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The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States
Volume CXXXIII, Number 4
October 3, 2003

Bowdoin community prepares for Patriot Act I
ALEX REED, STAFF WRITER
It takes a lot to get librarians to raise their voices, but recent measures passed by Congress have increased the decibel level coming from Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. [read the article]

Bowdoin ranked 19th best "feeder" college
SETH GUITERMAN, STAFF WRITER
With seniors starting to realize that the sun is setting on their Bowdoin careers, a recent survey by The Wall Street Journal may allow those with grad school hopes in their future to breathe a little easier. [read the article]

Campus will get facelift in coming years
BETH KOWITT, STAFF WRITER
For a year Bowdoin has been working with the planning firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill to consider the future of the campus over the next 50 years and anticipate the growth of the College over that time. Over the next few weeks the College will discuss these ideas more publicly in a variety of forums. [read the article]

Student's artwork stolen from Visual Arts Center
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
For the second time in as many years, Bowdoin students' art displays have become crime scenes. Emma Raynes '04, the most recent artist to have work stolen, discovered that a poster she had worked on was missing when she returned to her display in the Visual Arts Center (VAC) on Monday morning. [read the article]

Professor Herrera named Senior Research Fellow
BETH KOWITT, STAFF WRITER
Professor Guillermo (Ta) Herrera, Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, who is currently on leave at the Marine Center of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was recently given the prestigious title of Senior Research Fellow. [read the article]

Bowdoin student makes every day a Common Good Day
Like many students, Joel Presti '06 decided to head south of the border for spring break last year. Yet his spring break was anything but typical. [read the article]

Cali kids react to gubernatorial recall
There are 76 Bowdoin students from California. None of them are running for governor. The California recall election campaign has been a political roller coaster, with a new court decision or revelation about a candidate popping up at every twist and turn. [read the article]

I declare my undying love for Donald Rumsfeld
I have to say I love it when a public figure goes out on a limb and says something they truly believe in. If it serves nothing else, we can at least hold them accountable. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Bowdoin and the Patriot Act
It's not easy being stuck between a rock and a hard place, and that's where the College administration finds itself in the debate over the Patriot Act and its effects on academia. [read the article]

Famed poet and activist Adrienne Rich speaks
Renowned poet-activist Adrienne Rich spoke last Thursday in Pickard Theater as part of the Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Lecture in the Arts. [read the article]

Songbird creates perfect harmony
Folk singer-songwriter Dar Williams graced a packed Pickard Theater with an intimate performance last Friday. [read the article]

Panthers and Jeffs end Bears' undefeated record in close games
The women's soccer team ended its five game winning streak by adding back-to-back losses to its record against NESCAC rivals Amherst and Middlebury last weekend. [read the article]

Ruggers crush UNH
The Bowdoin Women's Rugby team was victorious in last weekend's match against the University of New Hampshire, but not without a tough fight. [read the article]

Late night travellers drive by the statue of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Thusday following a rare October thunderstorm. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

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