The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States Volume CXXXIII, Number 11 November 30, 2001

Employee health benefits fall victim to sagging economy
JAMES McDONALD, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin will soon be feeling the pressures of recession, and the employees of the college are going take the brunt of the fall. [read the article]

Energy use, cost increases hit Bowdoin
MATT SPOONER, STAFF WRITER
As Bowdoin looks for ways to cope with the expected national economic depression, growing power costs are adding an increasingly troublesome financial burden to Bowdoin's budget. [read the article]

Despite 9/11, students opt to go abroad
ALISON McCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
The uncertainty of international travel has not seemed to deter Bowdoin students from heading out of the country. [read the article]

Six new members join Board of Trustees
ERIC CHAMBERS, STAFF WRITER
At its spring 2001 meeting, the College Board of Trustees chose six new members to serve for five-year terms. [read the article]

Walk addresses lighting concerns
FE VIVAS, STAFF WRITER
Security recently held its annual "Lighting Walk" to identify sections of the campus deserving heightened attention due to their unsatisfactory lighting and safety concerns. [read the article]

News briefs
President Emeritus Edwards returns to campus... Library acquires rare works by author Stephen Crane. [read the article]

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Schubel speaks on the Gulf of Maine Historically, the Gulf has been commercially overexploited; the regional extermination of cod, puffins, and the near extinction of the right whale are salient examples. [read the article] Works in Progress Despite growing up in an urban area of Chicago, Jennings takes much interest in the educational prospects of the rural community. [read the article]

Editorial: Art wars The 'leave no trace' mantra of environmentalists applies here too: take only pictures, leave only footprints. [read the editorial] Where's the "Western" Requirement? As recently as seventy-five years ago, it was required that one know both Greek and Latin for one to be admitted to Bowdoin and most other elite colleges. [read the article]

Schwartz graces Harvard with talent Word has it that he recently composed a "Mini Concerto" played in the dark while flashlights cue the performers. [read the article] Letters, lobbying save quad sculpture Simple Pleasures, situated prominently on the central quad, will remain for the second semester of the 2001-2002 school year. [read the article]

Women's hockey ranked second in nation The announcement that the team had moved to #2 in the national Division III hockey rankings was a sweet reward for the women's efforts. [read the article] Men runners 11th at nationals The race marked one of the top finishes by a Bowdoin men's team in a NCAA championship. [read the article]

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Art professor Jim Mullen and Alex Franke '03 model their winning Habitat for Humanity t-shirt design. The t-shirts, benefiting Bowdoin Builds, will be on sale at Sunsplash on December 7, in Smith Union. (Henry Coppola, Bowdoin Orient)