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Volume CXXXIII, Number 2 |
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Unity
steps to success
MEGAN WYMAN, STAFF WRITER
Four years ago Ayidah Bashir '04 brought a new physical
activity to campus that focuses on knowledge, power, respect and love.
Today the Bowdoin Unity Step Team is more popular than ever before. [read
the article]
Blodgett bikes for Smiles
NATALIE
CRAVEN, STAFF WRITER
Choosing to start his summer with a challenge, Christopher
Houston Blodgett '06 spent his first month away from Bowdoin on a 2,200
mile bike ride down the East Coast. Blodgett completed the ride in order
to raise money for Operation Smiles, a nonprofit organization that provides
reconstructive facial surgery for underprivileged children from around
the world. [read the article]
Enjoy first-year roommate variety
LINDSAY J. MULLEN, ORIENT STAFF
Dear Lindsay: I am a first year here, and I don't know
how I got matched up with my roommates. Our interests are all completely
different. They're nice enough guys, but it seems like we have nothing
in common. [read
the article]
The perfect lecture
CARLY SMITH, STAFF WRITER
Swordfishing boat captain and real-life Perfect Storm character
Linda Greenlaw will share stories of her experiences during Friday's Common
Hour. Tenacious Greenlaw, who may be one of the only females to captain
a swordfishing boat, captained the Hannah Boden, sister ship to the Perfect
Storm's doomed Andrea Gail. [read
the article]
Professor
Profiles
ADAM BABER, ORIENT STAFF
Some of the most interesting people in the world are the
ones that can add that little twist, a bit of special nuance, to our lives.
Bowdoin Music Professor Vineet Shende's friend Brian is one of those people.
[read the article]
The world they left ashore
KATHRYN OSTROFSKY, STAFF WRITER
On June 27, 1860 the expedition left Thomaston for the
open sea. Life in the United States was fast paced, constantly moving,
and constantly changing. At sea, they left that life behind for an ocean
whose enduring beauty and power never fades. [read
the article]
Caring for upper respiratory disease
JEFF BENSON, M.D., DUDLEY COE HEALTH CENTER
Dear Dr. Jeff: Last winter when I had a cough, my physician
at home gave me a "z-pack." This week when I went to the Health
Center with the same type of cough, I was told I had a "cold"
and didn't need an antibiotic. What's up with that? -L. F. [read
the article]
Bowdoin Outing Club embarks on a year of adventures in Maine
ELLIOT JACOBS, STAFF WRITER
The fall is upon us, and the Bowdoin Outing Club is already
in full gear with trips, classes, and other great ways to get outside.
There are some splendid trips going out next weekend, so take full advantage
of the chance to get off campus and see some of this beautiful state.
[read the article]
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