Changes to E.S. major

News in brief: BOC granted a portion of requested funds

The Student Activities Funding Club (SAFC) has granted the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) $1,695, half of its requested $3,390. After discovering its $18,000 deficiency in funds in February, the BOC was denied its first request of $19,500 and then granted $2,420 of its second request of $5,810. President of the SAFC David Levine ’16 said in an email to the Orient that while the SAFC encouraged the BOC to request more money in a few weeks, without knowing what other budgets could arise, the SAFC could not promise the BOC more money for this year. Next year, the BOC will begin the year with its complete budget.

News in brief: Baauer to replace MØ as Saturday Ivies headliner

Baauer will be the headlining performer for Ivies, the Bowdoin Entertainment Board (eBoard) announced this morning. Baauer, DJ and producer best known for “Harlem Shake,” is replacing eBoard’s original selection, MØ, who cancelled her Bowdoin performance and several other concerts in the Northeast at the end of March.
The concert will take place on Saturday, April 30.
In addition to "Harlem Shake," which went double platinum in the U.S., finishing at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013 and inspiring a series of viral videos that garnered millions of views, Baauer has worked with popular artists such as Jay-Z, M.I.A., AlunaGeorge, Diplo and Just Blaze, who he toured with in 2013. He has also produced remixes for Nero, Flosstradamus and Disclosure, among others.
Waka Flocka Flame remains booked for Ivies and will perform on Thurday, April 28.

News in brief

April 8, 2016

The faculty of the Department of Environmental Science recently approved changes to the course requirements for the Environmental Science (E.S.) coordinate major. These changes will go into effect at the beginning of the 2016-2017 academic year. Students in the classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019 do not need to adhere to the new requirements, regardless of whether or not they have already declared the major.

Per the changes, the major’s mandated introductory class (numbered 1100 or higher) in biology, chemistry, earth and oceanographic science or physics must now include a laboratory component. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs James Higginbotham said the faculty decided on this change in the hopes that it would ensure that students who fulfill the coordinate major have some vital laboratory experience.

The second change involves the disciplinary concentrations that students must choose within the coordinate major. With the new requirements, students will have to integrate their E.S. disciplinary concentration into their full major with the help of their major advisor. This change is intended to help students make the coordinate major more in line with their individual interests and as a result, more meaningful.

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