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Volume CXXXIII, Number 6
October 19, 2001
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Celebrations and reflections
GENEVIEVE CREEDON
My mother told me yesterday that she wasn't going to decorate our house for Halloween this year. Some people might say that it's not such a big deal. [read the article]

Examining college athletes
HUGH HILL
Even at a school as small as Bowdoin, it is a matter of common knowledge that those recruited to play certain sports do not face as stringent a criterion for admittance as the average student. [read the article]

Mature older boys? Naive younger girls?
KARA OPPENHEIM
Just mention "college guy" to see the expressions on high school girls' faces. Why do you think they spend the night at so many colleges their senior year? [read the article]

So, what's in a name anyways?
ACADIA SENESE
It wasn't until I came to school here at Bowdoin and started spending time in Acadia National Park that the significance of my name started to unravel. [read the article]

Compassionate colonialism
TODD BUELL
I was shocked at this utterance of what could be called the "c-word" in the politically correct lexicon of verboten Wörter. [read the article]

 

 


Media rules
One big fish to watch these days is Ari Fleischer, the President's press secretary. [read the editorial]

A Dialogue on Recruitment
The report issued by the presidents' commission creates a clear mandate for President Mills. [read the letter]

The Forum:
Do you think athletics are too prominent at Bowdoin? [read the responses]