Liz Button
Number of articles: 5First article: April 23, 2004
Latest article: November 19, 2004
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Recent grads return to Bowdoin
Working in Security and Residential Life, two '04 grads see another side of Bowdoin
Whether at a party or walking on the street, many Bowdoin students feel a constant, pervasive fear of Bowdoin Security. This concern is reasonable: security officers are older than we are, have more authority than we do, and have the power to incite drastic changes in our lives.
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Cruising Campus
West Coast culture invades Maine on a longboard
You probably hear it before you see it. The noise gets just loud enough so that you're able to dodge out of the way before you're run over. The ominous rumbling you heard, however, was just the combination of wheels on pavement and poorly-oiled trucks.
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A Day in Maine: The Desert of Maine
Could it be? Cast iron camels and a dry spell of charm at Freeport's tourist trap
According to the sign by the Desert of Maine parking lot, the Desert is "Maine's most famous natural phenomenon."
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Mapping the course of our political lives
Government professor Mingus Mapps marries academics with political action
Last fall and spring, as Mingus Mapps was lobbying to teach his new course, "Campaigns and Elections," the election season was heating to a slow simmer. The semester his course was accepted, the strength of the political mobilization on the Bowdoin campus helped make "Campaigns and Elections" one of the most sought-after courses at Bowdoin.
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Retreat addresses issues of eating disorders and body image on campus
It started as a simple online conversation among members of the Bowdoin Women's Association list-serve. Through a chain of emails, members expressed their general frustration with the silence surrounding the issue of eating disorders at Bowdoin.