The
Orient will not be published
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The oldest continuously published college weekly
in the United States
Volume CXXXII, Number 17
February 28, 2003
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Due to the large
volume of letters received this week, we have reserved a separate
page for letters, which can be found here.
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BSG rejects student resolution on Iraq
ANN SULLIVAN, ORIENT STAFF
After
a lenghty forum in Moulton's Lancaster Lounge, the Bowdoin Student Government
refused to endorse the resolution offered by the Bowdoin Coalition Against
the War in Iraq. [read the article]
Ritalin's prescription running short
EVAN
KOHN, ORIENT STAFF
The Student Organizations Oversight Committee (SOOC) met
with the editors of Ritalin, Bowdoin's humor publication, on Wednesday
to discuss numerous complaints regarding the paper's content. [read
the article]
Barlow rails U.S. privacy policy
EVRON LEGALL, STAFF WRITER
The crux of the problem that troubles John Perry Barlow,
a former Grateful Dead lyricist, and Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the relationship between big business
and the U.S. government. Barlow, last week's Common Hour speaker, expounded
on these and other issues relating to civil rights and internet privacy
last Friday in Pickard Theater. [read
the article]
Forum discusses foreign dangers
ALEC
SCHLEY, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff gathered in Smith
Union on Friday, February 21 to listen to "A Bowdoin Forum on International
Affairs." The Forum, a question-and-answer session with a panel of
Professors and students, addressed current U.S. foreign policy issues
relating to North Korea and Iraq. [read
the article]
Posse seeks to increase awareness
TODD JOHNSTON, STAFF WRITER
The Posse Plus Retreat, which took place last weekend at
the Portland Sheraton Hotel, brought together about fifty Posse and non-Posse
students, faculty and staff in a discussion forum of issues ultimately
relating to the Bowdoin campus. [read
the article]
Shuttle service proves successful
ANN SULLIVAN, ORIENT STAFF
Bowdoin students are riding in class, thanks to the sponsorship
of the Bowdoin Student Government's trial-based transportation contract
with the Classy Limo and Shuttle Service. [read
the article]
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