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The oldest continuously published college weekly
in the United States
Volume CXXXII, Number 18
March 28, 2003
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BSG lifts SOOC sanctions on Ritalin
EVAN
KOHN, ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) voted Tuesday to lift
sanctions imposed by the Student Organizations Oversight Committee (SOOC)
on the campus' student humor publication, Ritalin. [read
the article]
BSG
narrowly passes anti-war resolution
JENNIE COHEN, STAFF WRITER
First there was the petition condemning preemptive military
action, then a proposal for a referendum of student opinion about the
war, and then the passing of a resolution which, some argue, says essentially
nothing. [read the article]
Bowdoin files brief in favor of affirmative action
JONATHAN PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
Joining 27 other liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin filed a
Friend of the Court Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the role
of affirmative action and its place in the college admissions process.
Such colleges as Middlebury, Amherst, Oberlin, Wesleyan and Swarthmore
filed the brief in response to last December's widely publicized University
of Michigan case. [read the article]
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Life's new blocking option sparks interest in College Houses
NATALIE CRAVEN, STAFF WRITER
The recent decision to allow larger blocks of students
to apply to the College Houses resulted in a significant increase in applications
to the houses. [read the article]
New Deal politician, feminist, author lectures at Bowdoin
SAMUEL DOWNING, STAFF WRITER
Forty years from now, a group of prominent historians will
unplug their cars from rooftop chargers and power out to Radcliffe to
argue, over bad coffee, which of the hundreds of thousands of recently
deceased women deserve to be included in the latest installment of Notable
American Women. [read the article]
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| Artists and their living works of art pose for
a photo on Wednesday night in the Visual Arts Center. The live portion
of the show lasted for two hours and was put on by students in the
art department. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |

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