The U.S. MAIL 1st CLASS Postage PAID Bowdoin Orient Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, MAINE BOWDOINORIENT.COM THE NATION’S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY VOLUME 144, NUMBER 13 JANUARY 30, 2015 Clayton S. Rose named College’s 15th president

KATE WITTEMAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ROSE’S OUTLOOK: Hundreds of people gathered in the David Saul Smith Union at 3 p.m. this Monday to welcome Clayton S. Rose as the College’s next president. Rose joins Bowdoin from the Harvard Business School, where he is a professor of management practice. Rose: a banker and a scholar Campus reacts to committee’s choice Winter storm BY GARRETT CASEY BY GARRETT CASEY the announcement. Some posted AND KATE WITTEMAN AND KATE WITTEMAN congratulatory messages while oth- ORIENT STAFF ORIENT STAFF ers voiced disappointment with the choice. One of the recurring objec- Juno dumps On Monday morning the Board At the start of the second week of tions was the fact that Bowdoin will of Trustees unanimously elected classes in the Spring 2015 semester, still have a white, male leader during Clayton S. Rose the 15th president the Bowdoin community received a time when many peer schools are feet of snow of the College, ef ective July 1. Pres- one of the year’s most important an- beginning to appoint female or non- ident-elect Rose, who is currently a nouncements—that Bowdoin had white presidents. professor of management practice at found its next president. Several NESCAC schools have the Harvard Business School (HBS), Af er learning that Clayton S. Rose elected female presidents in the last on campus accepted the position shortly af er would replace President Barry Mills, f ve years: Amherst in 2011, Bates in the vote. many af liated with the College tem- 2012, Connecticut College in 2013, BY EMMA PETERS Prior to his time at HBS, Rose pered their excitement with a certain and Trinity and Middlebury in 2014. ORIENT STAFF worked in the f nancial services in- measure of skepticism. While Rose When Laurie Patton of Middlebury dustry for 20 years, serving as vice might not be a typical choice, having takes of ce this fall, six out of the 11 Winter storm Juno lef the Bowdoin chairman and chief operating of - COPYWRIGHT WEBB CHAPPELL no experience in the liberal arts and NESCAC schools will have female campus relatively unscathed despite cer at J.P. Morgan in 2001, when he no connection to Bowdoin, most con- presidents, making male NESCAC pummeling students with 50 mph decided to return to academia. He distinction in 2007. Rose’s other cluded that it is too soon to say what presidents a minority. winds and around two feet of snow. enrolled in a doctoral program in academic credentials include a B.A. kind of leader Rose will be. Optimism Jes Staley ’79, chair of Bowdoin’s “I don’t remember [a blizzard] of this sociology at the University of Penn- and M.B.A. from the University of seems to be the collective sentiment. search committee, said that the choic- intensity in the recent past,” said Direc- sylvania in 2003, where he studied Many Bowdoin students and tor of Facilities Operations and Mainte- race in America and graduated with Please see ROSE, page 3alumni took to social media af er Please see REACTS, page 3 nance Ted Stam. In addition to the tremendous snow- fall, there were also some minor electri- cal issues on campus. Most notably, an Volent remains highest-paid non-president in the NESCAC open window in Moulton Union’s Main Lounge caused a steam pipe to burst, BY SARAH BONANNO lent received a 45 percent increase from tion, for a total compensation f gure of paid employee. Compared to the setting of the f re alarms in Moulton ORIENT STAFF 2011 to 2012, and has been the highest- $501,155. His compensation increased presidential compensation at the 11 Dining Hall during lunch. compensated employee at Bowdoin by .26 percent between 2011 and 2012. other NESCAC institutions, Mills’ “On a normal day, it wouldn’t re- Senior Vice President of Investments since the 2007 f scal year, when the Ori- “If you look at my compensation, it’s a pay once again ranked ninth, accord- ally do anything,” said Stam. “When you Paula Volent remained the highest paid ent reported that her salary surpassed lot lower than a lot of other college presi- ing to T e Chronicle of Higher Edu- have 50-mile-per-hour, nine-degree Bowdoin employee for the 2012 cal- that of President Barry Mills. dents,” said Mills. “You’ll see that I receive cation’s Executive Compensation at wind, it can come in through that crack endar year. She earned $1,267,519 in Consistent with past years, Mills was non-cash compensations and imputed Private Colleges database. and drop the temperature enough on total, according to the College’s most the second highest-paid employee in benef ts, such as the house I live in.” Only Connecticut College’s then- the heater to freeze it.” recently available Form 990 for the 2012, earning a base pay of $413,029 At other NESCAC schools, the compensation of its top employees. Vo- with $88,126 of additional compensa- president is traditionally the highest- Please see VOLENT, page 4 Please see JUNO, page 4

MORE NEWS: S’MORE TO DOOR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: THROAT SINGING SPORTS: MULES DROOL OPINION: Hannah Gartner ‘15 and Gracie The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Men’s and women’s hoops beat EDITORIAL: Compass Rose. Bensimon ‘15 start a new brings Inuk throat-singing per- Colby to take the top spot in the Page 14. campus business to former Tanya Tagaq to NESCAC. deliver baked goods on campus. DOING IT WRONG: Maya Reyes ‘16 on Thursday nights. America’s obsession with cultural authenticity. Page 5. Page 8. Page 10 and 13. Page 15. 2 news the bowdoin orient friday, janurary 30, 2015

WHERE BOWDOIN’S PRESIDENTS WENT TO COLLEGE

Joseph McKeen 1802-1807 Alma mater: Dartmouth Jesse Appleton 1807-1819 Alma mater: Dartmouth William Allen 1820-1839 Alma mater: Harvard Leonard Woods Jr. 1839-1866 Alma mater: Union Samuel Harris 1867-1871 Alma mater: Bowdoin Joshua Chamberlain 1871-1883 Alma mater: Bowdoin William DeWitt Hyde 1885-1917 Alma mater: Harvard Kenneth C. M. Sills HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT 1918-1952 MOULTON MELTDOWN: Moulton Union was closed temporarily during Tuesday’s storm due to a burst steam pipe in the dining hall. Students were evacuated as the Brunswick Fire Department responded to the scene. Alma mater: Bowdoin James S. Coles 1952-1967 Alma mater: Columbia Roger Howell Jr. Annual Snowfall in 1969-1978 Alma mater: Bowdoin Brunswick 2005-2014 Willard F. Enteman 1978-1980 Alma mater: Williams

A. LeRoy Greason 1981-1990 Alma mater: Wesleyan Robert H. Edwards 1990-2001 Alma mater: Princeton Barry Mills 2001-2015 Alma mater: Bowdoin Clayton S. Rose 2015- Alma mater: UChicago

BY THE NUMBERS Nearly every student has made the trek to the basment of Coles Tower at some point during this semester to browse or buy books from the Textbook Center. Here are some statistics on the books.

GRAPHIC BY GRACE HANDLER AND HY KHONG DATA FROM THE TOWN OF BRUNSWICK PUBLIC WORKS 2015 773636 number of individual textbook titles carried this semester STUDENT SPEAK What was your scariest moment during Winter Storm Juno? 8,4168,416 Number of new textbooks sold to students so far this year 55,553,553 number of used textbooks sold to students so far this year

Julian Ehrlich ’17 Mettler Growney ‘17 Indre Altman ’18 Max Bucci ’15 15,33715,337 “I was stressed out on my way to class “The pipes in Reed House froze... “Realizing that the fashion mittens that “There were defi nitley some total textbooks sold to students and I started talking to myself... I didn’t there was no hot water. So I you buy online are not actually good icicles that could have killed me. so far this year realize I was right next to someone.” hopped in my towel to Quinby.” mittens. My hands were freezing.” About four feet long.” COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient news 3 ROSE REACTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Chicago. He is originally from San es of peer schools did not pressure the Rafael, Calif. committee to select a female or a per- T e College held a brief ceremony son of color. at 3 p.m. on Monday in David Saul “We put together a list of candi- Smith Union to introduce Rose to dates with Isaacson, Miller that was the Bowdoin community. President very diverse—that looked at some ex- Barry Mills, Chair of the Presiden- traordinarily talented women, some tial Search Committee and member extraordinarily talented candidates of of the Board of Trustees Jes Staley color—so when we started to interview ’79, Rose and his wife Julianne were the candidates, it was a very diverse in attendance. Several hundred stu- slate,” Staley said. “It would be great to dents, faculty, staf and Brunswick make history, but we had to f nd the residents f lled Morrell Lounge and best person to run Bowdoin College— lined the ramps of Smith Union to and that was Clayton [Rose].” hear Rose speak. Associate Professor of Africana Staley, representing the search Studies and English Tess Chakkalakal, committee, said that the body had a member of the search committee, tirelessly pursued the right candi- agreed with Staley. date. HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT “We kept the pool diverse through- “We came from dif erent back- NEXT IN LINE: President-elect Clayton S. Rose delivers an address to the Bowdoin and Brunswick communities at a ceremony held in David Saul Smith Union on Mon- out the process and af er that point grounds and ages,” said Staley. “T e day afternoon. President Barry Mills, Chair of the Board of Trustees Deborah Barker ‘80 and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee Jes Staley ‘79 also spoke briefl y at the event. you can’t really be looking at race or search committee clearly ref ected gender as an actual qualif cation for the diversity of Bowdoin. T e search the job. At least I don’t,” she said. committee worked incredibly hard. “Some people are frustrated that he We poured over hundreds of résu- is a straight, white male, but I think a més and discussed dozens of poten- lot of people also recognize that he has tial candidates.” had a very successful career and has Staley said that the search com- done very well for himself academi- mittee is conf dent that Rose is the cally,” said Colin Swords ’15. “T e individual best-suited to guide Bow- qualif cations that indicate that he’ll be doin into the future. an excellent fundraiser for our school “T e search committee was con- and that he’ll be able to do good things vinced that Clayton has thought for our f nancial aid—those count deeply about the values of a liberal more to me than a symbolic gesture.” arts education and the challenges Others questioned why Rose, who that lie ahead. He has the intellec- has no experience attending or teach- tual strength and quiet conf dence ing at a liberal arts institution, was to engage with our faculty as we chosen for the job. T e last president consider the issues facing modern without exposure to the liberal arts education—from technology to ac- was William DeWitt Hyde, the Col- cessibility,” he said. lege’s seventh president who was in Rose’s candidacy came from Isaac- of ce from 1885-1917. son, Miller, the search f rm Bowdoin T e A. Myrick Freeman Professor hired to help f nd its new president, of Social Sciences and the Chair of the but Rose and Staley in fact worked HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT Sociology and Anthropology Depart- together and became close friends at BOWDOIN HELLO: Students, faculty, staff and residents of Brunswick packed into David Saul Smith Union on Monday to watch Rose make his offi cial introduction to ments Susan Bell said that though Rose J.P. Morgan. the College. Rose spoke of the value of a liberal arts education, noting that “it is essential to helping us grow, to shaping us, to creating fulfi lling lives, meaningful lives for each of us.” had not necessarily been part of a liberal “I have learned much by listen- arts community, he seems committed to ing to and watching Jes Staley, my Bowdoin’s spirit of intellectual pursuit. long time business partner and great Bowdoin community by acknowl- it’s quite a remarkable and powerful understand the world—are incred- “What I f nd impressive is that he friend,” Rose wrote in the acknowl- edging Mills’ accomplishments dur- discipline actually as I discovered.” ibly important to whatever vocation chose to get a Ph.D.,” said Bell. “It edgments section of his dissertation. ing his 14-year tenure. Resounding William Bielby, currently a pro- someone is going to have. T ose are suggests that somebody cares deeply “He and I have been discussing is- applause followed his words of rec- fessor of sociology at the University deeply meaning and powerful skills.” enough about education and the lib- sues of race and opportunity in the ognition, demonstrating the esteem of Illinois at Chicago, was a profes- Chakkalakal said that an ability to eral ideals of education that he put business world for many years, and in which the Bowdoin community sor of Rose’s at UPenn and is the col- articulate the value of the liberal arts himself into a position of student as he stands above any other execu- holds Mills. laborator of his dissertation. Bielby an older person. It suggests that he tive that I know in his willingness Earlier in the af ernoon during said that given Rose’s career as an “He has a certain really values something that we value to honestly address dif cult social an interview with Orient, Rose ex- executive and his research focus in in the academy, and that’s life-long issues; he is a role model for other sociology, he will be able to make Bowdoin-ness to him.” learning. I don’t know if he would business leaders.” progress on racial issues that goes talk about it in this way, but as an A 2012 article in FT Magazine, “The search committee was beyond symbolism. ORIANA FARNHAM ‘15 outsider observing him, it tells me the weekend insert in the Financial convinced that Clayton has “He has some interesting insights, MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL that not only does he care about life- Times, tells the story of Staley giving a good handle on those kinds of SEARCH COMMITTEE long education and a self-cultivating Rose a Frodsham pocket watch— thought deeply about the values things about making sure that when approach to life but that he did the said to be one of John Pierpoint of a liberal arts education and the you are being supportive of diver- was something she was looking for disciplined work you need to do in Morgan’s favorite gif s to give— sity ef orts or giving directives in the in each of the candidates, and that order to f nish a Ph.D.” when Rose lef J.P. Morgan in 2001. challenges that lie ahead. He has area of diversity, that there is indeed Rose clearly had it. Rose lef his career as a businessman According to the article, Rose re- the intellectual strength and quiet appropriate accountability and over- “I think what [Rose] is going to working at J.P. Morgan to return to the turned the favor on the occasion of confi dence to engage with our fac- sight so that there really is meaning- bring here is a way of thinking about University of Pennsylvania to get his Staley’s 50th birthday in 2006. ful change,” said Bielby. the value of the liberal arts in a kind doctorate in sociology. He wrote his “It sits on my desk at home and ulty as we consider the issues facing Rose also spoke to the pressures of f gurative way and also a material, dissertation, “Race at the top: Organiza- it’s been with me the whole time,” modern education—from faced by today’s liberal arts colleges. f nancial way—that there is a payof tional response to institutional pressures Rose said about the watch in an in- He acknowledged that the public is to a liberal arts education,” she said. and the racial composition of the corpo- terview with the magazine. “I have a technology to accessibility.” becoming increasingly conscious Franco said he thought Rose pos- rate elite,” on the ways in which African little stand for it and I look at it every of the value of higher education in sessed the managerial and financial Americans are included on corporate night and every day. It’s a link to a JES STALEY ‘79 terms of dollars and cents, but said skills that are essential to the job, boards of directors. f rm and an ethos and a culture that CHAIR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL that there is still a need for the lib- but also that Rose understood aca- “I’m really excited that he has a was very much a part of me.” SEARCH COMMITTEE eral arts. demia from the inside and would background in sociology because I Staley disclosed his relationship “It is essential to helping us be up to the challenge of grappling think this [background] will be really with Rose to the search committee, grow, to shaping us, to creating with Bowdoin’s curriculum. benef cial as he addresses particular whose members said that it had no plained the decision he made in fulfilling lives, meaningful lives “T ere hasn’t been a great deal issues that Bowdoin students are pas- bearing on their selection. 2001 to leave the world of f nance for each of us, and then there’s done in terms of curriculum reform sionate about and interested in,” said “Apart from the fact that it was and return to academia. the value it brings to society more for many years, ever since the dis- Priscila Lafore ’14. disclosed, it was not a big part of “In the business sphere you kind broadly, an engaged and informed tribution requirements that are cur- Rose’s experience working at J.P. our deliberations nor did Jes do of think of things as a mile wide citizenry,” Rose said. rently in place were put in place,” Morgan and teaching management anything to make one suspicious of and an inch deep, and I wanted to He added that a liberal arts educa- Franco said. “So we’re due for some practice has some in the community what was going on,” said Professor f ip that and see if I had the intel- tion does not disadvantage students sort of revisitation of what we teach saying that he’s an especially quali- of Government Paul Franco, who sat lectual chops to be able to go a mile as they enter the job market. and how we teach.” f ed choice. on the search committee. deep and an inch wide,” said Rose. “I actually see no tension, no In addition to the skills suggested “My understanding of the presi- Seniors Oriana Farnham and “T e issue that I wanted to go a mile tradeof between a very high qual- by his résumé, Rose had another dent’s job is that it primarily deals Dusty Biron and Associate Profes- deep into was the issue of race in ity liberal arts education that’s dedi- important, if less concrete, qualif ca- with management and f nances, and it sor of Africana Studies and English America, so sociology was the natu- cated to the notion of the individual tion. seems like this guy knows a lot about Tess Chakkalakal, all members of ral academic platform to pursue that and society,” Rose said. “T e skills “He has a Bowdoin-ness to him,” both of those subjects,” said James the committee, agreed with Fran- interest. I had never taken a sociol- and tools that you develop in liberal said Farnham. Jelin ’16. co’s assessment. ogy class in my life until I showed up arts education—critical thinking —Cameron de Wet and Ron Cer- —Cameron de Wet and Joe Sherlock Rose began his f rst address to the at [UPenn] to begin the program— and the ability to communicate and vantes contributed to this report. contributed to this report. 4 news the bowdoin orient friday, janurary 30, 2015 JUNO CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 BSG fi nalizes programming At the scene, Brunswick Fire Depart- ment Captain Chris Fairbanks noted that the damage was not extensive. for annual Winter Weekend Despite heavy snowfall that averaged two to four inches an hour, the College’s BY ALLISON WEI ice sculpture demonstration. At night, chose not to cancel all classes. T ey did, ORIENT STAFF MacMillan House and Quinby House however, close down all non-essential will host their annual Cold War party. services and facilities including Jack While a f nal schedule has not been In addition to planning for Winter Magee’s Pub and Grill, Polar Express, f nalized, Bowdoin Student Govern- Weekend, BSG also hosted Chief In- the Café and the Peter Buck Center for ment (BSG) is planning a variety of formation Of cer Mitch Davis for a Health and Fitness. events for Winter Weekend, scheduled report on a new Bowdoin Shuttle app. Stam estimated that there were 15 for T ursday February 5 through Satur- T e app, which will allow students to grounds employees on snow removal day February 7. order campus shuttles on mobile de- duty Tuesday, in addition to privately T ursday’s events, which were dis- vices, has already been created and will contracted snow removal teams. SHANNON DEVENEY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT cussed at Wednesday’s BSG meeting, be launched during the semester. Davis “We look at each storm and we des- JUNO I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE: An intrepid student braves the blustery weather Tuesday on will include a free skate at Watson Arena also discussed improved Verizon Wire- ignate who are essential employees and the way to class. While some professors chose to cancel class due to weather, others held class as usual. during the day to be catered by Bowdoin less coverage on campus thanks to an who needs to come in so that we can Dining Services. At night, the Bowdoin antenna installed in Coles Tower this serve the campus while allowing others next few weeks and maybe make up for ferently. Outing Club will host a range of events summer. to stay home and be safe,” he said. [lost class time] the last week of classes,” “I wish more classes had been can- including board games, craf s and cookie Af erward, At-Large Representative While classes were not cancelled in she said. celled. I feel like the weather was just too making. As usual, free bowling will take Kyle Wolstencrof ’15 spoke about the an of cial capacity, many professors did Tram added that there is still fallout to cold,” said Lauren O’Shea ’18. place T ursday night at Yankee Lanes. Committee on Facilities and Sustain- choose to cancel on their own. Dean for deal with now that the storm has passed. Many students questioned the Col- On Friday, BSG will hold a Polar ability’s proposal to provide the dining Academic Af airs Cristle Collins Judd “We have very large piles of snow that lege’s decision not to cancel class. Bear Dip midday in Portland, followed halls with the Wall Street Journal. Stu- was unable to provide an estimate of we need to haul and get of the campus “I think it’s unfair to students who live by a Blizzard Bash, catered by Pedro dents have requested T e Wall Street how many classes were cancelled. before the next storm comes,” he said. far away,” said Maeve Morse ’18. “It also O’Hara’s, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ladd House Journal, and the committee believes that Associate Professor of Computer Sci- While a large number of students en- puts too much pressure on the profes- before the men’s ice hockey game. purchasing the newspaper would be ence Laura Toma cancelled class for the joyed the day, others were forced to walk sors because a lot of them end up feeling Saturday will feature outdoor activi- worthwhile because it expresses a more f rst time in her 10 years of teaching. T e to class during the peak of the blizzard. obligated to have class.” ties such as sledding, horse-drawn car- conservative viewpoint. BSG will vote fact that the storm hit in the morning “It was a great day since all my classes As Brunswick anticipates an addi- riage rides, the Polar Bear Run and an on the proposal next week. rather than midday made her commute were canceled and Netf ix was there to tional three to f ve inches of snow to- from Portland impossible. keep me company,” said Gina Fickera ’18. night, Facilities Management continues “I think we’ll go a bit faster for the T ose who had to go to class felt dif- its preparations. competitively with others in her VOLENT f eld, and the success of our endow- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ment is linked to our desire to pay her competitively.” H-L renovations to avoid confl ict over book storage President Leo Higdon, who earned T e remaining three of the top $418,916, earned less than Mills f ve compensated employees af er BY SARAH DRUMM lections in order to make more space. “T e renovations have been hurried, at a standard compensation rate. Volent and Mills were, in order, for- ORIENT STAFF T ese print materials are kept at an of - poorly thought-out, damaging to the A. Clayton Spencer, who served as mer Secretary of the College Wil- site facility. However, the College has mission of the College and conducted President of Bates College for less liam Torrey, Senior Vice President While peer schools like Colby are full access to any materials that were with inadequate faculty input,” faculty than year when she was appointed for Finance and Administration and moving large portions of their library removed from the library. members said in an open letter pub- in 2012, earned $322,708. Treasurer Catherine Longley, and collections to storage facilities, Bow- “We are pretty much at capacity. As lished in the Colby Echo. “We do look competitively to see Senior Vice President for Develop- doin’s libraries are undergoing minor new things come in we need space,” “T e presence of books is highly rel- how we pay compensation com- ment and Alumni Kelly Kerner. reconf gurations under the leadership said Hassen. “How do we manage in evant to faculty and students in certain pared to other places, and if our Torrey, who lef the College in of new Director of the Bowdoin College our current environment with both disciplines,” wrote Associate Professor compensation is way out of line, 2011, had a 51 percent decrease of Library Marjorie Hassen. keeping our collections and building of History and Chair of the Colby His- then sometimes we make adjust- his compensation between 2011 and Over the past semester, the our collections to meet the needs of tory Department Raf ael Scheck in an ments,” Mills said. 2012. In 2012, however, his com- Abramson Room on the sixth f oor of teaching and scholarship and also the email to the Orient. “Colby is discuss- Williams was the only other NE- pensation of $365,309 once again Hubbard Hall was painted, carrels and physical space?” ing ways of resolving the crisis caused SCAC school where an administra- ref ected his 2010 salary. rugs were cleaned, and new chairs and “For some departments, print might by the library renovations through an tor other than the president, Chief “In some instances there are some furniture were added to the space. be the best way to deliver material, for expanded library committee. Investment Of cer Collette Chilton, people on that list who have left the In Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, some electronic is better,” Hassen said. “For a strong minority of faculty, es- was the highest-compensated em- college in those years, and in some one of the long shelves in the reference “T is has always been the case with the pecially in the humanities, the presence ployee. In 2012, Volent surpassed instances their compensation could area was removed, making room for the library: being proactive, talking with of books and the possibility of browsing Chilton as the highest-paid non- look higher because of long stand- addition of four bean bag chairs. Has- faculty and students way in advance of them in the stacks—for faculty amd president employee in the NESCAC. ing arrangements they may have sen said that the library is considering whatever may be planned so that we students—is worth as much as a lab for In 2012, Volent earned $1,267,519 had with the College when they left creating space for long tables for collab- are thinking about how to meet every- a natural scientist,” Scheck wrote. compared to Chilton’s $890,960. for many, many years of service,” orative work as well. body’s needs.” Duncan Gibson, an alumnus of Mills attributed the large increase in said Mills. A discussion about the need for more Library renovations have been a con- Colby, said that communication and Volent’s pay to her ability to success- Two professors were on the list of lab space—through possible renova- tentious issue at peer schools in recent open dialogue are essential when fully grow the College’s endowment. the 13 top-paid employees: Professor tions of Druckenmiller Hall and Hatch months. Colby College and Barnard changes are made that will af ect fac- At the end of 2012, the College’s net of Natural Sciences Patsy Dickinson Science Library—also has implications College have both faced recent contro- ulty and students. assets or fund balances amounted to and Professor of Art Mark Wethli. for the collection. Librarians held open versies regarding extensive renovations “One can’t know the technological $1,218,293,000. Dickinson remained the highest-paid sessions for faculty in the science de- that af ected their collections. changes a decade in advance, so plan “T e increase in the endowment professor in 2012, earning $217,651. partments this fall to discuss their use An $8.7 million renovation to Col- accordingly,” Gibson wrote in an email is certainly something we’re very, Mills stated that it is important of library space. by’s Miller Library was completed this to the Orient. “Books can always be very proud of, and a big reason that that Bowdoin’s compensation for “How their students use the space fall. Intended to create additional study used, and students and faculty need ap- our endowment is the success that it its employees, both in the admin- is also important as we start to think spaces, the renovation also included the propriate access to the collections and is because of Paula,” Mills said. “We istration and on the faculty, re- about renovations that will likely hap- building of a large of -site storage facil- space to use them.” make sure that she is compensated main competitive. pen at some point in the future that will ity where some of Miller Library’s col- Hassen did not express concern likely require us to move some books lection was deposited. about this type of situation taking place 2012 Presidential Compensation in the NESCAC around and maybe move some things Last spring, in response to the ren- at Bowdoin. out,” said Hassen. ovations, 76 faculty members signed “T ere’s always priorities on cam- Amherst (Martin) $538,206 By buying electronic versions of a petition urging the administration pus,” said Hassen. “With a new presi- parts of the collection, the library has to halt the continuing renovations to dent coming in, it will be interesting to Bowdoin (Mills) $501,155 been able to move out some print col- the library. see what those priorities are.” Colby (Adams) $475,031

University of Maine divests from coal companies Conn. College (Higdon) $418,916

BY MEG ROBBINS divestment has swept the nation—in- T e UMS consists of seven schools Hamilton (Stewart) $621,447 ORIENT STAFF cluding the Bowdoin campus. To date, with campuses in Orono, Southern 15 American colleges and universities Maine (including the School of Law), Middlebury (Liebowitz) $508,787 In a unanimous vote, the University have committed to fossil fuel divest- Farmington, Augusta, Presque Isle, Ma- of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trust- ment. Although UMS did not opt to chias and Fort Kent. ees decided to divest all direct holdings divest from all fossil fuel holdings, As of December 2012, the UMS had Trinity (Jones) $1,118,678 from coal companies on Monday. T e Monday’s decision is signif cant in that $7.5 million of its $121 million endow- historic vote comes af er a two-year ef- it represents the f rst time an entire state ment invested in some of the top 200 fos- Tufts (Monaco) $767,125 fort by Divest UMaine—a student, staf , university system has taken any steps to- sil fuel companies, according to the Di- faculty and alumni coalition—to urge ward complete divestment. vest UMaine website. Monday’s decision Wesleyan (Roth) $693,607 the Board to recognize the dangers of Independent of the UMS decision, to divest from coal companies will af ect supporting corporations that are con- the University of Maine at Presque Isle almost 30 percent of the university’s total tributing to global climate change. went one step further and announced its exposure to coal in their shared f nancial Williams (Falk) $553,330 Over the past few years, the push for intent to divest from all fossil fuels. portfolio, according to Reuters. COMPILED BY GRACE HANDLER friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient news 5 Student s’more service BPD arrests alleged campus marijuana dealer

BY LUCIA GIBBARD er they will not face charges from the dent ineligible for federal student aid.” delivers late-night goods ORIENT STAFF BPD. Instead, they will be punished Although what punishment these by Bowdoin, according BPD Captain students will receive from Bowdoin is BY RACHAEL ALLEN “Hannah said ‘I want to learn how In early December, Brunswick Po- Mark Waltz ’89. unknown, of cial campus policy states ORIENT STAFF to bake,’ so then whenever I baked lice Department (BPD) and Bowdoin’s For Elwell, however, “the decision that, “Students whose illegal drug use she’d come over and we’d bake to- Of ce of Safety and Security executed on charges is ultimately made by the comes to the attention of the Of ce S’more to Door, a student business gether,” Bensimon said. the arrest of an alleged marijuana deal- [District Attorney’s] of ce and not us,” of the Dean of Student Af airs will delivering late-night freshly baked While Bensimon and Gartner have er suspected of selling to multiple Bow- said Waltz. generally be referred to the Counsel- goods, debuted this past T ursday been baking together for a while, they doin students. T e BPD announced the this legal part is a bit misleading - so ing Service or another drug treatment night, making a total of $160 for 17 only started planning this business arrest, which took place on Pine Street can the DA still charge the students? or program. Depending on the circum- orders. Run by seniors Gracie Ben- at the end of last semester and over close to Bowdoin housing, on January is that quote about Elwell? stances, the student may also be subject simon and Hannah Gartner, S’more Winter Break. 22, according to an article published in At this point in the case, Waltz be- to disciplinary action.” to Door delivers cookies, cupcakes “Def nitely owning a bakery in the the Bangor Daily News. lieves all students involved with Elwell Waltz, a Bowdoin alum himself, said and other desserts to any Bowdoin future is a big dream of mine,” Bensi- Justin Elwell, a resident of Bath, had have been identif ed. that whilst he cannot address the prob- student on or of -campus T ursday mon said. “[It’ll] be fun to start [out been selling marijuana on campus for “I don’t believe any further charges lem of drug abuse at Bowdoin, he can nights from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. this way] with pretty low stakes since years, the Bangor Daily News alleged. are coming, although I cannot speak to speak for the rising use of marijuana in “All there is [to eat late at night] is you’re not literally buying the store.” T e original investigation commenced what the College may or may not do,” today’s society. pizza,” Bensimon said. “T ere’s noth- Bensimon and Gartner bake in the several months ago af er Randy Nich- he added. “In society, in general, with the ing for people with a sweet tooth.” kitchen of Bensimon’s of -campus ols, director of safety and security, In regards to the College, Waltz medical marijuana crowd and the push T e business of ers a range of house. T ey deliver with their own brought the matter to the attention of hopes that the arrest of Elwell, and sub- to legalize, usage has less of a social original treats which can satisfy cars, using pizza bags to keep the BPD and the Maine Drug Enforce- sequent charges, will reduce drug use stigma and seems to be increasing,” he those with a craving for marshmal- deserts warm. T ey estimate delivery ment Agency (MDEA). on campus. said. “Marijuana use does have conse- low and chocolate. T ese treats time to be half-an-hour or less; if the According to the Bangor Daily “Many factors go into a student’s deci- quences for learning, as it takes away include a s’more cookie (graham amount of orders are overwhelming, News, the MDEA seized half an ounce sion to use drugs,” said Waltz. “Probably one’s drive to succeed. We’re giving our cracker base with burnt marshmal- they hope to enlist a few friends’ help. of marijuana upon Elwell’s arrest. Sofar, the most signif cant implication for a youth the wrong message encouraging lows and chocolate on top), the While students can satisfy their several students have been identif ed student using drugs is that even a con- it’s use for medical purposes and at- Fluf ernutter (peanut butter cookie T ursday night snack craving at for buying drugs from Elwell, howev- viction for drug possession makes a stu- tempting to legalize it.” with marshmallows and chocolate), Super Snacks or the Campus Food and the S’more cupcake. Truck (though not open in the win- “We def nitely look online for ter), S’more to Door of ers a way for SECURITY REPORT: 1/21 to 1/30 base recipes,” Bensimon said. “But students to remain inside and still get then [it’s] a lot of combining and us fresh treats at reasonable prices. Wednesday, January 21 • A student with an allergic reaction in clinic. sitting there thinking about what we “Major costs for us starting up • A student reported that someone to nuts was escorted to Parkview. T ursday, January 29 want to eat.” [were]...stickers and business cards, made a large scratch on his vehicle’s Tuesday, January 27 • Students in a Hyde Hall room Other desserts include Dunka- packaging, boxes and bags, and then hood sometime on January 19 when • A f re alarm was activated at were found to be smoking marijuana. roos-Inspired Snickerdoodle Cookie just ingredients for recipe testing,” the vehicle was parked outside Bruns- Moulton Union when a hot water • Nearly $500 in merchandise was Sticks and Rainbow Dip, Bacon and Bensimon said. wick Apartment J. heater coil froze in Main Lounge caus- fraudulently purchased online last Banana Muf ns, Vanilla Cupcakes T e prices are tentatively set at one T ursday, January 22 ing a pipe to burst. T e building was November at the Bowdoin Bookstore with Mixed Berry Jam. dollar per cookie and three dollars • A student was escorted to the evacuated and closed for 30 minutes and shipped to a home in western “[T ere’s] a lot of trial and error per cupcake. Weekly specials’ pricing Mid Coast Primary Care and Walk-In during a snow storm and then re- Maine. Security brought in the BPD with proportions and ingredients. may be adjusted, like the Valentine’s Clinic af er falling on ice and hitting opened. T e piano in Main Lounge who recovered all of the Bowdoin We try to take a scientif c approach,” Day red velvet dessert students can her head near Osher Hall. received water damage. merchandise as well as merchandise Gartner said. “Neither of us are par- order to be delivered to someone else. Friday, January 23 • A student in Osher Hall was cited from several other companies that ticularly organized people per say, Bensimon and Gartner also plan • T ere was an alcohol law viola- for smoking marijuana in the resi- were scammed. T e scam originated but we got excited about buying this to have special recipes to support tion reported on the fourth f oor of dence hall, and a pipe was seized. overseas. T e person the items were journal where we would systemati- various causes: purple cupcakes one Hyde Hall. Wednesday, January 28 shipped to was also a victim and is co- cally write down every iteration of week to raise awareness and money • An unregistered event at Stowe • A student with f u symptoms operating with law enforcement. the recipe.” for epilepsy foundations, gray cup- Inn was dispersed af er a noise com- was escorted from 30 College Street T ursday, January 29 Last T ursday, the two tested their cakes to raise awareness and money plaint was called in. to Parkview. • T e north elevator at Coles Tower recipes at the launch party, during for depression—a trend conceived by • A student at Jack Magee’s Pub • A student with a sore throat was malfunctioned at 10:30 p.m. and four which they gave out free samples and the Depressed Cake Shop in the UK. was cited for throwing and breaking escorted from Maine Hall to the walk- students were brief y stuck between their business cards. “If people on campus have ideas a beer bottle. in clinic. the 6th and 7th f oors. T e students “T e inspiration [for S’more to they want to bring to us, [like] part- • A security of cer spotted a • A student who was unable to were released unharmed and the Door] is really just that we both love nering to raise awareness on dif er- 25-year-old local man checking stop a bloody nose was taken to the elevator was placed out of service. dessert a lot,” Bensimon said. ent issues, we’re open to [it],” Gart- doors on a number of buildings on health center. Facilities personnel and technicians Bensimon has long been an avid ner said. the north side of campus. T e BPD • A College plow accidentally from Otis Elevator were called in to baker, selling cookies at the Campus Bensimon and Gartner are trying was called to issue the man a criminal damaged a student’s vehicle at Pine make repairs. Food Truck as a f rst year, and work- to develop an app with which stu- trespass warning. Street Apartments. Friday, January 30 ing in professional bakeries. dents can place and pay for orders. • A student with f u symptoms was • Wall damage was reported in the • Brunswick Rescue transported a “I started baking more in high For now, students should call or text escorted from Chamberlain Hall to basement of Baxter House. 21-year-old student from Chamberlain school, particularly before I applied their order to 203-571-8632 T urs- Parkview Adventist Medical Center. • A student at Osher Hall with a si- Hall to Mid Coast Hospital af er the to college,” Bensimon said. “I found day nights. S’more to Door has been • Brunswick Rescue transported a nus infection was taken to the walk- student returned to campus intoxicated baking to be very stress-reliving.” using Facebook and Instagram to ad- student having an allergic reaction to in clinic. from a Maine Street establishment. As a first year, Bensimon cooked vertise their goods. Mid Coast Hospital. • A Coles Tower student with f u —Compiled by the Of ce of Safety in Osher’s communal dorm kitch- “It’s a fun, very experimental jour- • A deejay at Jack Magee’s Pub re- symptoms was brought to the walk- and Security. en, crafting treats for people’s ney I’d say we’re taking on,” Bensi- ported that his laptop was ruined by birthday parties. mon said. someone spilling beer on it. Saturday, January 24 • BPD asked Security to assist them in dispersing a large gathering at 36 Pleasant Street af er neighborhood complaints were received. • An ill student was escorted from Coleman Hall to Mid Coast Hospital. • A student with f u symptoms was escorted from Brunswick Apartments to the walk-in clinic. Sunday, January 25 • Security of cers located an in- toxicated and disoriented student who was wandering on streets and in woods in the area of Bowker Street, Pine Street, and Bath Road. T e stu- dent was safely returned to the resi- dence hall and monitored. • A visiting student was assaulted during a registered event at Ladd House. An investigation is in progress. •A women’s black Canada Goose brand thigh-length down parka with fur on the hood was stolen from Crack House sometime between Saturday at 11:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 a.m. Monday, January 26 • A student with stomach pain was escorted to Mid Coast Hospital. DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT 6 the bowdoin orient friday, january 30, 2015 FEATURES Prue nurtures Dining’s national image Sweet dreams not made of BEHIND THE NAME TAG this: Insomnia Pinot Grigio BY NICKIE MITCH When people think about BOTTOM At f rst sip, we were initially struck Bowdoin, two things often come OF THE by the dryness of the wine. It was to mind: its excellent academics certainly drier than our last pinot, and its delicious food. For the lat- BARREL although when you are drawing com- ter, Polar Bears can thank Lester parisons with FlipFlop you never re- Prue the unit manager of Moulton BRYCE ERVIN AND ally know what to expect. Bryce did Union Dining Hall for Bowdoin BRANDON OULLETTE not f nd the dryness to be totally of - Dining Services. putting. Brandon, however, felt that “I think Bowdoin’s commitment Did you miss us? We certainly this wine tasted like you could strip to quality is actually part of why I missed you. Or at least we missed the paint with it. applied here in the first place,” said wine. Because that’s what it is really all In terms of mouthfeel, Brandon Prue. “People here love their jobs about, isn’t it? found it to be quite nice. However and take pride in what they do.” As we write this, we are holed up Bryce was not as approving. He felt Born and raised in the western in our Coles Tower room sheltering that the mouthfeel was unimpressive region of Maine, Prue started his ourselves from Snowpocalypse Juno, and liquidy, seeming to forget that career at Bowdoin in 1976. He which is currently raging just outside when one is drinking wine, liquid is originally discovered the beauty our window. On a night like tonight, presumably to be expected. T e body of midcoast Maine after spending there is no greater joy than to un- leaves something to be desired. And a few summers working in lobster cork a bottle of wine, put on a good here we were in rare complete agree- shacks in the Brunswick area. It rom-com, and spend time with those ment, f nding the body to be thin and was while working at one of these who mean most to you. Af er all, with rather watery. shacks that he heard about an open weather like this, they’ll probably soon Despite our ambivalence towards position as a cook for one of Bow- be buried under a mountain of snow. this wine, we still decided to drain doin’s fraternities. He jumped on We decided on “It’s Complicated” the entire bottle. We felt it would the opportunity to stay in Bruns- SHANNON DEVENEY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT for the movie (can’t go wrong with disappoint you, our loyal readers, if wick full time. THE BOWDOIN WAY: Lester Prue (left), the unit manager at Moulton Union Dining Hall, has been Meryl) and we honestly can’t imagine we didn’t. If nothing else, despite the Prue, who now calls Portland working at the College for nearly 40 years. He started as a cook for Bowdoin’s fraternity houses. anyone better than ourselves to spend wine’s misleading name, it help put home, says that he enjoys his cur- time with. T at only leaves us with the us to sleep. To be honest, most of the rent position. Nonetheless, he ad- Rose will be Bowdoin’s sixth presi- buying locally-sourced food. wine. T is week we went with a Cali- wines we review for this column have mits missing the student interac- dent since Prue started his career In addition to the oft-cited fornia Pinot Grigio, this time under been used as a general sleep aid. And tion and personal relationships he here and he doesn’t anticipate major ethical reasons for eating locally, the Insomnia brand. Fitting, given the no, in case you are wondering, we are built by being in more interactive changes with regards to Dining Ser- changes to sourcing methods also long hours we have both been keep- not alcoholics! Don’t judge us! Bowdoin Dining Positions. vices as a result of a new president. have a practical purpose: helping ing due to our level of schoolwork. So “[My first job] was a good way While each President brings a to mitigate the rising cost of food. much for an easy senior spring. Additional Notes: to get to know the students well,” unique perspective and personal- Prue identifies addressing this is- Normally we supply an entertain- he said. “I’m actually still in touch ity to the job, Prue says Bowdoin sue as the biggest challenge Dining ing backstory regarding how we care- Brandon: T ey must call this In- with a couple of them.” dining remains consistent. He as- Services currently faces, and says fully compared and selected our wine. somnia because the taste of this wine While he can still be seen in the serts that Dining Services has been that it is likely one they will face for T is time, however, our wine choice will haunt my dreams for years to serving line and helping out in the strong for his entire career. many years to come. was gif ed to us by Brandon’s grand- come. Moulton kitchen, Prue has moved “Bowdoin is well-known across the Outside of Bowdoin, Prue can mother as her highest sub-$10 recom- toward the administrative side country [for its food],” he said. “I love often be found exploring the vi- mendation. We shall see if it lives up to Bryce: T e more I drink, the less of dining. As the unit manager, that when I go to conferences and brant restaurant scene in Portland, its lof y expectations. happy I am. T at should never be the he oversees all operations of the meetings people know our name.” cycling along the beautiful Maine So without further ado, the cork was case. Moulton Dining Hall, from staff Prue said the biggest changes he coastline, or spending time with popped and the wine was glugging into scheduling to menu design. has seen during his time here have his nine grandchildren. our glasses. Let the early week drink- Nose: “I follow an 8:00 am to 5:00 pm been in the diversity of recipes For Prue, working for Dining ing commence once again. Our initial Mouthfeel: schedule now,” he said. used, which has increased over the Services has been a career well impression was that the wine certainly Body: A 39-year veteran of Bowdoin years to better reflect the growing spent. Bowdoin has been an im- looked like pinot grigio, and carried a Taste: dining—he jokes that Joshua Cham- diversity of Bowdoin students and portant part of his life for nearly pleasantly light nose. Although to be berlain graduated right before he their dietary restrictions. four decades and he looks forward fair, Bryce and I have been sick the past started working here—Prue is no He also notes that Bowdoin has to its continued importance for few days, so that may be a product of Make a 3 am run to get some Insom- stranger to change. 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BY TOMMY LUNN “One thing that we want to do is faculty in science and social sci- Bowdoin,” said Putnam. the request that we made ultimately ORIENT STAFF minimize the likelihood of harm,” ence departments, with a limited He added that the IRB would like ended up in the research not taking said Putnam. “In the situations where number of members from outside to add even more community voices place,” Putnam said. Campus-wide emails, posters lin- there is some risk, and participating of those disciplines. to its proceedings. An important distinction to make ing hallways of academic buildings in the study does expose you to some “We have individuals who are in- Most projects are not immedi- is that the IRB does not judge the and Orbit posts of en contain calls risk, then it really shif s to an ef ort ately exempt from review. Instead, merit of the projects. While mem- for students to participate as subjects to make sure that the subject knows they are delegated to members of bers may have opinions on other in experiments. T ough it may be very explicitly and very completely the committee and receive varying aspects of the proposal, the board’s less visible, the Institutional Review what they’re getting into.” levels of review. real concern is addressing any ethi- Board (IRB) plays a key role in the The IRB currently consists of Putnam said the board especially cal concerns. execution of research on campus. At six members: Putnam, Lecturer in focuses on studies involving vulner- “Many of us are social scientists. Bowdoin, any project involving hu- Chemistry Michael Danahy, able populations and those that in- Some might say, ‘T is is not a good man subjects must be submitted to Assistant Professor of Neu- clude potentially harmful practices way to study this; they’re not go- the IRB for review. roscience and Psychology like deception. Studies that involve ing to prove what they’re trying to T is process ensures the safety and Erika Nyhus and Associ- sensitive information surrounding prove,’” said Putnam. “But that’s re- ethical treatment of those involved ate Professor of Sociology subjects’ social or legal standing are ally not my job.” in the large number of projects con- and Anthropology Krista also scrutinized closely. Over the course of the year, the ducted by Bowdoin faculty, staf and Van Vleet. Bowdoin holds regularly-sched- IRB typically sees about 50 cases, students on campus. T ese studies In addition, the IRB has uled conf dential monthly meet- impacting a large number of stu- can only proceed once the IRB has two non-faculty members, ings to address full review projects. dent and faculty projects. September reviewed them. Bowdoin’s Director of About half of the deliberations re- tends to be busiest, while January, late Professor of Psychology Sam Put- Sponsored Research sult in verdicts that require some spring and summer also see a lot of nam, who is chair of the board, moni- Cara Martin-Tetreault changes to be made. Most changes proposals in concurrence with new tors the front end of this process, de- and community mem- are minor and do not largely af ect semesters and summer break. termining whether a proposal will be ber Herbert Paris. the projects. Very rarely does the “We’re charged to protect human exempt from review and immediately The members of the DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT IRB classify proposals as impossible subjects, so it’s really to make sure approved, expedited to an individual IRB are appointed by the Faculty volved in the committee that don’t to conduct. that no one who’s participating in committee member, or subject to full Committee for Governance. Gen- have a Bowdoin af liation, that “I think there have been two cases research at Bowdoin is harmed,” review by the board. erally, the group is composed of give viewpoints that are not tied to over my time on the board where said Putnam. friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient features 7 TALK OF THE QUAD

THE WAITING ROOM roots. I would not budge. T is was a vance to my life, obviously, and I got around to condone laziness. And from my basket as I lugged it back to stand-in, folks, and I wasn’t moving to thinking: what did he mean, that I’m sorry to say I think I’ve fallen Helmreich from my Coleman laun- a single muscle until I was presented those things just happen to me? Am victim to it. Not to mention that it dry trip, and they had since been Recently, I checked the dinner with a new bathtub quantity of dirt I some kind of special person, who seems to me like every time I wait nibbled on by squirrels. Maybe if I menus and shrieked with delight, cake. My friend Faith massaged my has the stamina to wait for hours on around for something, it ends up had jumped on the opportunity to because the dessert of ering for the back to keep my strength up. T is end? I mean, clearly we would all being not so hot. I waited around do my laundry earlier, I wouldn’t be evening was dirt cake. Dirt cake was war...well maybe not war, but put our lives on hold in the name of in my house during a party, think- sockless and widely known as the night is probably the most excit- you know, a skirmish. dirt cake, but what more did this say ing some strange and attractive Weird Quad Laundry Girl. All I’m ing night of my life, second only A half hour passed in this way, about me? boy with a mysterious Scottish ac- saying is, they tell us that patience to the night of the Final Rose Cer- and then, he appeared. An angel, if It feels like lately all I do is wait. cent would round the bend, knock is a virtue and that waiting is a good emony on T e Bachelor. I live for you will, bearing a brand new con- I wait for class to be over. I wait for into me, and call me Lassie, but no, thing, but when you really think dirt cake. Seeing it on the menu is a tainer of dirt cake. Someone in din- the light to change on Maine Street. I ended up blow-drying pee of of about it, they’re wrong. stop, drop, and roll thing for me. So ing services had driven to T orne, I wait for that one boy to text me I don’t want to be the girl who naturally, I sprinted to the nearest snatched one from those greedy back. I have waited at waits anymore. I want to stop dining hall, bypassed the hot food bastards, and driven it back for me. the C-Store, at biding my time. What are we line entirely, and shimmied over to I had half a mind to take the entire the printer, and all waiting for? If Jillian the dessert bar. I was going to f ll a cake back to my table, but no. I am in the crowded on The Bachelor would massive, planet-sized bowl with dirt a martyr. I stood back and smiled, d o w n s t a i r s only just tell Farmer cake and eat it all. I deserved this. arms crossed, saying, “Oh, you’re Smith Union Chris she loves him, And that’s when my life came to a welcome. Really. No need to thank (and that she’s am- screeching halt. me” to every soul who scooped a bidextrous to T ere was no more dirt cake. dollop of glorious dessert. I f lled boot!), maybe she T is was a DEFCON 1 situation, my bowl with a heaping portion of wouldn’t still be people. I blinked, pinched myself, dirt cake, even though I wasn’t hun- waiting to get a and trembled. I checked the giant gry anymore. I was high on adrena- rose (she could re- pan once more: empty. T is simply line and full of victory. My friend ally help out with couldn’t be. Dirt cake? My one true approached me as I marched back to the crops with both love? I fell to my knees and let out my table, bowing to the uproarious her left and right a bloodcurdling scream. My life was (okay, it might have been a smatter- hand, I think). It’s over. Images from my childhood ing of) applause. time to finish that f ashed before my eyes. I would have “Olivia,” he said, having wit- dirt cake, to do to be buried under the dessert bar. I nessed the whole spectacle, “I can- ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT our laundry, to get envisioned the headstone: Here lies not believe they just brought a pan moving, to start farming, to jump Olivia, heart broken by dirt cake (or of that stuf back for you. T at’s im- bathroom by the mailboxes (people, someone’s sweatpants (long story). in. I don’t really know what these lack thereof). pressive. You’re the kind of girl that that’s my bathroom. Please f nd oth- I waited to do my laundry but metaphors mean, but it will give As I writhed beneath the empty those things just happen to.” er places to do your business). the one machine we have broke, so you something to think about the basin, it occurred to me: you know I maniacally giggled, licked my I don’t think the phrase “good I had to haul my basket across the next time you’re waiting. what? No. T ey don’t run out of spoon, and dug in. things come to those who wait” is quad and do it in Coleman. A few Just kidding. Because you’re not dirt cake until I say they’ve run out His words didn’t really kick in relevant anymore. Sure, it worked in weeks later, af er complaining re- going to wait anymore. And neither of dirt cake. So, with a new fervor until a week later, as I sat in a dull the context of dirt cake, but I think peatedly about my lack of socks, I am I. in my step, I planted my feet into economics lecture about consumer it’s outdated, garbage, and a use- stumbled upon a collection of wet -Olivia Atwood is a member of the the f oor and began to wait. I grew power or something with no rele- less f ller phrase that people throw socks by the Chapel. T ey had fallen Class of 2017

WHY DO YOU WANT TO HOOK up with somebody to see what it was same page,” and that there “wasn’t re- Finally, I asked them to tell me gest fan of the hookup culture here. UP WITH ME? like.” Boy four thought I was “a pret- ally anything [he] disliked.” what they would have done dif er- It seems like a never-ending cycle of ty cool person” and “had gotten to T ey then shared with me what ently. Boy one and three said “noth- objectif cation and a source of anxi- know [me] a little.” Boy f ve declined they remembered. Boy one said, “Ev- ing,” while boy two wished he had ety for both sides. It is assumed that Bowdoin stu- to be interviewed. erything.” Fun fact: I do too. Boy two “made it happen more of en” and However, sometimes I think hook- dents understand the social norms Next, I asked them what they revealed that I was his “f rst Bowdoin “would’ve made it even more ex- ups can be fun. T ey’re liberating and that are deeply embedded within the thought of me when they f rst saw hookup,” and he could recall our clusive,” and boy four wouldn’t have can provide you immediate satisfac- hookup culture. If they don’t, they me. I expected similar answers “funny, awkward changed anything and was “happy tion. When boy one expressed that he quickly learn, like I did. about my def ning features, such i n t e r a c t i o n s about what happened.” wanted to be with me solely for sex, I I discovered that it wasn’t okay to as my wildly curly hair or f ve foot when we were I was pleasantly surprised by was OK with that. He was a Tinder contact a person during the week; tall stature. T ey gave adjectives like surrounded not only their willingness to be hookup, af er all. that’d seem too clingy or overbear- “interesting,” “very short” and “cute.” by friends.” interviewed, but also by the can- Some of their answers seemed a bit ing. I learned that both my hookup Af er these preliminary ques- He was my didness in their responses. It’d be contradictory. How can I avoid the and myself were expected to send tions, I asked them what they ex- f rst hook- hypocritical of me to not answer label of “someone who plays hard to the f rst text. And that transitioning pected from me before and af er our up here as my own questions. get” if I’m expected to not be clingy? from a drunken hookup to a sober hookup. Boy one expected to do it w e l l . Boy one, we got along extremely And how can boy two tell me he one was an entirely dif erent story. again. Boy two told me that he “al- well. You were attractive. I wouldn’t wants to be with me again if hookup I feel like these standards have pre- ways expected a f rst move from me” do anything dif erently now culture says he’s “supposed” to want vented me from being the forward and af er the fact, “wanted me to al- since we’ve gone our sep- to be with me only once, twices and and bold person that I normally am. ways be on the same page as him.” arate ways, but I did feel nothing more? So, I decided to run a social experi- Boy three conveyed that he expected disrespected because During my time at Bowdoin, I ment and interview my past hookups. to “dance and make out,” and added, you never contacted me have always found that students who I wanted to see if their perception of “one-night stands aren’t [his] thing.” af erward. But to be fair, participate in the hookup culture our hookup mirrored my own. Boy four stated that he didn’t expect I could’ve contacted you. skirt around these types of questions. I opened the conversation by ask- anything serious before or af er. Boy two, we were I have realized that we abide by these ing why each boy had wanted to hook I then told them to say what they friends at f rst, and I want- norms for fear of rejection or embar- up with me. Boy One said, “Sex,” liked and disliked about it. T ey ed more. You’d ignore me rassment. But these unwritten rules while boy two told me, “T at’s a tough were very honest, which I appreci- sometimes then would apolo- can lead to a severe lack of commu- one, but I have an answer: Because ated. Boy one stated that he “liked gize. I’d react dramatically, so nication or worse—anger and pain. college was a new experience for me the stroll we took in the park af er- I’m sorry for that. But I eventually So, the next time you find your- and along with that broad experience wards” and “didn’t like that we didn’t got tired of it all and just expected to self grinding with someone, stop comes other small experiences, and I have sex.” Truthfully, I didn’t like that stay friends with you, which we did. and ask them, “Why do you want to guess you were part of one of them.” part either. Boy two said he “liked Boy three, I wanted a DFMO too. hook up with me?” Notice the contrast. Boy three said I that we were exclusive for the most DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT Don’t worry. You never know, you could be had “asked him to dance” so he said part” and “disliked that [I] played Boy three’s response was pretty stan- Boy four, I heard you were a nice rejected, or you might find they yes and that he “also wanted to hook so hard to get.” Boy three told me dard for a DFMO (dance f oor make guy. I remember approaching your want more. That’s all that it was fun, but thought that me out): “I remember we hooked up friend to ask if you were single. I’m part of the fun. “texting while we were dancing was twice, went to Super Snack, talked glad that you liked my honesty; I -Hayley Nicholas is a odd.” T at’s def nitely fair; I’d think in your room, and watched a movie wasn’t sure if you did. I wouldn’t do member of the Class of that was weird, too. Boy four with some people.” Boy four remem- anything dif erently. 2017 expressed that he liked bered having a good In truth, I’m that “we were both on the time with me. not the big- 8 the bowdoin orient friday, january 30, 2015 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Genre-bending Inuk throat-singer Tagaq performs to sold-out crowd

BY BRIDGET WENT important to her. ORIENT STAFF “I feel very fortunate to have been born and raised there because I got Internationally-acclaimed Ca- to live very close to the land,” said nadian Inuk vocalist and musi- Tagaq. “Because of where I grew up I cal artist Tanya Tagaq performed have a dif erent outlook on human- alongside Robert Flaherty’s con- ity and its impact on the Earth.” troversial 1922 movie, “Nanook of She advocated for the need to the North,” in Pickard Theater on rethink the relationship between Sunday, adding completely impro- humans and the environment, re- vised sound and voice inspired by minding the audience of the impor- her own experiences to the film’s tance of respecting the land. Arctic landscapes. “I want to make sure that people The original ethnographic work understand that our lives mean depicts the everyday experiences of something,” she added. an Inuk man named Nanook and Tying the performance into Bow- his family in early 20th-century doin’s academic sphere, Visiting As- Northern Quebec. It has long been sistant Professor of Cinema Studies criticized for exaggerating scenes of Sarah Childress incorporated the the group’s ignorance toward mod- event into her class, “Film as a Sub- ern ideas and practices in order to versive Art.” She feels it is impor- make Inuit peoples appear to be tant for her students to see Tagaq confined to premodernity. “reclaim” the film and work against Tagaq is known for combining its reductive nature. traditional Inuit throat-singing “I wanted the students to have with jazz, electronic and other con- that opportunity to have the rep- temporary influences. Her most resentations within the film cri- recent album, “Animism,” won the tiqued, and seeing someone actu- 2014 Polaris Music Prize. ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ally talking back to a work of art Tagaq draws on her time grow- ARCTIC ACOUSTICS: Tanya Tagaq performs in Pickard Theater on Sunday night (left); Tagaq signs a CD and chats with Lily Woodward ’17 after the show. that attempts to represent their ing up in Nunavut’s Victoria Island cultural group,” said Childress. in the Canadian Arctic as a coun- placed with the image of a “happy people about the Arctic,” said cura- added depth not just to the images, “That seemed particularly subver- terpoint to these misrepresenta- Eskimo.” tor of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic but also to the racial, environmen- sive to me.” tions of Inuit life. “I love breaking that down,” she Museum Genevieve LeMoine. “To tal, postcolonial and cultural impli- “T e music added a f rst-person She feels that the struggles the said. “I love being able to perform have a renowned, Inuit contempo- cations of the film. Preceding the experience to the video,” said Jac- Inuit had to undergo in such a the soundtrack for the film as a rary performer come to campus is performance, Tagaq spoke about queline Colao ’17. “Her interpreta- harsh environment were brushed modern day Inuk person.” an excellent way to do that.” her own personal narrative and aside in Flaherty’s film and re- “Part of our mission is to educate Tagaq’s visceral performance how it relates to the issues that are Please see TAGAQ, page 9 Night at the Arctic Museum brings new guests Museum combines African BY ADIRA POLITE ORIENT STAFF American art with course

Though the Quad could have BY MADDIE WOLFERT ing African American culture, passed for the Arctic wilderness ORIENT STAFF and their experience in the United this week, there’s only one spot States starting more or less from on campus permanently Arctic- Unassumingly tucked away in the the Harlem Renaissance into the themed. Becker Gallery of the Bowdoin Col- present day.” To generate new interest lege Museum of Art (BCMA) is a T ese intersections and connec- amongst students, the Peary-Mac- new exhibition, “Letters and Shadows: tions between the written and the Millan Arctic Museum hosted a African American Art and Literature visual also inspired Muther and well-attended open house last Fri- Since the Harlem Renaissance.” Montross to create the “Letters and day evening. The show engages both students Shadows” exhibition in conjunction According to Director of the and the community, continuing with Muther’s African American Lit- Museum and Professor of Anthro- the BCMA’s tradition of exploring erature and Visual Culture course. pology Susan Kaplan in an email issues of race and discrimination Muther has taught the course before, to the Orient, approximately 240 through art. but this is the f rst time that she has students were in attendance at last On the back wall of this intimate worked with the BCMA on a collab- Friday’s event, an increase from space hangs a large, black silhou- orative exhibition. last year. ette of a woman falling endlessly “The program provided students into a white void. The focal point an evening social event and en- of the show, “African/American” “In a sense, every stage couraged students to see the muse- WYLIE MAO, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT by Kara Walker, is just one ex- in the course is about these ums’ exhibitions,” said Kaplan. WHAT THE TUSK: Edgardo Sepulveda ’15 and Natasha Soto ’15 handle narwhal and walrus tusks. pression of the African-American conjunctions, cross-currents and For the first time, the annual cultural experience on display in open house was followed by a “There were a lot of interesting ar- said usher John Medina ’18. “As an the exhibition that will run from connections between visual performance by Tanya Tagaq, a tifacts and a cappella never hurts.” usher, I was able to watch people January 22 to March 15. Striking and literary works.” Canadian throat singer. The open The museum’s current exhi- explore the museum and I could and powerful, the image draws you house event, sponsored by Student bitions include voyager Donald definitely tell that a lot of people into the gallery, bringing you clos- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH Activities, featured a tour of the MacMillan’s last voyage aboard the were interested in what they saw.” er to the mystery and suffering. ELIZABETH MUTHER museum, performances by a cap- Bowdoin, Early Inuit Art, and The The purpose of an open house Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral pella groups BOKA and the Med- Crocker Land Expedition. is to draw in new people and turn Curatorial Fellow Sarah Montross and diebempsters and snacks. The most popular attractions uninterested students into regular Associate Professor of English Eliza- “I took the core of that class and Before entering the building, among students during Friday’s visitors,” Medina said. “I think the beth Muther began developing the let what was in the museum, in students were able to take a picture event were interactive ones: the museum will be surprised by how show in June 2013 during a workshop certain ways, dictate how I revised behind a six-foot tall, 400-pound circumpolar map, narwhal and many students return. Also, the kids for college faculty at the museum. the syllabus,” said Muther. “So in picture frame carved out of ice. walrus tusks that students could who were twenty-one and older got “[Montross] said, ‘Why don’t we a sense, every stage in the course “I saw them carving ice on the touch, a sledge that students could free wine so that always works.” go down into the collection and is about these conjunctions, cross- Quad, and that’s honestly what sit on and a giant student-created The next exhibition at the mu- just see what’s there?’ And she kept currents and connections between piqued my interest in attending the touch screen featuring the Crocker seum will feature Arctic beadwork. pulling things out, and I was like, visual and literary works.” event,” said Sophie Cowen ’18. Land Expedition. T e museum is open Tuesday ‘Oh my gosh,’” said Muther. Montross also explained that “I honestly went for the food “Although, naturally, a lot of peo- through Saturday from 10 a.m. to Montross added, “The show these connections reach across and discovered while there that the ple showed up because they heard 5 p.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to looks at intersections of literature history and medium into different Museum actually has a lot to offer,” the words ‘free food’, this event 5 p.m. Admission is free to both and visual arts either created by said Christabel Fosu-Asare ’18. drew in a lot of first-time visitors,” Bowdoin students and the public. African Americans or represent- Please see ART, page 9 friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient a&e 9

collection, and others are on loan realistic to recreate this exhibition ART from the George J. Mitchell De- every time she offers her course. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 partment of Special Collections However, she hopes to continue lives and social movements that and Archives. collaborating with the BCMA on DJs OF THE WEEK create a compelling temporal com- projects honoring the work of Af- plexity between the pieces. “There’s often this reweaving rican American artists. “Artists and writers are often According to Montross, the going back in time and mining and reappropriating of language BCMA already has a long history Jackie Fickes ’15 references from past writers,” said and art back on itself.’” of showcasing art produced by or Montross. “There’s often this re- depicting African Americans. weaving and reappropriating of ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL “This [exhibition] is one more language and art back on itself.” CURATORIAL FELLOW level to that,” she said. and Natalie Smid ’15 Identifying and exploring these SARAH MONTROSS This exhibition is also tangen- relationships and their contexts tially related to the BCMA’s recent will be key for the students in launch of a website commemorat- Muther’s class. Between Kara Walker’s charged ing the fiftieth anniversary of a “There’s an act of discovery in the prints, enigmatic Harlem Renais- 1964 exhibition called “The Por- course in terms of new connections sance-era photographs, and even a trayal of the Negro in American that students might find,” she said. book of illustrations based on Mar- Painting.” Martin Luther King Jr. The show’s pieces vary widely in tin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from himself visited the original exhibi- medium. For example, photographs Birmingham Jail,” Muther’s stu- tion and gave a speech at Bruns- hang across from pop-up books and dents have plenty to work with. wick’s First Parish Church. letters inspire lithographs. At an event for her students next In “Letters and Shadows,” Bow- As a collection, these pieces month, Muther hopes that they will doin’s legacy of using art to ex- inform each other and bring to- have the opportunity to share some plore, address and engage society, gether artists and writers across of their discoveries with the public. history and culture lives on. The the boundary of time. Many works Looking toward the future, exhibition will be on display until belong to the BCMA permanent Muther said that it would be un- March 15.

CLARE DESANTIS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SGT. PEPPERFLIP: Seniors Fickes (left) and Smid host a radio show Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

BY CLARE DESANTIS What’s the song with the best lyrics? ORIENT STAFF NS: This is cheesy, but I love the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s “Make Does your show have a name? You Feel My L ove”. Jackie Fickes: It did…But it’s JF: The best opening lyrics for kind of long and also not every- me are this Rilo Kiley song called one got it. “Science vs. Romance” and the Natalie Smid: Yeah, it was Ser- first line is “I used to think if I geant Pepperflip’s Lonely Hearts could realize I’d die, then I would Club Radio. But it was kind of be a lot nicer.” But I think I prob- hard to say, so right now we don’t ably like some Belle and Sebas- COURTESY BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART have a name. tian [entire] lyrics better. There’s THE SCHOMBURG LIBRARY: Ink, 1946, by Jacob Lawrence, from “Letters and Shadows: African American Art and Literature Since the Harlem Renaissance.” JF: We thought it was kind of this song called “If She Wants clever…Sergeant Pepperflip and Me” and I think in terms of a full the Lonely Hearts Club Radio song, that has the best lyrics. with the Beatles reference, but it’s kind of a mouthful and we haven’t What’s the song with the worst TAGAQ come up with anything better lyrics? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 since then. JF: Oh, that Meaghan Trainor song! tion of [the film] really gave you an Tell me a little about your show. NS: “All About That Bass?” insight into what these people were When did you start hosting? JF: That is the worst; that is so actually going through.” JF: Fall of junior year. bad. Childress’ film class also engaged NS: Hmm…that song “Rude” in a discussion with Tagaq follow- Why did you decide to be become by Magic. ing the event. DJs? “Through her music, [Tagaq] has NS: I think it’s my only oppor- In your opinion, what was the a platform for sharing not only her tunity to ever be on the radio and best time in music history? first-personal experiences, but also I wanted to do it with a friend NS: The 90s. the experiences of her community,” who has awesome taste in music. JF: The 90s. said Childress. JF: I had just been meaning to do it forever, but I hadn’t gotten If you were on a sitcom, what song around to doing it before. I really would play when you got into “I wanted the students to have like music and I wanted to see your bed at the end of the episode that opportunity to have the what other people were listening and the screen goes black? representations within the fi lm to and playing. NS: These are tough questions! JF: Yeah, you should’ve sent us critiqued, and seeing someone What kind of music do you play? these beforehand because in the actually talking back to a work of JF: I like a lot of alternative rock. middle of the night I’m going to My all-time favorites are Belle and be in my bed like ‘THAT’S what art that attempts to represent Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Rilo Kiley, I should’ve said!’ their cultural group.” the Smiths…We have kind of dif er- JF: If it were waking up in the ent taste, though, which is good. morning, it would be Squeeze’s ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CINEMA STUDIES NS: I like the XX a lot—Jackie “Black Coffee in Bed.” Going SARAH CHILDRESS doesn’t like them—T e Shins, we to sleep it would be either The play alt-J. We always agree on Gwen Smith’s “Asleep” or Neko Case’s “I Stefani, though. Wish I Were the Moon Tonight.” The Peary-MacMillan Arctic JF: Yeah, for the pump up. NS: “Nighttime” by the XX. Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Anything by the XX really. The Blythe Bickel Edwards Fund, What is your most played song on the Department of Sociology and the show? To suggest a DJ for DJ of the Anthropology, Student Activities, JF: I think the song we try to play Week, email Arts & Entertain- the Department of Music, the De- every semester is “Don’t Speak” by ment Editor Emily Weyrauch at partment of Cinema Studies and Gwen Stefani. [email protected]. the President’s Office Wabanaki Initiative all sponsored the event. 10 the bowdoin orient SPORTS friday, january 30, 2015 Women’s hockey loses back to back to Midd Mens hockey slips below .500 in conference play BY ELI LUSTBADER “We worked hard from start to f n- STAFF WRITER ish against Williams,” said Palumbo. “But we kind of dug ourselves into a SCORECARD hole af er the f rst period and allowed Fri 1/23 at Middlebury T 2-2 three goals. I think our lines were Sa 1/24 at Williams L 5-2 clicking and we had pretty sustained Wed 1/28 v. Southern Maine W 6-1 pressure in the of ensive zone, but other than that the three goal def cit in the f rst period def nitely hurt us.” Last weekend, the men’s hockey Earlier in the season, the two team wrapped up a two-game road trip teams played to a 3-3 draw. Bowdoin with a 2-2 tie against Middlebury and outshot Williams 36-30 in that game. a 5-2 loss to Williams. On Wednesday, Despite outshooting Williams again they responded with a 6-1 win over the last weekend, 29-27, Bowdoin was University of Southern Maine (USM). unable to hit the back of the net as ef- At Middlebury, the Polar Bears fectively as the Ephs. Connor Quinn found themselves down 2-1 late in ’15 and Spencer Antunez ’18 scored the third period. With the goalie the two goals for the Polar Bears. JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT pulled, Jason Nawrocki ’18 scored “We had four or f ve scoring LOST AND INSECURE: Ariana Bourque ’16 looks to skate around a Middlebury defender. The Panthers swept the Polar Bears at Watson Arena over the weekend. his f rst career Bowdoin goal with chances that we didn’t capitalize on, 1:22 remaining in the game to tie the so that was a game changer for us,” BY NICOLE FELEO Some of that’s better habits, some were winning battles in the cor- score at two. added Palumbo. ORIENT STAFF of that’s breaks and getting past the ners and winning battles all over “T at was an all-around team ef ort Bowdoin dropped to 9-5-3 (4-5-3 NE- goalie, whether it’s pretty or ugly.” the ice. The only issue was we just on Friday night. It was a good battle,” SCAC) following the loss, while Williams SCORECARD Last Friday, the Panthers took couldn’t put the puck in the net. said captain Danny Palumbo ’15. improved to 11-3-2 (7-2-1 NESCAC). Fri 1/15 v. Middlebury L 4-2 the early lead with a goal just over We were around the net a lot, but “Coming back af er being 2-1 down Bowdoin returned to action with Sa 1/16 v. Middlebury L 5-3 five minutes into the first period. that’s how it goes sometimes.” late in the third showed a lot of resil- Wednesday’s 6-1 victory over USM. Middlebury’s Victoria Laven shot Rachel Kennedy ’16 broke iency. We put it all on the line and got Zach Kokosa ’17 netted a scrum goal in The women’s ice hockey team fell through traffic just inside of the through at 2:45, deflecting a shot the job done.” the f rst period to kick of the scoring. to No. 4 Middlebury College (11-1- left post. The Panthers continued from Miranda Bell ’18 into the net Earlier in the season, Bowdoin de- Daniel McMullan ’18 scored next 3 overall, 6-0-2 NESCAC) twice last to dominate the opening period, and through the knee pads of Pan- feated Middlebury 6-0. However, the with less than a minute to play in the weekend at Watson Arena, bringing outshooting Bowdoin 13-2. ther goalie Annabelle Jones. Panthers have improved markedly f rst. Mitch Barrington ’17 gave the their record down to 8-5-3 (4-3-1 Fifty six seconds into the second The two teams traded goals in since then. Polar Bears a three-goal lead with a NESCAC). period, Middlebury forward Janka the third, both of which were put “T ey were coming of road wins power play goal early in the second “There are only a few things we Hlinka took a feed from Jessica in off of rebounds. For the Pan- against two of the top f ve teams in the period before pushing the lead to four didn’t do well,” said Head Coach Young and scored, giving the Pan- thers, Maddie Winslow failed to country,” Palumbo said. “So they were with his second soon af er. Antunez Marissa O’Neil. “Being able to ex- thers a two-goal lead. put away an initial attempt, but def nitely a dif erent team—especially and Camil Blanchet ’18 each tallied ecute in front of the net was prob- “I think we were a little hesitant Young netted the next shot. Chel- at home too.” one goal in the third to give the Polar ably our greatest challenge this during the first period,” said Mad- sea MacNeil ’15 shot, but was de- Still, Bowdoin made enough plays to Bears a total of six goals. weekend—certainly not for lack die Baird ’15. “But we settled down nied her initial bid. Kennedy made come away with a point against Mid- Bowdoin gets this weekend of of trying—but just being able to after that. We were moving our feet dlebury. Against Williams, however, and will next face Hamilton at home capitalize on the opportunities. well, moving the puck well. We Please see W. HOCK, page 13 the Polar Bears were not so lucky. on February 6 at 7 p.m. Swim and dive teams sweep Women’s basketball stays hot against Colby

BY MADDIE JODKA Trinity and Wesleyan at home STAFF WRITER SCORECARD BY QUYEN HA Mariah Reading ’16 and Walker won Sat 1/24 v. Colby W 62-57 STAFF WRITER the 400m medley relay, and the 200m freestyle relay squad of Walker, Rawd- T e men’s and women’s swimming ing, Bridget Killian ’16 and captain and diving teams rebounded from Patty Boyer ’15. The women’s basketball team their losses against Bates on January “I would say that Bates is our num- stayed hot this week, beating Colby 18, beating Trinity and Wesleyan in ber one rival, and we always look (12-5, 2-3 NESCAC) last Saturday the f rst home meets of the season last forward to racing with them,” said by a score of 62-57 and improving weekend at Greason Pool. Head Coach Brad Burnham. “T eir its record to 17-2 overall (5-0 NES- Just a day af er a successful non- women have become a little stronger CAC). The team has now reeled off scoring meet with the University of than ours recently, so it’s a greater 14 consecutive wins. Maine Orono, the Bobcat men defeat- challenge trying to keep up with them The win was Bowdoin’s second ed the Polar Bears 153-141, while the at the moment. T e men are almost against Colby this season after a Bowdoin women lost 191-107. neck-and-neck, and I hope this loss non-conference triumph in De- In the men’s meet against Bates, will motivate them even further as we cember, but the Polar Bears ex- Ryan Kulesza ’15 swam a 1:58.46 in move on with the season.” pected nothing less than a battle the 200m individual medley (IM) A week later, the Polar Bears re- from the Mules. event to claim f rst, and captain Peter bounded with a resounding victory “We always knew that Colby was Deardorf ’15 came away with a vic- against Trinity, with the men winning a very good shooting team,” said tory in the 200m freestyle competi- 220-32, and the women outscoring Kate Kerrigan ’18. “We just kept tion (1:47.80). Will Shi ’15 stood out the Bantams 175-51. saying we need to keep our poise with f rst-place showings in the 50m T e men were undefeated on the and we need to keep playing our (21.65) and 100m (47.44) freestyle Saturday af ernoon, capturing virtu- style of basketball—good defense, contests, while Tom Kramer ’15 cap- ally all of the swimming and diving keep attacking the rim—and even- tured both the one and the three-me- events. T e 200m freestyle relay team tually we will win this game.” ter diving events. Another multi-race of John Lagasse ’16, Will Hutchinson The teams traded leads until a winner was Tim Long ’17, who won ’18, Logan House ’17 and Lyle Ander- couple minutes before halftime, GRACE MALLETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT both the 500m (4:54.48) and 1,000m son ’16 closed of the dual meet on a when the score was tied 21-21. INTO THE PAINT: Sara Binkhorst ’15 drives to the basket in Bowdoin’s comeback win over Colby. (10:06.16) freestyle competitions. high note for the Polar Bears, swim- After a few well timed shots and Mariah Rawding ’18 f nished f rst ming to a three-second win over the strong defense, the Polar Bears Curle ’17 racked up 15 points, scored 18 points, all of which came in the 50m breaststroke, and So- rest of the f eld. broke the tie and entered the half while Kate Kerrigan ’18 and Sara off of three-pointers. In fact, the phia Walker ’17 won both the 50m On the women’s side, Rawding with a 28-24 lead. Binkhorst ’15 scored 12 points Mules totaled 10 three-pointers and 100m freestyle events. T e Po- stood out with a hat trick of wins, Shannon Brady ’16 was unstop- each. in the game, which helped them lar Bears also claimed a pair of relay pable in the second half, when she Meanwhile, Colby’s offensive victories. Holly Rudel ’17, Rawding, Please see SWIM, page 13 scored 14 of her 18 points. Marle leader Carylanne Wolfington Please see W. HOOPS, page 12 friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient 11 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Men’s track earns bronze at home meet BY SAM SHAHEEN ’17 joined in, f ying around the track in berg ’18 placed third (6.46m). STAFF WRITER 4:26.70 for the mile and placing fourth. Captain Cam Woodford ’15 tossed T e Polar Bears excelled at the 5000m his way to a fourth place f nish in the Shannon Brady ’16 Bowdoin men’s track and f eld host- for a second week in a row, though this weight throw (15.35m). John Pietro ’18 ed its f nal home meet of the season time with two dif erent runners. Bridger heaved the shot put for a f f h place per- WOMEN’S BASKETBALL last Saturday. In a packed f eld of eight Tomlin ’17 and team captain Kevin formance (12.56m). schools, the Polar Bears ran, jumped Hoose ’15 fought through a race that As the meet drew to a close, Bowdoin and threw to a number of impressive sped out from the gun, placing third and won the distance medley relay. T e team performances, placing third as a team. fourth, respectively. of May, Donahue, Ben Torda ’18 and HIGHLIGHTS In a meet seen as a precursor to the “T e 25 laps really allowed me time Calvin Henry ’16 f nished with a time • Scored 14 second-half Maine State Meet on February 7, the to reconsider my life and personal goals, of 10:40.28. Polar Bears beat out Pine Tree State ri- such as, ‘Should I really be doing this?’ “T e crowd was energetically cheer- points in the team’s comeback vals Bates and Colby, but lost narrowly and ‘Am I a masochist?’” said Tomlin. ing as we watched our teams win, in- win against Bates to the University of Southern Maine. “Furthermore, I found myself in no dividuals get new personal records and T e result bodes well for the team as a man’s land during the race, running by everyone compete wholeheartedly,” said • Leads the team in fi eld goal wave of sickness and injury kept some myself for about half the race. It was a spectator Justin Pearson ’17. “T e goal percentage key team members sidelined for the mental challenge to pull myself along; seemed to be to lose one’s voice to en- day. Tuf s came away with the win. the race felt more like a time trial.” courage someone else to just keep going. LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT In sprints, Jibrail Coy ’16 (23.14) T e f rst-year duo of Nathaniel Kent “T e meet encompassed an ideal BY ALEX VASILE Brady is equally ef ective, some- and Rickey Larke ’15 (23.26) f nished and Justin Weathers found success in that I think we all should carry in ORIENT STAFF what paradoxically, as a target in third and fourth, respectively, in the the 60m hurdles, f nishing f rst and our hearts. We are Bowdoin. T ere transition. Her high school team 200m dash. T e two continued their third respectively. was something special about shout- Shannon Brady ’16 scored 14 ran an aggressive transition of- strong days with Larke f nishing sixth “I was simply releasing many vital ing ‘You’ve got this!’ and supporting second-half points to lead the fense and the Polar Bears like to and Coy placing seventh in the 60m forces, just like coach Slovenski told us Bowdoin students who are strangers as women’s basketball team to a 62- run one as well. Teammates have dash. Ike May ’15 ran a solid race in to,” said Kent. well as friends,” he added. 57 win over Colby last Saturday, mentioned that Brady is of en the the 400m, f nishing f f h (53.17). In the jumps, Colin Litts ’18 placed T e action continues for the Polar their 14th straight win of the fastest down the f oor. Conor Donahue ’18 again showed fourth in the high jump (1.78m) and Bears next week as they compete at season and seven straight against “A lot of the of ense revolves his speed in the middle distances, run- second in the triple jump (13.26m). the University of New Hampshire’s the Mules. Brady struggled early around her,” said guard Sara Bink- ning a personal season best 1:59.41 in Stephan DeCarlo ’18 won the long jump Wildcat Invitational. with foul trou- horst ’15. “She the 800m to f nish second. Sam Dodge with a soar of 6.62m, while Brian Green- ble and Colby’s “A lot of the off ense revolves plays well with quick f ve- around her. She plays well with other guards who guard lineup like to push and but overcame other guards who like to push and she’ll beat pretty Silva sets vault record in women’s track meet the slow start she’ll beat pretty much any other much any other to f nish with post player down BY SAM SHAHEEN weight throw of 15.57 meters. Lon- and I felt the anger swirl up through 18 points, f ve post player down the fl oor.” the f oor.” STAFF WRITER don excelled in shot put as well, f n- my veins, and shif ed to my top gear,” rebounds and SARA BINKHORST ’15 “She’s the fast- ishing in third with a toss of 11.81m. said Kelly. “I surged in front and cut two blocks in 30 est girl on our Bowdoin women’s track and f eld T ere were a number of standout her of down the f nal stretch and minutes. team,” Megan placed fourth out of nine schools in its performances from Polar Bears on never looked back.” “One thing I really want to em- Phelps ’15 said. “She beats us all f nal home meet last Saturday. Other the track as well. Captain Camille The weekend helped the team phasize is her growth as a lead- when we run sprints.” schools competing included Colby, Wasinger ’15 placed third in the prepare for difficult competition er,” said Head Coach Adrienne Brady’s scoring threat dramati- Bates and Tuf s. mile with a time of 5:21.75, missing in weeks ahead. Shibles. “She has an optimism cally af ects the way defenses shif In one of the day’s most notable per- out on second by only 1.24 seconds. “T is past weekend was a good and a competitive spirit. She real- against Bowdoin. formances, pole vaulter and captain In the 800-meter run, Meghan Bel- preview of the type of competition ly didn’t play exceptionally well. “Just having Shannon on the Erin Silva ’15 topped the f eld, vaulting lerose ’17 f nished third as well, with we will be facing as a team in some Her shots weren’t falling, Colby f oor is good for us as a team,” 3.77 meters. Silva’s vault was a personal a time of 2:26.31. of our upcoming meets, including was being very physical with her, said Siena Mitman ’15. “T ey best, breaking the College record she Bowdoin’s Demi Feder ’17 and the Maine State Meet and the New and she got into foul trouble. But have to collapse on her coming previously set. Allyson Fulton ’16 placed f f h and England D-III meet,” said Silva. I told her to keep shooting and of a screen which opens it up for “All the technical improvements I sixth in the 600-meter run with “While we struggled a bit with inju- she made adjustments.” other people.” drilled over and over again in prac- times of 1:41.34 and 1:43.60, respec- ries and illness this past weekend, we Brady is averaging 13 points, six “And on the rare chance she miss- tice f nally came together to result in a tively. In a strong showing for one of put up a very strong performance, rebounds, and 1.5 blocks and 23 es, there’s a good chance she’ll get personal best,” said Silva. “I’ve started Bowdoin’s f rst-year runners, Naomi which shows exactly how ready we minutes per game this season—a her own rebound,” Binkhorst added. out this indoor season much stronger Jabouin placed third in the 400-me- will be to face these teams again in low minutes total thanks to the Both players also noted Brady’s than in past years, so I’m really look- ter dash with a time of 1:01.51. just a few weeks with everyone back team’s considerable depth. Accord- improvements at reading double ing forward to the rest of the season as Another highlight for the Polar and healthy.” ing to Shibles, Brady could go all 40 teams and kicking the ball out. Still, I try to keep this momentum going all Bears was the distance medley relay, T e Polar Bears were pleased with minutes easily. Brady is also fourth Phelps thinks that Brady is going the way through to the end.” where the Bowdoin team of Belle- performances in their penultimate meet in the NESCAC to score at least Other top performances for the rose, Fulton, senior Emi Gaal and before the Maine State Championship, in shooting per- 70 percent of the Polar Bears in the f eld events includ- f rst year Sarah Kelley won with a hosted by Bates on February 6. T e team centage. “My dad and brother have bets on time when she ed senior Hayleigh Kein’s winning time of 12:51.74. will compete next at the Wildcat Invita- Six feet when it’s (making a three point gets the ball. high jump of 1.58 meters and senior- “As I was rounding the f nal lap of tional, hosted by the University of New tall and long- shot) going to happen. I tell them “She’s always thrower Randi London’s winning the track, I saw the girl in front of me, Hampshire on January 31. limbed, Brady up for a physi- has always been if I’m in a pressure situation and cal game,” Phelps a traditional it needs to happen it will happen. said. “T ey’re back-to-basket But I defi nitely want to make one bringing constant player, feeling double teams. Nordic ski stumbles through its opening meets most comfort- in a game during my Bowdoin She’s been doing a able posting career” good job passing BY YASMIN HAYRE “T e boys team had a particularly ex- he’s come a long way in the past few up and using out of it, but more ORIENT STAFF citing performance at the Bates Carni- months.” a righty jump SHANNON BRADY ’16 of en scoring the val, beating both our Maine rivals, Colby During the UVM Carnival, Bloch hook that has ball anyway.” Nordic skiing opened its season at and Bates,” said Hannah Miller ’17. was once again the Bowdoin men’s top become her sig- Another area the Bates Carnival, hosted at Black Miller recorded the top individual f nisher, placing 22nd in the 10K free- nature move. In a college game that where Brady has improved is her Mountain in Rumford, Maine, f nish- f nish for Bowdoin, recording a per- style and 33rd in the 15K classic race. typically dif erentiates only between shooting. Always considered a ing 11th out of the 14 invited teams. sonal best with her ninth-place f nish in DeAngelis f nished closely behind Bloch guards and forwards, Brady is one capable but not necessarily conf - T e team then travelled to Stowe, the 5K race and placing as Bowdoin’s top once more in the 15K race, f nishing of few at this level that could be con- dent shooter, Brady has developed Vermont to participate in the Univer- skier in the 15K classic. 42nd while Groves f nished 42nd in the sidered a true center. a face-up game and improved her sity of Vermont Carnival, where it f n- “Hannah Miller is our top skier, and 10K race. “T e hook has kind of been my in-game range to around 15 feet. ished tenth out of 13 teams. she had a fantastic race in the Bates 5K T e Polar Bear women also per- thing since high school,” she said. She has also proven she can make “Race-day energy varies from per- freestyle,” Alsobook said. “She had been formed well, with Miller once again “I don’t really know what started three-pointers consistently in prac- son to person,” Head Coach Nathan sick earlier in the week and was feeling f nishing f rst for Bowdoin by placing it. Sometimes people say stuf like, tice. Her goal now is to translate Alsobrook said. “Some are super pretty drained, but she really dug deep 23rd in the 5K freestyle and f nishing ‘T at’s all she does.’ But it works.” that into a game. relaxed, while others let the nerves to put up a fantastic f nish.” 28th in the 10K classic. Ellen Hands Brady has been in the starting “It comes up a lot,” she said. show a bit. For the men, Jackson Bloch ’15 was ’18 was Bowdoin’s second-best f n- lineup since the beginning of her “My dad and brother have bets “As a group, this crew does a great Bowdoin’s top f nisher in the 20K race, isher in the 5K, f nishing 50th, while f rst year at Bowdoin, and had a on when it’s going to happen. I job of staying positive and bringing placing 22nd with Tyler DeAngelis ’15 Shelby Aseltine ’15 served as the next- breakout sophomore season that tell them if I’m in a pressure situ- the enthusiasm every weekend,” he following closely behind in 29th place. best Bowdoin performer in the 10K saw her average a team-leading 14 ation and it needs to happen, it added. “It’s a young team, though, and Malcom Groves ’17 was the top f nisher f nishing 45th. points and seven rebounds on the will happen. But I def nitely want one thing we’re working on is staying in the 10K freestyle, placing 35th. “T e carnival season is always nice way to an All-American Honorable to make one in a game during my focused and nailing down the details “Jackson Bloch and Tyler DeAngelis because it provides a lot of bonding time Mention. Since then she has been Bowdoin career.” on race morning—course inspection, were both outstanding in the Bates 20K between all the racing, long van rides a target of other NESCAC teams, T e sports editor of the Orient warmups, time management, etc.” classic,” Alsobrook said. ”T ey’re both and morning practices,” said Miller. who of en double and triple team chooses the Athlete of the Week At the Bates Carnival, the Polar Bears seniors and this race was years of hard “T e nordic team is small and a tight Bowdoin’s most consistent scorer. based on exemplary performance. f nished eigth in both the men’s 20K work paying of . Malcolm Groves has classic and the women’s 5K freestyle. made a big jump forward this year— Please see SKI, page 13 12 sports the bowdoin orient friday, january 30, 2015

defense. I do agree that our steals W. HOOPS are generating points for us.” Long-standing loyalties cannot be defl ated CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 In such a close game, Bowdoin focused on maintaining confidence Brady received more scrutiny at Patriots beat the Seahawks in the Su- keep up with Bowdoin’s 44 percent and positivity. LEFT OF his press conference than President per Bowl on Sunday. shooting from the field. “When we get down we don’t Obama. Players and coaches around And yet, I don’t have a choice but “It was kind of tough,” said hang our heads at all,” Brady said. PESKY POLE the league have condemned the Pa- to hope and believe that they’re in- Brady on keeping the Mules from “They really focused and never triots organization. Former Panthers nocent. I was born and raised a New shooting beyond the arc. “Even lost confidence in each other,” WILL OSSOFF General Manager Marty Hurney England Patriots fan, and I will nev- doing whatever we could to stop Shibles added. even claimed that the Patriots have “a er relinquish that part of my identity. them—after that it just came down Af er losing at the University of In his writings about the impor- culture of cheating.” Some may question how I could pos- to making sure we New England in its tance of morality in American society, Unfortunately, such accusations sibly support a team that frequently boxed out.” f f h game of the Tocqueville never once mentioned are not completely unfounded. Be- f irts with the line of legality. How The score was “We always knew that Colby was season, the Polar football air pressure. And yet, over the fore Def ategate, there was the Spygate could I defend Bill Belichick who, in tied 43-43 with 10 a very good shooting team. We Bears beat Salve past week, I have endured a barrage of scandal in 2007 in which the Patriots the eyes of many Americans, bears a minutes left. Af- Regina University moral questions about my allegiance were caught illegally videotaping the striking resemblance to the evil Em- ter a pair of bas- just kept saying we need to keep by 40 points, begin- to the New England Patriots. Casual signals used by opposing coaches. In peror Palpatine from Star Wars? kets from Colby, our poise and we need to keep ning the 14-game and apathetic football observers ask the second of three Super Bowl vic- Here’s the thing: my dedication Bowdoin fell be- playing our style of basketball.” win streak they are how I can justify my support for a tories, the Patriots defeated Hurney’s to this franchise is deeper than a hind 48-45. currently riding. team of cheaters. While I ref exively Panthers in 2004. It’s reasonable for coach, or a Hall-of-Fame quarter- While Colby KATE KERRIGAN ’18 Kerrigan said defend the team that I’ve supported Hurney to believe that this victory was back, or the air pressure of a few kept the game that despite the since I could hold a football, I can’t tainted by foul play, although there is footballs in one playoff blowout. close until the bit- team’s success this help but ref ect upon my loyalties. no evidence to prove it. It’s inextricably tied to my pride ter end, the Polar Bears ultimate- season, Shibles insists upon a phi- For those that have avoided the Some Patriots fans argue that for my hometown and this wonder- ly prevailed with their accurate losophy of perpetual improvement. excessive coverage of this football these violations are not that big of a ful region that the Pilgrims stum- shooting, hustle and impressive “We’re trying to get one percent scandal and followed the real news deal. T ey’ll say that everyone bends bled into. It’s connected to the bond defense. Another notable ad- better each day. We’re trying to over the past week, here’s what hap- the rules, and the Patriots have just that I share with my dad and brother vantage was Bowdoin’s 22 points push each other in practice to be pened: T e Patriots thrashed the In- been caught because success breeds and grandfather, as we share in the scored off turnovers. better,” Kerrigan said. dianapolis Colts in the AFC Cham- greater scrutiny from jealous oppo- joys and agonies that come with sur- “We got some good deflections Bowdoin will host Trinity tonight pionship Game, 45-7, to advance to nents. Maybe so, but that still doesn’t rendering a piece of ourselves to this and steals that created points,” said at 7 p.m. to kick off senior weekend. the Super Bowl. diminish my disappointment. When team that we have no control over. Head Coach Adrienne Shibles. “We have tremendous leadership,” Immediately af er the game, ru- is “it’s OK because everybody’s do- It’s because of this emotional in- “There are definitely things to Shibles said of the team’s seniors. “All mors started to swirl that the footballs ing it” ever an acceptable explana- vestment that I feel so much disap- work on defensively, but I do love three are captains—all three have giv- the Patriots used were illegally def at- tion for anything? pointment in my team when they how much this team loves to play en so much to this program.” ed, making the balls easier to throw in Sports are supposed to be especially (allegedly) cross the line. But, I can the cold and rain. T e NFL promptly immune from the corruption and criticize the guilty personnel with- launched an investigation into the moral ambiguity that exists in other as- out giving up on the team and all matter, which has yet to yield any for- pects of life. Of -the-f eld issues aside, that they represent in my life. Just mal accusations of wrongdoing. football ought to exist in a neat world as healthy patriotism requires a T e Patriots have unequivocally of absolutes on the f eld: in bounds or scrutiny of elected officials, so does denied intentionally def ating the out of bounds, win or lose. T is simpli- football fanhood. balls. Coach Bill Belichick went so far f cation, combined with the unpredict- If you cheated, shame on you Mr. as to give a physics lesson about the ability of the game, creates a wonderful Belichick. But I will continue to root way in which the cold weather may escape for millions of fans. for the players that work to bring the have caused the balls to def ate natu- If your team wins, you shouldn’t Super Bowl back to New England, rally in a press conference. have to question how they did it or and I will continue to support this Meanwhile, Patriot-haters have whether you picked the good guys. symbol of home and family. T at had a f eld day. Quarterback Tom But that’s exactly what I will do if the seems like the moral thing to do. friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient sports 13

into the net in the third. With 1:23 lef SWIM W. HOCK in the game, the Polar Bears’ MacNeil CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 collected and netted the puck. NESCAC Standings “Overall we’ve had a little bit of claiming f rst place in the 50 back- her second shot of the night after trouble getting into the dirty spots MEN’S HOCKEY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL stroke, the 100m backstroke and the killing off a 6-on-4 Bowdoin pow- and getting the rebounds,” said NESCAC OVERALL WL W L 100m freestyle competitions. er play. The netter went through Crofton. “They don’t have to be WL T W L T BOWDOIN 5 0 17 2 Walker captured the 200 IM, and traffic before getting past Jones, the prettiest goals but we’ve been Trinity 9 0 1 14 1 1 Tufts 4 0 16 1 Caroline Watt ’18 took over the 500m putting the score at 3-2. working on that the whole year.” Williams 7 2 1 11 3 2 Amherst 4 1 17 1 freestyle. Katherine Kronick ’17 Middlebury sealed off the win The Panthers bested Bowdoin Amherst 7 3 0 11 3 2 Conn. College 3 1 13 4 emerged a winner in both the 50m with an unassisted goal from Em- again that night with a final score Middlebury 4 3 3 7 6 3 Williams 3 2 15 4 and 100m butterf y races, while Erin ily Fluke. of 5-3. Hamilton 4 4 2 6 6 4 Middlebury 2 2 10 8 Houlihan ’17 won the 100m back- “I was really proud of the way we T e Polar Bears now go into a two- BOWDOIN 4 5 3 10 5 3 Colby 2 3 12 5 stroke and 200m freestyle competi- played and unfortunately we weren’t game NESCAC series against Wil- Conn. Coll. 4 5 1 7 7 2 Hamilton 1 4 10 8 tions. T e 200m freestyle relay squad able to get the wins,” said O’Neil. liams which begins at 7 p.m. today. Tufts 3 6 1 6 9 1 Trinity 1 4 6 11 of Rudel, Walker, Killian and Lela “But obviously Middlebury is a great “Williams is a team that is a lot bet- Colby 2 8 2 5 10 2 Bates 0 4 9 8 Garner ’16 also came away with a f rst- o p p o n e n t — h a s ter than their record Wesleyan 1 9 0 2 14 0 Wesleyan 0 4 7 9 place f nish. been for years.” “Overall we’ve had a little bit of shows,” said O’Neil. WOMEN’S HOCKEY SCHEDULE Fri 1/30 v. Trinity 7 P.M. Competing against Wesleyan on Goalie Lan Crof- “In terms of us not WL T W L T trouble getting into the dirty spots Sa 1/31 v. Amherst 3 P.M. Sunday, the Polar Bear women im- ton ’17 suffered being able to put Amherst 6 0 2 11 1 3 proved to 4-2 with a 175-107 win, a sprained ankle and getting rebounds. They don’t pucks in the net— Middlebury 7 1 2 11 2 3 MEN’S BASKETBALL while the men’s team moved to 3-3 mid-game and Beth have to be the prettiest goals but though we did score Conn. Coll. 5 3 2 10 5 3 WL W L following its 203-92 victory. Findley ’16 took goals over the week- we’ve been working on that the BOWDOIN 431 8 5 3 BOWDOIN 4 1 13 4 T e women’s 200m medley relay over for the night end—they don’t have Williams 4 3 1 7 7 1 Trinity 4 1 14 5 squad of Rudel, Rawding, Reading and in the subse- whole year.” one set goalie they Trinity 3 4 1 10 4 1 Tufts 3 1 8 8 and Walker opened the af ernoon quent game against rely on, there are a Hamilton 1 5 2 7 6 3 Colby 3 2 11 7 LAN CROFTON ’17 with a decisive Polar Bear win, while Middlebury. couple. We use our Wesleyan 2 7 1 6 9 1 Bates 2 2 12 4 the team of Killian, Rawding, Boyer In the second defense [in practice] Colby 2 8 0 9 8 0 Middlebury 2 2 13 3 and Walker took the 200m free- contest of the weekend the Polar to mimic what they are doing and look SCHEDULE Wesleyan 2 2 13 5 style relay. Seven individual victors Bears faced of against the Panthers for more creative ways to score.” Fri 1/30 at Williams 7 P.M. Amherst 2 3 12 5 emerged on Sunday, and Rawding with high hopes once again, holding Bowdoin faced the Ephs last year Sa 1/31 at Williams 3 P.M. Williams 2 3 11 7 continued her exceptional rookie their own until the last few minutes in the NESCAC Championship, los- Hamilton 1 4 13 6 season with two individual wins in of the f rst period. Middlebury broke ing the contest 4-1. T is loss is fresh SWIMMING AND DIVING Conn. College 0 4 7 9 the 100m breaststroke and the 100m the stalemate at the end of the f rst in the minds of the returning players. SCHEDULE SCHEDULE freestyle competitions. Follow- with two goals of of rebounds from William’s Head Coach, Meghan Gillis Su 1/31 v. Colby 1 P.M. ing Bowdoin’s weekend sweep over Katie Sullivan and Elizabeth Wulf. ’07, is a Bowdoin graduate and former Fri 1/30 at Trinity 7 P.M. Sa 1/31 at Amherst 3 P.M. Trinity and Wesleyan, Rawdin was Young cleaned up another re- teammate of Bowdoin’s O’Neil ’05. TRACK AND FIELD named NESCAC Women’s Swimmer bound in the beginning of the Both alumna won NESCAC rookie of SCHEDULE WOMEN’S SQUASH of the Week. third. Fluke extended the Panther’s the year in 2004 and 2001 respectively. Su 1/31 at Wildcats Invitational (UNH) TBT SCHEDULE T e men proved no less domi- lead to 4-0 shortly after. Bowdoin “T ey’re pretty gritty by the net”, Fri 1/30 at Bates 5 P.M. nant, with nine individual winners finally spoiled Middlebury’s power said O’Neil. “So we’re making sure Su 1/25 v. Wellesley NOON against the Cardinals, including a play with a vengeful response as we clear bodies out of the way and MEN’S SQUASH trio of multiple-event victors. Long Baird put up the first point for the that our goalies make the f rst save SCHEDULE *Bold line denotes NESCAC Tournament cut-of repeated his double wins in the Polar Bears. and don’t give them the second and Fri 1/30 at Bates 5 P.M Compiled by Sarah Bonanno 500m and 1000m freestyle races. Winslow shot a diving puck back third chances.” Sa 1/31 v. MIT NOON Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC Kulesza claimed the 200m freestyle and 400m IM, while House toppled the 50m freestyle and 100m but- terf y contests. T e Bowdoin men Men’s basketball plays its also swept the team events, and the 200m freestyle relay squad of An- derson, Michael Netto ‘18, Lagasse way atop NESCAC standings and House ended the weekend on a triumphant note for the Polar Bears. Bowdoin swimmers and divers BY COOPER HEMPHILL a clutch three followed by another will return to action tomorrow when STAFF WRITER from Liam Farley ’18 to give the Po- they host their f nal home meet of the lar Bears a 48-47 lead. From there, season in Greason Pool against Colby SCORECARD they were was able to increase their at 1 p.m. Sat 1/24 at Colby W 68-65 lead to eight heading into the final “T e Colby meet will be intense, but minute of play. I don’t expect both teams to be as fast The game was tightly contested as usual, given that all eleven NESCAC Although the men’s basketball down the wire, with team totals in schools are looking forward to and team’s 68-65 road win over Colby field goal percentage and rebounds preparing for the upcoming champi- last Saturday launched it to a tie only slightly favored Bowdoin at onship,” said Burnham. “As for the rest for first place in the NESCAC (13- 39.7-38.3 and 39-38, respectively. of the season, I am conf dent that the 4 overall, 4-1 NESCAC), it learned However, Bowdoin had a clear ad- teams will train hard and swim fast and this week that captain Keegan Pieri vantage in free throws—the Polar give everything they’ve got.” ’15 is out for the remainder of the Bears hit 16 of their 18 attempts, season with an injury. including five from Hurley in the fi- In the Colby game, the first after nal 30 seconds of play, while Colby SKI Pieri’s injury, captain Bryan Hur- was only able to convert 10 of their CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 ley ’15 and Lucas Hausman ’16, 15 shots from the line. who has been averaging over 22 Hurley ended up with 23 points group of people and I’m def nitely thor- points per contest in the last seven and three assists; 13 of the points oughly enjoying spending nearly every games led the way for the Polar come in the second half. He was waking hour, for at least the next f ve Bears with 24 points and a team named NESCAC Co-Player of the weeks, with them.” leading four assists in the contest. Week for his performance. “We’ve had some fantastic individ- Colby held a slight advantage “It was nice to beat them [on the ual ef orts in these f rst couple weeks,” throughout the first half and led road]” said Hurley. “It was one of the Alsobrook added. “At the same time, 36-27 going into the break. How- biggest crowds they’ve ever had.” I don’t think we’ve skied up to our po- ever, the Bowdoin defense came It was Hurley’s seventh win tential yet.” out strong in the second half and against Colby in his four year career. “We’ll be working on the little was able to turn the game around Trinity, which is ties with things to get better, such as skiing by forcing low-percentage shots. Bowdoin at the top of the confer- transitions aggressively, staying calm John Swords ’15 dominated the ence, takes on the Polar Bears at 7 and relaxed before races, and bringing glass with 10 rebounds, which took p.m. in Morrell Gymnasium tonight a little extra focus to our preparation away Colby’s opportunity to regain for sole possession of the NESCAC all week long.” control of the game and opened up standings. Bowdoin will have will T e Polar Bears return to action the floor for Bowdoin’s shooters to have to stay alert on defense and next weekend at the St. Michael’s make a run as the game approached not allow the Bantams, who lead Carnival hosted at Sleepy Hollow in its final minutes. Bowdoin re- the league in getting free throw at- Huntington, Vt. mained behind until Hausman hit tempts, to get to the line. 14 the bowdoin orient OPINION friday, january 30, 2015 Compass Rose LETTERS TO THE EDITOR n Monday, Bowdoin announced that Clayton S. Rose, a professor at the Harvard UMaine divests from coal growing list of institutions that and fossil fuels disproportionately OBusiness School, will be the College’s 15th President. Admittedly, Rose is not the have committed to some form affects impoverished communi- most exciting or novel candidate, but that in no way means that he is not the best f t To the Editors: of divestment, including Hamp- ties, and climate change will dis- to lead the College. T e dedicated members of the search committee spent countless Exciting news! Responding to shire College, Pitzer College and proportionately harm vulnerable hours evaluating candidates and we are conf dent that he is exceptionally qualif ed for calls from student activist groups, Stanford University. The UMaine populations across the globe. Thus, the position. T ere is no sense in passing judgment on President-elect Rose’s ability to the University of Maine (UMaine) board also stated its willingness divestment in my mind is an envi- lead the College before his work has begun. While some may have initial reservations System Board of Trustees unani- to consider fully divesting from ronmental justice issue. about Rose, we have every reason to be optimistic. mously voted to divest from di- fossil fuels and announced that I would love to see Bowdoin fol- While it is fruitless to scrutinize Rose before he takes of ce, it can be valuable to ask rect coal holdings on Monday. The UMaine Presque Isle had done so low UMaine’s lead and invest in an how his unique characteristics can help the College at this moment in its history. His University System, which was one quietly already. equitable future. Since they can tenure as chief operating of cer of J.P. Morgan and his management expertise indicate of the first to divest from South This is very exciting because di- do it, why can’t we? Let’s be on the he has the leadership skills the College will need. T at he did research on race in corpo- African apartheid in the 1980s, is vestment is a hugely important step forefront of history, Bowdoin, and rate settings af er transitioning to academia shows a commitment to addressing issues now the first land grant system to toward achieving justice for those commit to countering global cli- of diversity not unlike those that af ect Bowdoin on a daily basis. Too of en, the values divest from coal. harmed by the fossil fuel indus- mate change now. of corporate America and the liberal arts seem in conf ict with one another, but Rose’s The UMaine schools join the try. Pollution from coal companies Meredith Outterson ’17 résumé proves he can reconcile the two. His contributions to both areas can serve as a model for students looking to achieve business success without sacrif cing a committ- ment to the common good. When President Barry Mills announced his plan to retire, the Orient’s editorial Schools lack culturally-relevant curricula board wrote, “An outsider will be able to evaluate campus culture without the bias toward the status quo that comes with having been a part of it; he or she will also BY MICHELLE KRUK themselves in the material they pects from them is setting these CONTRIBUTOR have a fresh start with Bowdoin’s various interest groups—the students, the faculty, are learning or in the people they students up for failure. Minority the staf , and the Brunswick community.” President-elect Rose’s position as an out- Esther Nunoo ’17 wrote this are learning the material from, students will greatly benef t from sider will allow him to recognize the College’s strengths and also identify where it has poem: “We talk a lot about talking they can begin to internalize the being able to bring their culture and room to improve. Rose has a clean slate with Bowdoin’s interest groups, which gives here / Have a problem? Talk it out idea that learning is not meant for language into the classroom. him an opportunity to forge new relationships between the administration and the / Bad day? Talk about it / So I’m minorities and is instead an exclu- At the same time, they must be student community. gonna talk / No disclaimers, no sively “white” thing. Embracing taught that society’s standards will His experience makes him particularly well-suited to address several important apologies / Outside of the “Undis- cultural competence would allow not accept certain “minority prac- areas of concern for the College. Increasing Bowdoin’s accessibility and diversity by cussed” or “A.D.D.R.E.S.S.” / Out- students to reclaim their education tices.” You cannot write an academ- growing the endowment and prioritizing f nancial aid was one of Mills’ strengths and side of the classroom/ No theories and bring their entire, true selves ic paper in ebonics and you cannot should be a top priority for the president-elect. Rose must also continue to modernize / Not just black girls over brunch into the classroom. introduce yourself to an employer the College’s curriculum while still maintaining its liberal arts identity. While address- offering solutions and ideas and by rolling your “Rs.” Instead, mi- ing these issues and the others that will arise, we hope that Rose will be willing and “could be’s” / Just raw thought and nority students must be taught that eager to engage with students, faculty and alumni. Collaboration will be key to making feeling and emotion / Me being Inherently, in becoming a code-switching is an evil, but neces- Rose—a newcomer to the liberal arts—successful in his new role. vulnerable and whatnot… / So let’s part of the educational system, sary skill to learn and perfect. Leadership changes in an institution like Bowdoin are an important time for ref ec- get real / Let’s talk.” While it is unfortunate that we tion, not a time for quick criticisms. As our seventh president, William DeWitt Hyde, Let’s talk about the absence of particularly higher education, must burden our students by tell- wrote in the Of er of the College, part of Bowdoin’s mission is, “To gain a standard for culturally relevant pedagogy in students of color will lose ing them that society will not ac- the appreciation of others’ work and the criticism of your own.” T e Bowdoin com- schools. Gloria Ladson-Billings cept them for who they are, we munity should receive Rose’s unique knowledge base with optimism and be ready to def nes culturally relevant peda- a part of themselves. must not only encourage minority work toward preserving what we love about Bowdoin and changing what we do not. gogy as teaching which focuses on students, but also provide them three things: focusing on students’ with the tools to navigate this academic achievement, supporting Let’s talk about socio-political white, inhospitable system. This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial students’ cultural competence, and consciousness. Socio-political con- Students must feel supported board, which is comprised of Garrett Casey, Ron Cervantes, Sam Chase, promoting students’ socio-political sciousness means helping students throughout their educational jour- Matthew Gutschenritter, Nicole Wetsman and Kate Witteman. consciousness. develop a sense of mutuality and ney in conjunction with knowing Let’s talk about students’ aca- reciprocity towards others with how to use their cultural knowledge demic achievement. All students whom they share cultural solidarity. to their advantage. The can achieve academically. However, At Bowdoin, students learn to In her poem, “Talking about many teachers do not fully engage pose larger questions regarding the Talking,” Nunoo alludes to her re- their students by demanding their socio-political context in which alization that she is both privileged B owdoin Orient Established 1871 participation—instead, they rein- schools and the society are posi- and unprivileged at the same time: force the idea of “permission to fail.” tioned. T is exploration can lead “Yes, I am eternally grateful for the bowdoinorient.com Phone: (207) 725-3300 6200 College Station Ladson-Billings cites a teacher’s ultimately to the discovery of the SAT prep / T e college tours they [email protected] Business Phone: (207) 725-3053 Brunswick, ME 04011 response to a young African Ameri- structural and social inequities that took us on / And all the wonderful can girl who refused to do a written continue to pervade our society. resources. / But it feels weird / To T e Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news assignment, saying: “I ain’t writin’ In order to enact any sort of per- have your reality sold / In order to and information relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the nuttin’!” T e teacher responded by manent change, students must move make it.” College and its administrators, the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, accepting the failure: “T at’s OK. past a “blaming the victim” mental- This excerpt speaks to a feeling following professional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. T e Orient is Maybe tomorrow.” ity and instead search for the struc- that many students of color will committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse discussion and de- bate on issues of interest to the College community. T ere is nothing wrong with tural foundations that reproduce in- be forced to grapple with, and one teachers empathizing with students justice. White students and students that I have not been able to recon- of color who are struggling, but this of color alike must understand that cile to this day. Inherently, in be- Garrett Casey, Editor in Chief Kate Witteman, Editor in Chief empathy should not translate into our current school system (and ev- coming a part of the educational Ron Cervantes, Managing Editor Sam Chase, Managing Editor lower expectations. Instead of de- ery other system) is structured for system, particularly higher educa- Nicole Wetsman, Managing Editor manding less from students of color, white students to succeed since it tion, students of color will lose a Matthew Gutschenritter, Managing Editor teachers should work to maintain is predicated on eugenic ideology, part of themselves. their standards while looking to de- which assumes the inferiority of I, like Esther, am eternally grate- Associate Editors velop creative educational solutions people of color. ful for the circumstances that have that will better serve these students. Culturally relevant pedagogy allowed me to take part in the privi- Natalie Kass-Kaufman Copy Editors News Editor Emma Peters Now, let’s talk about cultural is benef cial to both minority and lege that is Bowdoin. At the same Meg Robbins John Branch Leo Shaw Cameron de Wet competence. Cultural competence white students. It is fairly clear how time, in order to “make it,” I have let Caitlin Whalen Features Editor brings students’ cultures of origin this would be advantageous to mi- go, changed and sacrif ced many as- Julian Andrews Web Developer into the classroom so that they can nority students. However, white stu- pects of my identity in order to truly Business Managers Andrew Daniels Ali Considine explore their cultures, better under- dents can grasp a wider and more become part of a system I hope to A&E Editor Rachel Zheng stand their cultures, and gain a re- diverse understanding of the world dismantle. T is may be a feeling that Emily Weyrauch Web Editor Grace Handler spect for their roots. they live in, particularly the United will never truly go away. Photo Editors Sports Editor Current teaching and learning States, where the number of minori- In the meantime, teachers of all Kate Featherston Page Two Editor Jono Gruber Eliza Graumlich forces students of color to detach ties is rapidly increasing. races can begin to employ cultur- Olivia Atwood themselves from their cultural White students can gain a bet- ally relevant pedagogy in their Opinion Editor Illustrators identities, forcing a state of double- ter understanding of experiences classrooms so that students, like Joe Seibert Senior News Writer Anna Hall Joe Sherlock consciousness. T is rif ing of the and lifestyles that are dif erent than myself and Nunoo, have a chance Diana Furukawa Calendar Editor “self” can be an incredibly dif cult, their own, in addition to being ex- to succeed. T is chance is all that is Sarah Bonanno Multimedia Coordinator if not traumatizing, experience for posed to dif erent approaches to- needed for students to pave the way Editors-at-large Hy Khong Katie Miklus students of color who then must ward complex situations. And all for others to reclaim their education Elana Vlodaver maintain a part of their “cultural” teachers, regardless of their race, and change the foundation of an op- selves while at the same time hiding can engage in culturally relevant pressive system that could become T e material contained herein is the property of T e Bowdoin Orient and appears at the that aspect of their identities when pedagogy in their own way. capable of liberating masses of peo- sole discretion of the editors. T e editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in in the presence of whiteness. However, simply accepting who ple. So, let’s keep talking. regard to the above editorial, the opinions expressed in the Orient do not necessarily ref ect When students of color see students are without being upfront Michelle Kruk is a member of the the views of the editors. absolutely no representation of with them about what society ex- Class of 2016. friday, january 30, 2015 the bowdoin orient opinion 15 From Drake to feminism: unpacking America’s obsession with cultural authenticity

to their self or their not authentic in the sense that she is in an af uent suburb and acted on ence—that there is something ex- DOING background. T is is selling a persona that is not true to “Degrassi” as a teen? Does the song clusive to women that brings us all especially true in the her background or circumstances. carry less meaning because of his together. I’d like to think an entire IT WRONG music world. But can it still be an allowable form stable background? gender is more complicated than that. Hip-hop star of artistic expression? T e ways that people can get riled MAYA REYES Iggy Azalea has Hip-hop stars like Drake have up over the idea of a true identity are been heavily criti- also been confronted about their particularly interesting because they Those who attempt to Fraud, identity thef , false adver- cized for the voice authenticity. Can he really sing suggest we believe in an essential self. tising, being switched at birth—as she uses when she a song called “Started from We believe that people, on a certain bridge the gap, those who modern citizens who take pride in performs, as well as the Bottom” if he grew up level, are permanently af ected by try and adopt an experience our individuality and dignity, we her overall expres- their circumstances, and that outside of their own, must be have much to be afraid of. We do not sion. Although she these circumstances form like to be fooled, or at least we don’t is a white woman our true selves. So if you ultra-sensitive to the way like to know that we are being fooled. from Australia, she deny your roots, or try that certain people feel Authenticity is a priceless quality to sounds like she is to appropriate dif erent many. It is the essence of something, trying to imitate an ones, are you creating ownership of a culture. the root of it, the way we are able to African-American a self that is false? Are understand something. when she raps. Aus- you presenting a lie? T e fear of inauthenticity per- tralian comedian Are you trying to be- T ere is something to be said for vades contemporary culture—from Aamer Rahman (who come somebody that trying to grasp cultures and experi- the highest to the lowest segments visited Bowdoin last you never will? ences beyond your own. But those of it. Just last summer, billionaire Bill fall), has said on the Trans-exclu- who attempt to bridge the gap, those Koch settled a lawsuit against a wine subject: “A white rap- sionary feminists who try and adopt an experience retailer worth millions of dollars, for per like Iggy Azalea have of en made outside of their own, must be ultra- selling him counterfeit wines. acts out signifiers which the argument that sensitive to the way that certain peo- One of the shows MTV currently the white majority as- t r a n s - w o m e n ple feel ownership of a culture. Per- produces, “Catf sh,” ref ects this sociates with black cul- aren’t real wom- haps being authentic isn’t the most same hostility towards being duped. ture—hypersexuality, en because they important thing. Perhaps being com- “Catf sh” follows people who meet senseless materialism, didn’t grow up fortable with yourself and respectful romantic partners online, and ap- an obsession with as such. T ey of others is more fundamental. pear on the show to f nd out whether drugs, money weren’t treat- As a society, I think we should give these partners are actually who they and alcohol, as ed as women people leeway and creative license to say they are. well as adopt- growing up; reinvent themselves, especially if that With both Koch’s wine and Cat- ing clothing, they didn’t lets them further explore their iden- fish, the problem is akin to false speech and mu- have the ex- tities. It seems negative and authori- advertising; people are offended sic—as a costume perience of tarian to tell people how authentic because they have been sold some- that they can put on women. But they are. And as individuals, I think thing different from what they set and discard at will. It’s to make that we owe it to ourselves to be thought- out to buy. a cheap circus act.” argument is ful about adopting new elements of On a trickier level, many take issue Her performance is to say there expression and identity. Our origins with the idea of people presenting def nitely a form of appro- ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT is an essential and heritage will always be a part of themselves in a way that is not true priation, and it is certainly woman’s experi- us, even if we can fake an accent. New president represents Bowdoin’s values, and that doesn’t mean the liberal arts

BY CRAIG COMEN open up more computer science CONTRIBUTOR courses to ensure opportunity for careers in the lucrative high- T e announcement of the ap- tech industry. pointment of Clayton S. Rose as T ank goodness we pledge al- the next president of Bowdoin legiance to the common good, College has lef me disappointed. despite our inevitable withdrawal We enter and leave Bowdoin with into cushy careers within the up- the liberal arts drilled into us, per echelons of society. And thank steeped in the humanist tradition goodness that we appoint presi- of Longfellow and the common We might think that dents with Ph.D.s and with “pas- good. Ostensibly, our highest ac- our elite private in- sion and vision for the liberal arts,” ademic of cer must uphold these stitution with a despite their foremost experience values in order to promote them. 10-f gure endow- in corporate af airs. Our small col- How does a person embody the ment is immune lege is more of a corporatized trade liberal arts? Generally, the liberal to corporate school than we’re led to believe. arts are academic subjects that we pressures. While T e point isn’t to critique our- learn as ends in and of themselves we’re privileged, selves for wanting practical educa- rather than as means to other end. we’re hardly im- tion, or for planning a successful We think of literature or philoso- mune. Indeed, career, or even for appointing presi- phy as subjects we learn for learn- what’s discon- dents who appear to lack the liberal ing’s sake, and engineering or medi- certing is how arts spirit. What I’m worried about cine as subjects we learn to perform ful f nance career followed well we hide is how we obscure the eroded state a trade. by a faculty position at the our vulner- of our liberal arts values—the ones Yet the liberal arts have tried Harvard Business School ability. we profess to uphold—while imag- critiques: they don’t train students embodies the values of T h a n k ining that the next president em- for careers ef ciently, and they’re any liberal arts college. Ac- g o o d n e s s , bodies them. expensive. As a graduate student at cording to Trustee Jes Stal- for instance, How could we think that some- the University of Virginia, I experi- ey ’79, the search commit- we preserve one with expertise in f nance and enced these critiques f rst hand. In tee found Rose desirable a liberal arts corporate leadership would be an the summer of 2012 the rector (like due to “his remarkable re- curriculum, ef ective advocate for the Bowdoin our chair of the Board of Trustees) cord of success throughout despite the liberal arts faculty? How can we en- controversially ousted the university a varied career, his passion sure that appointing a success- president in a surreptitious manner. ful business executive to the T e rector, a shrewd business- College’s top administrative woman, and the president, a sociol- post is faithful to the learn- ogy professor, disagreed on to what for-learning’s-sake credo? extent the university should be run and vision for the liberal I thought I was disap- like a business. T e rector called for arts, and his ability to be pointed to hear about the department cuts in a few unpopular embraced by very dif- president-elect. In truth I was humanities departments, and the ferent communities.” disappointed to read the vacu- president was forced out because I hope that Staley’s ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ous claims that this individual will she opposed this action. observations prove uphold our values. While I have T e president was later reinstated, true, but I can’t find Rose’s pas- comprise the corporate elite; and fact that the two most popular conf dence that Rose will maintain hardly because the liberal arts had sions for the liberal arts or his ca- thereaf er he moved to one of our majors are government and le- Bowdoin’s privileged reputation and won, but because the rector’s cloak- pacities to bridge diverse groups in nation’s most prestigious business gal studies and economics, whose ensure its economic prosperity, I and-dagger approach invalidated his résumé. schools to teach the future corporate courses feed directly into careers have less conf dence that we know the af air. T e man f rst excelled in the cul- elite. T is description would seem in law, business and finance. Thank what our values actually are. It’s far from clear to me how ture of the corporate elite; then he to describe a man well versed in f - goodness we sustain a classics de- Craig Comen is a member of the someone who led a highly success- studied the sociology of those who nance and corporate management. partment, despite our petitions to Class of 2012. 16 the bowdoin orient friday, january 30, 2015 JANUARY/FEBRUARY

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EVENT Volunteer Fair The McKeen Center for the Common Good, student-led service groups and community service organizations will answer questions and recruit new members. Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 10:30 a.m.

COMMON HOUR "How We Learned to Live With Lies" Associate Professor of History Dallas Denery's lecture will trace attitudes toward lying from the medieval ages to the early modern era, showing how lies, once ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT GAME FACES: At the semiannual Student Activities Fair on Wednesday, sponsored by the Student Activities Of ce, Board Game Club members Bobby Choi '17 (right) considered unforgivable sins, became a foundation of and Tim Long '17 (left) are busy playing the board game Summoner Wars. Board Game Club meets every Saturday, noon to 3 p.m., in the Smith Union game room. social cohesion. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m. 9° T JERK CHICKEN, PIZZA 32° T VEGGIE PAELLA, MEATLOAF -12° 12° M FILM 2 M LASAGNA, VEGGIE & CHICKPEA STEW 4 COCONUT CURRY CHICKEN MONDAY WEDNESDAY "C'est Dur D'être Aimé Par Des Cons" In wake of the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie EVENT EVENT Hebdo earlier this month, the Bowdoin French Club, Yoga at the Resource Center for Sexual Evening Discussion with Jill Abramson La Famille Francophone, will host a screening of the and Gender Diversity The Department of Gender and Women's Studies will host French documentary, "It's Tough Being Loved by Jerks." former executive editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, The documentary chronicles a 2006 court case involving During the month of February, the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity will host an hour of yoga and tea every who was the f rst woman to serve as Washington bureau the magazine and will be shown in French with English chief, managing editor and executive editor of the Times. She subtitles. A discussion in English will follow the viewing. week to promote wellness, self care and community. 24 College Street. 4:15 p.m. is currently an English professor at Harvard University. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m. EVENT James Joyce's Birthday English Professor and Director of Gay and Lesbian Studies 18° T PIZZA, BACON CHEESEBURGERS Program Marilyn Reizbaum will host a celebration in honor 25° T CHICKEN TERIYAKI, LO MEIN 31 -1° M GARDEN BURGER, SPANIKOPITA -3° M ROASTED HAM, PASTA SALAD SATURDAYY of James Joyce's 133rd birthday. Join her in reading from 5 "Ulysses," which was purposefully published on Joyce's 40th THURSDAYY birthday, and "Dubliners." Refreshments will be served. FILM Room 208, Hubbard Hall. 7 p.m. LECTURE "The Babadook" "To Seek Out New Worlds: Science Fiction Frontier will screen director Jennifer Kent's new horror in a Global Perspective" movie, which follows a mother and son who are tormented Sherryl Vint, professor of science f ction media studies, will by a monster they read about in a pop-up storybook. Tickets discuss global science f ction and explain how tropes of the are sold for $6.00. genre change depending on local contexts. 12° T TOMATO SOUP, PEPPERJACK PANINI Frontier. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 3° M SWEET & SOUR TOFU, FETTUCCINE Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7 p.m. TUESDAY SPORTING EVENT FILM Women's Basketball Game EVENT "For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in The NESCAC-leading Polar Bears will play the Amherst Lord Speech About It Alaska" Jef , who are currently third in the conference. Assistant Professor of Theater Abbie Killeen will lead a The Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum will screen the award- Morrell Gymnasium. 3 p.m. public speaking workshop to help students gain the skills winning documentary that chronicles the f ght for Native necessary for successful interviews and presentations. Americans' civil rights in Alaska. Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 4:30 p.m. Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.

EVENT 13° T BUFFALO CHICKEN BURGER, CHILI LECTURE 1 -9° M PORK QUESADILLA, NACHO BAR "Looking Back to Look Forward: AIDS in "Rocks, Waves, and Skies: Maine SUNDAY the 21st Century" Landscapes, 1900-1950" Director of Health Services Birgit Pols will speak about Co-Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Frank RELIGIOUS EVENT her experiences as a doctor working with patients who Goodyear will of er a tour of the new exhibit, which features Chapel Service had AIDS. the works of Rockwell Kent and John Sloan, among others. The Chapel. 7 p.m. Lamarche Gallery, Smith Union. 6:30 p.m. Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.

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