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The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States
Volume CXXXIII, Number 2
September 19, 2003

New online Student Records site well-received by campus
ADAM BABER, ORIENT STAFF
With the launching of its "Bearings" website, Student Records has inaugurated a new era of convenient access to information online, a move some say was long overdue. The site, which offers students and faculty a means of reviewing a wealth of student-specific course-related information, has been in development for several years. [read the article]

Murder stuns Colby campus
JOHN W. CLAGHORN IV, ORIENT STAFF
The flag flies at half-mast 40 miles north of Brunswick, where Colby College mourns the death of Dawn Rossignol '04, whose body was discovered by local authorities yesterday morning after a search of the Waterville area. Rossignol had been reported missing by her mother on Tuesday morning, having missed a doctor's appointment in Bangor, ME. A search party located her body at 10:24 a.m. on Wednesday, 300 yards from her 1993 Mercury Sable in Oakland, ME. [read the article]

Chapel renovation moves ahead of schedule, remains on budget
BOBBY GUERETTE, ORIENT STAFF
Sometime back in the long history of Bowdoin College, a professor said that the Chapel "has been the pride for each successive generation of Bowdoin students." Nearly 150 years later, construction superintendent Mike Boucher and his team of 15 men are working stone-by-stone to ensure that the Chapel overlooks the students peering up at it from the Quad for decades, and perhaps centuries, to come. [read the article]

Howell House discovers untapped social resource
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
The Inter-House Council (IHC) decided Wednesday that Howell House can now register kegs in an attempt to make their parties more popular. The IHC can register six of the ten kegs allowed on campus every weekend night for house parties. [read the article]

Bowdoin creates three new administrative positions
ALEC SCHLEY, STAFF WRITER
In response to the ever-evolving needs and demands of the Bowdoin community, the College has created three new administrative positions for the 2003-2004 school year. James Kim serves as the Freeman Grant Coordinator/Assistant Dean of First-Year Students, Susan Dorn as Coordinator of Student Community Service Programs, and Mitchel Davis as Chief Information Officer in the Department of Information Technology. [read the article]

Bradlee, Quinn postpone journalism lecture
BETH KOWITT, STAFF WRITER
Anticipating transportation difficulties caused by Hurricane Isabel, Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn postponed their Thursday night lecture disappointing 600 Bowdoin students, faculty, and members of the Brunswick community who planned to attend. [read the article]

Unity steps to success
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
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]

Cali-freakin'-fornia in shamble
It's not that I want an earthquake to solve this California recall issue - I've got family out there, plus California is the world's fifth largest economy - it's just that things would be so much easier if it did. The only people who really benefit from this debacle are the people of Florida who just look better by comparison. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Kick the keg policy

The new keg policy implemented by the Inter-House Council has noble intentions, but, as is often the case with noble-intentioned policies, it fails to consider the reality of the situation. Howell House has complained of low attendance at its weekend parties and is pointing the finger at competing booze-laden social house parties. [read the article]

HBO to film Empire Falls scences at Breckinridge Center
Ten years after Mel Gibson brought his The Man Without A Face to film at Bowdoin, the College's Breckinridge Public Affairs Center in York will be featured in HBO's cinematic adaptation of Richard Russo's novel Empire Falls. [read the article]

The Man in Black fondly remembered
Johnny Cash was not an actor; he was purely a performer. In an age where record labels promote musicians through superficiality, Cash's image was based on honesty. Cash's conviction powered his witty stories of love, adversity and the often extremely painful combination of the two. [read the article]

Young legs & veterans make a winning combo
Last Saturday, Bowdoin Men's Cross Country Team had their first meet of the season at Colby College. The weather was hot, the hills were tall, but the victory was sweet for the Polar Bears.
[read the article]

Double header weekend proves the ladies are ready to take on Williams
The Bowdoin Women's Soccer Team was very busy and successful last weekend. They began by notching their first NESCAC win of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Wesleyan Cardinals. [read the article]

 

Men's rugby players practice behind Farley Field House on Wednesday afternoon. Over the past three years the men's team has amassed an impressive 13-2 record. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

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