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The Orient
can now be found online at http://orient.bowdoin.edu.
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The oldest continuously published college weekly
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Students, faculty and community join in protest
BILL JENSEN, STAFF WRITER
Members of the Bowdoin community joined more than 1,000
demonstrators in Portland last Saturday to rally against a possible war
in Iraq. Despite strong winds and temperatures hovering in the single
digits, dozens of students turned out to express their opposition to military
action and support continued efforts to resolve the situation diplomatically.
[read the article]
Bowdoin hikes tuition
ALEXANDER CORNELL du HOUX, STAFF WRITER
In an effort to combat budget shortfalls, Bowdoin College
plans to raise tuition fees by five percent over the next academic year.
For the 2003-2004 academic year, students will be paying $37,790, rather
than $35,990 to attend Bowdoin. Currently, tuition fees account for 49
percent of the College's revenue and the increase will add an additional
$2 million to the College's revenue. [read
the article]
Brunswick
well prepared for terror
TODD JOHNSTON, STAFF WRITER
In the case of a biological, chemical or nuclear attack
is Bowdoin College and the Brunswick community equipped to effectively
deal with such a disaster? [read the
article]
Professor Vail plans conference on Maine economy
JONATHAN PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
The economic challenges facing Maine's national resource
industry have steadily increased over the last few decades. Resource-based
businesses such as forest-products, agriculture, and marine fisheries,
all now face what Professor David Vail terms a "pretty sad state
of economic concern." Industries that have once supported tens of
thousands of workers are now currently experiencing a "hemorrhaging
of employment opportunities". [read
the article]
Kirsch advocates ethics, respect
HANNAH DEAN, STAFF WRITER
Authorship and authority are words that are closely linked
- both by root word and by the implications they have in the academic
world. Unfortunately, the legitimacy of both women and other minority
groups in the power scheme has traditionally been under scrutiny. As a
result, establishing themselves in positions of authority remains a difficulty
for minority individuals and most often for women. The process can often
be like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. Gesa E. Kirsch,
the Professor of English and Research Fellow at the Center for Business
Ethics at Bentley College, presented some approaches to this daunting
task and some remedies for the situation in her lecture. [read
the article]
Police ready disturbance signs
JENNIE COHEN, STAFF WRITER
In response to increased noise complaints from Brunswick
residents, police are stepping up their efforts to curb public drinking
and late-night student rowdiness. In about two weeks there will be signs
around the Longfellow Avenue neighborhood warning students against public
drinking. If caught drinking within 200 feet of the sign, students face
a maximum penalty of six months in jail or $1,000 in fines. [read
the article]
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| Dana Kramer '03 (left) and Noel Daly '05 (right) act together on stage during the play Into the Woods, which debuted Thursday night in Pickard Theatre. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
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