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The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY JanuaryMarch 20, 16, 2013 2013 Vol. 142, Issue. 915 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Men’s lacrosse stifles 17th Why does Bates lack a computer Forging for delicious, local food ranked Wesleyan science program? in downtown Lewiston? Bobcats clinch the upset with Scott Long ’14 explains the Lydia O’Brien ’15 tantilizes foodies clutch keeping from Kazarian advantages of computer education with her review of Forage Market ’14 in a liberal arts setting on Lisbon Street See Page 3 See Page 7 See Page 12 Bates Police retools prescence academic not integrity unprece- policy dented GRACE PEZZELLA SAM LEARNER MANAGING NEWS EDITOR STAFF WRITER Bates is known for its “work hard Next fall, Bates students will return play hard” mentality and has also gar- to campus to a familiar world—same nered an unofficial reputation within old friends, professors, and activities. the NESCAC as a “drinking school” But one thing will be brand new— rather than a party school. For the most Bates’ academic misconduct policy. part, however, weekend parties remain The new policy, adopted on March 4 checked and controlled and while visits but set to take effect over the summer, Ben Kornfeld ’13 of Yale debates as Ben Smith ’13, Matt Summers ’15, and Taylor Blackburn ’15 look on. from Campus Security aren’t rare, they fixes a host of technical, pedagogical, PETER KRIEG ’15/THE BATES STUDENT only infrequently end in substantial and philosophical problems with the punishment. For the past few weeks, current policy. On the technical side, a though, the Security crime logs have major flaw in the current policy is that God wins: Yale triumphs in public debate read like an unfavorable laundry list, in- the citation guide included in the pla- cluding two separate nights when Small House alone had five infractions and giarism section is technically part of the in the country with Kornfeld. “We fill it [the earth] and we fill it KATIE SGARRO the rest of Frye Street did not fare much actual plagiarism legislation, which was Smith opened the debate. He set with hope,” finished Woldemariam. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR better. originally drafted—and has gone un- the tone for the debate. If words could Summers took the podium and News spreads quickly throughout changed—since 1987. In fact, Accord- th kill, both teams would have been dead rejected that notion that meaning can On Thursday, March 14 , mem- the student body, and many Batesies ing to Assistant Dean of Students Carl by the third speech. only come from a higher purpose. bers of the Bates community gathered were overheard wondering about an Steidel, the current student conduct and “Sloth being one of the three deadly Yale interrupted, stating it was bet- in the Gomes Chapel to witness Bates’ increased security presence and why, safety booklet students receive contain- sins, I really hope the opposition doesn’t ter to have meaning and an afterlife. Brooks Quimby Debate Council take suddenly, it seems as if Lewiston police ing information about plagiarism and a believe in God tonight,” began Smith, Summers countered that a world in on the Yale Debate Association (YDA). officers are showing up at parties with guide for citations is the verbatim piece president of the Bates debate team, in a which you must ask forgiveness because The motion added another level of con- more frequency than this year has seen. of legislation drafted and passed over reference to YDA’s late arrival. you are starving is an unjust world. He troversy and intellectual challenge to In the past, there was the Maine twenty-five years ago. But as coordina- Smith’s speech laid out the frame- argued that this cannot be the plan of the competition. The motion was: This Liquor Enforcement Unit that dealt tor of the Peer Writing Project Joanne work of Bates’ argument. Smith stated God. house would prefer a world in which with liquor law infringements all over Cole noted, “you can’t have [citation that God has let millions suffer – in the Kornfeld opened his speech with God does not exist. Bates defended the the state, with a special emphasis on guides] locked down in a document,” Holocaust, world wars, etc. Worse still, the assertion that the world is better motion and Yale opposed. Yale had God underage drinking. About ten years because citation criteria change so of- millions have cried out for God’s for- when those who show good character on its side. ago, former Governor John Boldacci ten. She added that it is much wiser to giveness. are rewarded in an afterlife. Without The debate consisted of four speech- decided to dissolve this unit and put its “put the policy in one place and leave “How could an all good God turn a God, Kornfeld stated, we can’t know es, a break for audience participation, funding instead towards county health the details of appropriate citation in an- deaf ear?” asked Smith. what is wrong. Colonel argued that and rebuttal speeches. Each speech ran consortiums, projects like Healthy An- other” so that the Bates citation guide Woldemariam took the podium. those who are punished are punished for six minutes. Ben Smith ’13, Matt droscoggin. Most police chiefs were can change with the major style guides Immediately his voice started climb- for a reason. Summers ’15, and Taylor Blackburn ’15 not in favor of the dissolution, which without having to amend the plagiarism ing and his words rushed out as if a “This is where we win this debate. represented Bates. requires city police departments to now policy itself each time. floodgate had just been broken – yet Given that people are starving: Wouldn’t They were faced with a superstar apply for grants that cover the overtime Faculty and staff also wanted to throughout his entire speech, Wolde- you rather those people starving, starve opponent in the world of college de- required of officers to patrol weekends change the current plagiarism policy’s mariam never faltered. Woldemariam for some reason and be rewarded in the bate. According to its website, the YDA and nights. However, alcoholism is one “guilty until proven innocent” presump- argued that some sense of purpose is vi- afterlife than for no purpose?” chal- is currently the top ranked collegiate of Maine’s leading issues, and therefore tion. Whereas the current policy views tal to the psyche and without God, we lenged Kornfeld. debate team in the world. The first of necessary to address. the “absence of any obvious attempt on have no such purpose. An invitation was extended to Yale’s three speakers, Sesenu Woldemar- The primary focus of these grants the student’s part to acknowledge the Blackburn stood up and challenged the audience to lend their thoughts to iam ’14, was the top-ranked freshman is underage drinking in high school, original source…as prima facie evidence Woldemariam’s claim. Woldemariam the debate. The chapel was silent. It is debater in the country two years ago. not necessarily college. But in order to of such an intent to deceive,” the new then condescendingly undercut Bates’ hardly surprising that no one was bold Yale’s second speaker, Ben Kornfeld ’13, keep receiving the money, officers are policy will not immediately presume argument. enough to follow any of these world- is first team in year standings and the required to perform well, meaning that guilt, according to professor of Anthro- “All [Bates] gives you, as Taylor elo- class debaters. Finally a questioned was 2012 Harvard Tournament champion summons, write-ups, and arrests play pology and a member of the Academic quently puts it, is a random universe,” offered, and it was decided it would be along with being a semifinalist at the into the cycle of funding. As a conse- Integrity Working Group, Elizabeth quipped Woldemariam. incorporated into the rebuttals. 2011 World Universities Debate Cham- quence, officers who have broken up Eames. Instead, it will more carefully Yale’s argument was contingent on Blackburn took the podium. She pionships. Yale’s third speaker, Robert high school parties are likely to buzz the consider the context of the incident, th this sense of purpose. They asserted that opened calling Yale “marvelous friends” Colonel ’13, was the 4 varsity speaker fringes of campus looking for violations. examining the actual alleged piece of at the 2012 Harvard Tournament and Bates’ argument leaves us with an empty and “wonderful opponents”. However, the second half of the best debate duo world. See POLICY, PAGE 6 See DEBATE, PAGE 6 See POLICE, PAGE 5 The search for tomorrow on every shore: Robert S. Neuman’s Ship to Paradise they see is all but a dream. The ship, like any passengers or additional persons ERIN MONTANEZ the RMS Titanic, is unprepared and ill- are nowhere to be seen. The space it- STAFF WRITER equipped for the journey ahead in the self is shaped much like the hull of a same manner that man is never ready ship, curving at one end and extending The RMS Titanic, rumored to be for the fate that unfolds before him. straight back, with little occupying the the ship of dreams, a passage that would Neuman’s use of mixed media yields center of the space except for Neuman’s alter the course of two thousand souls, works that are two-dimensional, flat, preliminary drawings, which exemplify indeed did, as it was fated to be the and lacking substance or true existence. the artist’s sense of draftsmanship, plan- ship of nightmares on April 15, 1912. His form equals his function; by illus- ning for life’s journey as all men do.