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FEATURES: FIRST YEAR GIVES OBAMA HOPE
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MORE NEWS: SECURITY ALERTS;
ANONYMOUS STUDENT FORUM
ALERTS: Security warned the community of two
suspicious men, including an alleged bike thief.
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TODAYS OPINION
EDITORIAL: Floor by oor
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SPORTS: WOMENS SOCCER SHUTS OUT OPPONENTS
The womens soccer team is 3-0-0
under the direction of new head coach
Brianne Weaver. The teams defense
has not yet surrendered a single goal
this season.

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OP-ED: Eric Edelman 13 writes that rst
years should look beyond stereotypes and
rely on their own impressions of the College.
President Obama mentioned Sam
Garvey 16 in his speech at the
Democratic National Convention.
Garvey earned accolades for
biology research while living in a
homeless shelter last year.
FORUM: O-therecord.com seeks to foster open,
anonymous debate among students.
Page 19.
BY MAEVE OLEARY
ORIENT STAFF
COURTESY OF THE TREASURERS OFFICE
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Stephen Stimson Associates envisions a series of terraces outside Moulton Dining Hall.
Architect imagines campus of the future
Please see ARCHITECT, page 4
BY WOODY WINWILL
STAFF WRITER
Te recent renovation of the frst-
year brick entrances is just the frst
step toward a broader redesign of
the entire College. Te creation of a
new entrance to Moulton Union and
renovations to the Longfellow School
are next on the agenda.
Facilities Management will work
with private architectural frms to
develop the renovation.
Stephen Stimson is one architect
working with the College to design these
renovations, who made several recom-
mendations for improvement to campus.
We had a recommendation to
move the [Colleges] main entrance to
College Street, but we would need to
slow down tram c, put in more gener-
ous lighting, and put in a brick gate,
said Katy Longley, senior vice presi-
dent for fnance and administration.
To slow down tram c, the College
would have to construct a speed
table, or fat-topped speed hump,
designed to give the appearance of
cobblestones in place of a regular
paved road.
Lauren Todd, Stimsons associate
landscape designer, added that the
architects also have plans to reno-
vate the inside of the Longfellow
School and turn it into a new visual
arts center, switching the direction
of its entrance, and fnding a solu-
tion to remove site water.
We want to use either a rain
garden or a bio-swale to get rid
of street runoff from cars and use
plants to cleanse the runoff, in-
stead of putting dirty water into a
catch-basin and dumping it into
the Androscoggin River, said
Todd, emphasizing the firms de-
sire to actualize Bowdoins ethic of
environmental sustainability.
Te teams fnal goals are to reno-
vate and landscape outside the Har-
riet Beecher Stowe House of Federal
Street and to make major changes
to the entrance of the dining hall in
Moulton Union.
Were doing conceptual studies
there right now, said Todd. Teres
an opportunity to really open up what
is now a pit. We would take down that
In light of high damage costs in 2011-2012, College increases penalties
The College is cracking down
on vandalism this year, imple-
menting stricter disciplinary sanc-
tions for alcohol-related property
damage. The change comes after
nearly 80 percent of Bowdoin stu-
dents responded that the College
should respond to alcohol-related
property damage with stricter dis-
ciplinary sanctions in last springs
alcohol survey.
Dean of Student Affairs Tim
Foster outlined the changes in a
campus-wide email at the begin-
ning of the semester.
Students who fail to respect
others property create unneces-
sary work for staff to repair the
costly damage and identify those
responsible, and frustration for
fellow students who must live with
the damage and absorb the cost of
repairs, wrote Foster in the email.
During the 2011-12 academic
year, the overall cost of vandal-
ism in residence halls and College
Houses was $23,299.
Students who immediately no-
tify the Office of Safety or Security
or their dean about property they
have damaged will be expected to
pay the cost of repairs, and their
parents will be notified. However,
students who do not step forward
and are subsequently found re-
sponsible for committing vandal-
ism will be placed on social pro-
bation and assessed a $100 fine in
addition to the cost of repairs.
According to Director of Resi-
dential Life Mary Pat McMahon,
the new policies are designed to
encourage students to take respon-
sibility for their misconduct right
away.
In the past, fines have been
charged to the residents of the
space that was vandalized, regard-
less of whether they had caused the
damage. Spaces like College Hous-
es host larger, rowdier events, dur-
ing which College property is more
frequently vandalized. As a result,
house residents often pay for dam-
age they do not cause.
Every time we had a party, wed
find holes in the wall. Wed find
beer cans smashed into our walls.
Wed find food crushed into our
carpet. It [was] disgusting, said
Kaitlin Donahue 13, who served
as Baxter Houses president two
years ago.
Last year, more vandalism oc-
curred in Baxter House than in
any other College House, with
residents paying just over $6,000 in
damages.
Foster warned that repeat viola-
tions of the new policy could result
Please see VANDALISM, page 4
Last night the three candidates
running for the District 66 seat in
the Maine House of Representatives
spoke at a forum held in Quinby
House. Democrat Matthea Mattie
Daughtry, Republican Grant Connors
and Fred Horch of the Green Party are
vying to represent the district, which
comprises most of the College.
Te seat was formerly occupied by
Alexander Cornell du Houx 06, who
represented District 66 from 2008 to
2012. Cornell du Houx dropped out
of the race over the summer, but was
originally on the ballot.
The Maine House of Representa-
tives has 154 members; 77 are Re-
publicans, 71 are Democrats, one
is an independent, and two non-
voting members represent Native
American tribes.
At Quinby House yesterday, the
candidates discussed jobs and eco-
nomic development.
Connors is a 69-year-old retired
science teacher who was asked to
fll in as the Republican candidate at
the last minute. He says he is seeking
om ce because of his grandchildren.
I want them to have jobs and
be able to stay in Maine. I think
everybody who wants to work in
Maine should be able to, he said
last night.
Citing a full careers worth of ex-
perience, Connors insisted he has
the necessary knowledge for deal-
ing with jobs and education.
If I go to the legislature, I will be
fighting for all the kids in District
66 and in Maine, Connors said.
Democratic candidate Mattie
District 66 candidates
speak at Quinby House
BY NATALIE KASSKAUFFMAN
STAFF WRITER
Daughtry is a 25-year-old Brunswick
resident and Smith College graduate.
Daughtrys decision to run for
Cornell du Houxs seat was based
largely on her view of Maines cur-
rent governor, Paul LePage.
Hes a bully, said Daughtry.
Hes an extreme governor. In two
years I did not know it was possi-
ble for a governor to dismantle this
much stuff.
Daughtry worked for Maines
Majority, a group opposed to Gov-
ernor LePage and his policies,
whose members proudly state that
they are among the 61 percent who
did not vote for LePage.
The Green Party candidate, Fred
Horch, husband of Bowdoin biol-
ogy professor Hadley Horch, is run-
ning for the District 66 seat for the
second time.
In 2010, Horch ran against Cor-
nell du Houx and lost by a mere
195 votes.
We are completely dependent
on fossil fuel for our economic ac-
tivity, said Horch, who is a pro-
ponent of energy independence in
Maine. Every time you buy gaso-
line, every time you buy heating oil,
you are paying an enormous tax,
none of which goes to Maine. In a
medium term, one of the most im-
portant things we can do is figure
out our energy security.
During the question and answer
portion of the forum, a Brunswick
resident confronted Horch about a
recent ad of his, in which he used
a quote from a Brunswick Demo-
cratic legislator Charles Priest, who
had previously endorsed Daughtry.
Please see FORUM, page 3
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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After a career that includes seven years of banking and two as Bow-
doins assistant football coach, Tim Ryan 97 steps into Je Wards shoes.
SPORTS: Bowdoins new interim athletic director FEATURES: Lukes Lobster in N.Y.C.
Luke Holden, brother of Bryan Holden 09, brings a taste of
Maine to New York City and Georgetown with his lobster rolls.
A&E: Suck my NESCAC to perform at Epicuria
The 23rd annual Epicuria toga party will feature Suck
My NESCAC, Bowdoins own pop-punk cover band.
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KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ON THIS DAY: On Monday, 2,977 ags were planted on Coe Quad as a tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacksamong them Bowdoin alumni James Roux 81, Frank Doyle 85 and Christopher Gardner 87.
SUMMER SPOTLIGHT
Aboard a U.S. Navy hospital ship
This summer, Ilana Mayer-Hirsh-
field 14 lived and worked on a U.S.
Navy hospital ship for 11 weeks
around Southeast Asia. Te program,
Pacifc Partnerships, is headed by the
U.S. Navy, non-governmental organiza-
tions, and other U.S. and international
government agencies dedicated to a
variety of humanitarian and civic ac-
tion missions. With 1,000 other volun-
teers on the ship, Mayer-Hirshfeld lived
with 120 roommates. She did optometry
work in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam
and the Philippines, conducting visual
exams and giving out glasses to more
than one hundred patients a day.
-Compiled by Sophia Cheng


PARTY PREVIEWS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Barnyard Bash
Reed House, 10 p.m.
Dress code: Denim on denim.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Epicuria
Ladd House, 10 p.m.
Dress Code: Toga! Toga! Toga!
In an efort to attract more customers,
Campus Food Truck (CFT) made sev-
eral additions to its menu. New items
include the Pleasant Street burger (tex-
as toast, pepperjack cheese, bacon and
guacamole), American burger (texas
toast, french fries, American cheese,
and bacon) and mozzarella sticks. Ad-
ditionally, CTF also gave out half-of
coupons to every member of the Class
of 2016, and added a customer loyalty
program where students can purchase
$12 food vouchers for $10 in advance.
Campus Food Truck expands menu
NEWS NOTES
The most recent
national poll predicts
50-49-1 [in the Sen-
ate], and Im the one,
and depending on who
the president is, I could
have the vote that deter-
mines the Senate.
Maine Independent Senate
Candidate Angus King
Please see full article, Page 6.

OVERHEARD

What do you think of the new park once approach?

Nick Kelcz 14
We all know how to walk.
Stanford Spurlock 14
You should be able to
drive wherever you want to
drive. This is America.
Hannah Young 13 Charlie Cubeta 13
If it gets students biking
and walking more, I am in
support of it!
Compiled by Sophia Cheng
Keep making it easier
for us o-campus
people, Randy!
STUDENT SPEAK
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MATTHEWGUTSCHENRITTER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Anonymous online forum
seeks to broaden debate
Of-therecord.com, a new website
billing itself as an anonymous on-
line forum to debate controversial
political and social issues, launched
exclusively for Bowdoin community
members on August 29.
Brian Kim 13, Helen White 13 and
Josh Zalinger 13 are the architects of
the website. Tey post topics for dis-
cussion, and anyone with a Bowdoin
email address can register to comment
on the threads.
Anonymous websites have a
troubled history at Bowdoin, and
have not attracted high-minded
or even cordialdiscourse in the
past. Kim said he and
his co-creators want
to see if anonymity
could ever go right.
Off-therecord.com
has various safeguards
to prevent and delete
defamatory or libelous
comments. When any-
one reports a post, Kim
said that he receives an
email notifcation im-
mediately.
Although the website
has protections against
abuse, Allen Delong, director of stu-
dent activities, said he was concerned
about the issue of anonymity.
Tere is a long list of anonymous
websites in which our students have
really been indicted, slandered and
hurt, said Delong.
JuicyCampus.com and Colleg-
eacb.com are anonymous websites
that have attracted harmful com-
ments in the past. JuicyCampus.
com, a forum for college gossip,
was shut down in 2009, only to have
CollegeACB, or College Anony-
mous Confession Board, spring up
in its place.
In a November 2010 Orient article,
students expressed their outrage with
this type of anonymous website.
Its all gossip, said Tomas Keefe
14. I dont think anyone would use it
for anything but gossip.
Because of the Colleges rocky his-
tory with anonymous websites, De-
long was initially opposed to of-ther-
ecord.com.
When of-therecord came to my
attention, my frst thought was I dont
want that to happen again, he said.
Afer a conversation with Kim, De-
long said that though he still doesnt
like the idea of an anonymous site, he
BY NICOLE WETSMAN
STAFF WRITER
recognizes the diferences between
of-therecord and past gossip sites.
I would still prefer students were
required to put their names on their
perspectives, he said, but they [the
creators of the site] really seem to have
a focus on what kind of discourse they
want to introduce to the community. I
think thats really admirable.
White said that they have not yet
had to remove any comments from
the site.
Kim, White, and Zalinger are
the only ones who are able to ini-
tiate threads on the website. Rather
than feature debates about Bowdoin
or college-centric issues, the topics
on the website range from Should
the United States continue its sup-
port of Israel? to Do
gay celebrities have
an obligation to come
out?
White and Kim said
they are still trying to
fgure out what types of
topics will generate the
most conversation.
Topics that are
about education or
fairness are popular,
she said, because
you dont have to
know a lot in order to
participate.
White said that she wants the site
to expose Bowdoin students to a wide
range of ideas, particularly those that
diverge from the liberal mainstream.
Most of us grew up in liberal com-
munities, went to liberal high schools,
and now go to a very liberal college,
she said. It would be good for Bow-
doin students to have their beliefs
challenged.
Kim said that he wanted the website
to remain anonymous so that those
with minority views could freely share
their ideas.
Kim said that part of the inspiration
for the site came from conversations
with a friend who has some very con-
troversial views.
He said that if he expressed his
opinions to other people at Bowdoin,
he would get stoned out of the school,
said Kim. Tis is a person who very
much believes in what he believes in
but really cant come forward and say
what he thinks.
Kim also said that the anonymity al-
lows the discussions to remain objective.
When you start talking about im-
portant issues face to face, its hard for
people to take their egos out of it and
be willing to be wrong, he said.
Just weeks into the new semester,
the Om ce of Safety and Security has al-
ready sent two alerts warning the com-
munity about suspicious individuals.
Te frst alert was sent the morn-
ing of August 28, warning College
employees and students about Abra-
ham Chipman, 35, who allegedly
acted erratically near campus on Au-
gust 18, when he was issued a crimi-
nal trespass order and a harassment
notice. Tis notice bans him from
having further communications with
anyone from the College.
According to Nichols, Chipman
subsequently made a series of late-
night phone calls to the Security
Communications Center on August
27. In these calls, he reportedly spoke
about his anger toward the police and
the College and threatened physical
damage to the Bowdoin Pines.
Tese calls were recorded and given
to the Brunswick Police Department
(BPD), who summoned Chipman to
court for violation of the harassment
notice. Security does not know what
caused Chipmans erratic behavior.
If someone sees him on campus,
they should stand clear and imme-
diately call Bowdoin Security or the
Brunswick Police, Nichols said. If
he violates the trespass order, he will
be arrested.
Nichols did not elaborate on how
Chipman threatened to damage the
Bowdoin Pines.
According to an August 9 Bangor
Daily News report, Chipman was
taken into custody on August 6 af-
ter he allegedly led BPD om cers on
a low-speed chase between Bruns-
wicks Potter Street and Parkview
Adventist Medical Center, where he
reportedly threatened police with a
clam rake.
Te article quoted Deputy Chief
Marc Hagan of the BPD, who said
Chipman was later admitted to Mid
Coast Hospital for both a cut on his
head and a suspected psychological
issue.
Henry Lavender, 29, is the subject
of the second campus security alert,
sent the afernoon of September 6.
According to Nichols, Lavender was
seen outside Howard Hall attempt-
ing to hacksaw through a very heavy
duty cable lock in order to steal a
bicycle.
A group of students saw this be-
havior and immediately called Secu-
rity, who responded to the students
call within a minute and detained
Lavender.
He was certainly prepared to cut any
cable lock he wanted to, Nichols said.
Lavender allegedly cut almost en-
tirely through the lock when Security
arrived on the scene and caught him
in the act of cutting the cable.
Upon the arrival of the BPD, Lav-
ender allegedly ran into the woods
near campus, where he was later
found. He was given summonses
for possession of burglars tools and
Security warns campus of two local men
BY ELANA VLODAVER
STAFF WRITER
criminal mischief afer reportedly
damaging the bike lock.
Fortunately, the bike was not sto-
len because of the prompt call and
Securitys response to it, Nichols said.
Lavender is now a suspect in the
previous weeks Howard Hall inci-
dent, during which two bicycles were
stolen from the Schwartz Outdoor
Leadership Center (SOLC). Te bike
cables had cuts similar to those made
in the recent attempted thef.
We have not been able to specif-
cally tie [Lavender] in to other thefs
on campus enough to bring charges,
Nichols said. He is certainly a suspect
to two bike thefs at the SOLC the pre-
vious week, but there is not enough in-
formation to bring charges at this time.
According to Director of Safety
and Security Randy Nichols, there
have been no additional suspects de-
tained despite additional reports of
bike thefs in the days since.
Even if you postpone the call by just
a few minutes, that can make the dif-
ference between if that person can be
questioned or apprehended, he said.
Security is currently holding meet-
ings in frst-year bricks to teach new
students how to stay safe and report
suspicious activities.
John Branch 16 said he thinks the
meetings have been informative.
Afer these meetings, I feel like
most students feel like they have an
obligation to call in, he said.
Nichols said he encourages stu-
dents to call Security whenever
something feels wrong.
I really want students to assume
if it doesnt look right, if it doesnt
feel right, to go with that and report
it, Nichols said. Normally, when a
student reports suspicious activity,
theyre absolutely right.
FACELESS FORUM: The homepage of o-therecord.com features several hot-button issues.
There is a long list of
anonymous websites in
which our students have
really been indicted,
slandered and hurt.
ALLEN DELONG
DIRECTOR OF
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
If electing a Green Independent
is such a good idea for Brunswick,
why did you need to reach for the en-
dorsement of a Democrat? the resi-
dent asked. I was there the day that
he endorsed Mattie and I was really
surprised and disappointed to see
that you took his quote out of context
and made it seem like an endorse-
ment when it certainly was not.
Horch responded that he had
never meant to claim an endorse-
ment from the legislator, but instead
was intending to use Priests negative
comment to his own advantage.
He was conceding the point that
Im attractive to a lot of voters. We
sourced the quote so people could
look it up in the paper, Horch said.
Although the Democratic and
Green Party platforms are similar,
both Daughtry and Horch believe
that their stances on important issues
are easily distinguishable.
Horch believes the lack of inde-
pendents in Maine politics is a seri-
ous faw.
We have two parties here that are
just fghting and were not bringing
in independents. Forty percent of
Maine voters are registered indepen-
dent, either Green Independents or
unrolled, and yet only one out of 150
legislators are independent, he said.
Daughtry disagrees with Horchs
assessment.
I have seen Democrats and Re-
publicans working together, said
Daughtry. You do not have to be
an independent to get things done. I
have to say, dont slam the two par-
ties, were in them.
Daughtry also plugged her home-
court advantage in this race.
I grew up here. Tis is my home-
town. Fred has been here for about
10 years. Ive seen the schools from
the inside. Its a unique opportunity
to elect a representative who has been
here through the whole thing, and
has seen it all frst hand, she said.
Will Ossof 15, who organized the
event, considered it a successful fo-
rum and discussion.
When I looked out at the sea of
people, I was incredibly excited. Its
awesome to see so much political
interest and activism at Bowdoin,
he said.
FORUM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
CATHARINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PARTY LINE: Fred Horch is one of three candidates seeking the District 66 seat.
I really want students to
assume if it doesnt look right,
if it doesnt feel right, to go
with that and report it.
RANDY NICHOLS
DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
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retaining wall that hides Moulton to
allow light in and add a series of ter-
races, or what you could call an am-
phitheater that brings you down into
the building.
Facilities Management anticipates
a positive response to the upcoming
renovation, given the feedback they
have received afer this summers
landscaping projects, which includ-
ed resurfacing the area outside the
chapel, and adding benches, bike
racks and plants around the frst-
year bricks.
Te concept behind both projects
is that the Quad is this iconic site with
a historical landscape, Todd said.
We want to create thresholds that
you feel like youre passing through
to get to the Quad.
Stimson Associates accomplished
this through planting native plants
and recycling old granite, mixed with
new, local New England granite for
the terraces.
We wanted to take cues from what
you already have here, said Todd.
Tere are the old historic buildings
and the museum, mixed with the
modern glass box entrance, creating
a contrast of rustic and modern.
Todd says that she and her team
also make use of these recycled ma-
terials in order to maintain their goal
for sustainability, which Longley em-
phasized as a priority of the College.
We have a pretty active tree-
planting plan, said Longley. Te life
of the trees on the Quad are all about
the same, so as we remove old dying
trees, weve been pretty strategic in
placing in new ones.
Stimson Associates and Bowdoin
will join forces again in summer 2013
to begin the construction of these up-
coming projects.
We have not priced it yet, but
we will know soon, Longley said.
Brunswick will be partially fnanc-
ing the Longfellow School project,
but I guess you could say these are a
part of a larger landscaping project of
approximately two million dollars.
The College budgets about $4.5
million for campus landscaping
and improvements each summer,
though the sum increases around
three percent each year to adjust
for inflation.
Tis amount, she says, is in tune
with President Barry Mills philoso-
phy regarding construction projects
during an economic downturn.
Were not building 30 million dol-
lar buildings, so what were doing in-
stead is creating smaller, more mod-
est projects to improve the beauty of
our campus, said Longley.
ARCHITECT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
In his convocation address, Presi-
dent Barry Mills urged student entre-
preneurs to prioritize a College educa-
tion over their own projects, a remark
that caught the attention of Bowdoin
entrepreneurs on campus and those
taking time away from school.
In a national climate where large
universities and business schools are, as
Mills said, responding aggressively to
the challenge of graduating successful
entrepreneurs, he argued that the role of
the liberal arts college is to provide foun-
dational skills for future innovation.
My advice is to get your education
at Bowdoin. Its all well and good to
start a food truck or spend your time
building apps commercially during
the academic year, but get your edu-
cation at Bowdoin, said Mills in the
August 29 speech. You only go to
College once. Tese four years are the
opportunity of a lifetime. Make the
most of them and you will be well pre-
pared for the future.
Student entrepreneurs had mixed
responses to this statement.
Alexi Robbins 14 is taking a se-
mester of to develop his music web-
site, tamber.com.
I know [Mills speech] is not really
targeted but it feels a little bit, he said.
Robbins is working with program-
mers near his home in Berkeley, Calif.,
and says that to be taken seriously by
potential investors, he felt he needed to
devote full-time energy to the website.
He plans to return to Bowdoin
spring semester, believing that the ho-
listic education and approach to life of
the liberal arts has given him a useful
breadth and depth of knowledge.
Bowdoin lets you do a lot of stuf
in your free time, said Robbins. It
lets you pursue your passions.
Robbins was inspired to create his
company due to his own dissatisfac-
tion with online music streaming.
It grew from a few issues I have
with music online which were mainly
that theres no good way for you to
fnd out about music, and if you do
fnd out about an artist, you have to
go and illegally download their stuf,
said Robbins. Were trying to create
a place to keep up with artists that
you like and discover new artists and
live shows.
Simon Brooks 14 agreed that Bow-
doins nurturing environment has
benefted him as an entrepreneur.
Co-founder of online orthopedic mat-
tress retailer College Comfort, Brooks
started his business out of frustration
with the lack of afordable and com-
fortable mattress options available to
college students.
While there is no business ma-
jor ofered at the College, Brooks
course load assisted him in launch-
ing the company.
Im a computer science major so I
designed the website completely from
scratch, said Brooks. [Bowdoin] pre-
pares you to go out into the world and
say if theres something I dont like, I
can fgure out my own way to do it.
Co-partners Matthew Marr 13 and
Ian Lee 13 are balancing education with
entrepreneurship across two continents.
Te friends recently launched
the apparel company Marrlee&Co,
described on its Facebook page as
clothes that people want to wear in-
spired by Maines laid-back attitude.
Lee is spending the year at home
in Hong Kong working with their
manufacturer and developing an app,
while Marr communicates with the
graphic designer and web developer
from Bowdoin.
Starting this week were going to be
working more intently on the project,
said Marr, noting that their initial goal
is to develop a line of fannel shirts.
People tend to wear fannel all year
round. Were taking the idea of the
fannel and making it more well-ad-
justed to diferent seasonsdiferent
color schemes, and also the weight of
the shirt itself, he added.
Mills reminds entrepreneurs:
education should be priority
BY EMMA PETERS
STAFF WRITER
SECURITY REPORT: 9/6 to 9/13
ursday, September 6
A green mountain bike of un-
known make was stolen from the area
of Brunswick Apartments P. Te bike
was locked to its own wheel (not to a
rack), and was unregistered.
A students parked vehicle was
struck by another vehicle and damaged
while in the Farley Field House lot.
A student was escorted to Mid
Coast Hospital with a severe migraine.
A contractor working in Longfel-
low School accidentally activated the
buildings fre alarm while reaching
for a light switch.
Friday, September 7
An unregistered event was report-
ed in the basement of Quinby House.
Loud noise was reported coming
from Chamberlain Hall.
Spray painted gram ti, fre code
violations, and two stolen orange road
construction barrels were found at
MacMillan House.
An unregistered event was report-
ed at Harpswell Apartments.
Excessive noise was reported com-
ing from the 13th foor of Coles Tower.
Complaints of loud noise were
received in the areas of Brunswick
Apartments H and R.
A water leak was reported at the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Saturday, September 8
A students white Raleigh cruiser-
style bicycle was stolen from the east
side of Coles Tower. Te bike had
been lef unlocked. Te bike bears
Bowdoin registration 03542.
A noise complaint resulted from
student use of a Slipn Slide on the
lawn at Baxter House.
A student who injured an Achil-
les tendon was brought to Mid Coast
Hospital by fellow students.
An ill student was escorted from
Osher Hall to Parkview Adventist
Medical Center.
Loud noise was reported coming
from a registered event at Chamber-
lain Hall.
Students accessed the north bal-
cony at Baxter House, in violation of
policy. A report was fled with Resi-
dential Life.
An unregistered event was report-
ed on the 14th foor of Coles Tower.
A glass door on the 16th foor of
Coles Tower was intentionally smashed.
A student was found responsible.
A student was escorted to Mid
Coast Hospital for evaluation.
Sunday, September 9
Dining staf reported problems
with disrespectful and unruly students
at Super Snack.
Om cers checked on the well-be-
ing of an intoxicated male frst year
student at Hyde Hall.
A Bath man was given a trespass
warning for going through campus
dumpsters.
An intoxicated male junior was
transported from Coles Tower to
Parkview by Brunswick Rescue.
Water leaking from a second foor
shower at Ladd House caused damage
to a frst foor ceiling.
A frst foor window screen was
damaged at Reed House in an apparent
attempt to gain entry to the building.
A student who reported being
stuck in a tower elevator was freed
unharmed.
A student with flu-like symp-
toms was escorted from West Hall
to Parkview.
Monday, September 10
An om cer checked on the well-be-
ing of a sick student in Hyde Hall. Te
student was referred to the Bowdoin
Health Center.
A student who fainted at the
McLellan Building was taken to
Parkview for observation.
Tuesday, September 11
A dark blue Bianchi Boardwalk
bicycle was stolen from the area of
Moulton Dining Hall.
A football player sustained a con-
cussion during football practice, and
was escorted to Mid Coast Hospital.
A Cleaveland Street resident re-
ported loud noise late at night, associ-
ated with an of-campus student resi-
dence at 17 Cleaveland Street.
Wednesday, September 12
A student reported receiving dis-
concerting Facebook messages from
another student.
Excessive noise was reported in
the area of Brunswick Apartments S.
Students were cited for smoking
in a Stowe Inn apartment.
ursday, September 13
Alcohol-related door damage was
reported at Harpswell Apartments.
-Compiled by the O ce of Safety
and Security
in a Judicial Board (J-Board) hear-
ing and immediate loss of College
housing without reimbursement.
However, J-Board Chair Parker
Towle 13 said that the J-Board only
becomes involved in cases in which
suspension or dismissal from the
College is possible, and so it rarely
hears cases relating to vandalism.
Im not exactly sure how its go-
ing to play out on the J-Board end
of things, he said.
Though the costs of vandalism
are now much higher, not every-
one is sure the changes will have
the desired effect. The costs of
unreported vandalism for which
the College is unable to find a per-
petrator, for example, will still be
VANDALISM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
charged to residents of the dam-
aged building.
Jordan Goldberg 14, who
served as president of Reed House
last year, also questioned whether
the new policy will deter students
from damaging property. He noted
that most vandals act under the in-
fluence of alcohol in an intoxicated
and belligerent state.
Ultimately, though, Goldberg
deemed the policy a little harsh,
but probably a good idea.
Hopefully itll get people to
step up more, he said.
ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ
The overall cost of vandalism in
residence halls and College Houses
was $23,299 last year.
FEATURES
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From bankrolling to lobster rolls: Lukes Lobster ships Maine to N.Y.C.
First year Garvey gets mention from President Obama in convention speech
CHENGYING LIAO, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
CHARLOTTE SHOUT-OUT: Garvey 16 was living in a shelter with her family when she was named a seminalist in the Intel Science Talent Search.
When Luke Holden opened the
frst location of Lukes Lobster in
Manhattans East Village in 2009, he
was still employed full-time at Cohen
& Steers investment bank.
I was looking for something out-
side of bankinga lot of my friends
were getting bounced between jobs,
and the question soon became: why
is everyone in New York f*****g up a
lobster roll so badly?
Luke, who graduated from
Georgetown University in 2007, de-
cided to take it upon himself to fll
the void. He partnered with his fa-
ther, Jef Holden, to begin crafing
the company.
Te senior Holden owns Portland
Shellfsh Company, which specializes
in shipping fresh and frozen seafood
from Maine, and is the source of all
seafood at Lukes locations.
Growing up in Cape Elizabeth,
Me., Luke and his brother Bryan
helped out with their fathers compa-
ny, and spent many summers lobster-
ing. Bryan graduated from Bowdoin
in 2009 and now manages the fran-
chises D.C. locations.
I started working with my dad
when I was nine years old at the
processing plant, and did that till
sophomore year, said Bryan. Maine
itself is such a great place to grow up,
working with my dad and on the lob-
ster boats. To work in the industry
growing up was really cool.
Memorabilia from Lukes lobster-
ing days decorate the Upper West
Side store, where I met him for a
lobster roll this summer. Te guid-
ing mission behind Lukes Lobster is
to bring the taste of Maine to more
urbane localesthe franchise now
has eight locations in New York and
Washington, D.C., plus a food truck
named the Nauti mobile.
Every store is a little diferent,
said Bryan. But each location is dis-
tinctly Maine, furnished with tables
and chairs from Deadhead Lumber, a
carpentry company based in North-
ern Maine that carves sunken logs
from the states lakes and rivers.
Yellow and blue buoys from skifs
that Luke built himself in high school
fank the shops chalkboard menu,
across from a mural of a Maine harbor
by Cullen Winkler 09, who played la-
crosse with Bryan at Bowdoin.
Tats drifwood from the beach
I used to fsh at, said Luke, pointing
toward old wooden relics propped up
against the seating area. Te walls are
covered with autographed Mobster
cards, stamped cards for regulars
who bought ten lobster rolls and got
a free one in return.
All of our restaurants are decked
out like that, said Luke.
Everything sold at Lukes Lobster
is from Maine: aside from the buns
and the seafood, which are delivered
in shipments from Maine four times
a week, Maine Root sodas, Maine mi-
crobrews, and Hurricanes Soups, of
Greene, Me., are all on the menu.
We have a processing plant up
there, making sure that product is
coming to us, said Bryan. Weve
grown so much recently that from
the frst one to two shops to now
nine, its changed our operations up
north recently.
Te Holdens have gone to great
lengths to capture the feel of Cape
Elizabeth in the city, and Mainers are
well-represented among the staf of
Lukes Lobster. Te general manager
of the Plaza Food Hall location went
to high school with Luke, as did the
director of mid-atlantic operations.
Of the 150 Lukes employees between
D.C. and New York, about a dozen
are from Cape Elizabeth.
Everyone started at a $10/hour
position, said Luke. Everything is a
personal relationship.
Te same goes for the food.
Its about the lobster...when times
were tough, thats what dad brought
home, said Luke. Te recipe hasnt
changed since day one.
He called his best-selling product
pretty traditional. Each lobster roll
($15) is served with mayonnaise, cel-
ery salt, lemon, and spices on a New
England top-split bun.
Tere are only a few ways to
make a Maine lobster roll, said Bry-
an. Once we had the lobster lined
up it was just a matter of fnding the
right roll.
Te newest location opened in
Georgetown this summer, and busi-
ness is growing. But as with all en-
trepreneurial endeavors, success was
hardly guaranteed at the start.
I never really thought I would be
leaving my banking job, said Luke.
I didnt quit banking till we opened
up the second store on the Upper
East Side.
Bryan was fnishing his senior year
at Bowdoin at the time, when Luke
was breaking ground in New York.
His post-grad plans did not include
joining the family business.
It was something we talked
about, he said. I got an ofer to
work for IBM early in my senior year,
worked for them for one and a half
years and then I moved.
Bryan joined the company just as it
was starting to expand.
Its a lot of fun working with your
family and friends, he said. Its a lot
more rewarding, and its been [very]
diferent than working for a company
like IBM.
Bryan now travels between D.C.,
New York, and Maine doing business
for Lukes.
In any given week I can be in
three cities, he said. Its fun, but its
pretty crazy.
Tere is no typical day, there is
no turning it of, said Luke. But no-
body is ever going to be my boss.
Te company has steadily expand-
ed over the past few years and Luke
said his immediate goals are to reach
Boston and Philadelphia. Te long-
term plan is to see Lukes outposts in
San Francisco, Chicago, and L.A.
We wont expand the shop unless
were sure of two things: one, that we
have a backlog of great employees
ready to move to a new shop, and
two, supply, said Bryan. If were not
sure if we [can] get enough resources
from Maine, then we wont grow.
As for whether there will ever be
a Lukes Lobster in Maine, Luke said
that if that were to happen, he envi-
sions more of a lobster campus,
complete with boats and a distillery.
Both Holdens cited a handful of
not-to-miss lobster rolls in Maine,
though Luke will only try another
roll if he can opt out of the mayon-
naise. If not, Ill go for the other
stuf, he said.
Reds Eats is great, and the
Clam Shack in Kennebunk, said
Bryan. For Luke, Five Islands Lob-
ster Co. in Georgetown, Me. and
The Lobster Shack in Cape Eliza-
beth are favorites.
When President Obama recalled
meeting inspiring Americans in his
address at the Democratic National
Convention (DNC) last Tursday,
Samantha Garvey 16 had no idea she
would be among those referenced.
The young woman I met at a
science fair who won national rec-
ognition for her biology research
while living with her family at a
homeless sheltershe gives me
hope, said Obama.
Tis young woman was none other
than Garvey, a frst year at the College
living in Hyde Hall.
Garvey met Obama last January
when she was named a semifnalist in
the Intel Science Talent Search, one of
the countrys most prestigious science
competitions for high school students,
for her research on the defense mech-
anisms of mussels.
While her research is notable for
its scientifc merit alone, Garveys
success at Intel gained national me-
dia attentionshe appeared on El-
len and in the New York Times
due to her compelling personal story.
Te Times reported that during the
competition, Garvey and her fam-
ily were living in a homeless shelter
in Sufolk County, Long Island, afer
having been evicted from their home
on New Years Eve.
It was a dim cult time for her and
her family, but Garvey kept her spir-
its high.
I always tried to keep a positive
attitude throughout the whole thing,
just because if I kicked myself and put
my head down, I wouldnt have gotten
where I am now, Garvey said.
She said that concentrating on her
research helped her keep up a positive
attitude despite not having a place to
call home.
If other kids fnd what theyre pas-
sionate about, thatll make them really
happy even if they are going through
some sort of struggle, said Garvey.
Tough her family faced dim cult
times fnancially, money was not a
critical factor in Garveys college ap-
plication process. She tried to pick
the best institution for her, regard-
less of the price.
A $50,000 scholarship from talk
show host Ellen Degeneres, which
Garvey was awarded when she ap-
peared as a guest on Degeneress show
last January, helped.
Being on Ellen was a really, really
cool experience. She was funny and
she really seemed genuinely excited
about the work I had done, Garvey
wrote in an email to the Orient.
Afer receiving the award, any
worries that I had in the back of
my head were gone, Garvey said.
I could just keep on trucking with
what I had originally intended: to
fnd the school that I really wanted to
go to and get there.
Fify-two percent of Bowdoin stu-
dents do not receive fnancial aid, and
students come from a wide range of
socioeconomic backgrounds; matric-
ulating at the College meant entering
a new environment for Garvey.
I dont feel like Bowdoin is a place
where people will look down on me
for any reason. All the students are
here because they each ofer broad in-
terests, and talents, said Garvey.
Shortly afer her appearance on
Ellen, Garvey and her family moved
into a new home in Bay Shore, Long
Island, where they live today.
Tough she originally planned on
attending a large research universi-
tyBrown and Yale were among her
top choicesshe changed her mind
afer visiting Bowdoin during Experi-
ence Weekend.
I saw the intimacy of the campus
and how close everyone was. It was
such a tight knit community and I
thought I wouldnt get something like
that at a big university, she said.
While she is excited by the pros-
pect of continuing her oceanograph-
ic studies, Garvey said she plans to
broaden the scope of her academic
interests. Tis semester, shes taking
classes in anthropology, oceanogra-
phy, and art history.
My classes are really great, Garvey
said. I feel like Im smiling all the
time. I didnt expect that the course
work would be so crazy, but its re-
ally great. Im glad I chose to come to
Bowdoin.
Garvey said she is excited to ex-
plore the Coastal Studies Center, a
College-owned research facility lo-
cated on Orrs Island.
I hope I have the opportunity to
do research there one day, she said.
As for Obamas shout-out at the
DNC, Garvey said she was not aware
that he planned to mention her in the
speech.
It was defnitely a big surprise,
she said.
BY MARISA MCGARRY
CONTRIBUTOR
BY LINDA KINSTLER
ORIENT STAFF
I was looking for something outside
of bankinga lot of my friends
were getting bounced between jobs,
and the question soon became: why
is everyone in New York f****** up
a lobster roll so badly?
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When Roy Atkinson, a graduate
student at Saginaw Valley State Uni-
versity in Michigan, heard that Angus
King was running for the Senate, he
got in his car and drove roughly 900
miles to Brunswick.
Atkinson, who described his trip
to Maine as a big leap of faith, said
that he had read about former two-
time governor King in Politico and
was drawn to the independents plat-
form of resisting partisanship. Te
risk paid of, and Atkinson spent the
summer working for the campaign
and living with fellow interns at
Kings home in Brunswick.
Atkinson is one of approximately
70 interns who focked to Brunswick
this summer to support Kings Sen-
ate campaign. College students and
recent graduates came from as far as
Virginia and as close as Albion, Maine
to analyze election polls, conduct pol-
icy research and encourage Mainers
to vote for King.
While King is something of an
anomaly in U.S. politicsthe maga-
zine Maine Home Design described
the former two-time governor as a
wide-eyed idealist with a lot of old-
fashioned common sensehis cam-
paign interns and former students say
that he is an inspiration to moderate
voters, a passionately independent
statesman committed to advancing
bipartisanship in the Senate.
A Moderate Candidate
In early March, hundreds of Maine
residents, reporters, students and pro-
fessors gathered in Lancaster Lounge
of Moulton Union to watch Angus
King announce his independent can-
didacy for the Senate.
King ofered his candidacy as
an alternative to the partisan grid-
lock that dominates Congress and
defnes the rhetoric of the current
presidential campaign.
If you like the system as it is, Im
not your guy, King told the Bangor
Daily News. If you want a shot at
changing, join me.
In an interview with the Orient,
King explained that Republican Sena-
tor Olympia Snowes decision not to
run for re-election prompted him to
consider possible solutions to the bit-
ter partisan divide in Washington.
Snowe cited frustration with partisan
gridlock in Congress as one of her rea-
sons for stepping aside.
King said that he has enormous re-
spect for Snowe and that if she cant
get anything done, my conclusion is
we have to do it a diferent way.
If were going to do it a better way,
Im in a unique position to take this
on, having been a two-term governor
and an independent, and I can try to
change this culture that is sodivi-
sive and so bitter and so partisan,
said King.
Since entering the race, King has
made nonpartisanship the focus of
his campaign. On his campaign web-
site, Angus2012.com, King declares,
I am not bound by the ideology of
a partyI make decisions based on
the facts, afer talking with people
who would be afected. Above all
else, I make decisions according to
what I think is right, afer listening
to both sides.
Maine residents appear to support
Kings independent stance. A poll re-
leased in early July by the Portland
Press Herald showed King with a
28-point lead over his closest rival,
Maine Secretary of State Charlie Sum-
mers, a Republican. Democratic state
Sen. Cynthia Dill came in third with
seven percent.
Allison Beeman 13, who interned
at Kings headquarters in Brunswick
this summer, noted Kings appeal for
passionate moderates or passionate
independents who are looking for a
diferent system regarding parties.
Indeed, Atkinson, the intern from
Michigan, said that his fellow cam-
paign interns were mostly middle-of-
the-road independents who admired
Kings frankness about the political
atmosphere in Congress.
Hes a straight shooter. I heard a lot
of people talk about that, said Atkin-
son. I think thats the general consen-
sus among a lot of the other interns.
Campaign Struggles
Despite the positive reception
he received after announcing his
candidacy, Kings campaign has
not been without its troubles. In
spite of his efforts to keep the cam-
paign focused on the economy, en-
ergy prices, bipartisanship and the
budget deficit, Super PACsand
recently the National Republican
Senatorial Committeehave re-
leased a slew of negative advertise-
ments accusing King of mismanag-
ing the states money.
King attempted to forestall Super
PAC spending this past June, asking
his opponents to adopt a practice of
donating to charity an equal amount
to whatever Super PACs spent on
their behalf. Dills campaign expressed
interest in the pact, but Summers de-
clined to enter into an agreement.
Te television ads lambasting King
began in July with the U.S. Cham-
ber of Commerces Mainers Know,
a $400,000 advertising campaign
that accused King of increasing state
spending by $2.6 billion and leaving
Maine with a billion dollar defcit.
King and his supporters have re-
sponded to the ads by saying that
increases in state spending refect his
eforts to take advantage of a strong
economy in order to invest in infra-
structure and business developments
that have since benefted Maine.
Te former governor also defended
his fnancial strategies at a town hall
meeting held in Portland this past
Sunday. Federal debt commission
co-chairman Erksine Bowles told the
Portland audience that King had the
ability to cut spending and close tax
loopholes in order to reduce the na-
tional defcit, according to the Bangor
Daily News.
Bowles, a Democrat and Bill Clin-
tons former chief of staf, said that as
an Independent, King would have
more power than anyone else.
Itll be close to 50-50 in terms of
political control [in Congress], and all
the guys in the middleand hell be
one of themwill have the power. I
think this one guy can make a big, big
diference, Bowles said in the Bangor
Daily News report.
In his interview with the Orient,
King echoed Bowles, stating that
Its entirely possible that the Senate
could be virtually tied. In fact, the
most recent national poll predicts
50-49-1 [in the Senate], and Im
the one, and depending on who the
president is, I could have the vote
that determines the Senate.
Smear campaigns against King con-
tinue to make their way to Maine as
election day nears. Tis past week, the
National Republican Senatorial Com-
mittee entered the open Senate race
with a television spot accusing King of
using his political connections to get a
taxpayer-backed loan for his windmill
business, Independence Wind.
King sold his stake in Indepen-
dence Wind to his partner, Rob
Gardiner, last March, two days be-
fore a Congressional Inquiry cited
the Independence Wind loan guar-
antee in a report focused on green
energy projects.
Campaign Forecast
King said that he is not so nave
or arrogant to think that he can go
to Washington and end partisanship
in Congress. However, he said that
his experience as governor gives him
a unique perspective on how to foster
bipartisanship in the Senate.
Bipartisanship, King said, starts
with a willingness to compromise
and an effort to try to find com-
mon ground.
I see myself as the beginning of a
process of change, not change itself,
he said.
Kings former students say that they
see the leadership lessons King taught
in his Bowdoin class, Leaders and
Leadership, refected in his campaign.
Jordan Francke 13, who took
Kings course his last spring, wrote in
an email to the Orient that King has
a wealth of knowledge about histori-
cally what has and has not worked for
certain issues.
He is diligently refective about
his own actions, constantly critiquing
himself on how his own leadership
style is or is not efective and how it
can be improved, he wrote.
Francke got to see the campaign
from a unique perspective; King an-
nounced his candidacy for the Senate
while teaching Franckes class.
It was certainly a unique situation
for the students for the second half of
the term, where their professor was
undertaking a major leadership chal-
lenge, said King. Tat made this
[past] semester unlike any other I had
taught.
Its a remarkable experience to see
a previous professor of yours running
for the Senate, said Francke, who
added that his experiences in Kings
class solidifed his decision to vote for
King this November.
Atkinson said that he doesnt fore-
see too many problems with Kings
campaign in the coming weeks.
Honestly, I dont see any weak-
nesses, he said. Hes a very clean and
clear-cut person.
Beeman, the Bowdoin student
who interned with King this sum-
mer, agreed.
It just feels likewere doing some-
thing a little bit diferent that will hope-
fully change things, said Beeman.
Kings former students describe him as a measured statesman
BY DIANA LEE
OREINT STAFF
CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ALL ABOUT ANGUS: 70 student interns convened in Brunswick this summer to work on Independent Angus Kings campaign.
CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
THE HOME FRONT: A campaign worker stus envelopes at Angus Kings campaign headquarters in Brunswick.
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For most students, Sunday night
means holing up in a favorite study
spot to crank out work, but two week-
ends ago, 12 of us in the Outing Club
took advantage of the waning moon
to head to the Coastal Studies Center
(CSC) for a moonlight stroll.
Te drive to Orrs Island provided a
stunning view of the last light playing
over the water in Lombos Hole. Te
moon hung low in the sky at frst, pro-
viding little light for our walk through
the woods, toward one of the CSCs
many trails. Afer a few giggly scares
from motion lights and unnerving sto-
ries about strange nighttime encounters
in the outdoors, we arrived at the dock.
It was low tide, and the water was
still. We stood taking in the silhouette
of the opposite coast and the conversa-
tion died down. In the silence, a thought
came to mind.
I wonder if there is any biolumi-
nescence! I blurted excitedly. We
worked our way down to the water
and, sure enough, as we splashed our
hands in the water we could see tiny
fashes of fuorescent light emitted
by phytoplankton.
From there, we hiked along a trail
that follows the perimeter of the is-
land, heading up to the northernmost
point. By the time we reached the end
of the trail, the moon had risen signif-
cantly and lit up the landscape.
We marveled at our moonshad-
ows and began the trek back to our
van. Tough it was a brief trip, we re-
turned to campus relaxed, ready for
the week and looking forward to the
next full moon.
Trip report: A bioluminescent
midnight hike with the BOC
BY DANICA LOUCKS
CONTRIBUTOR
Robbie Deveny 13 works for catering company in Aspen, meets worlds VIPs
BURSTING
THE BUBBLE
QUINN COHANE AND MELODY HAHM
It is an honor to score an invite to
the Aspen Ideas Festival, where par-
ticipants like Katie Couric and retired
U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal
gather in the Colorado mountains for a
week of debate on issues ranging from
democracy to the societal roles of pro-
fessional athletes.
Robbie Deveny 13 was at the fes-
tival this past summer, but he wasnt
there as an invited guesthe was
working behind the scenes as a con-
ference associate and food and bever-
age banquet associate.
A biochemistry major and Colo-
rado resident, Deveny had originally
planned to spend the summer at the
University of Colorado medical school.
When other students snapped up the
positions, he scrambled to fnd a last-
minute summer job. His childhood in-
terest in cooking led him to a job with
Dolce Resorts, a conglomerate of con-
ference center hotels.
Te Dolce Resort in Aspen Mead-
ows, Colo., hosts a variety of big-name
conferences throughout the year. Deve-
ny worked in the resorts restaurant and
assisted at events like the Aspen Ideas
Festival, the Food & Wine Classic, the
Aspen Musical Festival, the Aspen Se-
curity Forum, and Fortune Magazines
technology conference.
Working 40 to 90 hours a week set-
ting up spaces, catering, and waiting
tables at events, Deveny said the work
was physically strenuous and not al-
ways glamorous.
People would get very upset and had
short fuses, said Deveny. Te chefs
were very egotistical sometimes.
Te highlights of Devenys experi-
ence were events like the Ideas Festival
and the Food & Wine Classic, where he
rubbed shoulders with celebrities and
industry leaders.
At one breakfast, he met actor Stan-
ley Tucci and Olympic athlete Michelle
Kwan.
Im still certain Michelle Kwan
winked at me, Deveny said.
It was also fun buddying up to the
Israeli Secret Service agents who were
protecting former Israeli Minister of
Defense Ehud Barak. Tey were in dis-
guise, so you had to try and tease their
true identities out of them.
During the Ideas Festival, the Su-
preme Court issued its ruling on health-
care reform. A panel moderated by
Charlie Rose that included New York
Times columnist David Brooks and for-
mer Senate Majority Leader Tom Das-
chle convened to discuss live updates,
and Deveny heard it all as he made his
cofee rounds.
At the Food & Wine Classic, Deveny
assisted with set-up and manned celeb-
rity chef Mario Batalis booth, serving
sausage to the likes of Fabio, who com-
plimented Deveny on the food.
Having dreamt of being a chef from
an early age, Deveny was in awe of
meeting legends like Gail Simmons,
Tom Colicchio, Jose Andres, Andrew
Zimmerman, and Marcus Samuels-
son. He was less impressed by their
fashion choices.
Mario was wearing ugly shorts and
Crocs, he noted.
Deveny emphasized the high-stress
and fast-paced nature of his job, which
one may not have gleaned from his job
title alone.
It was competitive to get a position
like mine, Deveny said. Tere were
administrative interns working with the
Aspen Institute, which runs the Ideas
Festival. I had to work many more hours
than they did, but I got paid eight dol-
lars an hour more and still got to hear
everything they heard. However, my
positions will not look as good on paper
unless I tell the full story.
Nonetheless, Deveny fnished his
summer with some marketable skills
and tricks of the trade, like how to make
a great cup of cofee.
Ive never made more cofee in my
lifeI made 90 gallons of cofee one
day, Deveny said. Its not a good idea to
just brew two cafeine batches, label one
decaf and put it out anyway. People get
heart trouble.
Summer lessons were not con-
strained to cofee protocol.
I learned to be a better listener, be-
cause sometimes I can get carried away
and be a little mouthy, Deveny said. Id
tell myself this is probably the only time
Ill hear these people, some of the most
powerful in the world, speak, and I have
to take in everything they say.
Although an unexpected feld of
summer work, Deveny now counts his
failure to secure a research position as a
blessing in disguise.
Not getting an internship was a valu-
able process because I got to know the
people that Id look for jobs with anyway
and learned about how to tell your story
as a college student, said Deveny.
He recommends that students who
are having trouble lining up a summer
internship expand their searches to
other types of jobs but cautions them to
take an active interest in the day-to-day
responsibilities of any summer job.
You have to know what youre in for,
Deveny added. You have to make it the
experience you want it to be.
As strange as it may sound, working
in food services confrmed Devenys
professional goal of becoming a doctor.
He said being surrounded by so many
high-powered experts, moguls and
world leaders gave him inspiration and
motivation for his last year of under-
graduate studies.
It defnitely made me excited to fn-
ish my education on a high note, said
Deveny. I like being in very intellectual-
ly stimulating environments, places that
make you think. Hearing peoples back-
stories, they werent all Ivy League or top
of their class, and not all of them knew
what they wanted to do out of college.
Upcoming BOC trips (weekend of Friday, 9/21 to Sunday 9/23)
Bike to Common Ground Fair (9/21- 9/23)
Annual Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association fair in Unity, ME.
Celebrate rural living and uncommonly good food.
Camping in Acadia (9/21- 9/23)
Experience Maines only National Park. What could be better?
Togatahdin (9/21- 9/23)
Reenactment of the 1st century ascent of Katahdin by Nero and his entourage.
Huntington Birding Club trip (9/23)
Stare long enough at the birds and the birds stare back at you.
Fairy houses charm the Farley Forest
COURTESY OF DANIEL FLANNERY
ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ
CROC-CHEF: Mario Batali was among the celebrities Deveny came across this summer in Aspen.
ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MAGIC KINGDOM: Fairy houses, constructed by pre-schoolers at the Bowdoin Childrens Center, sprinkle the woods behind Farley. The project is part
of the centers emergent learning curriculum,which co-leader Daniel Flannery said allows the children to creatively build critical thinking skills.
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TALK OF THE QUAD
LATE TO THE RACE
HOT DAM:
THE RIVER GETS A MAKEOVER
On Saturday morning, I decided
to go for a short run before meeting a
friend for brunch. I started of crossing
Park Row towards Maine Street. Before
I knew it, I was being stopped at the
crosswalk at the end of Page Street.
A man with a camera around his neck
and a woman in a neon vest were stand-
ing on the corner. Te man immediately
extended his hand to shake mine, and I
waited for him to tell me that he was a
candidate for town councilhe did not.
Who do you run for? the man
asked, looking at me intently, Or do
you run for yourself?
I was still pretty groggy, but I wanted
to be polite and humor what seemed
like a random question.
Just for myself, you know, to stay
ft I said. What is taking this inter-
section so long?
Suddenly, it dawned on me. Tis
must be a run/walk beneft and I must
be right on the route. What idiot would
have included an undirected crosswalk
in the route?
Tis lef me in a minor predica-
ment: If I waited for the light to change,
I would have to stand awkwardly while
the couple digested my recent state-
ment that I ran to stay ft rather than
help terminally-ill children (or whatever
cause the race beneftted). I also risked
embarrassing my companions when
they realized that I was not a part of the
race in the frst place.
On the other hand, should I give up
on crossing and run lef, I was for all
intents and purposes participating in a
race.
Do I go lef or straight? I asked
slowly.
Lef to the fnish line!
I was running a race.
My plan was to run until I was out
of sight of the woman in the neon vest
and the man with the camera and
then duck down a side
street, butbefore I could
implement the planI found myself ap-
proaching another vested volunteer. An
odd inertia pulled me forward, even as
visions of a timely brunch receded.
Which way do I go? I asked.
He pointed: Tis way, almost there!
Almost where?
I passed an elderly man in a lawn
chair and raised my hand to return his
wave. A police om cer biked by on my
right, no doubt checking on the well-
being of those actually physically exert-
ing themselves. Soon afer, I jogged by a
mother and daughter who clapped and
urged me onI only wished that I knew
what I was running for.
Daisy?! someone shouted from
across the street. I stopped and turned,
giving up my tentative lead on two
speed walking girlfriends. It was Conor
Walsh 11, bearing visible
signs of having fnished
Te tension in the room is stifing.
I, along with fellow intern Matt Gam-
ache 13, am sitting in on a confer-
ence call with our supervisor at the
Nature Conservancy in Maine. Vis-
ibly nervous, Kate is negotiating with
staf from two other large environ-
mental orgaizations.Teyre blowing
up a dam.
Well, not exactly blowing up; ex-
ploding the Great Works Dam would
probably end up harming the very
endangered species that these groups
hope to save.
Afer an uncomfortable pause, Or-
ganization One gets up the guts to
oppose it superior, which I will call
Organization Tree.
No, says a thin female voice, I
think we should announce funding
in a rolling order.
In other words, she wants Organi-
zation Tree to hold of on annouc-
ing their fundraising totals, as those
fgures would no doubt overshadow
the eforts of Organizations One and
Two, who had also raised millions for
the project.
Afer a tense pause, Organization
Tree agrees.
Te Penobscot Indian Nation,
along with a slew of other environ-
mental groups, governmental bodies
and businesses, has been working to
remove two dams on the Penobscot
River since 1999, when a power com-
panyPPLbought three dams on
the river right before their re-licens-
ing contracts were up.
Infuenced in part by the consider-
able legal leverage of the nationally-
sovereign Penobscot Nation, PPL
agreed to abandon their development
of the dams and sell them to to the
Penobscot River Restoration Trust,
a group comprised of the previously
mentioned groups.
Te sale may prove proftable for
PPL, too; according to some esti-
mates, it is possible that the relocation
of equipment to other sites might ac-
tually increase net hydropower pro-
duction and, if succesful, the strategy
will likely serve as a model for dam
removal projects world-wide.
Te passive-aggressive negotia-
tions on the phone proceed for the
next 30 minutes. I dont think the
word dam has been uttered more
than once, when Organization Tree
asked whether the dam would go
down in a big explosion and Organi-
zation Two said no, but assured ev-
eryone that the demolition team had
done enough prep work to make sure
part of it crumbles afer the count-
down.
We will try to make it look dra-
matic, Organization Two says.
Te Penobscot River used to be the
single most important river for sea-
run Atlantic salmon and many other
commercial fsh. Te frst salmon
caught on the river every year used
to be gifed to the president of the
United States; George H.W. Bush
was the last president to receive one.
Biologists estimate that Atlantic
salmon alone will quadruple with
the removal of the two most seaward
dams, a move which, they say, could
save the currently endangered spe-
cies from extinction.
Once completed, the dam re-
moval will make over 1,000 miles of
spawning habitat accessible to sea-
run fsh, reviving a population that
has sustained an ecosystem and a
nation for centuries.
I guess excruciating phone calls
are necessary for modern environ-
mental miracles.
As our crew of TNC employ-
ees roll up in a fleet of Subarus to
Old Town on the morning of June
11, my boss is about ready to rip
someones throat out. She looks
manic and on edge: happy, but also
as though she hasnt slept in two
weeks. She is TNCs mouthpiece
and she is out for blood.
She smiles and shakes hands and
runs around in a dress that I dont
think has lef her closet in years.
(Keens and jeans are appropriate at-
tire for most TNC events). But this is
no normal event; today, our unlikely
gang of monkey wrenchers gets to see
ecological justice carried through.
Trough some stroke of luck, I get
a viewing spot on the sought-afer
lower site.
Te banks of the Penobscot are so
fooded on the day of the event that
the lower sitealready crowded with
industry spokespeoplecould only
hold about 50 people. Im given a
stack of press packets to dole out, so
I get to go in.
Once in the VIP section, I join a
group of donors, executive directors,
spokespeople, members of the Pe-
nobscot Nation, and roadies. I can
spot the donors easily; their scufed
chinos and obvious discomfort give
them away.
I stand at the press table greeting
people. For some reason, a bunch of
old ladies are on the VIP list. Tey are
interested in my work as an intern at
the Conservancy and relish my ofers
of sunscreen and bug spray. Tis may
be the most attention I have received
from a crowd of women in my life.
Finally, the event begins. Te for-
mer chief of the Penobscot Nation
walks by my booth with his wife and
I ofer them sunscreen. He looks at
me solemnly.
Sun screen gives you cancer, he says.
Te former chief takes the stage.
He and another Nation elder sing
to honor the river and burn a sage
concoction. Somehow, this melody
brings a sort of peace to the heated
mixture of excitement, confusion,
and self-congratulation that has, thus
far, fueled the day. Te song breathes
a sense of humility into the event that
did not exist before.
We stand and listen to the music,
Penobscot River mud staining our
clothes.
Tis dam is coming out due to the
uniquely successful eforts of a group
of nature freaks and their compliant
business partners. And while human
beings blocked the river, squelched
out its power and reduced its pulse,
it never died.
Even now, water trickles down
through the cracks in the concrete
and the wood. Even now, as prehis-
toric construction equipment crawls
out into the mainstem of the fows,
the river is in control.
It just happened that the Penob-
scot River Restoration Trust heard its
request before the rest of us.
Listening to the beating of the
drum, the lilting voice of Barry Dana
and seeing the fragrant smoke rise
over the swollen river, I feel respect
buzzing in the air. I can see some-
thing like understanding in the eyes
of the bug-slapping donors, the un-
der-dressed scientists, and the suit-
ed-up public om cials.
I realize my own perspective has
been the naive onethat Ive been
missing the point of this whole event.
The tension in the planning
meetings is merely and example of
how a state works the seemingly
selfish drive for every participating
organization to get personal credit
for the projects success is how envi-
ronmental nonprofits succeed and
secure funds.
It was me, the overly-idealistic en-
vironmental studies major, who was
seeing the proceedings as fawed be-
cause they did not seem selfess.
I realized that what I had wit-
nessed over the past few months
was not fawed environmentalism,
but conservation absorbed into our
democratic-capitalist system. It was
environmentalism actually working.
Our contemporary environmental
movement will not work if it is com-
prised soley of impassioned citizens
yelling at evil corporations and gov-
ernments to clean-up and green-up
their acts. It must instead adopt an
ever-evolving mindset that is both
aware of the measures needed to
achieve large-scale reform and able
to seize the opportunities for small
and practical change. Te movement
should have the chops of a hydro-
power company that agrees to de-
stroy its own dams.
Tis kind of institutionalized
environmentalism is what got non-
profts, corporations, and govern-
ment regulators to compromise on
a myriad of details so that the plan
of the Penobscot River Restoration
Trust could succeed.
When the Atlantic salmon returns
three years from now, it wont care
who did what for what reason when.
It will tighten its muscles and breach
the cold water into a wall of sufocat-
ing air. It will land in a spot of river
that its species has not touched for
over a hundred years. Ten it will
keep swimming.
-Walter Wuthmann
the raceand in good time, too.
Conor, what is this for?! I called.
Its the Brunswick Police Hot Pursuit
5k Run!
With that particular mystery out of
the way, I had no choice but to fnish the
race and hope for a sense of accomplish-
ment to override the awkwardness of
my morning thus far.
As the fnish line came into view, I
composed a short prayer, it went a little
Suddenly it dawned on me.
This must be a run/walk benet and I must be right on the route.
What idiot would have included an undirected crosswalk in the route?
ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ
Its better to run
for something.
-Daisy Alioto
Brunswick Police Association
28 Federal St.
Brunswick, Maine
04011
something like this: Dear Lord, please
dont let the Bowdoin track team be
here. Amen.
Te crowd cheered for me to sprint
it in but I stuck to a discreet jog.
Sandwiched between two speed
walkers, coming in at a hot 39 min-
utes, I didnt want to appear as if Id
been holding back.
Tree muscu-
lar men asked
me for
my registration number, but I blurted
out something about having run acci-
dentally. I slunk to the periphery of the
crowd as one of them glanced over his
shoulder with vague disapproval. Cross-
ing the street, I moved away from fami-
lies hugging and the trickle of double-
strollers still crossing the fnish line.
I thought I saw the digital speed sen-
sor near the Com n School fash 24 miles
per hour when I ran by, but I knew that
couldnt be right. It must have been a car
in the vicinity, or maybe even a strong
gust of wind.
I was late for brunch afer all, but it
would be alright. But by Tuesday, I f-
nally got around to flling out a check
and envelope:
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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Cover band Suck My NESCAC to perform at Epicuria
BY EVAN GERSHKOVICH
STAFF WRITER
COURTESY OF MICHAEL YANG
VENI VIDI VICI: Suck My NESCACs performance last year lled the Ladd dance oor with toga-clad partygoers.
Tomorrow night, the mens rugby
team will host Epicuria, its 23rd an-
nual toga party at Ladd House. For
the second year in a row, the event will
feature Suck My NESCAC, a pop-punk
cover band made up of seniors Hunter
Rusack, Phil Cuddeback, Robbie De-
veny, and David Raskin. I spoke with
the band earlier this week about their
tunes, their history, and their hopes
for the futureespecially tomorrow
nights performance.
Evan Gershkovich: For those who
may not know, who is Suck My NES-
CAC?
Hunter Rusack: Robbie, on lead
vocals, is a Colorado native who cares
more about making people laugh than
his physical or mental well-being.
While absolutely insane, and not so
good with learning vocals, he will en-
tertain the sh*t out of anyone and ev-
eryone.
David, playing bass guitar and sing-
ing backup, characterizes himself as a
horrible speller who likes to procrasti-
nate. Dave has maintained his weight
solidly at around 75 pounds for the
last three years of his life by sweating
to the oldies with Richard Simmons.
Hes a very talented musician but most
people dont notice this because when
he is on stage all they can think about
is how they should be buying him a
cheeseburger and/or calling ASPCA
[American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals].
Phil, on drums, is a wild man who
emerged from the wilderness when he
mistook the Bowdoin rugby team for a
potential food source. Upon learning
how to raise various farm animals and
the basic principles of rhythm, he be-
gan pursuing a career as the frst-ever
solo Hanson tribute band. Afer failing
at this, he joined Suck My NESCAC
to keep himself entertained between
beard grooming sessions.
I play lead guitar and am a self-
taught, stressed-out, red-faced, guitar-
wielding oddball. I spend most of my
time ordering new board shorts online
to make sure that people always know
Im from California. When Im not
bro-boarding around campus you can
typically fnd me pretending to read
an upside down book s o
that people think
I actually
have work.
EG: What
is your story?
How did you
guys come
together?
Robbie Deveny: Well, Hunter and
I were Eskimo brothers throughout
a good deal of freshmen year, but we
never really spoke until we were placed
side by side in the [rugby] scrum as
locks, suddenly sharing blood and
sweat in a more direct, innocent way. I
did a capella and a handful of terrible
musicals for Brunswick retirees while
Hunter drove hoards of innocent con-
cert victims away with the sincerest of
acoustic screamo surf tunes.
We actually found Phils talent for
drumming during a rugby match last
fall. He had just scored a try against
Colby and was making his usual ges-
tures and grunts of happiness, when we
noticed that the pounding of his bare,
worn knuckles against the moist earth
came in predictable, regular intervals.
Afer we took the ball out of his mouth
and wiped the slobber of his beard, we
asked Phil if he wanted to be a drum-
mer. He didnt bite anyone, so we took
that as a yes. Dave doesnt play sports.
EG: Tell me about your respective in-
uences.
HR: Phil is heavily infu-
enced by drummers that
play the standard 4/4
rock beat in the sim-
plest rock songs
i magi nabl e.
As a result, that is literally the only
beat he can play. Robbie doesnt really
listen to music. He never understands
anything the singers say and probably
wont know any of the words. Most of-
ten hes listening to opera or Green Day.
Dave mostly listens to music that bums
people outseriously, really boring
crapclassical music, Radiohead, that
kind of garbage. I dont want to limit
myself by saying my infuences come
from one band or even genre of music.
I like everything about music, except
for f**king Radiohead (dont tell Dave
I said that).
EG: Tell me about yourselves as a
bandwhat are your goals on stage?
HR: We primarily view ourselves as
a pop-punk cover band, at least thats
where we started, but at the same time
we just want to play songs that people
know and love. We also want people
to hear some of the songs we are play-
ing and be like WTF! Are they really
throwing Wagon Wheel in between
Fat Lip and Basket Case? Or, how
the hell are Taylor Swif and Blink 182
the same genre of music? But thats
not the point, we just want to be as
entertaining as possible,
otherwise why would we
have the most easily-
distracted and crude
person as our lead
singer?
EG: Talk to me
about Epicuria and why you are so ex-
cited to play the event.
HR: We get pumped to play Epicu-
ria because its a rugby party and three
of us are rugby players. What more do
you want in life than to go to an epic
rugby party, crush brews, and jam to
a kick-ass pop-punk cover band? Last
year, we had a much better showing
than we imagined and it was pretty
clear when people were screaming for
an encore that we had succeeded with
all our hard work.
Te only problem was last year we
had like, ten songs, and thus no encore,
so we just started our set list over and
everything worked out. Tis year we
have more songs, and we expect more
people and an even more kick-ass show
than last year.
I had never seen such a sweaty and
simultaneously stoked mass of people
until last years party. Epicuria is not
only the best social house party of the
year, but it defnes mens rugby: we
work extra hard to make sure that ev-
eryone has an awesome time, ourselves
included. Weve been
planning this party
now since like,
last July and we
want it to be
better than
ever.
EG: What will your set list look like
on Saturday night?
David Raskin: We designed our set
with our audience in mind. We know
that no one at a social house party
wants to hear anything they havent
already heard to death. Weve carefully
(dare we say masterfully?) crafed a set
list that should be totally familiar to ev-
ery single person at the partyat least
the ones who grew up in this hemi-
sphere. Tat doesnt mean that we dont
keep it spicy. Yeah, weve got a lot of
pop-punk, but were not afraid to strive
for the deeper stufTaylor Swif,
the Isley Brothers, all that mess. Its a
set that will transport our audience
not only through time and space, but
across genre lines, too, before planting
them frmly back down in the steamy,
sultry, sexy, sweaty, sticky (oh so sticky)
anteroom of Ladd House.
Suck My NESCAC will be playing at
Ladd House tomorrow, September 15, at
10 p.m.
(From le to
right: Raskin,
Rusack, Deve-
ny, and Cud-
deback)
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Beasts of the Southern Wild,
directed by Benh Zeitlin, is one of
those films that demands a second
viewingif only so viewers can
wrap their minds around it.
In his first feature film, Zeit-
lin tells the story of six-year-old
Hushpuppy (Quvenzhan Wallis)
and her father
Wink (Dwight
Henry) as they
struggle to con-
front what ap-
pears to be the
unraveling of
the universe.
While Hurricane Katrina barrels
down upon The Bathtuba splin-
ter community located beyond the
protection of a levee, composed
of people who have rejected soci-
etythe tenuous father-daughter
relationship is tested by Winks
ever-worsening sickness. The re-
sult is the complete destruction of
everything familiar to Hushpuppy,
and her defining challenge is to
survive in the ruins of her former
existence.
The film is at once stunning
and difficult to watch. Hushpup-
pys futuristic, whimsical journey
is muddled by a fragmented and
naively constructed parable about
Hurricane Katrina that struggles
to poetically establish any sense of
clarity and coherence. It is easy to
become so engrossed in the films
delicate soft-focus cinematogra-
phy and heart-wrenching acting
that one completely overlooks its
gross narrative deficiencies.
Life in The Bathtub is strangely
idyllic; governed by poverty and
hardship, its denizens value their
off-the-grid freedom above all.
The surreal setting is amazingly
compelling, for it lacks both spiri-
tual and physical constraints. Un-
bound by cumbersome societal
conventions, people are free to toil
as they please
in the company
of fellow out-
casts, scaveng-
ing and fishing
to survive.
To defend
their freedom,
Wink and a handful of others re-
fuse to evacuate even as a storm
approaches, submerging their en-
tire world beneath the floodwa-
ters. Hushpuppy stands boldly at
the frontline of the ensuing catas-
trophe, paralyzed by conflicting
impulses towards perseverence,
denial and confusion. If someone
had refused to board the arc in the
biblical flood, this would be his
story, and Hushpuppy his muse.
Where Beasts of the Southern
Wild succeeds, it does so with
terrific grace and tenderness. Wal-
lis, who was five years old at the
time of her audition, delivers a
performance that may be impres-
sive enough to earn her an Oscar
nomination. Her poignant and
charming outlook is a delightful
window into her fraught naviga-
tion of the adult world. Through
her eyes viewers can intimately
understand the films universe, re-
lating as adults to the tumultuous
experiences of growing up. Hush-
puppys demons present them-
selves as concrete realities within
the guise of magical realism, and it
is impossible not to cheer her on
throughout.
Unfortunately, the action sur-
rounding the bildungsroman sub-
plot betrays its final impact. Cli-
ch character roles, the overuse
of alcohol as a prop and guiding
force, and Hushpuppys arrival into
mainstream society come across
as sloppy and distracting scenes.
There is a lack of any directional
movement within the film. It am-
bles along with a confident sense
of importance in seemingly no
direction whatsoever. Despite its
undeniable beauty and charm, the
films ending brings a bitter taste of
unfulfillment.
A movies worth should not be
determined by the reason it was
made; art should not be regarded
in such crude terms. Art for arts
Benh Zeitlins Beasts is magical, but lacks coherence
sake is a motto for films that de-
rive importance through their
adherence to an established struc-
ture. Beasts, however, stumbles
and deviates from the path that
could have made it a true master-
piece.
For Zeitlin and his actors, this
film is an astounding success. But
given the amount of thought clear-
ly given to the story, as well as its
wondrous beauty, it gives off an
aggravating sense of wasted poten-
tial. I really liked this film, but I
wanted desperately to love it.
BY HUGH RATCLIFFE
CONTRIBUTOR
COURTESY FOX SEARCHLIGHT
LIFE IN THE BATHTUB: Hushpuppy (Quvenzhan Wallis) eeks out a bleak, post-Katrina existence in the Southern wetlands.
Despite its undeniable
beauty and charm, the films ending
brings a bitter taste of unfulfillment
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Maine Pro Musica performs,
brings Classical to campus
Pioneering photographer Day featured in exhibit
With the debut of a new surrealist
photography exhibit, Wegmans Wei-
maraners now have to share space with
their artistic ancestors at the Museum
of Art.
On September 6, the Bowdoin Col-
lege Museum of Art opened Making
a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic
History, chronicling the life and work
of Boston photographer Fred Holland
Day.
Organized by the Addison Gallery
of American Art at Philips Academy
in Andover, Mass., the exhibit presents
Days self-portraits alongside images
taken of him by his contemporaries.
Curator Trevor Fairbrother organized
the exhibit to have a dual focus on the
artists work and his personal history.
As a photographer, Day was intent
BY SARAH WOOD
CONTRIBUTOR
Maine Pro Musica, a thirty-two
piece orchestra based in Rockport,
Maine, performed at Studizinski Re-
cital Hall last Saturday afernoon in
the fnal show of their four-concert
summer tour.
Saturdays program consisted of
traditional classical works by child
prodigies spanning several genres.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Over-
ture to the Marriage of Figaro, Lud-
wig van Beethovens Piano Concerto,
no. 3, op.37, and Felix Mendelssohns
Symphony No 4, op.90, were per-
formed.
Started in 2008 by conductor Jan-
na Hymes, Maine Pro Musica ofers
a diverse range of musical program-
ming. Te companys mission is to
excite and engage audiences while si-
multaneously educating them about
the material.
Lets face it, this music was writ-
ten so long ago, and as time goes on,
that disconnect is becoming wider
and wider. If people arent familiar
with it, we try to make it very com-
fortable so that everyone will love it,
said Hymes.
Hymes says her goal is to broaden
the appeal of classical music; she
hopes to dissolve the barrier that so
ofen exists between orchestra and
audience.
I talk from the stage about the
music, but in a way that anybody will
relate to, Hymes said.
She familiarizes works by explain-
ing both their historical context and
Maine Pro Musicas approach to the
material.
Hymes says she is aware that
many students are simply not in-
terested in classical music, but
believes a bit of open-mindedness
could change this attitude.
If any of those people came to
the concert, Hymes said, Im con-
vinced theyd be turned around.
Theres nothing like seeing a live
orchestra. When you see them
onstage and excited and playing,
thats infectious.
When the concert started, it was
easy to see what Hymes meant. In-
stead of diving headfrst into the
music, as many orchestras do, Hymes
chose to open the concert by enchant-
ing the audience with passionate de-
scriptions of the pieces to come. She
began with an animated explanation
of Marriage of Figaros mischie-
vousness, trouble, and excitement.
Studizinski flled with energy
when the orchestra began to play.
Hymes lithe and vivacious direction
encouraged an exuberant rendition
of Marriage of Figaro from her
equally lively players.
Although the quality of the entire
performance was excellent, the real
highlight was watching the enthusi-
astic exchange between Hymes and
her musicians.
on translating spiritual elements of the
world into visual reality through the
use of the camera, a relatively new me-
chanical device.
Day raised questions and themes
though his work that werent made
open or even spoken about until the
1980s art scene, said museum curator
Joachim Homann.
Tough Day was a pioneer in artistic
photographyone of the frst to ap-
proach the medium as a fne arthis
work and infuence remain relatively
unknown. Homann believes that this
exhibit will help show how Day used
photography, a revolutionary medium,
to create a new artistic form.
It is important for students to see
what a struggle it was to turn photog-
raphy into art, said Homann.
Photography was not seen as a true
art form even through the early 1900s.
Day was among the frst to promote
BY ERIN FITZPATRICK
CONTRIBUTOR
the idea that a photographers vision
of a photo is just as important as the
subject. It was the combination of these
aspects, he argued, that allowed pho-
tography to rival other forms of two-
dimensional art.
Te portraiture presented in Mak-
ing a Presence shows Days attempt
to highlight various forms of photog-
raphy and his efort to question the
interaction between photograph and
viewer. It is unclear whether many of
the images were staged or candid, and
his subjects ofen seem surreal in their
curious poses and attire.
Making a Presence is a unique
combination of art, photography and
history. It is a testament to the social
and artistic evolution of technology
and art.
e exhibit will be on view in the up-
per oor of the art museum until De-
cember 23.
Theres nothing like seeing a live or-
chestra. When you see them onstage and
excited and playing, thats infectious.
Janna Hymes
Conductor, Maine Pro Musica
Beethovens Piano Concerto was
similarly enjoyable, surpassing the
frst piece only due to the addition
of solo pianist Chiharu Naruse. Na-
ruse earned a standing ovation from
the audience for her vigorous perfor-
mance.
Te second standing ovation fol-
lowed the days fnal piece, Mendels-
sohns Italian Symphony. Hymes ac-
count of Mendelssohns motivations
for writing the happiest piece of
music ever written made the piece
especially moving.
Now that Bowdoin is familiar
with her orchestra, Hymes hopes
to extend the groups inclusive ap-
proach beyond the stage and begin
working directly with the music de-
partment.
I hope this is an ongoing rela-
tionship, Hymes said. If there are
composition students and faculty, if
there are performers that we could
somehow integrate together, I would
really, really like to take it a step fur-
ther.
Hymes says this ofer is unique to
the Bowdoin music department.
Ive just heard really great things
about diferent music happening at
Bowdoin, said Hymes. Were not re-
ally making the college circuit. Tis is
such a prestigious school, so this is a
really fantastic thing for us.
Although Maine Pro Musicas
summer tour has concluded, they
will perform their annual Holiday
Pops concert in Camden, ME in mid-
December.
More information can be found on
the orchestras website, mainepromu-
sica.org.
CHENGLING YIAO, BOWDOIN ORIENT
Greenstock took over the Quad last Saturday, with campus bands performing in front of a BBQ sponsered by Bowdoin Dining.
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Last spring, the Polar Bears coach
of fve years, Maren Rojas, lef the
team to be closer to her family in
Boston, where she accepted a posi-
tion as an assistant soccer coach at
Boston College.
Despite this transition, Weaver is
Womens soccer undefeated after sweeping rst three games
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
KICKING OFF RIGHT: Molly Popolizio 14 scores the second goal Wednesday against Bates. The Polar Bears went on to nish 3-0 against the Bobcats.
optimistic about her players work
ethic and ability to take the change in
stride. Weaver says that because her
players have worked incredibly hard
in practice so far, the transition be-
tween the two coaches has been sur-
prisingly smooth.
I think the tough thing is that
players have to all of a sudden ad-
just to new ways of doing things and
working, said Weaver. What makes
them such a good team is that they
are patient and willing to learn, ac-
cept a new coaching style, and see
BY HALLIE BATES
STAFF WRITER
Uche Esonu 13 have also helped
new players transition to the
front-row forward position, since
five of last years six seniors vacat-
ed those spots.
Charlotte Kleiman 15, Emily
Athanas-Linden 15 and Rachel
Henderson 15 played impressively
during the spring season; she ex-
pects them to contribute heavily
toward the teams success this year.
In the tournaments morning
match, Bowdoin played aggres-
sively against Williams, trying to
keep ball possession as much as
possible.
The team opened up a large 38-0
lead before the end of the first half,
credited mostly to the effective
teamwork between the front and
the back lines.
Townsend, White and Randi
London 15 scored two tries apiece
and London also converted seven
extra points for the Polar Bears
against Williams.
McAvoy, Kleiman and Laurel
Mast 14 added tries to ratchet the
final score up to a formidable 59-3
by the final whistle.
The afternoon match against
Amherst brought torrential rain,
fierce winds and tornado warn-
ings, detracting from Bowdoins
offensive effort.
Townsend scored the teams
only try and London converted the
extra point to make the score 7-0
at halftime.
In the second half, the Bowdoin
forwards worked as a unit to keep
Amhersts offense at bay while
rookie Annie Piotti 16 made a
critical play a few minutes into her
first match.
Despite having never played
Womens rugby seals Beantown Tournament 3-0
BY ANDRES BOTERO
ORIENT STAFF
how things work under my direc-
tion, she added.
Popoliziowho, until this season
had only trained under Rojashas
high hopes for Weaver, noting her
diferent approach to the game.
Coach Bri has a very attack-
minded style of play, which we have
been focusing on in practice, said
Popolizio. We have also been fo-
cusing on having a positive, forward
frst touch and being dangerous with
the ball as well as always shooting at
good angles.
Refecting on last years season,
Popolizio went on to emphasize that
the team has grown and will strive to
avoid close calls at the end of games
this year.
In order to avoid the numerous
overtimes we experienced last year,
it is very important to maintain our
mental toughness and competitive-
ness throughout every game as well
as the season as a whole, she said.
On Wednesday, the team took on
rival Bates, beating the Bobcats 3-0.
Undefeated in all three games so far,
the Polar Bears have not allowed a
single goal past their net since the
season start, outscoring opposition
by nine goals.
Te win also raised Bowdoins re-
cord against Bates in their past seven
matchups to 6-0-1.
Tis weekend, the Polar Bears will
travel to Brandeis University for a
non-conference match on Saturday.
the sport before, and within a
minute of being put in during our
second game against Amherst,
Anna made a try-saving tackle,
Townsend said.
After winning a line-out, the
Bowdoin pack formed a moving
maul that methodically drove on
towards the Amherst try-line.
Scrum-half Jimena Escudero 13
plucked the ball out and handed
it off to Amanda Montenegro 14,
who snuck passed the Amherst de-
fenders for her first career try.
From there, Bowdoin kept Am-
herst on its heels to complete the
shutout 12-0 victory.
The final match against Smith
College turned into another shut-
out win for the Polar Bears, who
ended the tournament without al-
lowing a single opposing try.
Piotti scored early with a run
down the wing followed by another
London conversion.
Of Piottis play, Townsend said,
On Sunday, after many beauti-
ful catch-passes to get the ball out
wide, [she] received the ball and
made a beautiful run down the
field and scored not only her first
try, but the first try of the game.
We were more evenly matched
with Smith so [her] try was very
essential.
In the second half, Bowdoin was
awarded a penalty try due to con-
sistent offside attempts by Smith
players.
Anissa Tanksley 14 scored the
final try for the tournament, seal-
ing the 19-0 win.
The Polar Bears begin the regu-
lar season this Saturday against
Williams. Kick-off is 11 a.m. at the
Pickard Rugby Field.
In rst scrimmage of the year,
football loses star wide reciever
I looked up and saw a defensive
back [Jaibril Coy 15] explode afer his
interception for 70 yards. He was in
the end zone in a blink of an eye, said
Bryan Hurley 15, one of the fans at the
Bowdoin football teams intrasquad
scrimmage this past Sunday. Fans,
players and coaches alike had the op-
portunity to assess the progress of the
team at the preseason game.
Coach David Caputi, entering his
13th season as head of the team this
fall, was pleased with the scrimmage.
Given that were playing a lot of
young guys, they stepped up and did a
good job, said Caputi.
He also commended the eforts of
senior captains Martin Robledo, Sean
OMalley and Beau Breton.
Unfortunately, OMalley sustained
an ACL injury sidelining him for the
season.
Sean is a very good player and very
good captain [...] one of the best special
teams players in the league. He can be a
very good captain when hes not on the
feld, Caputi said.
In addition to providing insight into
the teams prospects, Sundays scrim-
mage was also an opportunity for the
fve new assistant coaches to see the
team play competitively in front of a
crowd at Whittier Field.
Tis new staf covers ofense, de-
fense and special teams. Coach John
Burrell, the new defensive coordinator,
brings experience from Western Con-
necticut State University, a successful
Divison III program. Coach Bill Mc-
Cord played cornerback at WCSU un-
der Burrell and brings defensive back
coaching experience from Franklin &
Marshall, Bucknell and Princeton.
Also new toBowdoins defensive
coaching staf is Chris Sapp, from Mid-
dle Tennessee State University, who
will focuse on the defensive line and
special teams.
As the wide receivers coach, Joe
Clark plans to translate his skills and
experience from his tenure at NES-
CAC rival Trinity, where he helped the
Bantams win three conference champi-
onships. Te ffh new assistant coach
is Kyle Duncan, a 2012 graduate who
started as a center for three years and
will focus on training the running
backs.
Coach Caputi says he doubts that
this coaching turnover will hinder the
teams development. He also says he
still thinks there are things the team
can improve on given the teams show-
ing at the scrimmage.
Tese new coaches bring new ideas
and new ways to look at things, he said.
Starting quarterback Grant White
13, echoed this sentiment. Were no-
where near where we want to be as a
team yet [...] but overall I was pleased
with how we performed and excited
to see what we can do this year, White
said.
Te Polar Bears season starts on
September 22 at NESCAC rival Mid-
dlebury. With just over a week to pre-
pare, Caputi knows that his coaches
and players have their work cut out for
them.
We just have to get our football
team ready and make sure no one gets
hurt in the next couple of days, he said.
BY BERNIE CLEVENS
STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin womens rugby
team cleaned up at last weekends
Beantown Rugby tournament at
UMass-Amherst, beating Wil-
liams, Amherst and Smith Colleges
with scores of 59-3, 12-0, and 19-0
respectively.
The Polar Bears are now two-
time defending Beantown cham-
pions and have won six straight
matches at the tournament since
2010.
But success at this years tourna-
ment was not a given, especially
since the squad graduated six se-
niors last spring.
Coach MaryBeth Mathews said
she was impressed by the way this
years seniors helped prepare the
team for the upcoming season.
According to Mathews, captains
Kerry Townsend 13 and Helen
White 13 have been leaders on the
backline and keep their teammates
focused during matches.
Dani McAvoy 13 and Captain
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Te womens soccer team emerged
triumphant from their frst confer-
ence match of the season last week-
end, besting the Wesleyan Cardinals
1-0. On Wednesday, the team si-
lenced Bates 3-0, improving to 3-0-0
(2-0-0 NESCAC).
First year Maggie Godley scored
the game-winning goal of the Wes-
leyan match 30 minutes into the
game. Godley managed to tap in
a cross from the right wing, fed to
her by captain and midfelder Molly
Popolizio 14.
Te Polar Bears defense fended of
Cardinal attacks for the remainder of
the game, maintaining the one-goal
diference and securing the win.
In the goal, Louise Johnson 14
stopped two frst-half shots, and
frst year Bridget McCarthy fnished
strong with fve saves in the second
half.
Te 2-0-0 record is the best start
for Bowdoin since 2007. All of this
has happened under the direction of
a new head coach, Brianne Weaver,
formerly the womens soccer coach at
St. Marys of Maryland.
In their rst tournament, the
womens rugby team amassed
86 total oensive points, limiting
three dierent opponents to zero
tries and a single eld goal.
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After rst week, Volleyball undefeated at 5-0
With a 4-0 sweep of the Endicott Invi-
tational last weekend and a victory over
the University of New England (UNE)
at home on Tuesday, the volleyball team
shows no signs of slowing down.
In the weekends fnal match,
Bowdoin defeated the UMass Boston
Beacons 3-1, avenging the teams loss
last year in the second round of the
NCAA tournament.
In the wake of this string of victories,
the team will enter conference play with
an undefeated 5-0 record, and ranked
25th nationally in D-III by the Ameri-
can Volleyball Coaches Association.
Te action began last Friday against
Gallaudet University with a 3-1 Polar
Bear victory. Bowdoin picked up its frst
set of the season 25-17, before faltering
in the second and losing 21-25. Te
team rebounded quickly and took a pair
of sets 25-20 and 25-15 to seal the frst
win of the year.
Christy Jewett 16 had an impressive
collegiate debut against Gallaudet, rack-
ing up 12 kills, while captain Melissa
Haskell 13 notched 12 kills and 16 digs.
Setter Sophia Cornew 14 fnished with
33 assists.
Later that evening, the team trounced
Plymouth State 3-0. Tough the Pan-
thers put up a valiant efort in the frst
set, only falling to Bowdoin 25-22, the
Polar Bears upped the pressure in the
next two sets, overwhelming their op-
ponents 25-18 and 25-8 for the win.
Last Saturdays play began with a
match against Endicott, where the Po-
lar Bears prevailed against their host
3-1. Tough the team stumbled in the
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ORIENT STAFF
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second set, they won the fnal two with
comfortable margins, with fnal set
scores of 25-21, 21-25, 25-14, and 25-15.
Against Endicott, libero Taylor Vail
14 led the team defensively with 25 digs,
while Haskell achieved a tremendous 18
kills ofensively. Jewett continued her
impressive frst weekend with 10 kills.
Te second match on Saturday pit-
ted the Polar Bears against the UMass
Boston Beacons. Afer four hard-fought
sets, Bowdoin bested UMass 3-1 with
set scores of 25-15, 20-25, 25-16, and
25-19.
Hilary Cederna 13 had a particularly
noteworthy game. Te senior racked up
18 kills and 18 digs, with just three er-
rors in the entire match. Cornew had
45 assists during the match, fueling the
teams ofensive efort. Her impressive
performance over the course of the
tournament earned Cornew a spot as
the NESCAC Volleyball Player of the
Week.
Cornew expressed her happiness at
the teams victory.
I was thrilled when we beat UMass
Amherst. We had been waiting nine
months for this game and its really nice
to fnally get some revenge for NCAAs,
she said. It was a tough match, they are
a great team, but it came down to the
fact that we wanted it more and fought
harder.
At home last Tuesday, the team eas-
ily beat U.N.E. 3-0, with match scores of
25-19, 25-13, 25-21.
Leading the teams ofensively in the
match against U.N.E. were both right-
side hitter Ellie Brennan 14 and Jewett,
who each made eight kills.
Te team begins NESCAC play with
a pair of matches this weekend at home
in Morrell Gym starting with a face-of
against Amherst at 8 p.m. tonight.
JAY PRIYADARSHAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE: The Polar Bears did not drop a round in their match against the
University of New England on Wednesday and remain undefeated so far this season.
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Ex-investment banker Tim Ryan brings unique
skills to leading the athletics department
When Jef Ward stepped down this
summer afer 14 years as director of
athletics, it fell to Tim Ryan 98 to as-
sume the position of interim athletics
director.
A talented baseball and foot-
ball player who went to Wells High
School in Maine, Ryan says he chose
Bowdoin because it was the best
academic school that [he] could get
into and continue to play one or both
sports.
He was a linebacker on the football
team for four years at the College.
In his senior year he was a defensive
captain and a member of Residential
Life. He also sat on one of the initial
committees that shaped the current
College House system.
Ryan says that in his junior and se-
nior year, he thought about athletics
as a possible career choice, but even-
tually decided it wasnt the right time
in his life. His father had served as a
high school athletic director for 30
years while Ryan was growing up, and
Ryan says he expected he would fnd
his way back into the world of sports
eventually.
Afer graduating from Bowdoin
with a double major in government
and economics, Ryan started working
as an investment banker and fnancial
consultant in New York City. But af-
ter a year and a half in the concrete
jungle, Ryan began to realize he didnt
want to live in New York for the rest
of his life.
In the frst of many job changes
Ryan moved to Boston, and began
working for a bank that backed tech-
nology startups.
But afer fve years in Boston, Ryan
again began itching for something
new, and turned back to the world of
college sports.
Head Coach David Caputi was
not at Bowdoin when Ryan played,
but knew of him through mutual as-
sociates in the New England football
community.
In an almost poetic coincidence,
Caputi was looking to hire a new as-
sistant coach at the same time that
Ryan was looking for a career shif.
Toward the end of his stay in Boston,
Ryan had been om ciating high school
football games in his spare time.
BY RON CERVANTES
ORIENT STAFF
It was in the summer, and kind of
late in the hiring process when some-
one said Oh, what are you looking
for? and I said What Im really look-
ing for is a Bowdoin alum who has
been out in the working world for a
few years and wants a career change
someone who could come in, be a
smart guy, a quick study, and be pas-
sionate about Bowdoin football. And
[Ryan] was the guyit was like from
my lips to Gods ears, Caputi said.
Caputi said he was immediately
impressed by Ryans ability to pick up
new skills on the fy. He was also hap-
py to acquire a coach with experience
in the fnancial sector. In addition to
his knowledge of the game, Ryans
ability to organize, manage budgets
and balance spreadsheets was a valu-
able asset to the team.
It was a great learning experience
in terms of the mechanics of coaching
and what goes into it being a college
coach, it was also a great experience
in being able to work closely with stu-
dent athletes, Ryan said.
Tat was a lot of the reason why I
wanted to get into coachingit wasnt
necessarily about becoming a Divi-
sion I football coach somewhereit
was about being able to work with
student athletes and have a much
diferent experience than I was hav-
ing professionally prior to coming to
Bowdoin.
Just three years afer Ryan began
coaching football, a new position was
created in the athletics department
almost tailor-ft to Ryans skillset. As
the associate director of athletics for
operations, Ryan oversaw both the
future budget projections and day-
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Melissa Haskell 13
BY RACHEL GLADSTONE
STAFF WRITER
Senior volleyball Captain Me-
lissa Haskell had a groundbreaking
start to her fnal season at the Endi-
cott Invitational this weekend. She
lef the tournament with a total of
30 kills, 14 aces and 32 digs, while
helping her team establish their un-
defeated record.
Coach Karen Corey attributes
Haskells success this weekend to
her savvy style of play.
She has a really great vision of
the courther style of play chal-
lenges her teammates to look for
the other types of shots on the
court, she said.
Haskell spoke to the strength of
the teams veteran members, say-
ing that she always feels confdent
that she will get good sets and that
whomever the ball is coming to has
a great chance of getting it back.
Corey also cites Haskells per-
sonality as a major factor in her
triumphs on the court.
Melissa doesnt get rattled. She
has great composureshe provides
a lot of stability for the girls on the
team, Corey said.
Haskell has been a starter on the
volleyball team since her frst year
at the College. According to Co-
rey, even as a frst year she had a
very strong internal drive; she was
always challenging herself to im-
prove her skills.
Haskells junior year was the
turning point in her volleyball ca-
reer. Corey recalls Haskell coming
into her junior year much stronger
and attacking the ball with a lot
more speed.
Haskell agreed that she became
considerably more competitive on
the court in her junior year. Te
preceding summer, she had par-
ticipated in a number of doubles
games against a variety of oppo-
nents with diferent skill sets. As a
result, she said, predicting play was
impossible.
I never wanted to underestimate
them because I didnt know what I
was gettingit made me fght a lot
more for every point, whether I
was up or down, she added.
Corey describes Haskells con-
stant engagement during the
teams practices.
Every time she touches the ball
shes looking for quality contact,
said Corey.
Haskell echoes this sentiment,
explaining that focusing on frst
contact, serving and receiving, is
her main goal during practices and
games.
She leads by example. Tat is
really her fort, said Corey.
A Physics major, Haskell is ex-
tremely analytical and says this
quirk occasionally causes her to
fxate on rotations and peoples po-
sitions, making it harder to go with
the fow. However, she says she
tries not to worry about the little
things and instead focus on the big
picture.
Despite their early successes,
Haskell agrees that she and the rest
of the team will need to continue to
improve their game in order to ac-
complish the ambitious goals they
have set for the season.
Coach Corey would never let
us get complacent. Tis is just the
beginning, she said.
Haskell will absolutely continue
with the success shes had, said Co-
rey. I could even see her stepping
it up a little more.
Corey noted how much this sea-
son means to the senior, and said
she believes Haskell is willing to do
whatever it takes to ensure the Po-
lar Bears walk away with wins.
Te fnality of this season has yet
to set in for Haskell.
Ill be playing doubles for as
long as I want. I may not have the
same vertical when Im 40, but I
know Ill always be playing, she
said.
e sports editor chooses the Ath-
lete of the Week based on exemplary
performance.
Melissa doesnt get
rattled. She has great
composureshe provides
a lot of stability for the girls
on the team.
KAREN COREY
HEAD COACH OF WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SET UP FOR SUCCESS: Melissa Haskell 13 had 30 kills, 14 aces and 32 digs in the rst tournament
of her senior year. She says she hit her personal stride in her junior year and has not looked back.
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COMMUNICATIONS
MAN ON THE MOVE: Tim Ryan 98, above, went from College linebacker to interim director of athletics in a little more than a decade.
That was a lot of the reason why I
wanted to get into coaching it
wasnt necessarily about becoming
a Division I football coach some-
where it was about being able to
work with student athletes and have
a much dierent experience than I
was having professionally prior to
coming to Bowdoin.
TIM RYAN
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
to-day details of the Colleges athletics
program.
Tat position was a great blend
of being around athletics and student
athletes and also being involved in a
lot of the operational and fnancial
aspects of the department, Ryan said.
It was a marriage of two things I was
really interested in.
Ryan, in his new position, was
heavily involved in the creation of
the Buck Center, the oversight of the
athletics departments budget, and the
operation of the equipment and train-
ing rooms.
As a brand new athletics adminis-
trator with relatively little experience
in the feld, Ryan found an invaluable
mentor in Ward.
I feel like at times I spent more
time with Jef than I did with my own
wife, Ryan joked.
When Ward announced his de-
parture from Bowdoin last summer,
Ryan agreed to become the interim
athletics director at the Colleges re-
quest.
Head coach of womens feld hock-
ey, Nicky Pearson has known Ryan
since his days as a student.
When it was announced [that
Ryan would become the interim di-
rector] I think as a department we
really appreciated him stepping into
that position, Pearson said.
Tereve been no surprises, Pear-
son said. Everything that he did in
his role as associate director, hes just
translated those skills over to being
the interim athletic director. Hes still
hard working, very helpful, and very
organized.
Caputi echoed that sentiment, say-
ing that although the department
was sad to see Ward go afer so many
years, everyone was reassured by the
Colleges choice of Ryan.
Ryans future in the department
rests in the hands of the committee
that will convene this fall to choose
Wards permanent successor.
Ryan said that though he is willing
to become the Colleges permanent
athletics director, he would also love
to continue working in his previous
position should the school choose
another an outside hire to replace
him. Te College has yet to announce
when that search will begin or for
how long Ryan will serve as the in-
terim director.
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Sailing faced sti competito-
tion in its rst four regattas
Field hockey kicks o 2-0 on
rookie and veteran eorts
The field hockey team easily
handled NESCAC rival Wesleyan
3-1 in Saturdays season opener.
Katie Riley 14 and Brooke Phin-
ney 13 each capitalized on first-
half corner opportunities to push
the Polar Bears to a 2-0 lead.
Bowdoin controlled the major-
ity of possession, but struggled to
defend the midfield at times and
allowed Wesleyan several chances
to attack on breakaways.
In the last minutes of the first
half, Wesleyan took advantage of
one breakaway possession when
Cardinal senior Taryn Murray re-
bounded a deflected corner to put
Wesleyan on the board.
The Polar Bears clamped down
Wesleyans offense in the second
half, which Head Coach Nicky
Pearson attributes to her teams
ability to value its possessions and
execute a balanced attack.
Rookie forward Rachel Kennedy
16 scored the security goal from
yet another scuffle on a corner at
18:37 in the second half.
The Cardinals recorded 12 saves
over the course of the game, and
Pearson noted that their goal-
keeper and circle defense created
challenges for us.
In order to break this staunch
defensive front, the Polar Bears
took advantage of corners to load
up the goal area with more players,
creating the imbalances needed to
pressure Wesleyans defense.
In Tuesdays National Field
Hockey Coaches Association first
poll of the regular season, Bowdoin
moved from second to fifth place.
At the time of the poll Bowdoin
was 1-0, while all the other teams
in the top 10 had played at least
two games.
In a non-conference match on
Wednesday the Polar Bears defeat-
ed Husson University 4-0. Seven
minutes into the first period, Ken-
nedy scored the first of two goals,
bringing her season total to three
scores in the past two games.
Captain Cathleen Smith 13,
SPORTS ROUNDUP
scored the last two goals of the
game, also bringing her season to-
tal to three goals.
In a fashion reminiscent of last
years team, the Polar Bears posted
32 shots (17 on goal), while lim-
iting Husson to zero shots in the
first half and only three in the
second, one of which was saved by
Kayla Lessard 13.
Bowdoin will face Wellesley
College this Saturday at 1 p.m at
home.
-Compiled by Clare McLaughlin
The sailing team raced in four
regattas this past weekendYale
University, Maine Maritime Acad-
emy, M.I.T., and Harvard Universi-
tyyielding varied results in both
the co-ed and womens races.
According to Head Coach Frank
Pizzo, the opening weekend was a
solid start to the season.
On Penobscot Bay at Maine
Maritime, the womens team had
a successful weekend sailing in
both the A and B divisions; with
combined division scores the team
placed sixth out of 17 teams over-
all.
Lizzy Hamilton 15 and Isa-
bel Low 13 sailed in the B divi-
sion and, according to Pizzo, had
a sound regatta, displaying great
consistency. In the A division, Kay-
lee Schwitzer 15 and Julia Ruse 16
sailed as a first-time pair, demon-
strating both a solid performance
and potential for future regattas.
The top co-ed team traveled to
Yale University in New Haven, CT
and sailed in the intersectional re-
gatta alongside some of the best
teams from across the country.
After sailing eight races, the Polar
Bears placed 13th out of 17 teams.
The windy conditions that pre-
vailed throughout New England
proved difficult for the tourna-
ments, and served to highlight the
teams overall necessity to continue
improving on their boat handling
skills.
Pizzo remarked that although
the team had yet to practice in
such extreme conditions, this was
an experience important for future
regattas.
The womens team placed 10th
out of the 15 teams at the Toni
Deutsch Trophy regatta hosted at
MIT. At the FJ Invitational at Har-
vard, teams comprised primarily
of first years set sail, and finished
second and fifth out of nine teams.
Currently, Pizzo is less con-
cerned with results at these com-
petitive regattas as long as the
team continuously strives for self-
improvement. Specifically, Pizzo
is looking for his players to build
stronger skill sets, improve boat
handling and starts.
This upcoming weekend, the
team will compete at the Mrs.
Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth College,
the Hatch Brown Trophy at MIT
and Boston University, the Lake
Champlain Open at the University
of Vermont, the Boston Harbor
Invitational at Boston College and
the Middlebury Cup at Middle-
bury College.
-Compiled by Carolyn Veilleux
Tennis teams both compete
well at their rst invitationals
Following deep runs into the
NCAA tournament last spring,
both the mens and womens ten-
nis teams hit the courts this past
weekend for the first tournaments
of the season.
The mens team was among sev-
en schools competing in the Stony
Brook Invitational Tournament.
Head Coach Connor Smith said
the tournament was a rare oppor-
tunity to play against teams out-
side the NESCAC, as most of their
season games will be played within
the conference.
Sophomores Doug Caplan
and Kyle Wolstencroft both had
standout performances, sweeping
doubles in Flight A, the top of two
doubles levels. In Flight A singles,
Caplan made it to the semifinals.
Wolstencroft won his flight in
singles and finished the weekend
undefeated.
I think we did better at the
tournament this year and I think
the competition of this years tour-
nament was stronger compared
to last years, said Smith. Were
headed in the right direction.
In two weeks, the mens ten-
nis team will set off for their next
tournament, the Intercollegiate
Tennis Associations Invitational at
Williams College.
The womens team began their
season in Williamstown at the
Morehouse Invitational, compet-
ing against Skidmore, Vassar, and
NESCAC rivals Williams and Mid-
dlebury. The tournament was es-
sentially an exhibition match and
because of that, no overall winner
was announced.
It was a really good chance to
get an idea of where people are at
and where they can improve, said
Emma Chow 15.
The womens next tournament is
at the University of Pennsylvania
September 21. The team sees it as
an opportunity to train for play in
2013, as Bowdoin will not encoun-
ter Division I teams in competitive
matches until late in the season.
The fall is all about improving
for the spring, Chow said.
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SCORECARD
Sa 9/8
Su 9/12
v. Wesleyan
v. Husson
W
W
31
40
SCORECARD
Sa 9/8
Su 9/12
v. Wesleyan
v. Husson
W
W
31
40
Mens soccer drops to Wesley-
an, beats Southern Me. 8-0
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 at Williams 11:00 A.M.
Compiled by Ron Cervantes
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
SCHEDULE
F 9/14
Sa 9/15
W 9/19
F 9/21
v. Amherst
v. Trinity
at Colby
v. TBA at MIT Invtl
v. Mount Ida at MIT Invtl
8:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
TBA
7:00 P.M.
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15
Su 9/16
v. Me.-Farmington
at Babson
NOON
2:00 P.M.
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 at Bates (Martindale GC) TBA
NESCAC Standings
WOMENS GOLF
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 Southern Maine Invitational 11:00 A.M.
MENS CROSS COUNTRY
WOMENS RUGBY
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 v. Wellesly 1:00 P.M.
Tu 9/18 at Southern Me. 4:00 P.M.
MENS GOLF
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 Husson Invitational 10:00 A.M.
SAILING
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/17 Mrs. Hurst Bowl (Dartmouth)
Lake Champlain Open (UVM)
Boston Harbor Invtl (BC)
Middlebury Cup
Hatch BrownTrophy (MIT&BU)
10:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
WOMENS SOCCER
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 at Brandeis 1:00 P.M.
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/15 Southern Maine Invitational 11:00A.M.
WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY
W L W L
BOWDOIN 1 0 2 0
Conn. College 1 0 2 0
Middlebury 1 0 2 0
Trinity 1 0 1 0
Williams 1 0 2 0
Amherst 0 0 2 0
Bates 0 1 1 1
Colby 0 1 0 1
Hamilton 0 1 0 2
Tufts 0 1 1 1
Wesleyan 0 1 0 2
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Williams 2 0 0 2 0 0
Trinity 1 0 0 2 0 0
Tufts 1 0 0 1 0 1
Wesleyan 0 0 1 1 0 1
Colby 0 0 1 0 1 1
Conn. Coll. 0 0 1 1 0 1
Amherst 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bates 0 0 0 2 0 0
BOWDOIN 0 1 0 1 1 0
Hamilton 0 1 0 1 1 0
Middlebury 0 1 0 1 1 0
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Amherst 0 0 3 0
Bates 0 0 4 1
BOWDOIN 0 0 5 0
Colby 0 0 4 0
Conn. College 0 0 5 0
Hamilton 0 0 2 3
Middlebury 0 0 4 1
Trinity 0 0 4 0
Tufts 0 0 3 1
Wesleyan 0 0 3 0
Williams 0 0 4 1
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
BOWDOIN 2 0 0 3 0 0
Colby 1 0 0 1 0 0
Hamilton 1 0 0 3 0 0
Middlebury 1 0 0 2 0 0
Williams 1 0 0 1 2 0
Amherst 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bates 0 2 0 0 2 0
Conn. Coll. 0 1 0 0 1 0
Trinity 0 1 0 1 1 0
Tufts 0 1 0 1 1 0
Wesleyan 0 1 0 1 1 0
NESCAC OVERALL
*Bold line denotes NESCACTournament cut-o
Although the mens soccer team
opened their season to a dissapointing
0-2 loss to Wesleyan last Saturday, the
Polar Bears turned things around on
Monday, shutting out the University of
Southern Maine in a 8-0 victory.
In Saturdays game Bowdoin was un-
able to rally afer Wesleyan scored two
frst-half goals.
We were disappointed, but we know
Wesleyan is one of the best teams in
the league, and they were starting a lot
of seniors, Head Coach Fran OLeary
said.
According to OLeary, the team took
the loss well despite it being their frst
game.
Te team reacted welltheyre a
good team with good leadership, he
said.
Mondays game was an important
step toward helping the team fnd its
groove again afer a lackluster start.
In the match against USM, Bowdoin
scored eight goals, the highest single-
game total since 2006. Tis strong
showing might just energize the team as
the season moves forward.
We just hope to get better with ev-
ery game. We learned valuable lessons
from our frst defeat, but we dont want
to get too excited over just one loss.
OLeary said. We plan to build on
[Mondays] performance,
Te team will play its next game at
home against the University of Maine
Farmington on Saturday, September 15
at noon.
-Compiled by Katie Miklus
SCORECARD
Sa 9/8
M 9/10
v. Wesleyan
at Southern Me.
L
W
20
80
OPINION
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Te debate about anthropogenic
climate change can no longer focus
on whether or not it is happening;
this has been settled for some time
now.
As journalist and environmental-
ist Bill McKibben wrote in his July
19 Rolling Stone article, the U.S.
broke or tied 3,215 high-tempera-
ture records in June.
Droughts unlike anything expe-
rienced since the Dust Bowl, rag-
ing wildfires, severe flooding and
hurricanes: this is the future we
now look forward to. As NASA
climate scientist James Hansen
puts it, we are essentially loading
the dice with regard to the climate,
drastically increasing the probabil-
ity of severe weather.
Yet, with the upcoming presiden-
tial election looming, no politician
seems to want to stir up environ-
mental issues. Mitt Romney has
made it clear he has no plans to dis-
rupt the status quo; and President
Obama advanced an all-of-the-
above energy plan well before his
recent convention speech, but has
been relatively silent on environ-
mental issues since the start of his
campaign.
Are we supposed to accept his
change of heart as the voice of rea-
son, the experienced Washington
pragmatist? Te answer is yes only
if we want climate disaster.
America needs to get on board
with the kind of big, sometimes dif-
fcult changes that countries like
Germany have begun to make.
And so the question now is how
can individuals co vntribute to a
solution? Im not talking about spe-
cifc technologies or policies, but
merely asking how we can get to the
point where we care enough to take
action?
Part of the problem evokes a
classic predicament of the human
in a globalized world: we feel in-
significant in the grand scheme of
things. How can one persons ac-
tions, we wonder, make a differ-
ence?
Te solutions to climate change
wont come as easily as casting a ballot.
We can vote for the lesser of two evils,
but until we demand that more atten-
tion be devoted to the issue in Wash-
ington, we are consenting to inaction.
Forecast on climate change appears hazy
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WHISPERING
PINES
PETER NAUFFTS
We can vote for the lesser of
two evils, but until we demand
more attention be devoted to the
issue in Washington, we are
consenting to inaction.
If Obama doesnt feel pressure
from voters to address environ-
mental issues like fracking, tar
sands or Artic drilling now, I can
assure you he wont as election day
draws closerespecially when fos-
sil fuel interest groups donate mil-
lions to his campaign.
The first step, and a fundamen-
tal one at that, is changing the way
we frame the issue. To do this,
more and more sociologists have
focused on understanding how we
conceive of climate change; much
has been said, for example, about
our inability to imagine problems
that are distant in time and space.
We dont like to imagine a world
radically different from our cur-
rent one, let alone one different
and worse. People often cite the
lack of specifics as another barrier.
But there are many reasons why,
as Anthony Leisorowitz, direc-
tor of the Yale Project on Climate
Change Communication, put it in
a New York Times article: You
almost couldnt design a problem
that is a worse fit with our under-
lying psychology.
A recent, yet unfortunately
low-profile paper in Nature titled
Climate Change and Moral Judge-
ment attempted to analyze six
major moral impediments to act-
ing on climate change and offered
potential solutions. These ideas
were based in studies and experi-
ments.
Lets analyze these suggestions
for overcoming the abstract-
ness and cognitive complexity of
climate change. The facts alone
have not done enough to produce
change on the scale that the prob-
lem demands. They propose a
more comprehensive effort to tap
existing moral values.
Appealing to the sanctity of
the earth has been a particularly
strong argument among religious
people who might otherwise be
predisposed to downplay anthro-
pogenic climate change.
Or, as the aforementioned ar-
ticle suggests, we can erase the ab-
straction of future generations in
favor of our own sons and daugh-
ters.
Much more can be said about
how to frame climate change, but
if we can discern one theme, it is
the need for unification.
Oil magnates like the Koch broth-
ers, as McKibben suggests, provide
easy enemies, but they are not nec-
essarily the best ones. We should ac-
knowledge that the burning of fossil
fuels brought great progress, but we
must also accept responsibility for
the damage.
With this, we can start the real
crusadea crusade against our for-
mer ways. And while it may sound
clich, we must concentrate the efort
around the family and the communi-
ty, our children and our neighbors.
LYDIA ZHANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
e editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board, which
is comprised of Claire Aasen, Erica Berry, Dylan Hammer, Linda Kinstler, Zohran Mamdani
and Eliza Novick-Smith.
Next fall will mark the start of a two-year trial program that will re-imagine
frst-year-College House am liation. Each house will be am liated with four or fve
foors from diferent bricks. Howell will remain a chem-free College House and
will be am liated with foating chem-free foors.
Te working proposal refects input from all corners of the Bowdoin commu-
nity; that it was so thoughtfully shaped by those who will experience it inspires
confdence, and its recommendations have the potential to signifcantly improve
campus culture. Te plan seeks to bridge what has become a palpable social divide
between students who choose to live chem-free and those who do not, an unfor-
tunate reality of student life that deserves thoughtful redress.
In the past, chem-free housing options have accommodated twice as many
international students, students of color and students from Maine than non-
chem-free dorms. So much of our experience at the College is shaped by who
we live with, and the new model would increase diversity and enrich the frst
year experience.
But spreading chem-free foors throughout the frst year bricks presents a seri-
ous logistical challenge to the 13-year-old College House system. Floating foor
am liation is the frst step toward alleviating the alienation felt by some chem-free
students, but it will also fundamentally change the relationship between frst years
and the College Houses.
Some things will inevitably be lost. It will be dim cult to replicate the experience
of the Inter-House Olympics or the excitement of heading over early to campus-
wides with new friends from your dorm. Tat your friends upstairs will not know
the same cast of older students because they are am liated with a diferent house
will eliminate some common ground in the awkward early weeks of freshman
year. But if the new system works, it will give students more opportunities to con-
nect with classmates who they may not otherwise meet in their frst year.
Te physical reorganization will have to be accompanied by a real, campus-
wide efort to incorporate the cultural changes recommended in the new policy.
Chem-free has assumed connotations far broader than abstinence from sub-
stance use; changing the nomenclature will be no small task, and will require a
concerted efort from students and staf. Te task of coordinating chem-free
events should be more equally shared between the houses. Howell will continue
to be the designated chem-free College House, but the other houses should make
good on their promise to host chem-free events. If creating a more inclusive and
cohesive social life at Bowdoin is the goal of this project, all students should share
and interact in all spaces.
Te process of re-evaluating the chem-free system began last year, and has since
driven an important debate that is sure to continue as the plan is implemented in
the next two years. Te broad range of opinions expressed on the subject refect
the diversity of student experiences on this campusthis diversity enriches Bow-
doin even as it makes fnding a solution to this issue all the more elusive.
Bowdoins plan to change chem-free living will dramatically alter College House
a liation, but we should support its eorts to diversify the rst-year experience.
1ui vowuoi ovii1 iviu.v, siv1imviv 1, io1i oviio 19
First years should discover legitimacy of stereotypes for themselves
Op-ed columns are usually just
exercises in narcissism. So lets cut
through the bullshit. Todays column
is all about me.
Im a Bowdoin student and Im im-
portant. I do things at Bowdoin and Ill
be doing things in the world one day.
Or at least thats what I think my
tour guide said. Its hard to hear when
theyre walking backwards. Te hope
that theyll trip is too distracting. What
they say must be true thoughall the
facts on tours are true. Just like how
all the facts at political conventions are
true. Just like Coles Tower is defnitely
the tallest building in Maine.
Lets get back to me, though, and
how Im important. Tats why Bow-
doin wanted me. It couldnt live with-
out me. My essays were fawless. I
demonstrated unprecedented poten-
tial for personal growth, expressed a
passion for community service, made
avant-garde fnger paintings, and
dominated my high school athletic
conference.
Did you notice our Forbes ranking
went up this year? I assure you, its not
a coincidence.
If I were an institution, my median
SAT scores would be perfect. My let-
ters of recommendationbiblical.
Just as if the apostles had written
them.
Teres just one thing I cant seem
to fgure out, however. Why did they
let these other people in? Teyre cer-
tainly not as attractive as Id hoped.
Athletically speaking, theyre a disap-
pointment as well. Not even a winter
Olympian in residence. Not only that,
but the other students dont seem that
interested in me. I went to a small lib-
After Troy Davis, students should continue ght against death penalty
As a fresh arrival to Bowdoin a
year ago, I was struck by the passion
exhibited for the case of Troy Davis,
a man convicted of killing a police of-
fcer in Savannah, Ga. Davis was held
on death row for 15 years and main-
tained his innocence throughout.
Countless people across this country
and around the world protested on
his behalf, but all of these voices did
not stop his execution, which went
ahead on September 21, 2011.
Te activism I saw at Bowdoin on
behalf of Troy Davis was a welcoming
sight indeed. It would be even more
welcoming to see such energy de-
voted to the impending execution of
every death row inmate, whether or
not his or her innocence is called into
question. Of course, this requires us
to stand up for men and women who
have perhaps committed unspeakable
actsmany of whom, we are told,
deserve to die.
But there is no such thing as de-
serving death. We cannot claim to
be civilized if crimes are responded
to in this manner. Taking a life for a
life is simply the law of the jungle. It
is the worst possible form of revenge,
designed not to ensure the protec-
tion of society, but rather, to satisfy
a primeval need to take an eye for an
eye. When the government steps in
to commit what it considers a legal
killing, it becomes no better than the
murderer whose life it will take.
organizaion comments, states [with]
death penalty laws do not have low-
er crime rates or murder rates than
states without such laws. Te United
States has a homicide rate that is at
least fve times greater than that of
any Western European country, all of
which lack the death penalty.
In any case, a majority of homi-
cides are committed without premed-
itation, according to fgures from the
Census Bureau.
Tese crimes are committed in mo-
ments when the mind loses control.
What these statistics dont reveal are
cases involving the many other Troy
Davises of this countrythose who
are convicted of murders that they
didnt commit. Te fact that there is
a risk, no matter how small, that the
state could kill an innocent person
should already be a risk too great.
Justice is anything but infallible: a
1987 study in the Stanford Law Re-
view details 350 cases in which de-
fendants convicted of capital crimes...
in many cases sentenced to death,
[were later] found to be innocent.
Procedures to protect against arbi-
trary sentencing and discrimination
are lacking, to say the least.
Amnesty International, a human
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The United States has a homicide
rate that is at least ve times
greater than that of any Western
European country, all of which
lack the death penalty.
rights advocacy group, commented in
a 2007 report that capital punishment
is discriminatory, especially toward
minorities and the poor. Sentencing
is anything but consistent, according
to defense attorney Diana Holt in a
March issue of Te Atlantic. Whether
the accused gets death depends on
geography, the elected om cial with
the power to seek [the death pen-
alty], the color of [the accuseds] skin,
gender, the color of the victims skin,
the victims gender, wealth of any of
those, poverty of the defendant, men-
tal health of any of those, and judges
with agenda. Surprisingly, even these
factors arent enough to dissuade the
many supporters of this primitive and
barbaric form of retribution.
Cold economic truths are far hard-
er to refute.
Across the United States, many state
governments have found that the cost
of keeping the death penalty is pro-
hibitively high. A study sponsored by
Kansas calculated the death penalty
to cost 70 percent more than that of a
comparable case ending with a jail sen-
tence. Five executions have occurred in
Maryland since 1978, each costing the
state roughly 40 million dollars. In Cal-
ifornia, a report by U.S. Ninth Circuit
Judge Arthur Alarcon and Professor
Paula Mitchell of Loyola Law School
found that California has spent more
than four billion dollars on capital pun-
ishment since 1978. Death row costs
the state nearly 185 million dollars ev-
ery year, yet the state has been forced
to cut back on other essential services
because it chooses to keep in place this
useless form of punishment. Even Fox
News had to admit: the cost of killing
killers is killing us. Tis money could
be diverted to support programs that
actually beneft society; it is instead be-
ing wasted on a form of punishment
that has little to show for itself.
Opposition to the death penalty is
neither a sign of weakness nor of le-
nience to crime. It shows instead that
one will not devalue human life and
dignity; that you, unlike the murder-
er, know better than to do that.
fabricates onscreen.
When youre of trying to make
these new friends to journey to Mor-
dor with, its easy to hear the stereo-
types foating around Bowdoin and
let them infuence your decisions.
Te students and the administration
have their favorites. Youll also hear
gossipy one and two-word charac-
ter assessments of people told with
utmost conviction, and think, Hey,
that sounds plausible. Amidst all
these voices, you can easily start
to think you have this
whole place already
fgured out.
While there are cer-
tainly grains of truth
in Bowdoin stereotypes
about athletes, NARPS,
Crack House, College
Houses, the Peucinian
Society, and chem-free
living, most of these
are blown out of pro-
portion. Fictions that
spread arise from peo-
ple rubbing the gen-
eralization genie too
frequently.
Te best approach is
to fnd out for yourself.
Become an empiri-
cist. Because when you
discover the football
player on your floor
knows the songs to
Grease by heart, or the
nerdy kid in your math
class is the sickest DJ
at the school, the Bow-
doin life and friendships
youll develop suddenly
feel a lot more exciting and
full of untold possibilities
and rewards.
While there are certainly grains
of truth in Bowdoin stereotypes
about athletes, NARPS, Crack
House, College Houses, the
Peucinian Society, and chem-
free living, most of these are
blown out of proportion.
eral arts school to be a big fsh in a tiny
pond. Where are the trumpets? Whats
going on here? What about the Bow-
doin hello? My college guidebook
said it was real. Why isnt everyone
saying hi to me? Why arent I friends
with everyone yet?
Maybe Im old and jaded and dont
have the energy to keep up anymore,
but the best advice I could give any frst
year is, Just relax! You recently spent
the better part of a year branding and
selling yourself. Not only is that stress-
ful, but its a little reality-warping.
Life isnt and never will be perfect,
no matter how glossy the new web-
site looks.
You have a lot to ofer Bowdoin.
No ones arguing that. But so do the
people around you.
No one is either as awesome as their
application makes them out to be or
as generic as their button-downs and
summer dresses suggest.
Making friends takes time. No
number of icebreakers designed by
ResLife can synthesize that. It takes
fnding common interests, common
experiences, oras I suspect is the
case in organic chemistry classes
common sufering, to forge the epic
college friendships that Hollywood
YOUNGSHIMHWANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Capital punishment hurts society,
as it allows for a quick fx that does
not deal with the root of the problem,
but instead leaves us all with the illu-
sion that because so-called justice
was done, no further discussion is
needed. Many who argue for the
death penaltys preservation claim it
is a useful deterrent against crime, in
spite of evidence proving that this is
far from the case.
In a forum on the American Civil
Liberties Unions (ACLU) website, the
The fact that there is a risk, no
matter how small, that the state
could kill an innocent person should
already be a risk too great.
SATURDAY
FILM
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Bowdoin Film Society will screen a lm about sushi chef
Jiro Ono and his world-class restaurant in Tokyo.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto
The group will perform traditional Colombian music in a
celebration of community.
Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
FILM
The Avengers
Student Activities will screen the action-packed 2012 lm
about super heroes uniting to save the Earth.
Main Quad. 9 p.m.
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TUESDAY
RECEPTION
Friends of Bowdoin Fall Coee
The Association of Bowdoin Friends invites members of the
community to announce upcoming events and lectures.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 10 a.m.
LECTURE
Green Dictators: Contentious Politics
and Forest Certication in Russia
Professor of Government Laura Henry will present her
latest research on Russian evironmental resources.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. Noon.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
The Archaeology of El Nio
University of Maine Professor Daniel Sandweiss will
discuss climate changes and cultural development in Peru.
Lovejoy Hall, Colby College. 4:30 p.m.
POWER PIPES: Bellamafias Michaela Martin 14 belts the lyrics to Dog Days Are Over by Florence and th
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SUNDAY
HOLIDAY
Rosh Hashanah
Bowdoin Hillel will host a dinner and religious service to
celebrate the Jewish New Year.
Daggett Lounge. 6:30 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY
FUNDRAISER
Blood Drive
American Red Cross will host the rst blood drive of the
year.
Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 3 p.m.
FILM
Home Is Where You Find It
Bowdoin Artist Activists will present the lm about a
Mozambique teens struggle with AIDS.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 8 p.m.
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KOREAN BBQ BEEF, STIR FRY
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SALMON, ITALIAN SAUSAGE
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THURSDAY
WORKSHOP
Womens Sexu
Dr. Lisa Marotto and
Medical Group will p
female students on s
Lancaster Lounge,
PANEL
Navigating A
Natives, Scien
The Arctic Museum
mammal resources
Kresge Auditorium
LECTURE
Half the Sky:
Opportunity f
Nicholas D. Kristof, N
his lastest book abo
Memorial Hall, Pic
LECTURE
F. Holland Da
An Unlikely Co
Independent curato
Southern Maine U.S
debate the common
and William Wegma
Beam Classroom, V
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MONDAY
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CHICKEN PAD THAI, BLACK BEANS
BBQ CHICKEN, CHEESE STICKS
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LECTURE
THE NIGHT THAT
CHANGED WORLD
LITERATURE
ARTIST TALK
LIZ CHALFIN
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ASIAN BBQ CHICKEN, EGG ROLLS
APRICOT CHICKEN, TOFU STEAK
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THE VA
SOCIAL
PERFORMANCE
COMMUNITY
MUSIC WORKS
SATURDAY
TACO BAR, PASTA BAR M