The Bowdoin Orient

Director of Facilities Management David D'Angelo was killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday. He was 45.

Many Bowdoin students find that their cell phones do not work or function inconsistently in many of the buildings around campus. While service might roam in one room in the first-year bricks, the cell phone might receive full service down the hall.

Hosts are needed for the Bowdoin Invitational during the weekend of November 11 to 14. This year the Bowdoin Invitational will bring 120 prospective students who represent ethnic and socioeconomic diversity from all over the country.

Multiple campus voting districts and misconceptions about student voting could create confusion on Election Day for many students planning to vote in their first presidential election. Town officials, college administrators, and student organizations are working to ensure that voting goes smoothly, but in the event that students have difficulties, the major political parties have attorneys in place to provide assistance.

President Barry Mills announced his opposition to Maine's Question 1, the "Palesky tax cap," as part of his remarks at the rededication of the Bowdoin Chapel last night. The event also included a showcasing of the Chapel's organ and a reflection from Associate Professor of Art History Susan Wegner.

November 2 is four days away. After weeks of intense debate and careful consideration, the Orient is ready to endorse a candidate for President of the United States. We believe this man has the will, wisdom, and winning attitude to lead our great nation for the next four years. We speak, of course, of Red Sox Manager Terry Francona.

While it's clear that Kerry is far from a passionate Sox fan, Peisch ignores a host of facts which paint a completely different picture. A little investigation by this Tigers fan shows that if baseball and politics must be mixed, the Republican Party is very much the party of the Yankees.

As the presidential campaign moves into its final week, both Bush and Kerry are campaigning hard. Kerry has been sticking to his strengths, which are apparently speaking Spanish, talking about God, and... hunting? While both candidates are guilty of this last-second pandering, Kerry's embarrassing goose-hunting escapade gives another example of why he is not fit to be president.

With a little luck and a lot of hard work, progressives will be able to wake up on November 3 to a John Kerry victory. Liberals of all stripes will have a right to celebrate this outcome, but it would be dangerous for progressives to become complacent. After months of toil and sweat, progressives will deserve time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Yet it would be a tragic mistake to act as if a Kerry victory alone will solve all of our nation's problems.

The 1990s were characterized by superficial peace and economic prosperity. The 21st century, however, marks the beginning of a new struggle against terrorist killers. On September 11, 2001, hijackers used planes as missiles to kill 3000 people. This is a foe unlike anything we have ever encountered before. We cannot reason with these terrorists, and they will never stop their evil quest until they destroy our way of life. This is a fight we cannot afford to lose.

The odds of success when reintroducing a species to the wild are slim?statistically speaking, these odds are about five percent better than really really crummy, plus or minus five percent. These precise statistics don't only apply to box turtles and the elusive blue manatee; they apply to the reintroduction of lethargic college students as well. With less than a year before my own reintroduction to the "jungle out there," I am beginning to fear for my life?well okay, my life of luxury.

I would like to compliment you for presenting unbiased information on the Tax Cap Referendum in the article "Question 1 would reduce taxes, services." There is another side to Question 1 that I think the College community would benefit from understanding.

My letter is in response to both the frustration I see among my peers and the recent acknowledgement of date-rape drugs on campus. My letter addresses men not because I think that we're solely the problem, but because we have much at stake.

Over the last two months, there has been much discussion on the pages of the Orient regarding the quality of political discourse on campus. Last week the Orient failed to promote the exact same discourse that it had previously advocated. Bowdoin played host to the national political scene and for once an actual discussion of the issues occurred, but you'll find no documentation of this in the Orient.

Bowdoin professors and Orient editors take a swing at predicting the presidential election results.

Two weekends ago I took the ferry to Vinalhaven, an island off the coast of Rockland. Posted next to the ticket window was an FBI watch list reading, "On May 26, Director Mueller and Attorney General Ashcroft held a press conference to call renewed attention to seven individuals believed to pose a real and present danger to US interests around the world?perhaps especially this summer and fall, a time of high profile public events that may well serve as a lightening rod to terrorist attacks."

Sure, there will be lots of parties this weekend around campus. The social houses seem to think they have the inside scoop on how to make Halloween a wicked good time (ha, no pun intended). But we at the BOC feel rather strongly about Halloween, as we do about many things. Now we offer you the following guide to Halloween tricks, treats, and the latest in ghoulish fashion.

Dear Dr. Jeff: What are the effects of supplements and are they necessary to have a well-sculpted body? How can I bulk-up/put on weight in a healthy way? ?SAC

According to the sign by the Desert of Maine parking lot, the Desert is "Maine's most famous natural phenomenon."

In this heated election year, a Bowdoin alumnus finds himself in the midst of the fray and playing a major role in getting out the vote. Not only is he hiring campus organizers and fellowship interns for the state PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups), but he is also a very recent graduate: Nick Walker '04, who currently works for the Boston-based organization.

As most of you know, next week we will be having a contest worthy of its own pay-per-view special in which one side will come out victorious and lord it over the losers for the next four years. Lest the Orient be blamed for a political bias, I will not say whom I want to win, but instead, this week, I am devoting my column to the proper drink for all celebratory occasions: champagne.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow may have been able to hold his own against fellow literary Hall of Famers like Whitman, Poe, and Thoreau, but Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox in the World Series were clearly too much for him in the competition for Bowdoin students' Wednesday evening this week.

In the old days of old flicks in monochrome, there was Nosferatu and The Mummy. Then came werewolves, robots, zombies, high-rise apes and acid-spewing aliens with mouths like nesting dolls from outer-space. Now, the world trembles before a new cinematic abomination, a creature so horrible, millions shrink and shriek at its mere presence on the screen. It's?it's?Sarah Michelle Gellar!

The Motorcycle Diaries follows on the heels of another superb Spanish-language road trip movie, 2001's Y Tu Mamá También, which coincidentally also stars Garc¡a-Bernal. All similarities end there because the primary focus of The Motorcycle Diaries is Ché's evolution from upper-middle class pre-med student to future revolutionary, played out on the lush and spectacular backdrop of Argentinean pampas, Chilean desert highlands, and the verdant backwoods of the Peruvian and Venezuelan Amazon.

Synopsis: Peter Jackson had a slightly smaller budget for this flick than for Lord of the Rings. Lionel (Balme) is young and in love. Suddenly, his mother is bitten by a Sumatran Rat Monkey, dies, and turns into a infectious zombie. This movie contains record amounts of blood and gratuitous zombie sex.

What song, artist, or album changed your life? AL: The first album I ever owned was Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication. I'd say a combination of that and Genitallica, a pirated version of a Mexican punk CD that I picked up in Mexico for $2.50. KH: They've all done their part.

"Because of a few songs wherein I spoke of their mystery," the 70 year-old Leonard Cohen muses on his new album Dear Heather, "women have been exceptionally kind to my old age." And deservedly so: even today, his best songs are uniquely personal and decidedly honest. What made his best work remarkable, though, was an imitable talent as a lyricist that allowed his songs to transcend his own experience and speak to things far more universal?listen to his account of an affair with Janis Joplin in "Chelsea Hotel No. 2," or "Famous Blue Raincoat," his open letter of forgiveness to a brother who had slept with his wife.

The Brooklyn-based electro dance-punksters Le Tigre have released their newest CD, This Island, just in time for the November 2 election, and I think it is fair to say these girls have got just the thing to make you dance to the polls. About two parts electro-booty beat and one part punk, Le Tigre knows how to get the crowd moving. But saccharine saturated pop music this is not. From dissing the likes of Cassavettes and Giuliani to confronting issues of sexual assault, gay rights, and Title IX, Le Tigre is infamous for amping up a full-on feminist, queer-friendly agenda.

Seeking a more creative means of expression, veteran Orient writers Sean Turley '05 and Ann Smith '05 made a decision last year to resurrect the freedom of the writings they had enjoyed earlier in their Bowdoin careers. Ritalin, The Disorient, and The Patriot had previously served the Bowdoin public as less conventional news forums. In the spirit of these more open, opinionated, and topical publications, the two conceived the idea of what is now No Reply, a magazine that Turley describes as an "alternative avenue in news in order to access different venues of interest to which Bowdoin students otherwise wouldn't have access."

The women's rugby team fought their way back from a double digit halftime deficit to earn 12-12 tie against the rival Colby squad last weekend. Though dramatic, the tie was not enough to propel the Polar Bears into the playoffs this year.

Under cloudy skies the Bowdoin women's cross-country team stood at the starting line, preparing for one of the most challenging races of the year. On Homecoming weekend they were to take on not only Bowdoin alumni, but also the oddly dressed men's team. Most men sported numbers drawn on bare chests and one appeared to be a farmer in spandex. A few took it to the extreme by wearing speed suits. Yes, spandex unitards. However, the women ignored taunts of "you're going down" from the men's team and instead focused on the more important aspects of the race.

The Bowdoin men's soccer team rebounded from consecutive losses to Tufts and Wheaton with a convincing 3-1 victory at Connecticut College last Saturday. With the win, the team improved to 8-4 overall and 5-2 in NESCAC play.

As the Bowdoin women's cross country team lined up for the start of the Maine state meet at Twin Brook Recreation Center in Cumberland, they prepared to face a course muddied by the previous day's rain and tough competition from NESCAC rivals Bates and Colby.