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Volume CXXXII, Number 8
November 8, 2002

It's tough playing Bowdoin football
BOBBY DESAULNIERS, COLUMNIST
It's tough to be a Bowdoin football player. It's tough to carry the same record as you did last year, going into your last game, knowing that the team has much improved. [read the article]

Field Hockey shoots into semis
ALLIE YANIKOSKI, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin field hockey team easily defeated Bates 2-0 at home last weekend, securing the number one seed and home field advantage in the ongoing NESCAC tournament. [read the article]

XC Xcellent in 2002
GRACE CHO, STAFF WRITER
Spandex was apparently the secret weapon that the Women's Cross Country Team used this past weekend at the NESCAC cross country championships. [read the article]

Best of the best sir: XC #1 in NESCAC
CONOR O'BRIEN & TODD FORSGREN, STAFF WRITERS
The Bowdoin Men's Cross Country Team traveled down to the fields of Tufts' veterinary school for a ragged pagan scene that was the NESCAC championship meet. Their competitors proved to be about as useful as cops at the scene of a crime. [read the article]

Humble team seeks its prize
SEAN WALKER, STAFF WRITER
After a disappointing, but standings-wise meaningless, 0-0 tie against Bates last Saturday, the Bowdoin Men's Soccer Team is primed and ready to challenge Amherst, Middlebury, and Williams for the NESCAC tournament crown at Pickard Field this weekend. [read the article]

Sailors fight stormy conditions
MELANIE KEENE, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin College Sailing Team experienced its most frustrating regatta action of the 2002 season. With extreme weather conditions and winds ranging from 10 to over 20 knots on Saturday and from zero to five knots on Sunday, the cold weekend took its toll on the sailors. [read the article]

Vball finishes on a winning note in '02
JENN LARAIA, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin Volleyball Team went out with a bang, capturing third place in the State Tournament last weekend. Ending the season with a 10-21 record, the Polar Bears improved on last year's 7-22 record. [read the article]

Club Hockey playing for keeps
ERIC WORTHING, CONTRIBUTOR
Under the hollowed grounds of hockey and heroism-a.k.a. the bowing wooden arches of Dayton arena-the Bowdoin Polar Bear Club Hockey Team sailed to a victory against Maine Maritime Academy. [read the article]

History repeating: Tiger and Alcindor
J.P. BOX, COLUMNIST
Pop quiz: What do Tiger Woods and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have in common? [read the article]

Who needs a jersey? Dan Gulotta '03 charges forward shirtless. Needless to say, he thoroughly intimidated his competitors. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient)