Index of terms and individuals

The Bowdoin Project: What does the NAS report teach?

In many respects, the NAS report “What Does Bowdoin Teach?” is not news. Few, if any, would dispute that there is a liberal bias on campus and that our community celebrates and privileges certain views over others. Peter Wood and Michael Toscano explore the College’s politics in part by labeling concepts such as “sustainability,” “multiculturalism,” and “global citizenship” as dirty words and phrases, ideas that do injustice to what the report calls “the American miracle.” Clearly, there are fundamental differences of opinion between the writers of the report and Bowdoin’s educational mission, but to ignore the report because it is predictable or contrary to our own beliefs is to confirm the report’s central finding: that Bowdoin is a close-minded, partisan place.
The report reads like a plea to the good old “sons of Bowdoin,” whom perhaps the writers hope will keep President Mills’ phone ringing off the hook for the foreseeable future. Yet it is true that both alumni and students have the responsibility to consider how—and what—Bowdoin is teaching.
I doubt anyone would argue that nothing about Bowdoin should be changed. The report should be considered not only to test the very critical thinking skills brought into question, but also because, frankly, it contains some useful ideas. For one, I have often been disappointed by the lack of survey courses in the curriculum, and in some way, Bowdoin has limited my ability to explore new disciplines by not offering easier access.

The Bowdoin Project: National Association of Scholars releases 360 page critique of the College

Bowdoin students spend too much time talking about identity, don’t know enough about the founding fathers, and have way too much sex.
It took the National Association of Scholars 19 months to reach those conclusions, which, among others, are detailed in “The Bowdoin Project,” the organization’s report on the College.
Totaling 360 pages, the report applies conservative ideology of the past three decades to virtually every aspect of Bowdoin policy, academic affairs, and student life. The report assails Bowdoin on topics as wide-ranging as sustainability and climate change, gay marriage, and affirmative action.

The Bowdoin Project

April 4, 2013

The report by the National Association of Scholars on Bowdoin, “What Does Bowdoin Teach?”, did not include an index, so the Orient has assembled one.

Aasen, Claire, 223
Abney, Isa, 179, 224, 225, 236
Adams-Wall, Christopher, 251
Adams, Christian, 351
alcohol transports, 5, 244, 272
alcohol, 35, 36, 203, 206, 208, 212, 214, 215, 234, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 265, 266, 268, 270, 272
Allen, William, 44
Amaez, Leana, 232, 292, 297
America, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 62, 70, 93, 107, 108, 116, 125, 130, 283, 295, 313, 341, 358
Amherst, 48, 49, 158, 161, 253, 306, 327
Antolini, Anthony, 194, 239, 240
Appleton, Jesse, 44
Aumoithe, George, 214, 224, 236
Bates, 48, 49, 158, 161, 201, 252, 253, 280, 304, 316
Battle, Mark, 257
Berroiza, Alanna, 224
Bivins, Nylea, 19, 299, 300
Bowdoin Beata, 5, 239, 240
Bowdoin Cable Network (BCN), 181, 260, 308
Bowdoin Career Planning, 298
Bowdoin Catalogue, 8, 17, 18, 19, 26, 43, 45, 54, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73, 76, 81, 87, 88, 89, 91, 101, 103, 104, 121, 127, 130, 131, 154, 173, 192, 194, 253, 322, 328, 329, 330, 350, 357
Bowdoin Christian Fellowship, 24, 230, 231, 232, 233, 260, 264, 286, 287, 289, 292
Bowdoin College Democrats, 22, 260, 262, 263, 274, 277, 280
Bowdoin College Republicans, 228, 231, 262, 274, 289
Bowdoin Daily Sun, 21, 122, 125, 129, 141, 143, 146, 150, 157, 158, 208, 222, 227, 268, 292, 300, 302
Bowdoin Globalist, 260, 301, 302
Bowdoin “Hello”, 19, 226, 299, 300
Bowdoin Hillel, 260, 286, 288
Bowdoin Magazine, 116, 147, 253, 293
Bowdoin Orient, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 38, 39, 48, 71, 73, 94, 120, 121, 124, 140, 144, 147, 148, 156, 157, 171, 178, 179, 182, 205, 206, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 296, 297, 302, 308, 317, 318, 319, 320, 332, 343, 347, 348, 357
Bowdoin Outing Club, 222, 260, 261, 262
Bowdoin Queer Straight Alliance, 143, 205, 219, 224, 225
Bowdoin Student Government, 19, 179, 181, 205, 207, 208, 228, 247, 249, 250, 251, 261, 262, 264, 265, 274, 282, 283, 284, 286, 299, 352
Brett, Cameron, 238
Brunswick Police, 271
Bryn Mawr, 48, 100, 158, 161
Burke, Brian, 226
Campos, Sean, 225
capitalism, 25
Carleton, 48, 158, 161, 306
Carneval, Charlotte, 229
Catholic Students Union, 260, 286, 289
Cespedes, Jose, 223
Chamberlain, Joshua L., 10, 44, 126
Chang, Michael, 263
chem-free, 247, 248, 249, 250
Chen, Alyssa, 248
Ciborowski, Bryan, 252
Civil Rights, 20, 23, 159, 185, 206, 233
Colby, 48, 49, 158, 161, 252, 253, 254, 291, 304, 316
Coles, James Stacy, 45, 74, 82, 323, 331
College House, 237, 247
Collings, David, 351
common good, 27, 39, 44, 80, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 151, 173, 183, 195, 254, 265, 322, 332, 358
Common Hour, 182, 316, 317
Conly, Sara O’Brien, 335
Connecticut, 48, 49, 158, 161, 173, 253
Consent is Sexy, 205, 224, 234
Coravos, Jonathan, 317
Corish, Denis, 324
Cowles, Lucia, 225
Daniels, Nick, 347
DeCoster, Gregory, 343
Delong, Allen, 220, 230, 231, 269, 270, 293
Dietz, Keel, 271
diversity, 2, 4, 14, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 45, 50, 83, 107, 150, 152, 153, 155, 159, 161, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 189, 191, 192, 205, 218, 219, 220, 221, 225, 226, 227, 228, 234, 277
Edwards, Robert H., 45
Enteman, Willard F., 45
Epicuria, 271
Ervin, La’Shaye, 224
first-year seminars, 3, 7, 19, 92, 93, 94, 100, 101, 102, 103, 355, 359
Flores, Robert, 290
football, 12, 146, 153, 154, 202, 252, 255, 293
Foster, Guy Mark, 338
Foster, Tim, 139, 202, 205, 206, 207, 233, 241, 243, 244, 247, 249, 250, 264, 265, 268, 270, 271, 272
Franco, Paul, 169, 257, 279, 282, 315, 357
Franz, Michael, 242
fraternities, 45, 197, 198, 201, 236, 237, 238, 239, 244, 245, 246, 258, 259, 264, 306, 315, 317, 355
Freedman, Ben, 229, 288
Frizell, Samuel, 223
Fuller, Margaret, 183, 229
Gagnon, Robert, 230, 287, 293
Gartside, Amanda, 232, 318
Gay and Lesbian Studies, 19, 63, 87, 91, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 117, 299
Gender and Women’s Studies, 17, 19, 31, 63, 103, 104, 106, 116, 117, 192, 199, 211, 214, 241, 299, 325, 357
gender, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 29, 31, 41, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 79, 84, 87, 89, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 142, 152, 162, 168, 187, 192, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 205, 211, 214, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 232, 234, 236, 241, 254, 262, 294, 299, 313, 314, 325, 333, 335, 337, 340, 342, 356, 357, 358
Ghodsee, Kristen, 31, 32, 199, 211, 212, 241, 325, 326, 327, 332, 355
global warming, 24, 38, 46, 109, 110, 123, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179
Goldstein, Jonathan, 253, 319, 343, 359
Graham, Emily, 290
Greason, LeRoy, 45
Green Bowdoin Alliance, 37, 177, 260
Green Global Initiatives, 37, 177, 260
Gregory, Jamilah, 216, 287
Grinell, 48
Grover, John, 249, 285
Hamilton, 48, 49, 100, 158, 161, 254
Harris, Samuel, 28, 44, 126, 273
Haverford, 48, 158, 161, 306
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 42, 183, 261
hazing, 40, 44, 200, 251, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273
Hazlett, Margaret, 347
Heath, Michael, 228, 229, 230
Helmreich, Ernst Christian, 286
Herman, Kate, 232
Hershberger, Bernie, 291
Hetherington, Marc, 22, 278
Hilboldt, Andrew, 287
hockey, 49, 174, 225, 253, 260, 267
hookup culture, 36, 213
Hornsten, James, 343
Howell, Roger, 32, 43, 45, 68, 74, 76, 82, 99, 118, 153, 265, 349
Hyde, William DeWitt, 27, 44, 195
I Am Bowdoin, 140, 141, 142, 148, 150, 152, 223, 299, 312
identity, 2, 5, 18, 72, 105, 254, 295
in loco parentis, 10, 33
Ives, Robert, 292, 293
Ivies, 246, 252, 255
Jacobs, Ross, 252, 318
Jennings, Nancy, 132, 258
Judd, Cristle Collins, 21, 94, 316, 349
King, Josh, 317
King, Martin Luther, 29, 227, 293
Kinstler, Linda, 268
Klingenstein, Tom, 13, 14, 33, 138, 305
Kreider, Benjamin, 259, 280
Ladd, 217, 235, 271
Lajoie, Christopher, 291
Laurence, Henry, 21, 277
Lee, Shephard, 288
Leiwant, Elizabeth, 289
Levine, Daniel, 113, 257, 277
Linhart, Alexander, 229, 274
Linhart, Zachary, 228
Loucks, Danica, 171, 172, 250, 252
Ludwig, Micah, 233
MacEachern, Scott, 168, 257, 278, 350
marijuana, 243
McCalla, James, 257
McEwen, Craig, 28, 96, 132, 134, 191, 197, 277, 284, 315, 324, 350, 351
McKeen Center for the Common Good, 123, 131, 133, 146, 181, 303, 316
McKeen, Joseph, 44, 84, 120, 122, 123, 131, 133, 303
Mckesson, DeRay, 247
McKibben, Bill, 37, 177
Meatless Mondays, 140
Meddiebempsters, 239, 240, 260, 269, 270, 271
Meiklejohn, Scott, 33
Middlebury, 48, 49, 158, 161, 254, 304, 306
Miller, James, 256
Miller, Nathan, 290, 294, 295
Mills, Barry, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 38, 43, 46, 95, 97, 110, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 132, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 149, 150, 157, 158, 160, 161, 168, 170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 178, 182, 195, 196, 233, 236, 247, 254, 255, 256, 257, 262, 267, 268, 281, 284, 285, 293, 296, 299, 300, 302, 307, 308, 358
Mitchell, George, 172, 301
Moll, Richard, 294
Morgan, Richard, 278
Mount Holyoke, 48, 158, 161, 327
multiculturalism, 10, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25, 28, 37, 106, 155, 157, 158, 162, 264, 292, 297, 298, 322, 357
Muslim Students Association, 260, 286, 289
NESCAC, 242, 244, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 266, 267
Nichols, Randy, 244, 250, 270
O’Connor, Kathleen, 94, 96
Oberlin, 48, 158, 161
Occupy Bowdoin, 274
Parkview Hospital, 271
Peucinian Society, 19, 261, 318
Pierce, Franklin, 42
Pomona, 48, 158, 161, 306, 327
Portland Press Herald, 265, 300
Potholm, Christian, 21, 257, 276, 278
Q Magazine, 224, 225, 260, 262
Queer Gardens, 9, 20, 93, 313
race, 5, 7, 8, 20, 30, 50, 52, 53, 62, 93, 116, 295, 310, 311, 338, 339
Rael, Patrick, 22, 25, 170, 282
Reidy, James, 269
Reizbaum, Marilyn, 168, 257
Richmond, Ben, 178, 245, 263
Riley, Nancy, 132, 168, 258
“Rise, Sons of Bowdoin”, 193, 239
Robinson, Steven, 25, 258
Romney, Ted, 252
rugby, 140, 199, 271, 272, 299
Sabasteanski, Samuel, 285
same-sex marriage, 23, 24, 274, 287, 294, 295, 357
Sandler, Coral, 292, 293
Santoro, Doris, 340
Sanville, Chris, 271, 317
SAT, 8, 32, 33, 45, 99, 100, 255, 308, 309, 310, 354
Schaffner, Paul, 347
Sehon, Scott, 256
September 11, 2001, 15, 27, 28, 289
sex, 23, 24, 35, 36, 40, 151, 192, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 223, 225, 226, 230, 233, 234, 236, 241, 251, 262, 274, 287, 294, 295, 328, 335, 336, 357
Shearer-Hardy, Kyle, 268
Sills, Kenneth, 44, 61, 70, 121, 145, 192, 193, 239, 254, 255, 289
Silver, Tyler, 284
Smith, Jill Suzanne, 333
Sosa, Riquelmy, 132, 263
Stern, Kate, 219, 226
Strachan, Owen, 287
Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC), 233, 261, 262, 286, 289
Student Organizations Oversight Committee (SOOC), 261, 262, 263, 269, 270, 271, 286
sustainability, 2, 4, 8, 9, 16, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 119, 123, 129, 133, 138, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 200, 210, 322, 357, 358, 359
Swarthmore, 48, 158, 161, 306
Thaxton, Donisha, 298
Toscano, Michael, 1, 9, 11, 14, 172, 194, 220, 253, 258, 294, 299, 300
Trinity, 48, 49, 158, 161, 254, 304
Tufts, 49, 158, 254
Vassar, 48, 100, 158, 161
Verrill, Emma, 225
Ward, Jeff, 226, 227, 256, 257, 268, 269
WBOR, 181, 260
Wellesley, 48, 158, 161, 304, 305, 306, 327
Wenz, Jennifer, 292, 293
Wesleyan, 48, 49, 158, 254, 327
Wheaton, 48
White, Bob, 284
Wieler, Matt, 230
Williams, 12, 48, 49, 129, 158, 161, 254, 267, 268, 306, 327
Women’s Resource Center, 4, 205, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 291
Wood, Peter, 1, 9, 11, 14, 30, 33, 47, 305
Woods, Leonard Jr., 44
Yang, Michael, 250
Yarbrough, Jean, 21, 278
Yellow Shirt Day, 224, 227, 228, 235

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