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FEATURES: ON-CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT
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MORE NEWS: WEATHER BALLOON LOST;
LONGFELLOW RENOVATION APPROVED
TODAYS OPINION
EDITORIAL: As Maine goes.
Page 14.
SPORTS: FIELD HOCKEY FALLS TO THIRD IN NESCAC
The eld hockey team defeated
Trinity 3-2 last weekend, but
dropped to third place in the NESCAC
following its 3-2 loss to Tufts, who
climbed into second place.
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Page 3.
THE WAY IT SHOULD BE: Chris Wedeman 15
on hummus and human rights.
According to data from the
Student Employment O ce,
1,291 studentsnearly
three quarters of the student
bodyworked an on-campus
job last year.
BALLOON: Hartley Brody 12s experiment
crashed in Brunswick, and remains lost.
Page 15.
LONGFELLOW: The Board of Trustees voted
unanimously in favor of the renovations.
Page 3.
BRIAN JACOBEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Students held a candlelight vigil at Tuesday evenings Take Back the Nightevent, sponsored by V-Day, which sought to raise awareness about sexual violence.
Please see GIVING, page 3
BY RON CERVANTES
ORIENT STAFF
Crew takes two medals at Head of the Charles
In a standout performance, the row-
ing team earned two medals last week-
end at the annual Head of the Charles
Regatta, the largest two-day rowing
competition in the world.
Te varsity womens four won gold,
fnishing their race as the leader of a 38-
boat feld, while the mens placed ffh
against 45 other teams. Tis is the frst
time that Bowdoin has ever come away
with a gold medal from the Head of the
Charles, and the frst time the team has
had two crews medal in the same race.
Te winning womens four was
made up of Katie Ross 14, Catherine
Yochum 15, Mary Brian Barksdale 15,
Sam Burns 15, and coxswain Bonnie
Cao 13. Te mens four consisted of
Cal Brooks 15, Tucker Colvin 13, Ben
Geyman 16, Mark Endruzzi 15, and
coxswain Jen Helble 14.
On the second day, the mens and
womens eights, in a considerably Please see CREW, page 12
Parkview proposal revives
conict with Mid Coast
BY SAM MILLER
ORIENT STAFF
Please see PARKVIEW, page 3
Annual giving increases 6% in FY 2012
SOOC charters eight clubs,
campus total rises to 107
BY ANDREW PARK
ORIENT STAFF
Te Student Organizations Oversight
Committee (SOOC) handed down
charters for new clubs this week. Eight
new clubs joined the existing 99 clubs
that were chartered last May, making for
a grand total of 107 on campus. Only a
few more clubs were approved this year
than last year.
We only lost two clubs over the
course of the previous year, said
SOOC Chair Brian Kim 13. Among
the newly chartered clubs are Stu-
dents for Justice in Palestine, Polar
Bear Nation, Model United Nations,
and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Alli-
ance. According to Kim, at least one
more club is expected to be char-
tered next week.
Many of the new clubs were repre- Please see SOOC, page 3
sented at the Student Activities Fair
earlier this year, but some have only
recently been given om cial recognition.
Tere were a lot of clubs, but not all
of them were chartered at that point.
Only the ones that are chartered get
funding, he said.
We told clubs to be in the Student
Activities Fair even if they werent
chartered yet because we didnt want
them to miss an opportunity to get
the word out and be at a disadvan-
tage, added Kim.
Neither Kim nor Cubeta believe that
the increased number of clubs will afect
club funding signifcantly.
Cubeta did point to a few clubs,
such as the Yellow Bike Club, that
now have operating budgets. Te
SAFC does not decide how much
Te Om ce of Planning and Devel-
opment reported record annual giv-
ing this year, with $10,477,227 raised
in fscal year (FY) 2012, a six percent
increase from FY 2011.
Annual giving is Bowdoins top
priority, so we have a lot of momen-
tum in terms of staf and volunteers
pulling together to try to bring those
gifs in, said Director of Annual Giv-
ing Brannon Fisher.
Annual giving is a subset of all gifs
to Bowdoin, and is comprised of do-
nations from alumni, parents and
friends of the College. Te funds al-
located for annual giving are used for
current expenditures and are a crucial
BY DIANA LEE
ORIENT STAFF
part of the Colleges operating budget.
In FY 2011, the College received
$9,845,168 in annual gifs. Te six per-
cent jump from FY 2011 to FY 2012
mirrors the growth of annual giving
donations in the past two years. Last
year, annual giving also increased by
six percent.
Fisher cited the Colleges incred-
ibly loyal alumni body as a reason for
the growth in annual giving. Tis year,
nearly 60 percent of alumni donated
to the College.
Tey understand Bowdoins need
for unrestricted gifs, and theyve an-
swered the call when weve asked them
for it, said Fisher.
Fisher added that the trustees have
been incredibly generous to Bowdoin
and have ensured that the College
continues to have a reliable stream of
unrestricted gif revenue to bolster the
operating budget.
Te Om ce of Planning and Devel-
opment also implemented innovative
initiatives to raise money for the Col-
leges annual fund, said Fisher.
Te Hyde Scholarships program
asks donors to make a multi-year gif
that is restricted to the fnancial aid
fund. In addition, Sundial Circle en-
ables alumni and friends of the Col-
lege to make a monthly recurring gif
rather than a large, one-time expense.
Te Sundial Circle allows us to
have more predictability in gif reve-
nue, explained Fisher. All we need to
do is thank them. We dont need to ask
more competitive feld, placed 33rd
and 25th respectively.
It was a row of historic proportions,
said Head Coach Gil Birney. I couldnt
be more pleased.
Te Head of the Charles Regatta
draws crews from across the nation.
Teams come from larger colleges and
universities than those that the Bowdoin
squad is used to facing, including crews
from the University of Virginia, the
University of Michigan, and Penn State.
Last year, the mens four earned a medal
in the regatta by fnishing fourth, while
The debate over the future of
Parkview Adventist Medical Cen-
ter came to a head on Wednesday,
when over 300 community mem-
bers attended a public hearing to
discuss a proposed acquisition of
control agreement between the
hospital and Central Maine Health-
care Corporation.
Central Maine Healthcare is a non-
proft parent organization that over-
sees a healthcare delivery system com-
prised of Bridgton Hospital, Rumford
Hospital, and Central Maine Medical
Center, based in Lewiston.
Te application submitted to
Maines Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS) would
transfer control of Parkview to Cen-
tral Maine Healthcare. Opponents of
the measure, however, are largely in
favor of a consolidation of services
plan between Parkview and Mid
Coast Hospital, questioning the cost
em ciency of two Brunswick hospitals
located within six miles of each other
and funded separately.
Overseen by the DHHS, Wednes-
days public hearing at Brunswicks
Knights of Columbus Hall gave com-
munity members a chance to ofer
testimonials in support of or in oppo-
sition to the proposal. Te hearing be-
gan with a presentation led by Central
Maine Healthcares Vice-President for
Public Afairs Chuck Gill, who clari-
fed the misconception that Parkview
is being sold.
Its a very simple transaction, its a
paper transaction, said Gill. Tere is
no money changing hands.
Mike Ortel, board chairman of
Parkview, spoke next and made it clear
that the only proposal under review is
between Parkview and Central Maine
Healthcare. He described the positive
relationship between the two health-
care centers, and said that Mid Coasts
proposal to absorb Parkview was not
up for consideration.
Parkview is not to be sold to Mid
Coast Hospital. Tis is a decision that
has not even come up on the board or
entered anybodys mind, said Ortel.
Control of Parkview has never been
out to bid. We have told Mid Coast
no a multiple of times over the last 30
years because of who we are and what
we stand for.
Mid Coast, on the other hand, calls
attention to the inem ciencies of two
Brunswick hospitals, claiming that a
merger between the two could save
$24.3 million a year and that cur-
rently, the occupancy rate between
both hospitals is only 44 percent on
an average day.
Mid Coasts founding in 2001, out
of a merger of Bath Memorial Hospital
and Regional Memorial Hospital, has
saved millions of dollars per year.
Maine has one of the highest per
capita costs for health care in the en-
tire nation, over $8,700 to take care of
every man, woman, and child in the
state. Te national average is about
$6,700, said Mid Coasts Dr. Carl De-
Mars, who has worked in Brunswick
for 12 years.
He explained that this is due to
the fact that Maine is primarily ru-
ral, but questioned the use of Bruns-
wicks resources.
Parkview is not a critical access
hospital. We have another hospital
LIGHT THE WAY
COURTESY OF BONNIE CAO
GOLDEN GIRLS: The womens varsity four on its way to a rst-place nish at Head of the Charles.
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Known for her clutch performances, womens soccer midelder
Molly Popolizio 14 has scored or assisted ve out of six one-point
wins this season.
SPORTS: Athlete of the week: Molly Popolizio 14
FEATURES: Homework help
Bowdoin has hired more TAs and tutors in the past seven years.
What does this mean for the relationship between professors
and students?
A&E: Raising songs to Bowdoin
The Meddiebempsters, the nations third oldest a
capella group, celebrated its 75th anniversary last
Saturday.
Page 11.
CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
Silverman 14 begins food
delivery service on campus
When Sam Silverman 14 was a
freshman, he and his friends would
always think about how great it
would be to have food other than
Dominos or Papa Johns delivered to
their doorsteps.
Silverman is making his wish a
reality. With his new business
Bowdoin Food Delivery.
Te service brings food from Jack
Magees Pub, Campus Food Truck or
the C-store to students anywhere on
campus. Operating hours are Sunday
to Tursday 9 p.m. to 12 a.m., and
Friday and Saturday 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Customers can call Silverman for
orders, including pub food. He will
then place the order himself and
pay with his one card, pick it up and
deliver it to wherever you are. He ac-
cepts cash, credit or debit card, and
charges a two-dollar delivery fee.
He started his service three weeks
ago, delivering food mostly to his
friends and people who live around
him in Brunswick Apartments.
Right now I am getting four to
fve orders a night, Silverman said.
Since then he has been actively
promoting the food delivery ser-
viceprinting informational fyers
about his business, and setting up
Facebook and Twitter accounts
trying to get the attention of the
entire student body.
According to Director of Op-
erations, Dining Services Michele
Gaillard, Silverman has discussed his
business plan with Manager of Din-
ing Retail Operations Adeena Fisher,
and Director of Student Activities
Allen Delong, to ensure that his
business would not interfere with the
pubs business processes.
Tey were concerned about me
handling student ID numbers and
getting food there on time and still
keeping it hot, Silverman said. But
once I addressed all the concerns
they were O.K. with the idea.
He has purchased a pizza bag to
maintain food temperature, and has
been borrowing his friends cars to
ensure he can deliver food on time.
Both Gaillard and Silverman
emphasize that the business is inde-
pendent of Bowdoin Dining Service,
and students should not call the Pub,
C-store or Campus Food Truck for
concerns or requirements regarding
their orders with Silverman.
Sams business is not am liated
with Bowdoin Dining Service in any
way, Gaillard said in an email to the
Orient.
We will treat him like any other
customer.
Silverman said he is ready to give
up his weekend nights.
Ill have to sacrifce my social life
for the next weeks, Silverman said.
I am very committed to making this
work.
Eventually, he hopes to expand
his delivery service to the greater
Brunswick area.
Im just excited to see how the
Bowdoin community reacts to it,
Silverman said.
-Compiled by Sophia Cheng
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Page 5.
What are you going to be for Halloween?
Wren Tooker 15
Cruella de Vil. My friends are going
to be my Dalmatian puppies.
Daniel Eloy 15
A Christmas elf and my friend is
going to be a Christmas tree.
Harry Summers 16
Shaggy because Ive been
told I look like him.
Photos by Hy Khong
Adriane Berry 14
A piece of sushi.
JEFFREY CHUNG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SAY CHEESE: Lester Pearson 14 poses for the camera while preparing food at Jack Magees Pub. See story about student campus employment on page 5.
STUDENT SPEAK
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Last Sunday morning, Hartley Brody
12 sent a homemade weather balloon
into space from a grocery store parking
lot in western Massachusetts, intending
to capture footage of the earths curva-
ture. Coincidentally, the balloon drifed
hundreds of miles northeast, landing in
the woods across the street from Bruns-
wick High School, only a few miles from
Brodys alma mater. Te footage re-
mained unrecovered at press time.
Felix Baumgartneran Austrian
daredevil who recently shattered re-
cords by jumping from a capsule 24
miles above New Mexicoinspired
Brody to send his balloon into space.
I think technically it is called near
space, Brody explained. I call it outer
space because seeing the earth drop-
ping of and the black sky is outer space
to me. Te balloon was supposed to go
to about 100,000 feet, but we slightly un-
derinfated it, which means that it rose
more slowly and went a little higher be-
fore it burst.
Sunday morning was the best time
for New Englanders to catch the Orio-
nid meteor shower, which rained blaz-
ing bits of Halleys Comet down to
Earths atmosphere. Brody said he hopes
he caught footage of the meteor shower.
Brody flled his balloon with he-
lium at Hannaford in North Brookfeld,
Mass., and launched it in the parking lot.
Te GPS tracking device lost service for
four hours, eventually checking in from
the woods near Brunswick High School.
Brody drove up to Maine to try to re-
trieve the footage, but the sun set before
he found it and he returned to Massa-
chusetts empty-handed.
Several parties have expressed in-
terest in helping Brody recover his
equipment. An aviation consulting
company in Boston ofered to fy
remote-controlled airplanes over the
area to search the treetops.
Bowdoin students organized a search
party for the balloon on Monday.
It was about an hour and ffeen
minutes that we spent running around
in the forest on Monday evening, said
Hugh Ratclife 15. I actually dont
know where I was, but it was down that
way [near the high school]. We had one
map with the general area it was sup-
posed to be in, but it was so hard to tell
where we were.
Ratclife said he was disappointed not
to recover the footage. He said that the
autumnal colors of the parachute made
it dim cult to spot in the woods.
Brody expects the footage to be re-
covered. He said he believes that if
enough people are aware of his project,
it is more likely to be found, and since
the camera was in a waterproof case, he
expects the footage to survive the win-
ter, even if it is not recovered this fall.
Alumnus weather ballon lands in Brunswick
BY LUKE MILARDO
ORIENT STAFF
Te Board of Trustees unanimous-
ly voted to convert Longfellow Ele-
mentary School into a studio art and
dance space during its annual meet-
ing over Homecoming Weekend.
Te board also discussed a proposed
upgrade to the Colleges network, al-
though the topic was not brought to
an om cial vote.
It was very much a business as
usual meeting and an update to the
trustees about what was happening on
campus, said President Mills.
Te College acquired the Longfellow
property last year when it reached an
agreement with the Town of Brunswick
to exchange the frst two foors of the
McLellan Building for the now-vacant
Longfellow school.
Te Longfellow arts building will
bring together everything thats not in
the [Visual Arts Center], said Presi-
dent of Bowdoin Student Govern-
ment Dani Chediak, who is the stu-
dent representative on the Board of
Trustees executive committee.
Mills said that he anticipates con-
struction on the school to begin this
November. According to Katy Long-
ley, senior vice president for fnance
and administration and treasurer, the
proposed project budget is approxi-
mately $6 million.
Te trustees also discussed anoth-
er $6 million proposal. Information
Technology (IT) plans to upgrade
the Colleges networking system and
move the data center from the base-
ment of Hubbard Hall to the site of the
former Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Chief Information Om cer Mitch Da-
vis explained that older parts of the Col-
leges network are unable to support the
latest version of the Internet Protocol,
the communications system on which
the entire Internet is built. Although
the Colleges wireless network received
a major upgrade last year, IT now seeks
to replace the nine-year-old hardwired
network switches.
When we originally put the network
in, we were hoping to get it to last eight
to 10 years, which was way beyond what
most projected we could do, said Davis.
Most networks last about three to fve
years. Ours has lasted nine.
Davis added that the proposed
upgrade would enable the system to
support new network protocols and
devices and bring Bowdoin up to
standards that we need in order to in-
teract with a global society.
In addition to the full board meet-
ing, all trustee committees met last
weekend.
Te admissions and fnancial aid
committee met to discuss a range
of strategic and operational matters,
according to Dean of Admissions
Scott Meiklejohn.
In addition, the student afairs com-
mittee hosted a panel on concussions.
Dean of Student Afairs Margaret Ha-
zlett, who moderated the panel, said that
the committee chose to focus on con-
cussions because the issue has recently
been prominent in the national news.
She added that it is helpful for trust-
ees to understand how the College ad-
dresses this medical issue.
Te board concluded its session
early Saturday morning in order to
watch trustee Ellen Shuman 76 be in-
ducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor.
Te Board of Trustees will reconvene
twice more during the academic year
in February and April.
Trustees vote unanimously to
renovate Longfellow School
BY DIANA LEE
ORIENT STAFF
them for a gif again and again.
While annual giving increased this
year, total giving to the College
which includes both annual giving
and gifs to the endowment fund
decreased by 16 percent.
In FY 2012, the College took in gifs
worth $30,183,577, in comparison to
FY 2011, in which it received gifs to-
taling $35,935,488,.
Fisher explained that the 16 percent
decrease refects the end of the Col-
leges 2009 capital campaign, as many
signifcant donors multi-year pledges
ended last year.
In FY 2011, Bowdoins total giving
decreased by 25 percent.
We had a good year, but because
of the timing of the Bowdoin cam-
paign, which ended in 2008, we saw
a declining number of campaign
pledges being paid of, said Fisher.
We predicted that we would have
less money coming in last year than
the year before, so we were planning
for that.
In recent years, Bowdoin has seen
totals ranging from around $34.5 mil-
lion in FY 2006 to a record $59.8 mil-
lion in FY 2009 at the conclusion of
Te Bowdoin Campaign.
Fisher said that although there were
fewer gifs to the endowment last year,
he expects annual giving to continue
to increase during FY 2013. Te Om ce
of Planning and Development hopes
to raise approximately $8,350,000 in
annual gifs next year.
GIVING
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
money clubs with operating budgets
receive. Instead, these clubs receive
funding based on their operating
costs. If these clubs have large operat-
ing budgets, discretionary spending
has to be lower.
Kim said that the SOOC does not set
a maximum number of clubs.
Regardless of how many clubs there
are, we can fnd ways to make room for
them, said Kim. Given how big our
budget is and how many groups we
have, theres a lot of shum ing we can do
to make things work.
Kim also said that in the past year
the SOOC has shifed its philosophy
regarding funding management. In
past years the SOOC funded clubs con-
servatively in order to create a cush-
ion in case clubs overspent. As a result,
the SOOC has had upwards of $20,000
in surplus at years end.
Last year, Kim and the other mem-
bers of the SOOC and SAFC began
paying closer attention to the money
they give to clubs. By paying closer at-
tention to where money is allocated,
the SOOC and SAFC sought to mini-
mize the chance that clubs will exceed
their budgets.
SOOC
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
We want to get the best value per
dollar in terms of student beneft,
said Cubeta.
According to Kim, experienced
SAFC members have allowed the board
to manage funding more efectually.
As a result, the SAFC has been able
to charter more clubs and spend most
of its budget.
We know exactly what were do-
ing, we know exactly how much
people need to do the things they
want to do so were being very em -
cient, said Kim. People wont ac-
tually feel the efects of less money
because theyll be able to the same
things with less money.
four miles down the road where we
provide excellent, high-quality, low-
cost care right here in our commu-
nity, said DeMars.
However, many community mem-
bers protest a merger of the two hospi-
tals in favor of preserving choice. Mar-
sha Penhaker, a switchboard operator
at Parkview, testifed in support of the
proposal between Parkview and Cen-
tral Maine Healthcare.
Patients should have a choice of
where they can go, said Penhaker. She
urged the community to keep choice
alive in Brunswick.
According to DeMars, however, the
cost of two hospitals in Brunswick far
outweighs the value of choice.
By keeping two full-service hos-
pitals together in this community,
were duplicating the cost of providing
health care, said DeMars. We have
two CAT scanners, two MRIs, two
emergency rooms, two full stafs.
One third option was proposed
by Judy Warren, who suggested that
Mid-Coast could go along the way it
has all these years, doing a wonder-
ful job, and Parkviewwith its 55
bedscould become a free-standing
hospice center that we could use in
this area of Maine.
Her proposal received applause
from the entire room.
Warren, who has lived in Brunswick
since 1965 with her husband Harry
Warren, former Secretary of the Col-
lege, noted the contentious history be-
tween the two hospitals in a follow-up
interview with the Orient. She does not
support the proposal between Parkview
and Central Maine Healthcare, since it
doesnt eliminate the inem ciency of hav-
ing two hospitals within the same town.
Parkviews one mile down the
road, and then theres Mid Coast four
miles down the road, said Warren.
Its just a duplication of services.
Over the next 30 days, the DHHS
will continue to accept written tes-
timonials for or against Parkview
and Central Maine Healthcares
proposal. DHHS Commissioner
Mary Mayhew will decide on the
proposal after all testimonials have
been considered.
Regardless of the outcome,
Parkview is here to stay, said Ortel.
PARKVIEW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HERE TO STAY: Parkviewis a hospital in transition, but its directors say it will remain open.
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Bonauto discusses marriage equality, law
BY ELANA VLODAVER
STAFF WRITER
SECURITY REPORT: 10/19 to 10/25
Friday, October 19
A fre alarm at MacMillan House
was activated by smoke from a student
frying sausage on the kitchen stove.
A person gained entry into Stowe
House Inn to distribute political fyers.
Four underage students in Os-
her Hall were found in possession of
hard alcohol.
Saturday, October 20
A Winthrop Hall student with fu-
like symptoms was escorted to Parkview
Adventist Medical Center.
A student reported that a man
was trying to enter Osher Hall. Te
person turned out to be a guest who
got locked out.
A door on the historic Whittier
Field Gate was vandalized with gram ti.
Four pine trees near the main en-
trance to Whittier Field were defaced
with white spray paint.
A student in a Baxter House shower
bent the shower curtain rod while doing
chin-ups. Te student came forward to
report the damage and ofered to pay to
replace the rod.
A student with chest pains in Coles
Tower was escorted to Parkview.
A fre alarm at MacMillan House
was triggered by a student who was mi-
crowaving a cookie.
Tree students in Moore Hall were
cited for smoking marijuana with a va-
porizer. Te vaporizer, a grinder, and a
quantity of marijuana were seized.
An om cer checked on the well-
being of an alumnus who fainted in the
Sail Room at Sargent Gymnasium.
An elder alumnus fell in the lobby
of the Studzinski Recital Hall and sus-
tained a wrist injury. Te alum was
taken to Parkview.
A student in Appleton Hall was
cited for an alcohol violation.
An elder alumnus collapsed on
stage during the Meddiebempsters
concert at Studzinski Recital Hall.
Brunswick Rescue transported the
man to Mid Coast Hospital.
Two students at Brunswick Apart-
ments who were carrying a keg of beer
were cited for underage possession of
alcohol.
A student at Brunswick Apartments
was cited for an alcohol policy violation.
Sunday, October 21
Seven unknown males gained entry
into Coles Tower by grabbing the door
behind an entering student at 12:40 a.m.
Tree members of the group had tried
unsuccessfully to slip by the checker
station at Super Snack. One member
of the group stole a sign of of the wall
in the tower lobby. Te group then en-
tered the locked elevator lobby when
another student let them in. One of the
men took the elevator to an upper foor
and stole an umbrella. Te suspects ap-
peared to be in their late teens. Note:
Please be careful not to let unauthorized
people into locked residence halls, and
report suspicious people and activity to
Security promptly.
An alumnus and a campus visitor
were involved in a physical altercation
in the basement of Crack House, 83
Harpswell Road. Te alum sufered a
facial injury and a head laceration, and
was transported to Parkview by Bruns-
wick Rescue.
Loud music was disturbing resi-
dents trying to sleep at 3 a.m. at Stowe
House Inn.
A Coles Tower student with a food
allergy was escorted to Parkview.
A student with an ear injury was
escorted from the Mid Coast Walk-In
Clinic to Parkview.
Monday, October 22
A fre alarm that originated in the
basement of Reed House was an appar-
ent malfunction.
A student in Coles Tower fell in the
shower and received a head injury. He
was escorted to Parkview.
A student reported the thef of a
black Trek Crossover bicycle from out-
side of Sills Hall. Te bike was not regis-
tered and had been lef unlocked.
A student reported that three men
were smoking marijuana outside of
Stowe House Inn.
Wednesday, October 24
A student reported receiving un-
wanted emails.
Vandalism was reported to an exte-
rior door at Chase Barn.
Tursday, October 25
A student with a fever was trans-
ported from Coleman Hall to Parkview
via Brunswick Rescue.
-Compiled by the O ce of Safety
and Security
As ballots were assembled to be cast
in early voting this week, Mary Bon-
auto, the civil rights project director
of the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and
Defenders (GLAD), spoke about her
work to expand marriage equality to a
small crowd in Kresge Auditorium last
Monday. A referendum on same-sex
marriage is Question 1 on the Maine
ballot this year.
Bonauto has been working on a
case challenging the federal Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA), which
witholds numerous benefts from
same-sex couples that are extended
to heterosexual couples, including in-
surance benefts and joint tax returns.
DOMA also allows states not to rec-
ognize same-sex marriage licenses ob-
tained in other states.
Bonauto is also a member of the ex-
ecutive committee for the Mainers Unit-
ed for Marriage campaign.
Bonauto has made a career of de-
fending marriage equality in court. She
has worked for GLAD since 1990, and
led their charge for the legalization of
civil unions in Vermont and Connecti-
cut, and for same-sex marriage in Mas-
sachusetts.
Te Bowdoin College Democrats
and Bowdoin Queer Straight Alliance
sponsored her visit to campus.
Bonauto, who is openly gay, said she
is personally invested in her legal work.
Its sort of a soul scoring experi-
ence to be excluded from marriage. Ive
been with my partner for 25 years and
I still cant believe that somehow Im so
unworthy that this commitment cant
count for purposes of obtaining a gov-
ernment marriage license, she said.
You want to be able to go home at
night and feel like you have an actual, le-
gal relationship with the person you love
and are sharing your life with, Bonauto
told the crowd.
Bonauto began her lecture with a
crash course on the history of court
cases dealing with marriage equality,
dating back to the nation-wide sodomy
laws passed in 1961, and explained the
history of the most common arguments
against marriage equality. She also noted
that it is not always clear which body of
government has the authority to decide
on this matter.
Te Court of Appeals for the Sec-
ond Circuit in New York struck down
DOMA in a ruling last week, and the
case is now on track to go before the Su-
preme Court. Bonauto, however, doubts
that the Supreme Court will hear it.
I do think that the Supreme Court
is very concerned institutionally about
getting too far ahead of the people and
picking out issues that it doesnt nec-
essarily need to address before their
time, she said.
Te discussion then turned to Maines
Question 1.
Should we win, this is very impor-
tant, not only for Maine, but for the
nation, Bonauto said. Tey can see
that people who once voted on mar-
riage one way can vote another way
afer theyve changed their minds;
and that you can change your mind
on this issue.
In 2009, a ballot measure to legalize
same-sex marriage in Maine failed by a
small margin, and Bonauto said that this
election cycle, she and Mainers United
for Marriage are placing our trust in the
voters and in the referendum process.
Te initiative and referendum pro-
cess has been used against gay people
more than any other minority in this
country ever, Bonauto said. Here in
Maine we have reclaimed it as a tool.
Bonauto spent a small portion of her
speech discussing Question 1, and some
students felt that the current ballot mea-
sure was not given enough attention.
I would have liked to hear her talk
about the Maine issue more, Chris
Genco 15 said. But I defnitely enjoyed
hearing about the diferent battles that
shes been a part of and how the country
has trended and where it is moving to
on this issue.
Bonauto said college students are
crucial in promoting marriage equality.
Te student vote is hugely impor-
tant, Bonauto said. But also young
peoples passion and energy to make
sure that people who love each other
can marry is instrumental. Tis genera-
tion has taken this over the fnish line.
According to an ABC News/Wash-
ington Post poll, 53 percent of Ameri-
cans support same-sex marriage. When
asked about her expectation for Novem-
ber 6, Bonauto said she is hopeful Ques-
tion 1 will pass.
I have a lot of reasons to believe it,
she said, But Ill believe it when I see it.
Potential changes to Orientation would reshape academic calendar
Te Governance and Faculty Af-
fairs (GFA) Working Group on Stu-
dent Orientation is moving towards
a decision on possible changes to the
frst year orientation program. De-
pending on which proposal the GFA
endorses, there may be substantive
changes made to both the academic
and orientation calendars.
Te working group was formed last
February at the request of Dean of
Student Afairs Tim Foster following
the announcement of mandatory Ori-
entation trips for the Class of 2016. In
a school-wide email, Foster asked the
GFA to create a committee to assess
the results of this years Orientation
and to use their fndings to refashion
the program.
Te committee identifed several
key elements for an optimal welcome
for frst years: a single day for arrival, a
group experience at the start of Orien-
tation, a face-to-face academic advising
process, and giving students earlier ex-
posure to their full schedule, in order to
give students a less hectic Phase II and
add/drop period.
Te Working Group has produced
several tentative options for next years
orientation schedule, and shared them
at last months faculty meeting, as well as
with the Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) at their October 17 meeting.
Te frst possibility is to simply reuse
this years Orientation schedule for the
Class of 2017. Foster said that according
to a survey taken by the frst-year class,
this years program was resoundingly
well received. Retaining this option
would require no consent from faculty
or other governing bodies.
Te other option, called Option
7, would push arrival back three
days, add an extra day, demand ear-
lier teacher arrival for advising, and
two extra days added to the frst week
of classes. Te schedule provides
more time for students, advisors and
departments to make course changes
and extends Phase II registration. A
full-length frst week of classes allows
all students to get a better taste of
their schedule.
Both Foster and Senior Associate
Dean of Student Afairs Margaret Ha-
zlett present Option 7 as a means of im-
proving an already strong Orientation
experience. Hazlett described the cur-
rent Tuesday arrival day as very incon-
venient for all families considering that
families are forced to take vacation time
from their jobs.
When presenting the proposal to
BSG, Foster also mentioned that the
addition of two days at the start of
the year raised the possibility that we
could revisit the discussions on a full
week of Tanksgiving break. Hazlett
who last year was part of the committee
that proposed extending Tanksgiving
breaknoted that the Orientation
changes would undoubtedly afect the
entire academic calendar.
I think you cant help considering
the two together, given we just had the
conversation a year ago, she said.
Hazlett said that the loss of a class
period for courses meeting on Tues-
day and Tursday and a shortened Fall
Break led faculty to vote down last years
Tanksgiving proposal. Hazlett added
that under Option 7, both of these prob-
lems would be rectifed.
However, the schedule changes have
been met with opposition from faculty
members. Chair of the Classics Depart-
ment Barbara Boyd thought the benefts
of the two extra days of classes in the
frst week are outweighed by the fact
that Orientation is slowly but surely
moving more and more into the month
of August.
While acknowledging the peda-
gogical merits of a longer frst week of
school, she said that some faculty worry
this might cut into time for their inde-
pendent projects.
If youre conducting a signifcant
research project, trying to write a
book, write a paper, or experiment-
ing in a lab, these are things that ben-
eft from continuous time, she said.
At the moment, the future of these
changes is not altogether set. For Op-
tion 7 to take efect next year, the fac-
ulty would have to vote in support of it.
You can expect one of two things
to happen at the next faculty meeting:,
said Foster. Well either frst give a re-
port and update and not make a motion,
or well make a motion for the faculty to
vote on what we were leaning towards
proposing in our straw pollor it could
be entirely diferent.
BY HARRY RUBE
STAFF WRITER
JEFFREYYU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BANS OF MARRIAGE: Civil rights activist Mary Bonauto is working to end a federal ban on recognizing same-sex marriages.
The addition of two days at the start
of the year raised the possibility that
we could revisit the discussions on a
full week of Thanksgiving break.
TIM FOSTER
DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
SOPHIE MATUSKIEWICZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEATURES
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Students hard at work: On-campus jobs occupy majority
BY KATIE MIKLUS
STAFF WRITER
For just about three quarters of stu-
dents, campus employment is an es-
sential part of college life.
Recently released data from the
Student Employment Om ce with in-
formation from the 2011-12 academic
year shows that 1,291 Bowdoin stu-
dents held an on-campus job last year,
and were paid an average of $8.64 dur-
ing the academic year and $9.23 dur-
ing the summer.
Te base pay rate for students is
$7.75, 25 cents higher than the state
minimum wage. Pay rates range from
$7.75 per hour to $9.50 per hour dur-
ing the academic year.
Te largest on-campus employer is
Dining Services, employing 14.9 per-
cent of all working students.
Julia Mead 16, a line server in
Torne Hall, has found her experience
to be valuable thus far.
Ive learned a lot of new skills
and met some really awesome people
whom I wouldnt have met otherwise,
she said.
She received her job through the
First Year Job Placement Program,
and says that it worked very well.
Its easy to mold my job to my
schedule as a student frst, she said.
Te libraries are the second largest
on-campus employer, accounting for
14.8 percent of student employees.
Jobs in Information and Technology
and Operations employ 9.5 percent of
students, while Residential Life pro-
grams employ 8.1 percent.
Last year, seniors had the high-
est rate of employment on campus:
over 80 percent of the Class 2012
worked on campus. Sophomores
and juniors both had roughly
equal employment rates, with 344
of 510 students and 319 of 494
students employed respectively.
48.6 percent of the Class of 2015
worked an on-campus job, making
The truth behind TAs at Bowdoin
BY MAGGIE BRYAN
STAFF WRITER
Every year, Professor of Government
Christian Potholm selects a student as a
teaching assistant (TA) for his frst-year
seminar, Te Korean War. Trough-
out the term, as part of an independent
study, the TA helps facilitate in-class dis-
cussions, works with students on their
writing skills, and delivers a lecture on a
topic of his or her choosing towards the
end of the course.
Potholm originally drew on his own
experience as a Bowdoin student when
crafing this format for his class.
When I was a junior, the dean, who
was also a professor of history, asked
me to assist him in a class and actually
give a lecture, and it really changed my
life, he said. Afer it all, I looked at all
sorts of diferent careers and eventu-
ally came back to that. I like to use the
idea of the TAs as an opportunity for
[Bowdoin students].
While educational for the student
teaacher, having TAs does run contrary
to Bowdoins emphasis on strong com-
munication between faculty and stu-
dents without intermediaries.
Tis fall, 77 quantitative reasoning
(QR) tutors are leading weekly study
sessions, holding drop-in hours, and
grading all homework assignments in
the math and economics departments.
Tey are paid $8.75 an hour, with an ad-
ditional 25 cents an hour for each suc-
cessive year that they tutor.
Te number of QR tutors has
steadily increased over the past seven
years. With this addition to Bowdoins
teaching system, is the College at risk
of weakening the strong student-pro-
fessor rapport that it values so much?
Is communication between professor
and student hindered when students
are encouraged to bring their questions
to peer tutors?
Potholm does not think this is the
case. He does not deny that using a TA
ultimately results in a little less work for
him, but he does not think that his sys-
tem damages communication between
him and his students in any way. In fact,
he thinks it facilitates a discussion.
Te students arent denied any ac-
cess to me, Potholm said. Te last thing
I want is a student to be having trouble
and not bring it to my attention. In this
way, he believes, the TA helps identify a
problem and open up the process.
Microeconomics tutor Lee Abecunas
14 shares Potholms sentiments.
I feel that education at Bowdoin
has been and still is grounded in teach-
ing by professors, he said in an email to
the Orient. However, I still think TAs at
Bowdoin serve an important role. I feel
many students are more comfortable
approaching someone approximately
their own age with questions as opposed
to a professor in om ce hours.
QR tutor Andrew Hancock 13 ac-
knowledges that grading math home-
work defnitely makes professors lives
easier, but he does not necessarily think
this is a bad thing.
Id imagine that grading homework
sets would be a waste of a professors
time that would be better spent con-
ducting research or helping students at
om ce hours, he said.
In the end, Potholm thinks everyone
benefts from his TA system.
I see it very much as a collaborative
synergy, he said. It helps me improve
my teaching, because once the TA is on
this collegial basis, then they are very
open and honest.
Hancock says that he has sought help
from QR tutors quite ofen in the past.
I really believe that the tutoring pro-
gram provides a great resource for stu-
dents who need help catching back up
with class material, or for students who
have most of the material nailed down
but are looking to make further connec-
tions, he said.
Abecunas said he has found tutor-
ing to be a very rewarding experience
on all sides.
I truly enjoy the moment when
it clicks for a student, [when] he or
she fnally understands a concept that
had been causing so much frustra-
tion, he said.
I also think being a student tutor
demonstrates a feeling that is already
prevalent at Bowdoin, that is, noncom-
petitive collaboration. Students want to
do well at Bowdoin, of course, but they
also want their peers to do well. My job
is to simply channel this academic good-
will in a formal setting, he said.
it the class with the lowest rate of
employment.
Manager of Student Employment
Kevin Johnson explained that the high
rate of employment for seniors was
not a result of preference being given
to upperclassmen.
Our policy is that departments
shouldnt give stated preference un-
less its essential to the function of the
jobfor example, a senior leadership
position, he said.
New jobs are also constantly be-
ing added at Bowdoin, including
Not just a statistic:
Diversity at Bowdoin
BY DANNY MEJILACRUZ
CONTRIBUTOR
Stepping onto the Bowdoin cam-
pus was too exciting and emotional
for me to put into words. During
my first week here, I noticed noth-
ing but the things I love most about
the College: the food, the town, the
architecture, and the people, to
name a few.
However, being
here has led me to
question some as-
pects of my life for
the first time. With
just a few weeks
of school behind
me, Ive grown as
a person and have
come to under-
stand myself more, partly through
questioning things that I took for
granted before arriving on campus.
One question that I asked myself,
and that I had never thought about
before, was whether any of my ac-
complishments have been inflected
by the fact that Im a student of
color.
I think this was on my mind be-
cause of the predominantly white
demographics of the campus. I
come from a 4,000 student high
school in Houston, Texas. And
I have only this to say: Bowdoin
is not racially diverse compared
to my high school, but it is more
diverse than I expected it would
be. And I want to stress that these
thoughts came to mind as the result
of my own observation, reflection,
and conversationsnot because of
any observed or experienced racial
intolerance on
campus.
I came to
Bowdoin know-
ing its demo-
graphics, but I
never thought
the numbers
would cause
such a self-
refection. Tis
self-refection revolves around an
awareness of my race on a level that I
have not before experienced.
It has not caused feelings of
isolation, sadness or anger, and
I attribute this positivity to the
Colleges inclusive policies, admin-
istrative resources (such as the of-
fice of the Associate Dean of Mul-
ticultural Student Programs), and
groups such as LASO and AfAm. I
Please see DIVERSITY, page 6
I have only this to say:
Bowdoin is not racially diverse
compared to my high school,
but it is more diverse
than I expected it to be.
new titles for existing jobs as well as
entirely new positions. During the
2011-12 year, wages provided by the
College increased by $47,000, refect-
ing the addition of approximately 30
new jobs.
Peter Yen 13, who has worked in
the Caf of Smith Union since his
freshman year, was pleased that his
job allowed him to advance.
Ive been a manager for three
years, which has been a fun experi-
ence, he said.
Johnson extolled the virtues of
working on campus.
Students can earn money and
valuable work experience, he said.
Tey get to learn how the campus
works and make connections.
Mead, who plans to continue her
job next semester, praised Bowdoins
system that gets students involved so
heavily with Dining Services, saying
that it makes for a much better din-
ing experience.
Its nice to have that connection
between people on the Bowdoin staf
and Bowdoin students. To have that
really positive connection is a good
thing for the overall atmosphere of the
College, she said.
Kate Herman 15, an employee at
Jack Magees Pub, agreed that the con-
nection to Bowdoin staf is fostered by
student employment.
Te Bowdoin staf members I
work with are amazing peopleI love
them, she said.
I would defnitely say that student
employment, especially the First Year
Job Placement Program, is a good
thing, said Mead. It really fosters a
collaborative atmosphere within the
College.
JEFFREY CHUNG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
YOU GOT SERVED: Michaelle Yeo 16 works as a line server in Moulton Dining Hall. 48.6 percent of rst-years have on-campus jobs.
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King-terning gives
front-row to campaign
You look like you just walked
out of a J. Crew catalogue!
I often overhear this phrase
flung about, usually toward some-
one dressed in a explosion of pas-
tels or a mlange of heather-tinted
animals, vegetables, and condi-
ments Heather Grape, Heather
Mink, and Heather Golden Mus-
tard are real colors inside the
strange land that is a J. Crew cata-
logue, and all appeared on single
page in the most recent mens
collection. Seriously. And I cant
even begin with the colors in the
womens collection.
Yes, in recent years J. Crew has
certainly made a concerted at-
tempt to at least appear more ur-
ban and edgy by incorporat-
ing moodier hues like slate and
(Heather) charcoal, shooting the
catalogue in dreary alleyways in
Tokyo, and selling pants that actu-
ally fit human beings.
But I cant help but thinking the
two young women I recently ob-
served in a perverse game of J. Crew
Compliment One-Upmanship were
referencing the catalogues of yore
when J. Crew was simply Brooks
Brothers for Democrats without a
trust fund. Or perhaps they though
a recent edition had been shot at
the bright and cheery Morse Lob-
ster Shack in Harpswell, in which
the J. Crew classics like Sun-Faded
Ornament Orange Chinos and
Sheer Mint Oxford Shirts were out
in all their unbridled preppiness.
So just what is this nauseating
competition of catalogue one-up-
manship I speak of ? Youve heard
it of course, and might have even
been a guilty participant. It goes
something like this:
Oh my god! You should totally
be in a J.Crew catalogue! shrieks
the first young lady to her friend.
The friend replies, Shut up! You
literally just walked off a J. Crew
photo shoot! Quick, someone call
Jenna Lyons!
Let me be clear. It is accept-
able to look like you have walked
off the set of a photoshoot for a J.
Crew catalogue in a select few spe-
cial circumstances:
ors. But it isnt the only way to look
fabulous, and it really isnt me.
There is nothing wrong with
choosing a preppy look. But if you
look like you walked off the pages
of a catalogue that claims to have
invented the trench coat, then
youre probably not being terribly
creative. Mix things up. Remem-
ber, J. Crew should work for you,
you do not work for J. Crew (or any
brand for that matter).
One of my style icons at
Bowdoin wears Sperry Top-Siders
(shock!), which, of course, is a de-
cidedly preppy item. But she wears
her black Sperrys with such decid-
edly un-preppy clothes and such a
devil-may-care flair that it makes
them into something totally dif-
ferent than shoes that appear on
the feet of the chiseled blonde
(probably Swedish) family sailing
off Cape Cod in that brands cata-
logue. It is unexpected and inter-
esting in a way that wearing Sun-
Faded Copper Clay Chinos with an
Aubergine Check Oxford shirt can
never be. Be unexpected.
Or at least admit that the J. Crew
color names are absolutely absurd.
Never have I heather: J. Crew colors
1) You are a model who has
just walked off the set of a J. Crew
shoot.
2) Never.
Perhaps this seems a bit harsh,
but I have a point. I have nothing
against J. Crew and will readily ad-
mit that my closet has more than
its fair share of Dusty Coral shorts
and Heather Pacific sweaters. As
I write this I am in fact wearing a
Secret Wash Oxford shirt in a color
called, I kid you not, Elegant Tur-
quoise. But, perhaps reacting to
the fact that I spent the best part
of my teen years in deeply obnox-
ious gingham shirts and madras
shorts, I try to limit myself to one
heinously preppy item per day. For
a long time I thought that the only
way to look good and dress well was
to wear preppy pieces in happy col-
EVAN HORWITZ
348 AND
MAINE STREET
QUINN COHANE AND MELODY HAHM
BURSTING
THE BUBBLE
A self-proclaimed moderate
who is passionate about politics
and crunching numbers, Allison
Beeman 13 is an internor as
some affectionately call it, a King-
ternfor Governor Angus Kings
senate campaign.
After King announced his can-
didacy at Bowdoin in March, Bee-
man, a government and legal stud-
ies major and economics minor,
did some research on the former
governor of Maine and identified
with his frustration with the politi-
cal gridlock in Washington.
I just e-mailed him at his
Bowdoin e-mail address and told
him that I was really inspired that
there was someone who not only
agreed with my political views, but
also had a strong record and name
recognition that made it actually
possible he could win and go to
Washington, said Beeman. He
immediately put me in touch with
people in the office.
Beeman started interning at
Kings campaign headquarters in
Brunswick over the summer and
worked closely with the campaigns
finance team.
She wrote briefs on the nation-
al debt, gathered information on
campaign donors, and analyzed
Federal Election Committee re-
ports.
As part of the campaigns poli-
cy team, Beeman researched and
wrote summaries about issues or
interest groups. She was often giv-
en questionnaires from groups like
the National Education Associa-
tion and the US Postal Service and
tasked with helping the team fig-
ure out how King should address
their concerns.
I had to research questionnaires
from the National Rifle Associa-
tion and Maine Citizens Against
Handgun Violence; it was interest-
ing to see different perspectives on
the same issues, said Beeman.
Throughout the semester, Bee-
man has continued to go into cam-
paign headquarters, located at 135
Maine Street, to help with daily
tasks.
Its the thick of the election
season so theyre making a ton of
phone calls right now, said Bee-
man. Ive tried to help out when-
ever I can, but its also the thick
of the academic semester. I wish I
could put more time into it.
Kings hectic schedule has had
him traveling around the state, but
Beeman was pleased to find that
he visited the Brunswick head-
quarters frequently. She even had
the chance to work directly with
King, providing feedback on a new
advertisement and supporting him
in the field.
Hes very friendly. He would
come up to interns and ask how we
were doing or what we were work-
ing on, said Beeman. If he had an
event or parade, sometimes we got
to go with him and show our sup-
port for the campaign.
Beeman described the office at-
mosphere in one word: positive.
With 25 employees and 30 interns
working in Brunswick this sum-
mer, the office was always busy, yet
welcoming.
Beeman was not alone among
employees in her admiration of
King.
Everyone was very enthusiastic
about what they were doing and
was wholeheartedly behind him,
said Beeman. Angus was very
adamant about not being negative
about other candidates, and that
type of positivity was really re-
flected in the dynamic of the head-
quarters.
Beeman witnessed first hand the
popularity that King has enjoyed
among Mainers. At a Fourth of July
parade, Beeman was amazed to see
peoples evident excitement as they
reached out their hands to King.
Coming from New Jersey, I
didnt have that much of a grasp of
how popular and well-liked he was
as a governor, explained Beeman.
At the parade, the announcer
played Hail to the Chief as a joke.
Angus and his wife were folded
over laughing.
Beyond charisma, Beeman finds
that Kings bipartisan views on po-
litical issues make him stand out
among his competitors.
Over the summer, he hosted an
event with Congressman Erskine
Bowles (D-NC), co-author of the
Simpson-Bowles plan to reduce
the federal deficit, that focused on
substance over rhetoric.
It was about finding a balanced
solution thats not necessarily per-
fect, but plausible, said Beeman.
It wasnt just about listing what
the party wanted them to list.
Working on the campaign has
sparked Beemans interest in pur-
suing studies in international law.
While interning, I did policy
research for a couple of issues that
related to international law, she
said. I found it fascinating, so I
e-mailed Government Professor
Allen Springer about taking his
international law class, which I am
currently enrolled in.
COURTESY OF ALLISON BEEMAN
RUN FOR ANGUS: Beeman and other interns competed in a triathalon for the campaign.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SAGE STYLE: Evan Horwitz 15 stops by the Orient House in a classy Thursday night outt.
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I was warned plenty of times
before I came here. I should have
been prepared. People said, Its
not the same up there. Dont you
realize how far north it is? They
said, Maybe you should apply to
Pomona. And yet, I didnt listen.
Despite all of the cautions, I was
still not prepared for the weather
in Brunswick.
Im from Philadelphia, and con-
trary to popular belief, it is not al-
ways sunny there. We, too, have bad
weather. We too have rain. And yet,
here in Brunswick, I feel like every
other day I have been rolling into
class sporting rain boots, frizzy hair,
and an umbrella, and slowly but sure-
ly, the relentless downpour has put a
damper on my mood.
I know many upperclassmen
will laugh at me [for being a feeble
first year,] but the weather here is
downright mean. It keeps trying to
trick me. I wake up, look outside
and conclude that its a sunny day,
only to be bombarded two hours
later by a shower. Then without fail,
the second I go back to my dorm to
get my rain jacket the sun decides
to make an appearance. I swear,
the universe is laughing at me. I
think Im safe in my dorm room
from the harsh conditions outside,
and then the next thing I know an
earthquake hits. So, if youre like
me, and the weather is leaving
you confused and frustrated, here
are some
tips:
To be-
gin, layers
are the
key. Te
low temperature
of the day seems at
least 15 degrees
c o l d e r
than the
high does.
T h u s ,
make sure
that in addition to
the shirt you are
wearing, you also pack
a sweater or a jacket in your bag, and
while youre at it, stuf an umbrella in
there just in case.
Pants are a little trickier because lay-
ers arent really option. Afer all, they
dont make raincoats for your legs. To
get around this, Ive always been a fan of
an awesome pair of slacks that converts
to shorts when zipped of at the knee.
Tey may not be in style right now, but
if enough people start wearing them, I
think there could be a real comeback.
More importantly than apparel
choice, we have to keep our spirits
up and remain united against these
harsh conditions. Instead of feeling
crestfallen as you look out that win-
dow in the morning, perhaps its
better to embrace the weather.
Rainy days dont necessarily
have to be a bad thing. Rain can
be quite picturesque. Some of my
favorite movie moments happen
in the rain; when Andy Dufresne
finally escapes in Shawshank Re-
demption; when a bolt of lightning
hits the Delorean in Back to the
JULIA BINSWANGER
THE FRESHMAN
FIFTEEN
Its not always sunny in Brunswick
am sure that, had I gone to school
elsewhere, becoming self-aware of
my race would not be as positive
of an experience as it has been at
Bowdoin.
The fact that 32 percent of the
Class of 2016 are students of color
seems impressive for a liberal arts
college in Maine, but I also ques-
tion if that percentage will increase
for future classes. How far does
Bowdoin want to go?
My friends and I frequently dis-
cuss diversity, and we usually frame
it within the context of the College.
Many of my classmates believe that
Bowdoin is incredibly diverse.
Compared to where I come from,
Bowdoin is ridiculously diverse. Ive
never seen this many people of color
in one place, said one frst year from
Maine. Many members of my class
echo her sentiments.
But it seems that just as many
students believe that Bowdoins
effort to cultivate a multicultural
community is paltry at best.
Bowdoin is not diverse. Its just not,
said one student from Massachusetts,
who requested not to be identifed.
Ive found that when it comes to
opinions about diversity on cam-
pus, Bowdoin students rally around
the extremes. They either believe
that Bowdoin is very diverse, or
that it simply is not.
Among the questions that
must be posed, then, is whether
Bowdoin should aim to be racially
diverse in comparison to the rest
of New England (students from
New England make up 37 percent
of the Class of 2016), or rather to
the entire nation? Will students of
color make up more than 32 per-
cent of the Class of 2017? And if
so, how much more?
Im sure that many students have
probably seen the profile for the
Class of 2016, but what I want to
know is what went through their
heads when they saw 32 percent
students of color? Did they con-
sider the number high or low?
I remember how, during first
year orientation, President Mills
asked us to consider and talk about
the implications of minorities
sticking together at meals and so-
cial events. As a minority, I dont
feel that Ive isolated or restricted
myself in this way, but I have seen
some students of color almost ex-
clusively eating and socializing
with other students of color. I un-
derstand why. It is instinctual to
group together for matters of com-
fort or even protectionalthough
we must ask, protection from what,
especially here at Bowdoin?
DIVERSITY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5
ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ
Future; when Spiderman plants an
upside down kiss on Mary Jane;
and because its extremely obvious,
I omit a certain kiss from a certain
Notebook.
Also I must say, that although rainy
days can bring me down, Ive never ap-
preciated the sun so much in my life.
Every time I go outside on a sunny fall
day here at Bowdoin I cant help but
sigh. Right now the trees are the most
awesome auburn I have ever seen.
Whats more, although I hate to
say it, we need to realize that the
worst has only just begun. Rainy
days can get anyone down, but this
is nothing compared to the winter
chill that will start hitting us in only
about a month. Enjoy the weather
as much as you can right now. In
fact, if you feel bold on a rainy af-
ternoon, seize the opportunity. Go
outside to the quad and start sing-
ing in it Frank Sinatra-style, be-
cause soon enough we will have a
whole new battle to face: snow.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
8 1ui vowuoi ovii1 iviu.v, oc1oviv io, io1i
RJD2, Shlomo to bring explosive sets for fall concert
GY!BEs newest album
grinds, drones to success
Exclamation points! Impossibly
long thematic gestures! Deliber-
ately obscure-sounding faux words
posing as real words! No, its not
the next presidential debate, but
Allelujah! Dont Bend! Ascend!
the fascinating new album from
everybodys favorite peculiarly
punctuated band, Godspeed You!
Black Emperor.
This album, quietly released
at a show in Boston three weeks
ago, marks the triumphant return
of some of the music industrys
most confounding artists. In 2003,
GY!BE declared an indefinite hia-
tus to allow band members to pur-
sue other musical endeavors.
Teir resurgence could not have
come at a better time: at another elec-
tion year crossroads, it marks the not-
so-transcendent, but hopefully resur-
gent am rmation of the center-lef.
Or is this all really coincidence?
Although GY!BE may have encour-
aged a political reading of their mu-
sic in the past (the cover of Yanqui
U.X.O, their last record, featured
missiles falling from the sky), this
album seems like a break from the
bands previously incessant politi-
cization. There are no samples of
speeches from Bush (or Obama,
for that matter) cut into droning
wails, no lyrics about the fall of the
American Empire, no liner notes
describing cannibal capitalism and
the imminent class war.
BY MATTHEW GOODRICH
CONTRIBUTOR
Soon after the doors of Studz-
inski opened on Saturday evening,
the auditorium filled to capacity
with alumni and students there
to celebrate the longstanding a
cappella tradition of the Bowdoin
College Meddiebempsters.
Alumni and current members of
the Meddies, Bowdoins oldest a cap-
pella group and the third oldest group
in the nation, got together over Home-
coming Weekend to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the groups creation.
Peter Grace 52 delivered open-
ing remarks on the rich history
of the Meddies. In 1937, the year
the group was founded, a cappella
recruitment began with an adver-
tisement in the Orient looking for
eight men who werent tone deaf
and these talented gentlemen filled
the ranks of the original ensemble.
Te concert opened with all of
the 100 Meddies in attendance sing-
ing a rendition of Glorious Apollo
and the College alma mater. Perfor-
mances from each era grouping fol-
lowed, in which Meddies of diferent
generations provided a slice of their
decades style and musical trends.
Te evening was flled with anec-
dotes, laughter and nostalgia as for-
mer Meddies reminisced about the
groups history and traditions. Grace
reminisced about the groups 1948
No, A!DB!A! is mostly just
noise: 55 minutes (a paltry length,
considering) of drone, and no, not
the that kind of drone.
Mladic opens with the familiar
sounds of a static-y radio on the
fritz issuing unintelligible words
which soon gives way to the most
melodic part of the albumbag-
pipes howling a twisted rendition
of some tune based on a Middle
Eastern scale. But the melodi-
cism quickly descends into a flat,
ominous, unchanging pitch that
harkens the calls of some hellish
instrument of doom. This night-
marish sound is tempered only by
the faint sound of railroad crossing
bells, warning us of the train filled
to capacity with heavy metal guitar
riffs on it way.
Such is the world GY!BE crafts
in its fourth album. Its desolate
as desolate as the setting of the
records cover, a hovel in a grainy,
monochromatic wastelandbut
oddly comforting. The end of the
world has never felt so good, as a
maximalist sound whose rawness
feels comforting rather than over-
powering, personal rather than
abstract. This record stands apart
from others in GY!BEs discography
because rather than climaxing, the
music subtly builds upon itself.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
have always had this paradoxical
knack for stripping music down to
its emotional essence by layering
BY CAROLYN VEILLEUX
ORIENT STAFF
tour through the Northeast, when
the Meddies performed for President
Trumans family. Afer hearing them
sing, Truman ofered the group the
opportunity to embark on a singing
tour of Europe that summer.
About an hour into the concert,
however, an elder Meddie succumbed
to severe dehydration and collapsed
on stage. He was then transported to
the hospital and made a full recovery,
and the concert continued afer a half
hour intermission.
Alumni Relations hosted a cock-
tail hour and dinner for former
and current Meddies prior to the
evening performance to acquaint
COURETSY MATHIES JESPERSEN
DJ RJ: Producer RJD2 (middle) performs in Denmark, showcasing his signature mixture of experimental beats and hip-hop samples.
WBOR announced this week
that RJD2, Shlohmo and Forget
Forget will perform at its annual
fall concert. RJD2, a hip-hop pro-
ducer and musician, will headline
the event with what promises to be
an explosive, improvisational set.
Forget Forget, a Portland-based
seven-piece band, will open the
show, followed by RJD2 and low-fi
producer Shlohmo, who is known
for his slow and sputtering beats.
WBOR worked within a limited
budget to design a concert that
would appeal to as many students
as possible while also highlighting
lesser-known musicians, accord-
ing to Dave Raskin 13, the WBOR
concert manager.
We always have to make a tough
compromise with live shows at
Bowdoin, said Raskin. Our goal is to
promote music that is not Top 40, but
we still want to draw a huge crowd.
RJD2 is the best known of the
acts, said Raskin, and is likely to
appeal to the largest audience. Te
Philadelphia-based producer weaves
abstractly creative songs using both
original beats and samples. His career
has been an exercise in rambunctious
experiments, never settling into a
genre or routine. Tis mentality is
more than evident in his live perfor-
mances, in which he has been known
to dress up as an imaginary musician
for a randomly acoustic encore.
BY NATE TORDA
ORIENT STAFF
Te New York Times described
one of RJD2s performances as a
raucous, ofen beautiful pile-up,
flled with times during which his
itchy turntablism overwhelmed the
music, when his scratching seemed
to rub the tracks raw.
If next weeks set is anything like this
description, Bowdoin students can ex-
pect a rowdy and haphazard, but ulti-
mately captivating, performance.
Following RJD2, Shlohmo will
take the stage, filling Smith Union
with psychedelic beats that defy
easy description but have been
vaguely designated as synth-funk
or trip-hop. The L.A. native has
slowly been gaining recognition
in the past few years as he perfects
an atmospheric and cerebral sound
based on disparate, subtle noises.
Shlohmo is definitely farther
out [than RJD2] and perhaps a
little less accessible, said Raskin.
But people who come out for
RJD2 will really like his set and
hopefully continue listening.
According to Raskin, WBOR
worked to create a comprehensive
performance and found that For-
get Forget provided the perfect
compliment to the larger acts.
[Forget Forget] is a really
cool combination of synthy-pop
and live instrumentation that will
round out the set without stray-
ing too much in terms of genre,
said Raskin. Their sound is this
unique mixture of spontaneity and
computerized, repetitive textures.
Forget Forget is a self-described
super-group of Portland musicians
that plays original music. Te band
includes alum McKay Belk 11 on
lead guitar, banjo, and synthesizer.
We play what is basically in-
die rock, but with a lot of complex
parts, chord structures and compo-
sitions, said Belk. People have said
we remind them of Arcade Fire, In-
terpol, and also The National.
Belk was very involved in the mu-
sic scene while at Bowdoin, playing
with a variety of students in groups
called Gulls Gone Wild and Salter
Island. Since graduation, he has
pursued musical endeavors while
also working as a student teacher
through Bowdoins Teacher Schol-
ars program. Belk lives in Portland
and says he still finds time to par-
ticipate in the campus music scene.
[Forget Forget] played at
Greenstock earlier in the semes-
ter, he said. And I still have a lot
of friends at Bowdoin so I often
find myself jamming on campus.
WBORs fall concert will take
place on Saturday, November 3 in
Morrell Lounge.
75 years of raising songs to Bowdoin
Please see GY!BE, page 9 Please see MEDDIES, page 9
BRIAN JACOBEL, BOWDOIN ORIENT
BAND OF BROTHERS: Alumni and current members of the Meddiebempsters perform last Saturday in celebration of their 75th anniversary.
1ui vowuoi ovii1 iviu.v, oc1oviv io, io1i .i 9
I was a better Meddie than I
was a student.
Frank Tonge 67
It had been a long time since I
last strolled into a theater to be im-
mediately swept up by a barrage of
enchanting sights and sounds. But
Chicken With Plums, a French/
Iranian fable of love and death,
managed to do just that. Vincent
Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapis
first feature film since their Oscar-
nominated Persepolis is nothing
short of delightful.
The film moves melodically
through the life and final days
of Nasser-Ali Khan, a world-re-
nowned violinist who is searching
frantically to fill the void caused
by a lost violin. But we soon learn
that Khan has lost far more than
just his instrument; he has lost his
sole mode of expression.
Failing to find a substitution for
an instrument whose sounds were
the only thing that conjured up the
deepest emotions and memories of
his lost-love, Khan decides that he
must die. And die he does, but only
after eight long days of tormented
dreams, failed coaxing by his fam-
ily, and a chilling encounter with
Azrael, the angel of death. The bulk
of the story takes place in flashbacks
to Khans earlier life, which contex-
tualizes his struggles and make his
story even more compelling.
BY HUGH RATCLIFFE
STAFF WRITER
Chicken with Plumsstruts
condently and with grace
into a world of astonishing
vibrancy, intermixed with
animated landscapes and
smoky dream sequences
Chicken with Plums a magical ride
and discuss the Meddie tradition.
Former Meddies Frank Tonge 67,
Arthur Ostrander 64 and Rob-
ert Cocks 66 discussed the op-
portunities and relationships that
stemmed from their membership
in the group, which Tonge de-
scribes as all worth it.
He elaborated on the relationship
he developed with music as a result
of his a cappella experience. While
he did not pursue music as a career,
Tonge stated that both his role in
the Meddies and learning to better
appreciate music has become cen-
trally important in my life.
I was a better Meddie than I
was a student, Tonge said.
Robert Rabold Menz 79, who re-
membered performing in 36 concerts
as a frst year, said, Im not sure if I
took classesMeddies is what I did.
Giving advice for future Med-
dies, Ostrander stated, just con-
tinuewe want them to flourish
and they need to develop new mu-
sic and new styles and enjoy what
they are doing. Its one of the nicest
things that they are starting to em-
brace the older music.
The shared camaraderie con-
Paronnaud and Satrapi create a
character defined and dominated
by his past, a man whose passion
for music and art is equaled only
by his craving for life and love. As
the film progresses, we begin to un-
derstand and even empathize with
Khans seemingly overly melodra-
matic desire to end his own life.
Forced into a loveless marriage and
denied a dream,
he is a man who
has lost every-
thing of impor-
tance to him,
yet is oddly en-
chanting for it.
C h i c k e n
with Plums
manages to
make lost
loveand even
deathinto a
stunning spectacle, romanticizing
and stylizing Khans overarching
sadness. The film provides the
purest taste of bittersweet mel-
ancholy, rooted in the charms of
wondrous magical-realism.
Never hindered by the limi-
tations of conventionalityor,
for that matter, believability
Chicken With Plums struts
confidently and with grace into
a world of astonishing vibrancy,
intermixed with animated land-
scapes and smoky dream sequenc-
es. This film is the work of dream-
ers, establishing the directors as
visionary artists whose creativity
leaps about the screen with won-
derful vitality.
Interestingly, the movie is never
too challenging or even indicative of
an importance beyond its immediate
narrative, but it is from this simplic-
ity that the flm gets its charm. It only
briefy dabbles in
a world outside
the confnes of
Khans troubled
mind, and only
mo me nt a r i l y
exposes the ef-
fects of his death
upon his family.
But even this is
glossed over in
f l as h- f or ward
scenes that de-
pict the unfruitful life of his daughter
and of his son who grows up to be a
darkly comedic imbecile.
Thus, the film stays true to its
fable form. It takes your breath
away, but only for a few moments.
Always interesting, but never im-
portant. Delightful, fleeting, fan-
tastical, and ultimately enticingly
straightforward, Chicken With
Plums is a breath of fresh air
amidst a sea of films which have
long abandoned the ability to fas-
cinate and charm.
sound upon sound, and here they
perfect the technique. The snak-
ing guitar line to We Drift Like
Worried Fire is given a backbone
when the drums beat sneaks its
way in, taking the audience by sur-
prise but grounding us in an oth-
erwise undulating swath of noise.
When the orchestra delicately
adds strings into the fray, the re-
sult is not crushing but uplifting.
The band does it without dynamic
explosions, but with a single chug-
ging pulse.
This music grinds away at your
soul until you are layed bare before
it. When you listen, nothing else
tinues to inspire and influence
current Meddies. Will Tucker 14
joined the ensemble fall of his
freshmen year, and calls the Med-
dies the defining extra-curricular
factor in my college life.
Te current cohort of Meddies re-
hearses fve to six times a week. Tucker
said that the songs in their repertoire
date back to the groups inception,
paying tribute the Meddie tradition.
Meddie Ryan Holmes 13 said
that his experience in the group has
GY!BE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5
COURTESY CONSTELLATION RECORDS
HALLELUJAH: The cover of GY!BEs newest album is as grainy as the songs that comprise it.
matters in the world. Not who wins
the election, not your five papers
and problem set due next week, and
certainly not your Twitter feed.
So maybe this is a political re-
cord after all, a statement against
the hustle-and-bustle of a modern
life filled with excess and trivia
(and of the Bowdoin students per-
petual diagnosis of commitment-
philia, perhaps?). Because while
A!DB!A! is an ambitious album,
its devoid of redundancy and su-
perfluity. Unlike the papers I write,
theres no fluff or bullshit here.
Take the time in the coming
weeks to lie down and listen to
the album the way it demands to
be heard, without distraction or
mediation. Relish in its contradic-
tions and then, you know, go vote.
MEDDIES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5
COURTESY SONY PICTURES CLASSIC
LOST LOVE: After losing love and a violin, Nasser-Ali Khan is left to navigate a tragic, empty world.
dictated the core of [his] Bowdoin
experience, adding that the groups
legacy is brotherhood in song.
Alumni Relations organized the
reunion and Sarah Cameron 05
spearheaded the committee along-
side co-chairs Lindsay Lessard,
Ostrander, and Anthony Antolini
63. After a years worth of plan-
ning, Lessard was pleased with the
wonderful turnout. 100 Meddies
attended the concert and reception.
When the Meddies get togeth-
er, its a blast, said Menz.
SPORTS
10 1ui vowuoi ovii1 iviu.v, oc1oviv io, io1i
Later that afernoon, Bowdoin
cruised to an easy 3-0 win over Whea-
ton College with set scores of 25-16,
25-16 and 25-9.
Luisa Lasalle 14 shone against
Wheaton, getting 11 kills.
Te Polar Bears traveled to Water-
ville last Tuesday night, where they
defeated the Mules 3-1 on their home
turf with set scores of 20-25, 25-18,
25-20 and 25-19.
Afer dropping the frst set Bowdoin
picked up the second and third before
falling behind 14-12 in the fourth. Te
team tied everything up at 15 before
they were able to run away with the
set and clinch the victory.
Both Tory Edelman 13 and Hilary
Cederna 13 had 11 kills against Colby
while Taylor Vail 14 posted 20 digs.
Edelman discussed the impor-
tance of the upcoming weekend,
where the Polar Bears could lock-
down hosting the NESCAC tourna-
ment if they beath both Middlebury
and Wesleyan.
Hosting the tournament isnt ev-
erything but its a huge advantage, and
we loved hosting last year, so theres
defnitely a lot of pressure for the
weekend, said Edelman. Weve been
playing really well lately though and
Im confdent in the teams ability to
pull it out.
Te team heads to Middlebury for
two NESCAC matches this weekend.
Te Polar Bears will face of against
the Panthers at 8 p.m. tonight before
taking on the Williams Ephs at 2 p.m.
Saturday afernoon.
With road victory over MIT,
volleyball hits 22
nd
nationally
BY RYAN HOLMES
ORIENT STAFF
Will Hanley 12 debuts in Spanish professional basketball league
When the mens basketball team
fell to Wesleyan in last years NES-
CAC quarterfinals, the Polar Bears
had mixed feelings. On the one
hand, the team had finished with
17 wins, its fourth best season on
record. But it was the third straight
year Bowdoin had lost in the NE-
SCAC quarterfinals, after making
it to the semifinals in 2007 and
2008. During the regular season,
the squad had played neck-in-neck
with conference powerhouses Am-
herst and Middlebury. Led by a core
group of five seniors, many hoped
this would be the year the team fi-
nally broke through.
No one was more disappointed
than then-senior captain Will Han-
ley.
Obviously no one likes to lose,
and the fact that it was the final
game of my college career made it
hurt even more, Hanley wrote in
an email to the Orient.
In many ways, Hanley was the
heart and soul of the team. For
the second consecutive year, Han-
ley had led the Polar Bears in both
points scored and rebounds. He was
unanimously chosen as the Maine
State Player of the Year and was
named both First Team All-NES-
CAC and Second Team All-Region
for the second time. He finished his
career with 1,490 points (sixth all-
time at Bowdoin) and 883 rebounds
(second all-time).
While many of his peers would
end their basketball careers after
their playoff loss, Hanley knew his
wasnt finished. He began to ex-
plore his options playing profes-
sionally abroad.
The chance to continue playing
basketball at a professional level is
something that was very appealing
and was something that Ive always
wanted to do, he wrote.
After the end of last season, for-
mer assistant coach Abe Woldes-
lassie aided Hanley on his quest by
sending game tapes to a variety of
agencies overseas. Hanley eventu-
ally signed with an agent in Spain
who helped him find a new team.
For Hanley, the decision to play
in Spain was an easy one.
Competition in the Spanish
league is widely considered to be
the second best in the world, be-
hind the NBA. At the 2012 Lon-
don Olympic Games, the Spanish
National Team narrowly fell to the
United States 107-100 in the gold-
medal game. Current NBA stars
that hail from Spain include Pau
Gasol, Ricky Rubio, Jose Calderon,
Nene, and Serge Ibaka.
Hanley eventually signed with
Union Financiera Asturiana Ovie-
do Baloncesto, more commonly
known as Oviedo CB. Oviedo, a
city of approximately 225,000, is lo-
cated in northwestern Spain, about
a four-hour drive from Madrid.
The team competes in the Liga
Espanola de Baloncesto (LEB),
which is a division lower than Liga
ACB, the countrys premier league.
Hanley eventually hopes to make it
BY PETER DAVIS
ORIENT STAFF
Te volleyball team extended its
winning streak to 12 with a string
of four road victories last week. Te
team fnished the Hall of Fame Tour-
nament at Mount Holyoke with a
perfect 3-0 record before heading to
Colby to defeat the Mules 3-1 in a
non-conference match.
Te action leaves 22
nd
-ranked
Bowdoin with a 24-2 record overall.
Last weekends play began with a
dominant 3-0 victory over Tufs with
set scores of 25-9, 25-21 and 25-22.
Outside hitter Melissa Haskell 13
led the team ofensively while Ellie
Brennan 14 notched nine kills of
her own.
Te climax of the weekend came
on Saturday, with Bowdoin defeat-
ing highly-ranked MIT 3-1. Te team
won the frst two sets with relative
ease, 25-18, 25-19, before dropping
the fercely fought third set 24-26.
Te Polar Bears then came back to
clinch the victory with a 25-21 win in
the fourth.
Christy Jewett 16 had 10 kills
while Hilary Cederna 13 racked up
nine. Haskell came away with nine
kills and 13 digs.
to this top league. Coincidentally,
his agent hails from the Oviedo
area, and thought the team would
be a great place for Hanley to start
his career and gain exposure.
While the team is primarily made
up of Spanish-born players, Hanley
is not the only foreigner. His room-
mate, Willie Gallick, is Canadian
and previously played in Swedish,
Turkish, and Portuguese leagues.
Although Hanley never took a
BY CLARE MCLAUGHLIN
STAFF WRITER
Te feld hockey team has built a
formidable record this season (12-2
overall, 8-2 NESCAC) from a defense
that on average allows less than half a
goal per game, and a multi-threat of-
fensive unit that pressures opponents
from all angles.
Afer beating Trinity on home-
coming weekend, the feld hockey
team fnished the season with a disap-
pointing 3-1 loss to Tufs on Wednes-
day (13-1 overall, 9-1 NESCAC), who
took over the NESCACs second seed
and forced Bowdoin down to third.
Bowdoin will still host their quarter-
fnal game, but will likely play the rest
of its playof games on the road.
First year Rachel Kennedy particu-
larly stood out in last weekends play.
Kennedy scored to give the Polar
Bears an overtime win against Trinity
last weekend (10-3 overall, 6-3 NES-
CAC), scoring both the opening goal
of the match and the game winner.
Kennedy earned NESCAC Player
of the Week honors for her perfor-
mance on Saturday.
Head Coach Nicky Pearson de-
scribes her standout forward as a fast
player with stick skills to comple-
ment.
She can create scoring opportu-
nities for herself, said Pearson. But
she is also a good fnisher so she fnds
herself at the right place at the right
time to fnish of the opportunities
the rest of the team has created.
Kennedys recognition marks
the third consecutive week that a
Bowdoin player has taken the NE-
SCAC Field Hockey Player of the
Week honor, afer Katie Riley 14
earned the title for two consecutive
weeks. Tis gives Bowdoin the most
Player of the Week awards of any
team this season.
Despite the recent slew of individ-
ual accolades, Pearson reinforced the
togetherness necessary for the Polar
Bears success.
We are all excited she [Kennedy]
is part of the team, but we really dont
Tufts leapfrogs eld hockey with 3-1 home victory
language course at Bowdoin beyond
a semester of French as a first year,
he said the language barrier has not
been much of an issue on the court.
Other than Willie, everyone
else on the team is from Spain, he
wrote. Most of the guys speak Eng-
lish pretty well, so communication
hasnt been much of a problem.
On the court though, Hanley has
had to make a transition.
The Spanish league uses a slightly
shorter and narrower court as well
as a shortened three-point arc, so
Hanley has had to adjust to the nu-
ances of international play.
They have a slightly different
definition of traveling, and at times
when I think there is no way I just
traveled, Im called for it, he wrote.
Its something Ill have to keep
working on in the future.
Hanley has also had to adjust to
a new coach.
Practices have been the most
challenging part so far, he wrote.
The coach primarily speaks and
explains plays in Spanish, so its
pretty easy to get confused out
there.
Like Hanley, Oviedo CBs coach,
Guillermo Arenas is in first season
with the club. Hanleys coach at
Bowdoin, Tim Gilbride, is enter-
ing his 28
th
season heading the team
this year.
Despite that difference, luckily
for me they go about practice in
a pretty similar manner, Hanley
wrote.
On the court, it appears that
Hanleys professional career is tak-
ing off right from where he left off
as a Polar Bear. In his first game last
Saturday, Hanley earned a double-
double to help Oviedo overcome
Prat Juventud 79-64, meaning he
had double-digit records in two
statistical categories, points and
rebounds. He led the team with 11
rebounds and netted 15 points, sec-
ond only to his roommate Gallick.
COURTESY OF WILL HANLEY
REACHING OUT: Will Hanley 12 goes for a dunk in his first official game of Spanish basketball.
care who scoredif it is a senior or a
frst year, whether its [on] a corner, or
[an] open play, said Pearson.
Pearson said on Monday that she
hoped to continue the Polar Bears
eight-game win streak by reinforc-
ing the teams emphasis on only the
immediate practice or game ahead,
rather than speculating about the
possibilities the postseason presents.
Despite leading 1-0 at halfime,
Bowdoin conceded two goals in the
beginning of the second half as Trin-
ity came out with renewed intensity
and speed.
Please see F. HOCKEY, page 12
BRIAN JACOBEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FIRST THINGS FIRST: First year Kim Kahnweiler pushes past Trinity defenders on Saturday.
Please see HANLEY, page 12
SCORECARD
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Sa 10/20
Tu 10/23
v. Tufts at Mt. Holoyoke
v. MIT at Smith
v. Wheaton at Smith
at Colby
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W 10/24
v. Trinity
at Tufts
W
L
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31
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PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
EYE ON THE PRIZE: Katie Riley 14 looks to steal the ball from a Williams defender.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Molly Popolizio 14
BY ALEX MARECKI
STAFF WRITER
She never stops running; she
never stops working. She is our
engine, says Head Coach Brianne
Weaver of her center midfelder,
Molly Popolizio 14.
She is a tremendous leader on
and of of the feld, said Weaver.
When we need something in
a game she ofen is the one that
comes through for us, either with a
goal or an assist.
A junior from Rexford, New
York, Molly Popolizio is ofen re-
ferred to as Pop or Little Red
by her friends and fans. Tis sea-
son, up until the last game, she led
the Polar Bears in goals and total
points, scoring fve goals and six
assists.
Tis season, Popolizio has helped
lead the Polar Bears to a fourth-
place NESCAC fnish and their frst
NESCAC tournament home game
since 2007, a stark comparison to
last years dissapointing season.
We are all pumped to have a
home bid, said Popolizio. It is the
frst of my career.
Te Polar Bears complete their
regular season with an impressive
overall record of 10-3-1. Popo-
lizio has been instrumental in the
squads success, netting two-game
winning goals and providing her
teammates with four game-win-
ning assists.
On Saturday, Bowdoin bested
Trinity 2-1 at home, clinching the
fnal home seed for the NESCAC
tournament that starts next week-
end. With only 15 minutes lef and
the score tied 1-1, Popolizio scored
the game-winner.
Towards the end of the game
we were getting a lot of chances
and we felt that the goal was com-
ing, she said.
Soon enough, the goal came.
It was a great goal, Sarah [Wal-
lace 16] came up the line and fed a
good slanted ball across the 18 and
Pop made an unbelievable run,
said captain Casey Blossom 13.
Blossom spoke highly of Popo-
lizio, praising her efort and consis-
tency throughout the long season.
She always seems to fnd the
ball somehow, she said, Pop had
a key role in a lot of games. She
always seems to play a role in our
success, she is a very composed
and decisive player.
Te Polar Bears host Hamilton
on Saturday in the frst round of
the NESCAC tournament.
We are looking forward to the
opportunity, it is great to have a
home game. Tey are a good team
and both sides had chances the frst
time around. We are hoping that
Saturday will be a good test and
that we can keep on playing in the
tournament, said Weaver.
Popolizio, who assisted on the
goal that topped Hamilton 1-0
during the regular season, is ex-
cited for another chance to come
up big for the Polar Bears.
We are excited to play Hamil-
ton, everyone has learned to play
with each other and we have con-
tinued our attack-minded play
throughout the season.
She never stops running;
she never stops working.
She is our engine.
BRIANNE WEAVER
HEAD COACH OF WOMENS SOCCER
PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
postseason this weekend as the
fifth seed in the NESCAC tourna-
ment. Bowdoin will play the fourth
seed, Tufts, in Medford on Satur-
day.
We are going to get back to the
things that helped us succeed in
previous games. We know what we
have to do, its just a matter of do-
ing it, said Gale. This is the sea-
son right here. If we dont bring it
right here, we have no one to blame
but ourselves.
Mens soccer earns fth seed in NESCAC
BY LUKE LAMAR
STAFF WRITER
SCORECARD
Sa 10/20
W 10/24
v. Trinity
at Tufts
W
L
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The Polar Bears secured a 2-0
win in their last home game of
the regular season last Saturday
against Trinity.
Bowdoin controlled the pace
of the game early on and stayed
strong throughout the first half.
They were able to turn that advan-
tage into a one goal lead right be-
fore the break when first year Nabil
Odulate played the ball in with a
throw-in to the head of Ben Brews-
ter 14. His flick sent the ball to the
far post where Sam White 15 was
able to get a foot on it and blast the
ball into the back of the net.
Trinity brought pressure after
the break but a foul in the box led
to a Bowdoin penalty kick. As he
has done on previous occasions
this year, sophomore Eric Goitia
converted the opportunity to give
the Polar Bears a bit of breathing
room. Trinity brought in some
fresh legs and managed to create a
few opportunities, but two saves by
Will Wise 14 ensured the victory.
I think that we had a very solid
performance all around and I think
that we physically dominated the
game. Zach Ostrup 13 and Hunter
Clark 13 dominated their one-on-
one match ups and were great for
us, said senior captain Michael
Gale. Our forwards and our mid-
field played a lot better and our
defense has been pretty consistent
throughout the year.
The Polar Bears traveled to Tufts
on Wednesday for the final game
of the regular season. With both
teams securing spots in the post-
season, the right for home-field
advantage in the tournament hung
in the balance.
Andrew Jones 16 placed a goal
past the outstretched fingers of the
Jumbos keeper. Tufts scored at the
end of the first half, and in the end,
the balance swung away from the
Polar Bears and to Tufts 2-1.
Basically we cant take any
games off. There was a lack of en-
ergy and a lack of excitement to
play, said Gale. We looked flat
throughout a lot of the game and
if we are going to beat Tufts on Sat-
urday in the quarterfinals, we are
going to have to bring a lot more
focus and intensity than we did.
The Polar Bears head into the
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
CLEARING OUT: Nabil Odulate 16 kicks the ball past a Trinity defender in Saturdays 2-0 win.
Mens rugby ends year beating UMF and UNE
were always balancing.
Captain Hunter Rusack 13 hint-
ed that the fear of injury might have
caused the team to play timidly. He
also suggested that low morale in
practice over the last two weeks
might have contributed to their
lackluster first half performance.
It definitely set us back, know-
ing we didnt have a game to pre-
pare for, he said, We werent pre-
pared to play a good team, so we
had to readjust our strategy. It took
us a half.
Rusacks comments expressed
what both he and Cuddeback
called a common theme of their
season: not having anything to play
for. Following the September 20
verdict that the team violated the
Colleges hazing policy, the team
was forced to forfeit two games.
The suspension left them out of the
playoff hunt and eliminated contest
against their two toughest regular
season opponents, Colby College
and the University of Maine at
Orono.
Nonetheless, the team, drew in-
spiration from a number of sources
as they resumed their dramatically
shortened season. Some, Rusack
reflected, chose to look past the
forfeits and focus on the teams
otherwise unbeaten streak, which
spans the last two years. Cud-
deback suggested that he and his
teammates wanted to remind op-
ponents that Bowdoin, although
limited by external factors, is still
the most dominant team in the
league.
The team did continue its streak
in their final week of regular season
play, blowing out the University of
New England 69-17 on homecom-
ing weekend. The B-team played
an exhibition match against their
coaches and returning alumni.
David Deitz 13 was commended
by the team leadership for his per-
formance despite a broken hand
and Connor Quinn 15 was ac-
knowledged for his consistent scor-
ing ability, having scored at least
two tries in each match this season.
The victory against U.N.E will
likely conclude the teams sea-
son since a proposed scrimmage
against Tuftsthe team that upset
them in the playoffs last year
is improbable and their odds of
reaching postseason play, while
still existent, are remote according
to Rusack.
What Ive taken away from this
season is that Bowdoin Rugby is
not going to roll over and die, Ru-
sack said. We had a great team this
season but next years team will be
just as good if not better. I expect a
playoff appearance from them.
Coming off a two-game suspen-
sion, the mens rugby team shook
off a weak first half to defeat the
University of Maine at Farmington,
22-15 on October 13. The team,
marred by rust and injuries, came
from behind led by an impressive
showing from the reserves.
Robbie Deveny 13 and Matt
Marr 13 provided the necessary
spark to start the second half, with
Peter Vallimarescu 13, who was re-
turning from injury, also finishing
the game strong.
The teams captains credit the
win to the depth and the versatility
of the individual players, many of
whom can play multiple positions.
Injuries have been rampant for
the team this season, though Phil
Cuddeback 13 maintains that it is
just a challenge of the sport.
We try to prepare by having
tough practices, but by doing that,
inevitably, people are going to get
injured there, said Cuddeback. If
we have easy practices, theyll get
injured in the game. Its something
SCORECARD
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Sa 10/20
v. Maine-Farmington
v. Univ. of NewEngland
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BY ALEX VASILE
STAFF WRITER
PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
IN FOCUS: Mollly Popolizio 14 has proved essential to her teams success this year.
12 svov1s iviu.v, oc1oviv io, io1i 1ui vowuoi ovii1
Womens rugby ends season
with undefeated record
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Football drops homecoming
to Trinity in fourth quarter
Highly ranked cross country
to host NESCAC tournament
Sailing faces end of season at
Erwin Schell Trophy next week
Over the weekend, the sailing
team traveled to UNH, Harvard,
and MIT, where they faced several
competitive teams under less than
ideal conditions, placing eighth
out of 18 teams at both the Stu
Nelson Trophy at MIT and the
The womens rugby team out-
scored Colby 46-7 on Saturday,
maintaining its perfect record in
league play and entering the play-
offs as the first seed.
Bowdoin (8-0, 5-0 NESCRC)
will host the NESCRC playoffs on
Saturday, November 3.
Colby and Bowdoin played back
and forth in the midfield during
the first few minutes, with neither
team gaining many yards until the
Bowdoin backline broke through,
carrying the ball deep into Colbys
defensive zone.
Scrumhalf Kameryn Sanchez
14 passed to prop Anissa Tank-
sley 14 who broke through the
Colby defense line to score the
matchs first try.
Randi London 15 converted
the kick to make the score 7-0.
In the week leading up to the
game, Coach MaryBeth Mathews
says she emphasized catching and
passing drills at practice.
Last week at practice the focus
was on improving their ball han-
dling, Mathews said. We also
worked on the mental skill of an-
ticipation so they can react with
quicker organization and realign-
ment both offensively and defen-
sively on phase play.
The changes in practice clearly
paid off, as the team scored four
more tries by the end of the first
half.
Captain Kerry Townsend 13
was able to stretch the Colby de-
fense and scored three tries in the
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match by sprinting to the corners
of the try-zone. She also assisted
on a try for winger Charlotte Klei-
man 15.
Though Bowdoin ended the
match victorious, Colby was more
aggressive in the second half,
forcing several Bowdoin penal-
ties. The Mules inside center
strung together several strong
runs up the middle, ultimately
letting Colby touch the ball down
underneath the posts to put their
first points on the board.
Bowdoin resorted to kicking
the ball while on defense to dis-
rupt the Colby momentum and
force a turn-over.
Captain Uche Esonu 13, Lon-
don and Ally Glass-Katz 16 each
scored one try apiece in the sec-
ond half to put the game out of
reach.
Mathews said higher quality
passes were a major factor in the
win.
The results in this game were
that the backline had improved
passing, and that was evident
in their ability to move the ball
more quickly to space, allowing
for scores on the outside, by the
wing and fullback, Mathews said.
While there is still more work to
be done, their passing, depth and
pace were much better.
-Compiled by Andres Botero
The Trinity football team pre-
vented a homecoming victory for
the Polar Bears with a fourth quar-
ter rally that clinched their con-
Oberg Trophy at Harvard. They
pulled out a second-place finish
at the Wellahan Trophy in New
Hampshire.
Its been a good season; weve
really been plugging away, and its
all been leading up to this week-
end, where well face our league
championships, said Coach
Frank Pizzo.
This weekend, the co-ed team
will compete at the Erwin Schell
Trophy, which is effectively the
fall championship for all the co-
ed teams in NEISA (New England
Inter-Collegiate Sailing Associa-
tion). The Bowdoin womens team
will compete for the Womens
Victorian Coffee Urn at Connecti-
cut College, where theyll face
many of the top schools in their
division.
The team expects to finish well;
at many of the teams most re-
cent regattas, Bowdoin has been
among the top competitors, and
Bowdoin has the potential to re-
peat their slew of performances at
this weekends races.
Weve consistently been among
the top eight at each competition.
Because of how competitive our
division is, if youre top eight in
the New England, then youre top
eight in the nation, Pizzo said.
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Tough the Polar Bears found
themselves in a rare defcit, Pearson
was especially pleased with how the
team collectively responded.
Collectively, they knew what they
were doing wasnt enough and they
had to play better and they had to
work harder, Pearson said. Tey
needed to focus on executing the op-
portunities they had.
Te Polar Bears missed any out-
standing individual scoring ef-
forts and their usually stout defense
against a formidable Tufs squad
on Wednesday. Te Jumbos pushed
past Bowdoin by scoring the highest
number of goals any team has found
this season, three.
Tufs scored within the frst 20
minutes of the game, and tacked on
another score in the beginning of
the second half. Cathleen Smith 13
answered fve minutes later with a
goal assisted by Lauren Schroeder
14, only to have their momentum
capped by another Jumbo score only
a minute later.
Unlike Bowdoins other loss this
season to Middlebury, Tufs was able
to keep the high-powered Polar Bear
ofense from getting close to their
own net, holding the team to a sea-
son-low three shots-on-goal.
With their regular season com-
pleted, the Polar Bears will take on
Williams (6-8 overall, 4-6 NESCAC)
in the frst round of the playofs this
Saturday at 1 p.m. Bowdoin easily
handled Williams on October 7 at
home, scoring an uncontested three
goals against the Ephs.
F. HOCKEY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
The team has been great so far,
he said. There are a few very good
players, some with a lot of talent
and experience. Im just looking to
work hard and contribute however
I can.
For now, Hanley plans to contin-
ue focusing on basketball.
Right now, I am just enjoying the
lifestyle, he stated. If I can contin-
ue to improve my game, hopefully
more opportunities will arise and I
can continue playing.
Hanley will look to follow up his
performance when the team has its
next game tomorrow on the resort
island of Mallorca. Hanley admitted
he was excited to visit a new part of
the country.
Ive had a few preseason games
in other cities, but Ive pretty much
been in Oviedo the entire time, he
explained. Basketball has pretty
much consumed all of my time so
far, but Im hoping to get around to
some other spots in Europe.
Despite his new surroundings,
Hanley says he misses his time at
Bowdoin.
Ive been keeping up with all of
the sports teams, and Ill definitely
be following the basketball team
once their season starts, he wrote.
I see a big year in store for the Po-
lar Bears!
Just a few months after graduat-
ing, Hanley recognizes that he is
onto a new chapter in his life al-
ready.
It was a great four years, but now
its onto the next challenge.
HANLEY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
Womens soccer tops Trinity
to secure pitch advantage
Bowdoin earned its 10
th
win this
season against Trinity, which com-
bined with a tie at Tufs this week,
pushes the womens soccer team up
to the fourth seed in the NESCAC.
Because of this
success, the Polar
Bears will host a
NESCAC quar-
terfnal match
this Saturday.
Bowdoin de-
feated Trinity
on Saturday in
a 2-1 victory. In
the opening half,
Bowdoin out-
shot Trinity 8-4,
Alexa Yurick 15
scored in the frst minutes and car-
ried the 1-0 lead into the break. Ju-
nior Molly Popolizio secured the win
by scoring a goal in the last ffeen
minutes of play.
On Tuesday, Bowdoin faced Tufs
in its last conference game of the year.
Te Jumbos have been at the bottom
of the NESCAC since the beginning
of the season but fought hard in the
match, securing a 1-1 tie.
Tufs took an early lead, sneaking
a shot by the Bowdoin keeper just 35
seconds into play. Bowdoin was un-
able to retaliate until afer the inter-
mission, when Kiersten Turner 16
chased afer a ball that had bounced
into the box, burying the ball in the
back of the Tufs net and tying up the
score at 1-1. Te point against Tufs
was Turners sixth this season, putting
her in the leading scoring position for
the team.
Te match then went into two peri-
ods of overtime,
in which neither
team was able to
score.
Te Polar
Bears fnish the
regular season
with an overall
record of 10-3-
1 (6-3-1 NES-
CAC).
In order to
prepare for the
upcoming Ham-
ilton match, Head Coach Brianne
Weaver says the team wont be mak-
ing any kind of drastic adjustments.
Teres a lot of fne-tuning to be
done at this time in the year, but be-
cause weve had a lot of success, we
arent going to make any big changes
in the way we play our game, she said.
Bowdon will face Hamilton, who
they beat narrowly earlier in the sea-
son, in the NESCAC quarterfnals this
Saturday.
BY HALLIE BATES
STAFF WRITER
SCORECARD
Sa 10/20
Tu 10/23
v. Trinity
at Tufts
W
T
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CREW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
tested 27-10 victory.
With over 2,000 fans at Whit-
tier field, Bowdoin (1-4 NESCAC)
came out strong, with junior Zach
Donnarumma scored the games
first touchdown on a 21-yard run
up the middle. Donnarumma fin-
ished the game with 143 yards on
25 attempts. Trinity tied the score
less than five minutes later with a
15-yard touchdown pass.
Going into halftime, we thought
we were going to win, said junior
linebacker Griffin Cardew. We let
up a really good opportunity.
After a scoreless third quarter,
the Bantams responded with two
rushing touchdowns in the fourth.
Trinity has traditionally relied on
their high-powered rushing at-
tack, and though it seemed inevi-
table that Bantams running backs
would eventually break through,
Bowdoin slowed them down, only
allowing 199 yards on Saturday.
Head Coach Dave Caputi com-
mended the defense and said he
hopes the offense can provide ad-
ditional support in the future, es-
pecially in the fourth quarter.
[Trinity] had a 10-minute drive,
but we have to make the plays on
offense to take the pressure off of
the defense, Caputi said. Thats
on us.
The Polar Bears look to bounce
back with a win against Wesley-
an (4-1 NESCAC) this weekend.
Bowdoin dominated last years
matchup against the Cardinals as
Donarumma rushed for a career-
high 158 yards and the defense as-
serted their presence, only allow-
ing two field goals.
As a team, I hope we can mature
and play mistake-free football,
Cardew said. Our team goal right
now is to go 1-0 this week.
-Compiled by Bernie Clevens
This weekend Bowdoin will
host the men and womens NES-
CAC cross country championship.
The mens team is seeded third
for the championship and current-
ly ranked 11
th
in the NCAA. Bates,
ranked fourth, and Tufts, ranked
seventh, are Bowdoins main com-
petitors, as they have performed
the best in the region throughout
the September and October meets.
Last weekend, the men lost to
Bates 29-30.
I dont know how Tufts will
run on Saturday but I know well
be faster than we were at the Open
New Englands, said Coach Peter
Slovenski, referring to Bowdoins
115-160 loss to Tufts on October
7.
The womens team is seeded sev-
enth for the meet in the NESCAC,
which is the strongest D-III con-
ference in womens cross country.
Based on the season so far, the Po-
lar Bears will be in close compe-
tition with Colby, Wesleyan, and
Bates to get in the top five or six
this weekend, which would put
them in the top-25 teams in D-III
NCAA.
Last year, the womens placed
sixth overall. However, the team
suffered a major loss with the
graduation of All-New England
runner Anna Ackerman.
The womens team hasnt run
our best race yetweve been
peaking toward this part of the
season, said Slovenski.
Bowdoins course is an excellent
spectator course: the runners can
be seen up to seven times from a
single vantage point.
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Theres a lot of ne-tuning to
be done at this time in the year,
but because weve had a lot of
success, we arent going to make any
big changes.
BRIANNE WEAVER
HEAD COACH OF WOMENS SOCCER
the womens four came in seventh place.
For our program to win down there
is a pretty spectacular thing, Birney said.
Te team has done fairly well in recent
years, but nothing close to the successes
of this seasons performance. Te team
won its frst medal at the Head of the
Charles in the fall of 1999 and has had a
guaranteed entry into the tournament by
placing in the top half of competitors for
the past few years.
Te mens team had been in posi-
tion to fnish in third or fourth place
this weekend before a piece of debris got
caught in their rudder, rendering their
coxswain incapable of steering properly
for part of the race.
Were not exactly sure what hap-
pened, but we got some sort of debris,
whether it was leaves or roots or sticks
or something caught in our rudder and
our coxswain lost all steering at the end,
said captain Tucker Colvin 13. We hit
another crew, came to a complete stop
perpendicular to the river, had to back
up... and we still didnt have steering so
we were going all over the place. I think
we were all just happy that we managed
to medal.
Te womens four had better luck.
Captain Bonnie Cao 13 said there was
a six-boat pileup behind their boat in the
middle of the river.
Anything can happen, with this race
especially, because it is so winding, said
Cao. I think we had very good luck this
year that nothing got in our way.
Te Head of the Charles is the teams
last om cial regatta of the fall, and the team
will condition over the winter until the
spring season starts.
1ui vowuoi ovii1 13 iviu.v, oc1oviv io, io1i
Fledging equestrian team
rides to victory at UVM
Tough they compete against var-
sity squads up to four times their size,
Bowdoins club equestrian team has
earned more than its fair share of med-
als this fall.
In its third show of the season at the
University of Vermont on October 14,
Bowdoins fve riders all placed in their
respective events, with some fnishing
as high as third.
How it usually works is you do
one event in the morning and one in
the afernoon, said captain Chrissy
Hayes 14. In the morning, they do a
round of jumping over fences. Its re-
ally fun. You get on a random horse
and jump eight jumps in a row in the
correct order, and youre judged on
how well you do it. In the afernoon
we do whats called a fat class, where
you dont jump.
Te style of horse riding most com-
mon in college competition, equita-
tion, judges the rider rather than the
horse. To preserve fairness, competi-
tors are paired randomly with horses
provided by the host school.
Its hard because you get on the
horse seconds before you compete, so
you have to get your bearings straight
and fgure it out, said Lucy Tomb 16.
You do know which horse youre rid-
ing in advance, so you can watch other
people ride it and see what theyre do-
ing wrong and what theyre doing right
and how thats afecting the horse.
As a team that is almost entirely
self-run, equestrian practices can be
hectic.
We practice two days a week at the
New Boston Barn in Gray, Maine, said
Meg Broderick 16. Our whole team
doesnt practice all at once, usually.
Tere are three or four times a week
when people go, so you pick two days
based on your schedule.
We have all diferent levels of ex-
perience, said Hayes. One of our rid-
ers just started riding this year. It was
her frst time ever on a horse. We have
other girls who have been riding their
whole lives. We welcome all levels.
Right now there are about eight people
riding and fve who ride competitively,
but that number always changes.
Tough equestrianism is a relatively
little-known sport on campus, Hayes
says she has seen an increase in inter-
est both from current and prospective
students.
I swear once a week I get an email
from a prospective student who wants
to ride. Tere are so many people in
high school who ride and dont real-
ize Bowdoin has a riding team, said
Hayes. I spend a lot of time just letting
people know we have a team. We made
a website and we have friends who are
tour guides who direct kids to us.
Te equestrian team will com-
pete this weekend at Dartmouth and
will fnish its season next weekend at
UNH.
BY SAM CHASE
STAFF WRITER
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 at Amherst 11:00 A.M.
Compiled by Carolyn Veilleux
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC, NESCRC
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 at Tufts 1:30 P.M.
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
F 10/26 at Middlebury 8 P.M.
Sa 10/27 at Williams 2:00P.M.
SAILING
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 Victorian Coee Urn (Conn.)
Erwin Schell Trophy (Brown)
NickersonTrophy(Coast Guard)
10:00A.M.
10:00A.M.
10:00A.M.
WOMENS SOCCER
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 v. Hamilton 1:30 P.M.
W L W L
Middlebury 10 0 14 0
Tufts 9 1 13 1
BOWDOIN 8 2 12 2
Trinity 7 3 11 3
Amherst 6 4 10 4
Williams 4 6 6 8
Wesleyan 4 6 7 7
Conn. Coll. 4 6 7 7
Colby 2 8 6 8
Bates 1 9 4 10
Hamilton 0 10 0 14
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Williams 8 0 2 12 0 2
Amherst 8 0 2 12 0 2
Wesleyan 5 2 2 8 3 3
Tufts 5 2 3 8 3 3
BOWDOIN 4 4 2 8 4 2
Trinity 5 3 2 5 5 4
Middlebury 3 6 1 6 6 1
Conn. Coll. 1 3 6 5 3 6
Hamilton 2 6 2 4 8 2
Colby 1 7 2 4 8 2
Bates 1 7 2 4 8 2
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
BOWDOIN 7 1 24 2
Conn. Coll. 7 2 19 2
Middlebury 6 2 17 6
Tufts 6 2 13 10
Williams 6 2 13 10
Amherst 5 3 12 8
Trinity 3 5 10 10
Colby 2 6 12 10
Bates 1 7 10 14
Hamilton 1 7 11 14
Wesleyan 1 8 8 14
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Middlebury 8 1 1 12 1 1
Williams 8 1 1 10 3 1
Amherst 8 1 1 12 1 1
BOWDOIN 6 3 1 10 3 1
Hamilton 5 4 1 9 4 1
Colby 4 6 0 8 6 0
Conn. Coll. 3 7 0 5 7 2
Wesleyan 3 7 0 4 8 1
Trinity 3 7 0 4 8 1
Tufts 2 6 2 4 6 4
Bates 1 8 1 4 9 1
NESCAC OVERALL
WOMENS RUGBY
NESCRC W L T
BOWDOIN 5 0 0
Tufts 4 2 0
Middlebury 3 2 0
Colby 3 2 0
Amherst 2 3 0
Bates 1 4 0
Williams 0 5 0
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 v. Williams 1:00 P.M.
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 NESCAC Championship 11:00 A.M.
MENS CROSS COUNTRY
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/27 NESCAC Championship NOON.
WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY
NESCAC Standings
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As Maine goes
A week from this Tuesday, Brunswick must cast its vote not just in the race for
president, but for representatives to both houses of Congress and to the State Legisla-
ture. Te choices this election day have particularly high stakes, especially Question 1,
which would legalize same-sex marriage and narrowly failed in 2009.
If Question 1 passes, Maine will be the frst state to am rm gay marriage by popu-
lar vote. By denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples, our state, and most of the
country, has withheld basic civil rights from too many of its citizens, for far too long. A
yes vote is a vote in favor of equality for all.
Democrat and Brunswick native Mattie Daughtry will best represent the 66
th
Dis-
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responsibility: Daughtry read every bill proposed in the 125
th
session of the Maine leg-
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policy making.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree faces a challenge from Republican Jonathan
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for a third term. Pingree, the frst woman to hold this seat, led the debate on the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and strongly supports a womans right to choose. Pingree also
backed the Afordable Care Act, whereas Courtney opposes the law and has pledged
to work toward its repeal if he is elected. Pingree supports Question 1; Courtney disap-
proves of it, demonstrating a far too narrow view of what equality means. Pingree has
made clean energy a high priority, advancing projects that would modernize Maines
electricity infrastructure by harnessing ofshore wind and tidal power and reducing
state dependence on oil.
Bowdoins distinguished lecturer and former Governor Angus King is our choice for
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will have the unique potential to leverage his vote and create consensus across the aisle.
His choice to run as an independent underscores the fact that Kings primary loyalty
is to the State of Maine and its citizens, not to the institutional interests of either party.
King has been a strong voice on environmental issues, though we disapprove of his
support for fracking and the Keystone XL Pipeline. He prioritizes transitioning the
state to renewable, domestic energy sources, and he endorses carbon-reduction initia-
tives and increased fuel em ciency standards. Like Pingree, King stands for marriage
equality and a womans right to choose, and supports the Afordable Care Act. He is
working towards realizing a health insurance mandate that would cover all citizens,
and in the debate over student loans he has taken a stand against fnancial institutions
seeking to change interest rates to proft at students expense.
Tis election ofers the opportunity for voters to immediately witness the impact of
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secure and improve our future. We support those who will pursue equality in all are-
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Care Act, address the reality of global warming, and advance sustainable environmen-
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If Question 1 passes, Maine will number among the few states that were early to af-
frm marriage equality for all citizens. Should the measure pass, we hope the old saying
that As Maine goes, so goes the nation, proves to be true.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Challenging Bowdoins
commitment to carbon
neutrality by 2020
To the Editors:
Te passing of former senator, au-
thor, and historian George McGovern
a few days ago reminded me of a quo-
tation etched above my high schools
guidance om ce.
Te highest patriotism, McGov-
ern said, is not a blind acceptance
of om cial policy, but a love of ones
country deep enough to call her to a
higher standard.
Replace country with college,
and youll fnd that sentiment fts the
purpose of this letter.
I love Bowdoin, maybe not enough
to wear a polar bear pin on my lapel
everyday, but enough to use those lib-
eral arts-borne critical thinking skills
in asking the College a few questions.
If we are planning to reach car-
bon neutrality by 2020as per Barry
Mills signing of the Presidents Cli-
mate Commitment in 2007why
does Bowdoin (according to its very
own Climate Neutrality Implementa-
tion Plan) not have any plans to re-
place its on-campus natural gas heat-
ing plant? Beholden as we Bowdoin
students are to the liberal arts, we all
know that as a fossil fuel, natural gas
comes from carbonso its efect on
the climate is far from neutral.
Further, in which fossil fuel com-
panies does Bowdoin invest? Sadly,
this question is not does Bowdoin
invest in fossil fuel companies. Al-
though the Colleges stock portfolio is
confdential, Katy Longley, Bowdoins
To the Editors:
In two weeks, voters will come to-
gether at the polls to choose the lead-
ers of our country, our state, and our
communities. In Maine, we will also
cast our votes on a referendum that,
in my view, focuses on important is-
sues of equality and fairness. I will
vote yes on Question 1 because I
believe our democracy must protect
the rights of all citizens, regardless of
age, race, creed, religion, marital sta-
tus, national origin, or, in this case,
sexual orientation.
I set forth my views as a private
citizen and a resident of Brunswick,
Maine. I have been privileged in my
life to know many people who seek,
value, and build personal relation-
ships grounded in a commitment to
each other and to the common good.
I have been moved by the joy they ex-
press when their bond is celebrated
and ratifed. Unfortunately, I have also
been stirred by the deep hurt, disillu-
sionment, and alienation that grips
those who are denied a legal right of
commitment to those they love.
Te confict over these rights has
divided our Maine communities for
too long and has denied basic civil
rights and freedoms to many of our
fellow citizens. I understand and
respect those troubled by my posi-
tion on this issue, especially because
many who oppose Question 1
are guided, in good faith, by their
religious beliefs or their more tra-
ditional views of family. But while
we are a nation grounded in the
right of all people to practice their
religion without the fear of interfer-
ence or reprisal, we are also a nation
with a state of laws that recognizes
and protects basic human and civil
rights, regardless of religious, spiri-
tual, and personal doctrine.
I am honored to lead an institu-
tion that is nearly as old as our nation
itselfa college devoted unambigu-
ously to providing opportunity to
those willing to work hard whatever
their means, background, or person-
al beliefs. Tis access to opportunity
and equal protection guides our col-
lege because it also defnes America.
I know that some will disagree with
my personal position on this issue
including members of our Bowdoin
College communityand I accept
and respect their point of view. But
as we go to the polls on November 6,
I hope you will join me in am rming
American and Maine values of fair-
ness and equality by voting yes on
Question 1.
Very truly yours,
Barry Mills
Nows the time to stand
up for civil rights and
freedoms in Maine:
Vote Yes on Question 1
senior vice president for fnance and
administration, told me that we do
indeed invest in at least some dirty
energy conglomerates that oppose car-
bon neutrality. Well, our nearly billion-
dollar endowment has to come from
somewhere.
I am not the only one asking these
questions. Two hundred students have
now signed my petition for divestment
and renewable energy. While we ap-
plaud the work of the administration
in making climate change a prior-
ity, we also challenge the school to
fully embrace true carbon neutrality.
Terefore, we call upon the adminis-
tration to divest from dirty fossil fuels
by spring 2013 and to shut down the
natural gas plant to transition to 100
percent renewable energy by 2020.
In this, I again fnd myself in good
company. Heres what our rightly es-
teemed President Mills said fve years
ago:
Global warming is one of the defn-
ing challenges of our time...Human ac-
tivities are responsible for the problem,
and working together humans have the
ability to help solve the problem. Tat
means taking serious action today to
stop adding global warming pollution
to the atmosphere. Bowdoin College
is committed to helping lead the way.
Lets make sure we are, sir.
In solidarity,
Matthew Goodrich 15
To the Editors:
I appreciate the kind piece you
wrote about my assignment as Charg
d'afaires in Libya, but I do have one
correction. It is true that I was an un-
distinguished student at Bowdoin. It is
even true that I was a member of the
Beta Teta Pi fraternity. In these re-
spects, I am guilty as charged. But it is
slander to allege that I was ever a mem-
ber of the hockey team. I deny this in
the strongest possible terms, whatever
my alumni fle says. I was a gentle and
inofensive sort, as those who knew me
then can confrm.
Sincerely,
Laurence Pope 67
cc: Tom Allen, 67
Gentle and inoensive
Pope 67 denies hockey
a liation
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Bowdoins culture lacks a predominant, unifying characteristic, unlike peer schools
Teres a well-known saying about
Brown University: If you dont come
out at Brown, youre probably straight.
Pretty funny, right? Also, probably
true. Anecdotal evidence seems to con-
frm Browns reputation as an experi-
menters nirvana. Such experimentation
helps break open doors for closeted stu-
dents of all kinds, queer and otherwise.
Does this same proverb hold true for
Bowdoin? Probably not. Te College,
while attentive to questions and issues of
sexuality, still clutches to its normalized
culture. Stories of sexual or drug-related
boundary pushing are either rare or
woefully under-advertised here. Bow-
doin does not have the same reputation
as Brown. We dont get naked as much.
Teres a well known-saying about
the University of Chicago: Where fun
goes to die.
Pretty awful, right? Tough I doubt
that this is entirely true, Chicagos repu-
tation has been well earned through its
canonical core curriculum, resistance
to grade infation, and pressure-cooker
ethos.
Does this axiom hold true for Bow-
doin? Not really. Work hard, play hard
baby! Students here do not receive
an insignifcant amount of work, but
most Saturday night fop-sweat is social
house- rather than stacks-induced.
Lastly, theres a well-known word to
describe Wesleyan University: liberal.
Is the Bowdoin campus similarly
disposed? Well, yes. But the rolling boil
of political idealism at Wesleyan is kept
at a low simmer here. As Eric Edelman
pointed out in his column, Bowdoin is
not exactly a cesspool of activists.
Now, I stupidly bitched out Edelman
in a comment on his article for being
lazy. Tat was obviously the wrong way
to go about it. However, in my opinion,
the article was hearsay on steroids. If the
author is not personally invested in the
idea, and does not investigate real in-
stances of campus activism, why spray
bullets into the crowd?
And yet, the article raises an impor-
Hopefully all Bowdoin students
know that Bob White 77longtime
friend, close advisor, and current cam-
paign chairman for Governor Mitt
Romney, spoke in Daggett Lounge
just over a week ago. A Conversation
With Bob White was an unprece-
dented success as a politically charged
event on our campus.
Well over 200 students attended the
main event, and dozens took advantage
of the reception in Baxter aferwards.
Over 40 questions were collected over
the course of the discussion, and Mr.
White did everything and more that
was asked of him. He gave an excellent
presentation on the basics of this elec-
tion, explained the intricacies of cam-
paigning, discussed behind-the-scenes
debate action, and made sure to con-
nect Bowdoin, and college students in
general, to the big picture that political
activity requires.
Afer speaking with dozens of stu-
dents who attended, of conservative,
libertarian, liberal, and apathetic lean-
ings, my understanding is that students
felt engaged, informed, and encouraged.
Tis is precisely what the Bowdoin Col-
lege Republicans were seeking to ac-
complish as a result of this monumental
event. It certainly does not hurt that stu-
dents had the experience of meeting an
infuential Republican, not to mention a
genuinely good person seeking to serve
our country.
Mr. White was right when he spoke
about the choice Americans have to
make in this election. It is a simple one
relating to the role of government as it
pertains to the future of our country.
Tere are two key issues in this election:
the economy and foreign policy. Te
strength and safety of America today
and tomorrow is wholly dependent on
these two crucial topics. It is on these
two topics specifcally that Mr. Whites
pronouncement of a clear choice must
be made.
On the economy, in most simplistic
terms: should we reduce taxes to stimu-
late job growth while simultaneously
limiting both government spending and
debilitating regulations to narrow the
defcit? Or should we allow the govern-
ment bureaucracy to continue growing,
borrowing, and spending while clinging
to the hope that our debt will be rem-
edied some how?
On foreign policy: will we lead from
ahead, take a hard stand, and ensure
security and prosperity when it comes
to such countries as Iran, China, Libya,
and Syria? Or will we continue our less-
than-successful attempts at sanctioning
and appeasing those same countries?
In 2008, I found Barack Obama an
appealing candidate and thought he
could turn our country around. Very
little in President Obamas frst term
has convinced me he has earned a
second term. Nothing has given me
any indication that his current poli-
cies will stimulate economic growth.
Yes, his successes against al Qaeda
and his early actions in Libya are
commendable, but what commander-
in-chief would have acted diferently
under the circumstances? I cannot,
however, overlook the unfathom-
ably irresponsible Fast and Furious
scheme or mindboggling tragedy and
dishonesty surrounding the Benghazi
terrorist attack.
In 2012, I know Governor Romney
will make the necessary changes to
policy as president. I trust Romney
as an unbelievably successful execu-
tive as his business prowess needs no
additional verifcation. I trust him as
a champion of reform and security
as his leadership in organizing the
Salt Lake City Olympic Games mere
months afer 9/11 demonstrates. And
possibly most importantly, I trust
him as a proven leader of bipartisan
actions in domestic policies as his
record in Massachusetts proves. He
has the complete set of developed and
acquired skills to lead our country.
It is a clear and easy choice for me,
and hopefully Mr. White and the in-
tegrity he spoke about and represents,
will assist you in your decision as well.
Tyler Silver is a member of the Class
of 2013.
White is right: Romney prevails
on foreign policy and the economy
Campuses have often been
used as think tanks for the
reimagining of social norms.
And yet at Bowdoin, most of us
are content to play by the rules.
tant point: does Bowdoin have any cam-
pus nationalism? And if so, where does
it lie?
With drugs, sex, and rock n roll? No.
With intellectual vigor? Not really. With
politics? Not even.
Bowdoin is awash with type-A stu-
dents. Te noise of purposeful, clatter-
ing Sperrys is kind of deafening. But
arent we all somehow disengaged from
a central point of contact?
We have our preachy vegan activists.
And our unwashed music majors. And
our Calvin Klein covered athletes. And
our pompous Peucinians.
But at the end of the day, none of us
is really that preachy, that unhygienic,
that preppy (well, maybe), or even that
pompous. Tere is a web of respect
that extends from each niche to all
of its campus brethren. Tat is why I
think Edelman doesnt hear the boom
of soapbox anarchists at Bowdoin. We
have a marketplace of possible activities,
instead of an ideological onslaught.
Tis leaves Bowdoin both with seri-
ous advantages and disadvantages. On
the one hand, theres less infghting.
You do your thing. Ill do my thing.
We may generalize and gossip, but the
ideological warfare or crusading that is
ofen found on campuses is (thankfully)
absent. Students can get to know each
other without hating anothers label.
On the other hand, Bowdoin stu-
dents arent dreaming up new ways to
push boundaries. Forget politics for a
second, how about standards of decen-
cy? Campuses have ofen been used as
think tanks for the reimagining of social
norms. And yet at Bowdoin, most of us
are content to play by the rules. Were
cognizant of being presentable. Te
man is our future boss, not our hated
enemy. Were no plastic cocktail party,
but we might be an engaging, severely
polite dinner conversation.
So what defnes this college? Around
what, if anything, do we cohere?
Being awesome? Fit? Tolerant?
I recently argued that, in keeping with
how much we gab on about the com-
mon good, Bowdoin should make it
mandatory. With the transformation of
religion from devotion to data set, ser-
vice seems like the only viable candidate
to provide spiritual foundation. But, that
is something that must be imposed on
usfor own good, of course, but im-
posed nonetheless.
What this article worries over is the
looseness of substantive student cohe-
sion. We like each other. And student
groups, on their own, vigorously wage
fghts for things they care aboutabout
energy consumption, politics, good mu-
sic, athletic dominance, and intellectual
excellence. To discount the sincerity and
the prevalence of these eforts does a
disservice to this school.
But, is there a Bowdoin culture,
rooted in a common cause (rather than
aesthetic)? If not, should there be? Is that
looseness the great price or the great
prize of our insistence on respect?
I dont know.
HALFASSED
JUDAH ISSEROFF
BY TYLER SILVER
CONTRIBUTOR
Stocking up on food supplies is nec-
essary for any Bowdoin student still
awake by midnight. Inevitably, howev-
er much you devour at dinner will not
last you more than a few hours, and the
place to go for dorm snacks is invari-
ably Bowdoin Express. Stocked with
various foods including sushi from
Little Tokyo and big bags of chips, the
convenience store is an excellent place
to furnish emergency provisions. Every
time I gaze into the refrigerators in the
small shop in Smith Union, I cant help
but notice how racks are stacked with
dozens of Sabra hummus containers.
Hummus, whose main ingredient is
mashed chickpeas, is a delicious food
that I grew up enjoying. One legend
claims that the frst dish of hummus
was prepared by Salahadin, the sultan
of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century
who fought against the crusaders. An-
other amusing if dubious story is that
chickpeas were fed to the builders of
the pyramids of Giza, but when the
workers began to grow restless with
their work, the menu was changed to
include foul (an Egyptian dish made
of fava beans), and the workers once
again became complacent and obedi-
ent. Te earliest recorded recipe for
a variant of hummus is recorded in a
cookbook from 13th century Cairo.
Today, hummus is a dish savored
throughout the Middle East. Upon
migrating to Palestine in the late 19th
and early 20th century, the Zionist pro-
genitors of todays Israelis must have
found the Arab dish appealing, as it is
recognized to be a favorite of modern
Israelis. Adam Sandlers recent flm
Dont Mess With the Zohan parodies
this cultural adoption when the main
characters characters father dipped a
spoonful of hummus in his mug and
drank it with relish.
While the Hollywood flm light-
heartedly played with Israelis penchant
for hummus, others do not consider it
so innocent. Te military occupation
of the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan
Heights is considered illegal under in-
ternational law, and the Israeli army is
notorious for its violations of human
rights. A survey conducted this year on
the eve of Rosh Hashanah by Dialog,
Sabra hummus supports Israels human rights abuses
THE WAY IT
SHOULD BE
CHRIS WEDEMAN
self-described a group of academia-
based peace and civil rights activists
headed by Tel Aviv University Profes-
sor Camil Fuchs, found that the major-
ity of the Jewish public (59 percent) in
Israel explicitly favor discrimination
against Arab citizens. Of those polled,
74 percent were in favor of separate
roads for Israelis and Palestinians (a
policy already predominant through-
out the West Bank), and 58 percent
believed that the Israeli state already
practices apartheid against Arabs.
And with the land stolen from Pal-
estinians, a continuous thef of culture
is in efect. Israelis have elevated hum-
mus to anational food symbol accord-
ing to Joshua Mitnick, correspondent
of the Christian Science Monitor. Tis
Breaking the Silence, a group of
ex-Israeli soldiers, have taken it upon
themselves to expose the Israeli pub-
lic to the reality of everyday life in the
Occupied Territories, has documented
numerous cases of Golani Brigade hu-
man rights abuses, according to the
groups website.
In 2005, an om cer was convicted
for beating a Palestinian detainee and
threatening to cut of his penis. In 2008,
members of the brigade flmed them-
selves forcing a captive, blindfolded
Palestinian to sing humiliating songs,
some, as BBC News describes it, of a
sexual nature, and some about the Go-
lani Brigade, according to an article
found on Te New York Campaign for
the Boycott of Israels website.
When the Strauss Group was criti-
cized for its relationship with the bri-
gade, it removed mention of it from its
English website. Te proclamation of
support is still available on the Hebrew
page.
It is bad enough that American
tax dollars go to funding the occu-
pation of Palestine and the denial of
Palestinian human and civil rights.
It is disturbing that Bowdoin College
itself does business with a corpora-
tion implicit in human rights abuses,
and invested in the continuation of a
state that practices apartheid. When
I walk into Bowdoin Express and I
see Sabra hummus stocked in such
quantities, I cant help but feel disap-
pointed with the College.
Te Boycott, Divestment and Sanc-
tions movement (BDS) has been gain-
ing signifcant ground throughout the
world and the United States. Te move-
ment calls for non-violent punitive
measures against the Israeli govern-
ment until it complies with the precepts
of international law by:
1. Ending its occupation and coloni-
zation of all Arab lands and dismantling
the wall;
2. Recognizing the fundamental
rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of
Israel to full equality; and
3. Respecting, protecting and pro-
moting the rights of Palestinian refugees
to return to their homes and properties
as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.
Te time will come when Israel and
Israeli companies will have to face the
consequences of their actions. Tat time
will come soon, and it is the responsibil-
ity of the College to ensure that Bow-
doin stands on the right side of history
when it does.
adoption of food is symbolic of an
expropriation of Palestinian and Arab
culture. Words like yallah which in
Arabic means hurry, or come on
have been adopted (and butchered) by
Israelis into Hebrew slang, as well as a
variety of other expressions, including
the entire, rich array of Arabic exple-
tives.
In 2008 Lebanon announced that
it would fle an international lawsuit
against Israel for claiming ownership of
dishes, including hummus, believed to
be traditionally Lebanese. However, at-
tempts such as these to halt cultural thef
have largely gone unnoticed.
Sabra Dipping Company, one of
the companies that supplies Bowdoin
with its hummus, is owned by the
Strauss Group, which is one of the larg-
est manufacturers in Israel. It is also a
proud supporter of the Israeli army. Te
Strauss Group touts a special adoptive
relationship with the Golani Brigade
whereby the company supplies the sol-
diers with food and personal care pack-
ages. Even considering the history of
human rights abuses within the Israeli
army, the Golani Brigade is notorious.
It is disturbing that Bowdoin
College itself does business with
a corporation implicit in human
rights abuses, and invested in
the continuation of a state that
practices apartheid.
In 2008, I found Barack Obama an
appealing candidate and thought
he could turn our country around.
Very little in President Obamas
rst term has convinced me he has
earned a second term.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
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TUESDAY
EXHIBITION OPENING
We Never See Anything Clearly
The opening of John Ruskins landscape paintings exhibit
will feature his work from1840-1870.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 1 p.m.
PANEL
Marriage Equality: Panel Discussion
Professors David Collings, Elizabeth Pritchard and Scott
Sehon will discuss same-sex marriage and Question 1.
Kresge Auditorium, Smith Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.
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SATURDAY
TUTORIAL
Special Eects Makeup Workshop
Movie professional Eric Anderson will run a how-to session
on realistic makeup for Halloween costumes.
Ladd House. 1 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Organ Performance
Organist Sean Flemming will play variations of the alma
mater, the Star Spangled Banner and Guilmants Sonata.
The Chapel. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Zombie Run
Try to escape from the clutches of zombies at this
Halloween event, one part race and one part obstacle course.
Farley Field House. 4 p.m.
FILM
Night Watch
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen the 2004 Russian
lm about two bands of enemy warriors.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
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MONDAY
FILM
How to Nail a Dictator
Directors Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis will host a
discusson following a screening of their 2011
documentary lm about the 1982 military genocide in
Guatemala and the eort to bring the dictator to justice.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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FRIDAY
EVENT
Angus King
The former Maine governor will deliver a campaign
speech prior to a question and answer session about his
bid for U.S. Senate.
MacMillan House. 1 p.m.
LECTURE
Biological Models for Software
Security
Professor Stephanie Forrest of the University of New
Mexico will discuss her biology research and the
connection between cyber security and software repair.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 3:30 p.m
FILM
The Room
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen the best worst
movie ever, 2003 melodramatic, unintentional comedy
infamous for its aws
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Piano Performance
Pianist George Lopez will present the debut of At the
Cusp of Dawn, a Breath, an original composition by
Professor Vineet Shende.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
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SUNDAY
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Protestant Chapel Service
The Chapel. 7 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY
LECTURE
A New Generation of Environmentalism
This installment of the Faculty Seminar Series will feature
DeWitt John, lecturer in environmental studies.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. Noon.
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CHICKEN PAD THAI, ROASTED PORK
SEAFOOD PAELLA, TERIYAKI CHICKEN
T
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60
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CHIPOTLE CHICKEN, TURKEY REUBEN
MAINE POLLACK, BBQ CHICKEN
T
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FRIED FISH, CAJUN POT ROAST
WILD SALMON, GINGER CHICKEN
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THURSDAY
OFFICE HOURS
Tim Fosters Weekly O ce Hours
Information Desk, Smith Union. 4 p.m.
LECTURE
At the Edge: High Arctic Walrus Hunters
During the Little Ice Age
Bjarne Grnnow, research director of National Museum of
Denmark, will discuss the archaeological records of a minia-
ture ice age about 150-600 years ago.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
THEATER PERFORMANCE
The End of Summer
Director and Professor of Theater Davis Robinson will present
this melodramatic comedy set on the coast of Maine during
the Great Depression. The play about young love takes inspi-
ration from Blue Hill, Maine.
Memorial Hall, Pickard Theater. 8 p.m.
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CHICKEN PARMESAN, SPAGHETTI
JERK CHICKEN, CHEESE FLAT BREAD
T
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QUESADILLAS, ROASTED CHICKEN
BBQ PULLED PORK, MAC & CHEESE
T
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QUESADILLAS, CHICKEN MOLE
MUSSELS, BACON BLT
T
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FAJITAS, SPICY BAJA FISH TACOS
CHICKEN ENCHILADAS, BURGERS
T
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PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TICK TOCK: DJ Clockwork spins fresh techno tracks last Saturday night .
DINNER MENU:
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Duo Baars-
Henneman
SEMINAR SERIES
Heterotopies of
Desire
BLOOD PRESSURE
SCREENING
MASQUE & GOWN
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are
Dead
GRANT INFO SESSION
Global Citizens