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Volume CXXXIII, Number 11
November 30, 2001
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Where's the "Western" Requirement?
TODD BUELL
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]

Let words regain strength in their usage
GENEVIVE CREEDON
Some of our words are shocking, but we don't realize their effect on other people, because their use has become habitual. [read the article]

Forum: Was the revised Thanksgiving Break calendar successful?
The calendar committee has made it clear that this is only a temporary change and future calendars will depend on how faculty felt this trial year went. [read the article]

Ending the relationship
KARA OPPENHEIM
I tried to explain to my father that it's a very common occurrence: one person in a relationship suspects that the other may want to break it off so he or she does it first. [read the article]

 

Art wars
The 'leave no trace' mantra of environmentalists applies here too: take only pictures, leave only footprints. [read the editorial]

Responding to student athletes
When read in its proper context, Hyde's work represents the mission statement for a college that prioritizes the intellectual life of students. [read the letter]