Marcus Pearson
Number of articles: 3First article: November 12, 2004
Latest article: April 22, 2005
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BOC Notebook: BOC dines in class for a good cause
When I waltzed into the Schwartz on Wednesday night?late as always?the cavalcade of stimuli nearly overwhelmed my senses in the greatest way. The heat of the day had dissipated, but inside it felt like a swanky New York restaurant.
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BOC Notebook: Vital training in both backpacking and spooning
Every semester since the dawn of mankind, the Outing Club's leadership training class has embarked on a weekend backpacking trip through some of Maine's wildest country?usually the Speckled Mountain-Caribou Wilderness?to learn leadership skills from future fellow leaders. In prehistoric times, the landscape was awash in a massive bog that engulfed entire herds of mammoths and Esuvees (buckle up, by the way.) In our modern times, however, the bogs have subsided and lush forests have blossomed, much like the mold in my garbage can. Humans have flecked the wilderness with trails that wind through sun-dappled glades and allow us to escape into the northern Maine woods for a weekend of hiking and exploration.
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BOC Notebook: Watch out for Richard Simmons at BOC events
The late November haze has settled in on campus, and students and professors alike have found that the jobs they put off until "sometime before Thanksgiving" have now leapt to the forefront of their agenda.