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

OVERHEARD

SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS
A student vehicle was towed
from South Campus Drive. Te stu-
dent had accumulated 10 parking
violations (February 27).
Emergency medical services re-
sponed toTufts Universitys annual
Winter Bash event, held Febru-
ary 1 at the Westin Copley Place in
Boston, after students became bel-
ligerent after consuming too much
alcohol. According to the Tufts
Daily, the party saw fifteen students
treated for alcohol poisoning, and
the Boston Police Department has
issued a citation against the Westin
for permitting underage drinking
and refusing to shut down the party.
In an opinion piece written for
the Tufts Daily, Bruce Reitman,
Dean of Student Affairs, castigated
the rude, arrogant individuals who
apologized for disdainful behavior
towards several Tufts staff by say-
ing, Sorry, I thought you worked
for the hotel.
Dean Reitman also went on to
single out the male student and the
female student who decided that
urinating in the middle of the lobby
was okay.
The situation caused concern
among other members of the Tufts
Tufts University students get
drunk at winter wonderland
On February 15, the Wesleyan
Argus reported that a cocktail
event held at the Connecticut Sci-
ence Center for Wesleyan Univer-
sitys graduating class ended after
only two hours, when students
were ejected from the premises for
unruly behavior.
Reports indicated that a variety
of mischief occurred, including
projectile vomiting down a stair-
case, drug use and sexual activity
in bathrooms, and damage to the
premises as well as the buses used
to transport the class.
An email sent by Wesleyans Se-
nior Class Officers to the school
community noted the harassment
of bartenders, which included ex-
treme verbal harassment as well as
persistent attempts to steal extra
alcohol.
Wesleying, the universitys stu-
dent-run blog, acquired a portion
of the Science Centers Incident
Report. The report included the
Following the trail blazed by
Washington and Colorado late last
year to legalize marijuana, Maine
legislators are set to introduce a
bill that would permit the tax and
regulation cannabis products in
the same manner as alcohol.
In a press release last Thurs-
day, State Rep. Diane Russell (D-
Portland) formally introduced LR-
21, An Act to Regulate and Tax
Marijuana. Russell was joined by
the ACLU of Maine and the Mari-
juana Policy Project. She stressed
the failure of the war on drugs in
preventing marijuana from falling
into the hands of minors.
Eight-five percent of high
school seniors are telling us they
have easy access to marijuana. Pro-
hibition did not work with alcohol,
and it has not worked for marijua-
na, either, said Russell.
Russell also spoke to the success
of Maines medicinal marijuana
program.
We have proven here in Maine
that it can be done for medicinal
purposes, she said, and it is now
time to implement that same strict
regulatory infrastructure for re-
sponsible adult recreational con-
sumers.
Similar talking points are com-
mon among legal marijuana advo-
cates throughout the country.
Shortly after the press confer-
ence, Russell posted on the mari-
juana subsection for the popular
website Reddit.com, seeking to
raise awareness for the bill. She
presented an informal version of
her marijuana platform.
This is a team effort and its
time we deal with this issue head
on, in a rational manner with this
thing they call facts, she wrote.
The ACLU of Maine issued a
press release on February 21, ex-
pressing its support for marijuana
legalization due to the number of
arrests current marijuana laws ac-
count for.
Rachel Healy, communications
director at the ACLU of Maine
spoke at last Thursdays press con-
ference.
Maine has the opportunity to
join a growing movement across
the nation that recognizes locking
up tens of thousands of Americans
for small amounts of marijuana
just doesnt make sense, she said.
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Wesleyan University seniors trash
Connecticut Science Center
following details:
1. Wesleyan student removed
from the 6th floor for riding the
[animatronic] dinosaur.
2. Wesleyan student fell down
the up escalator. And continued
falling as if in a perpetual motion
machine.
In response, Wesleyan has per-
manently canceled its senior cock-
tail events, and has announced that
it will reconsider the way senior
class festivities are carried out in
the future.
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A 21 year old Brunswick resi-
dent was apprehended by Bruns-
wick Police on Sunday morning af-
ter reports that he threw snowballs
at College staff members inside
Thorne Dining Hall.
Christopher Scott was charged
with assault and refusing to submit
to arrest after police responded at
around 11 a.m. According to Sgt.
Russ Wrede, who responded to the
scene, Scott entered Thorne Hall
The Nordic skiing team capped o their 2013 season with ve
consecutive tenth place nishes in winter carnivals, a team record.
Maine to consider changing
marijuana policy
and attempted to hit an elderly
woman with a snowball. He then
continued to throw snowballs at
dining service employees, as well
as Bowdoin security officers.
Officers say that he avoided in-
teraction with police when they
responded in the late morning, but
gave no reason for doing so.
Scott has been issued a disor-
derly conduct warning, and barred
from College property.
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Christopher Scott charged with
assault after snowball incident
faculty and administration.
Whats most disappointing was
a lack of civility by some students,
said Director of Campus Life Joe
Golia. To have students who
werent even intoxicated treat staff
with such disrespectthat to me
means the most.
Hockey tickets for seminal game
on Saturday sell out
Tickets for the hotly-anticipat-
ed Bowdoin-Middlebury hockey
game this Saturday sold out in
little over an hour on Wednesday
morning. A long line had formed
outside Watson Arena before tick-
ets went on sale.
Middlebury is expected to re-
turn excess away-team tickets on
the day of the game, making it pos-
sible that some of those who have
yet to secure a ticket may have a
chance to attend the game.
Tickets for the NESCAC cham-
pionship game on Sunday are still
available, and can currently be
purchased at the athletic depart-
ment office, in the Buck Center.
Tickets will also be on sale outside
the arena before the game.
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Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) spent its weekly Wednesday
meeting discussing a series of proposals
that included changes to grading policy,
funding an AIDS fundraiser, and autho-
rizing expenses for Uncommon Hour.
Te Academic Afairs Committee
presented a more concrete proposal of
its changes to the Credit/D/Fail grad-
ing policy, initially introduced two
weeks ago. Te previous version of the
proposal featured several options that
the committee had devised to make
the Credit/D/Fail policy more efec-
tive for students, according to Inter-
House Council Representative Jordan
Goldberg 14.
Te initial proposal, included ex-
tending the Credit/D/Fail deadline,
changing the number of classes one
can take with that grading option,
and giving students the ability to opt
back into a graded system two-thirds
of the way through the semester. Te
proposal discussed on Wednesday
would limit the number of Credit/D/
Fail courses that students can take to
three instead of four, and push back
the deadline for changing the grading
option to the ninth week of classes,
rather than the current deadline of the
sixth week.
Vice President for Academic Af-
fairs Leah Greenberg 13 described
the extention to the ninth week of
classes as being useful because it of-
fered students enough time to gauge
the quality of their graded work in the
course. In her view, the current dead-
BSG continues to debate
Credit/D/Fail policy changes
BY HARRY RUBE
ORIENT STAFF
JBOARD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
new program some states will be im-
plementing, said Rudalevige.
Weighing in on these recent changes,
local residents had mixed feels towards
LePage and his recent policy change.
LePage does not represent my think-
ing. I dont think there should be cuts to
any of the programs that society needs,
said Marcia Paulen, of nearby Lisbon
Falls.
Im using Medicaid and its scary
to think it might be cut. Its not a
good thing, said Brunswick resident
Tom Quinn.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
I do like Governor LePage. I
think hes doing the best job with
what he walked into, said Terry
Phillips, of Brunswick. Cuts have
to be made.
Rudalevige was uncertain how
these cuts would play in the gover-
nors upcoming reelection bid.
It becomes very quickly an argu-
ment about how to frame those ac-
tions, and a lot of it will depend on
the national economy, and whether
Maine feels like it is being lifed on a
rising tide, said Rudalevige.
There is some residual sympa-
thy [in Maine] to the idea that you
shouldnt be relying on these sorts
of services, he added. You should
be working your own way through.
The notion of the New England
rugged individualism is alive and
well and that plays in the gover-
nors favor at some level.
-Joe Sherlock contributed to this
report.
servation of the J-Board.
In the group interview, were
more interested to see how they
work in a group, which is sort of a
diferent skill than presenting your
own thoughts, said Parker Towle
13, student chair of the J-Board.
Carpenter said she enjoyed the
group interview more than the indi-
vidual one, even though, she said it
was a little nerve-wracking.
Afer the group interview, the J-
Board voted on which candidates
to select. And although the selected
students had the opportunity to turn
down the ofer, all candidates ac-
cepted their positions and will now
serve on the board for the remainder
of their Bowdoin careers.
We defnitely look for students
who are mature and thoughtful, but
not judgmental. Teres a high em-
phasis on being able to work collab-
oratively. It requires a certain level
of patience; it can be a long process
said Towle.
Most of the applications come
from frst years, continuing a grow-
ing trend in recent years. However,
according to Laura Lee upperclass-
men theoretically are prefered can-
didates when it comes to applying.
Upperclass students have an ad- line is misplaced because you will
have completed that frst exam, but
you wont have gotten it back yet. Te
proposal to cut the number of courses
that can be taken Credit/D/Fail down
from four to three was a gesture to the
faculty, to show them that were not
just trying to make Bowdoin academ-
ics easier, according to Goldberg.
No further action was taken on
the matter this week, and while BSG
could possibly approve these propos-
als in the future, any changes to the
policy would have to frst be approved
by the faculty.
BSG also voted on whether to au-
thorize spending $1,500 on Grass-
roots Soccer, a fundraiser previously
hosted by the now defunct Student
Global AIDS Campaign. Te mo-
tion also included a clause adding
the event to the BSG budget for next
year. At-Large Representative David
Levine 16 motioned to add an un-
friendly amendment to the proposal,
asking that for next year the event
be transferred to the McKeen Center
rather than be under BSG auspices.
Te motion to add the amendment
was a tie, 11-11, and President Dani
Chediak 13 cast the deciding vote in
favor of the motion. BSG then passed
the revised proposal by a vote of 20
to 2, breaking a long streak of unani-
mous votes.
However, the break in consensus
did not last for long. Te body subse-
quently voted to spend $150 on food
and drinks for the semesters frst Un-
common Hour, a lecture series fea-
turing Bowdoin professors. Te vote
passed unanimously.
We are denitely
looking for students
who are mature and thoughtful,
but not judgmental.
PARKER TOWLE 13
STUDENT CHAIR OF JBOARD
vantage, said Lee. Tey are gener-
ally more mature, theyve had more
experience on campus, theyve been
able to be in leadership positions,
and prove themselves, and so thats
very valuable for the board.
In selecting new members, the
J-Board makes sure that the board
refects the diversity of the student
body. According to Towle, its cru-
cial that all groups on campus feel
that they are represented on the
board.
Tis year, athletes were under-
represented in the application pool
even though they make up a large
portion of the Bowdoin community.
Te board made a conscious efort
to include athletes among the new
members, and three were selected.
The newly selected members
will go through a multiday training
session at the beginning of Senior
Week in May. In addition to sitting
in on a case this semester, they will
look into previous cases and meet
with important figures on campus.
Nadeau said he applied for the J-
Board to help reinforce the values of
hard work and integrity among mem-
bers of the Bowdoin community.
The J-Board promotes a strong
work ethic and dedication without
cheating yourself and cheating ev-
eryone else, he said. People will
get more out of [Bowdoin] when
theyre not taking the easy way
out.
I do like Governor LePage. I think
hes doing the best job
with what he walked into.
TERRY PHILLIPS
BRUNSWICK RESIDENT
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Parkview-Mid Coast proposal stalls
Parkview Adventist Medical Cen-
ter will not merge with Central
Maine Healthcare, a Lewiston-area
healthcare conglomerate, in the im-
mediate future. Brunswicks Mid
Coast Hospital has maintained its
interest in partnering with Parkview.
Central Maine fled a merger in
August 2012, but due to disagree-
ments with the state of Maine, it has
asked to delay its request for another
year the Bangor Daily News reported.
One of the issues at the that drove
the merger was the low occupancy
rate at Brunswick-area hospitals.
An alternative plan would merge
Parkview with Mid Coast Hospital.
Mid Coast Hospitals Steven Trock-
man said that the request for the
suspension has had little efect on his
institution.
I do know that at Mid Coast Hos-
pital our plans havent changed be-
cause of this, he said. We remain
open to anyone in this community,
Parkview included, whod want to
partner with us to improve access, to
improve quality and to bring down
costs and to improve wellness.
He noted, however, that Mid Coast
and Parkview are not moving for-
ward with a deal at this time.
Were not forcing anything. We
dont have a proposal on the table
right now, Trockman said.
Still, Trockman argued, consolida-
tion makes sense in the healthcare
industry in general particularly in
rural regions.
Theres a lot of cost in the du-
plication of services and infrastruc-
ture. Thats not necessary. Were the
smallest community in the North-
east to have two hospitals, and our
population doesnt support any
longer that much hospital-based
healthcare, he said. You can see
that being played out in the declin-
ing volumes of in-patient health-
care, especially at Parkview.
Trockman could not explain Cen-
tral Maines decision, but, he did
commented on trends in the industry
as a whole.
As we get better and better at pre-
venting injury and illness through
primary care and wellness, we believe
that that trend of in-patient hospital
acute care will continue to decline,
he said.
To provide specifics on how con-
solidation would lead to savings, he
offered an example and provided a
precedent.
One possibility, he said,
would be to consolidate the acute
care services into one campus to
drive costs down. We were able
to consolidate the Bath Memorial
Hospital and the Regional Memo-
rial Hospital in Brunswick just
over a decade ago without the loss
of any jobs. We became one of the
lowest cost, highest quality com-
munity hospital in the state.
Representatives from Parkview did
not respond to requests for comment
by press time.
Last Friday, eight students trav-
eled to Cambridge, Mass. to at-
tend an entrepreneurship seminar
led by Carl Barron 38.
Before becoming a renowned
businessman, Barron graduated
from Bowdoin with a degree in
economics. He created the first-
ever furniture-leasing company,
Putnam Furniture, the start of
his entrepreneurial success. Bar-
ron Plaza and Barron Building in
Cambridge, Mass. are physical re-
minders of his achievements.
President Barry Mills, Director
of Student Activities Allen De-
Long, and the Office of Alumni
Relations arranged the five-hour-
long seminar series with Barron
for a select group of students
interested in entrepreneurship.
Members of the Bowdoin Entre-
preneurship Club, the Bowdoin
Women in Business Club, and the
founders of CampusFoodTrucks
(CFT) were invited to attend.
Economics major Steve Borukh-
in 14, an co-founder of CFT, de-
scribed Barron as 96 years old, so
very set in his ways, very knowl-
edgeable, and
pretty opinion-
ated.
B o r u k h i n
said the semi-
nar exposed
him to a busi-
ness perspec-
tive that he had
never encoun-
tered in a tra-
ditional classroom setting.
I think that he was a very good
speaker, he said. More than that,
he has a crazy network of people
who admire him and look up to
him as a pioneer of entrepreneur-
ship. You wouldnt have this op-
portunity at other schools.
Romeo Ibanez 15, founder of
the Bowdoin Entrepreneurship
Club, also attended the seminar
with Barron. He said he admires
the loyalty Barron and other
alumni show to the College.
Bowdoin has a unique rela-
tionship with our alumni who are
committed to sitting down and
democratizing access to not only
resources, but great information
as well, said Ibanez.
Borukhin said he appreciates
the help of the alumni network
and accredits some of CFTs suc-
cess to it.
The [people] who have
reached out to us because of the
[food] truck are alumni. Just from
hearing about it, thinking its a
good idea, wishing theyd had it,
Borukhin said.
The owners of CFT partnered
with alumni through the Bow-
doin Career Advisory Network.
Andrew Cashman 03 currently
works as CFTs lawyer.
According to Borukhin, Bar-
ron invited four guest speakers
to share their experiences at the
event. These included Ackers
Vending Machine Services Inc.
Owner Louis Fiorenzi Jr., who
spoke about developing business
models and adjusting to trends
within a market.
Joseph Roller II and Stephen
Caputo 85, president and vice
president of Cambridge Trust
Company respectively, discussed
how to obtain business loans and
balance sheets.
Managing Director of CORT
Global Ken Barron, Carl Barrons
son, spoke about globalizating
his company, which operates in
over 65 countries. Ken Barron was
president of Putnam Furniture
until CORT Furniture Rentals
purchased the company in 2001.
Barron had some quirky say-
ings, Borukhin said. He said
the most im-
portant things
youll learn
about business
wont be from
your Bowdoin
e c o n o m i c s
classes. Theyll
be from learn-
ing finance and
accounting. He
wishes Bowdoin had accounting
classes.
Ibanez said he started the Entre-
preneurship Club last fall to provide
Bowdoin with the kind of business
opportunities available at schools
such as Harvard, MIT, and Yale.
Tere was a lack of support on
campus for entrepreneurs, Ibanez
said. But in spite of that, we have
this broad network of alumni con-
sisting of some of the worlds great-
est entrepreneurs, who are inter-
ested in actively coming back to
Bowdoin and supporting it. All I did
was build a structure that was able to
marry these two forces: the students
who are inspired and have great
ideas, and these benevolent alumni
who are able to come back and sup-
port them.
Being an entrepreneur is just a
side job, or side opportunity, when
youre going to Bowdoin, Borukhin
said. Its dim cult to apply whatever
business youre doing to the classes
youre taking.
Barron 38 advises students
on business opportunities
275 students apply for study abroad
BY DAVID SPERBER
ORIENT STAFF
Next year, 275 Bowdoin stu-
dentsover 50 percent of the
Class of 2015plan to leave
Brunswick to study off campus
next year, according to Christine
Wintersteen, director of off-cam-
pus study.
This is a slight increase over
past years, when slightly under 50
percent have gone to study away
from campus. In the 2012-2013
academic year, the figure was 48
percent of juniorsor 237 stu-
dents.
The 275 figure represents the
number of final applications sub-
mitted. The number of students
who actually end up going abroad
is often slightly less since unex-
pected issues occur.
There are a lot of great pro-
grams available and we are seeing
students really take advantage of
unique opportunities. Bowdoin
students will be studying abroad
all over the world, said Winter-
steen.
Bowdoin students can choose
from a wide variety of school ap-
proved programs in countries
ranging from Ethiopia to New
BY ELANA VLODAVER
ORIENT STAFF
There are a lot of great
programs available and
we are seeing students
really take advantage
of unique opportunities.
CHRISTINE WINTERSTEEN
DIRECTOR OF OFFCAMPUS STUDY
Zealand.
This year three students plan
on studying in Turkey. This is
a relatively unusual destination
where Bowdoin students have not
traveled in several years, but the
countrys location between two
continents, Europe and Asia, is a
large part of its appeal.
With the instability of other
areas in the Middle EastEgypt
and SyriaTurkey has become a
more appealing destination, said
Wintersteen.
An unusual program in artic
studies is bringing three Bowdoin
students to Svalbard, Norway. An-
other student is traveling to Cam-
eroon to study French.
Wintersteen said 17 students
plan to be abroad for the entire
academic year.
Next year, more students will be
studying abroad in the fall than in
the spring. Tis was ofen the case in
the past, but this year more juniors
are studying away in the spring.
Things are not looking as bal-
anced [this upcoming] year as they
have been in the past. A lot of stu-
dents are choosing to go abroad in
the fall, said Wintersteen.
This may potentially result in
tighter housing in the spring as
more juniors will be on campus,
Wintersteen said.
In the coming weeks, the Off-
Campus Study Office will further
examine the breakdown of desti-
nations and programs.
Being an entrepreneur is
just a side job
or side opportunity,
when youre going to Bowdoin.
STEVE BORUKHIN 14
BY WOODY WINMILL
ORIENT STAFF
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Parkviews planned merger with Central Maine Healthcare has been delayed after state o cials terminated their own request.
Seventeen students plan
to study o campus for
the entirety of the
2013-2014 academic year.
One possibility would be to con-
solidate the acute care services into
one campus to drive costs down.
STEVEN TROCKMAN
MIDCOAST REPRESENTATIVE
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Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA)
hosted a panel of advocates and
experts to discuss divestment on
Saturday night, after the event was
postponed multiple times due to
weather.
The panel was composed of
350.org founder Bill McKibben
and Director of the Responsible
Endowment Coalition Dan Ap-
fel, who both conferenced in via
Skype. They joined Unity College
President Stephen Mulkey, Direc-
tor of the Sierra Club Maine Glen
Brand, and divestment coordina-
tor for 350.org Maine Read Brug-
ger, who was there in person. All
of the panelists spoke critically
about Bowdoins resistance to di-
vestment.
McKibben said that Bowdoin, by
not divesting, is acting in opposi-
tion to its values.
Bowdoin has been spent years
boasting what a green school they
are, and how committed they are
to climate change, McKibben said.
Colleges are committed to intel-
lectual consistency, and it makes
no sense to not have a green port-
folio as well. If Bowdoin cant bring
itself to do this small thing, it
might as well stop teaching about
climate change. Education without
action is something that goes stale
very quickly.
McKibben highlighted Unity
College, the first college to divest,
as an example of the standard he
says Bowdoin should hold itself to.
Unity College has been brave
and taken a stand, it hasnt been
crouched and defensive and scared
because it has so much money that
it is afraid to lose a little bit of it,
McKibben said.
Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) President Dani Chediak
asked Mulkey about the Colleges
role in making political statements.
Our college president recently
told us that the primary reason hes
not willing to have us divest is that
he does not believe Bowdoin as a
college should be making a po-
litical statement about fossil fuels,
Chediak said.
Mulkey responded by saying al-
though higher education should
in general remain objective and
detached from politics, climate
change is so big that it demands the
schools response.
I think its the role of all higher
education to have an obligation
to future generations, and theres
no question that theres an ethical
disconnect to be invested in the re-
newal of civilization and put money
into its destruction, Mulkey said.
Any institution invested in soci-
etal well being that does not have a
stand on climate change strikes me
as bizarre.
Bowdoin Climate Action hosts divestment panel
BY NICOLE WETSMAN
ORIENT STAFF
Chediak said the BSG Executive
Committee would meet to discuss
its viewpoint on divestment, and
would continue that conversation
at their Wednesday meeting before
releasing a statement on the sub-
ject.
The panelists all stressed the
magnitude of the problem of cli-
mate change and said that col-
leges and universities can send a
message to fossil fuel companies
through divestment.
Colleges can make a real and
palpable difference moving for-
ward, said McKibben. They can
help us set a moral and intellectual
standard from which to judge these
companies in the years to come.
While the economic effect on
fossil fuel companies following
college divestment would be neg-
ligible, the panel said that direct
economic harm is not what the
divestment movement is trying to
accomplish.
It begins to undermine the so-
cial capital and sway of the fossil
fuel sector, said Brand.
Biology Professor John Lichter,
who attended at the panel, said that he
was skeptical of that methodology.
What needs to be done is to cut
carbon consumption,which is not
what theyre saying they want to do,
they want to make the statement
though divestment. This makes
us feel like we did something, but
not anywhere near close to actually
having an impact, said Lichter.
Lichter said that he would like to
see the student activists directing
their energy towards oil subsidies
and carbon emissions, and that it
would involve sacrifices.
The best way to cut emissions
would be to close buildings down,
which would inconvenience ev-
eryone, Lichter said. Is everyone
willing to do that?
While the other panelists fo-
cused on the ideology and effects
of divestment for the fossil fuel in-
dustry, Apfel discussed the finan-
cial impact that divestment would
have on the College.
We really dont know, but we
know that if you look at the num-
bers, and the 1.4 percent [that is
invested in fossil fuels] at Bow-
doin, its definitely not going to
cost the school a huge amount of
money, Apfel said. Its more likely
that [it] will make money.
Mulkey also discussed the fi-
nancial impact of divestment, and
said that it was a very easy step for
Unity to take due to the transpar-
ency of their endowment and their
involvement in index funds.
It hasnt been that hard,
Mulkey said. Its been relatively
straightforward.
A member of the audience asked
Apfel about the 25 percent of the
endowment that President Barry
Mills claimed is connected to those
fossil fuel investments. Apfel said
that should not pose too large of a
problem.
Apfel said that, in order to op-
timize a divested portfolio, the
College would have to find invest-
ment managers who would make
socially responsible changes while
still maintaining a successful en-
dowment.
If they say that theres no other
way for them to do this [make in-
vestments], then they dont really
know what theyre doing manag-
ing their endowment, Apfel said.
Theres no perfect set of manag-
ers, but you can find ones that fit
what they want to do. If they tell
you otherwise its because theyre
not willing to try.
Panelists argued that fossil fuel
companies are going to eventually
become bad investments.
Its not crazy to say that fossil
fuel investments will be riskier and
riskier, said Brand.
Becky Halbrook, a Phippsburg,
Maine resident who attended the
panel, cited that as one of the main
reasons she favors divestment.
The main reason is, its a finan-
cial thing, said Halbrook. As the
carbon bomb explodes, colleges
shouldnt have their money there.
Its going to be a huge loss for the
College.
The audience at the panel was
split between members of the com-
munity and Bowdoin students, with
about 20 community members and
30 students. No members of the
administration attended. The Bow-
doin students present were mainly
those already active in BCA, ac-
cording to Bridget McCoy 15.
Gene Parker, a Brunswick resi-
dent, said that there was a lot of
community interest in the subject.
When Unity College announced
theyd divested I thought that was
wonderful, and that it would be
great if they could do it at Bow-
doin, Parker said.
Although there was low student
turnout at the event, McCoy said
that she thought the panel was a
success.
Were hoping for a continued
dialogue and continued presence,
McCoy said.
Education without action
is something that
goes stale very quickly.
BILL MCKIBBEN
FOUNDER OF 350.ORG
Any institution invested in societal
well being that does not have a
stand on climate change
strikes me as bizzare.
STEPHEN MULKEY
PRESIDENT OF UNITY COLLEGE
As the carbon bomb explodes,
colleges shouldnt have
their money there.
BECKY HALBROOK
PHILLIPSBURG RESIDENT
Community members weighed
in on the divestment debate at
public meeting held by BCA last
weekend.
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
DIVESTMENT GOES DIGITAL: Divestment speakers connected with divestment supporters in Swarthmore, Pa. , home of Swarthmore College, where students are also pushing for divestment.
COURTESTY OF MATTHEWGOODRICH
DIGGING IN: The push for divestment began after members of Bowdoin Climate Action met with President Mills last semester.
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SECURITY REPORT: 2/22 to 2/27
Friday, February 22
A student who was boiling wa-
ter in Osher Hall accidentally acti-
vated a smoke alarm.
An ill student was escorted to
the Mid-Coast Walk-In Clinic.
Saturday, February 23
An officer with the Brunswick
Police Department (BPD) warned
three students on College Street
for possession of alcohol by a mi-
nor.
An unpleasant odor was reported
in Banister Chapel during a communi-
ty event. Te odor dissipated and was
determined not to be a health hazard.
Sunday, February 24
Excessive noise was reported at
Brunswick Apartments K.
Five students were cited for
smoking marijuana inside Mac-
Millan House.
Loud music was reported at
Brunswick Apartments P.
Christopher Scott, 21, of Bruns-
wick entered Moulton dining hall
and pelted two dining staff mem-
bers with snowballs. As a secu-
rity vehicle arrived, Scott threw a
snowball, striking the drivers side
window. Scott then fled across the
Quad, refusing to stop for security
officers. BPD officers soon arrived
and Scott also failed to obey their
orders to stop. Two police officers
subdued the scofflaw snowballer
and arrested him for assault and
refusing to submit to arrest. Scott
was also issued a criminal trespass
warning, barring him from all Col-
lege property. No College employ-
ees were injured in the incident.
A carbon monoxide alarm at
Helmreich House was investigated.
Brunswick Fire Department tested
the building with a gas meter and
no hazard was found.
A student with severe abdomi-
nal pain was escorted to Parkview.
A security officer warned a
Topsham man for unsafe driving
in the Watson Arena parking lot.
Monday, February 25
An unregistered event was dis-
persed at Brunswick Apartments
U. Two students took responsibil-
ity for the event.
Officers checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated first-year
student in the parking lot at Bruns-
wick Apartments. The student was
escorted to his residence where he
was monitored by fellow student.
An exterior door at Harpswell
Apartments was found kicked in.
Tuesday, February 26
A student with stomach pains was
escorted to Parkview Medical Center.
Wednesday, February 27
A student in West Hall hav-
ing an asthma attack was taken to
Parkview Medical Center.
An officer checked on the well-
being of a student at Mayflower
Apartments.
A student vehicle was towed
from South Campus Drive. The
student had accumulated 10 park-
ing violations.
An ill student was escorted
from Appleton Hall to Parkview.
An investigation was initiated
on an assault that was alleged to
have occurred at Baxter House two
weeks ago.
-Complied by the Office of Safety
and Security
KATE FEATHERSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEATURES
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Under-utilized Craft Center offers creative retreat for students
BY CAITLIN WHALEN
STAFF WRITER
Like most people, I occasionally
schmooze. Like most people, I dont
enjoy it. Being a college student, my
small talk has bounced around from
coursework, to extracurriculars, to
the snow, and almost always: What
do you want to do?
Tis is a familiar iteration of the
classic icebreaker What do you want
to be when you grow up? with the
end chopped of, because I guess Im
grown up now. And though this ques-
tion seems inofensive and casual, an-
swering truthfully requires time.
It isnt easy to dream aloud these
days. I fnd myself more honest
about my aspirations in cover let-
ters than I am with my friends. What
we want to beour dream jobis
a sensitive topic, because it allows
others to measure how much weve
succeededor failedin life. Con-
sequently, I fnd it uncommon for
people to discuss their hopeful fu-
tures without a degree of reticence.
Dreams, when shared, are ofen
prefaced by meek hesitations; they
become the caboose in a long string
of ambivalent phrasings (I mean, I
think it would be cool to be a.).
Teres the fear that we dont stack
BY CALLIE FERGUSON
CONTRIBUTOR
Discussing our futures: With age comes great apprehension
Most students have heard of the
Craf Center and may have some in-
kling of its popular pottery classes.
But few have actually made their way
to the simple, white building tucked
between Torne Dining Hall and the
Om ce of Admissions, an anomaly of
South campus.
According to Director Bonnie Par-
due, the Craf Center opened its doors
in 1999 with a $15,000 donation from
the father of a Bowdoin student, who
wanted a space on campus for students
to be creative and relax.
It gives the college students a
place to unwind and not have the
academics in the forefront, said Bon-
nie Faulkner, one of the fve local art-
ists who teach at the Center. It can
be a social place where they can be
creative together and have fun.
Student members pay $25 per
semester for 24/7 access to the fa-
cility. The Craft Center currently
houses a fully supplied pottery,
fabric and glass studio. Students
can even request special materials
for a project.
Anytime a student needs some-
thing and we dont have the materi-
als, they just email me and I pick up
the supplies for them, said Pardue.
Tey can really do just about any
kind of project here and without any
cost to them.
Felicity Hills 13 began a quilted
pillow project at the Craf Center
this fall, and by the end of the semes-
ter she was able to sell her pillows at
Decembers SunSplash Craf Fair in
Smith Union.
In the age of Pinterest, Im sur-
prised the Craf Center doesnt play a
larger role on campus, said Hills. It
has most of the tools and supplies to
make a lot of those DIY pins.
And while students and faculty
ofen pursue personal projects, the
Craf Center ofers a variety of classes
for the entire campus each semester.
Tis semester, they have already of-
fered classes on quilted pillow making
and wheel throwing pottery. Upcoming
sessions include hand lettering italic
calligraphy, ombr dying, DIY feather
earrings, and paper-cut silkscreen on
cloth.
We are in charge of communicating
with the student body and ofering the
kinds of classes they want, said Quincy
Koster 15, one of three current student
managers.
And there really is a large vari-
etyfrom glass-fusing to the pottery
scene downstairs, there is something
for everyone.
However, Koster still feels that the
Center is underutilized.
Its like a double-edged sword. On
one hand, its not very well known so its
a great place to come if you need to get
away from the world or do work. But at
the same time, that means there are not
a lot of people who are enjoying our re-
sources and we have so much to ofer.
your daily routine, said Emmy Dan-
forth 14. You come here and dont
worry about your work. You just do
something youve never done before.
New to bookbinding, I was not com-
pletely sure what to expect. However,
everything went smoothly under the
guidance of Faulkner, who has a masters
degree in bookbinding.
She took us through the process step-
by-step and was eager to help along the
way. While sewing the pages together
was surprisingly dim cult, the hardest
part was choosing paper for the cover.
Te collection of diferent colors, pat-
terns and textures was a testament to the
Craf Centers extensive inventory.
By the end of the two-hour session,
each of us had our own handmade
sketchbooks to take home to our dorms.
Te books were creative and simple, yet
high quality.
A lot of the things we ofer arent
taught in academic classes at Bowdoin,
said Koster. So for a visual arts major
you have drawing or printmaking, but
you dont have anything like glass fusing
or pottery or sewing machines to work
with.
Of all my jobs, this is the one I love
doing most, because everyone that
comes in is happy because they are
creating, Pardue said.
up to the grandeur of our dreams,
and that in confessing them, well be
viewed as foolish.
Tis wasnt always the case. When
we were younger, big dreams were
endearing. In high school, I babysat
my neighbors little daughters. Te
oldest girl ofen discussed her big
plans for the future. My dream is to
go to college. I want to go Harvard,
Yale, or Quinnipiac.
Te inclusion of Quinnipiac, a
local school, implied that these
might be the only the uni-
versities she was aware
of at the time; but, all
the same, the simplic-
ity and ease of her ad-
mission was, in a word,
adorable. All of the
aspiring astronauts I
know are younger than
ten, and this is normal.
Isnt it ironic that the
least qualifed to go to
space aggregate in such
large quantities? I could
say the same about those
who want to be superhe-
roes. Teres some humor in a childs
ambition. We smile because kids are
nave, but theyre allowed to be. Tey
are merely children, and they dont
know any better. Four year olds are
allowed to believe they can go to the
moon because to them, its only just
outside their window.
Its different when adults have
dreams. As mature, realistic people,
we are expected to have an under-
standing of the world, to acclimate
to its struggles and its challenges,
and to realize how difficult it is to
make it out there. We recognize
that to follow a dream is to charge
headlong into a path of known re-
sistance, and that our only flimsy
propeller is the hope that were
good enough. Shouldnt we know
better than to dream?
Of course not. Bowdoin students
are Bowdoin students because of
their passion, determination and
ambition. Look around: the snow,
the chapel, Sundae Sunday. It was a
dream that got us here.
Having dreams isnt
the trouble, its ad-
mitting that we
have them. Dighton
Spooner shouldnt
know more about
my aspirations than
my roommate, but
he does. Its become
dim cult to be that
person who openly
believes in herself,
because she is the
person who is openly
willing to get hurt.
Te tendency these
days to be ironic, aloof
and non-committed
makes it dim cult for us to
be genuine, to be vulnerable. Irony
has made it hard to talk casually
about our dreams.
Dont be fooled; Im not trying
to write a thinly-veiled condem-
nation of hipster culture, but I do
think that the abundance of irony
in our lives prevents a willingness
to act sincerely and slows our will-
ingness to open up. Irony is like this
fashionable coat that makes us into
opaque blobs of indecipherable feel-
ings, trading barbs and witty quips,
terrified by our own admission of
something genuine and repulsed
by someone elses. It isnt inherently
badlong live the moustachebut
ironic self-expression can obscure
who we really are.
In a culture where wed rather be
clever than genuine, were increas-
ingly more uncomfortable with
sincerity and vulnerability. It feels
awkward to admit that we want
something badly, especially when
that thing is hard to get. Teres the
worry that well be judged in some
way, that vulnerability will be per-
ceived as pathetic.
So tell your roommate about that
internship youre applying for. She
wont judge you. She probably ap-
plied, too. You want to be a writer?
Dont be embarrassed to say so. May-
be you arent Shakespeare yet, but
dont ever forget that were in college
for a reason, and this is just the frst
step to getting somewhere great.
March
Monday, March 4, 6-8 p.m.:
Carved Ceramic Tile
Monday, March 4, 6-7 p.m.:
Fused Glass Necklace
ursday, March 7, 6-9 p.m.:
Sew a Cute Snap Purse
April
Tuesday, April 2, 6-7 p.m.:
Feather Earrings
Tuesday, April 2, 6-8 p.m.:
Hand Lettering Calligraphy
ursday, April 4, 6-8 p.m.:
Paper Cut Silkscreen on Cloth
Monday, April 8, 6-8 p.m.:
Felted Clutch Purse
Monday, April 8, 6-8 p.m.:
Gel Printing
Monday, April 22, 6-9 p.m.:
Paper Cuf Bracelet
Wednesday, April 24, 6-9 p.m.:
Ombr Dying
Note: Class fee is $5 for student
non-members.
CAITLINWHALEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BOOK WORMS: The class members display their nished hand-made books (above). Emmy
Danforth 14 sews her pages together (below).
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
For a visual arts major you
have drawing or printmaking,
but you dont have anything like
glass fusing or pottery or sewing
machines to work with
QUINCY KOSTER 15
On Wednesday, I attended the Craf
Centers bookbinding class. Our class of
eight people had students with varying
levels of artistic experience, and includ-
ed faculty member Barbara Putnam, the
coastal studies artist-in-residence.
Most of the students said that they
were there to take a break from this
weeks papers and midterms.
I guess its nice to have a break from
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Te Buck Center for Health and
Fitness has come to epitomize the
Bowdoin experience to athletes and
non-athletes alike. In this weeks in-
stallment, we explore the Colleges gym
culture through the eyes of six students.
Caitlin Greenwood 15 has an aver-
sion to the gym. She does yoga or runs
outside, weather permitting.
I dont go to the gym, said Green-
wood. Tey play terrible music. Tere
are also a lot of clangs and unnatural
noises. And there are too many people
who are really serious and give of
stressed out energy.
Generally, people there make me
feel anxious because I feel that they are
anxious, she said.
Unlike Greenwood, Jimmy Don-
nellan 16 is a gym enthusiast, to put it
lightly. He plays football and runs track
at Bowdoin, and works out whenever
he has the chance. Donnellan said that
going to the gym improves his physical
and mental health.
I feel good when I work out and I
feel bad when I dont, he said. Its that
simple. Working out gives me structure
throughout the day so Im able to use my
time better.
As an athlete, he is aware of the mer-
its of physical exercise. However, he
was startled by how popular the gym is
among the student body.
Its really weird that a lot of non-
athletes go to the gym, commented
Donnellan. I was shocked at how ubiq-
uitous the work out culture is here. Ive
defnitely noticed that a lot of people
work out for the sake of working out.
Caroline Martinez-Fink 16 echoed
Donnellans confusion about why so
many non-athletes feel compelled to go
to the gym.
I used to do sports because theyre
fun, she said. I would get exercise in
the process. I could never do an activ-
ity that I dont have fun doing, like run
on the treadmill, just to say that Ive
worked out.
Although Martinez-Fink is not
jumping at the opportunity to utilize
Bowdoins top-notch equipment, she
understands why others are drawn to
the gym.
Especially because of the heavy
workload here, getting exercise is def-
nitely a good way of dealing with stress,
said Martinez-Fink.
For Martinez-Fink, social interaction
at the gym makes exercise recreation.
I dont go to the gym unless Im
with friends because I fnd it boring if
Im not talking with someone next to
me, she said.
Louisa Cannell 13 agrees that there is
safety in numbers.
Guys like to work out together. Tey
come to the gym in groups, noted Can-
nell. Tere is defnitely this pack men-
talityif everyone else is going to the
gym, then I have to go too. Its a very
social space. I defnitely think there is
pressure to work out.
Sharif Younes 13 ran track in high
school and played rugby during his frst
year at Bowdoin. Now he is a competi-
tive power lifer with three gold medals
under his belt. Younes shared Cannells
sentiment that the gym is brimming
with social activity.
I have a group of friends I lif with,
said Younes. Teres a bunch of us. I
love to go when a lot of people are lif-
ing. Even though I dont focus on what
other people are doing most of the time,
I like it when its crowded because the
energy of other people motivates me.
Younes emphasized how competitive
the work out culture is at Bowdoin.
Guys want to be bigger than other
guys. Tey go to the gym because
they want to ft in and look better
exercise is a top priority for him. He
believes that someone who values going
to the gym would also be disciplined in
other aspects of her life.
I would appreciate someone who
worked her ass of, said Donnellan.
Its not a problem if shes not in the
best shape ever because it shows that
she works hard and that shes a strong
person.
Although Younes can be found in the
gym daily, he does not impose the same
standards for his dream girl.
Ideally, Id be attracted to a power-
lifing female but I havent met one yet,
said Younes. But whether they go to the
gym doesnt really matter to me. Im a
big personality guy.
Bowdoin students like to stay ft
intellectually and mentally, so it is
far from astonishing that we expect
the same for our bodies. However,
exercising in order to conform to
external ideals is detrimental to the
Bowdoin gym culture. Visits to Buck
should be motivated by a personal
desire to stay healthy, not pressure to
ft into a certain image.
To continue this conversation about
work out culture, please meet us behind
the Caf on Monday, March 4 at 4 p.m.
Some nd gym culture perpetuates body image stereotypes
QUINN COHANE AND MELODY HAHM
BURSTING
THE BUBBLE
CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FITNESS FEVER: Bowdoin students take full advantage of the gym, usually traveling in packs (left). Roger Tejada 14 spots Sharif Younes 13 during a lifting session (right).
Six students from the Lewiston
Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) spoke
about the harsh realities of youth home-
lessness in Lewiston to students and
Brunswick community members in
Hubbard Conference Room West last
Monday night.
Lewiston High School (LHS) senior
Kon Maiwan and the chairman of LYAC
began the presentation by holding half a
cup of water in front of the crowd.
If you hold it here for a minute,
not a problem, Maiwan said. If you
hold it for an hour, it starts to be a
problem. If you hold it for a day, then
it becomes unbearable. Tats how
burdens in life work.
Te presentation, sponsored by
Bowdoins McKeen Center for the
BY MARTIN SHOTT
CONTRIBUTOR
than others, although Id like to think
that they would go anyway, said
Younes.
Martinez-Fink recalled conversations
with several of her friends, noting that
girls also experience similar pressure to
conform to an ideal body type.
Some of my girlfriends will tell me,
I look fat. I need to work out, she said.
Tis always surprises me because
they look great to me and I dont know
why they are so concerned.
Max Blomgren 14 credited pop cul-
tural infuences as the culprit in culti-
vating excessive work out tendencies.
We all have this distorted body im-
age and everyone is trying to become
something thats not real, explained
Blomgren. Guys want to look like the
body builder type and women are try-
ing to look like Barbie dolls. Were all
consuming the same stuf.
According to Blomgren, Bowdoin
students see working out as a tan-
gible way to become more desirable
to others.
I think both men and women
work out in order to increase their
sexual appeal, said Blomgren.
Women want to be trim and sleek
for men and men want to attain their
respective ideal body image to attract
women, he said.
Greenwood agreed with Blomgren
that working out is a means to achieving
a superfcial end.
Girls work out because there is pres-
sure from men for them to look like
people in magazines, and to look like
their peers, especially their athletic peers
and their naturally ft peers, she said.
But I think guys have a lot of pressure
as wellfrom men and women. Its not
just men putting pressure on women to
look good.
Bowdoin students are not alone in
facing this need to adhere to a cer-
tain body image. Te obsession to stay
trim and toned extends far beyond the
Bowdoin community.
Although Blomgren acknowl-
edged the societal pressure to strive
toward achieving an perfect body,
this standard takes no part in his
notion of attractiveness.
To me, its kind of disturbing if a girl
is working toward this unnatural im-
age, said Blomgren. Why would you
have to do that? Why would you want to
look like that in the frst place?
However, Donnellan said he is at-
tracted to girls who work out because
Lewiston Youth Advisory Council presents in panel at Bowdoin
Common Good and Upward Bound,
included a short documentary pro-
duced by LYAC, Homeless Youth in
Lewiston. Te flm frst debuted on
January 17, and local and state gov-
ernment om cials, including Governor
Paul LePage, attended the premiere.
Interview footage from the flm high-
lights Lewiston-based non-proft New
Beginnings and LHSs Students Transi-
tioning, Experiencing Progress (STEP)
program, which both work to eliminate
youth homelessness in the Lewiston
area.
Te LYAC was chartered in 2001 by
the Lewiston City Council.
New Beginnings is one of the pri-
mary organizations LYAC supports.
In the documentary, Kat Bourgof
and Kendra Sprague (who was also
part of the LYAC group presenting
on Monday) each described how they
became homeless, the dim culties of
that life, and how support from New
Beginnings made them optimistic for
the future.
Bob Rowe, executive director of New
Beginnings, explains in the documen-
tary that New Beginnings takes youth
from the ages of 12 through 21 in unsta-
ble, out-of-home situations and provide
a safe environment for them to become
independent.
STEP has two full-time employees
that work with an estimated 53 home-
less students at LHS. Many of these stu-
dents come from families with histories
of drug and alcohol addiction or have
experienced physical abuse. STEP helps
the students focus on their academic
futures.
How can you worry about school
when you dont know where your next
meal is coming from? Jamie Caouette,
homeless academic liaison at the STEP
program, remarks in the documentary.
Raising public awareness about
youth homelessness is the main goal of
LYAC.
We took this project because we
wanted the people of Lewiston to
realize that something is happening
in our town, said Maiwan. Adults
werent doing anything about it, so
we decided to.
Fielding questions from the audi-
ence, Sprague discussed the most efec-
tive ways to reach out-of-home youth,
who are ofen unaware of the available
resources.
Te frst step would be to make it
so [homelessness] isnt so stereotypical,
she said. Homeless means dirty.
Te second step is to make sure peo-
ple know what resources are out there,
Sprague said.
Te documentary explains that any
high school students fear the stigma at-
tached to their situation, and wont seek
help out of embarrassment and shame.
Te ultimate goal of LYACs presen-
tations is to educate the local commu-
nity on how to help address the problem
of youth homelessness.
One of the biggest issues for youth
in Lewiston-Auburn is transportation.
Just getting anywhere is dim cult, said
Sprague. If you have a car, volunteer to
help the youth get around.
New Beginnings and STEP readily
accept donations of school supplies,
hygiene products, clothes and other
basic necessities. Additionally, New
Beginnings collects donations online
at newbeginmaine.org.
If they had more funding, theyd be
able to do so well, said Sprague. Tey
know what to do with those resources.
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GOGGLES
AND GLOVES
Stereotypes of academic majors overlook students complexity
On February 15, an article in
the Orient titled, Gender and
womens studies majors deserve
your respect really got me going.
Not because I disagreed with the
authors argument, but because the
storys grabber grabbed me hard
and I just couldnt shake it.
When you tell your friends that
youre a neuroscience major, they
respect you. Although they might
not actually understand what
youre learning, they recognize its
worth.
I couldnt decipher my indigna-
tion immediately (Ill remind you
here that I am a neuroscience ma-
jor), but I felt some inexplicable
injustice.
How dare you respect me for
being a neuro major! I thought.
On what basis do I deserve re-
spect any more than other stu-
dents here at this liberal arts insti-
tution where your major shouldnt
matter?
And on the other hand, Oh,
but thank you for recognizing how
hard I work; yes its a difficult but
righteous path, the science road.
And then again, But what do you
mean you recognize its worth even
without understanding any of it?
Can you let me in on your secret?
Do you have specifics in mind, or
is this something meant to be left
vague?
I suddenly needed to know what
it meant to be a science major at
Bowdoin. Tired of picking my own
brain on the matter (figuratively
Im a neuro major, remember, so
there might be ambiguity) I sought
the minds of some of my peers.
No, this was not a carefully con-
trolled study. Yes, I emailed sci-
ence majors and pre-med hopefuls
that I know personally (my results
are not derived from a representa-
tive sample). I left my questions
open and encouraged all to write
down any thoughts they had on
being a science major at Bowdoin.
Many answers could be organized
into just a few categories.
When asked why they chose a
science major, all strove to express
what it is about bare-bones science
that really excites them.
Tucker Berk 13 ex-
plained, I chose to
become a science
major long ago
when I read the
Magic School Bus
series. Who wouldnt
want to learn about science
when you could shrink to the size
of an atom and explore the world
of molecules!
Daniel Dickstein 13 re-
called a particularly excit-
ing moment in Chemistry
109 when he learned the
molecular underpinnings
behind ceviche (a dish of
marinated, raw fish).
He wrote, I actu-
ally never knew why
using lime or lemon
juice would literally
cook fishI learned
the driving force be-
hind this cooking technique.
Isnt that cool? I would say that
in almost all of my science
courses, I leave knowing about
something else in the world
and I actually just loved it. It
is almost addicting.
Isabel Low 13 offered, I
love thinking about how we could
determine the physical basis for all
of the things I idly philosophize
about, like morality, character,
consciousness, etc. I think its awe-
some that everything that makes
us human (and other animals the
way they are) comes down to a few
kinds of ions flowing one way or
another.
Yet the major ofers many advan-
tages beyond the bare bones subject
matter. Some cited their desire to be
doctors and the great preparation
that Bowdoin science classes pro-
vide, the added bonus of decent
job prospects as a post graduate, the
critical thinking skills gained, and
even the frustration of uncertainty
and ambiguity found in humanities
courses.
Basyl Stuyvesant 13 wrote, An
added perk to being a science major
is the community. I feel that science
is a collaborative subject. It isnt re-
ally an option to do a problem set by
yourself for some classes. You need
help and to help others. It makes
me feel connected with my class-
mates more and as a result, it draws
me into the subject.
Nearly everyone brought up the
issue of lab work.
Peyton Morss 14 explained, Sci-
ences take a lot of time; many other
schools give credits or half credits
for lab courses. Bowdoin is unique
in the absence of that credit. Im
not sure how I feel about thistech-
nically I suppose Im getting more
because Im able to take more cours-
es, but it also feels as if were doing
an unrecognized amount of work.
In considering the misconcep-
tions Bowdoin students hold about
science majors, a few students chal-
lenged the notion that science ma-
jors are particularly smart or even
hard working. Another cited her-
self as evidence that not all science
majors want to either pursue a PhD
or an MD, but may instead choose
other career paths.
Dickstein wrote, I remember
freshman year, a few peers asked
what I was interested in and I said
mathematics and biochemistry and
they were shocked. I asked why
they were shocked and they re-
sponded something to the efect of
I assumed you would be majoring
in something more arty.
I think that a lot of peers (hu-
manities and science majors) as-
sume that I would major in some-
thing more artsy because I am
loud and outgoing, he added. It
actually really bothered and upset
me. Nobody likes being judged or
categorized.
As emails fooded my mailbox,
more than anything I found myself
proud to be part of this community
and honored to hear so many varied
responses. I wondered how these
answers might difer along depart-
mental lineshow might a math
major answer these questions? A
government major? A gender and
womens studies major?
ANNA HALL,
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
IN FOCUS
NESCAC ICE HOCKEY
In the NESCAC quarterfinals,
Kim Tess-Wanat 13 led Bowdoin to
a resounding 5-3 victory over Wil-
liams this past weekend. Second-
seeded Bowdoin will play third-
seeded Amherst in the NESCAC
semifinal round tomorrow at Mid-
dlebury, and the winners of both
semis will meet on Sunday to play
for the championship.
Early in the frst period a tripping
penalty lef the team a player down.
Bowdoin tried to kill the penalty, but
Williams converted the power play.
Te Polar Bears have a history
of meeting the Ephs in the opening
rounds of the playofs and with Bow-
doin down 1-0, captain Stephanie
Ludy 13 knew this game was not go-
ing to be an easy one.
As much as we would have liked
to put a few away early to give us a
good lead, we knew that Williams
was going to come out fired up and
it would be a close game until the
end, she said. Weve played them
three out of the four quarterfinals
that Ive been here, and every year
it has been an up-tempo, competi-
tive game.
Bowdoin was given a penalty af-
ter the referee called a delay of game
on Williams. Interestingly enough,
no penalty shot had occurredei-
ther for or against Bowdoinsince
ONeil began coaching in 2010. But
when ONeil told Tess-Wanat to take
the penalty shot, she was not rattled.
She has always been that way. It
doesnt matter what situation shes
in, she has a very calm, cool, col-
lected approach to things, ONeil
said. Being down a goal and feeling
very confident in Kim, there was no
question in mind that she was more
than likely going to be successful.
When she went, everyone on our
team knew what move she was go-
ing to go with and it worked. That
really changed the environment on
the bench and really gave us the lift
we needed at that time.
Ludy agreed with ONeil.
Kim is one of the most composed
players Ive ever played with. It al-
most seems too easy for her to dangle
around people and score as she did
this weekend. She also doesnt let
emotions get in the way and is able to
control the game at her pace without
overthinking it, Ludy said.
BY ANDRES BOTERO
ORIENT STAFF
In an email to the Orient, Tess-
Wanat described her mindset prior
to the shot.
Before a penalty shot I try to keep
my mind open, so as not to psych my-
self out, she wrote. Te teampractices
penalty shots every pre-game practice,
so the coaching staf has prepped us to
succeed in these moments.
Skating from the neutral zone,
Tess-Wanat charged at the goalie,
feigned a shot towards the goalies
lef shoulder but shifed the puck to
the other side, ficking it coolly into
the net. Tat tied the game up, but
Bowdoin still had work to do to shif
the momentum.
Later in the frst, Chelsea MacNeil
15 shot the puck from the faceof
circle but it ricocheted of of the post.
Rachel Kennedy 16 found the
puck in a crowd around the net and
knocked it in for a short-handed goal
that tied the score.
Head Coach Marissa ONeil no-
ticed that the Polar Bears nervous
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JOANNA GROMADZKI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ALL ONTHE LINE: The mens hockey teamlines up before its 5-3 victory over Hamilton in the NESCAC quarternal last Saturday inWatson Arena. Junior Kyle Lockwood led the teamwith a hat trick.
After Williams win, womens hockey preps for Amherst
in the frst period so she focused on
calming them down between periods.
Te frst period, despite us
out[shooting] them 3-to-1, we were
playing a bit nervously and hectical-
ly, she said. We were trying to not
rile [the Polar Bears] up but settle
them down.
Tat win, it was by no means
what we had hoped for but a win is
a win. Tats what you have to come
out with in the end, she added.
Ludy scored in the middle of the
second period, putting in a loose
puck to break the deadlock. Half a
minute later, Tess-Wanat knocked in
the game-winner as she laid out for a
hard shot that beat the goalie.
Captain Kayte Holtz 13 muscled
a Williams defender out of the way
and ripped a shot for the fifth goal
of the game.
Williams pulled its goalie for an ex-
tra attacker and scored a goal but that
was as close as the teamwould get.
Kayla Lessard 13 had 18 saves in
Comeback victory sends mens hockey to NESCAC semis
BY LUKE LAMAR
ORIENT STAFF
Te mens hockey team will face
Middlebury tomorrow in a NES-
CAC semifnal game afer fending
of Hamilton last Saturday in a hard-
fought quarterfnal, winning 5-3.
Te frst period started well for
Hamilton. Decked out in new jer-
seys they received on game day, the
inspired Continentals scored in the
eighth minute when a redirected
blue-line snapshot slipped past Steve
Messina 14.
Te Polar Bears went on the power
play a few minutes later afer an inter-
ference call and they did not waste the
opportunity. A bit of creative passing
from John McGinnis 15 set up Kyle
Lockwood 14 for the easy put away.
Lockwood went on to give Bowdoin
the lead at the end the period afer he
won the puck froma crowd in front of
the Hamilton net and was able to slide
it in the lef post.
Te game unfolded as I think a lot
of us thought it would, playing a team
that was very disciplined, very struc-
tured, said Head Coach Terry Mea-
gher. We knew that goals wouldnt
come easy.
Hamilton opened the second pe-
riod with a shot frombehind the blue
line that bounced of Messinas glove
and into the net for the equalizer. Te
Continentals kept up the pressure and
were able to force a turnover while
shorthanded midway through the
frame. Te one-on-one match up fa-
vored the attacker and Hamilton went
up 3-2.
It stays that way for a long time.
Te game had that kind of OK [feel-
ing], it didnt become frenzied and it
didnt become panicky, it became a
confdent game on both sides, said
Meagher. Were trying to make up
the defcit and theyre trying to build
on the lead.
Te Polar Bears skated hard in the
opening of the third period, but all of
their shots seemed to fnd post instead
of net. Finally, with eight minutes
lef, senior Rob MacGregor found an
angle from between the circles and
was able to fre of a shot that clinked
down from the crossbar and over the
#2 Womens Ice Hockey (19-4-2, 12-3-1 NESCAC) v.
#3 Amherst College (13-10-1, 10-5-1 NESCAC)
KENYON ARENA MIDDLEBURY
*
MARCH 2, 4 P.M.
#1 Mens Ice Hockey (20-3-2, 13-3-2 NESCAC) v.
#5 Middlebury College (13-10-2, 11-5-2 NESCAC)
WATSON ARENA
*
MARCH 2, 4 P.M.
On Saturday, the womens ice
hockey team will face Amherst, who
knocked the Polar Bears out of the
NESCACplayofs in two of the teams
last three semifnal appearances. De-
spite this recent history of season-
ending losses at the hands of the Lady
Jefs, the Polar Bears stand a good
chance of reaching the fnal this year.
Bowdoins ofense was ranked
third in the NESCAC in each of the
last three years, while Amherst was
rankedfrst in2010and2011andsec-
ond last season. Te Polar Bears were
fourth in overall defense in 2012, ffh
in 2011, and fourth in 2010, while
Amherst was frst in all years except
2011, when they were third. Te dif-
ference this year is monumental, with
Bowdoin ranked frst in both ofense
and defense.
Te last time a NESCACteamwas
ranked frst in ofense and defense
was in 2010, when Amherst won the
NESCACChampionshipandeventu-
ally won the D-III National Champi-
onship over Norwich, 7-2.
Two weekends ago, Bowdoin
played a series away at Amherst,
sweeping the Lady Jefs with scores
of 4-0 and 3-1. It was the frst time in
fve years the Polar Bears had man-
aged a sweep of Amherst inthe regu-
lar season. Te Polar Bears racked
up three goals in the frst period dur-
ing the Saturday game.
Amhersts leaky defense has al-
lowed 2.46 goals per game this year,
and the Polar Bears have not lost a
single match this season when they
scored more than two goals.
BREAKING DOWN BOWDOINS
SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS
HONGBEI LI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FACING OFF: Colleen Finnerty 15 prepares for a faceo in the No. 2 womens defeat of Williams 5-3 last Saturday inWatson Arena. The Polar Bears will take on Amherst in tomorrows NESCAC seminal.
MENS ICE HOCKEY
W L T W L T
BOWDOIN 13 3 2 20 3 2
Williams 12 4 2 16 6 3
Trinity 11 4 3 15 6 3
Amherst 11 5 2 15 7 3
Middlebury 11 5 2 13 10 2
Wesleyan 6 8 4 10 11 4
Colby 5 11 2 7 15 3
Hamilton 4 12 2 6 16 3
Conn. Coll. 3 12 3 7 14 3
Tufts 2 14 2 7 15 2
W L T W L T
Middlebury 12 2 2 17 6 2
BOWDOIN 12 3 1 19 4 2
Amherst 10 5 1 13 10 1
Trinity 8 5 3 13 8 4
Conn. Coll. 7 8 1 14 10 1
Hamilton 7 8 1 13 11 1
Williams 5 10 1 9 15 1
Colby 4 12 0 10 15 0
Wesleyan 2 14 0 6 17 0
NESCAC PLAYOFFS
NESCAC Mens Hockey Championship
Sunday March 3, 2 P.M.
Held at Watson Arena, Bowdoin College
NESCAC PLAYOFFS
NESCAC Womens Hockey Championship
Sunday, March 3, 2 P.M.
Held at Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College
WOMENS ICE HOCKEY
NESCAC OVERALL
the game.
Tis week, ONeil is focusing on
developing situational awareness so
that the players can recognize when
they should play conservatively and
aggressively, ensuring that they do
not put themselves in a bad situation
against Amherst.
The team will also focus on us-
ing its speed and passing to spread
the Amherst defense; Amherst is
used to playing on a narrower rink
than Bowdoin, and Middleburys is
wider still.
On bigger rinks, there is an em-
phasis on play in the neutral zone.
I think better passing teams and
teams with speed will do well, said
ONeil. If you can spread the ice
and make those cross ice passes,
than you are going to have a lot of
opportunities. As well, I think is re-
ally important if you know how to
defend that and stay to the interior.
Going on the road it is not a drastic
difference for us but for other teams
it is.
Historically, Amherst holds a 4-1
edge over Bowdoin in playof games.
Refecting on this past season and
the upcoming games, Ludy and Tess-
Wanat were pleased with their fnal
years at Bowdoin.
Afer rising in the NESCAC
and becoming nationally ranked, I
couldnt have asked for a better se-
nior season, said Ludy.
As a senior, I cant think of a better
way to end my hockey career at Bow-
doin, wrote Tess-Wanat. Te entire
teamis proud of the accomplishments
we have achieved this season, but we
are hungry to make a statement in our
upcoming playof games.
Yesterday, the NESCAC an-
nounced its end-of-season awards,
and four Polar Bears earned honors,
including Rookie of the Year (Kenne-
dy) and Coach of the Year (ONeil).
In the fnal year of an illustrious
career, Holtz earned her third First
Team selectiona program frstaf-
ter totaling 26 points. She became the
10th-ever member of the 100-point
club earlier this season, and ranks in
the top seven in all-time career and
game-winning goals.
Lessard earned an All-Conference
Second Team selection thanks to a
league-leading 1.27 goals-against aver-
age and a .778 win percentage. She now
ranks third in programhistory with 30
career wins, andset a newschool record
with a .947 save percentage.
e following is a question and an-
swer between Orient sports editor Ron
Cervantes and Owen Teach, the mens
ice hockey correspondent for the Mid-
dlebury Campus. e full version can
be found online.
RC: Middlebury has a record of
39-27-5 against Bowdoin. Will this
history have any infuence onthe out-
come of Saturdays game?
OT: Certainly, Bowdoin has been
the strongest team in the confer-
ence this year, but as head coach Bill
Beaney told me on Monday, the two
teams have a long history of playing
competitive games against one anoth-
er regardless of either ones record
potentially adding more signifcance
to the head-to-head match-up.
RC: Previously this season, the
Panthers gave Bowdoin their frst tie
in a 4-4 OT battle, and then lost 3-0
midway through the season. What
were the diferences between the
games?
OT: Te 3-0 loss back in January
came at a roughpoint for the Panthers
this season, mired in a 2-6-0 slump
and with a record below .500. How-
ever, it was also the start of the teams
current 7-2-0 push, as well as the be-
ginning of frst-year goalie Mike Pe-
terss stellar run.
RC: Which individuals on the
Middlebury team will have to pro-
duce against the Polar Bears?
OT: As the Polar Bears have proba-
bly already fguredout throughscout-
ing, [junior Louis] Belisle is playing
some of the best hockey of his career
right now.
MEN V. MIDDLEBURY WOMEN V. AMHERST
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
STICKING IT OUT: Schuyler Nardelli 15 chases a defender. Two more wins would secure the NESCAC title.
Aer Bowdoin led the NESCAC with
87 goals scored and 37 allowed, ONeil
was named the conference Coach of the
Year. e programs 19 wins this year
mark its most since ONeil was captain
of the team in the 2004-2005 season,
and her 46-23-8 overall record in three
years at the helm give her the second-
most coaching wins in programhistory.
Kennedy won the Rookie of the
Year award and was named to the
All-Conference First Team aer lead-
ing Bowdoin and placing second in the
NESCAC with 29 points. She is the rst
athlete ever to earn conference Rookie
of the Year accolades in both eld hock-
ey and ice hockey, having won rookie
honors in the fall as well.
Head Coach Marissa ONeil
NESCAC COACH OF THE YEAR
Rachel Kennedy 16
NESCAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JOANNA GROMADZKI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GOAL ORIENTED: TimCoey 15 handles the puck near the Hamilton goal in last weekends victory.
Bowdoin, Lewiston to host 2014 D-III Mens Hockey Champ.
Ice hockey teams ranks in D-III nationwide polls throughout the season
Aer the Maine Sports Commis-
sion approached the College about
the possibility of hosting a national
championship at Bowdoin, the NCAA
D-III Mens Ice Hockey Committee se-
lected Bowdoin as the host school of the
2014 championship next March 21-22,
marking the rst time the nals have
ever been held in Maine. Because Wat-
sonArena has a capacity of 2,400600
less than the 3,000 NCAA minumum
for championship sitesthe event will
be held in the Androscoggin Bank Coli-
see in Lewiston.
Few places can match the passion
for the sport of ice hockey that Maine
possesses, said Tim Ryan, interim ath-
letic director. Were looking forward to
hosting a rst-class event in this vibrant
hockey community.
line to tie the game.
Bowdoin found the lead four
minutes later on a shot reminiscent
of Hamiltons equalizer. Te puck
fell from a neutral zone faceof to
senior captain Tim McGarry, who
fred a low slap shot and scored on
the Hamilton goalie with less than
four minutes lef in the game. Facing
elimination, Hamilton pulled their
goalie, which allowed Lockwood to
seal a 5-3 victory and a hat trick with
an empty net goal.
What really won the game for us,
pure and simple, is that three experi-
enced players in the league just willed
those goals in, said Meagher. Te
[Rob] Toczylowski 13, MacGregor
and Lockwood group said that this
season is not going to end.
Te season is not over for the Polar
Bears, who face a Middlebury team
that knocked of defending champs
Amherst last week.
Middlebury is a very formidable
opponent that we have great respect
for, said Meagher. Te history is not
a short one; we go way back.
One of the more poignant episodes
in that history dates back to the Sid
Watson era, when his son, who played
for Middlebury, scored a regular sea-
son overtime goal at Bowdoin to beat
his father.
Tree Polar Bears received All-
Conference honors this year, includ-
ing two on the First Teamfor the third
year in a row.
Two-year captain Tim McGarry
13 was elected to the First Teamafer
ranking fourth among NESCAC de-
fensemen with 17 points, while lead-
ing Bowdoin to a 2.60 goals-against
average this year.
Captain Dan Weiniger 13 made
it to the All-Conference First
Team for the second year after be-
ing named NESCAC Rookie of the
Year in 2009. His team-best 16 goals
paved the way for Bowdoin to lead
the conference with 4.40 goals per
game.
Ollie Koo 14 rounded out the
All-Conference selections by being
named to the Second Team. He led
Bowdoin with 29 total points this year
of of 14 goals and 15 assists, and tied
for the team lead with six goals on
power plays.
Weiniger and Koo were also se-
lected as two of the 16 fnalists for
the Joe Concannon Award earlier this
month, which honors the top Amer-
ican-born mens ice hockey player in
D-II or D-III.
MATTHEWGUTSCHENRITTER &TOPH TUCKER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NESCAC OVERALL
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Masque and Gown performs
comedic Den of Thieves
Bowdoins Masque and Gown
performed four showings of Ste-
phen Adly Guirgis play Den of
Thieves last weekend.
Directed by Jenni Stobiecki 13,
Den of Thieves follows four peo-
ple who must come to terms with
their respective addictions, short-
comings and faults when they are
caught attempting to rob a TriBe-
Ca disco.
Tied to chairs in a mobsters
basement, they must decide who
among them most deserves to die
in reparation for their crimes.
The play uses the characters
dialogue to explore stereotypes in
a way that is both accessible and
entertaining.
It is not politically correct. It
is not polite, notes the playbill. It
is this honest dialogue that makes
the production unconventional,
funny and poignant.
We hadnt done a true comedy
in so long, said Stobiecki. Theres
been so many discussions about
racial stereotypes and gender ste-
reotypes, and this play deals en-
tirely with stereotypes.
I thought it was an interesting
piece for the time we are in, she
added.
A large part of Den of Thieves
appeal lies in that its topicality and
bluntness. The characters arent
afraid to curse or be crass, an attri-
bute that lead actress Anna Morton
15 sees as a strength of the script.
I think we did a good job do-
ing [Den of Thieves] in a way
that would be well received by the
school, she said.
The story centers around Mor-
tons character Maggie, a recover-
ing kleptomaniac and compulsive
eater trying to regain her grasp on
life.
I was kind of playing it like
this is the moment when she is re-
ally starting to change things, said
Morton, but then she gets caught
up in this big robbery.
Jared Littlejohn 15 played the
dynamicyet also deadpanrole
of Paul.
Paul is a former 400-lb, com-
pulsive overeater slash thief who
wanted to turn his life around and
is now a 12-Step Program leader,
said Littlejohn. His character
is trying to help Maggie achieve
those 12 steps and turn her life
around.
Tis rehabilitation falls apart
when, deluded by the promise of
life-changing wealth, Paul and Mag-
gie become tangled in Flacos (her
ex-boyfriends) plan to rob a disco.
Te plan goes horribly awry when
the three miscreants and Flacos new
BY HY KHONG
ORIENT STAFF
The Antlers and Cantilever
headlined WBORs annual spring
concert last Friday night, filling
Morrell Lounge with the indie-pop
sound that both bands share.
Last semesters WBOR concert
featured electronica groups RJD2,
Shlomo and Forget Forget.
This semester, to appeal to dif-
ferent genres and interests, WBOR
decided to mix things up a bit by
featuring indie-rock and lo-fi
groups.
We chose the Antlers because
they have a sizeable following on
campus, but they still fall in that
vein of independent music, said
WBOR Station Manager Rachel
Lopkin 13. We also like bringing
back alumni too because it gives
them a place to still showcase their
music after graduating.
Portland band Cantilever, com-
posed of Henry Hoagland 12, Marc
Seligson, 12, Will Holland,12, and
Peter McLaughlin 10, cited The
Antlers as one of their influences.
The Antlers were a band Henry
and I used to listen to a lot when we
were first starting to play together,
said Holland.
[Te audience] will defnitely
hear some sounds that are reminis-
cent of the Antlers, quoting the Ant-
lers in some way, added Hoagland.
Cantilever opened the show with
what McLaughlin called a delicate
electro-pop sound, setting the
stage for The Antlers equally mel-
low set.
The Antlers opened with Drift
Drive, off of their new EP Un-
dersea. True to the album title,
the band was bathed in blue-green
spotlighting as frontman Peter Sil-
berman delivered soothing vocals.
A microphone malfunction struck
during their second song, I Dont
Want Love. Silberman, however,
was unperturbed by the mishap.
Thats actually how the song
goes, it finishes right in the mid-
dle, he said, drawing laughter from
the crowd.
By the time The Antlers closed
the show with Putting the Dog to
Sleep, the crowd seemed to have
been taken in by the bands atmo-
spheric instrumentals.
You could tell that most of the
crowd were longtime Antlers fans,
but those who werent looked like
they were watching in awecollec-
tively theyve got a lot of stage pres-
ence, said Veronica Verdin 15.
Loud cheering followed Putting
the Dog to Sleep and rapidly led
into chants for an encore.
Were just going to play one
more because you guys have par-
ties to go to, said Silberman, upon
returning to the stage to perform
Epilogue.
Asked before the concert how he
thought the show would go, Canti-
levers Will Holland 12 predicted
the nights melancholic tone.
WBOR presents a night of
weeping, said Holland.
WBOR concert features Antlers, Cantilever
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
READERS DO NOT IMPROVE: Jay Caspian Kang 02 spoke at Ladd yesterday and discussed how modern journalism caters to short attention spans.
BY CLARE DESANTIS
STAFF WRITER
Please see THIEVES, page 13
Given the choice between a
story entitled 25 Celebrities You
Might Not Know are Bisexual and
a fifteen page piece of well-report-
ed investigative journalism, most
internet users would probably read
the former.
Jay Caspian Kang 02 made pre-
cisely this point in his lecture at
Ladd House last night. He then
posed the question: does mod-
ern journalism challenge readers
enough?
Kang noted that websites such as
Gawker have a hard time justifying
funding lengthier, more investigative
pieces simply because longer articles
dont lead to bigger profts.
He concluded that technology
has created a divide between print
and online content.
According to Kang, the chal-
lenge for writers is to find a re-
spectable medium in between
long-form journalism and sensa-
tional blurbs.
Kang is currently an editor at
Grantland, a sports and pop cul-
ture website owned by ESPN. He is
also a contributor to the New York
Times magazine.
Kang noted the importance of
humor in his line of work.
If youre talking about anything
the internet is interested in, which
is usually cats, sports, Beyonc and
the Oscars, it should always be
funny, he said.
Last fall Kang published his debut
novel, Te Dead Do Not Improve,
which received praise from critics.
Kang however, remains modest.
All these old women hate it, so I
feel bad, he said jokingly.
He added that publishing a nov-
el was an extremely personal expe-
rience for him.
Once youre done with a book, you
do everything in your power to never
think about it again, Kang said. Its
a really humiliating thing to have a
novel out there.
Though he always knew he
wanted to be a writer, Kang went
through a period of doubt after re-
ceiving his MFA from Columbia.
For five or six years I didnt
publish anything and I was really
struggling as a writerto the point
where I felt like I should consider
another career path, he said.
Kang decided he would write a
novel before he took the LSAT and
started applying to law school.
I didnt ever expect it to be pub-
lished, he said. I just wanted it to
be done so I could say, all right, I
tried before I was a lawyer and hat-
ing myself.
Kang said hed like to publish
another book, though hes unsure
when that will happen.
Whenever I get sick of the stuff
Im writing now, Ill write another
novel, he said.
Kangs time at Bowdoin was
unique in a variety of ways. He es-
timated that his GPA was 1.9 when
he graduated.
I really regret not taking Bowdoin
more seriously when I was here, said
Kang. I was defnitely not ready for
college at 18, I dont think I was ready
for college at 21.
While at Bowdoin, Kang was a
columnist for the Orient, which he
says remains some of his best work.
These [columns] are fun-
nier than anything Ive written
for Grantland, said Kang. I was
somehow better as a writer at these
types of columns when I was 21
than I am now.
The columns usually discussed
popular music artists in a wry, sar-
castic tone. Kang never hesitated
to include appropriate anecdotes,
like the irony of dropping a Mexi-
can figurine into a bowl of salsa.
He also co-founded Ritalin, a
humor magazine that was consid-
ered controversial by the adminis-
tration and the student body.
We got in all this trouble be-
cause of our language, which now
that I look back on Im kind of in
shock that we didnt get in more
trouble, said Kang.
One of his favorite topics to
mock: bro culture.
All my friends are bros, so its
not like I find it repulsive or some-
thing, said Kang. I just think its
this endless source of humor.
For all the bros out there ready
to troll Kangs articles, think twice
before commenting. As he said
during his lecture, Writers are
very sensitive people.
From bros to Beyonc: Kang 02 on what works in modern journalism
BY EMMA PETERS
ORIENT STAFF
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NOT JUST PUTTING DOGS TO SLEEP: Antlers frontman Peter Silverman sings a soothing melody.
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AN EVENING OF JAPANESE DANCE
PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
New York-based performer Sachito Ito danced Thursday night in an event in conjunction with the Museum of Arts Japanese supernatural prints exhibit.
Muralist paints under publics watchful eye
Francine Schrock is painting
murals for Fallbrook Woods As-
sisted Living Center in Portland,
and shes still getting used to the
feeling of having eyes on her back
as the residents watch her work.
We want you to put in a cat!
theyll say, so Ill add a cat, she
said. Hearing these things be-
comes part of the process of paint-
ing.
Whether or not she sees the sug-
gestion as an aesthetic improve-
ment or thinks the work would
have been better off sans feline,
Schrock has come to appreciate the
often brutally honest comments
that the experience of public paint-
ing invites.
Teres something really amazing
about opening yourself up to that
dialogue when youre in the process
of painting, she said. It makes the
whole experience lusher.
Shrocks projectpainting on
a 14-by-19 expanse of plaster in
front of a crowd of collaborators
flirts with the prospect of perfor-
mance art.
She hasnt always done this kind
of work. Her background as an art-
ist is founded in a quieter breed of
individually-felt inspiration and
self-motivation.
Schrock grew up in Greenfield,
Mass., and her environment and
family informed her drive to cre-
ate art.
Ive always been interested in
art, she said. My grandmother
taught me a lot about painting and
drawing. I was this classical artist,
and when I graduated high school
I knew thats what I wanted to do.
After earning her BFA from the
Maine College of Art in Portland,
Schrock tried her hand at her own
sweater-design business, using
skills her grandmother had taught
her.
It came to the point, though,
where I knew Id have to mass pro-
duce, and I didnt want to do that,
said Schrock. So I got into sales
and made money. But after years of
doing that, I found it unfulfilling.
She then began work at Port- Please see SCHROCK, page 14
lands Greenhut Galleries. There,
Schrock found herself confronted
with the question of valuevalue
assigned to others work and value
she could place on her own pieces.
One day I sold a painting for
$20,000 and it got me thinking
about marketing my own art, she
said. Soon after that I went off on
my own. I just ventured out and
declared on nothing that I was an
artist and this is what I was going
to do.
Indeed, Schrock has amassed
quite a repertoire of her own pieces
to exhibit. Her body of work is ef-
fectively divided between two cat-
egories: landscapes and colorfield
paintings.
Her landscapes are inspired by
a sense of placeMaine and the
crazy atmospheric changes that
come with living in the state.
It all happens so quickly, and
if you miss it, good luck seeing it
again, explained Schrock.
Bold, textured and vibrant, her
colorfield paintings conjure a dif-
ferent kind of atmosphere.
They are the other side of the
CREATION
THEORIES
AMANDA MINOFF
Nationalistic artice
infringes on Oscars
That was a rather strange Oscar
night, wouldnt you say? From the
take-it-or-leave-it misogynistic
and racist jokes of the first-time
host to the bizarre exaltation of the
Hollywood musical (since when
was Chicago a landmark pic-
ture?), the 85th Academy Awards
were full of surprisesthere was
even a tie (they might as well just
chop the statue in half ).
But to me nothing was stranger
than the quick jump over to Wash-
ington for Michelle Obamas oddly
intrusive presentation of the Best
Picture Award.
Nothing against our lovely first
lady, but didnt it seem like she
showed up at the wrong party?
(That party being one in which the
entertainment industrys moguls
and beautiful people pretend for
one night that they are the most
important people in the universe.)
If nothing else, the speech from
our first lady put everyone in their
place.
Perhaps this is just a touchy re-
sponse to an all-around bizarre
evening, but, given the overtly po-
litical overtones of half of the Best
Picture nominees, her appearance
seemed hardly accidental.
Argo, which depicts the res-
cue of six U.S. agents from Iran
in 1979, is a terrific piece of film-
making. Who could have guessed
a decade ago that Ben Affleck
would become a superb chronicler
of American values? His knack for
constructing thrill scenes is impec-
cable; hes been in enough cheap
thrillers to know how to build sus-
pense and not risk sacrificing the
integrity of his political motives.
A few nights ago, a class of mine
was recounting the oddities of this
years Oscars when Professor of
English Marilyn Reizbaum astutely
offered two conditions of Argos
success that explain its victory: 1)
The film exalts a major American
agencys heroic ability to step into
an international system gone hay-
wire and save the day, and 2) it also
exalts an industry that provides an
international language capable of
assuaging even the most severe of
circumstances.
While the C.I.A. plays a central
role, make no mistake: this is a movie
about Hollywood.
Tis is evidenced by the flms
compelling climax, in which the
character that has expressed the
most doubts over the persuasiveness
of the Hollywood system delivers an
elevator flm-pitch worthy of a pro-
fessionala better one than the ac-
tual fake producer can even muster.
Given the true subject of the flm,
I couldnt help but fnd the movies
introductory cartoon strangely di-
dactic and misguided. Its odd that
Hollywood feels so compelled to
give its viewers a history lesson ev-
ery time we enter a land remotely
foreign to us.
Yes Ben Am eck, I know you were
majoring in Middle Eastern studies; I
also know that you dropped out. Te
cartoon, designed no doubt to feel
like a storyboard (in hopes to link
this section to the aforementioned
climax) ended up feeling more like
childs pop-up book.
Was Argo the best flm of the year?
In my mind, not by a long shot, but
only Spielbergs Lincoln would have
deserving of an award concerned less
with the artistic merit of a flm than the
exaltation of American values.
However, when I think about
Michelle Obamas speech, I am
brought back to Professor Reiz-
baums comments and cant help
but see a corollary between the
films plot and this particular pre-
sentation of the award.
American politics steps onto the
moviemaking turf in the hopes of
creating a common ground and
reverence for the power of film-
making.
Michelle Obamas speech drifted
strangely into what seemed like an
appraisal the human spirit: We
can overcome any obstacle if we
dig deep enough and fight hard
enough and find the courage to be-
lieve in ourselves.
Surely the Academy knew be-
forehand that Argo would win
the award, and that it was an easy
film for the White House to cham-
pion.
Theres a little bit of necessary
artifice employed to lionize the
efforts of C.I.A. agents of yester-
year, who bear a powerful resem-
blance with those of todays op-
eratives.
Argo swims far from the testy
waters of torture found in Zero
Dark Thirtythe winner of only
half of its five nominations, no
doubt because of its attendant po-
litical controversy.
In Argo, Hollywood provided
a fitting middle ground for the
White House and the Kodak The-
ater to come together.
As Obama championed our na-
tional unity, the rest of us were
simply eager for her to announce
the award, so that Ben Affleck
could cry and we could take to
Twitter to begin tearing apart the
nights peculiarities.
CINEMA SCOPE
SAM FICHTNER
TIBN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
insistence on finding the end, a
way out of the story that is not
dramatic ostensibly, but is made
dramatic by the shift of tone and
by the texture of the language.
Tibn likened the fleeting na-
ture of the short story to music
when he remarked, In a short
story, everything can only happen
once...its closer to that moment in,
say, a big Bruce Springsteen bal-
lad where he lets his voice go up
and soar, and everyone goes wow,
ahhhhthat second of pure emo-
tion that you get in opera as well.
The reason why its so pure is that
it does not have a consequence.
Talk of music makes up much
of The Dead, in which partygo-
ers at the Misses Morkans annual
dance join in rounds of tradition-
al Irish ballads like The Lass of
Aughrim.
If youre Irish, the song means
somethingits one of those very
haunting songs that we have, Tibn
remarked, before breaking into a faint
rendition of the songs chorus.
For Tibn, the ephemerality of
the short story is the source of its
magic, and the punctuated silenc-
es of his works tell of heartbreak-
ing love and loss. Fittingly, Tibn
concluded his talk by reading the
end of his short story A Song,
which he said emerged from an
unexpected encounter at an Irish
music festival in the 80s. The
storys final lines evoke the lilting
silence that typifies his work:
He shrugged and made his way
past the drinkers at the front door
of the pub, making sure not to look
at anybody. Outside, as the first
car of the evening with full head-
lights switched on approached, he
was shaking. He knew he would
have to be careful to say nothing
more, to pretend that it had been
an ordinary evening. It would
all be forgotten; they would play
and sing until the small hours. He
turned the car and waited in the
darkness for the others to come.
With that, a sonorous applause
filled Kresge Auditorium, and the
crowd filtered out onto the snowy,
silent Quad.
COURTESY OF COLM TIBN
SILENT SPRING: Colm Tibn delivered this semesters Santagata lecture.
SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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COURTESY OF HELLOGIGGLES
GIRL GIGGLES: Comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates in front of Sullivans Our Founding Four-Sitters.
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
George Ellzey 13
BY MICHELLE HONG
STAFF WRITER
George Ellzey 13 was at first
unsure where he was going to
fit in at Bowdoin, but he found
a welcoming home in dance.
Unlike many arts students at
Bowdoin, Ellzey inadvertently
stumbled onstage. He did not
even know he was a talented
singer until his host family sug-
gested that he audition for a
cappella. Now he sings with the
Meddiebempsters.
I went to a high school that
focused strictly on academics
or athletics, so I didnt have
any creative outlets at all, said
Ellzey. Coming to Bowdoin
opened up a lot of opportuni-
ties for me.
After a casual display of his
moves one Pub Night, a dance
group leader convinced him to
get involved with the hip-hop
dance group Obvious.
I was like, I dont know
anything about dance at all,
he said. My history of dance
was just dancing in my room by
myself.
Now Ellzey is the leader of
Obvious, which will be per-
forming at the Asian Student
Association Fashion Show and
the student group show this se-
mester.
Ellzey began taking dance
courses his junior year, and now
they are an integral part of his
coursework. He is also dancing
in senior Natalie Johnsons in-
dependent study.
All the dance classes Ive
taken so far have been totally
new for me, he said. To be
in classes with people who are
very talented and to hear people
say youre a great dancer still
blows my mind.
Even though dance is still a
new adventure for Ellzey, he
says it has already had a huge
impact on his life.
Its sort of like Im a late
starter but all these great op-
portunities have been happen-
ing, said Ellzey. Ive experi-
enced so much and received a
lot of encouragement and praise
from my peers and the faculty.
Assistant Professor of The-
ater and Dance Charlotte Grif-
fin has been one of the major
factors in furthering Ellzeys
interest in dance.
Professor Griffin approached
Ellzey after an Afro-Modern
class performance and asked
him if he was going to take
her modern dance class. While
Griffin initially intimidated El-
lzey, he has come to consider
her a mentor.
Sullivan 06 exhibits work at L.A. gallery
Ann Sullivan 06 has been mov-
ing around the country for as long
as she can remember. Born in St.
Louis, she went to high school
in Bangor, Maine, and now lives
in Texas. After graduating from
John Bapst Memorial High School,
Sullivan followed her older sis-
ter, as she says she always has, to
Bowdoin College.
I figured if it was good enough
for her, it was good enough for
me, she said.
A visual arts major, Sullivan
concentrated mostly on drawing
during her time at the College. She
was also involved with the Orient
and studied abroad in Barcelona.
After graduating, Sullivan went
to nursing school. However, she
kept making art as a hobby, oc-
casionally designing wedding an-
nouncements for friends. Then her
brother, a web designer, suggested
she make a website.
I got a website, and suddenly
my hobby turned into something
more without putting much into
it, said Sullivan.
About a year ago, she began illus-
trating for the website HelloGiggles,
an online community for women
founded by Zooey Deschanel, Molly
McAleer and Sophia Rossi. It was
Rossi who recommended Sulli-
vans work to Gallery1988 Melrose
& Venice, a pop-culture art gallery
based out of Los Angeles. Te gal-
lery then invited Sullivan to contrib-
ute to their Young Adult exhibition
this February.
It was a nostalgic take on 90s
teen theme literature, she said.
The show is Sullivans first public
exhibition of her work.
Sullivan had four pieces on dis-
play at Gallery1988 illustrating
characters from Sullivans teen
obsession, the book series The
Baby-Sitters Club. So far she has
sold two pieces, titled Kristy and
Mary Anne.
Sullivans art has a distinctly doo-
dle-like feel, enhanced by her use of
colored pencil and ink as mediums.
I like to have reasonably priced
art work that is accessible, said Sul-
livan.
Sullivans laidback philosophy is
well illustrated by her colorful and
vibrant artistic style.
I like fun and silly doodling,
coloring, she said. I just like to
make people happy.
Sullivan says the nicest compli-
ment shes ever received is that her
artwork has personality.
Although Sullivan was not able
to make it to Los Angeles to see the
show herself, having a show at a gal-
lery like Gallery1988 has still had a
huge impact on her. Sullivan found
herself star-struck when Kate Micuc-
ci of the musical comedy duo Gar-
funkle and Oates took note of Our
Founding Four-Sitters.
I was like, Garfunkle and
Oates took a picture in front of my
stuff ! she said.
Te show also includes artwork
based on Nancy Drew, the Goose-
bumps series, and Sweet Valley High.
Sullivan credits Bowdoin with
preparing her for what its like to
BY BRIANNA BISHOP
STAFF WRITER
Shes definitely been a piv-
otal person in my dance ca-
reer, because shes sort of taken
me under her wing, said El-
lzey. Without her I probably
wouldnt be dancing so much
now, or have the passion to
dance. She sparked a f lame.
Ellzey is now taking his
fourth class with Griffin this
spring.
He is an interdisciplinary
major in theater and English,
and says the combination of his
majors and his dancing have
given him more confidence
over the years.
Coming into Bowdoin, I was
very shy and introverted; a lot of
people dont know that I felt sort
of out of place, he said. Tere
has to be an amount of confdence
when you step onto the stage or
when you say a line.
Ellzey is one of the few male
dancers at Bowdoin, and some-
times fnds it a dim cult situation.
It would be nice to see other
male dancers on campus, espe-
cially in technique classes, he
said. For someone who recent-
ly started dancing, I would look
to my classmates to see what
theyre doing, but its hard when
its a field with all girls.
Since there are so few male
dancers, one of Ellzeys mis-
sions as a dancer is to encour-
age more men to join.
I think a lot of guys are
scared to dance because of
some type of societal pressures
or thinking they cant dance,
he said. I feel like everyone has
the ability to dance.
Ellzey believes that everyone
has something to give to and
take away from the arts.
I just want more dancers and
to foster that culture, he said.
Ellzey does not have any con-
crete plans for after graduation,
but he knows he is on the right
track. He is currently consider-
ing a career in entertainment,
possibly at talent agencies or
television.
Im unsure, but Im excited
for the future, he said. Im
staying positive. Everything
will work out.
be an artist in the real world. Sul-
livan says that exposure to the
Bowdoin Museum of Art and art
shows coordinated with Professor
of Art Mark Wethli gave her first-
hand experience early.
There are a lot of real world ap-
plications for art at Bowdoin, she
said. Its a lot of practice and a leg
up if you want to do something af-
ter college.
Tough she still plans on becom-
ing a nurse, Sullivan says her experi-
ence with Gallery1988 has opened
her eyes to other possibilities.
Its allowing me to think of
myself as more than an artist as a
hobby, she said.
She still keeps in touch with
Wethli, and keeps herself up-to-
date on her fellow graduates work
through Facebook.
I see all the art things that my
friends are doing, said Sullivan.
Sullivan also maintains her rela-
tionship with the College by selling
postcards of her artwork through
the College Bookstore.
Young Adult was on display at
Gallery1988: Melrose from Febru-
ary 2 to 23.
SCHROCK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
hand, she said. Theyre more in-
tuitive. I start with the idea of a
color that I want to explore, and
its [as if ] I have a conversation
with the painting. I explore differ-
ent values seeing how they all work
together. To me its not so much a
logical process.
Schrock emphasized the impor-
tance of developing a confidence
around personal subjectivity. To
get in touch with that quiet and get
in tune with whats importantI
think a lot of people miss out on
that, she said.
But this project of mural-mak-
ing is a new sort of challenge for
Schrock. If her colorfields draw
their power from introspection,
the murals, in contrast, demand a
whole different engagement with
the external.
Its definitely a lot more physi-
cal, she said. This is like yoga
nine hours a day. Im climbing on
scaffolding, Im working in that
space.
Tough the work is demanding,
Schrock has found meaning in the
community of her new studio space.
Te big part of it for me is that
connection with this elderly group
of people, she said. Tey are go-
ing through this vital transition of
relinquishing control. For me to
CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
THIEVES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12
girlfriend Boochie are apprehended
by the incompetent fedgling mob-
sters Little Tuna and Sal.
Since the four main actors spend
half the play tied to chairs in a dingy
basement, Stobiecki made an inter-
esting aesthetic choice. She seated
the audience on the stage, only a few
feet from the actors.
Otherwise, the overall efect
wouldnt have been the same, she
said. It would be really hard to do
[the play] in the normal seating be-
cause you wouldnt necessarily be up
in the action, you wouldnt get that
claustrophobic feeling of being in a
basement.
Putting [the audience] on the
stage helped with that intimate feel-
ing that we wanted.
It was a really interesting experi-
ence to have the audience onstage
with us, said Littlejohn. It allowed
for us to do more.
Den of ieves proved delightful
to all audience members, with the
colorful language that coaxed laughs
from from students and Brunswick
locals alike.
For more drama productions at
Bowdoin, be sure to catch Quake,
which goes up on February 28,
March 1, and March 2 at 7 p.m. in
Wish Teater, as well as Te Good
Swimmer on March 2 at 9 p.m.
come into an environment like that
is something inspiring. And its en-
tertaining for them.
Fallbrook Woods will host a re-
vealing of Schrocks murals in early
April. She described the process as
uniquely collaborative.
Well have meetings before I
come up with an idea, she said. I
really try to bring outside opinion
in.
These people are surrounded by
walls, so I try to bring the outside
in and give them something else to
look at besides a blank space. Its
really just giving them a chance to
have ownership in the murals.
This approach seems counter-
intuitive to Schocks quiet, medita-
tive nature.
I love working alone, I love my
quiet time, she said. My life is
about my art. People would come
ask if they could watch me paint,
Id say no. Translating that to these
large-scale paintings when Im in
public view and listening to com-
ments from people is hard.
Criticism, in one sense, is
Schrocks worst fear, but she sug-
gests that it may also be her most
valuable tool.
Meditating on and not making
a judgment about what others are
saying is empowering, she said.
Its our nature to get really critical
of ourselves and others. But theres
no space for that. The lesson is just
to hear what people are saying.
SPORTS
iviu.v, m.vcu 1, io1i svov1s 15
Bear, said Head Coach Adrienne
Shibles. Its a devastating moment
for the student-athlete, for the
coach and for the team.
The Lady Jeffs moved on to the
NESCAC championship, where
they defeated Williams 53-38 on
Sunday, earning their fifth NES-
CAC title. Bowdoin and Amherst
remain the only two schools that
Womens basketball falls to Amherst after quarternal upset
BY DIMITRIA SPATHAKIS
ORIENT STAFF
The womens basketball teams
playoff run came to an end last Sat-
urday as the Polar Bears fell 60-45
to the No. 2-seeded Amherst in the
NESCAC semifinals. The team did
not receive an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament which means
that Bowdoin finished its season
with an overall record of 14-11.
Its a tough feeling to deal
with, especially coming off the
big win against Tufts, said Me-
gan Phelps 15. We came into
this game with the best hopes
and to come out and have it tak-
en away from you is tough. There
was definitely a lot of emotion in
the locker room.
The loss marked the final game
for the teams lone senior, cap-
tain Kaitlin Donahoe 13. She was
named to the First Team All-NES-
CAC for the first time in her career
last weekend.
Its always tough to walk into
the locker room after the last game
and look into your seniors eyes
and know that that was the last
time theyll see the court as a Polar
Fearless Project highlights LGBTIQ athletes
BY EMMA PETERS
ORIENT STAFF
The Fearless Project, a photog-
raphy exhibit celebrating athletes
who have come out about their ho-
mosexuality, will culminate today
in a reception featuring four of the
five Bowdoin athletes profiled in
the exhibit.
Its important for all of us to be
respectful of anyone that we may
interact with, said Tim Ryan, inter-
im athletic director. This is a way
to draw attention to a segment of
society that may not have received
that treatment in the past, especial-
ly within the athletic community.
The Fearless Project first came to
Bowdoin three years ago, but mem-
bers of the Department of Athletics
and the Resource Center for Sexual
and Gender Diversity thought its
2013 return would be even more ef-
fective as the exhibit now features
five Bowdoin alums: Colin Ogilvie
12, Ben Chadwick 11, Shana Na-
telson 10, Lindsey Warren-Shriner
10 and Elsbeth Paige-Jeffers 10.
Its exciting to have alumni
who are involved in the Fearless
Project, said Ryan. Its a great op-
portunity to bring people together
from our community to support
an issue thats really gained a lot of
momentum on campus.
Kate Stern, director of the Re-
source Center for Sexual and Gen-
have won a NESCAC title.
With Amherst theres such a
rivalry, a part of me feels that at
least the team that beat us won,
said Phelps. But a part of me also
wishes Amherst had lost.
On Saturday, the Lady Jeffs took
a 15-4 lead just six minutes into the
game. The Polar Bears were initial-
ly flustered by Amhersts defense.
They were doing some differ-
ent things to us than we had seen
beforelike really hedging hard
on ball screens and trapping [Kris-
ten Prue 14] a lot, said Shibles. I
do feel that affected our decision
making and our ability to take care
of the ball.
We let them dictate a lot of tempo
and we didnt adjust quickly enough
to their physicality, said Phelps.
In total, the Polar Bears gave up
20 turnovers that Amherst con-
verted for 19 points.
Bowdoin had a balanced scor-
ing attack. Donahoe led with 14
points, while Phelps followed with
eight points, and Siena Mitman
15, Tori Munson 15 and Shannon
Brady 16 all chipped in with six.
Brady was awarded the NESCACs
Rookie of the Year award last week-
end, the fourth Bowdoin frst year to
earn that award in program history.
She fnished the season third on the
team in points per game with 7.2,
second in rebounds with 5.8, and
frst in blocks with 2.0.
We did have that inside-out
game, said Phelps. We went on a
couple runswe just had trouble
sustaining them.
The Polar Bears did not have the
success on the perimeter they en-
joyed against Tufts and Connecti-
cut College, only making 5 of 14
from behind the arc. Uncharacter-
istically, Bowdoin also struggled at
the foul line, only sinking 6 of 14
free throw attempts.
With around eight minutes remain-
ing in the half the Polar Bears nar-
rowed the gap to fve points. Te Lady
Jefs responded with a 10-2 run, giving
them a 32 to 19 lead at half time.
SCORECARD
Sa 2/23 at Amherst L 6045
Please see W. BBALL, page 12
Miller headed for NCAAs after
best Nordic skiing season ever
BY HALLIE BATES
ORIENT STAFF
In the past two weeks, the Nor-
dic Skiing team has continued its
streak of top-10 finishes by plac-
ing ninth and 10th in its two final
carnivals of the year. Junior Kait-
lynn Miller also became the first
Bowdoin skier to qualify for the
NCAAs in 16 years.
During the weekend of February
15, Bowdoin earned a ninth place
fnish in the Middlebury Carnival,
placing in the top-10for the teams
fourth consecutive carnival. Miller
placed ninth overall for the indi-
vidual womens 5K classic, following
it up with a 13th-place fnish in the
15K mass-start freestyle race. Cap-
tain Hannah Wright 13 also had a
strong showing, fnishing 18th in the
5K classic and 30th in the freestyle.
Kevin Hoose 15 led the way for the
mens team, earning a 30th place fn-
ish in the 20K. Captain James Crimp
13 was the top fnisher in the classic
race, coming in 33rd.
Te following weekend, Bowdoin
travelled to Black Mountain in
Rumford, Maine, to wrap up its
season with the Bates Carnival.
The team finished strong, extend-
ing its top-ten streak to five car-
SCORECARD
Sa 2/16
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at Bates Carnival
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DIMITRIA SPATHAKIS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BURN NOTICE: In a rally for womens basketball before leaving for Amherst, captain Kaitlin Donahoe 13 places a bag of the teams written intentions in a re.
nivals by garnering a 10th place
showing out of 12 teams.
Miller ended her season with
an 11th-place finish in the 5K clas-
sic before placing 18th in the 10K
freestyle. These finishes gave her
enough points to earn her a spot in
the NCAA Championship held in
Middlebury, Vt., March 6-9. Miller
is the first Bowdoin skier since
1997 to qualify for the NCAAs, and
will be competing against athletes
from around the country. She also
earned All East Honors, another
first for the Bowdoin program.
I am really excited to be rac-
ing at NCAAs, said Miller. We
spend the regular season compet-
ing against skiers from the east and
it will be a neat experience to race
with collegiate skiers from other
areas of the country.
Coach Nathan Alsobrook has
especially been impressed with the
team this year.
I think this may be the best
Nordic season Bowdoins ever
had, he said. Weve had a lot of
flashes of individual brilliance but
the consistent team performance
this year is better than anything
weve ever done.
Compared to previous seasons,
this has been one of Bowdoins high-
est achieving years. Te squad has
never before had a season in which it
placed in the top 10 at every carnival.
Next year, the team hopes to
continue pushing into the middle
rankings of the conference even
though it will graduate two impor-
tant sneior in Hannah Wright and
Emma James, who, according to
Alsobrook, have been cornerstones
for the program.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEAR THIS: Fierce photos of LGBTQ athletes adorned several loactions on campus, all taken by Je Sheng.
Please see FEARLESS, page 16
der Diversity, added that athletes
do have homosexual peers, whether
they realize it or not.
I think its important for straight
folks to see that there are LGBT
athletes in our midst, and its okay,
said Stern.
Stern also said she hoped the
exhibit would remind so-called
closeted athletes that Bowdoin is
an accepting and supportive envi-
ronment in which to be an openly
LGBTIQ athlete.
Student volunteers also support-
ed the return of the exhibit.
You see all these athletes who
stop to read the stories and look
at all the pictures, said Lucy Mor-
rell 13, who works in the Resource
Center for Sexual and Gender Di-
versity. Thats one of the biggest
reasons why we brought it back,
because its popular with students.
Jeff Sheng, the exhibits creator
and photographer, started the Fear-
less Project in 2003. Since then,
the collection has grown to feature
around 150 out athletes, and Sheng
hopes to have the collection pub-
lished as a book sometime within
the next few years. He said he is
also enthusiastic about the exhibits
return to campus.
Its really an honor that they put
the work back, said Sheng. Im
really excited that I was able to dis-
play the images of the athletes at
Bowdoin.
The projects roots resonate with
Sheng on a personal level.
I played tennis in high school
and I did not play in college, said
Sheng. One of the reasons was
that I didnt feel comfortable com-
ing out while I was on a varsity
sports team.
The Fearless Project was ulti-
For the rst time in team history,
the up-and-coming nordic skiing
team nished in the the top 10 in
every carnival this season.
16 svov1s iviu.v, m.vcu 1, io1 1ui vowuoi ovii1
BY ALEX VASILE
STAFF WRITER
Kyle Lockwood 14 is ofen one
of the biggest players on the ice.
With line mates Rob MacGregor
13 and Rob Toczylowski 13, the
Bowdoin second shif specializes
in physical mismatches. Te size of
the linethe three players average
height is 6-feet-2-inches and 202
poundsgives Bowdoin a depth
that other teams cannot boast. It
also allows the team to wear its op-
ponents down, just as it did against
Hamilton last Saturday, scoring
three goals in the fnal eight min-
utes to spark a dramatic comeback.
Lockwood had his stick in four
goals in that game, scoring three
on his own and assisting Toczy-
lowski on the game-winner. He also
scored both goals in the home play-
of-clinching win over Connecticut
College a week earlier.
Still, despite his presence on
the ice, Lockwood has developed
a reputation as one of the quietest
team members of of it. Te steady,
modest forward shrugs of his own
success without thinking.
I was sort of just in the right
place at the right time, he said of
what Head Coach Terry Meagher
called one of the best individual
game performances hes seen at
Bowdoin. Plus, I got a lot of help
from my teammates and particular-
ly my linemates. And I got a couple
of empty-netters.
Meagher laughed at this modesty.
Yeah, thats pretty much what
Id expect from Kyle, he said. Of
course, Ill have to ask him, Why
do you think you were on the ice
then anyway?
According to teammate Max
Fenkell 15, it is because he has a
knack for the net.
Most of his goals are scored in
the dark areas, which arent always
the nicest looking, but are the kind
of goals that any team needs this
time of year, said Fenkell.
And as the season wound down,
he fnally started taking the initia-
tive to do so more ofen.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kyle Lockwood 14
FORWARD/DEFENDER
*
MENS ICE HOCKEY
JEFFREY CHUNG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
[Hes] defnitely a playmaker,
Ollie Koo 14 said. He would nor-
mally think to pass frst as opposed
to taking the shot himself.
Coach Meagher sees that mind-
set as an extension of his personality.
Hes not selfsh, he said. Goal
scorers have to have a degree of self-
ishness. He needs to put more pucks
on net.
But really, hes the quintessential
player, he added. Hes always saying
Hi Coach, hows your day going? He
competes hard within the rules of the
game, and hes the type to sit quietly
in the back of a room enjoying what
hes just accomplished.
Lockwood, a Connecticut na-
tive, started his hockey career as
many do. He began skating around
age three or four at the urging of his
father, and played two years for his
public high school before enrolling
at the Berkshire School. He repeated
his sophomore year hoping to get
some experience and increase his
knowledge of the game. His recent
breakout had been highly antici-
pated by the coaching staf, since,
like many players, he was limited by
injuries last year.
He came to Bowdoin afer a suc-
cessful visit where he connected
with the coaching staf. He antici-
pated majoring in economics and
has maintained that focus, though
he has also picked up an earth and
oceanographic science major.
You know, I took a class with
Professor Ed Laneone of my fa-
vorite professors, he explained. It
was the earthquakes and volcanoes
course, which I imagine a lot of
people have taken. But then I took
a 100-level and went from there.
Tere are great professors in that
department.
True to form, Lockwood holds
his highest praise for otherseven
in the classroombut as Bowdoin
looks to cap its best season in 25
years with a championship, the team
ideally will need an explosive per-
formance worthy of his own praise.
e sports editor of the Orient
chooses the Athlete of the Week based
on exemplary performance.

Scored Bowdoins only two
goals against Conn. College to
clinch the teams rst seed.
Earned a hat trick against
Hamilton in the quarternal
round of the NESCAC playos.
HIGHLIGHTS
Globetrotters get wrapped up in global politics
The Harlem Globetrotters are
the most unique team in Ameri-
can sports. Unlike other squads,
their victory is the entertainment
they provide. They dazzle fans
with a repertoire that ranges from
showy dunksrivaling the skill
of NBA playersto fan interac-
tions; from soaking referees with
water pails to circling defenders
with their dribbling. The Globe-
trotters have found their niche
playing over 20,000 gamesthe
equivalent of 243 NBA seasons
in thousands of U.S. cities and in
122 countries during the course of
their 87-year history.
While we have grown accus-
tomed to the Globetrotters spec-
tacular performance on the court,
they continue to make national
headlines off the court.
Mighty Mitchellthe 11th fe-
male member of the Globetrot-
tersand Flight Time Lang walked
across the Francis Scott Key Bridge
from Virginia to Washington,
D.C., dribbling and spinning pink
basketballs the whole way to raise
awareness for breast cancer. Af-
terwards, they addressed over 150
students at the Holy Trinity School
about their nationwide ABCs of
Bullying Prevention. Meanwhile,
nearly 6,000 miles away, another
troupe of Globetrotters found
themselves in a place much more
unknownNorth Korea.
Last Tuesday, the Globetrotters
journeyed to Pyongyang, North
Korea and began a weeklong proj-
ect to entertain. The troupe con-
sisted of four Globetrotters, for-
mer NBA player Dennis Rodman
and a film crew. They are running
a basketball camp for children,
playing pickup games, and com-
peting with top North Korean ath-
letes. Vice Media is following the
group around the country to film
these interactions.
Just as the Globetrotters utilized
their skills in Washington to bring
attention to domestic issues, many
wonder if this trip to Asia has in-
ternational implications.
As of Wednesday, the State De-
partment denied to comment on
this ongoing visit. Spokesmen Pat-
rick Ventrell simply stated that,
We dont vet U.S. citizens private
travel to North Korea. He contin-
ued by urging Americans who are
contemplating travel to North Ko-
rea to review our travel warning on
North Korea.
Globetrotters CEO Kurt Schnei-
der backed Ventrells statements
by denying that this trip links to
political activism in any way. He
commented that this journey is
an effort to continue our storied
heritage of entertaining families
and breaking down social barriers
world-wide.
Nevertheless, it seems doubt-
ful that Dennis Rodman and the
four Globetrotters can effectively
run a basketball camp for children.
After all, it is no walk in the park
for a team of 15 Bowdoin basket-
ball players to manage just 50 local
Brunswick students at the annual
Polar Bear Camp.
Moreover, the inclusion of Rod-
man in the trip is strange espe-
cially considering that Dikembe
Mutumbo, a well-known diplomat
from the Democratic Republic of
Congo as well as a humanitarian
who recently played in the NBA
Celebrity All-Star Game, would
be a much better candidate. But
perhaps Rodman came along just
for that reasonhe is an unex-
pected participant and perhaps,
just the character to draw Amer-
icas attention.
So far it has workedyou, in
Brunswick, Maine, are currently
reading about it. However, those
who do not read my column may
hear of this story through nation-
al media outlets. On ESPNs First
Take, notorious arguers Stephen A.
Smith and Skip Bayless exclusively
discussed Rodmans visit without
any mention of the Globetrotters.
In addition, many people will tune
in to the HBO special airing in
April solely to see Rodman, and
his lip ring, interacting with North
Korea youth.
Similar to the Ping-Pong Di-
plomacy that thawed U.S.-China
relations in the early 1970s, the
Harlem Globetrotters visit can be
conceived as a form of Basketball
Diplomacy.
Like Ventrell, North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un also made
sure to steer clear of questions
regarding U.S.-North Korea rela-
tions. Nevertheless, he is enjoy-
ing the entertainment. He was in
attendance at Wednesdays match
between North Korean teams, each
with a pair of Globetrotters daz-
zling fans. He then took the Glo-
betrotters and company to drinks
after the game.
Perhaps the Obama adminis-
tration did not vet this visit, and
perhaps the Harlem Globetrotters
are conducting the visit truly to
spread basketball worldwide. Only
time will tell. After all, Henry Kiss-
inger did not become an honorary
Globetrotter until 1976, five years
after a secret visit to China.
W. BBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15
It couldve been a bigger mo-
mentum shift going into half time
but we let up a bit, said Phelps.
In the second half, Bowdoin
came out stronger offensively but
was unable to make the needed
defensive adjustments to stop Am-
herst from scoring.
We were finally executing our
offensive sets and moving the ball
well as a team, making good passes
and the right choices, said Shibles.
But then wed go down to the oth-
er end and give up a basket. The
trading of baskets wasnt giving us
FEARLESS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15
mately developed to prevent others
from facing similar adversity.
Sheng photographed athletes in
between practices and workouts
to emphasize their athletics rather
than their sexuality.
I think one of the powerful
parts of the exhibit is that when
people see the photographs, they
realize that LGBTIQ identified
athletes look just like other ath-
letes, said Sheng.
The images in the exhibit are
meant to de-stigmatize gay athletes.
Subjects are always photographed
in their athletic gear staring straight
into the camera.
If you look at the pictures youll
notice they look like strong athletes,
and whether or not they look gay is
secondary, said Stern.
Last semester, Molly Burke 13
directed a video for the You Can
Play project, which aimed to raise
awareness against discrimination
based on sexual orientation in ath-
letics. The video featured over 40
Bowdoin athletes and conveyed a
message similar to that of the Fear-
less Project.
The goal in general is to end ho-
mophobia in sports, said Burke.
Burke noted a significant change
in attitudes towards gay and lesbian
athletes since the Fearless exhibit
first came to Bowdoin in 2010.
I think it changes a lot of peo-
ples minds on how to approach the
issue, said Burke. This is some-
ones life, and the language you use
in the locker room makes their time
as an athlete and just as a person a
lot more difficult.
Burke and many others emphasized
the power of photographs to convey
an emotional argument like the one
against homophobia in athletics.
I think the photos are effec-
tive because you really feel for the
Compiled by Carolyn Veilleux
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
NESCAC Standings
*Bold line denotes NESCAC tournament cut-o
WOMENS TRACK & FIELD
F 3/1
Sa 3/9
at ECAC Championship (NY Armory)
at NCAA D-III Championship
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
MENS TRACK & FIELD
F 3/1
Sa 3/9
at ECAC Championship (NY Armory)
at NCAA D-III Championship
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
MENS AND WOMENS SQUASH
F 3/1 v. CSA Individual Championships TBA
WOMENS BASKETBALL
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Tufts 9 1 23 2
Amherst 9 1 26 1
Williams 9 1 22 5
Middlebury 4 6 14 12
Bates 4 6 12 12
Wesleyan 4 6 11 11
Trinity 4 6 13 11
BOWDOIN 4 6 14 11
Conn. Coll. 4 6 10 13
Hamilton 3 7 12 11
Colby 1 9 8 16
FOR CAC
AND COUNTRY
BERNIE CLEVENS
that push that we needed.
On the defensive end, the Polar
Bears tried to switch up strategies in
order to keep Amherst on its toes.
We struggled with our team
defensive concepts, knowing and
sticking to the game plan defen-
sively, said Shibles. I dont think
that we were able to effectively
make those transitions when we
did change things up. At one point,
I wanted them to press and we
werent mentally prepared to get in
the press after we made our basket.
The Lady Jeffs win in LeFrak
Gymnasium extends Amhersts
home winning streak to 78 games.
Amhersts record is not a point of
intimidation, but rather a motivat-
ing annoyance for the Polar Bears,
according to Phelps.
LeFrak sucks because we
havent won there yet in my career,
she said. Bowdoin was the last
team to beat them in their gym
we can do it again.
The Polar Bears, however, will
now have to wait until next season.
I dont think about the rivalry,
said Shibles. Im proud of this
team and what weve accomplished
this year and how weve improved
over the course of the season. I re-
ally wanted that win for this group
for how hard theyve worked and
for Kaitlin and her senior year.
athletes, said Burke. You can see
their strength and their athleticism
but also see how much courage its
taken them to be in it.
The most powerful ones are the
big pictures where you can look at
a person and understandwithout
even having to read anything
how difficult it may have been for
them to get to the point where they
could show up in a shot like that,
said Morrell.
Photographs from the exhibit
have been displayed in the Buck
Fitness Center, Watson Arena and
Farley Field House.
It sends a powerful message
about whats important to mem-
bers of our athletic department
and our overall community to have
the exhibit on display in Buck cen-
ter and in other athletic facilities,
said Ryan.
The 2 p.m. closing reception will
be held in the lobby of the Buck Fit-
ness Center.
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The mens swimming and diving
team ended its 2012-2013 season
with a sixth-place finish in the NE-
SCAC Championship at Wesleyan
this past weekend.
The Polar Bears broke several
school records during the course
of the meet.
Williams won its 11th-straight
NESCAC Championship with a de-
cisive 1936.5 total points, defeat-
ing rival Amherst by 112 points.
In sixth, Bowdoin earned 769.5
points.
Ryan Kulesza 15 had a particu-
larly impressive meet, breaking
the school records in both the 200
and 400 IM, making him the only
person to hold both records at the
same time in recent history and the
best IM swimmer in Bowdoin his-
tory.
He broke the previous 200 IM
record of 1:55.22 with a time of
1:54.42 and then secured his place
in program history with an eighth
MEAGHER
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down. Hockey was a part of our fab-
ric and a part of who we were.
Meagher fell in love with the game
and was eventually recruited to play
at Boston University under legendary
coach Jack Parker. As a Terrier, he joined
two of his brothers on the team, one of
whom, Rick, was captain during Terrys
freshman year. Rick went on to play
in the National Hockey League for 14
seasons with the Montreal Canadiens,
Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils
and St. Louis Blues. In 1990, Rick won
the Selke Trophy, awarded to the leagues
top defenseman. Terry shined during
his career on the Terriers, helping his
team earn three consecutive trips to the
NCAA D-I National Tournament, nota-
bly as the lead scorer in his senior year.
Meagher also received the schools pres-
tigious Scholar-Athlete award.
Tough Meagher had many oppor-
tunities to play at the professional level,
he instead chose to enroll in a masters
program at Illinois State University,
where he ran a club hockey program
that played at the varsity level. Following
a year in Illinois, Meagher became an
assistant coach at Williams College and
fell in love with the role.
At the time I was coaching three
sports, it was like getting another de-
gree, he said. I thought to myself, Tis
is pretty special, I cant believe they are
actually paying me to do this.
It was at Williams where Meagher
also frst experienced the essence of the
D-III experience.
I just got a taste for the D-III and the
NESCAC philosophy on the student
athlete, he said. It lef an indelible mark
on me and one I will never forget.
Afer a year at Williams, Meagher
became an assistant coach at Clarkson
University in New York, a hockey pow-
erhouse. He spent four years there, gain-
ing experience at the D-1 level.
In 1983, Bowdoins Head Coach
Sidney Watson decided to retire from
coaching. Watson had tallied more
than 326 victories over 24 seasons, and
nearly built the program himself, es-
tablishing a culture of excellence. Mea-
gher, eager to return to D-III, jumped
at the opportunity and applied for the
position. For Meagher, who was well
aware of Watsons stellar reputation,
there was something special about the
Bowdoin hockey program.
Everyone knew about Bowdoins
noisy fans kicking the metal in the back of
the seats and throwing themselves at the
glass, he said. It was absolutely legendary
and was a big part of the hockey world.
Afer seeing Bowdoin and interview-
ing with Watson, who was taking on the
role of Athletic Director, Meagher was
hired. For both Terry Meagher and the
Bowdoin hockey program, a new chap-
ter had begun.
Following a legend
Teres a clich in sports that you
should never follow a legend, Mea-
gher said.
As a young coach excited for his frst
head coaching opportunity, Meagher
also knew he was fortunate to beneft
from the strong foundation Watson
had built.
Tere was a legend that preceded
Sid Watson and his Bowdoin teams,
Meagher said. It wasnt just a reputation
of having good, hard-working players
under a sound playing structure. It was
a kind of style, a standard. When one of
Sid Watsons Bowdoin squads showed
up, you knew how hard they were go-
ing to play and you were going to fnd
a pleasing game of hockey. But more
importantly, you knew they would play
with a high degree of sportsmanship
and treat you with respect.
Meagher and Watson quickly became
close as the seasoned coach became a
mentor for his successor.
Sid was a huge help to me in the frst
months and not only provided me with
a lot of hockey knowledge but was a role
model in more ways than one, Mea-
gher said. From that point on, I knew I
wouldnt be following a legend, I would
be working with one.
Players quickly noticed the respect
for the system that Meagher brought.
Among them was Jean Roy 84, Bow-
doins all-time leading scorer as a de-
fenseman, a three-time All-American,
and the only Hobey Baker Award win-
nergiven to the top collegiate player
in any division in the countryin pro-
gram history.
When Terry came in, there was
something that just really stood out
about him, Roy said. As a young coach
coming from a successful D-I team, it
would have been really easy for him to
change the entire system and put his
stamp on the program. But Terry had
a tremendous respect for Sid and the
history of the program. Te program
evolved, but slowly.
Watson continued his role as athletic
director until 1998, but he and Meagher
remained close friends until Watsons
death in 2004.
From 1969 to 2000, Bowdoin was
a part of the Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC). Te conference
which included a mix of D-I and D-II
teamswas one of the most competi-
tive in the nation, and regularly sent
teams far into the D-I National Cham-
pionship. Nonetheless, Meaghers teams
held their own from the start. In his very
frst season, the Polar Bears made it all
the way to the ECAC Championship
game, where they fell to Babson, 4-1.
Tat semifnal game against Colby
was one Meagher says he will never
forget. Colby was powerhouse, ranked
top 10 in the nation and led by legend-
ary coach Charlie Holt. Holt, who was a
close friend of Watsons, had been also
an important mentor to Meagher.
To this day, I owe a lot to Charlie
Holt, Meagher said. In my opinion,
he was revolutionary and was lightyears
ahead of everyone else. At times, his
players didnt understand him but he
would get them there. When I would
talk to Charlie, it was if hockey was a
completely diferent game.
By all accounts, the game was set up
to be a mismatch. Te Polar Bears kept it
close and were down by one goal with a
minute to go. Meagher pulled his goalie,
and thanks to the extra attacker on the
ice, Bowdoin tied the game. However,
the net had been moved and the refer-
ees disallowed the goal. Determined to
tie the game, Meagher kept the goalie on
the bench, and Bowdoin scored again to
force an overtime. Te Polar Bears then
went on to win the game 4-3. While the
win was certainly important and boost-
ed the confdence of the rookie head
coach, it was what happened afer the
game that really impacted him.
We had a good team, but it was a
really tough loss for [Colby], he said.
Charlie came over and congratulated
me and told me we had deserved it. He
certainly didnt like to lose, but to this
day I truly believe in my heart he was
genuinely happy for us you could see
it in his eyes. Tat really lef a profound
impact on me: that sportsmanship
honoring your opponentit is some-
thing I will never forget.
Meaghers teams never looked back.
He won the frst of two ECAC champi-
onships in 1986, but admitted his most
memorable moment came two years lat-
er in an ECAC quarterfnal game against
American International College, a D-I
team that had dominated the league.
It was a Tuesday night but the arena
was packed, he remembered. We were
down two goals with two minutes lef to
play and I looked up in the stands. All
these diferent peopleincluding a lot
of alums who had came from far away
well, they had lef.
Against all odds, Bowdoin scored two
goals to tie the game. But seconds later,
Tommy Aldrich 88, who was also the
star of the baseball team, won the game
in the fnal seconds.
Ill never forget it. He whacked that
thing like a baseball right out of the air,
Meagher recalled. Ive been to a lot of
sporting events, but that night was the
only time I have ever had to cover my
ears because of the noise. Te place went
wild. Ill never forget the next day, when
Sid kept dialing and dialing all the alum-
ni who had lef and who hadnt heard
we had won until the next morning.
He was giving them the hardest time.
Teir names shall remain anonymous,
because if I told you who they were, they
would get heckled like crazy. Tey know
who they are. You can print that.
Meaghers winning ways never
waned, as throughout his career he has
consistently attracted top talent and
made progressive changes to the pro-
gram. In 1986 and 1989, he won the
Edward Jeremiah Memorial Trophy,
awarded to the nations top college coach
by the American Hockey Coaches Asso-
ciation. In 1996, he led the Polar Bears
to their frst ever appearance in the eight
team NCAA Division III tournament,
where they returned in 2002, 2010, and
2011. In 2000, Bowdoin ended its mem-
bership in the ECAC when the NES-
CAC formed its own hockey league.
In the thirteen seasons since, Meagher
has led Bowdoin to four championship
game appearances and one champion-
ship title, which was vacated in 2011
afer the team was found to have hazed
new members at a spring initiation
event. Tis Saturday, Meagher will look
to bring the team back to the champion-
ship game.
Innovating on the ice
Even in his rookie season, players no-
ticed Meaghers strong intellect.
His intelligence and attention to de-
tail really stood out right from the frst
practice, Roy recounted. He never
missed anything. To this day, he has
his little notepad and pen and when
he sees something, he always makes a
note. If you ever made a mistake, you
would get to the bench and hoped he
hadnt seen it. But he always would and
you would always hear about it the next
day of practice.
Meaghers earliest teams were very
defense-oriented. Yet, as time passed,
Meagher began to try new ideas and the
teams style of play evolved. Troughout
his career at Bowdoin, Meagher also
coached lacrosse, soccer, and sofball,
and began to apply tactics from those
sports to the ice.
I took a lot of concepts from all those
sports, he explained. In a way, that was
the recipe and I seasoned it all for taste.
But you look back at your assets, the
strengths and skills of the diferent play-
ers you have, and make adjustments.
Tings may not always work, but you
have to keep trying. Its all about trying to
get a legal competitive advantage, and if
you arent always questioning your meth-
ods, then you will never be successful.
Indeed, Coach Meaghers progressive
style has been a hallmark of his manner.
While his teams have played in all sorts of
formations, he has most recently imple-
mented the three back system, a cutting
edge technique in which players are tied
to one position or portion of the ice.
George Papachristopoulos 06 de-
scribed the teams reaction to the system
when it was frst implemented.
We all had our doubts initially, it
seemed very weird to many of us. But
we all bought in, he said.
Jef Pellegrini, who worked as an as-
sistant for Coach Meagher from 2009 to
2011, witnessed frst hand how efective
the system was.
Te one thing you notice on the
bench while coaching in his system is
that the opponent is extremely worried
about what Bowdoin is doing rather
than worrying about what they should
be adjusting.
I think Coach Meagher was great
at evaluating players, assessing their
strengths, and being able to mold a
group of players into a winning team,
recalled Steve Janas 89. He always had
talented players but was always able to
elevate the level of every player. His great
talent is making the team greater than
the sum of its parts.
Molding Men
A clever mind, Coach Meagher
knows how to motivate his players and
lead them of the ice.
As Interim Director of Athletics Tim
Ryan 06 put it, Terrys had a lot of suc-
cess on the ice with his program, but hes
more proud of the success that hes had
away from the rink in terms of helping
young men mature and move onto big-
ger and better things.
Te winning and losing is a high
priority on the list for him, but its not
the top priority, said Harvard Director
of Hockey Operations Dave Cataru-
zolo 98, who actually coached against
his mentor in his previous post as head
coach at Trinity. His approach of hard
work, determination, and what he de-
mands of his players both on the ice
and in the classroom is what makes it
such a successful program year in and
year out.
Meagher challenges his players con-
stantly by using methods like Te Pil-
low Test. As forward Colin Downey 14
explained, every night before we go to
bed, Coach asks us whether we have
lef everything we have out on the ice.
He has always reinforced the notion to
never take anything for granted and to
cherish every day.
When players come back afer 5,10,
or 20 years, and tell you about how well
they are doing and about their families,
its a really special feeling, Meagher said.
Its something that resonates with me
and has a profound impact on who I
am. Ive told joked to a lot of people that
I will judge on how much I like a team
in 20 years. And boy, I have had some
really great teams.
If you ask anyone who has ever
played golf with Terry Meagher, they
will always tell you how competitive he
isthats what has kept him behind the
bench all these years.
You have to fnd joy in something
you do in life, Meagher said. For those
who participate in sport, theres always
a joy in physical activity, practice, and
hard work. But its the competition we
all crave and how you are able to deal
with the setbacks you face that really sets
people apart from one another.
Refecting on his 30 years at Bowdoin,
Meagher expressed gratitude for the
dedication of his colleagues and players.
I will admit my experience here has
been one that has been very special and
I have been very fortunate and lucky
to have had that. What sets Bowdoin
apart from anywhere else is quite sim-
ply the people. Tis is an incredibly
special place with amazing people. Its
something thats hard to put in words.
Whenever I watch other teams play or
other students succeed and represent
our College, its a special sort of pride
that grows every yearas if they were
family. I dont think there are better role
models than the people we have on this
campus and I have been very lucky to
have raised my daughters here.
When Meaghers squad takes the ice
this Saturday, he knows Bowdoin will be
watching. But Meagher knows how to
put it all in perspective and remember
the people who helped him reach where
he is today.
Weve had a lot of sad times over the
years, but losing Sid has by far been the
hardest part for me. Sometimes I pinch
myself, and imagine what he would
think if he saw Bowdoin today, he said.
I imagine what it would be like to have
him here this weekend, to have him
see everything in his own building, to
know how excited and proud he would
be. But I know he has been and will be
looking down.
Every night before we go to bed,
Coach asks us whether we have
left everything we have out on the
ice. He has always reinforced the
notion to never take anything for
granted and to cherish every day.
Colin Downey 14
Mens Ice Hockey Forward
Mens swimming ends season
at sixth place in the NESCAC
BY RYAN HOLMES
ORIENT STAFF
place finish in the 400 IM with a
time of 4:05.34.
JR Chansakul 16 broke the pre-
vious school record for the 200
breaststroke of 2:09.63 with a time
of 2:07.23.
Peter Deardorff 15 tied the
school record in the 200 free with
a 1:43.91 finish.
While not breaking any records,
other top performances included
Chris Granatas 14 seventh-place
finish in the 200 butterfly with a
time of 1:53.13. Linc Rhodes 14
was close behind, coming in eighth
in the same race, with a time of
1:54.66. Kevin Koh 16 finished
eighth in the 50 butterfly with a
time of 22.84.
The most valuable character-
istics of the Bowdoin Swim Team
is the support for each other, said
Kulesza.
Kulesza added that his team
owes much of its success this sea-
son to its truly amazing coach
and mentor, head coach Brad
Burnham.
For diving, Tommy Kramer 15
stood out with a sixth place finish
in both the 1- and 3-meter diving
competitions with scores of 410.15
and 402.55 respectively.
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Redistributing requirements
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ext fall marks 10 years since Bowdoins current academic distribution
requirements were approved, and eight years since students frst chose
their courses bearing them in mind. Ten as now, the wording of the require-
ments was a cause of concern and confusion, and the rationale for why some
courses qualifed for a requirement while more relevant ones did not was
unclear. Back in 2004, this board expressed support for the requirements in
hopes that they would encourage students to broaden their academic experi-
ences, but expressed concern that the Exploring Social Diferences (ESD) re-
quirement would apply to too many courses. Now, it seems that the opposite is
true. Courses that fulfll a specifc distribution requirement are ofen tough to
come by, and the current system frequently causes students to enroll in classes
that do not challenge them academically. Tere are only so many credits that
can ft into four years at the College, and none of them should go to waste.
Given the systemic problems of the distribution requirements, it is hearten-
ing that they are now being reviewed by the Curriculum and Education Policy
Committee (CEP), a body composed of students and faculty. In addition to
revising the language of the ESD, Inquiry in the Natural Sciences (INS), Inter-
national Perspectives (IP) and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) descriptions
to make them more succinct, the CEP is proposing to change the criteria and
application process necessary for a course to fulfll a distribution requirement.
In this last aim, the CEP could potentially improve the registration pro-
cess signifcantly by developing a standardized protocol for allocating dis-
tribution requirements. Currently, there are many courses that would seem
to meet the parameters of INS or VPA that do not actually satisfy a distri-
bution requirement, ofen for the simple reason that the professor did not
apply for the designation. For example, Introduction to Anthropology does
not count toward an ESD credit, nor does Te German Experience fulfll
the IP credit. Te allocation of distribution requirements should be more
consistent within individual departments, and easier to obtain for a given
course. Professors should be encouraged to register their courses to fulfll
distribution requirements, and the dim culty in gaining approval should not
dissuade them from doing so.
Additionally, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) is currently considering
a proposal that would extend the Credit/D/Fail deadline from the sixth week
of classes to the ninth week. Tis would ensure that professors return at least
one assignment before deciding to take a course for grade. Under the current
deadline, many students have yet to receive a grade in a class, and pushing the
deadline back will enable students to make more informed decisions about their
course schedules. Should BSG approve this proposal next week, we hope that it
will not fall on deaf ears, and urge the faculty to adopt the measure.
Ammending the Colleges academic requirements with these problems in
mind would help students make the most of their time at Bowdoin. We recog-
nize that this is not a simple process, but it is not an impossible one, and it would
be a shame to see the proposed changes tabled due to bureaucratic protocol.
The U.S. needs a better primary system
Spurred by the embarrassing dis-
plays of ineptitude by fringe Con-
servatives in the 2012 elections, Karl
Roves Super PAC, American Cross-
roads, unveiled a new initiative
dubbed the Conservative Victory
Project in early February.
Its purpose is to ensure that un-
electable conservatives dont make
it past the primary, allowing only
electable candidates to advance to
the general election.
Citing the likes of Todd Akin and
Richard Mourdock, Rove argues that
conservatives will continue to lose win-
nable elections if voters in the primaries
keep selecting uncontrollable and occa-
sionally just bizzare candidates.
Primaries attract far fewer voters
than general elections, and those
who do show up tend to be the most
extreme and energized members of
their party.
Lately these ideological voters
have been particularly right wing.
When candidates such as Akin,
who claimed women couldnt get
pregnant by legitimate rape, win
primaries for otherwise winnable
Sometimes this works out for the
party, and sometimes it doesnt.
Mourdock defeated respected in-
cumbent Dick Lugar in the Republi-
can primary in Indiana in the 2012
election primary, following his no-
torious comments suggesting that
children conceived of rape are a gif
from God. Mourdock was subse-
quently steamrolled by Democratic
challenger Joe Donnelly.
On the other hand, dark horse
candidate Ted Cruz defeated favor-
ite David Dewhurst in a primary
runof election for Texass open Sen-
ate seat in 2012; he then went on to
win by double digits, as a Republi-
can in a solidly red state.
Cruz is now well on his way to
becoming the most right-wing sen-
ator in Congress. Instead of laying
low, learning the ropes, and mak-
ing friends, as freshman Senators
are wont to do, Cruz is establishing
himself as a frebrand.
He was one of only three Sena-
tors to oppose the unquestionably
qualified John Kerrys nomination
for Secretary of State, joining the
likes of Senator Jim Inhofe of Okla-
homa, who has compared the EPA
to the Gestapo.
All too ofen, primaries end up
weeding out the best candidates for
the job in favor of those who strictly
adhere to extreme interpretations of
party orthodoxy.
A better electoral system is al-
ready in place in states such as
Washington, California and Loui-
siana, where every candidate for a
given om ce is on the same ballot in
the primary election, then the top
two candidates progress to a runof
for the general election.
Non-partisan blanket primaries
ensure that more people have a say
in who the fnal two candidates are,
and that the eventual winner gar-
ners a majority of the vote rather
than a simple plurality.
With this model, in areas of one-
party control, there is the distinct
possibility that the general elec-
tion is between two candidates of
the same party. In that case, voters
have a real choicerather than the
frontrunner of the dominant party
crushing the symbolic candidate
of the weaker party, there is a real
intra-party ideological debate to de-
termine the outcome.
Most of the elections I mentioned
before may have had diferent results
under a blanket primary system.
Assuming both voter turnout
and the proportion of the vote go-
ing to each candidate remained the
same under a blanket primary, Da-
vid Dewhurst and Ted Cruz would
have faced each other in the gen-
eral election, and Dewhurst, pull-
ing every Democratic vote, would
have won.
Given that Joe Donnelly ran unop-
posed in his primary, Indianas pro-
jected alternative results are less clear.
BY DAVID STEURY
CONTRIBUTOR
Especially since the rise
of the Tea Party, far-right
candidates have been
mounting successful primary
challenges against the
Republican favorites.
general elections, its bad for Re-
publicans, as it gives Democrats an
opening to crush them.
Indeed, Claire McCaskill, the
Democratic incumbent in Mis-
souri, hoped Akin would be her op-
ponent. She knew he was likely the
only Republican candidate that she
could beat. Putting forth candidates
like Akin guarantees that Republi-
cans will lose elections than they
would if they presented candidates
more ideologically suited to indi-
vidual districts.
Especially since the rise of the Tea
Party, far-right candidates have been
mounting successful primary chal-
lenges against Republican favorites.
All too often,
primaries end up weeding
out the best candidates
for the job in favor of those
who strictly adhere to
extreme interpretations of
party orthodoxy.
However, the general election
would have probably been between
Mourdock and Lugar, with Lugar
pulling the Democratic votes and
eventually taking the election.
Here in Maine, Independent Eliot
Cutler would currently be governor
if we had a blanket primary system.
As we are constantly reminded, 61
percent of voting Mainers voted
against Governor LePage. In a LeP-
age-Cutler election, Cutler certainly
would have won.
I doubt Karl Rove would endorse
a system that favors moderate candi-
dates. What we do have in common
is the idea that candidates should
have to prove they are electable out-
side of their ideological base.
Ousting quality senators like
Lindsey Graham of South Caro-
lina, as the far right will try to do
in 2014, just hurts the credibility of
the Republican Party and hinders
the Senates ability to function.
Both sides are putting forth can-
didates who do not represent the in-
terests of the majority of their con-
stituents. Blanket primaries would
help eliminate unelectable candi-
dates and give us viable two choices
for elected om ce.
David Steury is a member of the
Class of 2015.
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Palestinian human rights debate not an issue of anti-Semitism
Several months ago I argued that
Bowdoin should stop selling Sabra
hummus in the C-Store. Sabra has
become a target of the boycott, di-
vestment and sanctions movement
because its mother company, the
Strauss Group, materially and fi-
nancially supports the Israeli mili-
tary. In the same article, I claimed
that that labeling hummus an Is-
raeli food is an example of cultural
appropriation.
Michael Levine 14 and Judah Is-
serof 13 both wrote columns in re-
sponse. Isserof claimed that a new
form of anti-Semitism is manifest
in liberals who shield prejudice in
the guise of compassionate motives,
such as those who fock to the plight
of the Palestinians as a cause whose
burden they wish to share in.
Levine asked, Why is it that
when other groups borrow cultural
elements it is rightly termed difu-
sion, but when Jews do so it becomes
thef?
Contrary to Levine and Isserofs
claims, I never accused hummus
eaters of cultural thef. I spoke spe-
cifcally of the adoption of aspects
of Palestinian culture by Israelis as
their own.
Levine and Isserof blur the distinc-
tion between Judaism and Zionism.
And there is a great distinction; one
is a religion and the other an ideology.
Hummus and other Arab foods
are part of the cultural heritage of
Mizrahi and Sephardi Israelis (Jews
of Middle Eastern descent). Howev-
er, marketing hummus as an Israeli
food is problematic because it claims
that culturally Arab foods contribute
to national Israeli culture, despite
the states refusal to allow its non-
Jewish Arab population equal rights
and political participation.
Confating opposition to politi-
cal Zionism with anti-Semitism is
belittling of the racism that is anti-
Semitism. Te Zionism champi-
oned by Israel, as represented by its
ideological father, Teodore Herzl,
as well as David Ben Gurion, Ariel
Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu,
among others, is a political ideol-
ogy. It advocates for a Jewish nation
in the land currently claimed by the
State of Israel, disregarding an exist-
ing indigenous population, the Pal-
estinians, the majority of whom are
not Jewish.
I reject Zionism just as I reject
any political ideology that, as Bishop
Desmond Tutu said, excludes peo-
ple on ethnic or other grounds over
which they have no control.
Te toxic efects of political Zion-
ism are evident in the colonial na-
ture of the State of Israel, and in the
States perpetuation of segregation
and apartheid.
tinian consumers into a captive mar-
ket for Israeli goods.
Israeli companies based in the
occupied territories enjoy tax in-
centives, access to resources and
cheap Palestinian labor, and lax
enforcement of environmental and
labor protection laws. Omnipres-
ent restrictions on the movement
of Palestinian labor and products
further increase the dependency of
the Palestinian economy on Israeli
companies.
As for apartheid and segregation,
a 2012 report by the U.N. Commit-
tee on the Elimination of Racial Dis-
crimination found racial discrimi-
nation to be present in almost every
facet of Israeli governance.
Within its formally recognized
borders, the report concluded, Is-
rael denies Palestinians and Bed-
ouins equal access to land and
property through discriminatory
laws and an ongoing policy of
forced displacement and house de-
molition. There are two separate
systems of local government for
Jewish municipalities and munic-
ipalities of the minorities.
Similarly, there are two separate
systems of education, one in Hebrew
and one in Arabic. According to
the Follow-Up Committee for Arab
Education, the Israeli government
spends an average of $192 per year
on each Arab student, as compared
to $1000 for each Jewish student.
The U.N. committee found two
entirely separate legal institutions
for Israeli settlers and Palestinians
in the occupied territories. The
committee stated that it was ap-
palled at the hermetic character of
this segregation. Also mentioned
was the continued expansion of
settlements while systematically
denying construction rights to Pal-
estinians and Bedouins, the arrest,
jailing, and military trials of chil-
dren, and the immunity enjoyed by
settlers for racist violence and acts
of vandalism.
Numerous independent organi-
zations, including Israeli organiza-
tions, such as the Israeli Committee
against House Demolitions, Btselem
(a human rights watch organization)
and Amnesty International arrived
at similar conclusions.
Yet, defenders of Israeli policy
will often assert the essential need
for security.
While security is a crucial func-
tion of the state, what is most dan-
gerous about this security-centered
thought process is that it detracts
from rational thinking and debate.
Wars, raids and strikes are conduct-
ed in the name of security. Borders
are closed and people are detained,
interrogated and tortured, wrote
Tarak Barkawi in an editorial for Al
Jazeera.
Killing is to be deplored regardless
of whether the victim is Israeli or Pal-
estinian. Why is there no discussion
of the security of Palestinians?
Israel has among the most sophis-
ticated and powerful militaries in the
world, funded generously by Ameri-
can tax dollars. Militant resistance
groups in Gaza do pose a security
threat to Israelis, but they do so with
shoddy weapons of very limited range.
Te comparative strength of Palestin-
ian militant groups is minuscule.
Any threat from Palestinians does
not stem from inherent anti-Semi-
tism. Rather, it is the inevitable con-
sequence of a colonial occupation
that the colonized will demand free-
dom, especially in a situation such as
this, where Israeli control and domi-
nation is ubiquitous in all aspects of
life. It is no surprise that a man who
is beaten would fght back.
Te Israeli security apparatus is
predicated upon a distorted value
of human life. Discussion regarding
the security of Israel is profoundly
fawed unless it is understood that
security is not possible without
equal treatment of all inhabitants.
Tis is not an issue that we can af-
ford to be indiferent about. In the
words of Desmond Tutu, If you are
neutral in situations of injustice, you
have chosen the side of the oppres-
sor. Te frst act of preventing injus-
tice is recognizing it.
When I write that it is unjust for
an Israeli company to sell hummus
as an Israeli product, it is not be-
cause Israel defines itself as a Jew-
ish state, but rather the apartheid
in Israel perpetrates racism and
social injustice.
YOUNGSHIMHWANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
The toxic eects
of political Zionism
are evident in the
colonial nature of the
State of Israel.
ONLY CHARCOAL
TO DEFEND
CHRIS WEDEMAN
whether Hannaford would be will-
ing to accept the 314 pennies that
you would need to cover the cost
of a bag of Jolly Ranchers, includ-
ing tax.
Instead, youll probably hand
over a five-dollar bill and dread that
moment when the cashier hands
you (if not a nickel plus one cent)
a nice collection of six pennies,
which will likely end up at the bot-
tom of your pockets or in a jar.
If the purpose of currency is to
help the economy move, then the
penny is doing a pretty poor job of it.
Eliminating the smallest unit of
currency is by no means a novel
idea: Australia, New Zealand, the
Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland
and even the U.S. have, at some
period in their history done away
with coinage that had drifted into
irrelevance.
The last time the U.S. got rid of
a coin was in 1857, when produc-
tion of the half-cent was stopped,
even though the value of the coin
in 2012 dollars was equivalent to
12 cents.
Canada stopped minting its pen-
ny just a few weeks ago. Our north-
ern neighbor is expected to save
$11 million per year as a result of
this change.
Even the U.S. Armed Forces agree
that the penny isnt viable and has
phased out its use on bases around
the world, preferring instead to
round prices to the nearest nickel.
No country that eliminated its
equivalent of the penny saw big
changes in consumer pricesthe
same can be assumed of the Unit-
ed States. Most importantly of all,
were the U.S. to do away with the
one-cent coin, it would save $100
million over the course of 10 years.
This may not seem like much, but
in times of economic hardship like
these, every little bit helps.
President Obama recently said
that he was open to the idea of
eliminating the penny. He admit-
ted that emotional attachment to
the centa recent survey found
that two-thirds of Americans were
opposed to getting rid of the coin
would likely hamper its removal
from circulation.
For now, sadly, the penny will
likely endure. And for the time that
it remains, it will stand in my mind
for the failure of people to let com-
mon sense prevail.
As you may have read in my pre-
vious columns, I dislike the poor
state of the railways in this country
and I dislike the endless mischar-
acterizations of Europe by politi-
cians on this side of the Atlantic. I
think the laws on alcohol over here
are out-dated and that the USPS
shouldnt be left to die.
The emotion I may reserve for
those topicswhile greatis noth-
ing compared to my unbridled ha-
tred for something that many of
you might not even consider de-
serving of attention: the penny.
Now, I should make it clear that
there isnt anything intrinsic to pen-
nies as objects that make them wor-
thy of anyones ireafer all, they are
little more than discs made out of an
alloy that is a trifing fve percent
copper (the rest is nickel). But the
relatively low price of nickel cannot
compensate for the fact that it costs
2.4 cents to make a single penny.
As recently as 2007, the worth of
the metals that make up the coin was
so much greater than the face value
of the one-cent coin itself that the
U.S. Mint had to issue orders mak-
ing it illegal to melt them down.
Meanwhile, the production of
pennies continued unabated: in
2011 alone, the mint produced over
five billion pennies, at a cost of
nearly $120 million, to produce less
than $50 million of currency.
The increased costs of copper
and nickel have prompted the Trea-
sury (of which the U.S. Mint is a
part) to consider alternative met-
als and alloys that would make the
penny less expensive to produce.
It is certainly heartening to see a
government agency taking such a
logical approach to cost cutting,
although this fails to recognize that
the pennys continued existence
makes little economic sense.
Currency serves to facilitate the
exchange of goods and services
and, according to Harvard Profes-
sor of Economics Greg Mankiw,
the penny no longer serves that
purpose. You cant buy anything
with a penny alone and you cant
use them at most tollbooths, vend-
ing machines or the majority of
parking meters.
This leaves you with the option
to take them to a CoinStar kiosk,
which are machines that exist for
the sole purpose of helping people
rid themselves of coins, especially
pennies, that they just dont need.
HOME IN
ALL LANDS
JEAN-PAUL HONEGGER
Common cents: follow Canada and abolish worthless penny
Te New Oxford American Dic-
tionary defnes colonialism as, Te
policy or practice of acquiring full or
partial control over another coun-
try, occupying it with settlers and
exploiting it economically. Israel
could not ft this description better.
Since 1967, Israel has occupied
the West Bank and the Syrian Golan
Heights, with the exception of small
isolated enclaves such as the cities of
Ramallah and Jericho. Israeli forces
regularly enter these cities, and au-
thority of the Palestinian Authority
is negligible.
Despite frequent condemnations by
the United Nations and other organiza-
tions, Israel avidly continues to build
settlements in the occupied territories.
Te Paris Protocol (the economic
equivalent to the 1993 Oslo Accords)
established a system in the occupied
territories whereby all Palestinian
imports and exports are controlled
by Israel, restricting competition for
Israeli companies and turning Pales-
If the purpose of
currency is to help the
economy move,then the
penny is doing a pretty
poor job of it.
For the supposed convenience
of getting what is your money and
converting it into what is the same
amount, CoinStar (and similar
companies) usually take a cut of
around 9.8 percent.
That said, pennies are still legal
tender, so nothing is stopping you
from taking hundreds, if not thou-
sands of the fiendish orange-col-
ored coins with you when you next
go to the supermarket.
However, I have my doubts as to
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TUESDAY
OFFICE HOURS
Student O ce Hours with President Mills
Presidents Dining Room, Thorne. Noon.
LECTURE
Creating Sustainable Fisheries in the
Emerging World
Jerry Knecht 76, founder of North Atlantic Seafood, will
deliver a presentation about his project to create sustainable
sheries in Indonesia through economic initiatives.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7:30 p.m.
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SATURDAY
SPORTING EVENT
Mens Ice Hockey Seminals v. Middlebury
Watson Arena. 4 p.m.
FILM
Chasing Ice
James Balogs documentary that captures global warming in
the Artic using time-lapse photography will be screened.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
THEATER
The Good Swimmer
Director Kevin Newbury 00 will present his new musical about
the heroism of a family of lifeguards.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 9 p.m.
EVENT
Party with Consent
The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Alliance will host this event to
promote social and sexual respect on the three campuses.
Chase Hall, Bates College. 9:15 p.m.
4
MONDAY
LECTURE
Sustainable Harvests: Rural
Development and Conservation
Conservationists Kathryn DeMaster and Melanie Parker will
compare the cultural and economic landscapes of Maine to
those of the American West.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7 p.m.
LECTURE
Food For Thought
Clare Stansberry 14 and Andrew Roseman 14 will speak
at the second installment of the student lecture series.
Nixon Room, Hawthorne Longfellow Library. 9 p.m.
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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FRIDAY
LECTURE
Greening of Collegiate Sports
Environmentalist Alice Henly will how the marketability of
athletics promotes sustainability within sports.
Lancaster Louge, Moulton Union. Noon.
RECEPTION
Fearless
A reception will celebrate the photography series that
recognizes athletes of all sexual orientations.
Peter Buck Center Lobby. 2 p.m.
FILM
Revanche
Bowdoin Film Society will screen the 2008 German drama
about a bank robbery involving a convict and prostitute.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
SPORTING EVENT
Red Claws College Night
Bowdoin Student Government will provide shuttles to the
college night basketball game against Erie.
Portland Expo Building, Portland. 7 p.m.

A CAPPELLA
Spring Break Send-O
The Bowdoin Meddiebempsters will share the stage with
the Bates Merimanders.
The Chapel. 8 p.m.
3
SUNDAY
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Protestant Chapel Service
The Chapel. 7 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY

CLIMATE SEMINAR SERIES
After Sandy, What Next?
Climate Scientist Brenda Ekwurzel will share her expertise on
climate variability in the Artic Ocean.
Room 111, Adams Hall. Noon.
OFFICE HOURS
Student O ce Hours with Dean Foster
Info Desk, Smith Union. 3 p.m.
DINING
Annual Polar Chef Competition
Students and faculty teams will prepare four courses using a
secret ingredient revealed at the start of the competition.
Thorne Dining Hall. 5 p.m.
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THURSDAY
COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES
Down by the River
Associate Professor of Art Michael Kolster will present
photographs of American waterways since the Clean Water Act.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Afro-Cuban All Stars
Juan de Marcos Gonzalez of the Buena Vista Social Club will
perform selections from a new generation of Cuban musicians.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Free Bowling, Free Rides
Brunswick Taxi will provide transportation to and from the
bowling center.
Spare Time Bowling, Brunswick. 8 p.m.
8
CHENGYING LIAO, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
QUAKE A LEG: Greg Rosen 14 and Kate Kearns 14 share a moment on stage in last nights performance of Quake.
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SWEET&SOUR CHICKEN, LASAGNA
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CHICKEN PARMESAN, ROAST PORK LOIN
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BOWDOIN MAC PIZZA, MUSSELS
MAC&CHEESE, CAJUN SALMON
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PEPPERONI PIZZA, BACONCHEESEBURGER
CALAMARI W/ SPAGHETTI, PASTA BAR
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BAKED FISH, ROAST TURKEY
CHICKEN MARSALA, FETTUCCINE
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CHEESE RAVIOLI, HERB CHICKEN
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