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Volume CXXXIII, Number 14
February 13, 2004

Bears topple Norwich, Colby
ALISON L. MCCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
The men's hockey team has kept its fans happy this week. Whether it was dumping Division III's number one team or a much-despised CBB rival, home crowds have enjoyed the three most recent games in Dayton Arena. [read the article]

Campus master plan offers ideas for future
BOBBY GUERETTE, ORIENT STAFF
Students arriving at Bowdoin six years from now will likely discover a new hockey arena, two new residence halls, a new bookstore, and revitalized housing. Visitors in 2025 may discover a new visual arts center, along with a plethora of other new buildings. [read the article]

Counseling numbers continue to increase
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin's Counseling Service is receiving more visits from students every year. According to the Director of Counseling Services Bob Vilas, the 2003 fall semester was no exception to the recent trend of increased student visits. [read the article]

2004-2005 budget calls for tuition, aid increases
HALEY BRIDGER, ORIENT STAFF
Students can expect a five percent increase in tuition next school year if the trustees approve the proposed budget. The official vote will not be until May, but according to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration S. Catherine Longley, the increase will probably be in the five percent range. [read the article]

Dining services continues pursuit of organic Maine foods
ALIX ROY, ORIENT STAFF
When you're sitting down to dinner at Thorne, do you ever stop to wonder where the honey lemon chicken sitting in front of you actually came from? Some Bowdoin students might be surprised to know that many organic foods come from local Maine growers. [read the article]

Cronkite converses with Maine students
ALISON L. MCCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
Walter Cronkite was already 65 years old when most of today's college students were born. Some may never have heard of him. Yet while he belongs to a different era of broadcast journalism, Cronkite still possesses the ability to captivate an audience at the ripe old age of 87. [read the article]

Body hair removal
Dear Dr. Jeff: Is there a safe, cheap, and effective way to get rid of body hair so that it doesn't grow back thicker and quicker?-MBE [read the article]

Explorers launch from Rockland
Rupert Baxter, a rising junior in the summer of 1891, acted as a "special correspondent" for the Portland Advertiser (today the Press Herald), reporting on the progress of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador and its efforts to rediscover Grand Falls 300 miles up the Grand River in Labrador. [read the article]

Cheney: Step aside
Now is the winter of our discontent, the White House may be thinking these days. The president's favorability polls are at their lowest point yet, he had a mediocre-at-best showing on Meet the Press on Sunday, and John Kerry, war hero and relatively mainstream Democrat, is looking to take over the nomination, as opposed to the professionally angry Howard Dean that Karl Rove would have preferred. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Attention to detail
With the public release of the much-anticipated Campus Master Plan, much of the campus community's attention will shift to long-term growth, the results of which students will only appreciate on far-off Reunion Weekends. [read the article]

One-man show proves Don Quixote a story for our times
Before Sancho Panza runs for shelter from the deluge in La Mancha, before Don Quixote envisions his love for the metaphysical Dulcinea, and before the cascading cries of "war" and "the next adventure," there is but one man. [read the article]

Alumnus scripts plays about gays
I was sitting with some friends at the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut when I heard Adam Bock casually mention to us his status as a Bowdoin alumnus. [read the article]

Skaters will 'prove who rules NESCAC' with weekend play
After a rare weekend off, the Bowdoin Women's Hockey Team re-asserted itself by defeating in-state NESCAC rival Colby College 4-0 on Tuesday. Team captain and one of Bowdoin's offensive leaders Marissa O'Neil '05 led the charge, picking up two goals in the game. [read the article]

Polar Bears continue record-breaking season
With only tomorrow's game against Colby left in regular season play, the Bowdoin Women's Basketball Team is still at the top of its game and at the top of its league. [read the article]

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