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Volume CXXXII, Number 4 |
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Call to arms
J.P. BOX, COLUMNIST
The interception is not always a bad play or a lapse in judgment. A pick
can be a game-turning, career-defining trademark of a winning NFL quarterback.
[read the article]
Men's
Soccer Ousts NESCAC rivals
SEAN WALKER, STAFF WRITER
In the span of a week, the Bowdoin Men's Soccer team dismantled
three of the most successful programs in the NESCAC, defeating Williams,
Amherst, and Middlebury in consecutive games. [read
the article]
McClure
Leads Field Hockey to Double Victories
ALLIE YANIKOSKI, STAFF WRITER
Bang, bang, bang, bang! Senior forward Leah McClure led
the Bowdoin Field Hockey team to dual home field wins this weekend, over
rivals Amherst (2-0) and Middlebury (3-2), claiming four of the five net
team goals. [read the article]
William Wallace inspires ruggers
MIKE BALULESCU, STAFF WRITER
In
a match that would make Mel Gibson's Scottish rebels run for the highlands,
Bowdoin fought and battled its way to a 34-18 victory over the University
of Maine at Farmington last Saturday. Farmington's scrappy play was not
enough to defeat the ruggers in black, as Bowdoin seized victory and advanced
to a perfect 2-0 on the season. [read
the article]
Women's Rugby Shuts Out Bridgewater
RACHEL HEDLUND, STAFF WRITER
Coming
off a narrow defeat at Colby the previous weekend , the Women's Rugby
team gained their first win at Bridgewater State on Saturday. The women
won solidly, 22-0, against a very aggressive Bridgewater squad. [read
the article]
Ultimate Frisbee running wild
BRENDAN DICKINSON, STAFF WRITER
Playing upon a field recently strewn with glass shards,
the men of Bowdoin's Ultimate Frisbee team, a.k.a. the Stoned Clown, took
a step forward in their quest to qualify for nationals with an impressive
showing at Sectionals in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. [read
the article]
Fans of the Week!
BECKY TANENBAUM, STAFF WRITER
Since its establishment as a varsity sport in 1889, football
has been one of Bowdoin's most time-honored and successful programs. Our
Bowdoin Athletics Fan(s)-of-the-Week award goes to the Polar Bears' two
biggest supporters, Scott Brien '04 and John Gregory '04. [read
the article]
XC Diary
CONOR O'BRIEN & TODD FORSGREN, STAFF WRITERS
During the harvest moon of the year 2002 AD, the Men's
Cross Country team made its annual pilgrimage to Van Cortlandt Park in
the Bronx of New York. But this year was different than those preceding
it. [read the article]
Sailors
brave the weather
MELANIE KEENE, STAFF WRITER
With extreme winds, the sailors found last weekend's regattas
to be extremely challenging. The Women's team finished the best over all,
taking a fifth out of 14th in their regatta. [read
the article]
Water Polo swims
SUEN WONG, STAFF WRITER
The Water Polo team faced a true test of its mettle and
resolve in the first four games of the season, played last weekend at
Colby College. The Polar Bears emerged from that fiery furnace victorious
despite its 2-2 record. [read the
article]
Bowdoin Women Going the Distance
GRACE CHO, STAFF WRITER
What effect does an extra 1000 meters have in a cross country
running race? Apparently none, judging by the results of the Bowdoin Women's
Cross Country team this past weekend. By placing sixteenth as a team against
mainly Division I competition, the women who ran the hilly Van Cortland
Park course made it look easy. [read
the article]
Men's Tennis awaits spring
PHIL FRIEDRICH, STAFF WRITER
It
was a weekend of surprises for four members of Bowdoin's Men's Tennis
team. Heading into last weekend's off-season Omni Hotels/ITA Regional
Championship hosted by MIT, the team had expected to face its most formidable
opponent in Williams, last year's NCAA national champion. However, it
was the tournament's host, MIT, that proved to be the team to beat.[read
the article]
