The Bowdoin Orient

In the first month of school this year, at least three Bowdoin students were arrested for drunk driving in Brunswick. During all of last year, only two Bowdoin students were arrested for that offense.

With approximately half of the student body playing a varsity sport, the three Bowdoin athletic trainers and two interns working out of five different locations on campus often have their hands full. According to Director of Athletic Training Dan Davies, the trainers needed more help.

There has been no formal communication between Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) and President Barry Mills since BSG passed a resolution endorsing a permanent committee to identify crimes against humanity on September 27, Mills said Thursday in an interview with the Orient.

As experts in their fields, professors not only write articles and texts for their colleagues in the academic world, but some also incorporate them into the classroom as assigned or supplemental reading for their students.

Students will have to wait a little longer to find out if Bowdoin's WBOR 91.1 FM will stay on the air.

The next time you leave your computer on all night, consider your competition. This month, Bowdoin dorms are vying for first place in the fifth-annual energy-conservation competition.

Last week, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) and IT released a revamped Student Gateway on the Bowdoin homepage. The new gateway, which can be accessed at bowdoin.edu/students, enables students to customize the content and layout of the page.

Bowdoin Student Government voted on Wednesday to approve the taking of "Polar Pix" this Parents Weekend. Bowdoin parents will now have the opportunity to have pictures taken with their son or daughter and the polar bear mascot.

A series of incidents on Saturday night at Quinby House's 1980s-themed party left a police officer injured, one student in jail until he could post bail, and another facing a court appearance.

According to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols, the party at Quinby, which began at 9:30 p.m., was going "very well." In an interview with the Orient, Nichols explained that prior to the start of the event, a security officer had completed a pre-party check that involved inspecting and recording keg numbers, ensuring that the event hosts and alcohol host were aware of their responsibilities, and verifying that all regulations were being followed.

"We were monitoring the event here at Security," Nichols said. "We had an officer assigned to that general area and he had checked on the party about three times over the course of the evening."

In his Common Hour speech in Pickard Theater last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. focused on corporate control of the media. "Five multinational corporations now own 14,000 radio stations, 5,000 TV stations, and 80 percent of the newspapers," he said. Given this corporate media monopoly?where voices that do not contribute to profitability struggle to be heard?we would expect that the federal government would not be threatening a small, community radio station with closure.

Back in the now-distant days of my blithe youth, the concept of adulthood befuddled me. I couldn't figure how my parents enjoyed "healthy" food when it failed to satisfy standard chocolate, peanut butter, or high fructose corn syrup criteria.

I wonder why writers lead tragic lives, as though inspiration were more promising when we stare misery in the face. Great writers recognize it, embrace it, allow it to assume the shape of things to come in penciled words, each letter a stroke with the past.

A vitally important question will appear on Maine's ballot this coming November, and once again, conscientious voters will be urged to vote "No on 1."

September 11, 2001. Some 2,973 innocent Americans were brutally murdered on that day by a group of fundamentalist, Muslim terrorists. Today, only five short years later, it appears that half of the citizens of our nation have forgotten the pain that those terrorists inflicted upon us.

A major concern I have for our intellectual community is the impact of politically driven debate. Both the College Democrats and College Republicans have used our community's tools for debate as their own personal media advertisements.

In our mission statement, printed at the bottom of this page each week, we outline two major objectives of the Orient?to provide relevant news to the Bowdoin community and to serve as an open forum for "thoughtful and diverse discussion."

Ever wonder what the deal is with the lady on the Starbucks seal? The one who beckons you into her lair with her bewitching grin and the promise of temporary mania followed by atypical bowel cycles?

In light of last week's "Pro-life: a fetal incoherence," I'd like to take this opportunity to express an atypical pro-life argument. It is not that fetuses are "almost human beings," but rather the fact that they are future human beings that gives them value.

The member organizations of the Darfur Coalition would like to thank President Mills for urging the trustees to act on the genocide in Darfur.

It's Parents Weekend, and students are introducing their new boyfriends and girlfriends to Mom and Dad. Instead of writing about the awkward, anxiety-provoking mess that often ensues on this weekend, I thought I would dig in to how our parents?yes, our parents?shape our romantic relationships.

Dear Dr. Jeff: How should students treat colds? How can we prevent them when, say, our roommate has one? A.K.

As I walked out of the library last Monday night on my way to Kresge Auditorium, I heard a familiar voice behind me. "Lauren McGrath!" she shouted. "Are you going where I think you're going?" "Oh yeah." I replied. I was going to the female orgasm. With a laugh, she replied, "Yeah, me too."

Dear Dr. Jeff: Is molluscum an STD? P.B

It's rare that a comedian gets his big break as a walk-on running back for a Big Ten football team. The popular comedian Godfrey, who will perform tonight for the Parents Weekend crowd, displayed his first hints of comedic brilliance during a varsity football talent show, shortly after making the squad at the University of Illinois-Champaign. Impersonating coaches and teammates, he got a rise out of his audience.

While options abound in downtown Brunswick for a daily latte or red-eye coffee jolt, until this past week, getting a cup of good quality loose-leaf tea was difficult. Having it alongside a piping bowl of soup or a crispy panini was next to impossible. Luckily for Bowdoin's tea drinkers, however, Brunswick's brand new Sweet Leaves Teahouse opened September 30, just in time for Parents Weekend.

Two weeks ago, the residents of Brunswick H put down their Thursday night glasses of Carlo Rossi and watched with bated breath as Izzie Stevens finally picked herself off the bathroom floor. What caught their attention, perhaps even more than the Emmy-worthy performances of Katherine Heigl and Ellen Pompeo in the episode's final minutes, was the music playing behind the drama onscreen.

Zadie Smith writes with a raw ferocity about the modern day clash of cultures and ideals in her first novel, "White Teeth." The overlap between the worlds is filled with tension and convolutions of common denominators. In her most recent novel, "On Beauty," Smith does not shy from friction. However, her characters are somewhat less extreme representations of their subjects, a bit less abrasive and grounded in literature in a manner that is more familiar.

Samuel Adams' Cherry Wheat?$8.35 for a six-pack at Uncle Tom's Market By now, we all know that Uncle Tom's is a little odd. Among the fake arms, '80s sunglasses and tasteful magazines, I was starting to wonder if there was anything in there worthy of writing about. Don't get me wrong. I like electrocuting my friends with fake pieces of gum just as much as the next guy. But seriously, who chews Doublemint these days anyway?

What's the best album ever created? RD: J.J. Cale, "Naturally." HH: Bob Dylan, "Nashville Skyline."

Let me start this review by saying that I have a generally positive attitude towards Ludacris. I think he is a skilled rapper. His beats are always big and loud; his lyrics are always full of pop culture references and contain more tongue-in-cheek puns per line that you can keep count of. True, most puns are just crude, trashy, juvenile humor, but some are diamonds in the rough.

Mud, muck, and hills couldn't stop men's cross-country captain Owen McKenna '07 from claiming the three things he came to the University of Maine-Farmington Invitational for?a course record, a Polar Bear victory, and pie.

It was a cool, sunny day. The cross-country course in Farmington, Maine was complete with an apple orchard, mud, and plenty of hills. It was there that Bowdoin claimed the top three spots in the University of Maine-Farmington Invitational 5k run with junior Laura Onderko winning the race and setting a new course record of 20:34.16.

The field hockey team fought its way back to the top of the NESCAC standings with two home league wins over the weekend, one against Amherst and the other versus Middlebury.

The Bowdoin Men's Soccer Team dismantled two of the NESCAC's premier teams this past weekend in Brunswick. The two victories vaulted Bowdoin back into 13th place in the most recent Division III men's soccer poll. The guys also managed to extend their modest winning streak to three games.

Bowdoin sailing earned first-place finishes last weekend at the Penobscot Bay Open, a varsity dinghy event, and the Sloop Invite, hosted by the Maine Maritime Academy.