Bowdoin Orient News

Volume CXXXIII, Number 15
February 20, 2004

Racial incidents shake community
BRIAN DUNN & ADAM BABER, ORIENT STAFF
A coffeehouse celebrating Black History Month was the scene of a series of confrontations between Bowdoin students, tensions from which spilled over to the following morning and continue to concern students and faculty alike. [read the article]

Committee proposes orientation changes
KIRA CHAPPELLE, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin may implement a new orientation program for first years that would affect the entire community. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) is currently forming and refining a proposal for a ten day orientation in lieu of the current four day program with the optional pre-orientation trip. [read the article]

Trustees grant tenure to nine professors
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
The Board of Trustees promoted nine professors-Pamela Ballinger, Rachel J. Beane, Eric L. Chown, Thomas D. Conlan, Peter Coviello, Paul Friedland, Marc J. Hetherington, Barry A. Logan, and Michael F. Palopoli-to the rank of Assistant Professor with tenure recently. [read the article]

Bowdoin community works in regional reading program
NICOLE COLUCCI, STAFF WRITER
For the past two years, the "Friends" groups at four Midcoast Maine libraries have organized "Community Reads," a program designed to bring together surrounding communities through dialogue and debate over a chosen book. [read the article]

Student aid offers students new, "live" web portal
JENNIFER BERNSTEIN, STAFF WRITER
With the launch of its new "live" web portal this month, the Office of Student Aid is modernizing the financial aid process. Following the lead of Bearings, the Student Records site, the service is paving the way for more efficient, paperless communication between the College's administration and students. [read the article]

From Bowdoin to CNN: Anchor reports 'excellent adventure'
This is the first in an occasional series profiling Bowdoin alumni who have gone on to lead interesting and exciting lives after college. When Judy Fortin '83 first became a Bowdoin student, she never envisioned herself interviewing future newsmakers and celebrities, like John Glenn, Sally Ride, members of the famed 1980 Olympic hockey team, or musician Yo-Yo Ma. [read the article]

Students trapped in credit card debt
Chances are, as a college student, your mailbox has been continually inundated with applications for credit cards. Unversed in the responsibility and true meaning that using credit cards entail, students these days use plastic to pay for everything from new stereos and computers, to packs of beer and gum. [read the article]

Another bad V-day
If you're like me, your Valentine's Day was spent deleting names from your buddy list while washing down conversation hearts with overproof rum. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Beyond 'PC'
The incident at the Pub offers a very important opportunity to reevaluate Bowdoin's approach to campus dialogue on race and diversity. We believe that the recent surfacing of racial tensions is indicative of a flawed approach to what constitutes "honest dialogue" on campus. [read the article]

Disney scores with Miracle of a hockey movie
It's hard enough to create a sports movie that meets the public's approval; it's another thing to create a sports movie approved by someone who lived it, such as Jim Craig. Disney's Miracle, an account of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team's victory in 1980, passes both tests through its casting and commitment to authenticity. [read the article]

Real-life "Miracle on Ice" goalie Jim Craig approves of the film
"It was weird seeing a movie about your life," said Jim Craig, who was the goalie of the 1980 Olympic Hockey Team and often referred to as the backbone of the squad. After seeing the movie, Craig called it 99 percent accurate. [read the article]

Undefeated women end regular season with win over Colby
After beating Colby in the last game of regular season play, the undefeated and top-seeded Bowdoin Women's Basketball Team (23-0 overall, 9-0 conference) will take on the Colby squad again for the first round of NESCACs tomorrow. [read the article]

Bears split weekend with USM, Salem
Playoffs are fast approaching, but a final home stand will round out the Bowdoin men's regular ice hockey season this weekend. They rebounded from an overtime loss at Salem State to beat the University of Southern Maine on Saturday. [read the article]

Seniors gather around the bar at Jack Magee’s Pub last night. The Class of 2004 celebrated the beginning of its graduation countdown. Commencement exercises are scheduled for May 29. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

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