T!" U.S. MAIL 1st CLASS Postage PAID Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, MAINE B !"#!$% THE NATION’S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHEDO COLLEGE&$'%( WEEKLY VOLUME 142, NUMBER 18 MARCH 1, 2013 DEER FRIENDS LePage cuts Medicaid budget; 20,000 Mainers to be affected Cuts save Maine $4 million and reduce MaineCare’s eligibility threshold to 133 of the federal poverty line, down from 150%. BY MARISA MCGARRY ORIENT STAFF A series of cuts to MaineCare— Maine’s Medicaid program—will go into e* ect today , a* ecting the health- care coverage of nearly 20,000 people statewide. Governor Paul LePage pro- posed the cuts late last year. Early this year the Department of COURTESY OF THE STATE OF MAINE Health and Human Services (HHS) approved cuts for “the optional group of the few states to provide Medicaid of parents and caretakers” previously bene+ ts for impoverished childless HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT covered. It also approved reducing the adults. ) is will no longer be the case The Antlers, an indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York, headlined last weekend’s WBOR spring concert. MaineCare eligibity threshold of poor come January 2014, when another se- Mainers from 150 percent of the fed- ries of cuts go into e* ect. eral poverty level to 133 percent. In ad- Maine Equal Justice Partners dition, the new cuts reduce bene+ ts for (MEJP), an Augusta-based + rm, an- Colm Tóibín speaks on silence and storytelling elderly Mainers who are otherwise able nounced on February 21 that it would to recieve coverage through Medicare. be suing HHS, on behalf of + ve plan- BY LINDA KINSTLER Sons” (2006), and “New Ways to Kill slowly blanketing the city: “Yes, “) ese cuts are not easy decisions ti* s, arguing that these cuts are illegal. ORIENT STAFF Your Mother” (2012), a collection of the newspapers were right: snow because they do involve real people,” “By granting Maine permission non+ ction essays. His most recent was general all over Ireland. It was LePage wrote in a press release last year. to reduce eligibility, the Secretary of “In a short story, everything can novel, “) e Testament of Mary,” was falling on every part of the dark ) ese changes result in $4 million in Health and Human Services has vio- only happen once...there is some- released this November. central plain, on the treeless hills, savings for the state. lated the law by cutting health care thing that you cannot name in Wednesday was a snowy night, falling softly upon the Bog of Al- LePage’s initial proposal included bene+ ts for people with disabilities and the story, and will have no conse- so Tóibín said he would begin with len and, farther westward, softly much more signi+ cant cuts totalling for low-income seniors,” wrote Jack quences...[it’s] something that you an excerpt from the most famous falling into the dark mutinous $20 million, which would have elimi- Comart, the litigation director of MEJP, can’t quite fathom, and you put short story on snow, James Joyce’s Shannon waves...His soul swooned nated 19 and 20-year olds from the in a February press release. “) ose ac- the book down for a moment and “The Dead.” He offered the story slowly as he heard the snow falling program entirely. However, HHS de- tions are unacceptable.” wonder.” as a representation of the age—old faintly through the universe and nied these changes. Maine is one of 14 states that have So spoke acclaimed Irish author Irish tradition of hospitality, of faintly falling, like the descent of “) e states have a certain level of announced that they will not accept an Colm Tóibín on the art of the short sharing music and breaking bread their last end, upon all the living , exibility in terms of what optional expansion to Medicaid that is part of story at Wednesday night’s Kenneth with friends and family, but also as and the dead.” services they o* er under Medicaid. the new A* ordable Care Act, informal- V. Santagata Memorial Lecture in a narrative of conflicting national The scene’s silence is absolute, Some states have been tradition- ly known as ObamaCare, which will go Kresge Auditorium. Tóibín, who allegiances in Dublin at the turn of and it is because of Joyce’s ability ally more generous than others,” said into e* ect in 2014. currently teaches at Columbia Uni- the century. to narrate that silence that Tóibín Professor of Government Andrew “) e cutback against the original versity, was shortlisted for the Book- Tóibín recited the much-cele- called “The Dead” “the invention Rudalevige. program is going to look more dra- er Prize for his novel “) e Master” brated final paragraph of Joyce’s of the modern story,” praising its Maine has previously been among matic, I suspect, put up against the (2004), which he followed with story, in which the narrator, Ga- these “more generous” states. Accord- “Brooklyn” (2009), “Mothers and briel, looks out upon the snow Please see TÓIBÍN, page 13 ing to the Boston Globe, Maine is one Please see LEPAGE, page 3 J-Board announces seven Meagher ices the competition over 30 seasons Sitting at 495 career wins, new members for fall 2013 Coach Terry Meagher has BY RACHEL SNYDER new members were selected to en- ended only three seasons ORIENT STAFF sure that there were enough mem- with a losing record. bers on the Board on campus at Seven students were chosen to any given time. BY PETER DAVIS join the Judicial Board (J-Board) Hopefuls submitted a written ORIENT STAFF for the 2013-2014 school year last application comprised of four es- week. J-Board advisor Dean Laura say questions, along with a recom- ) ere are very few people who need Lee notified the Bowdoin commu- mendation letter from a member of no introduction, but Men’s Hockey nity of the new members via email the Bowdoin community. Members Coach Terry Meagher is certainly of COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COMMUNICATIONS on February 25. of the J-Board then individually in- them, at least on this campus. In his ICE MAN COMETH: Terry Meagher has been coaching the Polar Bears since 1983. The J-Board selected Maggie terviewed all of these candidates to 30th season, Meagher has won an as- Acosta ’16, Kendall Carpenter ’15, see how their personalities, general tounding 495 games, 22nd all time the NESCAC championship, and will Hockey in his blood Lonnie Hackett ’14, Margaret Lin- disposition and judicial ideas corre- among coaches in the history of men’s face Middlebury this Saturday. Born and raised in the blue-collar deman ’15, Christopher Nadeau spond to those of the board. collegiate ice hockey. Over the course of But Meagher is more than just a town of Belleville, Ontario, Meagher is ’16, Ujal Santchurn ’15 and Dun- The next round consisted of his tenure, he has consistently attracted coach, and his 30 years at Bowdoin one of nine children. Like many of his can Taylor ’14 from a pool of 39 group interviews for 27 of the ap- talent to Brunswick and deployed in- add up to more than just a successful siblings, Meagher grew up on the pond. applicants. plicants, in which they were given novative strategies for sealing wins. career. Students cite his easy-going at- “Every Saturday morning, we were Next fall’s Board will be com- hypothetical cases—one social and ) is year is no di* erent for Meagher, as titude and intense pride for anything basically told to get out of the house at posed of 13 students. Five senior one academic—to deliberate in men’s ice hockey now has the most wins Bowdoin-related as reasons behind his nine o’clock,” he said. “We would get out J-Board members will graduate groups of four or five under the ob- since the 1988-1989 season, and was signi+ cant in, uence in the lives of gen- on the rink and play until the sun went in May, and three rising members ranked as high as second in the nation. erations of students, even those outside will be abroad in the fall, so seven Please see JBOARD, page 3 ) e team is currently the No. 1 seed in of the hockey program. Please see MEAGHER, page 17 FEATURES: ARTS & CRAFTS GROWS UP SPECIAL FEATURE: WOMEN’S AND MEN’S HOCKEY PURSUE DUAL NESCAC CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND TODAY’S OPINION Bowdoin Craft Center off ers a creative outlet The D-III No. 7 women’s hockey squad will play a EDITORIAL: Redistributing requirements. for students. semifi nal round match against Amherst on Saturday at Middlebury. The D-III No. 5 men’s hockey team are Page 18. hosting the NESCAC tournament this weekend after coming from behind against Hamilton to win 5-3. HOME IN ALL LANDS: Jean-Paul Honegger ’15 on getting rid of the penny. Page 7. Pages 10-11. Page 19. 2 !"#$ %&" '(#)(*! (+*"!% ,+*)-., /-+0& 1, 2314 FEATURES: Gym culture A&E: Kangland SPORTS: Nordic Skiing Bursting the Bubble dissects Bowdoin’s Jay Caspian Kang ‘02 spoke about his experience as a The Nordic skiing team capped off their 2013 season with fi ve obsessive gym culture. writer and editor at Ladd House last night. consecutive tenth place fi nishes in winter carnivals, a team record. Page 8. Page 12. Page 11. Maine to consider changing marijuana policy Following the trail blazed by Washington and Colorado late last year to legalize marijuana, Maine legislators are set to introduce a bill that would permit the tax and regulation cannabis products in the same manner as alcohol.