The Bowdoin Orient

CORRECTION: A subsequent article contains a more complete report of events. Taryn King died at the hospital, not in the ambulance.

A Bowdoin student died of unknown causes while studying in Ireland, the College announced Thursday. Taryn King '07 was studying abroad through a Butler University program at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

Dean of Student Affairs Craig Bradley said that a Butler official told him that King mentioned to a roommate before bed that she was feeling ill. She reportedly woke up at approximately 11 a.m. local time Thursday and asked a roommate to call for emergency assistance. She died on the way to the hospital.

Cristle Collins Judd will join the Bowdoin faculty as dean of academic affairs on July 1, replacing Craig McEwen, who has held the position for the past seven years. Judd will be visiting the campus a number of times this spring to work with McEwen before taking up the deanship. Judd will be coming to Bowdoin from the University of Pennsylvania, where she has served as a professor of music since 1993.

In a partnership with a local internet service provider, the College is planning an extensive wireless network that will provide access to both students and town residents throughout the Brunswick downtown area, Fort Andross, and even parts of Topsham. The network is a pilot project scheduled to last six months.

Students are not the only members of the Bowdoin community who get together for a beer on the weekends. Every Friday afternoon, faculty members are invited to gather in the Shannon Room of Hubbard Hall to have refreshments and socialize.

With five of 16 applicants awarded Fulbright Fellowships last year, Bowdoin has been named a "Top Producer of Fulbright Awards for American Students," according to the Institute of International Education.

The search for a new dean of admissions has just stepped up. Soon a narrowed down list of candidates will be brought onto campus. These candidates will meet with members of Bowdoin admissions, as well as heads of other departments that the Office of Admissions deals with. However, most students and faculty on campus will never meet the candidates.

-Attendance: 25/26. Absent: Mike Lobiondo '06. -Bree Dallinga '06, Charlie Ticotsky '07, Clark Gascoigne '08, and Miranda Yaver '09 attended the meeting to speak out against the proposed academic bill of rights.

The College has signed on for the Governor's Carbon Challenge, Maine's voluntary program dedicated to cutting carbon emissions by 2010, according to the Office of Communications.

We congratulate Cristle Collins Judd on her appointment as our next dean of academic affairs. When she begins at Bowdoin in July, she will inherit one of the best academic programs in the country, but her job will not be an easy one.

In the past few years, Republicans have given conservatism a new paint-job by providing archaic, backward policies with a modern twist. Social Darwinism is now "trickle-down economics" and creationism is now "intelligent design."

Dear Dr. Jeff: Can you have genital herpes and not know it? Can a person infect you with herpes, even if they've never had any sores? ?L.H.

There are times in life when you arrive at a place and know?in some inexplicable yet unimpeachable way?that you have come to exactly where you are meant to be at that moment. Denny's restaurant was not one of those places. Portland, Maine, at 3:00 a.m. one Sunday morning last November was not one of those times.

As is the case with most musical pairings, the duo of Gary Wittner and Howard Johnson happened by chance. Wittner and Johnson, who will be performing their jazz concert at Kresge on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., met at a restaurant in New York City.

This time 250 years ago, a family in Salzburg grew larger by one son, and the music community grew by one genius. Baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, the composer we know as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grows a year older on the January 27th.

Finally, a best picture frontrunner that's actually fully deserving of the title. In this year of highly politicized cinema, from "Good Night and Good Luck" to "Munich," "Brokeback Mountain" one-ups all of these films, delivering a powerful, human drama that breaks down barriers for the depiction of homosexuals in cinema. It would be no small feat for this film to reach a mainstream audience with such a message, but that is exactly what is happening.

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat ?($7.49 at Warming's) Over the past five weeks, I attempted to do extensive research for this semester's column, sampling dozens of beers and vainly trying to remember what they tasted like the night before. Unfortunately, most of these beers were falsely classified as "Natural," "Best," or "Ice," leaving my palate feeling as awful as my headaches. Luckily, I was turned on to Sam Adams's fruity Cherry Wheat, an ale that packs in enough sweetness to rival a mild Smirnoff Ice or a strong summer lager.

It's a blizzard outside, the wind is howling, and your car is buried in snow somewhere in the Farley parking lot. You're back at school and looking to branch out from the sweats and slippers you've been lounging around in all break, but unpacking your bags, you discover you have nothing to wear to class, let alone wear on Saturday night. It's time to do some shopping, but the road conditions aren't exactly conducive to a quick jaunt to Portland or Boston to hit up the malls.

The Bowdoin community learned of the passing of Phil Soule, a well-known presence in the athletic department, over winter break in a statement issued by President Barry Mills. Soule, after an exceptional athletic career in high school and at the University of Maine, joined the Bowdoin coaching staff in 1967 as an offensive line coach.

Both the men's and women's squash teams enjoyed 7-2 victories over Colby on Wednesday night, continuing a successful second half of their seasons.