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On campus,
political
correctness
is growing
concern
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GOLDEN TICKET
APRIL 3, 2015
Dean Judd
to leave
Bowdoin
for Mellon
Foundation
BY RACHAEL ALLEN AND

HARRY DIPRINZIO
ORIENT STAFF
BY MARINA AFFO
Sixty nine percent of respondents

to a recent survey conducted by a
class taught by Associate Professor
of Government Michael Franz indicated that they believe that political
correctness is a problem at Bowdoin currently.
The respondents represented
an even distribution of class years
and genders, and were numerous
enough to represent the broader
Bowdoin community.
Students individual definitions
of political correctness vary, but
the survey indicates that students
are unhappy about the level of political correctness on campus. Some
students the Orient spoke with argued for political correctness, while
others said that it has become difficult to voice a minority opinion on
campus.
It seems to me that people have
this idea that there is this pervasive
force among Bowdoin students that
is the language police, said James
Jelin 16, who writes a column for
the Orient. And if you say anything
that doesnt gel with the currents
of appropriateness that youre suddenly going to be exiled from the
Bowdoin community.
The survey also asked about
Cracksgiving and the Inappropriate Party, two recent events that
have sparked discussion about
the necessity of political correctness. Twenty seven percent of respondents approved of the way
the College handled Cracksgiving,
47 percent did not approve, and
25 percent felt they did not have
enough information to say. Thirty
Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd will leave the College at the end of August to become
the Senior Program Officer in the
Higher Education and Scholarship
in the Humanities Program for the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in
New York City.
The Foundation offered the position to Judd over Spring Break, and
after careful consideration and discussions with President Barry Mills
and President-elect Clayton Rose,
Judd decided to accept the position,
beginning on September 1.
This is an opportunity that
came to me unbidden, said Judd.
The foundation reached out to me
at the start of Spring Break.
Judd said her new position will
have a lot in common with her current role at the College.
One of the things I love, have
loved, and continue to love at Bowdoin has been the creative thinking
and big program thinking about
broad issues in higher education
and thats the essence of this new
job, she said.
Judd has been the dean for academic affairs and a professor of
music at the College since 2006.
Her duties include oversight and
support of all the academic departments as well as responsibility over
faculty, libraries and the museums.
Judd is also responsible for much
of the communication that comes
out of the academic affairs office.
Judd has been instrumental in
many of the Colleges enhancement
initiatives, including the Digital
Please see POLITICAL, page 4
ORIENT STAFF
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Luke Cleary18 reads the letter announcing his admittance into Helmreich House for the 2015-2016 school year at the Mail Center on Thursday afternoon. The Oce of
Residential Life released all College House decisions via campus mail on Thursday after a two-month review of studentsapplications. This year, 270 students applied for a total
of 201 spots in the eight College Houses.
Mills sits down at divestment sit-in

BY GARRETT CASEY
ORIENT STAFF
President Barry Mills took a seat

in the middle of Bowdoin Climate
Actions (BCA) sit-in for fossil fuel
divestment last night and debated
with protesters for over an hour,
reiterating that the College has decided not to divest, explaining why
it made that choice, and taking
questions from about 25 assembled
students.
BCA has been occupying the second floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall, which houses Mills office,
since Wednesday morning, pledging not to leave until the Board of
Trustees commits to divestment.
A handful of students have continued the sit-in overnight, sleeping
outside Mills office last night and
Wednesday night.
Please see SIT-IN, page 3
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON: President Barry Mills answers Bowdoin Climate Actions
(BCA) questions about the Colleges stance on fossil fuel divestment outside his oce in Hawthorne-Longfellow
Hall last night. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, came during the second day of BCAs sit-in,
which BCA plans to continue indefinitely.
Please see JUDD, page 4
McKesson 07 discusses Twitter activism and the purpose of protest

BY CAMERON DE WET
ORIENT STAFF
On August 16, seven days after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson,
Mo., DeRay McKesson 07 left everything and drove to St. Louis. He did not
know a single person in the city and
initially planned to stay for three days
just to witness what was happening in
the aftermath of Browns death.
He ended up staying for much longer, sleeping on the couch of another
Bowdoin alum and using social media,
primarily Twitter, to share stories of protests against police violence and racism.
He now has over 76,000 followers on Twitter and is nationally recognized for his work in St. Louis.
McKesson received the Howard Zinn
Freedom to Write Award and was
named one of the worlds 50 Greatest
Leaders by Fortune Magazine.
Before his experiences in St. Louis
McKesson had worked as a sixth grade
math teacher in Brooklyn, at the Harlem
Childrens Zone and had started an academic enrichment center in Baltimore.
McKesson spoke to close to 300

students, faculty, staff and community members last night in Kresge
Auditorium.
He began his talk by remarking
about his understanding of the Offer of
the College.
It has always been such a radical
promise about what education can be
and what a society can be, said McKesson. When I think about coming back
here of all the places that I have been
fortunate enough to speak about the
protests it means something particular
to me mostly because of what I believe

the Offer promises.
McKesson was quick to juxtapose the
Offer of the College with the American
dream. He pointed out that the American dream is rooted in violence against
people of color and is something that
has been a dream too often and not an
offer for oppressed groups of people in
this country.
The bulk of McKessons talk focused on five concepts and how they
relate to his work in St. Louis: proximity, storytelling, redefining the win,
pressure and allyship.

McKesson shared many of his tweets
and videos from his time in St. Louis. He
spoke about how when he started out
in St. Louis he used Twitter as a way to
work through his own feelings about the
protests. Twitter evolved into a means for
him to bring the story of the protests to a
wider audience.
Some of what I do is tell the story.
Some of what I do is amplify the story,
said McKesson.
Please see ACTIVIST, page 6
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DING DONG DITCH:

Where did the Chapel
bells go?
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MODEL CITIZENS: The Upright Citizens Brigade, a travelling improv comedy troupe based out of New York City, performed for students in Kresge last Saturday.
Liberal bias, confirmed

296 students were asked, Generally speaking, on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being very liberal and 5 being very conservative, where would
you place yourself, or arent you sure?
150
122
Number of students
120
90
75
54
60
33
30
Very liberal
Very conservative
11
Unsure
This data comes from a survey conducted by Associate Professor of Government Michael Franzs government class Quantitative Analysis
in Political Science, where the students designed a scientific survey sent out to a sample of randomly selected students. Please see
article on page 4. For more results from the survey, visit bowdoinorient.com
For many months this winter,

Bowdoins campus felt starkly silent
every quarter hour, but no one could
figure out why. There was a strange
sort of feeling as students moved
from class to class, their chatter unaccompanied. But then, the spring
came, and all of the sudden everyone realized what had been missing: the chapel bells, and now they
are back in business.
For the first time since the bell
towers were rebuilt in 2002, the bells
ceased to play this winter due to the
extreme conditions.
When it was so cold and snowy,
[the bells] got fainter and fainter, and
we finally looked into it. Indeed, it
was just so cold the belfry was full of
snow, said Delmar Small, the concert, budget and equipment manager
for the music department,
According to Small, the bells are
played by electromagnetic solenoids
that cause that clapper to hit the bell.
There was ice built up on those
magnetic surfaces, so the surfaces
werent really being hit, said Small.
Nothing happened, essentially.
Once Small discovered the ice
problem, he turned the bells off.
Instead of getting this feeble
sort of every another note thing,
we just waited until it warmed
up a little and then they were fine
again, said Small.
The bells began to fade around
the time Maine was hit with Winter
Storm Juno, and stayed muffled, but
now that the faithful chimes have
returned, they have quite a season
ahead of them.
The bells have about 60 to 80 songs
in their repertoire, but typically only
play a dozen or so. Every quarter
hour, campus is treated to the Westminster Chime, and on Fridays at
two in the afternoon, Simple Gifts
plays, in the hope of inspiring a moment of meditation across campus.
For Commencement, the bells will
be inspected and then put to use to
play Raise Songs to Bowdoin for the
graduates. The Class of 2015 will
then walk off the Quad and move on
to other pastures, where their lives
arent musically accompanied every
quarter hour.
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BY THE NUMBERS
In celebration of the return of the Chapel bells that provide a soundtrack to
the daily lives of Bowdoin students
and underscore each day with chimes,
here are some statistics about the bells.
STUDENT SPEAK
15
What are you most excited about this spring?
bells currently in South Tower
91
years since the bells were first
installed
Tucker Gordon 17
Molly Solo 15
Nick Barnes 18
Maggie Seymour 16
I feel like spring doesnt actually exist at

Bowdoin. Its winter, and then mud, and
then summer.
Feeling like Blair Waldorf sitting on

the museum steps. I do that every
year, and I judge people as they
walk by.
I really like when its really muddy and

it smells really gross outside. You feel
like you have to worry about [the mud]
infiltrating you.
Rabbits.
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bells made by Meneely and
Co. in 1923
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news
the bowdoin orient
History department to
change major requirements
mented in order to ensure a breadth
in the courses students took. Denery
stated that after adding the requireThe Colleges Curriculum Imments, the major became too diffiplementation Committee (CIC) is
cult for students to complete.
currently reviewing and approving
Discussions on the changes in
two considerable changes to the
the major have been in the works
History major.
for about a year but did not get seThe history department has prorious attention until the summer
posed to reduce the number of reof 2014.
quired non-Western courses from
We wanted to wait to see how
four to three. It has also proposed
the current major worked out, but
to eliminate the stipulation that
student frustration with the major
students must take three upperdidnt seem to go away so last sumlevel seminars across two fields and
mer we had a series of meetings
instead only require that students
that these changes were a major fotake three upper-level seminars in
cus of, said Denery.
any field of study
The
departthey
choose.
ment spoke about
Fields of study init
informally
Popularity of History
clude Africa, East
throughout
the
Major, 2008-2016
Asia,
Europe,
fall semester and
Latin America,
at
a
staff
meeting
Class of Rank # of Majors early this semester
South Asia, United States, Atlantic
the department
2016
9
25
Worlds and Colovoted overwhelmnial Worlds.
ingly in favor of
2015
7
26
If the CIC apthe changes. They
2014
7
28
proves the changthen
submitted
es, they will be
the changes to the
2013
5
38
effective for all
CIC and are now
2012
4
40
current and new
awaiting approval.
majors beginning
We dont fore2011
5
35
next fall.
see many probChair of the
lems with it, said
2010
5
35
Department of
Denery.
2009
3
47
History and AsReactions to the
sociate Professor
change have been
2008
3
40
of History Dallas
very positive.
Denery said the
Im really exchanges were a result of student
cited, said junior Allyson Gross, a
and faculty opinion that the curdouble major in History and Govrent requirements, implemented
ernment and Legal Studies.
five years ago, were too stringent.
Gross said that it was difficult to
There were 47 history majors in
pick courses because there was so
the class of 2009, making it the
much structure around which coursthird most popular major. There
es fulfilled which requirements.
are 26 history majors in the class of
Lessening it is going to help me
2015, leaving it tied as the seventh
fulfill the rest of my requirements,
most popular major.
Gross said. I was potentially going
The main reason to change the
to drop down to a minor, but if that
major is because a number of stuis what is going to happen, I can abdents and a number of faculty in the
solutely keep it.
history department, acting as their
Sophomore Benjamin Bristol
advisors, had been finding it difis also pleased with the changes,
ficult to make sure students could
particularly the reduction in nonnavigate the major, said Denery.
Western course requirements.
The history department conThe [reduction of non-Western
ducted a survey of majors, minors
history class] requirements is part
and students in history courses
of the reason I declared a history
and found that these were the armajor, said Bristol, who officially
eas with which students had the
became a history major in Februmost trouble.
ary. My interest is mainly in the
It was difficult for students
Western realm so the thing keepparticularly to fulfill those two reing me from being a history major
quirements, said Denery.
was the four class [non-Western]
These requirements were implerequirement.
BY MARINA AFFO
ORIENT STAFF
SLEEP IN: Jamie Ptacek17 and Jennings Leavell17 camp out on the floor outside of President Barry Millsoce in Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall on Thursday night.
Ptacek and Leavell are among the approximately 25 students participating in Bowdoin Climate Actions (BCA) sit-in to encourage fossil fuel divestment,.
SIT-IN
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Mills argued that divestment was
a symbolic tactic that would damage the Colleges finances without
creating meaningful change.
We dont think that the trade is
worth it because franklyas you all
admit on your signsthis is a tactic, he said. The result from the
tactic is incredibly burdensome to
the College.
Matthew Goodrich 15, an organizer of the sit-in, disputed Mills
claim that divestment would be
ineffective, pointing to the 1980s
movement to divest from apartheid
South Africa.
In 1986 a bipartisan Congress
overrode President Reagans veto of
the anti-apartheid sanctions act because of the divestment movement,
he said. It builds the political mandate for a carbon tax, and thats why
were doing it.
I hear it. We just dont agree,
said Mills. Well, we dont agree,
and thats why were here, responded Goodrich. It was the first
of several moments when Mills
and the BCA protesters simply did
not agree.
Mills also argued that in order to
divest the roughly 1.5 percent of the
endowment that is invested in fossil fuels, the College would have to
stop giving its money to some of its
highest-performing external fund
managers.
The tactic results in this College
losing hundreds of millions of dollars and puts at risk all of the other
things that we do for the common
good, he said.
Senior Vice President for Investments Paula Volent estimated in
2013 that divestment would cause
the College to lose $100 million
over a ten-year period.
Michael Butler 17 asked if the
College would still lose millions of
dollars if it invested in fossil-free
funds created by firms like Cambridge Associates. Mills said that
it would, citing a study conducted
by Cambridge Associates in 2013,
which found that if Pomona College divested from fossil fuel companies, its endowment would grow
by $485 million less over a ten-year
period and would therefore generate $66 million less for the College
to spend.
The protesters then argued that
investments in fossil fuel companies undermined the Colleges com-
WIRED: Elizabeth Kenny 16 works on her computer to pass time during BCAs sit-in outside President Mills
oce. Kenny was one of several students who spent the night sleeping over in Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall in a
demonstration to encourage the College to divest from fossil fuels. BCA plans to continue the sit-in indefinitely.
mitment to the common good.
Is it appropriate for a university
to invest in fossil fuels? Goodrich
asked Mills.
Sure, Mills responded after a
short pause.
Well, theres where we disagree, said Goodrich. The point
of divestment is to align Bowdoin
values, right? We are the College
for the common good. The College is something more than just
a business model seeking profit
at any cost. The College is a place
of education and a place of values
that has existed for a very long
time, and Bowdoin is particular in
that we have made it our mission
to further the common good, and
that role, I think, is being undermined by our investments in the
fossil fuel industry.
Several students noted that a
number of other schools have committed to divestment in some form.
The University of Maine recently
announced its plan to divest, while
Stanford and most recently Syracuse have pledged to end their direct investments in fossil fuel companies. Mills said that some of these
schools announcements have been
cynical and will have little to no
actual impact.
I dont think it was real, he
said. I dont believe that any of
those schools that divested, that
said they will not directly hold fossil fuel stocksI bet if you investigate those schools they dont hold
a nickel of stock of any company

[directly].
Bowdoin does not have any direct investments in fossil fuel companies, according to Mills.
Hugh Ratcliffe 15, who said
he was looking for the middle
ground, suggested that Bowdoin
announce that it will not directly
invest in fossil fuels in the future,
which would give the divestment
movement more political clout
without damaging the Colleges endowment.
I dont believe in taking politically easy stands that dont mean
anything, Mills told Ratcliffe.
Monique Lillis 17 asked for
more engagement from the College
and said that BCAs request for a
working group involving students,
faculty members and trustees was
a reasonable one. Mills responded
that the demand for a working
group put the College in an unfair
position, since it presupposed that
the College would divest.
If you just read the demand
that youve created, that you sent to
the Trustees, you didnt write, lets
create a working group to discuss
whether this is a good idea, Mills
said. You wrote, we want a working group to work toward divestment. Since we dont agree, youre
asking us to create a working group
to do something, which we dont
agree to.
BCA said that it still plans to
continue its sit-in.
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POLITICAL
eight percent of respondents indicated that students in Ladd house

unfortunately caved to pressure
from Res Life, 17 percent believe
the Ladd house residents made
the right call, 37 percent said that
they see the merits of both sides
and eight percent said that they
did not have enough information.
Director of the Resource Center
for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Kate Stern feels that the limited discussion surrounding these events is
the bigger issue.
I think people use the term political correctness like a stop sign
and then we dont go past that,
Stern said. We dont talk about
what the impact was of Cracksgiving on our Native American
students. We just talk about the
administration being politically
correct. But were not getting to
that next step.
Yet many find it difficult to get to
this next step, divided on whether
political correctness is a necessary roadblock. Especially with
the heated opinions surrounding
events like Cracksgiving and the
Inappropriate Party, it has become
increasingly challenging to define
political correctness as a protector
or antagonist.
[I think its] everyones responsibility to engage in conversation and
to promote a space where political
correctness doesnt inhibit, but also
protects those it is meant to protect, Michelle Kruk 16 said. I dont
think that being politically correct
necessarily means censorship.
Debate about Yik Yak mirrors
the debate about political correctness, particularly in regards to censorship. Some believe that Yik Yak
provides a platform for students to
speak their minds freely and voice
potentially unpopular opinions.
People feel more inclined to
speak their minds when you dont
have to sign your name after it. If
you feel comfortable speaking up
for yourself there, then I would say
go for it, said Ned Wang 18.
Stern echoed this attraction of
anonymity and its accompanying
low stakes.
I think part of the PC backlashwhich I agree withis that if
we just dont say it because were not
allowed to say it, it doesnt change
how were thinking, Stern said.
That feeling of I cant say it, but Im
still thinking it, drives the conversation to Yik Yak.
that Yik Yak too easily allows for

hurtful comments to be made. In
a recent column in the Orient, Vee
Fyer-Morrel 15 warns that Yik Yak
has led to particularly harmful comments with regard to body image,
allowing people to lash out from
behind the anonymous comfort of
a screen.
While the anonymity of Yik Yak
is lost in the classroom, some believe political correctness remains
prevalent there. Associate Profes-
sor of English and Africana Studies

Tess Chakkalakal encourages lively debate in her classes, yet often
finds political correctness hindering discussion.
I think that disagreement, debate, argument, is an important part
not only of an academic institution
like Bowdoin College but also of a
democracy, Chakkalakal said. I
encourage disagreement and I worry that political correctness forces
us to all agree, which I believe, and
and Computational Studies initiative.

President Mills informed the
student body and faculty of her
departure in an email sent out on
Wednesday.
Mills stated that Judd, in her
role as dean, is responsible for hiring almost 40 percent of the current faculty. She has worked hard
to enrich the Colleges arts programs, environmental programs
and coastal studies programs.
It is difficult to overstate Cristles accomplishments and her
contributions to Bowdoin, wrote
Mills. She has led efforts to secure
important grants; to introduce
new support and opportunities for
faculty development; and to foster
a culture of engaged intellectual
inquiry among students through
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I think a lot of the activists on

campus are the biggest offenders, Nick Mansfield 17 said. The
people who think they are the most
liberal free thinking people are the
most intolerant ones. Most of the
ones Ive encountered have no desire to negotiate or understand the
opposing viewpoint at all.
Mansfield cites the hostility he
has noticed towards people who
take a pro-life stance as an example
of people who are supposedly liberal taking an intolerant position.
If youre pro-life at Bowdoin you
would get shot down in a hailstorm
of bullets, he said. No one would
really respect that viewpoint even
though youre perfectly entitled to
it and you might have your reasons
for it.
Hayley Nicholas 17 believes such
a sentiment is a result of a lack of
communication on campus.
I dont think its the activism itself [perpetuating this divide,] its
the lack of communication, she
said.
Nicholas referred to Bowdoin
Climate Action (BCA) as an example of a group failing to communicate.
The only problem that I have
with BCA is that they realize that
theres a huge disconnect on campus between students who want to
divest and students who dont, and I
feel like they havent been trying to
bridge that gap, she said.
Yet Nicholas was careful not to
attribute political correctness to activism.
I think people confuse the terms
activism and political correctness,
she said. They think theyre one
and the same.
Jelin thinks the lack of communication can be characterized differently. He believes that campus discussion has become too one sided,
and opposing voices are plentiful
but simply hesitant to engage.
I think that all of the people
who disagree with this primary dialogue, theyre just not talking about
it. Nobody else is writing letters to
the editor in the Orient, nobody
else is holding rallies, Jelin said. I
think that theres this fallacy that
everyone at Bowdoin believes these
things when really its just a small
but vocal minority.
The surveys results clearly support Jelins theory, considering the
majority of the student body is unsatisfied with the current state of
discussion. There is a clear desire to
disagree and engage.
I dont think its the administrations responsibility, Chakkalakal
said. I think its the students. I put
it on you.
tion donates about $250 million

every year in the form of grants to
enrich and enhance the arts and
humanities across college campuses, including that of Bowdoin.
The Foundation is responsible for
the Mellon Mays Undergraduate
Fellowship program and the Mellon Humanities Initiative that the
College utilizes. It also funds part
of the Colleges post-doctoral program.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is an extraordinary organization, said Judd. Ive done a lot
of work with them on the receiving side. Ive also been fortunate
to work with them and to be invited when they were hosting some
round tables.
Judd said she is also looking forward to working with places like
Bowdoin in a greater capacity.
Im thrilled at the opportunity
to take all of the things Ive learned
at Bowdoin and to take all of the
things that I learned before that at

Penn [University of Pennsylvania]
and be able to work with presidents, liberal arts colleges and big
universities both nationally and
internationally, she said.
Before coming to the College,
Judd was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania for thirteen
years. She graduated magna cum
laude from Rice University and received a masters degree in musicology from the same university. She
received a second masters degree
in music and her PhD from Kings
College, University of London.
An active scholar, Judds many
writings include the published the
award-winning book Reading Renaissance Music Theory: Hearing
With The Eyes.
President-elect Rose will be in
charge of finding Judds successor.
Judd said she will remain at Bowdoin until August to help with the
transition.
according to that survey, we do not.

We have differences of opinion that
I believe should be voiced respectfullybut voiced and not stifled.
Many activist voices have not
been stifled this year. Between
BCAs sit-ins and the Ferguson dieins, activism on campus has been
busy, perhaps contributing heightened attention to open discussion.
Some people attribute the problem of political correctness to campus activists.
Crack House, Divestment and Being Inappropriate

In March, Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies Michael Franz conducted a
scientific survey to gauge the campus social climate. Close to 300 Bowdoin students responded.
Below are some notable results.
Some people think that Bowdoin administrators and many students too often
override the facts and common sense in the name of political correctness. Is political correctness a problem at Bowdoin currently?
Do you approve of the way the College handled the so-called

Cracksgiving party last semester?
25.4%
11.1%
I dont have enough information

to say either way.
I dont have enough information to say either way.
27.4%
Yes.
20.5%
No.
68.4%
Yes.
47.2%
No.
Ladd House recently announced it will not host its annual Inappropriate Party. Which of the below statements comes closest to
your view on the matter?
7.7%
I dont have enough information to

answer this question.
As you may be aware, Bowdoin Climate Action is currently campaigning to

have Bowdoin divest its endowment from fossil fuel corporations. Based on
what you know about divestment, do you support this mission?
5.2%
17.4%
Students in Ladd House made

the right call.
34.7%
I have no opinion on the topic.
I need more information about

divestment to decide.
23.8%
Yes, I believe Bowdoin should divest its

endowment.
38.3%
36.6%
Students in Ladd House

unfortunately caved to
pressure from Res Life.
I see the merits of both sides.
36.3%
No, I believe Bowdoin should not divest its endowment.
Some people however, believe
JUDD
the bowdoin orient
focused work on our curriculum,

academic advising, and student
fellowships and research.
Apart from her duties as dean
of academic affairs, Judd currently teaches Introduction to Music
Theory. She has taught the course
throughout her tenure at Bowdoin.
I dont think any dean at a place
like Bowdoin should stop being
active in their research and their
classroomthats what the heart
and soul of the place is about, she
said in a 2013 Orient article.
Judd says that this new position will allow her to continue the
work she has been most passionate
about at the College.
I love Bowdoin. Bowdoin is so
completely in my bones that this
is all about the common good. In
the same way that we talk about the
right and the peculiar obligations,
said Judd. What better way to see
the common good than to be working with a foundation that does so
COURTESY OF COMMUNICATIONS
CRISTALLIZED: After nine years at the

College, Dean for Academic Aairs Cristle Collins
Judd will step down from her position in August
to join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as senior
program ocer in the higher education and scholarship humanities program.
much tremendous work to support
the arts and humanities?
The Andrew W. Mellon Founda-
news
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BSG reconsiders BCAs

Naculich wins national physics fellowship
charter, Ivies alternatives
BY NICOLE WETSMAN
ORIENT STAFF
A student approached the Good

BY PHOEBE BUMSTED
Ideas Fund, which finances programORIENT STAFF
ming and project ideas independent
Bowdoin Student Government
from the usual club-funding process,
(BSG) discussed possibilities for
with the idea for a chem-free alternachem-free alternatives to Ivies, and
tive to the party at Brunswick Quad
decided not to revoke the charter of
on the Friday of Ivies. This event will
Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA) at a
likely occur on Dudley Coe Quad and
meeting on Wednesday.
include a variety of inflatables.
BSG spoke about the upcoming reThe idea is people want to be outchartering of clubs with the close of
side, but maybe they want to start off
the academic year. Notably, the ongoover there. Maybe they want to be
ing BCA sit-in for divestment raised
able to go back and forth, said BSG
questions regarding
President Chris
the clubs charter.
Breen 15.
We could certainly
Controversy
surBSG is also
rounding BCA and
speak with the club leadership partnering with
its status as a student
the Office of Resover the next couple of weeks [re- idential Life to
group was also debated when former garding] their practices and whether organize a sepaBSG president Sarah
rate chem-free
or not theyre in line, but I dont spring festival
Nelson 14 threatened to revoke the
using the Good
think BSG...revoking [BCAs]
charter of Green
Ideas Fund.
charter would be
Bowdoin Alliance in
In addition to
the spring of 2013. At
the discussion
constructive.
the time, BCA was a
surrounding
subsidiary of Green
Ivies, The EnterJOSH RAFF 15
Bowdoin Alliance
tainment Board
and members of the
addressed their
group pitched a tent on the Quad to
decision to cut Racer X from the lineraise awareness of divestment.
up this year. Two of the professors have
We could certainly speak with the
left, and there was minimal interest in
club leadership over the next couple of
the band from students according to
weeks [regarding] their practices and
the Ivies survey results.
whether or not theyre in line, but I
BSG also discussed the upcoming
dont think BSG revoking their charWellness Week for finals period, which
ter would be constructive, Josh Raff
will include massages, therapy dogs,
15 said.
yoga and the possibility of gelato.
Professor of Physics Stephen Naculich was awarded a Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics in March. Naculich is one of 14
professors awarded the fellowship
this year, and he is the first physicist
from a small college to receive the
award. The fellowship supports research in mathematics and theoretical physics, and is designed to fund
the second half of a sabbatical.
Bowdoin, like many colleges, allows professors to take sabbaticals
every six or seven years to focus full
time on their research, said Naculich. Usually youre eligible for a
year, but youre only funded for half
of it. Theres always the question of
how to supplement that.
Naculich will spend the year of his
sabbatical working on research at the
University of Michigan. He was approached over the summer with an offer
to spend the year there, and the Simons
fellowship will allow him to do so.
The proposal Naculich presented
in his application for the fellowship
was entitled Amplitudes for Gauge
Theory, Gravity and String Theory.
Amplitudes are a property of waves
on a subatomic level, and Naculich
will spend the year trying to find new
and easier ways of calculating them.
People have known how to calculate these amplitudes for a long
time...but theyre very complicated
in general, he said. One of the
things were trying to do is understand some of the symmetries of
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
THE SCIENCE GUY: Professor of Physics and Astronomy Stephen Naculich received a Simons
Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics in March. Naculich was the first physicist from a small liberal arts
college to win the award. He will be using the money from the fellowship to fund research on particle physics at
the University of Michigan during his sabbatical next year.
these theories better to be able to
calculate the amplitudes either in a
more efficient way or even to calculate amplitudes that have never been
calculated before.
As a theoretical particle physicist,
Naculich creates models to predict
behaviors of subatomic particles.
Hes the only theoretical physicist at
the College and probably, he says, in
the state of Maine. The University of
Michigan, on the other hand, has a
leading center for particle theory.
Im excited for the potential
of face-to-face collaboration with
others in the field, said Naculich.

I do interact with people through
email, phone, going to conferences
and stuff...this is an opportunity to
have a collaborator down the hall
instead of at the other end of the
phone line.
Naculich said that the fellowship
gives him the opportunity to drop
everything here at Bowdoin and take
advantage of the resources available
for particle physics at the University
of Michigan.
Ill learn a lotIll get a lot of done,
he said. Itll be a great experience.
Mens Summit prompts conversation about masculinity at Bowdoin, beyond

BY SAM CHASE
ORIENT STAFF
Last Friday, 75 Bowdoin men sat

down to discuss their feelings.
The meeting was the third-ever
Bowdoin College Mens Summit, an
event designed to bring men together
to discuss issues of masculinity, including its role on campus. Invitations to
the event were not limited to students.
We included faculty and staff who
identify as men, and students got to
pick those, said Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Director of the David
Saul Smith Union Allen Delong, who
helped organize the event. So at every
table at the mens summit, it wasnt just
young men but also an older man to be
part of the conversation.
The event was led by keynote speaker Dr. Frank Harris, an associate professor at San Diego State University who
has written extensively on the subject of
masculinity. Much of his talk was about
a concept of good guys, a term he uses
to describe men who use leadership
roles on college campuses to change
their communities for the better.
I think it went great, said Delong.
One of the reasons is because Franks
work is a little different than some
other people writing in the field in
that he doesnt focus on boys behaving
badly. There are a number of people
writing that. Thats not his research.
He talks about culture changers and
the simple things that you can do to

be a good guy. I love that he is positive
and makes it simple.
After Harris talk, the room broke
into small groups to discuss the issues
that had been presented.
The first Bowdoin Mens Summit
took place in Spring 2012, when Sarah
Levin 13 arranged for Michael Kimmel, professor at Stony Brook University and author of Guyland: The Peril-
brother mentioned he went to the Harous World Where Boys Become Men,
doin Mens Group.
vey School [in Katonah, New York],
to visit campus.
The group originated in a discussion
and Frank was like, Oh yeah, I was
Women wanted to be part of this
group hosted by Brunswick resident
head of the upper school at Harvey.
conversation, and men wanted a more
Reverend Frank Strasburger, who came
Hes that kind of guy.
private conversation. We tried to cover
to campus in September to give a talk
With Strasburger as facilitator, the
that territory while Kimmel was here,
on the themes in his book Growing
Mens Group spends Thursday nights
said Delong. On the Thursday night
Up: Limiting Adolescence in a World
discussing any and all facets of mascuhe did a speech in a packed Kresge,
Desperate for Adults.
linity and being a man at Bowdoin.
and that was for anyone who wanted
The talk was to be followed up by
Its not like we have anything
to come. Then he keynoted the mens
six Thursday night discussion groups
planned for these conversations, said
summit. That provided a sort of strucon topics in the book, said StrasburgKlingenstein. Maybe an idea, and
ture that we used for the subsequent
er, whose children graduated from
sometimes an idea carries through the
two mens summits.
Bowdoin in 2007 and 2008. The first
whole time, or sometimes someone exLast year, Sam King 14 led the efdiscussion group, an extraordinary
presses something
fort to organize
off of that that eva second Mens
eryone really wants
Summit.
Mark
Bowdoin
Mens
Group
to be talking about,
Tappan, a profesand, boom, we go
sor at Colby and
co-author of PackMeets Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. at the McKeen Study in Massachusetts Hall in a whole different
direction.
aging Boyhood:
to discuss masculinity on and off campus.
We had an inSaving our Sons
teresting debate
from Superheroes,
about what we
Slackers, and Oththought men on
er Media Stereothis campus were versus how men
types, led the discussion.
thing happened: Only guys showed
were expected to be outside this camThe event was brought back for a
up. That absolutely never happens.
pus, said Feldman. That question
second consecutive year thanks to what
At the end of it, I said that we should
has been the foundation for a lot of
Delong called a groundswell of sturecruit some women for next time.
our conversations.
dent support.
But that weekend, I emailed everyone
The group has a solid foundation
From an administrative perspecand said Maybe we shouldnt look a
of dedicated members, and Feldman
tive, we were thinking wed do it every
gift horse in the mouth. There arent
two years. Some students said We want
that many mens groupsmaybe we
said he believes the weekly and intito do it more often than that, and we
should make a mens group. The folmate nature of the discussions is to
lowing week they agreed.
want to do it this year.
thank for that.
Strasburger has had a long and varA student committee consisting of
Its genuinely fun. Its a fun converied career in education and ministry,
Jarred Kennedy-Loving 15, Oliver
sation, said Klingenstein. Its fun and
notably spending 11 years as Episcopal
Klingenstein 15, Jared Feldman 16,
light-hearted when we want it to be,
Chaplain at Princeton University and
Noah Salzman 17, Tim Long 17 and
and its intense and vulnerable when we
founding Princeton in Africa in 1999.
Greg Koziol 17 organized the event.
want it to be.
Both Feldman and Klingenstein
For Klingenstein and Feldman, the
We understand how hard it is to
were acquainted with Strasburger beSummit continued a conversation that
get people to come out at 7 p.m. on a
fore the fall. He presided over the martheyve been having since the beginThursday night, and we want to fosriage of Klingensteins parents, while
ning of the school year. Along with a
ter a conversation thats enjoyable and
Feldman met and bonded with him in
fluid group of approximately ten other
doesnt feel like a classroom setting,
a VIP Tires waiting room last spring.
male students, they have met on a
said Feldman. No one wants to be in a
He came to one of our rugby games
weekly basis to discuss issues of mascuclass on a Thursday night.
and was talking with my brother. My
linity under the simple name of BowStarting this week, Strasburger is
moving from his role of facilitator to

one of an advisor.
One of the things that I am concerned about and have expressed a
number of times is whether my presence inhibits conversation, he said.
On the one hand, I see my job as to
keep everybody honest, to push them
past the nice things they think they
ought to say to the things they really feel. But at the same time, Im 50
years older than anybody in the room
and my place might formalize things
a bit, while what were going for is an
informal student conversation.
While were surprisingly open with
[Strasburger] there, when were talking
about issues of masculinity particularly
on this campus, students can sometimes open up more effectively without
Frank there, said Feldman.
He has a wealth of knowledge that
we can rely on, Feldman added. Our
plan is to have a planning meeting
with him once a week where the student leaders chat with him to discuss
potential topics.
As the group goes forward, the Mens
Group looks to balance the personal
nature of its meetings with outreach
efforts. Among other ideas, Feldman
mentioned a panel on masculinity featuring Bowdoin men that will be open
to all students later this month.
Future steps are still kind of up in
the air, but for the remainder of this semester, were looking to solidify a dedicated group of people who are committed to coming to Mens Group, he said.
In the back of my mind, I definitely
have thought about what were going
to do if we grow beyond 15, 20 people.
That would be a great problem to have.
The group isnt to necessarily
change the school, its to facilitate a conversation and not much beyond that,
said Klingenstein. Thats proven to be
amazing in and of itself.
news
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SECURITY REPORT: 3/26 to 4/2
GRACE HANDLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NURTURER AND FRIEND: President Barry Mills and Deray McKesson 07 share an embrace in Kresge Auditorium on Thursday night. McKesson spoke to
students and community members about his experiencesas one of the leading Ferguson protesters, emphasizing the importance of Twitter activism.
ACTIVIST
He also emphasized the importance
of showing tender, positive moments
on Twitter. For example, he loves seeing
couples in protest spaces.
The stories we tell matter and if anything the protests have made me see that
in a deeper way, McKesson went on.
His talk was filled with personal anecdotes and remarks about how he used
social media to tell stories that traditional news outlets were not reporting.
Twitter allowed us to tell the story [of Ferguson] in real-time, said
McKesson.
It allowed us to take back the narrative and when CNN wasnt saying anything and when MSNBC wasnt talking
about it we actually got to push the narrative anyway, he continued.
He said that when he first arrived in
St. Louis he was part of a group of protesters that was tear gassed by the police
and that this experience helped to redefine his outlook on the protests early on.
There was this thing about being tear
gassed in America that was so foreign to
me, said McKesson. It was this notion
that this is actually not the America that
I know. This is not the America that I
love. This is not the America that I think

is fair to people, and that was what made
me make a different choice about being
in the work.
McKesson stressed the importance
of authentic commitment to protesting,
saying that many people like to say that
they are committed to social justice, but
in actuality are not willing to really engage with the issues.
He related this commitment to the
concept of proximity.
When we talk about the protest
spaces, we are saying that we stand
with these families that have lost
people; we stand with marginalized
people and for us it was like putting
our bodies on the line and saying here
we are, said McKesson.
He went on to explain how Twitter
has enabled this sort of commitment
from many different types of people.
What I am so proud about in the
protest space is that Twitter specifically
has allowed us to have a vertical community where socioeconomic status is
actually not that important anymore in
terms of how people have come together, said McKesson.
McKesson emphasized the difference
between what he calls the good and the
necessary and actual justice.
Justice is either never experi-
encing the trauma at all or [justice]

is accountability for people who
perpetuate or initiate the trauma,
he said.
He cited the six resignations of various officials in Ferguson as good and
necessary, but not as true justice for the
people of Ferguson.
To conclude his talk, McKesson got
to the heart of his protest ethos.
We protest not to confirm the
worth of our lives. We know that our
lives are worthy. We protest to expose
the depth of the evil that we face, said
McKesson to a chorus of snaps from
the audience.
His talk ended with a lengthy question and answer session, during which
students asked questions ranging from
how to reach out to groups of people on
campus who have not yet decided to engage with issues of race to how he manages to stay positive when faced with
intense resistance to his message.
Abby Roy 16 asked him about how
he views race education existing in the
classroom today.
McKesson responded that the classroom is incredibly important to effective
education about race.
Twitter and the classroom are the
last two radical spaces in America,
he said.
Thursday, March 26
Three intoxicated local men
were ordered to leave campus after
causing a disturbance at Jack Magees Pub and Grill.
Friday, March 27
A student with a lacerated finger
was escorted from Chamberlain Hall
to Mid Coast Hospital.
A student in Coleman Hall was
cited for possession of marijuana and
drug paraphernalia.
There was an alcohol law violation
in Coleman Hall.
A group of local youths skidding
their bicycles on the synthetic turf field
caused surface damage.
An officer spoke with a student
at Baxter House who was creating a
noise disturbance.
There was a hard alcohol policy
violation at Brunswick Apartments.
At 11 p.m., an employee at 216
Maine Street reported that a man
in dark clothing exposed himself
through a first floor window. A similar incident occurred minutes later
at the Brunswick Hotel and Tavern.
The Office of Safety and Security
and Brunswick Police Department
(BPD) responded. The incidents are
under investigation.
Students roughhousing on the
14th floor of Coles Tower accidentally
smashed a large exterior plate glass
window. Some glass pieces fell to the
sidewalk below and the area had to be
cordoned off. A student took responsibility for the incident and he will be
charged for the damage.
Saturday, March 28
Students
at
Chamberlain Hall
were asked to
reduce their
noise level after a complaint
was received.
A student
was found to
be responsible
for
severely
vandalizing a
door in Baxter
House, resulting in $500 in
damage.
An officer checked
on an intoxicated
student
who was walking on Harpswell Road.

Vandalism to basement walls was
reported after a registered event at
Baxter House.
A smoke alarm at Winthrop
Hall was activated by burnt food in
a microwave.
BPD issued court summonses to
three underage students who were in
possession of alcohol on Park Row
near Brunswick Apartments.
Sunday, March 29
A student at Ladd House with
an ankle injury was escorted to
Mid Coast.
An officer checked on the wellbeing of a student at Stowe Inn.
Monday, March 30
A hard alcohol policy violation was
reported at Brunswick Apartments.
The north door at Baxter
House was vandalized, causing
$500 in damage.
A sick student at Coles Tower was
taken to Mid Coast.
Tuesday, March 31
A student driving carelessly in the
Dayton Lot knocked over a sign post
and then left the scene of the accident.
Security and BPD located the student
and an accident report was filed.
A student accidentally activated
a fire alarm at Sargent Gym when a
backpack made contact with the pull
station mechanism.
Loud noise was reported on the
third floor of Chamberlain Hall.
Wednesday, April 1
A student reported that her car
mysteriously ended up on blocks while
it was parked on Cleaveland Street.
Two students
took responsibility for the
April Fools
Day joke and
made things
right.
Thursday,
April 2
Officers
responded
to a report of
two students
(a man and a
woman) arguing at Stowe
Inn.
Compiled
by the Office of
Safety and Security.
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEATURES
the bowdoin orient
Meiklejohn reflects on connections to Bowdoin through photos, artifacts

BY MIRANDA HALL
STAFF WRITER
In 1890, photographer Guy Shorey took a photo of some men on

a mountain. In the same year a
young doctor by the name of Henry Marble signed his diploma to
graduate from medical school. Almost a hundred years later, Dean
of Admissions and Financial Aid
Scott Meiklejohn uncovered the
connections of these seemingly
unimportant events to both himself and to Bowdoin.
Meiklejohn has been at the College for almost eighteen years. He
never saw coming to Bowdoin as
fated, despite the clues he found
that linked him, through time, to
the College. He made these discoveries through two of his favorite
hobbieshiking and collecting old
black and white photos.
Meiklejohn loved growing up
close to the mountains in New
Hampshire and would often go
hiking with his parents.
We lived in a very ordinary town
near Hartford, Connecticut originally, but my grandmother had a
place near the mountains in New
Hampshire, he said. We visited
there when we were children and
eventually my parents moved there.
His parents bought a home in the
area, only two hours away from the
base of the White Mountains. This
house would prove to be the first
tie to both Guy Shorey and Henry
Marble.
Meiklejohn told the story of his
parents holding their wedding reception at what was then the Carl-
JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FIRESIDE CHATS: Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn is a collector of old photography and an avid hiker. Though he said he does not believe in fate,
upon arriving at the College he discovered several artifacts connecting Bowdoin and his family in his parents home.
ton Brook Inn, where a member
of the Marble family had lived.
Fifteen years after the reception,
his parents bought the inn and live
there to this day.
After I started working at Bowdoin,
we were looking in the basement and
we found a diploma from the Medical
School of Maine belonging to a man
named Henry Marble, he said.
The diploma is made with genuine sheepskin and Meiklejohn has

kept it in his office as a memento
since he started working here.
While it no longer exists today,
when Henry Marble graduated
from Bowdoin in 1870, the Medical School of Maine was housed in
Adams Hall.
Meiklejohn said he didnt see
this first clue as a sign of his inevitable arrival here at the College.
I dont know about that inevitability, but its been fun to find these
connections he said.
The second connection he found
was also tied to his parents house.
During his lifetime, Guy Shorey
was well-known for creating postcards that were often sold at local
inns. One of those inns was the

Carlton Brook Inn.
His studio was actually inside the Inns tea house where the
Inn served guests meals. Shoreys
studio was right there across the
brook. He was just sort of a legendary figure that I knew about growing up, said Meiklejohn.
Meiklejohn said they always had
photos lying around the house, but
he really began to take interest in
collecting them in his twenties and
has been doing so ever since.
I found a great one recently.
It is a group of hikers on top of
Mount Madison and one of the
hikers is wearing a Bowdoin shirt.
On the back of the post card it says
it was taken one hundred years
ago. I have it hanging in my house,
Meiklejohn said.
Certain photos like this one,
which Meiklejohn found only three
years ago, are particularly special.
All of his photographs are of
places that I know but the photographs are all from one hundred
years ago. My favorites are the ones
that give you a sense of what it was
like at a different time. I keep them
in albums. Most of these mountains Ive hiked so often that I feel
that there are a set of images that I
own in my head, he said.
Meiklejohn views all of these
connections to Bowdoin as just a
wonderful chance occurrence.
I dont believe much in fate, he
said. I think you make your own
path and make your own choices
but I certainly believe in good luck
and Ive been very lucky to make
it here.
Simone Sauvignon Blanc: A Real ramen on the rise at Pai Men Miyake
training wheel wine bargain
BEN APPTIT
BOTTOM
OF THE
BARREL
DOIN
BOW
, THE
UKAW
A
DIAN
A FUR
Queso: check. Solo cups: check.

Cheap-ass white wine: check. Another successful Tuesday night in
Tower 12B. While the presence of refinement in these wine columns was
questionable to start, it certainly will
not be found at this late point in our
senior year. Our first assessment of
our wine for this week was this will
be an experience, and likely not
an amazing one.
Why this reaction? We
bought this bottle for only
$4.99. Yes, you read that correctly. We bought this wine
for less than Sabra Hummus at the C-Store (dont
you love those markups?). For better or for
worse, this is what we
have come to.
But there appears
to be a light at the end of
this dark, boozy tunnel. Our wine,
Simone, a Sauvignon Blanc from
Chile (certainly no California arsenic for this column!), received 87
points and was labeled a best buy by
ORIEN
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BRYCE ERVIN AND

BRANDON OULLETTE
Wine Enthusiast. Naturally, we were

quite surprised that anything so
cheap could be rated so highly. The
only little hiccup was the small print
indicating that this award was actually for the 2008 vintage, and our
bottle tonight is from the ripe young
year of 2013.
Despite the deceptive advertising, Simone is actually quite tasty
and not offensive at all. It is hard to
gauge if our predilection for
fine wines and purebred
vintages has simply disappeared under the yearlong
bombardment of under-$10
wines, but at this point we
really dont care. The wine
tastes crisp and refreshing.
Its more or less exactly
what you would want out
of a cheaper Sauvignon
Blanc. While it is nearly
impossible to smell anything
but plastic when the wine is in
a solo cup, we could still make
out slight fruity notes with hints
of citrus.
The color of the wine is a light
silvery-gold akin to the inside of a
pear, and the mouthfeel is smooth;
we may even go so far as to say
slightly effervescent. This is a great
spring wine. Even though it seems
Please see WINE, page 8
BEN MILLER
What a menu. Rarely before visiting Pai Men Miyake had a laminated
sheet of white paper attracted my
gaze so magnetically, but there I sat,
devouring the list items with my eyes.
While the boldfaced names and reasonable prices of Pai Men Miyakes
offerings had initially drawn me in,
the breakdown of imaginative ingredients under each heading enticed
me even further.
The spirit of experimentation is
alive and well in chef Masa Miyakes
kitchen, but the menu steers clear of
anything that could be called fusion.
Instead, the restaurants wide variety
of offerings communicates a strong
sense of place: the culinary landscape
of modern Japan.
When it comes to comfort food, the
conversation too often seems to focus
on familiarity: a taste of home, a fast
food flashback, or almost any dish that
would transport Guy Fieri to flavortown. Ramen, however, rarely gets
the comfort-food respect it deserves.
Though many Americans may understand an abstract concept of authentic
Japanese ramen that doesnt include
MSG packets and microwave instructions, the cheap version unfortunately
dominates the collective consciousness on campus.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN MILLER
STARTING STRONG: Pai Men Miyakes brussel sprouts with a fish sauce vinaigrette base (right) are
the restaurants most popular appetizer. The pork buns (front left) are also a big hit.
Over the past decade, real ramen
has arrived stateside and developed
a huge following in many American
cities, and nearby Portland is no exception. Less than two weeks after
my return to Maine from New York
Citythe American ramen oasis I call
homea Friday night craving drove
me to the front door of Pai Men Miyake with four hungry friends (Oriana
Farnham 15, Margaret Lindeman 15,
Emily Tucker 15 and Callie Ferguson
15) in tow. Callie came to Pai Men
Miyake with a hidden agenda (an insatiable thirst and an upcoming Orient column, page eight ).
After the waitress arrived at our

long-awaited four-top table to take in
Callies short sermon on hopped beverages, ever-astute Margaret invoked
the magic words: Ben, you should
just to order for all of us. After a moment of feigned uncertainty, I readily
rattled off some appetizers and my curated ramen choices, which I tailored
to suit the respective Myers-Briggs
profiles and dietary restrictions of my
dining companions.
Oriana will have the kimchi beef
ramen, Callie should get the miso, and
Please see MIYAKE, page 8
MIYAKE
how about the veggie-based broths for

Margaret and Emily, I proclaimed as
their beers arrived.
The waitress seemed unsettled
either by my personalized ordering
style or my domineering representation of the patriarchybut I just
smiled and took a rejuvenating sip of
my yuzu lemonade.
Though all the appetizers arrived together after a very short wait, I suspected that one would disappear long before
the others. The crispy brussels sprouts
are Pai Mens most popular starter for a
reason; with a punchy fish sauce vinaigrette base and aromatic cameos from
cilantro and mint, every crunchy leaf is a
beautiful battle between flavor and texture. Even beer-fixated Callie stopped
sipping and piped in, describing the
sprouts as downright sillylike in a
good way. This dish is a successful experiment to say the least, and seems like
the groundbreaking solution to convert
sprouts naysayers for good.
Among the other appetizers were

two hearty savories to whet even the
most ravenous omnivores palate. The
hamayaki, which centers on a sizeable
mix of broiled scallop and crab, stuffs
an overwhelming amount of flavor
into a scallop shell by combining the
sweetness of eel sauce and Japanese
kewpie mayo with truffle oil and sticky
rice. The result is a rich, if heavy, way
to start a meal.
The relatively straightforward pork
buns, however, are not to be missed.
The perfectly simple mix of tender
pork belly, pepper relish, and a dab of
subtly spicy gojuchang (chili) mayo on
two pillowy steamed buns made for
some truly transcendent bites. Everyone at the table wanted a taste, but after
returning from my porky plane of existence, I noticed Orianas quiet dismay
at the disappearance of bun number
two. Let this be a lesson to you all; more
pork buns make everyone happy.
The noodle soup feast that followed
was, of course, the main event and euphoric fulfillment of my craving quest.
Though I opted to venture into advanced ramen territory with my choice
of a low-broth mazemencomplete
with delicate sliced scallop, powerful
miso dashi, creamy corn puree, XO
sauce, and salty orbs of roethe brothy options I had selected for my fellow
diners were all the more solid as comfort food with a creative spin.
Reaching across the table, while no
doubt an affront to every rule Karen
Mills had taught my sophisticated
senior companions, was a necessary
evil for my purposes. The spicy, beefy
broth chosen for Oriana was best
when it came to solid ingredients,
most notably the crunchy kimchi and
tender beef that could be pulled apart
with chopsticks. Callies miso ramen
was, as I had expected, a more classic
powerhouse of flavor that combined
every broth style under the rising sun,
topping it all off with the requisite soy
sauce egg, scallions and nori.
Before passing judgment on the
tsukimi udon soup, I asked Emily (the
self-proclaimed veg-human on call)
her thoughts.
I love that theyre playing Contra,
its my favorite Vampire Weekend album, she replied.
Pai Men Miyakes creative beer list inspires

GRAIN TO GLASS
CALLIE FERGUSON
I stood before a big chalkboard on
the wall opposite the foyer of the restaurantthe menulike it was a great
painting. My eyes descended the list,
clinging to each item like a rung on
a ladder; in reaching the bottom, the
menu had become a stack of tough decisions. This menu had been cultivated
to appeal to a diverse range of palates.
Among the staples were surprises,
more uncommon finds that suggested
the restaurants desire to provide its
patrons with novelty as well as quality.
But despite the range and variety, the items on the menu
were united in their commitment to a sense of place:
the Portland beer scene.
The menu, or
draught list, at Pai
Men Miyake
where I found
myself coming for
dinner and drinks
this past Friday
embodies Portlands enthusiasm
for craft beer in
its selection of local Maine beers
as well as international crafts from
countries
like
Italy, Switzerland,
Germany,
and
California
(yes,
I include California, whose brewing
prowess makes it a kind of
beer country). Portland is a beer
drinkers Epcot in its stylistic and geographic diversity, and Pai Men, though
a Japanese restaurant, embraces the
spirit of Portlands diversity.
So yes, decisions, decisions. Luckily, I didnt have to make many, as I
brought along with me a troop of tasters: three other senior ladies who had
consented to tackling the taps with me.
We also had Ben with us, a sophomore
and our designated driver, but also a
self-described serious eater. You can
read his column on page seven to see
for yourself. While I stood slackedjawed before the draught list, he stood
with his nose in the air, commenting
on how good the place smelled. The
place smelled like yummy soup.
Besides the perfunctory addition
the bowdoin orient
features
of Sapporo (a cheap, ubiquitous Japanese lager), the tap list was clearly
assembled with the interest of a beer
drinker in mind. My advice to beer
drinkers who are headed to Pai Men
(and beer drinkers, you ought to be
headed there) is to follow the implicit suggestion of the restaurant
and choose the beer that seems most
exciting to you. The conspicuously
robust and thoughtful tap list suggests that Pai Men wants to honor its
identity as a restaurant in Portland,
Maine as much as a purveyor of delicious Japanese fare. The disjunction between Pai Mens cuisine and
its beer offerings (a tension encapsulated in the restaurants similarly
unique moniker Japanese pub)
should relieve restaurant patrons
of the task in trying to discern
right answers when it comes
to pairing the food and drink.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

That said, it isnt a bad idea to keep
in mind some of the principles of pairing beer and food.
Usually, when we think of sophisticated food and alcohol pairings, we
think of wine. But beer is an excellent
companion with food, and its numerous styles means there are endless
combinations to play a round with.
The most basic rule of thumb when
pairing beer with food is matching
strength with strength. If you order a
subtly-spiced witbier and proceed to
chow down on a bowl of spicy curry,
the curry will surely overtake the
delicate complexity of the beer. The
same is true for the reverse: a strong

and smoky rauchbier will cancel out
the delicacy of sashimi. Order what
you likethere is no right or wrong
choicebut try not to create too
much competition for your taste buds.
If you are concerned with creating
a happy marriage between your food
and your beer, keep the following in
mind: what do you want the effect
of our pairing to entail, flavor wise?
With beer, there are major effect
categories when it comes to pairing:
complementary (roasty stouts and savory meats); juxtaposition (a dry and
cleansing pale ale with a fattier dish);
and, for lack of a better word, the creation of a new flavor from the union
of two distinct flavors (who knew that
the combination of imperial stout and
oysters resulted in a delicious in-between sensation?).
Pai Mens tap list encourages creativity, so run wild with it. I did.
Our waitress came over and
asked Margaret what she
wanted to drink. I responded, Well take a Bissell
Brothers Swish, a Bunker
Bunkerator, a Liquid Riot
Tripel, and, hmmm, okay
lets go with the Rauchbier.
Young Benjamin ordered a lemonade and
scribbled something about
mayo and scallops. For what
would not be the first time
that night, Emily noted that the
music was good (a refrain that
took the place of reviewing the
food). Stop asking me what my
beer tastes like, she said after we
ordered a second round. Eat your
miso, she said.
Can I try your miso? asked Ben.
Oriana, can I try Margarets stout
with your pork bun? I asked Oriana.
Since our meal on Friday, the tap
list has already rotated, and what
delightful (and failed) combinations
I discovered over the course of dinnerhow the Rauchbiers smoked
malts overwhelmed the food, yet
alone, tasted like a drinkable barbeque; how the sweetness in the
Bunkerator Bock harmonized with
the savory brussel sproutsare not
much help to you. While the tap list
may constantly change, the commitment to excellent and interesting
beer is consistent, making Pai Men
Miyake as much a drinkers paradise
as a haven for Japanese comfort food.
Everything is a safe bet, so my advice
is to experiment.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN MILLER
A BEAUTIFUL BOWL: Pai Men Miyake is best known for its Japanese noodle soups. The kimchi beef
ramen delivers spicy satisfaction and for vegetarians, the tsukimi udon (above) is not to be missed.
Anyway, the tsukimi udon spoke for
itself with deep shiitake mushroom flavor and bright pickled accents, though
the udon noodles were a bit unwieldy
with slippery chopsticks. Margaret
nodded in agreement, further securing
her role as the most cooperative dining
companion in the game.
The experience at Pai Men Mi-
WINE

like were still in the depths of winter, there are signs that spring has finally sprung. Perhaps this wine will
become a spring staple in our room.
In terms of taste, this wine was
quite good. We honestly dont know
if the pleasing aftertaste was the queso or the wine (Brandon found that
it had nice oakiness), but in either
case we really enjoyed it.
All in all, this wine surprised us.
We went into it with fairly low expectations that were quickly surpassed. Maybe this is a sign for Bottom of the Barrel that its time for us
to drop the queso and start pairing
with better options. Or maybe its a
sign that the queso is making everything better. As the weather begins
to match our Senior Spring attitude,
were likely to believe in the latter.
Graduation is swiftly approaching
(hello cap and gown order forms,
and LOL to registering for classes or
yake delivers on so many levels, but

most importantly the establishment
stays true to its unique identity as a
Japanese pub in Portland, Maine. No
matter what you enjoy, Pai Men Miyake always has an authentic flavor,
a delicious experiment, or an unexpected pairing that will surely leave
a lasting impression.
entering the lottery), and this means
that we only have a few short weeks
left to enjoy life in college. Honestly,
theres no better way to savor this
time than to hang out with friends
over a bottle of wine and snacks.
Well drink to that.
Additional Notes:
Brandon: I feel like this wine is
a good training wheel wine. Its preparing me for my future life of guzzling Sauvignon Blanc at every available opportunity.
Bryce: While 87 points may be
generous, a couple bottles of this
could make a nice spring sangria.
Nose:
Mouthfeel:
Body:
Taste:
Get your hands on Simone while
its still at a crazy low sale price!
Shaws: $4.99.
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the bowdoin orient
TALK OF THE QUAD

NOT QUITE APPLE PIE
Foreignness is strange. Americanness is stranger. Its subtler,
like the feeling of self-consciousness when I order an Americano
and feel my place in a heritage of
the (however briefly) expatriated
longing for a cup of brewed coffee.
Perplexed and under caffeinated, I
am learning what it is to be foreign
and what it is to be American. The
Americanness is what surprises me.
I recently boarded a plane and an
Irish man engaged me in conversation. He was a Civil War buff who
had been to the U.S. several times
and had some strong and, truth be
told, bizarre opinions. The United
States, he said, is not a nation. It
is a confederation of states. Ireland
is a nation. I bristled.
While my travel aquaintances
view of the U.S. seems out of left
field even for a non-American, it
did give me pause. In Ireland, I am
sometimes reminded of my Americanness in tangible ways. My
passport is blue and I have to get
it stamped in the Non-EU line at
the airport. My accent is wider and
more nasally. When Im picking
out salad greens, I look for aru-
INCIDENTAL MEMORIES
This spring, as I struggle with
the idea that my time at Bowdoin
will soon end, I have found myself rereading a piece that first appeared on this page last April. Its
one that resonated with me back
then but speaks to me in new ways
each time I return to it. In two
months, in two years, and beyond,
I hope I will continue to appreciate
its message. I am referring to Life
per second, by Toph Tucker 12.
As a quick disclaimer, I cannot
claim to really know the author beyond the strange way that any two
random Bowdoin students dowell
enough perhaps to chat at a party
but not necessarily enough to offer
a quick hello in passing. And because his piece deals with life after
Bowdoin, I cannot even maintain
that I truly understand the depth
of what he writes. I still have two
months before the reality of postgrad life sets in, and I am keenly
aware of the time that remains.
Avid readers of the Bowdoin
Orient (of which I am a self-proclaimed number one fan) know
the gist of it. But for those of you
who have not yet read his piece,
Toph beautifully and precisely reflects upon his time at Bowdoin,
as well as the year that had elapsed
between his 2013 graduation and
last April. What he finds, living
in the countrys most populated
city, is that there is actually far less
density of social interaction in the
real world than at Bowdoin. Its an
gula instead of rocket. When I

cant find it, I get frustrated because the grocery stores
here are ineffi-
ANNA HALL
, TH
E BOWDOIN
cient and I think I could

make them better.
What really catches me
off-guard, however, is feeling my Americanness in the
interesting notion and one worth
considering, even if it is not yet
relevant to my life.
But one line has stood out to me
time and time again: When I arrived at Bowdoin I thought only of
work. By the time I left, I thought
only of people.
Its such a succinct way to sum up
the years we spend in Brunswick.
And while I lack the wisdom or experience to meaningfully reflect on
much else of what he wrote, I look
two months ahead to graduation
and find that these words already
linger with me. I will always prefer
to think about the nights spent with
my friends doing nothing and everything, than to remember the hours I
put into studying for that one exam
in that one class. Even today, that all
seems so inconsequential.
But I could not say the same
about myself four
years ago
( I m
happy
to say I
think Ive
grown a
lot since
then).
I
c a n n o t
speak
for
the rest of
my peers, but
I came here,
like many newly matriculated
college students,
with the idea
that higher education would serve as a means to a
successful future. The idea of really
enjoying my four years in Brunswick was, at the time, much more
of an afterthought.
Back then, I valued
academic success and
abstract and missing my imagined

community very strongly. I belong
more to Oregon (where I have never visited and may never go) than
to Belgium, where I went last week.
I feel a connection to Iowans and
Hawaiians and Texans that
far exceeds only a
humanist
bond.
ORIENT
Alaska is farther away
from my state, New Jersey, than New Jersey is from
Europe. So why, when I think
Alaska, do I still think home?
the possibility of securing a job
immediately after graduation over
so many other things. Because really, who needs a break between
school and work when you get two
weeks of vacation and ten sick days
per year? Dont forget about federal holidaysthank God for Columbus Day. Of course, I still value
this type of success now, though
the feelings have tempered.
A friend described this to me
over Spring Break as Bowdoins
culture of work and doing prestigious things (not the
catch-
When I first arrived in Ireland

and people asked where I was from,
I said, the U.S., or, if I wanted
to spend the breath, the United
States. Oh, the States! my interlocutor would say. The States! Ive
been to Miami and Las Vegas and
New York City and LA. Always
(for some reason) these cities. But
more notably, always the States.
As if the plurality was the only
essential bit and the United
superfluous. I now say
the the States, in conversation, but it always
feels awkward in my
mouth. Why do I feel
that the United is
essential? Isnt it?
How do I explain
that
Americanness doesnt sound
like English? That
it doesnt look like a
Walmart or J.Crew
aisle or smell like an
apple pie?
We talk a lot about
nationalismif it is
good, if it is bad, if it is real,
if it is necessary. Whatever
it is, it is on my mind all the
time. I feel it nagging at my heels
when I cross streets where the cars
drive on the opposite side of the road.

Waiting for a walk signal, my
Americano in hand, I make my list.
Americanness is uncanny, the
foreign always familiar. It isnt having or not having guns, its worrying about them.
Americanness is race with a big
question mark and religion with
a big ellipsis and work ethic all in
quotations.
Americanness is knowing that
there are 300 million people and a
few islands and an enormous land
mass in the Western hemisphere
that you are supposed to be allowed
to belong to and that are supposed
to belong to each other. It is as big
as homesickness and as soft as my
favorite blanket and as loud as a call
with one as the country code.
How is it so big and so little at
the same time? When does it fit
and when does it feel too large or
small? What is it about we that
is so irresolvable but so strong that
it spans oceans and thousands of
miles, the magnetic field of us-ness
reaching me all the way in Ireland,
huddled around my coffee cup,
with my me-ness compasss arrow
pointed home?
Katherine Churchill is a member
of the Class of 2016.
that we earned these spots.

Amidst the pressure to become a
Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar,
graduate Phi Beta Kappa, and land a
respected internship with a full-time
offer attached at the end of the summer, we sometimes ignore what else
Bowdoin has to offer. We ignore the
classes which truly interest us for the
sake of the 101 (or, now, 1101) that
will preserve our GPAs. In between
meetings with the Career Planning
Center and the fellowships office
and our professors, we forget to
lose [ourselves] in generous enthusiasms, as the Offer of the College
directs.
Instead, we
l o s e
the junior year internship search.

Of course, the new friends I made
here (while some of my closest
friends studied in Spain, the United
Kingdom and Russia) have helped
define my Bowdoin experience in
a meaningful way. But still, losing
myself to a semester abroad would
have been a worthwhile experience.
So when the memories of each
lecture fade and we lose touch with
Bowdoins culture of work, what do
we want to remember? What will
we remember? For me, I hope to
push aside any recollection of my
first year seminar and to instead
think about the hours I spent lying with my friends on the Quad
each spring. And when I look back
on Tuesday nights, I want to be reminded of drinks at Joshuas, not
problem sets in the library.
Its a sentiment I am glad to
have realized at this point in my
college career, but its one I wish
had meant more to me four
years ago, back when Bowdoin
was still fresh.
So while I anxiously prepare
myself to graduate on May 23, I
find myself in the thick of never
ending problem sets, papers and
exams. But in two months when
I walk across the steps of the Art
Museum to shake President Mills
hand, these obligations will cease to
be relevant. In the end, it wont be
my academic successes or failures
that measure the four years I spent
in Brunswick. Rather, it will be the
happy and incidental memories I
made during those moments, however fleeting, when work was
the last thing on my mind.
Colin Swords is a
member of the Class of
2015.
o u r selves to the
ORIENT
IN
O
D
idea that someHE BOW
AWA, T
thing better is on
FURUK
DIANA
the horizon. All we have to do is
iest desmake it through these four years,
ignation, I know). Having
and then well coast. This is an idea I
arrived at college on the heels of
have finally begun to question.
successful high school careers, we
I will always be proud of what Ive
can all relate to this idea. For the
accomplished academically here at
Class of 2015, each of us represents
Bowdoin. But at what cost do I hold
about twelve other applicants who,
that pride? I put off going abroad
for one reason or another, ended
for the sake of my majors and in the
up elsewhere, and its almost as if
interest of devoting enough time to
we work so hard
just to validate
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the bowdoin orient
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
SJP organizes week to promote awareness of conflict in Palestine
ELIZA GRAUMLICH (LEFT) AND BO BLECKEL (RIGHT), THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
JUSTICE: Red flags in the David Saul Smith Union honor deceased Palestinian youth (left) and members of the Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble plays Monday night as part of a weeklong initiative to raise awareness of conflict in Palestine.
BY ADIRA POLITE
ORIENT STAFF
Students For Justice in Palestine

(SJP) spent months planning a week
of programmingJustice For Palestine Weekwhich came to an end
Wednesday night.
The weeks activities began on
Saturday, with a screening of the
documentary The Stones Cry
Out, which sheds light on the
struggles of Palestinian Christians,
who are a minority in predominantly Muslim Palestine. The filmmaker, Yasmine Perni, said that
she found that people in the West
are more likely to pay attention to
others struggles if they are Christians as opposed to Muslims.
Sunday, Tufts faculty member

Thomas Abowd visited Bowdoin and
gave a talk entitled Gentrification
and Urban Manifestations of Colonialism: Palestine to USA.
On Monday, members of the
Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble
visited and performed. One of the
members had recently traveled to
Palestine and shared letters written
by Palestinian children.
The club held a Skype conversation on Tuesday with a nurse working in the West Bank. The club also
received and listened to a video message from a student in Gaza.
On Wednesday, the club hosted a
film screening of Budrus, a documentary about the non-violent resistance of a West Bank village.
SJP is a fully student-run organization, though it receives funding

from the Student Activities Funding Committee.
Members of the group cited campus-wide awareness and education as
their goals for the week, as well as for
the club in general.
Mainstream media tends to be
extremely biased in favor of Israel,
said Sinead Lamel 15, a member of
SJP. Our government often speaks
in a way that assumes total support
and alliance with Israel. Even when
people do criticize Israel, they do it in
a narrative that ignores Palestinians.
Were trying to bring out the voices of
Palestinians.
SJP is also hoping to attract students
who may have never discussed, or even
thought about, these ongoing issues.

Everyone comes to the subject
of Israel and Palestine from very
different levels. It can be intimidating to talk to people who are very
passionate about [these issues]
because people might not feel like
they know enough to have opinions
about it, said Christopher Wedeman, one of the founders of Bowdoins chapter of SJP.
Encouraging discussing is another
of the groups goals.
Part of the point of the week was
to encourage people to come by their
own volition so that they can make
up their own mind and maybe debate [the issue] with their friends.
During the summer of 2014, Israels
invasion of the Gaza Strip left 2,200
Palestinians, including 521 children,

dead. SJP honored these children
by stringing up 521 red flags, each
with a name of a child, across the
first floor of Smith Union.
We wanted to try to put numbers
into perspective, said Wedeman.
SJP is taking further action to bring
attention to these issues on campus.
There will hopefully be a vote
on the ballot for the BSG elections
asking the student body whether
or not it wants to support the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, said Wedeman.
SJP meets every Thursday at 9
p.m. next to the dance studio in the
David Saul Smith Union. The petition is still being drafted but will
be made public in the near future.
Professor Wethli shows Performing Abramovic in Smith Union

work in French gallery
BY CARLY BERLIN AND TESSA WESTFALL
CONTRIBUTORS
BY LOUISA MOORE
ORIENT STAFF
Mark Wethli, the A. LeRoy Greason

Professor of Art, has been traveling
near and far during his sabbatical this
semester. Three of his works are currently being shown at Galerie Look &
Listen in Saint-Chamas, France.
Running from March 21 to May 16,
the show, entitled Trames (the French
word for weftcrosswise threads on a
loom), focuses on works of various media that involve woven fabrics. Wethlis
three paintings, done on handmade
canvases of woven paper, are shown
alongside pieces from thirteen other
European and American artists.
Wethlis three paintings, Ghost Parade, You Just Havent See My Good
Side Yet, and In Case You Ponderin,
were created in 2014. They are each 10
by eight inches each and painted on
woven Jaipur paper with Flash acrylic.
I had a number of paintings on
paper that werent going anywhere
(art speak for boring), and I suddenly
wondered what they would look like if
I cut them into strips and reassembled
them, wrote Wethli in an email to the
Orient. That turned out to be not all
that interesting either, but the structure of the object caught my attention
as a surface to paint on.
Please see WETHLI, page 11
people, he said dismissively.

After an excessive amount of whining about how no one was going to show
up, he decided to comply. Four and a
half minutes of sustained eye contact
later, he stood up, hugged Tessa.
I feel much closer to you. Im glad we
did that, he said.
Throughout the evening, we saw
a slew of responses.
For some, holding eye contact was
excruciating. One
as projected through us, rather than as

a shared experience with us. While one
of us made eye contact, the other would
record observations and keep time.
First, Tessa sat down with her future
roommate, who she had pried away
from his calculus problem set.
Youre just making eye contact with
girl made two attempts: first clocking

in at fifteen seconds, and then removing
her jacket, only to make it for twelve.
Im finding out horrifying information about myself, she said.
Most participants began by smiling
DIANA FURUKAWA , THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
COURTESY MARK WETHLI (LEFT) AND BOWDOIN COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS (RIGHT)
PAINT AND PATCH: Mark Wethli, You Just Havent Seen My Good Side Yet, 2014, painted with
Flash acrylic on woven Jaipur paper. Wethli teaches painting and is on sabbatical this semester.
For 736.5 hours in 2010, Marina

Abramovi made eye contact with
three-quarters of a million people in the
Museum of Modern Art in New York
City. For two hours in 2015, Carly Berlin 18 and Tessa Westfall 18 made eye
contact with twenty people in the David
Saul Smith Union at Bowdoin College.
Abramovi is known as a pioneer of
performance art, particularly in
her use of the body as a medium. For forty-two years,
she has dedicated herself to
fostering temporary spaces
designed for vulnerability
and psychic connection with her audience. In 1974,
Abramov i
p e r formed
Rhythm
0,
in
which
s h e
placed
seventyt w o
items on
a table
including a feather, a scalpel and a loaded
gunand sat passively while her audience wielded these objects on her body
as they chose.
We tinkered with the idea of
schlepping a table into the Union
with a Bowdoin Log, a Canada
Goose, and a loaded gun. But we
couldnt afford the jacket.

We decided to go with The Artist is
Present. If Marina could make eye contact for three months straight with minimal bodily harm, heck, we could too.
Participants in our rendition were
permitted to make eye contact with either of us for however long they wanted.
They were allowed to speak or move
freely, as long as their eyes remained
locked with ours. We did not allow ourselves to respond; we wanted to recreate Abramovis stoicism to allow participants their own experiences
Please see PERFORMING, page 11
Canine parody film provides scathing commentary

BY GABY PAPPER
ORIENT STAFF
Students and professors gathered

to watch dogs in human uniforms
head off to the trenches of World War
I on Monday night in Smith Auditorium. This was Gone to the Dogs:
Heroism and Parody in So Quiet on
the Canine Front, a screening of and
discussion about the satirical short
1931 film. Jakub Kazecki, Assistant
Professor of German at Bates College
came to discuss the humorous short,
a parody of the 1930 epic war film
All Quiet on the Western Front.
This 1931 short is part of a MetroGoldwyn-Mayer series called All
Barkie Dogville Comedies. Kazecki
described Barkies as movies with
dog actors dressed like people with
human voice-overs.
The whole concept of the Barkies was to have them be parodies of
mainstream movies in popular Hollywood genres, he said.
The dogs are suspended by wires
so that they walk on their hind legs
throughout the entire film. Seeing
dogs adapt a human form in terms
of dress and walk makes the parody
of the film instantly apparent. As the
film continues, the audience begins
to see that the film is less a parody
and more a serious commentary on
WETHLI
A friend in New York, who knew

about Wethlis unique canvases and
paintings, helped put him in touch
with one of the shows organizers,
and his work was then included.
The way I found out about the
show in France is a very good example of what a sabbatical can do, and
also one way in which the art world
works, which is by word of mouth,
wrote Wethli.
This sabbatical and a parental leave
last semester have provided Wethli
time to focus on his family and his
artistic career outside of Bowdoin.
He is currently living in Princeton,
N.J., with his wife and daughter to be
closer to the art scenes in New York
and Philadelphia.
PERFORMING
and giggling uncomfortably. Some

were able to breach that stage, their
faces settling into a focused, though
often tense, expression.
In Abramovis performance,
nobody was allowed to speak and
many participants sat silently across
from the artist and cried. The addition of speaking in our piece created
a different dimension for exploration. Nobody cried, but we did hear
a few confessions. Something about
eye contact as a pause from all other
activities seemed to make strangers
eager to share intimate details of
their lives.
Im secretly applying to the same
internship as my best friend. Im not
telling her because I know Ill get it
and she wont, one participant said,
while eating his seaweed snacks and
blinking excessively. Look, Im confessing things to you.
A complete stranger sat down and
began describing a New York Times
article she had read for a class. She
shared her unease that a past hookup
had been featured in it.
Things like that have been happening a lot in my life recently, she
said. This is the stillest Ive sat all day.
a&e
the bowdoin orient
the war films of the time.

The comedic strategy employed
in So Quiet on the Canine Front
shows the incongruity in the film.
Animals take on the roles of soldiers and civilian and imitate human
moves, said Kazecki. The only time
the dogs use all fours and walk naturally are during moments of panic.
[Otherwise,] the dogs march like soldiers. This appears unnatural to the
viewer, but also allows for reflection
for the impact of military training on
the male body.
According to Kazecki, the film can
be viewed as a commentary on the
gender norms of a masculine state
formed by military values. The film
goes beyond its role as a mere parody
and becomes a reflection of the warrior culture of the 1930s.
The soldiers on the battlefield are
following orders. The animal cast
sits, lies down, stays and plays dead.
This makes the soldiers obedient like
dogs, said Kazecki. You see different
social roles exemplified in the animals. The parody reaffirms the value
of loyalty and heroism and it assigns
those values to masculinity.
Parodies like So Quiet on the
Canine Front can mean more to an
audience than just a good laugh. Kazecki notes that the canine parody
consciously mocks American sys-
temic choices and hegemonic masculinity while amusing the audience.

Ginny Crow 18 attended the talk
as part of her class. Fighting Fascism:
The Spanish Civil War and Cinema.
So Quiet on the Canine Front paralleled the tragic comedies she had
just watched in class.
We discussed the nature of guilt
and humor in film, said Crow. Theres
an element of humor because no one
can really communicate since everyone
speaks a different language, but there is
also a powerful element of guilt.
Parodies and tragic comedies
can quickly shift away from humorous entertainment.
At first, the images of dogs wearing little hats and putting their paws
on the table seemed cute, said Crow.
When he showed the clip and you
saw the dogs being pulled along, suddenly, the movie changed a lot for
me.
The context of the production
of the film can influence the audiences interpretation.
Parodies feed from our tendency
as an audience to be a little bit of rebels, said Kazecki. By watching the
parodies, it is a safe way to do this.
This discussion was sponsored by
the German and the Romance Languages departments and the Cinema
Studies Program.
Sabbaticals are a wonderful opportunity for Bowdoin faculty to delve

into our fields of interest, travel to primary resources, and strengthen our
knowledge in our respective fields, he
wrote. In my case, this has included
more time in the studio and closer involvement with the art world.
In addition to the current show
in France, Wethli has been part of a
group show at The Painting Center
in New York and organized a show at
The Curator Gallery during his leave
from Bowdoin.
My goals are simply to pursue my
work, introduce more people to what
I do, and establish a better understanding of current issues in contemporary painting through first-hand
studio visits and conversations with
curators, art dealers, and other artists, Wethli wrote.
When he returns in the fall, he will
be teaching Drawing I and Painting II.

The benefits of this time away
have a direct relationship to the classroom when faculty return to their
teaching, he wrote. Many of the
photos and mental notes that I make
during my gallery visits are with my
classes in mind.
Wethli realized his potential in art
in high school and has been involved
with it ever since. He has taught visual arts at Bowdoin since 1985.
During my first few years of teaching I felt a strain between my time as
an artist and my time as a teacher, but
a single remark by a wonderful artist,
Betye Saar, gave me the answer, he
wrote. When asked how she divided
her time between her art and being a
mother, she answered, I didnt. She
found ways to make them work together to enhance bothsomething I look
forward to applying as a parent as well.
At least four people began with, I

guess Ill tell you about my day.
Some people had impressive stamina. We had to cut off one person
after 15 minutes, though she probably could have gone all night. She
did not stop talking about the tragedy of unreasonable peanut allergies, about her first-year floormate
who returned at ungodly hours with
mysterious golf clubs, about how she
would rather be happy than funny.
Unlike other participants, this girl
said she was talking because she
likes to talk, not because she was
uncomfortable with the silence. We
question this in retrospect.
Our second-longest lasting subject
went for around seven minutes, and
sat in complete silence.
It was fine, she said afterward.
For Tessa, it was decidedly not
fine. As soon as the girl rounded
the corner, Tessa had a conniption
and needed to walk it off. The silent space felt emotional for Tessa,
who was busy crafting an internal
narrative of all the connection that
was occurring in the space between
them. As blank canvases, we committed ourselves to not revealing
our personal responses so that the
subjects could have his or her own
space to experience. In practice,
though, it was admittedly difficult
when this participant articulated

no significant reaction.
In Introduction to Psychology last
semester we learned that people are
hardwired to recognize faces in their
surroundings. But when we look
closely for an amount of time that
feels unnatural, faces cease to be faces and become Picassos and aliens, all
eyes and noses and skin. We become
hyper-conscious of our own faces
and movements while under the unwavering gaze of another.
We found ourselves wondering:
what does all this say about a person?
We never get someone that sits across
from us silently and gives us their full
attention. Something about this nonverbal, non-tactile interaction triggers something deeper. It allows for
both introspection and connection;
you can be deeply alone yet irrevocably engaged with another person
at the same time. Theres nothing to
hide behind. What emotional connection would happen if we did this
all the time?
In a six-by-six foot study room
on the third floor of HawthorneLongfellow Library, we made eye
contact with each other for a predetermined four minutes. We willed
it to be an emotionally significant
moment for us. It was not. With the
pressure off, we felt only calm.
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DJ OF THE WEEK
Molly 15 and Emma 18 Stevens
LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SISTER ACT: Molly (left) and Emmas (right) radio show airs Sundays from 11 p.m. to 12 a.m.
BY ARIANA REICHERT
STAFF WRITER
How did you first get

involved with WBOR?
Molly Stevens: I wanted to join
since I was a prospective student. I
ended up coming to Bowdoin and
one of the first things I joined was
WBOR. When Emma came I begged
her to have a show with me.
Emma Stevens: She even wrote
on her Bowdoin application that she
wanted to be a DJ.
Tell me about your show, Sister Act.
ES: Well, Molly and I have very different taste in music. Mine is better,
obviously.
MS: Not really.
ES: Molly listens to these obscure
bands that everybody tries to outhipster each other with and I tend
to like pop and country. We thought
of the idea for Sister Act on our way
up to school together at the beginning
of this year. We decided that we could
each play a couple of songs as we were
coming up but whenever Molly would
choose, I would complain about her
song choice. Our parents thought it
was funny and suggested we start a
radio show.
Who are your musical heroes?
ES: Taylor Swift.
MS: Somewhere between Joni
Mitchell and Brian Transeau. I feel
like there are some things that we
can agree on, thoughlike Neil
Young. Dont tell me that doesnt get
you sentimental.
What kind of music do you listen to
in your spare time?
ES: I listen to country and pop
mainly. And Disney. I love Disney. Maybe I should have a Disney radio show.
MS: I think youd run out of material eventually. If you do, just play
the Tarzan soundtrack over and over
again. I tend to listen to more electronica, more indie rock. Older stuff
basically, more classic rock.
If you had to pick one genre of
music to listen to for the rest
of your life, what would it be?
MS: Thats hard. Id have to say indie rock. Its such a broad genre and
it doesnt really have a definition. If
I want to get my dancing on I could
listen to Hot Chip but if I want to sit
and wallow and feel things, I could
listen to Sigur Ros or Josh Ritter.
Theyre all in the same section of the
record store, but they all have completely different sounds.
ES: I would say R&B. When do you
listen to music? When youre working out. R&B has that rap and hip hop
component that you can definitely
run to but if you want to get your feels
on you could definitely sit and listen

to some R&B. Also, if you want to
make out with someone on a couch
R&B. You can do a lot with it.
What was the first album
that you ever bought?
MS: Flood by They Might Be Giants. Excellent album.
ES: Metamorphosis by Hilary Duff.
MS: You can see the difference
between the two of us right there.
Although, I hate to admit it, but I secretly know the words to every single
one of those songs.
What else are you involved
with on campus?
MS: Im the president of the Peucinian Society, which is our literary
and debate society on campus and Im
a manager on the radio station. I do
classics and classic archaeology so I
hang out with all the classics people. I
tend to stick to humanities.
ES: Im more interested in science,
like earth and oceanographic science
and chemistry and I play softball. Im
still trying to find my niche and figure
out what Im going to do here.
Whos your intended audience?
ES: To be honest, mostly our family
and our friends. There are constantly
members of our family calling in. A
lot of my friends listen and call in and
cause trouble.
MS: Some of my friends in Chambo 318 are pretty regular listeners. That
being said, our intended audience is really anyone who wants to listen. Especially people who like Car Talk.
What is it like having
a sibling on campus?
MS: Kind of relieving in some
ways. Its comforting if youre having
a bad day or you need someone to go
to dinner with to know that you have
someone around. Its also great for life
advice. Because we do very different
things it never really feels stifling.
ES: I was so nervous the first time I
saw her at a party. I kept on thinking,
Oh my god, this is my sister! This is
so awkward. But I like having her on
campus. I steal her clothes all the time.
I dont want her to graduate.
Do you have any final words
for your listeners?
ES: I am the better sister.
MS: You may be the faster and
stronger sister, but my taste is better.
Thats all you need to know.
Tune in to Sister Act with DJs Molly and Emma Stevens on WBOR 91.1
FM every Sunday from 11 p.m. to 12
a.m. or stream online at wbor.org. To
suggest a DJ for DJ of the Week, email
Arts & Entertainment Editor Emily
Weyrauch at eweyrauc@bowdoin.edu.
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the bowdoin orient
SPORTS
Womens lax falls to top-ranked Trinity

BY LIZA TARBELL
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sa 3/28
Wed 4/1
v. Trinity
at Bates
hope to return to nationals
According to Head Coach Frank

Pizzo, several races were determined within the final 20 feet beSCORECARD
fore the finish line.
We were pretty happy about
Sa 3/21
Veitor Trophy
4/20
our performance on Saturday,
St. Marys (Womens)
1/18
Sa 3/28
Duplin Trophy (Tufts)
3/10
said skipper Michael Croteau 15.
Staake Trophy
2/6
[But] we knew that we needed to
sail well on Sunday, because the
top four teams all had five or six
After posting impressive finwins. We were all one win apart.
ishes in three regattas two weeks
And only two teams are going to
ago, the sailing team competed in
be qualified.
two team race regattas last weekOne of the teams most competiend and again excelled. The coed
tive races was against Boston Unisailors finished second out of six
versity (BU) in the second round
teams in the Staake Trophy, thererobin on Sunday.
by qualifying for
The team had
the New Engjust lost to ConRight
before
fi
nishing
the
race,
we
fi
land Team Race
necticut
ColC h ampi ons h ip. nally made the play work and we were lege in the same
In addition, the going to win. [But] there was a huge round and was
womens
team
looking to avenge
pulled out solid wind shift, so we ended up losing the a loss to BU from
races at the Duthe day before.
race.
plin Trophy, finIt was a mustishing third out
win race for us.
LIZZY HAMILTON 15
of ten teams.
That was the race
The
Polar
that sealed our
Bears had a series of tight races
fate, said Pizzo.
against three other top teams in the
Early on, the Terriers had boats
Staake Trophy at Connecticut Colin both first and second place, but
lege, finishing with a record of 7-3.
Bowdoin was able to take the top
The Staake featured a series of races
spot and put two boats ahead of
pitting two teams against each othBUs second. This rebound from
er with three boats each, a type of
third-fourth-sixth to first-thirdcompetition known as a team race
fourth secured Bowdoins win.
regatta.
If we didnt win that race, we
Each boat was assigned a point
wouldnt be moving on, said Crovalue corresponding to the place
teau. On the last leg, we basically
in which it finished, and the team
got their boats slowed by getting
that finishes with 10 or fewer
points wins.
Please see SAILING, page 14
ORIENT STAFF
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ON GUARD: Emma Beecher 16 (left) and Genna Warner 15 (right) attempt to guard a Trinity midfielder in
the Polar Bears11-6 loss on Saturday to the No. 1 Bantams. Although they lost to Trinity, a Wednesday win at
Bates has the Polar Bears still in the top 10, currently ranked seventh nationally.
away eight shots in the first half to
keep her team in the game.
The game was much closer
than the score made it seem We
worked really hard throughout the
game to get it to where we were, especially with defense, Sippel said.
Sippel also said that the Bantams momentum allowed them to

control the final result.
[Momentum is] a big part of
the game, unfortunately. People are
Please see W. LAX, page 15
Two new football coordinator hires announced

BY NICKIE MITCH
ORIENT STAFF
New head football coach JB

Wells coaching staff is beginning
to take shape. Shem Bloom and
Tom Blumenaur, who worked under Wells at his previous position
at Endicott College, have been
hired to serve as Bowdoins defensive and offensive coordinators,
respectively.
Ryan Sullivan, who is the Polar
Bears head softball coach, and had
also been serving as an assistant
football coach, will now focus on
softball and will also begin to oversee Bowdoins intramural sports
program.
It is not unusual for assistant
coaches to leave and other staffing changes to occur when a head
coach leaves, according to Ashmead White Director of Athletics
Tim Ryan 98, who said that these
staffing changes were simply the
result of a broader reevaluation
of the football program, not a response to the performance of the
former assistants.
Bloom was a defensive lineman
at Wesleyan College. Prior to joining Endicotts coaching staff, he
served on Wesleyans sidelines for
four seasons and Middleburys for
two.
Blumenauers past experience
comes from outside of the NE-
Sailing starts off strong as they

BY VERA FENG
L 11-6
W 8-7
This past Saturday, the womens

lacrosse team (7-2, 4-2 NESCAC)
fell to No. 1 Trinity (9-1, 5-1 NESCAC) in an 11-6 loss. After much
preparation and talk of the matchup against the top ranked Bantams,
the Polar Bears could not complete
a second half comeback, ultimately
conceding the final four goals of
the game after chipping the Trinity
lead down to one. The loss marked
the teams second straight defeat to
a top-five team.
The Polar Bears returned to action on Wednesday with an 8-7
victory over Bates (5-7, 1-6 NESCAC) and will play Endicott College (6-3, 2-1 TCCC), on Howard
F. Ryan Field tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Clare McLaughlin 15, who
scored two goals against the Bantams, described the teams approach
to the match-up last Saturday.
We went into the game really
excited to improve from our loss
against Middlebury. It was a low
scoring game; we were [behind]
4-2 at halftime, said McLaughlin.
The Polar Bears continued to fight
at the beginning of the second half,
but the pace of the game shifted.
We had a lot of confidence that
we were in it and we held it 7-6 for
a while, McLaughlin said. For us
it felt like in the blink of an eye,
[the game] went from a 7-6 battle
to all of a sudden theyre winning
by four.
Goalie Isabel Sippel 15 turned
Mens lacrosse now at

three weeks since last win
BY COOPER HEMPHILL
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sa
3/28
Wed 4/1
Tom Blumenauer
Shem Bloom
Offensive Coordinator
Defensive Coordinator
SCAC, but still within D-III. A

more recent addition to Endicotts coaching staff, he previously
served at St. Lawrence University,
which plays in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, and
in a variety of positions at the elementary, middle and high school
levels.
Ryan said that as Wells orchestrates a new strategy for the football team, the College felt it was
important that he be surrounded
by individuals he had worked with
in the past.
One of the benefits of being at
Bowdoin is that our student athletes are able to build great relationships with their coaches and
any time there is turnover in any
position it takes time for those re-
lationships to develop, Ryan said.

Wells, Blumenaur and Bloom are
already on campus, and have begun
meeting the returning team members, and familiarizing themselves
with Bowdoin tradition and campus culture. Ryan said he believes
that that the new coaches experiences in similar environments will
allow the new program to hit the
ground running next season.
Community responses to the
staffing changes have been largely
positive. Many said it brings new
energy and excitement to a program that has faced challenges in
recent years.
According to Tom Capone 17,
while the new direction will be-
Please see COACHES, page 15
at Trinity
v. Bates
L 8-7
L 15-8
After a 1-6 start to the season,

the mens lacrosse team nearly got
back on track this past Saturday,
but ultimately fell 8-7 at Trinity in
overtime. The team then hosted
Bates on Wednesday, falling to the
Bobcats 15-8.
Bowdoin dominated the first
quarter of the Trinity game. Attacker
Shawn Daly 18 netted the lone goal of
the period six minutes into the contest. Both teams were able to maintain
strong defensive presences throughout the first half, holding each other
to only one goal in the second quarter.
Bowdoin held a hard-earned 2-1 lead
at the halftime break.
Trinity began to take control after halftime, with the Bantams tying up the game only eight seconds
into the third. Peter Reuter 16 answered to pull the Polar Bears back
into the lead. The lead was shortlived, however, as Trinity went on a
four-goal run to jump to a 6-3 lead.
Brandon Rothmann 16 kept
Bowdoin in the game with a goal
with 11 seconds left in the third, cutting the lead to two and bringing the
Polar Bears within striking distance.
After one more Bantam tally with
nearly 13 minutes remaining, the score
remained deadlocked at 7-4 until senior Captain David Nemirov finally
found the net with 2:07 left in the game.
Bowdoin fed off the momentum, and
was able to find the net two more times
in a minute as Nemirov netted another,
and Reuter tied the game at 7-7 with 53
seconds left to play.
Despite Bowdoins tremendous
effort to tie the game, Trinity recorded the only goal of overtime,
winning the thriller 8-7.
While the score remained close
throughout the contest, Bowdoin
struggled to earn possessions on both
ground balls and faceoffs. The Bantams held a 14-5 advantage in faceoffs and were able to grab 31 ground
balls compared to only 15 for the Polar
Bears. This allowed Trinity to control
the majority of the possessions in the
contest, with the Bantams getting off 50
shots,17 more than Bowdoin.
Against Bates, the Polar Bears got
down early and never got back in the
game. After Bowdoin tied the game
1-1 six minutes into the first period,
Bates scored four goals in a row, even-
Please see M. LAX, page 13
sports
the bowdoin orient
13
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Sports teams work toward green goals

BY TOMMY LUNN
Erin Mullins 16
SAILING
HIGHLIGHTS
Skipper of the boat that
won the A-Division St. Marys
Womens Regatta
Named Sailor of the Week
along with the two crew
members in her boat
BY ALEX VASILE
ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
credits to her time spent in the

boat with Bloch.
Shes been able to get to a really
Skipper Erin Mullins 16
high level, he said. She started
opened the spring sailing season
sailing with Dana in the middle
with a dominant display at the St.
of the fall; I think Danas really
Marys Womens Regatta. Mullins,
helped her make that leap.
along with her crew mates Dana
Pizzo spends a lot of time mixBloch 17 and Emily Salitan 16
ing and matching skippers and
won division A by 43 points.
crews. He said he learned that
These points
Mullins excels
are
awarded
when she stays
Its
defi
nitely
a
lot
about
experience,
based
on
calm in the
but
she
also
doesnt
go
for
the
risky,
placea firstboat, so shes
place
finish complicated maneuvers. Of the set of seen success
is worth one
when workpoint while a skills a sailor has, she knows what her ing with crews
fifth place finstrengths are and sticks to them. with similar
ish is worth
approaches.
five.
This
Both
of
DANA BLOCH 17
means
the
those
girls
team
placed
sail best when
around three positions better than
theyre having fun and keeping
their closest competition. The efit light, personality-wise, Pizzo
fort won the three New England
said. Its very hard to describe
Intercollegiate Sailing (NEISA)
the anxiety a skipper feels when
Sailors of the Week. Mullins and
theyre holding the tiller.
Salitan followed up that perSimilarly, Mullins has had sucformance a week later, helping
cess with Salitan and Paz.
Bowdoin clinch third place among
She really thrives in a positive
nationally ranked competition.
environment, Paz said. She lets
Mullins, a Rhode Island native,
the crew pay attention to the bighas skippered most of her life, but
ger picture. I think thats why she
said that her Bowdoin decision
likes suggestions.
was somewhat independent of her
Paz also called crewing a lot of
desire to sail.
turning around because of how
Bowdoin is one of the prettifocused skippers are at looking
est places to sail, she said. But I
forward. Mullins called Bloch her
picked the school for the school;
eyes and ears in the boat.
sailing was a nice bonus.
Mullins succeeds not only beMullins embodies the collaborcause of the chemistry shes found
ative personality of the Bowdoin
with her crew, but also because
sailing team.
of her base
Some skippers
Its really nice of her to say what do technical abilprefer to dicity. She has
tate orders, but you think about this? I think she likes improved her
Mullins treats asking questions and likes working place in a numraces like a
ber of races
together like that.
conversation.
because of her
As Bloch put it,
handling and
DANA BLOCH 17
some skippers
speed
while
really
dont
racing.
want to hear from you.
Shes really smooth in all of
Its really nice of her to say
her boat handling maneuvers,
what do you think about this?
Bloch said. If the breeze is realsaid sophomore crew Mimi Paz.
ly light and you need a couple of
I think she likes asking questions
tacks to get up to speed, its usuand likes working together like
ally really smooth. Some people
that. Most of the time we definitecant use their boat-handling
ly agree on what to do. If we dont,
to their advantage because its
she totally knows what to do.
really messy.
Mullins was quick to defer
Its definitely a lot about expraise to her crew. Of Bloch,
perience, Salitan said. But she
she acknowledged, Dana pretty
also doesnt go for the risky,
much does everything for me
complicated maneuvers. Of
out there.
the set of skills a sailor has, she
Mullins cracked the top of
knows what her strengths are
the teams lineup during her first
and sticks to them. Its her own
spring on the team, racing in the
personal diligence.
B division. She moved to the A
The sports editor of the Orient
division her sophomore fall, folchooses the Athlete of the Week
lowing the expected trajectory
based on exemplary performance.
of a skilled. Mullins made a leap
To suggest an athlete, email
her junior fall, howeveran imSports Editor Jono Gruber at jgruprovement Coach Frank Pizzo
ber@bowdoin.edu.
ORIENT STAFF
ORIENT STAFF
All varsity and large club sports

teams were challenged to complete
a series of five environmentallyconscious tasks as part of a new Efficiency Initiative Team Challenge,
launched this year by the Office
of Sustainability and the Athletics
Department.
Although only the womens
volleyball, mens ice hockey and
squash teams have completed all
five tasks as well as an Above and
Beyond challenge, the initiatives
creators are optimistic about its
future.
We have someone who is
knowledgeable about a sport tailor
the goals to that sport, said Emma
Chow 15. For mens hockey, we
can say Is it doable to go trayless
for a week? Is it doable to go trayless for a day? We want to give
them something thats achievable
but still going to stretch them a
little bit.
Chow, along with fellow seniors
Emi Gaal and Tori Munson and junior Lela Garnerwho works directly in the sustainability office as
the representative for Green Athleticshas led the challenge during its debut year.
Green Athletics has existed since
2011, but the initiatives founders
wanted to take its mission a step
further. After brainstorming the

idea last spring, the groups leaders
worked out logistics with Ashmead
White Director of Athletics Tim
Ryan and Coordinator for a Sustainable Bowdoin Keisha Payson
to finalize plans for the year.
We all saw that there were so
many tiny things that we do every day, said Gaal. That kind of
fueled the club to begin. Just going through athletics and helping varsity athletes and some of
the larger club sports participate
in this program gets them thinking about these things day to day
and as a group, and hopefully that
is just one step for the college to
move forward in changing peoples
mindsets and helping understand
that they can do little things.
The tasks were decided upon
at the beginning of each season
and customized to fit teams specific needs and desires. The teams
progress is tracked on the Green
Athletics website as well as on a
display board in the Peter Buck
Center for Health and Fitness.
In order to encourage teams to
participate in the challenge, every
team that completes all five challenges will be invited to a pub night
featuring music and free food.
Another key feature of the challenge is its Above and Beyond
component. The Above and Beyond program encourages teams
and athletes to exceed their challenges requirements. Each Above

and Beyond task is given a point
value depending on its level of intensity.
Those are really opportunities
for teams to take initiative on their
own, so it would be really nice to
see more teams engage in that aspect and get excited because they
can do cool things like fundraisers
and different events, said Chow.
The winners of the Above and
Beyond challenge will receive a
gift card for Atayne, a sustainablysourced athletic wear company
founded by a Bowdoin alumnus.
The gift card is for use for the team
as a whole and will further take the
challenges step of environmental
consciousness while providing incentive for teams.
Going forward, the initiative
hopes to achieve total participation, including in the Above and
Beyond challenge. This would
then facilitate the ultimate goal of
campus-wide awareness of the issue and participation in environmentally-friendly measures.
I think Im excited to have the
annual award winner announced
by Tim Ryan at the end of year
athletic banquet, so just having
athletics back us really legitimizes
everything and makes teams feel
more compelled to participate,
said Chow.
Baseball continues underwhelming season

BY SARAH DRUM
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Fri 3/27
Mon 3/30
at Tufts
at Tufts
at Tufts
W 6-1
L 6-0
L 10-1
The baseball team dropped two

of three in a NESCAC East Division series against Tufts in Northboro, Mass. last weekend. The
Polar Bears fell to 6-10 (1-2 NESCAC) as the Jumbos improved to
11-4 (2-1 NESCAC).
Bowdoin jumped out to a hot
start, claiming the opener of Fridays double-header 6-1. Tufts got
back on track, winning the night
game 6-0 and Monday nights rubber match by a score of 10-1.
In the first game on Friday, Henry Van Zant 15 pitched a complete
game, allowing only four hits and
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tually taking a 6-2 lead into the second
quarter. The Polar Bears cut the Bates
lead to three right before halftime but
the Bobcats answered, scoring five
goals before the Polar Bears next one.
The Polar Bears have a very
young roster this year, with 20 of
their 44 players being first years.
This requires the older players on
the team to take on more of a leadership role in order to integrate the
younger players into the program.
The number of first years in the
program has also been a big help
on the field.
We have a small junior and senior
class, so we needed a couple more
guys, said captain Mac Caputi 15.
All 20 of our first years are capable.
The team currently sits in ninth
place in the NESCAC. with an overall record of 1-7 (1-4 NESCAC).
They host non-conference opponent Endicott tomorrow at noon.
striking out three batters. Van Zant

successfully retired seven consecutive Jumbos to start the game until
Tufts Tom Petry hit a single in the
third inning.
If we had to lose a series of that magnitude at any point during the year its
much better that happens now rather
than later on. I think its definitely going to be a learning experience and
the turning point for us, because we
all know that we have an incredibly
talented team.
NICK SADLER 18
For his efforts, Van Zant was
named NESCAC Pitcher of the
Week. So far this season he has
struck out 23 batters in 21 innings.

[Van Zant] was fantastic in
that game, said Head Coach Mike
Connolly. Obviously, the mix between his fastball and his slider
and his changeup was really good
and he pitched really well. It was a
great performance from a captain
and a leader to set the tables for the
rest of the season.
Senior Cole DiRoberto opened
scoring in the second inning by
reaching home on a Peter Cimini
16 sacrifice fly.
Bowdoin lit up the scoreboard
in the sixth, notching a five-run
inning that included home runs
from Erik Jacobsen 15, Cimini
and Chris Nadeau 16.
Tufts Andrew David quieted
the Polar Bears in the night fixture though, giving up only six hits
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SAILING

to tack and duels. We had them
do some extra boat handling, and
forcing them to sail into adverse
currents. So my teammates sailed
fast and got ahead.
It was the first regatta for the
coed team after the teams Spring
Break trip to California. Competing were Jack McGuire 17, Charlotte Williamson 15, Harrison
Hawk 18, Julia Rew 16, Michael
Croteau 15, Mimi Paz 17, Olivia
Diserio 16 and Matt Lyons 17.
After a first-place finish at St.
Marys Womens Interconference,
the womens team finished with a
best-ever record of 12-6 at Duplin Trophy in Tufts last weekend,
earning a third-place finish. The
shifty wind pattern on Sunday,
however, produced several unexpected incidents.
We had a race against Brown.
We were trying to execute a difficult play, said Lizzy Hamilton
15. My teammates did a good job
executing it. Right before finishing
the race, we finally made the play
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work and we were going to win.
[But] there was a huge wind shift,
so we ended up losing the race.
We ended up losing a couple
of races [on Sunday], said Pizzo.
But it was still a good day. We beat
a bunch of teamsthere is a lot of
competition.
Lizzy Hamilton 15, Jade Willey
17, Ellis Price 18, Courtney Koos
16, Sydney Jacques 18, Erin Mullins 16, and Emily Salitan 16 all
sailed at the Duplin Trophy.
Due to unseasonably cold
weather, the team did not get
many chances to practice before its
spring regattas.
We havent had a lot of practice
leading up to the regatta. We were
excited to be out on the water, said
Croteau.
The Polar Bears are ready to
compete at the BU Trophy, the
Marchiando Team Reace, the Dellenbaugh Trophy and the Barque
Eagle Team Race this weekend.
Thanks to their finish in the Staake Trophy, they will travel to Harvard for the New England Team
Race Championship on April 11
and 12.
Mens tennis improves doubles

play as it coasts to seventh win
BY JONO GRUBER
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sa
3/28
v. Wesleyan
8-1
The mens tennis team (2-0 NESCAC, 7-1 overall) opened up its postSpring Break play with a dominating
8-1 win over Wesleyan (0-2 NESCAC,
2-5 overall) on Saturday.
The No. 8 Polar Bears only loss on
the season came at the hands of No. 4
Pomona-Pitzer during the teams Spring
Break trip to California.
Against Wesleyan, the Bears jumped
out to an early lead, winning all three
doubles matches. Luke Trinka 16 and
Luke Tercek 18 dominated first doubles, winning 8-2, and second and third
doubles pairs Kyle Wolstencroft 15 Gil
Roddy 18 and Kyle Wolfe 18 Chase
Savage 16 held their own, winning 8-3
and 8-4, respectively.
The doubles wins were a revelation

for a Bowdoin squad that, despite
their near-impeccable record, was
swept in doubles play three times in
California. To mix things up, Roddy
and Wolfe switched spots on the No.
2 and No. 3 teams against Wesleyan.
Bowdoins only loss on the day
came in first singles, as Trinka lost
6-4, 7-5.
I think everyone was very happy
to have such a strong result against a
very talented team, said captain Kyle
Wolstencroft 15. That being said,
were still in the early parts of our
season and, while it was a great result
that we enjoyed in the moment, were
putting our heads down and looking
forward to the matches we have this
weekend against Brandeis and after
that, a long road trip to Hamilton and
Amherst.
Tomorrows
matchup
with
Brandeis goes down at 11 a.m. in
Farley Field House.
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NESCAC Standings
MENS LACROSSE
NESCAC
W
Tufts
5
Middlebury 5
Amherst
4
Williams
4
Wesleyan
3
Colby
2
Bates
2
Hamilton
2
Trinity
2
BOWDOIN 1
Conn. Coll.
0
L
0
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
OVERALL
W L T
9
0 0
8
2 0
9
1 0
7
1 0
6
4 0
6
3 0
5
4 0
6
4 0
4
6 0
1
8 0
2
8 0
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4
Tu 4/7
v. Endicott
at Babson
NOON
7 P.M.
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BEE IN THE TRAP: Mettler Growney 17 works her way around a group of Trinity defenders in the Polar Bears loss last Saturday. Although the Polar Bears are now
fifth in the NESCAC, Trinity, Colby and Middleburythree of the teams above them in the standingsare ranked first, second and third in the nation, respectively.
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hot at certain moments throughout the game. Its not concerning,
but its a lot better when the momentum is going in your direction, said Sippel.
McLaughlin also remarked on
how momentum is a defining
characteristic of the sport, which
proved on Saturday to be key in
Trinitys win.
In lacrosse you can still come
back from that, but we didnt respond
at the times that we needed to, said
McLaughlin. We were down by four
and the time was ticking.
McLaughlin also mentioned
how lost draw controls and 50/50
balls swung the pendulum in Trinitys favor.
Against top-ranked teams, a
draw control can mean a game,
COACHES
come most obvious during the season, he and other team members
are already seeing positive changes, from a new emphasis on nutri-
McLaughlin said. When it was

our chance to answer those goals,
we didnt capitalize. Passes went
out, or we missed shots, or things
didnt quite get executed right. It
was kind of tough to see, because
it wasnt like we werent getting the
opportunities. It was just that we
couldnt quite finish them off.
The loss against Trinity marked
the second game in a row that the
Polar Bears fell to an in-conference rival. However, McLaughlin
argued that the pattern doesnt define her team.
I think its okay that we lost two
in a row. Our captains said to us
in practice today, This is a roadblockweve lost to teams before
and still had amazing seasons,
she said. Its almost like this bump
is a time to refocus for Bates on
Wednesday.
The Polar Bears worked hard in
practice between the Trinity loss and
the Bates matchup to attack draw

control and 50/50 ballsit paid off.
McLaughlin said how the teams
morale and togetherness continue
to boost its spirit and performance.
A theme has been, We dont really have superstars, so were going
to do this together and for each
other. This is fun, said McLaughlin. And that attitude going forward will lead to good things.
Bowdoin has historically had
great success against Endicott, yet
the Polar Bears approach this contest with deliberate care.
I wouldnt say that [Endicott] is a
[Trinity] or a Middlebury. Rankings dont really tell the whole story,
McLaughlin said. A team could just
play a style thats really hard for us to
go against. Im confident that we can
go against any style, but it is important that a team that might not have
as many wins can still beat a team
with a lot more wins.
tion to revamped workout plans.

Were competing in ways that
we havent in previous years. I
think that this coaching staff definitely brings a revitalized sense of
competition. Theyre really motivating us to work hard in the off-
season, Capone said.

These changes come at the end
of a string of lackluster seasons for
Bowdoin football. Only time will
tell if the new coaching staff can
start a new chapter for the struggling program.
BASEBALL
NESCAC EAST
W
2
1
0
0
0
Tufts
BOWDOIN
Colby
Trinity
Bates
OVERALL
W L T
13 4 0
6 10 0
9
3 0
8
5 0
5
5 0
L
1
2
0
0
0
NESCAC WEST
W
3
0
0
0
0
Williams
Wesleyan
Hamilton
Amherst
Middlebury
L
0
0
0
0
3
OVERALL
W L
6
5
9
4
7
5
7
6
0
9
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/5
Su 5/5
at Bates
vs. Bates
vs. Bates
TBA
1 P.M.
3:30 P.M.
SAILING
at Dellenbaugh Trophy
at Marchiando Team Race
at Barque Eagle Team Race
at BU Trophy
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
WOMENS TENNIS
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4
We 4/8
NESCAC EAST
W
0
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
0
OVERALL
W L
1
7
11 5
4
7
3
9
16 0
NESCAC WEST
W
2
2
0
0
0
L
0
0
2
2
0
OVERALL
W L
7
7
9
3
8
6
7
9
12 3
Bates
BOWDOIN
Colby
Trinity
Tufts
Hamilton
Middlebury
Amherst
Wesleyan
Williams
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4 v. Bates
v. Bates
We 4/8 at Southern Me.
at Southern Me.
NOON
2 P.M.
3:30 P.M.
5:30 P.M.
WOMENS LACROSSE
Trinity
Colby
Hamilton
Middlebury
BOWDOIN
Tufts
Amherst
Williams
Bates
Conn. Coll.
Wesleyan
W
5
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
L
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
6
5
5
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
W
9
9
8
7
7
8
6
5
5
2
4
L
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
7
7
6
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4 v. Endicott
Tu 4/7 v. Colby
3 P.M.
7 P.M.
MENS TENNIS
SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4
SOFTBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 3/28
*Bold line denotes NESCAC Tournament cut-off
11 A.M.
TRACK AND FIELD

SCHEDULE
Sa 4/4
v. MIT
v. Bates
v. Brandeis
Bowdoin Invitational
11:30 A.M.
4 P.M.
4 P.M.
Compiled by Sarah Bonanno

Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
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Ortiz should let his bat do the talking

LEFT OF
PESKY POLE
WILL OSSOFF
If I were to list the people Ive never
met who have contributed the most joy
to my life, David Ortiz would be at the
top. His postseason heroics embody
the magical unpredictability of sports,
and he is largely the reason for my unconditional and irrational love for the
Boston Red Sox. I read Dan Shaughnessys Curse of the Bambino before
the 2004 season, and after the Yankees took a 3-0 series lead in the 2004
ALCS, my 11-year-old self seriously
questioned his depressing loyalty to the
Sox. Then Ortiz, Big Papi, lifted the Sox
with walk-off hits in Game 4 and 5. He
swatted the Curse of the Bambino out
of Fenway, and set the Sox on the path
to their first World Series in 86 years.
Nine years later in the 2013 ALCS,
Ortiz revived a sluggish Sox offense with
an eighth inning grand-slam into the
bullpen, famously depicted in a photo
of bullpen cop Steve Horgan cheering
and Torii Hunter doing a faceplant over
the wall. Mr. Clutch once again brought
happiness to Boston with one powerful,
magical swing of his bat.
And yet, questions about the
source of his power will always
overshadow the magic in Big Papis
career. As much as I want to believe
that my childhood hero is innocent,
David Ortiz cheated, failing a drug
test in 2003. He adamantly maintains that he was misled regarding
the legality of the over-the-counter
drugs that he took.
In a recent article for The Players
Tribune, Derek Jeters website that

features first-person stories by athletes, Ortiz asserts with gusto, Im
no bullshitter. I never knowingly
took any steroids. Sorry Papi, but
Im calling BS on that one.
Ortiz asserts that his success comes
solely from his meticulous preparation, the hours and hours and hours
of work. Im not buying the argument that someone so dedicated to
self-improvement could be blissfully
unaware of the supplements that he
put into his body. If Manny Ramirez,
the goofiest space cadet ever to play
in a Red Sox uniform, knew that he
was taking steroids (as he has since
admitted), its hard to believe Ortiz
plea of ignorance.
Ortiz wrote the article to defend
his case for the Hall of Fame. On
this subject, he is on far more solid
ground. On the basis of performance
alone, Ortiz is a first- or second-ballot Hall of Famer. He will break the
500 home run barrier sometime in
the next two seasons. He is the best
designated hitter of all time and one
of the best postseason hitters ever,
with a clutch gene that helped turn
the Red Sox franchise from a lovable
loser to a postseason powerhouse.
And after a brief slump in 2009,
the 39-year-old has staved off the
typical decline of aging power hitters, with his 35 homers ranking
sixth in the majors last season. Given the extensive testing that players
undergo in the post-steroid era, it is
fair to presume that Ortiz has continued his success cleanly. He hasnt
failed a test since that one in 2003.
Steroid allegations have kept a
number of Hall of Fame worthy players out of Cooperstown. Objectively
speaking, even unlikeable cheaters

like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens
deserve a spot in the Hall based on
their pre-steroid exploits. And yet,
they are remembered for artificially
extending their careers with illegal
drugs at the height of the steroid era.
Guys like Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro, who would have made
the Hall 20 years ago because they
broke 500 home run barrier, may
never make it because their careers
became defined by steroid use.
Ortizs career narrative is different.
While steroids may have helped revive
his fledgling career in 2003, he continued his success deep into the post-steroid era. Objectively, he should be in, as
should Clemens and Bonds. But unlike
Clemens and Bonds, he has a chance
to win over the subjective votes of the
writers. By the time he reaches Hall of
Fame eligibility six or seven years from
now, baseball writers will be less jaded
by the confusing and disheartening era
of constant steroid allegations.
But to ensure that he wins the hearts
and minds of the writers, Ortiz should
keep his mouth shut and stop making
an unconvincing case for his innocence. He should put the allegations
behind him and let his game speak for
itself. Antagonizing skeptical writers
like the Boston Globes Dan Shaughnessy, whom Ortiz affectionately refers
to in his article as the reporter with the
red jheri curl, wont help his case.
Unfortunately, the same swagger that has made Ortiz great on the
field carries over into his off-the-field
comments. He may have won the
fans over years ago, but he still needs
to win over the Cooperstown moral
police, the Baseball Writers Association of America.
BASEBALL
aspect of defense I thought that we

were at the top of our game.
Despite their struggles batting
against the Jumbos, the Polar Bears
in a complete-game effort. Aaron
played well in the field, commitRosen 15 was the lone offensive
ting only one error in the threebright spot for the Bears, going 4-4
game series.
from the plate with four singles.
If we can continue to catch the
In the series final game on
ball like that all year long were goMonday night, Rosen started the
ing to be in a great spot, said ConPolar Bears off with a home run
nolly. From an offensive perspecin the top of the first inning, but
tive were just going to continue to
Tufts responded with a total of five
work all year on trying to become a
runs over the first, fifth and sixth
little more consistent so that we can
innings. The Jumbos secured the
continue to put pressure on teams.
game with a five-run eighth and
Nick Sadler 18, who scored a
won the game by nine.
run in Fridays opener, is hopeful
Tufts pitching was dominant
that the team will hone its game in
after the first inning, recording a
time for the playoffs.
total of six zero-hit innings in the
If we had to lose a series of that
rest of the game.
magnitude at any
Zach
Slinger
point during the
[Van
Zant]
was
fantastic
in
that
struck out five
year, its much
in seven innings, game.... It was a great performance better that hapand Zach Brown
now rather
from a captain and a leader to set the pens
pitched a perthan later on, he
tables
for
the
rest
of
the
season.
fect final two insaid.

nings.
I think its
HEAD COACH MIKE CONNOLLY
The
two
definitely going
pitchers
from
to be a learning
Tufts,
Andrew
experience and
David and Kyle Slinger, they both
the turning point for us, because
pitched really well, said Connolly.
we all know that we have an inSo the first thing that we ran into
credibly talented teamthe key is
was that those guys did a great job.
just fitting all the pieces together at
Although the team did not
the right time.
achieve the result it was hoping
Bowdoins game at 5-5 Bates,
for, Connolly said he saw many
who is yet to play an in-conference
positives in the game. He believes
game, tomorrow has been postthat as the season progresses, the
poned to because of unplayable
teams approach will continue to
field conditions. The two teams
get better.
Sunday doubleheader will now
I thought that the energy in all
start at 1 p.m. at Franklin Pierce
three games was great and I felt
University in Rindge, N.H.
that they went about it the right
NESCAC play has just begun
way, said Connolly. The second
and the Polar Bears are currently
really big positive was we played
sitting in second place of the congreat defense. The guys caught the
ferences Eastern Division with a
ball all weekend long and in every
record of 1-2.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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resident Barry Mills announcement on Monday that Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd will be leaving the College for the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation means that two of the highest-ranking officials in the
College are stepping down this summer. Since Judd is the administrator with
the most impact on the Colleges curriculum and faculty, her departure gives
us an opportunity to evaluate the state of academics at the College and to share
our hopes for certain changes under President-elect Clayton Rose.
The Dean for Academic Affairs Office may seem detached from student
life, but it has a tremendous impact on the academic experiences of the entire student body. And while the College has found several ways to collect
student input on academic mattersincluding class surveys at the end of
each semester, lunches with prospective professors, and student-written recommendation letters for faculty who are up for promotionswe would like
to see more direct and impactful student involvement. Students should be
part of tenure and faculty search committees, and student feedback should
weigh heavily in any decisions regarding the curriculum. Our next dean for
academic affairs should institute changes that increase the transparency of
what is now an opaque office.
In 2005, the year before Judds arrival on campus, the Orient reported that
just three of Bowdoins 150 instructional faculty members were African American. That same year, 20 out of 190 faculty members identified as minorities,
according to the Colleges Common Data Set. This year, that number is 32 out
of 235, meaning that even now, less than 14 percent of Bowdoins professors
are minorities. Bowdoin has the third lowest percentage of minority faculty in
the NESCAC, trailed only by Bates and Connecticut College. Increased faculty
diversity has been a goal for at least 10 years, yet the College still has a long way
to go. It will be the responsibility of the new dean for academic affairs to follow
through on achieving that goal.
In the last few years of Judds tenure, her office has sought to adapt Bowdoins curriculum to the needs of the information age and defend the liberal
arts against those who question its value. In an effort to incorporate modern
technology into traditional classroom settings, Bowdoin began the Digital
and Computational Studies Initiative (DCSI) two years ago. Additionally,
computer science has become so popular in the past few years that some prospective majors and minors have been unable to enroll in the departments
courses. The new dean of academic affairs will need to expand the computer
science department and continue to carefully integrate technology with the
rest of our curriculum.
When President-elect Clayton Rose appoints Judds replacement, he will set
a tone that will endure for the rest of his presidency. The Board of Trustees
indicated its prioritiesa balance of financial and academic leadershipwhen
it elected Rose, and now Rose will indicate his academic priorities for the College by selecting a new dean for academic affairs. Unlike Mills, Rose has experience as a faculty member, and we hope that he will take a leading role in setting the academic policy of the College and working to facilitate collaboration
and trust between the faculty and the administration.
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To the editors:
In the fall, 100 Bowdoin students travelled to NYC for the
Peoples Climate March, a historic
collection of people in support of
a greener future. Now, another
movement is starting in our own
state of Maine, and it could be
the perfect opportunity to unite
different perspectives under the
shared goal of protecting the environment and our future. If you
have an opinion on how to solve
the climate crisis, come to Generation Climate Rising and make your
voice heard!
Governor Paul LePage is failing
to protect Maine and its residents
by vetoing policies that aim to
make the state more sustainable.
Maine citizens are currently at risk
from warming waters and record
snowfall which disproportionately affect indigenous groups and
those who rely on Maines natural
resources for income and industry.
The burden of climate change will
be passed to our generation. This
is not just an environmental issue.
This is an issue of justice.
Hundreds of students and citizens will march on the Blaine
House in the biggest climate action

in Maines history. Join Green Bowdoin and Bowdoin Climate Action
as we march in Augusta. Let us remind our governor what our state
mottoDirigo, (I lead)really
means.
The march will take place on
Saturday, April 11 from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. Contact mlemalbr@bowdoin.edu about transportation.
Come protect the common
good. Come preserve Maines natural wealth. Come make history!
Sincerely,
Maddie Lemal- Brown 18
Ellie Mersereau 18
The U.S. must give medical marijuana a chance

HOME IN
ALL LANDS
JEAN-PAUL HONEGGER
After Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, is Maine next
in line to completely legalize
marijuana? Thats the hope of the
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana
like Alcohol, an activist group
petitioning for marijuana regulation in this state. Last week, the
group filed initial paperwork to
get the question on ballot papers
in the 2016 election. Whether or
not Mainers ever vote on the issue
is contingent upon the Secretary
of States approval and the proponents collecting 62,000 signatures.
If current national trends play out
here as they have in other states, it
seems very likely that Maine will
legalize marijuana next November.
At a federal level, by contrast,
legalization is a long way off.
Under current law, marijuana is classified as
a Schedule I substance, the category reserved for
the most dangerous narcotics that,
according to the
Drug Enforcement
Administration,
have no currently
accepted medical
use in the United
States, a lack of
accepted safety
for use under
medical supervision, and a high potential for abuse.
When we talk about
marijuana legalization, we
should not approach the issue from the standpoint that it
will only help people who want to
get high. To think about marijuana
purely in terms of its psychoactive
properties is to ignore the plants
extraordinary medical potential. Cannabis-derived medicines
are used to treat chemotherapyinduced nausea, cancer cells, migraines, Crohns disease and multiple sclerosis. Studies overseas are
currently underway to determine
the effectiveness of high-CBD
strains of marijuana in treating
childhood epilepsy; thus far, the
results look promising.
Associate Professor of Visual
Arts Mike Kolster and his wife
Christy Shake have seen the im-
pact of high-CBD marijuana on

their son, Calvin, who has suffered from epilepsy since he was
two years old. Over the years, they
tried different diets and countless
drugs, none of which helped to effectively reduce the occurrence of
his seizures. When Calvin was on
one of his most powerful cocktail
of antiepileptic drugs, he still suffered up to 12 seizures a month.
Although the drugs help mitigate
the worst effects of seizures, they
also smother brain activity and in
some cases exacerbate epilepsys
impact on cognitive development. Since switching to a mix of
two drugs and two cannabis oils,
Calvin suffers far fewer seizures
(down to three or four a month).
Whats more, Shake says that he
now enjoys improved sleep, improved mood, improved focus and
less hyperactivity, which has al-
scientists have to have their projects approved by the Food and

Drug Administration, the DEA
and the National Institute on Drug
Abuse. In August 2014, the New
York Times described the byzantine process that researchers have
to follow in order to conduct clinical trials, many of which are rejected because they have the potential
of portraying marijuana in a positive light.
Despite the popular push for a
relaxation of marijuanas status,
neither Congress nor President
Obama has an appetite for change.
To their credit, Congress recently
(and quietly) approved a change to
federal marijuana regulations. Under the new law, federal agents are
prohibited from raiding medical
marijuana dispensaries in states
where the drug has been approved
for therapeutic use. It is an encouraging move from the federal
government, but it is far from what
is necessary to expand research
into cannabis-derived
medicine.
Unfortunately
for
marijuana advocates, the shift
in
marijuana
policy necessary
would
require
changes that neither
Congress
nor
President
Obama are willing to make. In a
recent interview
with Vice News,
the
President
commented, legalizing marijuana
shouldnt be young
peoples biggest priority. Young people,
Obama said, should be
thinking about climate
change, the economy, jobs,
war and peace. Its true that
lowed her to wean
there are many important issues
him off of 70 percent of his benfacing our world today and it can
zodiazepine. While one familys
seem that the right to light up a
example cannot compare to the
joint falls fairly low on the list of
rigors of a thorough clinical study,
priorities. But the legalization (or
Shake and Kolster have noted that
at least the decriminalization) of
medical marijuana has had a nomarijuana has significant implicaticeable impact on their sons welltions that go far beyond just getbeing.
ting high. For every moral or ethiFor now, however, anecdotes are
cal reason that may be presented
really the only gauge of medical
to maintain the status quo, there
marijuanas effectiveness. Because
are dozens of Calvins, countless
marijuana shares the same schedvictims of PTSD and innumerable
ule as heroin, LSD and ecstasy,
people in pain who need the reresearch in the United States is
search. For their sake alone, legalhighly regulated and in order to
izing marijuana is a cause worthy
acquire research-grade marijuana,
of being a priority.
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opinion
Conflicts of interest: stepping down from BSG to become an activist

BY BRIDGETT MCCOY
CONTRIBUTOR
Today, I sat down with my friends

and fellow students. We addressed
the silence we have faced from the
administration in our requests to
engage in a reasonable dialogue regarding the disconnect between
Bowdoins values and its investments.
A month ago, I left Bowdoin Student
Government (BSG).
I ran for a position on BSG believing in its mission to act as an advocate
for the student body. However, once
I joined, it became clear that BSGs
greatest strength, its close connections with administrators, is also its
biggest weakness. As a BSG executive, I had all the resources I needed
to make an idea happen. The student
governments current power is the
power the administration lets it have.
This, unsurprisingly, comes into conflict with the mission of advocating
for the student body.
Stories whispered in private and
amplified in the union show that students interests do not always align
with administrative procedure. To truly address these problems, our elected
representatives have to ask difficult
questions of the same administrators
they rely on to make BSG initiatives
like concert shuttles and newspaper
subscriptions possible.
Further, as a member of the BSG,
you have great opportunity to benefit
professionally from your position. As a
member of the executive committee, I
was one of the few students permitted

to interact with the Trustees. The Trustees are a group of professionals who are
leaders in their fields and enthusiastic
lovers of Bowdoin. In between their
divestment presentation in October,

and I did not have the courage to push
them to remember.
In that moment, I felt ashamed. I
realized that I could not be an activist
deal with the issue of politics on campus. With my other commitments as a

senior, I knew I did not have the time or
the energy to challenge the institutional
status quo of student government.
tales of Bowdoin, some of them offered

me kind advice for my job search. Although I wore my orange square, none
of the trustees recognized me from the
while on BSG. That is why I left. You

will be hard pressed to find votes in the
assembly that do not pass unanimously,
and even harder pressed to find any that
After reflection, I realized that I

would rather spend my time engaging with issues as an activist. Sitting
in silence while writing my honors
project, I am making a far stronger

statement than I had during my six
months as vice president for facilities and sustainability. My choice to
sit-in with Bowdoin Climate Action
(BCA) would not have been different
if I were still on the student government. However, sitting in validates
my choice to step down.
Today I, along with dozens of other students, ask the administration
to formally pursue the appropriate,
unique way Bowdoin can divest from
fossil fuels. I ask it to explore these issues in the form of a committee that
includes students in BCA, faculty
members, and at least one trustee that
will be on the board in the fall.
This is a very reasonable ask considering that divestment is now the
policy that 26 universities around the
world have committed to, including
the University of Maine system. We
have to remember that the fossil fuel
industry is responsible for lobbying
that makes energy markets anything
but free and that it displaces people
all over the world in the process of
extraction.
BSG has inherent power as an
elected body. It can prioritize rights
over Roberts Rules by focusing on
issues rather than event planning.
Because I did not have the pluck as
a member of the executive team to
change this paradigm, I did what I
needed to align my actions with my
values. I invite all of us to do the same.
Bridgett McCoy is a member of the
Class of 2015.
Growing up in a community ravaged by fracking: why I decided to sit in

BY JAMIE PTACEK
CONTRIBUTOR
It isnt much, but its beautiful, and

its my home.
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, I spent my childhood wandering
through the countryside. The woods
and mountains were my playground,
the rivers and creeks my pools. My
childhood memories were built in a
land that seemed to possess a certain
enduring purity, a ceaseless beauty.
Then I grew up. And I learned
that the mountains where I spent
my youth had the potential to serve
a purpose beyond fueling the imagination of a little girlthey were
able to fuel something much more
destructive.
My home lies on one of the largest deposits of Marcellus Shale in
the United States. And as I grew
up, the fracking industry moved
in.
As profit seeking,
highly unregulated
private companies
flooded my home
to indiscriminately
extract natural gas
from the foundation
of my childhood, the
trails and mountain
paths that once welcomed me with open
arms were replaced
by caution tape and
locked gates.
Natural gas is a
misnomer. Hydraulic
fracturing is a process
of drilling during which
vast quantities of water,
sand and over 40,000 gallons
of 600 different chemicals are
pumped thousands of feet into
the earth to fracture ancient beds
of shale, releasing gas from the
rock. Theres nothing natural about it.

This has not only
put a strain on already
dwindling
water
sources, but has also
resulted in the pollution of our air, the
contamination of
our water, and general devastation of
the landscape.
Driven by myopic profit maximization
and
a
misguided
belief that they
are acquiring a
reliable source
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
of fuel, these companies have bought

out politicians, communities and individuals so they can continue to play
by their own rules and profit from the
lives and lands of people who are unable to protect themselves.
When they began to extract shale
near my home, the rules of the game
changed. It was the first time I was exposed to the destruction and corruption of this extractive industry.
My community was shrouded
in ignorance and taken captive by
an industry that offered pittances in
exchange for pollution and environmental degradation. I didnt know
where to turn to express the anger and
confusion that I felt in the presence of
blatant injustice.
Now, I am sitting in because the
institution that I have chosen to dedicate four years of my life to, to which
I have given my money and entrusted
my education, is invested in the very
industries that are destroying my
home and polluting the landscapes of
my childhood.
I am sitting in because it is the only
thing I can do at Bowdoin to stand up
for my community back home, and
against the industries that threaten it.
Bowdoin profits from practices that
not only counteract my personal beliefs, but also go against the promise
that it made to usto count nature
a familiar acquaintance and to work
towards the common good.
The
investment of Bowdoins endowment in the fossil
fuel industry signifies
a tacit compliance with
these industries morally
ambiguous practices that disproportionately affect poverty stricken
populations who do not have the resources to prepare for the impending
ramifications of climate change.
Practices that not only have foreign, distant consequences, but that
have ramifications in our very own
backyards.
Practices that are decidedly contrary to the common good.
With 70 faculty members and almost 1,000 students supporting us,
we presented our case to the Board of
Trustees in October.
Now we are taking action. Alongside over 80 students who have signed
the pledge to take a stand for climate
justice, Im sitting in because, as Bowdoin students, it is our duty to stand
upand sit downfor what we believe in. It is our time to be the leaders
that Bowdoin has encouraged us to
be, that Bowdoin should be proud of.
We have petitioned, presented and
done our part. Every institutional
route to the Trustees has been closed
to us, and we have been left with few
other options.
Joseph McKeen, the first president
of our college, said that Literary institutions are founded and endowed for
the Common Good. It is hypocritical for Bowdoin to continue to profit
from the fossil fuel industrys indiscretions.
I am here because it is time for the
Trustees to engage in an honest and
transparent dialogue with their students. I am here because the Board of
Trustees, the faculty, and the students,
together, need to conduct a thorough
investigation of what financially responsible divestment from fossil fuels
would look like at Bowdoin.
I am here for my home. And I will
be here until my voice is heard. Neutrality is no longer an option.
Trustees, it is time to decide. Whose
side are you on?
Jamie Ptacek is a member of the
Class of 2017.
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Which accusations are false? Questioning sexual assault statistics

ANOTHER
WHITE GUY
JAMES JELIN
I recently had a discussion where I
found out that a lot of my friends are terrified of being falsely accused of sexual
assault. They think it could happen at
any moment and that there is nothing
they can do about it.
As if reading from a script, everyone
had something to add:
You know the girl carrying around
the mattress? I was reading about it, and
it seems like she made it up.
I had a friend who it happened to
and its kind of ruined his life. He was
asked to take a semester off without a
hearing, and when he came back he
found out she had dropped the case. The
worst part is that even though I have no
reason to, part of me still doubts him
just because she said it.
Its like the worst form of slander
your friends stop liking you; you cant
get a job.
I was shocked. I had never worried

about falsely accused men. When sexual
assault came up, my first thought was
always for the survivor. It has always felt
like my duty as a feminist to trust any
woman who accuses a man of rape.
In order to debunk my friends
claims, I began researching false reports
of sexual assault on college campuses. I
had heard that only two percent of accusations were false, and I wanted to
confront my friends with the facts.
I found numerous studies that estimated what percentage of reports are
false. Though most put the percentage
between 2 and 11 percent, there was
almost no consistency. David Lisak, a
prominent psychologist who studies
the behavior of rapists, found that six
percent of reports were false and 14 percent did not include enough evidence to
make a determination of their accuracy.
That study was done at one school:
American University. I am skeptical
that a single school can represent every
college in the country, only included
cases that were reported to the universitys police.
I was also surprised to find out that
there is very little consistency in how consent is defined; American University calls
sexual contact non-consensual if one party is under the influence of a controlled
or intoxicating substance. Any amount of
alcohol or drug, then, could arguably prevent someone from giving consent.
Bowdoins policy says that people
cannot give consent in a state of incapacitation that prevents them making
informed, rational judgments. States of
incapacitation include, without limitation, sleep, blackouts, and flashbacks.
With different samples of women and
different versions of consent, it didnt
seem to me that Lisaks study was even
relevant to a place like Bowdoin.
It started to become clear that there
is no existing research that can give us
an accurate understanding of how often
false accusations happen at colleges.
I started questioning other statistics
Ive heard. The study finding that one
in five college women experience sexual
assault or attempted sexual assault has
been widely cited. The study only surveyed students two large public universities, however. Again, two large public
universities cannot adequately represent
the entire nation.

The study also included someone rubbing up against you in a sexual way, even
if it is over your clothes in its definition of
sexual assault. While this forced contact is
undoubtedly unacceptable, it is clearly not
what people imagine when they hear sexual assault. This data, too, did not seem
applicable to our conversation.
I looked into the Center for Disease
Control (CDC) report that recently
found that one in five women in America (not just in college) experience rape
or attempted rape. The study found that
two million women, 1.6 percent of the
female population, experienced rape or
attempted rape in 2011. In a Department of Justice survey, 250,000 women
reported experiencing rape or attempted rape. Confusing things further, the
FBI found that only around 80,000 cases
were actually brought to police.
Perhaps this discrepancy comes from
the CDCs language: it asked women if
they had ever experienced specific sex
acts while drunk, high, drugged, or
passed out and unable to consent.
Critics have been quick to point
out the word or prompts women to
include drunk or high sexual encounters to which they consented. On the

flipside, the range of encounters this
language encompasses allows for the inclusion of instances that women might
be hesitant to self-label as rape. Should
we be including instances that the victim herself doesnt consider rape? There
doesnt seem to be a clear answer.
The more I learn about these statistics, the more I realize how unhelpful
they are. I dont buy just 80,000 cases
in a year, but I dont buy two million either. Its nearly impossible to come to a
conclusion about rates of sexual assault
when there is no widespread agreement
on what sexual assault and consent are.
Ultimately, I dont think we can apply this data to our everyday lives. My
friends cant prove their fears are valid
and I cant prove they arent. Were all
just going off our contradictory and irreconcilable gut feelings.
All I can say is this: Im going to pay
close attention to the sobriety of my
sexual partners to make sure that theyre
not anywhere close to incapacitated. If
I do that, I seriously doubt Im going to
be accused of sexual assault.
Include Asian-American voices in racial discourse A Jewish-American perspective

on Zionism and Israel-Palestine
BY WENDY DONG,
MICHELLE HONG AND PAUL NGU
CONTRIBUTORS
Do you identify more as white

or black?
Michelles brother posed this
question to her when she was 16,
and it forced her to think about
how much of her identity she could
actually construct for herself. The
obvious answer to the question
was Not Applicableshe is an
Asian American.
For Michelles brother and for
many other people in this country,
conversations about race mostly
function on a black-and-white binary. What her brother was really
asking was, As an outsider, which
team are you rooting for?
But Michelle is not alone in her
struggle to place herself within this
constructed racial binary. As three
individuals from different U.S.
geographical regions and Asian
ethnicities, we are connected by
our feelings of othernessof not
belonging to either black or white
identities.
For Michelles brother and

for many other people in this
country, conversations about
race mostly function on a
black-and-white binary.
On one hand, South and East
Asian Americans relatively high
educational achievements and
family income levels are used by
our society to call us model minorities. (Curiously, most Americans seem to forget that 40 percent
of Hmong Americans and 38 percent of Laotian Americans drop
out of high school.)
The model minority stereotype operates on the harmful assumption that merely with hard
work, any ethnic or racial group
can climb the social ladder out of
poverty. It also has the unintended
effect of pitting Asian Americans
against African Americans and Latinos by positioning them as some-
how different from other minority

groups and as honorary whites.
And yet, the three of us have
never felt fully white. We are never quite sure what people mean
when they ask us, Where are you
from? Even though Michelle and
Wendy were born in America (and
Paul immigrated when he was six),
people assume that all three of us
have a special familiarity and connection with our homelands and
speak an Asian language fluently.
This complicates our status as socalled honorary whites, and suggests that we may be forever foreigners under the gaze of society.
In high school, Wendy was excited when her teacher announced
a new unit in the health curriculum centered on race and identity.
It would be a rare public space for
her and her peers to talk about
race, a topic that was seldom discussed in her predominantly-white
high school in New England.
But when she watched the movie
that her teacher said was about race
in America, she only learned about
issues facing blacks and whites.
When the movie was followed by a
student panel that her teacher said
was comprised of all different cultures and backgrounds, she was
equally disappointed to not see a
single Asian face in the panel.
Who would speak to her experiences as an Asian American? How
did an educational space supposedly set on affirming her race instead affirm her feelings of otherness?
All three of us are privileged
not to face the same systemic discrimination that many African
Americans, Latinos, and Native
Americans face. But we also think
that it can be all too easy for our
communities and governments to
neglect the critical issues affecting Asian Americans, such as the
little-known fact that they have
higher poverty rates than the national average.
Even at Bowdoin, we have felt
culturally and socially slighted,
and have found that many spaces
on campus centered on race rarely
seek to actively include and affirm
the voices of Asian Americans.
Growing up [as Filipina], I
never learned about my history in

textbooks or in school My research has shown that history can
be personal and [be] about you. It
doesnt have to be objective, said
Genevieve Clutario, a cultural historian at Harvard University.
Even at Bowdoin, we have felt

culturally and socially slighted, and
have found that many spaces on
campus centered on race rarely seek
to actively include and arm the
voices of Asian Americans.
Clutario spoke at the East Coast
Asian American Student Union
(ECAASU) Conference earlier this
year, which Paul attended. It was
the first time in college when Paul
had found a public space where
conversations on race centered on
his own Asian American identity
and where he didnt feel like the
other. Curiously, that first experience was not at Bowdoin.
Whether through public spaces
like ECAASU or private conversations with friends, we know that
race for us does not operate on a
black-white binary. We know that
our experiences cannot be easily compartmentalized as white or
black, and we know that our conversations on race are richer when
we expand the dialogue.
Next Wednesday, Multicultural
Student Programs will hold a discussion on Asian American race,
identity, and activism. But we can
do more. Petition the school to
add more courses in Asian studies
(there were none this school year),
or ask the Womens Resource Center and Health Services to follow
up on Kristina Wongs talk on the
high rates of depression among
Asian-American women. Whatever your cause, lets show that
Bowdoin values its Asian American students.
Wendy Dong is a member of the
Class of 2018. Michelle Hong is a member of the Class of 2016. Paul Ngu is a
member of the Class of 2017.
BY SINEAD LAMEL
CONTRIBUTOR
In hindsight, many Americans will

admit that the Vietnam and Iraq wars
were colossal mistakes, yet the prolonged silence of American citizens
allowed for the deaths of millions of
innocent citizens. Lest we let our inaction lead to genocide, Americans, especially Jewish Americans, must begin to
change the narrative around Israel.
Growing up as a Jewish American,
I was often taught about the Holocaust
and the long history of discrimination
that Jewish people have faced, from
slavery to extermination. I knew if I was
born in another place and time, I would
have been sent to the camps. Though it
means many things to me, a large part
of my Jewish heritage is resistance to oppression, slavery and discrimination.
Zionism came about in the 19th century in response to European anti-Semitism. Organizations like the Jewish National Fund (JNF) launched campaigns
to urge Jewish settlement in historic Palestine, claiming it was a land without
a people, which was blatantly not true.
In 1947, as a response to the Holocaust,
the United Nations drew borders for the
state of Israel, proclaiming it a homeland and safe haven for Jewish people.
In that same year, Jewish militias began
a violent project of ethnic cleansing in
Palestine, and by May of 1948 the Israeli
army (funded by German war reparations) had destroyed 500 Palestinian
villages, displacing over half a million
Palestinians, to create a Jewish state.
The Palestinians remaining in Israel
have since been treated as second-class
citizens and a demographic threat to the
Jewish majority vote. Those in the West
Bank and Gaza have suffered under the
realities of Israels constant expansion
into their shrinking homeland, illegal
Israeli settlements stealing Palestinian
resources, and a military occupation
since 1967, among other things. On either side of the 26-foot apartheid wall,
Palestinians are placed within bars and
cages, and penned up behind blockades
as more of their land is stolen by Israel.
All this despite valiant resistance movements on the part of Palestinians to retain their homeland and their dignity.
(In pre-Holocaust Europe, the Jews resisted as well. Would we call the violent
resistance of the Jews in the Warsaw

ghetto terrorism?) Americans remain
supportive of Israel, giving them three
billion dollars in aid a yearall while
Israel is attempting to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.
Many liberals criticize the aggressive
actions of the Israeli government and
see reconciliation as possible if Israel
would abandon its illegal settlement of
the West Bank and return to its 1967
borders. President Benjamin Netanyahu
has been making that vision seem less
possible, promising to no longer recognize the Palestinian state and continuing
to build settlements in the West Bank.
We must remember, however, that a
more liberal-sounding Zionism is still
Zionism, an ideology that justifies the
expansion, conquest and exploitation
of the Palestinian land and people for
the exclusive benefit of Jewish people.
While liberal Zionists may not support
some of the more obvious brutalities of
Israels actions, they refuse to allow the
right of return to the Palestinians who
were forced to leave their homes during
the Nakba (1948) and since, and they do
not address the discriminatory nature of
a state which accords privileges to Jewish citizens at the expense of others.
Zionism became powerful because it
exploited (and continues to exploit) the
fears of Jewish people. Racism cannot be
resolved with more racism; we are hoping to create a world where people can
coexist in peace and dignity. It is not anti-Semitic to reject Israel as a state with
racist laws and genocidal practices. Such
criticism shows a thoughtful consideration of the Holocaust and the dangers
of a normalized narrative of oppression.
It is tragic that Israel was created in response to the Holocaust. Weve been
taught to internalize fear and self-protectionism, instead of internalizing the
need for love and acceptance of those
different from ourselves.
In the midst of another Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza last summer, hundreds of Jewish Holocaust
survivors signed a letter condemning
Israel for its ongoing genocide of the
Palestinian people. Genocide begins
with the silence of the world, the letter
read. Never again must mean NEVER
AGAIN FOR ANYONE!
Sinead Lamel is a member of the Class of
2015 and Students for Justice in Palestine.
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39 T PORK CHOPS, PASTA BAKE

28 M MAC & CHEESE, KOREAN TACOS
TUESDAY
LECTURE
"Why do Journalists Fact-Check?"
Brendan Nyhan, government professor at Dartmouth

College, will discuss new data on fact-checking and its
influence on political journalism.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 4 p.m.
LECTURE
"From Malcolm Little to El Hajj Malik

Shabazz: A Journey of Faith"
Zaheer Ali, a PhD candidate at Columbia University, will

examine the impact of religion on Malcolm X's politics.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 6 p.m.
SHANNON DEVENEY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GENDERBREAD COOKIES: As part of Tuesday's National Trans* Visbility Day, Sarah Guilbault '18, Nick Barnes '18, Cordelia Orbach '17 and the Out in the Bricks facilitators organized a conversation about the difference between gender, sex, sexual orientation, and gender expression while decorating cookies in the first year dorms.
FRIDAY
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40 T TOFU BURGERS, PIZZA

29 M JERK CHICKEN, FLAT BREAD
MONDAY
LECTURE
"The Arab Spring Four Years After"
FILM
EVENT
The Bowdoin Francophone Film Festival will screen the

French animated film, which portrays a bear and mouse
from opposite worlds who navigate their friendship
while exiled from their respective communities. The film
will be shown with English subtitles.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
Freddie J. Cook, who graduated from Morehouse College

in 1968, will reflect on his time at Bowdoin in 1965 as a
person of color on a predominantly white campus during
the Civil Rights Movement.
Russwurm African American Center. 6 p.m.
Reflection on Race, Belonging

and Integration
"Ernest and Celstine"
LECTURE
SATURDAY
"Because what is Beautiful is Good"
42 T BEEF BURRITO, CHICKEN FAJITAS

26 M GARDEN BURGERS, MANICOTTI
FILM
"Ballet 422"
Frontier will screen Jody Lee Lipes' documentary about

Justin Peck, a young dancer-turned-choreographer for
the elite New York City Ballet (NYCB). The film follows
Peck as he works with NYCB's dancers, musicians and tech
team to create the company's 422nd ballet.
Frontier. 2 p.m.
SUNDAY
40 T ROAST TURKEY, POT PIE

22 M ROAST LAMB, TOFU STEAK
Chapel Service
Reverend Geoff Parker of the First Parish Church will leadthe evening Easter mass.
The Chapel. 7 p.m.
10
HOLIDAY
PERFORMANCE
Bowdoin
Orchestra
Cornell University Professor Noliwe Rooks will deliver a

lecture on Dove's use of feminism as a marketing tool as
well as the role of women of color in Dove's advertising
campaign. Rooks' current research involves studying how
popular culture, history of politics and society affect race
and gender.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
11
BREAK
12
In his lecture, Journalist and Writer Akram Belkaid will

examine the aftermath of the Arab Spring, discussing the
ways it could be seen as a failure in light of recent events
and the rise of ISIS.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
EVENT
Feminist Porn Screening and Discussion
As part of the Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention's

annual Consent is Sexy Week, Maddy Magnunson, a
feminist porn producer and educator, will lead a screening
and discussion of their films.
Reed House. 8:30 p.m.
40 T CHICKEN TERIYAKI, EGG ROLLS

33 M MEATLOAF, MUSHROOM CUTLET
THURSDAY
LECTURE
LECTURE
"Climate Politics are Everywhere!"
"Message in a Bottle"
Professor of Political Science at the University of New

Hampshire Stacy Vandeveer will discuss global
environmental politics and its impact on governance in a
transnational community.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 7 p.m.
University of Utah Professor Sarita Gaytan will discuss her

research on various drinking and consumption cultures,
specifically focusing on the links between tequila,
Mexican nationalism and gender.
Room 208, Adams Hall. 4:15 p.m.
FILM
LECTURE
The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity will

screen Lya Geurra's documentary, which follows two
women who leave their husbands and attempt to build a
life together.
24 College Street. 7 p.m.
President of the American Alliance of Museums Ford W.

Bell will examine his personal experience of how
museums have evolved and rebranded in contemporary
America with a focus on advocacy.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
"The 21st Century Museum"
"The Love Part of This "
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
40 T GUMBO, FRIED FISH

27 M SALMON FRITTERS, TURKEY STEAK
WEDNESDAYY
T BEEF TIPS, TERIYAKI SALMON

M CLAM ROLL, PASTA BAR
BREAK
13
LECTURE
"#Carbonfeed"
14
H ld
Holiday
15
H ld
Holiday
16
LECTURE
"Through the
Heart of Dixie"

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THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY

VOLUME 144, NUMBER 19

BY RACHAEL ALLEN AND

Sixty nine percent of respondents

Please see POLITICAL, page 4

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Mills sits down at divestment sit-in

President Barry Mills took a seat

Please see SIT-IN, page 3

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Please see JUDD, page 4

McKesson 07 discusses Twitter activism and the purpose of protest

McKesson spoke to close to 300

to me mostly because of what I believe

pressure and allyship.

Please see ACTIVIST, page 6

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Sinead Lamel 15 on a Jewish Americans

friday, april 3, 2015

DING DONG DITCH:

ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Liberal bias, confirmed

For many months this winter,

What are you most excited about this spring?

bells currently in South Tower

I feel like spring doesnt actually exist at

Feeling like Blair Waldorf sitting on

I really like when its really muddy and

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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

a nickel of stock of any company

eight percent of respondents indicated that students in Ladd house

that Yik Yak too easily allows for

sor of English and Africana Studies

and Computational Studies initiative.

COMPILED BY ALEX MAYER

I think a lot of the activists on

tion donates about $250 million

things that I learned before that at

according to that survey, we do not.

Some people attribute the problem of political correctness to campus activists.

Crack House, Divestment and Being Inappropriate

Do you approve of the way the College handled the so-called

I dont have enough information

I dont have enough information to say either way.

I dont have enough information to

As you may be aware, Bowdoin Climate Action is currently campaigning to

Students in Ladd House made

I have no opinion on the topic.

I need more information about

Yes, I believe Bowdoin should divest its

Students in Ladd House

I see the merits of both sides.

No, I believe Bowdoin should not divest its endowment.