As a young boy growing up in Greenwich Village, New York, Daniel Levine knew at the age of eight that he wanted to teach. Now years later, he has fulfilled his childhood aspiration.

On returning to the College, Bowdoin alumnus Gerry DiGiusto '96 comments, "It's interesting to see how a place works from another perspective." As his ten-year reunion approaches, DiGiusto reflects upon his time as a student at Bowdoin: "It fit. I made great friends. I was very happy with it." DiGiusto, a visiting instructor in the Department of Government and Legal Studies, was born in New England, but moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a child. He grew up there, but wanted to return to New England for college.

"I just want to try new things, and snowboarding is kind of like a trend," explains Visiting Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Yukiko Asaka.

A copy of Max Brook's Guide to Killing Zombies lays adjacent to Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, both resting on a bookshelf adorned with snow globes. Aviva Briefel's eclectic office reflects the diversity of her interests?from Victorian literature to horror movies. Professor Briefel, who earned her Ph.D. from Harvard in 2000, contributes a colorful ambiance to the two-hundred-year-old Massachusetts Hall. The Orient sat down with Briefel to discuss what's on all our minds?fear, films, and France.

Most Bowdoin professors' shelves sag under the weight of books accumulated over years of study. But in Tricia Welsch's office in Sills Hall, you will find only movies. Lots and lots of movies. Bowdoin's one and only film professor has taught courses on everything from Alfred Hitchcock to biopics to crime films. The Orient sat down with Welsch to talk dog-running, Gloria Swanson, and the movies' power to banish death.

Professor Stephen Meardon, or "the young guy" in the Economics department, is a visiting professor and specializes in international economics. Meardon graduated from Bowdoin in 1993 magna cum laude with a degree in economics and a minor in art history.

Many at Bowdon do not know who occupies the top office of Hubbard Hall. After three long flights of stairs, one arrives at the workplace of Richard Morgan, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Constitutional and International Law and Government. Professor Morgan, who some say sounds like Sean Connery, graduated from Bowdoin in 1959 and later received a Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Morgan taught at Columbia for four years before attending Harvard Law School as a fellow in law and government. He began teaching at Bowdoin in 1969.

Sonja Moser, Bowdoin's newest theater professor, has worked in theater since the age of three, when she began performing for her family during holidays. She admits that these shows must have been "a trial for them to sit through," but her passion for the theater was undeniable.