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FEATURES: FLAVORS OF FALL
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MORE NEWS: BURNETT WINS ENERGY CON-
TEST, CLASS OF 16 DECLARES ABROAD INTENT
TODAYS OPINION
EDITORIAL: Where credit is due.
SPORTS: Q&A with Jared Porter 03
Page 14.
CONTRIBUTOR: Elina Zhang 16 on what it
means to be a feminist.
ENERGY: Burnett House won this years Do It in the
Darkenergy competition.
Page 18.
Page 3.
ABROAD: 70 percent of sophomores intending to
study abroad hope to do so in the fall.
Page 3.
Page 18.
Director of Professional Scouting for the Bos-
ton Red Sox Jared Porter 03, reects on the
teams recent World Series victory and the
hard work it took to get there from a last-
place nish in 2012.
Frannie Gurzenda 16, Emily Stewart 16
and Emily Salitan16 travel behind the
scenes of the Gelato Fiascos seasonal
avor smorgasbord.
Page 7.
NICK BENSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Five members of the Class of 2016 danced, joked, and shared hidden talents last night in hopes of being crowned the next Mr. Polar Bear.
DANCING KINGS
Taking a break: students on leave devote time off campus to work, play
BY JOHN BRANCH
ORIENT STAFF
Extension
of C/D/F
deadline up
for debate
While its common for Bowdoin
students to participate in of-campus
study programs, each year a small
number of students chose to take time
of from Bowdoin for other reasons.
According to Dean of Student Af-
fairs Tim Foster, a total of 68 matricu-
lated students were on leave during
the Spring 2013 semester. Tis group
includes students taking voluntary
leaves of absence, medical leaves and
disciplinary leaves. Because of its small
size,Te College does not share more
specifc leave numbers.
Middlebury released statistics last
week indicating that the number of
students taking voluntary leave there
has increased dramatically. According
to an article in the Middlebury Cam-
pus, 59 students are currently taking
voluntary leaves of absence alone.
Meanwhile, the number of students
on leave for any reason from Bowdoin
has remained relatively steady over the
past three years, declining slightly from
75 in fall of 2012 to 68 last spring.
Dean of First Year Students Janet
Lohmann says that the College encour-
ages students to take time of.
Students who spend time away
are served well, she said. Tey grow
in wonderful ways. When they come
back here, theyre ready to get the best
of what Bowdoin has to ofer.
Te College does not evaluate what
students on voluntary leave do while
of campus and does not expect them
to document anything upon returning.
Many students agree that taking
time of is a positive experience. Alexi
Robbins 14 took last year of to work
on an app, Tamber, which provides
concert recommendations for users.
Robbins said that taking time of was
something he considered from the be-
ginning of his college career.
I came to Bowdoin with the no-
tion that I would either do some time
abroad or possibly take some time of.
Bowdoins a very small place with a lot
of stuf going on, and I had a ton of fun
those frst two years, he said. But it
also felt a little bit claustrophobic, and I
also had a lot of things that I wanted to
do outside of Bowdoin.
Robbins lived and worked in Berke-
ley, Calif., and took classes at the Uni-
versity of California-Berkeley. Te
transition back to Bowdoin, he said,
was an interesting experience.
I lived in this city on the other side
of the country and built a life there in
the same way that I built a life here, he
said. Being a part of a totally diferent
college and then coming back to Bow-
doin was a stark juxtaposition.
Eliot Taf 15 did not expect to take
time of when he frst arrived.
I had always planned on doing an
abroad program, but as sophomore
year moved along I got less and less
excited about how I thought the expe-
rience would be, he wrote in an email
to the Orient. I really wanted to take
a break from academics and commit
myself to something really diferent
than what sophomore year gave me
beyond taking classes and hanging out
primarily with a group of other Ameri-
can college students, which is the main
gist I got from all programs.
Now, Taf is living in Uruguay, work-
ing on a dude ranch and vineyard.
On my free days I go fshing, hitch-
hike to nearby towns or cities, or ride
in the nearby sierras, he wrote. Te
experience of being alone and to really
fgure yourself out, which Ive gotten a
lot of down here, I think is a good thing
to have in your college years.
For Christian Celeste Tate 16, a se-
mester of meant an internship at the
White House, which he will return
from at the end of this semester.
When I realized that I wouldnt
have to graduate late, I fgured I might
as well, he wrote in an email to the
Orient.
All three students agreed that the
College had been accommodating of
their decisions to take time of.
I spent less than 20 minutes on
the phone, and faxed them a single
form, and everything was taken care
of, wrote Tate. Robbins said that Dean
BY KATIE MIKLUS
ORIENT STAFF
Please see LEAVE, page 5
Please see CREDIT, page 3
Pieces of
metal found
in brownies
at Thorne
BY RON CERVANTES
ORIENT STAFF
On Monday in Torne Dining Hall,
a vigilant student approached a Din-
ing Services employee afer noticing
small metallic fecks in the brownies
he had been eating. Te discovery
of the fakes, which turned out to be
small pieces of aluminum from the
brownie pan, led to a rapid investiga-
tion by the Dining Services staf, who
promptly removed the remaining
brownies from the dessert display be-
fore dispatching two employees into
the dining hall to remove brownies
from students plates.
Of course we investigated immedi-
ately, and as a precautionary measure,
we pulled all the brownies, said Ken
Cardone, the Associate Director and
Executive Chef of Dining Services.
Te reason for the incident was
two-fold, according to Cardone.
It was a couple of things: It was
using a little too much pressure
[when cutting the brownies]be-
Please see BROWNIES, page 4
Foster was very positive when they
discussed his plans.
Many of the problems that arise for
students are social: Within the frst
month of traveling down here I started
to miss Bowdoin a lotthings like the
Outing Club and always having friends
around you in the dorm, said Taf.
Its been sad, Tate wrote. I was
ready to go back to Bowdoin by Au-
gust. When I decided to take the se-
mester of, I realized itd be another four
months before I saw my friends again.
You basically have to weigh it
COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN CELESTE TATE
A CAPITOL TIME: Tate 16 (front, in tie) is taking the semester o to intern at the White House.
Bowdoins Credit/D/Fail (C/D/F)
policy, which has not been amended
since 2009, is once again up for de-
bate. Te Recording Committee, in
conjunction with Bowdoin Student
Government (BSG), is considering a
proposal to push back the Credit/D/
Fail deadline from the sixth to the
ninth week of classes.
Te Om ce of the Registrar did
not give the Orient exact data on
how many students take advantage
of the policy, but Bowdoin currently
allows students to take four classes
C/D/F throughout their Bowdoin
career. Students have until the end
of the sixth week of classes to decide
whether or not to take the class for
credit.
Te policy was amended in
2004, when the grading of courses
was changed from Credit/Fail to
Credit/D/Fail, and again in 2009,
when it was decided that students
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A Portland ballot measure legal-
izing the possession of marijuana for
recreational purposes passed with
nearly 70 percent of the vote on Tues-
day. Under the referendum, Portland
residents above the age of 21 may
possess up to 2.5 ounces of pot.
Marijuana use is prevalent at Bow-
doin, according to a survey adminis-
tered in February. Seventy-three per-
cent of respondents from the Class
of 2014 have smoked marijuana on
campus at least once, a signifcant
increase from 32 percent in their frst
semester at Bowdoin, according to
another Orient survey from 2010.
Te new measure makes Port-
land the frst city on the east coast to
legalize marijuana for recreational
purposes, and comes on the heels of
last years successful legalization cam-
paigns in Colorado and Washing-
ton. Te citys vote echoes a similar
situation in Denver, where voters ap-
proved legalization by a much tighter
margin in 2005 before Colorados
statewide referendum.
Efective December 6, Tuesdays
ordinance was purely symbolic, as
marijuana remains illegal under fed-
eral law and only legal in Maine for
medicinal use. Portlands referendum
does not establish legal methods of
obtaining marijuana, and possession
of as much as 2.5 ounces of pot can
result in a civil summons and fnes of
$350 to $1,000 under Maine state law.
Teres really no change at all, and
weve been very consistent about that
since day one, said Portlands Chief
of Police Michael Sauschuck in an in-
terview with Maine Pubic Broadcast-
ing Network. State law pre-empts an
ordinance of this sort.
However, marijuana advocates be-
lieve the vote is a promising sign for
a statewide campaign in 2016. Medi-
cal use of marijuana was legalized in
Maine in 1999, and voters approved
a new measure in 2009 that allowed
the establishment of up to eight non-
proft marijuana dispensaries.
A recent Gallup poll indicated that
58 percent of Americans support the
legalization of marijuana. Marijuana
Policy Project (MPP), a nationwide
non-proft committed to marijua-
na policy reform, is now focusing
on 2016 legalization campaigns in
Maine, Arizona, California, Nevada,
Montana, and Massachusetts, ac-
cording to Te Guardian.
Portland is just one domino in
a series of dominoes that have been
falling, said David Boyer, MPPs
Maine political director, in an inter-
view with the Boston Herald. With
the overwhelming support that
we got, you can defnitely tell its a
mandate over here in Portland, that
our current policies arent working
for marijuana and that they want
change.
Boyer said MPP is considering us-
ing citizen petitions to get ordinances
similar to Portlands on 2014 ballots
in other Maine communities, such
as Lewiston. Given that voter turn-
out will likely be much higher next
year, these ordinances could give the
organization some sense of the level
of support for a potential statewide
legalization measure in 2016.
Its a global movement. Mari-
juana, in my opinion, is not a hard
drugalcohol can be much worse
nor is it necessarily a gateway drug,
said Leo Fernandez 14. My opinion
is, if you want to smoke it, smoke it.
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
On Monday, Emma Johnson 14 spoke about her semester abroad in Botswana and the countrys education system at the rst BSG-sponsored Food for Thoughtstudent discussion series of the year.
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Nicole Smith 16
I went to a tea-making class at
Middlebury which is pretty cool.
Donald Chute 15
I wish they had a real world
budgeting or nancial literacy class.
STUDENT SPEAK
What class would you want to take that the College doesnt oer?
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Connor Moore 17
Underwater Basket Weaving.
Zoe Karp 14
I would love to take a course on
linguistics.
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PORTLAND BECOMES FIRST
CITY ON EAST COAST TO
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
POSSESSION FOR
RECREATIONAL USE
BY SAM MILLER
ORIENT STAFF
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BSG hears update on College
sustainability initiatives
BY HARRY RUBE
ORIENT STAFF
At its meeting on Wednesday eve-
ning, Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) hosted Coordinator for Sus-
tainable Bowdoin Keisha Payson for
a summary of the colleges initiatives
for campus sustainability.
Paysons talk focused on the Col-
leges continued eforts to decrease
the carbon footprint in order to be-
come carbon neutral by 2020. Te
College had initially set out a carbon
reduction goal of 28 percent of Bow-
doins actual emissions, compensat-
ing for the remaining emissions
with ofset credits.
According to Payson, we are
22 percent below our 2008 base-
line, so we are on track for what we
hope to achieve. The fact that were
already at 22 percent is pretty ex-
citing because we still have seven
years to go.
Payson noted that the Colleges
current projects, such as the high-
em ciency steam energy plant, a
switch to natural gas over oil for
heating, and retroftting various ar-
eas with LED lighting contributed
to this decrease since 2008.
She added that the recently an-
nounced solar panel project that is
planned for installation on the ath-
letic facilities by Farley Field House
would continue to aid this trend in
the future.
Payson exhorted the assembly
to continue to support sustainable
projects on campus, saying that
BSG members should try to be
leaders in terms of role-modeling,
in terms of advocating for energy
efficiency and energy conservation,
and to just be an active participant
in the conversation.
BSGs regular business included a
brief review of the assemblys oper-
ating budget.
Te budgetwhich includes pro-
visions for a number of services such
as providing shuttles, free weekly
bowling for students, food during
Ivies, Uncommon Hour, Spring Gala
and a host of otherswent from
$55,394.15 in the 2012-2013 school
year to $75,142.20 this year.
Vice President for Student Gov-
ernment Afairs Allen Wong Yu 14
said that the increase in the budget
was due to an expansion of BSGs role
in funding activities previously held
by other clubs and organization.
Tere are a lot more things in
here, some things that we took from
other organizations as part of our
budget now, which is defnitely a
bigger part of how our budget has
expanded, he said.
A large part of the increase was
the $12,000 that BSG had spent on
acquiring the new PolarFlix flm
streaming service.
Other additions included a larger
amount of money for discretionary
spending on previously unplanned
events.
BSG President Sarah Nelson 14
fnished of the meeting by updat-
ing the assembly on events related
to the recently declared No-Hate
November.
BSG will be hosting a reception
and discussion on Monday night at
8 p.m. in the Lamarche Gallery in
Smith Union.
Te event seeks to inaugurate the
Hate Stops With Us photo display
in Morrell Lounge, as well as ofer
students a forum to express their re-
sponses to the bias incidents.
70% of sophomores going
abroad opt for fall semester
Seventy percent of the 340 soph-
omores who indicated interest in
studying of-campus next year speci-
fed a preference for the Fall 2014
Semester in their preliminary intent
forms submitted earlier this week.
According to Director of Inter-
national Programs and Of-Campus
Study Christine Wintersteen, stu-
dents nationwide tend to favor study-
ing away in the spring semester, but a
preference for the fall semester is not
unusual for Bowdoin students. Tis
year, approximately 30 fewer juniors
will study away in the spring than in
the fall.
Lef unchecked, the disparity
would create housing problems on
campus next spring. Te Om ce of
Of-Campus Study is currently trying
to alleviate the imbalance.
In addition to fall, spring and
[full-year], theres an option to say,
Able to study in either semester, said
Wintersteen. Right now, in that fex-
ible category, were asking those stu-
dents to study abroad in the spring.
Some students have reasons that
they need to study abroad in a partic-
ular semester, such as major require-
ments or athletic commitments.
I really wanted to do cross-coun-
BY JOE SEIBERT
ORIENT STAFF
try [here] in the fall, said Tracey Fa-
ber 16, who intends to study abroad
in the spring.
The Office of Off-Campus Study
will honor these requests, as long
as they are for so-called legitimate
reasons.
What is not ideal is students who
are simply studying of-campus be-
cause their friends are studying of-
campus that semester because that
causes a dangerous ripple efect,
said Wintersteen.
Housing challenges are always a
consideration when assigning stu-
dents to study of campus.
I anticipate having a bed for every
student that wants to live on campus,
said Lisa Rendall, associate director
of residential life. However, there are
students returning that wont get their
frst choice of where to live.
Depending on which semester is
more popular in a given year, difer-
ent housing challenges will arise.
If the imbalance is [towards
studying abroad in the spring], it
makes the [om cial] housing lottery
more dim cult for students as they are
selecting, said Rendall.
Rather than participate in an of-
fcial lottery, students studying away
from campus in the fall submit spring
housing requests to the Om ce of Resi-
dential Life
Burnett wins October energy competition
BY MEG ROBBINS
ORIENT STAFF
CORRECTION
In Department of Computer Science sees 45:1 student-teacher ratio afer boom in interest (November 1), the article
incorrectly compared the campus-wide student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1 to the computer science departments 48:1 student-
to-faculty ratio. Te article has been updated online to show that the campus average is a 36:1 ratio of students to faculty.
Tis number comes from multiplying the average 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio times four (the average number of
classes a student takes per semester). Te article has been updated to refect an emphasis on the signifcant increase in
class enrollment and the number of students majoring in computer science over the last three years.
Te Orient strives to be accurate in all of its reporting. If you believe a correction or clarifcation is needed, please email
the editors at orient@bowdoin.edu.
Burnett House was victorious in
this years Do it in the Dark energy
savings competition, demonstrating
the greatest reduction in overall ener-
gy use since September (30.8 percent)
and the lowest energy use per person.
Te competition, started by Sus-
tainable Bowdoin in 2001, is an an-
nual tradition aimed to push environ-
mental awareness to the foreground
of students minds. For the month of
October, residence halls and College
Houses compete to be the most green.
Altogether, the 20 participating
residence halls saved 16,585 kilowatt-
hours of energy electricityequiva-
lent to 12,803 pounds of carbon diox-
idea slight increase from last year.
Coles Tower came in second place,
with 27.3 percent decrease in energy
use, while Helmreich House fnished
third with a 26.2 percent reduction.
Osher Hall fared the best of the frst-
year bricks, with a reduction of 12.6
percent. Hyde Hall had the lowest en-
ergy use per square foot.
By holding the event early in the
academic year, Coordinator for a
Sustainable Bowdoin Keisha Payson
and her colleagues hope to encourage
energy-saving habits that will extend
throughout the rest of the year.
It does get into peoples mindset,
and thats the whole idea, Andrew
Cushing 12, sustainability outreach
assistant, said. If people can go a
month with turning of the lights or
shutting down their computers or un-
plugging phantom-loading electron-
ics, then hopefully in November and
December and January those same
behaviors persist.
Troughout the year, but espe-
cially during the month of October,
student EcoReps motivate residents
of their assigned College House
or dorm to adopt environmentally
friendly practices.
My main job was to raise peoples
awareness of the small, tangible things
they could do to reduce their output,
Appleton EcoRep Kenny Shapiro 17
said. Tat was a lot of reminding
people to unplug things, to work out-
side the dorm at night, and also things
that werent necessarily directly relat-
ed to the competition, like using less
water and using hand towels.
Figuring out how to award and
acknowledge everyones eforts fairly
has been a dim cult task for Payson
and Cushing.
Long-standing energy-saving hab-
its can actually hinder a residences
success in the competition by focus-
ing on improvement from a starting
point and leaving little room for im-
provement. Reed House, for instance,
has fared poorly the past several years
because its residents had already been
practicing highly em cient behaviors,
according to Payson. Tis October,
they decreased their energy use by
just 7.8 percent.
Holding the competition in Oc-
toberthe same month the heating
is turned onalso poses challenges,
especially for Howell House, whose
inem cient water heating system uses
a disproportionate amount of energy
compared to that of other residences.
Tis year, Howell showed a 30.1 per-
cent increase in energy usage, almost
the same percentage by which Burnett
decreased their usage.
To encourage all energy-saving ef-
forts, Payson and Cushing evaluate
the residences energy consumption
in a variety of categories that include
the least amount of energy per person
and per square foot, not just the high-
est percentage of energy reduction, as
in previous years.
Although it is only the frst week of
November, some of these newly de-
veloped habits show potential to last.
Ive heard so many people use the
elevator now that the competitions
over, Hydes EcoRep, Miguel Holmes
17 said, but the hallway lights still
stay of. One day it was really rainy and
dark out and people turned the lights
on only at night. I think they came to
realizewhich is goodthat you dont
really need the hallway lights on.
could not fulfll their distribution
requirements with classes graded
C/D/F.
Credit/D/Fail is for exploration
beyond those areas of the curricu-
lum that we of the faculty have iden-
tifed as crucial, said Dean for Aca-
demic Afairs Cristle Collins Judd.
She noted that giving students the
opportunity to explore an area and
engage in it in a diferent way than
they do in other courses is one of
the advantages of the option.
In pushing back the deadline,
BSG hopes to give students more
time to decide whether or not to
take a course C/D/F.
Te biggest problem from stu-
dents perspective was the deadline
falling before students received
meaningful feedback in a course,
said Vice President for Academic
Afairs Jordan Goldberg 14.
BSG will be working with the
Recording Committee as it moves
forward on its exploration of the is-
sue and decides whether a change
to the current deadline is possible
or prudent. Goldberg argued that
changing the deadline would be the
best way to ensure that the policy is
as efective as possible.
I think theres some dissatisfac-
tion about the deadline not serving
students as well as it could, said
Goldberg, [But]I dont think its a
widespread thing. Most Bowdoin
students are pretty happy with the
current deadline.
Although many Bowdoin stu-
dents seem content with the current
state of the C/D/F policy, some agree
with Goldberg that a later deadline
would be benefcial.
For several of my classes this se-
mester, I hadnt gotten an assessment
back by the time of the deadline,
said Katherine Churchill 16.
Churchill had previously chosen
to take a class C/D/F afer she placed
into a level that she was not comfort-
able with and was unable to switch
into a lower-level class.
I would totally do it again, she
said. It really lightens your work-
load if its a class you dont have to
take for a requirement.
Other students echoed the senti-
ment that taking a course with the
simplified grading option helped
them manage their time better.
Pete Edmunds 14 opted to take a
class C/D/F for the first time this
semester.
I just wanted to do it so that I
could have more time to focus on
my other classes, fnding a job and
athletics, he said.
Edmunds found that one of the
benefts of the C/D/F policy is that
it gives students the ability to learn
for the sake of learning.
Tat said, for others the option is
primarily used to preserve GPAs.
Some students also used the pol-
icy afer receiving grades that they
were unhappy with. Keith Chiarello
16 decided to take a class Credit/D/
Fail last semester afer doing poorly
on the frst test.
I didnt feel the efort to bring
my grade up to a respectable one
was worth it, he said. I was happy
with the decision because I was able
to receive a credit with much less
energy than I would have otherwise
devoted.
Chiarello also had a positive view
of Bowdoins C/D/F policy, saying
that it allows [students] greater
fexibility in classes they might oth-
erwise have dropped.
O-Campus Study works to balance; avoid housing crunch
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SECURITY REPORT: 10/31 to 11/7
Tursday, October 31
A student at Howell House reported
that a man was videotaping the house
from the sidewalk on Maine Street. As
the man was on public property no ac-
tion was taken.
Parts of campus lost power at 11
p.m. as the result of a blown Central
Maine Power Company (CMP) trans-
former. Power was restored in just over
an hour.
Friday, November 1
A power fuctuation caused an el-
evator malfunction at Stowe House Inn.
A student received a facial injury
in a bicycle mishap on Park Row near
Green Street. An om cer escorted the
student to Mid Coast Hospital.
Two students were cited for alcohol
violations at Pine Street Apartments.
Brunswick Police (BPD) warned
a student for drinking in public on
Pine Street. Te student was referred
to Security.
A student was cited for disorderly
conduct at an event at Pine Street
Apartments.
Saturday, November 2
An om cer checked on the well-
being of a sick student in a mens room
at Moore Hall.
A neighbor complained of loud mu-
sic coming from an event at Pine Street.
Te DJ was asked to lower the music
volume.
Tere was a complaint of loud mu-
sic at Brunswick Apartments O.
A student in Maine Hall was cit-
ed for possession of marijuana and
paraphernalia.
A staf member reported a man
acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the
Quad. An om cer located the man and
instructed him to leave the property.
An employee of the Museum of Art
gif shop reported that a patron was act-
ing inappropriately toward her.
A fre alarm at Stowe House Inn was
caused by a student cooking with a mi-
crowave oven.
A student reported three intoxi-
cated local men acting suspiciously near
the Quad. Te men scattered and were
soon rounded up by security om cers.
BPD was called in to issue the three men
criminal trespass orders.
A student hit his head on a wall
overhang at Morrell Lounge during a
concert. Brunswick Rescue transported
the student to Mid Coast Hospital for
treatment of a bleeding laceration.
A complaint of loud music was re-
ported at Brunswick Apartments N.
Sunday, November 3
Tree students who were found
skating on the Watson Arena ice afer
midnight without authorization were
asked to leave the facility.
Two wall thermostats and a hanging
picture were damaged at a MacMillan
House event.
Two male students were cited for
walking down Com n Street while open-
ly urinating in public.
An om cer checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated student in the
mens room at Torne Hall.
An intoxicated student was trans-
ported from Torne to Mid Coast
Hospital. Te student was also cited for
disorderly conduct with emergency ser-
vices personnel.
Brunswick Rescue transported an
intoxicated student from Chamberlain
Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
An om cer escorted an ill student
from Osher Hall to Parkview Adventist
Medical Center.
A bicycle that was reported stolen
from Coles Tower was later recovered.
A dining employee with a kitchen
knife laceration was given an escort to
Mid Coast Hospital.
An om cer brought a sick student
from Maine Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
A student in West Hall using a blow
hair dryer set of a smoke alarm.
Monday, November 4
A staf member was briefy trapped
in an elevator at the Museum of Art due
to an electrical malfunction.
Om cers checked on the well being
of a student and then escorted the stu-
dent to Mid Coast Hospital.
Tuesday, November 5
A students bicycle was reported sto-
len from the Hyde Plaza area. Te bike
was later located.
Wednesday, November 6
Gram ti was spray painted on the
side of Chamberlain Hall. One of the
images is a blue butterfy.
An om cer extinguished a small
grass fre near a Watson Area access
road. Te fre appeared to have been
caused by a discarded cigarette.
A student took a spill on a bike and
was injured on College Street near the
Womens Resource Center. An om cer
escorted the student to Parkview.
Brunswick Rescue transported a
student with chest pains to Mid Coast
Hospital.
Tursday, November 7
A student accidentally took the
wrong medication and requested to
be taken to Mid Coast Hospital for an
evaluation.
A student reported that a blue Next
bicycle was stolen on Wednesday from
the bike rack near the west entrance to
Druckenmiller Hall.
-Compiled by the Of ce of Safety
and Security.
cause [theyre in] an aluminum sheet
panand using a serrated knife.
Afer investigating the incident,
Dining Services has acknowledged
that they must change their brownie-
serving proceedure to prevent similar
problems from happening.
If you have brownies in a pan, you
should not use a serrated knife, and
you should use a light pressure, said
Cardone.
Aluminum is a non-toxic mate-
rial used to make mainly countertops,
pots and serving dishesall of which
leech small amounts into food. Still,
the Dining Services quick response
caused some alarm.
Nick Benson 17 and Konstantine
Mushegian 17 were both at Torne on
Monday and ate several brownies.
I did fnd some tiny piecesthat
looked like metal shardson the out-
side of my brownie, but I just sort of
picked them of and was like Nah,
theres no way there are metal shavings
on my brownie, said Benson.
Afer a few minutes, a Dining em-
ployee approached them and took
their remaining brownies.
Te guyI dont know who, the
head of Dining or somethingstart-
ed ghosting around the hall, and just
picking brownies and peoples plates
up, saying Sorry, I need to take these,
the brownies have been replaced with
cookies. We thought it was a pepper
fip, Benson said.
Cardone said that he does not be-
lieve the incident caused any health is-
sues, and that he was happy a student
spoke up about the fecks. Despite
Dining Services nationally-recog-
nized quality, students should still be
vigilant, he added.
Luckily, someone brought the
product up, said Cardone. Its impor-
tant to get that information quickly.
We were able to pull everything out of
service within minutes.
Although somewhat startled by the
accident, Mushegian and Benson said
they did not think it refected poorly
on Dining Services as a whole.
Shit happens, said Mushegian.
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From Baghdad to Bowdoin:
Hogan serves and protects
Please see HOGAN, page 9
BEHIND THE NAME TAG
BY MICHAEL COLBERT
Te year is 2015 and youre in Los
Angeles. Annoyed by the overwhelm-
ing smog, you decide to make a trip to
San Francisco. You buy your $20 ticket
and step into a pod situated behind
an immense tube extending far into
the distance. Te pod door closes and
thirty minutes later youre considering
flters for your Instagram of the Golden
Gate Bridge.
No, this isnt a dream or a hal-
lucination. Tis is the future
of transportation: the Hyper-
loop. It begins to make sense
when you learn more about
the mind behind this in-
credible machine. Tough
some consider him the real-
life Tony Stark, others just
call him Elon Musk.
As a child growing up in
South Africa, Musk taught him-
self computer programming and sold
his frst video game Blast Star for a
modest $500 before moving to Canada
for college. Shortly thereafer, Musk
transferred to Te Wharton School of
Business at Te University of Pennsyl-
vania, to complete degrees in econom-
ics and physics. Four days afer starting
a physics Ph.D. program at Stanford, he
dropped out to pursue entrepreneur-
ship in nearby Silicon Valley. A few
years later, Musk founded a company
that eventually turned into PayPal.
Afer eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5
billion dollars, Musk focused on what
he considered to be two of the most
pertinent issues of our time: energy
and space. He founded SpaceX, the
leading private contract space shuttle
company, and Tesla Motors, the revo-
lutionary electric car company that re-
cently unveiled the Model S, a vehicle
considered by many to be a landmark
in automobile history.
In his spare time, he decided to
invent a ffh mode of transporta-
tionthe Hyperloop. Although he
will probably not be the one to bring
the Hyperloop concept to fruition, he
recently worked with a team of SpaceX
and Tesla engineers to produce a con-
struction plan for the machine. A new
companyfounded last weekcalled
Bringing futuristic transport to today
COURTESY OF SHAUN HOGAN
HOGAN AFTER HOURS: Security
o cer Shaun Hogan worked as a canine handler
when on active duty for the U.S. Navy.
Teaching fellows nd balance between classroom, campus life
pates in many campus activities includ-
ing the French radio show Pardon My
French on WBOR, LGBT advocate
training and archery with the Bowdoin
Outing Club (BOC).
Ive never had a schedule flled up
with that many diferent things, she
said. Its actually the frst time in my
life I have to use a calendar.
As teaching fellows, we can attend
two classes per semester, which is awe-
some, said Lauriane Pegon, another
French teaching fellow. She audits both
a dance class and an educational psy-
chology class, which is a crazy mix-
ture. In France you cant do that.
Pegon said she is enjoying the op-
portunity to speak on the radio show
Pardon my French.
I love sharing my culture and my
languageand discovering other cul-
tures, she said. Otherwise I wouldnt
be here.
In past years, Pegon has studied at
Glasgow University in Scotland and
worked as a French language assis-
tant at Durham University in Eng-
land. Next year, she will be teaching
Five international teaching fellows
have the opportunity to work in Bow-
doins language departments while also
exploring American culture this year.
Teaching fellows are typically se-
lected from competitive application
processes at international universities
with which Bowdoin has longstanding
partnerships. Tis year, the teaching
fellows come to Bowdoin from Colom-
bia, France, Germany and Italy.
Xiomara Albornoz, originally from
Bogot, Colombia, is happy to have
been chosen to work in the Spanish
department. As a teaching fellow, Al-
bornoz helps students to improve their
speaking and writing abilities in weekly
labs. She said she particularly enjoys as-
sisting students in making their poetry
more expressive.
Many of Albornozs students have
become her close friends, but this
can be really dim cult. Being both a
student and a teacher at Bowdoin, Al-
bornoz said she sometimes feels like
she has to put up barriers at social
events so that she doesnt compro-
mise her professional relationships
with her students.
In my culture, we are always party-
ing, she said. Teres a lot of confict
because I should behave like a teacher.
We just fall in that gapwe arent
students really but we arent teachers
either, added Galle Jaouen, who stud-
ied English and Celtic at the University
of Western Brittany in Brest, France.
Jaouen helps some of her French stu-
dents to prepare scenes from Molieres
Tartufe, ou lImposteur. She noted
that her students are motivated and
enjoy acting.
Outside of her various responsibili-
ties as a teaching fellow, Jaouen partici-
BY MADISON WOLFERT
STAFF WRITER
English in France.
Pegon also participates in a choir on
campus, hopes to become a member of
an a cappella group next semester.
When youre a teaching fellow, you
can only stay one year so you have to
make the most of that year and try dif-
ferent things, she said.
Susanne Matejka, a teaching fellow
in the German department, is cur-
rently working on a Masters degree
in teaching at the Johannes Gutenberg
University in Mainz, Germany. When
she leaves Bowdoin, she will travel
JEFFREY CHUNG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TO AMERICA AND BEYOND: French teaching fellow, Galle Jaouen, began working toward a Masters degree in Research and Teaching French Abroad last year.
throughout North America and hopes
to teach German and English afer
earning her degree.
I never knew that so many people
would be interested in learning Ger-
man, Matejka said. Matejka meets
with German students for 30 minute
conversations each week. She some-
times works with Birgit Tautz, an as-
sociate professor of German, to plan
in-class activities.
Matejka also heads the German Ta-
ble, where she shares German culture
with students and professors. A local
family even invited her to lunch, and
she was able to enjoy foods that she had
missed from home.
Te transition to America is not al-
ways smooth for the teaching fellows.
Moving from Colombias largest city
to Brunswick was hard for Albornoz,
but canoeing and hiking with the
BOC helped to make the transition
smoother. Albornoz said her favorite
thing about living in Maine is being
surrounded by nature.
Transitioning from life in Naples to
the small town of Brunswick was also
dim cult for Fulvia Sarnelli, the teach-
ing fellow in the Italian department.
Sarnelli enjoyed a trip to New York City
she took with the other teaching fel-
lows over Fall Break. Its big, its messy,
its noisy, its always alive so its like being
at home, she said.
Still, many of the fellows noted that
the company of the other fellows helps
ease the various pressures they face.
Sarnelli has been under a lot of pressure
lately to meet deadlines for her Ph.D.
in English and Chinese literature. She
has been glad to receive support from
her colleagues. Tey were amazing,
she said, all of them knocking on my
door asking, Do you want a fve min-
ute break? Do you want a cofee? Tey
really made my life easier.
Bowdoin College Security, a
team of over 20, is a diverse group,
that includes Shaun Hogan, a self-
proclaimed Legomaniac who is
proficient in building his own cus-
tom computers and plays soccer
and the drums.
Hogan, is now in his 13th month
with the Bowdoin College Office of
Safety and Security and hails from
a background filled with stories.
Originally from North Haven,
Conn., Hogan grew up with his
younger brother Chris and two
stepsiblings who recently gradu-
ated from college.
One of the reasons I think I re-
late to the students here at the Col-
lege really well is because I have
family members who are the same
age, he said.
Hogan attended Elmira College,
a small liberal arts school in up-
state New York, which he noted is
similar to Bowdoin.
In the middle of college, he real-
ized what career he hoped to pur-
sue.
It wasnt until I got halfway
through my junior year when I
woke up one morning and said,
What am I doing? My passion and
what I love to study is history. I
want to be a teacher, Hogan said.
Although Hogan graduated
from Elmira with a degree in busi-
ness administration, he continued
to work towards his education cer-
tification and got a masters degree
in history through the American
Military University while serving
in the military.
DAVID MILLER
RELATIVELY
QUARKY
Hyperloop Transportation Technolo-
gies hopes to unveil a prototype system
in the frst quarter of 2015.
Te Hyperloop essentially works as
a high speed pod-based transporta-
tion system that will take passengers
from Los Angeles to San Francisco in
under thirty minutes. Te pods will
travel on a cushion of air through a
low pressure tube parallel to the I-5
highway at nearly eight-hundred
miles per hour.
In his design, Musk cleverly re-
solves one of the systems largest
technical issues (overcoming what
is known as the Kan-
trowitz Limit) by plac-
ing fans at the front of
each pod to transfer air
to the back of the pod,
preventing a huge limit
on the pods velocity.
Other more grandiose de-
signs have also been discussed,
including a Hyperloop system
that could take you from New
York to Los Angeles in forty-fve
minutes and from New York to Beijing
in two hours.
Although the Hyperloop sounds
more like a fantastical concept from
an Isaac Asimov novel rather than a
realistic plan of a quirky engineering
genius, there are no boundaries for
Elon Musk. Well just have to wait and
see if our smoggy L.A. days can be so
easily remedied.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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The Gelato Fiascos Pumpkin Pie
Gelato is Thanksgiving Day food-
coma delicious and you will defi-
nitely be raving about it. According
to co-founder and CEO Josh Davis,
that reaction is exactly the mea-
sure of success for every flavorhe
wants to see customers gushing as
they leave the store. When we visit-
ed the Maine Street store last week,
we were not disappointed.
Known for its generous sam-
pling policy, the gelatoria offers
many classic and seasonal flavors
to try. One flavor of note was the
Candied Ginger Gelato, a creamy
and sweet rendition of the Asian
spice. Its silky consistency was bal-
anced by textural flecks of crystal-
ized ginger. Spiced Apple Cider,
Cinnamon, and Wild Maine Blue-
berry all delighted the palate.
Josh Davis and his co-founder
Bruno Tropeano, met at college in
Boston. Close friends with similar
interests, their first business ven-
ture was a real estate company, but
the duo quickly realized their real
passion was for gelato.
We asked how a flavor go from
casual idea (Wasabi Gelato, any-
one?) to product. The Gelato Fiasco
chefs and co-founders certainly
have no shortage of inventive ideas
for new flavors. Davis remarked
that he goes to bed dreaming of po-
tential flavors and that he and Tro-
peano use a book of over 1,000 ge-
lato recipes that include customer
flavor suggestions.
The next step in creating a new
flavor is where the art and science
of gelato making come in. The
duo use a hot-press process that
binds the sugar to the water to cre-
ate gelatos and sorbettos that are
refined, smooth and never icy or
soupy. The Dark Chocolate Noir
Sorbetto tastes richer and creamier
than any other chocolate because of
this mastery of molecular chemis-
try. Gelato contains very few ingre-
dients, so proportion is key. A fruit
sorbetto tastes different depending
on the ripeness and seasonality of
the ingredients, and Davis and Tro-
peano have to compensate for out-
of-season strawberries with extra
sugar or less lemon juice.
Many of the eclectic flavors have
anecdotal significance. Sweet Re-
surgam, for instance, was named
in honor of the city of Portland,
Red leaves and red spoons: seasonal avors at Gelato Fiasco
BY FRANNIE GURZENDA,
EMILY STEWART AND EMILY SALITAN
CONTRIBUTORS
WE ALL SCREAM FOR GELATO: (Left) Customers gaze at a the serving bar at Gelato Fiasco last Wednesday. (Right) The Fiasco oers a wide variety of avors, including experimental and seasonal ones.
which burned to the ground on
two separate occasions (resurgam
means I will rise again). Echoing
this theme, the base flavor is burnt
sugar and the addition of roasted
almonds, chocolate chips and salt-
ed caramel makes it, according to
Davis, the stores most popular fla-
vor ever.
Davis developed his favorite
flavor, Molasses Peppermint, as a
tribute to a childhood road trip in
his familys motorhome. He fondly
remembers a visit to an ice cream
stand that marketed this minty fla-
vor. He said hes dreamed of owning
his own gelato store to recreate the
taste experience.
Making our own flavors, said
Davis, thats one of the benefits of
having a gelato store!
Its a benefit for friends and fam-
ily, too. Davis longtime girlfriend
craved a dairy-free chocolate pea-
nut butter flavor. One day after
missing a return flight from a busi-
ness trip, he whipped up the flavor
as an apology. The Chocolate Pea-
nut Butter Cup Sorbetto frequently
stocks the stores freezer.
Although every flavor we sam-
pled was delectable, Davis said
experimental gelatos dont always
strike popular demand. The Sweet
Vidalia Onion Gelato was prob-
ably our most epic fail, said Davis.
The pungent aroma permeated the
entire gelato case, exposing the
Brownie Batter, Caramel Sea Salt
and Cookie Therapy gelatos to a
mild, onion-y aftertaste.
Their philosophy is geared to-
ward customer satisfaction, which
is evident from the moment you
step in the store. The gelato scoo-
pers are unbelievably friendly, and
genuinely dont mind giving you a
taste of every flavor in the casewe
know from experience.
Davis himself is similarly ap-
proachable; he spent an hour chat-
ting with us and it seemed like he
could have gone on chatting for an
hour more.
JAY PRIYADARSHAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Tere can be a stigma associated
with attending college close to home.
But the small group of students from
Brunswick here on campus couldnt
be prouder to represent the town we
all consider a second home.
Just because I was so close
shouldnt exclude the possibility of
attending a really good college that
seemed to have a lot of things to of-
fer me, said Mark Richter 14, who
said he felt he had a lot of exposure
to Bowdoin growing up and always
heard good things.
Te relationship between Bowdoin
and Brunswick is so cohesive. Any-
one feels safe and welcome here, said
Chelsea Bruno 14. And being part of
both communities is great.
All students the Orient spoke to
highlighted the ability to see their
family ofen (and pets) as one of the
best parts of going to school so close
to homethough Richter noted
with some sadness that he never gets
any packages.
Living in Brunswick means the
comforts of home are never far of
Michael McGlinchey 14 admitted to
only doing laundry on campus once
since matriculatingand they can
share those comforts with friends
who live farther away.
I love being close to home, said
Wilder Nicholson 16. Its the best
of both worlds. I can get a home
cooked meal whenever I want or
have my mom do my laundry.
My friends and I go to my house
a lot and we have big holiday din-
ners, said Bruno. Every year my
parents do an Easter egg hunt and
pumpkin carving and fun things like
that for me and my friends. Tats
a really unique experience that I
wouldnt have had anywhere else.
But despite having their families
so close to campus, each native said
that Bowdoin and its bubble have
made it easy for them to separate
themselves from the town they
grew up in.
I dont really feel like Im in
Brunswick most of the time, said
Paul Sullivan 16.
I try to make Bowdoin a home
away from home and try to separate
from my past Brunswick life, said
Nicholson. I dont go home that
ofen. But I still want to see my fam-
ily so I take them out to dinner. He
went on to say that he wanted a new
experience and to get away.
All fve reminisced on their in-
teractions with Bowdoin when they
were younger, whether it was attend-
ing sports games, using the gym, or
just strolling through campus. Rich-
ter graduated from Brunswick High
School in Farley Field House. Te
campus became a familiar place for
these students and a couple of them
noticed during the college admis-
sions process they were comparing
every school to Bowdoin.
But it used to just be a place.
Just buildings and felds and I nev-
er knew anyone, Nicholson said.
Bowdoin is diferent now because I
know the people.
A few of them had the same im-
pression that many other visiting
students from have: that Bowdoin
is flled with bros who wear lax pin-
nies. Teir opinions changed, how-
ever, when they came to know the
range of people that make up the
student body.
My friends and I used to make
fun of [Bowdoin] as just a bunch of
bros. Like Bro-doin, Sullivan said.
When it comes to their relation-
ships with the town, some said
they feel more deeply connected to
Brunswick than their friends at the
College do.
Because Im a Bowdoin student I
know I stand out as a Bowdoin stu-
dent to other townies. So there is def-
initely self-consciousness about that,
that Im no longer just a townie. But I
still feel like a townie, said Sullivan.
I understand the dynamics
of Brunswick more. Brunswick
is a very socioeconomically di-
verse place. I think its hard for
Bowdoin students to get a sense
of that because theres no way
you would be exposed to it,
said Bruno.
Its funny to hear people
talk about things that Ive
known for a long time, said
McGlinchey. They have differ-
ent names for certain things that
people in Brunswick just dont call
them, like Scarlet Begonias. I think
people call it Scarlet Bs. I never
called it that.
Sullivan said he has emotional at-
tachments to his favorite restaurants
A short migration: Brunswick-born Polar Bears on life in the pines
BY STEFF CHAVEZ
STAFF WRITER
in town and will actually get defen-
sive when someone says something
negative about them. Moreover, un-
like most Bowdoin students, he is
not a fan of Gelato Fiasco and actu-
ally thinks that the ice cream situa-
tion in Brunswick is not so great
Dairy Frost is his favorite.
When asked about a Brunswick
secret, Nicholson talked about a
small prayer garden by the Andro-
scoggin right across from the dam
on the Topsham side.
Its just this old guy and he has
a rock garden with a maze you can
walk through and then a bunch
of prayer flagsand there are in-
scriptions on the stones, he said.
Theres also a stall with glass and
you spin a barrel and in the barrel
there are paintings with different
prayers on them.
All of these students said that at-
tending Bowdoin has made them
more appreciative of where they
grew up. Not a single one of them
said they regret their decision to en-
roll at the College.
Its crazy to see how full circle
Ive come, Richter said. Brunswick
will always be home. I am forever
linked to Bowdoin and this com-
munity and Ive come to appreciate
myself and where I come from.
I used to ask should I feel guilty
for not challenging myself by go-
ing elsewhere? said Richter. But
I did challenge myself by staying in
Brunswick against the pressure.
No students from the Class of
2017 hail from Brunswick.
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In the spirit of Date-apalooza, the
Bowdoin Orient and the Alliance for
Sexual Assault Prevent (ASAP) pres-
ent: Its a date! Tis two-time feature
details the hilarious, awkward and ro-
mantic experience of two Bowdoin stu-
dents who agree to be set up on a blind
dinner date. Tese Bowdoin students
might not fnd true love, but they might
just fnd out that dating isnt nearly as
terrifying as it seems.
Tis week, Emma Patterson 16 and
Tom Peabody 14 got to know each over
dinner at Frontier.
What would be your dates
spirit animal?
EP: I guess he would be a dog that
likes to sail. Hes also growing some fa-
cial hair so thats like a dog.
TP: A gazelle, because theyre grace-
ful and like exercise and shes graceful
and plays a sport.
Which movie best represents your
blind date experience?
EP: I guess it would be the begin-
ning of A Cinderella Story because
it was a surprise to see who we were
going to be on the date with.
TP: 101 Dalmatians because my
heart is like the puppies and Emma is
like Cruella De Ville, and she stole my
heart and wont give it back. But it ends
better than that because she wont skin
my heart and make a coat. So shes not
really Cruella De Ville, but kind of.
If your date could only eat one food
for the rest of their life,
what would it be?
EP: Some sort of BBQ because he
Its a date! Patterson 16 and Peabody 14 explore Bowdoins dating scene
BY CATILIN WHALEN
ORIENT STAFF
ordered BBQ last night.
TP: Well judging from the small
experience I have, probably French
fries. But then again, Ive only ever
seen her eat two thingsa hamburg-
er and french fries. So probably one
of those two.
If your date could only go on one
ride at an amusement park, which
one would they choose?
EP: Hes a sailor so maybe Splash
Mountain.
TP: It would defnitely be the
merry-go-round because she went to
a school where they rode horses. So
shes into horses and these ones are
inanimate and harmless.
Who would play your date in the
biopic of their life?
EP: It would probably be someone
light-hearted and funny, someone
like Will Ferrell.
TP: Amy Adams because obvious-
ly. Defnitely not Meryl Streep.
What would be your dates
favorite time of day?
EP: Dusk or sunset, because sailing
is probably best then and you dont re-
ally have to be working.
TP: Dusk or the dead of night, per-
haps from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. It just seems
like a good time.
What was the most surprising thing
you learned about your date?
EP: Tat hes allergic to lobster. I
didnt know that was possible.
TP: Tis goes with [another] an-
swer, but at her high school every
freshman had to have a horse and care
for it. How weird is that?
If your date was a tribute in the Hun-
ger Games, how well would they do?
EP: He probably wouldnt last that
long because I think hes generally too
nice to kill other people.
TP: She would probably last pretty
long. She might not win because she
might have a hard time hiding in a
tree, but shed defnitely do pretty well.
I guess I dont know her background in
hand-to-hand combat, but she seems
like she could hold her own from the
time I spent with her.
If you had to pick one song as the
soundtrack of your date,
what would it be?
EP: Lets Get it On, by Marvin
Gaye because there is nothing quite
like a blind date to set the mood.
TP: I Lef My Heart in San Fran-
cisco, by Tony Bennet. Shes from
San Francisco.
If your date were in the circus,
what role would they play?
EP: Te clown. Hes funny.
TP: Defnitely not the bearded lady.
But probably the seals that bop those
balls around because its like volleyball.
What was the best part of the date?
EP: Te best part was getting to
know someone new. And the free food.
TP: I just feel like its cool to meet
someone that I havent before, as a
senior. I almost feel like I know most
people at this school and it can start to
feel small, so meeting someone new
was nice.
If you decided to dress up together
next Halloween, what would be
your couple costume?
EP: Probably Shaggy and Scooby
mainly because they like to have fun
and like to eat a lot. But who would be
who? Hes kind of got the dog thing go-
ing on so he could be Scooby, but he
could also be Shaggy because hes re-
ally tall. But, I guess I can be Scooby.
TP: We would be the Fox and the
Hound. She would be the fox and I
would be the hound.
What Harry Potter character
would your date be?
EP: Ron, because hes pretty goofy
and seems like a good friend. And he
also has a little bit of redI think. I
could be wrong.
TP: She would be Fleur Delacour
for obvious reasons.

If you could make any two people
go on a date like yours, who
would they be?
EP: Gina Stalica 16 and Andrew
Fradin 16.
TP: Toby Nicholson 14 and Profes-
sor Peter Coviello.
Where would you go if you were to
go on a second date?
EP: Were both pretty adventur-
ous, so maybe it would just have to be
somewhere new.
TP: We would go to the Joshua
Chamberlain Museum because who
doesnt love Joshua Chamberlain?
Since going on this date, has your
outlook on dating at Bowdoin
changed?
EP: I think it shows that going out
with somebody that you dont know
isnt a big deal. It also reminded me how
rare it is at Bowdoin that you go out on
dates, but also was a good example of
why theyre so easy and such a nice way
to get to know somebody new.
TP: I think it was fun to get to know
someone outside of the Bowdoin
bubble context and it was really easy,
very low stress.
A NEW FRONTIER: After being paired by members of ASAP for Date-apalooza, Emma Patterson
16 (left) and Tom Peabody 14 (right) dined at Frontier last Tuesday.
Bedtime aversions: my fear of getting down and dirty
I have a confession to make: Im
afraid of giving blowjobs.
I feel like a failure of a sex colum-
nist; how can I properly talk about
sex things on campus when theres
stuff I just dont do? And yet
My only real experience with
giving oral occurred while I was a
bit too inebriated. It was incredibly
sloppy and ended almost immedi-
ately, as my partner quickly re-
alized that I was too drunk to
properly make decisions and
put me to bed.
There have been other for-
ays (shall we say) into the
realm of blowjobs that all
ended in my stopping just
short of the actual deed and
making a hasty bid for a con-
dom insteadthough, as a side-
note, we should all be using con-
doms for oral too, which seems
logistically complicated, but I
wouldnt really know.
My fears about the act are rooted
in a number of things: the aggressive
nature of the penis getting all up in
your grill, the very real concern that
Ill be really bad at and/or hurt my
partner, and the changing relations
of dominance involved. All of these
have somehow conspired to create
a major mental block for me where
blowjobs are concerned.
Beyond this, theres the intimacy
factor. Most people Ive talked to
agree that oral is more intimate
than other kinds of sex. Its a very
selfless act.
Ive always been very confused
as to why giving head is apparently
lower than penetrative sex on the
familiar hierarchy of sexual acts.
Down there bits seem meant
to mix together, no matter what
mixture youve got going on.
Adding mouths to the equation
seems like it should be adding an-
other layer, and therefore be more
intimate, not less.
If you have trouble conceiving the
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AND THE BEES
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intimacy of giving, consider receiv-
ing, especially if youre a girl whos
had heterosexual encounters.
While blowjobs are a seemingly
normal part of pop culture, going
down on girls has been reviled by
the media. Theres a reason Blue
Valentine initially got slapped
with an NC-17 rating, while other
films depicting oral on dudes im-
mediately get rated R.
In the interest of full disclosure,
I have done my fair share of get-
ting, and yes, I do feel a little guilty
about not reciprocating.
Thats my personal issue
though. The wider problem
lies in friends reactions to
this fact.
Many of them are far
more comfortable with giv-
ing than getting. Its not
that they enjoy one more
than the other, but that
while they either enjoy or
dont mind performing oral
on guys, they are fundamen-
tally uncomfortable with boy-
friends, hookups and returning
the favor.
What if they think its gross?
Im just too self-conscious about
it. Why would they ever really
want to go down there? This rhet-
oric is a huge problem!
I cant personally explain the
urge to go down on someone, but I
can say that whatever reasons you
have for giving headto someone
are probably very similar to their
reasons for returning the favor.
It might seem gross, but isnt all
sex kind of gross when you think
about it? Bodies are weird mecha-
nisms, but none should be consid-
ered more weird or embarrass-
ing than others.
Its possible there are even guys
out there protesting that they feel
uncomfortable with being the re-
cipients of oral.
To those dudes: you shouldnt
be ashamed either. All of this ap-
plies to you as well.
But Im addressing female shame
surrounding sexy bits because
thats a cultural constant.
Womens bodies are policed to
a major extent, and that often gets
internalized and manifests itself as
extreme discomfort over appear-
ance and self-worth.
If that statement sounds like
it could apply to things outside
of the bedroom, good. It should.
It does. The thing about vagina
shame (copyright pending) is that
we dont talk about it, even though
it can really negatively affect our
sex lives and level of comfort with
ourselves in general.
Returning to oral, Im not say-
ing you have to enjoy either giv-
ing or getting, just that its time to
stop being ashamed of our bodies.
If your partner wants to do some-
thing and the only thing stopping
you is anxiety over how theyll re-
act to your body, try to push that
aside and let them do it.
Theyre with you for a reason,
and I can almost guarantee they
will like your bodyall parts of
itno matter what.
against graduating in four years, stay-
ing with your friends, and staying
with your classmates, said Robbins.
Lohmann said that the most com-
mon reason for students taking time
of is a medical leave of absence.
Teres so much that goes on here,
and so much that students want to do
here, and you want to get the best of
what Bowdoin has to ofer, she said.
In the case of a serious medical con-
dition, she said, We really encourage
students to step away and attend to
their health and wellness.
For students who take medical
leave, the process for returning is
slightly more complicated. Students
returning from medical leave apply
to a readmission committee as do
students returning from disciplinary
suspensions or leaves for reasons of
academic defciency.
Students write statements describ-
ing the problem that led them to take
time of, the steps theyve taken to
address it while away, and their plan
upon returning to the College. Te
deans om ce encourages these students
to take as much time as they need, and
works with the counseling and health
centers to communicate with the stu-
dents care providers while on leave.
Te worst thing for us, and it
doesnt happen very ofen, is when a
student takes a medical leave, comes
back, really wasnt ready to come
back, and then has to take a second
medical leave, Lohmann said. When
students do take medical leave, we
want to make sure, as an institution,
that theyre healthy enough to return
to the College.
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He is now certified to teach so-
cial studies in Maine for grades
seven through 12.
Hogan served for five years on
active duty and another five as a
reservist in the U.S. Navy as a Mili-
tary Police Officer, where he was a
canine handler.
At the time, I was stationed in
the Middle East, and they had a lot
of openings for canine handlers, so
I took it. Ultimately, while I was on
active duty, I got paid to play with
dogs for a living, and you cant ask
for a better job,
Hogan said.
It wasnt all
l i g h t - h e a r t e d ,
though.
While stationed
in Baghdad, Ho-
gan was asked to
assist soldiers in
a mission. These
soldiers had asked
some street ven-
dors to leave, as they had been en-
gaging in bad business practices at
an outdoor market.
I pretty much cleared a near
street riot with just me and a dog
and a bunch of army soldiers at my
back, Hogan said.
In 2006, after returning from
overseas, Hogan worked at the
Brunswick Naval Air Station and
fell in love with the area.
For some time, Ive been in-
terested in transitioning from law
enforcement to a teaching career,
Hogan said. My dream job would
be to be a high school social stud-
ies teacher at Brunswick High
School or Mt. Ararat.
Teaching is a very family
Ultimately, while I was on
active duty, I got paid to play
with dogs for a living, and
you cant ask for a better job.
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SECURITY OFFICER
HOGAN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
friendly job. Once I do have a fam-
ily, Id like to be firmly established
as a teacher, he added.
However, few local teaching posi-
tions have been available recently and
Hogan found his job at Bowdoin.
I thought this was a great, in-
between-type of job which could
combine the skills of my law en-
forcement career with where Im
going, being at an educational in-
stitution, Hogan said.
Above all, Hogan finds interact-
ing with the students is his favorite
part of the job.
Ive had an absolutely fantastic
experience with the students here.
Unfortunately, Ive had a couple of
negative incidents,
but...thats going
to happen when
you work the night
shif on week-
ends, he said.
Hogan shared
that hes continu-
ally impressed by
the respect and
f or t hr i g ht ne s s
students have
when confronted by Security and
the degree to which students, par-
ticularly College House leadership,
strive to work with Security.
While Hogan has enjoyed his
time at Bowdoin, he will be leaving
the College at the end of the month
and returning to Baghdad, where
he will work on securing the U.S.
Embassy for a defense contractor.
He will be deployed overseas
on a temporary contract. How-
ever, Hogan said he is not leaving
Bowdoin forever.
[Director of Safety and Security
Randy] Nichols has said that the
doors open when I get back, and
Im planning on fully embracing
that opportunity, Hogan said.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Object Show provides unique challenges for preparators
BY MARISA MCGARRY
ORIENT STAFF
COURTESY OF MAX BLOMGREN
BLUE PERIOD: Reection on Waterby Max Blomgren 14 is on view in Fishbowl Gallery.
McKee Grant winners Blomgren 14, Garca 15 exhibit summer projects
For 2013 McKee Photography Grant
winners Max Blomgren 14 and Celina
Garca 15, artwork is about examining
the world in a nuanced and creative way.
Te McKee Photography Fund
was endowed in 2003, named afer
the retirement of Bowdoin photog-
raphy professor John McKee. First
BY ZENZELE BEST
STAFF WRITER
established in 2008, the grant awards
one or two students with $1,000 to
supplement expenses in a photogra-
phy project over the summer. Upon
returning to campus, the students
are expected to display their work
and give a presentation about their
summer experience.
Blomgren has been interested
in photography since high school,
focusing on black-and-white
darkroom photography.
Blomgren said he had always
been interested in the camera
andtaking pictures for capturing
memories.
While at Bowdoin, Blomgren
developed a particular interest in
cyanotypea printing process that
produces a cyan-blue colored print.
Afer studying the cyanotype at
Bowdoin, he decided he wanted to
study the process in greater depth
and applied for the McKee Grant.
Blomgren said that his sum-
mer project focused on memo-
ries from a surgery I had [dur-
ing] freshman year, he said.
The Object Show, the Museum
of Arts latest exhibit which features
pieces from various deparments
of the College, opened last night.
The exhibit spans from before the
Colleges founding to more recent
times, with pieces like James Bow-
doins wardrobe and a stuffed lob-
ster. It will be on display in the Mu-
seums Osher and Halford Galleries
through next June.
The show was installed over a
period of three weeks. Last week,
the galleries were filled with noth-
ing but empty cases, and the last
of Prendergast paintings had just
been sent back to their museums
of origin. Yesterday morning,
most pieces had been mounted
and placed in their cases, but there
was still last minute tinkering to be
done. Many of the labels had not
arrived, and some wall text still
had to be put up.
Co-director of the Museum of
Art Frank Goodyear explained
that this was not an uncommon
circumstance.
This is the funny secret about
museums, said Goodyear. No
matter whether youre a muse-
um that is large or small, you are
working on these projects literally
to the day the show opens.
Jose Ribas is one of the Mu-
seums preparators, and his chief
responsibility is working with
curators to install these exhibits.
An alumnus of the Class of 1976,
Ribas began working at the Mu-
seum as a first-year student. He
now leads a team of preparators in
handling and mounting all of the
pieces seen in the show.
We take it from beginning to end.
We get the walls ready. We get the
cases ready. Were guiding it through
the whole process, said Ribas.
Tis process begins with the ex-
hibit curators mapping out the ex-
hibit on paper. Preparators will then
take this sketch and bring it to life.
I work closely with Joachim
[Homann, the exhibits curator].
He has the vision, he said. Its
the two of us working together to
figure out how the layouts going to
work.
The Object Show, Ribas notes,
poses unique challenges for instal-
lation because the three-dimen-
sional nature of the show requires
more than wall hangings.
Paintings, you lay them on the
floor you see what goes together
well. Youre using one height, eye
level. Theres not much more that
you can do with it, said Ribas.
With this stuff, were going to
have to play with boxes, and how
to light it, and mounts.
His colleague, Assistant Preparator
Jo Hluska, agreed.
You light a painting from one
side, one surface. With a 3D ob-
ject, you light it from all angles.
You have to watch the shadows so
nothing disappears, he said.
Everybody thinks its easy but
none of it is easy, said Ribas.
Both explained that they took
significant precautions in their
work due to the delicate nature of
the pieces.
Its about being patient, said
Hluska. Tats what makes things
safe. You cant speed. You cant rush.
When the preparators are not in
the process of installing an exhibit,
they work in the Museums storage
space. Sometimes theyre return-
ing pieces from exhibits that have
closed back to their proper place.
At other times, theyre scouring
the collection for pieces for classes.
When Goodyear arrived at the
College this summer, the Object
Show had already been on the Mu-
seums calendar. He points to it
as the kind of exhibit he hopes to
promote during his tenure with his
wife and Co-Director Anne Collins
Goodyear.
[Te show] take[s] advantage
of the expertise and collections not
only here at this museum, but exper-
tise across campus, said Goodyear.
He hopes the exhibit will spur a
new discussion on campus about
material goods.
We think that this will be an in-
teresting show because it will give
the opportunity to talk about the sig-
nifcanceculturally, economically,
politically of material objects, said
Goodyear.
One prominent part of the exhib-
it is the Tiffany bracelet that Joshua
Chamberlain gave to his wife, Fan-
ny. Its inscribed with the names of
all the battles he fought in during
the Civil War and is normally on
display in Special Collections.
I think people will fnd this ex-
hibit is flled with all sorts of gee
whiz moments, he said. Were go-
ing to develop a bunch of public pro-
grams that demonstrate how objects
matter to diferent academic felds.
I explored diferent feelings and
thoughts that [were] going through
my head, trying to reconcile them and
understand them more. He said that
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
READY, SET, GO: Preparator Jose Ribas 76 measures the placement for wall text in The Object Show,which opened in the Art Museum last night.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
EN-ROUTE: Visitors to the Museum over the past few weeks have witnessed the exhibit in various stages of installation.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SNAPSHOTS: Celia Garca 15 exhibits photography grappling with location and identity in the Edwards Center for Art and Dance.
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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
CATCHING SOME Zs: The cast of The Pajama Game brings energy to the stage alongside members of the jazz quartet (who can be seen in the background).
Professors turn research and lesson plans into newly published books
Several Bowdoin professors can
finally breathe easy after publish-
ing books that represent years of
research and effort.
In February 2013, Associate Pro-
fessor of English Guy Mark Foster
finished a collection of short sto-
rieshis first foray into fiction
entitled The Rest of Us, which
explores issues of sexual and racial
identity.
Te stories all center around
characters who are black and sexu-
ally diferent. Some characters are
gay, some characters are bisexual,
and some characters are heterosex-
ual, but their sexualities play a large
role in their navigating their racial
identities within a white-dominated
culture, said Foster.
Asian Studies Lecturer and Exec-
utive Director of the ISLE Program
Sree Padma Holt released a book
this October, Vicissitudes of the
Goddess: Reconstructions of the
Gramadevata in Indias Religious
Traditions, about the evolution of
goddess worship in India.
Holt focuses on the deifed female in
India and South Asian countries, juxta-
posing goddess worship with the sub-
ordination of women in everyday life.
BY EMILY WEYRAUCH
ORIENT STAFF
I am interested in gender issues.
Goddess worship is really promi-
nent everywhere in both cities and
rural areas, said Holt, so why is
the woman not given an equal place
in society?
In August, Assistant Professor of
Asian Studies Vyjayanthi Selingers
book, Authorizing the Shogunate:
Ritual and Material Symbolism in
the Literary Construction of War-
rior Order was released. Selinger
described it briefly as a look into
the relationship of literature and
history.
Selinger also said her work ad-
dresses questions like, When you
have a big traumatic historical
event, how does literature grapple
with that? How does literature try
to find continuities or discontinui-
ties in history? What does literature
feel pressed to respond to? In some
sense, that speaks to how society is
trying to respond to these pressing
questions.
All three professors have found
ways to connect their books to the
classes they teach at the College.
Foster teaches courses on Afri-
can-American literature, Ameri-
can literature, and gay and lesbian
studies.
Selinger teaches about Japanese
language and literature and said: I
November 8 and 9 at 8 p.m.
Pickard Teater
Tickets are available for free at the
Box Of ce.
have a class on World War II and
the atomic bomb in Japan and that
is far from the medieval Japan that I
studied [in my book], but the ques-
tions are the same.
Holt, an archaeologist and histo-
rian who teaches courses on Indian
cultures, said, whenever I teach
any course I do have some com-
ponent of probing into womens
issues.
Theater department wakes up their fall season with The Pajama Game
Last night, the Department of Te-
ater and Dance opened Te Pajama
Game, their frst musical theater
production in three years.
Te musical, adapted from the
novel Seven and A Half Cents by
Richard Bissell, examines life inside
the fctional Sleep Tite Pajama Fac-
tory. While the workers fght for fair
pay, romance blooms between the
factorys superintendent and a the
head of the grievance committee
petitioning him for higher wages.
Its about workers rights and
fghting for a raise, said Davis Rob-
inson, the musicals director and
professor of theater at Bowdoin.
Written in the 1950s when unions
were particularly strong, the story
was originally meant as, an absurd
farce about the problems of a la-
bor strike sort of a light comedy
where everything works out in the
end, Robinson said.
Musicals are an uncommon en-
deavor for Bowdoins theater de-
partment. Robinson said while he is
hesitant to plunge into musicals too
ofen, the form itself is very power-
ful because it allows music, dance,
and theater to work in tandem.
According to Robinson, musi-
cals are a rarity because the the-
ater department is careful to rotate
through a variety of genres, and
they tend not to go too long without
a Shakespeare production or a work
by a female playwright.
In collaboration with his Ensem-
ble Devising class, Robinson has
updated and re-envisioned the show
for a modern audience.
Its very corny humor in places
and a very sugary treatment of very
serious issues, he said. But the
BY ELIZA GRAUMLICH
ORIENT STAFF
plot is strong enough that if you
take away some of the sweet and
make the stakes a little more real-
istic, [these serious issues come]
into focus asreal and ongoing
problem[s].
Though lines adhere strictly to
the original script due to copyright
laws, Robinson says this has not
inhibited the reinterpretation of
the show.
As in the original production,
the musical begins in 1950s Iowa,
but then transitions to a factory in
South Carolina. Afer intermission,
the show moves overseasfrst to
1990s China and then to Contem-
porary Bangladesh. As the locations
shif, the actors playing the lead
characters change as well. Costum-
ing and video projections clarify
and enhance these transitions.
Robinson said they are tracking
the history of the garment industry
as [they] do the show spreading it
out across time and geography.
Te music has also been revamped
in this weekends show. Songs origi-
nally played in basic polka structure
have been made Latin, and the pro-
duction also includes styles of Motown
and Bollywood music.
Te plays musical director is Mol-
ly Ridley 14. Tough she brought no
previous experience in theater pro-
duction, she did have knowledge of
jazz, which Robinson knew when he
asked her to be Te Pajama Games
musical director last spring.
Ridley said she helped incor-
porate a jazz touch to almost all
of the songs that are being played
and arranged the music for a jazz
quartet setting.
Improvisation is a big theme in
jazz so that takes place during a lot
of the dance breaks, she said.
During the show, the jazz quar-
tetof which she takes partplays
while on stage with the actors. From
there, the musicians can see the ac-
tors as they perform and improvise
accordingly.
While the tempo of some songs
has been slowed down or sped up,
other songs have been changed to
a minor key; these modifications
that help manipulate the mood of
the production.
Also heavily involved in the
development of the show are Rob-
insons Ensemble Devising stu-
dentshalf of them are members
of the cast.
Jared Littlejohn 15, who plays
the Charlie, an electrician, is one
of these students. He spends about
two hours working on the musical
in class on Mondays and Wednes-
days and also attends rehearsals
Monday through Thursday. In
total, he estimates that hes spent
about 180 hours working on the
production.
This musical is particularly time
consuming because it is a devised
theater productiona method in
which actors are heavily involved in
the development of a show. Tis is
another rarity in a theater production
at Bowdoin.
Trough devising, weve been able
to think about creative ways to bring
complexity to the entire production,
Littlejohn said.
Ive been here fourteen years
and Ive never done a real major de-
vised theater piece, said Robinson.
Although Holt realizes that her
work is kind of exotic to Bowdoin,
she emphasizes the relevance of this
goddess culture to students. This
is liberal arts and we focus on vari-
ous different cultures from all over
the world. And Indias population is
the second biggest [behind China],
which means that the Indian cul-
ture is important for the world to
know.
The inclusion of the culturally
pertinent themes of womens and
gender issues in Holts work adds a
very timely aspect of importance to
her research.
Similarly, Fosters collection also is
deeply rooted in present-day social
issues.
My research challenges the
COURTESY OF TINCTURE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, AND BRILL
TRILOGY: The professors books, whose covers appear above, cover topics from racial identity to goddess worship in India to history in literature.
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COURTESY OF COLUMBIA PICTURES
HIDE AND SEEK: Playing real-life Cpt. Phillips, Tom Hanks emerges from a lifeboat with one of his Somalian pirate captors during an attempted
Captain Phillips: A Great American Hero
The latest feature by Paul Green-
grassdirector of The Bourne
Supremacy and United 93is a
watertight geo-thriller, light on its
feet and pleasantly conscious of its
subject. Greengrass may be a Brit,
but in the past decade hes taken
the lead in constructing action
thrillers that interrogate the ethics
of American military operations.
In Captain Phillips, he pulls off
a rare feat for an American action
film: casting the country as a righ-
teous, rational and victorious force
without reducing the Somalians to
soulless villains. Greengrass shows
how they too are subject to pres-
sure and greed; they represent the
bottom half of a capital-driven
global economy.
The film traffics in realism,
taking up the ever-popular like-
youre-there aesthetic for its action
sequence. This comes as surpris-
ingly refreshing after a summer
loaded with grandiose superhero
flicks. Greengrass doesnt cheapen
allusions to American trauma by
casually evoking global catastro-
phes (e.g. the overt 9/11 imagery
in something like Man of Steel),
but instead allows these events to
stand alone. In the hands of a di-
rector who is savvy enough to trust
his own excellent visual narrative,
the heroism comes through even
without the cape and tights.
And who better to champion
blue-collar bravery in the role
of real life Cpt. Richard Phillips
than Tom Hanks. He is arguably
the most all-American of our all-
American male actors. The man
reeks of ethical sanctityit would
be functionally impossible to make
Hanks a villain. (The Coen broth-
ers tried once, in The Ladykillers,
and it didnt really work out.) Phil-
lips has a distinguished quality to
his intellect, but not in a Bond-type
way. Hes a quick thinker who can
clearly master any situation, often
fooling people into thinking he is
dumber than he is. Phillips remains
a humanist too; he can sympathize
with almost anyone. By the end of
this film he has befriendedor at
least come to understand and pity
two of the pirates threatening to kill
him.
The film is a twist on the classic
cat-and-mouse narrative in that it
depicts a constantly shifting bal-
ance of trust instead of a simple
battle of wits. Critics have called
the 2006 film The Departed a
crime-opera of cell phones; Cap-
tain Phillips might be an opera
of walky-talkies. Across the radios
that echo around the various ships,
the characters talk in code, trying
to conceal their tactics in multiple
languages and innuendos.
Personally, I wish there was
more action on the main boat
as the narrative departs from
this setting surprisingly quickly.
Greengrass would have done well
to adopt traditions of films like
Poseidon or Die Hard, where
everything in the central location
suddenly becomes a hiding place,
an obstacle or a maze. The film
could have shaved some of the
lagging middle hour by extending
this sequence before shifting to the
strict confines of a lifeboat.
What is interesting about Cap-
tain Phillipssomething I did
not expect from viewing the trail-
ersis the pervading sense that
America is always going to win,
and not just because history has
determined the outcome. The fa-
talism attached to American con-
trol over this military situation
appears to be of grave importance
to the aim of Greengrass project.
We dont wonder whether America
can come to the rescue, we wonder
how the Somali pirates will attempt
in vain to carry out this measly and
ill-fated attack.
Te primary antagonist (if he
can even be labeled so stringently),
Museplayed with feeble ferocity
by Barkhad Abdihas an insatiable
thirst for respect from his peers and
superiors. However, its clear from
early on that he is in over his head,
and Hanks Phillips is excellent at
getting under his skin. Phillips wins
this battle simply because he had far
more value to his countrythe So-
mali pirates have been abandoned;
their loneliness is their tragedy. Tis
is elucidated in perhaps the flms
most crucial moment of dialogue,
when Phillips asks Muse: Teres
got to be something other than
being a fsherman or kidnapping
people. Muse responds Maybe in
AmericaMaybe in America.
Without giving too much away
in regard to the films conclusion,
I will say that Hanks performance
in the last 10 minutes of the film
CINEMA SCOPE
SAM FICHTNER
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Gibson Hartley 16
For sophomore Gibson Hart-
ley, music is not just a hobby, but
an ongoing conversation. Tough
he started playing saxophone in
fourth grade, he didnt start tak-
ing it seriously until he arrived at
Bowdoin and began taking lessons
with Frank Mauceri, the director of
his jazz band. Tis year, he formed
a quartet with friends Molly Ridley
14, Simon Moushabeck 16 and
Sam Eley 15.
In addition to playing the saxo-
phone, he composes music and
sings baritone in Te Longfellows.
Because there are so few senior
members, Hartley and a fellow
sophomore have taken on the
leadership of the group.
Its rewarding to work with the
younger members and an amazing
feeling to arrange a piece and have
a group sing it back to you, he said.
Hartley doesnt see himself
pursuing music as a career, but he
hopes to stay engaged with music
in other ways.
Im a government major and
would love to be a professor in the
future. I would ideally love to stay
in a place like this and teach and
interact with musicians, he said.
Hartley says these interactions
are what make music at Bowdoin
so valuable.
At Bowdoin I learned to appreci-
ate music more than I did previously.
I didnt have the capacity to under-
stand the complexity of it, and by
surrounding myself with musicians
that have knowledge in music, es-
pecially in music theory, there was a
surge in my enthusiasm.
For Hartley, music is an escape,
something he separates from the
rest of his life. When he is playing,
BY RAISA TOLCHINSKY
ORIENT STAFF
he says he lets go of all concerns
and commitments.
It becomes a moment to live and
breathe in music, because its an on-
going conversation, he said. For
example, I can play something on the
saxophone, Molly can echo it on the
piano, while Simon could be layering
in with drums.
Tis musical dialogue has
sharpened his awareness of verbal
conversation as well.
I feel a concept and emotion and
Im trying to convey it in music, and
verbally its very easy for me to get
caught up in words. I havent always
been the most articulate, he said.
Hartley relates to one of his favor-
ite philosophers, Cornel West, who
believes jazz is the most democratic
form of music, and says he wishes
the communication he experiences
in music could translate into the
classroom.
In a 35-person discussion group,
people feel they have to say some-
thing diferent to make a good point,
but refection is important, he said.
His penchant for Jazz is unapo-
lagetic and earnest. In general I fnd
[Pop music]restrictive because the
form has been created weeks before
its recorded, he said. Jazz is very
pure and experimental and I think
thats an incredible way of listening
to music.
is nothing short of remarkable. It
is what gives the film its heart. Te
way that Hanks emotes and recon-
ciles everything that has happened to
him and those around him suggests
an ambiguity to patriotic outcome
and the violences true toll on him.
What we see of Hanks in these fnal
few minutes is something we caught a
glimpse of in the fnal shot of Zero
Dark Tirty, where the central pa-
triotic character is given air to refect
and lament. (Tough, in that flm,
the fnal close-up of Jessica Chastain
may have felt more like catharsis than
guilt over violence.)
Greengrass is wise not to valorize
the flms trueAmericanassas-
sins, as they are rendered drone-
like and curiously impersonal. And
while its obvious that the reality of
piracy is destructive and immoral,
this flm makes clear that these
young Somali pirates cannot be held
solely responsiblethey too are part
of a larger global system.
PARIKSHIT SHARMA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Chef Tim OBrien of Brunswicks
Trattoria Athena Restaurant washed
the crab of his hands before shaking
mine. He had been cracking shells
and scooping out the meat to prepare
the flling for handmade crab ravioli.
It sounds delicious, yes, but you wont
fnd the dish on the menu.
Its the birthday of one of our bar-
tenders over at the Enoteca, and shes
coming in tonight with some friends,
he explained. She loves crab, and I
wanted to do something special for her.
Enoteca Athena is OBrien and his
partner Marc Provenchers new wine
and small-plate bar situated behind
chic glass doors at 97 Maine Street.
But the tiny Trattoria, OBriens frst
restaurant, occupies a one-room space
on Mill Street just around the corner.
Its location speaks to his vision: the
restaurant is cozy, hidden and hospi-
tableits a place one comes home to
and fnds a surprise waiting.
Te restaurant is, afer all, modeled
on a very real home. OBrien grew
up rolling pasta dough in his Italian
grandmothers kitchen.
Te Trattoria represents rustic,
Italian countrysidethats where my
relatives are from, said OBrien. Its
rough around the edgesno frills, no
white-table cloth. I hate stufy dining.
Te aesthetic of the interior fts
the rustic fantasy: diners sit down
at tables carved from reclaimed
woodand choose from specials list-
ed on a giant chalkboard propped
on a mantle. While waiting for
their food, their eyes might wander
to the three-dimensional maps of
Greece and Italy on the wall, or to
the wooden models of pasta-making
tools sitting on the shelves.
How would I characterize the at-
mosphere? OBrien stopped to think.
Convivial, he decided, fnally. Tats
Chef of Trattoria Athena crafts culinary art with Greek and Italian avors
CREATION
THEORIES
AMANDA MINOFF
how Id describe it. Its convivial and
intimate.
OBrien spent his childhood in
Wells and Ogunquit Maine, and when
he wasnt assisting his grandmother in
her kitchen, he was working in food
service.
Growing up in this tourist Mec-
ca, every summer job I had was in a
restaurant, he said.
Afer earning his Masters in edu-
cation, OBrien began teaching high
school English. But he couldnt quite
shake his training as his grandmoth-
ers apprentice. Whenever he wasnt
in the classroom, he was back in the
kitchen rolling dough.
I was teaching and making pasta
on the side, he explained. He sold
dried and fresh pasta at the Bath
Farmers Market, and soon decided
to pursue the culinary trade full-time.
I decided Im young enoughIll try
this out and see what happens.
OBrien continued selling pasta
to local restaurants, and he began
looking for a venue to serve as a
permanent retail shop.
Tat was the original plan for this
space, he explained.
When he decided to partner with
Greek-cuisine expert Provencher,
there was suddenly more than just pas-
ta on the table. Tere was to be stewed
meats and gyros and, of course, wine.
It would be a restaurant, they decided.
In 2010, Trattoria was born.
Trattoria Athena has certainly
evolved since its inception.
Te paradigm is the same now but
a lot of intricacies are diferent, said
OBrien. All along we were using lo-
cal, sustainable, and organic products.
Tats never wavered. We also never
didnt want to do a fusion. Tese are
authentic Greek and Italian dishes.
Te diference is the menu is now
larger than what it was.
Trattorias menu evolved as OBrien
learned more about the culinary craf.
I travel to Italy each year to keep
abreast of new regional dishes, he
said. Theres so much to explore in
each region. Thats very important
to me: I want people to know that
the types of regional foods are so
different.
Authenticity is as important as
innovation for OBrien. He and
Provencher model the Italian and
Greek dishes (respectively) on the
countries traditional cuisine, and the
two chefs create the majority of the
menu.
Te Italian side is 90 percent me
and Greek side is 90 percent Marc,
he said. But we defnitely do talk
to the other employees we have. Its
a collaborative efort in both places,
but there might be more communica-
tion [in menu-planning] at the Eno-
teca. Te Trattoria is more interested
in authenticity.
So how does one evoke the favors
of Greek and Italian provincial cui-
sine with the agricultural bounty of
Midcoast Maine? Te key is creativity,
OBrien explained.
Seasonality is most important. It
has to be whats in season, he said.
If a dish calls for an ingredient that is
inaccessible, OBrien explained, you
just try to fnd similar elements. For
example, broccoli rabe is really com-
mon where my grandmother is from.
But its super hard to fnd it here. We
have to fnd something that replaces
its favorIll choose a bitter leafy
green instead. Te same thing goes for
proteins. If I cant get a specifc fsh, Ill
fnd one thats local and has a similar
texture.
Fresh ingredients and authentic
preparation are the framework for
OBriens culinary philosophy. But
the chef s palate dictates the specifc
nuances that make a dish stand out.
I really like dishes that have favors
that are more esoteric than what peo-
ple expect Italian food to be, he said.
Take the amaretto and orange-braised
duck. Te dish originated in Florence,
and the Medici brought it up to France
with them. Tats where we get duck
lorange, the more popular version, he
explained. Its got a story to it. I always
like dishes with a story.
Te burnt-four pasta, a new
menu item, has a story that goes
back centuries.
Teres a town about half an hour
from my grandmothers, OBrien start-
ed. Te felds there would be burnt
afer the wheat harvest. Peasants would
pick through wheat berries and make
a pasta out of it. Its a really interesting
taste, and the dish works perfectly with
fall components, like Brussels sprouts.
OBrien works to balance his curi-
osity and creative instincts with the
palate of his clientele. Sometimes the
two dont align.
I once tried an old school traditional
Tuscan dish: wild boar braised in choco-
late and cofee sauce with raisins and
pine nuts. It was cool because we were
showing something diferent, he said,
but it didnt work at all.
Te dialogue between diner
and server is essential to OBriens
growth as a chef.
You see on these cooking programs
this mines the best mentality. Tats
not me. I just put everything I can into
a dish, and hope that everyone has an
enjoyable experience. We defnitely
listen to the customers. Tere are so
many regulars here, and well ask them
for feedback, OBrien said.
Tat is, unless a diner asks for
ketchup on his steak.
Tere are some things we wont
compromise on. I cant serve something
that completely changes the favor.
Tis instinct to train his diners pal-
ates is a skill OBrien transferred from
his years as a teacher.
Its probably the best thing I did be-
fore this, he said. I try to educate the
people by letting the dish stand on its
own. We dont cover it in lots of sauce
and cheese. Were trying to let people
know that Italian food isnt just spaghetti
and meatballs.
Just as OBrien strives to teach his
diners, his own crafsmanship depends
upon perpetual education.
Before I was just a pasta-maker, he
refected. Now I am much more well-
rounded in terms of creating com-
posed dishes. I like to think Im a little
more refned.
visually displaying the emotions on
paper helped him to understand what
he was going through physically.
In contrast to Blomgren, Garca
bought her first camera at a yard
sale when she was 15, but only be-
gan to explore photography more
seriously during her sophomore
year, when she took her first pho-
tography class at Bowdoin. At the
end of that semester, she decided to
apply for the McKee Grant.
Te general gist of [my] proposal
was exploring the relationships peo-
ple have to places, and that expand-
ed a little bit into things as well, she
said.
She grew up in two different
states and said that the focus of her
project was informed, in part, by
her personal experiences.
As she was conducting the proj-
ect, she asked herself, What does
a place mean to a person? How
do we form these associations?
She came to the conclusion that
a place isnt the same, depend-
ing on whos therea place is the
intersection of where you are and
the people who are there, and thats
what makes it special. Our very
presence informs that space.
Associate Professor of Art Michael
Kolster advised both Blomgren and
Garca on their projects this summer.
Blomgrens project is entitled
Memory and is currently on
display and the Fishbowl Gallery
in the Visual Arts Center, while
Garcas project is entitled Porque
Tambin Somos lo que Hemos Per-
didoBecause We Are Also What
We Have Lostand is in the Main
Gallery in the Edwards Center for
Arts and Dance. Both projects will be
on display in their respective locations
until tomorrow.
BOOKS
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notion that racial discourses and
sexual discourses are somewhat
separate discourses; that you have
black civil rights and then gay civil
rights, said Foster.
Theres a way in which these
discourses merge to become iden-
tities. Theres no separation really.
Theyre not mutually exclusive to
one anotheractually, one helps
to mediate the other. Were all of
these things at once; we are never
each of these things separately
racialized or sexual personso
the book was a way for me to fuse
things together and make it clear
that these things were never really
separate, he said.
After years of research, writing,
rewriting and editing, Selinger was
glad to finally have her first book
complete.
Writing can be hard, Im sure
students feel it as they write their
own papers, but its rewarding
when you see a finished product
because it reflects so much of you,
Selinger said.
She noted that she has been moti-
vated by both. the excitement of the
subject and the thrill of letting herself
engage in new and complex territory.
A book is something that you
nurture over five or six years and its
exciting to put it out in the world
and see what people think of it,
said Selinger. How would they en-
gage these ideas? How would they
look at these things in a different
way?
All three professors held readings
on campus in the past month as an
opportunity to share their work
with the academic community.
COURTESY OF PETER FELSENTHAL
PINCH OF SALT: Chef Tim OBrien places food on plates like paint on a canvas.
How would I characterize
the atmosphere?OBrien stopped
to think. Convival,he decided,
nally. Thats how Id describe
it. Its convival and intimate.
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We were able to get the guys we really
wanted to be here in Boston, and the
fnancial fexibility allowed us to be
aggressive pursuing them. Addition-
ally, the fnancial fexibility allowed us
to add our starting shortstop Stephen
Drew later in the ofseason and gave
us the ability to add players to our ros-
ter in-season like Jake Peavy and Matt
Tornton, too. It defnitely put us in a
position of strength from a roster cre-
ativity perspective.
Both Crawford and Gonzalez, as
well as the Dodgers, were extremely
successful this year. Do you think
they could have been successful in
Boston, or was a change of scenery
necessary for them?
Tats a tough question to answer.
Teyre both great players. Tey prob-
ably could have had some success here
Porter 03 relishes Sox title from front ofce
BY PETER CIMINI
STAFF WRITER
Last week, the Boston Red Sox won
their eighth World Series Champion-
ship, beating the St. Louis Cardinals
four games to two. Jared Porter 03
works as the teams Director of Profes-
sional Scouting and played an integral
role with the rest of the front of ce in
transforming the Red Sox from a last-
place team in 2012 to World Series
champions this year. Te Orient caught
up with him for a Q&A about the orga-
nizations wild ride over the past year.
How does it feel to win the World
Series for someone in the front of ce?
Its great. Tere was a lot of hard
work by a lot of peopleour players
and coaching staf. Im really happy for
those guys and the city of Boston. As
a front om ce member its a lot of fun,
a lot of hard work, and a lot of stress-
ful nights watching our team, but its
pretty gratifying. It makes you hungry
to get back to work and get back here.
Last season, the team traded away
Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and
Josh Beckett in hopes of changing the
clubhouse chemistry. How did that
afect your ofseason strategy, and
what types of players were you look-
ing to pick up in the ofseason?
Obviously we traded away some re-
ally good players, and we feel like we
got some good prospects in return.
But, it did free up signifcant money,
so we were able to target players we
really wanted and believed in. Right
of the bat, Jonny Gomes, David Ross,
Shane Victorino, Ryan Dempster, Koji
Uehara and Mike Napoli were guys
we really targeted and believed in.
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ORIENT STAFF
scoring onslaught in the second half.
First year Paige Pfannenstiel scored
two hard-fought tries, and Klein,
Athanas-Linden and Allen also added
to the scoreboard.
Bowdoin also played well on the
defensive side of the ball. Te team
put up a strong performance in the
scrums and lineouts, which were the
two key weaknesses during Bowdoins
earlier loss to Tufs. Te front row of
Elena Schaef 16, Emily Murray 14,
Sam Caras 15 and Pamela Zabala 17
provided pressure in the scrums that
allowed for the Bowdoin backline to
shred Tufs for some big stops.
Despite this, the defense also had
some miscues and missed a few key
tackles near the end of regulation. Te
Jumbos managed to score twice of of
these opportunities.
Head Coach MaryBeth Matthews
said that the game could be a learning
experience for the entire team.
For the future, well watch flm and
work on improving body position in
contact, correcting mismatches on
defense, and fnding the best space to
attack ofensively, she said.
Bowdoin will host an American
College Rugby Association tourna-
ment match tomorrow at 1 p.m., tak-
ing Holy Cross in the Round of 32.
Te team will look to improve
upon its past tournament perfor-
mances. Last year, Bowdoin lost a
close match to the American Inter-
national College in the Round of 32.
Te team made it to the Final Four in
2007 before losing to the University
of California, Santa Cruz.
Womens rugby avenges loss
to Tufts, wins conference
BY HUNTER WHITE
STAFF WRITER
Te womens rugby team avenged
its only loss of the season by winning
its second consecutive New England
Small College Rugby Conference
Championship this past weekend, de-
feating Tufs 47-12.
Bowdoin defeated Tufs 47-12 afer
Tufs handed Bowdoin its frst regu-
lar-season loss since 2010 in a hard-
fought 29-17 match in September.
Te Polar Bears dominated on of-
fense and defense throughout the
game. Tey took control early on and
never let of the pressure, holding
possession of the ball for the major-
ity of play.
Te Polar Bears started the scor-
ing right away. Anna Piotti 16 and
Kam Sanchez 14 made the frst of-
fensive break, handing the ball of
to Sam Hoegle 17 for the frst try
of the match. Sanchez led another
ofensive break, allowing for Emily
Athanas-Linden 15 and Hayleigh
Kein 15 to move the ball down to
the goal line. Charlotte Kleiman 15
grabbed the try, giving Bowdoin a
commanding lead.
Captain Maura Allen 14 scored
the next try, breaking through several
tackles along the way. Bowdoin scored
once more before the half thanks to
strong plays by Kein and Kleiman.
Te Polar Bears continued their
too. I think in the end, obviously, both
teams have been good; it looks like a
good trade for both teams.
What did you see in players like
Gomes,Victorino, Ross, Napoli and
Uehara that made you target them
last ofseason?
Well, those guys are all very well-
rounded baseball players. Tey do
a lot of things well. Tey have a very
strong makeup; theyre good in the
clubhouse. Teyre all winnersthey
want to win, and they ft into our phi-
losophy very well. Te well-rounded-
ness of Gomes, Victorino, Napoliall
those guys and their willingness to buy
in was huge. Dempster is a good ex-
ample. He was a good starter for us all
year. But, in the playofs, we asked him
Te mens soccer team avenged a reg-
ular-season loss last Saturday by beating
Tufs (8-5-2, 6-4-0 NESCAC) on penalty
kicks on the road in the quarterfnals of
the NESCAC Championship. Te win
means Bowdoin will meet top-seeded
Amherst in the semifnals tomorrow.
Afer a scoreless frst half, Bowdoin
put in the frst goal of Saturdays game
afer a miscommunication in the Jum-
bos back line gave Cedric Charlier 17
an open net. Matt Dias Costa 17 added
to the Bowdoin lead in the 80th minute
afer captain Zach Danssaert 14 inter-
cepted a Tufs pass and crossed the ball
into the box, where Austin Downing 17
headed it to Dias Costa for the goal.
Unfortunately for the Polar Bears,
Tufs mounted a furious rally to score
two goals in the fnal fve minutes of
regulationone with only 37 seconds
remainingto force overtime. Despite
having allowed these potentially demor-
alizing goals, Bowdoin kept its compo-
sure in the two subsequent overtimes
and gave itself the opportunity to keep
its season alive by forcing penalty kicks.
Goalie Noah Safan 17 made two
great saves which, paired with a Tufs
misfre, was enough for the Polar Bears
to win. Eric Goitia 15, Dias Costa, and
Andrew Jones 16 made up for misses
by captains Ben Brewster 14 and Dan-
ssaert to award Bowdoin a 3-1 penalty
kick victory.
Brewster, Bowdoins defensive an-
chor, admitted that the team let down its
guard afer going up two goals with fve
minutes lef.
Anytime you get up a goal or two you
can fall in on yourself and you think you
can sit in and win the game like that,
said Brewster. To their credit, they took
advantage and played some great balls
in the box. Tey were playing well but
we collapsed in the end.
Head Coach Scott Wiercinski con-
curred with Brewsters assessment.
I think we kind of stopped playing,
he said. Weve done really well in recent
weeks closing the game out with a lead.
So I dont know if it was that we were
overconfdent in thinking we could do
that again or if we just thought the game
was over.
Despite his disappointment in the
team letting its guard down, Wiercinski
was proud of how his team gathered its
wits afer regulation.
Tere were a lot of pieces we could
point to and say, Oh, its not our day, but
we continued to fght through and we
got the luck and good quality of play we
needed, said Wiercinski. It obviously
Please see M. SOCCER, page 17
Coming of of only its second loss
of the season at Tufs, the feld hock-
ey team handled Trinity easily in the
frst round of the NESCAC tourna-
ment last Saturday, earning a 6-1 vic-
tory over the Bantams.
Earlier in the year in Hartford, it
took a double-overtime goal by Col-
leen Finnerty 15 give the Polar Bears
a 2-1 win. Bantam keeper Sophie
Fitzpatrick made 13 saves to keep
her team in the game, but could not
prevent the game-winning shot by
Finnerty in the 92nd minute of the
match.
Tis time around, the game-win-
ning goal came much earlier in the
contest. Bowdoin took the lead less
than two minutes into the game, as
captain Katie Riley 14 opened her
extraordinary performance by tuck-
ing home a rebound to put the Polar
Bears up 1-0. Less than eight minutes
later, Riley scored her second of the
afernoon, and the frst of two assisted
by Rachel Kennedy 16. It would prove
to be the winning score, as Trinity was
once again limited to a single goal.
However, the Polar Bears did not
stop their scoring there. Riley capped
of her historic efort by scoring more
two goals of penalty corners early in
the second half. In doing so, she tied
the NESCAC tournament record for
most goals in a single game, which was
frst set by Middleburys Lauren Greer
last year. Kennedy and Finnerty again
provided for their captain, earning an
assist each.
She always steps up in big games,
and I think her touch in this game
was just 100 percent on, said captain
Field hockey trashes Trinity, on to semis
BY NOAH SAFIAN
ORIENT STAFF
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Please see F. HOCKEY, page 17
Please see PORTER, page 16
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ON TO THE NEXT ONE: Rachel Kennedy 16 moves past a Trinity defender as Lauren Schroeder 14 looks on. Bowdoin won 6-1 in the quarternal game.
COURTESY OF MICHAEL IVINS, BOSTON RED SOX
FROM WORST TO FIRST: Jared Porter 03 (in cap), Bostons Director of Professional Scouting, celebrates
with his front-o ce colleagues after the teams recent World Series victory at Fenway Park.
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Tanking in NBA: Lose now to win big later?
News came out recently that an
NBA general manager easily con-
vinced his entire organization to
tankto lose intentionally.
The ownership didnt want to
tread water any more than I did,
said the anonymous GM in an in-
terview with ESPN. Theyd rather
go down to the bottom with the
hope of coming up, so they signed
off on it. It wasnt a fight at all. In a
different season, it might not make
sense, but this draft certainly makes
it more appealing.
Te organization developed a
three-pronged strategy to tank efec-
tively: play young players, sit starters
and trade stars. It will result in more
losses, bringing the team closer to a
high draf pick, while also develop-
ing the youth.
Te sporting world took ofense
to these comments. Bleacher Report
ofered Best Potential Solutions
to Fix the NBAs Tanking Problem
while Sports Grid tried to determine
the tanking culprit. Meanwhile, the
Milwaukee Bucks organization con-
demned this strategy.
Why should I come to the
games if youre telling me youre not
trying to win? asked Assistant GM
David Morway.
Bucks GM John Hammond argues
that teams should seek complemen-
tary pieces in the draf and in trades
as the Bucks do.
Guys are going to say I want
to be a part of this because theyre
winning, Hammond said of the
Bucks tactics.
Such nobility is commendable,
but the Bucks have not reached the
second round of the playofs since
2001. Something is not working.
According to Michael Jordan, there
are other holes in the logic of tanking.
Its not guaranteed that [the play-
er] you are going to get is going to
be that star anyway, he told the As-
sociated Press. Jordan speaks from
personal experience. His ascent to
greatness must have been littered
with friends and teammates who did
not reach their potential. Moreover,
the Bobcats have seen many of their
own lottery picks become mediocre
players, at best.
Te criticisms of this anonymous
general manager come from a place
of good intentions. People want to
preserve the sanctity of sports. Fans,
players and entire organizations
from the security guards to the own-
ers in the luxurious boxesspend
their evenings in basketball arenas to
enjoy the competition. Te organi-
zations decision to undermine this
competition robs fans and players of
an exciting atmosphere.
Te critics perspective is certainly
credible. In fact, statistics support
the anti-tanking rhetoric. Of the 29
drafs in the current weighted lot-
tery format, the team with the worst
record has received the frst pick
only four times. To harp on Jordans
point, there have been dozens of
busts. Guys like Rodney White, Jon-
athan Bender, Johnny Flynn, Kwame
Brown, Darko Milicic, and my per-
sonal favorite, Adam Morrison, no-
toriously never panned out. Tey
have become no-names and were,
in retrospect, clearly undeserving of
lottery selections.
In the best-case scenario, a tank-
ing team drafs a once-in-a-genera-
tion talent.
Experts believe that such an in-
dividual may lie in the upcoming
NBA Draf. Andrew Wiggins, cur-
rently a freshman at Kansas, is ofen
compared to LeBron James for his
potential to dominate a generation
of athletes.
For the anonymous general
manager tired of leading his team
into perpetual mediocrity with
a middle-of-the-road pick, Wig-
gins provides hope. Instead of
finding mediocre complements to
an above-average team ( la the
Bucks), the organization can draft
a rare talent. Wiggins could have a
stronghold on the league for nearly
a decade while current superstars
fade and new rivals are unable to
match up. In a sport with only 10
players on the hardwood at a time,
one superstar can determine the
fate of the game.
For losing teams in big markets,
such as the Boston Celtics, there
is no alterative option to tanking.
Fans demand success of the highest
order. In the highly competitive at-
mosphere of the NBA, losing is of-
ten, ironically, the quickest route to
wins. Because decisions are made by
organizations, tanking will become,
or perhaps, stay the norm. But the
NBA chose the name lottery for a
reason. Tanking is merely a strategy,
not a guarantee.
BY ALEX VASILE
ORIENT STAFF
In last Saturdays field
hockey game against Trinity,
captain Katie Riley 14 made
history. She scored four times,
leading the team to a 6-1 vic-
tory and tying the record of
most goals scored in a NES-
CAC tournament game.
Riley started playing field
hockey as a high school ju-
nior. She had just transferred
schools and needed to pick
a fall sport, but she was also
playing lacrosse and ice hock-
ey. She was wary of putting in
too much off-season work for
her third athletic commitment.
Though she had expected
to start her Bowdoin athletic
career as an ice hockey player,
encouragement from her high
school coacha Bowdoin field
hockey and ice hockey alum-
nusconvinced
her to try out
for field hockey
her first year
fall. She did not
expect to make
one of the coun-
trys strongest
programs as a
walk-on, and
when she did,
she received
very little play-
ing time.
That first year convinced
her to dedicate her time to the
sport permanently, and after a
summer of working at a num-
ber of field hockey camps, she
started as many games as she
had her first yearzero.
Still, she saw time in all but
two, opportunistically record-
ing 12 points. She went back to
the camps that next summer,
and while she was expected
to be better her junior year,
she exploded into NESCAC
play and has been a force ever
since. She led Bowdoin in both
goals (16) and assists (15) and
recorded four game-winners
last year. She finished second
in the NESCAC with 47 points.
If you can explain it, then
you begin to understand how to
do it yourself, Riley said. Rep-
etition is the biggest thing.
Riley has 14 goals and 15
assists and another four game-
winners through 15 games this
season. She leads the NESCAC
in assists and her 14 goals are
good for third in the confer-
ene. She is second in points
with 43.
This is a substantial im-
provement from someone who
was, in her own words, just
happy to have made the team,
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katie Riley 14
FIELD HOCKEY
ANISA LAROCHELLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
but Head Coach Nicky Pearson
has had tremendous success
developing players, particular-
ly those with ice hockey back-
grounds and a positive attitude.
She had a lot of raw talent,
Pearson said. She came in with
a willingness to learn off of the
more experienced players.
You see a lot of freshmen
and sophomores who dont get
a lot of playing time, but then
become impact players their
junior and senior years, said
captain Liv King 14. I think
the younger players look at
Katie and see that you have to
sacrifice, come to practice and
play hard to get where she is.
As Rileys skills improved,
her attitude did as well. Riley
has embraced her role as team
captain to become a vocal pres-
ence on and off the field.
She holds herself to a high
level of accountability, Pear-
son said. And
she has the cour-
age to hold her
teammates to that
same level. Some
people shy away
from that poten-
tial conflict.
Shes a moti-
vator, King added.
She knows how to
engage. Shes also
thoughtful. Girls
on the team seek her out.
Riley believes that a lot of
the skills she learned on the
ice were transferred to the turf,
from her athleticism and speed
to her technical stick skills.
Her hands are so fast, King
said. She makes moves to get
space that others girls wont
even be able to see coming.
Nonetheless, Riley is honest
about where she has come from
as a first year.
My stick skills werent tight
enough, she said. I had to
work on not letting balls run
away from me.
Now, she is a particularly
gifted passer and has become,
in Pearsons words, a complete
player, combining athleticism
and speed with excellent skills
and ball handling.
I think shes kind of sur-
prised to see how far shes
come, King said. But thats
not because she doesnt deserve
it. Shes a classic example of
getting out what you put in.
Riley will graduate with a ma-
jor in government and a minor
in economics. She has concen-
trated in international relations.
The sports editor of the Ori-
ent chooses the Athlete of the
Week based on exemplary per-
formance.
Tied NESCAC single-game
playo record with four goals
against Trinity last weekend
Leads conference in assists
with 15 and is third in goals
scored with 14
HIGHLIGHTS
I think the younger players
look at Katie and see that you
have to sacrice, come
to practice and play hard
to get where she is.
LIV KING 14
MIDFIELDER
FOR CAC
AND COUNTRY
BERNIE CLEVENS
Mens rugby beats Babson to prolong season
Last weekend, the mens rugby
team advanced past the New Eng-
land playoffs for the first time in re-
cent memory. After a difficult 12-6
victory against Babson College on
Saturday, the men lost 55-5 against
New England College (NEC) the
next day. Despite the wide margin
of defeat, the loss was described
by captain David Dietz 14 as the
teams best game of the season.
The team went undefeated in a
league of Maine club rugby teams,
which includes schools such as
Bates, Colby, UMaine-Orono and
UMaine-Farmington. Because of
its season performance, the team
entered the New England regional
finals as the third seed in a four-
team playoff.
Saturdays game against Babson
was one of the hardest games the
Polar Bears have had all season.
This was the best team wed
played so far, up until New Eng-
land, said David Clark 16. There
was good teamwork, and [Babson]
didnt score a single try.
They had a big, strong physical
team, but we really sized them up,
said Dietz.
The game became a competition
primarily between each teams de-
fensive play, with Bowdoin scoring
two tries and one conversion to
Babsons two penalties. For a total
of 10 minutes at the end of the first
half and the beginning of the sec-
ond, Charley Allen 14 was yellow-
carded after a dangerous tackle,
giving Babson a man advantage.
But the Bowdoin squad kept them
from scoring.
We moved [Dietz] from for-
ward to the wing to protect the
outside, said Clark. The whole
weekend was noteworthy for our
defense, and those ten minutes
were representative of that.
On Sunday, the men faced an
even bigger challenge.
New England had a very
strong team defensively, said Di-
etz. Theyve been beating teams
by 90-100 point margins, and so
we forced them to play a differ-
ent kind of game. The final score
sounds like a blow-out, but we
gave them the hardest competition
theyve had all season.
The mens rugby team, which has
not lost a regular season game in
over three years, faced an unusual
challenge against NEC. Unlike
most other schools in the region,
NEC has large scholarships avail-
able for top rugby players, who hail
from places as diverse as Australia,
New Zealand or South Africa.
Its hard to win against teams
like that, said Dietz.
Bowdoin scored one try against
New England, the sixth try that
NEC has allowed all season.
Many Bowdoin players felt anx-
ious going into the game against
the Pilgrims, partially because
they had taken the opportunity to
watch one of their matches the pre-
vious day, and partially because of
the schools reputation. The team
was also worn down from playing
against Babson the day before.
It was pretty exhausting to go
straight to NEC the next day after
playing Babson, said Clark.
Three of the teams usual starters
were sidelined going into the game:
Clark, forward Sam Patterson 14
and wing Kurt Herzog 13. Because
of this, the starters on Sundays
game were composed of an unusu-
ally high number of underclassmen.
Seven of the starters were sopho-
mores or first years, with almost
all subs during the game also being
first years. Despite missing three
regular starters, there were some
noteworthy performances during
the matches.
Jay Query [14] played a very
good defensive game, said Head
Coach Richard Scala. Probably
the best player in the tournament
was more or less shut out by Jay.
Scala noted that forwards Roger
Tejada 14, Varun Wadia 15 and Zach
Ward 16, were strong contributors.
Theyre three guys who are
supposed to be the biggest guys on
the field, and they were outsized,
said Dietz. But they really played
above their size.
This weekend, the men will trav-
el to Union College in New York
to play in the Northeast Champi-
onship. From there, the top two
teams will go on to nationals. Cur-
rently, Bowdoin and NEC are the
only schools from New England
still in the running.
Im cautiously optimistic, said
Scala when asked about the teams
prospects at the Northeast Cham-
pionship. We have a very strong
team, as do they, but I think that I
like our chances. Let me put it like
this: if we play next week like we
did this week, we should be in very
good shape.
BY ALEX BARKER
ORIENT STAFF
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Te womens volleyball team (21-6,
8-2 NESCAC) walked away from this
past weekend with a mixed bag. First
the Polar Bears fell to Middlebury 3-1,
eliminating themselves from conten-
tion for the NESCACs top seed. On
Saturday, however, the team bounced
back with a 3-0 win over Hamilton, se-
curing the second seed for the upcom-
ing tournament.
On Friday, the Polar Bears travelled
to Middlebury to take on the Panthers
(17-6, 4-5 NESCAC). Bowdoin surged
ahead in the frst set with a 10-4 lead,
and despite Middlebury cutting the
lead to 15-12, Bowdoin came out on
top, securing a 25-17 win. In the sec-
ond set, Middlebury pulled ahead early
to claim a 25-18 win over the Polar
Bears. In the crucial third set, the two
teams battled over the lead, staying
within two points of each other until
the Panthers gained a 17-14 advantage
on their way to a close 25-23 win. Lead-
ing by one in the middle of the fourth
set, the Panthers went on a 7-0 streak to
end the match with a 25-17 win.
Christy Jewett 16 led the Polar Bears
with a total of eight kills. Katie Doherty
17 and Clare Geyer 17 followed close-
ly behind with six points each.
Head Coach Karen Corey felt that
the team fell short of what was expect-
ed of them.
We played good volleyball but
made too many mental errors to beat
This past Saturday at Harkness
State Park in Connecticut, the
mens and womens cross country
teams faced tough competition
at the 2013 NESCAC Champion-
ship. The flatness and quickness of
the course, which runs around the
grounds of the Harkness mansion,
affected both teams.
Men
Te men placed fourth despite
competing against six of the top ten
nationally-ranked teams.
It was a fast course that we thought
would play to our advantage, but it
kind of didnt work out that way, said
captain Coby Horowitz 14.
Troughout the better part of
the race, Bowdoin runners kept
pace with their competitors from
Middlebury, Bates and Tufs. At the
third mile, Bowdoin runners started
to fall behind.
Te race went out very fast, and
some days that works well for usbut
I dont think the fast pace worked out
well for us [in this race], said Head
Coach Peter Slovenski.
In the fnal two miles of the
race, Middlebury and Tufs passed
Bowdoin, putting them in second
and third place respectively, while
Bowdoin fnished fourththree plac-
es ahead of No. 25 Colby.
a strong team, said Corey, who also
cited the teams inability to block the
Panthers top attacker as a reason for
the loss.
On Saturday, Bowdoin came back
from the Middlebury loss to fnish
their regular season on a high note.
Te Polar Bears headed to Clinton,
New York to face Hamilton (5-17, 1-9
NESCAC) in their fnal regular season
match of the year. Te team sealed the
victory with set scores of 25-9, 25-16
and 25-17, also securing the second
seed behind Williams for the NES-
CAC tournament. Jewett again led the
team with an impressive nine kills and
fve blocks. Sophia Cornew 14 added
sixteen assists with Doherty contrib-
uting ten digs.
Tis weekend, the Polar Bears will
compete in the NESCAC tournament
at Williams College. Teir frst match
will be against Trinity College (15-11,
5-5 NESCAC), whom they defeated
in regular season play 3-0. According
to Jewett, the team has been preparing
for this weekend throughout the entire
regular season.
Put simply, we want to win NES-
CACs, she said. Its going to take in-
tensity and a fghting attitude down to
the last point, and were keeping that in
mind during this weeks practices.
Jewett also stressed the high level
of competition expected this com-
ing weekend.
Each team in this tournament is
very capable of bringing home the
championship based on the efort that
they put out on the court, she said.
We are working to be that team that
makes the fewest errors, never gives
up on a play, and uses all our assets to
our advantage.
Volleyball goes 1-1 in nal
matches of regular season
BY HALLIE BATES
ORIENT STAFF
Cross country teams compete in NESCACs
BY COURTNEY GALLAGHER
STAFF WRITER
Horowitz 14, Bowdoins number
one runner, stayed close throughout
the race with Mike Leduc of Con-
necticut College, the winner, and
runner-up Colin Cotton of Williams.
On mile three Horowitz outsprinted
Chris Lee of Williams and Gregory
Krathwohl of Middlebury to take
third place. Horowitz fnished with a
time of 24:51.4. He and the other top
four runners all broke the previous
course record.
I really wanted to defend my title
obviously, but third isnt bad against
those guys, said Horowitz, who won
the meet last year. It was [Mike
Leducs] frst time ever winning the
individual title. He had the home
course advantage as well.
Horowitz also achieved his fourth
All-NESCAC honor for mens cross-
country following his race.
According to Slovenski, Avery
Wentworth 15 stood out amongst
Bowdoins runners.
Avery had his best time ever, and
scored for us by beating the No. 5 run-
ner from 7 other colleges. In close rac-
es, the No. 6 runner is very important
for a cross country team. It [gained]
important points for the team, Slov-
enski said.
Women
Te womens team was also suc-
cessful, taking ninth place against
NESCAC competition, which felds
the fastest women in Division III
cross-country, including Middlebury,
Williams and Tufs, which ranked
second, third and eighth, respectively.
Te women also competed against
Bates, Colby and Hamilton, teams
ranked in the top 30 of the NCAA
cross-country poll, giving the confer-
ence six nationally ranked teams.
Lucy Skinner 16 ultimately led the
way, fnishing in 23rd place, achieving
a 5:40 time on her frst mile.
Skinner was surprised by the heat
and quickness of the competition.
Coach Slovenski and I didnt an-
ticipate how fast the feld would be.
He wanted me to start in a certain
position, and a certain mile time,
but I ended up having a way faster
frst-mile time, so that threw me of.
It was also very [unexpectedly] hot,
Skinner said.
Despite this, Slovenski thought
Skinner performed at a very high level.
Lucy showed a lot of composure to
stay with that group of runners. She
never wavered, and fnished strong,
Slovenski said.
Bowdoin also got a boost from
their number three, four and fve
runners. Caroline Corban 17 and
Ally Fulton 16 worked with Brenna
Fischer 15 to get a scoring position
afer the frst mile. Te three of them
moved up to gain valuable points for
the team.
Next up for both teams is the
NCAA regional championship, where
they have high expectations.
For the women, we are trying to
fnish in the top 10. We are seeded
14th out of the 50 teams in the region.
For the men, our goal is to be one of
the top fve teams that goes to nation-
als, said Slovenski.
Both the mens and womens teams
will be competing in their NCAA re-
gional championship at the University
of Southern Maine on November 16.
Season may be over for womens soccer
Te third-seeded womens soccer
team (11-3-1) sufered a tough 2-1 loss
to sixth-seeded Tufs (9-6-0) last Satur-
day at home in the NESCAC quarterf-
nal. Tufs will go on to play top-seeded
Middlebury in the conference semif-
nals this weekend.
Bowdoin will hold out until the
NCAA at-large selections are an-
nounced on Monday with the hope
that they will get a tournament bid.
Other than the winner of the tourna-
ment, none of the NESCAC teams are
guaranteed an automatic bid, but the
fact that Bowdoin placed third in the
conference may earn them a spot in the
NCAA tournament.
Te Polar Bears beat Tufs on the
Jumbos turf last Wednesday with a 3-2
win to end the regular season. Howev-
er, they were unable to secure a second
win during the elimination game.
Bowdoin maintained control during
the frst half but were unable to score
of of any of its fve shots-on-goal. Ac-
cording to Head Coach Brianne Weav-
er, Tufs clearly had a specifc game
plan that they executed well.
Te intensity picked up during the
second half, and the Jumbos scored the
frst goal of the game at 60:49. Shortly
afer, Bowdoin responded with a goal
by defender Becky Stoneman 14, who
crossed the ball into the box. Te ball
ricocheted of a Tufs defenders foot
and bounced into the net.
Tree minutes later, the Jumbos re-
gained the lead as Tufs Caitlin Brand-
man scored of of a low pass through
the Bowdoin defenders and goalie
BY REBECCA FISHER
ORIENT STAFF
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During the second half, once every-
thing opened up, we played at a frantic
pace and thats not where we play our
best, said Weaver. Tats not our best
soccer. We were thrown of of our game
and were not able to make a diference
by the end of regulation.
Stoneman echoed Weavers senti-
ment about the teams emotions during
the game.
A lot of times in must-win situa-
tions, its really easy to become frantic
and get nervous and let the mental side
of things take over, said Stoneman.
Tufs is not the most skilled team, and
we got caught up trying to play their
game. We were not able to control the
ball and play our game.
Te team will continue to practice
until the bids are announced on Mon-
day with the hope that they will play in
the NCAA tournament next weekend.
No matter what happens with the
bid, we are using this as a chance to
refect on that experience [Saturday]
and be better in the future, whether
thats next weekend or next year,
said Weaver.
Although they are holding out hope
for a bid, the team must face the pos-
sibility that Saturdays loss could mark
the end of the 2013 season.
We had a really positive season,
said Weaver. We brought in a num-
ber of new players in the frst-year
class and integrated them as quickly
as possible. Tey did a great job of be-
ing thrown into the mix, and that was
a tribute to both the leadership of the
upperclassmen and the stepping-up of
the frst years.
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NESCAC Champ. (Women)
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Sa 11/2 at Hamilton W 30
to go to the bullpen and he was excited
about it. Just overall we had very good
team chemistry.
You most likely didnt see Uehara
as the teams closer before the season.
Were you surprised at all with the
success that he had in the role?
Not really, we thought he was one
of the best relievers in baseball when
we signed him. He had closing experi-
ence in the past in Baltimore, he had
a great year last year, and the year be-
fore that he was a little unlucky. No,
we werent surprised, he has talent
and two swing-and-miss pitches.With
that said, whenever anybody puts up
those kind of dominant numbers, its
exceeding expectations.
How about the Peavy Trade before
the deadline in July? What was the
thought process behind that deal?
We were excited to get Peavy. We
wanted to acquire a dependable start-
ing pitcher and we felt like he was a
perfect ft for us. It ended up working
out well. And for him tooleaving
town afer purchasing a Duck Boat!
When did you know that the team
had a legitimate shot to win the
World Series?
For me, I travel around the coun-
try a lot. Its a big part of my job to
watch major and minor league games
throughout the season. And, at every
major league game I went to, I kind
of kept telling myself I havent seen a
team thats better than us yet. Its hard
to win the World Series once you get
to the playofs because it becomes a
shorter season, but I havent seen a
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team thats better than us. As we kept
playing well throughout the year, the
biggest thing is to try and win the
American League East, because if you
do that youre in good position to go
into the playofs. It was hard not to be-
lieve in these guys, especially if you are
around them. Te coaching staf did
such a good job preparing. I felt like
every game we played there wasnt a
situation we werent ready for from a
tactical standpoint. It was impressive.
What does the celebration consist
of for the front of ce? Do you get to
go into the locker room or what?
You kind of let the players celebrate.
For the staf, were on the feld afer the
game and in the clubhouse too, but we
[the Baseball Operations Department]
stay of to the side and do our own lit-
tle celebration. But yeah, we do some
celebrating. We have a understanding
that its the players and the coaches
that win the games, but its fun to cel-
ebrate as a group because you never
know when youre going to get to do
that again.
Were you in the parade?
Yeah, I was. We had a Baseball Op-
erations Duck Boat. It was a great day
for the city and even better getting to
take it in and enjoy it with the people I
work with every day.

Tat must have been pretty cool.
Yeah, it was fun. Believe it or not
when our Duck Boat went into the
Charles River for the second half of
the parade I saw the Bowdoin Crew
Team (I believe) out on the river. Tey
had stopped their boats and put them
together to applaud us. I was yelling
BOWDOIN at them and going nuts;
they probably assumed I was some
crazy person or something.
JOANNA GROMADZKI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Football falls to Maine rival Bates 17-10
Te football team fell to rival Bates
by a score of 17-10 in Lewiston this
past Saturday. Te loss, which was the
third straight for the Polar Bears, drops
their record to 2-5 for the season.
Bates controlled the pace of the
game, forcing three Bowdoin turn-
overs and racking up 378 yards of total
ofense while allowing just 285 to the
visiting Polar Bears.
Quarterback Mac Caputi 15 com-
pleted 16 of 28 passes for 123 yards
and rushed for 29 yards.
Afer falling to a 10-0 defcit late
in the frst quarter, Bowdoin an-
swered the Bobcats on a two-play
drive. Afer a good punt return put
the team on their own 36-yard line,
Zach Donnarumma 14 broke open
the Bobcats defense for a 61-yard
dash and was brought down on the
three-yard line. Caputi snuck the
ball into the end zone on the very
next play from scrimmage.
Caputi was intercepted on a throw
in the second quarter, which Bates
converted into a touchdown with a 49-
yard drive. Caputi threw a total of two
picks on the day.
Afer a scoreless third quarter,
Bowdoin responded with a 17-play, 68-
yard drive that chewed up over eight
minutes of game clock. Kicker Andrew
Murowchick 16 drilled a 26-yard feld
goal with 10:33 lef in the fourth quar-
ter to make it a one-score game.
Bates next possession managed to
run seven and a half minutes of of
the clock before they were forced to
punt. Te Polar Bears got the ball back
on their own 21-yard line with just 59
seconds lef in the game. Caputi com-
pleted a quick fve yard pass to Daniel
Barone 16 on the frst play of the drive
and rushed for 12 yards on the next.
Despite sewing the seeds for a poten-
tial fourth-quarter comeback drive,
Caputi was intercepted on the next
play by Bates safety Ryan Newson.
Te game was frustrating because
I thought there were plays that we
couldve or shouldve made that we
didnt, said Head Coach Dave Caputi.
Donnarumma rushed for a total of
108 yards on 14 carries. He has now
joined a select group of just fve Polar
Bears who have broken over 2,000 ca-
reer rushing yards.
[Tis achievement] is a testament
to Zachs efort and toughness, said
Mac Caputi. [Hes] a threat that other
teams need to always prepare for. Zach
has been reliable and someone we can
build our ofense around.
Mac Caputi also lauded the of-
fensive linemen who have paved the
way for Donnarumma over the past
four years.
Bowdoin looks to bounce back in
its fnal game of the season when they
host Colby this Saturday. A victory will
yield a three-way tie in the CBB Cup.
It stinks to lose to a traditional
rival like Bates but it helps when you
have another rival like Colby to look
forward to, said Dave Caputi. Espe-
cially for the seniors who are going of
in their last game it will be very mean-
ingfuland you always want to go out
on a high note.
BY KATIE KAUFMAN
STAFF WRITER
SCORECARD
Sa 11/2 at Bates L 1710
F. HOCKEY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14
Liv King 14.
Finnerty and Pam Herter 15 each
found the back of the cage before the
fnal horn, giving Bowdoin a 6-0 ad-
vantage. Tough Trinity did sneak in
a late goal, it made no diference. From
the outset, the Polar Bears played like a
far superior team.
Teres really something difer-
ent about being at home, in front of
your friends and family, said King. I
think we were just really on our game
and everyone was working together
as a team.
Tis weekend, Bowdoin will travel
to Amherst for the semifnals and
potentially the fnals of the ultra-com-
petitive NESCAC tournament. Cur-
rently, there are four NESCAC teams
ranked among the top six in Division
III, including No. 2 Tufs and No. 4
Bowdoin. Last time the teams faced
of, the Jumbos handed the Polar Bears
a 1-0 defeat in Medford.
We came out of that game think-
ing there were a few things we could
have done better, but for the most part
I think we played well. said King.
The game was a close oneas
both teams managed just two shots
on goalthough Bowdoin held a
9-4 advantage in shots overall. King
also mentioned how motivated the
team was to get a result after last
weeks loss and getting knocked out
of the NCAA Tournament last year
by Tufts in the semifinals, before
the Jumbos went on to win the Na-
tional Championship.
According to goalie Hannah Gart-
ner 15, Head Coach Nicky Pearson
wants to focus on improving Bow-
doins game and imposing the teams
style on the game.
[Coach Pearson] talks about fo-
cusing on our game and not the other
team, and bringing our game and
the standard of how we play to every
game, said Gartner. Its more about
us bringing our game to them.
Tere were certain things Gartner
said she herself might practice in order
to prepare for specifc opponents.
Tufs likes to take their reverse shot
wasnt the sequence we wanted, but it
was a still a win and we get to play again
this week.
Te teams opponent this week, Am-
herst, will pose a substantial challenge
for the Polar Bears. Te Lord Jefs shut
Bowdoin out in the teams last meeting,
and are undefeated this season. Tey are
also No. 1 in the D-III rankings.
Teyre a big, athletic team, said
Brewster. Tey put a ton of balls in the
box that are dim cult to defend because
they have such big players.
Despite the uphill challenge it is fac-
ing, the team is more confdent than
M. SOCCER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/9 v. Holy Cross (ACRA Round of 32) 1 P.M.
Compiled by Joe Seibert
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
NESCAC Standings
WOMENS RUGBY
FIELD HOCKEY
W L W L
Amherst 9 1 13 2
Tufts 9 1 14 1
BOWDOIN 8 2 13 2
Middlebury 8 2 13 2
Colby 5 5 9 6
Trinity 5 5 8 7
Williams 4 6 6 9
Wesleyan 4 6 6 9
Bates 1 9 4 10
Conn. College 1 9 3 11
Hamilton 1 9 3 11
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Amherst 8 0 2 13 0 2
Wesleyan 7 3 0 9 5 1
Williams 6 4 0 10 5 0
Tufts 6 4 0 8 5 2
BOWDOIN 5 3 2 8 3 4
Middlebury 5 4 1 9 5 1
Conn. Coll. 4 4 2 8 5 2
Hamilton 3 4 3 5 7 3
Trinity 3 5 2 7 5 2
Bates 1 7 2 5 7 2
Colby 0 10 0 4 10 0
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Williams 10 0 22 4
BOWDOIN 8 2 21 6
Amherst 7 3 19 7
Tufts 7 3 19 7
Conn. College 6 4 15 11
Middlebury 5 5 18 6
Trinity 5 5 15 11
Bates 2 8 11 17
Colby 2 8 10 14
Wesleyan 2 8 8 15
Hamilton 1 9 5 17
NESCAC OVERALL
*Bold line denotes NESCACTournament cut-of
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/9 v. Colby 12:30 PM
FOOTBALL
W L W L
Wesleyan 7 0 7 0
Amherst 6 1 6 1
Middlebury 6 1 6 1
Trinity 5 2 5 2
Colby 4 3 4 3
Bates 3 4 4 4
BOWDOIN 2 5 2 5
Williams 2 5 2 5
Hamilton 0 7 0 7
Tufts 0 7 0 7
NESCAC OVERALL
[4] Middlebury (8-2) v. [1] Amherst (9-1)
11 A.M.
3 BOWDOIN 82 v. [2] Tufts (9-1)
1 P.M.
[8] Bates (2-8) v. [1] Williams (10-0)
5 P.M.
[7] Trinity (5-5) v. 2 BOWDOIN 82
5 P.M.
[6] Middlebury (5-5) v. [3] Amherst (7-3)
8 P.M.
[5] Conn. Coll. (6-4) v. [4] Tufts (7-3)
8 P.M.
Bates/Williams winner v. Conn./Tufts winner
1 P.M.
Trinity/Bowdoin winner v. Amherst/Midd. winner
3:30 P.M.
[3] Williams (6-4-0) v. [2] Wesleyan (7-3-0)
11 A.M.
5 BOWDOIN 532 v. [2] Tufts (6-4-0)
1:30 P.M.
NESCAC PLAYOFFS
NESCAC Championship Game
Sunday, November 10, noon
Seminals - Saturday, November 9
Held at Amherst College
Semifnal winners meet
concerned and is feeding of of the hype
that comes with such a big game.
We match up well with them in that
we have a pretty big team and can deal
with their size, said Brewster. We have
some smaller guys, too, that can pass the
ball well. Maybe well be looking to keep
the ball on the ground instead of playing
into their strength with long ball afer
long ball.
Wiercinski hopes he can use such
conservative passing as an advantage
against the Jefs.
Teyre a very aggressive team
and we can use that to our beneft if
theyre going to be too aggressive in
a certain situation, said Wiercinski.
Hopefully were prepared to coun-
teract that.
If the Polar Bears win, they will
play the winner of Williams and Wes-
leyan the following day. Wiercinski,
however, said he is not a fan of such a
playof format.
Te back-to-back format in college
soccer is, in my view, a little bit ridicu-
lous in terms of the demands it puts on
our players, he said.
Nonetheless, the team has previ-
ously played some of its best soccer
in two-game weekends and is unde-
feated in second legs of back-to-back
matches this season.
Tere will be no love lost between the
two teams on Saturday.
Im pumped up, said Brewster.
Another shot at AmherstI hate
those kids.
on corners of my lef foot, so I was
working on that in warm-ups, she said.
Overall, Gartner sounded confdent
her team could fip the result from
Bowdoins last meeting with Tufs.
It was a really close game last time,
she said. If we execute everything we
can do this weekend, I think we can
defnitely get the win.
Te Polar Bears will play the Jumbos
at Amherst tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., with
the winner taking on the victor of the
Middlebury-Amherst matchup on Sun-
day for the NESCAC Championship.
NESCAC PLAYOFFS
Quarternals - Friday, November 8
Held at Williams College
Seminals - Saturday, November 9
NESCAC Championship Game
Sunday, November 10, noon
Semifnal winners meet
NESCAC PLAYOFFS
NESCAC Championship Game
Sunday, November 10, noon
Seminals - Saturday, November 9
Held at Amherst College
Semifnal winners meet
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fulflling major and distribution requirements, and allowing enough time for activi-
ties beyond school work. One of the best ways to perform this balancing act is to
keep the Credit/D/Fail (C/D/F) option in mind.
Last years Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) President and Vice-President
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foating ideas about pushing back the deadline until afer students had received
graded feedback. In last springs BSG election, the Orient endorsed current BSG
President Sarah Nelson, who included a similar proposal in her platform. Pushing
for C/D/F amendments is a frequent campaign pledge, and one that many students
support, but the policy remains unchanged. Te Recording Committee is currently
working with BSG on a proposal to extend the deadline for taking a course C/D/F
until the ninth week of classes. We support these changes.
Taking a course C/D/F is not an inherently lazy decision or a way to opt out of
trying in class. Liberal arts education is predicated on a broad range of intellectual
exploration; removing the disincentive of a potentially bad grade is invaluable in
getting us to take unfamiliar courses.
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Athletes in chief: putting sports on a pedestal
Growing up in New Jersey, Ive
spent most of my life surrounded
by really loud Yankees fans. Those
fans were often drowned out by
Red Sox fans, ever tenacious in
their goal of convincing me that
Boston deserves my support. As an
apathetic Tigers fan, Ive loved ev-
ery second of it. Just kidding.
When Boston laid waste to De-
troits pitching, it didnt really
bother me. And then, when Bos-
ton dispatched St. Louis to win the
World Series last week, I wasnt
sure how to feel. On one hand,
my friends rediscovered love
for their hometown team brought
nothing but bad memories. But I
kept seeing Big Papis toothy smile,
and then Id smile, and I couldnt
really be mad.
When Big Papiotherwise
known as David Ortizspoke af-
ter the Boston Bombing, I, along
with the rest of the world, couldnt
help but support him. He embod-
ied strength in a time of weakness
and became a leader that Boston so
desperately needed. And when he
hit a monstrous home run to lift
Boston over Detroit, almost sin-
glehandedly sending his city to the
world series, I felt that same admi-
ration. He is a man who I just want
to like. He appeals to me despite
my affiliations and I cant help but
root for him.
Of course, my respect for David
Ortiz presents nothing new: ev-
erybody has random sports
stars they really like. Some
people have a certain
magnetism to them. Peo-
ple wa nt to like them.
And so when we
watch a player like
David Ortiz, every-
thing turns up roses.
He does those stupid
Subway commercials
and we all half laugh
and then we all cheer
after his speeches. But
is this a good thing?
David Ortiz plays
baseball well. Very
well. But athleticism guar-
antees little in the public sphere.
Deifying him as a leader of Bos-
ton after the tragedy places him
in an extremely powerful position.
Should we really trust athletes
overslimy as they arethe poli-
ticians we elected into office?
Enter Richie Incognito. Incog-
nito used to play on the offensive
line of the Miami Dolphins, before
People liked them.
But perhaps the best example
comes from Mike Tyson. Tyson
made a fortune as one of the best
boxers of all time. He also deliv-
ered interview gems like I want to
kill people. I want to rip out their
stomachs and eat their children.
and he served jail time for rape
charges. In almost every way, Ty-
son is a terrible person. But he still
plays roles in movies and garners
sympathy from fans, convinced all
his problems began with boxing
promoter Don King.
We wear these players jerseys.
We quote their lines from mov-
ies and cheer when they discuss
things we never expected. We give
them admiration and power.
But we dont know them. We
know their on-field personas. And
when they come out to speak in the
face of a national tragedy, we can
only hope theyre sane. We hold
our breath, wait to see if their com-
ments offend and exhale when no
one seems irate.
My point isnt that we need to
discredit all athletes. Ortiz did abso-
lutely nothing wrong when he spoke
afer the Boston Marathon Bomb-
ing, but Bostons leadership did.
Many athletes lead upstanding
lives and exhaust a positive influ-
ence on the world around them.
But when we prop them up as
leaders of a cause or as the face of
an idea, we put them in a danger-
ous place. They live their lives as
athletes and then they suddenly
become speakers. Call me insane,
but I dont think its right.
Im not trying to dissuade you
from loving a sports player or ap-
preciating their contributions. As a
society, we should embrace them.
But as a society, we also
need to be more careful.
The immense pop-
ularity of sports play-
ers means we often
want them to be su-
perhuman; we want
their physical skills
to translate into rhe-
torical ability and in-
spirational morality.
But, unfortunately,
it often doesnt. So
even if Ortiz com-
forted millions with
his response to the
bombing, he never
shouldve become the face of the
response.
Bostons Mayor, Thomas Meni-
no, and other elected officials owed
it to their people to step up and be
that image. As a society, we owed it
to ourselves to look to them. Oth-
erwise, the difference between tak-
ing solace in Ortiz and Incognito
may just be a matter of luck.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Movember
To the Editors:
Just because I cant grow a mus-
tache doesnt mean that I dont sup-
port Movember and prostate cancer
awareness.
Sincerely,
Peter Powers 16
Ordained Minister
Class D Licensed Driver
Town Council Elections
To the Editors:
Although I regret that I did not
prevail in the race for District 6 Town
Councilor, I do not regret the two-
month campaign. I thoroughly en-
joyed knocking on doors and meet-
ing the residents and many of the
business owners of District 6. It only
reinforced my view that I am indeed
fortunate to make my home in down-
town Brunswick
I could not have wished for a more
committed, hard-working, broad-
based group of supporters. For that
I am especially grateful.
I wish Jane Millett success in her
term on Town Council.
Sincerely,
Alison Harris
Brunswick, ME
he was suspended indefinitely last
Sunday. The reason? He report-
edly left voicemails and texts on
a teammates phone that included
incredibly vulgar racial language
and demeaning comments about
the players sexual orientation.
He was also a member of the Dol-
phins six-man leadership council.
While many inside the NFL point
to this incident as a disturbing peek
into what actually goes on in a pro-
fessional locker room, the problems
run deeper than that. While, yes,
something clearly needs to be fxed
in the way the NFL oper-
ates, its also time
that we as fans re-
evaluate our own
loyalties.
Incognito certainly isnt the first
of his kind. We all watched when
Michael Vick went to jail for il-
legally fighting dogs and Tiger
Woods crashed his car while flee-
ing from a fight with the wife he
was cheating on.
Before their respective down-
falls these men appeared as
spokesmen for causes everywhere.
ALL OUT
OF LOVE
DREW VAN KUIKEN
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Many athletes lead upstanding
lives and exhaust a positive inu-
ence on the world around them. But
when we prop them up as leaders of
a cause or as the face of an idea, we
put them in a dangerous place.

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Participate in Movember to help raise awareness for prostate cancer
Im a feminist (and you can be one too!)
When and where do I become
aware of myself as a woman?
When I hook up with more
than one guy and find myself
judged viciously by girls and guys
alike? When I have to dress as if I
am sexually available at college
house parties? When I ride naked
on a wrecking ball and am slut-
shamed across all social media
platforms? When I am raped and
accused of asking for it? When I
apply to med school and my gen-
der is a liability? When I am Saudi
Arabian and I can not even allowed
to drive a car? When I am born in
China and am a dissapointment to
my parents?
My decision to identify as a femi-
nist stemmed from the frustra- t i on
and anger I felt from witnessing
example afer example of struc-
tural misogyny in the world.
When I felt weak and
powerless against these in-
stitutions based on male
dominance world, discov-
ering feminism meant dis-
covering an empowering
community of people who
understood and validated
all the frustration I felt. These
were people who sang to the
same tune that I did and chal-
lenged the rest of the worlds
complacency.
Although my anger was justi-
fied, it transformed into an ob-
session with the word feminist.
After all, why would people not
identify with feminism unless they
didnt believe in equality for all
genders (which is the very defini-
tion of feminism)?
I tried to convert people into
feminists, on the verge of becoming
a door-to-door evangelical. I lost
sight of the meaning behind being
a feminist and instead focused on
the label itself.
The many discussions I have had
at Bowdoin have led me to under-
stand the complexity of the femi-
nist label, as well as the decision
to not identify as a feminist. I was
lucky to find a group of supportive
friends and an expansive Internet
community who all embraced fem-
inism. Yet in most realms of the
world, feminists have been histori-
cally associated with the negative
image of man-hating, white, mid-
dle class women who burn bras.
This image of feminism alien-
ates women who choose to be
homemakers. It alienates all oth-
er races and social classes, and it
alienates male identities and LG-
BTQIA sexualities.
This week, you have probably
seen some glorious mustaches and
some laughable baby faces. Why,
you ask? MOVEMBER. What is
Movember, you ask? Well, my in-
quisitive friend, let me lead you
on a magical mustache ride full of
facts, figures and fuzz.
Movember is an annual month-
long festival dedicated to changing
the face of mens health, sponsored
internationally by the Movem-
ber Fund and at Bowdoin by your
2014 Class Council, Bowdoin Men
Against Sexual Violence (BMASV)
and Peer Health.
The goal is simple: through-
out the month formerly known
as November, honorable men and
women will pledge to raise aware-
ness and funds for mens health.
Specifically, Movember aims to
raise awareness for prostate and
testicular cancer, as well as mental
health issues.
Why these three issues, and
what do they have to do with me,
you ask? Well, sit back and listen,
comrade: in the U.S., one in six
men will be diagnosed with pros-
tate cancer in their lifetime, and
chances are you knowor will
meeta man who has it at some
point in your life.
Testic-
ular cancer is
the most common
cancer in young American men aged
15-35, an age range that includes the
whole student body (and half of the
hockey team).
Lastly, roughly one in four
American adults suffer from a di-
agnosable mental disorder in any
given year, and, men especially
fail to seek help regarding depres-
sion and other mental health is-
sues. This chronic underreporting
is especially common in collegiate
environments, where mental health
issues often take a backseat to class-
work and extracurricular concerns.
Lets be frank. As men we usu-
nists as commonly percieved.
Does the word feminist need
to be replaced or can it be rede-
fined and diversified?
Should we even be wasting our
time discussing this when we could
be discussing solutions to sexism?
When the Womens Resource Cen-
ter held a panel called What the
F is Feminism? last Friday, Bow-
doin faculty discussed why they
did or did not identify as feminists,
which led to discussion about what
it meant to actively embody femi-
nism on a day to day basis.
This conversation proved to me
that discussion about the label it-
self is not simply a nonsensical
debate about terminologythe
panel Q&A served as a reminder
to (feminists or non-feminists
alike) that we have a responsibil-
ity to fight for the end of gender
inequality on campus.
As a feminist, I was reminded
of the heavy onus I carry
to live up to my iden-
tity as an activist, rather
than being what Allen
Delong calls a bumper
sticker feminist.
For me, identifying as
a feminist was the first
step to finding the cour-
age to embrace myself as
a woman. Feminism is still
an anchor for my beliefs on
gender equality and a home
for my frustrations. I have
also found that explain-
ing why I am a feminist to
non-feminists gives me an
opportunity to redefine what
feminism is and destroy mis-
conceptions of the word.
I hope Bowdoin continues to
create space for active conversa-
tion about the meaning of femi-
nism in order to create a more
welcoming, inclusive community
in the battle for equality.
Being a feminist is an active,
ongoing decision. While I believe
feminism is for everybody, not ev-
eryone has to consider him or her-
self a feminist. After all, words
are empty if not met with action.
Elina Zhang is a member of the
Class of 2016.
BY ELINA ZHANG
CONTRIBUTOR
DEAL WITH IT
WILL POWERS
In April 2012, a 27-year-old nobody
named Kevin Systrom picked up a
check for a cool $400 million. He and
a friend founded a company just two
years prior that not only allowed people
to share pictures of really uninteresting
and generic foliage, but also apply fun
flters to the images in a vain attempt
to disguise their fagrant mediocrity. By
now you may have realized that Systrom
was one of the inventors of Instagram:
the photo-centric social media platform
bought by Facebook for $1 billion in
April 2012. While I actually harbor no ill
will towards Systrom or Instagram, I be-
lieve that such incredible success stories
distort peoples perceptions of the entre-
preneurial and start-up sphere.
Tough being the next Systrom,
Elon Musk, Richard Branson or CEO
and co-founder of Bubba Gump
Shrimp is a favorite aspiration of the
two-beers-deep college student, it is
not a smart path to pursue directly out
of school. Self-employment or running
ones own business is a great endeavor
for later in life. Recent graduates, how-
ever, would be better of building a sol-
id reputation while accumulating real
experience along with a host of profes-
sional connections in well-established
frms and organizations.
Consistent readers of my column
Mom and Dadknow that I harp ad
nauseam on the importance of busi-
ness relationships. Mostly for my own
sake, I will not continue beating the
long dead horse. Sum ce it to say, strong
ties with colleagues across an indus-
try can mean the diference between
founding the next Amazon and being
relegated to the overfowing Page Not
Found trash heap with the other bro-
ken dotcom dreams.
On a similar note, how do you expect
to attract funding, support and talent if
you lack notorietygood or badand
a history in your chosen feld? Acquir-
ing fnancing or competent employees
necessitates having a reputation within
the trade. Why would a major creditor
or someone with 20 years experience
coding even bother with your social
media company? Your record at well-
known frms will allow others a chance
to do their own due diligence (on you)
before deciding whether or not to back
your project. Few will invest their time
or money without a proper background
checkthough you might be able to net
some other inexperienced, beer-stained
sweatpants wearing, fresh college grads.
Te most basic question you should
ask yourself before committing is do I
know how to run a business? Are you
honestly capable of determining and
properly articulating your company
based on factors such as market trends,
supply chains, consumer demand, sales
fgures, cost structures, EBITDA, com-
petitor positions, customer service,
research, technology concerns, tax
strategies, and write ofs? Do you even
know how to go about paying the of-
fce power and water bill? If not, do you
know people who can?
Scott Adams, a wildly successful en-
trepreneur who created and continues
to write the comic strip Dilbert, might
surprise some by being rather pessimis-
tic regarding self-propelled ventures. He
makes an excellent point diferentiating
between concepts and a functioning
frm: Good ideas have no value because
the world has too many of them. Te
market rewards execution, not ideas.
Tis quote explains why startupses-
pecially with inexperienced and young
people at the helmhave such a high
failure rate: there is a signifcant gap be-
tween your almost fnished brilliant
app and having actual paying customers.
Please do not take this article as a rant
against original thinking and bold inno-
vation. I respect and admire those that
have taken great risks against the sys-
tem and in turn received well-deserved
dividends. But I cannot, in any good
conscience, recommend going out on
your own without at least serving, learn-
ing and even sufering for a time under
the the man. Be patient. Tere will be
plenty of time to fulfll your entrepre-
neurial ambition later in lifewhen you
are not forced to run the business out of
your parents basement.
Entrepreneurial high hopes
post-graduation are misguided
in. Tis classic emblem of MEN will be
our furry fag in raising awareness.
Men are encouraged to cultivate
magnificent staches for the entire
month. Every dark upper lip will
act as a conversation starter; ev-
ery follicle will stand in defiance
of ignorance and stubbornness.
This is not a male-only campaign,
however; our Mo Sistas will stand
alongside us in raising awareness
and funds.
So ask yourself some questions,
because you have already asked
us plenty. Are you pro-cancer?
Do you like depression? Will I en-
joy the Honolulu Tofu at Thorne
tonight? If the answer is no to
any of these questions, head to
us.movember.com.
We have created a Bowdoin
College network, which you can
search for on the website. It already
has 144 members.
From the network page, you can
join one of the 18 groups already fy-
ing under the Mowdoin banner. If
none of those tickle your fancy, you
can create a new team or fy solo. For
the latter two options, simply sign
up frst, then search for the network
and hit Join Tis Team.
If you have any questions, please
contact either of us (jtaylor@bow-
doin.edu and zmamdani@bow-
doin.edu).
We hope that all of you will help
support this great cause, and that
many of you will join Ron Swan-
son, Joshua Lawrence Chamber-
lain, Angus King and the rest of us
in nourishing a nice Lip Sweater,
Flavor Savor, Highway Handlebar,
or any other type of Mo.
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lor are members of the Class of 2014.
BY ZOHRAN MAMDANI
AND DUNCAN TAYLOR
CONTRIBUTORS
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
I tried to convert people
into feminists and, in doing so,
lost sight of the meaning behind
being a feministand instead
focused on the label itself.
ally have it pretty good. However,
our stereotypical understand-
ing of masculinity, which glori-
fies strength and stoicism, does
not lend itself to seeking help for
highly treatableyet possibly fa-
talconditions.
And thats where the mustache comes
People who do not identify with
feminism are not necessarily sex-
ist bigots, but rather are individu-
als who find it hard to relate to the
radical, exclusive image of femi-
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TAKE THE STAGE: (From left) Marcella Jimenez 16, Robbie Harrison 14 and Quincy Koster 15 perform in the Wednesday dress rehearsal of The Pajama Game.
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FRIDAY
FILM
10 Things I Hate About You
In conjunction with Date-apalooza, the Bowdoin Film
Society will screen Gil Jungers 1999 romantic comedy
adaption of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew,
starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
MUSICAL THEATER
The Pajama Game
The Department of Theater and Dance will stage an
adaptation of The Pajama Game, setting the musical
in the international textile industry. Tickets are avail-
able for free at the Smith Union Info Desk or at the door
starting at 7 p.m.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 8 p.m.
CONCERT
The Chain Gang of 1974
WBOR will present a performance by The Chain Gang of
1974, the indietronica project of DJ Kamtin Mohager,
former bassist of 3OH!3. The performance will also
feature the Slam Poets Society and jazz pianist Ahmad
Hassan Muhammad 10.
Smith Union. 9 p.m.
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TUESDAY
EVENT
Pop-Up Museum
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and the Museum
of Art will present Bowdoins frst Pop-Up Museum.
Students are invited to bring their own contributions to
this temporary exhibit.
Hubbard Hall. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
FILM SCREENING
Ridicule
The Department of Romance Languages will screen
Patrice Lecontes 1996 French flm set in the 1783 court of
Versailles, where ones wit determines social status.
Room 207, Sills Hall. 7:30 p.m.
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SATURDAY
CONCERT
Bowdoin Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra will perform Elgar, Mendelssohn
and Dvorjak.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 3 p.m.
FILM
Much Ado About Nothing
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen Joss Whedons 2012
adaptation of Shakespeares Much Ado About Noth-
ing.The flm uses the original text but sets the story in
modern America.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Steve Roggenbuck
The Slam Poets Society will host internet bard Steve
Roggenbuck, a traveling poet and video blogger associat-
ed with the alt-lit movement. The show will also feature
student performers. Refreshments will be provided.
Ladd House. 8 p.m.
MUSICAL
The Pajama Game
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 8 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
From Chechnya to Pussy Riot
Kyle Parker, senior policy advisor for the U.S. Helsinki
Commision, will deliver a lecture about why human rights
continue to be an important part of U.S.-Russian relations,
especially as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi approach.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7:30 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
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TUESDAY
10
SUNDAY
DATE-APALOOZA
Stargazing and Hot Cocoa
Bring a friend or a date and enjoy hot drinks and cookies
while stargazing on the Museum steps. The event will be
sponsored by ASAP as part of Date-apalooza.
Art Museum Steps. 8 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY

FILM
Terms and Conditions May Apply
The Digital and Computational Studies Initiative will
screen this documentary about user agreements for
websites, apps and other programs. There will be a Q&A
following the screening with professors of government
and digital and computational studies.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
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THURSDAY
WORKSHOP
Intro to Improv with Lucas ONeil 12
Masque and Gown will host an Introduction to Impro-
visation workshop led by Lucas ONeil 12, stand-up
comic and former member of the Improvibilities. RSVP to
kkearns@bowdoin.edu.
Room 108, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.
DISCUSSION
Changing Tides
An interdisciplinary panel will debate the impacts of
sea level rise on local and global scales. The panel will
feature Professor of Government Allen Springer, marine
geologist Peter Solvinsky and Earth and Oceanographic
Studies major Cam Adams 14.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE
Forty Years Since Watergate
Jeremi Suri, professor of history at the Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Afairs at the University of Texas, Austin,
will deliver the 2013-2014 Golz Lecture on how the poli-
tics of the early 1970s are still afecting our lives in 2013.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
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Kurt Eichenwald
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TOFU STEAK, WILD SALMON
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SOUTHWEST CHICKEN, HAMBURGERS
CHICKEN NUGGETS, VEGGIE BURRITO
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ROAST TURKEY, BAKED HAM
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Artist Talk
Chamberfest
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PEPPERONI PIZZA, PESTO CHICKEN
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CONCERT COMMON HOUR
Winter of Arab
Discontent
LECTURE
LECTURE