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 14 FEBRUARY 6, 2015 TALKING ABOUT TALKING College creates Leap of Faith housing for upperclassmen BY RACHAEL ALLEN ORIENT STAFF

T e College is launching a new housing opportunity for upperclass- men called Leap of Faith that imitates the f rst year housing experience. Start- ing this spring, the Of ce of Residential Life will pair students who opt into the program with roommates who share similar interests and habits using a questionnaire comparable to the one distributed to f rst years before they ar- rive at Bowdoin. “[You’re] leaving your housing as- signment in the hands of the ResLife of ce, which is where it was when you applied and arrived here as a f rst year,” KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT said Associate Director of Housing Op- Esther Nunoo ‘17 recites a slam poem she wrote, entitled “Talking About Talking”, at the Black History Month Art Show in David Saul Smith Union on Tuesday evening. The event kicked off a month of programming put on by the African erations Lisa Rendall. “[T is housing American Society ans the Student Activities Offi ce for Black History Month. For more inofrmation, please see the article on page 8. option is] being willing to take that leap of faith, as we call it, to try something new with your housing.” Dean of Student Af airs Tim Foster From ‘Uncle Bowdoin to host fi rst ever CBB Hackathon said he has been interested in devel- oping a program like this ever since BY MARINA AFFO signed up to participate, 40 of whom are also work independently to develop he f rst heard a group of upperclass- Tom’ to ‘Serial’: ORIENT STAFF Bowdoin students. their ideas. men students say their core group of “Hackathons are about getting these Students will have 36 hours to design friends are the people they met dur- Bowdoin will host the f rst ever Col- people together and hoping something a product, help bring a product design ing their f rst six months of college. by-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) Hackathon, cool comes of it,” said ITAC President to life or market a product. T e prod- “I sort of test drove the idea with Jill Abramson which will run today through Sunday. Ruben Martinez ’15. uct does not have to be technologically groups of f rst years and sophomores T e event, put on by the Bowdoin’s In- T e event will take place in David based, it must simply be an idea that is that I’ve been having lunch with,” formation Technology Advisory Coun- Saul Smith Union, beginning at 9 p.m. brought to life within the time limit. At said Foster. “You think of your three on journalism cil (ITAC), aims to bring student entre- tonight and lasting 36 hours. Students the end of the Hackathon, seven win- closest friends…inevitability the re- preneurs together so they can develop who wish to participate may either ar- ners across dif erent categories will be sponse almost always includes peo- BY HARRY DIPRINZIO their ideas. So far, 70 students from over rive with a team or be matched with a selected by a panel of judges. Categories ple from my f rst year f oor or even ORIENT STAFF 10 institutions across the east coast have group of people at the event. T ey may Please see HACKATHON, page 4 Please see HOUSING, page 4 Jill Abramson, former executive editor of T e New York Times, de- livered a talk on Wednesday night that ran the gamut from discus- John Fish ’82 works to bring 2024 Olympics to Boston sions of journalism’s transition to a digital landscape to commentary BY GARRETT CASEY is itself productive. He realized on her role as a female executive. ORIENT STAFF the sifnificance of such a debate Abramson’s lecture also touched on wjen the idea of a Boston Olympic gender and racial diversity in the The United States Olympic Games was first brought to him a newsroom and her recent ouster Committee (USOC) selected Bos- few years ago. from T e Times, where she served ton to compete globally to host the “At that point in time I was as the f rst female executive editor. 2024 Olympic Games on January thinking was this real or not real, Abramson opened the lecture by 8, accepting a proposal put for- and the more I got into it the more detailing her concerns about the ward by dozens of local business- I realized that there was a lot of state of the freedom of the press in men and politicians. John Fish ’82, opportunity, even just at the con- the United States. Abramson ref- chairman and CEO of Suffolk Con- versation level—whether or not erenced the recent increase in the struction, is chair of Boston 2024, we were going to host the Olym- prosecution of whistleblowers for the group working to bring the pics,” he said. “Having the con- criminal leaks of classif ed informa- Olympics to Boston. versation about the potential, it tion. T e Obama administration has T e announcement has provoked created a lot of the opportunity to COURTESY OF BOSTON 2024 EXECUTIVE BID COMMITTEE prosecuted more people under the a great deal of debate. Although the think about where we want to be BOSTON 2024: John Fish ‘82 chairs Boston 2024, the group working to bring the Olympics to Boston. Espionage Act than all other admin- bid has the backing of dozens of in, say, 2030.” istrations combined. powerful political leaders, including Hosting the Olympics would re- Above is an artist’s rendering of the planned Olympic Boulevard. Abramson took a stance of soli- Mayor Marty Walsh and Governor quire major upgrades to Boston’s darity with recent government whis- Charlie Baker, a group called No transportation infrastructure and to connect the harbor, the South Rail all the way down to Fall River tleblowers, supporting their ef orts Boston Olympics has begun orga- the development of a multi-billion End and South Boston. Fish said and beyond?” he said. “You think to uphold democratic ideals. nizing against the proposal, and the dollar Olympic Village. Several he is glad that all of these ideas are about those conversations—that has While Abramson acknowledged community is weary of using public op-ed writers, recently published part of the Olympic conversation. noting to do with the Olympics. But the illegality of certain types of re- funds to f nance the Olympics. in The Boston Globe, are excited “How do we think about upgrad- what it all has to do with is where we porting, she referenced prior suc- In a phone call with the Ori- about these possible upgrades, ing the rail system to Worcester? want to be in the future.” cesses of risky investigative jour- ent, Fish said that debate over the dreaming of a transit ring around How do we think about high-speed Fish has recused his construction future of the region, and how the the edges of the city or the potential rail to Springf eld? How do we think Please see ABRAMSON, page 3 Olympics might fit into that future, of the proposed Olympic Boulevard about expediting the South Coast Please see OLYMPICS, page 3

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: GOOD IDEAS FEATURES: MIND THE GAP SPORTS: CADY TAKES THE HELM OPINION: Harry DiPrinzio ‘18 on spending time working in restaurants EDITORIAL: Addressing comments. A group of students performed Yesterday the College named Erin Cady in New York and Paris during his gap year. staged readings of six short named the volleyball team’s fourth coach in Page 14. plays written in response to the the program’s 29-year history . death of Trayvon Martin. KICKING THE CAN: David Steury ’15 on the anti-vaccination movement. Page 8. Page 6. Page 10. Page 14. 2 news the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015 WHERE DOES ALL THE SNOW GO, ANYWAY? T e shrill beeping of pickup trucks backing up has been heard frequently across campus in the past week. Since Winter Storm Juno struck Bruns- wick last Tuesday, plows and front- end loaders have been busy trucking away heaps of snow from Bowdoin grounds. According to Associate Di- rector of Grounds and Landscape Planning Phil Labbe, over 3,410 cu- bic yards of snow have been removed from campus so far—and that’s only a third of what the College plans to remove. T e snow removed thus far is enough to cover the entire f oorspace of Druckenmiller Hall with 14.27 inches of snow, or the surface area of the Watson Arena with 15.05 inches of snow. Tractors are of en seen dumping snow into pickup trucks by Hyde Hall, but rarely—if ever—do students ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT see where the mini-mountains are MAN-MADE MOUNTAINS: Recent storms have left campus buried by feet of snow, and groundskeepers have worked tirelessly to clear paths. The excess snow is taken behind the men’s soccer fi eld to melt. eventually taken. T e answer is less mystical than expected. “We have a location that’s just past ANNUAL HARD ALCOHOL-RELATED TRANSPORTS AT BOWDOIN the men’s soccer f eld that’s called the sod farm,” said Labbe. “T at’s where it gets trucked to.” And that is where the snow will stay until the last clumps melt in the early summer months. “I think last year it was almost the end of June when it melted [com- pletely],” said Labbe. “Of course, it doesn’t look like snow at that time— there’s a lot of dirt in it—and sand.”

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BY THE NUMBERS If Facilities Management were not constantly clearing the mas- sive piles of snow out of stu- dents‘ ways, the entire campus would be six feet under by now. Here are some snowy statistics. 3 plows and four other pieces of equipment, such as tractors GRAPHIC BY GRACE HANDLER, HY KHONG AND ANNA HALL and smaller plows, used dur- ing campus snow removal STUDENT SPEAK 114040 What are your tips for avoiding the fl u? miles of public roads main- tained by Brunswick Public Works in the winter months 1188 people on the snow removal crew at Bowdoin

Duncan Finigan ’18 Maggie Seymour ’16 Jared Littlejohn ’15 Shannon Knight ’18 8 “Drink a lot of water. Two, I would say, “We Clorox all of our door handles “I hug a lot of people, which builds up “Don’t touch the infected.” hours approximately for the two gallons, a day.” and light switches. I’m not even my immune system. It allows me to snow removal crew to clean up kidding.” better withstand colds and viruses.” campus after a snow storm COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient news 3

media to cover it like a news story.” ABRAMSON T e focus of the talk then shif ed Dartmouth bans hard alcohol from campus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to her role as a female executive in a question-and-answer session with BY CAMERON DE WET Rascof expressed his concerns that people,” said Quenzer. nalism such as Daniel Ellsberg’s leak Tallman Scholar in Gender and Wom- ORIENT STAFF the ban could make drinking more Head proctor of Osher Hall Will of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. en’s Studies Susan Faludi, and William dangerous on campus. Danforth ’16 said that the policy is “He did it because he saw in those R. Kenan Jr. Professor of the Humani- Dartmouth College President Phil “It will increase the incidence of not ef ective at preventing f rst years documents that the government had ties in Gender and Women’s Studies Hanlon announced a campus-wide surreptitious binge drinking and in- from drinking in residence halls. told massive lies about how well the Jennifer Scanlon. ban of hard alcohol in a January 29 crease the risk of binge drinking of However, Danforth pointed out that Vietnam War was progressing,” she “I was extremely conscious that the speech. T e ban is set to take ef ect campus, which will lead to drunk the hard alcohol ban is “a piece of a said. “He felt that it was vitally impor- only reason I was executive editor was af er March 30, when the school’s driving,” said Rascof . bigger puzzle in terms of other stuf tant for the public to know the truth. because of all the f ghting and hard work spring term begins. “Ultimately, I think many mem- that [the Of ce of Residential Life] In almost all of these eight leak cases, of so many women on whose shoulders As one of the few peer institutions bers of the Greek community were and Peer Health does with regards that same belief is what motivated the I stood,” Abramson said, referenc- in the country with a similar ban on pleased with the thought and care to helping people be more respectful source who leaked the material.” ing, among others, Betsy Wade, the hard alcohol, the announcement from that went into President Hanlon’s ad- about drinking in the dorms.” Abramson also spoke extensively f rst female copy editor for T e Times, Hanlon has particular relevance to dress,” wrote Dartmouth senior Chet Both Danforth and Eben Kopp about the changing role of qual- who f led a sex-discrimination lawsuit the Bowdoin community. Bowdoin Brown in an email to the Orient. ’17, a member of the Alcohol ity journalism in the modern media against the paper in the 1970s. banned hard alcohol in 1996 when Team—a campus group that works landscape. As executive editor of T e Abramson explained how she it was trying to create a safer campus to educate students about the harm- Times, she made the paper’s digital took deliberate steps to promote drinking culture af er years of alcohol- “We remain hopeful that ful effects of alcohol—cited the strategy a primary focus, organizing qualif ed women to positions of related incidents at its fraternities. College House system as something the newsroom to emphasize digital power at the paper. In recent years, Dartmouth has a reduction in hard alcohol on that limits dangerous drinking. content production and rethinking “I did not make it a secret at the been wracked by controversies in- campus will ultimately lead to fewer “I def nitely think that the College the publishing process to increase on- Times that I did not intend to make volving binge drinking. T e decision hospital transports and an overall Houses help limit dangerous drink- line engagement. it worse than it had been across the is one part of a new social doctrine for ing,” said Kopp. In her speech, Abramson presented board and I would make an emphasis Dartmouth that largely stems from a decrease in harmful Specif cally, Kopp noted that, for a positive attitude about the role of on promoting qualif ed women.” panel on campus life that Hanlon ini- behaviors.” f rst years, College Houses can act as long-form journalism in a digital land- T e issue of negotiating pay inequity tiated nine months ago. safer alternatives to pregames that of- scape, citing readers’ enduring appetite has come up amid speculation about Dartmouth now joins Bowdoin, CHET BROWN ten feature the consumption of hard for quality writ- her f ring last May. Bates, Colby and several other colleges DARTMOUTH STUDENT alcohol. Of cially, College Houses ing and the pow- Many have noted that who have such a ban. T e def nition only of er pre-registered beer or wine er of platforms “If you were going to ask Abramson called at- of hard alcohol can dif er between that is checked by the Of ce of Safety like Facebook tention to inequities schools, however. For example, Col- and Security. and Twitter to me who is the most infl uential between her compen- by’s ban on hard alcohol only applies He added that the hard alcohol Bowdoin does have signif cantly deliver content person in journalism right now, I’d sation and that of the to drinks with over 40 percent alco- ban will be challenging to implement, lower numbers of alcohol-related to more people have a hard time saying whether it’s previous executive hol by volume, while Dartmouth will but said, “We remain hopeful that a transports than other NESCAC than ever before. editor shortly before def ne hard alcohol as any drink with reduction in hard alcohol on campus schools. During the 2013-2014 aca- “If you were the executive editor of The New York she was f red. over 15 percent alcohol by volume. will ultimately lead to fewer hospital demic year Bowdoin ranked low- going to ask me Times or the engineer that does “Somehow, it Other colleges, including Swarth- transports and an overall decrease in est in the number of alcohol-related who is the most comes up as an an- more, Colgate and Stanford Univer- harmful behaviors.” transports out of NESCAC schools inf uential per- the algorithm for Facebook’s gry thing as opposed sity, have instead banned hard alcohol In the same New York Times arti- with 15 incidents. T e numbers son in journal- news feed.” to just a business-like in certain spaces and at certain events. cle that Rascof was quoted in, Brown ranged from 15 to 95. ism right now, thing—a transaction Over half of the student body at stressed that an alternative to the hard In an email to the Orient, Dean of I’d have a hard JILL ABRAMSON like any other,” she Dartmouth is involved in Greek life, alcohol ban may well be the abolition Student Af airs Tim Foster said that time saying FORMER EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF said. “For some rea- and Hanlon has said that he does not of the Greek system at Dartmouth—a a variety of factors may contribute to whether it’s the THE NEW YORK TIMES son I think, women plan to abolish fraternities and soror- possibility which may make students Bowdoin’s consistently low transport executive editor typically, just do that ities. However, in an interview with more willing to adhere to the ban. numbers, including the individual of T e New York due diligence at the T e Dartmouth, he did say that the Not all Greek organizations at responsibility of Bowdoin students Times or the engineer that does the front end less frequently than men.” Greek system “must and will be held Dartmouth were willing to speak on and students’ willingness to step in algorithm for Facebook’s news feed,” Students generally responded posi- to much higher standards and a far the subject. and help their peers in potentially Abramson said. “T e Times, in many tively to Abramson’s lecture. With re- greater level of accountability.” Although current Bowdoin stu- dangerous situations. ways, is dependent on that engineer to gards to women’s issues, June Lei ’18 Reactions to the hard alcohol ban dents do not have f rst-hand expe- With regards to the hard alcohol have that news picked up and ampli- suggested that her achievements and from Dartmouth students have been rience of what it was like before the ban in particular, Foster noted that f ed and brought to you.” her personality were more inspiring mixed. Many students do not appre- College’s ban on hard alcohol, stu- since hard alcohol is not used at Social media has become an impor- that the content of the talk. ciate the limitations that the ban will dents nonetheless have varying views registered events, mixed drinks like tant distribution channel for journal- “She obviously has thought a lot impose on the social scene. Other on its ef ectiveness. jungle juice do not feature promi- ism, but the current of important in- about what it’s like to be a woman in a students have expressed doubt that Ellie Quenzer ’17 acknowledged that nently in the social scene. Foster formation also f ows the opposite way. place where women are not really wel- the ban will actually be ef ective at the consumption of hard alcohol is still speculated that these sorts of mys- Abramson explained how the f rst come,” Lei said. “She’s of en described cutting down on binge drinking and prevalent at Bowdoin, but she did say tery mixed drinks can result in more coverage of the events in Ferguson as a little intense and she’s aware of that. fostering safe and responsible drink- that the ban does make a lot of people transports at other schools because this summer came from Twitter users, Sometimes if you’re a woman you try ing on campus. think twice about drinking hard alco- they can make it hard for students not traditional publications. to do everything. You try to be perfect In an article in T e New York hol, as opposed to beer or wine. to know what or how much they are “T ere was a lot of criticism in and polite and also strong and pow- Times, Dartmouth senior Jake “I think that it does deter a lot of actually drinking. the early days of the Ferguson story erful, but it doesn’t really work. She that the mainstream media was slow doesn’t really give a fuck and I like that.” to get on it,” she said. “But really it T e talk was held in Pickard T e- the 2002 Winter Games positively the People’s Vote Olympics Com- was a Twitter story. It was people ater and sponsored by the Gender and OLYMPICS transformed Salt Lake City. How- mittee to promote a 2016 state- who saw the images of a dead body Women’s Studies Department and the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ever, he said he is happy to hear dis- wide ballot question about fund- laying in the street that forced the Charles Weston Pickard Lecture Fund. senting opinions. ing the Games, and other groups company from bidding on Olym- “Listening to their opinions and are considering putting questions pics-related projects. their ideas and their concerns is what on this fall’s municipal ballots in “I don’t want people thinking the democratic process is all about,” Boston and Cambridge. Boston that my pursuit of these Games has Fish said. “T at is the opportunity for City Councilor Josh Zakim pro- anything to do with any monetary us to learn, to listen, to respond.” posed this week four non-binding improvements at my company or Olympics-related ballot questions an improvement for me person- for his city’s ballot. ally,” he said. “I’m so proud to be a Fish did not say directly whether No Boston Olympics argues that Polar Bear and nothing would or not he supports a referendum. the public and private investment He said instead that Boston 2024 required for hosting the Games make me more excited and proud needs to continue telling its story would be better spent in areas like than to watch Joan [Benoit-Samu- and supporting it with facts. education or health care. It also If Boston wins the International cautions that Massachusetts’ tax- elson] carry the Olympic torch Olympic Committee’s approval, there payers would be on the hook for into the Olympic Stadium.” will be another set of questions to an- any costs that exceed the budget. swer. One of them is who would light There are already question marks JOHN FISH ‘82 the torch at the opening ceremony, in the initial budget, which in- CHAIR OF BOSTON 2024 and almost a decade in advance, cludes $3.4 billion of funds that names are already swirling. Among will come from unspecified “pub- them are Joan Benoit-Samuelson lic/private partnerships.” ’79, who won gold in the f rst ever “Unfortunately the connota- Not everyone agrees that Bos- women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. tion with the Olympics is finan- ton 2024’s process has been dem- Benoit-Samuelson already has the cial risk—high financial risk—and ocratic, however. Joan Vennochi support of one important individual. I think that comes as a backdrop expressed concern in her January “That’s the person I vote for,” of Sochi and Montreal and other 22 Globe column that Fish could Fish said. “I’m so proud to be a Po- Olympic Games,” said Fish about set Massachusetts’ agenda for the lar Bear and nothing would make citizens’ budget concerns. next decade or more without hav- me more excited and proud than Fish noted that the last four ing ever won elected office. to watch Joan [Benoit-Samuelson] Olympic Games hosted on U.S. soil Former gubernatorial candidate carry the Olympic torch into the were cash flow positive, and that Evan Falchuk recently registered Olympic Stadium.” 4 news the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015 Bowdoin fl u Birgit Pols refl ects on AIDS as memorial quilt travels to Smith Union BY MATT SHEN outbreak ORIENT STAFF On Tuesday night at the Lamarche mostly affects Gallery in David Saul Smith Union, Director of Health Services Dr. Birgit Pols shared her personal experiences unvaccinated treating AIDS at work and parenting a child with AIDS. Pols’ talk introduced BY NICOLE WETSMAN the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit, ORIENT STAFF which will be on display at the gallery until February 9. A national look at this year’s f u Pols began by talking about being season would mark it as particularly a medical student in an age when severe, and the outbreak on the Bow- AIDS was not yet a major problem. doin campus has been no exception. In fact, AIDS was so rare in the late However, while the national narra- 80s that it was not even discussed in tive has pointed to the lack of ef cacy medical school. in the f u vaccine as a factor in the “When I was a senior in college, the severity of this year’s f u season, Di- [Center for Disease Control] reported rector of Health Services Birgit Pols on AIDS for the f rst time,” said Pols. said that the Bowdoin Health Center “I started medical school the next year, HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT has not seen f u in those who have and not once through my entire medi- PATCHWORK: Dr. Birgit Pols, director of Health Services, speaks about her experiences as both a professional treating AIDS and a parent of a child with AIDS at an received the vaccine. cal school career was AIDS mentioned event at Lamarche Gallery on Tuesday evening. The AIDS Memorial Quilt—a nationally travelling quilt that commemorates the lives of HIV/AIDS victims—will be on display Pols said that she has only spoken in the classroom.” in the gallery until February 9. to one student sick with the f u who Disappointed by this hole in the also received the vaccine, and that curriculum, Pols and a few of her class- “Caring for [Greg] changed not only surprised not to receive a single job of- Cleve Jones—tells the story of an HIV/ all others were students who had not mates gathered every Friday to learn my career goals, but my life,” said Pols. fer,” she said. AIDS victim and his or her family, been vaccinated. more about AIDS by talking to those “I became identif ed as ‘the’ doctor for Pols also discussed her experience friends and loved ones. Pols does not have exact numbers in the community diagnosed with the taking care of people with AIDS who caring for an AIDS-stricken child, Knowledge of the quilt spread for either cases of the f u or vaccina- condition. A signif cant number of couldn’t af ord private healthcare.” Cory, whom she and her partner across the country resulting in a huge tions at Bowdoin at the moment, as those sick were members of the LGB- While working in this capacity, Pols adopted when no one else stepped public response. Since its conception both f u season and the vaccination TIQ community. also served as Volunteer Director and forward. Despite constant care and in 1985, the quilt has increased to over process are ongoing. Pols also recounted her relation- Board Member of the Palmetto AIDS frequent hospital visits, he died of 48,000 three inch by six inch panels “Flu incidence, I imagine, is going ship with Greg, an AIDS patient who Life Support Services (PALSS) and the AIDS-related complications. and raised over $3 million for insti- to parallel f u incidence in the com- she met while fulf lling her residency Medical University of South Carolina’s Pols wrapped up the talk by press- tutions working to halt the spread of munity,” she said. “T is season, what in South Carolina. Greg was openly State Policy Committee. ing the need for constant ef orts against HIV/AIDS. we’re seeing in Maine is more peaks gay and as a result suf ered from bias T e fear and discrimination aimed HIV/AIDS. T e number of those in- “T ere are stories like the ones and valleys, and I suspect that’s what throughout the duration of his treat- towards AIDS and the LGBTIQ com- fected has remained largely stable since I’ve shared about Greg and Cory be- we’re going to be seeing on campus.” ment at the conservative facility. munity, resulted in a certain amount the 1990s, and even advances in medi- hind every one of the 24 quilt panels T e f u virus is spread through the “Homophobia prevailed [at the hos- of discrimination against Pols and her cal technology have done little to help. here, of the more than 48,000 panels air, and tends to crop up when cold pital], and gay AIDS patients seemed mission, which of en made it dif cult Bowdoin will showcase a part of the that did not make their way here, and weather keeps people inside and in to provide permission for bigotry,” to f nd employment. narrative AIDS Memorial Quilt in the of the more than 39 million people close quarters. said Pols. “When I f nished residency train- Lamarche Gallery on the second f oor around the world who have died of Pols said that she encourages stu- When Greg died some time later, ing, I was one of the most decorated of Smith Union until February 9. Each AIDS,” said Pols. “But no matter how dents with flu symptoms to remain Pols reshaped her professional and life residents to have ever graduated from panel of the expansive quilt—a part of tired or overworked we are, we can al- in their rooms, as the flu could in- goals to focus wholly on working with the program, but while my colleagues the NAMES Project foundation con- ways do something, even if that’s only crease their chances of catching HIV/AIDS patients. had no trouble f nding jobs, I was truly ceived and established by gay activist to be open.” other illnesses that may be going around campus. Although the Health Center has Faith could provide another way for a comparable program. Hamilton is “If I wasn’t doing ResLife, I’d prob- only seen one student who has the HOUSING sophomores to live in a community interested in developing one. Am- ably do this Leap of Faith housing be- f u and also had the vaccine, Pols said CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 with a new set of people. herst and Wesleyan have ways (lists cause the roommate pairing worked that students with the vaccine may “I think a lot of sophomores who of names, Facebook pages, mingling out really well this year,” Hannah Ber- still be getting some degree of f u. my roommates.” apply for College Houses aren’t really events) in which students searching man ’18 said. “It may be that the people who got Rendall said that ResLife hopes for sure what to do when they don’t get in,” for roommates can connect with each The program hopes it can cre- the vaccine are getting ill but not as about 40 to 50 participants. In addition Rendall said. “T is might be an inter- other; however, they provide no ques- ate the same depth of friendship sick, or have crossover protection to the potential reward of newfound esting option for them, so I’m hoping tionnaire and do not attempt to draw that comes from so many first-year from previous vaccines,” she said. friendships, students who register for they will think about this as an option students together out of shared con- housing placements. According to the Center for Dis- the program have another incentive: and apply for it simultaneously.” nection rather than necessity. “You’re trusting in the fact that Bow- ease Control (CDC), this year’s f u housing choices include Coles Tower, Rendall said that juniors whose Pearson said he hopes the program doin has admitted...this extraordinary vaccine only reduced one’s chances Stowe Hall, Howard Hall, Chamberlain friends are abroad may f nd this pro- is not seen as one for students without group of human beings to this campus. of having to go to the doctor from f u Hall, Brunswick Apartments, Mayf ow- gram a good option. other options. And how can you really go wrong?” by 23 percent. By comparison, suc- er Apartments, 52 Harpswell Road and “[If] all your friends are studying “My biggest fear is that people will see Foster said. cessful vaccines generally reduce this the f f h f oor of Osher Hall. abroad in the fall, but you’re going to be it as ‘Land of Misf t Toys,’ instead of see- Pearson echoed Foster’s sentiment chance by 50 to 60 percent. Students may indicate a preference here because you couldn’t sync up your ing it as an opportunity to really reach of admiration for students at Bowdoin. T e f u vaccine usually protects for the f f h f oor of Osher option or abroad options, why not try Leap of into those ideals of Bowdoin,” he said. “College is about taking a leap of against two to three of the strains of the apartments, suites or rooms op- Faith housing and live with some new Pearson also emphasized the way faith,” Pearson said. “Now it’s how you the f u virus that the World Health tion, depending on whether they want people for a semester?” Rendall said. this program is meant to expand one’s can capitalize on [your decision] to Organization estimates will be most a f oor of new people similar to the f rst Bowdoin Student Government friend group—connections that every make some new, fun connections.” widespread in each particular year. year experience. Vice President for Student Af airs Jus- Bowdoin student could use. T e success of this program, ac- “The problem is, sure you chose While the Leap of Faith program tin Pearson ’17 had similarly positive “It’s going to take really strong people cording to Foster, ultimately does the ones that were the most preva- will take the place of the housing lot- thoughts on the new option. to say, ‘I think I have a strong enough not depend on the number of people lent,” said Associate Professor of tery for students who choose that op- “It’s recommitting to the idea of al- foundation at the College with my who participate. Biology and Biochemistry Anne tion, participants may still apply to lowing yourself to be a little vulnerable, friend group that I’m willing to step out “It’s not going to depend whether McBride. “But life’s random, and College Houses. If they are accepted then capitalizing on that opportunity,” on faith…and try this,”’ Pearson said. there’s eight or 80 people,” Foster said. you can never know if it’s the best to a house, their Leap of Faith registra- Pearson said. “It’s really exciting be- Many students said ResLife did a “If we get a good response and it’s a prediction that they have... it’s like tion will be withdrawn. Since College cause you won’t get to do this again.” good job pairing them with their f rst positive experience, I don’t see why we weather prediction.” House spots are competitive, Leap of No other NESCAC schools of er year roommates. wouldn’t keep doing it.”

Science and Fellow in Digital and Com- will each receive a $70 gif card to L.L. “It’s exceptionally important for stu- “We’re moving towards a world of HACKATHON putational Studies Mohammad Irfan, Bean, and third place winners will each dents to realize how important their entrepreneurs,” said Iyer. “Entrepreneurs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 founder and former CEO of Liquid receive a $20 gif card to L.L. Bean. place is in this conversation,” she added. can af ect so much change so if we want Wireless (a Maine-based marketing Davis was among the group of stu- T roughout the event, students will to be change agents, then we have to learn include “Hardware Hacks”—ideas that company) Jason Cianchette, and oth- dents and faculty who brought the get guidance from other entrepreneurs, how to become amazing entrepreneurs.” include the physical building of a prod- ers from various technology companies Hackathon to life this year. founders of startup companies and rep- T is weekend, Iyer will be working to uct—and “Female Founders”—ideas and the College. New Media and Data Vizualization resentatives from tech companies. In develop a product she will call “Badass created by women. Chief Information Of cer Mitch Da- Specialist Jen Jack Gieseking, also a addition to providing guidance, various Bread Boys,” because, according to Iyer, Other schools that will participate vis said the judges will be looking for member of that group, said she hopes entrepreneurs will give speeches about “the next big wave in social entrepre- include Cornell University, Boston Uni- “the one idea that they haven’t heard be- the Hackathon will prompt wider cam- their entrepreneurial journeys. neurship is food.” versity, Williams College, Purdue Uni- fore that is really well put together.” pus discussion. Cianchette will be the keynote speak- Iyer said she is also looking forward versity, University at Albany, the Univer- T e grand prize is a set of tablets for “I hope that students dive into this er, while Jill Schweitzer ’06 will be un- to connecting with fellow entrepreneurs sity of Maryland and the University of each team member, as well as a scholar- space and learn how to work across their veiling a product she recently developed. and hopes that many people will partici- Maine Orono. ship to an online entrepreneurial course ideas and skills to put together new, ex- First year Fiona Iyer, who plans to pate in the event. T e panel of judges will include Vis- called “T e Top Gun Prep Entrepre- citing apps, websites, maker tech and participate in the Hackathon, feels that “Hopefully this is the start to many iting Assistant Professor of Computer neurial Course.” Second place winners other sorts of projects,” she said. the project was long overdue. more entrepreneurial initiatives,” she said. friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient news 5 ITAC to launch online petition SECURITY REPORT: 1/30 to 2/4 Friday, January 30 • A student with an earache was • Wall vandalism was reported at • A student’s basketball was report- taken to Mid Coast. Ladd House. system for campus activists ed stolen from Sargent Gymnasium. • A student was escorted to Mid • A parent requested a well-being • A student who was cooking Coast with an undisclosed illness. check for a student. BY QUYEN HA whether they are students, profes- hamburgers activated a smoke alarm Sunday, February 1 • A student with an ankle sprain ORIENT STAFF sors, or staff members. There were at Stowe Inn. • An officer checked on the was escorted from Winthrop Hall also recommendations to give • A student with a bronchial con- well-being of a sick student at to Parkview. President of the Information signatories an option to remain dition was escorted from Chamber- Coleman Hall. Tuesday, February 3 Technology Advisory Council anonymous, but most assembly lain Hall to Mid Coast Hospital. • A student was cited for urinating • A student reported that an (ITAC) Ruben Martinez ’15 gave members ruled it out to add ac- • T ere was an alcohol policy vio- in public inside Helmreich House. iPhone was stolen from Farley Field a presentation on a new online countability and authenticity to lation involving drinking games at • Wall damage was reported at House. An investigation determined system that can be used to create the petitions. an event at Reed House. Helmreich House. that a juvenile visitor stole the Bowdoin-specific petitions at Bow- Afterwards, Vice President for Saturday, January 31 • A shower stall in Helmreich phone. With the cooperation of the doin Student Government’s (BSG) Student Affairs Justin Pearson ’17 • An of cer checked on the well-being House was vandalized. parent, the phone was recovered and meeting this week. introduced two students request- of an intoxicated student at West Hall. • A student lef an exterior door returned to its owner. Working alongside Vice Presi- ing funding through BSG’s Good • A student with f u-like symp- ajar at the Robert H. and Blythe • An athlete with an ankle in- dent for Student Government Af- Ideas Fund. toms was taken to Parkview Adven- Bickel Edwards Center for Art and jury was escorted from Farley Field fairs Charlotte McLaughry ’15, Morgan Rielly ’18 said he aims tist Medical Center. Dance. Freezing air entering the House to Mid Coast. Martinez put together a website to start a lecture series featuring • A smoke alarm at Chamberlain building resulted in a burst pipe and Wednesday, February 4 that allows for petitions to be up- Maine businesspeople and entre- Hall was triggered by the use of a water damage. • Brunswick Rescue transported loaded and signed online. The preneurs, while Sam Hoegle ’17 hair straightener. • A student was involved in a mi- an ill faculty member to Mid Coast. goal is to have an organized and wants to initiate a meaningful • A neighbor reported general nor two-car accident on Pine Street. • A student’s car was damaged by centralized platform on which stu- conversation about mental health. concerns about disturbances coming T ere were no injuries. a passing vehicle while it was parked dents can create and sign petitions Hoegle is hosting a talk about from Pine Street Apartments. Monday, February 2 on Noble Street. more easily than they could using mental illnesses with Jordan Burn- • A student with f u-like symp- • An unregistered event at Baxter —Compiled by the Of ce of Safety the current paper-based method. ham from Active Minds next Mon- toms was escorted to Mid Coast. House was dispersed at 1:15 a.m. and Security. To access the website, an indi- day in Kresge Auditorium. vidual must log in using his or her The Good Ideas Fund is a pool Bowdoin credentials. Students can of $3,000 that can be used to fi- use the link to share a petition out- nance any project independent side of the Bowdoin community, of the usual club-funding pro- but only those with login creden- cess. Discussion about Rielly and tials can sign a petition. A petition Hoegle’s applications will continue can be created or deleted at any in the upcoming week. time, but can only be modified if BSG also unanimously voted to it has not yet been signed. Visitors approve the Committee on Facili- may also filter through petitions by ties and Sustainability’s proposal using a keyword search. for a $300 expenditure that will Martinez received numerous provide copies of the Wall Street suggestions for improvement after Journal in the dining halls. his presentation, including a pro- BSG President Chris Breen ’15 posal for a filter that allows people ended the meeting by expressing to see trending petitions and a gratitude to all who helped orga- feature that gives petition creators nize this year’s Winter Weekend demographic information on who and encouraging everyone to come signed, what year they are in, and out and participate in the events. DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT 6 the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015 FEATURES DiPrinzio ’18 takes gourmet gap year What don’t we talk about? MIND THE GAP Undiscussed seeks dialogue BY TOMMY LUNN BY GABY PAPPER these preconceptions and learn the ORIENT STAFF complexity of each other.” When most people think of en- Last year’s program mainly focused joyable gap years, they likely do not Undiscussed is a student run organi- on risk and comfort in relation to picture working 12 hour shif s, six zation that seeks to create open spaces identity. T is year’s program will shif days a week. T at is exactly what for students to discuss questions sur- and focus more on choices and iden- f rst year Harry DiPrinzio ’18 envi- rounding identity on campus. Its stated tity. T e three main questions for this sioned, however. mission is “breaking barriers and en- year are: how do the choices we make In the year before coming to abling change through dialogue.” af ect our own identity? How are the Bowdoin, DiPrinzio spent his time “I think opinions on campus are choices that we make perceived by working in restaurants in New not as homogenous as people assume others? And how do these individual York City and Paris. In September, they are,” said Quinn Rhi ’15, one of choices af ect our community? he began by working at New York’s the leaders of Undiscussed. “I like Un- At the Student Activities Fair last Michelin star-winning Gramercy discussed because in theory, it has a lot Friday, many students showed inter- Tavern. of potential to bridge gaps. It is valu- est in the group—around 90 people, Having long been a fan of cook- able to learn to coexist with someone including current and new members, ing and gastronomy, DiPrinzio had who may not have the same opinions signed up for the spring term. always planned to work in a restau- as you do.” With Undis- rant before college. Undiscussed has cussed, students “I worked in restaurants in the been a student run “Opinions on campus are not participate in small two summers during high school organization since as homogenous as people group discussions and I think at some point during ju- 2008, when it was for four weeks. nior year I realized that I could [take started as a stu- assume they are” Each group meets a gap year] and basically just started dent’s independent for an hour and a thinking about it,” he said. study. Alyssa Chen QUINN RHI ’15 half every week, At Gramercy he was an extern— ’08 organized the when students dis- a position of en f lled by culinary COURTESY OF HARRY DIPRINZIO group in order to cuss question. T e school students fulf lling their on- ORDER UP: During his gap year, Harry DiPrinzio ’18 fi rst worked in the famous Gramercy Tavern in examine social norms at Bowdoin. A Steering Committee, a group of seven site hours. New York City before continuing on to work at a restaurant in Paris for about two and a half months. discussion group was an ef ective way student leaders, organizes the 10 small “I put away produce,” said Di- to get students involved in the conver- discussion groups and chooses 20 fa- Prinzio. “T ey get thousands of bread. Soon af er, DiPrinzio was able he knew he wanted to gain a more sation for her project. cilitators who guide group discussions. pounds of produce a day and it all to secure a spot on the cold appetiz- international experience during his “We hold deep assumptions and T e facilitators are students who are has to be put away and sorted, so I er station during weekend shif s. year. T at January, he accepted an stereotypes about one another,” said chosen to help lead discussions and started doing that.” “T e days were action packed,” opportunity to work at a Parisian Chen in a 2008 Orient op-ed. “If we maintain a safe and open environment. As time went on, DiPrinzio said DiPrinzio. “I was always run- restaurant. limit our interactions to people like “T is year to pick out facilitators, worked his way up Gramercy Tav- ning around and incredibly tired “T ere was a chef in Paris who ourselves, these stereotypes and as- we emailed a couple administrators ern’s ladder. He started helping out and adrenaline f lled.” had worked at Gramercy and the sumptions will remain unquestioned and people involved on campus and at lunch service by performing tasks During his time at Gramercy, Di- and unchallenged. Only through such as shucking oysters and slicing Prinzio lived at his home. However, Please see GAP, page 7 meaningful discussion can we break Please see DIALOGUE, page 7 Selling inferior beer a tall Tradition and craft woven into our names

BY PENELOPE LUSK their husband’s family. By wearing her Outside of the craf ing marketplace, order for macro-breweries CONTRIBUTOR craf as her name, Penelope is identif ed knitting is not a desired skill. Neither by her own work, not her husband’s, is weaving potholders. What is most fascinating to me My parents named me Penelope in contradicting the Ancient Greek view But they bring me a very par- about this ad is that it identifies homage to Homer’s classic epic “T e of women as objects. T at Penelope ticular fulf llment. T e process of GRAIN TO GLASS the culture of craft beer as a major Odyssey.” Penelope is the wife of Od- should be named af er not only her craf ing—knitting, sewing, weav- threat to macro-brewed beer—not ysseus, lauded for her cleverness and craf but also her cleverness is emblem- ing, dyeing—requires purpose and the beer itself. loyalty. While Odysseus went of to atic of her strength as a woman. concentration from start to f nish. CALLIE FERGUSON Notably, the ad mocks and de- war for a decade and spent another Painter or sculptor, knitter, quilter, Everything I craf is my idea, my vi- means the kinds of ritual and be- few years getting into trouble with baker or writer—the things people sion. T ere is a nirvana in counting I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, havior associated with drinking beautiful goddesses and many-headed create can act as powerful identif ers. stitches, matching fabrics and pon- but less than 24 hours after it was craft beer: smelling, sipping and monsters, Penelope remained at home T ese days, most people are not dering colors that carries through to over several of my friends emailed discussing the flavor of the brew— in Ithaca, constantly pursued by un- named af er their craf s. Not very the satisfaction of f nishing some- me the link to a Budweiser com- what Budweiser terms the “dissect- couth men. many Smiths actually thing—unlike the agony of writing a mercial that aired during the game. ing” of a beer. Famously faithful, Penelope told spend their days paper which leads to the f nal manic The advertisement is a cocky and Aggressively, but not perhaps her suitors that she would only at the f res of burst of happiness and relief when it desperate attempt to take on the not surprisingly, Budweiser points choose a new husband when she the forge. is handed in. increasing popularity of craft beer, a finger at hipsters for starting all f nished weaving a great shroud. T h o u g h So I carry my craf s, not in my wherein Bud seeks to promote its the fuss. The ad introduces craft Every night she would unravel her I am a Pe- name but in my mind and my hands. own mediocre product by way of beer with a shot of a guy with day’s work. I knit through house meetings, paint hurling childish, immature accusa- chunky glasses dipping his bushy T e meaning of her name em- for my friends and patch my jeans tions at the craft beer industry. moustache into a foamy stout. bodies her craf : in Ancient Greek, when I fall on my knees. T e Edited to a song that I assume Because, as all know, hipsters “pene” means wef (the thread peaceful process of craf ing, is called “Macho Song!”, the com- are judgmental snobs who start that is drawn through a loom the pleasure at f nishing some- mercial alternates between shots pointless fads in order to make you to create cloth) and “ops” thing—even if I don’t particularly of Bud Light and craft beer, while feel bad about yourself. Hipsters, means face or eye. Com- like it—culminates in the sense of ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT flashes of bold text help to draw a and therefore, craft beer drinkers, bined, the syllables imply self that comes with knowing that I comparison between Bud drink- are the worst, and certainly noth- her cunningness and skill at the loom. nelope, I have may not be marketable, but I can still ers and craft drinkers—which, ing like the honest and unaffected In modern etymology “Penelope” is never woven anything fancier than create and express myself through in Bud’s evaluation, is the differ- folks who drink Bud. translated more directly to “weaver.” rainbow potholders from those (very those creations. T at’s a way of being ence between true beer drinkers “The people who drink our beer Identifying people by their craf s fun) loom kits for kids. But I do make that I want to hold on to. and pompous snobs. “Budweiser: are the people who like to drink or trades is common practice, par- other things—mostly peculiar yarn In the interest of full disclosure, I it’s not brewed to be fussed over,” beer,” says the ad. Those other los- ticularly in English surnames: there creations, invented baked goods and should mention that the alternative the ad proclaims. “It’s brewed for a ers are drinking the hipster Kool- are Bakers, Smiths and Fishers—all birthday cards. etymology of Penelope relates to the crisp, smooth finish.” Aid. male trades and names passed down Knitting overlong scarves does not Greek word “penelops,” which means Conspicuously absent from the While the cheap finger-pointing through paternal lineage. Similarly, def ne my identity in the same way “duck.” I like ducks, from afar, and it’s commercial is a final shot of Bud- and macho appeals to the (male) Penelope carries her own craf in her that other creative outputs do. Writ- good to remember that even the most weiser’s top executives pointing at consumer’s ego are obnoxious and, name—the craf that represents her ing English papers and short stories gif ed of people can still be birdbrains. the camera and yelling, “You need frankly, a little bit sad, Budweiser cleverness, skill and loyalty. or planning activities to do with my But when people ask me what “Penelo- some ice for that burn?” (and other macro-breweries) is not Names are our ultimate and original mentee at Brunswick high school— pe” means—I usually stick to “weaver.” Now, excuse me while I “fuss identif ers, and women have histori- these things appear on my résumés, -Penelope Lusk is a member of the over” this advertisement. Please see BEER, page 7 cally given theirs up to assimilate into building an image of me for the world. Class of 2017 friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient features 7

nice. It was in a really nice neigh- GAP bourhood. They were friendly, but Johnson ’13 relishes Outing Club roles CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 the kind of dynamic was weird. The reason I was living in their lives was chef at Gramercy sent me to the Paris because they needed more money. guy and said, ‘He wants to go to Par- They kind of resented me.” is,’” he said. Af er returning from Paris, Di- DiPrinzio was able to spend his Prinzio was ready for what lay whole time in France—about two and ahead. Some students may f nd ad- a half months—at the same restau- justing back to an academic life dif - rant af er taking the spot of a recently cult af er a gap year. DiPrinzio, how- hired employee who lef . ever, said he has not struggled very During his time in Paris DiPrinzio much in his f rst year at Bowdoin. was able to explore, but it was of en “I wasn’t around people last year, dif cult. He worked 16 hour days so it’s nice to be with people my age f ve days a week while also trying to again and it’s been nice to go back f gure out his surroundings. to school and take classes.” “Just being alone in Paris was DiPrinzio’s year between high definitely a different scenario,” said school and college was a preview of DiPrinzio. life in the real world. While he en- Perhaps one of his biggest struggles countered some challenges—from was f nding a place to live. Af er stay- being by far the youngest employee ing with a friend for a few days, he be- at Gramercy Tavern to navigating gan to search for a place to live more the Parisian apartment market— independently. Eventually, he ended he says it was ultimately a valuable up renting a room in a couple’s home. experience. “I messaged all these people and “It was great because I felt like I some of them got back to me. I was living real life and I basically went and visited one of them and it had a job,” he said. was like the biggest shithole ever,” Editor’s note: Harry DiPrinzio is a he said. “[But] this one seemed member of the Orient staf . HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT BLAZING A TRAIL: Sarah Johnson ’13 is the assistant director at the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) where she supervises the training of BOC trip leaders. Busch have met relative success in BEER convincing the lay consumer that participated in SEA Semester, an ent settings,” said Johnson. “I’ve had CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 their decoys are craft. For one, you off-campus study program at sea. a lot of really amazing people in my can’t find any obvious sign of their FACULTY CHATS “I loved being at the helm, es- life, so I’m pretty proud of that,”. entirely off-base. The Atlantic pub- parent corporations on the pack- pecially when there were huge When asked about her personal lished an article last November that aging. And, I have to admit, they ELENA BRITOS waves,” said Johnson. “When the challenges, Johnson cited baking, attempted to explain the popularity do taste better—at least enough to ship dipped down and the waves cooking and anything that involves of Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) over notice a difference over a cheap, Some of Sarah Johnson’s most were rising it was incredible.” being “a details person.” However, Budweiser. PBR has an enormous watery lager. important work takes place off the A lover of heights and adrena- her ability to ferry across and de- appeal among hipsters, despite the But their plan backf red. While the Bowdoin campus, but still among line, Johnson does know her limits. scend raging whitewater proves fact that, like Bud, it is a cheap (and idea was to reclaim the market by in- the pines. Sarah “SJ” Johnson ’13 “I have never tried base jumping her mastery of precision in mo- cheap-tasting) macro-brewed lager. troducing a better tasting beer, Blue is one the Bowdoin Outing Club’s or anything like that. I’m very wary tion. Johnson also admits she has The article goes on to quote a Moon and ShockTop became gate- (BOC) two assistant directors and of pushing human limits beyond a fear of being elbowed in the face Quartz report that discovered the way beers into the craf market. T e is responsible for the Leadership what your body really can do,” inside tents, but claims it is her following: “After observing dif erence consumers detected Training program that trains stu- Johnson said. “I think a perception only phobia. [PBR’s] unexpected popular- in the improved “craf y dents to lead outdoor trips. While people have is that people in the On the topic of conquering ity in Portland, Oregon” beers” (as Blue Moon and Johnson jumped straight from be- Outing Club are really intense and fears, Johnson mentioned the film ”—hipster mecca—“back ShockTop are now called) ing an involved student member of can be intimidating, but I too, am “Pretty Faces,” which was recently in 2001, the company con- led consumers to seek out the BOC to the position of assis- afraid of many outdoor things.” screened on campus. It is a film cluded that people were real craf beer—which, un- tant director after graduation, her Her ability to balance explora- about female skiers and the chal- buying the beer because it surprisingly, tastes even path was never set in stone. tion with healthy caution is one lenges they face as they take on wasn’t aggressively being better. It seems as though “By sophomore spring I had tak- of the most essential skills in her slopes over 5,000 feet high. pitched to them.” the people who like to en 16 classes in 15 departments,” job. She is responsible for instill- “There’s a scene where there’s “For a brand as drink beer—because said Johnson. ing this same sense of balance in this incredible face and this wom- large as Budweiser,” they like the taste of She eventually settled on a gov- future leaders so they can make an keeps chanting, ‘Conquer the T e Atlantic article beer—are drinking ernment and environmental stud- smart decisions. fear; that’s why you’re here; con- goes on, “not adver- craf . ies coordinate major, but it is her At the conclusion of the Leader- quer the fear; that’s why you’re tising at all prob- So while the pro- passion for new experiences that ship Training program, Johnson here.’ And I think that’s a pretty ably won’t cut it cess of dissecting made her a winning candidate for leads groups of students into New cool message to take with you into as a strategy. But craf beer is a little the assistant director position. England and sometimes Canada for whatever you’re afraid of,” said cynically pander- geeky and a little Johnson grew up in Gloucester, their culminating expedition, leaving Johnson. “Conquering fear is hard, ing to Millenni- goofy—my friend Mass., in a house that has been in them largely to their own devices. but it’s why we’re here—to try.” als…isn’t going to recently noted that her family for six generations, and While Johnson devotes much of Johnson will be assistant direc- cut it, either.” her Berliner Weisse feels a strong connection to her her time to planning and going on tor for another year, but beyond In the context had a pleasant “urine heritage. However, Johnson still outdoor adventures, she has tak- that, she’d prefer to leave things of these findings, taste”—it’s ultimately loves adventuring far and wide. en up wood burning—scorching uncharted. Budweiser’s claim in the ef ort of seeking Her mother’s family is from Min- words and images into driftwood “I appreciate the people doing that it is “proudly a a more challenging re- nesota and she grew up attending a and giving the pieces as gifts. She the big picture work [in govern- macro-beer” is less of DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT lationship with some- family camp there. As she got older, has also begun to play the mando- ment and education]; we need a rallying cry, and more thing we love and enjoy. she attended Camp Widjiwagan, lin, hopeful that one day she may those people, but I’ve discovered in of a defensive, embittered To use a literary an adventure camp that led her to be reunited with the on-campus Brunswick a wonderful community whine. But what other op- analogy, Budweiser’s the Arctic. Years later as a coun- band Jesus and The Kid. of people and I think that would be tions do they have? What’s logic that its beer’s eu- selor she led the same expedition Perhaps her favorite pastime, a wonderful way to spend life,” said going to cut it? phemistic “crispness” along the Coppermine River. It was though, is hanging out with her Johnson “Maybe I’ll continue to Another way that macro- is preferable because at Camp Widjiwagan that Johnson friends in the Bowdoin community. walk down this road and try a mod- breweries have attempted to it lacks complexity and developed her affinity for paddling, “I haven’t really thought about el that focuses more on education combat the rise of craft beer goes down easy is equiva- although she says she “learned ev- my life in quantif able accomplish- than recreation, maybe a semester is not by advertising, but lent to condemning the erything else at Bowdoin.” ments, but I think I’ve made a lot of school. I’d like to keep my efforts by infiltrating the craft beer stylistic experimentalism in During her junior year Johnson friends in a whole bunch of dif er- local and within my community.” market with actual beer. Finnegan’s Wake in favor of The two major exam- the clarity of the prose in “T e f rst day [of discussion] is thinking of putting together an op- ples of this phenom- Twilight. DIALOGUE about coming up with ground rules tional presentation for people who enon are Blue Moon When I f rst saw Bud’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 to ensure respect of one another,” said are interested in hearing about what and ShockTop. Super Bowl ad, I tweeted it Rhi. “We will begin to talk about iden- we were talking about in our smaller These beers are brewed by mac- with the caption: “T is is the greatest got from two to f ve students who tity. You do not have to talk about one groups” said Rhi. ro-breweries—MillerCoors and commercial I have ever seen.” Per- were recommended to us,” said Rhi. particular aspect of it. You can think She added that especially in the Anheuser-Busch, respectively. The haps it was to f ght hyperbole with “We came up with our own list of about how your home or socioeco- wake of recent events in Ferguson, idea is to brew a different style of hyperbole, or mockery with more people who we would like to see con- nomic class can play into your iden- MO., and Staten Island, N.Y., Undis- beer (Blue Moon and ShockTop mockery. tribute and combined it with people tity, for example.” cussed is a good platform for students are both wheat beers, not lagers) But mostly, it’s because in one nominated by an administrator to be- When the of cial group discussions to talk and listen to one another about that is slightly higher quality, and infuriating minute the ad ironically come a facilitator.” end af er four weeks, facilitators and dif cult, overlooked or avoided con- market it like a craft beer. In this def es itself by depicting the complex Since the same group will stay to- group members still have the chance versation topics. sense, Blue Moon and ShockTop reality of beer in America today— gether all four weeks, students will to further share and discuss the topics “Being more conscientious of how are less like breweries and more the marketing, the production, the truly get to know the peers in their they have been focussing on. Students group discussions are facilitated has like sub-brands of larger compa- perceptions, the rivalries—proving group and will have the time to ex- who were not previously a part of Un- helped the way I view other people’s nies who are trying to appeal to that these days, in America, nobody, plore the many aspects of identity, ac- discussed can also become involved. opinions and my placement in group diverse markets. not even Budweiser, can help but to cording to Rhi. “A f er four weeks are over, we are settings,” said Rhi. MillerCoors and Anheuser- fuss over beer. 8 the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘Facing Our Truth’: students perform short plays on race, inequity

BY LOUISA MOORE confront these really ugly feelings ORIENT STAFF that are telling you that you make implicit stereotypes about people Few things can compel a group you see in everyday life because of of students to walk the sidewalks the color of their skin.” of Maine Street on a Thursday For now, Killeen does not have night in February. However “Fac- plans for more projects like “Facing ing Our Truth,” a show brought to Our Truth.” However, she is open to campus by Bowdoin’s faculty, stu- the possibility in the future. dents and administration, proved “A theatrical voice isn’t always to be an exception. appropriate,” she said. “But when “Facing Our Truth” is a series circumstances arise where it is, of plays written in response to then yes, I want to generate the- Trayvon Martin’s death and the ater that can serve as an agent of acquittal of his shooter, George change in a positive way.” Zimmerman. Assistant Professor The project was funded by The of Theater Abigail Killeen brought Bowdoin Student Government’s the show to campus. Good Ideas Fund, which supports “After the series of tragic events student ideas that will benefit the in late 2014, I, like many oth- Bowdoin community. ers, felt compelled to help make a “It’s a pool of funding for stu- space where people could talk and dents to make whatever visions listen to each other,” wrote Killeen they have about making and im- in an email to the Orient. proving campus culture a reality,” Under her direction, and with said Justin Pearson ’17, BSG vice help from Associate Dean of Mul- president for student affairs. ticultural Student Program Leana According to Pearson, “Facing Amaez and Associate Professor of Our Truth” had many appealing Education Doris Santoro, around aspects that fit with the fund’s two dozen students acted in and ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT goal of broadening the scope of directed the six short plays that AFTER TRAYVON: Rickey Larke ’15 and Olivia Bean ’17 perform in Thursday night’s staged readings of “Facing Our Truth” at Quinby House. The perfor- campus culture. comprised the show. mance began in Quinby and audience members walked in silence to Chase Barn and then to Russworm House to see the rest of the performance. “It’s a show that improves dis- Quinby House, Chase Barn, cussion on our campus,” said and the John Brown Russworm what they’ve seen and heard.” tion and contemplation were what can aid us in considering the life Pearson. “It’s something new; it’s African American Center hosted “The idea is to be silent walk- Killeen felt was needed following experience of others and lead to something different.” two plays each. The walk between ing from place to place as a sign the racially charged events of the important conversations.” “Even at Bowdoin, whether it’s locations provided a silent inter- of commemoration, respect, all of past year. The format of short plays Spiller acted in “Color,” a play in in our classes or outside of [them], mission for actors and audience the above. In that silence, you just was particularly effective in con- which each cast member was given there’s an aspect of not facing our members to reflect. have to keep confronting the emo- veying these ideas, she wrote. a color and had to work with the truths,” said Spiller. “I care about “Each short play offers such a tions,” said Amanda Spiller ’17, “I believe in the theater’s power stereotypes associated with it. She these issues, I care about starting different, and sometimes unusual, who directed and acted in two dif- to offer alternative perspectives in played the color pink. dialogue, and there’s no better perspective,” wrote Killeen. “The ferent parts. a visceral way,” wrote Killeen. “The “It makes you look inside [your- way to facilitate an epiphany than audience will need time to digest These moments of introspec- theater’s structured storytelling self],” said Spiller. “You have to performing something.” Smith Union art show celebrates historical black arts and culture

BY BRIDGET WENT ORIENT STAFF

To commence the celebration of Black History Month on campus, the Student Activities Of ce and the Af- rican-American Society hosted an art exhibition in David Saul Smith Union featuring slam poetry by Esther Nu- noo ’17 Tuesday evening. T e show—on display in the Smith Union Blue Gallery—features art- work, posters and advertisements that showcase Bowdoin’s involvement in Black History Month events dating back to the 1970s. T e posters highlight Bowdoin’s his- torical Black Arts Festival, a month-long celebration of Black History Month that occurred from the 1970s through early 2000s. Programs include a series of past events such as f lm screenings, lectures, dance, music and theater performances KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT hosted by the Afro-American Society SPEAK OUT: Esther Nunoo ‘17 (center) performs a slam poetry piece accompanied by vocalist Eliza Huber-Weiss ’17 (left) on Tuesday night at the Black History Month art show reception in Smith Union. and Student Activities. A 1981 poster advertised “A Day Paone ’15, one of the chief organizers exposition on the f rst f oor. “Talking About Talking,” Nunoo’s deep extent that they deserve.” Against Racism in Honor of Dr. Mar- of the Smith Union exhibition. According to Paone, the exhibition f rst piece, illuminated her personal Nunoo’s second piece, “T e Worth of tin Luther King, Jr.,” while one from Paone and Kelsey Gallagher ’17 were was created in the hopes of inspiring insights into how race and discussions a King,” a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther 1978 promoted an event called “Soul both hired by Student Activities as stu- a revival of student involvement in the around race play out at Bowdoin. King, Jr., featured live vocal accompani- Experience in Black America.” Other dent curators for Smith Union to co- celebration of Black History Month. Her poetry resonated deeply with ment by Eliza Huber-Weiss ’17. past events included day-long music lead the organization of the art exhibi- “We want to showcase that the audience of students and com- With the backdrop of Black History and commentary on WBOR to com- tion and the accompanying event. Bowdoin cares about Black History munity members. Month and an examination of its his- plement the festival. “For this whole month we want to Month,” said Gallagher. “We want to “She says things that I would torical place in the Bowdoin commu- T e retrospective exhibition also dedicate the entire Union to Black His- get a lot of students involved because never be able to say out loud,” said nity, the exhibition hopes to continue features a poster revealing this year’s tory Month,” said Gallagher. it’s super important.” Kelsey Scarlett ’17. “It’s so nice to inspiring dialogue about how race is Black History Month events, al- In addition to the Black Arts Fes- Nunoo’s performance of two origi- hear somebody feel the same way as perceived and discussed on campus. though Bowdoin no longer holds the tival posters, other exhibitions on nal slam-poetry pieces was aimed at you do even if you can’t say it.” “You walk away with feelings and same Black Arts Festival. display in Smith include the AIDS bolstering the discussion of Bowdoin’s “T e Bowdoin bubble is real,” added whether or not you talk about them, “It’s unfortunate that we don’t have Memorial Quilt in the Lamarche Gal- prior and current involvement in Black Amanda Spiller ’17. “Even when we talk you have to confront them within [the festival] anymore,” said Olivia lery and the “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” History Month. about these [issues], we don’t go to the yourself,” added Spiller. friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient a&e 9 Viet Cong carries on Ian Curtis’ legacy PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST HIPSTER DRIVEL Henry Austin ’16 MATTHEW GOODRICH

One of life’s great mysteries, ranking above the existence of Bigfoot but be- low Wallace Stevens’ morbid economy of beauty, remains the fact that two of the best bands in the world were, in fact, largely the same band. On May 18, 1980, af er viewing Wer- ner Herzog’s “Stoszek,” Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis hung himself while listening to Iggy Pop. His death marked the demise of the band, whose despairing lyrics and rhythmic guitar work def ned where music was headed in the post-punk era of the late 1970s. From Joy Division’s ashes rose New Or- der, a pioneer of electronic dance music whose sound married guitars and syn- thesizers to create instant club hits. Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, and Peter Hook of the proto-goth Joy Division, who sang such dour lines as “love will tear us apart,” metamor- phosed into the euphoric pill pop- pers whose “Bizarre Love Triangle” EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT soundtracked Manchester, England CHIN UP: Videographer, printmaker and photographer Henry Austin ’16 inspects his negatives. raves. In short, a mere handful of hu- mans is responsible for populating BY ADIRA POLITE woodburning a design onto a much of music’s evolutionary tree. ORIENT STAFF skateboard. This short film, as Despite committing suicide a quar- well others, reveal Austin’s ear DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ter of a century ago, Curtis has survived Unlike most of today’s youth, for music. like few other musicians who are not as much as Joy Division. So is it 2001? Canada. Viet Cong formed out of the junior Henry Austins has video “Music selection is always Nick Drake and did not die at 27. Jour- Or 1979? Have we reached the era of dregs of that band’s onstage implosion in skills that extend far beyond a critical decision,” he said. “I nalists evoke his name every time they post-modern post-punk? 2010 and the subsequent death of front- Snapchat and Vine. Austin, a vi- shuffle through my playlist and use the phrase “angular guitars,” and Fortunately, Viet Cong is no mere man Christopher Reimer. Rather than sual arts and economics double pick a song based on what type singers of the last decade have chan- copy of a copy of a copy. While the band undergoing a radical surgery to graf major who hails from Lander, of mood I want to convey. Some- neled his spirit with ubiquitous mono- revels in DeLillian despair, its angst is dance beats onto guitars à la New Or- Wy., has been creating short times, though, I will have a song tone, baritone deliveries. more xenial than Xeroxed. If anything, der, however,Viet Cong has convalesced films since his senior year of and make a video for that par- Allow me an example. A friend once its guiding light is Ezra Pound’s maxim, with a renewed sense of purpose. high school. Although inspired ticular song.” described a music writer who bran- “make it new.” “T is incessant march of Purpose, of course, is relative. If this and assisted by others, Austin- Although Austin is not fo- dished a Ouija board at Paul Banks, progress,” singer Matt Flegel observes, record has a theme, it might be nihil- mostly taught himself. cused on videography from an frontman of New York City post-punk “can guarantee our success,” so he relin- ism. With song titles like “Pointless Although videography is one academic standpoint, he has still revivalists Interpol, as if Banks had some quishes the ball-and-chain of originality Experience” and “Death,” Viet Cong of Austin’s most refined skills, he been able to intertwine videog- connection to Curtis’ spirit. for the liberation of kaleidoscopic irony. does not seem interested in either said that he is quite adept in mul- raphy with his life at Bowdoin. T e perfection of Interpol’s 2001 de- If My Bloody Valentine—the last in- earthly or transcendent redemption. tiple artistic areas. He focuses He has entered two campus film but, “Turn On the Bright Lights,” indeed novator of guitar rock—is Gertrude On the former, Flegel drones, “if we’re on printmaking in his academic festivals in the past and was re- suggests some supernatural soul-swap- Stein, then Viet Cong is T.S. Eliot, cura- lucky, we’ll get old and die,” at once a studies at Bowdoin. cently hired by the Career Plan- ping. My theory is that when Kanye tor of culture-as-collage. poignant remembrance of a lost band- Austin spent this past fall se- ning Center as a video intern. West rhymed “séance” with “parents” And what a wasteland this self-titled mate and an ironic gesture towards mester studying at the Studio Clubs and individuals often in 2010, he was referencing our modern debut is! In punishing monochrome, that Stevensian economy of beauty. Arts Center International in contact Austin to shoot footage. gothic necromancy. Interpol, Franz Fer- Viet Cong bend their inf uences into T e white noise intro to “March of Florence, Italy. While there, Aus- Some of Austin’s photograms dinand, T e National—Ian Curtis has labyrinthine melodies with reverence, Progress,” a grinding tumble remi- tin took courses in color pho- are currently on display in the had no shortage of resurrections. not reference. Joy Division, Radiohead, niscent of “Kid A,” culminates in the tography, High Renaissance art Blythe Bickle Edwards Center for In last month’s debut from Viet Interpol, and Wolf Parade are all sub- question, “what is the dif erence be- history, creative writing and of Art and Dance. Cong, we have a rightful heir to the sumed into the record’s oblique guitar tween love and hate?” Flegel intones course printmaking. Austin said he draws inspira- ancestor as well as the descendants. licks and charging momentum. it bored, not caring about the answer. “I took a color photography tion from both renowned artists T eir razor-sharp arrangements, Above the other inf uences, however, But the question matters, and it al- class in Florence and am taking and his peers. claustrophobic grooves, and yes, an- hangs Women, one of the great under- ways has, whether you’re a modernist photography again this semester,” “I like to view others’ work gular guitars, are indebted to Interpol rated rock bands to come out of Calgary, or a musician. he said. “So this academic year and try to imitate or capture has been an introduction to pho- what I liked about their method,” tography as a fine art as opposed he said. to something that I just do.” Austin cited Wes Anderson as Austin’s favorite part of creat- his celebrity filmmaker inspira- ing art is collaboration, which tion, stating that Anderson’s re- is why he is drawn especially to fusal to compromise makes him making films. a strong example to follow. However, Austin said finding a As for long term plans, Austin common time that works for all said he intends to keep his art in involved parties has proved to be the picture. the most difficult aspect of com- “The ultimate goal is to fuse pleting a project. But he enjoys art and the process of creation the challenge. with being active outdoors “Collaboration is the best part and exploration,” he said. “The of art, in general,” he said. “Vid- dream job would be some sort of eography in particular requires outdoor filmmaking.” working in teams—that’s why For now, Austin said he seems I’m so drawn to it.” content with his focus on friends Austin says he approaches the and fun. process of photography and vid- “Any time you hit the record eography in the same way. button with your friends around, “Almost everything depicted in you have nothing to lose—but my pieces is basically just me having everything to gain,” said Austin. fun with my friends,” said Austin. “Every moment is a special mo- The themes of fun and friend- ment that can easily be forgotten.” ship can be seen by watching a few of Austin’s short films. Aus- To suggest an artist for Portrait of EMILY WEYRAUCH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT tin’s short film created in his an Artist, email Arts & Entertain- WHAT THE BUCK: Eva Sibinga ’17, Jonah Watt ’18 and Ethan Barkalow ’18 (from left) played in a string trio ensemble and Evan Montilla ’17 (right) sophomore year, “Burnt Decks,” ment Editor Emily Weyrauch at sang and played acoustic guitar at last Friday’s Pop-Up Coff eehouse in the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. The event was sponsored by the De- depicts his childhood friend [email protected]. partment of Athletics with help from the Women’s Resource Center, and also included salsa lessons, tours of the weight room, games and refreshments. 10 the bowdoin orient SPORTS friday, february 6, 2015 Women’s basketball perfect in senior weekend Track teams prepare for

BY MADDIE JODKA STAFF WRITER Saturday’s Maine State Meet SCORECARD weight throw with a toss of 14.75m Sa 1/31 v. Amherst W 60-51 BY SAM SHAHEEN and third in the shot put with a throw Su 2/1 v. Trinity W 63-47 STAFF WRITER of 11.76m. T e track and f eld teams had a Meanwhile, Bowdoin’s long jump- Women’s basketball was victori- busy Saturday, facing NCAA D-I ers on the men’s side took three of the ous in both of its games last weekend, competition at the University of top four spots, led by senior Chris winning 60-51 against Amherst on New Hampshire Invite in Durham, Genco’s second-place leap of 21- Saturday and 63-47 against Trinity New Hampshire. Bowdoin f nished 11.50. All three of Bowdoin’s jumpers on Sunday. fourth in a f eld of four teams, but f nished over 21 feet. T ese senior weekend triumphs proved competitive against its high- “It’s very impressive to have three bring Bowdoin’s win streak to 16 caliber opponents. jumpers over 21 feet in the long jump,” games and their overall record to On the men’s side, the day was said Slovenski. “T ose guys have to be 19-2 (7-0 NESCAC). In Saturday’s highlighted by standout performanc- craf smen to bring it all together on game against then No. 6 Amherst es from mid-distance runners Liam the runway and takeof board.” (17-2 overall, 4-2 NESCAC), the Po- Nicoll ’18 and Jacob Ellis ’16. Nicoll T e Polar Bears found encour- lar Bears gave the Lady Jef s their sec- placed second in the 400m dash with agement in their results at the UNH ond loss of the year, dropping them a time of 52.99, while returning All- Invitational, their last meet before four ranks and improved their own American 800m runner Ellis, fresh championship season begins with ranking to No. 21. of an injury that had prevented him the Maine State Meet this weekend. “We don’t really focus on those polls,” from running, placed second in his At that meet in Lewiston, the Polar said Head Coach Adrienne Shibles. main event with a time of 1:59.45. El- Bears will face rivals such as Bates “T ey get [f red] up for every opponent, lis missed f rst place by just .04 sec- and Colby. but there was an added incentive to re- onds in a photo f nish. Having faced much of the f eld al- ally perform well against Amherst.” “Nicoll has given the team a great ready this season, Bowdoin is hungry T e crowd at Morrell Gymnasium boost in the 400,” said coach Peter Slov- for its f rst victory in the State Meet was massive, with many fans in at- enski. “He is training with intelligence, since 2012. T us far this season, the tendance to support the team’s three ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT and racing with a lot of courage.” men have topped Colby, St. Joseph’s, seniors, Sara Binkhorst, Megan AIR BEAR: Marle Curle ’17 soars into the lane as Bowdoin crushes Trinity in its fi nal home game. On the women’s side, f rst year U-Maine Farmington (UMF) and Phelps, and Siena Mitman. T e siz- Sarah Kelley matched Ellis’ second Bates, but lost to the University of able audience added intensity to the Af er Amherst jumped out the and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Phelps place performance in the 800m run, Southern Maine (USM) by 12.66 fast-paced and heated games. gate to a 4-0 lead, the Polar Bears added nine points and 11 rebounds. running a time of 2:20.58. points at the Bowdoin Invitational II. “It just motivated us all,” said Bink- quickly recovered with a 10-0 run of T e Lady Jef s never came closer than In the f eld, All-American pole- On the women’s side, T e team horst. “T e underclassmen played their own, giving them a lead they eight points to Bowdoin’s lead, and vaulter Erin Silva ’15 broke the has topped Colby, St. Joseph’s, and really well and [Shibles] framed it as would maintain for the remainder of spent most of the second half 10 points school record once again, vaulting to UMF, but fell to USM and Bates at honoring your seniors. Me, Megan and the game. Lauren Petit ’18 scored a behind the Polar Bears. T e score held a height of 3.81m for the Polar Bears’ the Bowdoin Invitational II. Siena all were really f red up for the three-pointer to give the Polar Bears at 51-41 in the last six minutes, and 56- sole win of the day. Randi London ’15 Both teams have their next com- games, and wanted to remember our a 33-22 lead at the half. notched two impressive showings in petitions this weekend at the Maine senior weekend as getting two wins.” Shannon Brady ’16 scored 21 points Please see W. BBALL, page 12 the throws, f nishing second in the State Meet at Bates College. Mens basketball sinks into Erin Cady announced as next volleyball coach

BY JONO GRUBER Coach, the team never had a sub- track record of developing athletes fourth place in NESCAC ORIENT STAFF .500 record, and from 2007-2012 on the court, supporting them the team boasted a home win in their academic endeavors and BY COOPER HEMPHILL dif erence maker in the contest— streak of 40 matches. She led the leading them in the community STAFF WRITER Trinity was able to sink 11 from Polar Bears to a NESCAC champi- make her the ideal person to lead beyond the arc while Bowdoin only onship in 2011 and three appear- our volleyball program.” SCORECARD made four. ances in the D-III NCAA tourna- While her record as a head coach Fri 1/30 at Trinity L 67-66 T e highlight of the Polar Bears’ ment—including two trips to the may not have been her strongest at- Sa 1/31 at Amherst L 81-66 lineup was Hausman, who scored a regional finals. tribute as a candidate, Cady’s pas- Tu 2/3 v. Plymouth State W 79-66 career-high 30 points. In addition, Cady inherited a Holy Cross sion for the sport and her commit- John Swords ’15 added 13 points team that had eight total Patriot ment to her team’s players helped and nine rebounds. League wins in the four years be- separate her from her competing Last Friday, men’s basketball trav- After the disappointing loss, the fore her arrival. In her first year as applicants. elled to Hartford, Connecticut to team travelled to Amherst to take coach of the Crusaders, she tied “We clicked very easily with her,” take on Trinity for f rst place in the on the Lord Jeffs. Hausman and the program’s single-season con- said Wahl. “She was very willing to NESCAC standings. Despite anoth- Swords led the team again, but ference win total with six, but only be honest with us about her tech- er phenomenal performance from the determined Amherst squad earned three, seven and seven total niques and theories as a coach and it guard Lucas Hausman ’16, the Polar proved to be too much to handle COURTESY BOWDOIN ATHLETICS wins in her last three years at the f t a lot with some of the qualities we Bears came up short in a nail biting, as the Polar Bears lost 81-66, drop- ONE FOOT FORWARD: After leaving Holy helm, respectively. wanted—open mindedness and a lot 67-66 in overtime loss. ping their second NESCAC game Cross, Erin Cady is set to lead the Polar Bears’ Despite Cady’s relative lack of of emphasis on playing, as opposed Af er a closely contested f rst half, in a row. Though Bowdoin only volleyball team next season. success, the team and school are to talking about things, [which is] the Polar Bears were able to jump out trailed by three after the first half, encouraged by the hire. dif erent in a way [from Corey].” to a quick eight-point lead with 15 Amherst dominated the second, Yesterday, Bowdoin named Erin “[Holy Cross’ record] was defi- Although the coach may be minutes remaining in the game. maintaining a large lead for the Cady as the school’s next women’s nitely something that we thought changing, the rest of the program However, the Bantams rapidly majority of play ending the game volleyball coach. T e position was about,” said captain and one of the should be in familiar hands. Next regained their footing with a 13-0 with a 17-point lead. lef vacant af er Karen Corey stepped members of the search committee, year’s team expects to return all 12 run which gave them a comfortable Without the presence of captain down immediately following the end Hailey Wahl ’16. “But there are a members of this year’s squad that five-point lead. The tides shifted Keegan Pieri ’15, who is out for the of the team’s 2014 season. lot of factors that go into having a made it to the NCAA regional fi- again after Bowdoin put up 11 season with a concussion, his team- For the past four seasons, Cady winning season and often times it nals—three wins away from the points in a row to regain control of mates have had to step up. served as the head coach of the Col- doesn’t necessarily speak to your national championship game. the match. In the final minutes, the “It’s been tough, because he is lege of Holy Cross volleyball team. qualities as a coach. Holy Cross is “We’re excited for her to work score bounced back and forth until so instrumental” said Swords. “We Before her time at Holy Cross, she a lot more focused on other sports with and analyze the skills we al- both teams had 62 points at the end have a short bench this year, but played D-I volleyball at the Uni- and does not pay as much atten- ready have and help support us in of regulation. pretty good depth.” versity of New Hampshire and then tion to volleyball as they may to a lot of the things we are already It was Trinity who was able to get As injuries have occurred professionally for the SWE-Volley say hockey.” successful with,” said Wahl. on the board first in overtime, scor- throughout the season, younger team in Erfurt, Germany. “We are excited to welcome Erin “Any change is really helpful be- ing two quick buckets in the first players have been stepping up to f ll Cady will be the Polar Bears’ to the Bowdoin community as the cause we are all working with the minutes back on the court. Bowdoin the the gaps in the lineup. fourth coach in the 29 years of the leader of our volleyball program,” same basic skills and a new energy was unable to recover. Despite a Af er two days to recoup from the volleyball program. After having said Ashmead White Director of would be helpful.” last-second half-court attempt from weekend events, Bowdoin hosted only four winning seasons in its Athletics Tim Ryan in yesterday’s “Hopefully the respect that I’ve Bryan Hurley ’15, the Polar Bears Plymouth State on Tuesday night. first 20 years, the team thrived un- official press release. “It is evi- gained last year [as captain] will fell 67-66. der Corey’s leadership. dent that she cares deeply for the be helpful if there are certain chal- T ree pointers proved to be the Please see M. BBALL, page 12 In her nine seasons as Head student-athlete experience and her lenges we face,” she added. friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient 11 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Squash teams all set for NESCAC tourney Jackson Bloch ’15 NORDIC SKIING

HIGHLIGHTS • Top Bowdoin fi nisher in two of the team’s three 20K meets • Led the Polar Bear men in both meets at the UVM carnival

LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT BY ALEX VASILE “With a 10K, everyone is ORIENT STAFF very capable of doing it, so I’m always finding places on the Jackson Bloch ’15 has been course where I can make up ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT one of nordic skiing’s most time on other people,” Bloch BALL TO THE WALL: Katherine Gracey ’16 helps solidify a win against Wellesley. The womens team’s 6-9 record earned it the seventh NESCAC seed while the men are eighth. competitive skiers this season, said. “[The 20K is more] grit with two top-25 finishes and and determination. After 15K, BY LIZA TARBELL wrote. She added that the women T e men’s performance at Colby an additional top-30 finish in after you’ve been racing for 45 STAFF WRITER are on the right side of their play’s was crucial in their progress toward a five races so far this season. minutes, everyone’s tired. A lot progrssion and are in good shape breakout performance at NESCACs His lowest finish was 44th of it is a mental game, espe- T e women’s squash team (6-9) for nationals. and nationals. in races that cially in the last surged to a decisive 5-4 win against However, Fortson worries about the Captain Andrew Ward ’15 said that can include “A lot of it is sort of natural 5K.” Colby (6-5) on Sunday, January 25, team’s health and hopes it will be in top he knew that the match would be a as many as 90 Bloch also af er falling to Brown (5-5) the day form as it enters the post season. close one, noting that matches against skiers. Bloch athleticism, and he has a very credits Head before. On Friday the team narrowly “We honestly can’t afford to lose Colby almost always end 5-4. also helped a thoughtful approach to the sport. Coach Nathan lost 6-3 to Bates (8-8). T e women another player, regardless of where “It was four-all, and we had our relay team in- Alsobrook for rounded out their regular season win- they play on the ladder,” wrote number one playing, Matt Cooper ’16, cluding Han- His brain is a fi nely tuned instru- exposing him ning 8-1 against Wellesley (9-8). captain Sara Wlodarczyk ’15 in an and [about] 50 people [were] watching, nah Miller ’17, ment that helps him calibrate how to new training T e men suf ered a string of losses email to the Orient. Wlodarczyk but unfortunately, the Colby guy won Tyler DeAn- much eff ort he needs for each routines and to Brown, Colby and Bates, yet eased will likely miss the championship in the f f h game,” Ward said. gelis ’15 and additional ways to a 9-0 a victory in their f nal home this weekend due to illness. T e men’s win against MIT this Shelby Asel- movement..” to improve his match of the season against MIT (7- Fortson praised the women’s Saturday was particularly exciting, tine ’15 take technique, call- 8) on Saturday. rebound win against Colby, high- since it ended the team’s losing streak. HEAD COACH NATHAN ALSOBROOK 22nd place. ing him the T e women are seeded seventh lighting Wlodarczyk’s play, which “T e seniors, [it was our] last Bloch, a Fal- largest force heading into NESCAC Champion- earned her NESCAC Player of the home match. We weren’t going to mouth, Maine, native started behind his improvement. Al- ship. T ey will play tenth seeded Week honors. lose that one. And so [the team] skiing in fifth grade and skied sobrook developed a 550-hour Tuf s today at 4 p.m. at Williams “Sara’s honor was well earned as came out with a lot of energy. A lot for a club team in high school. per year training regiment that College. T e winner of this match she came through in the clutch when of our friends were watching and we Bloch walked on to Bowdoin’s Bloch starts each May. will go on to face second seeded Colby was poised for the upset win, really stepped it up,” he said. team as a firstyear with low Training lasts through the Williams at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. said Forston. “All of our women have Ward attributed the team’s success to expectations and earned a spot summer. Bloch runs and roller T e men are seeded eighth and will stepped up at dif erent times to get its relentless style of play. on the carnival team, comprisd skis when there is not snow play ninth seeded Hamilton tonight valuable wins.” “Other players in long games or of the six fastes skiers. He has on the ground. In addition at 6:30 p.m. T e winner will face top- According to Wlodarczyk, the loss stressful situations start hitting the held one of those spots for his to building up his strength, seeded Trinity at noon on Saturday. against Bates a week later was one of tin. T ey start making mistakes. entire Bowdoin career. Bloch has worked on maintain- Williams College is hosting the the closest matches that the two teams But we don’t shoot for winners a lot, Nordic skiing has two differ- ing forward body position and championship for both the men have had in the last few years. we try to rally it out and burn them ent styles that are tested in car- starting races faster. and women. He also revealed how despite ill- down, make them tired, so that’s nivals: classical and freestyle. One of Bloch’s favorite of - “Our seasons are always mea- ness, the women’s team remains in how we usually win,” said Ward. Classical requires more upper season activities is skiing a sured, in competitive terms, by the high spirits. She praised the team’s Both squads are looking forward body strength and involves marathon. He enjoys these 50K quality of our play at the postseason performance against Wellesley last to this weekend’s NESCAC Champi- what Bloch races because events,” wrote Head Coach Tomas Saturday. onship at Williams and at the Col- calls “double they are of en Fortson in an email to the Orient. “I think if we’re all healthy come lege Squash Association nationals polling,” which “I’m a small guy. I’m not as raced in groups “The men are working hard and this weekend, then we stand a good ithe following week. d e s c r i b e s powerful so I had to learn effi cien- of around 15 trying to improve. They play a very chance of doing well and potentially “We always perform our best at Na- how the ski- cy of technique and endurance. It people, who will difficult schedule and have lost winning the C division at champion- tionals and that’s how we’ll hopefully ers move their travel together four very close matches,” Fortson ships,” said Wlodarczyk. end the season this year,” says Ward. bodies with gave me an area to excel in that I until the com- their arms. wasn’t exposed to before.” petition neces- Freestyle uses sitates trying to the legs to JACKSON BLOCH ’15 pass each other. Women’s hockey stumbles to .500 in conference move as if “He’s really skating. Bloch good at f nding BY NICOLE FELEO didn’t take care of our defensive re- stops in the net, including one save had performed significantly ef ciency in his skis,” Alsobrook ORIENT STAFF sponsibilities and found ourselves in overtime. better in freestyle races until said. “It’s almost unnatural how down quickly.” The next night, the Ephs’ Gwen this season. he is able to squeeze every last bit SCORECARD Bowdoin faced a daunting 3-0 Shultz scored 35 seconds into the Bloch’s adjustment to college of energy out of his ef orts. “ Fri 1/30 at Williams T 3-3 deficit until the second half of the opening frame. Polar Bear Jessica distance—high school races Alsobrook also praised Bloch’s Sa 1/31 at Williams L 5-1 period when Ariana Bourque ’16 Bowen ’17 responded 10 minutes are only 5K while collegiate natural ability. netted her first goal of the night at later by scoring a shorthanded races are between 10 and 20 “A lot of it is sort of natu- 10:06. After Bourque scored again equalizer. kilometers—was all the more ral athleticism, and he has a The women’s hockey team was on a power play four minutes later, But, Emily Kreuger of Williams unusual given his small frame. very thoughtful approach to stymied last weekend at Williams, and Bowdoin trailed Williams 3-2 scored off a power play seconds However, he believes that rath- the sport. His brain is a finely with a 3-3 tie on Friday and a 5-1 at the second intermission. later, giving the Ephs the edge.Wil- er than hindering him, the in- tuned instrument that helps loss on Saturday. The Polar Bears “We lacked a sense of urgency liams added a third goal before the crease in distance has contrib- him calibrate how much effort fell to 8-6-4 (4-4-2 NESCAC) on until the third period,” said O’Neil. end of the period. “Emotionally, uted to his improvement. he needs for each movement,” the year, while Williams improved “We had better chances the second Williams was really high on that “I’m a small guy,” he said. “I’m he said. to 8-7-2 (5-3-2 NESCAC) and half of the game and in overtime. point.” said O’Neil. “They put two not as powerful so I had to learn Bloch will look to finish the third in the NESCAC. We played okay—I don’t think ei- more in in the first period and af- ef ciency of technique and en- second half of his season strong. On Friday night, the Ephs took ther team played its best. There ter we tied it up we were compla- durance. It gave me an area to He hopes to finish no lower the early lead with a Kearan Burke wasn’t a lot of momentum or tran- cent again. For the rest of the game excel in that I wasn’t exposed to than 30th and will attempt to goal on a power play just 1:13 into sitional play for either team.” we didn’t play well until the last before.” earn a top-20 finish against the first period. By the midway Rachel Kennedy ’16 tied the five or ten minutes. There’s no way Shorter races allow bigger, Dartmouth College and Univer- point of the opening period, Mi- game five minutes in the final pe- you can do that with Williams or stronger, skiers to essentially sity of Vermont skiers who rank chaela Levine had doubled Wil- riod, assisted by Maddie Baird ’15. any team in our league.” sprint. Longer races equal- among the best in the country. liams’ lead to make it 2-0. Sara In the overtime period Bowdoin With 4:31 left in the middle ize that natural advantage by T e sports editor of the Orient Lehman a third goal for the Ephs was unable to convert a power play frame, Williams continued to changing the skills necessary for chooses the Athlete of the Week in the second period. opportunity in to the final min- dominate. Chelsea Stevens made a success. based on exemplary performance. “We gave up an early goal,” said utes, and the match ended 3-3. Head Coach Marissa O’Neil. “We Goalie Beth Findley ’16 made 24 Please see W. HOCKEY, page 13 12 sports the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015

but we were playing slow defen- M. BBALL sively and sof on of ense. Coach did The Giovinco gamble and the future of MLS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 a good job of settling us down and getting us ready to make a come- The real big fish though, some- Let’s not pretend that Giovinco is T is time, Bowdoin came ready to back. We clamped down on defense THE RELEGATION what ironically, is Seba Giovinco. doing the MLS a favor, though. He’s play, winning 79-66. However, it was to start the second half and had a At just 5’4,” but full of energy and still getting paid. A lot. His new deal Plymouth State who commanded big run. [Swords] was anchoring ZONE with an incredible work rate, Gio will make him the highest-paid play- the f rst half with 47 points, and held us down low and had some big mo- lives up to the nickname “La For- er in the MLS, and the highest-paid a 15-point lead going into the break. mentum plays to get us back into it.” ERIC ZELINA mica Atomica”—the Atomic Ant. Italian player in the world by most When Bowdoin Hausman set He’s an incredibly creative talent accounts. Despite all the inroads returned from the “Its been tough because he (Pieri) another career- As Europe’s top leagues enter with tremendous pace and versatil- made toward developing into a major locker room for the high performance the second halves of their respec- ity. That versatility will allow him league, the MLS still has to overpay second half, it was is so instrumental. We have a with 32 points and tive seasons, Major League Soccer to play anywhere from a second its stars, as every large name recently a completely dif er- short bench this year, but pretty Swords tallied a (MLS) opened preseason training striker position behind Jozy to out- has received a deal well above their ent game. T e Polar double-double with camps last week, uncertain if they side on the wing, to an attacking market value, highlighting some of Bears quickly elimi- good depth.” 19 points and 11 re- will even make it to the season. The midfield position, all while creating MLS’s major issues. T e wage dis- nated the lead and JOHN SWORDS ’15 bounds in the win. collective bargaining agreement ex- space for Michael Bradley with his crepancy in the MLS is stunning, tied the game at 60 The Polar Bears pired last Saturday and negotiations pace, dribbling and ability to take with the big-name designated play- with f ve minutes re- currently sit tied between the league and players’ on defenders. ers making upwards of $6 million maining. T e team didn’t stop there, for fourth place in the NESCAC ta- union are seemingly at an impasse. T e Giovinco move is massive not per year, while the MLS median sal- rallying for a 13-2 run that capped of ble with a conference record of 4-3. The specter of a work stoppage just for the quality of player that he ary hovers around $90,000. Younger the contest. Bowdoin’s defense held The team will host the sixth place looms large. is, but also for how and when he de- players are forced into semi-guar- Plymouth State to only 19 points in Middlebury Panthers (15-4 over- Despite this, the biggest stories cided to make the switch. While Ger- anteed contracts, where they can be the half and its of ense shot a stagger- all, 3-3 NESCAC) on Sunday as the going into camp have been the mas- rard, Lampard, and Kaka are all fan- terminated without compensation by ing 68 percent from the f eld. players look to bounce back from sive transfers of European stars to tastic players in their own right, they the clubs at almost any time, leaving “In the locker room at half ime, last weekend’s disappointments the U.S. Recent months have seen are all on the wrong side of 30 and are many without safety net. we all knew that we shouldn’t have and win its first conference game Frank Lampard, David Villa, Kaka, well past their prime. Gio just turned All of these issues are ever more been down to them,” said Hausman. since Pieri was diagnosed with his and Steven Gerrard all announce 28 and still has his best years of foot- salient as the league and players “T ey were hot shooting in the f rst, season-ending concussion. moves to the MLS. All are interna- ball ahead of him. T e MLS has im- union try to hash out a new collec- tional superstars that bring excep- proved by leaps and bounds over the tive bargaining agreement to pre- tional talent to a league looking to past decade, but still needs to buck vent a work stoppage. Free agency fill a star power void left by Thierry the “retirement league” moniker that, remains the sticking point for the Henry and Landon Donovan. true or not, has dogged it in recent union, as the MLS still bizarrely Winter Weekend 2015 Schedule Toronto FC (TFC) stole the years. Snagging a player of Giovinco’s operates without a free agency sys- headlines though, landing the out- caliber at his age should help change tem, but issues like increased league of-favor US Men’s National Team that perception. minimum salary and salary cap, and Friday star Jozy Altidore from Sunderland Perhaps just as importantly, he guaranteed contracts remain at the 12:30 p.m. Sled Dog Presentation (Beam Classroom) and, even more shockingly, the di- reportedly turned down offers from forefront of their disagreements. 12:30 p.m. Meet & Greet with the Dogs (The Quad) minutive Sebastian Giovinco from Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, and It’s hard to believe the owners Italian champion Juventus. The numerous other flashy-name Eu- when they cry poor after doling 2:30 p.m. Polar Bear Dip (Higgins Beach)—sign up at SU Info Desk Jozy deal was damn smart business ropean clubs. Other players of his out massive contracts like so many 5 - 7 p.m. Blizzard Bash with Pedro O’Haras (Ladd) and impressive in its own right. caliber have moved to MLS in the of them did this offseason, and it 7 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey v. Hamilton (Watson) TFC shipped the unhappy Jermain past, but none have done so in their seems the players agree. With no Defoe back to England in exchange prime and turned down the top real progress made in the negotia- for Altidore, getting younger in clubs in the world simultaneously. tions, all signs point to a work stop- the process and, by most reports, The Giovinco move could be page, which would cripple the post- Saturday gaining a nice chunk of cash in the start of a seismic shift that World Cup wave of momentum the 11 am - 4 p.m. S’mores, Hot Cider & Hot Chocolate (Coe Quad) the swap. Despite his struggles in puts the league at least in the same MLS garnered at the end of last 11 am - 6 p.m. Horse-drawn Carriage Rides (Moulton Circle) England, Jozy had already excelled neighborhood as the top European season. World soccer is a competi- in the MLS and is one of the most leagues. Seba’s Italian National tive marketplace for attention and 11 am - 2 p.m. Ice Sculptor (Coe Quad) recognizable faces for US Soccer, Team manager Antonio Conte cer- money, and it remains to be seen if 2 - 3 p.m. Learn to Curl (Main Quad) which is a great marketing oppor- tainly thinks so, stating about the the MLS can afford to lose ground 2 - 3:30 p.m. College House Olympics Catered by Dining (Main Quad) tunity when he hits the pitch next move, “In a few years players will while mired in a labor dispute. In 3:30 p.m. Polar Bear Run with Pedro O’Haras (Baxter) to his US national teammate Mi- elbow each other to go there. [The the players’ minds though, they chael Bradley. MLS] will grow so much”. might not be able to afford not to. 4 p.m. Men’s Ice Hockey v. Amherst (Watson) 6 - 8 p.m. Night Time Ice Skating (Main Quad) 10 p.m. Cold War Party (Mac/Quinby) W. BBALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Sunday 46 in the last three. 12 - 2 p.m. Broomball (Reed) T e Polar Bears shot better from 1 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Middlebury (Morrell) the f eld, sinking 42.9 percent to the Jef s’ 31 percent. T ey f nished the game strong defensively, ending with a f nal score of 60-51. Inclement weather forced Trinity and Bowdoin to play on Sunday in- stead of Friday, and Bowdoin came out on top for its second consecutive win of the weekend. T e Polar Bears opened the f rst half slower than they had hoped, al- lowing Trinity to gain a seven-point lead of 28-21 during the f rst half. “We weren’t playing up to our po- tential for the f rst bit of the game,” said Binkhorst. “On Sunday, our de- fensive intensity was not near where it was the day before.” But Bowdoin fought back with nine points following a three-point er from Ally Silfen ’17. By half ime, the Polar Bears had f nally bounced back to a 32-30 lead. Brady led the team once again, this time with 18 points. She was followed by eight points from each Phelps, Binkhorst, ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT and Marle Curle ’17. OUT IN FRONT: Kate Kerrigan ’18 positions herself for an easy basket in the Polar Bears’ 16th straight. “Credit Trinity,” said Shibles. “T ey played really well in the f rst Bowdoin triumphed over the Ban- to their opponent’s 31.1 percent. half and they f nished a lot of their tams in the second half with a pow- They also outperformed Trinity shots. We were better defensively in erful surge of defense and strong on the glass, with a 51-36 lead in the second half. And I think the play- shooting on offense. With Brady rebounds. Bowdoin finished the ers were more intelligent in taking scoring 14 of her points in the sec- game with a 13-2 run, winning by a away what they wanted to get out of ond half, the Polar Bears outshot final score of 63-47. their of ense.” the Bantams with 37.5 percent Bowdoin will play at Middle- Refocused and recharged, shooting from the field compared bury on Sunday at 3 p.m. friday, february 6, 2015 the bowdoin orient sports 13

game and made 21 saves, while “said O’Neil. “I don’t want to take W. HOCKEY Lan Crofton ’17—the previously anything away from Williams— CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 injured goalie who had suffered a they were emotionally charged and sprained ankle—joined the game they won the one-on-one battle. NESCAC Standings run down the ice to score, bring- toward the end and made six saves. They worked for everything.” ing the score up once again for the “It was a really frustrating week- “We have to be better defensive- MEN’S HOCKEY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Ephs to make it 4-1. end. Unfortunately there’s not a lot ly,” said O’Neil. “That’s it.” Shultz scored again in the final of positive things to come out of Bowdoin visits Trinity (4-5-1, NESCAC OVERALL WL W L minutes of the last period, cement- it except not showing up like that 11-5-1 NESCAC) this weekend WL T W L T BOWDOIN 7 0 19 2 ing the 5-1 win. again—instead being able to show and play tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Trinity 10 1 1 15 2 1 Tufts 6 0 19 1 Findley played for most of the up and be ready to play 60 minutes, tomorrow at 4 p.m. Amherst 9 3 0 13 3 2 Amherst 5 2 18 2 Williams 8 3 1 12 4 2 Williams 4 2 16 4 Conn. Coll. 6 5 1 9 7 2 Conn. College 4 2 14 6 Hamilton 5 5 2 7 7 4 Middlebury 3 3 11 9 BOWDOIN 4 5 3 10 5 3 Colby 3 4 14 6 Middlebury 4 5 3 7 8 3 Hamilton 1 5 10 9 Tufts 4 7 1 7 10 1 Wesleyan 1 5 8 10 Colby 2 8 2 5 11 2 Trinity 1 6 7 13 Wesleyan 1 11 0 2 16 0 Bates 0 6 9 10

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE Fri 2/6 v. Hamilton 7 P.M. Su 2/8 at Middlebury 3 P.M. Sa 2/7 v. Amherst 4 P.M. MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S HOCKEY WL W L WL T W L T Trinity 6 1 16 5 Middlebury 9 1 2 14 2 3 Bates 4 2 15 4 Amherst 7 1 2 12 2 3 Tufts 4 2 10 9 Williams 5 3 2 8 7 3 Amherst 4 3 15 5 Conn. Coll. 6 4 2 11 6 3 BOWDOIN 4 3 14 6 BOWDOIN 442 8 6 4 Middlebury 3 3 15 4 Trinity 4 5 1 11 5 1 Wesleyan 3 3 14 6 Weslyan 2 7 1 7 9 1 Williams 3 3 12 7 Colby 3 9 0 11 9 0 Colby 3 4 12 9 Hamilton 1 7 2 7 8 3 Hamilton 1 5 13 7 Conn. College 0 6 7 12 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE Fri 2/6 at Trinity 7:30 P.M. Sa 2/7 at Trinity 4 P.M. Su 2/8 v. Middlebury 1 P.M.

MEN’S SQUASH SWIMMING AND DIVING BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SCHEDULE BEAR OUT OF WATER: The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams both won their third consecutive meets last weekend when they hosted Colby at Greason Pool. For SCHEDULE the men Ryan Kulesza ’15 won three races, the 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke and 200 IM. Andrew Park ’15, John Lagase ’16, JR Chansakul ’16 and Tom Kramer‘15 all won two Sa 2/7 at Maine Event (Bates) 10 A.M. Fri 2/6 v. Hamilton at Williams 6:30 P.M events for the Polar Bears as well. For the women, Caroline Watt and Sophia Walker both won races to help the Polar Bears coast to a 193-118 win. Both teams move on to the Sa 2/7 v. TBD at Williams TBA postseason this weekend and will compete in the Maine State Event at Bates tomorrow and the NESCAC championships at Wesleyan the next weekend. Su 2/8 v. TBD at Williams TBA TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S SQUASH Fri 2/6 at Maine State Meet (Bates) 6 P.M. SCHEDULE Sa 2/7 at Maine State Meet (Bates) 6 P.M.

Fri 2/6 v. Tufts at Williams 4 P.M. *Bold line denotes NESCAC Tournament cut-of Sa 2/7 v. TBA at Williams TBA Su 2/8 v. TBA at Williams TBA Compiled by Sarah Bonanno Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC 14 the bowdoin orient OPINION friday, february 6, 2015 Addressing comments LETTERS TO THE EDITOR f er the redesign of its website several years ago, the Orient began using the commenting platform Disqus to provide an easy way for readers to respond to Thank you funeral, interment and reception. and speaking personally, I would articles. Recently, many large publications have eliminated their comment sec- We are especially grateful to like to thank Bowdoin’s administra- Ations entirely, while many others are re-evaluating their comment policies and engag- To the Editors: Dining Services, who, faced with tion, Trustees, and my colleagues ing in more active moderation. Too of en the Orient’s comment threads devolve into On behalf of our family, I would the challenge of producing the across campus, but especially in the of -topic arguments or personal attacks on writers, rather than thoughtful discussions like to express our heartfelt grati- annual Thanksgiving dinner that government department, as well as of issues. T e editorial board believes in the value of open discourse and hopes that our tude to Bowdoin College: our pres- evening, provided refreshments at students past and present for their articles spark thoughtful and respectful conversations. Readers deserve to be heard and ident, Barry Mills, and Dean for the reception following William outpouring of support. our comment section is an important medium for people to voice their opinions. We are Academic Affairs, Cristle Collins Nelson Cromwell Professor of Sincerely, therefore implementing a set of guidelines that we believe will elevate the quality of the Judd, my esteemed colleagues, and Constitutional Law Richard Mor- Jean M. Yarbrough discourse in our comment sections. Please read our new Comment Policy below: all of our dedicated staff, who la- gan’s burial. Gary M. Pendy, Sr., Professor of bored so lovingly at my husband’s It has been a painful time for us, Social Sciences T e Bowdoin Orient encourages its readers to submit thoughtful and relevant com- ments on its stories. Our goal is to provide a space for considerate discussion, civil debate and informed commentary. T e Orient strongly encourages commenters to use their real names, or at the very Girls should fi ght for their right to party least, a relevant descriptor (i.e. class of ’92, parent, sophomore, etc.). Commenters should not misrepresent themselves by using someone else’s name; if this is discovered, the com- ment will be removed. When a comment is submitted, the name and email address pro- In a recent op-ed in The New ling evidence that sororities should vided are made available to the Orient. T is information is never shared nor made public. MY 77 CENTS York Times, “Sororities Should not be able to throw parties—it’s Comments are moderated by a small team of Orient editors and they will not appear Throw Parties,” Juliet Lapidos just tradition. on the site immediately. Comments will be approved if they are relevant and contribute wrote that allowing sororities There are a lot of old standards to a thoughtful discussion of the article. VEE FYER-MORREL to throw parties—and thus to that are not ideal. Part of making Comments will not be approved if: have some agency over the social progress is not adhering to every -T ey contain hate speech (including speech that attacks a person or group on the For better or worse, college par- scene—could decrease the num- old rule—we must acknowledge basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation). T ey contain obscene, suggestive, ties are not only a source of social ber of sexual assaults committed traditions, but we must also allow vulgar, profane (including insinuated profanity written using dashes or asterisks), threat- interaction, but also of social cur- against women. She posits that them elasticity over time. ening, disrespectful, defamatory or libelous language. rency. They set a dynamic of power parties at sororities would prevent -T ey include personal attacks on reporters. and of expectation. The people who “the worst excesses” of fraternity -T ey do not relate to the article (including spam, commercial promotion and inco- throw the parties have control. parties, including spiked punch, Giving women increased herence). In fraternities, for instance, and would give female partygoers control over the social scene might -T ey are written by a commenter who continually comments on the same story with- the guest-lists, themes (with cos- a kind of home court advantage, so out adding anything new to the discussion. tumes), drinks, and even the space to speak. be an important step. But it should -T ey are longer than 200 words. If you feel strongly about an issue, we recommend itself is all monitored and gov- However, this idea has proved not be the only step. submitting a full op-ed or a letter to the editor. erned by the resident brothers, not both contentious and apparently -T ey only point out factual or spelling errors. Comments pointing out errors are by their guests. 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Due to the high volume of dards—i.e. that women do not host would probably not be plausible to comments, the Orient may not be able to respond to inquiries related to specif c modera- parties with alcohol—are old and have sororities take all the social re- tion decisions. In college, parties deeply rooted. sponsibility, and I’m not convinced Commenting may be disabled on high-prof le stories that attract spam comments. are a source not only of social Johnson said that many soror- that they necessarily should. Additionally, the Orient reserves the right to disable commenting on an article that is no interaction, but also of ity members are underage, which The way the system might work longer topical or that was published more than four years ago. makes serving alcohol at parties best is if both fraternities and so- Once submitted, comments become the property of the Bowdoin Orient. T ey may social currency. a legal risk. She added that there rorities had the ability to host be published in print using the name attached to the comment. If a real name is used, would be new responsibility if girls events, and could alternate month- the commenter will be contacted to conf rm his or her identity before the comment is threw parties: they would subject ly. This adjustment would also published in print. T e views expressed in comments are solely those of the commenter. Now, this is not to demonize themselves to the associated costs, take some of the pressure off of T ey are not endorsed or promoted by the Bowdoin Orient or Bowdoin College. the Greek system; indeed, being a risks and cleanup. It is true that fraternities, who now bear all the Bowdoin student, I cannot claim to with power comes responsibility responsibility for social life in the know exactly what Greek life is like. and perhaps, with a little increased Greek system. 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BY ALLYSON GROSS over $117 million. my life continues to invest in and pollution disproportionately af- many more that I joined BCA’s di- CONTRIBUTOR Living within two miles of the profit from the industry that is pol- fects low-income neighborhoods vestment campaign this time last refineries down my own street in- luting my home is more than an- and communities of color. The di- year. While the College has had the Growing up just outside of creased my chances of developing tithetical to my own personal val- sastrous impacts of climate change opportunity to lead, it is quickly Houston, in a suburb containing leukemia by 56 percent. will only exacerbate already exist- falling behind our peer institutions the sixth-largest refinery in the What had for so long been ing inequalities. This is and ignoring the calls of student United States, the fossil fuel indus- merely background scen- and faculty voices to disentangle try was omnipresent in ery for me—cloud ourselves from our ties to the fossil my childhood. fuel industry. From confusing the Since the movement’s inception, refineries’ smoke stacks for “cloud makers,” to Since the movement’s knowing far too many family members—beside inception, 25 colleges and hundreds of institutions, whose endowments [L]iving within two miles total over $50 billion, have of the refi neries down my divested worldwide.

own street increased my 25 colleges and hundreds of institu- chances of developing tions, whose endowments total over leukemia by 56 percent. $50 billion, have divested world- wide. From Stanford, which divest- ed from coal companies last May, to the New School and the University myself—who developed of Maine system last week, divest- asthma, I was always pe- ment is winning and reaching far ripherally aware of the beyond the Bowdoin bubble. fossil fuel industry, with- After two years of building sup- out considering what it port on campus, myself and three meant to be raised in the other members of BCA met with center of an extractive the Board of Trustees last October ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT economy. Fish, as they to formally propose divestment at say, do not know they are the College. in water, and growing up Since our meeting, there have less than a mile from seven differ- makers and perpetual copper ues—it is antithetical to Bowdoin’s a justice issue harming real people been 112 days of silence from the ent major oil refineries, I was too skies—now sharpened viscerally own. An extractive economy does in America in 2015. Board of Trustees. We have pro- close to really think critically of into a menacing industrial reality. not aid the common good. Climate justice isn’t just about ceeded through the proper chan- their effects. While I’ve enjoyed the comforts of By investing in the fossil fuel in- climate change, however. It’s about nels of engagement and have been As a first year I became sick and my new life in Maine, I felt guilty dustry, Bowdoin is consenting to the what we value—life, land, resources repeatedly ignored. We petitioned. found it hard to breathe every time and helpless that my family re- practices of the fossil fuel industry and people. The same systems that We rallied. We presented our case. I returned to Houston. I realized mained exposed, and my commu- and tacitly approving of communi- perpetuate other social injustices As the Trustees meet this week- that I was safer away from home nity remained unaware. ties like mine remaining f nancially fuel the climate crisis. In believing end, I want them to keep in mind than in it. Overnight, my ideological sup- dependent upon an industry that is we can somehow recycle ourselves what the fossil fuel industry is do- In the process, I learned how my port for the Bowdoin Climate Ac- polluting our air and poisoning our out of a climate catastrophe, Bow- ing to my hometown. Academic in- hometown of Deer Park, Texas, is in tion’s (BCA) fossil fuel divestment health. T at my Bowdoin tuition is doin is turning a blind eye to larger stitutions are endowed for the com- the first percentile of worst air tox- campaign transformed into active indirectly funding the industry that systems of oppression. mon good, and the Trustees have a icity in America. The Shell refinery participation. The dangerous reali- is destroying my home is about more Lessening the inf uence of the fos- choice to make. Do they stand with that employs so many of my family ties of the fossil fuel industry lived than carbon budgets, two degrees sil fuel industry and seeking justice me and my hometown, or the fossil friends had recently settled a law- too close to home—literally. Celsius or investment portfolios— for those harmed by its violent busi- fuel industry? Bowdoin, whose side suit with the Environmental Pro- To remain silent was no longer an it’s about my family. ness model are at the very heart of the are you on? tection Agency for years of Clean option. That the College to which I Divestment is the tactic, and cli- movement for fossil fuel divestment. Allyson Gross is a member of the Air Act violations to the tune of had chosen to dedicate four years of mate justice is the goal. Fossil fuel It’s for all of these reasons and Class of 2016. Law is not on the side of parents who refuse to vaccinate their eligible children

countries, the mortality rate can be vent them from being vaccinated, federal court. The U.S. Court of Ap- force parents to vaccinate their chil- KICKING THE CAN as high as 10 percent. and they instead rely on the herd peals Second Circuit said that New dren, states should move quickly to But, there’s another difference protection of a healthy populace to York City’s refusal to allow unvac- require vaccination for all those eli- between measles here and in the avoid contracting dangerous infec- cinated students to attend school gible and energetically pursue the DAVID STEURY sort of place only National Geo- tious diseases. The greater the per- during an outbreak was constitu- goal of a healthy populace. graphic and the Navy SEALs ven- centage of people in a country that tional, citing a century-old deci- Perhaps the best argument that a For a large part of my (albeit ture: the infection rate is on the are immunized, the harder it is for a sion that stated the police power of court has laid forth that could sup- short) life, I was blissfully unaware rise here. According to the CDC, disease to gain a foothold. And be- the state extended to vaccination port vaccine mandates comes from of the anti-vaccination movement. between 2002 and 2007 there were cause vaccines are not 100 percent requirements, and that New York’s Prince v. Massachusetts (1945), I knew that some people dismissed well under 100 cases of measles in effective, it is important for every- rule could have been much stricter which dealt primarily with child medicine out of hand—generally on the U.S. each year. In 2014, there one who is able to get vaccinated. and remained Constitutional. labor laws, but briefly delved into religious grounds—but I had no idea were more than 600. And just 37 Some parents of vaccine-ineligi- Phillips and the previous case, the issue of vaccination. that a growing number of otherwise days into 2015, there have already ble children have threatened to sue Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905), Justice Rutledge, writing for the reasonable and educated people been 102 cases. Not surprisingly, the parents of unvaccinated chil- majority argued that: “the fam- believed that vaccinating their chil- nearly all of those who contracted dren for endangering their kids. ily itself is not beyond regulation dren was somehow unhealthy. measles were unvaccinated. More power to them. It’s certainly in the public interest, as against a My parents and their friends be- not inconceivable that they win. Barring the effi cacy of lawsuits claim of religious liberty…[a]nd long to community where due def- One parent who deserves such a to force parents to vaccinate their neither rights of religion nor rights Parents have all sorts of erence was given to the opinions of lawsuit is Dina Check, a Staten Island children, states should move quickly of parenthood are beyond limita- doctors and scientists, and whole- reasons for refusing to vaccinate mother who f led suit against the tion…[The state’s] authority is not sale rejection of scientific findings City of New York for its refusal to let to require vaccination for all those nullified merely because the par- their kids, but none of them was considered irrational. How her unvaccinated child attend school eligible and energetically pursue the ent grounds his claim to control lucky I was. While my ignorance are valid. during a chickenpox outbreak. the child’s course of conduct on was bliss, the ignorance of anti- “The devil is germs and disease, goal of a healthy populace. religion or conscience. Thus, he vaccination parents constitutes a which is cancer and any of those cannot claim freedom from com- grave public health risk—one that Parents have all sorts of reasons things that can take you down. But pulsory vaccination for the child was recently thrust into the public for refusing to vaccinate their kids, if you trust in the Lord, these things demonstrate that states’ interests more than for himself on religious consciousness by an outbreak of but none of them are valid. From cannot come near you,” said Check, in keeping their citizens safe are so grounds. The right to practice reli- measles at Disneyland. religious objections to a rejection who did not vaccinate her child on important that they supersede even gion freely does not include liberty Measles is a disease that spreads of anything unnatural, and from religious grounds. religious objections, which are usu- to expose the community or the easily through the air—much like the demonstrably false belief that I’d urge her to tell that to children ally protected by our constitution. child to communicable disease or the common cold—but is much vaccines give kids autism to some in the third world—many of whom, With the growing wave of an- the latter to ill health or death.” more dangerous. In developed really hilarious conspiracy theories, I’m sure, place a great deal of trust tipathy towards vaccination, we It may be true that we give par- countries like the U.S., death only parents latch on to ignorant justifi- in God—who cannot obtain the should not forget that smallpox, ents ample opportunity to fuck up occurs in about 0.2 percent of mea- cations that can hurt their own kids measles vaccine, and are susceptible one of the most horrific diseases their kids. But this is a question sles cases, according to the Center or others. to contracting the disease and dying. known to mankind, was eradicated of them fucking up other people’s for Disease Control and Prevention Of course, certain individuals Check’s lawsuit, Phillips v. City of thanks to vaccines. kids, and we should absolutely (CDC). However, in less developed have medical conditions that pre- New York (2015), was dismissed in Barring the efficacy of lawsuits to prohibit the possibility. 16 the bowdoin orient friday, february 6, 2015 FEBRUARY

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EVENT Bake Sale The College's housekeepers will host a bake sale. All proceeds will be donated to Relay for Life. OneCards will be accepted. Smith Union. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EVENT Stop the Stigma. Start the Conversation: Mental Health at Bowdoin. Jordan Burnham, a mental health advocate, will talk about his experience with depression and substance abuse and his work to eliminate the stigmas associated with mental illness. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:15 p.m. ABBY MOTYCKA , THE BOWDOIN ORIENT WHAT THE PUCK: Connor Quinn '15 rushes the goal on January 20 during the Polar Bears' 4-2 win against the University of New England. This weekend, during Winter Weekend festivities, the men's hockey team will host Hamilton on Friday and Amherst on Saturday.

21° T SHEPHERD'S PIE, FLATBREAD 7° M HONEY CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE 16° T MUSSELS, GRILLED CHEESE 25° T FETTUCCINE, CHICKEN MARSALA 10 6 5° M BAKED ZITI, PAELLA 7 3° M TACO BAR, PASTA BAR TUESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAYY EVENT WINTER WEEKEND WINTER WEEKEND Dinnertime Film and Discussion Sled Dog Presentation S'mores, Hot Cider and Hot Chocolate The Environmental Studies Program, Sustainable The owners of Blockhouse Pursuits Dogsled Adventures. Bowdoin Student Government will of er warm beverages Bowdoin and Dining Services will screen the series will give a presentation on dog sledding, to be followed and snacks as part of the Winter Weekend festivities. "Growing Local," which seeks to better represent the by a meet and greet with the dogs on the Main Quad. Dudley Coe Quad. 11 a.m. local food movement. Following the f lm, there will be a Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m. discussion with local farmers. WINTER WEEKEND Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 6 p.m. WINTER WEEKEND Horsedrawn Carriage Rides Polar Bear Dip Moulton Circle. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Bowdoin Outing Club will shuttle students to Higgins Beach to participate in a polar plunge. Sign-up WINTER WEEKEND 18° T FRIED CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE at the Smith Union Information Desk. 11 3° M ROTISSERIE CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE Higgins Beach. 2:30 p.m. Polar Bear Run WEDNESDAY The InterHouse Council will host this year's annual one-mile costumed run around campus. There will be a raf e at EVENT LECTURE CBBhacks Baxter House at the end of the run and food from Pedro "Le Dernier Cri: Cupid & Psyche in Paris" O'Haras will be served. Visiting Associate Professor of Romance Languages Abby The IT Advisory Council will host Bowdoin's f rst annual Polar Bear Statue. 3:20 p.m. Hackathon, which will pit students from Bowdoin, Zanger and Curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Bates, Colby, and other colleges across the country Joachim Homann will discuss the role of mythology in 17th- against each other in a challenge to create new apps WINTER WEEKEND century French literature and the museum's current exhibit, and entrepreneurial ventures. Night Time Ice Skating "Weaving the Myth of Psyche." Smith Union. 9 p.m. to Sunday at Noon. Main Quad. 6 p.m. Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Noon.

FILM "The Time that Remains" Students for Justice in Palestine will screen the semi- T ROAST PORK, VEGGIE STIR FRY 23° T VEGAN GARDEN BURGER 10° 7° autobiographical f lm that follows a family living in 8 3° M BAKED THREE CHEESE PASTA 12 M QUESADILLA, BBQ BEEF RIBS Palestine from 1948 to the present day. SUNDAY THURSDAY Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m. WINTER WEEKEND LECTURE SPORTING EVENT Broomball Tournament "Animal Songs, Animal Music" Men's Hockey Reed House will host this year's broomball competition. Professor of Composition and Theory at Cornish College of The men's hockey team, currently in sixth in the Broomball is played liked hockey, except with sneakers and the Arts Emily Doolittle will speak about her research on NESCAC, will take on the f fth-place Hamilton College brooms instead of skates and hockey sticks. Winning teams zoomusicology and the use of animal song in human cultures. Continentals. will continue to play throughout the afternoon. Her recent research looks at hermit thrushes. Watson Arena. 7 p.m. Reed House. Noon. Room 016, Druckenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.

EVENT BREAK COMMON HOUR LECTURE 1313 PERFORMANCE 155 EVENT PERFORMANCE 14 1617 18 19 Ensemble World Cinema "Dead Man's Epomeo Festival Cell Phone"