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-The Editors 2002-2003

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The oldest continuously published college weekly
in the United States
Volume CXXXII, Number 14
February 7, 2003
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Alpine skiing to be cut after 2003 season
SAMUEL C. DOWNING, STAFF WRITER
In a shock to the Bowdoin sports community, Director of
Athletics Jeff Ward, announced late last week that Bowdoin is eliminating
the alpine ski team. One of only a handful of Bowdoin sports that regularly
competes in Division I, the team stars one of Bowdoin's top athletes,
Siri Ashton, a sophomore who raced at the NCAA championships in Anchorage,
Alaska, last year. [read the article]
Smaller class sizes proposed
ADAM BABER, ORIENT STAFF
In an effort to promote reduced class sizes and faculty-student
interaction, the faculty Committee on Curriculum and Educational Policy
(CEP) has proposed a lowering of enrollment limits on certain classes.
[read the article]
$1.2 million donated to scholarship fund
ANN SULLIVAN, STAFF WRITER
Although large contributions to Bowdoin College have historically
been donated by men, the number of donations from women is increasing.
[read the article]
Food, religious apathy stand out at Bowdoin
TODD
JOHNSTON, STAFF WRITER
According to the latest numbers from The Princeton Review,
an annual publication highlighting the best and worst of U.S. higher education,
Bowdoin College has been rated in the top 20 in two very different categories:
food and religious apathy. [read the
article]
Mazurek
lecture criticizes Bush
JONATHAN PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
In her lecture entitled, "Back to The Future: An Agenda
to Put Environmental Protection Back on Track," Jan Mazurek offered
solutions to many of what she and her colleagues feel are some of the
major shortfalls of the current Bush administration. [read
the article]

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| Jude played in Smith Union last Saturday to a very
receptive student audience. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |

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