggested.
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Women’s squash beats Colby, defeated by Wesleyan, F&M
The women's squash team finished 20th nationally at the College Squash Association National Team Championships last weekend at Princeton University. The team went 1-2 in the C Division to finish its season with a record of 7-16.
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Boyden brings natural, award-winning poetry to Bowdoin
Jennifer Boyden won the 2010 Brittingham Prize in Poetry for her first full-length collection
This Wednesday night, poet Jennifer Boyden recited her lyrical work to a warm audience in the Faculty Room in Massachusetts Hall. Boyden read from her first poetry collection, "The Mouths of Grazing Things," for which she won the 2010 Brittingham Prize in Poetry.
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‘Meatless Monday’ rouses contemplation and action on campus
To the Editors: In response to last week's article "'Meatless Monday' raises campus controversy," I would like to compliment Diana Lee for discussing the exciting campaign that is introducing thousands of students to vegetarianism. Demand for meatless options on college campuses is growing, and students across the country are adopting "Meatless Mondays" as a result. A recent study by ARAMARK, a leading food-service provider, concluded that one in four college students are seeking out vegan options.
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Eusden ’12 and Wright ’13 lead nordic at Middlebury
After another solid performance at the Middlebury Carnival, the nordic ski team is looking to ski into the history books this weekend at the Bates Carnival.
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Foster attends BSG meeting, talks College Houses, alcohol
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster joined Bowdoin Student Government's (BSG) weekly meeting on Wednesday to field questions on a wide range of issues currently facing Bowdoin students. The discussion included topics such as the effectiveness and evolution of the College House System, as well as the misuse of alcohol and the surge in alcohol-related transports.
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Bowdoin Brief: ResLife reports record number of College House applications
With a record number of applicants to the College Houses, students are practically banging down the doors at the Office of Residential Life. With "well above 300 applicants" for only 206 spots, interest in the College Houses is at an all-time high.
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Dave Fogler ’90 leaves a special effect on aspiring art students
Dave Fogler '90 leaves a special effect on aspiring art students
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The big buzz in the big apple: can Carmelo save the Knicks?
This is only my second column for the Orient, but already I'm selling out. Surprising that it took this long—maybe my friends were right about me.
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Bowdoin Brief: Security recovers television stolen from MacMillan House
The Office of Safety and Security recently recovered a television stolen from MacMillan House on May 29 of last year, according to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.
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Steve Grover Quartet to perform tonight in Studzinski Recial Hall
Steve Grover, Maine drummer and composer, is an adjunct Bowdoin faculty member who has been writing and performing his own compositions since the 1970s. Tonight, he will perform with three other talented and experienced jazz musicians as part of the Steve Grover New York Quartet.
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Women’s basketball beats Wesleyan, trounces Conn. College
The women's basketball team traveled to Connecticut College to compete against the Camels and Wesleyan last weekend. The Polar Bears returned to Maine victorious, solidifying their spot as the third seed in the NESCAC tournament.
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College ends salary freeze for faculty
Faculty, staff see at least 2 percent raise retroactive to July 2010
Bowdoin's faculty and staff salary freeze, originally implemented in 2009, will be ending early. President Barry Mills announced Tuesday that full and associate professors, as well as staff, will be receiving a 2 percent pay raise. Assistant professors will see their salaries increase by 2.5 percent. The increase will be reflected in March paychecks, but the move is being made to begin retroactively from July 2010. The freeze was expected to last through the current fiscal year (FY).
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Chapel bell updates help community keep with the times
The Chapel's belltower is part of all students' daily lives, relentlessly reminding them of the passage of time day in and day out—and yet, no one knows much about how these iconic bells work. The Chapel, built in the mid-1800s, did not originally have the bell-ringing system that it does today. At first, there was only one bell that was housed in the North Tower (the tower closer to Massachusetts Hall), which was attached to a rope and a wheel. The bell was made by Blake Bell Company and signaled the beginning and end of each class. Today, this bell is no longer in operation. The bells that currently
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Students find feminine solidarity in Vagina Monologues
"If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear? If your vagina could talk, what would it say?" If you ever wondered what sort of commentary mysterious vaginas could offer (even if you don't have one) then look no further. Colorful, imaginative and powerful, The Vagina Monologues delivers a diverse, riveting performance.
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Health and environmental benefits to going meatless
I am an omnivore. I love the taste of filet mignon. Once in a while, I enjoy eating a Big Mac. But, I also understand that eating meat is oftentimes unhealthy and can be damaging to the environment. In order to raise awareness about the environmental and health-related consequences of eating meat, a wide group of students, sports teams, campus organizations and college staff have created an event called Meatless Monday. The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health created the Meatless Monday campaign to promote the health and environmental benefits of eating less meat.
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Millett breaks school records in pair of races
The women's indoor track team broke four school records at the Valentine Invitational at Boston University.
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College trustees consider NASB, approve tenure, alumni awards
Coming from far and wide, the 45 members of the Board of Trustees convened on campus over the weekend for its annual winter meeting. Among other items, the board granted tenure to three faculty members, chose five honorary degree recipients and listened to a presentation about development possibilities for the land that the College is likely to acquire once Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) closes in May.
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Career planning center’s Sweetman brings variety of experience
Students recognize Lauren Sweetman as the person who smiles graciously when she signs them up for an appointment in the Career Planning Center, but few ever guess Sweetman is the same person who for 20 years sang in barbershop choruses and repaired boats. Sweetman's professional career has introduced her to many lines of work, culminating in her post at the Career Planning Center.
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Environmental historian Rawson lectures on Boston’s urban growth
Boston as we know it would have never developed if it weren't for the cows. Michael Rawson, an assistant professor of history at City University of New York's Brooklyn College, spoke at Bowdoin on Wednesday night about his recent book, "Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston." The lecture took place in Main Lounge in Moulton Union.
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Men’s hockey loses its edge with two conference losses
Men's hockey loses its edge with two conference losses
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‘Meatless Monday’ raises campus controversy
In an event that is already generating conversation around campus, Moulton and Thorne Dining Halls will not be serving meat during dinner on Monday, February 21. "Meatless Monday," sponsored by the Bowdoin College Democrats (BCD) and other campus groups, is intended to raise awareness about the health and environmental impacts of eating meat.
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Lucía Pulido Trio renews the old with folkloric tunes
For certain artists, "something old, something new," is not just a mantra. Luc¡a Pulido, who will perform at Bowdoin with her trio tomorrow, is one such artist. Pulido, a vocalist and player of the cuatro and small percussion instruments, works with what Assistant Professor of Music Michael Birenbaum Quintero terms "folkloric" music. Pulido will bring to Bowdoin her expertise on "the process of making [modern] musical arrangements of traditional material," according to Quintero.
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Hanley scores 1000th in last-second victory
After a furious rally from Wesleyan in the final three minutes of Saturday's matchup, the men's basketball team was able to pull out a 72-71 victory to secure the eighth and final spot in the NESCAC tournament.
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Inn at Maine Street Station nears completion
Current phase of Maine Street Station construction set to be finished by early summer
With construction well underway, the Inn at Maine Street Station is rapidly nearing completion. Located on the corner of Maine and Noble Streets, the Inn is one of the numerous projects being constructed as part of the new Maine Street Station under the direction of JHR Development, a Brunswick developer.
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Tallman scholar connects with Bowdoin’s ‘right to be cold’
On particularly frosty February days it can be hard to conceive of the reality of global warming, but Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier does not go a moment without considering the dangers of this threat. Watt-Cloutier, Bowdoin's 2010 Tallman Scholar, spoke to students about the direct effects of global warming on her native Canadian Inuit people, as well as its implications for the world at large on Tuesday. The lecture, entitled "The Right to be Cold," was held in Kresge Auditorium.
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Crew teams holds 24-hour ergathon fundraiser
As the spring season gears up, the women's and men's crew teams embarked on a 24-hour ergathon to raise funds for their Spring Break training.
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MDOT begins construction of passenger rails to Brunswick
The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently began construction on the 26 miles of railway between Portland and Brunswick, which will begin to accommodate Amtrak passenger trains as early as the first quarter of 2012. In addition to the renovation of the rail beds, the MDOT also plans to construct two 400-foot passenger platforms in Brunswick and Freeport, the two new stops being added to Amtrak's expanded Downeaster route.
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Social responsibility keeps campus safe and protected
Try this for me. The next time you sit in the library or in Smith Union doing your work and you have to go to the bathroom, or to the Café, or to dinner, do not take your books and computer with you or ask someone else to watch them for you. Just leave them where they were and go about your business. When you come back, you will appreciate your fellow students just a little bit more than you do now.
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Campus mailboxes vulnerable to theft
Neither wind nor rain, nor unlocked mailbox, keeps these couriers from delivering the mail. Perhaps this should be the new motto of the Bowdoin Mail Center, as it was recently discovered that student mailboxes are not as secure as many may think. The Orient tested 100 mailboxes at random and was able to open 12 without entering combinations. This security breach suggests that student mail could be at risk for theft.
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Women’s hockey splits against Wesleyan, Trinity
The women's hockey team will take the ice at Watson Arena for its two final regular season games this weekend against Williams and Middlebury, following another split in Connecticut last weekend.
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Call It The Truth to play comeback concert tonight
Strange as it sounds, Bowdoin student band Call It The Truth traces its roots to Oberlin College in Ohio. At the Cleveland airport, on their way to an admitted students weekend in the spring of 2009, Nate Joseph '13 and Fhiwa Ndou '13 met for the first time. The two quickly discovered that they shared similar musical tastes and decided that, if they ended up at the same school in the fall, they would get together and play. A few months later, they were both at Bowdoin.
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‘Hope for Haiti Week’ advances dreams of four students in Haiti
Thirteen months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, Bowdoin students chose this week to remember the disaster and to continue to show their support for the Haitian people. The Bowdoin Haitian Alliance (BHA) is the main sponsor of "Hope for Haiti Week 2011," a week of events designed to raise both awareness of the continuing effects of the earthquake and funds for four Haitian children to attend Institution Verret, a private school in Port-au-Prince.
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Men’s distance medley relay sets school record
Prior to Valentine's Day, the Polar Bears were pumping hearts at the Boston University Valentine's Invitational.
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Producer Johnson ’77 to host special music-themed film screening
It's not every day that a well-known movie producer decides to hold a film screening at Bowdoin, but tonight Greg Johnson '77 will do just that. "The Music Never Stopped," a new film which he co-produced, is showing tonight at the College.
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BSG evaluates printing data from fall semester
On Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) examined the success of the new printing policy and allocated funding for student services. Deputy Chief Information Officer Rebecca Sandlin and Director of Finance and Campus Services Del Wilson opened the meeting by addressing Bowdoin's printing policy. Enacted at the beginning of the 2010-2011 academic year, the policy allocated $60 to each student for printing, charging a per-page fee if a student exceeded that amount.
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Nordic takes 10th place at Dartmouth Carnival
It has been a very consistent winter for the nordic ski team, which will look to continue its solid performances this weekend at the Middlebury Carnival in Middlebury, Vermont.
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Bowdoin Brief: Times columnist David Brooks to deliver lecture in Pickard
New York Times columnist and author David Brooks will deliver a lecture entitled "Social Animal and Higher Education" in Pickard Theater on this coming Wednesday, February 23.
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Men’s squash falls to Bates, rebounds to overtake Colby
Men's squash falls to Bates, rebounds to overtake Colby
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Bowdoin Brief: Langbein, Lunt and Gordon receive 2011 alumni awards
The Board of Trustees and the Alumni Council announced on Monday the recipients of this year's alumni awards, which recognize Bowdoin graduates who have made special contributions to the College and in their line of work. All three awards will be presented during Reunion Weekend in June.
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Bowdoin Brief: Colby professor resigns over allegations of voyeurism
Associate Professor of Economics at Colby Philip H. Brown resigned from his position after he was informed that the college intended to fire him, after allegations of taking pictures of female students in a bathroom during a college-sponsored trip.
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Bowdoin Brief: Tower hit with another theft as investigations remain open
At some point last Friday, a room on the 13th floor of Coles Tower was broken into. "There was a small amount of cash taken from a bedroom," said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols. He confirmed that there was no sign of forced entry, and when asked about possible suspects, he said, "We've been investigating this series of thefts all this week...we're making some progress."
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Bowdoin Brief: Students find sugar in salt shakers after Thorne mix-up
Last week, several students noticed that a few salt shakers in Thorne Dining Hall had been filled with sugar. According to Director of Dining and Bookstore Services Mary McAteer Kennedy, a student brought the mix-up to the attention of the Dining Service and the mistake was quickly rectified.
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‘Object of Devotion’ debuts rare art, sculpture
Exhibition showcases medieval devotional sculpture in first American appearance
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art opens its new exhibit "Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum" on Thursday, February 17. The exhibit features 60 alabaster panels and freestanding figures from England dating from 1350 to 1530. The new winter exhibition marks the first time the sculptures will be viewed in North American.
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Women’s basketball grabs wins against Williams, Middlebury
The women's basketball team made a comeback after a tough season, beating both Williams and Middlebury in two home games last weekend.
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Hope for Haiti week is a small but meaningful way to give back
As the Bowdoin-Haitian Alliance gears up for a week of events to commemorate the earthquake of February 2010, I find myself trying to condense my list of campus obligations. What is, after all, realistic? What's most important? I recently realized that the entirety of my interaction with Haiti has been indirect. In 2007, I was a Spanish-obsessed high school student working in what had been a Haitian cane-cutter community in the Dominican Republic. Anyone familiar with Dominican racial currents will understand the controversy of my interest about the flux of Haitians from the other side of the island, but my program directors were eager to tell the tragedy of Haiti.
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Isaacson ’11 creates iPhone app to simplify photo matteing
Yesterday, Apple's iPhone debuted on the Verizon network, spurring a new demand for the phone that has made the gadget all the more ubiquitous. As the iPhone's popularity rises, so does the demand for "apps"; there seems to be an app for everything, whether it be one that offers instructions for Korean cooking or another that can whistle certain frequencies at dogs to help train them. Now, due to the efforts of Noah Isaacson '11, there is an app for helping cut window mattes for presenting photographs or other artwork.
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Women’s track takes first place at Maine State Championship
The women’s track team boasted six state champions at the State Meet last weekend
The women's indoor track and field team displayed its prowess last weekend, winning the third Maine State Championship in the last four seasons for the Polar Bears.
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Several thefts strike Tower, prescription drugs targeted
For residents of Coles Tower, another week has brought another break-in. On either Monday or Tuesday, an apartment was broken into and prescription medication was stolen. The break-in is the third to have occurred on campus in the last six weeks, and the fourth in Coles Tower since September 1, 2010. "Some prescription medication was taken out of a bedroom in the Tower, and [while] not all of the pills were taken out of the bottle, several were taken," said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.
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Stalling over bathroom etiquette: seats and single-sex
On February 4, the New York Times Magazine announced that "Ethicist" Randy Cohen would be the next in a series of layoffs. It has been reported that Cohen will take his moralizing elsewhere, probably to the public radio airwaves. In his absence, I will continue to invoke his style to address Bowdoin-specific ethical dilemmas and rules of accepted behavior. This week, I will tackle readers' questions on a single topic: bathroom etiquette.
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College set to pay tour guides
The 2011 fall semester will mark the start of a new, more lucrative era for Bowdoin tour guides. For the first time in recent memory, students giving tours during the school year on behalf of the College will be paid for their efforts.
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Gamache leads scoring for men’s track at States
The men's track team claimed second place at the Maine State Meet held last Saturday at Farley Field House. The Polar Bears ended the evening with two exciting 1-2 finishes in the 5000-meter race and the mile.
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College still on pace for carbon neutrality
Committees continue to look for ways to reduce carbon output in advance of 2020 deadline
In a finding that testifies to Bowdoin's commitment to sustainability, the College announced that at the end of the 2010 fiscal year (FY) it remains on track for its goal of being carbon neutral by 2020. According to the College's Annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory update, the College has made a 7 percent reduction in its emissions since the baseline total was determined in FY 2008. According to Bowdoin's 2009 Climate Blueprint Report, the College used enough electricity in 2008 to power 3,329 homes.
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Men’s basketball falls in 2OT to Bridgewater St.
After a three-hour road trip, two overtimes and 108 points, the men's basketball team fell one point short in a heartbreaking loss to Bridgewater State on Tuesday night.
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Visual arts technician Downs exhbits sculpture in Portland
From curating student exhibits to Maine Arts Commission public artwork, Visual Arts Technician Kyle Downs has devoted his life to his craft. In addition to his post at Bowdoin, Downs is an active artist in his own right. His most recent project, “Beyond The Forest,” opened last Friday at the Coleman Burke Gallery at Port City Music Hall in Portland.
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Photography professorships consolidated for 2011-2012
In the upcoming 2011-2012 academic year, the visual arts department will take further steps to move toward increasing its roster of full-time tenure-track professors. While the department currently includes two part-time photography positions—held by Visiting Assistant Professor Meggan Gould and Associate Professor Michael Kolster—those positions will be consolidated into one full-time professorship next year.
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Men’s hockey falls to Amherst, ties Hamilton
The men's ice hockey team will look to regain momentum at home this weekend in two conference battles against Trinity and Wesleyan.
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Museum celebration to highlight alabasters and ‘The Bible Illuminated’
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will celebrate its two winter exhibitions, "Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture" from the Victoria and Albert Museum and "The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis," with an open reception on Thursday.
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Column on “studying abroad” is inaccurate
To the Editors: While I applaud the fact that Mr. Isseroff's most recent column steps back ("Studying abroad hinders a student's personal growth") and takes a critical look at off-campus study, many of his points merit a second look. Isseroff argues that Bowdoin is the ideal place to "forge an intellect and a modicum of independence." Taking one (or two) of those precious semesters to go elsewhere, as he proposes, could bring this trajectory to a screeching halt.
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Andrea Gibson to perform slam poetry tonight
The truth always manages to find a way to the surface. For Bowdoin students, the truth is coming in the form of slam poetry tonight when poet and activist Andrea Gibson makes her way to Brunswick.
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BSG reviews Judicial Board candidates for 2011-2012
On Wednesday night, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) had its first meeting of the spring semester. The first meeting was initially scheduled for February 2, but was canceled due to a weather emergency. At the meeting on February 9, President John Connolly '11 welcomed five new members to BSG. These members included Inter-House Council Vice President Chase Taylor '12, Athletics Representative Anna Noucas '11, At-Large Representative Derek Brooks '12, as well as 2012 Class Representatives Jack Hilzinger and Grace Cheung.
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Swimming teams beat Colby, turn focus toward NESCACs
In their final meet before the NESCAC Championships, the men and women's swimming teams defeated rival Colby to finish their dual meet seasons.
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Column on “studying abroad” is inaccurate
To the Editors: In the February 4 column entitled "Studying abroad hinders a student's personal growth," Judah Isseroff claims that college students are not ready to take advantage of a semester abroad and that such an experience somehow jeopardizes a student's developing independence. He further argues that taking a semester abroad clashes with the purpose of studying at Bowdoin. I am one of many Bowdoin students who have chosen to study abroad, and it was easily the best part of my college career.
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Bowdoin Brief: Third Maine Career Fair brings 58 state employers to campus
The Maine Employers Career Fair drew a record 58 employers to campus on Thursday, connecting students with summer and full-time job opportunities in Maine.
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Connolly awarded NESCAC Player of the Week after Amherst split
Coming off a grueling weekend double-header split against two-time defending NCAA Champion Amherst, the women's hockey team will travel to Connecticut this weekend to take on both Wesleyan and Trinity.
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Column on “studying abroad” is inaccurate
To the Editors: "Half-Assed," the title of Judah Isseroff's bi-weekly opinion column, appropriately characterizes Isseroff's recent endeavor to criticize the validity of his fellow students' study abroad experiences. The article advances a spurious notion that Bowdoin students require four full years on campus to develop an "indelible compass that will facilitate our traveling later in life."
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Bowdoin Brief: Class of 2012 selects Jules and Pinette in special election
For the first time in Bowdoin history, an entirely new class council will lead the junior class through the spring semester. In a special election for Bowdoin Student Government (BSG), Jenessa Jules and Melanie Pinette were elected President and Treasurer, respectively, of the Class of 2012.
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Men’s squash achieves 2-2 record at NESCACs as women go 1-3
The men's and women's squash teams placed sixth and eighth, respectively, at the NESCAC Championship at Trinity College last weekend.
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Column on “studying abroad” is inaccurate
To the Editors: In his column entitled "Studying abroad hinders a student's personal growth," Judah Isseroff makes some good points with which I agree. That said, as someone who took the opportunity to go abroad as a Bowdoin student, I want to offer another perspective. I came to Bowdoin knowing what I wanted to major in and what I wanted to do after graduation, and those plans did not change. They were, however, finalized during my full academic year at the London School of Economics.
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Bowdoin Brief: Hazing incident ends season for swimmers at Middlebury
The season is over for the majority of the Middlebury women's swim team after school officials discovered recent violations of Middlebury hazing policies.
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Women’s nordic tops Colby as men draw even with UNH
After a record-setting performance in which the Polar Bears placed second overall at the Broomhall Cup, the goal for last weekend at the University of Vermont (UVM) Carnival was to keep up the strong skiing. They did.
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Rodgers, Tomlin and Aguilera: a few thoughts on Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl Sundays rarely disappoint. While the game may not have your team playing in it, you know that you can always sit back and enjoy the break from work, eat delicious and unhealthy food, maybe have a few sodas, and enjoy the company of your friends.
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Women’s basketball outscores UMaine-Farmington by 72
The women's basketball team strived to rebound from last weekend's losses, but posted mixed results. The Polar Bears faced off against Trinity, Amherst, and University of Maine at Farmington, beating the Bantams and the Beavers, but falling to the Lord Jeffs.
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Tower rooms burglarized, investigation remains open
On Tuesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., the seventh floor of Coles Tower was broken into and belongings of tower residents were stolen or left disfigured. The incident marked the second break-in to have occurred on campus in a little over a month.
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‘The Bible Illuminated’ under art museum’s lights
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art reveals a novel exhibition on February 8
Robert Crumb spent almost five years illustrating the Book of Genesis in comic book form. The monumental project included panels showing Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark and Sodom and Gomorrah; Crumb illustrated the entire book, verse by verse, in 207 drawings of six to eight panels. Eventually, the work was printed as a graphic novel with the warning "Adult Supervision Recommended for Minors" emblazoned on its cover.
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After Tucson, exploring how guns are handled on campus
In the wake of the Tucson shootings, the national debate over gun control has reignited and the question of whether firearms ought to be allowed on college campuses, a question that first gained national attention in 2007 following the tragedy at Virginia Tech, holds renewed interest and significance.
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Men’s hockey beats Ephs, falls to Panthers
The men's ice hockey team will continue to fight for the top playoff spot on the road this weekend against conference opponents Amherst and Hamilton.
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National stress issue not as pronounced at Bowdoin
Stress is unavoidable. Whether induced by academic work, social problems, uncertainty of future plans or just living in a new environment, stress is a mainstay on college campuses. "The overriding thing that we deal with, with students, is more anxiety-related conditions," said Director of the Counseling Service and Wellness Program Bernie Hershberger. "Stress and anxiety easily consume about 60 percent of issues and concerns that we help students with." Hershberger's comments follow a January 26 New York Times article that reported the emotional health of college freshmen has declined to the lowest recorded level in 25 years.
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Nordic posts historic results as six take All-State honors
When it comes to athletic competition, momentum can play a huge role in success, and one great weekend can snowball into the next weekend and beyond. For the nordic ski team, this phenomenon seems to be true.
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College rents apartments on School St. for next year
The School Street apartments will live up to their name beginning next fall, when the College will absorb the property as campus housing. The School Street building is a freestanding house that is currently organized into four apartments and rented by Bowdoin students as off-campus housing, but the change will allow the College to offer the units in the Residential Life housing lottery.
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DJ Kosha Dillz to bring Jewish beats to MacMillan House tomorrow night
Famous Jewish rappers include Drake, the Beastie Boys and Matisyahu. Another name may someday be added to that list: Kosha Dillz.
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Women’s hockey thumps Sacred Heart
The women's hockey team will take the ice again at Watson Arena both Friday and Saturday—this time in a showdown against key rival Amherst—following a successful showing against Sacred Heart.
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Grand City redevelopment nears completion
Redesigned space to house Cool As A Moose store
The residents of Brunswick will gather at the sight of the historic Town Hall building on May 15—not for a meeting, but rather an opportunity to shop. The former Grand City building on Maine Street, which closed two years ago, is currently being renovated into Town Hall Place. The location will house Kip Stone's sixth retail store, Cool As A Moose, which sells Maine-themed clothing.
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Longfellow Days celebrates the ‘modern’ crafts person
Cultural programs will take place around Brunswick as part of the Longfellow Days celebration throughout this month
While February may be the shortest month of the year, it is jam-packed with commemorative initiatives on both a global and local scale. Internationally, women's history is celebrated, nationally black history is commemorated, and locally, we look to the Brunswick past.
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Men’s basketball beats Thomas, Trinity
After 11 lead changes and five tie scores in the second half alone, the men's basketball team secured an 84-82 non-conference victory over Thomas College on Tuesday night.
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Fire extinguisher incident evacuates Ladd residents
Sether Hanson '13 would have preferred his usual alarm clock wakeup last Sunday morning. Instead, he got a fire alarm, a shouting roommate and a face full of fire extinguisher exhaust. Just before 6 a.m. on the morning of January 30, two students came into Hanson's room in Ladd House and discharged an ABC fire extinguisher on both him and his roommate, as well as across his room, according to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols. Hanson and his roommate had been sleeping at the time.
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Squash teams go undefeated with seven victories at home
The men's and women's squash teams enjoyed their best outing of the season last weekend, going undefeated at a home tournament at the Lubin Family Squash Center.
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Audiences moved by Reizbaum’s lecture on ‘The Dead’
Last night, area residents experienced a little bit of Dublin right here in Maine through the work of Irish author James Joyce when Professor of English Marilyn Reizbaum brought what she terms the “Joyce mystique” to members of the Association of Bowdoin Friends.
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February Fit returns for second year
Every year, February brings snowy days, long winter nights and the inevitable onslaught of work as students emerge from the lethargy of Winter Break. This year, however, students have the option of seriously pursuing fitness and wellness as part of the second-annual February Fit program.
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Swimming and diving teams beat three of four at weekend meet
After a joint meet against Trinity and Wesleyan last Saturday, the swimming and diving teams will take on Colby tomorrow in the Polar Bears' only home meet of the season.
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College should encourage diverse views on campus
To the Editors: The academic fascism that emanates from colleges and universities throughout the U.S. today without a doubt had its unhappy origin in the radicalization of campuses during the late 1960s when I was a student at Bowdoin. I well remember the near takeover of the campus by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other like groups claiming to be pursuing economic and social justice when in fact they were merely attempting to impose a totalitarian leftist ideology on the campus, thereby politicizing one of the finest colleges in America.
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Bowdoin Brief: Navy finishes environmental review for NASB land transfer
The U.S. Navy issued its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) last Saturday, clearing another hurdle for the College's acquisition of three parcels of land after Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) closes this year. The 1,500-page naval report took three years to complete, according to a January 28 article in the Times Record.
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Men’s track takes third place, turns attention to state meet
After a strong showing at its Home Invitational last weekend, the men's track team is gearing up for a big meet this Saturday at Maine state meet.
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Bowdoin Brief: Town subcommittee rejects McLellan as police station site
The ongoing negotiations between the College and the Town of Brunswick over the sale of the Longfellow Elementary School property took a turn on Tuesday, as the Brunswick Police Station subcommittee voted 8-1 against the possibility of relocating the Brunswick Police Station into the College's McLellan Building on Union Street.
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After trouncing Colby 90-56, women’s track preps for states
The women's indoor track team, which spent the last two weeks of Winter Break training at Bowdoin, easily defeated Colby, outscoring them 90 to 56 on Saturday. The team won the last three team event meets that they participated in.
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Bowdoin Brief: BSG meeting canceled due to Wednesday’s winter storm
Due to Wednesday's extreme weather conditions, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) did not hold its regular weekly meeting. The meeting was cancelled after expected guests indicated that they would not able to come to campus, and tables and chairs could not be delivered to the meeting location in Daggett Lounge.
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Mac residents missing few possessions after break-in
Residents of MacMillan House who returned to campus last weekend after break were generally relieved to discover the majority of their personal property undisturbed following a break-in that occurred over the long winter vacation. The Office of Safety and Security reported that the break-in most likely occurred at about 4 a.m. on December 28, while most students were away for Winter Break.
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Women’s basketball struggles at home against Tufts, Bates
The women's basketball team suffered two disappointing losses this weekend in back-to-back games against Tufts and Bates. Friday night saw the women's 14-game winning streak broken by the Jumbos, with a decisive final score of 62-49.
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E-Board opts for smaller winter concert bands
Pickard Theater will come alive tomorrow night as The Low Anthem and Jukebox the Ghost take the stage for the Entertainment Board's (E-Board) annual Winter Concert. Bowdoin's own Louis Weeks '11 will open for the two headliners, both of which are currently on tour.
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Recent grads suit up for a turn as Bowdoin staff
If it wasn't for their business attire or personal offices, they might just blend in with the student body; in fact, not too long ago, they were members of the student body. Across campus, recently minted alumni work alongside administrators, coaches and staff members—as administrators, coaches and staff members themselves. Many shared classes and campus-wide parties with current students, or can easily remember back to the days they spent in the dining halls between classes instead of between meetings.
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Environmental grants advance NESCAC sustainability goals
Despite the tough economic climate, NESCAC colleges continue to move toward various sustainability goals by depending on environmental grants. According to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer Katy Longley, the College critically assesses energy conservation project costs before implementation occurs. "We're thinking about grant funding before we start our projects," said Longley.
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Caton tackles ever-expanding demand for sports information
Although few students know Jim Caton's name, almost all students know his work. Caton, the Sports Information Director (SID), writes the game reports and sports news for all 31 of Bowdoin's varsity sports teams.
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Prescription drugs: Peer Health on mixing and disposing drugs
Welcome to the first spring semester installment of Ask Peer Health: a place where your Bowdoin or non-Bowdoin health-related questions, concerns or issues will be addressed. This week, our main focus is going to be prescription drugs and related questions, especially on campus. Questions asked by you, answered for you by students just like you! If you have a question you would like answered, you can e-mail peerhealth@bowdoin.edu or drop it into SU box 456.
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American modernism on show at the Museum
A new exhibit entitled "Modernism at Bowdoin: American Paintings" was recently installed at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The exhibit features art from the first four decades of the 20th century, and draws on paintings obtained from both the Museum's collection as well as works from the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Men’s hockey trounces Assumption
This weekend will be one of opportunity and revenge for the men's hockey team. The Polar Bears will battle for the top position in the conference against Williams on Friday and then look for a measure of revenge against a Middlebury squad that denied it the NESCAC championship last season.
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Dilemmas in dining
For over 10 years, the New York Times Sunday Magazine has published a column in which Randy Cohen answers readers' questions about "the moral and ethical dilemmas of our time." Over the course of my three years at Bowdoin, I've encountered quite a few such Bowdoin-specific ethical quandaries. I'm not an expert, but I am a concerned community member hoping to codify Bowdoin social norms and basic principles of right conduct. Send me your questions and I'll reply with the justice and wit you expect of the Orient.
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Miscellania hits high note on tour over break
Miscellania hits high note on tour over break
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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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Edwin Lee ’74 elected mayor of San Francisco
The first Asian-American mayor of San Francisco discusses his life as a student at the College
In a city where one-third of the population is of Asian descent, Edwin M. Lee '74 made history when he was sworn in as San Francisco's first Asian-American mayor. Elected by the city's Board of Supervisors, Lee will serve out the remaining 11 months of former mayor Gavin Newsom's term. Newsom left office after being elected as Lieutenant Governor of California.
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BMOP ensemble to premiere contemporary compositions
Tonight, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will be performing its second program of a three-part series at the College.
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Women’s hockey beats Wesleyan, ties Trinity
After a successful weekend against Wesleyan and Trinity, the women's hockey team will take the ice both Saturday and Sunday at Watson Arena against Sacred Heart University.
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Distribution requirements should place more focus on the humanities
Bowdoin needs to take a long, hard look at its distribution requirements. In doing so, the College should ask, "What are we trying to achieve through these requirements?" and "What are the academic advantages of asking students to choose courses in these areas and not others?" In short, the College should conduct the type of self-evaluation that every successful organization conducts from time to time to assure that it is on the right course.
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Student docents look to expand museum’s community outreach
When visitors step inside the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, they will usually be overwhelmed by the number of pieces to look at. Visitors are encouraged to take guided tours to gain an adequate understanding of museum exhibitions. In order to accommodate the need for guided tours, the museum has set up a program for student volunteers to become docents.
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Alternative Winter Break encourages ESOL students
Most college students spend winter break making money or making merry, but as part of the Alternative Winter Break (AWB) program, eight Bowdoin students spent their last week of vacation in Portland making a difference.
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Men’s basketball squanders big leads against Tufts, Bates
Victory was snatched from underneath the men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon as Bates (10-9, 1-3 NESCAC) rallied from a 17-point deficit to stun the Polar Bears at home on Saturday afternoon.
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Bowdoin Brief: Athletic Department alcohol talk canceled due to illness
On Monday, four hours before Mike "Greeny" Green was scheduled to take the stage in Pickard Theater for a presentation on alcohol education entitled "The Four Stages of Venus," students received an e-mail stating that the event had been abruptly canceled.
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Millet wins 400-meter at Greater Boston Invit.
After two weeks of intense pre-training that spawned a series of injuries, the women's track team excelled at last week's Greater Boston Track Club Invitational held at Harvard University.
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H-L Library apologizes for reading period oversight
Regarding last week's editorial "Business as usual," last year the library decided to open at 8:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during reading period and exams, instead of the regular 10 a.m. So what happened last month? We simply forgot to open earlier. We apologize for this oversight. We will do better this spring and certainly will open at 8:30 a.m. on weekends during Reading Period and exams as we previously planned.
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Seekins grabs fourth place
The men's track team competed well with several outstanding performances last Sunday at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational held at Harvard University.
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Miller ’14 posts historic time at Colby
Heading into this Sunday's action on Black Mountain, the Polar Bears look to ride the momentum they gained in their historic finish last weekend at the Colby Carnival.
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Swimming preps for Colby meet
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.
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Squash teams stumble, post mixed results at Yale
The women's squash team recovered from a 9-0 thrashing at the hands of Bates on Wednesday night with a 6-3 victory over Colby on Thursday night.
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Wethli paints ‘Locus’ at USM’s Osher Map Library
Professor of Art Mark Wethli installed his third Project for Art commission over Winter Break
When classes began last Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine (USM), students were welcomed by an artistic addition to campus. In the entrance corridor just outside the Osher Map Library, a mural painted by Bowdoin Professor of Art Mark Wethli awaited their arrival.
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Students find flirtatious outlet on LikeaLittle site
The vicious world of anonymous online gossip may have finally met its match. The website LikeALittle.com, a self-described "flirting-facilitator platform," is spreading across college campuses nationwide faster than last night's news at Sunday brunch. LikeALittle was founded in October 2010 by three Stanford students "after 90 cumulative years of frustrated flirtation, 42 cups of coffee, and 12 hours of hardcore development," according to the site. Since launching at Stanford, the site has expanded to 469 schools, and the number is growing fast. Bowdoin's branch was launched on December 7 by Anita Shah '14, Daniel Jeong '12, Allen Garner '12 and Elisa Cecere '12, who serve as founding members and moderators.
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Evidence of forced entry discovered at Mac House
The Office of Safety and Security discovered evidence of a break-in at MacMillan House around 7 a.m. on January 6 when an electrician doing work on the house reported evidence of damage. Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols reported that he believes the break-in occurred around 4 a.m. on December 28, as door access records from MacMillan House indicate the door was forced at about that time. Six rooms on the second floor were broken into after the perpetrator reportedly kicked in the doors.
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Nicky Pearson awarded D-III Coach of the Year
Head field hockey coach Nicky Pearson rounded out a victorious season by adding another honor to her extensive list of accolades.
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Arctic Museum releases MacMillan’s lecture on DVD
The lecture film aims to
In an age eve before VHS, people flocked in droves to hear Donald MacMillan speak about his experiences in the Arctic. "The Far North," a reconstructed film with restored footage from MacMillan's voyage to Greenland, will now bring MacMillan's story to a whole new audience. The film's audio track is a recovered transcript of a lecture MacMillan delivered at Boothbay Opera House in 1959, according to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
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Websites make haute couture accessible to all
With the Golden Globes behind us and the Oscars approaching in a month, many of us enviously watch celebrities strut across the red carpet in designer couture, simultaneously admiring People magazine's best dressed actors and actresses. While this top-of-the-line fashion may seem out of reach, these gowns and tuxes are more attainable than you might think.
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New printing system covers 94 percent of student need
Many cost-saving aspects of new printing system continue to go unnoticed by student body
Though the new printing system has been the subject of controversy this year, Information Technology's (IT) mid-year results prove that it has lived up to its promise. The printing system decreased the amount of paper consumed while accommodating 94 percent of student demand.
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Athlete concussion numbers increase
As the national buzz about the dangers of concussions has escalated in recent months, Bowdoin Athletics has faced an increase in the number of concussions among athletes this fall.
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Professor Emeritus Schwartz to perform in Portland
Elliott Schwartz will be celebrating his birthday in style next week with the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO).
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Eating and sleeping: Winter Break staples
Walking into a quad in Moore, the door is ajar, the lights are off and three first year students holding laptops sit on the couch facing the TV. "You're looking at the way we've spent the past two weeks—except 'Dexter' was on the screen," said first year squash player Stephan Danyluk, who, along with his three teammates (and temporary roommates), has been on campus since January 2. "We watched the first three and a half seasons of 'Dexter' in two and a half weeks."
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College outlines future plans for NASB land development
It's official: the College is getting bigger—259 acres bigger, to be exact. On December 13, the College received final approval from the Department of Education (DOE) to acquire three parcels of land after Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) closes this year.
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NESCAC men’s hockey to separate from ECAC
NESCAC athletics administrators confirmed long-standing rumors that the 2010-2011 season would be the end of the NESCAC-ECAC East interlock in men's ice hockey. The decision was released on January 6.
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Local libations worth exploring over break
As I enjoyed my final Winter Break during my time at Bowdoin College, I experienced a real first in my relationship with my parents. When I found out I would be writing a column before classes resumed, I knew I would have to find something to try back at home, and thus I set out to hunt down some interesting brews. Upon leaving my house, my mom asked where I was going, to which I replied that I had to pick up a bunch of beer. This response was met with the corresponding, questioning glance —but I had the perfect alibi: "Don't worry mom," I shot back, "it's for school."
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Harvard plagiarist Adam Wheeler pleads guilty
Former Bowdoin student was suspended from the College for cheating in spring 2007
Former Bowdoin student Adam Wheeler plead guilty to "larceny, identity theft, falsifying an endorsement and pretending to hold a degree," according to a December 16 press release from Middlesex District (Mass.) Attorney Gerry Leone. Wheeler's deceitful actions in applying to Harvard University and subsequent academic dishonesty while a student at the school have gained national notoriety.
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Men’s hockey atop NESCAC with strong play over break
Since the men's hockey team returned to campus on December 30, it has been up against an entirely different set of challenges outside the rink. Rather than facing the Colby Mules or the Middlebury Panthers, the Polar Bears found themselves up against the 'January Yucks.'
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Hartley Brody ’12 finds success on the Internet
Creator of hit music websites, Fresh on Campus and The College Cartel, Brody secures an entrepreneurial career
Most Bowdoin students try to balance their academic and social lives; some students take on more. Hartley Brody '12 is one of the latter. As the creator of the websites freshoncampus.com and thecollegecartel.com, Brody balances schoolwork with entrepreneurship.
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Interest-based housing would be more inclusive than College Houses
After Bowdoin College wrenched the fraternities out of student hands in the 1990s, the administration hatched an innovative plan to convert the old fraternity houses into "Social Houses." The administration lauded their new housing system as "the center of housing policy and residential life," supposedly creating an inclusive campus environment and encouraging students to use alcohol safely, out in the open.
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Women’s basketball extends streak
Two months ago, the women’s basketball team lost its first game of the season. Fourteen wins later, it remains the team’s only loss.
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In historically hard year, 189 students admitted via ED I
The Office of Admissions received a total of 6,503 applications for admittance to the Class of 2015, an 8 percent increase from last year's applicant pool and an all-time record for the College. Of the 568 Early Decision I (ED I) applications—up 11 percent from last year—189 students were accepted.
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Bowdoin’s outdated tenure system should be amended
My high school experience is probably relatable to many: I had a few teachers that were role models, many more that were completely average and a few that I hated. As students, our reasons for disliking teachers vary greatly. Perhaps it is because a teacher is notorious for harsh grading, appears to favor girls, or cannot lecture comprehensively without rambling on about her cat.
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Men’s basketball streaks, wins eight games in a row
The men's basketball team will put its eight-game winning streak on the line this weekend as it faces Tufts this evening, and Bates tomorrow. Both games will be played at home.
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Second phase of solar hot water project begins at Thorne
Every year as the weather gets colder in Brunswick, the College manages to keep its students warm through the Central Heating Plant and other individual heating systems. This year, the College will bring its heating system one step further with the addition of the environmentally friendly solar hot water project to Thorne Dining Hall.
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Pushing the limits of freedom
The tragic events in Arizona two weeks ago resulting in the death of six people have brought forward a constitutional issue that strikes the soul of many Americans. Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket the funerals of the victims in the Tucson shooting, and brought the question of whether America's most sacred doctrine of free speech was intended to support radical discourse intent on injuring those whom most of the American public hold in highest valor to the forefront of the American conscious.
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JSTOR to offer upgraded features
Starting this year, JSTOR will begin offering more multimedia services and expand its current journal content to include smaller publications. With a mission rooted in preserving and archiving journals electronically, JSTOR is seeking to expand its services and offer students more access to academic journals. The new JSTOR features are part of its Current Scholarship Program and will include audio files, video and e-mail alerts. Instead of only archiving back issues of select journals, JSTOR will add 19 new publishers and more than 174 up-to-date journals.
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Swimming posts mixed results at Bates
After an up-and-down meet at Bates last weekend, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams will compete at the University of Maine-Orono tomorrow. Next Saturday, they will swim against Wesleyan and Trinity at Colby.
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Bowdoin Brief: Edwin M. Lee ’74 sworn in as mayor of San Francisco
Edwin M. Lee '74 was sworn in as the 43rd mayor of San Francisco on January 11, filling the position vacated by the new Lieutenant Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors elected Lee, previously the city administrator, as the new mayor. Lee's ascension in San Francisco has gained national significance as he will become the city's first Asian-American mayor.
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Men’s track grabs second at season’s first home meet
The men's indoor track team will travel to Boston on Saturday morning for the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard, where it will compete against post-collegiate athletes as well as their usual peer opponents.
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Bowdoin Brief: Entertainment Board books The Low Anthem, Jukebox
The Entertainment Board (E-Board) will present its annual winter concert in Pickard Theater next Saturday, January 29. Louis Weeks '11 will open for currently touring bands The Low Anthem and Jukebox the Ghost.
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Women’s track heads to Harvard after victory at home
The women's indoor track team will head to Boston early Saturday morning to compete in the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational at Harvard, a meet that draws a variety of high-caliber athletes.
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Bowdoin Brief: Town, weighing options for Longfellow, tours McLellan
With campus vacated by much of the student body over the long winter break, College administrators continued negotiations with the Town of Brunswick regarding the Longfellow Elementary School property.
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Women’s hockey splits weekend, prepares for Wesleyan, Trinity
The women’s ice hockey team has spent much of Winter Break on campus, training for the season ahead and competing in matches against fellow NESCAC teams.
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Squash teams struggle in tough match at Brown
After a month of preparation and rebuilding, the men's and women's squash teams will travel to Yale tonight to play Amherst, Stanford and St. Lawrence, and the women will play Franklin and Marshall and Mount Holyoke as well.
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Nordic skiing struggles ahead of Colby Carnival
The men's and women's Nordic ski teams will travel to Colby this weekend to compete for the second time this year. The Colby Carnival follows a somewhat lackluster debut performance at the St. Lawrence Carnival in Lake Placid, New York this past Saturday.
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Men’s hockey prepares for back-to-back against Colby
When the Polar Bears take the ice tonight against archrival Colby, they will be looking to achieve a milestone. With the all-time series between the two schools standing in Bowdoin's favor at 99-86-8, the team is hoping to defeat the Mules and make it an even one hundred wins.
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Town, College to negotiate Longfellow land purchase
The College made a move to acquire the Longfellow Elementary School property, detailing its proposal in a Nov. 30 letter to Town Manager Gary Brown. The town initially approached the College about a year ago regarding the potential land acquisition.
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Print sale gives students a taste of art economics
Making art is fun. But selling it can be a whole other matter.
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Cheating and plagiarism not an epidemic at Bowdoin
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat; but this mantra does not always hold on college campuses. In a recent article published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, an anonymous man, who works as a professional academic essay writer, discussed the prevalence of cheating on college campuses. He warned administrators across the country that "you have no idea how deeply this kind of cheating penetrates the academic system, much less how to stop it." A recent survey conducted by the Orient revealed that while there is cheating at Bowdoin, students who cheat are few and far between. Out of 358 respondents 87 percent said that they had never handed in an assignment at Bowdoin that was not wholly their own work. Seven percent of respondents admitted to handing in fraudulent work less than five times and 2 percent admitted to five times or more. The most common types of fraudulent work were problem sets and lab reports.
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Readmission committee reads apps from students on leave
Yesterday, the deans gathered for the biannual readmission meeting that decides which students currently on leave will be able to re-enroll for the spring semester. Students must apply for readmission following a medical leave or suspension for either academic or social violations.
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Men’s soccer falls in D-III Final Four
Sometimes, you go 16 games without losing and are flown to Texas to play in the NCAA D-III soccer semifinals. Sometimes, when you get there, you lose. In a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime defeat to Lynchburg College, the men's soccer team ended its most successful season ever.
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December is the time to stress over finals
Stress is a natural part of finals, so why not just accept it? Yes, stress is natural, and it is not surprising that Bowdoin students stress as they face mountains of papers, projects and exams. Periods of short-term stress, which release norepinephrine, can even increase performance. However, there are ways to manage constant long-term stress and avoid illness and excess anxiety.
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Women’s basketball extends win streak
Put the win streak at six. The women's basketball team easily dealt with Colby-Sawyer yesterday, winning 72-55 in New London, N.H.
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Returning students face spring housing shortage
For fall semester study abroad students, living arrangements in the spring may be even more cramped than their plane rides home. The housing availability is unusually limited next semester, affecting juniors returning from studying abroad in the fall. "We have enough beds for everyone who wants to live on campus, but this spring semester's available configurations (e.g. singles, doubles, triples, quads) don't equal the number of requests for these specific types of housing," wrote Associate Director of Housing Operations Lisa Rendall in an e-mail to the Orient.
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Festival of Lessons and Carols will mark holiday season
'Tis the season for holiday traditions, and Sunday night is no exception. Chamber choir members, chorus members and volunteers will take the stage to sing in the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols.
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Forgetting the lessons of the recession
Fundamental to the functioning of a free market economy is that individual members work assiduously to preserve its solvency. But regardless of the genesis of the 2008 collapse, we now know that both financial institutions and the free market's invisible hand nearly pushed the global economy toward an extraordinary free-fall into insolvency. Only government intervention prevented an economic Dark Age.
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Women’s hockey beats Conn., falls to Hamilton
Women's hockey beats Conn., falls to Hamilton
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Printing system fulfills 96% of student demand
Saturday will mark the beginning of the first reading period under the new student printing plan on campus. As students make their way to public printers to retrieve copies of papers, problem sets and final projects, many are checking their printing allocations funds and considering whether or not they will have enough to carry them through finals. Starting this academic year, students were each given 750 pages of free double-sided black-and-white print jobs per semester, and as recent data show, this new plan has worked for 96 percent of students.
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BMOP to perform modern classical compositions tonight
Performing numerous modern compositions of the 20th century, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), under the direction of Gil Rose, will make its first ever appearance on the Bowdoin campus today in Studzinski Recital Hall, where the orchestra will perform the first program of a three-part series.
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After tough loss to Bobcats, men’s basketball bounces back
The men's basketball team rebounded from a loss at Bates last weekend with a decisive win 85-72 victory over Colby-Sawyer yesterday evening. The win came on the heels of the Polar Bears' victory over Maine Maritime on Tuesday afternoon.
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Technology wreaks havoc on privacy
"Privacy is dead; Get over it." So spake Sun Microsystems former CEO Scott McNealy nine years ago, singing the praises of a national ID and implanted smart chips in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Today, the phrase is more often associated with social media than national security, but the two are closely intertwined.
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NESCAC student deans meet, talk about common data sets
On Monday and Tuesday, the chief student affairs officers of the 11 schools that make up the NESCAC convened in Boston at the Westin Copley Place for an annual meeting. A tradition that started over 20 years ago, this meeting allows the NESCAC deans of student affairs to reflect upon and discuss events of the past year at their respective schools.
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Column on ‘Bowdoin Bubble’ is intolerant
In his column in last week's Orient ("'Bowdoin Bubble' isolates the College from intolerance," December 3), Judah Isseroff argued that Bowdoin's isolation from the broader American society contributes to an atmosphere of tolerance on campus. Besides insulting Bowdoin students, many of whom would doubtless take issue with his claim that "[they] do not know many of the practical challenges of life," he raises the question: tolerance of whom?
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Student flu shot demands decrease
Flu immunization is not high on the to-do list of most Bowdoin students. The Health Center reported that an uncommonly low number of students sought vaccinations this semester. Typically, by Thanksgiving Break, 500 to 600 students request the shot; only 200 students have been vaccinated so far this year.
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Swimming teams struggle at MIT Invitational Tourney
The women's swimming and diving team finished sixth of the seven teams at the MIT invitational last week while the men's side came in fifth of six. Head coach Brad Burnham was hoping for more from his teams' performances.
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Lopez Concert presents solo recital on December 17
Some professors make music as a hobby—take Racer X, Bowdoin's most well-known faculty band, as an example. Then there are those professors that make music as a career, like Visiting Artist-in-Residence George Lopez.
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Americans support repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Although I am accustomed to the pretentious drivel routinely published on the opinion pages of the Orient, I found Judah Isseroff's column particularly insulting. Referencing support for the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy, Mr. Isseroff demonizes "broader American" sentiment as the byproduct of "ignorance and cowardice." By contrast, Bowdoin students who oppose the policy are "far more complex and intelligent." This claim is patently wrong and seething with arrogance.
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Squash teams pick up wins but struggle against GWU
The men's and women's squash teams each picked up a win last weekend at a round robin tournament hosted by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
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Kwiatkowski recognized for neuroscience research
Senior Molly Kwiatkowski won first prize for her research poster at the 40th annual Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego this November. Of 120 posters displayed, 14 were nominated for the award, which is funded by the German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience and consists of a fully funded weeklong trip to Germany to explore various neuroscience graduate programs.
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Holidays warm up with Sunsplash Craft Fair
Seventy-five vendors will fill Smith Union today at the 14th annual Craft Fair
Students searching for holiday gifts need look no further than Smith Union. The 14th annual Sunsplash Craft Fair today will be the biggest yet from from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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‘Technology Day’ ties College to community
I would like to congratulate the McKeen Center for the Common Good staff and Danielle McAvoy '13 for organizing the first ever "Technology Day" for non-profits. As a recent graduate, I am pleased to know that the College continues to strengthen its relationship with, and fulfill its responsibilities to, the mid-coast community.
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Largest class sizes found in government
Enjoying biology more lately? Apparently, so does everyone else. Institutional Research statistics made available to the Orient show that changes in enrollment differ between departments. While the data, which accounts for the 10 academic years from 1997-2006, shows many disciplines holding similar numbers of students in their classes over that period, some departments saw large-scale movements over time.
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Hackett, Palmer showcase their independent studies
Seniors Kelley "Ping" Hackett and Eileen Palmer have been hard at work with their independent studies in photography. The final result of their semester-long endeavors are on view around campus until the start of Winter Break.
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Bowdoin Brief: Bowdoin-Colby tickets sold out by Wednesday
Tickets for the Bowdoin vs. Colby men's and women's ice hockey games ran out on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Department of Athletics. Due to the popularity of both matches, tickets will be required for entrance.
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BCN, BSF announce merger to expand video production
This week, the Bowdoin Film Society (BFS) and Bowdoin Cable Network (BCN) leadership announced their upcoming merger to club members. While the two organizations will remain separate entities, they will begin pooling their resources, headquartered in the current BCN News Studio. The studio, located on the first floor of Coles Tower, will be renamed the BCN-BFS Studio.
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E-Board survey begins Ivies preparation
It may only be December, but excitement for the annual Ivies Concert is already catching on. The anticipation has only grown over the past week as the Entertainment Board (E-Board) sent out a survey regarding the concert to the student body. As of Thursday night, 814 students had responded to the survey.
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‘Double Dose Café’ presents recital today in Gibson Hall
Ever walk through Studzinski Recital Hall in order to escape the cold and happen to overhear musical masterpieces coming from the practice rooms? Perhaps you have even taken a quick peak inside one of the sound-proofed rooms and discovered that your buddy from down the hall is a piano prodigy. Who knew?
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Bowker House demolition postponed for MDOT bid
The demolition of Bowker House has been delayed to February 2011 because the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) must advertise the bid on it first, said Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration & Treasurer Katy Longley. The MDOT will advertise the Bowker House bid to contractors and construction firms that may want take up the project. Only after the contractors are selected can the demolition and repaving process begin.
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BSG recommends Thanksgiving break extension
At its last meeting of the semester, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) voted in favor of a proposal to extend Thanksgiving Break. The revised proposal includes multiple versions of the new break, intended to accommodate the demands of administration, faculty and students. Additionally, BSG unanimously voted to pass a proposal allocating $400 to fund a Health Service event that will bring massage therapists to campus during the upcoming reading period. A student proposal to recruit military veterans to the College through the Yellow Ribbon Program passed as well.
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Registration puts Bearings to the test
As Thanksgiving Break came to a close last Sunday, the new Bearings was put to its first test with the release of spring courses. The online academic management system has a history of quickly reaching its user capacity during periods of high traffic, causing the system to crash. This year's redesign allowed Bearings to better accommodate the rush of students. Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis mentioned that, while the updated Bearings was not perfect, it performed better than it has in the past.
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Field hockey earns third NCAA title with championship win
McKenna Teague '12 did not even know it was over. After firing the final penalty stroke past the Messiah keeper in the NCAA D-III Championship title game, she turned around, gave a quick fist-pump, and slowly began to jog back to her team.
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Anne Haas booked as art librarian for 25 years
According to Art Librarian Anne Haas, few students know where the Pierce Art Library is. Even fewer know the woman who runs it.
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IT spends $250k to upgrade online storage space to 500 TB
Last Wednesday, Information Technology (IT) put the finishing touches on a new online storage system that will enable students, faculty and staff to save and backup large amounts of data on the College's server. According to Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis, IT's decision to increase its storage capacity was born out of necessity. "If we didn't make the change, we would either have to tell everybody to empty their trash and remove all the information they have collected over the last year or have the whole system crash," said Davis.
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Men’s soccer reaches first Final Four, San Antonio-bound
Since the start of the season, the men's soccer team has been set on a trip to San Antonio, Texas, the site of the Final Four of the NCAA championship.
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Chamber Choir to perform final concert of semester
Even with the simultaneous approach of frosty weather and first semester finals, some students on campus are raising their voices in lively song. Tomorrow and on Sunday, the Bowdoin Chamber Choir will perform their last concert of the semester at 3 p.m. in the Chapel.
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Historic fireplaces almost entirely extinguished on campus
These days, we know winter is on its way as Bean Boots begin to litter dorm hallways. Two hundred years ago, you could literally smell winter coming from a mile away. One image not commonly seen on the Bowdoin campus now is that of the warm, cozy fire on a cold winter's night. This almost quintessential piece of winter was a part of daily life for students in Bowdoin's first residences.
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First years find loophole in no-car policy
"Baby you can drive my car" is more than just a Beatles lyric for some first years. A warning sent out two weeks ago by Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster brought to light the tricky way some students navigate around the policy that prevents first year students from having a car on campus.
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Oelschlager, Herter and Curren awarded All-American honors
After securing its third D-III National Championship in the past four years, the field hockey team has continued to impress, with the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) awarding three members All-American honors.
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Dance classes perform semester’s work in dramatic fashion
Mattresses, melancholy and money are the three Ms on the lips of those lucky enough to have seen “December Dance” yesterday on opening night. The program, which continues with performances tonight and tomorrow night, showcases pieces from this semester’s dance courses.
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Political implications give fashion meaning
Politics and fashion have an inextricable connection; both are fueled by a desire to evoke a response, a reaction. Fashion choices and political views become a part of who we are, empowering us to, as Gandhi said, "be the change [we] wish to see in the world."
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Empower the Bowdoin voting block
. On the state level, our small campus is split between two representatives in the Maine State House. On the local level, our campus is even more sliced and diced. It is simply wrong that all Bowdoin students cannot vote in the same local elections. With the recent completion of the 2010 census—and statewide redistricting just around the corner—we have a rare opportunity to fix this problem.
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Rainbow Seven adds LGBTQ opportunity to Date Week
This year, Rainbow Seven is ensuring that Date Week caters to the full spectrum of sexual orientations. Rainbow Seven, sponsored by Bowdoin Queer Straight Alliance (BQSA) in conjunction with the Alliance of Sexual Assault Prevention, is a new endeavor to help members of the Bowdoin queer community meet each other.
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Women’s basketball outpaces USM
The women's basketball team has started the season with an impressive 3-1 record, most recently defeating the University of Southern Maine (USM) Huskies 63-51.
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Riding the pink elephant: a look at Delirium
When I find myself perusing the aisles of Bootleggers or Uncle Tom's, my eye is almost always drawn to a particular brand. It's really no surprise, as it's the only beer I know to come in a faux ceramic bottle, complete with a blue foil top, golden-dove-rimmed label and trippy picture of a pink elephant. If you've ever seen this distinctive brew, you know exactly what I'm talking about—Delirium. The first few times I saw it, I thought it was some kind of hallucinogenic microbrew smuggled from Europe
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Phase II frustrations return yet again
On Monday night, many students camped out. Not for a movie release or tax holiday, but for Phase II registration. Students gathered outside of the Office of the Registrar in Moulton Union well before it opened at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday to beat the long early-morning lines. "I think it has become some sort of Bowdoin tradition," Registrar Christine Cote said. "Perhaps it is easier for students than waking up at 3 a.m. and coming over then. Since I'm not much of a morning person myself, I'd probably be tempted to do the same thing if I were a student."
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Men’s hockey undefeated through first three games
Away from home this weekend, the men’s hockey team will look to maintain its level of play against Skidmore and Castleton State.
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Three artists come together to perform as ‘Mosaic Trio’
The Mosaic Trio, a female band that will perform at Bowdoin next Monday, defies the traditional definition of successful girl groups like the Spice Girls or the Dixie Chicks.
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Student Aid begins evaluating requests for Class of 2015
With only a week left before the anticipated release of Early Decision I (ED I) offers, the Office of Student Aid has begun evaluating financial aid requests for the incoming Class of 2015. For almost two decades, Bowdoin has adhered to a need-blind admissions practice. In January 2008, the College restructured its financial aid practices by replacing all loans with grants. Currently, the College is in the early stages of complying with the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The act includes a measure that aims to realistically inform prospective students of what their college costs might amount to.
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Women’s hockey falls to Middlebury
The women's hockey team will return home to Watson Arena after a long road trip for a pair of key conference match-ups this weekend.
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ED I pool yields more diverse applicants
The Early Decision (ED) committee will convene today to begin the admission process for the first members of the Class of 2015. "We are pleased about the 11 percent increase in ED I applications," wrote Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Scott Meiklejohn in an e-mail to the Orient.
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Championship teams subject to equal budgetary constraints
Less than two weeks ago, the field hockey team won its third NCAA championship in four years. It is the only Bowdoin team to have ever won the championship, let alone three, but the one-of-a-kind team operates on a run-of-the-mill budget.
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Upcoming jazz performance allows students to break out
Next Monday, students usually found in practice rooms will be under the spotlight, singing to an audience rather than a soundproof wall.
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BSG hears proposal for veteran recruitment
Wednesday's meeting of Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) was focused on a student proposal advocating that the admissions office actively recruit veterans currently enrolled in community colleges. Nick Daniels '12, Amanda Gartside '12 and George Aumoithe '11 all spoke in favor of recruiting students through the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program). The program was established in 2008 to support returning veterans in their pursuit of higher education at private colleges and universities.
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Men’s basketball defeated by USM after winning Tip-Off Tournament
A thrilling comeback ended in a disappointing loss for the men’s basketball team as the University of Southern Maine (USM) Huskies walked away with a 70-68 victory at Tuesday night’s home opener.
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Swimming beats Babson, falls to strong MIT squad
The swimming and diving teams will return to Cambridge today, where they will compete in the two-day MIT Invitational against Tufts, Colby, NYU, MIT and Wheaton.
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George Lopez’s piano students to be featured playing works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bach
The visiting artist-in-residence has helped students play with more musical expressivity
Classical music will reverberate throughout Gibson Hall next Wednesday when six students perform piano pieces they've spent an intensive semester on.
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Squash teams open season with one win, three losses
The start of Bowdoin's squash season yielded mixed results at Dartmouth two weeks ago with the men's team splitting a pair of matches and the women dropping two.
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Bowdoin Brief: Bowdoin-Colby hockey tickets available today
Because of the popularity of the Bowdoin vs. Colby ice hockey last season, tickets will be required for entrance into both the men and women's games.
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BCCB to perform ‘GHOSTS!’ for fall concert
Concert will combine evocative music with animated video for
Halloween isn't over for the Bowdoin College Concert Band (BCCB), which will perform "GHOSTS!" for its fall concert on Sunday. The performance will feature a host of haunting spirit-themed pieces.
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ED I apps rise by over 10 percent
An unprecedented number of Early Decision I (ED I) applications is flooding the Office of Admissions. As of Wednesday afternoon, the College had received 561 ED I applications—over 10 percent more than last year's total—and there are more still to come.
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Indecisive students find few problems switching majors
The only roadblock to switching your major is the door to Moulton Union. Stressful for many students and easy for others, declaring a major is a symbolic step toward graduating from college. By the end of sophomore year, students are expected to have an idea of what they wish to pursue for the remainder of their college careers. Despite this expectation, this is not the case for all students on campus. Some students consider the possibility of changing their major after declaring, which can complicate decisions about life beyond Bowdoin.
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Men’s soccer beats Warriors to advance to Sweet Sixteen
The men's soccer team won its first-ever NCAA tournament game and will face Amherst tomorrow in Sweet Sixteen competition.
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Bowdoin Chorus to combine waltz, gospel tonight
If you thought waltz and a gospel revival show could not take place on the same stage, think again.
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Issues arise following Milkman's Union show
Last Saturday's WBOR concert featuring The Morning Benders reportedly resulted in an altercation between The Milkman's Union and WBOR management. The conflict ensued after WBOR pulled the plug on the Milkman's Union after the band allegedly refused to stop playing.
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Football clinches CBB Championship
Considering all of the adversity that the Polar Bears went through this season, there was no better way for them to wrap up the season than by beating archrivals Colby in Waterville last Saturday.
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COACHE ranks Bowdoin's faculty development
At Bowdoin, it is not just the students who are happy. On Monday, Harvard University's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) released its ranking of colleges and universities with the highest levels of pre-tenure faculty job satisfaction. In the baccalaureate category, Bowdoin qualified as "exemplar" in three out of eight categories: Nature of Work (Overall), Nature of Work (Research) and Nature of Work (Teaching).
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Baskir leads women’s XC at regionals
The women's cross country team finished its season with a ranking of seventh in the New England regional poll, improving from last year's rank of ninth.
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Faculty salary freeze to end next year
The current freeze on faculty salaries is on track to thaw next year as planned. According to Dean of Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd, there has been no discussion of extending the freeze into the 2011-2012 academic year. "Our anticipation was that it was a two-year salary freeze and that after that we would move out and that is where we are," said Judd. The freeze on faculty salaries was first publicly announced in a January 22, 2009 message from President Barry Mills. The letter outlined the terms of the freeze among other measures to cope with the endowment's 17 percent loss.
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Inuit carvings part of new Arctic Museum exhibition
"I thought it was amazing ... I've never heard anything like that," said Brunswick resident Kim Flood as she sat amid the bustling reception in Hubbard Hall following yesterday's Inuit throat singing performance.
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Men’s XC places seventh at N.E. championships
The men's cross country season came to a bittersweet end last Saturday, celebrating exciting individual highlights while also facing disappointment as a team.
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Multicultural retreat reflects on first year college transition
"Has someone discriminated against you because of who you are?" "Have you cried on campus?" "Do you believe yourself to be middle class?" "Have you questioned your class status since you came to Bowdoin?" In an exercise called "Walk the Line," which took place as a part of a retreat for multicultural and first-generation first years held last weekend, students pushed themselves to answer questions like these in order to take a deeper look into their identity at Bowdoin.
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‘American Buffalo’ comes to life after 6 years of planning
Theater lovers will get a chance to actually peek behind the curtain this weekend.
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When the ONE condom breaks: Bowdoin safe sex Q&A
The Bowdoin condoms always break. Is there something wrong with the ONE condoms? We hear this question a lot. I asked Director of Health Services Sandra Hayes to comment on the effectiveness of the ONE condoms. She confirmed the ONE website's assertion that the condoms are as effective as other leading manufacturers.
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Sailing team finishes season on strong note at Bethel Point
The sailing team hosted its final event of the fall season, the Atlantic Dinghy Tournament, last weekend, capping a season of mixed results with an encouraging finish at the intersectional.
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New gender-neutral bathroom opens
A new gender-neutral bathroom just opened on the bottom floor of David Saul Smith Union, the College's latest effort to accommodate its LGBTQ population. Discussion and preparation for the new bathroom began last summer and was supported by the administration through the duration of the project. The new bathroom is located in what used to be the locker rooms for the old gymnasium near the Polar Bear entrance to Smith Union. "There are students who need gender-neutral bathrooms here at Bowdoin," said Director for the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity Kate Stern. Stern and Associate Director of Facilities Operations Jeff Tuttle did an initial walk through the buildings on campus over the summer to assess the number of gender-neutral bathrooms that already existed at Bowdoin.
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Forum considers role of College ACB
College Anonymous Confession Board (ACB), the gossip website, was the main topic of conversation last night at the first of what is to be an ongoing series of open student discussions facilitated by Bowdoin Student Government (BSG). "There has been a discussion on campus that there is no place where students can talk about certain issues and so, this year, the Student Affairs Committee decided to hold a discussion series," said BSG Vice President of Student Affairs Chanwoong Baek '12. "We thought that Bowdoin as a community talking about anonymous conversation would gain interest among students."
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Presentation demystifies liquor laws
On Tuesday night, former law and liquor enforcement officer Frank Lyons held an information session about Maine liquor laws at MacMillan House. The event was organized in a collaborative effort by the Brunswick Police Department (BPD), Higher Education Alcohol Prevention Partnership (HEAPP), Communities Against Substance Abuse (CASA), and the Office of Residential Life. The session was geared toward educating students about alcohol laws applicable to hosting a party on a college campus.
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BSG posts government syllabi in time for course registration
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) did not meet this week, but that did not mean the group was not busy. On Tuesday, BSG introduced a new way for students to browse course syllabi and last night, BSG organized transportation to the long-awaited Harry Potter movie release.
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Bowdoin Brief: FDA issues warning to Four Loko producer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to four companies that produce alcoholic beverages that contain caffeine, among them Phusion Projects, LLC, the producer of Four Loko. The FDA said that alcoholic drinks with caffeine additives pose "a public health concern," and indicated that it would take action if necessary, including possibly seizing inventory or imposing an injunction on production.
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One registration week, months of professor preparation
Over the past few weeks, students have been flooding Bearings to check out next semester's course descriptions. While students spend hours brainstorming and charting their schedules, that time is dwarfed by the months of work professors dedicate to course creation and preparation.
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Field hockey wins sixth NESCAC title
In a 3-0 win last week, the field hockey team marched past Tufts to claim the NESCAC championship and a guaranteed spot in the NCAA tournament.
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‘Subjectified’ documentary encourages sex talk
"Subjectified," a new documentary about sex, takes a topic that is usually talked about behind the scenes, and unapologetically pushes it to center stage.
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Student letter incites town-college discussion
A student's letter to the editor printed in last week's Orient regarding the early termination of an on-campus Halloween party has garnered attention in local media and prompted discussion among students, administrators and residents regarding the relationship between Brunswick and the College. Junior Samir Sheth wrote that Brunswick thrives "financially and culturally" on the presence of Bowdoin, and broadly referenced multiple occasions in which the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) has been involved in shutting down campus parties in reaction to noise complaints made by residents of the town. Sheth suggested that students boycott Brunswick businesses in response.
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Beyond the buzz: Reflecting on the Four Loko phenomenon
Arguably, there hasn't been as much uproar over an alcoholic drink as there is now since prohibition. This drink has spawned so many rumors—one can will send you to the hospital!—that it has almost gained urban legend status, simultaneously vilified and celebrated in equal doses of hysteria. But this drink is very real, and the more it is discussed, in a positive or negative light, the faster it spreads across the country. Hide yo' kids. Hide yo' wife. Four Loko is coming!
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Men's soccer thwarted in championship
Awarded its highest bid ever to the NCAA tournament, the men's soccer team will enjoy a first-round bye and, if it keeps winning, will host every game until the Final Four.
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Renowned artists Diaz, Yi to perform next week
Imagine an opportunity to see two highly talented, renowned musicians without paying for overpriced tickets. Imagine no more because that opportunity is here.
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Admission data shows higher acceptance rates for legacies
With the first round of early decision applications due Monday, the annual fervor of admissions season has kicked into gear. Much of the national media's attention this fall has been directed at the ethics of legacy admissions at selective colleges and universities. Like almost all liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin factors an applicant's relation to an alumnus of the College into its admissions decisions, and data shows that legacy students are on average about twice as likely to gain admission than non-legacy applicants.
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A clown in town at Joshua's Tavern
Brunswick—Brunswick, Maine: approximate pop. 23,000. Every college town needs a watering hole where the fanciful bond between enlightened manners and democracy diminishes in drink. These are places we go to live vicariously, speak crassly and porch-philosophize about how life is absurd. This week, I learned it's best to do it with a clown.
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Football staves off Bates comeback to take second victory
Football staves off Bates comeback to take second victory
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Athlete GPAs scrutinized in D-III Report
A recent report on athletics in Division III indicates that recruited athletes at highly selective colleges have lower GPAs than their teammates who are walk-ons, and significantly lower grades than non-athletes. However, Director of Athletics Jeff Ward said that this is not the case at Bowdoin. "The academic performance of those on teams is the same as those not on teams," he said in an interview.
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Improve our Bowdoin education by giving us more of it
The biggest change from high school that I noticed as a first year last fall was the different schedule. In high school, I was in class for six hours a day, five days a week. In college, I'm in class for three hours a day, four days a week. A suburban kid through and through, it's not often that I feel directly affected by a national issue. As a college student, however, it's hard to look at the national education debate and not feel affected.
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Boys left high and dry in rainboot fad
Waders. Galoshes. Wellies. Rain boots have many names, but only one wearer: females. Girls are able to stay protected from the drizzles and downpours, while guys remain vulnerable to the wetness because rain boots have become a solely female phenomenon. Just as cross-body bags have slowly shifted from being a feminine accessory to a co-ed phenomenon, and baggy "boyfriend" jeans have entered into the female wardrobe, the same gender neutralization can happen with rain boots.
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Volleyball loses to Ephs in first round of playoffs
The volleyball team was searching for its first-ever trip to the NESCAC semifinals but was stopped dead in its tracks when Williams pulled out of a five-match losing streak last Friday.
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More sophomores choose fall study abroad for 2011-2012
In a change from previous years, the results of the off-campus study preliminary application, collected on November 1, indicate that, for the next school year, more students intend to study abroad in the fall semester rather than in the spring. "[The shift] is a little surprising because the spring is usually the more popular semester," said Director of Off-Campus Study Stephen Hall. "I think some may have chosen the fall semester because...they had heard what we were saying about the spring being more popular [in past years]."
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Utilize your college years to learn good citizenship
As hard as it may be for some students to imagine, I strongly believe that the locals, police, campus security and the administration all have the students' best interests at heart. Along with most parents, we collectively want all of you to get a good education and to revel responsibly.
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Town Council revokes vote for BPD station land buy
In a unanimous vote, the Brunswick Town Council rescinded an ordinance passed last September to purchase land for a new Brunswick Police Department (BPD) station. At a public hearing on Monday, residents voiced their dissatisfaction with the proposed purchase of a property at the corner of Stanwood and Pleasant Streets, identified as a potential location for a new BPD station. Upwards of 40 town residents attended the hearing.
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Sailing rallies to post impressive results
Buoyed by strong results, the sailing team is preparing to host and compete in the Atlantic Coast Tournament. Fresh from a first-place finish at the Crew's Regatta and a sixth at the competitive Rhode Island State Championships, the Polar Bears are optimistic about a strong home-water performance this weekend.
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Reed House brings E-603 to perform on Saturday
Following The Morning Benders concert tomorrow night, the popular mash up artist E-603 will perform at Reed House's space-themed party from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Bowdoin’s sustainability garners praise from U.S. Green Building Council
Among institutions of higher education in Maine, Bowdoin continues to lead the way for environmental awareness in terms of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). On Wednesday, the Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council awarded the College a special recognition for its numerous LEED-certified buildings. The honor came at the tailend of "In The Limelight," an event that highlighted achievements in sustainability at college and university campuses across Maine.
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Ultimate teams to host final tournament of fall
Members of Stoned Clown and Chaos Theory will be able to show off their ultimate skills for the final time this fall at the annual Frozen Butter Ball (FBB) tournament.
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Bowdoin 'not an oasis in a cultural desert'
In "Brunswick community intolerant of students" (November 5), Samir Sheth '12 calls for Bowdoin students to shut Brunswick residents out of their lives because they are "ruining our good time." In short, Mr. Sheth's letter is ludicrous. I can understand that an abbreviated Pinefest might be disappointing, but I am embarrassed to be part of a student body defined by mere revelry. I am also mortified for Mr. Sheth knowing that the greater Brunswick community will read his letter.
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Second bedbug infestation contained, a ‘minor incident’
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.
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Polar Bears choose diverse methods for selecting captains
Polar Bears choose diverse methods for selecting captains
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The Morning Benders to perform tomorrow night
The standard sounds of Smith Union will give way to the dancey melodies of three up-and-coming bands tomorrow night. WBOR is bringing The Morning Benders, Lady Lamb the Beekeper and The Milkman's Union for its annual fall concert.
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Sheth reflects 'culture of entitlement' at Bowdoin
Mr. Sheth discusses the timidity of the administration in not standing up to the community. Wake up. Every single adult in that "timid administration" you so blithely refer to is a member of the Brunswick community.
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BSG proposes longer Thanksgiving break
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) addressed two orders of business at Wednesday night's meeting: the current proposal to amend the fall break schedule and an update on tickets for the upcoming midnight premier of the latest Harry Potter movie . Vice President for Academic Affairs Jordan Francke '13 opened the floor and discussed the current schedule proposal.
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German filmmaker’s goal: ‘Make Movies, Not War’
"An artist has to be the funniest guy in the middle of the euphoria, to be the better [one] to step out of the euphoria and think what could happen."
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Bowdoin, Brunswick are mutually dependent
The town of Brunswick is economically dependent on the College in many ways, but Bowdoin needs Brunswick just as much. I'm not speaking of nice perks like good restaurants—though I'm hard-pressed to come up with another college town of a similar size with so many great places to eat and drink—but of basic fundamental services. So yes, Mr. Sheth, please cut out Brunswick entirely.
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Bowdoin Brief: College Prowler gives Bowdoin high marks
Two and a half years after Bowdoin was named College Prowler's "School of the Year," Bowdoin still holds the title. College Prowler recently updated its rankings for Bowdoin. The website determines rankings based on analysis of student survey responses, open-ended student reviews and statistical data. This means that the ratings can fluctuate as student reviewers post their comments.
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Brandon Lutterman, brings artistry to the Craft Center
Passing through Smith Union, one hears the bounce of ping-pong balls, mailboxes snapping open and shut, the murmur of students absorbed in group work.
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Sheth's incendiary letter not fit to print
Mr. Sheth's letter is illogical, offensive and unworthy of publication. Bowdoin and Brunswick share a relationship, which while presently healthy, is at all times inherently symbiotic. Mr. Sheth asks, "Without Bowdoin, what is Brunswick?" This question can easily be reversed—its answer is that a Bowdoin bereft of the residents, shops and community of Brunswick would not survive.
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Bowdoin, Bates combine forces for an orchestral high note
Combined orchestra to play at both colleges this weekend
Bowdoin's and Bates' orchestras will join forces in two performances of classical music this weekend. The combined orchestra will perform both at Bates' Olin Arts Center and Bowdoin's Studzinski Recital Hall.
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Students must notice police discrimination
Mr. Sheth proposes a course of action that students should consider carefully. It is important that students take note of improper, excessive and violent acts by the Bowdoin Police Department, which are oftentimes gratuitous displays of power specifically directed at Bowdoin students. When the police employ "curfew" tactics on students—such as retaining innocuous pedestrians, manipulating underclassmen, and terrorizing houses at night—they are targeting Bowdoin students.
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Bowdoin men's soccer still best in the NESCAC
The men's soccer team is simply the best soccer team in the NESCAC. Only through the largely arbitrary horror of a penalty kick tie-breaker did Middlebury win the technical right to the conference championship. Yet the NCAA rankings, the NESCAC standings and anyone who went to the championship game will tell you that Bowdoin is indeed the better team.
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Native American group enhances student life
I enjoyed last week's excellent article by Amanda Minoff, "Wabanaki lecture celebrates Native American heritage" (November 5). Many people at Bowdoin have been working diligently over the past few years to bring more attention to Native American issues, and to attracting more Native American students to our campus.
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Wabanaki lecture celebrates Native American heritage
November is National Native American Heritage Month, and the prevalence and efforts of the Native American community at Bowdoin are greater than ever before.
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BPD shuts down Pinefest after noise complaints
Before it was October 31, Halloween was over. Close to 11:30 p.m. Saturday night, the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) arrived at Pine Street Apartments to shut down the traditional campus-wide Halloween party taking place there.
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New curator seeks to promote student participation
The gray door of the Bowdoin College of Museum of Art—facing the Visual Arts Center—is an emergency exit, but not for Curator Joachim Homann, who uses it as a main entrance to his underground office.
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Men’s soccer hosts NESCAC finals
Another weekend for the men's soccer team and the winning streak continued for the No. 5-ranked team in the nation.
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Panel examines 1970 student strike
On May 5, 1970, members of the Bowdoin College community voted 727 to 207 in favor of conducting a school-wide strike that would last the rest of the school year.
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Four Loko draws concern from ResLife
While vodka-Redbull and coffee brandy have been staples of the Bowdoin drinking scene for years, a more potent upper-downer beverage has made its way to Maine. Four Loko, a caffeinated, 24-ounce drink that contains 12 percent alcohol by volume, is stirring up controversy on college campuses nationwide.
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Field hockey suffers first loss of season
Tomorrow, the women's field hockey team will advance to the NESCAC semifinals for the sixth consecutive year. The Polar Bears will be defending their current ranking of second in the league against old rival Amherst.
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Kaplan finds interest in indigenous arctic civilizations
The employees of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum are used to wearing many different hats, and not just for staying warm in the cold weather.
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LePage, Pingree, Cornell du Houx elected
Red with anger at Democratic incumbents, Maine voters joined the tide of Americans allying themselves with the GOP. On Tuesday, Republicans took the majority in both of Maine's legislative houses and the governor's office, ousting Democrats after an eight-year stronghold in Augusta.
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USA women’s hockey squares off at Watson
USA women's hockey squares off at Watson
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‘A Little Night Music’ to play in Pickard this weekend
Producing its first musical since "Babes in Arms" in spring 2008, the Department of Theater & Dance and Associate Professor of Theater Davis Robinson were eager to take on one of composer and lyricist Steven Sondheim's most esteemed works, "A Little Night Music."
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Message of Yellow Shirt Day misguided
This past week, the Bowdoin Queer-Straight Alliance (BQSA), along with a variety of other campus organizations including athletic teams and Residential Life, distributed a large number of shirts with the phrase, "Gay? Fine by me." These shirts—worn yesterday as part of Yellow Shirt Day—were intended to create a show of support for gay students at Bowdoin. Yet as a gay student here, I find the message deeply problematic and misguided.
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Faculty Research: Scott Sehon
Many students relate Professor Scott Sehon with the unique courses he teaches in the philosophy department: Logic and Intermediate Logic. He is not, however, a logician.
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Students exploit anonymity, gossip on College ACB site
With the creation of anonymous online gossip forums, old-fashioned bathroom wall graffiti—joking, well intentioned, or derogatory—is effectively transmitted to virtual stall doors worldwide. College ACB is the newest college gossip site, which came to the formal attention of the Office of Residential Life and the Office of Student Affairs late last week when a student who was discussed on the site reported it. The increase in student posts over the past two months has triggered student backlash.
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Women’s soccer leads the way with off-the-field charities
Though the women's soccer team's season may be lost, its causes are not. Off the field, the team works together on a number of charity projects that benefit the Bowdoin and Brunswick communities, as well as those well beyond Cumberland County's limits.
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White Panda show canceled, band member emergency arose
The Polar Bears will not meet the White Panda after all.
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IT tests user capacity of new Bearings update
With the start of spring 2011 course registration one week away, Information Technology (IT) has changed the information system Bearings to provide more stable service to students and faculty.
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After embarrassing rout at Wesleyan, football turns attention to CBB cup
A win over Bates tomorrow afternoon to kick off the annual CBB competition would certainly go a long way towards brightening Bowdoin's 2010 season.
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Brunswick community intolerant of students
You know what's awesome about Brunswick? Bowdoin College. Without Bowdoin, what is Brunswick? The recently closed Naval Air Station? No. Maybe a home to Mainers that have lived here for decades? I can't really argue that. However, the point is Brunswick thrives on the presence of Bowdoin College, both financially and culturally. And the most important part of Bowdoin College is its college students, with all their noise, rowdiness, alcohol and general vitality.
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SWAT begins redesign of Student Gateway, Digest to improve efficiency
This semester has already brought several overhauls in Bowdoin's technology infrastructure, the latest of which include a redesign of the Student Gateway. The Student Web Advisory Team (SWAT) is in the research and development phase of redesigning the Student Gateway Web page and the Student Digest.
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Volleyball sweeps Senior Day, prepares for NESCAC tourney
Volleyball records its highest NESCAC regular season finish with 7-3 record
Coming off an exciting win in its Senior Day doubleheader last Saturday, the volleyball team will face off against Williams tonight in the NESCAC quarterfinals at Amherst.
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‘The Kilpatrick Band,’ a recurring student favorite
'The Kilpatrick Band,' a recurring student favorite
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Intelligence is not single-dimensional
In "A new mentality to end animal testing at Bowdoin" (October 29), Anthony Colabella suggested that Bowdoin end harmful animal research unless it "expresses a willingness to perform these same experiments on humans whose mental capacities roughly compare to those of the animals tested." My intent in writing this letter is not to refute Colabella's argument, but to highlight a popular misconception about human cognition versus "lower-order" animal cognition.
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Bowdoin Brief: Meehan '78 elected to PA Congressional Seat
Pat Meehan '78 was elected to represent the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, soundly beating his Democratic opponent, Bryan Lentz, 55 percent to 44 percent, according to Politics Daily.
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Women’s soccer knocked out in first round of NESCAC playoffs
The women's soccer season came to an end in the NESCAC quarterfinals, when they lost a hard-fought battle to second-seeded Amherst. The team ends its season with an overall record of 6-7-2, as Amherst moves on to host the semifinals against Bates.
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BSG considers reinstating first year orientation book
The new business of the night at Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) was a discussion of the first year book program's elimination. Last year, the faculty decided to remove the first year book program due to lack of interest.
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Men’s XC takes sixth place at NESCAC championship
In any long run, there are occasional bumps in the road, and the men's cross country team discovered just such a bump last Saturday at the NESCAC Championship at Hamilton College.
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Muddy course hinders women’s XC at NESCACs
The women's cross country team finished sixth at the NESCAC Cross Country Championship behind five ranked teams that participated in the event.
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Floundering sailing team continues to disappoint
With dropping temperatures, diminishing daylight and disappointing results last weekend, the sailing team is preparing for a final push to improve its ranking before the season ends.
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Men’s soccer matches highest-ever D-III ranking at No. 5
It has been over one month since the men’s soccer team’s only loss of the season. Since that loss against Middlebury on September 25, the Polar Bears have won nine straight games and jumped up the standings to fifth in the nation, matching their highest-ever ranking.
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Museum exhibits Pettibon’s ‘Repeater Pencil’
While it may be less conspicuous than the expansive chair exhibition, "Something Completely Different: Raymond Pettibon's Repeater Pencil" packs a punch. The 14-minute video installation is composed of Pettibon's drawings and watercolors—animated and set to audio narration.
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Seven weeks into the semester, BCNews still off the air
So far this year, Bowdoin Cable Network (BCN) News has not aired a single episode. While there are plans in place to air the first one early next week, the program will not continue to run weekly segments on the network as it has in past years due mainly to a lack of student interest.
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Gubernatorial race narrows with days to go
With less than a week until the polls open, Maine voters are looking at a three-horse race for governor. Different polls have shown a considerable amount of variety. The most recent, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Thursday, had Republican Paul LePage ahead with 40 percent of the vote, followed by Democrat Libby Mitchell and Independent Eliot Cutler tied at 26 percent. Cutler has made significant gains in recent weeks.
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Undefeated field hockey cruises past Bantams
Women's field hockey fought for a 2-0 win over Trinity in front of a large crowd of parent spectators. The team is now ranked fourth in the nation after its 2-0 win against the Bantams, moving up from its previous ranking of fifth.
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The Morning Benders to anchor WBOR’s November 13 concert
Bowdoin students can look forward to a little California sunshine next month when WBOR brings the Morning Benders to campus on November 13.
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Chamberlain Scholars look to redefine their Bowdoin experience
Currently, 43 students at Bowdoin are able to spend their four years here free of charge. These students are recipients of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Scholarship, created in 2000 to address the observed lack of diversity on campus and offered to a similar number of students each year. The award covers students' tuition, book expenses, and travel costs, in addition to providing a $3,000 stipend for other educational opportunities.
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Campus poll reveals mild drug scene
Drug-related incident causes transport from College dorm
A sophomore was transported from West Hall to MidCoast Hospital after allegedly consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms last Saturday, according to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols. The student, who reportedly consumed the mushrooms with a friend visiting from out of state, was "not in serious condition" and returned to campus after spending "just a couple of hours" at the hospital, said Nichols.
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Volleyball falls short at Endicott, places second in weekend tourney
The women's volleyball team dropped a hard-fought 2-3 loss to the Endicott College Gulls on Tuesday night. The match at Endicott left the Polar Bears with a record of 16-10 for the season while Endicott improved to 18-14 overall.
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Vote Alex Cornell du Houx ’06
Tuesday, November 2 is Election Day. Pundits all over the country—and all over this campus—have been speculating and forecasting. Will the election be a referendum on President Obama? Is the Tea Party movement for real? Americans are angry. Again. They're mad at unemployment and deficits and, most of all, they are really, really mad at politicians. What are Americans going to do?
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Health survey shows drink and sleep binging
The results of last spring's Health and Wellness Survey were reviewed and released by Bowdoin's Senior Officers this week, though the data will not be officially published by the College. The survey was voluntary and anonymous. It was administered to all students in the spring semester, elicited 934 respondents. Of that number, 42.8 percent were men and 56.9 percent were women.
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40 ounces of fine-tasting freedom
For the past few weeks I've been reviewing all kinds of interesting and unique beers—from German imports to local ciders—and I've truly enjoyed all these sophisticated brews. The truth is, however, that deep down I'm just a simple man, with simple tastes.
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Football’s woes continue in Trinity loss
Though a 1-4 start has left the young and injury-riddled Polar Bears down, they are not going to count themselves out. They are determined to finish 2010 on a high note, starting tomorrow afternoon at Wesleyan.
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A new mentality to end animal testing at Bowdoin
I would like to echo The Humane Society and its Director of Program Management for Animal Research Issues Kathleen Conlee's call to end all testing on animals in Bowdoin classes. But unlike Conlee, I am asking Bowdoin to justify its actions by meeting the challenge I pose here. My challenge is an appeal to ethical consistency that cannot be ignored by a college that professes to champion the Common Good. Before an institution like Bowdoin can make such a claim, it must somehow justify excluding some creatures from the Common Good.
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Poetry out loud: Bauer shares with the crowd
Before beginning his poetry reading, Curtis Bauer expressed gratitude to colleague Matthew O'Donnell with the promise, "I'll help you put up that barn that you've been talking about."
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College preparing for land acquisition as NASB closes
As the date for Brunswick Naval Air Station's (NASB) closure approaches, Bowdoin continues to move ahead with its plan to acquire approximately 175 developable acres of land on the west side of the base. "The process of acquiring the land has not changed since 2007," wrote Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration & Treasurer Katy Longley in an e-mail to the Orient.
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Fall fashion calls for neutral tones
Achromatic combinations are in. Tones like beige, apricot and off-white might appear drab and lifeless, but a little black dress coupled with a pair of neutral-toned shoes, be they flats or heels, will never fail to make your legs look longer.
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Women’s soccer shuts out Trinity 3-0
The women's soccer team secured its spot in the NESCAC tournament with a decisive 3-0 win over Trinity on Senior Day. The Polar Bears will travel to Tufts this weekend to wrap up regular season play and await the final conference rankings, which will determine their opponent in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
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Vote yes on questions 1, 2 and 3
Paul LePage is going to be the next governor of Maine. Not only that, but he may very well start his administration with Republican majorities in both houses of the Maine State Legislature. The sad truth is that Democrats are going to get routed all over the country this Tuesday. What does this mean for America? Income inequality is going to rise as tax breaks for the rich are paid for through cuts to social programs for the poor, government expenditure will be slashed—de-stimulating the economy—and unemployment is going to rise. In short, Republicans are bad for the economy, and they will be in charge.
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Frontier, VSA film festival focuses on disability
Frontier, VSA film festival focuses on disability
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Incumbent Pingree faces late charge by Scontras
As campaign season enters its final weekend before the November 2 elections, the congressional race in Maine's First District between Democratic incumbent Chellie Pingree and her Republican challenger Dean Scontras has narrowed to a statistical dead heat. The most recent Maine Poll, released on October 22, reveals a dramatic tightening of the race. While Pingree's lead declined slightly from 48 to 45 percent, support for Scontras made a significant jump from 33 to 40 percent over a single week. Thirteen percent of polled voters remain undecided.
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Women’s rugby tripped up in first round of playoffs
The women's rugby team ended its season with a record of 4-5 after losing to Stonehill College in the first round of the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) playoffs.
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Polarization of middle class threatens the American Dream
During a quick run to Hannaford one morning last week to cure my craving for chocolate-covered almonds, I was struck by an unexpected realization regarding the changing American Dream. While standing in the express checkout line, I overheard two women behind me discussing their shared passion for baking. However, the conversation quickly turned a more pressing issue. One of the ladies spoke about her enjoyment of cookie-baking at work. With this comment, their shared passion for baking was quickly overshadowed, since one lady was employed and the other was not.
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In school system shake up, Longfellow School to close
The Brunswick school system is undergoing major and controversial changes this year. The new Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, located along McKeen St. within the block between Spring St. and Stanwood St., is slated to open its doors in September 2011 to 600 students. The construction of the school has acted as a catalyst for the alteration of the entire Brunswick school system.
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Sailing blames struggles on lack of consistency
Weather problems continued to plague the sailing team last weekend, but the lack of wind did not calm the team's enthusiasm for the upcoming New England championship events.
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Bowdoin gets an A- for sustainability
This year, says the Sustainable Endowments Institute, Bowdoin did its homework. The College's overall grade on the Institute's College Sustainability Report Card rose from a B in 2010 to an A minus in 2011. The uptick was a result of the College's improvements in the categories of Endowment Transparency, from an F to a C, and Shareholder Engagement, from a D to a C. These are two of the nine categories that the Report Card evaluates. The College also improved from a B to an A in Green Building. It received As in all other categories both years.
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Resolving our deficit requires sensible GOP
In his article on the national debt ("National debt poses greatest threat to the United States," October 22), John Dale Grover '14 suggests that the United States has "yet to start a serious plan" to bring its long-term fiscal situation under control. That is simply untrue. The single greatest threat to the long-run solvency of the U.S. is the projected escalation in health care costs. Indeed, if we had the same per-capita health care spending as countries like France, Germany and Canada, the long-run deficit would be a non-issue.
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Trader Joe’s expands to Maine with Portland store
Portland has traded one high-end supermarket for another, as Wild Oats has been replaced by a new Trader Joe's store. The grocery chain is breaking into Maine's organic and natural foods market with today's opening of its first store in the state. The announcement of the store's opening has been met with much excitement throughout the Portland community. The location's Store Captain Tracy Acciola told the Portland Press Herald that residents have called the store saying they were skipping work and taking kids out of school in order to attend the grand opening.
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Local incumbents face challenges
Several challengers are looking to unseat incumbent Democrats in state elections next Tuesday. One of the most significant races is for the seat representing the 66th district in the Maine State Legislature. This district includes approximately 300 Bowdoin students, including those living in Burnett House, Howell House, Helmreich House and Stowe Inn. The incumbent is State Representative Alex Cornell du Houx '06.
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Lack of resources keeps early voting from campus
The town of Brunswick will not provide early voting in Smith Union this year despite the success of last year's Early Vote Day. Town Clerk Fran Smith called the change the result of a "resource issue." "The reason that we're not doing it is that we're reconsolidating our polling locations," Smith said. "We're opening [early voting] up to the entire public and that will be at the Recreation Center this weekend."
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Bowdoin science featured at D.C. festival
Eight Bowdoin students and three faculty contibuted to Larry Bock's effort to "[bring] science back to center stage," with the College's delegation manning both robotics and neuroscience booths at the festival in Washington D.C. last weekend. Executive Director Larry Bock '81 founded the first-annual US Science and Engineering Festival with the firm belief that "society gets what it celebrates."
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Judicial Board briefs BSG on ethics of non-elective selection process
At Wednesday's Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) meeting, adviser to the Judicial Board (J-Board) Dean Laura Lee and Chair of the J-Board Edward Gottfried '11 met with BSG to discuss the annual report and answer any questions on the role of the J-Board and its policies.
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New wireless network improves security, but not without flaws
Ever since Bowdoin upgraded its wireless network over Fall Break, many members of the community have expressed frustration as the College adjusts to the new system. To many on campus, the upgrade seemed arbitrary and unnecessarily disruptive. However, the new protocol—WPA2 Enterprise—was implemented after about a year of discussion and testing, according to Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis. The network is designed to close the security gaps of the old, open access system that allowed anyone to "get on the wireless network and 'click,' get your information," according to Davis.
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Field hockey wins two, remains undefeated
The Polar Bears continued their winning streak on Wednesday, trouncing the competition in an evening game at Husson. This win brought their current season tally to 12-0 with only two games left to play.
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Years to plan Museum installments, moments to enjoy
Just in time for students and their parents to take a seat and enjoy the show, after years of planning, "Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries" opened yesterday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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Naval Air Force base eases entry regulations
The Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) took the next step toward integrating into civilian Brunswick this week when it relaxed its entry restrictions at the front gate. The altered restrictions, which began on October 15, have reignited a discussion about the economic impact of the base's closure on Brunswick and the surrounding towns.
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Students race against the clock, look to graduate early
With the plethora of classes, extracurriculars and opportunities offered in a college setting, it is difficult to imagine speeding through the college process in any fewer than four years. But some students have chosen to do just that by arranging their academic schedules to facilitate graduating early.
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Rookie goalie comes up big against Ephs
Having lost to Williams for the last five years, the men's soccer team was thirsty for revenge. Revenge, according to the Polar Bears, is best served 2-0.
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‘Closer’ play to perform in Pickard until Saturday
Theater aficionados know "Closer" not as a song by Ne-Yo or a television series starring Kyra Sedgwick, nor even as the blockbuster featuring Julia Roberts, Jude Law Natalie Portman and Olive Owen.
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Security briefs BSG on alcohol, assault
Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols made a guest appearance at this week's Bowdoin Student government (BSG) meeting. The discussion developed into a follow-up on the two current issues, the apparent surge of alcohol-related transports and the investigation of the recent assault.
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Counting generations: Students welcome alumni parents
As parents descend on Bowdoin this weekend, there are some who might feel a little more at home on campus. Currently, 151 Bowdoin students are the children of one or more Bowdoin alumni. Known by admissions and the alumni council as "generational," these students have a unique connection with the College.
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Men’s XC takes first place at state championships
Coby Horowitz ’14 wins the race and Bowdoin places five runners in the top eight
The peace and serenity of the woods behind the Bowdoin athletic fields was briefly interrupted last Saturday as runners in the 2010 Maine State Intercollegiate Cross-Country Championship blazed through in pursuit of victory.
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Cram gives $13.5 million, largest posthumous gift
The recent bequest of $13.5 million—the largest ever posthumous gift to the College—from the estate of Bion Cram, a member of the Class of 1937, is sure to have a significant impact on Bowdoin's ability to maintain its financial aid program and need-blind admission practices.
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‘Sit Down!’ exhibition settles into Art Museum
According to the latest exhibit at the Museum of Art, some art is indeed beneath us.
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Sophomore boys take the stage in Mr. Polar Bear Pageant
Monday morning, doors across campus were plastered with posters containing the faces of eight sophomore men. These handsome, smartly- dressed individuals turned out to be the contestants in Thursday night's "Mr. Polar Bear Pageant," a Bowdoin Student Government (BSG)-organized male talent contest that occupied Kresge Auditorium from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
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Remember the Student Digest
I recently made a bucket list for senior year. Number one on that list? Reading the Student Digest. "Seriously," my friend announced in the middle of lunch at Thorne, "who even opens the digest?" Well, I have good news for all the mass e-mailers and digest posters at Bowdoin: you've got another reader in Abby Snyder.
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McLain becomes New England champ for third straight year
When your father is an Olympic canoeist, following in his footsteps is easier said than done. When you are a decade younger than your closest competitors, this is even harder. But when you are Alex McLain '11, nothing is out of the question.
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In spite of transports, Super Snack remains
Bowdoin students can breathe a sigh of relief as the Dining Service is no longer considering terminating Super Snack, a weekend-night tradition for many Bowdoin students. Students were alerted of the Dining Service's considerations when Bowdoin Student Government President John Connolly '11 sent a campus-wide e-mail addressing the discussion on September 30.
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National debt poses greatest threat to the United States
Although there are many issues on our minds as Election Day approaches, the economy should be our main focus. Many Americans are unaware of—or do not fully comprehend—the size of the national debt, which currently stands at roughly $13.6 trillion, according to government estimates. To write that amount out in full: $13,676,109,536,322. The citizenry is only just beginning to wake up to this huge debt that will have to be paid off. Debt does not simply disappear, and it is astounding that we have gotten this far into the hole without a massive uproar. It would also be foolish to assume that we can remain the world's preeminent power while incurring the largest debt as well.
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Women’s XC falls behind Colby at States
Motivated by a large crowd of parents, alumni and other athletes, the women's cross-country team finished second behind Colby at the State Championship.
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Bedbugs infest two Bowdoin rooms
"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.
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Turnovers continue to plague football
A midseason record of 1-3 was not what the Polar Bears envisioned at the start of the 2010 season. They will, however, have a major opportunity to revive their season if they can upset Trinity tomorrow afternoon at Whittier Field.
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Award ceremony raises questions about value of relative GPAs
Today the College will recognize the top 20 percent of students in the annual Sarah and James Bowdoin award ceremony. Sarah and James Bowdoin Day is one of the few occasions at which grades are openly celebrated at the College, though even on this special occasion GPAs are not disclosed. Some students have reacted against what they perceive as the reinforcement of academic competition.
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Bowdoin should end all testing on animals
It is shocking that Bowdoin undergraduate students are performing invasive neurosurgery on rats ("Lab rats find a home in Kanbar, enrich student research," October 15). Federal law requires animal research personnel to be appropriately trained and qualified to perform any proposed procedures on animals—the procedures described are complex and could involve immense animal suffering, especially when performed by inexperienced students.
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Women’s soccer struggles in losses to Ephs, Judges
After suffering its second loss in a row when it failed to score against Brandeis University in non-conference play on Wednesday, the women's soccer team looks to secure its first win since October 3 as it hosts Trinity (5-2-4 NESCAC, 3-2-2 overall) on Saturday afternoon.
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BCCB conjures a Halloween spook
Looking for early treats? The Bowdoin College Concert Band (BCCB) might have just the thing for your sweet tooth.
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Williams ’05 competes to be ‘next great pundit’
One thousand four hundred writers. Two weeks. One champion. It is what Conor Williams '05 calls "the Washington Post version of a reality show," and he is right in the thick of it.
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LGBTQ students need support of community
I applaud President Barry Mills and Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster for their recent letter to the community, which was also posted to the Bowdoin Daily Sun, entitled, "A Message about Civility and Respect from President Mills and Dean Foster." Thank you for your excellent leadership on this issue that affects not only current Bowdoin students, staff, faculty and their children, but alumni and the surrounding Brunswick community as well.
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Volleyball falls to Ephs in final conference game
The volleyball team ended conference play with a 3-2 loss to Williams. The Polar Bears fell to 14-8 overall and finished their conference season with a program best 7-3 record last Saturday.
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ResLife and Peer Health test out new approach to FY discussion
The art of letter-writing may be dying, but not in the first year dorms. New students were asked to write letters to themselves during Orientation Week regarding their thoughts on alcohol and the social scene they were about to enter. The letters were sealed, given to proctors and now—seven weeks later—the students are opening them.
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Women’s rugby jumps out to early lead, succumbs to injuries in loss to Radcliffe
The women's rugby team will look to ground the Skyhawks of Stonehill College this weekend in the first round of the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) playoffs.
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Alberstone and Lewis fall in quarterfinals
The women's tennis team completed its fall season with a solid performance at the New England Women's Invitational Tennis Tournament (NEWITT).
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Sailing struggles in blustery conditions
The Polar Bear sailors struggled against the winds of a Nor'easter last weekend, and are now looking ahead to their fall championship regattas, putting tough finishes and canceled events behind them.
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Men’s golf places fifth in final match of season
After struggling at the NESCAC Qualifier earlier this month, the men's golf team traveled to the Crumpin-Fox Golf Club in Bernardston, Mass. last weekend to take on a familiarly challenging field at the first-ever NESCAC Match Play Championship.
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Grammy-winner Joe Lovano to perform tonight
World-famous saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano has his calendar booked for the year. But before he travels to Spain, Turkey, Croatia, Portugal, Canada and Missouri, he will come to Brunswick, Maine. Lovano will perform tonight with his newest ensemble, Us Five.
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Volleyball beats Tufts, makes NESCAC history
Polar Bears rally to win 3-2 for first time in league history
The volleyball team defeated Tufts on Wednesday night for the first time since the institution of NESCAC play in 2000. After falling behind 2-0, the Polar Bears rallied to win the next three games and take the match.
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Lab rats find a home in Kanbar, enrich student research
When Matt Leopold '11 e-mailed various departments in search of a job, he wasn't quite expecting to receive a reply requesting someone with "enough common sense to take care of rats."
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Political pluralism is essential to the common good
What does Bowdoin College stand for? President Barry Mills addressed this question very directly and thoughtfully at this year's convocation. He discussed a number of assumptions made about Bowdoin's political orientation, and that of liberal arts colleges in general. To briefly summarize, Mills concluded that although college campuses are often accurately subjected to the stereotype of being disproportionately left leaning, Bowdoin's commitment to political diversity must remain unwavering. He spoke of the precariousness of a college experience and education with an insulated and one-sided political discourse.
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Congressional race tightens as candidates approach election
With the November 2 election less than three weeks away, Republican Dean Scontras, though still trailing, has made a seven-point gain on the incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree in Maine's First Congressional District.
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Kent Island inspired student art on view up North
Applying to live and work as an artist-in-residence on Kent Island is an unusual process. Alongside typical questions regarding major and GPA, the application asks, "Have you spent time living in 'rustic conditions' (e.g., no running water, electricity, cell phone coverage, flush toilets, TV, or internet access)?" and "What is your favorite meal to cook?"
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First year Lonnie Hackett wins prestigious NFF award
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced on Tuesday that Lonnie Hackett '14 will receive its prestigious High School Scholar-Athlete award.
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Everything I learned from cider, I learned from Chumbawamba
A few weeks ago, upon a visit to Frontier Café, I had a beverage crisis. I wanted to get something of the alcoholic variety, but something very crisp and light, to compliment my meal. While perusing the display of various microbrews and specialty beers, I came across a rather large bottle with several apples on its label, named Scrumpy's, which seemed to fit the bill.
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IT looks to upgrade Bearings
The online student information system Bearings may be nearing the end of its service to Bowdoin. The College is currently considering replacing Bearings, which is unreliable and uses outdated technology, with a more comprehensive system. According to Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis, change to the system is likely to occur soon. Davis said that there is general agreement between administrators about the need for change, and that, "It is just a matter of the trustees approving it."
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McKee Photography Grant projects on display
Summer is a busy time for Bowdoin students. Activity options include finding an internship, traveling around the world, doing research on campus, and occasionally just relaxing. Evan Graff '11 and Piper Grosswendt '11 had an additional commitment this past summer: putting together photography projects as winners of the McKee Photography Grant.
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Hamilton leaves Liberty League to become full NESCAC member
After three years of consideration and planning, the NESCAC announced that Hamilton College will become a full member of the conference in the 2011-12 academic year.
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Pakistan relief efforts kick-off around campus
When Nyle Usmani '12 met with seven other students to discuss Pakistan Flood Relief Week in early September, he cited the success of last year's Haiti Action Week and noted the recent flood's relative obscurity. "It all came down pretty simply," Usmani said. "Haiti Action Week was very successful last year and, when it came down to it, the Pakistan floods were not really that publicized."
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USM School of Music to perform Bach’s “B-minor Mass”
University of Southern Maine (USM) School of Music will perform Bach's "B-minor Mass" in Studzinski Recital Hall this Sunday. "[Bach's 'B-minor Mass'] remains today as the most compelling, most musically reasoned, most aesthetically rewarding of all settings—a standard of excellence perhaps for all time," said Professor of Music at USM Robert Russell.
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Baseball coach position now funded by ’60 grad
The athletic department has caught some attention due to a gift endowing the position of head coach of the baseball team. Director of Athletics Jeff Ward said that "as far as we can tell, it is the first Division III baseball position that's endowed, which is very cool."
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Faculty research focus: Laura Henry
Associate Professor of Government Laura Henry does her research within the broad area of state-society relations in the former Soviet Union. Her interest in this topic, she explains, lies in the enormous puzzle it poses for political scientists as a kind of large-scale human experiment; until 1991 the people of the Soviet Union lived under an authoritarian, single party regime but now, given the regime's collapse and the gains in personal freedom, how will Russian citizens act politically?
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Racist incidents pose threat to community
Several area institutions have made Brunswick and our neighboring communities different than many other parts of Maine, and we are all the beneficiaries. The presence of the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College and Bath Iron Works has helped to create a local population that has been more diverse for a longer period of time than other regions within our state, and we enjoy a well-deserved reputation as a place of tolerance and respect.
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New ASB application adds element of chance
For the first time, chance will partly determine which students are selected for Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips this year. Though in past years the selection process was based solely on the evaluation of applications, this year, the application—which includes five short essays—will be just one component of the "weighted lottery" process that the McKeen Center will use to choose participants
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Football beats Tufts for first win
Coming off its dramatic first win of the season against Tufts, Bowdoin is looking for more of the same tomorrow afternoon at Hamilton. After two tough losses to Williams and Amherst to open the 2010 campaign, the Polar Bears now have a major opportunity to turn their season around.
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New rule in assassin needs to be repealed
I was assassinated the week before fall break. It was pretty late at night, and I had just come back from the gym. I went to my room to get a towel and left my door open while I took a shower. When I got back to my room, everything seemed fine. I left my door open and went over to my desk to check my e-mail. That's when I saw my assassin. He had been waiting for me in my room as I showered. He hid behind the front door to my room when I came in, closing the door when I saw him. As he did, he said, "You're not going anywhere." He then whipped a sock at me. I was out.
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Petition stalls Town Council ordinance for BPD Station
A petition submitted last Sunday has stalled the Town Council's ordinance to purchase land for the construction of a new police station. In an 8-1 vote, the council voted to adopt the "Ordinance Authorizing Acquisition of Land and Authorizing Issuance of Bonds and Notes in an Amount not to Exceed $1,175,000" on September 20, 2010. Town Manager Gary Brown reported to the Times Record that the council intended to use the funding strictly for that purpose.
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Men’s soccer beats Babson on the road, extends winning streak to five matches
Riding a five-game win streak, the men's soccer team moved up in the national polls to No. 22 and No. 3 in the New England region.
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Issue of planted tracts should resolve itself
Regarding your recent article on Christian tracts being found in the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library ("Christian pamphlets planted in H-L stacks," September 17): When I was in college, we used to laugh at finding such things. I can't believe students, or anyone of college age for that matter, need to be so coddled that they require the removal of these tracts.
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CFD Fellows change academic landscape
Currently, six Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD) Fellows are teaching on campus, a number the College expects to maintain next year. The College will start looking for replacements for the three departing fellows as soon as CFD dossiers become available in early November.
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Rugby coach celebrates 25 years as a Polar Bear
This fall marks Rick Scala's 25th year as men's rugby coach.
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Mock interviews prepare seniors for job applications
When employers recruit at Bowdoin, they are consistently impressed by students' striking accomplishments on paper, but according to Career Advisor Meg Springer, "we have heard repeatedly...that during the interview, [students] are basically blowing it because they haven't practiced and aren't presenting themselves well." As a result, "jobs are being left on the table."
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Field hockey beats Colby with offensive onslaught
Clegg and Herter score two goals apiece to lead the Polar Bears over the Mules
The women's field hockey team continued its undefeated season with an impressive 5-1 win over Colby on Wednesday.
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BSG addresses students’ printing complaints
At last week's meeting, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) convened to address the new controversial printing policy implemented this year. BSG addressed the general concerns associated with the new printing policy which has sparked student anger and misconceptions.
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Men’s XC finishes 11th, prepares to host States
The men’s cross-country team places four runners in the top-100 at Open New Englands
The men's cross-country team will reach the most important juncture of its season this weekend. The runners will compete at the State Championship here at Bowdoin tomorrow.
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Mid Coast expansion will bring walk-in medical clinic to Maine St.
Closer medical care might be just what the doctor ordered. Mid Coast Hospital will be extending its services and moving part of its operation to a new office building in Maine Street Station. The construction and move-in is set to be completed in May 2011, Mid Coast Hospital Executive Vice President Lois Skillings said.
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Women’s XC struggles as injuries plague team
Women’s cross-country prepares for the State Championship at home this weekend
Despite performing at the Open New England Championship without three of their top seven runners, the women's cross-country team managed to finish 23 out of the 47 teams and ninth among D-III schools.
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Bowdoin Brief: Bowdoin receives record-breaking research grants
Bowdoin received a record-breaking amount of scholarship and grant support during the 2009-2010 academic year. "A total of $7,349,699.00 in grant monies and institutional support was awarded an increase of nearly 14 percent over last year's record breaking total," the Bowdoin website reported.
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Women’s soccer draws at Wheaton
Ellery Gould '12 scored her ninth goal of the season, but it wasn't enough to propel the Polar Bears past Wheaton College.
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Bowdoin Brief: Security cracks down on bike locks to comply with ADA
The change of seasons brings another change to Bowdoin campus this week with the addition of small bicycle warning placards on public handrails around campus. Installed before break, these small placards inform students of the illegality of locking bicycles to public entrance ways around campus.
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Grindon and Jacobs lead men’s tennis in strong performance at Stony Brook
For Casey Grindon, the second time's the charm. After losing in the singles final of last weekend's Stony Brook Invitational to teammate Chris Lord '14, the sophomore came back with a vengeance and won his doubles bracket alongside Alex Jacobs '12.
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Women’s rugby tames Wildcats, crowd at UNH homecoming
Women's rugby tames Wildcats, crowd at UNH homecoming
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Ultimate prepares to host Red Tide Clambake this weekend
Red Tide has descended upon us. But this is no devastating scourge on the local clam population.
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Golf teams post disappointing finishes, women lose winning streak at Williams
The women's golf team's undefeated streak came to an end last weekend at the Williams Classic, where the team finished in eighth place in a field of 10.
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Sailing posts win against Bates, struggles in home regatta
The Polar Bear sailors did not relax on their fall break. Instead, they posted the team's strongest results yet—a win at Bates and a second-place finish on Long Island Sound.
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Women’s tennis continues quality play at Middlebury
After dispatching D-I Holy Cross in impressive fashion (7-0) in its only dual match of the fall season, the women's tennis team continued its successful fall with a strong showing at the Gail Smith Doubles Tournament hosted by Middlebury College.
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Five turnovers plague football in season opener at Williams
With reigning NESCAC champion Amherst coming to town for the football team's Homecoming game tomorrow, the Polar Bears know they have a tremendous opportunity to make an early season splash in the conference standings.
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Senior visual arts students glean NYC art smarts
The students of Professor of Art Mark Wethli's Senior Seminar left Maine and got an invaluable glimpse into the world of professional visual artists last weekend. The trip took the class comprised of the senior visual arts majors to the epi center of the art scene in America: New York City.
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Smoking on campus: Students light up as days get darker
With the arrival of October today, everyone is getting ready for the colder Maine weather. While everyone will brace against the cold, one group of students stands to suffer more: smokers.
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Endowment increases 10.3% to $753.5 million
After dramatically decreasing 17 percent in 2009, Bowdoin's endowment grew by 10.3 percent in fiscal year 2010. Following a decade in which the College's endowment regularly outperformed other school's funds, this rate fell below the 12.2 percent that Cambridge Associates reported as the median return among the educational funds the firm tracks.
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Men’s XC grabs first, places five in top nine
First year Coby Horowitz edges teammate Stan Berkow ’11 by two seconds to take first place
The men's cross-country team drove home from its last race in high spirits, and, to celebrate the events of the day, first years on the team sang solo performances over the bus microphone.
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Mrozowski floats in with collaborative performance
A visiting choreographer, student-designed inflatable sculptures and four dancers set the framework for the upcoming performance, FLOAT.
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Election preview: the race for governor
A new poll suggests a dead heat in this cold state's race for governor. Data released Wednesday shows 30 percent of likely voters supporting Democrat Libby Mitchell and 29 percent supporting Republican Paul LePage. These numbers come just 10 days after a poll that had put LePage at a 13-point advantage and is welcome news for Democrats, with only one month left until the November 2 elections. All polling data was generated by Critical Insights of Portland, Maine. The poll size was relatively small—405 likely voters were polled.
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College life is what your roommates make it
I was absolutely dead set against it. After eight years of basketball, tennis and soccer, I decided that college was not going to be just another year of athletics for me. This was going to be a year of "fun" weekends, academic-filled weeks and Gossip Girl Mondays. However, my floor had different plans for me.
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Ackerman takes first place in close victory at Wesleyan
Despite humid weather and unfamiliarity with the course, the women's cross-country team dominated at the Wesleyan Invitational. Although the Polar Bears were underdogs to Wesleyan, ranked No. 9, running smart allowed them to escape with a victory last Saturday.
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Choir, Chorus prepare high notes for Homecoming
With the honey-toned leaves and fresh breezes of fall undeniably upon us, there seems to be no better way to celebrate autumn than to spend an afternoon listening to the mellifluous sounds of the Bowdoin Chamber Choir and Chorus taking place tomorrow as part of Homecoming Weekend.
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Three Super Snack transports raise alarm
"Everything is on the table." Bowdoin Student Government President John Connolly '11 confirmed that Dining Service would be considering terminating Super Snack as a result of drunken behavior and mistreatment. Connolly sent a campus-wide e-mail referring to last Saturday's Super Snack where multiple people vomited at Thorne Hall and had to be transported to Parkview Adventist Medical Center.
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Field hockey tallies fifth straight win
The women's field hockey team had its undefeated season tested with a thrilling 1-0 win over the Middlebury Panthers. Sophomore Cathleen Smith broke last Saturday's scoreless tie in the final five minutes of the game, scoring the game-winning goal during a penalty corner.
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Little ’85, inspired by Louis Vuitton bag, created exhibition
A Louis Vuitton bag did David Little '85 in. No, it did not send him into a spiral of debt or cause him to rob his local department store to get his hands on one.
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L.L. Bean’s Gorman ’56 wins Bowdoin Prize for service
Bowdoin will award its highest honor, the Bowdoin Prize, to Leon Gorman '56, L.L. Bean Chairman and Trustee Emeritus of the College today. In 1960, Gorman joined his grandfather's mail-order business in a time of unforeseen decline and considerable challenges. Gorman's grandfather, Leon Leonwood Bean, founder of L.L. Bean revolutionized outdoorswear by creating The Maine Hunting Shoe, a boot with a rubber sole and stitched leather that protected hunters from the dampness of the Maine woods.
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Super Snack behavior unfair to dining staff
It was a lucky twist of fate that I didn't have to work at Super Snack last Saturday. When I read the student manager report, I felt sympathy and guilt for not having been there to help. Multiple students vomiting, a transport from the dining hall, and a plethora of broken plates. Really, Bowdoin?
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Men’s soccer records fourth shutout
On Monday night, the men's soccer team proved they are a team to be feared in the NESCAC. Playing through steady rain on a slick field at Colby College, the Polar Bears controlled the game from start to finish to earn a 4-0 victory.
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Homecoming Weekend brings trustees to campus for annual financial review
The Board of Trustees begins its yearly evaluation of College funds this weekend, beginning with meetings starting today. Aside from its presentation of the Bowdoin Prize to Leon Gorman '56 tonight, the Board's focus this weekend will be primarily fiscal. "It's going to be a pretty routine meeting, there is nothing overwhelmingly important taking place," said Senior Vice President for Planning and Development and Secretary of the College Bill Torrey. Torrey noted that the October meeting is generally a time for the Board to discuss the College's financial standings at the end of the fiscal year and assess how the College fared in terms of budget and financial returns.
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Ridiculing memorial to 9/11 in poor taste
After reading "Coe Quad memorial too close to Ground Zero" (September 17), it took several minutes and another reading to consider whether this article was either so dripping with sarcasm and laced with "irony" that it could have been written in earnest, or was rather intended as a jarring parody. All politics aside and without delving into the propriety of the College Republicans erecting a memorial to 9/11 on campus this year, I find it in very poor taste to make a mockery of the notion of sacred ground and commemoration.
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Women’s soccer beats USM, bested by Middlebury in OT
On Wednesday afternoon, the women's soccer team cruised to a decisive 5-1 victory against the University of Southern Maine (USM).
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Geoffrey Canada ’74 gains fame for HCZ
He has been interviewed on NBC Nightly News and the Tavis Smiley Show; he has been profiled as the ABC News "Person of the Week"; and, to put the seal on his recent explosion into the limelight, Geoffrey Canada '74 has been on "Oprah." Canada has been popping up all over the media to build enthusiasm for the already acclaimed documentary, "Waiting for Superman," of which he is a subject.
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Women’s golf beats Bates, men place 13th of 18 teams
"Bowdoin has never seen a women's golf season like this year." Chelsea Gross '13, herself an integral part of the team's success, expressed the significant steps that women's golf has taken during the 2010 season under new head coach Gerry Caron.
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WIA Nicaraguan dancers perform, raise awareness
Lectures and dance performances are typical fare for Kresge auditorium, but the Women in Action (WIA) brought a unique combination of both art forms to the stage last night. The six female Nicaraguan dancers of WIA performed traditional Nicaraguan folk dance pieces while incorporating informative lectures about WIA's humanitarian initiatives to combat poverty in Nicaragua.
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Health Services gears up for flu season
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the H1N1 pandemic over on August 10, College Health Services is still preparing for the onslaught of seasonal flu. The H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, swept the globe last year, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, including over 200 Bowdoin students. In response to the high-infection rate last year, the College set up quarantine rooms in Chamberlain Hall during September to contain transmission of the virus.
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Alberstone shines in matches against stiff D-I competition
At last weekend's West Point Invitational, a tournament comprised of all D-I teams except for Bowdoin and Amherst, the women's tennis team showed that its members have the grit and talent to play at any level.
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Student government convenes, passes bill to fund campus transportation
In its first meeting of the year, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) approved continued funding of the weekend Shuttle Service and Night Taxi, as well as movie tickets to sell at a reduced rate to the student body. "I think it was a very successful meeting," said At-Large Representative Sam Vitello '13. "It gave all the new reps a chance to know each other and get a feel of...how the dynamic of BSG is going to be this year."
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Stephen Sullivan ’11 leads men’s tennis with wins at ITA
Captain Stephen Sullivan '11 has had many successful performances throughout his time at Bowdoin. However, last Saturday, he came up just short.
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New printing refund policy prompts student discontent
For Susannah Burrage '11, the printers at Bowdoin are like the vending machine that takes one's money, but gives nothing in return. On September 26, Burrage printed a document from a library computer, and after swiping and confirming her print order, she waited. Five minutes later, no documents had come, but in terms of her $60 allocation for printing, it was as if they had.
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Rugby falls to Boston University 44-25
In women's rugby this Homecoming Weekend, the Polar Bears will seek to claim the crown as the top bears in Maine when they face-off against the Black Bears of the University of Maine-Orono (UMO).
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BSG first year council elections to follow victory of Easterbrook ’11
"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.
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Ellie Brennan ’14 breaks out during volleyball road trip
The women's volleyball team won a stunning comeback victory from a two set deficit against the Colby College Mules Wednesday Night. The Mules won the first two sets 26-24 and 25-21 before the Polar Bears rallied to take the next three sets 25-19, 15-21, and 15-10.
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Bowdoin Brief: Assault investigation yet to yield results
The investigation to find last week's assault perpetrator is ongoing, but has yet to yield results. In an e-mail to the Orient, Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols wrote on Thursday regarding the process that he had "Nothing to report."
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Sailing captures third place at Dartmouth
Despite high winds and rough waters, the sailing team's weekend was highlighted by a third place finish at the Chris Loder Trophy.
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Bowdoin Brief: Flipside brings fresh pizza slices to 111 Maine
This Tuesday, Brunswick will welcome Flipside, a new, by-the-slice pizza restaurant at 111 Maine Street. Before its official opening, Flipside will host an open house today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., allowing Brunswick residents to sample free slices of pizza.
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Subways, strangers: stealthily snapped by ‘spy’
Thousands flock to New York City every summer for big-shot internships or jobs. With an iPhone in her hand, senior Lauren Gesswein ended up capturing some big shots of her own.
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Women’s soccer shuts out Mules 0-0
Kat Flaherty '11 earned her first shutout of the year as the women's soccer team battled to a scoreless draw versus conference rival Colby on Tuesday afternoon.
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Locked and loaded, Ladd's industrial kitchen is off-limits
Ladd is unique among the College Houses for its state-of-the-art culinary facility. While some of the other seven college houses have well-endowed kitchens, Ladd's is a notch above the rest.
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Student assaulted; investigation ongoing
Close to 12:20 a.m. Wednesday morning a female student was allegedly attacked from behind outside Coles Tower. According to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols, the student was near the Bowdoin Shuttle stop on the Coles Tower circle, walking back from an academic building when she was assaulted. The victim was not seriously injured nor was anything stolen from her.
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Liberalism fails to capture emotions of Americans
The Republican Party owns America’s values. To be honest, they have earned them. The progressive movement in this country has ceded the terms of the political debate, and until they can claim ownership of American values, the Democratic Party will at best be only a facilitator of repudiations of conservative political ideas.
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Robinson develops stage version of ‘American Gothic’
The expressionless man holding a pitchfork next to his stoic wife of Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic" is a familiar sight. Couples from Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have reenacted it. This weekend, the painting moves to a new medium: the theater.
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Football to open against Williams
2010 will be different for the football team. That's what the Bowdoin players and coaches think, and they can't wait to prove it to the rest of NESCAC.
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Health care reform will affect College plan
Components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took effect yesterday, but their impact on student health insurance remains unclear. College officials are still discussing what exactly the how the act will change the current policy. "There's a lot of back and forth right now and I just don't know," said Director of Health Services Sandra Hayes of the debate over how the act will affect student health insurance.
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Knight to perform a night of bharata natyam
Artist Aniruddha Knight learned to dance as if it was his second language. Raised in an artistically-gifted family, Knight can trace his maternal genealogy nine generations back—two hundred years—to the revival of the Southern Indian religious performance of the bharata natyam.
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Hicks extends streak in tie against Bates
The men's soccer team drew its second scoreless draw in as many weekends against the Bates Bobcats. After 35 total shots and three crossbars, the Polar Bears came away frustrated with the game's result last Saturday.
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Wild Oats celebrates 20th anniversary with major renovation
Wild Oats Bakery and Café has been nestled in the heart of Brunswick's Tontine Mall for 20 years. The bakery's owners have deemed it time to (as the Wild Oats Facebook page happily proclaims) "celebrate a facelift." Wild Oats will be closed, however, from September 25 to October 1.
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Judicial Board releases 2009-2010 Annual Report
Yesterday the Judicial Board (J-Board) released its 2009-2010 Annual Report detailing the 11 cases it heard in the last academic year. The report was released in an e-mail to students, faculty and staff on yesterday afternoon; username authentication is required to access the report. Seven of the J-Board cases from the last academic year dealt with Academic Honor Code violations, for which three students and two faculty members sat on the Board.
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Fight the status quo with a vocal citizenry
Andy Serwer '81, the managing editor of Fortune Magazine, is not a bad guy. By all accounts, he's actually a pretty good guy, a real good guy, even. Before his speech at Common Hour today, he will probably be introduced by President Barry Mills or Dean of Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd, either of whom will undoubtedly shower him with praise. Perhaps he deserves it.
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Dunphy combines bright pastels and watercolors
Renowned West Bath artist Evelyn Dunphy will be featured in an exhibition of watercolor and still life paintings from next Monday through October 29 in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
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Field hockey trounces Bates 8-1, shuts out USM with good passing
The field hockey team began Saturday's game against Bates with a bang, when Cathleen Smith '13 scored the first goal only 16 seconds into the game.
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A few words on wardrobe: fashion choices at Bowdoin
Bowdoin College seems to be a place where comfort never goes out of style. The ostentatious is frowned upon, the frills are scoffed at and nice outfits are always inquisitively received with: "Did you have an interview or something?"
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Racer X headlines Taryn King Memorial Benefit at Fenway
This Saturday, 430 people will pay homage to Taryn L. King '07 at the third annual "Go Big or Go Home for TLK" benefit for the Taryn L. King Memorial Scholarship Fund. At this $75 per ticket celebration, guests will consume 1980s hits and "Fenway Franks" at Boston's famous stadium.
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Women’s rugby edges Northeastern for come-from-behind 22-19 victory
The women's rugby team will face off against Boston University this Saturday on Pickard Rugby Field for its home opener. The Terriers are coming off a 57-0 thrashing of University of New Hampshire and should prove to be worthy opponents for the Polar Bears.
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Demand for jobs outpaces placement program
For its 2010 cycle, the First Year Job Placement Program (FYJPP) received 144 applicants for 131 available positions. Manager of Student Employment Kevin Johnson said, "It's the first time it's happened," in the three years he has worked in the Student Employment Office (SEO), adding, "I don't know if this has ever happened in the past." The FYJPP assists incoming first years in the process of finding on-campus jobs during the summer prior to their matriculation.
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Printing limits require functioning printers
Last week's editorial supported the new printing policy, stating that it is an "important environmental move" and "we should accept the cost of this worthwhile cause." I don't.
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Schneider flutters into Wish Theater
With his one-man multimedia spectacle "Wow and Flutter," performer Andrew Schneider is slated to transform Wish Theater tomorrow night.
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After back-to-back sweeps, volleyball heads to Chicago
The women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to four matches on Wednesday with a 3-0 sweep of Maine Maritime at home in the Morrell Gymnasium. The win improves the Polar Bears record for the season to 6-2, while the Mariners drop to 5-6 overall.
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Campus gears up for Common Good
This Saturday, more than 550 Bowdoin students, faculty and friends will travel to 60 different service sites in midcoast Maine, celebrating the 12th annual Common Good Day. "One thing I love about Common Good Day is that it is such a tradition," said this year's Common Good Day Fellow Caitlin Callahan '11. "At this point it's something people want to do, well before registration even starts."
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Students must strive for a multicultural College
I appreciated last week's article, "Convocation address sparks intellectual diversity debate on campus" (September 10). I am writing specifically in response to Barry Mills' comments encouraging "intellectual diversity on campus in a broader sense" and the sense of unease within some "underrepresented groups on campus." If Bowdoin is committed to diversity, why is the Multicultural House at 30 College Street the only place on campus (with the exceptions of the Russworm House and 24 College Street) that provides a meeting place for those of different cultures and religions?
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Men’s golf wins CBB match, women’s takes first at UMF
The men's golf team overcame a sluggish start by outmatching rivals Colby and Bates on the Brunswick Golf Course last Sunday.
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Fellows look forward to the year ahead
Each year Bowdoin welcomes several language teaching fellows from across the globe to teach at the College and take classes. This year the College is playing host to two teaching fellows from France, one from Germany and one from Spain.
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BASE boosts pre-major academic advising for first years
As part of an ongoing process to boost academic advising on campus, the Bowdoin Advising Program to Support Academic Excellence (BASE) was initiated this semester to strengthen the quality of first year advising relationships. A two-year pilot program, BASE is the brainchild of Dean of First Year Students Janet Lohmann and Associate Professor of Psychology Suzanne Lovett.
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Orient has improved in eyes of alumnus
I'm 40, so by your standards, I'm old. It still seems like yesterday I was scrambling from Coles Tower with my half-frozen hair, trying to make it to my first class. Alas, how time flies.
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Alberstone wins two, loses in Round of 16
After a strong showing from five members of the women's tennis team this past weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) New England Championship, the Polar Bears will attempt to maintain the momentum as they travel to the West Point Invitational today.
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The basics of beer: gettin' wise to some Hefeweizen
The year 2010 doesn't only mark the 10th anniversary of the destruction of our civilization at the hands of the Y2K bug, it also rings in the 200th anniversary of the greatest celebration of beer on the planet: Oktoberfest!
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CHOICES program facilitates alcohol discussion, reflection
Drinking alcohol is all about making CHOICES. Student Health Services has introduced a new alcohol risk-reduction program to help students deal with the problems that many of them face every weekend. CHOICES is a 90-minute program that will take place on the third floor of the Buck Center once a month. Students enrolled in CHOICES are obligated to attend one session only.
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Men’s XC opens season at Bates
Although the rush of campus life may be daunting for some, it pales in comparison to the men's cross-country team's average pace.
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Bowdoin Unknown: The Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Museum
Though he figures prominently in Bowdoin culture—from the way he greets visitors from his post on Maine Street to the places on campus that bear his name—Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain remains a surprisingly unknown figure.
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Bowdoin Brief: Fortune’s Andy Serwer '81
Andy Serwer, managing editor of Fortune Magazine, is scheduled to speak at Friday's Common Hour in Kresge Auditorium. He will be discussing "Money, Markets and Mayhem." Andy Serwer transcends the conventional notions of the business man. He carries a certain magnetism and astuteness that translates business journalism across a spectrum of media.
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Women’s XC takes second behind Colby at Bates race
A crowd of over 100 spectators lined the 5K course on a sunny Saturday to watch the women's cross-country season opener, in which the team finished in second place behind Colby.
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Bowdoin Brief: Walk and run for charity in town this weekend
Bowdoin students, staff and faculty members will come together for the 20th annual Memory Walk tomorrow at 9 a.m. The Memory Walk seeks to raise money to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, as well as to promote overall awareness of the disease.
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Sailing grabs second place in FJs at Middlebury Invite
The sailing team continued to rise in the rankings of the NEISA conference after noteworthy finishes at University of Vermont, Boston College and Middlebury this past weekend.
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Field hockey beats Amherst 4-3, rolls past Wellesley 6-0
Women's field hockey successfully defended a 4-3 lead over Amherst for the first win of its season. First year Katie Herter, a forward, scored the first two goals in last Saturday's matchup against the Lord Jeffs. Emily French '12 assisted with Herter's second goal.
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Students discuss the pros and cons of off-campus housing
According to Associate Director of Housing Operations Lisa Rendall, roughly 6 percent of students live off campus. While many stick close to the campus frontier, others live as far as five miles down Mere Point Road. All represent conduits piercing the membrane of the "Bowdoin Bubble."
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Griffin brings in ballet to dance department
For those who love to dance, wish they could dance, or enjoy watching dance, there is a new face on campus that can assist with all three. Charlotte Griffin has joined Bowdoin's faculty as an assistant professor of dance.
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Christian pamphlets planted in H-L stacks
The shelves of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library) became the targets of pointed religious propaganda when Christian tracts were discovered inside several books concerning Islamic and Jewish Studies. The tracts have appeared several times before, most recently in 2007, when a local resident was found inserting them in books. The tracts were brought to the attention of the library staff on Sunday evening by an upset student who found one in a book relating to Islamic studies.
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Coe Quad memorial too close to Ground Zero
As I'm sure you all know, the Bowdoin College Republicans placed nearly 3,000 miniature American flags on the Dudley Coe Quad this past week to memorialize the 9/11 attacks. Frankly, I was shocked.
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Men’s soccer trounces Husson, fails to score against Amherst
During the second game of one of the most highly-anticipated seasons for the men's soccer team, the Polar Bears showed their true colors and proved why they are setting their sights on a NESCAC championship.
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Updating a tradition: the Bowdoin Magazine goes digital
Since 1927, the Bowdoin Magazine has connected College alumni with their alma mater. Now, as it continues its transition from print to online media, the Magazine is becoming more accessible to students and expanding its role as a facilitator of communication between all members of the Bowdoin community.
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Evan Farley ’11 hits the farms, brush in hand
Historically, the drive to explore has opposed to the desire to conserve land. After all, it takes a very conscientious explorer not to alter a landscape while passing through. Senior Evan Farley's current exhibit—located in the Fishbowl Gallery of the Visual Arts Center—not only reconciles the ideas of exploration and conservation, but beautifies the eventual union of these two ideas.
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Colby establishes ban on hard alcohol
Students at Colby College have began their academic year in Waterville under a dry spell. Over the summer, Colby enacted a new policy—similar to those already in place at Bates and Bowdoin—banning hard alcohol.
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Re-Orienting the student newspaper for the future
Recent attempts by the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) to bring the Bowdoin Orient to its knees have put this newspaper at a crossroads. It could fight back; it has leverage against the purse-keepers, and might win in a showdown. Or, the Orient could treat this crisis as an opportunity to undergo a drastic but inevitable metamorphosis.
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Volleyball sweeps UNE, improves record to 3-2
After going 2-2 at the Endicott Invitational, the Polar Bears cruise to victory over UNE
The women's volleyball team opened home play on Tuesday with a decisive 3-0 victory over the University of New England Nor'easters (UNE). The victory improves the team's season record to 3-2 as UNE's record falls to 3-4 overall.
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A cappella council convenes, selects
The campus knows them, loves them, and arrives at their concerts up to an hour before doors open to guarantee they get a seat. A cappella is a part of Bowdoin—a big part—and last night, it got just a little bit bigger.
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Todd Herrmann ’85 to join CPC as new Asst. Director
The Career Planning Center's (CPC) search for a new Associate Director of Employer Relations ended last Friday when Todd Herrmann '85 accepted the position. Herrmann will start the job on October 1. Currently the Assistant Director of Employer Relations at Colby College, he expressed enthusiasm about his new position.
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Printing limits will reduce carbon, increase headaches
This summer reality hit me hard. I am a senior who will graduate from Bowdoin College in less than a year and enroll in Real Life 101, Paying Rent 115, Buying and Cooking My Own Food 102 and Getting a Job in a Jobless Economy 205. Needless to say, I was excited to enjoy one last year of easy living and scholarly studies here in beautiful Brunswick, Maine.
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Women’s rugby 1-2 at Beantown
The women's rugby team capped its preseason period with a 1-2 performance at the Beantown Preseason Tournament hosted by UMass-Amherst on Saturday.
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Insight into faculty research: Professor Thomas Pietraho
For mathematicians like Professor Pietraho, questions of symmetry are of great theoretical importance and carry far-reaching ramifications in mathematics and beyond.
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Facilites works to improve RICC inspection
Although the Room Inspection Condition Contract (RICC) is one of the first greetings students receive upon arriving at the College, many have yet to submit their evaluation. The pink flyers advertising the RICC instruct students to briefly describe the condition of their room so that any damages can be attributed to the responsible party.
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Partisan politics have no place in 9/11 anniversary
Even as an 11-year-old, I could tell that something was wrong on September 11, 2001. The police officer who helped us cross the street to get to school in the morning was absent and without a replacement. It was the first time I ever had to cross the street alone to get to my elementary school in suburban New York.
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Women’s soccer .500 after Husson victory
The first week of the season was filled with ups and downs for the women's soccer team. After experiencing a tough loss versus conference rival Amherst, the Polar Bears rebounded from Saturday's loss with an exciting victory against Husson on Wednesday.
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Recently-opened Trattoria Athena is Mediterranean magic
The newly opened Trattoria Athena, located near Fort Andross on Mill Street, is not the type of place that you would find unless you were looking for it.
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Maine Street Station consolidates transportation options, looks to 2012
If you build it, they will come. At least that's what Onsite Project Manager of Maine Street Station (MSS) Mike Lyne said he is hoping. Along with being Amtrak's port of entry into Brunswick—a train service is scheduled to begin in early 2012—the station currently offers access to the Maine Eastern train and the Brunswick Explorer, and has recently merged all of Concord Coach's previous Brunswick-area stops into one location.
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Beyond the classroom, the value of mentoring
I get it. You're a first year and you are already overwhelmed with work. Or you're a sophomore who has made a goal to improve your grades. You might even be a junior or senior who has résumés and upper level classes to worry about. Whatever year you may be, the start of any semester is tough. But take a deep breath. Despite however busy you may be, there is life beyond classes.
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Men’s golf finishes in middle of pack as women beat Bates in Brunswick
After only a single week of play, the men's golf team faces a busy and critical weekend of competition. The team heads to Boothbay Golf Course for the Maine State Tournament on Friday and Saturday, before returning home on Sunday for the annual Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Championship at the Brunswick Golf Club.
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Convocation address sparks intellectual diversity debate on campus
In an effort to communally commemorate the anniversary of 9/11, the Bowdoin College Republicans (BCR), the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship (BCF) joined forces. The three groups gathered at the flagpole in the evening of September 11 to share memories of the event. Bringing together participants from three different campus groups, the event offered diverse perspectives on 9/11.
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Our economy may be in bad shape, but my right to TP is fundamental
I have a bone to pick with both the economy and Bowdoin right now. I am sure people can sympathize with this in many ways, but my bone is not over our endless recession or pricy tax hikes. Nor is my issue over too many dollar signs and too little dough. No, this little bone I have consists of two words: toilet paper.
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Sailing begins fall season posting variety of results
The sailing team welcomed the start of the fall season this past weekend, finding both success and room for improvement at regattas across New England.
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Quintetssentials scheduled for Studzinski Sunday
International performers the Lydian String Quartet (LSQ) will join cellist Rhonda Rider in a "Quintetssentials" performance at Studzinski Recital Hall on Sunday.
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Financial aid less accessible to international students
The Bowdoin admissions website poses a rhetorical question—"Does Bowdoin welcome international students?"—and answers it: "Absolutely!" But international students, unlike their American counterparts, are mostly only "welcome" if they can pay up. Though Bowdoin has practiced "need-blind" admissions for domestic students for over a decade, "admission for non-U.S. Citizens," according to The College Catalogue, "may take a family's financial resources into consideration."
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Upgraded webmail system increases convenience of communication
Recent changes to the webmail system are the fruit of Information Technology's (IT) nearly summer-long labor. For roughly 33 days from the first of July into August, IT worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week to convert the College's e-mail system from Exchange 2007 to the current 2010 edition of the program.
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Nichols ‘highly motivated’ to return laptops to owners
Brock Cochran's summons to West Bath District Court for September 21 most likely will be postponed. According to Lieutenant Mark Waltz of the Brunswick Police Department, Cochran, accused of stealing electronics in multiple parts of Maine, was revealed to have a prior record of thefts. If convicted, these prior occurrences would bump the current charges against him to felonies.
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“Townie” term offensive
To the Editors: I was taken aback and personally offended by your profile of Richard Fisco ("Guns and Scripture: Richard Fisco," September 10). As a Mainer and resident of Waterville, I have been on the receiving end of the term "townie" and find it derogatory and unnecessary.
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Field hockey prepares for Amherst
Field hockey will face rival Amherst this Saturday in what will be a tough first game of the season. Bowdoin, which graduated four seniors last year, lost its opening game to Amherst in 2009.
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Salt Water Farm: Seaside sculpture goes gallery
The 4,200 square feet of Coleman Burke Gallery have housed airplanes, trees and animals before—but never all at once. "Salt Water Farm," which opens tonight, brings a bevy of beasts, buoys and everything else that might be found on a backwoods Noah's Ark together in beautiful ways that are often both whimsical and haunting.
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Four students transported to Parkview
After a year that saw 26 alcohol transports and a reexamination of Bowdoin's party scene, the campus drinking culture picked up right where it left off. By the second day of classes four students had been transported to the hospital for reasons relating to alcohol, though there have been none since.
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After impressive 2009 campaign, soccer looks to build on success
With the preseason drawing to a close and yet another exciting campaign looming on the horizon, the men's soccer team is eager to take the field, especially after its successful 2009 season. Last year, the Polar Bears finished in fourth place in the highly competitive NESCAC with a record of 5-3-1 (11-4-2 overall).
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Harpswell must resist tax on bad behavior
Someone needs to get the Bias Incident Oversight Committee to take a look at an e-mail recently sent to the residents of Harpswell Apartments, the fabled campus destination better known as "Bro Village." I am pretty sure that Harpswell residents are being discriminated against due to their lifestyle choices.
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Museum exhibits seven shows, brings in nearly 9,300 viewers
Summers in Maine are known for their beauty, whether they are experienced hiking in the mountains, lying on the beach, or taking in the exhibits at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. This summer, around 9,300 people flocked to the Museum to see seven new shows.
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Gomes ’01 back in U.S.
Letters from Bowdoin students reach alumnus during detention in North Korea
Even before Aijalon Gomes set foot back on American soil August 27, Bowdoin was with him. Gomes '01 spent over seven months in a North Korean prison after being arrested in late January for illegally entering the country. The Bowdoin Christian Fellowship (BCF) compiled messages of support and encouragement for Gomes, which BCF adviser Rob Gregory handed off to the State Department to send to North Korea. On Wednesday, Gregory spoke with Gomes, and learned that the letters reached Gomes while he was imprisoned.
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With the loss of key seniors, younger athletes vie for playing time
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.
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Stockholder rights and the progressive power of proxies
During the 2008 presidential campaign I was really confused about why the Republican party took so much joy in tearing down Obama's experience as a community organizer. It was only this summer that I found out.
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New ownership of Eveningstar
It's lights, camera, action as the Eveningstar Cinema is under new ownership this fall. Barry Norman, whose impressive résumé includes stints at with professional wrestling, Cartoon Network and CNN Sports, has made the move to Brunswick and taken over the popular Maine Street theater from former owner John Favreau.
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New printing system seeks to decrease waste
Though it has only been in place for two weeks, the new printing policy has already proven to be the cause of much debate on campus. The eco-friendly printing system forces students to weigh their commitment to the environment against the convenience of unlimited printing rights. The new system came as the result of the Bowdoin Printing Group's (BPG) long-term initiative to improve the way printing is handled at the College.
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Athletic Department revamps field and fleet
How do you say no to the U.S. Women's National Rugby Team? That's exactly the question that Director of Athletics Jeff Ward asked himself earlier this summer when the national team visited Bowdoin for a three-week training camp.
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How “Lincolnians” can resolve the polarization of Washington
So, there's fighting in Washington. All but the most rabid voters aren't happy with either party, and no one is expecting real change in the next Congress, save for those who have grown so confused that they think "change" and "obstruction" are one and the same. What can we to hope for, besides more gridlock?
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Irvin Mayfield swings into Pickard Theater
"Jazz is in the heart, no, the soul, of those who embrace it," writes Irvin Mayfield on his website.
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510 students arrive on campus: 2014 largest FY class to date
They hail from Portland to Pakistan and, at 510 students, they are the largest group of first-years Bowdoin has ever seen. Please welcome the Class of 2014.
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New art professor added to Bowdoin community
A new faculty member, Assistant Professor of Art Alicia Eggert is enriching the visual arts department with her conceptual focus and broad range of mediums.
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OUI article way off base, unnecessary
It was disheartening to read the Orient's article on Trevor Powers and his subsequent arrest ("Season cut short for coach with OUI," May 7). While this might have constituted news in the New York Post, it is disappointing that an upstanding college newspaper has sunken to reporting on the personal situations of a former student and staff member.
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A resculpted future for Park ’11
Downtown Portland, Maine is not usually considered an ideal place to camp. Loretta Park '11 and her fellow sculpture installation artists at the Portland Art Walk last Friday night, however, seemed to consider it just that.
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TD Bank departs, students confront new banking options
Students with accounts at TD Bank must now travel to Hannaford to withdraw cash without incurring fees. The bank did not renew its agreement with the College for the two ATMs it has operated on campus since 2005. Instead, Bank of America and Midcoast Federal Credit Union will have ATMs in Smith Union and the Thorne-Coles Tower lobby, respectively.
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Dance department needs development
To the Editors: I support the decision of the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee to deny the proposal for a theater and dance major ("Theater and dance major rejected," May 7). I have enjoyed dance classes at Bowdoin with the current full-time dance professors Gwyneth Jones and Paul Sarvis, but still harbor concerns.
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Brunswick Explorer brings affordable transit to town
Thanks to the September 1 introduction of the Brunswick Explorer, the ban prohibiting first years from having cars has become a lot less prohibitive. From now until November 1, anyone can ride the new public bus system free of charge.
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Dining Service takes first place in Princeton Review
Once again, Bowdoin's Dining Service takes the cake. The College regained its status of having the "Best Campus Food" as determined by the Princeton Review's most recent college rankings.
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Bowdoin Brief: Stanley Druckenmiller retires from post
After more than 30 years of investment management, Stanley Druckenmiller announced his retirement in late August from his position as President, CEO and Chairman of Duquesne Capital, the company he founded in 1981.
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Bowdoin Brief: MSMT truck hits historic Bath Road gate
A Maine State Music Theater (MSMT) truck struck and damaged the metal arch behind Pickard Theater on August 28 while transporting set pieces from the group's performance of "Spamalot."
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Men’s lacrosse scores two goals in 20 seconds to beat Colby
The Polar Bears have shaken off a poor start to the season with wins in six of their last seven games and now find themselves among the final four teams in this season's NESCAC tournament.
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Tuesday tavern tradition continues 20 years later
Bars in Brunswick come and go, but over the years, only one has remained the go-to taproom for Bowdoin seniors on Tuesday nights: Joshua's Tavern on Maine Street. For seniors, having a beer on Tuesday nights at Joshua's constitutes a seemingly age-old ritual unique to the culminating year of their time at Bowdoin. Like most traditions, these Tuesday night gatherings do not require Digest posts or Facebook events to accrue attendees; they just happen. But the majority of students may not know the history behind what has been one of the staples of the Bowdoin senior experience for almost 20 years.
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Student art decorates campus, downtown with final shows
Throughout the semester students have spent hours in the Visual Arts Center, on the third floor of McLellan, at Fort Andross and in the Mid-Coast communities working on projects with Bowdoin's visual arts department.
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Theater and dance major rejected
To be or not to be, that was the question. A theater and dance major, collaboratively designed by faculty from the two disciplines and proposed by Associate Professor of Theater and Dance Robert Bechtel, was turned down this week by the Bowdoin Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee (CEP).
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Softball beats Bobcats 2-1, prepares for the playoffs
The defense did it again for the Bowdoin softball team. Bates was up 2-1 on Friday with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the seventh.
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Bowdoin groups, musicians bring year to a harmonious close
The end of the academic year always brings with it a barrage of performance in the arts—both visual and performing—and the musical concerts this year promise to be particularly memorable.
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Season cut short for coach with OUI
Assistant Baseball and Football Coach Trevor Powers '06 was arrested for Operating Under the Influence (OUI) on Sunday, April 25 at 1:31 a.m. on Coffin Street, according to public records on the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) website.
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Pace pitches baseball team into NESCAC playoff berth
Fifteen minutes before what would prove to be a win-or-go-home game against Bates last weekend, Bowdoin starting pitcher Oliver Van Zant '13 was pulled because of an arm injury. Enter senior co-captain Joe Pace.
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‘Working group’ raises faculty diversity
The level of faculty diversity at the close of this academic year is reflective of the notable success of the College's concerted efforts to expand the range of perspectives and areas of research on campus. In October, Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd issued a report to the Special Committee on Multicultural Affairs outlining the College's approach to improve faculty diversity. Her statement reported that faculty of color now comprise 20 percent of the Bowdoin faculty, a 10 percent rise from the 2005-2006 academic year.
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Italian students bring Renaissance Italy to stage
The aroma of cloves and bitter orange will waft over the audience in Kresge Auditorium this Friday with the advanced Italian students' production of Niccolò Machiavelli's ""La Mandragola"." The play, titled "The Mandrake Root" in English—a product of the semester-long efforts of Associate Professor of Italian Arielle Saiber's Italian Renaissance Theater class—is regarded as one of the most influential productions of Italian Renaissance theater.
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Bowdoin sports average NESCAC record
"I do believe that if you have a strong athletic program, it helps you attract stronger students, and with stronger students, you can build an even better athletic program."
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Senior Seven has arrived: Seven days, seven hook-ups
Members of the Class of 2010 worried about finding that special someone for their last hurrah before graduation need not look any further: Senior Seven has finally come. The idea driving the Senior Seven tradition is simple. Members of the senior class hoping to achieve that one unrealized hookup (or possibly even seven) are given a last chance to anonymously test the waters before graduating.
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Women’s tennis to face Middlebury in playoffs
The No. 13-ranked women's tennis team ended its regular season this past Saturday on the road, bowing to the No. 11-ranked Tufts Jumbos 6-3. The Polar Bears finish their regular season 9-6 (3-4) and fifth in the NESCAC.
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‘Exhibition’ puts bodies, comfort, sexuality in spotlight
A bare arm, a tangle of legs, a shadowy silhouette: all will be on display tonight at the fourth annual Naked Art Show.
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Examining our addiction to the Internet
As one of the most useful and arguably most important developments of the 20th and 21st centuries, the Internet has a ubiquitous presence in developed countries and is exponentially increasing in users worldwide. A report issued on February 23, 2010, by John B. Horrigan at the Federal Communications Commission, finds that 78 percent of adults in the United States are Internet users and 65 percent of adults have home broadband access.
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Printing plan switches to eco-friendlier option
Next fall, students will be introduced to a new, environmentally sound printing policy. The Bowdoin Printing Group (BPG), a committee composed of representatives from the library, Finance, and Information Technology (IT), recently approved a new measure that is expected to reduce paper waste by 20 to 40 percent.
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Five athletes to compete at Open New England
Though the team competition for men's track has ended for the year, the postseason continues this weekend for a few athletes. The Open New England at Northeastern University is all about individual performances: bettering personal records and qualifying for nationals.
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Film festival to celebrate student films, announce winners
Most Bowdoin students love watching films, but there are also those Bowdoin students who love to make films. Next Saturday, The Bowdoin Film Society will host the annual Student Film Festival, where the Bowdoin community will have the opportunity to watch a series of student-made films.
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Ivies Weekend brings fair weather, few issues
It seems that Bowdoin officially "survIvied" the weekend, judging by the absence of any court summonses, citations, arrests or alcohol-related transports via rescue unit to the hospital.
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Green Hornet prank didn’t prompt theft
I enjoyed your article on College pranks. To set the record straight, the chickens used for the auxiliary dining annex and stockyard prank were not stolen, but purchased from a chicken farmer.
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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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Student comedians to bring big laughs
An ensemble of four student comedians and one student MC will entertain, amuse, and start a comedy movement at Bowdoin tonight with Comedy Night 2010.
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Draw from wait list ‘unlikely,’ says Meiklejohn
Five hundred twenty admitted students have accepted spots in the Class of 2014 as of Thursday and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn said it is "unlikely" that the College will accept any students off the wait list this year.
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Senior Week ought to be transparent
Like any senior, I've been looking forward to Senior Week for a long time. However, I recently became less excited when I learned that I am expected to pay $35 in Senior Week dues to subsidize lousy beer that I am not going to drink and a Portland Pub Crawl in which I will not be participating.
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Women’s lacrosse falls in round one of playoffs
The women's lacrosse team fell to the Williams Ephs on Sunday in the NESCAC Quarterfinals, 14-12. The Ephs advance to the NESCAC Semifinals this weekend with the win, and the Polar Bears fall to 10-6 for the season.
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ArtSmart: Student dance groups, classes perform outside
Students are used to enjoying the sun while relaxing out on the Quad. This afternoon, however, they will also have the opportunity to watch an array of outdoor dance performances. Today during Common Hour, several campus dance groups and the modern dance classes come together to perform "Museum Pieces" on the steps of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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Phase II sleepover tradition endures, prerequisites pose problems for some
For maybe the first time ever, the student at the front of the Phase II registration line was already set with four classes. When Ricardo Zarate '13 arrived at Moulton Union at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, he was not planning on spending the night, but said he thought sleeping over would make a good story.
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Men’s tennis beats Bobcats, preps for NESCAC tourney
The men's tennis team closed out their regular season this past week against Bates College (11-6 overall, 6-4 NESCAC).
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ArtSmart: Seminar’s book maps out memory on campus
Ever wanted to know how the Polar Bear statue came to be, or why there are so many sets of memorial gateways on the Bowdoin campus?
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Green heating project to cost $3.4 million
At an estimated cost of approximately $3.4 million, the work currently being done to the heating station is the largest scale construction project the College has broken ground on since the completion of the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness last year.
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Sailing teams struggle in final spring regatta
The sailing team traveled to Boston this past weekend to compete in its final regatta of the spring season.
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WBOR manager to digitize radio station’s CD, vinyl collection
Thousands of CDs and vinyl records line the walls of the WBOR radio station, but its managers believe the DJs who use the studio underutilize the extensive, yet disorganized, music collection.
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ABSA helps support queer athletes
More than half of the Bowdoin student body either plays a varsity, club or intramural sport, or competed in high school. And, many would argue, the sports environment is the hardest environment to come out in.
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Bowdoin Brief: Saturday SolarFest fun to run on sun
The seventh annual SolarFest will offer a variety of energy-conscious activities and solar-powered performances on the Dudley Coe Quad tomorrow from noon to 5 p.m.
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Three-sport athletes Hackett, Herter balance school, sports and college life
Many students would agree that balancing athletics and academics at a college as demanding as Bowdoin can be a challenging prospect. Yet if the prospect of playing one season of a college sport sounds daunting, try three.
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Bowdoin Brief: Solar water project to reduce emissions from Thorne Hall’s roof
Construction is currently underway to make Thorne Dining Hall greener. A solar hot water project intended to reduce the College's fossil fuel emissions is projected to be fully installed on Thorne's roof by the end of the academic year.
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Students explore issues of community in architectural designs
While many of us may just pass by old, deteriorating buildings, for three students in Adjunct Lecturer Wiebke Theodore's independent study it is just this style of aging architecture that is the focus of their semester-long study.
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Men’s lacrosse extends streak to five
The sun kept shining on the men's lacrosse team as it continued its recent dominance with a win over Williams last Saturday. Now, the team faces a game at Tufts tonight and the approaching first round of the NESCAC Tournament.
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Ivies prep on track for concert success
Come rain, shine or research paper deadline, Ivies weekend is here. Last night's Racer X concert kicked off the College's annual Weekend of campus-wide celebrations and concerts. Across campus, students and administrators have been hard at work finalizing preparations for the weekend in the hopes of offering something for everyone.
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Faculty-published books product of lengthy process
While students get plenty of face time with their professors during lectures, they rarely see the scholarly work their instructors do outside the classroom. According to the College's website, "Faculty members are also expected to be involved in their field outside the College, making scholarly, artistic or other contributions which are recognized by the larger professional community."
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Softball eyes playoff spot, needs two wins at Bates
With a runner on third, a one-run lead and only one out, the softball team was in trouble. But that's when sophomore centerfielder Hillary Smyth took things into her own hands—a fly ball was hit to Smith and she fired a strike to the plate, gunning the runner and ending the game.
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Smith concludes 14 years at College
After a total of 14 years at Bowdoin College, alumnus and Associate Dean of Multicultural Students Wil Smith will be leaving his position to assume the role of Dean of Community Life and Multicultural Affairs at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass.
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Byrnes Irish Pub brings variety to Brunswick bar scene
Though MJ's bar recently closed, fear not, Bowdoin students: there's a new bar in town.
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Experience Weekend sets views for multi-cultural student life
Every year, nearly 6,000 students apply to Bowdoin College. Of the one-sixth accepted, nearly half chooses to matriculate. And every year, the Office of Admissions strives for a "diverse" graduating class. Diversity, however, is not a sugar-coated word for racial and ethnic minorities. "We don't have minority recruitment," said Associate Dean of Admissions and Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment Elmer Moore. "But multicultural and diversity recruitment." Moore defined diversity as "people from various perspectives such as geography, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political ideology, religion, height and so on." According to Moore, efforts to bring "diverse" students to the College began in 1794, when it was founded.
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Women’s lacrosse beats Bates with Gorajek goal in overtime
With the score tied at 12 in triple overtime, a goal by Carolyn Gorajek '13 won the women's lacrosse game for Bowdoin and snapped Williams's six-game win streak (see Athlete of the Week, page 18).
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July tenures to have earlier sabbatical leave
New policy will create post-tenure and post-doctoral leaves
The cohort of faculty tenured this year will be the first group eligible to take advantage of the College's new sabbatical policy, which the Board of Trustees voted to approve on April 6, 2010.
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“Classic Ruin” connects nature with belongings
Brunswick's Eleven Pleasant Street Gallery will exhibit Frank Valliere's show, "Classic Ruin: A Retrospective of Frank Valliere" from May 1 to 31.
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Campus pranks range from funny to feared
"We decided that the Temple must be utterly destroyed, ruined beyond redemption, so we would blow it up." These words, which some might attribute to a deranged madman, are actually those of a former Bowdoin student. An anonymous note, which appeared in the Bowdoin Alumnus magazine of 1928, described one of the more notable incidents in the long history of pranks at the College: the leveling of the campus outhouse, known as the "Temple" in 1875. With the sense of revelry, and accompanying debauchery, that arrives with Ivies Weekend, this seems a particularly apt moment to revisit the often overlooked, but decidedly lengthy, history of pranks at the College.
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Baseball looks to make playoff push
Two early season victories over Trinity College set up the baseball team for a playoff push, and this weekend's series against the Bates Bobcats will decide whether or not the Polar Bears will make the NESCAC playoffs for the first time since 2007.
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Six current, former students win Fulbrights
As the results of Fulbright Program winners continue to roll in, it appears to be another good year for Bowdoin applicants.
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VAGUE graces the stage for spring dance show
The annual VAGUE dance show will take place at Pickard Theater on Wednesday May 5 at 7 p.m. The jazz-inspired dance group will perform nine pieces choreographed by the 15 members of VAGUE.
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Spring sees decrease in counseling traffic
After an unprecedentedly busy fall, the Counseling Center has seen some order restored. Emergencies, hospitalizations and counseling sessions have dwindled, despite the spring semester's reputation for higher Counseling Center traffic. In a November 6 article, the Orient reported that the volume of counseling sessions was up, the number of emergencies was high, and there had been more hospitalizations at that point in the year than ever before.
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Men’s track takes sixth place at the NESCAC Championship
The men's track season is reaching a highly competitive point, as competition shifts toward individual performances. However, the team has some strong performances to build on as a result of its performance last weekend.
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Error on water bottles mismarks liquor levels
A misprint on the Ivies bottles sold by the Class of 2011 council is causing controversy and confusion on campus.
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Morocco to Bowdoin: A journey demanding self-reflection
I am counting down the days before I can embrace my sisters again, speak Arabic to my compatriots, wear what my bearded, funny neighbor calls conventional clothes, and reassure my family that neither America nor Broadwain—a Moroccan rendering of Bowdoin with touches of the renowned Broadway—is hostile to Arabs. I have come to realize how unready I am for the last of this limitless list of matters, which I will be compelled to address back home. I do not wish to posit a basis for confrontation—American media coverage attends to that daily and impeccably. Rather, I would like to speak my mind with regards to the questions of identity at the crossroads of culture and religion, especially Islam, at Bowdoin.
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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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A-Team calls summit to discuss drinking culture
With Ivies this weekend and discussions of responsible drinking abound, alcohol remains a hot topic. Members of the Alcohol team (A-Team) gathered for a summit last Friday to discuss the ways Bowdoin students view, use and abuse alcohol.
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Relationship with Security endangered
I heard the rumors while abroad: "The police are out of control," "Bowdoin is different," "Weekends aren't fun anymore," and "The party scene is gone." I refused to believe these outlandish claims when I heard them through my computer screen via a Skype call, or read them during a Facebook chat or in an e-mail.
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Men’s tennis sweeps USM in 9-0 victory
Coming off the toughest defeat of the year against Middlebury, the men's tennis team faced University of Southern Maine and NESCAC rival Williams (7-4 overall, 4-1 NESCAC) last weekend. Bowdoin prevailed without losing a match, trouncing USM.
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Bowdoin Brief: Colby bans hard alcohol consumption on campus
Colby students have taken their last shots—with the college's approval, that is. On April 20, Colby joined the growing list of institutions that have banned hard alcohol from their campuses. Colby's hard alcohol ban was instigated due to its high number of alcohol transports.
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Islamic punk-rock band to perform, boycott suggested
Over the years the students of Bowdoin College have come to pride themselves for testing the boundaries of free speech and artistic expression. We entertain radical ideas and interact with some fairly radical intellectuals.
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Women’s tennis trounced by No. 2 Williams, looks to rebound against strong Tufts squad
The No. 11-ranked women's tennis team closed out its home season with a devastating 9-0 loss to the No. 2-ranked Williams Ephs this past Saturday. The shutout pushed the Polar Bears back to 9-5 for the season and 3-3 in the NESCAC.
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Ivies Weekend is here, so let’s try to drink responsibly
On the eve of Ivies, I have decided to voice some thoughts. I want to first congratulate the administration for doing their best, as always, to watch over us nave students while we revel in the magic that is Ivies Weekend. Nonetheless, the administration, as a formal body can only go so far—their earnest pleas for us to be good lack oomph. Here are some things that I feel need to be stated.
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Women’s rugby loses hard-fought match to WPI
The women's rugby team fell 19-17 against the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Goats last Saturday.
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Rohman and Low achieve multiple top-10 finishes
In the world of college sailing, the month of April signals an intense consecutive weekend series of New England championship regattas.
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Fencing club scores well in first-ever home tourney
The Bowdoin Fencing Club hosted its first-ever tournament last Sunday, the Bowdoin Three Weapon Invitational, in Sargent Gymnasium.
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Dance students spring to center stage for final show
For four nights in a row, the department of theater and dance will artistically invade Pickard, providing the Bowdoin community with a variety of student dance pieces for their final spring show.
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Wilson resigns from post as women’s hockey coach
On Monday, April 19, Women's Hockey Coach Stacy Wilson announced her decision to resign in an off-season meeting with the team.
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College finances fare better than expected
Times have changed since January 2009 when the Blue Tarp Committee anticipated a zero percent rate of return on the endowment, suggested increasing the incoming class size to bring in revenue and advocated that the College not lay off any employees. According to President Barry Mills, the College expects a seven percent rate of return on the endowment, did not admit additional students to the Class of 2013 and has laid off four employees.
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The grass is always greener on the other quad
A recent Orient survey found that almost half of respondents have considered transferring to another school
While The Daily Beast reports that Bowdoin is the 10th happiest college in the country, a recent Orient survey shows that nearly half of students polled have considered transferring during their time at Bowdoin. Thirty percent of Bowdoin students, or 537 people, responded to a survey conducted by the Orient about transferring from the College. The survey was advertised through e-mails and the student digest. It did not require username authentication to complete. Of the respondents, 47.3 percent, or 254 students, said they had considered transferring during their time at Bowdoin. The percentage of students who considered transferring varied significantly from class to class.
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Bowdoin Chorus features Haydn, Williams in year-end concert
The Bowdoin Chorus will bring its year to a harmonious end with a final concert this weekend. Accompanied by a chamber orchestra, the 60-person ensemble made up of Bowdoin students, staff and Midcoast community members will be singing two pieces: Franz Joseph Haydn's "Insanae et vanae curae" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona nobis pacem."
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Looking to extend winning streak, softball hosts first place Bantams
After sweeping Colby over the weekend, Bowdoin twice beats Thomas by mercy rule
Winning its last eight games, the softball team has already reached the second-most wins in school history with a record of 25-9.
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Nichols discusses Ivies tips for safety
Students worried about an increased Brunswick Police (BPD) presence on campus during Ivies should set their minds at ease. At least according to Brunswick Police Chief Richard Rizzo, that is.
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Galle exhibit grows to new heights in Coleman Burke
Just down Main Street, a small pine forest is suspended several feet above the ground: over 50 trees hang from the ceiling of Coleman Burke Gallery in Fort Andross as part of Jacob Galle's recent installation.
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Relying on Bergner, Tracy and Williamson, men’s lacrosse beats Endicott and Bates
Just like the spring weather, men's lacrosse is starting to get hot, as four straight victories have vaulted the Polar Bears back into contention for a top-three seed in this year's NESCAC tournament.
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Chapel bells: Married students from past to present
Class, lunch date with a friend, class, gym, library—a pretty normal schedule for a typical Bowdoin student. When you add going home for dinner with your husband, however, you are no longer in the realm of conventionality. Married students at Bowdoin are rarely spoken about, perhaps because there is currently only one. Jamilah Gregory '11 got married this past summer and currently lives off-campus with her husband, David Gregory.
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New first year advisory program in prep stages
Some first years may be in close contact with professors well before classes start this fall. A proposal for a new pre-major advisory program, introduced by Dean of First Year Students Janet Lohmann and Associate Professor of Psychology Suzanne Lovett, is designed to focus on students who need more academic attention during their first year at Bowdoin than has been directly provided in the past.
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City Scene: Finding meat-free, taste-full food
Each week the Orient spotlights different aspects of the arts and entertainment scene in Portland. This week's installment focuses on venues for vegetarian food.
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Baseball team shocked after back-to-back losses to Colby
Through the cold Sunday drizzle, the scoreboard almost looked like a mirage; Colby College was leading Bowdoin 9-1 in the ninth inning of the decisive game of a three-game series.
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Brunswick Apartments delight at doubles lottery
Students may seem a bit more at home this weekend after the triples, singles, doubles, and open beds lotteries wrapped up many students' searches for housing. On Tuesday night, groups of students flocked to Daggett Lounge to secure either triple or single residences next year.
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Students to read English department prize pieces
Students will have the opportunity to hear original fiction this Monday as English Department Prize victors read their winning compositions aloud.
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Women’s lax beats Gulls, trounces Colorado College
The women's lacrosse team beat the Endicott College Gulls last Sunday 15-10. With the victory, the Polar Bears improve their record to 8-4 for the season and the Gulls fall to 11-4.
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Bowdoin professors’ salaries ranked 10th highest by AAUP
Despite a pay freeze at the College, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reports that this year the salaries received by Bowdoin's full-time full professors are the 10th highest in the country among liberal arts colleges.
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The administration should adhere to commitments made
A year ago, the College's leadership assured the community that they had a plan to deal with the recession. The plan relied on reasonable pillars including careful evaluations of the College's costs and assets. Salaries were frozen to avoid layoffs and reductions in staff. It was a thoughtful and effective approach to securing the safety of the College's finances. Due to the strength of the plan, and the College's commitment, Bowdoin has weathered the recent recession with laudable results.
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Sounds of the Middle East to greet Studzinski
The Bowdoin Middle Eastern Ensemble will be performing at 8 p.m. in Studzinski Recital Hall on Monday April 26.
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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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SAFC allocates $10,000 to BOC, $6,000 to Entertainment Board
SAFC is awash with requests as student groups seeking last-minute funding make appeals while others draft operating budgets for the coming year
After the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) denied funding for the spring WBOR concert—which it had allocated money for in the fall—last week, questions were raised about how the committee distributes money from its discretionary funds.
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Student prints put art and food on display
Students may have noticed someting special in Moulton Dining Hall this week: the 12x24 prints lining main dining room's walls.
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Women’s tennis defeated 6-3 by 15th-ranked Middlebury
Brett Davis ’10 wins singles and doubles match in tough loss to Middlebury
The women's tennis team fell 6-3 to the Middlebury Panthers last Saturday, suffering a heartbreaking loss to their 15th-ranked NESCAC rival on the Panther's home courts.
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Men’s tennis falls to Panthers, looks to rebound at Williams
The men's tennis team faced its toughest competition of the year last Saturday when it traveled to Middlebury to play against the top-ranked team in the country. Middlebury played extremely well and defeated Bowdoin 9-0.
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College to hire employees formerly contracted through outside agency
Hungry students typically know the faces of the people who serve them their meals, but they may not know that many of these Dining employees are not actually hired by Bowdoin. The use of Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), an outside hiring agency, to staff temporary positions at Bowdoin has been an important part of the hiring process for over 15 years. In the fall of 2010, Bowdoin Dining Services will stop using CPI to hire dining employees and will transfer hiring responsibilities to Dining Services staff members.
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Seniors excel as men’s track takes fourth
Tomorrow, the NESCAC championship at Tufts University will provide the men's track team with stiff competition from Tufts, Bates, Williams, Amherst and seven other schools.
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Town construction projects on the rise
The town of Brunswick has several projects in the works that are set to make an impact of the face of the town.
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Sailing finishes mid-fleet despite tough competition
Battling difficult wind and current conditions, the team posted several top-10 finishes
The Polar Bears headed to Connecticut this past weekend to sail in two of its most competitive events of the season, with promising results.
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Colby-Bates-Bowdoin library catalogs merged
Students searching for sources on the library's home page can now see the holdings of Colby, Bates and Bowdoin at first glance. The default search catalog was recently changed to the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin catalog (CBBcat) instead of the Bowdoin Catalog.
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Student expelled following violent on-campus incident
Minutes past midnight on Sunday, April 18, the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) responded to a neighborhood noise complaint at 10 Cleaveland Street.
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‘Youth’ puts rebellion, excitement in the spotlight
This weekend, an adaptation of Kenneth Lonergan's famous play "This is Our Youth" will fill Chase Barn with the craze of adolescent angst. The production stems from the independent study of Francesca Perkins '10, Nicholas Lechich '10, and John Wendell '11, who star in this weekend's production. Will Bleakley '10, as the director of the play, oversaw its production in collaboration with advisor Sonja Moser.
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Men’s lax beats Panthers for first time since ’93
After a disappointing home loss to Connecticut College last Wednesday, back-to-back victories have put the Polar Bears back on track as they travel to face Endicott College this Saturday.
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Ivies show relocated from Quad to Whittier
If there are students on the Quad the Saturday of Ivies weekend, it won't be the music lovers. The annual concert will be held at a new venue this year; Passion Pit, Reel Big Fish and the Cool Kids will play at Whittier Field instead of on the Quad.
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Bowdoin students, faculty to take the stage in music festival
This weekend, some of the most interesting and unconventional modern musical sounds that Maine has to offer will be heard at the 2nd Annual Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival. This festival features performers and composers from all around the state, a lineup that includes several Bowdoin students.
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Sailing team takes first of 11 at New England Dinghy Tournament
It was what Head Coach Frank Pizzo called a "picket fence Sunday" for the sailing team at the New England Dinghy Tournament (NEDT) this past weekend.
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SAFC funds withdrawn from WBOR spring show
For the first time since 2003, WBOR will not be bringing a spring concert to campus. The Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) pulled funding for the concert last week after a change in the act, which was not reported to the SAFC.
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First year seminar explores living in the ‘Facebook Age’
For most students, the lure of Web sites like Facebook, YouTube and ChatRoulette presents a compelling distraction from their homework. For the students in sociology professor Dhiraj Murthy's first year seminar, however, such browsing often is their homework.
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Eleven realizes dream, wins Ivies opening spot
Though Eleven doesn't quite add up to 11, the band's now eight-person lineup has grown (significantly) since the band was formed in the fall of 2006. Then-first-years Alexi Thomakos '10 and Nick Lechich '10 began playing music together in the common room of their first-year dorm. Soon thereafter, they met bassist Max Taylor '10 and keyboard player, guitarist, and vocalist Sammie Francis '09, who pushed for the formation of a band.
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Baseball sweeps Middlebury in three high-scoring games
Despite a 7 a.m. departure and the six-hour trek to Middlebury, the baseball team's bats were wide-awake throughout a three-game sweep of the Panthers.
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Two students transported since break
As Ivies looms on the horizon, the tally of alcohol-related hospital transports takes on renewed importance in the minds of some. There were no alcohol transports between Dean of Students Affairs Tim Foster's meeting with first year students about alcohol on February 12 and Spring Break. Since then, there have been two.
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Ogden ’10 revives history of alumnus with honors project
Many notable men and women claim Bowdoin College as their alma mater, and buildings around campus commemorate them: students study at the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, visit the arctic museum that features the work of Admiral Robert Peary and Donald MacMillan, and walk daily past the statue of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. On the list of alumni, though, is a man whose name is not quite as recognized by the Bowdoin community: Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States of America.
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Students to connect community, fight hunger issues
Sometimes, issues are best understood when they are illustrated on human scale. So believes a group of four students—Peter Fritsche '10, Maina Handmaker '11, Matt Pincus '10 and Madeline Sullivan '10- who have joined to create "A Ton of Food," an interactive sculpture project advocating for hunger issues.
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Women’s tennis picks up two, drops one
The women's tennis team took home two victories this past week, easily defeating both Wellesley and Colby, but it fell to the No. 1 nationally-ranked Amherst team 8-1 on Sunday.
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Tonight’s Relay for Life aims to raise $50,000
Bowdoin kicks off its fifth annual Relay for Life event in Farley Field House tonight. The 12-hour event will consist of various activities that commemorate and celebrate those who survived, currently have, or were lost to cancer.
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From the archives: Students celebrate textbook funerals
Toasting to the end of classes in countless ways has become a late May ritual for most Bowdoin students. No matter how wild or innovative the festive events of today's students have become, however, the celebrations are most certainly trumped by an unusual 19th century end-of-the-school-year tradition: a funeral.
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ArtSmart:McGowan brings jazz back home to Studzinski
Jazz guitarist Sean McGowan returns to Bowdoin Saturday to perform as the third part of the music department's mini-series on guitar
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After falling to No. 9 Amherst, men’s tennis wins over Colby
The men's tennis team defeated Colby College on Thursday afternoon by a final tally of 8-1. Bowdoin's only loss came at the No. 2 singles position.
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Tower, Harpswell Apts. favored in lottery
Nervous excitement filled Dagget Lounge last night as the 2010-2011 Quints and Quads housing lottery took place. The Office of Residential Life announced 60 available beds for the 85 students registered for quints and 267 beds available for the 367 students registered quads.
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Problems beyond the control of WBOR sank spring concert
On behalf of the WBOR management team, I would like to apologize for the lack of a spring WBOR concert. While the circumstances surrounding our failure to book the artists we pursued were out of our control, we nonetheless feel responsible to our DJs, the student body and the community at large.
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ArtSmart: Concert Band honors patriotism in concert
The Bowdoin College Concert Band will greet the season with their spring concert, titled "Sousa, Then and Now" at Studzinski Recital Hall on Sunday. The Concert Band, Bowdoin's largest student music ensemble, is comprised of over 50 students who play brass, woodwind and percussion instruments.
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Softball reaches 20 wins with 6-4 victory over USM
After a strong week of non-conference play, the Bowdoin softball team reached the 20-win mark for the fourth consecutive season. After four doubleheaders in the past seven days, the Polar Bears went 6-2 to improve their overall record to 20-9.
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Climate Days features film fest, Greenstock
This month marks the second annual Climate Days event series, which celebrates the College's commitment to make Bowdoin carbon neutral by 2020. The event series this month will culminate the year-long efforts of President Barry Mills's Climate Commitment Advisory Committee's (CCAC) to publicize the College's commitment to sustainability and encourage student discourse on environmental issues.
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Community should write in to support Aijalon Gomes ’01
The sentencing of Bowdoin alumnus Aijalon Gomes '01 after his conviction on unspecified charges relating to his crossing of the North Korean border has shocked the consciences of U.S. diplomats, students of law and people of all faiths during the past week.
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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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Anything But Straight in Athletics features Granderson, Sheng
"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.
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Women’s lax falls to Panthers, for 27th straight loss to Midd
The women's lacrosse team lost 18-7 to the Middlebury College Panthers on Saturday afternoon, ending its five-game winning streak.
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BSG approves Ivies food, movie tickets
The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) considered proposals to purchase food and beverages for Ivies, fund a Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, and subsidize movie tickets for students at Regal Movie Theater in Brunswick at its Wednesday meeting. All proposals were unanimously approved.
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Men’s track attempts to repeat at Maine State Championship
The men's track team will compete against rivals Colby, Bates and University of Southern Maine (USM) this weekend with the Maine State Championship on the line. The meet, to be held at Colby, begins the most competitive portion of the track season.
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Experts on autism aim to inform faculty, staff
In light of recent faculty and staff requests, two experts on autism visited campus on Wednesday for a series of meetings and presentations on how to best assist students with the disorder.
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Rugby outscored 17-0 in second half, falls to BU as young players get time
Battling defensive struggles in the second half, Rugby surrenders lead and falls to BU
The women's rugby team started strong but faded in the second half of a match against a resurgent Boston University squad, who outscored the Polar Bears 17-0 in the second half on the way to a 22-10 loss.
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93 percent return rate for census on-campus
Data collected Monday verified that Bowdoin students are among the best in the nation—at turning in census forms.
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Faculty-led travel abroad now requires committee approval
With the recent approval of new guidelines regarding faculty-led international travel at Bowdoin, that trip to Paris with your French class you've been dreaming of may be further out of reach.
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Major, minor declarations mirror past years
For the sixth academic year in a row, Government and Legal Studies and Economics remain the two most popular programs of study for Bowdoin students. The current sophomore Class of 2012 turned in major declarations to the Office of the Registrar at the beginning of March. The Office of Academic Affairs recently tabulated this data and found consistent trends in the popularity of various departments.
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Bowdoin Brief: Bowdoin ranked 10th happiest school
Bowdoin can boast the sunniest students, if not the brightest weather. According to The Daily Beast, Bowdoin students are the 10th happiest in the country.
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Nicely ’10 to entrap audience with ‘Hamletmachine’
A relaxing end to her senior year was not in the cards for Brenna Nicely '10. The play "Hamletmachine," Nicely's final directorial project at Bowdoin, premieres tonight and will run through the weekend.
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With victories at Trinity, baseball takes No. 1 spot
The torch has been passed. Baseball travelled to Hartford this past weekend to face the Trinity College team that had not lost a NESCAC series since 2007 and was ranked No. 4 in the country. Bowdoin won two out of three and dethroned Trinity from its long-held perch atop the NESCAC.
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Conference to ‘out’ homophobia in sports
"Is Bowdoin a place where the possibility of the captain of the hockey team being gay is a big scandalous news story, or is it just a part of what life can be?" asked Branden Asemah '12 in anticipation of today's conference, Anything But Straight in Athletics. The conference will include lectures from photographer Jeff Sheng and ESPN journalist LZ Granderson.
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Cedar Walton to surprise and thrill with legendary jazz
For the second night of renowned jazz performance this semester, Bowdoin welcomes acclaimed artist Cedar Walton tonight.
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Women’s lacrosse beats Colby, bringing NESCAC record to 4-1
The No. 18-ranked women's lacrosse team bested ninth-ranked Colby 14-7 in Waterville on Wednesday evening. Wednesday's win improved the Polar Bears' record to 4-1 in the conference and 6-3 overall for the season.
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With health care victory, Democrats gain upper hand
After 18 months of handwringing negotiations between House and Senate Democrats and the White House, President Obama's health care overhaul has finally become the law of the land. Of the more than 20 votes procedural and otherwise, only one member of the Republican caucus voted in favor of health care: Republican Representative Anh Cao (LA), who represents the historically Democratic seat outside New Orleans once held by William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson (who was indicted on federal corruption charges shortly before losing reelection to Representative Cao). Whatever political cover Representative Cao received by voting "yes" on the original House health care bill, he's surely lost it now; his seat will almost certainly return to Democratic hands in 2010.
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Gomes ’01 sentenced, imprisoned in N. Korea
Aijalon Mahli Gomes '01 was sentenced to eight years of hard labor and fined the equivalent of $700,000 on Tuesday for illegally entering North Korea across the Chinese border on January 25, according to the Washington Post.
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‘About Face’ clads Frontier in documentary stories
With Frontier Café's current exhibit of documentary-photo stories titled "About Face," the café pairs with Portland's Salt Institute for Documentary Studies to bring real Maine stories to the Brunswick community.
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Athletic Department says Bowdoin training staff among top in country
Over the past six years, Bowdoin's athletic medical services have risen from the bottom of its conference to the top of Division III, according to Athletic Director Jeff Ward.
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Geology major rocked by department changes
What's in a name? According to the students and faculty within the newly unveiled Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science—formerly the geology department—quite a bit.
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Bowdoin Dining Service deals with the meaty issues
Most students would be surprised to find that there is a world beyond the serving lines in Thorne Dining Hall. The College's Dining Service is distinct from those of most other colleges and universities nationwide because it has its own bake shop and meat-cutting room, which are located past the kitchen area in Thorne. Other institutions have one or the other, but rarely both, according to Purchasing Manager of Dining Services Jon Wiley. While the meat the College uses comes from various sources, Bowdoin's dining staff alone prepares the meat.
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City Scene: Portland Stage compels and provokes
While stages on Bowdoin's campus are consistently filled with impressive productions, there are certainly times that students crave some off-campus theater. For those of you who find yourself in this situation, Portland Stage Company in down-town Portland should definitely be on your radar.
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Women’s tennis takes down Conn and Bates
The women's tennis team handily defeated two NESCAC rivals this week in conference play, beating Connecticut College 9-0 last Saturday on the road and repeating the shutout in a 9-0 victory over Bates at home on Wednesday.
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Constructing place from imagination
This week, I attended a lecture by Writer-in-Residence Jane Brox on imagining place. She discussed the delicate interplay of time, space and memory that goes on in our minds as we develop a sense of place. Brox's topic seemed poignant to me in light of the juncture we find ourselves at. As spring returns to Maine, we rediscover our feeling of space as we reinhabit the campus and the town.
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BSG candidates face off in pre-election debate
And they're off! Several students kicked off the race for Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) positions with a debate at Jack Magee's Pub on Monday night.
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Colby ’10 pursues passion for film with videos on campus
When senior Alex Colby looks through his Canon EOS70 camera, most people think he is taking pictures. But in fact, he is filming. "What's neat about these cameras is that they allow flexibility in video-making," said Colby. "They're basically the future." Colby became passionate about filmmaking during his first year at Bowdoin.
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Design films reveal underbelly of American consumerism
Do you instantly recognize the slogans "Just Do It" and "Got Milk?" Did you choose an Apple laptop because it looked a certain way? Do you leave the font in Microsoft Word as size 12 Times New Roman or do you change it immediately?
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Men’s tennis sweeps weekend opposition
Coming off three straight victories over M.I.T., Connecticut College and Tufts this past weekend, the men's tennis team improved their record to 8-2. The No. 13-ranked Polar Bears will look to continue their winning streak this weekend as they head into difficult NESCAC competition.
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Dining Service deserves plaudits
The Princeton Review currently ranks Bowdoin's food second in the nation, and I'm pretty sure that all Bowdoin students feel that ranking is accurate. Yet, while students are exposed daily to dining hall food, few are aware of the meticulous process that the Dining Service undergoes in deciding where Bowdoin's food comes from.
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Warm reception for chilly Polar Plunge
A group of approximately 30 Bowdoin students and community members braved the waters of Popham Beach to raise money for Camp Sunshine last Saturday. The dip was Bowdoin's first official Polar Plunge fundraiser.
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Professors, students sound off on laptops in class
All new technologies come with advantages and disadvantages, and laptop computers are no exception. While having laptops in class affords certain advantages, such as more efficient note taking, it also may allow students to goof off in previously unheard of ways. Professors have responded to the appearance of laptops in Bowdoin's class rooms in a variety of ways. Some have decided not to confront laptops with policies that are official, others have made highly restrictive polices, and still others have treated laptops with nuanced polices that fit somewhere in-between.
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Men’s lacrosse defeats Colby in close battle
After a pair of thrilling home games, the Polar Bears will take on perennial NESCAC powerhouse Middlebury this Saturday.
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BSG talks distribution requirements, pre-major advisory program
The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) spent its Wendesday night meeting discussing how to improve Bowdoin's distribution requirements and what could be done to help first year students make their schedules. No proposals were voted on.
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Coast Hop Art IPA voted best of hometown brews
Before Spring Break we sunk more than a few hours (and dollars) into the Belgian Beer Fest at Lion's Pride. It was awesome! We experienced some pretty rare stuff, from hard to find Belgian beers from brewers like Smisje and De Dolle to Allagash's first ever "Cool Ship" batch of spontaneously fermented beer. Unfortunately, we didn't really coordinate our efforts well enough to turn the Beer Fest into a column unto itself.
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Softball opens NESCAC season, achieves mixed results at Tufts
After scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-4 lead, the Bowdoin softball team defeated Tufts on Friday for the first time since 2004. During the back-and-forth nail biter, neither team ever led by more than one run.
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Campus survey completed
Are students upset with the current stepped-up presence of Brunswick police during weekend parties, or with the long-standing ban on hard alcohol consumption? How have these policies affected their behavior? How do Bowdoin students feel about President Barack Obama, and how closely do students follow politics in the news?
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Four professors, colleagues win $1.5 million NASA grant
On Wednesday, a team of professors received the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) Grant to conduct research on global change in the Gulf of Maine. The Bowdoin team was one of 25 to receive the $1.5 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). One hundred twelve universities and research institutions applied for the three-year long award.
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Men’s track takes second, falls to Springfield College
On Saturday, the men's track team will be competing in the New Hampshire Invitational at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). In addition to UNH and Bowdoin, the University of Southern Maine, Quinnipiac and Colby-Sawyer will also be competing.
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College works to ‘digest’ new health care policy
New health care legislation will not effect College insurance coverage from Gallagher Koster
Despite the sweeping changes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will bring to health insurance policies in the United States, the effect it will have on Bowdoin remain unclear.
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New Saturday grill hours waste money; real problem ignored
Your February 26 editorial "Alcohol Action," lauded the extension of Saturday grill hours, at the behest of the Alcohol Team, as clear "action," which signals "how seriously we take" the problem of alcohol abuse.
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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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Lariviere takes first place in first-ever tournament
In the very first fencing tournament of his life, P.J. Lariviere '13 took first place in the foil division at the Vacationland Open at Monmouth Academy last weekend. After going 4-1 in the opening pool, Lariviere went 4-0 in the direct elimination bracket to clinch the victory
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Bowdoin Brief: The color purple: Relay for Life awareness today
Purple-clad people will join the posters and balloons on campus today in promoting awareness for Bowdoin's Relay for Life.
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Visual arts department welcomes Eggert into its ranks
Following a year-long search for a sculpture and architecture professor, the visual arts department announced yesterday that artist Alicia Eggert will join the visual arts faculty next semester as an assistant professor.
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Baseball off to hot start
This year's baseball team is off to the best start in school history. Considering the 141-year history of the program, the team's 13-3 record is definitely something to be excited about.
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Admissions accepts 19.7% to Class of 2014
The Office of Admissions sent decision letters to regular decision applicants for the Class of 2014 on Thursday, March 25, concluding an extremely competitive process that is projected to yield one of Bowdoin's most diverse classes to date.
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Meddies serenade the South on Spring Break tour
Starting in Washington, D.C. and making their way down to South Carolina, the Bowdoin College Meddiebempsters charmed audiences as they toured the South this past Spring Break. In the recent past, the group has toured in the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Southern California.
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Women’s lacrosse rides three-game streak to Conn on Saturday
Coming off of three straight wins over Wheaton, Amherst and the University of Southern Maine, the Polar Bears improved to 4-3 this season (2-1 NESCAC) to capture a 20th place ranking in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association D-III standings.
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Students awarded Truman, Watsons
When a student's phone rings in the middle of Spanish class, President Barry Mills usually is not on the other line. But for Kyle Dempsey '11 on Monday, he was. Mills was calling to inform Dempsey he had been named a 2010 Truman Scholar, the first Bowdoin student to be awarded the honor since 2003. The award was not the only Bowdoin success over the past several weeks; Sarah Ebel '10 and Skye Lawrence '10 both received Watson fellowships at the beginning of Spring Break.
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‘Methods for Modernism’ to brighten walls, engage campus
To experience a visual explosion of space, color and form, one need look no further than the highly anticipated exhibit "Methods for Modernism" opening next Thursday at the Bowdoin Museum of Art.
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Led by impressive pitching, softball goes 13-5 in Florida
The game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Kara Nilan '11 stepped up to the plate against NESCAC opponent Middlebury College. Co-captain Lauren Coven '10 was on second base in the final game of the Bowdoin softball team's spring trip to Clermont, Florida, when Nilan hit a walk-off single to end the contest.
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Best Buy to open annex in College Store
A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday will herald the arrival of a unique Best Buy annex in the College Store on Maine Street, the product of a collaboration between the College and a seven-month-old entrepreneurial incubation group within the Best Buy Company.
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Students cross borders to volunteer on service trips
In search of community service and learning, almost 100 Bowdoin students spent their Spring Break across the United States and in Guatemala participating in this year's Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. The diverse trips ranged from working with migrant workers in Florida to volunteering in schools in New Jersey.
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ArtSmart: Teatime Guitar Series presents Music’s Quill
The past comes alive this afternoon with a performance by Music's Quill, a duo specializing in Renaissance music.
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Men’s lacrosse falls to 3-4, looks to rebound at Conn
After an up-and-down start to the season, the men's lacrosse team will face perhaps its toughest test yet, taking on undefeated Connecticut College this Saturday at Bowdoin.
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Student Aid Bill passes, eliminates bank lending
Student Aid Bill will eliminate bank-based loans for colleges, providing students with aid directly from federal treasury
While many at Bowdoin are focused on the new federal health care bill, the Office of Financial Aid is excited about a virtually unpublicized attachment to the legislation that eliminates bank-based loans for college students. The Student Aid Bill, presented by the Department of Education, will simplify the loan process for Bowdoin students and parents.
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Jamie Paul ’10 surveys how athletes handle the heat
Many are far too well acquainted with the word "stress". Classes, books and many other coping devices have been designed to help people lower the amount of it in their lives. Jamie Paul '10 decided to spend a little more time with the concept of stress by making it the subject of her senior honors project this year. Paul, a psychology major and math minor, has been researching how athletes cope with stressful situations during games, and how different gender and personality components effect these various coping strategies.
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ArtSmart: Chigodza returns with Zimbabwean music
One visit to Bowdoin just wasn't enough for Zimbabwean musician Musekiwa Chingodza. Chingodza will return to campus for a musical performance on Wednesday, April 7.
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Rugby opens spring season with two dominating wins
After a successful spring training trip to the Mid-Atlantic, the women's rugby team is hoping to draw new recruits at this Saturday's Rookie Clinic.
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Ladd, Reed Houses attract most apps
The College Houses may not be flooded with the record 300 applications they collectively received last year, but interest in the houses is still running high. According to the office of Residential Life, there were a total of 241 applications for 200 openings to live in Bowdoin's eight College Houses next year with 27 returning applications.
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ArtSmart: Bisbee, Gould, Wethli ‘Maine’s most collectable’
Lecturer in Art John Bisbee, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Meggan Gould and A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art Mark Wethli were recognized as three of "Maine's Most Collectable Artists" by Maine Home + Design magazine.
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Women’s tennis jumps to 5-2, travels to Conn this weekend
The women's tennis team started out its 2010 spring season with a successful Spring Break trip to California. Playing in seven matches overall, the Polar Bears went 5-2, falling to eighth nationally-ranked Pomona-Pitzer and to highly-ranked D-II team Azusa Pacific.
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Brunswick Naval Air Base to change name at closing
Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) will become known as "Brunswick Landing: Maine's Center for Innovation" upon closing in May 2011, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) announced Tuesday.
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Weller op-ed made ‘ill-conceived’ and ‘irrational’ points
In the March 5 op-ed, "Space travel will only help accelerate global warming," Cameron Weller's argument that space travel will accelerate global warming is an irrational and ill-conceived criticism of the privatized space industry. Yes, technically space travel does accelerate global warming, but so does just about everything else we do on a daily basis, including walking to class or picking up a copy of the Orient. So the question of carbon emissions is not one of absolutes, but rather one of degrees.
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Men’s tennis beats strong Trinity squad
The men's tennis team opened up their spring season on March 14 while on a Spring Break trip in California. The team played seven matches on the trip and returned home with a 5-2 record. Despite suffering an unexpected loss to Trinity University (Texas) early on, Bowdoin recovered with key wins over ranked opponents including Redlands and NESCAC rival Trinity College.
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Survey revises questions on alcohol, sex
During this academic year, how often did you drink hard alcohol? Have sex that you later regretted? Eat breakfast? These questions appeared among 106 others on the 2010 Student Health & Wellness Survey, which is currently underway.
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Bingham leads men’s track during Florida training trip
Fresh from a training trip to Florida over Spring Break, the men's track team is ready to make the trek to Middlebury for its first regular season meet. The team feels confident heading into its short outdoor season. With only two regular season meets before the Maine State Championship meet, the men need to take advantage of every opportunity to better their performances.
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Trustee firms help manage College funds, says Chronicle
According to a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, three trustees on Bowdoin's Board are partners at investment firms that manage portions of the College's endowment. The article, which investigated the prevalence of business relationships between trustees and their colleges, found that of the 618 private colleges researched, one-fourth of them "have financial ties with trustee-affiliated companies."
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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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ResLife, Census on Campus group aim for full student participation
For many current Bowdoin students, this year's census will be the first they fill out for themselves. Next Wednesday, Residential Life proctors and Residential Advisors (RAs) will distribute the 2010 Census to students living in college housing. The College is participating with the Census on Campus program, and through the Office of Residential Life, is working toward its goal of total participation from students living on campus.
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BSG discusses S&J Bowdoin awards
Students who study abroad are currently unable to win Sarah and James Bowdoin awards in the year following their time off-campus and after a debate at Bowdoin Student Government's (BSG) Wednesday night meeting, that is how the policy is going to stay.
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Wish Theater houses the ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’
The dark humor and honest humanity broiling in Davis Robinson's production of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" will overtake Wish Theater this weekend.
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Men’s hockey beats Colby in overtime, moves on to semifinals
The air at Watson Arena felt a little different on Saturday. Maybe it was because the power had been out the day before or maybe it was due to the surprisingly temperate winter weather.
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Academic recognition for internships OKed
Students clamoring for summer internships will find their search broadened by a recent change to the policy regarding academic credit. The Bowdoin Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) voted to pass a proposal that will acknowledge internships that require academic credit as a condition of employment at Monday's faculty meeting, allowing students to pursue internships they previously could not.
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Bond ’09 brings aspirations and big laughs back to Bowdoin
As students begin to cram for the final week of midterms, Julia Bond '09 and her stand-up comedy arrive back on campus, giving Bowdoin students the opportunity to take a break and be entertained by an alumna who's kept humor at the center of her life.
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Women’s basketball to host Regionals
The women's basketball team secured an at-large bid into the D-III NCAA regional tournament and will be a host site for the tournament this weekend. The Polar Bears will face the Baruch College Bearcats in the first round of the tournament tonight.
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Space travel will only help accelerate global warming
The news has never really been a source of joy or hope, but recently reading the newspaper has felt like reading one's own obituary, and watching the news on television has felt like watching "Dr. Strangelove" in slow motion and without the comedic elements. Bipartisan bickering in the House and Senate is enough to make any sensible individual want to rip his own hair out—why can't we just draw straws or play a game of rock-paper-scissors (obviously this is an over-simplification of the process, but still)—anything to get some meaningful legislation passed in this country.
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Abroad students report on Chile quake
The devastation caused by the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile may seem remote to students clustered on a small campus in Maine, but for three Bowdoin students studying abroad in Chile, the disaster is anything but distant.
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Jauregui explores monumentality, realism and abstraction in exhibit
Marked by sticks of burnt wood, the drawings of bathhouses, and a piece of a palm tree that now grace the walls of the art museum, it is clear that the internationally-acclaimed artist Danny Jauregui has arrived.
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Women’s hockey beats Williams, will play Amherst in semifinals
In a bout of revenge, the No. 5-seeded women's hockey team defeated the fourth ranked Williams Ephs in the first round of the NESCAC Championships at Williams on Saturday.
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First year book on hiatus
The to-do list of the members of the incoming Class of 2014: Buy twin-size sheets? Check. Sign up for a pre-Orientation trip? Check. Complete first year summer reading assignment? Not this year.
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City Scene: Maine restaurants celebrated, El Rayo especially tasty
Many of us have caught snippets of Bowdoin tours while running to class or through the union or toward the stapler parked on H-L's front desk. In doing so, how many of you have heard the favorite fact that, following only behind San Francisco, Portland holds the second-highest number of restaurants per capita in the United Sates?
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Led by sophomores Mecray and Routh, men’s swimming shatters 11 records
Head Coach Brad Burnham hoped his swimmers would leave everything in the pool when they competed at the NESCAC Championships.
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The notion that the United States should behave “like an equal member of the global community on the
The notion that the United States should behave "like an equal member of the global community on the foreign policy stage," as Catlin Hurwit asserted in last week's op-ed "Patriotism without exceptionalism" is as misguided as it is dangerous.
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Security searches campus for laptop bandit at large
Bowdoin Security and local law enforcement are working around the clock to close the case of thefts that occurred on campus this past Tuesday and Wednesday. The identified suspect is connected to other thefts in the Portland area, and he seems to be targeting Apple laptop computers and is focusing his efforts on college campuses.
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‘Botanical Impressions’ grows inside Lamarche
While the weather outside may be dreary, Nina Sylvia's exhibit "Botanical Impressions" in Lancaster Lounge will bring some natural beauty back to the campus.
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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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Health care reform must pass if Democrats are to survive midterms
Appearing Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by medical professionals in white lab coats, President Barack Obama laid out his plan for passing health care reform in Congress. It came two days short of the one-year anniversary since the president kicked off his health care reform effort with a summit of medical professionals, insurance heads and other health care industry leaders. Pressing ahead on health care reform, the President announced, will require a final "up-or-down vote," which top administration strategists have said means using the budget reconciliation process in the Senate to force a simple majority vote on health care. But this is likely to be only one of a few stages of the process.
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Activist speaks on past, present work
"A lot of people have called me a radical," said Angela Davis to a nearly full house in Pickard Theater on Wednesday night. "And my response is, I don't know if I'm a radical. I try to be radical, I try very hard."
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Professors emeriti remain on campus to research
Professors emeriti at Bowdoin have drastically different lifestyles from your typical retirees. They are neither golf fanatics nor residents of retirement communities. Instead, they lead symposiums, contribute to academic journals, and spend time researching in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. Professors in good standing receive the title "emeritus" upon retirement. Emeriti professors have the liberty and flexibility to continue pursuing their academic interests, as well as to enjoy retirement. Many live in Brunswick, just minutes away from Bowdoin's campus.
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Pianist Naruse continues Teatime Concert series
Pianist Chiharu Naruse travels to Bowdoin next Friday as part of the music department's Teatime Concert series.
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On Saturday, the men’s track team will compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the last
On Saturday, the men's track team will compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the last chance for athletes to qualify for Nationals. The meet brings together schools from all divisions.
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Our exceptional university system
Christmas dinner conversations with my grandma were especially intriguing this year: the horrible American obsession with sports, the decline of America's universities, the ridiculous price tag of university education, the lack of work ethic in American students in comparison to international students, and how all of these issues are somehow leading to the "inevitable doom" of my generation. As a granddaughter, I meekly listened and nodded my head. But as a Bowdoin student, I could not be happier with my university education, and I have hope for our generation.
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Out of 45 apps, 5 students get J-Board seats
The Judicial Board (J-Board)'s two-week search for new members ended Tuesday, when five students received notification from Dean of Student Affairs and J-Board adviser Laura Lee that they were accepted.
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Nadeau ’10 awarded Princeton in Africa Fellowship
Jamie Nadeau '10 has become the first Bowdoin student to receive the prestigious Princeton in Africa Fellowship. This was the first year the fellowship was offered to non-Princeton students. With the fellowship, Nadeau plans to travel to Zambia in July to work for 11 months with the Kucetekela Foundation, which provides scholarships to Zambian children so they can attend elite secondary schools. Nadeau will be working in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Nadeau studied abroad at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa during his junior year, but decided he wanted to return to Africa after being unsatisfied with the community service opportunities presented to him in Cape Town.
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Frontier provides stage for Haiti support event
Local musicians, physicians and community members will celebrate and support Haiti at a benefit concert at Frontier Café on Saturday, March 13.
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Squash ranked No. 21 at season’s end
The women's squash team finished its season this past weekend at the College Squash Association Tournament at Yale University in New Haven, CT. The team finished ranked No. 21 nationally, competing in the Walker Cup, "C" Division.
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BSG approves Jetport-to-campus shuttle for end of Spring Break transportation
Though Bowdoin Student Government's (BSG) Wednesday night meeting lasted less than an hour, it passed a proposal that may affect students for years to come. BSG voted unanimously to fund buses from Portland International Jetport (PWM) to campus at the end of Spring Break.
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The new Bowdoin Daily Sun seems to be unnecessary
I'm glad Bowdoin is thinking of ways to keep alums and friends of the College updated. But the new Bowdoin Daily Sun seems unnecessary.
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Fleck performance wows Bowdoin with musical fusion
If music is made to be shared, then it served its purpose at Pickard Theater on Tuesday night with "Béla Fleck and the African Project," a performance centered around the revered banjo player Béla Fleck and the African musicians he is collaborating with for a 33-show U.S. tour.
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Nordic team places five racers in top 30 at Sunday Freestyle
It is easy to gauge the true character of a sports team by its level of performance in its final event of the season. Some teams bow to their fatigue and slip out of the season in mediocrity, while others rise to the occasion and end on a high note.
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Major storm wipes out power across state, south campus loop
A particularly violent storm struck the College and caused power outages in a majority of campus buildings last Friday. The storm brought down many trees around campus, threatening the Central Maine Power (CMP) electricity supply lines.
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OCS apps favor fall semester, imbalance is ‘manageable’
The preference for semester abroad flipped from spring to fall this year, according to Director of Off-Campus Study (OCS) Stephen Hall. As of the February 22 deadline, the Office of OCS had received 260 applications: 131 applications for the fall, 109 for the spring and 20 applications for the full year.
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ResLife makes staff decisions, 110 applications for 71 posts
The Office of Residential Life sent notification letters to students who applied to join the staff on Thursday. The Office received 110 applications for the 71 available spots, half of which were from this year's staff members.
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Bowdoin Brief: Hockey tickets sell out Tuesday
After tickets to the men's hockey NESCAC quarterfinal game against Colby sold out last weekend, tickets to the semifinal doubleheader tomorrow also disappeared quickly. Bowdoin will play Hamilton at 1 p.m. and Middlebury will play Trinity at 4 p.m.
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Bowdoin Brief: Tomato-killing frost spares Bowdoin’s crop
Associate Director of Dining Services Ken Cardone said that the Dining Service at Bowdoin, which serves locally grown tomatoes, has felt only minor reverberations from the devastating loss of tomato crops in Florida.
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Women’s basketball beats Tufts to advance to NESCAC semifinals
The women's basketball team advanced to the semifinals Saturday with an exciting overtime victory over the Tufts Jumbos, 65-54. With the score tied at 50 at the end of the second half, the Polar Bears entered overtime with a high level intensity, giving them the 15-4 point advantage that paved the way to their win.
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Orphée brings wit, irony and deceit to center stage
If in pursuit of French humor, dramatic performance and eccentric, controversial narrative, one need look no further than Masque and Gown's production of Orphée hitting Pickard Theater this weekend.
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Alcohol committee extends Grill hours
For several nights this semester, Super Snack will be facing some competition. In an effort to extend weekend nights in hopes of reducing alcohol-related problems, Dining Services will try keeping Jack Magee's Grill open until 2 a.m. on select weekend nights. According to Director of Dining Services Mary Lou Kennedy, the plan is to try the idea on three Saturday nights spread out across the course of this semester. "One of the things I have heard over and over again is the compressed social time on the weekends," Director of Student Activities Allen Delong said.
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Men's hockey looks to avenge Colby losses
Avid hockey fans are spoiled—for this week at least. From the USA-Canada match-up in Vancouver last Sunday to the Gold Medal game scheduled for this upcoming Sunday and including every contest in between, there is plenty of quality hockey to be seen.
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Lecture series paints exciting picture of American art exhibits
It's an "American art extravaganza," said Curatorial Assistant Kate Herlihy of the six-part lecture series kicking off today at the Bowdoin Museum of Art. The American Art Lecture Series runs in conjunction with two exhibitions, "Learning to Paint" and the upcoming "Methods for Modernism," both of which focus on American artists from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Newsweek reports grad data with ‘error’
A recent story in Newsweek began by recognizing Bowdoin's effort to attract minority students, only to drop the following line: "While nine out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only seven out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes." However, the most "recent" class to have that low a rate was the Class of 2005, in which 72 percent of black students graduated. Several College officials pointed out that due to the small number of black students in that class—32 matriculated in 2001—little stock could be placed in the significance of that percentage.
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Women’s hockey will travel to Williams after falling to the Ephs last weekend
After securing the No. 5 seed, the Polar Bears head to Williams for the NESCAC quarterfinals
In the final week of the regular season, the women's hockey team (11-11-2; 8-7-1 NESCAC) achieved an impressive upset against Middlebury (15-6-3; 11-4-1 NESCAC), followed closely by a heartbreaking loss against Williams (12-10-2; 9-6-1 NESCAC) that assured the Lady Polar Bears a road trip for the first week of the NESCAC Championships.
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Photo students capture inspiring opportunity at Eastman House
Eight students, one professor, 1,000 miles, more than 400,000 photographs and less than 48 hours. It sounds like a reality TV show for the artistically enthusiastic, but for the photography students of Professor of Art Mike Kolster's Visual Art 380 Photo Seminar it was just reality. This past weekend, Kolster and his advanced photography students capitalized on the opportunity to travel to the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York for a formative, challenging and inspiring weekend field trip.
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Daily Sun blog aims to keep College community connected
The Bowdoin Daily Sun, a new daily blog of College news and features hit the Web on Wednesday. "[The Daily Sun] was my idea. I read a number of blogs every day," President Barry Mills said. "These blogs give me interesting information about what's going on in the world." "I may have had a unique idea," Mills added. "I don't know any other colleges that have done this."
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Men’s basketball falls to Bates
Facing Bates in a thunderous Alumni Gymnasium, the men's basketball team saw its season come to an abrupt end, losing the NESCAC quarterfinal matchup by a final score of 80-64.
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Béla Fleck to fill Pickard with ‘revolutionary’ sound
The banjo has traditionally been viewed as an instrument associated with country music, cowboys and the song "Home on the Range." Béla Fleck, the world-renowned banjo musician who will be playing at Bowdoin this upcoming Tuesday, has devoted his life to changing that mindset.
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Weather warms up, Facilities’ costs go down
As temperatures have risen in recent weeks, plows have come to a halt, saving the College money on heating and shovelling snow from the Quad's walkways. "That's where we really saved money this year," said Director of Facilities Operations & Maintenance Ted Stam. "The hauling of the snow."
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Women’s swimming takes eighth, men prep for championships
The women's swimming and diving team capped off their 2009-10 season this past weekend with an eighth-place finish at the NESCAC championship meet.
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City Scene: Brunch beyond the staple Egg-McMoulton
Everyone knows that brunch at Moulton or Thorne offers one of the best meals around, but when Bowdoin students begin to tire of the tried-and-true weekend lineup, Portland beckons as a brunch haven.
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Students get say in Web through Advisory Team
The development of a Student Web Advisory Team is underway, according to Associate Vice President of Communications for Marketing and Publications Robert Kerr. The group, expected to begin meeting in March, will give students the opportunity to "guide Bowdoin's presence on the net," said Kerr.
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Campus gingers red in the face over stereotypes
Blondes are dumb, brunettes are boring and redheads are seductive and mean. These stigmas are widely used as the punchline of jokes and a group of Bowdoin redheads won't stand for it anymore. "Gingers have always been the butt end of jokes," said co-founder Julia Bender '13. "One joke I've heard: what do gingers have to look forward to in life? Going grey." The first meeting of The Bowdoin Ginger Society (BGS) was held this week at Moulton Dining Hall as an opportunity for redheads on campus to band together against the stereotypes they face daily. At the meeting, the gingers discussed the dangers of the sun to fair-skinned redheads, inflammatory jokes, and the need to propagate their red haired lineage.
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Men’s track has strong individual performances
The championship season is well underway and the men's track team is rising to the challenge. With the highly selective Open New England meet this Saturday at Boston University, training is over and the team is ready to perform.
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Passion for Olympics and environmentalism to unite in Gold lecture
With the 2010 Winter Olympics drawing to a close, Professor John Gold's upcoming talk "London 2012, Olympic Legacy, and the Challenge of Sustainable Urbanism" holds particular global relevance. Gold's talk and recent research focuses on London's urban planning as the city shifts to accommodate the Summer Olympics in two years' time.
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BSG votes definitively on H-L fountain, hip-hop act, considers extra Shuttle
Bowdoin Student Government's (BSG) said yes to hip-hop, no to hydration. At Wednesday's BSG meeting, members cast votes on last week's proposal to replace a water fountain in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library), and a new proposal to co-fund the annual Hip-Hop Concert for accepted minority students during this year's "Experience Weekend." While the proposal to co-fund the annual Hip-Hop Concert was passed by a large margin, last week's hydration station proposal failed to gain approval.
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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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Reconsidering how we drink our alcohol
While I'm abroad right now in Spain, I am naturally less in touch with campus happenings. However, I checked the Orient site to read about a friend's photo exhibit in the Visual Arts Center and found the article "Foster calls meeting over 20th transport."
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‘Hearts for Haiti’ reflects student commitment to music, community
Never before has more love been felt in Jack McGee's Pub than at "Heart's for Haiti," Bowdoin Musical Collective's (BMC) all-acoustic fundraising concert last Saturday. The pub was packed for the event, with students filling the space to the brim for the show, sitting in chairs and booths on both levels, layering onto couches and spilling onto the floor. The show offered the perfect means of kicking off Haiti Week. Beyond raising over $700 through open donations given willingly by students throughout the event, it also brought students together in a collective effort to support Haiti relief efforts.
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31 percent of senior class enrolled in under 4 courses
Only 69 percent of the class of 2010 is taking four or more credits this semester, indicating that no matter the weather, senior spring is in full swing. According to Registrar Christine Cote, 31 percent of the senior class is taking three credits, the same as last year's seniors. In addition, six percent are taking three and a half credits. In the fall, 92 percent of seniors took four or more courses.
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NECASL study probes beyond grades
A student's college experience is determined by a seemingly infinite number of variables. However, demanding academics and loaded extracurricular schedules often overshadow other essential components. In an effort to ascertain the key factors that impact their students' experiences, seven liberal arts colleges are participating in the New England Consortium on Assessment and Student Learning (NECASL). Funded by the Teagle Foundation, NECASL began as a collaborative project at Bates College. In the program's first year, Lee Cuba, a sociology professor at Wellesley College, led a group of investigators to design a qualitative panel study focused on the learning and decision making processes of students throughout their college careers.
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Men’s squash struggles at Yale
The men's squash team ended its season as a team this past weekend at the College Squash Association Nationals at Yale University. The Bears started the tournament off falling to Williams 9-0, in a repeat of a match earlier in the season.
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Chatroulette connects us for laughs, nakedness and clown suits
As if nicotine, strip joints and MTV's Jersey Shore weren't enough, the Lord above layeth a new addiction upon me this past week: Chatroulette.com. For the record, all anecdotes in this article are true, either from personal experience or interviews with fellow users. To readers not familiar with Chatroulette.com, this exposé may appear shocking, grotesque, X-rated and, at times, pathetic.
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Bowdoin Brief: College House apps down from last year, still higher than average
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, the Office of Residential Life had received 238 College House applications. "That's down from the 300 last year, but still much higher than previous years," wrote Director of Residential Life Mary Pat McMahon in an e-mail to the Orient.
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Alpha Kappa Sigma: Uncovering the truth
Place: Alpha Kappa Sigma House Location: 38 Harpswell Road Intrigued by rumors of the old fraternity house on the corner of Harpswell Rd. and College St., I made it my mission this week to uncover the truth. Was it true that members of the Alpha Kappa Sigma house poured wet cement down sinks and toilets to destroy the plumbing system? Why had the college not done anything with the house since its purchase ten years ago? My imagination ran wild. I called Jeff Tuttle, associate director of facilities, asked for a tour of the building and began my research.
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Nordic teams finish in 10th at Williams
Eusden ’12 and Dippo ’12 led the men’s team, finishing in 20th and 32nd place, respectively
As Spring Break draws closer, the Nordic ski team is working toward its final meet of the season, the Regional Championships, which will be held at Middlebury College this weekend.
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ResLife reminds students of alcohol hosting liabilities
In last week's op-ed, "Alcohol hosting: A responsibility not for the faint of heart," Chris Rowe's suggestion that the Office of Residential Life does not inform alcohol hosts of the liability they assume when hosting registered events on campus is not correct.
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Frank conversations will begin when we work up courage
In last week's op-ed "Strengthening our intellectual discourse," Amanda Gartside quotes me as declaring the academic climate of Bowdoin dull. For the record, what I complained of back in 2004 was not a lack of "intellectual discourse" on campus, but a lack of candid debate over contentious issues.
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Foster calls meeting over 20th transport
A Coleman Hall resident was transported to Parkview Adventist Medical Center for alcohol poisoning last Friday, prompting a mandatory meeting for all first year students on Saturday evening. The Office of Residential Life has since requested that proctors continue discussing thses issues with their first-year floors and extend their on-duty hours.
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Crawford ’10 brings mystery to VAC with night photographs
What's illuminated in the darkness of night? Senior Dylan Crawford's photography exhibit, "The Nobodies", which opened last night, explores this question with 18 black and white night photographs and a striking transformation of the Fishbowl Gallery.
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Men’s basketball beats Connecticut College
The men's basketball team travels to take on NESCAC and state rival Bates this Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC tournament.
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Alcohol hosting: A responsibility not for the faint of heart
Everyone and their grandmother seems to have an opinion on how to fix the alcohol problem at Bowdoin. In light of the recent spate of intoxicated underclassmen being sent to the hospital and the $12,000 grant the Brunswick Police Department received to combat underage drinking, Bowdoin's alcohol policy has been the "buzz of the bubble."
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‘Vagina Monologues’ and Bowdoin women reclaim Pickard, Kresge
Forty Bowdoin women practiced for four hours each day last week in preparation for The Vagina Monologues return to Bowdoin's this weekend. Raya Gabry '10, Emma Verrill '10, and Anna Ausubel '10 directed this year's Bowdoin production of Eve Ensler's nationally acclaimed and world renowned play.
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College Houses react to BPD grant
The $12,000 grant awarded to the Brunswick Police Department already appears to be having an effect. Early Sunday morning, Akiva Zamcheck '11 received a court summons for underage possession of alcohol by consumption while walking home alone on Page Street.
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Self-control is essential to avoid conflicts with BPD
The Vancouver Winter Olympics opened on a sad note last week when Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed on a practice run and died of his injuries. Despite this tragedy, the track at the Whistler Sliding Centre was quickly reopened, and the luge competition was completed without further incident on Sunday. Hurtling down an ice chute on a fiberglass board at 90 miles an hour is an inherently risky proposition, but it seems to be one that these athletes were willing to undertake. Precautions can be taken and safety measures enforced, but at the end of the day, men will do what men do, despite—or rather, in spite of—danger to life and limb.
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Wethli crowned with critics’ pick, people’s choice painting awards
Thus far, 2010 has brought with it a bounty of accomplishment, celebration and reward for Professor of Art Mark Wethli. After topping Portland Phoenix's "Portland's Most Influential of 2010" list for his work at Coleman Burke Gallery in Portland, last week Wethli also came away with a New England Award for Painting, receiving both the critics' pick and people's choice.
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Men’s hockey captures first place with victory
After beating Trinity and Wesleyan on the road last weekend, the men's ice hockey team controls its own destiny heading into its final two games of the regular season.
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New media lab to take Tour & Travel spot
This semester's photography courses currently held in McLellan may soon have studio space closer to campus. Brunwick Tour & Travel closed its Maine Street location last Friday, opening up the space for Bowdoin use. "The top floor of the building will become a digital media lab," wrote Director of Academic Budget and Operations Ann Ostwald in an e-mail to the Orient. "Our current plans are to use the bottom floor for costume and prop storage for the theater and dance department, given the building's proximity to Memorial Hall."
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From BCN to Visa: Kornbluh ’08 makes his voice heard
"My first break was doing a character named Tommy the Tequila Worm, which basically sounded like a cross between Ren from Ren and Stimpy and Speedy Gonzalez. It was definitely funny, but not anything I took as an indication it could be something I could do on a regular basis," Gabe Kornbluh '08 said. As an avid fan of film and television, Kornbluh, a former film reviewer for the Orient, is now a voice-over artist and associate producer for a production department of a DC-based communications firm, Greer Margolis Mitchell Burns (GMMB). During his years at Bowdoin, Kornbluh said he "tried to take as many Trisha Welsch classes as [he] could, was a proud patron of the Evening Star and Bart And Greg's DVD Explosion and was taken in by the great crew at [Bowdoin Cable Network]."
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City Scene: ICA and Salt galleries unite art, community and learning
While Portland is home to a wealth of art, two galleries—curated specifically around educational goals and contemporary issues—should be of particular interest to members of the Bowdoin community.
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Women’s basketball closes regular season with 81-37 win over Connecticut College
The women's basketball team finished its regular season with a decisive win over the Connecticut College Camels last Saturday, 81-37. With a regular season record of 19-5, the fifth-seeded Polar Bears will face Tufts in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC tournament Saturday.
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Possible changes to FY seminars
Each fall as Bowdoin first years flip through their course catalogs, their first academic challenge arises: picking a first year seminar. The first year seminar, a course that every student must take, provides critical reading and writing assignments designed to test and prepare first years for the rigorous workload ahead. Many students wonder, however, why only select academic departments offer these seminars, seemingly limiting student's choices.
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Strengthening our intellectual discourse
It is frustrating, heart-wrenching, confusing, and saddening all at the same time: Where is the intellectual discussion at Bowdoin? It took me a long time—my first year and a half at Bowdoin, to be exact—to put my finger on it, but the issue has been brought up several times over the past year. With appearances in Student Digest posts, table tents, Bowdoin Student Government, Orient op-eds, this question is far from new.
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Campus rap group goes for the ‘Gold’ with eclectic sound
If you're keeping tabs on what's hot on the campus-band scene at Bowdoin, then it's time to add another band to your list. Bowdoin College's own rap group, Egyptian Gold, has been making music for over a year. While there maybe a lot of buzz regarding this new sub—genre of hip-hop music on college campuses, anyone who knows them will certainly testify that they are a far cry from your average Asher Roth.
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Women’s hockey blanks Wesleyan on Senior Day
Following a shutout defeat 4-0 at home last Friday night against Trinity, the Lady Polar Bears returned Saturday to deliver their own shutout 8-0 against the hapless Wesleyan Cardinals.
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Christian presence, new Bible studies come to light
Athletic, LGBTIQ and “Come and See” among new bible studies on campus.
New Bible studies are appearing right and left on campus. The trend may reflect what the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship (BCF) identifies as a rise in the Christian presence on campus. The group itself is experiencing a marked growth in membership, but many of the new studies are being sponsored and attended by non-BCF student athletes and LGBTIQ students.
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LGBTIQ expands social borders
Between a 1,723-person student body and a smattering of campus wide parties held every weekend, the Bowdoin social scene has its limits for many. Last Saturday, however, these limits were pushed by a queer-friendly party. Held at a College House on campus, the party aimed to welcome LGBTIQ students from across Maine colleges into an alternative environment. "At any NESCAC school, this is going to be the issue," said one female, who was granted anonymity to protect her identity. In a search for a more all-encompassing social scene, a group of LGBTIQ students have made efforts to expand and redefine what is largely heteronormative party culture existing not only at Bowdoin, but also at Bates and Colby. Though there exists a variety of formal campus organizations focused on queer issues, support and community, LGBTIQ students at Bowdoin lament the lack of more informal social opportunities on campus.
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Gainsbourg’s ‘IRM’ wins with fun, eclectic sound
Third time's the charm for Charlotte Gainsbourg, the famous French actress who has never been taken seriously in the music world—until now. With her third album, IRM, Gainsbourg had the incredible forethought to partner with Beck as the album's producer. The two have collaborated to create an album that is at once electrifying and docile, fierce and benign, an album that is nothing short of eclectic.
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Colman Hatton breaks school record, team prepares for D-III Championship
The men's indoor track team will be traveling to Bates on Saturday to compete in the D-III New England Championships. This is the most prestigious meet of the season, with 25 teams in attendance.
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Haiti Action Week events begin tomorrow night
When Tom Ryan '12 begins playing his guitar at Jack Magee's Pub and Grill tomorrow night, Haiti Action Week, a week of fundraising for Haiti disaster relief, will officially begin. Haiti Action Week, which starts tomorrow and will end on the February 27, will include 15 fundraising events. The series of events is the product of collaboration between student groups and the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good. All the money raised during Haiti Action Week will be given to Partners in Health.
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Orient editors’ policy inconsistent
The public domain is a peculiar thing. The concept itself stems from the idea that some things are not owned by anyone, and therefore belong to everyone for free and fair use. It is this principal that newspapers, for example, use to justify publishing the names of individuals involved in activities pertaining to the "public interest."
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‘Maine Street’ brings brass music to Bowdoin
This weekend, the music department presents an opportunity for Bowdoin students to hear some off-campus sounds while staying right on-campus.
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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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BSG votes to subscribe to FSC, discusses hydration, pub hours
"Is it possible that having a Fox channel could cause irreparable damage to the liberal psyche at Bowdoin?" said Class of 2010 Representative Rutledge Long as the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) prepared to pass a proposal approving subscription to the Fox Soccer Channel (FSC). The proposal to begin subscribing to FSC, which passed unanimously with the exception of one abstention, was the only measure voted on at this week's BSG meeting. A proposal to replace a stairwell water fountain in Hawthorn-Longfellow Library (H-L Library) with a new hydration station was also discussed.
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Women’s squash falls to Colby, men look ahead to Nationals
The Lady Polar Bears closed out their regular season this past Saturday with a loss to the No. 16 nationally-ranked Colby Mules. The No. 23 nationally-ranked Bowdoin women fell 7-2 in the matchup ending their season 6-11.
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A true threat to our liberty, indeed
In last week's Orient, Steve Robinson argued that the green movement threatens our liberty. We think he's right about that but, unlike him, we think that our liberties should be abridged. New technology, when utilized by industry without regulation, has increased the harm that we do to others. This harm is mostly unintentional and does not derive from a single source, and yet future harms are easily foreseeable.
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Nordic takes 10th place at Trapp Family Lodge
Walk into any room on campus with a television and there is a solid chance that an event from the Olympic Winter Games will be unfolding on the screen. The Games, which began last Friday, have placed a rare media spotlight on the often-overlooked sport of Nordic Skiing. The Nordic ski team will offer a taste of that Olympic excitement this weekend as it heads to the Williams Carnival at Prospect Mountain in Woodford, Vermont.
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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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Gil and Scanga exhibits put department additions on show
Drawing from a myriad of media, Lecturer of Visual Art Nestor Gil and Assistant Professor of Art Carrie Scanga, this years' new members of Bowdoin's Visual Art department, create invigorating, physically present and engaging art.
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Russwurm House renovations showcase black history
With events ranging from a soul food dinner to professor discussions to a couture ball, the African American Society at Bowdoin is not holding back in its endeavor to expose all students to the various festivities occurring on campus to celebrate Black History Month. "We are putting on a plethora of events," said Khristianna Jones '10, president of the African American Society at Bowdoin. Traditional events sponsored by the African American Society during the month of February include last week's Soul Food Dinner at Thorne Hall, weekly African American Studies Professor discussions, and the Ebony Ball to be held at the end of the month.
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Special teams come up big in wins against Amherst, Hamilton
After two big wins against Amherst and Hamilton, Bowdoin achieves second place in NESCAC
The men's hockey team faces two important conference games as it makes a swing through Connecticut this weekend, facing off with Trinity College on Friday at 7 p.m. and Wesleyan University the following afternoon at 3 p.m.
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Miller ’92 returns to Bowdoin with new name and new fame
Following Thursday's performance of Terra Nova, the Bowdoin community has the opportunity to hear the inside scoop from artist and Bowdoin alum DJ Spooky at Common Hour.
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Trustees grant five professors tenure
Last weekend the Board of Trustees, faculty members and a student representative convened at the Babson Executive Center in Wellesley, Mass. to discuss tenure and honorary degree recipients, as well as the current goals and mission of the College.
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Sullivan ’09 leads Indigenous and Survival Skills group
"Who hasn't had the dream of staring a fire with two sticks?" asked Madelyn Sullivan '09 in an e-mail to the Orient. "It can be done." Sullivan has been working for the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC), planning new events for the club. Her latest project involved creating a five-week-long naturalist survival tutorial, called the Indigenous and Survival Skills Group, which will include lessons on creating habitation in nature, food identification, and a number of botany talks by guest speakers. Sullivan says that she will be teaching a weekly class for interested BOC members if the remainder of the class is well attended.
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Men’s track exceeds expectations at states
Men’s track took second place at the state meet, losing to USM but beating Colby and Bates
Though the men's indoor track team could not best powerhouse University of Southern Maine (USM), the Polar Bears had an outstanding performance on Saturday and proved that they are still among the best in Maine.
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‘An Artist’s Sense of Place’ welcomes viewers into the outdoors
In honor of the sixth annual February "Longfellow Days," Evelyn Dunphy's exhibit "An Artist's Sense of Place" graces the walls of the Frontier Café. A series of watercolor paintings honoring this year's them of "Earth, Sea, and Sky" one would be hard pressed to find a better visual tribute to Longfellow's assertion that art is the "counterpart" of nature.
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BPD grant to combat underage drinking
A week after Marc Seligson '12 was arrested on assault charges and student leaders gathered to discuss solutions for alcohol problems, a 20-year-old sophomore male student was arrested for drunk driving and the Brunswick Police Department received a $12,000 grant to increase enforcement against underage drinking.
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February Fit Month emphasizes health and wellness
The first February Fit Month has commenced on campus with the intention that students will takes some time to focus on their health, wellness and fitness. Health Education Coordinator Emily Skinner '08 said the plans for a month dedicated to health and wellness have been in the works since the opening of the new Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness.
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Women’s basketball trounces University of Maine-Farmington
A career-high 25 points from sophomore Amy Hackett helped the women's basketball team trounce the University of Maine-Farmington on Tuesday at Morrell Gymnasium by a score of 91-34. The Polar Bears, now 17-5, will face off against Wesleyan College on Friday and Connecticut College on Saturday.
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‘Crash Kings’ bring melodious mayhem to Portland’s Asylum
Last Thursday night, Crash Kings brought a musical explosion of funk, pop, rock and alternative beats to Portland's popular music venue The Asylum. By 8:30 p.m. the main floor was full of anticipating fans waiting for Violent Soho, Crash Kings, Janus, Lost on Liftoff and Sick Puppies to take the stage.
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17 Cleaveland St. residents emerge from suit victorious
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on February 2 that the owners of a house on 17 Cleaveland St. were in compliance with Brunswick's zoning system, a decision greeted with contempt by four neighbors who sued the town in 2008 to prevent the owners from renting the home to 11 Bowdoin students.
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Swimming defeats strong Colby teams
The swimming and diving teams cruised their way past a strong Colby squad last Saturday to claim the CBB Championship for the second year in a row.
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Stand-up comedy to bring big laughs to Jack Magee’s
As the semester's work begins to pile up, the Entertainment Board (E-Board) will bring a weekend opportunity for students to take a break and laugh with live comedy this Saturday at Jack Magee's Pub.
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Council saves up for Senior Week events
As the Class of 2010 slowly approaches graduation, plans for Senior Week are already underway. Though past classes have struggled to raise enough money to accommodate the traditional Senior Week activities, President of the Senior Class Council, Matt Yantakosol '10, is confident that his class has saved the most money yet.
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Men’s basketball suffers key losses, rebounds against Bridgewater St.
After defeating Trinity, the team heads to face Middlebury and Williams this weekend
In a season that began with so much promise, the men's basketball team is finally limping closer to the finish line.
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CITY SCENE: Locating the favorite romantic restaurants in Portland
Valentine's Day is on the way, and if you're looking beyond Brunswick for a restaurant that would provide that date-night milieu, Portland could be your place. Eating in Brunswick is great, but taking your valentine to a standard Bowdoin haunt won't get you high marks for originality.
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Proposal calls for credit for unpaid internships
At the February 1 faculty meeting, the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee (CEP) proposed a policy that would allow students to participate in unpaid internships that require that students receive academic credit as compensation. Under the current policy, students may only participate in such internships if they coordinate an independent study that ties in with their internship work, to undertake on campus after the internship. If the new policy gains approval at the next faculty meeting on March 1, students who secure such internships would need to request approval from the Career Planning Center (CPC). If approved, the CPC would send a letter to the firm, non-governmental organization (NGO), or organization to establish that the student would receive transcript notation upon their completion of the internship. If the internship sponsor were to disagree to the terms outlined by the College, the student would not be allowed to take part in the internship.
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Women’s hockey drops two straight games to Amherst
The women's hockey team started strong before giving up seven unanswered goals in two games last weekend at No. 1-ranked Amherst. The losses dropped the Polar Bears to 9-9-2 (6-5-1 NESCAC) on the season with four games left against NESCAC opponents.
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Multitasking is demanded by society
Companies at the Consumers Electronic Show in Las Vegas last month displayed new gadgets for everything from the home to the office to cars. Much to the dismay of some consumers and experts, car companies like Ford, Audi and Mercedes have presented plans to add screens above gearshifts in their vehicles that can be used to browse the Internet or play videos, among other things. As though text messaging and GPS units were not enough of a distraction, automobile drivers can now look up band biographies, research restaurant menus and check stocks on their dashboards, further expanding the possibility of risky and distracting behavior while driving—some systems even have detachable keyboards!
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Four candidates pursued for teaching fellowships
Dean of Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd introduced the American Council for Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship program to faculty members at their monthly meeting last week. The ACLS fellowship program was started by the Mellon Foundation as a means to identify exceptional humanities scholars who have recently completed graduate school and place them in two-year positions at higher education institutions.
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Men’s squash takes fourth, women’s ninth at tourney
The squash teams put up a determined struggle this past weekend at the NESCAC Championships in Hartford, Conn., achieving mixed results but giving their opponents a hard fight.
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E-Board sets record straight on Ivies commitment, concert bids
Megan Brunmier '08, the program advisor for the Entertainment Board (E-Board), met with the Orient yesterday afternoon to discuss the process by which bands are booked for Ivies. Last week, Passion Pit's agent, with whom the E-Board is currently negotiating an Ivies appearance, contacted Student Activities and requested that the Orient remove its January 29 article, "Passion Pit accepts bid, scheduled for Ivies show," from its Web site.
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Letter from the Editors
Orient refuses removal of content from Web
To our Readers: Last Friday, the Orient was contacted by Student Activities with a request from Passion Pit's agent to remove our January 29 article, "Passion Pit accepts bid, scheduled for Ivies show." By publishing the bid prices (not yet signed into contract and not protected by a nondisclosure agreement) for the spring concert performers, our article had allegedly created a price ceiling for other offers on Passion Pit, and this was problematic for the group.
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Nordic finishes 11th of 13
The long, snowless period that New England has recently experienced has forced ideas of outdoor winter sports out of the minds of many Bowdoin students. Not so for the Nordic ski team, however, which will compete in its fifth race of the season this coming weekend.
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BSG discusses gender neutral proposal, alcohol
Seniors Elsbeth Paige-Jeffers and Rory Brinkmann gave a presentation in favor of a proposal advocating gender-neutral housing to the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) at its Wednesday night meeting. For the full story, please see "Doubles policy now gender neutral."
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Students disappointed, angered by small cup size
Although many changes in life at Bowdoin may go unnoticed, the appearance of new paper cups in the dining halls has sparked anything but indifference among the student body. In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, the Dining Service replaced the old eight-ounce paper cups with a much-maligned six-ounce version at the start of the semester.
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From New York to Maine: The origins of Bowdoin food
Associate Director of Dining Services and Executive Chef Ken Cardone is excited about the tomatoes in the salad bars of Moulton and Thorne. "We get our tomatoes from Backyard Farms, which is an incredible enterprise that can grow the crop year-round in a 42-acre glass greenhouse via solar heat and bee pollination. They produce about 150,000 pounds of tomatoes a day," he said. "It's remarkable to see the scale and efficiencies they have up there." Backyard Farms, located 40 minutes north of Waterville in Madison, Maine, is just one of the 35 local vendors used by dining services in their production process. Reports from the 2008 to 2009 academic year reveal that the Dining Service receives 27 percent of their products and services from local vendors. They are making efforts to increase this number by fostering partnerships with local farms and industries.
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Men’s basketball beats NESCAC adversaries in weekend thrillers
After a period of inconsistency, the men's basketball team appears to be on the verge of finding its rhythm. As the Polar Bears prepare to take their show on the road this weekend in games against Middlebury and Williams, their regained confidence couldn't have come at a better time.
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Theodores showcase passion for community and design
The work of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Wiebke Theodore and her husband Steven Theodore, both architectural designers and co-partners of Bath's Theodore + Theodore Architects, is currently on display at the University of Maine at Augusta.
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Student arrested, alcohol use a concern
After being released from Parkview Adventist Medical Center early Sunday morning, Marc Seligson '12 was arrested on an assault charge by Brunswick police. Seligson allegedly struck a female nurse in the face just minutes past midnight after being transported to Parkview by Brunswick Rescue from Quinby house.
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Sixth annual ‘Longfellow Days’ celebrates earth, sea and sky
Yesterday marked the beginning of Brunswick's sixth annual Longfellow Days, an event that celebrates the nineteenth-century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The theme of this year's program, "Longfellow and the Landscape: Earth, Sea, and Sky," aims to promote appreciation of the natural world and a message of environmental activism.
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Women’s basketball beats Trinity with Bergeron’s winning jumper
After defeating Trinity, the team heads to face Middlebury and Williams this weekend
With just 45 seconds left on the clock, Katie Bergeron '11 sank the game-winning jump shot that gave the Polar Bears a narrow 53-52 edge over the Trinity Bantams Saturday afternoon in Morrell Gymnasium.
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Miscellania winter tour celebrates music, unity and leadership
Singing their way up and down the Northeast coast, Bowdoin's oldest female a capella group, Miscellania, rang in the New Year with its first musical tour since 2007.
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ED II, reg decision apps up, diversity also on the rise
The January 1 deadline for both Early Decision II (ED II) and regular decision yielded 6,010 applications: a 1 percent rise over last year's 5,939 applications.
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Web site data analytics reveal Athletics pages get most hits
Where do you spend most of your time at Bowdoin? Most likely it's not locations like the dining halls or your dorm room, but instead the cyber spaces of Bowdoin. With over 100,000 pages branching from the all too familiar home screen, there are plenty of places for your mouse to explore. According to data that tracked Web traffic from August 1 to December 30, 2009, provided by Associate Director of Communications for Web Strategy Robert Denton, the Athletics page was the most popular destination by far.
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Men’s hockey falls to Panthers
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.
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The Marcus Roberts Trio to bring renowned sound
This Wednesday evening, Bowdoin students and members of the Brunswick community will have the opportunity to hear the highly renowned and beautifully innovative jazz of the Marcus Roberts Trio. The trio consists of Roberts on the piano, Rodney Jordan on bass and Jason Marsalis on the drums.
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Nordic captures third place
The start of February marked the beginning of an action-packed month for the nordic ski team. The team, which has already participated in three races this season, will be competing every weekend this month, starting this Saturday in Stowe, Vermont at the University of Vermont Carnival.
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Wild things found in art of Coleman Burke’s winter show
A uniquely whimsical exhibition is currently on display at the Coleman Burke Gallery in Fort Andross. Featuring giant wood-cuts made from the floors of the now-demolished Brunswick High School, as well as playful sculptural installations from artist Robert Wilson and the Boston-based artist collaborative !ND!V!DUALS, this "Winter Group Exhibition" provides an array of artistic gems.
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Bowdoin’s hard alcohol ban creates more problems than it solves
If there is anything Southerners understand well, it is a strong drink. This isn't the first time I've tried to explain why so many kids walk around here blacked out. Dean Tim Foster says he has "tracked" the problem very closely, but with all due respect there's only so much one can do to understand a nighttime problem while sitting in an office during daytime hours.
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Former head librarian dies, colleagues reflect
Arthur Monke, former head librarian of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library) from 1968 to 1992, died after a long illness on Wednesday of last week at the age of 84. In his time at the College, Monke oversaw renovations to H-L Library, the design and creation of the underground tunnel between H-L Library and Hubbard Hall, construction of Hatch Science Library, and the early implementation of computer technology in the library system.
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Swimming teams defeat Trinity, lose to strong Wesleyan squads
When the swimming and diving teams returned from Wesleyan late last Saturday evening, everything was accounted for: 12 first place finishes, a handful of top-10 NESCAC times, and one school record.
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‘A Single Man’ charms with cinematic beauty
A Single Man, directed by Tom Ford and opening tonight at Eveningstar Cinema, tells the story of George, a gay English professor in 1960s Los Angeles played by Colin Firth. Trying to make his way through the mundane rituals of his day in the depressed haze induced by the tragic death of his partner of 15 years, George decides to make this day his last.
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The president is down, but not out
There have been two pivotal political upheavals over the past few weeks, one that first spelled doom for the Democratic majority, followed by another that could reinvigorate a party bogged down by health care reform. First, Massachusetts elected its first Republican Senator since 1979 in Scott Brown. And second, President Barack Obama delivered a thoughtful, if somewhat colloquial, State of the Union Address before striking a more combative tone with House Republicans during their retreat in Baltimore this past weekend. As is true with almost all presidential decision-making, there is far more at work than meets the eye.
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Williams revokes no-loan financial aid policy
Williams College announced plans to revoke its no-loan financial aid policy on Sunday, citing a $500 million drop in its endowment over the past three years, increasing financial aid expenditures, and unstable economic conditions.
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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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City Scene: Finding African bites close to home in downtown Portland
This week we headed to Portland and rewarded our taste buds with a transcontinental dining experience. Although Brunswick's downtown is home to an increasingly diverse selection of ethnic food eateries, an African restaurant has yet to make that list. So we set out to find one in downtown Portland.
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The iPad: Good-looking, poorly named, and possibly transformative
Last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled what he thinks is "the most important thing" he has ever worked on: the iPad. According to the Wall Street Journal, the "last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it."
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Homage to Haiti brings students, faculty, staff, alumni together
As the national media's coverage of the damages wrought by the January 12 earthquake in Haiti begins to wane, Bowdoin students and community members are continuing efforts to streamline campus fundraising operations in addition to spreading awareness of the Caribbean nation's rich culture and complicated history.
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Men’s track takes third place
When the men's track team toes the line on Saturday, the state title will be at stake. The Bowdoin men have captured first or second place in this meet for the past 17 years, but it will not be an easy feat to keep that streak alive.
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Art Smart: Piano trio to perform Friday night on campus
This Friday evening Studzinski Hall will fill with the sounds of piano, violin and cello. This piano trio is comprised of Eva Gruesser on the violin, Emmanuel Feldman on the cello and George Lopez on the piano. All three musicians have also found success individually.
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Democrats should take responsibility for their failed agenda
Democrats are in trouble, that much is certain. Even the most objective onlooker would agree the Democrats have managed to implode themselves. They enjoyed historic levels of popularity both for their party and policies, while their Republican opponents were so distrusted that politicos speculated the beginning of a new 40-year Democratic majority in Congress.
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Energy usage brought to light by new environmental Web site
For eight years, Bowdoin has run annual energy conservation contests, in which dorms compete to save the most energy. With the help of a new online tool, though, students are now able to track their green performance 24/7.
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Men’s squash falls to Brown after four straight 9-0 wins
The men's and women's squash teams both enjoyed great success hosting the Maine Round Robin tournament at the Lubin Family Squash Center this past weekend. The women won an important and dramatic victory against Columbia University, and the men went 4-2 in a strong showing.
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Marx, the environment, and the implications of global warming
Before I begin, allow me to dispel some preconceived notions that the title may have given you. I am not a Marxist or a Communist, at least not politically. Being a Bowdoin student, I am a solid beneficiary of the bourgeoisie dominance, and odds are that if you are reading this, you are too.
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Brunswick businesses close, thrive
While one Brunswick business will sound its final last call tonight, other downtown businesses, both new and newly remodeled, continue to succeed.
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Animal Collective, decade’s best band
It's been 2010 for over a month now, but it just hit me a few days ago: the 2000s are the first ten years that our generation can truly claim. Yes, we were alive in the nineties but our parents were still changing our diapers when Never mind came out. In contrast, the decade of the 2000s (the aughts?) is much easier for us to recall; we all remember the Y2K hype, the advent of the iPod and, recently, the death of the King of Pop.
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Trustees to meet today, vote on tenure, degrees
Bowdoin's trustees will converge on the Babson College Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts today for what President Barry Mills said will be a long weekend of "brainstorming" and "sharing views for the College."
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The E-Board only spends money on what is necessary
In lieu of last week's article, I'd like to qualify some things in regard to the amount of spending the Entertainment-Board (E-Board) does. Obviously Bowdoin isn't the center of the universe.
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The Undiscussed to begin Sunday
Come Sunday, students will begin tackling taboo topics of conversation during the first installment of the Undiscussed. The Undiscussed began in 2008 as an independent study project by Alyssa Chen '08. Each year it centers on a specific theme, this year's being "choice."
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Article brings back memories of bands of Bowdoin past
I enjoyed the article about The Milkman's Union, which brought back memories of the homegrown Bowdoin rock band that many of us enjoyed back in 1967, The Asphalt Nosebleed.
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Despite poor economy, annual giving on track
While the 2009 fiscal year revealed a steep drop in private giving to colleges nationwide, Bowdoin's annual giving fund has weathered the storm thus far in 2010. The College is not only on target to reach its annual giving levels, but the number of donors has also increased by 5 percent over the past year, according to Vice President of Planning and Development and Secretary of the College Bill Torrey.
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E-Board and Sustainable Bowdoin present new Web sites to BSG
Guest speakers Sarah Pritzker '11 from Sustainable Bowdoin and Program Advisor Megan Brunmier from the Student Activities Entertainment Board (E-Board) spoke to the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) at its first meeting of the semester on Wednesday. BSG also voted on two proposals and passed the spring budget.
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Bowdoin Brief: Snoop Dogg to perform at Bates on February 27
Snoop Dogg, reputed former-Crip member and creator of such quadruple platinum albums as 1993's "Doggystyle," will perform at Bates College later this month.
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Men’s hockey beats Salem State, continues 4-game streak
The men's ice hockey team closed out a successful Winter Break and kicked off the new semester with a decisive 6-3 victory over Salem State Monday night.
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New England tour brings Milkman’s Union to next level
Spending 14 days in a van with your friends may not be the way most Bowdoin students envisioned their Winter Break, but for the well-known campus band The Milkman's Union it was ideal. The group, which is made up of Henry Jamison-Root '10, Peter McLaughlin '10, Sean Weathersby '10 and Akiva Zamcheck '12, spent two weeks during their break touring New England and New York, a trip that brought them together musically and as a group.
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All aboard: Fed funds allocated for Amtrak
"If you build it, they will come," said U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree yesterday at a Maine Street Station conference, officially announcing Amtrak's anticipated passenger train service that will connect Portland to Brunswick by 2012.
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Women’s basketball rebounds, sinks Maine Maritime 64-52
The Polar Bears improved their already impressive record to 14-3 Tuesday, defeating the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners by a score of 64-52. The team will face a pair of difficult matchups this weekend, playing Amherst today and Trinity on Saturday.
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Full classes leave students classless
Being bumped from a class that has hit its enrollment cap is a frustration known all too well by most Bowdoin students. While course registration is a subtle, complex beast, some insights might be gained from the enrollment data published every semester by the Office of the Registrar. Readers should note that data is currently only available for the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters, and the Spring 2010 data is somewhat warped by the fact that the add/drop period has not yet ended. This data looks at class sections—that is, each offering of Economics 101 is examined separately, as if they were different courses. Classes that are one or two seats shorts of their gap are counted as "full," to account for last-minute fluctuations that the course market could not fill.
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Museum exhibits capture depth of photography collection
While the spring semester greets students with a new round of classes, text books and early morning routines, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art also offers two new fresh and intriguing photography exhibits: Basquiat/Warhol and In Focus: Photographs From the Permanent Collection.
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Students join forces for Haiti
For students of Haitian descent, their sense of shock after seeing footage of the earthquake in Haiti was combined with trepidation about family and friends in Haiti, as well as long waits by the phone. Alain Mathieu '12, whose parents both came to the U.S. from Haiti when they were young adults, said that he had both close and extended family in Haiti at the time of the earthquake.
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Soccer players serve in Nicaragua
While many Bowdoin students were enjoying their Winter Break in the comfort of their own homes, Larkin Brown '10, Kelly Pope '12 and Lucy Morrell '13 flew to Nicaragua to participate in Soccer Without Borders.
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Corporations will dilute the power of ordinary Americans
In a landmark decision passed down on January 21, the Supreme Court repudiated an extremely important part of one of the most important examples of bipartisan legislation of the past decade. The McCain-Feingold Bill, passed in 2002 as a result of the efforts of Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona and Russell Feingold, a Democratic Senator from Wisconsin, limited the role of corporations and unions in campaign finance by prohibiting "issue advocacy ads" paid for by these groups; the Court, on the other hand, ruled that such a limitation is unconstitutional under the tenets of the First Amendment.
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‘Fanny’ to pack Pickard
Tonight, Fanny Pak will be performing on Bowdoin's own Pickard Theater stage, flaunting their eccentric style and the fanny packs made famous on MTV's second season of "America's Best Dance Crew."
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Women’s hockey dominates Plymouth State
While most Bowdoin students were relaxing and enjoying a month away from campus, the women's hockey team was on campus practicing and playing a series of games as the season moves into its last leg.
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Democrats have shown a keen ability for electoral incompetence
So, Obama has lost his Senate super majority. I can't say I'm surprised. Yet, while many in the media are attributing the loss of the Massachusetts seat to popular disdain for, as the victorious Republican candidate Scott Brown puts it, "The Democratic Machine," I think that is only part of the reason for the outcome. Some voters undoubtedly voted to protest the Democrats' leftward leanings, but if the Party has become a machine, it is more akin to a rusty, sputtering pickup than some well-greased vehicle of war.
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Portland Museum of Art to host Maine College Night
On Thursday, February 4, Maine college students are invited to take an intimate look at fine art at the Portland Museum of Art's first-ever College Night.
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Passion Pit accepts bid, scheduled for Ivies show
During Winter Break, Passion Pit accepted a bid from the Entertainment Board (E-Board) to headline Bowdoin's Ivies Weekend. The Boston-based band joins a provisional Ivies concert lineup which includes Reel Big Fish and The Cool Kids.
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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.
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Returning juniors should share inspiration
Hello Bowdoin, it's so nice to see you again. It's been a while (since May of last year?) but you look great, all covered in snow as expected. Obviously my time spent in sunny Buenos Aires last semester is making the transition back to the freezer box that is Maine more challenging than usual, but also that much more exciting.
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Muhammad celebrates inspiration of improvisation in spring shows
On February 4, Jack Magee's pub will be alive with the combined sounds of hip-hop and jazz. Bowdoin pianist Hassan Muhammad '10 will be performing with Chaz Lester, a drummer/beatboxer/vocalist from the University of Maine at Augusta.
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NSF grant for Hatch renovations denied
Students worried by the prospect of losing beloved study space on the third floor of Hatch Science Library can breathe easy today. Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) denied the College's application for a grant to secure funding to convert part of Hatch into laboratory space.
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Men’s track takes second place
Break and preseason have ended and the men's track team is heading into the heart of its season. On Saturday at 12:30 p.m., the men host the one and only home meet of the indoor track season, running against some of the toughest teams in New England.
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City Scene: Finding live sounds
This past week, I checked out two small live music venues in Portland. More than cafés but less than music clubs, these are places to relax, get something to eat or drink, and listen to artists both famous and unknown—think of them as Portland's versions of Jack Magee's.
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Dooley: Airport to Bowdoin shuttles ‘too hard’ to arrange
Over the weekend many students returning to Bowdoin from Winter Break found themselves trying to coordinate last minute taxi rides back to campus from Portland International Jetport. Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) coordinates groups and pick-up times with Brunswick Taxi to transport students to the Portland International Airport at the beginning of breaks, and many wonder why the same service is not available for the return to campus.
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Adderall helps all students who have a disadvantage
It was objected that Adderall use is unfair since it gives to its users an academic advantage not had by those who don't use it. But it seems to me that many people naturally have advantages due to things that others don't have access to, and that we don't judge these advantages to be unfair.
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Men’s basketball loses 5 of 7 after winter break, looks to refocus against Amherst and Trinity
The new year has not been kind to the men's basketball team. The Polar Bears have dropped four of their last five January games, including two of their first three NESCAC matchups.
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Belltower Books employs Bowdoin students, irks others
Belltower Books, a company that buys used textbooks from college students, created a stir on Bowdoin's campus at the end of the fall semester. According to the company's Web site, Belltower was founded by two students at Cornell University "to give fellow students a way to sell all of their textbooks conveniently."
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Swimming teams beat Bates
Grueling, twice-a-day practices in unseasonably cold Florida weather paid off for the swimming and diving teams when they returned from their winter training trip to face the Bates Bobcats on Saturday, January 16.
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Sylla to leave ResLife post, College commences search
At the end of the school year, Assistant Director of Residential Life Dudney Sylla '08 will be leaving his position after two years on the job.
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Squash trounces Huskies
Both of the squash teams started off the beginning of the semester on a high note as they swept the Northeastern Huskies this weekend at the Lubin Family Squash Center in a much-desired win for the program. The victory brought the men's and women's records to 6-5 and 3-8 overall, respectively.
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Bowdoin Brief: Three alcohol violations during room checks
At the onset of winter break, the Office of Safety and Security conducted room checks lasting 30 to 40 seconds throughout college housing.
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Wright places 22nd in 15k
As many athletes were pursuing warmer training climates during the winter break, the Nordic ski team was embracing the snow full-force in preparation for their many races throughout the season, including the Chummy Broomhall Cup this Sunday.
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Students share community experiences in symposium
Today, students, faculty and community members will come together as part of the Campus-Community Collaborations Symposium to present the results of their semester of hard work in the local community. The students and faculty, representatives of the 11 community-based courses offered at Bowdoin this fall, have worked in a diverse range of locales, ranging from the Maine Office of Minority Affairs to the Brunswick and Topsham Land Trusts. Today's symposium will showcase their work to the Bowdoin community.
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Men’s basketball falls late to Colby-Sawyer
At home against "the other" Colby, Colby-Sawyer, the Polar Bears looked to continue their early season momentum leading up to their rivalry contest against the Colby Mules this Saturday.
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Visual art courses to display diverse final projects tonight
Visual art students will share their final work of the fall semester tonight, displaying projects alongside the work of their classmates throughout campus buildings and the town of Brunswick. Their diverse artwork will be on public view from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Visual Arts Center (VAC), McLellan and Fort Andross.
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E-board casts bids for Ivies
Reel Big Fish and The Cool Kids are tentatively set to perform during Bowdoin's Ivies Weekend. The Entertainment Board (E-Board) announced this week that the two groups accepted bids to perform on May 1, 2010. Lucas Delahanty '10, co-chair of the E-Board, stressed that because the bids are non-binding, the groups are not yet obligated to come.
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Professor creates blog to combine culture and environmental science
What does eating frozen fish have to do with sustainability? Will using new sources for biofuels actually cause indirect greenhouse gas emissions? The new community blog Global Change answers these and other questions about the environment, sustainability and helping us become better global citizens. Created in October by Professor Philip Camill of Environmental Studies and Biology, Global Change is an environmentally focused blog aimed at bringing together environmental and social issues prevalent in today's forums.
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Alumnus Schwartz adapts Cormac McCarthy novel to film
Steve Schwartz '70, a prominent public relations executive and now a film producer, recently released his first major motion picture, "The Road."
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Bowdoin-Colby hockey to renew rivalry at new Watson Arena
Less than two weeks ago, the Bowdoin community was basking in unseasonably warm weather, highlighted by the record-breaking temperature of 64 degrees on December 3 that smashed the previous high by a full eight degrees. Yet with the first big snowstorm blowing through Brunswick this past Wednesday, the chill of winter has certainly arrived, and with it the highly anticipated return of the storied Bowdoin-Colby hockey rivalry.
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The president’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan is comprehensive
President Barack Obama committed another 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan during his speech at West Point on December 1. And TIME magazine's cover last week got it right: "It's His War Now." This is why that, along with announcing a surge in troops, Obama also declared that beginning in July 2011, the United States would begin taking forces out of Afghanistan and transferring power to Afghanistan's government.
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Admissions accepts 36% in ED I
The Office of Admissions sent letters to the 510 Early Decision I (ED I) applicants on Thursday, the culmination of the ED I process. The total number of applications was up 3.2 percent from last year's figure. Out of the ED I pool, 184 students were accepted, 143 were deferred to regular decision, 180 were denied admission, and three applications were incomplete, yielding a total of 510 applications, and an acceptance rate of 36 percent.
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Women’s basketball heads into the break undefeated
With a final burst of energy before winter break, the women's basketball team soundly defeated the Colby-Sawyer Chargers at Morrell Gymnasium Thursday evening by a score of 60-40.
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Climategate and the betrayal of trust
History is rife with tales of fraud and corruption, of cheating and controversy. We've learned to accept that it's a "dog-eat-dog" world and nothing is truly as it seems. People are, by nature, fallible, and this fallibility drives us to dishonesty. So when we hear about the governor of South Carolina cheating on his wife, we may get to chuckle at his expense, but we won't be surprised.
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Spring enrollment forces cramped housing
Forced housing is here to stay. According to Associate Director of Housing Operations Lisa Rendall, all of this fall's forced housing will remain as such in the spring. Though previously there was a possibility that some of the 25 forced triples in Brunswick Apartments would have been able to revert to their intended double form, a combination of fewer students going abroad than anticipated, others taking time off from Bowdoin, and still more living off campus has caused the tight living conditions.
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Women’s hockey beats Conn. and Hamilton
Sophomore Dominique Lozzi, last years NESCAC Rookie of the Year, led the women's hockey team to two wins this weekend and earned herself NESCAC women's hockey player of the week.
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Consuming less meat helps further sustainability goals
So, this is the week of Copenhagen, or, as it has been temporarily renamed, Hopenhagen. In light of the occasion, questions about sustainability have been flying around, both on campus and in the national media. What is it? How do we achieve it? How much will it cost? Why should I care? Whose side should I believe? What does it taste like?
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Men’s hockey trounces Castleton
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.
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Be grateful for the war in Afghanistan
Last week President Barack Obama announced that the United States will be sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in an effort to finally drive out the terrorists, defeat the Taliban, stabilize the nation, yada, yada, yada. Immediately afterwards, we heard complaints being lobbed from all sides that Afghanistan is going to become the next Vietnam: that we cannot win. Here is the question I would like answered: what do we win?
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Meiklejohn appointed dean of admissions
Following 16 months as Interim Dean of Admissions, Scott Meiklejohn finally unpacked the remaining boxes in his office when he heard on Sunday that he had been named Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. "It's been a great week for me," said Meiklejohn. "I'm really excited and looking forward to really settling in a little bit more."
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First year swimmers make big impressions
The competition was stiff at last weekend's MIT Invitational, but the swimming and diving teams held their own, with several impressive first year performances leading the way.
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Waving goodbye to American resiliency
As yet another semester at Bowdoin comes to an end, so too does the present decade. Americans, and indeed members of the global community, have faced extraordinary challenges and obstacles in the past 10 years. Indeed, looking back at the events that unraveled through 2000 to 2009, it is difficult to feel anything but despair at what the decade has brought us.
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Himmelstein calls for single-payer care
Dr. David Himmelstein M.D., an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, lectured on the merits of a single-payer system of universal health care at Pickard Theater on Tuesday. Himmelstein, who is also the chief of the division of social and community medicine, is the co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program, an advocacy group working towards comprehensive single-payer national health care through presentations to doctor's groups and other concerned groups.
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Robinson and Hurwit are advancing partisan, ignorant views
Over this past semester, the Orient has reserved its opinion section for the most extreme and least informed partisans on campus. But I was impressed when its two resident political agitators, Steve Robinson and Caitlin Hurwit, outdid themselves in last week's issue.
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Rise in alcohol transports, College House ID checks
As the semester draws to a close and finals approach, many students will try to balance holiday parties and end-of-the-semester celebrations with their academic work this weekend. The Bowdoin administration wants to ensure that students have a safe and healthy end of the semester without any major incidents. So far this semester, there have been 14 alcohol- or drug-related hospital transportations, up from last year's eight transportations at end of the semester. The number of transportations is evenly split between seven females and seven males. It was evenly split last year as well.
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Suspect in recent wave of bike thefts faces charges
After leaving her registered bike unlocked over Thanksgiving break, Chelee Ross '12 returned to campus to find her bike missing from her Howell House residence. This is a familiar tale for many students, but Ross was determined to get her bike back and took an uncommon approach to do so.
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The Catholic Church should not lose its tax-exempt status
In last week's op-ed "Theology should play no role in the development of legislation," Caitlin Hurwit argued that the Catholic Church should be stripped of its tax-exempt status because of its role in the current health care debate.
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Plow plans put in action: coping with snow
"I can't forget the hat!" said Youngshim Hwang '13 as she bundled up to go outside in yesterday morning's snow. Hwang was impressed that the sidewalks were clean even after the Wednesday snowstorm. "The whole sidewalk was clean," she said. "I just walked to class as if there was no snow."
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Liberal secularism is as religious as the New York Yankees
Last week Steve Robinson asserted that "liberal secularism has transformed into a religious dogma," since it is "ripe with symbols, narratives, and practices that give meaning to life."
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Bowdoin Brief: H1N1 vaccine available at clinics today
Starting this morning, Student Health Services will hold clinics to distribute the 500 doses of intranasal H1N1 vaccine it has received. The clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. today. The vaccine is free and available to all students. According to Director of Health Services Sandra Hayes, the health center anticipates "more clinics next week until we are out of the vaccine."
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Bowdoin Brief: Abroad students attend U.N. Climate Conference
Amid papers and finals for her study-abroad program in Copenhagen, Diana Zhang '11 is also participating in something a little more global: the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) which began on December 7.
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Students drink in alumna’s wine presentation
Never mind ornate labels and attractively tapered bottles—the art of winemaking goes far beyond consumer-oriented design, according to winemakers Julie Johnson '76 and Robert "Rory" Williams. Johnson and Williams, co-owners of the Tres Sabores Vineyard in St. Helena, California visited the Bowdoin campus on Tuesday and Wednesday to give presentations on the various facets of the winemaking process.
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December Dance Show displays innovative choreography
Fluorescent lights, candles, drop-down dresses and abstract representations of biological processes contribute to the great variety in this year's December Dance Show. The Department of Theater and Dance presents an annual end-of semester December show that displays the final projects and works of its dance repertory and choreography classes.
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Men’s basketball beats Bates 71-67, moves to 4-1 on season
In an electric atmosphere at Morrell Gymnasium, the men's basketball team took on its rival team, the Bates Bobcats, Thursday evening. Bowdoin jumped out to an early lead, but Bates would not give in, battling back to within three points with a minute left in regulation.
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Willy Oppenheim ’09 wins elite Rhodes scholarship
"If you ask for an athlete's reaction after winning a race, he'll be happy, but he won't be surprised," said Willy Oppenheim III '09. "It's not a random thing that happens to you. You make it happen." Oppenheim was one of 32 Americans awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, chosen this year from a group of 805 U.S. applicants.
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Chen ’10 crosses cultural gaps with second printing of book
Senior Yongfang Chen's book "A True Liberal Arts Education" has entered its second printing, generating widespread interest in the College among both American and Chinese audiences. Chen's book was published last May, selling 8,000 copies in three months following its first printing. Figures from the second printing will be available in June 2010.
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Bowdoin Music Collective to showcase student creativity tonight
A new set of kids is on the scene. The music scene, that is.
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Women’s basketball looks to continue winning streak
Women’s basketball opened the season with four straight victories against non-conference teams
The women's basketball team bested the Huskies at the University of Southern Maine Tuesday by a score of 60-47. The win marks the team's first victory over rival USM since December 2003.
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Early bird Phase II crowd large but manageable
Kyrie Eiras-Saunders '12 was the first in line for Phase II registration. How did she secure her spot? She dragged one of the nearby couches up to the Office of the Registrar and spent the night in Moulton Union. "Last year I had a horrible incident where I basically didn't get any classes," Eiras-Saunders said. "So this year while I only needed to get this one class, I was going to get this one class."
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Date week more personal than ever
Interested in being Mr. Darcy to a single senior girl? Or taking a long walk under a full moon with a "girl with pronounced veins?" Bowdoin's new personal ads allow students to write profiles and peruse ads posted by others, which range from the silly to the sincere. Believing that the culture surrounding dating—whether it be a dining hall date, dinner date, friendly or romantic—at Bowdoin could use a little sprucing up, Alliance of Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP) is bringing the date back to Bowdoin with its annual Date Week.
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Alumnus Baldwin premieres indie film ‘Up Up Down Down’ in Portland cinema
Dr. McDreamy isn't the only Bowdoin graduate in the television and film industry. On Thursday, Allen Baldwin '99 premiered his film "Up Up Down Down" at The Nickelodeon in Portland.
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Budget cuts won’t force team cuts
This year's new budget constraints and roster limits haven't stopped Bowdoin Athletics from keeping a "business as usual" mindset.
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BSG hears J-Board presentation, approves funds for bus to Colby
At its Wednesday meeting, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) met with Judicial Board (J-Board) representatives, and approved funding for a bus trip to the upcoming men's hockey game at Colby in addition to two other proposals.
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Social realities at Bowdoin require gender-neutral housing
The most recent issue of the Orient had two pieces about the prospect of an upperclassmen gender-neutral housing policy. At the moment, only students of the same gender are allowed to share a bedroom; gender-neutral housing at Bowdoin would change this. I am glad that the College is beginning to discuss this possible shift in housing policy, for our rooming situations have a significant influence on our time at Bowdoin.
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Portland graffiti artist gives Ladd basement a polar makeover
In the week after the raucous, fire-alarm-filled, basement-soaking Inappropriate Party, the Ladd House basement underwent an artistic transformation in the hands of Portland-based graffiti artist Tim Clorious.
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Men’s hockey opens with three wins, looks to beat Skidmore and Castleton
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.
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ES 301 proposes town carbon reduction strategy
Last night at Frontier Café, students in the Environmental Studies Capstone Project (Environmental Studies 301) gave the last of three climate action plan presentations for the Towns of Brunswick and Topsham. Over 60 Bowdoin students, faculty members, and town residents attended.
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Theology should play no role in the development of legislation
By encouraging Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to refrain from taking Communion, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, has placed himself at a unique position in the current debate on the separation between church and state. After publicly criticizing the Catholic Church for threatening to oppose the current health care proposal unless it expressly prohibited government-funded abortions, Kennedy apparently received a letter from the bishop asking the representative to abstain from taking Communion.
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Breaks, class days and Commencement: The math behind the Academic Calendar
Not many schools have an academic calendar like the one Bowdoin has. The school allocates a long four weeks for Winter Break and two weeks for Spring Break, but only a mere five days off for Thanksgiving, including the weekend. While the calendar may seem odd to some students, the administration has the layout of the academic calendar down to a science.
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Semester’s end celebrated with student musical performances
As the semester winds to a close, and hats and mittens come out, Bowdoin music students are offering a harmonious start to the holiday season by showcasing their prowess. This week includes multiple senior recitals, the fall concert of Bowdoin's Chamber Ensembles and a performance of the recently formed New Music Ensemble.
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Women’s hockey opens 1-0-1
The women's hockey team began the season by facing two tough NESCAC opponents, Middlebury and Williams. This past weekend, the team came away with a close loss to the Panthers (4-0-0) and a tie against the Ephs (3-0-1).
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Bowdoin Brief: Unseasonably warm weather breaks record
Yesterday, students traded coats for cut-offs as the temperature rose to a record-breaking, balmy 68 degrees, beating out the date's previous all-time high: 55 degrees.
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Dating at Bowdoin may be hard, but that is no excuse
A few weeks ago I went on a date. Yes, friends, a real date. In a brief and rare moment of clarity and courage, I approached a guy I barely knew and eventually we went to town for sushi and gelato. Although the evening itself was surprisingly easygoing and fun, circumstances surrounding the night have forced me to rethink what dating means at Bowdoin and why it is perceived as being so difficult and terrifying.
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Swimming travels to MIT Invitational
After posting respectable results in their opening meet of the season, the swimming and diving team will travel to Cambridge this weekend to compete in the MIT Invitational.
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Dislike our hook-up culture? Be courageous and ask someone out
Date Week is here. Some people will ignore it, some will use it as an excuse to take a risk and go on a date. A few couples might even get together. But Date Week also reminds us that, as a whole, Bowdoin isn't happy with its dating scene.
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Squash falls to Trinity
The men's and women's squash teams began their season at Harvard on November 21 with strong showings. The men defeated Connecticut College 6-3, Hamilton College 9-0, and MIT 9-0. The women defeated Connecticut College 6-3 and Wellesley 9-0 before faltering at the hands of the Hamilton Continentals 9-0.
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College should learn from overcrowding
Last spring, I and the other sophomores planning on going abroad during spring semester were told to think hard about our choice. To help us think, we all had to attend a meeting in Cleveland 151, which to my knowledge is reserved for scary mandatory meetings and the class "Death." There, Residential Life, the Off-Campus Study Office and assorted others made a convincing case for switching semesters.
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Gender-neutral housing is about fairness
Gender-neutral housing at Bowdoin is a necessary step to create a more just, equal and free environment for all students. The present system relies upon and upholds assumptions of a heteronormative gender binary, and in the process marginalizes students who do not fit into this limited mold while restricting the freedom of all students. Why not have gender-neutral housing? The recent arguments against gender-neutral housing presented in these pages have been both intellectually untenable and alarmingly narrow in their understanding of the Bowdoin student population.
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Exception clause fosters sense of an ‘other’ at Bowdoin
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about gender-neutral housing. A common question is why, if there exists an exception clause, has this initiative been put forth? Residential Life's exception clause provides students an opportunity to explain their exceptional circumstances in order to gain consideration in the lottery. However, this exception clause presents two issues.
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Campus demand for gender-neutral housing exists
In the November 20 issue, Craig Hardt wrote in his article ("A gender neutral housing policy is unnecessary and problematic"), "If living with members of an opposite sex is as important to Bowdoin students as some seem to make it out to be, I want to know how many students would actually want to do so...I'm all ears, Bowdoin."
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Friends of different genders should be able to share rooms
Boundaries are different for everyone. For a morning person, an early bed time is a boundary. For a transgendered student, the issue of sexuality, identity and tolerance may be a boundary. Gender-neutral housing would allow a transgendered student, a 'tomgirl,' or a 'divo' to room with a different sex in the same room—like a Chamberlain double. Already enacted at sister schools, gender-neutral housing is becoming commonplace at American colleges.
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Timing of winter and spring dance shows is poor
Really, winter dance show? And for that matter, spring dance show? Why do these events always position themselves on the same days as some of the few annual events Bowdoin College can actually call highlights?
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‘Proud of My Whole Self’ helped spark critical discussions
I would like to commend George Aumoithe '11 and everyone else who helped organize the "Proud of My Whole Self: Intersections of Identity in the LGBTIQ Community" program last Friday. Faculty, staff and students came together in small discussion groups, over dinner with keynote speaker Rev. Irene Monroe, and at the film screening of "Pick Up The Mic," to explore the interactions of all identity markers, including, but not limited to, nationality, gender, ethnicity, race and socioeconomic class; we did not just focus on the LGBTIQ identity marker.
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Bowdoin EcoReps work to reduce unnecessary waste
As part of Maine Recycles Week, enthusiastic student volunteers worked alongside Sustainable Bowdoin student EcoReps to collect, weigh and sort trash collected around campus. Their efforts were part of an annual trash audit lead by Sustainable Bowdoin and its student EcoReps, aimed at raising awareness of unnecessary waste on campus. This year's trash auditors wore white hazard suits, protective goggles and yellow gloves as they sorted through trash samples in front of Smith Union. Students said they hoped their visibility would raise awareness and encourage their peers to think about the amount of recyclables they throw away on a daily basis.
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ED I apps projected to rise by five percent
Though the total is still being tallied, the number of Early Decision I (ED I) applications appears to be up from last year. As of yesterday, the Office of Admissions reported that they had received a total of 506 applications. Judging from this initial volume, Interim Dean of Admissions Scott Meiklejohn projected a five percent increase in total ED I applications, totaling somewhere between 520 and 525—though the numbers are still moving as many applications are pending completion.
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Student-directed play ‘Rhinoceros’ challenges conformity
The star of Bowdoin's newest show could trample you. Masque and Gown, in collaboration with the Department of Theater and Dance, opened its fall show, "Rhinoceros," last night. The most celebrated of French and Romanian dramatist Eugene Ionesco's plays, "Rhinoceros" confronts issues of conformity and identity in the wake of World War II.
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Football comes back against Colby to claim share of CBB Title
Senior Laurence Duggan and sophomore Pat Noone named to All-NESCAC first team
In a game played through a steady rain, the Bowdoin Polar Bears wrapped up a season that began with so much promise.
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Students trek to Thorne to feast on traditional turkey dinner
Before students even had a chance to form the lines that ran out of the Thorne and Moulton lobbies yesterday, Bowdoin Dining Service was hard at work ensuring a smooth operation for our traditional Thanksgiving dinner. This year, workers were greeted early Thursday morning with a broken dishwasher, while elsewhere an elevator holding roughly 800 pounds of food to be prepared for the dinner was stuck between floors.
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We need more nuclear plants to combat global warming
If we have so many diplomatic problems with the Middle East, why do we send them millions of dollars a day by purchasing their oil? Everyone across the political spectrum agrees that we have to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources, but the similarities usually end there. The left, seeing an imminent problem with global warming and its connection to our oil and fossil fuel use, hail our energy problem as an opportunity to lower our dependence on oil and save the planet through an expanse of renewable energy.
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Teratoma’s new songs to get crowds thrashing
Even in Brunswick, Maine, home of courteous drivers and friendly shop owners, kids need to get loud sometimes. Tomorrow night Teratoma, Bowdoin's only metal band, will perform new songs on campus for the first time this year. Newly-formed student band Mango Floss will open the show.
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Gender-neutral housing discussed
On Tuesday afternoon, 12 students joined Director of Residential Life Mary Pat McMahon and Associate Director of Housing Operations Lisa Rendall to discuss the possibility of adopting a gender-neutral housing policy at Bowdoin. The students engaged McMahon and Rendall in conversation for the full hour of the meeting, held in the Baxter House common room, discussing the desire and need for a gender-neutral housing policy and the potential consequences such a policy might have on the campus.
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Renewable energy credits are only going to get U.S. so far
With the recent release of the Bowdoin Blueprint for Carbon Neutrality, sustainability is again a buzzword on campus—or at least on posters and in the Student Digest. The College's plan is effective, but the methods it uses highlight a problem with many current modes of environmental thought: it is impossible for every institution and household in the U.S. to reach carbon neutrality using the same methods that Bowdoin plans to use.
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Bowdoin College Concert Band plays music inspired by famous art
Visual art and music will unite on Sunday when The Bowdoin College Concert Band presents a multimedia experience. The musical selections to be performed examine the relationship between the often-related artforms.
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Athletic department makes decision to transition many teams to Nike uniforms
Many of Bowdoin's fall teams suited up for the season with new Nike uniforms as a result of a new buying agreement between Bowdoin and Nike which allows the College to buy Nike, gear at significantly discounted prices.
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35 students cancel OCS plans, housing crunch here to stay
Forty-five more students were planning to study abroad in the spring than the fall this year. All but ten of those students, however, have changed their minds. The Office of Residential Life did not expect these students to be on campus next semester and is adjusting its plans accordingly.
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A gender-neutral housing policy is unnecessary and problematic
The issue of gender-neutral housing, once a chief concern for our Bowdoin Student Government leaders, has manifested itself in a grassroots movement for change. Seeking to bypass the internal debate and bureaucratic hold ups of attempting a top-down reformation of our housing system, a group of frustrated students has decided to take matters into their own hands.
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Men’s XC comes in fifth among 47 teams at New England Tournament
Hatton and Ogilvie take fifth and 10th respectively, lead Bowdoin squad to impressive finish
After racing against New England teams for the entire fall season, Bowdoin's top runners—Colman Hatton '10 and Thompson Ogilvie '10—will have the chance to show the rest of the nation what they can do when they compete in the NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday.
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Professors, dean reinstate in-class course evaluations
While finals loom on the horizon, students are not the only ones undergoing evaluation this semester. In fact, at least 10 professors this term opted to participate in an Ongoing Learning Evaluation (OLE) this semester. OLEs, which can occur at any point during a semester at the request of professors who want the critique, allow professors to hear candidly and from their students about how the course is going.
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Joe Lieberman’s gamble on health care reform is rather risky
The House of Representatives recently passed their own bill aimed at overhauling the health care system in this country, including a robust public option. The ball now moves over to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid has spent the past few months crafting a bill he hopes will be able to navigate both the conflicting interests and the procedural hurdles of the Senate. It won't be easy, and it's not going to be pretty.
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Women’s XC captures ninth at championship
The Polar Bears rounded out their season with a strong performance in at the University of Southern Maine in the New England Division III Championships last Saturday. Strategy helped push the women through the rainy weather and secure a solid finish on the Twin Brook Recreation Center course.
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Alternative Winter Break doubles forces
Though this is only the second year that the program has been offered, Bowdoin's Alternative Winter Break saw a two-fold increase in applications. Acceptance letters went out this past weekend, admitting twelve students to the program.
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The infectious diseases we face today are relatively tame
Last week, Robby Bitting '11 ate a Z-pack, slept diligently, and drained at least a keg of water. This week, he's quarantined in Brunswick Apartments with both H1N1 and a sinus infection. Despite the waves of vaccines rolling through campus and his best efforts to ward off sickness, the Swine didn't seem to care, and carried him off without a hesitation. Who knows when we'll see him again?
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Demystifying the myths: course registration cards
As students navigated course selection this week in anticipation of the deadline at 5 p.m. yesterday, they were faced with a question: what is the best way to fill out a registration card to get first choice courses? Theories abound, according to Registrar Christine Cote, and students typically attempt a number of techniques they believe will ensure as many first-choices as possible.
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Campus Activities Board is defunct
In light of the spate of recent articles in the Orient, it is clear that many students do not trust the Entertainment Board (E-Board). When considering the importance of live entertainment for the college experience of students and the great cost of events, it is understandable that students want a voice in the decisions being made. It is also understandable that students have felt unheard in recent years.
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BSG debriefed on College’s carbon neutrality plan, passes four proposals
The Environmental Studies Program and Sustainable Bowdoin made a carbon neutrality presentation to Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) at its Wednesday meeting. "We have been meeting for a year and a half trying to put a plan together," said Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration & Treasurer Catherine Longley. "What you're going to see tonight is the end product of that work."
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Hurwit’s op-ed on capital punishment was compelling
Over the past few years I have attended demonstrations and vigils, rung doorbells and signed petitions against the death penalty. In all that time I don't believe I've ever read as compelling an indictment of capital punishment as that provided by Caitlin Hurwit in the November 13 op-ed, "The execution of convicts is inappropriate, cruel and irreversible." Bravo!
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Bias Incident Group investigated racially charged incident
We write to inform your readers of a disturbing incident of bias that took place near campus during Parents Weekend, and to ask members of our community to report any similar incidents to Campus Security.
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Students count off to support Bowdoin Campaign
Last spring, Alison Bennie, the editor of Bowdoin Magazine, was faced with the task of creating a graphic symbol to represent the successful Bowdoin Campaign. Her final vision, photographs of Bowdoin students positioning their bodies into shapes of the cardinal numbers, embodies the idea that the $293 million raised by the five-year long fundraiser goes toward bettering the experience of the student body, according to Bennie. The student number photographs appear on the homepage of the Bowdoin Web site, broadcasting various statistics from the Bowdoin Campaign.
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Maltos ’11 returns to childhood to direct musical ‘Really Rosie’
If anyone tells you that they don't love Maurice Sendak's wild rumpuses chock-full of monsters and nighttime escapades in oversized kitchens, they're probably lying. As a childhood staple of many in our generation, Sendak's well-worn tales are often found on bookshelves at home, a throwback to times when playing dress-up was customary.
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OCS finds balance in study away pre-apps
Despite expected preference for spring semester study, almost 50 percent choose fall
After receiving over 300 preliminary study abroad applications, the Office of Off-Campus Study (OCS) said that the sophomores wishing to study away during the 2010-2011 school year are equally distributed between the fall and spring semesters.
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Men’s soccer travels to NCAA tournament, loses in Round 1
It was a dramatic ending to a great season. Last night, in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Bowdoin fell 6-5 in penalty kicks to SUNY Plattsburgh. The quick exit was not unfamiliar to the Polar Bears. Bowdoin's last appearance in the tournament was in 2003, when the team lost to Wheaton 9-8 in a nearly identical penalty kick duel.
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‘Olsen and Olsen’ and ‘Still’ take top honors at 48-hour film screening
From a dramatic shooting outside Hatch Science Library to the rendition of several classic Disney songs to a guest appearance by Randy Nichols, the second annual 48 Hour Film Festival productions covered a range of subjects and cinematographic styles. An eager standing-room-only audience crowded into Sills Auditorium on November 7 to see the Bowdoin Film Society (BFS)-sponsored festival.
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Sustainable report gives Bowdoin a 'B'
Bowdoin's many "A"s in sustainability continue to be plagued by a failing grade in endowment transparency, according to the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. The College earned an overall "B." Following the report's release some administrators have suggested that the report is an inaccurate measure of Bowdoin's financial policies. Senior Vice President for Investments Paula Volent spoke about the unique way that Bowdoin invests its endowment money and the inaccurate reflection of those policies in the Sustainability Report Card, released annually by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
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Field hockey loses in quarterfinals
The Bowdoin field hockey team suffered its first NESCAC Tournament loss since 2004 on Saturday following late-game heroics from the Trinity College Bantams. The 2-1 semifinals loss put an end to the postseason for the Polar Bears and kept them out of the NCAA tournament for the first time in the past four seasons.
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Arts lecturer Amy discusses the downfall of figure painting
Figure painting was the pinnacle of fine art until the late 19th century. Since then, figurative art has diminished in popularity and prestige, and, according to visiting lecturer Michael Amy, today it is downright marginalized.
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The execution of convicts is inappropriate, cruel and irreversible
I was 12 and in 7th grade in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Falls Church, Virginia when the infamous sniper attacks—later discovered to have been masterminded by John Allen Muhammed with the help of his protégé Lee Boyd Malvo—struck the area and suspended day-to-day activity. I waited inside for my parents to pick me up from school, instead of sitting on a bench outside with friends in the fall weather.
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Grant application may bring new labs to Hatch
The shelves of Hatch Science Library's third floor may be filled with test tubes rather than textbooks in years to come. "We applied in August for an NSF—National Science Foundation—Grant to renovate some space in Hatch for neuroscience and earth science," said Senior Vice President for Planning & Development and Secretary of the College Bill Torrey. The plans, however, are "very much up in the air," according to President Barry Mills,
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Sailing ends season mid-fleet at B.U.
The sailing team competed in its final events of the fall season last weekend. The Polar Bears put up solid finishes and brought their season to a close on a promising note. After qualifying at the Nickerson Trophy last weekend, the team of Jimmy Rohman '13, Zac Fox '13, Katie Doble '13, and Isabel Low '13 headed back to Boston University for the Freshman Intersectional.
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Bowdoin hosts seventh Telemark Film Festival
Today Bowdoin will embrace its cold climate through the arts when it hosts the seventh annual Maine Telemark Film Festival. This year's festival will feature four telemark films, raffle prizes and, of course, plenty of hot cocoa.
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Clinics immunize hundreds, few doses remain
'Very small supply' for H1N1 clinic today, says Health Services
If the demand at Wednesday's seasonal flu clinic is any indicator, all of the College's remaining H1N1 vaccine should be gone by the end of today's H1N1 vaccine clinic. On Wednesday, students lined up for seasonal flu vaccines at the clinic, during which 222 doses were administered.
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Football continues to struggle in loss to Bates
In the football team's final game of the season, the Polar Bears (2-5) will take on traditional rival Colby College (4-3). After being defeated by Bates for the first time since 2003, Bowdoin will look to finish the season on a high note by claiming a share of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) title.
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We must refocus the health care debate
As members of the next generation of physicians at Dartmouth Medical School, we believe fostering a partnership with our communities is important as we work together to refine our system, in order to improve both the quality of and access to health care.
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Student performers unite to celebrate South Asian culture at Diwali dance show
Some holiday celebrations transcend religion and culture.
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Online course registration, new SIS put on hold
Between course registration cards, advisor signatures and Phase II, signing up for spring classes will be a time-consuming process for many students this week. But what if registration occurred online and no Phase II was necessary?
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Hardt is right about daylight saving time
Craig Hardt—you are a beautiful man. Thank you so much for writing about the appalling existence of standard time. Time has run out for advocates of standard time in the winter months in America.
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Conservatives call for awareness
American Conservatism Week, sponsored by the Bowdoin College Republicans (BCR), ended yesterday after a series of lectures, film screenings and panels about the meaning of conservatism in the United States. "We thought it would be really important to spend a week to get the word out about conservatism to encourage people to think about what conservatism means," said co-chair of the BCR John Cunningham '10.
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Volleyball defeated by Williams 3-1 in first round of NESCAC tourney
The Polar Bears lose to the Ephs, who went on to capture the NESCAC tournament
On Friday, women's volleyball took the first set but lost in four to Williams. After beating the Polar Bears in the quarterfinals, the Ephs went on to win the championship title, while Bowdoin's loss marked the close to one of the most successful seasons in the program's history.
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Bowdoin is horny and depressed
"Why," Neil Hamburger used to joke, "does Britney Spears sell so many millions of albums?" Answer: "Because the public is horny and depressed."
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'Aspirations' draws high schoolers to campus
Forty-three students from five high schools across Maine will experience college life today at Bowdoin. The "Aspirations" program that brought them here is designed to encourage high school students to pursue a college education. Youth and Education Coordinator of the McKeen Center for the Common Good Jessica Horstkotte '08 and McKeen Fellow Mark Bellis '10 are the two coordinators of "Aspirations," which began in 2005.
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Sex column needs to celebrate sex more
This esteemed publication's editorial section has recently become the battleground for an intense squabble over the discourse of sex at Bowdoin. After several editions of the flirty and fun "Celebrating Sex" column, one concerned citizen demonstrated his discomfort in celebrating sex, expressing a wish for a frank—and frankly—boring column which "provokes our minds."
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Student body should bring quality bands
Rutledge Long's op-ed on the entertainment board was long overdue ("The Entertainment Board is defunct," November 6). Props, man! As an aging multi-genre music fan who has enjoyed hundreds of shows, including more than 50 with some or all of my now-adult children, I whole-heartedly agree with his message. Life is too short to waste time and money on live performances by spoiled, egocentric, unappreciative musicians.
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Li ’11 to conduct his way into community hearts
This semester, Chris Li '11 is channeling his love of choral music into an independent study in conducting. Li is working with Director of Bowdoin Chamber Choir and Professor Robert Greenlee on cultivating his conducting skills before making his debut in the upcoming Bowdoin Chamber Choir concert and Bowdoin's Festival of Lessons and Carols.
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Theater veteran Trautman to teach art of clowning around to students
Although clowning around is not usually encouraged in an academic atmosphere, Bowdoin's student theater group, Masque and Gown, is giving students an opportunity to goof off.
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Football falls in battle with Wesleyan on Parents Weekend
This Saturday, the football team will travel to Lewiston, looking to salvage their season with a victory over rival Bates.
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Buffum ’11 writes the right stuff for ‘Her Campus’
Sick of Seventeen and Cosmopolitan magazines? Junior Joanna Buffum, along with the rest of the Her Campus staff, have just added another option to the pool—an online magazine aimed specifically at college females. After working as an intern for a blog, Zagat Buzz, Buffum was hired as a staff writer by Her Campus, an exclusively female and college-oriented online magazine.
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Portland ‘Tinfoil Man’ opens first solo exhibition
Tinfoil has never looked so alive. Robert Wilson, also known as "The Tinfoil Man," a unique personality in the Portland art scene, has his first solo show opening tonight at the Coleman Burke gallery in Portland. The installation showcases his intricate insects crafted out of tinfoil.
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Men’s soccer eyes revenge against Williams
After roaring ahead with a pair of wins, the Polar Bears are looking to break the ice this weekend when they go head to head with Williams tomorrow in the NESCAC Semifinals.
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Mills’s salary ranks eighth among NESCAC peers
Volent ranks highest-paid employee for FY 2008, Mills close second
In the 2008 fiscal year (FY), Senior Vice President for Investments Paula Volent remained the highest-paid employee of the College, despite receiving a significant decrease in salary from FY 2007. President Barry Mills's compensation ranked him eighth among the 11 NESCAC presidents, just above the president of Colby College, but well below the president of Bates College.
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Volleyball looks to avenge mid-season loss, beat No. 2 Williams in NESCAC quarterfinals
Bowdoin Women's Volleyball split its final weekend of regular season play with a dramatic 3-0 sweep of Amherst followed by a disappointing 3-1 loss to Trinity.
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Voters affirm that America is not a center-left nation
Just over a year ago, Americans around the country eagerly celebrated the election of Barack Obama to the presidency and the increased Democratic majorities in Congress. The 2008 election was supposed to symbolize the beginning of a new era, one where the principals of progressive governance would prevail just as Barack Obama himself had.
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100 doses of H1N1 vaccine arrive, high-risk students prioritized
After great anticipation, a small supply of the H1N1 vaccine was delivered from the Maine CDC to campus this week. Though 100 doses of injectable H1N1 vaccine were delivered, only a quarter of the doses had been administered to students as of late Wednesday, according to Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster. Students were informed of the shipment through an e-mail on Tuesday.
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Field hockey looks ahead to No. 1 Trinity in semifinals
Avenging its early season loss and keeping the postseason dream alive, the field hockey team defeated the Lord Jeffs of Amherst College on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Championship tournament.
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Counseling Center faces unprecedented student demand
The Counseling Center has received a record number of visitors this year. According to the Director of the Counseling Service and Wellness Programs Bernie Hershberger, this semester has been the busiest for the Center in 13 years. And the number of visitors shows no signs of letting up.
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Liberal arts and the art of banana peeling
My roommate has paranormal powers. This morning I was lying in bed, partially awake, just lying there blissful in the knowledge that I did not have my first class until 11:30 a.m. and was content to watch the clock tick down until 11:20 a.m., at which point I would get up, brush my teeth and run over to class. All of a sudden, at about 10 a.m., the door bursts opens and in comes my roommate, Matt, holding a banana. "Check out my psychic powers!" he yells.
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First year team earns berth to ACC Freshman Intersectional at BU
First years stay strong in heavy winds, finish well at Freshman New England Championships
The sailing team competed in three different regattas on the Charles River this past weekend, posting mixed results in each.
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The Entertainment Board is defunct
What do Talib Kweli, Sean Kingston, Rahzel, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Kevin Little have in common? They have all performed at Bowdoin College in the past four years, they have all been paid a lot of money for those performances, and they have all been huge disappointments for almost everyone sober enough to see their concerts.
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Scientific American price hike sparks protest
Scientific American Magazine, the library's most widely-read publication, is under fire. The magazine recently announced that it will be raising its prices from $39.95 to $299 for an annual print subscription and from $1,000 to $1,500 for annual online access in 2010. This increase is part of a larger trend that is being met with formal protest from many college libraries, including Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library).
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Bowdoin hosts D-III national water polo championships
Despite a tough loss to Coast Guard in the conference tournament, the water polo team is ready to move forward in this weekend's National Club tournament hosted by the Bears.
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Student-written show back by popular demand
"Speak About It," a student-acted show originally performed for first-year students during orientation, will return tonight for the campus at large. The eight cast members will act out true Bowdoin stories regarding relationships, sex and consent.
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Sex survey: Partner communication is key
Sex 101. You might have seen advertisements, or perhaps you walked by on your way back from class. Maybe you even went—props to those of you who did in spite of the intrinsic awkwardness of talking about sex. That is exactly why we wanted to hold the event. In years past, the event has been run by Julia Bond '09.
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Rugby closes season with win
The women's rugby team ended its season 7-2 after it defeated Wellesley 20-12, winning the second-tier playoffs last Saturday.
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McKeen Center seeks to increase visibility, accessibility of Common Good
The Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good is approachingthe conclusion of its long-term research on how the Center is perceived and utilized in the Bowdoin community. The study consists of a series of student-led focus groups, which began this summer. The aim of the focus groups was to discover the "perceptions of the McKeen Center and the role it should play in campus and community life," said Director of the McKeen Center For the Common Good Susan Dorn.
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Election results paint unclear picture of national mood
Tuesday night saw a number of electoral battles that could have serious consequences for the nation at large, let alone our current president. There were two governor races, one in New Jersey and one in Virginia, in which Democrats were defeated, but for different reasons.
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Women’s XC places sixth at NESCAC Championships
The women's cross-country team began to round out its season last Sunday with a sixth-place finish in the NESCAC Championships hosted by Trinity College at Wickham Park in Hartford, Connecticut.
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BSG discusses changes to the SAFC funding guidelines, E-Board involvement
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) approved changes to the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC)'s funding guidelines and discussed campus involvement with the Entertainment Board (E-Board) at its Wednesday night meeting.
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We need liberals and conservatives to push health care reform
For those of you that have not heard about this season's election cycle outside of Maine's own ballot, there were a couple of other elections going on Tuesday. Most political junkies and the cable news might have argued that the governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia were critical in demonstrating where the country is headed politically.
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Men’s XC finishes seventh at NESCACs, looks to improve at D-III Championship
Senior co-captains Thompson Ogilvie and Colman Hatton led team at NESCAC Championships
Coming off of its biggest win of the season with a major upset at the Maine State Meet at Colby two weeks ago, the men's cross-country team felt confident that it could achieve similarly impressive results at the NESCAC Championship at Trinity last weekend.
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College Democrats educate and engage
In the piece from the October 18 issue of the Orient, "College Democrats are little more than a propaganda machine," contributor Benjamin Ziomek criticized us for the posters we put up in support of voting "No" on three of the referendum questions. What he failed to include in his analysis was our activism and political engagement throughout the fall.
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Women’s soccer loses in final game of disappointing season
Women’s soccer falls to No. 3 Middlebury in quarterfinals of NESCAC tournament
The women's soccer team ended their season last Sunday with a well-fought 1-0 overtime loss to Middlebury.
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We should save daylight
"Spring forward, fall back." We all know the drill. Every second Sunday of March an hour mysteriously vanishes from existence only to be returned five months later on the first Sunday of November. Daylight saving time is a cultural phenomenon that claims to be rooted in practical efforts to save energy during the summer months, but let's be honest: we just like enjoying nice, long summer days.
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Sex column needs to be more than just light-hearted
A recent letter to the editor made a plea for a better sex column. In response, the writers of "Celebrating Sex" acknowledged that they transmit "admittedly light-hearted musings on an important subject," adding that there are numerous organizations on campus which address the more serious aspects of sex. While I thank the writers for being so forthcoming with their goals and agenda for "Celebrating Sex," I must admit I am still dissatisfied with the column.
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Students shine in post-WWI melodrama ‘Drums in the Night’
The Department of Theater and Dance opened its 2009-2010 season yesterday with an adaptation of the moderately obscure "Drums in the Night," a play from the influential German playwright Bertolt Brecht.
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Rugby prepares for final regular season matchup
Women's rugby, which currently has a record of 6-2, will go up against Bates on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The game will be the Polar Bears' final match of the season, ending the tier-two playoffs, which the team entered after failing to make the tier-one playoffs.
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Question 1, TABOR 2 outcomes draw near
With Early Vote Day over and State elections on November 3 just around the corner, political change is on the minds of Mainers and Bowdoin students. National issues and local policies have become the subject of debate, both on campus and in the Brunswick community.
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Look who's talking
The Orient investigates trends in communication between students and their parents
Though popular depictions of college are usually conspicuously devoid of parents, a recent Orient survey shows that over a quarter of Bowdoin students polled communicate with their parents on a daily basis. Thirty-two percent of Bowdoin students, or 560 people, responded to a survey conducted by the Orient about communication between parents and students while at college. The survey was advertised through e-mails and the student digest. It did not require username authentication to complete.
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Campus blogs sweep campus, keep browsers busy
Student blogs featuring both students' academic and leisure interests, have taken campus Web browsers by storm. Many visual arts professors now ask their students to create blogs to showcase class assignments. There are also those who are delving into the blog world by choice to introduce others to what they are passionate about—everything from music to fashion to photography.
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Photo exhibit keeps campus ‘Connected’
"We are all connected to everyone and everything in the universe. Therefore, everything one does as an individual affects the whole. All thoughts, words, images, prayers, blessings, and deeds are listened to by all that is," said Dr. Serge Kahili King, author, humanitarian and teacher. Vice-President of the International Club (I-Club) Nattawan Junboota '10 offered the above quote to express the nature of the club's "Connected" photo exhibition, which will be unveiled today.
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Men’s soccer beats Trinity
Goalie Dan Hicks led men’s soccer to a win over Trinity with seven stops and his first career goal
Good would be an understatement, average a misnomer, and ineffective a lie. Invaluable is the word of choice to describe the play of goalie Dan Hicks '11 versus Trinity (Conn.) last Saturday. Named the NESCAC Player of the Week, Hicks helped lead Bowdoin to a thrilling 2-0 win against the Bantams.
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Flu vaccine to arrive next week
By next week, the wait for the H1N1 vaccine will be over—at least for some students. On Wednesday, the Maine Center for Disease Control (Maine CDC) informed College health administrators that a shipment of H1N1 vaccine would be delivered next week.
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Conservatives must realize they need socialist policies, too
Prepare yourselves, because everything you thought you knew about the politically liberal-conservative continuum is about to be refuted. Fascism, according to a book by conservative writer Jonah Goldberg, is quite paradoxically a facet of liberalism. I'm not buying it, because there is nothing remotely liberal about totalitarianism, just as the actual, tyrannical practice of Communism is not a recognizable continuation of far-left ideals.
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Bowdoin iPhone application to improve dining experience
The first iPhone application for Bowdoin students is scheduled for release in just two short weeks, thanks to the efforts of computer science major Ben Johnson '11. Johnson was the recipient of a grant to create a new iPhone application for Bowdoin students over the summer. While many are acclimated with the Bowdoin dining menu widget for Mac computers, there has never been a comparable application for mobile devices.
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Students to show off skills in Parents Weekend shows
This Parents Weekend, music, dance and the sound of hefty drums can all be heard across campus. Following the traditions of the weekend, students and parents will be treated to student performances in supplement to highly praised brunches.
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Football falls 45-31 in final quarter to undefeated Trinity
Coming off another hard-fought loss—this time at the hands of the undefeated Trinity Bantams—the Polar Bears know they have to be perfect the rest of the season if they hope to finish with Bowdoin football's first winning record since 2005, when the team went 6-2.
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Chance to vote early draws hundreds of students to polls
Around 400 students braved a quarter-inch of rain on Saturday to cast their vote for the November election early. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., town officials aided by student volunteers set up shop in Morrell Lounge of Smith Union for Early Vote Day. The turnout was comparable to last year's, when 409 students voted early. According to Brunswick Town Clerk Fran Smith, last year was the first time the town organized an Early Vote Day during the past nine years.
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College Democrats are little more than a propoganda machine
Over the past few weeks it has been hard to ignore the fliers and posters which have saturated the walls of many campus structures. "No on 1" or "VOTE" say the signs' headers in vaguely hostile capital letters. These simple reminders to participate in the political process are all well and good, as Question 1 centers around one of the most polarizing issues in politics today.
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Students worm way into deep-sea studies
Earlier this month, two Bowdoin students had a unique opportunity to complete fieldwork in the Gulf of Mexico with Professor of Biology and Doherty Marine Biology Postdoctoral Scholar Dan Thornhill. Thornhill also brought Courtney Bell '10 and Will Hatleberg '11 with him to conduct research. Leaving the week before fall break, the group spent a night in Auburn, Ala. before continuing to Mississippi with researchers from Auburn University to conduct deep-sea data collection.
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Cameron ’98 mixes work with play in Civil War-era concert
Josephine Cameron '98 sat center stage in Kanbar Auditorium strumming her guitar and letting her melodic voice soar sweetly around the room on Tuesday. She sang "Tenting on the Old Campground," the first piece in a program of Civil War-era songs that offer insight into the popular culture of the era. The song, a song of peace sung by war-weary soldiers, Union and Confederate alike, was truncated mid-verse by the piercing shriek of the fire alarm. The audience, slow to react, could hardly conceal their disappointment as Josie's voice still echoed in the rafters.
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Volleyball sweeps Gordon and Bridgewater, falls to Middlebury in championship game
This weekend, the Polar Bears travel to Amherst for their final regular season tournament
The women's volleyball team kicked off last weekend's Hall of Fame Tournament on a high note, crushing both Gordon College and Bridgewater St. 3-0.
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College Store means business on Maine Street
Bowdoin's new College Store on Maine Street opens to the public today at 10 a.m. Its opening falls at the start of Parents Weekend, which will give parents and students ample opportunity to see and experience the brand-new store.
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News must be newsworthy
"We have some breaking news, there is a boy in what looks like a homemade hot-air balloon floating ten thousand feet above the ground in Northern Colorado!" In the latest example of a society gone haywire, we have Richard Heene and his family's bizarre attempt to captivate our nation's attention and our media's equally bizarre willingness to oblige.
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Accessible adaptation of childhood classic entertaining and poignant
For all the kids out there who might worry that Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" will ruin their favorite children's book, be not afraid. The hugely anticipated adaptation, which converts Maurice Sendak's 10-sentence picture book into an hour and 40-minute adventure film, expands the book but does not do any heavy reinterpretation, creating a movie that adds to but does not change the original.
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Field hockey falls to Trinity
The final Polar Bear field hockey game of the regular season will take place on Friday at 5 p.m. on the familiar turf of Howard F. Ryan Field. The Polar Bears will play fifth-ranked Tufts.
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“Yes” on Question 4 is right for Maine
Properly managing the finances of any successful enterprise starts with one simple principle: spend less money than you take in. From the family budget to the corporate balance sheet, spending wisely and minimizing debt are basic keys to economic prosperity. When the economy starts to slow down, this principle becomes even more important for households and businesses to follow. Scarce resources cannot be squandered, or you might find yourself in a deficit that you are unable to correct.
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Women’s soccer edged 1-0 by strong Trinity squad
Women’s Soccer looks to win final regular season game this weekend against Tufts
As a Trinity player was tackled in Bowdoin's penalty box last Saturday, each Bowdoin player had the same initial moment of panic, waiting to hear if the whistle was going to be blown. It was.
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Brunswick bus service due to commence by fall of 2010
The long-awaited Brunswick Explorer Bus Service is scheduled to start by fall 2010, according to Coastal Trans Executive Director Lee Karker.
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Sailing qualifies for regattas
After last weekend's competitions, both the co-ed and women's teams held tight to their positions within the top 16 and 13 teams in New England respectively, allowing both to qualify for important upcoming regattas, the Schell and the Urn.
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Candidates take note: BSG discusses election bylaws
Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) discussed two proposals to amend the bylaws of the election rules at its Wednesday meeting.
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Sex column off mark: Condoms don’t mix well with olive oil
This is a belated note, but I felt it would be remiss not to comment on a troublesome phrase in the Celebrating Sex column from October 16. The authors write that "You can use olive oil, extra virgin or otherwise, as a safe lubricant in an emergency."
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Men’s rugby finishes 2-4
The men's rugby team will finish up its season with a friendly "black versus white" scrimmage this Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The men will put aside all of the camaraderie that has built up over the season for 80 minutes of fratricide on the pitch.
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A “no” on Question 1 won’t hurt anyone, even our children
As a straight middle-aged male, I strongly urge all Maine voters to vote "no" on Question 1 on November 3 to protect Maine equality. As Franklin Roosevelt noted, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," but fear seems to be the main—indeed the only—weapon in the arsenal of those who urge a "yes" vote on Question 1.
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Karen Klatt shares values of most Bowdoin students
I realize that many Bowdoin College students will be drawn to the polls this year by Question 1 on the state ballot. As a supporter of same-sex marriage, I urge all students to cast "no" votes to preserve this important civil right for all Maine people.
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Joanne King brings intelligence along with experience
As you consider the choices in casting your vote in the upcoming election, I encourage you to vote for Joanne King for Town Councilor At Large. Throughout her years on the council, she has proven to be an elected official who is intelligent, knowledgeable and fair.
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Island Schools Project exposes students to higher education
Sharing ideas about education, presentations of expeditions, and meals in the dining hall—all in a days work for Bowdoin education students and students from North Haven Community School. Seventeen Bowdoin students in the Education 301 and 303 classes ventured to the island of North Haven last Thursday, while eighteen students from North Haven High School spent two days at Bowdoin earlier this week.
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Unplugged student sound provides Sunday night study break
The Café is alive with the sound of music as Bowdoin Unplugged gets underway. The brainchild of Farhan Rahman '10, this open-mic style showcase provides welcome study breaks for many Bowdoin students each Sunday night.
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Volleyball beats Maritime on senior night
With a 3-0 sweep of Maine Maritime on Tuesday, the women's volleyball team closed its otherwise disappointing week on a positive note. The victory over Maritime marked a return from a 1-2 weekend, where the Polar Bears started off strong against Hamilton on Friday, but fell to Williams and Middlebury on Saturday. Against Maritime, however, the Bears showed little hesitation, not once permitting the Mariners to score above 20 points. The quick match consisted of three definitive sets with final tallies of 25-16, 25-16 and 25-14.
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Blueprint for carbon reduction presented
The College presented a draft of its Climate Neutrality Implementation Plan to the Board of Trustees this past weekend, officially announcing its commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2020. Now, Bowdoin will seek input and recommendations from the Board and campus community before it submits the plan to the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) by early December.
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48 Hour Film Fest to challenge students’ creativity under pressure
The Bowdoin Film Society (BFS) begins its second annual 48 Hour Film Fest tonight, with teams of students rushing to write, cast, film and edit a movie over the course of the weekend. Given the challenge, coffee, caffeine pills, Red Bull and sugary treats from the C-store will likely be in high demand.
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Gender-neutral housing option needed
Consider the array of housing options at Bowdoin: our impeccable first-year residence halls and our comfy Brunswick Apartments; our well-funded houses and our vista-giving Tower rooms. In addition to the range of options we face each year when the lottery looms in the latter half of spring, we are fortunate to have well trained proctors and RAs, friendly full-time residential staff, and a say in how the social houses affect our college experience.
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Men’s XC shocks USM, takes first at States
Even though the University of Southern Maine's men's cross-country team was ranked No. 1 in New England and the overwhelming favorite to claim the Maine state meet this year, Bowdoin was still determined to make things difficult for USM and the rest of the field. The Polar Bears did just that and more last Saturday at Colby.
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H1N1 vaccine due to arrive in November
Though 55,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine have arrived in Maine so far this month, the College continues to wait for its first shipment.
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Either play music or leave: Hip-hop’s top trash talkers
In hip-hop, beefs are as common as beats. At one point, these verbal altercations drove the production of new music, as responses to one artist's slander began to come in the form of "diss tracks," which would provoke even more responses in the form of hip-hop music. But with modern technological advances—the internet and the ease of which mixtapes are produced—rappers and other musicians have taken their words to the Web, gaining online followings that rival their record sales.
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Revel in Bowdoin’s quirky side
Like many of you, I had alumni staying with me over this gorgeous Homecoming Weekend. It was not until these past few days that I realized there really is something to the saying, "you never know what you got until it's gone." Although I think what I am going to miss is slightly different from most. Of all the things in Maine and Bowdoin, my guest looked forward to two things: Racer X and Super Snack. And look, I get it—an 80s cover band of sweaty wig-rocking Bowdoin professor and late-night snacks with million dollar Electronic Simon Says look-a-like lights—I guess it's a little out of the ordinary. But the two girls got me thinking of all the quirk that Bowdoin has to offer.
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Buster Olney, ESPN analyst, speaks with students about journalism
Aspiring journalists and sports enthusiasts alike gathered together to see iconic baseball reporter Buster Olney, senior writer and baseball analyst for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, speak about the realities of beat writing and life as a sports journalist. The event, held in Lancaster Lounge last Friday evening, was set up by the Career Planning Center (CPC). Fifty students attended, according to Associate Director of Career Planning Dighton Spooner, and were able to ask Olney questions on a variety of sports-related topics. Olney traveled to Bowdoin to introduce Susan Leonard Toll '85, a lifelong friend who was inducted into the Bowdoin Hall of Honor on Saturday.
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‘350’ hopes to rally hundreds for climate action
The College will join forces with veterans, public officials and community members tomorrow in "350", an international climate change campaign. Together, they will celebrate the International Day of Climate Action. The goal of the event "here on campus is to raise awareness about the climate change issue and about the science behind climate change," said Sustainability Coordinator Keisha Payson.
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Presentations would energize students
Two issues ago, I argued that Bowdoin needs to energize its student body around intellectual growth. While most of us take our education seriously, and while many of us spend summers or semesters pursuing research or independent studies in our majors, we hesitate to challenge each other on these topics. Moreover, we hesitate to ask each other the questions that stimulate inquiry. One way Bowdoin can engender more open passion for learning is to reserve one day each semester dedicated to student presentations on learning outside of the classroom.
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Football beats Hamilton at Homecoming, prepares to challenge undefeated Trinity
Coming off an impressive all-around performance against the Hamilton Continentals during homecoming weekend, the football team travels to the unfriendly confines of Trinity College to face an undefeated Bantam team on Saturday. The Polar Bears are hoping to do what no football team has done in seven years—win at Trinity College. "Trinity is a huge game," senior captain Matt Leotti said. "We've got to go out and have a great week of practice, and just bring it on game day."
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Substance infractions, crime compiled in ’08 annual report
The Office of Safety and Security released the 2008 edition of its Annual Security Report yesterday, detailing the infractions committed on campus over the past three years. The report was compiled as a result of the Federal Clery Act of 1990, which mandates that colleges and universities must submit annual, publicly-accessible reports covering campus security to members of the community. In addition to being posted on Security's Web site, copies of the report are available from Security by request.
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Hope for the future lies in our ability to shed labels
Upon leaving the presidency, George Washington famously warned that the manifestation of political parties would create a class of professional politicians with no interest other than a lust for power. The results would undermine American democracy and make a failure of the values this nation was built upon.
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Field hockey team squeaks out 1-0 victory over Williams
This weekend the field hockey team will face the undefeated Bantams of Trinity College, hoping to build on the momentum it gained with last weekend's victory over Williams. The Polar Bears will be looking for revenge as the Bantams handed the Polar Bears one of their two losses last season, the other loss coming from the Jumbos of Tufts University. "Our last two games are the two biggest games of this season," said senior co-captain Shavonne Lord. "They are against our two toughest opponents and they are both 'must win' games. If we pull all of the pieces together we have the ability to come out on top."
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Bowdoin ranked 16th most costly U.S. college
Bowdoin is the 16th most expensive college in the U.S., according to a report released Monday by CampusGrotto.com. The list compares total costs of American colleges for the 2009-2010 school year. In their report, the college news Web site defined "total cost" as tuition plus room and board, not including any other fees.
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Electric guitar heroes ‘Might Get Loud’
It might strike some people as strange that Davis Guggenheim, famous for his Oscar-winning direction of An Inconvenient Truth, decided to make a documentary film about the electric guitar.
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Women’s soccer falls to Williams 4-0, slightly edges Judges in final minutes
After 105 minutes of scoreless play, junior defender Tiernan Cutler finally broke the deadlock when she buried a shot from close range to beat Brandeis University in overtime yesterday. Bowdoin, coming off a well-contested loss to Williams last Saturday, bounced back yesterday in triumphant fashion. Bowdoin and Brandeis were even from the start, trading opportunities with multiple chances and just barely missing the back of the net.
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Post-grad fellowship applications increase
Seniors are applying in record numbers this year for several fellowship and research opportunities. While only some of the deadlines for certain fellowships have passed, the Office of Student Fellowships and Research has already seen a substantial increase in applications compared to last year.
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Sex column doesn’t quite hit the spot
What was promised to the readership of the Orient in the first article of the Celebrating Sex series was a frank recasting of sex "in a realistic but rewarding light." What we got instead was a list of hook-up spots and erotic foods, all written in the cheery, instructional tone of a flight attendant indicating emergency exits.
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Men’s soccer team falls to Williams, rallies against Babson
Dan Hicks '11 had a shutout. Eddie Jones '12 scored two goals. Tim Prior '11 and Nick Powell '12 had assists. And the men's soccer team had a decisive victory and an overtime loss. All was normal for the Polar Bears last weekend. The Polar Bears dropped a hard-fought match 3-2 against Williams on Saturday, but rebounded with a strong 3-0 win against Babson on Sunday.
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Nichols’s former instructor offers self-defense course
Tomorrow, Glen Fitzmaurice, will teach his Fear Aggression Stress Training (FAST) Defense course at Bowdoin, free of charge.
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Rugby misses tier-one cut
The women's rugby team will play at home against Amherst in the tier- two playoffs this Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m. "We are kind of disappointed that we didn't make the [tier one] playoffs," said co-captain Hannah Larson '10. "We aren't used to being anything less than a really good team, so this is tough."
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BSG discusses town-gown communication and grading policy
There were two main orders of business at Wednesday night's Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) meeting. The first topic, which took up the majority of the meeting, was a proposal to amend the BSG bylaws in order to create "a liaison position between...BSG and the Brunswick Town Council." The second issue was a discussion of a BSG resolution regarding the College's Credit/D/Fail policy—a resolution dating back to March 31, 2009.
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Women’s tennis closes out season well at NEWITT
The women's tennis team's fall season ended last weekend with the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT). The format of this tournament was different than that of other competitions previously played. Each player was paired with another teammate from her school, and each played one singles match and then a doubles match. With 24 different colleges participating in the tournament, Bowdoin sent four teams.
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Sailing team struggles in unseasonable cold
Big breeze, rainy weather and unseasonably cold conditions greeted Bowdoin sailors at four different regattas this past weekend. This weekend, the women's team looks to rebound from its setback last weekend and reestablish its top-10 presence in New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) rankings at the Stu Nelson Trophy, hosted by Connecticut College.
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Women’s XC finishes second
The women's cross-country team will look to rebound this coming weekend at the NESCAC Championships at Trinity College after falling short of Colby in the State Meet last Saturday. The Bears' second-place finish in an eight team field did, however, put them in a competitive position as the meet at Trinity approaches. The trip to Hartford will yet again put Bowdoin up against the best of the best.
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Water polo falls to Coast Guard, rebounds versus UVM and Colby
After more than a year and a half of away games, the water polo team celebrated its homecoming last weekend by hosting the conference championship tournament at Leroy Greason Pool. The Bears opened the first round of tournament play against conference rival and defending champions, the United States Coast Guard Academy. After a sluggish first quarter the Bears found themselves in an early 0-5 hole.
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Students help rebuild North Haven community
Over fall break a group of eight students headed north to help build affordable housing in North Haven, an island off the coast of Rockland, Maine. The trip was led by Krista Bahm '11 and was the first part of a series of Weekend Service Trips coordinated through the McKeen Center for the Common Good. The McKeen Center runs a myriad of programs throughout the year that aim to connect Bowdoin students with the larger communities in Maine. This island service trip was an opportunity for students to learn about life in North Haven while helping the local community.
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Jazz pianist Muhammad ’10 to lead trio with original compositions
At Bowdoin the name Ahmad Hassan Muhammad '10 is synonymous with piano prodigy, and tonight, students will have the chance to see Muhammad perform original compositions.
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Volleyball extends home-court streak with win over Endicott
Wednesday's success against Endicott was the latest in a home-court hot streak for women's volleyball. Since October 2, the team has racked up seven consecutive victories on Bowdoin ground, with only one away loss at Tufts.
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Retired music professor compiles concertos for CD release
After a 43 year stint at the College, former Robert K. Beckwith Professor of Music Eliott Schwartz has one more accomplishment to add to his list: the recent release of an album featuring six chamber concertos of his own composition. The album is titled "Elliot Schwartz: Chamber Concertos" and will be released through the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) label this month.
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Obama ends age of empire building
For the first time in six years, the end is in sight. On October 12, 2009—six and a half years after President George W. Bush invaded Iraq under the pretense of disabling the country's non-existent nuclear proliferation plants—military spokesman Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza announced a definitive exit strategy for the 120,000 troops remaining in the country. By August 2010, there will be approximately 50,000 soldiers on the ground in Saddam Hussein's former country, training Iraqis to take over and overseeing peaceful operations.
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Suspects in water balloon assaults face charges
Brunswick Police arrested two local youths on charges of criminal mischief on October 2. Police and Bowdoin Security suspect that the two are at least partly responsible for the wave of water balloon assaults on students since the start of term. The suspects, one 19 and one 21, were apprehended for throwing water balloons at cars from the overpass above Route 1.
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Choral Concert to enliven Homecoming weekend
This Saturday, Studzinski Recital Hall will fill with melodious voices as the talents of the Bowdoin Chamber Choir and Bowdoin Chorus are exhibited for the first time this year in the Homecoming Choral Concert.
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Field hockey team trounces Maine-Farmington 10-0
Over the past two weeks, the women's field hockey team improved their record to 8-3, accumulating four wins with only one loss. The dynamic offense recorded 24 goals and posted a staggering 124 shots, while the defense continued their solid performance by limiting opponents to only four goals and 20 shots.
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Maine’s water: nation’s third most contaminated
There is something in the water in Maine. A 2008 report by the Associated Press released on September 24 of this year shows that Maine has the third-most water quality violations in the country. Focusing on schools in towns that obtain their water from well systems, the study focused primarily on contamination from poisons like lead, arsenic and bacteria.
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Men’s soccer falls to Camels, resoundingly beats Husson 6-0
The past two weeks have been a mixed bag for men's soccer. The Polar Bears went 2-1-1 over that stretch, improving to 7-2-1 (3-2-1) for the year. Last week the team routed Colby-Sawyer 4-0 and drew 0-0 against Wesleyan. The week before, it blanked Husson 6-0 and lost to Connecticut College 1-0.
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Obama owes Bush at least a thank you for Nobel Prize
On December 10, 2010, I would like a Nobel Peace Prize. I already hit up Expedia and got my ticket to Oslo. If you want to join my entourage, I'll put you on the waiting list. I think I deserve the Nobel Prize. I think I know a lot of people that deserve one, as well. I say this because it seems that all you have to do to get the Nobel Peace Prize these days is to do your job
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Bookstore strives to reach larger audience through town location
The Bowdoin Bookstore will potentially open the doors to its new Maine Street location during Parents Weekend. The store will carry similar items to those sold at the bookstore in Smith Union: Bowdoin apparel, books written by Bowdoin professors and alumni, and goods from local retailers.
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Rugby blanks Northeastern
In their last regular season home game, women's rugby will face off against University of New Hampshire at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The Polar Bears beat their Division II opponents 29-22 last year, and must be feeling good about their chances after bringing themselves up to 2-2 with their defeat of Northeastern University last week.
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Football fans who persecute Michael Vick are hypocritical
Michael Vick is back playing quarterback in the NFL. After a two-year hiatus (if you can call a prison term a hiatus), Michael Vick proves that we are a nation of forgiveness and a nation of second chances. Michael Vick committed a crime and paid the price. But his actions are, at least in part, a result of societal shortcomings born out of our nation's obsession with a sport so ruthless that its participants can become, quite literally, monsters.
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Energy conservation contest sparks competition
This week marks the halfway point in Bowdoin's energy saving competition. The 21 residence halls on campus have been competing for cash prizes by conserving energy use since the competition began on October 1.
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Football falls to Amherst by 1, Tufts in overtime
In what could be the season's defining game, the football team (1-2) looks to bounce back from a two-game slide when the team returns home to face Hamilton College this Saturday at 12 p.m.
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G20 nations beware: Modern internationalism is perilous
The G20 has come and gone, and like its host city, Pittsburgh, such international summits are exemplars of a very 20th-century idea given new life. Since the founding of the G8 (forerunner to the G20) 30 years ago, the underlying political and economic structure of the world has shifted.
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Women’s soccer defeats Bridgewater St. 4-0
Having won the past two out of three games against NESCAC opponents and blowing out another non-conference team, the women's soccer team has certainly had a successful two weeks.
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Career Planning Center is all business, say some art-minded seniors
In the past few weeks, seniors have been seen around campus dressed in their best suits and business attire, a far cry from the usual Bowdoin uniform of T-shirts and sweatpants; the recruiting season has begun for many seniors interested in business and financial careers. However, the well-dressed seniors represent only a fraction of the graduating class, as the interview season for those interested in the humanities or arts is much later in the year.
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Study abroad deadlines moved up to combat crowding on campus
Due to recent changes in application deadlines at the Office of Off-Campus Study (OCS), students who wish to study abroad during the 2010-2011 school year may need to plan further ahead than in previous years.
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Sailing team continues to rise in rankings
The sailing team continued its climb in the NEISA rankings after two weekends of strong finishes. Rising two spots, the co-ed team is now ranked 16th out of the 30 teams in New England.
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Adams-Wall column hits mark on Detroit
As a current Bowdoin parent living in the Detroit area, I was pleased to read Chris Adams-Wall's insightful and well balanced column, "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" in the October 2, 2009 edition.
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BSG funds T-shirts, shuttles and movie tickets
At its second meeting of the year on Wednesday, the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) spoke with Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster and discussed T-shirt distribution over Homecoming Weekend.
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Women’s tennis performs well
With one more tournament in its season remaining, women's tennis continues to fare well among top teams in the Northeast. The weekend of fall break, the Polar Bears travelled to Middlebury College far the Gail Smith Doubles Classic—an event that brought 33 doubles teams from six different schools to Vermont.
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Criminals do not score at gun shows
In Joe Babler's October 2 column, "We can regulate our automatic rifles and shoot them, too," the author stated that private sales of firearms at gun shows (the so-called 'gun show loophole') "allows an unregulated stream of guns to flow into the hands of violent felons." It does not.
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Men’s tennis finishes fall season on high note
The men's tennis team capped off its fall season well at the Stony Brook Invitational this past weekend, with impressive results in both the singles and doubles brackets.
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Campus should rally for marriage equality
I write to urge the campus community to work and organize to oppose the November 3 referendum that would repeal Maine's marriage equality law. In 2000, I chaired the Judiciary Committee of the Vermont House of Representatives when it wrote what became known as the Civil Unions law.
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Women’s XC struggles in Franklin Park race
The well-traveled women's cross country team will head to the State Meet hosted by Colby this weekend after strong performances at the Connecticut College Invitational and the Open New England Championships in Boston.
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Men’s XC finishes in middle at Boston race
After getting a preview of the State Meet course two weeks ago, the men's cross country team will get another chance to run the course this weekend. This time around, however, there will be much more at stake when Bowdoin competes at the Maine State Meet this Saturday hosted at Colby.
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Golf team falls in qualifier
The men's golf team wraps up its season this coming weekend. The Polar Bears will be competing at Brunswick Country Club against the members of the course.
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Crew dominates competition
Halfway through the semester, regatta season is underway for the Bowdoin Crew Team. As a club sport with many dedicated athletes, the team travels almost every weekend in October to compete against NESCAC schools from all divisions.
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Blackhawks Fly High: 2009-2010 NHL Predictions
The 2009-2010 NHL season is finally under way. Teams like the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers have Stanley Cup aspirations, while the Phoenix Coyotes and New York Islanders are just hoping they can call their cities home past this season.
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Alumni comedy group back with a vengeance
Do the infamous words "Live from Pickard Theatre: Ironic T-Shirt" ring any bells? Pickard Theatre was the venue of choice whenever it was announced that Ironic T-Shirt would be previewing new skits. "Standing room only" was often broadcast to the throngs of students waiting in line for an opportunity to be among the first to see the latest creations of this comedic troupe. Though the legendary Bowdoin comedy group took a slight hiatus from creating their notorious skits, the members have recently reassembled and started filming again, adding even more parodies to their repertoire.
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Campus clubs kick off Question 1 activism
The legalization of gay marriage in Maine will be decided on November 3 and student groups are mobilizing. Members of the No on 1/Protect Maine Equality Campaign, in opposition of the people's veto against gay marriage, are seeking support through a grassroots campaign that has pervaded the Bowdoin campus.
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Coming off exciting opening win, football prepares to battle Amherst
Football beats NESCAC rival Middlebury 50-35 in opening game of the season
The Polar Bears travel to Amherst this coming weekend for an early-season, high-stakes NESCAC showdown. Coming off an impressive win against traditional NESCAC-powerhouse Middlebury last Saturday, the Polar Bears are looking to win their fifth consecutive game, dating back to last season.
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Museum exhibition opening fêtes late great artist Bearden
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art held its first gallery opening of the academic year last night to celebrate two new exhibitions of the work of Romare Bearden, the celebrated 20th-century American artist. The exhibitions are part of "Bearden at Bowdoin," a series exploring Bearden and his enduring creative legacy through the opening night's events, museum exhibitions, and choreographer Garth Fagan's lecture demonstration.
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Bowdoin lends a lens to local students
Armed with a handful of digital cameras and boundless enthusiasm, Rosalind Worcester '11 is crossing the globe in the name of art. After spending a summer in Nepal teaching photography to school-aged children, she is bringing the same project home to the Midcoast area. This fall, Worcester will be collaborating with fourth graders at Woodside Elementary in Topsham, Maine to teach a photography curriculum based on community and cultural awareness.
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Let’s not capitulate to the nanny state
On October 2, filmmaker Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," will be showing in theatres across the globe. If the documentary is anything like Moore's previous work, it promises to be provocative. In a Huffington Post column, Moore describes the film as an opportunity to see "the stuff the nightly news will rarely show you." Interviewing everyone from "someone" at the Wall Street Journal to a "whistleblower" on the Senate Banking Committee, Moore attempts to discredit capitalism by attributing ills of society to it.
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Professors scrutinize health care
Bowdoin faculty members of the government, economics, sociology and history departments weighed in on the raging health care debate and largely came out on the side of a government-regulated system. Three out of four professors argued forcefully for a government-run model, though the finer points of their positions varied.
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Hicks leads men’s soccer, holds 5 teams scoreless
Men's soccer is the team to beat in the NESCAC. The team's current five-game tear is Bowdoin's longest winning streak since the 2003 campaign. The Polar Bears look to continue their success against Connecticut College on Saturday and Husson on Tuesday, both of which are teams that Bowdoin beat last year.
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‘Lion King’ choreographer Fagan to make Pickard roar tonight
Jamaican choreographer Garth Fagan, best known for his Tony Award-winning work in the Broadway stage production of Disney's "The Lion King," will conduct a lecture demonstration tonight as a part of the celebration of 40 years of Africana studies at Bowdoin.
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We can regulate our automatic rifles and shoot them, too
In the debate about guns, as in so many others, neither side is willing to acknowledge the salient points and reasonable objections of their ideological opponent. Pro-gun enthusiasts believe that gun regulation is a fundamental violation of the right to self-defense and simply another case of government intrusion. Those who want more gun regulation want to prevent guns from getting into schools and the hands of criminals.
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Club recalls yellow bikes in an attempt to end theft
The Yellow Bike Club (YBC) has recalled all of its bikes after an uncontrollable number of locks were tampered with. Leaders of the club collected the bikes around campus, cutting the lock in cases where the combination had been changed. The recall will allow the heads of the club to develop a better operating system that will prevent theft. The YBC owns 34 bikes around campus which members can access by obtaining the combination to all of the locks after paying a $15 membership fee.
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Field hockey team shuts out Husson Eagles
Field hockey falls to Middlebury, crushes Husson as it looks ahead to Connecticut College game
After struggling through a frustrating 2-0 loss to the Middlebury Panthers this past Saturday, the field hockey team responded with a dominating performance during a mid-week shut-out victory over the Eagles of Husson College.
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Indie rock Milkmen drive ‘Roads In’ to solidified sonic success
Opening for Deerhunter and Ben Kweller, and playing countless shows on campus has established The Milkman's Union as celebrities in the world of student bands. This week it enhanced its legacy with the release of its first full-length CD.
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Bowdoin students would benefit from sharing their brilliance
Philosopher Thomas Kuhn writes in "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" that scientists need to be committed and impassioned about the problem solving process, for on that process depends the progress of science. I think you can extrapolate to other disciplines, because what is any synthesis of ideas, really, but the solution of a problem?
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College has yet to declare date for carbon neutrality
The College's agenda for achieving carbon neutrality was initially due by September 15, but the green game-plan has been set back. The President's Climate Commitment Advisory Committee's report is now expected to be available around the beginning of November.
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Women’s soccer defeats USM, rasing overall record to 3-3
Women’s soccer falls against Middlebury 2-0, overwhelms University of Southern Maine 5-0
Another blowout victory led to another down and up week for the women's soccer team. Last weekend, the team lost a hard-fought game against Middlebury, but just two days ago, the Polar Bears faced the University of Maine-Farmington in a game reminiscent of last week's 6-0 trouncing of USM.
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Students gather, candles in hand, in support of safety
Approximately 150 people came out carrying candles yesterday for Take Back the Night, an annual campus march to raise awareness of sexual violence. The Bowdoin chapter of Take Back the Night was organized and sponsored by V-Day, a club devoted to raising awareness of sexual violence, Bowdoin Men Against Sexual Violence (BMASV), and Safe Space. The event, however, is observed internationally.
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Rugby team rebounds with 20-0 victory against Bates
Rugby team led by strong defense, solid offense during a 20-0 thrashing of Bobcats
Women's rugby racked up another win with a solid 20-0 whipping of the Bates Bobcats in Lewiston, Maine. The Polar Bears may have had some anxieties about this game coming off of their previous loss against Radcliffe, which had the potential to set a bad tone for the season.
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Law would coerce religious institutions
"No on 1" fever has swept through Bowdoin. Popular though this stand may be, the promise of "equal rights" may have adverse repercussions for society. The law in question consoles that the State will not "interfere...with any...religious doctrine," and indeed allows religious institutions not to perform same-sex "marriages." However, religious institutions do more than perform the literal act of marrying people. They employ, educate and provide services—societal roles threatened by this legislation.
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Bowdoin Brief: Fewer fall ill from swine flu than in past weeks
The number of students reporting flu-like symptoms declined significantly this week from past weeks, according to Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster. Foster said that while 177 students have presented flu-like symptoms since September 3, only eight ill students were in isolation on Thursday. Of the eight students isolated, three were in singles on campus, three were in the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness, and two were at home.
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Women’s tennis fares well at West Point tournament
The women's tennis team continues to stand strong against some of the top teams in the nation. After playing in the very competitive Eastern Invitational Tournament hosted by West Point this last weekend, the Lady Polar Bears will compete in the Gail Smith Doubles Tournament at Middlebury College next week before fall break.
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Bowdoin Brief: Plan B to be distributed in Smith Union
Peer Health will distribute free emergency contraception to female students in the Smith Union conference room on Tuesday through their "EC Does It Day" program. According to peer health representative Kate Epstein '10, after speaking with a College health care provider, "all women can get free confidential Plan B."
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BCN debuts variety of new shows based on popular TV series
Your next ride in the Bowdoin Shuttle could end in small-scale fame and fortune. Having already debuted the third episode of "The Dorm" and the first installment of "Helmreich Survivor," the Bowdoin Cable Network (BCN) is heading into its 10th year with plans for new shows like "The Randy Ride," based on the Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab" game show.
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Men’s XC takes second at Conn. College Invitational
Before competing in arguably its biggest meet of the season next week at the Open New England Championship, the men's cross-country team will travel to Colby on Saturday to compete against Colby and the University of Maine-Farmington.
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Women’s XC gears up for Colby meet
The women's cross-country team has its sights set on outpacing both Colby and University of Maine-Farmington in this weekend's meet at Colby, after a strong performance last weekend. The Bears look to quicken the pace after a third-place finish last Saturday in the Connecticut College Invitational.
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Men’s tennis looks to rebound
The men's tennis team had its performance cut short at the ITA New England Championships at Williams College this weekend, with none of the Polar Bears' teams advancing past the third round. After early eliminations in both singles and doubles, the team now looks ahead to the Stony Brook Invitational on October 10, hoping to use the experience it gained at this tournament as an opportunity to grow and improve.
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Volleyball struggles at the MIT Invitational, crushes UNE 3-0
Volleyball beats Wellesley, falls to Tufts, MIT, and NYU at MIT
The women's volleyball team ended its week on a positive note with Tuesday's dramatic 3-0 sweep against the University of New England. The victory was especially welcome for the team after a series of difficult games during last weekend's Tufts Invitational, where the Polar Bears' Friday success against Wellesley was followed by successive losses to Tufts, MIT and NYU.
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NESCAC Qualifier Tournament looms as men’s and women’s golf teams approach season end
The pressure is on for the Bowdoin College men's golf team if it wants the season to continue into the spring. Tomorrow the Polar Bears will compete against a strong field in the NESCAC Qualifier Tournament.
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Solid weekend allows sailing team to rise within the NEISA rankings
Solid performances at three coed regattas over last weekend enabled the sailing team to rise two spots in college rankings. Previously ranked 20th out of 28 teams in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA), the team now holds the 18th place position and seeks to improve from this level.
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Sullivan ‘fluxes’ his creative side with T-shirts
Bowdoin students seem to have T-shirts for just about everything. From Common Good Day and the celebratory opening of Watson Ar