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BRUNSWICK, MAINE BOWDOINORIENT.COM THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY VOLUME 144, NUMBER 7 OCTOBER 31, 2014
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Please see WI-FI, page 4
Server
upgrades
cause Wi-fi
outages on
campus
BCA petition
overstates
student
support for
divestment
BY JOE SHERLOCK
ORIENT STAFF
ALL SMILES
The Orient reviewed the original
petition signatures presented to
President Mills last April.
ElLIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Daniel Rechtschaen18walks throughaninteractiveart displaymadeof 2,000stress balls at theBowdoinArt Societys 340Miles North, exhibit.Theinstallationwas acollaborativeeort betweentheDirectorial Boardof the
BowdoinArt SocietyandtheSculptureI class.Thestudent art show, put oneachyear at LaddHouse, openedonThursdayeveningandoccupies thelivingroom, diningroom, chapter roomandbasement of thehouse. It will remain
opentothepublic until November 2.
Safe Ride tracking app to debut in November
Please see ELECTIONS, page 4
Within the next few weeks, Bow-
doin students will be able to track
the location of Safe Ride shuttles us-
ing a new iPhone application devel-
oped by two Bowdoin students. For
over a year, seniors Sawyer Bowman
and Henry Pratt have been working
on both the app and a website that
will allow students to monitors the
location of the shuttles during their
hours of operation.
BY ARIANA REICHERT
STAFF WRITER
Please see SAFE RIDE, page 6
Maine State Senate and House elections run close
BY CAMERON DE WET
ORIENT STAFF
In the election on November 2,
Brunswick is slated to have one of
the closest State Senate races in re-
cent memory, between Democratic
incumbent Stanley Gerzofsky, Green
Independent Fred Horch and Re-
publican Jennifer Johnson.
Tis election cycle is the frst since
the State Senate and State House of
Representatives district lines were
redrawn by Chapter 270 of the Pub-
lic Laws of 2013. Te law was signed
by Governor Paul LePage on June 14,
2013. District lines were previously
redrawn in 1994 and 2003 to refect
changes in the states demographics.
Brunswick is now part of State
Senate District 24, which includes
North Yarmouth, Pownal, Free-
port and Harpswell. State House of
Representatives Districts 49 and 50
fall completely within the town of
Brunswick. A portion of northwest-
Stan Gerzofsky
46%
Fred Horch
16%
Jennifer Johnson
4%
Undecided
34%
Stan Gerzofsky
46%
Ralph Tucker
57%
Mark Holbrook
4%
Undecided
39%
Te application allows students to
place pickup requests and track the
shuttle in relation to their own locations
in real-time from either an iPhone app
or a program on computers.
At the moment weve equipped
one of the two shuttles with a GPS
tracking device, said Pratt. Were
also letting people place calls from
where they are on campus.
Te application and the website
work through a service called Track
Your Truck.
They provide the GPS tracker
as well as an API [application pro-
gramming interface] that lets us
access the information through
network calls, wrote Bowman
in an email to the Orient. From
there, we parse the information
and display it back to the user.
Pratt and Bowman were in-
spired to begin developing the
service during their sophomore
year, when they lived far from the
center of campus.
ern Brunswick will vote in District
51, which also includes West Bath.
Te College falls in District 50.
Te candidates for the State House
of Representatives in District 50 are
Republican Mark Holbrook and
Democrat Ralph Tucker. Tere is no
incumbent in the election this year,
Please see DIVESTMENT, page 3
If the election were held
today, who would you vote for in the race
for Maine Senate in
Senate District 24?
If the election were held
today, who would you vote for in the
race for Maines House of
Representatives in House
District 50?
as Charles Priest, the current repre-
sentative, reached the term limit.
Gerzofsky has served three con-
secutive terms in the Maine State
Senate, beginning to 2008. He served
in the Maine House of Representa-
tives from 2000 to 2008.
In 2013, Gerzofsky served as the
Chair of the Criminal Justice and
Public Safety Committee and on
the State and Local Government
Committee. Much of the legisla-
tion that Gerzofsky has introduced
has been centered around issues of
criminal justice.
According to the Maine State
Democrats website, Gerzofskys
main areas of interest, with regards
to policy, are civil liberties and
public safety.
He has voiced his opposition to
the tax cuts implemented by the
LePage administration, saying that
they favored the wealthy. He has also
come out in support of raising the
COMPILED BY GRACE HANDLER
Te Bowdoin wireless network
was down last Tursday evening un-
til early the following morning. Te
outage was the second of the week,
but it was much longer than the frst
incident on Monday.
Chief Information Of cer Mitch
Davis said the root of the problem was
the failure of a server in the basement
of Hubbard Hall. He explained that
the server failure revealed multiple
other errors, causing the wireless sys-
tem to go of ine.
Davis and Director of Networking
and Telecommunications Jason Lavoie
explained that they are in the process of
making a number of changes to the net-
work to address the failures.
Bigger projects include upgrading
the network and server hardware on
campus, as well as moving infrastruc-
ture out of the basement of 111-year-
old Hubbard Hall into a new commer-
cial data center.
Tis new $6 million data center,
owned by Oxford Networks, opened in
mid-September and is located in an old
communications building at the former
BY HARRY DIPRINZIO
STAFF WRITER
Citing the 1,200 signatures it has
collected for a petition that was cre-
ated in the fall of 2012, Bowdoin Cli-
mate Action (BCA) says that it has a
mandate from the student body to
pressure the College to divest from
the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel
companies. Te Orient took a closer
look at the petition and concluded
that BCA has overstated student sup-
port for this cause.
Last week, the Orient obtained the
physical copies of petitions that BCA
presented to President Barry Mills on
April 18. BCA declined to share its
current petition, which it claims has
1,200 signatories. Instead, BCA of-
fered the Orient a list of the signatories
who had also pledged to volunteer for
BCAs divestment campaign.
Normally, petition signatures are
meant for the target, which was the
College, the president, and the Board
of Trustees, said Matthew Goodrich
15, a leader of BCA. We had con-
cerns about privacy.
When BCA presented the petition
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13th Annual October Energy Conservation Competition Results
WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD
I was a pumpkin when I was
two, and I think I peaked right
about then.
When I was younger I was D.W., and
my dad was Arthur, and my mom was
Francine.
Shea Necheles 18
STUDENT SPEAK
What was your best Halloween costume of all time?
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Last year, I was a grandma who
thought she still had it.
Andrew Cawley 17
I had never done Halloween
before my rst year here.
Agathe Wallin 17
AN EPICURIOUS
MYSTERY:
A missing painting contin-
ues to puzzle Ladd House
LILI RAMOS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
COLOR ME YELLOW: Students, faculty and staff showed their support for the LGBTQ community by participating in BQSAs annual Yellow Shirt Day, a part of OUT Week.
BY THE NUMBERS
448
influenza vaccines administered
as of October 29, 2014
influenza vaccines administered
over the entire 2013-2014
academic year
Ellery Maya-Altshuler 15
Bowdoin Health Services has
continued to keep students in-
formed about the approach of flu
season. Here are some statistics
about flu prevention on campus.
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Epicuria is over and the togas have
long since reverted to bed sheets. But
for members of Ladd House, one
mystery remains.
Te party went of without a
hitch, said Tom Capone 17, a house
resident. But then in the house meet-
ing on Sunday night, we noticed that
a painting was missing.
Te vanished portrait is of Samuel
Appleton Ladd, to whom the
house is dedicated. The Ladd
House members remain baffled
about the heist.
What do I know about the sto-
len portrait? asked Felice Chan
17. Well, I dont know much,
besides that it disappeared the
night of Epicuria.
We dont really have any
leads, added Capone.
Te house assured the Orient that
the chapter room was locked during
the party. Somehow, however, the
portrait still vanished into the
bacchanalian night.
Someone may have finagled
their way in and stolen the pic-
ture, said Capone.
Ryan Herman 17 has another
observation: The band we hired
was from Brown, and its suppos-
edly an Ivy League tradition to
steal portraits.
Te band from Brown Univer-
sity denied knowledge of the missing
painting in an email to the Orient.
Herman, who was the entertain-
ment host of the party, feels ashamed
about the incident, and not just be-
cause the missing painting has
disrupted the feng shui of the
chapter room.
Tat thing was priceless. Some-
one moved a really big object. Who
misses that? said Herman.
Tough Ladd House continues
to struggle in the wake of this dev-
astating loss, Capone remains un-
afraid of future thef.
I still feel safe, he said. I hope the
picture, wherever it is, is hanging in a
good spot though.
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND GRACE HANDLER
From October 1 to October 30, the Sustainability
O ce hosted an energy competition in which various
residence halls vied for the biggest reduction in
energy use. The winning house, Helmreich House, will
receive $150. Last years winner was Burnett House.
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is out withafracturedankleandwill
hopefullybebackverysoon, wrote
DeborahInfante, diningservicesta ng
coordinator, inanemail totheOrient.
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to Mills, it claimed that 1,000 stu-
dents had indicated their support
for divestment. Afer examining the
individual petitions, the Orient de-
termined that 923 total signatures
were given to Mills. Among these
signatures, there were 60 dupli-
cates, four triplicates, 14 crossed-
out names, and 16 illegible names,
bringing the total number of valid
petition signatories to 825.
In addition to numerical discrep-
ancy between BCAs claims and the
actual number of valid signatures giv-
en to Mills, the petitionwhich BCA
publicly presented as one divestment
petitionwas in fact comprised of
two diferently-phrased petitions.
Te Petitions
Te petition used during the be-
ginning of the divestment campaign
begins with the bolded declaration,
I Believe Carbon Neutral Means
Carbon Free, and uses the word
divest only once, at the end of the
petition. Tis petition was signed by
469 out of the 923 signatures.
Te remaining 454 signatures
were attached to a statement which
referred exclusively to divestment. It
states in bold font: I believe Bow-
doin should divest its endowment
from fossil fuels in recognition that
climate change is a moral issue.
Goodrich explained that in the
fall of 2012, BCA had discussed the
feasibility of the College discontinu-
ing its use of natural gas with Mills
and afer he made it clear that doing
so was not feasible, the language of
the petition was altered to focus ex-
clusively on climate change.
Te Orient conducted two sepa-
rate unscientifc surveys between
October 27-29, sending one to sig-
natories of the Carbon Free peti-
tion and one to signatories of the
Divest petition. Te same ques-
tionDo you currently support the
movement for Bowdoin College to
divest from fossil fuels?was pre-
sented to each of the survey groups.
Out of 160 respondents who
signed the Divest petition, 42 per-
cent responded Yes, 26 percent re-
sponded No, 29 percent responded
I dont feel informed enough to
make a decision, and three percent
responded No opinion.
Out of 72 respondents who signed
the Carbon Free petition, 36 per-
cent responded Yes, 41 percent re-
sponded No, 22 percent responded
I dont feel informed enough to
make a decision and one percent
responded No opinion.
In all, 40 percent of signatories
stated that they still supported di-
vestment.
Goodrich said that the messages
of the petitions are not contradic-
tory despite their diferent wording.
I think that people who signed
[the Carbon Free petition] are
calling for a greater mandatea
greater re-evaluation for Bowdoins
sustainability, said Goodrich. I
think that those are both divestment
signatures. Te wording is diferent
but the actual message of divestment
is on both.
Afer learning about the the survey
data, Goodrich attributed the difer-
ence in support between the peti-
tions and the survey to the Colleges
announcement in April 2013 that di-
vestment could cost the College $100
million over the next 10 years.
Since April, BCA claims to have
added an additional 200 signato-
ries to its petition, with most of
them coming from first-year stu-
dents, according to Goodrich. The
petition now includes signatures
from seven class years2012 to
2018although only a handful
are members of the Class of 2012,
according to Allyson Gross 16, a
member of BCA.
Last year, as well as this year, weve
had 1,000 students who signed our
petition, said Goodrich last week.
Te campus community has spoken.
We built that support for divestment.
Goodrich stood behind the peti-
tion this week.
Were not speaking for anyone.
Te people who put their names
down have, on their own free will,
said they support thisthis is what
they have said. Were sort of the me-
diators because were the ones who
are most passionate about divest-
mentwere the ones who presented
to the Trustees.
BCA member Bridget McCoy 15
said in an interview last week that
while BCA speaks for the majority of
students, those most involved with the
campaign are likely more informed
than the rest of the student body.
Signing onto divestment means
you support it, but Im sure theres a
variety of what people think, said Mc-
Coy. We really want to promote dis-
course and discussionwe dont want
to trick people or anything like that.
BCA, which stated in its slide-
show presentation to the Trustees
that it has a mandate from Bowdoin
students to persuade the College to
divest from fossil fuel companies, has
repeatedly noted the force its petition
carries. Last week, Gross referred to
the meeting between the Trustees
and members of BCA as a meeting
1,200 students had asked for.
I think the 1,200 number must
have had an infuence on [Mills] view
on whether or not we had to meet with
the group, said Chair of the Board of
Trustees Deborah Jensen Barker.
A meeting between BCA and the
Boards Student Afairs Commit-
teeorganized by Millstook place
on October 17.
Tough BCA has said that the
petition is representative of student
support, the Orient found numer-
ous cases of signatories that were
not even students, including two
visiting teaching assistants from the
Department of Romance Languages,
several college employees, and a lo-
cal business owner who sells hand-
crafed jewelry in front of the Polar
Express in Smith Union.
Id like to highlight the passion
that the students have brought to
this issueparticularly members
of BCAin addition to the folks
that came out to gave the petition
to President Mills and the folks
that came out to show support with
the trustees, said Goodrich in this
weeks interview.
Faculty Opinions
Although the counts of the physi-
cal signatures and the survey of the
signatories raises questions about
the number of students who fully
support divestment, there is no
doubt that a sizeable portion of the
Bowdoin faculty think the College
should divest from fossil fuels.
In the October 17 issue of the Orient,
70 faculty members published a letter
urging the Board of Trustees to divest.
Te faculty letter with 70 names
I think that shows how much this issue
has grown, said Goodrich. We really
wanted the faculty to engage with us;
we asked and they did. It shows that
this is something that doesnt just con-
cern the students but also involves fac-
ulty members...Its good to know they
have our back.
Te letter was shaped out of two
separate draf letters, one primarily
authored by Anne T. and Robert M.
Bass Professor of Natural Sciences
Nat Wheelwright, Senior Lecturer in
Romance Languages Genie Wheel-
wright, and Associate Professor of
Biology and Neuroscience Hadley
Horch with assistance from Profes-
sor of Biology and Environmental
Studies John Lichter. Te other draf
was primarily written by English
Professor David Collings.
I think it wouldve been a shame
to have 1,000 Bowdoin students call-
ing for divestment and then have the
faculty sit on the sidelines, despite
the fact that we teach it in our class-
roomthe importance of climate
changeand not to take any action,
said Wheelwright, who did not
know about the Orients examina-
tion of the petitions given to Mills.
Originally, Collings opposed di-
vestment because he thought that
the movement asked for a largely
symbolic commitment without in-
ducing a direct economic or envi-
ronmental efect. He said that his
opinion changed once the faculty
letter added language calling for ac-
tion beyond divestment, including
carbon taxes, the end of federal oil
subsidies, and a call to lobby the fed-
eral government.
Tats a statement of principle
a statement of value, said Collings
regarding divestment. Were align-
ing [the Colleges] fnancial invest-
ments with its values. As an ethical
and moral statement, its completely
coherent. I buy it.
Lichter agreed, citing two people
who infuenced his decision: profes-
sor of economics emeritus David
Vail and environmentalist author
Wendell Berry.
David Vail basically said sym-
bolism is important, said Lichter.
He argued that thats important
to get public sentiment moving in
the right direction.
Lichter, who published an op-ed
in April that called for alternatives to
divestment, noted that while he now
supports divestment on ethical and
moral grounds, students and com-
munity members still need to focus
on more infuential targets.
Tey could basically get an ap-
pointment with Angus King or Su-
san Collins when theyre herethey
could do it, said Lichter. I think
theres good reasons why good peo-
ple dont want to do this.
Associate Professor of Economics
Guillermo Herrera, who did not sign
the faculty letter, noted that while he
is respectful of how the movement
has galvanized student activism, he
remains skeptical of the notion that
divestment could alter corporate or
consumer behavior.
Te problem is that carbon emis-
sion and fossil fuel use is underpriced
by the market, said Herrera. I feel like
the right action is one that attempts to
make the price correctto align the
price with what it should be socially.
Herrera suggested an alternative
solution in which the College im-
poses a carbon tax on itself in order
to refect the true social costs of car-
bon emissions. Holding itself to this
tax leveldetermined by a consen-
sus of economistscould afect both
the Colleges energy and investment
decisions as well as corporate and
consumer behavior.
I feel like the divestment path
is maybe a second best path, said
Herrera. There may be better
ways to do it. Those deserve some
serious consideration.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Stephen Meardonwho did not sign
the faculty lettersaid that it was in-
appropriate for professors to engage
in political and moral questions.
What are the appropriate poli-
cies, in light of their distributive
consequences, is not a scientifc
question, said Meardon. Its a po-
litical and moral question, and its
contested, and the College should
not be weighing in on that.
Meardon called into question
some of the tenets of the faculty let-
ter, specifcally citing the letters call
for divestment as an important ed-
ucational gesture.
Te college should defnitely try
to help students acquire knowledge
and analytical skills that are relevant
to understanding the consequences
of fossil fuel consumption on cli-
mate, said Meardon. Educational
gesture is exactly that kind of con-
fation of scientifc with moral; of an
academic purpose with an advocacy
purpose. I think that those purposes
should be kept separate.
Meardon asserted that not only
would divestment from fossil fuels un-
dermine the Colleges purposes as an
academic institution, it runs the risk of
attracting students and faculty only of
like minds and deterring those who
may have difering opinions.
Te faculty should never stand
behind students in their political en-
gagementnot on any political ac-
tion that is contested, said Meardon.
Wheelwright said that while more
forceful action is needed in order
to mitigate the efects of climate
change, he heard few credible ar-
guments against divestment when
meeting with about 20 faculty mem-
bers to discuss the proposed letter.
We saw this as joining a broad,
energetic social movement that we
havent seen practically since the Viet-
nam War, that has some legs and the
potential to change the national con-
versation, said Wheelwright. If edu-
cational institutions dont get out in
front of this issue, 40 years from now,
populations will be half as big as they
are today.
Ron Cervantes, Natalie Kass-
Kaufman and Kate Witteman con-
tributed to this report.
MIXED MESSAGES: (Left:)This version of Bowdoin Climate Actions (BCA) divestment petition was used fromthe fall of 2012 until the spring of 2013. (RIght:)This version of BCAs petition has been
used since the spring of 2013, shortly after the group spoke with President Mills about the Colleges energy consumption. After reviewing the petitions presented to Mills, the Orient found that only 825 of the
923 total signatures were valid.
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Students campaign to bring
Dalai Lama to the College
Naval Air Station at Brunswick.
Bowdoin currently operates 10
server racks at Oxford Networks fa-
cility and 5 server racks in Hubbard.
Te College has established a direct
100-gigabyte fber-optic connection
to the facility.
Because the servers are currently
operating on both old and new hard-
ware, there is a greater potential for
network issues.
Last Tursday, one of two Dy-
namic Host Confguration Protocol
(DHCP) serv-
ers running on
old hardware
failed com-
pletely. DHCP
servers are es-
sential to In-
ternet access
because they
provide each
device with an
IP address.
When your
computer boots
up, it doesnt
know what its
address is on
the network,
said Lavoie. So it will associate
to a wireless network and the frst
thing it does is send out a broadcast
saying, Can I have an IP address
please? It cant do anything until
that process happens.
Normally, because Bowdoin operates
two DHCP servers, one server failing
does not cause service to go downthe
other server simply takes over.
In this case, the second server did
take over but, according to Lavoie,
there was a problem with the path be-
tween [the second server] and the wire-
less controller that prevented all of the
requests from getting back to the clients.
Tat problem was being masked by hav-
ing two servers.
Lavoie explained that these systems
are always designed redundantly to ac-
count for such failures.
With most system failures, its never
one small thing that fails, its always a
cascading failure. Its usually fve to six
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minimum wage as long as the relative
living conditions in diferent parts of
the state were taken into account.
Gerzofsky attended the Maine
Justice Academy and Pasadena City
College. He has worked as a con-
sultant and owned a furniture store
from 1965 to 1995.
Horch has a background in busi-
ness and law and was trained as an
attorney. According to his website,
his platform focuses on healthcare
and social needs, jobs and economic
development, state budget and tax-
esincluding having the wealthiest
citizens pay their fair share,envi-
ronment and sustainability, and civil
rights and social justice.
In 2010 and 2012, Horch ran as the
Green Independent Party candidate for
the Maine House of Representatives.
Horch plans to advocate strongly
for renewable energy. He owned and
operated F.W. Horch Sustainable
Goods and Supplies on Maine Street
from 2006 to 2011, before selling it
to new owners.
According to Horch, [addressing
renewable energy] needs to be fo-
cused around how you can harness
green energy.
He cites solar and hydroelec-
tric power as some of the potential
forms that green energy in Maine
could take.
Jennifer Johnson is a single
mother of two boys and an owner of
Johnsons Sporting Goods, located
in Cooks Corner.
According to her website,
Johnsons major concerns are es-
tablishing reasonable taxation
levelsparticularly for small busi-
nesses like hersprotecting Sec-
ond Amendment rights, shying
away from big government, and
family concerns.
In previous public forums with
her fellow candidates, Johnson has
contended that the current wel-
fare system in Maine is broken. She
advocates cutting down on fraud
and abuse. She has also spoken out
against raising the minimum wage to
$10.10 an hour, saying that it could
prevent businesses from hiring.
Holbrook originally did not want
to run for the House, but was en-
couraged to do so at a Brunswick
Republican Town Committee
meeting so that Democrat Ralph
Tucker would not run uncontested.
Holbrook spent two years working
behind the scenes on Republican
campaigns in Brunswick before
this election.
He did not of cially commit him-
self to the race until Labor Day week-
end, but said that he has been en-
couraged by the support that he has
received from townsfolk from voters.
Its humbling to have people do-
nate, said Holbrook.
Holbrooks platform is character-
ized by three main priorities: fam-
ily, faith and farms and fisheries.
He advocates smaller government,
lower taxes and welfare reform and
does not support the Affordable
Care Act.
I would like to see a greater op-
portunity for faith-based organiza-
tions to be a part of the delivery of
social services, Holbrook said, while
also acknowledging the importance
of the separation of church and state.
Holbrook also advocates the
empowerment of women through
personal safety training courses,
which he has been teaching since
1996. He says that he would like to
see such classes made available on
college campuses.
I have a real concern about em-
powering women and how to do that
to prevent them from becoming tar-
gets, said Holbrook.
Holbrook has a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology and runs a counseling
practice. In addition, he acts as a
trainer and consultant for police de-
partments and as an instructor at the
Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
Ralph Tucker is a retired Maine
District Court judge. He previously
presided over courts in Wiscas-
set and West Bath. Tucker has also
served on the Brunswick Town
Council and was appointed to the
workers compensation board by
Governors Brennan and McKernan,
spending seven of his 11 years on the
board as chair. Tucker was a lawyer
and partner with McTeague Higbee
Law Firm for 18 years before run-
ning for public of ce.
Tucker currently has two young
granddaughters growing up in
Brunswick. He identifes them and
their future as a major motivation for
his run for of ce.
Tuckers main political con-
cerns, according to his website,
are maintaining good public
schools, strengthening environ-
mental safeguards, and advocat-
ing for health care coverage, fair
taxes, and environmental growth.
He also emphasizes maintaining
civility in public debate.
In some sense the
failure allowed us to solve
a lot of problems. It created a
disruption that we would have
never caused ourselves, so
we could see it and x it.
Everything that was
old is gone.
MITCH DAVIS
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
COURTESY OFTHE CANDIDATES
MEET THE CANDIDATES: Democrat incumbent StanleyGerzofsky, RepublicanJennifer JohnsonandGreenIndependent FredHorcharecompetingto
represent BrunswickintheMaineStateSenate.
BY ALLISON WEI
STAFF WRITER
Three students and an adminis-
trator are working on a campaign
to bring the Dalai Lama to Bow-
doin in the next few years.
Tenzin Tsagong 16 first came up
with the idea after she heard that
Middlebury hosted the Dalai Lama
in 2012 and that Bowdoin had
unsuccessfully tried to host him
in the past. She has been working
with Parikshit Sharma 17, Annie
Chen 17 and Director of Counsel-
ing Services Bernie Hershberger
on the campaign.
Im of Tibetan background, so
Tibet issues are very important
to me, and his Holiness, the Da-
lai Lama is essential in all of this,
Tsagong said. My freshman year,
Middlebury hosted him, and I re-
member thinking, Oh this is really
cool. A fellow NESCAC school was
able to get someone as big as him
to come to their campus.
In order to generate attention
about their efforts, Tsagong, Shar-
ma and Chen have already con-
tacted several departments such as
the Anthropology, Asian Studies
and Religion departments as well
as campus offices such as Residen-
tial Life and Peer Health, and the
leaders of various student clubs on
campus. They are also working on
two letters, one from the students
and the other from President Barry
Mills, to send to the Dalai Lamas
office in Washington, D.C.
In addition, the three students
plan on making a video of Bowdoin
students talking about values, such
as peace, wisdom and compassion.
Were trying to give our cam-
paign a face by creating a video that
allows the people at the [Of ce of the
Dalai Lama] to see why Bowdoin is
a place worth coming to, Chen said.
The Office of the Dalai Lama
will ultimately determine whether
he can come to Bowdoin. Sharma
estimates that the Dalai Lama is
booked for at least the next two
years. With the understanding that
this is a long-term project, Tsagong,
Sharma and Chen are just trying to
make the best request possible.
Were really in the beginning
stages of it, Tsagong said. Were
trying to create some buzz and
create a request that will make our
school seem unique. Hopefully, we
get a positive response from the of-
fice, and then well go from there.
WI-FI
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
things before you actually have a prob-
lem, he said.
Last Tursdays outage revealed a
confguration problem that was cre-
ated during some of the recent hard-
ware upgrades.
The failure did, however, create
an opportunity to fix an error that
may have been causing log on de-
lays, and pushed the network team
to install new hardware earlier than
it had intended.
In some sense the failure allowed
us to solve a lot of problems. It created
a disruption that we would have never
caused ourselves, so we could see it
and fx it, said Davis. Everything that
was old is gone.
Davis and Lavoie
both stressed the dif-
fculties of upgrading
a network that they
cannot turn of. Its
like changing the
tires on a car thats go-
ing down the highway
at 65 miles per hour,
said Lavoie.
If we would have
had the time, we
would have been
able to shut the sys-
tem down and we
wouldnt have had
that problem, add-
ed Davis. But that isnt the nature of
the game.
Many students were irritated while
the problem persisted, but were satis-
fed once service resumed.
I think they handled it as well
as they could have, said Logan
Simon 18. Its not the end of the
world. Its inconvenient, but it all
got fixed eventually.
Davis said he understands students
frustration and aims to provide reli-
able service.
We built this so that it can be de-
pendable. Weve had some problems.
Weve been busting our ass to try to
get it right. Weve created a complex-
ity that made it very dif cult for us to
determine what was wrong, he said. I
believe we have it right now.
Information Technology will be
further upgrading network infra-
structure in January while the student
body is of campus.
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Students met on the steps of the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art on
Wednesday evening to participate
in Take Back the Night, an annual
event organized by V-Day to raise
awareness about sexual violence and
support survivors.
I think the purpose [of this event]
is twofold, said Kaylee Wolfe 15, one
of the event organizers. It is a show
of support and solidarity for people
in our community. Its also an active
stand that the Bowdoin community
takes every year saying that [sexual
violence] is not acceptable and that
were going to hold our community to
a higher standard.
V-Day is a national organization
dedicated to ending violence against
women and holds similar events on
college campuses and in cities across
the globe. Te organization frst took
shape in the 1970s, and has spread to
30 countries since.
Bowdoin has a long-established
V-day chapter and has had a Take
Back the Night event for the past
several years.
Whats great about having this
event every year is that we have a lot
of institutional support, said Leah
Alper 17, a co-organizer of the event.
Whether its funding, or people like
Dean [of Student Afairs Tim] Foster
showing up and supporting us, its re-
ally special how much Bowdoin stands
behind the event.
Wolfe and Alper worked with sev-
eral other clubs on campus to create
the events for the evening. Te night
began with a candle vigil, including a
cup with a candle and fact regarding
sexual assault for each attendee and
a presentation from representatives
across campus who addressed facts
regarding sexual assault.
V-Day representative Erica Hum-
mel 16 and Safe Space leaders Erin
Leddy 15 and Rachel Gladstone 15
discussed national and local facts
about sexual assault. Next, Hassaan
Mirza 17 read aloud a poem address-
College holds candlelight vigil to raise awareness about sexual violence
BY MAURA FRIEDLANDER
STAFF WRITER
ing sexual assault and an anonymous
student shared a personal experience
with sexual violence.
Following the speakers presenta-
tions, the group walked a loop on the
edge of campus to symbolically and lit-
erally highlight the areas nearby where
people may feel in danger.
Te walk began at the steps of the
museum and continued past the Col-
lege Houses before ending at the Wom-
ens Resource Center, where co-ed a
cappella group BOKA performed two
songs. Safe Space members were pres-
ent in red shirts to speak with anyone
in need of advice, and many students
remained to chat with friends and re-
fect on the event.
I really liked the structure of [the
event]. It was very somber and gave us
a chance to really refect, but defnitely
ended on a happy and hopeful note,
said Hailey Beaman 18.
Alper and Wolfe expressed excite-
ment at the variety of students that the
event drew.
A neat characteristic of this event is
that it just pulls from so many difer-
ent parts of campus. Sometimes it feels
like we see many of the same faces at
the gender violence events, but we see
so many diferent people at this event,
said Wolfe.
Alper and Wolfe had been concerned
about turnout, since the event was post-
poned from the previous week due to
weather and because it rained through-
out the evening Wednesday night. De-
spite the poor weather, nearly 150 stu-
dents were present for the candle vigil
and the walk around campus.
We were surprised by how many
people showed up despite the weather.
Wolfe said. Just the fact that people
were willing to stay out, do the walk and
come to 24 College St. in spite of being
rained on makes the event and its pur-
pose more powerful.
Te student Information Technol-
ogy Advisory Council (ITAC) re-
leased CampusQuad, a new phone
app that streamlines the Bowdoin
communitys ability to advertise and
view events, on Wednesday.
CampusQuad will not replace the
Orbit, which will continue to orga-
nize club membership and email lists.
In an attempt to encourage people
to download the app, ITAC is raf ing
of seven Amazon gif cardsfve
worth $20, one worth $100 and one
worth $250. Creating an account with
a Bowdoin email address will auto-
matically enter a user in the raf e.
Bowdoin is one of about 10 colleges
participating in the beta test of Cam-
pusQuad and sending feedback to
the company. CampusQuad founder
Francis Cairns contacted Chief In-
formation Of cer Mitch Davis, who
used to work with her at Apple, about
testing the app at the College.
ITAC has been giving feedback to
CampusQuad for over a year, but this
is its frst attempt to publicize Cam-
pusQuad to the whole campus and
encourage student use.
Youll hopefully be able to get a
New CampusQuad app
displays campus events
BY PHOEBE BUMSTED
ORIENT STAFF
better understanding of whats hap-
pening so you can attend more events
and activities, said Andrew Haeger
16, who is a member of ITAC and or-
ganizing the CampusQuad initiative.
In addition to CampusQuad, ITAC
is responsible for the iPad scanning sys-
tem in the dining halls and a new Veri-
zon Wireless cell tower on Coles Tower.
CampusQuad allows group lead-
ers to create events, which students
can then view in the app. Only people
with a Bowdoin email address can ac-
cess Bowdoin events.
Any user can create non-event
posts in the app for important an-
nouncements or deadlines. Users
can view the analytics behind their
posts to determine how many peo-
ple have seen a post and how many
people have committed to attending
an event.
Te app will soon contain a Whats
Happening Now feature. Users will
be able to view events happening
within the next few hours. Tis fea-
ture will be available within the next
two weeks.
Currently, the app is only open for
individual student use. In the next
week, ITAC will begin loading club,
department and school calendars into
the app.
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
STANDING TOGETHER: (Left:) ErinLeddy15, aleader of SafeSpace, sharedfacts about sexual assault withagroupof students whogatheredonthesteps of theBowdoinCollegeMuseumof Art onWednesdaynight for
theannualTakeBacktheNight vigil. Members of SafeSpaceandsurvivors of sexual assault alsospokeat theevent. (Right:) Students observedamoment of silencetohonor thevictims of sexual violencebeforetakingareectivewalk
aroundcampus.
6 news the bowdoin orient friday, october 31, 2014
SECURITY REPORT: 10/12 to 10/30
Sunday, October 12
New Hampshire State Police ar-
rested a Bowdoin student for operat-
ing under the infuence of drugs or
alcohol on I-95 in Seabrook, N.H.
Te student was released on personal
recognizance bail and the vehicle, a
Zip Car, was towed back to campus.
A security report was fled with Dean
of Student Afairs.
Monday, October 13
Update on the fre alarm pull at
Coles Tower: Investigation has de-
termined that a student accidentally
pulled the fre alarm on the 13th foor
of Coles Tower at 9:30 p.m. on Satur-
day, September 20. Te student then
failed to notify Security or the fre de-
partment of the accidental pull. As a
result of not promptly informing au-
thorities of the incident, the student
will be fned $325half the cost of the
fre department response.
Friday, October 17
Two students reported smelling
the odor of gas at Chamberlain Hall.
Te report was investigated and no
gas was detected.
A smoke detector in a room in
Coles Tower was activated by the use
of a clothing steamer in proximity to
the device.
A suspicious man was seen enter-
ing the main entrance hallway at Stowe
Inn and looking over bicycles at the
bike rack. Te man lef the area and
was not located.
Two students were found smok-
ing cigarettes on Childrens Cen-
ter property, violating the Colleges
smoking policy.
A student at Helmreich House acti-
vated a smoke detector while smoking.
A student at Osher Hall was cited
for possession of alcohol and a drink-
ing game policy violation.
Of cers checked on the well-being
of an intoxicated student at Coleman
Hall who had consumed hard alcohol.
Of cer checked on the well-being
of an intoxicated student at Moore
Hall, also related to hard alcohol.
Two students in Baxter House were
cited for hard alcohol policy violations.
Neighbors reported loud noise com-
ing from Cleaveland Street Apartments.
Students complained of excessively
loud music coming from Brunswick
Apartments M.
Saturday, October 18
Security of cers found an intoxi-
cated and unresponsive alumnus ly-
ing in the back of a vehicle that was
parked at Helmreich House during
a registered event there. Brunswick
Rescue responded and the patient
refused treatment. Te alumnus was
issued a criminal trespass warning
barring him from campus for one
year. A security of cer escorted the
man to his hotel.
Excessive noise was reported at
Brunswick Apartments O.
Sunday, October 19
An intoxicated local man accosted
a female student who was walking
alone on Sills Drive at 1:40 a.m. Te
student, who was not injured, ran to
campus and called Security. Security
of cers located, detained and identi-
fed the suspect near a laundromat
on Harpswell Road before the man
fed on foot. BPD will issue a trespass
warning barring the suspect from all
Bowdoin property.
Excessively loud music was report-
ed coming from a 9th foor apartment
in Coles Tower.
An of cer checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated student at
Ladd House.
Multiple damage reports were
fled following a registered event at
Helmreich House on Saturday night:
holes in walls, broken thermostats and
damaged wall telephones. A student
took responsibility for punching a
hole in a wall on the second foor.
A basement wall in Chamber-
lain hall was vandalized.
An of cer checked on the well-
being of a dehydrated student in
West Hall.
Monday, October 20
Students complained of loud music
coming from a car at Brunswick Apart-
ments at 1:40 a.m. A student in the car
was asked to shut the music down.
Vandalism in the common
room at Burnett House resulted in
damage to two light fixtures and a
wall moulding.
An injured feld hockey player was
escorted to the Mid Coast Primary
Care & Walk-In Clinic.
An ill student was escorted from
West Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
Tuesday, October 21
A housekeeper reported a vandal-
ized thermostat in the frst foor rest-
room at Ladd House.
Wednesday, October 22
A Longfellow Avenue resident
complained about noise from a deliv-
ery truck at the Torne Dining loading
dock around 5 a.m. Dining Services is
addressing the delivery schedule with
the vendor.
Tursday, October 23
Drivers around campus have com-
plained of recent incidents involving
bicycles in crosswalks, and reporting
near-misses with bicyclists darting
across crosswalks in front of their vehi-
cles. Note: Maine law states that marked
crosswalks are for pedestrian use; bicy-
clists are required to dismount and walk
their bikes across pedestrian crosswalks.
A housekeeper accidentally ac-
tivated a smoke alarm on the ffh
foor of West Hall while using a
steam cleaner.
Friday, October 24
Five students in Coleman Hall
were smoking and/or in possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Saturday, October 25
A student was found to be
smoking marijuana in a room at
Chamberlain Hall.
A brief partial, campus power out-
age was caused by a traf c accident on
Harpswell Road.
Sunday, October 26
An intoxicated student with a
head injury, sustained in a fall, was
transported from Maine Hall to Mid
Coast Hospital.
An of cer checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated student in the
common room at Maine Hall.
Ceiling damage at Russwurm
House was caused by someone leav-
ing a faucet running in a second
foor restroom.
Loud noise was reported outside of
Coleman Hall.
Monday, October 27
A student cooking burgers at
11:50 p.m. in the kitchen at Osher Hall
caused the fre alarm to activate. Te
building was evacuated and the Bruns-
wick Fire Department responded.
A student with tonsil pain request-
ed an escort to Parkview Adventist
Medical Center.
A student was escorted from Coun-
seling Services to Mid Coast Hospital.
Tuesday, October 28
A student fell of of a bicycle on
Park Row and received a nose injury.
Te student was escorted to Mid Coast
Hospital for treatment.
A bicycle was stolen from outside
of Stowe Hall. Te bike is a white Dia-
mondback Response Sport.
An exterior door at Watson
Arena was damaged by being re-
peatedly forced.
Tursday, October 30
Of cers investigated a report
of a burning smell in a 10th foor
apartment at Coles Tower. Nothing
was substantiated.
Tere was a hard alcohol policy
violation in Coles Tower.
A student who passed out while ex-
ercising at the Buck Fitness Center was
treated at the health center.
Compiled by the Of ce of Safety
and Security.
I used to live at Pine Street and
I would call the shuttle for dinner,
said Pratt. Sometimes I would end
up waiting 30 minutes or more,
depending on how backed up the
shuttle was. It was tough to have
to wait and not know when it was
showing up.
In the past, it has not been un-
common for students to call the
shuttle and cancel requests to be
picked up. This has frustrated both
students and drivers.
Were both hoping that this
will help reduce the number of
canceled calls and make everyone
happier with the service in gen-
eral, said Pratt.
This is not the first time Bow-
doin has attempted to create a shut-
tle tracking service. In 2011, Infor-
mation Technology (IT) started a
tracking website, similar in theory
to Bowman and Pratts application.
We spoke to IT, and they had
tried to develop an app previously
that would do this, but I guess they
never got it finished, said Pratt.
We asked them if theyd be inter-
ested in us working on it, and they
said that theyd love to have it.
SAFE RIDE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
ITs previous attempt to create
a tracking service for the shuttles
depended on using an iPad in
each of the shuttles for track-
ing purposes. However, Bowman
and Pratt purposefully chose to
pursue a different direction with
their application.
This didnt work because there
was too much overhead with mak-
ing sure the iPads were on, main-
tenance, et cetera, said Bowman.
Our solution got rid of these
problems because it doesnt re-
quire the driver to do anything.
Once the car is on, data is being
transmitted automatically.
The Safe Ride tracking app has
been in the works since the fall
of 2013. While Pratt went abroad
last spring, Bowman picked up
working on the iPhone version of
the application. They have spent
this year fine-tuning the applica-
tion and putting on the finishing
touches before its release.
According to Pratt, the tracking
part of the application and web-
site should be live within the next
couple of weeks, with the phone
request service soon to follow.
The goal is to test out the appli-
cation towards the end of the fall
and to have a full version ready by
the spring.
Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) brainstormed ideas for cam-
paign reform in future BSG elections
and possible changes to the Student
Activities Funding Committees
(SAFC) Club Funding Guidelines at
its meeting on Wednesday.
BSG President Chris Breen 15
opened the dialogue about the cur-
rent bylaws for student elections with
regard to social media and campaign
spending. Currently, the bylaws state
that candidates cannot provide gifs,
hold election parties or send mass
campaign emails using class, dorm
and club mailing lists. Tey are also
limited to $10 in advertising funding
to spend at the Copy Center to print
posters for their campaigns.
However, there are no explicit
bylaws for campaigning through
Facebook, such as purchasing ads
or promoting a post. Both of these
activities come with a price tag.
President of the Class of 2018 Ned
Wang purchased targeted Facebook
ads during his campaign in early
October. This opened the broader
question of regulating campaign
spending in the age of social media.
Tis is about whether everyone in
the election starts on a level playing
feld, said Breen.
BSG discussed several possible so-
lutions and changes to the bylaws and
BSG updates campaign by-
laws, club funding guidelines
BY SARAH BONANNO
STAFF WRITER
will revisit the issue at a later time.
Te question is spending money
at all during a campaign and we need
to try to keep elections as simple as
possible, Breen said.
President of SAFC Ryan Davis 15
then changed the conversation to in-
troduce two possible changes to its
Club Funding Guidelines.
Te frst falls under section IV:
Travel. Te current guidelines state
that SAFC does not fund Zipcars or
road trips outside of New England.
Davis suggested that the limitation be
changed to 500 miles outside of Bow-
doin, but within the United States.
The second change is under sec-
tion VII: Conferences and Retreats.
Davis proposed to change the lan-
guage that allows funding from
one conference per year to off
campus leadership training, which
would encourage club leaders to
gain more leadership experience
while recognizing that conferenc-
es can be expensive. There is also
a proposed distinction between
competitive conferences and tour-
naments for clubs and groups that
need to go to annual non-competi-
tive conference workshops.
In the upcoming week, BSG mem-
bers will communicate the proposed
changes to various club members
for feedback. Assuming it receives
positive feedback, BSG plans to vote
on the changes to the Club Funding
Guidelines in the upcoming weeks.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEATURES
the bowdoin orient 7 friday, october 31, 2014
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BY DAVID TREADWELL
GUEST COLUMNIST
Revisiting classics through a class audit
Please see ZINFULLY, page 8
In Moby Dick, Herman Melville
wrote about a Nantucket Sleighride,
a term used by Nantucket whalemen
to describe what happens immediately
following the harpooning of a whale.
Te whale, distressed by the harpoon,
attempts to fee and thus drags the
boat along with it. Te run lasts for as
long as the whale can swim before it
becomes exhausted.
Well, the seminar which Im au-
diting at
B o w d o i n
this fall (Liv-
ing Delib-
e r at e l y )
o f t e n
feels like
a Nan-
t u c k e t
Sleighride,
despite the
serene set-
ting: a room
on the frst
foor of Massachusetts Hall, the Col-
leges oldest building.
Every Tuesday and Tursday morn-
ing, our brave band of inquirers (10
students, three auditors and the pro-
fessor) gather around a long table and
go about our appointed task: discover-
ing what it means to live deliberately
by wrestling with the ideas of great
thinkers and writers down through
the ages.
Te authors on the prodigious
reading list run the gamut: Toreau,
Kant, Friedrich Schiller, Michel Fou-
cault, Oscar Wilde, Tomas Mann,
E.M. Forster, Sapphire, Emmanuel
Levinas, Soren Kierkegaard, Ignazio
Silone, Nadine Gordimer, Tracy Kid-
der and Bill McKibben. Weve read ev-
erything from schol-
arly treatisessome accessible, some,
er, notto readable novels to compel-
ling nonfction. I havent totaled the
number of pages because I dont want
to know the answer.
Buta big butthe course is al-
ways fascinating, never boring. And
much of the credit goes to the master-
ful teacher, David Collings, professor
of English. Collings combines the pas-
sion of Pavarotti with the conducting
skill of Toscanini. Every studentand
auditorspeaks up at least once in ev-
ery class. Collings treats every ofering
by every person with respect, some-
times exclaiming, Tats brilliant! or
Tanks for taking us there, or, sim-
ply, Yes! He skillfully ties in the ideas
of the writers discussed earlier with the
writer of the day. And he does so with
delight, in the spirit of play. And thats
the operative word: play.
In 2004, Collings gave the Bowdoin
convocation address: On Learning
as Deep Play. An excerpt from that
talk gives a sense of the philosophy
behind the man and
the message behind
the course. But to
participate in this
kind of deep
play, to embrace
the unknown, to
dance with an un-
foreseeable future,
is not a matter of
what we normally
consider recklessness.
Its not about rebellion, or frivo-
lous play, or drinking a keg of beer all
by yourself. Paradoxically, once you
deepen play by risking yourself, you
alter the nature of the risk you take: the
gamble only works if youre paying at-
tention, intent on coming to grasp that
unknown thing; it transforms you only
if you are truly at stake in what you
ask. Te more intent you are in your
Divination, dining are fast-track Staples
Students on the run in Smith
Union will recognize Brandy Staples
as the woman who provides their
lunchtime nourishment to go.
Staples (like the office supply
store, she said) works at the coun-
ter of Fast Track at Jack Magees
Pub, a weekday lunchtime opera-
tion that serves bagged meals to
students in a hurry.
While Staples enjoys the job over-
all, it is not always easy. She serves
between 200 and 250 patrons on any
given day during her 3.5 hour shif.
You do not stop. Once you get
here, you continue to go, Staples said.
In addition to working at
Bowdoin, Staples owns her own
business. She hand makes and
sells dowsing pendulums, which
are crystals or stones at the end of
chains that are used for divination
and spiritual activities. Staples sells
most of her products via online re-
tailers such as Etsy and Ebay.
I make everything from scratch.
If it is not handmade by me, I make
sure it is handmade, said Staples.
Staples has a close connection
to Maine. She grew up in nearby
Phippsburg and returned there afer
living in Massachusetts for a time.
Maine is a nice place to live and
raise a family. People up here are
more genuine [than in Massachu-
setts], she said.
Staples earned an associates de-
gree in travel and hospitality. She
also has a certifcate in medical bill-
ing and coding. As for her past work,
Staples has consistently worked in
the retail and food-service sector.
Almost three years ago, Staples
ended up at Bowdoin by what she de-
scribes as the lines of fate. During
her time here, Staples has interacted
with many members of the Bowdoin
community and especially enjoys get-
ting to know Bowdoin students.
I cant believe how polite you
guys are, she said. [Bowdoin stu-
dents] are so funny: Ill accidentally
grab the wrong thing and you guys
will apologize to me. Its just funny
because you are apologizing to me
when I made the mistake.
Staples is impressed by Bowdoin
students tendency toward envi-
ronmental awareness, noting how
students have pushed for reusable
lunch bags.
Teres a lot of things here that
Ive really picked up from you guys,
Staples said. People here are very
intellectual, theyre always trying
to learn new things and fnd better
ways to do things so Im glad we get
to play of each other.
In her free time, Staples is involved
with activities at her church and de-
scribes herself as an avid reader.
My goal in life is to fnish all the
books on my bookshelf before I die,
she said.
Dining enlists housekeepers
to recover stolen silverware
Each academic year, Bowdoin
Dining Services loses roughly 960
knives, 1800 forks, 2400 spoons, 800
mugs and 1500 cups. While some of
this loss is due to general wear and
tear, diminishing amounts of dining
hall utensils are due to student re-
moval of those items.
Technically, maybe, it is [thef],
said Head of Dining Service Ken
Cardone. But thats not
the intent.
D i n i n g
Service un-
derstands that
students, fac-
ulty and staf
will all take
cutlery from
the dining halls
throughout the
year and they try to
prepare for it. With rough-
ly 23,000 meals a week, the dishes
and silverware get quite a lot of use.
Operating budgets for each dining
hall allocate thousands of dollars for
dish and silverware replacement and
Cardone said Dining Services spends
about $12,000 to $14,000 per year on
replacing china and silverware. How-
ever, it is hard to tell how much goes
BY STEFF CHAVEZ
ORIENT STAFF
to replacing missing dishes and silver-
ware versus those that are worn out.
Te reality is that Dining gets
very few of the missing dishes and
silverware back once they leave the
dining hall and they do not want the
dishes and silverware to be thrown
in the garbage. It can be a frustrat-
ing experience for Dining, especially
when theyve just acquired a new set
of commercial china, which is more
costly than residential china.
In order to help recover cutlery
and china, Dining
has enlisted the
help of Bow-
doins house-
keeping staf.
If housekeep-
ers fnd dishes
or silverware
belonging to the
dining hall in a
common area
of a dormitory, they
can put them in a milk
crate, and exchange a full milk
crate for a free meal.
It could take me a month, it could
take me two months [to fll a crate],
said Sabrina Bouchard, housekeeper in
Coleman Hall. On average, during the
year, I fll maybe a couple of crates.
Zinfully good: this bargain
ros has impressive taste
BRYCE ERVIN AND
BRANDON OULLETTE
BOTTOM
OF THE
BARREL
Tis week we decided to step out
of our comfort zone and try out a
White Zinfandel. While Brandon is
not particularly fond of ross, we felt
it was only fair to add variety. While
perusing our favorite wine section at
Hannafords, we settled upon a Sut-
ter Home White Zinfandel.
White Zinfandels come from
Zinfandel grapes, but are pro-
cessed differently to create
a semi-sweet ros instead
of a heartier red wine.
Our particular wine
was actually created by
mistake on the part of
Sutter Home Winery.
The accidental cre-
ation of this sweet
pink wine proved
to be incredibly
valuableWhite
Zinfandels are
now the third
most popular
type of wine in
the U.S.
When Bryce
frst smelled the wine he
initially noticed vanilla, but it matured
into lighter foral and berry notes with
undertones of melon. Overall, not the
most exciting nose to date.
Lets just say that this wine is
easy to drink. It is sweetakin
to a Rieslingbut far from a true
dessert wine. Our White Zin is
delicious on its own, by the glass
or bottle, but could pair with any-
thing you have on hand in your
dorm for snacks, such as Wheat
Thins or White Cheddar Cheez-
Its. But honestly, snacking just
takes time away from
drinking.
The taste of the
wine itself is like
creamy strawberries
with a slight nuance of
watermelon. This wine
has the unique ability to
be sipped orin Bran-
dons caseguzzled.
Like a good lover,
this wine has a gentle
and smooth mouthfeel
that makes you want to
keep drinking more. The
body was a little thin for
Brandons taste, but Bryce
preferred its lightness and
found the wine to be more
delicate than thin.
You may have noticed this
column is less snarky than
usual. This is probably due to
the fact that we loved this wine
so much, we could not think of
any disparaging comments about
it. For those of you who know us,
please try to contain your shock at
this revelation that we have found
Please see DINING, page 8
BEHIND THE NAME TAG
BY TOMMY LUNN
Please see AUDIT, page 9
LIAMFINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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their lunch by Brandy Staples.
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ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HOT WHEELS: Security has a storage facility for all recovered stolen bikesbut matching themto their
owners can be a long and di cult process, according to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.
Security donates unclaimed bikes to charity
BY KELSEY SCARLETT
ORIENT STAFF
Security no longer has to spin its
wheels about what to do with un-
claimed bikes. Bikes are the most
commonly stolen items on cam-
pus, and Security recovers dozens
of them each semester.
Security has implemented effec-
tive procedures to help owners re-
trieve their bikes.
Everything from emails, phone
calls, Digest postings, that sort of
thingwe do everything we possi-
bly can to match the owner up with
the bike, said Director of Safety and
Security Randall Nichols. We check
our databases, we check our stolen
bike reports, we check our lost prop-
erty reports. Many of the bikes we
are able to get back to the owners.
Registering bikes on Securitys
website makes the process of link-
ing owners to their bikes signifi-
cantly easier. Registration is free
of charge and students are given
a blue decal and a unique number
that identifies their bike.
The bike is then entered into
Securitys database, so that both
Bowdoin and off-campus agen-
cieslike the Brunswick Police
Departmentcan identify its own-
er if it is recovered.
Without registration, the pro-
cess of matching bikes to owners is
far more complicated.
When the bike is not registered,
it becomes very difficult because
[when] we take it in we have no
way of identifying who it belongs
to, and the person who owns the
bike often has a difficult time,
said Nichols. It may not be easy
for them to prove that they own
the bike.
To reduce bike theft on campus,
Security collects and stores bikes
left out during academic breaks.
If its registered, then we will
let the owner know we have it and
they can pick it up when they get
back, said Nichols. If its not reg-
istered then we hope the owner will
contact us. Often, we take students
to our bike storage room and have
them go through the bikes and see
if they can find theirs.
Nichols said that the Bowdoin
community is vigilant about bike
theft. There have been several oc-
casions when people have been
caught in the act of stealing a bike.
We had one of our officers in-
terrupt a bike theft in progress and
actually run down the person on
the bike. He was able to prevent
the bike from leaving campus and
the person was charged with theft,
said Nichols.
There are currently around 60
bikes in the bike warehouse, 40 of
which are being donated to North-
east Goodwill Industriesthe cen-
tral warehouse that distributes the
bikes to various Goodwill stores in
the region.
We used to deal with several
organizations, [but] as we distrib-
uted the bikes, that became a little
bit cumbersome, said Nichols. It
became a lot of work to do that
much handling of the bikes, as well
as a lot of administrative time.
DINING
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
I have a crate downstairs that I
started at the beginning of the school
year and its about three-quarters full.
Dining reached out to housekeep-
ers who ofen fnd dishes in common
areas within student dormitories.
Bouchard said she enjoys the ex-
change.
I usually bring my own food so
its a treat for me to go the dining
hall, she said.
Joyce Mayer, housekeeper for
buildings on Federal Street, cashes
in on the deal in the summer afer
students move out and leave behind
many dining dishes and silverware.
At the beginning of the summer, it
is very easy for housekeepers to fll
multiple crates.
I fnd dishes in the trash and Ill
pick them out, but I dont go looking
for them, said Mayer. I just want to
thank Dining for doing that and to
keep it up!
Hope Marsden, housekeeper for
Baxter House, prefers to pass her
dishes along to other housekeepers.
I give them to other people
since I dont eat in the dining
halls, said Marsden.
Te removal of dining hall dishware
and cutlery is increasingly becoming
an issue on other college campuses.
Cardone said that the University of
Montana recently reached out to other
institutions of higher education via a
Listserv email explaining that Montana
had been experiencing an increased
amount of thef in their facilities. Te
cost of replacing stolen items was start-
ing to add up quickly, and they asked
other schools for advice.
According to Cardone, the food
service director at the University of
Connecticut responded, Chopsticks,
order chopsticks.
ZINFULLY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
something that truly pleases us
both. This poses a difficulty in
terms of any criticism, but we be-
lieve that what has occurred here
this evening can only be labeled an
epiphany. What had we been doing
with our lives before we discovered
this wine?
We had been lost on a path
strewn with Barefoot Pinot Noir
and Franzia Crisp White, but to-
night we have found the one true
wine and it is Sutter Home White
Zinfandel.
If you are partial to Franzias Sun-
set Blush, set down that filthy bag
and grab a bottle of this wine. We
promise you wont be disappointed.
Additional Notes
Brandon: This wine is defi-
nitely a keeper. I can see myself in
20 years coming home from a long
day of therapy to a screaming child
and perpetually disappointed hus-
band, sneaking into my kitchen,
popping off the cork to a Sutter
Home White Zin and enjoying a
well deserved glass of juice.
Bryce: Why this wine isnt in
Capri Sun-like packaging is be-
yond me.

Nose:
Mouthfeel:
Body:
Taste:

Grab some Sutter Home White
Zinfandel before we drink it all.
Hannaford: $7.99.
the bowdoin orient friday, october 31, 2014 features 9
It is an unfortunate fact that many
people, especially at Bowdoin, do
not realize the importance of current
events in the grand scheme of history.
Alexanders experiences abroad have
come to highlight this. Although the
coziness of the Bowdoin Bubble is
comforting, we must realize how det-
rimental it is to our development as
citizens of the world.
Sometimes, we encounter a per-
son or event that jolts us out of the
complacency and asks us to engage
with challengingand sometimes
personalquestions about our
world around us. That was the
case just recently for Dan-
ny, when Burnett House
hosted a gathering
that addressed
the challenges
of navigating
spiritual and
religious expe-
rience on our
secular campus.
The posters for
the event, which was led
by Director of Religious and
Spiritual Life Bob Ives, made me
reflect on my own religion, its
standing in a rapidly changing
world and how it adapts to shift-
ing norms.
Both columnists are Catholic,
and we both had to deal with many
issues regarding our faith in recent
years. Most of Dannys spiritual
questioning revolves around the
incompatibility of church dogma
with his identity and its inability to
adapt to new social norms across
the world. However, Danny knows
that he is certainly not the only
individual that has grappled with
these questions.
This is why we both were excited
by Pope Francis announcement of
a synoda meeting of cardinals
and bishopsthat would reevalu-
ate the Churchs stance on issues of
homosexuality and unconventional
(unmarried or divorced) fami-
lies. With the calling of the synod,
which ended just last week, the cur-
rent Pope has guaranteed his legacy
as an empathetic and lenient, if not
socially progressive, pontiff.
Te Popes statement that Homo-
sexuals have gifs and qualities to of-
fer to the Christian community and
his assertion on Tuesday that the
Big Bang and evolution are compat-
ible with church doctrine have far-
reaching implica-
tions. Tey will make the Catholic
Church a more welcoming institu-
tion and will play a transformative
role in Catholicism for decades to
come. Tere is acknowledgement of
this fact both in the U.S. and abroad.
And yet at Bowdoin there was
very little discussion about these
landmark developments, despite
the rampant championing of liberal
ideals on our campus. I encoun-
tered a few nods of agreement or
the occasional, This Pope is awe-
some! from friends. In general,
however, much of our community
did not engage in substantive con-
versations on the progress that is
changing one of our worlds oldest
and most influential institutions.
Here on campus, as in the
U.S. at large, thoughts on the devel-
opment and remodeling of religion
usually focus on the danger of radi-
cal Islam and its ties to political and
security issues. While abroad in Qa-
tar, many of Alexanders academic
Recasting Catholicism: how current events now make history later
BY DANNY MEJIACRUZ AND
ALEXANDER THOMAS
CONTRIBUTORS
discussions have necessitated the
factoring in of religious fundamen-
talism. All the while however, less
fundamentalist interpretations of
religion permeate everyday life in
Qatar and people are well-versed in
current events.
When speaking of the Catho-
lic reforms, students in Qatar have
expressed interest in the fuidity of
Church doctrine, as well as a fascina-
tion with how the church is addressing
AUDIT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
gamble, the greater the discovery. Tis
kind of risk, it seems, is a form of seri-
ous playso serious, in fact, that if you
arent giving your full attention on ev-
ery level of your being to what you are
learning, you may miss the moment
when your real calling becomes clear.
You wouldnt want to be in the posi-
tion, as an old saying has it, of gaining
the whole world and losing your soul.
Te students in this seminar get this
message; they thrive on the challenge;
they love the play. Put simply, theyre
amazing. Ive asked some students
how the demands of this course com-
pare with their other courses. Tey ac-
knowledge that the reading load is a bit
heavy, but claim that the course is very
manageable. I also asked if they minded
having auditors present in class. Surpris-
ingly, they like itor at least they say
they do. One student said, I really like it
when auditors speak up in class, because
they have more to say about life than we
do. Teyve lived more of it.
Even Collings, himself, admits that
hes still wrestling with the questions
discussed in this course. Who am I?...
What really matters?...What can I learn
from the past?...What does it mean to
be human?... How should I spend my
life, my energies, my gifs?
Afer every class, I take the long
walk across the quad with one of the
other auditors, a fellow member of the
Bowdoin Class of 1964. We recap the
ideas discussed that day. We marvel
at the professor and the students. And
we head home to prepare for the next
class, just hoping we can survive the
next time the harpoon fnds its mark.
David Treadwell is a Brunswick
writer and reader for Bowdoins Of ce
of Admissions. He can be reached at
dtreadw575@aol.com. Tis piece was
reprinted with permission from the
Brunswick Times Record.
the challenges posed by modernity.
Additionally, many of Alexan-
ders conversations have focused
on the similar challenges that Ca-
tholicism and Islam face today. His
peers have articulated the hope
that our generation of religious
youth can learn something from
one another as we both grapple
with our faith. Yet even as the Pope
in Rome declared the validity of
the Big Bang and evolution, Al-
exander notes that aspects of reli-
gious culture in Quatar contradict
recent Catholic progress. For ex-
ample, no one in his host country
believes in evolution.
Realizing and engaging with
these important differences be-
tween religions and cultures, and
understanding how they affect
perspectives on global events is
absolutely essential in our global-
ized world.
Every day, Bowdoin students are
exposed to news of whats happen-
ing in the world. Sometimes, as is
the case now, we are given oppor-
tunities to discuss subjects such as
religion and what it means in our
secular society.
Taking part in conversations
about these issues does more than
keep us well informed. Whether
you are reading of happenings far
away or immersing yourself in a
different culture for a semester, en-
gaging with international discourse
offers us the ability to appreciate
the historical scope of significant
current events.
Just as in our last column, which
examined the complex nature and
oftentimes confused perspectives
on ISIS, we encourage our peers to
unabashedly engage in these some-
times uncomfortable conversations.
Realizing and acknowledg-
ing the importance of significant
events and developments, like the
future of the religion of 1.2 billion
people around the globe, is not
academic. It is the first step in be-
coming an engaged world citizen.
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
10 the bowdoin orient friday, october 31, 2014
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
2004. Goodale has been working on
her present project on endangered
and threatened species of Maine
since 2000. She is also the director for
the Center of Book Arts at the Uni-
versity of Southern Maine.
Goodales books fuse together read-
ing and art and range in style from pop-
up to fanning to wedding cake. She em-
ploys printmaking techniques including
silkscreen, block print and collagraph.
Bowdoin Art Societys 340 Miles North transforms Ladd into gallery
Anyone strolling through Memo-
rial Hall at some point in the past
few weeks has most likely heard
laughter, shouts, singing or boom-
ing voices emanating from the
various rehearsal rooms scattered
throughout the building.
Those noises coming from re-
hearsals for the Department of
Theater and Dances production of
Molires The Imaginary Invalid,
directed by Assistant Professor of
Theater Abigail Killeen with the
help of Assistant Director Anna
Morton 15.
The showwhich first premiered
at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
in 2012is an adaptation of French
playwright Molieres 1673 comedy.
According to Morton, Bowdoin
students will find it funny and ac-
cessible.
Ive had a lot of fun working on
it so far, she said.
Morton jumped at the opportu-
nity to assist on the show, albeit at
the last minute. She explained that
Killeen looked for help in the first
few days of the semester, asking if Please see INVALID, page 11
BY LOUISA MOORE
STAFF WRITER
Theater department to premiere
zany comedy Imaginary Invalid
BY OLIVIA ATWOOD
ORIENT STAFF
anyone would be willing to assist
her on the show because Killeen
was acting in a professional show
off-campus.
She told me about her vision for
the show, said Morton. She was
interested in letting someone have a
more hands on experience and she
was like, I feel you could handle
it. I said I wanted do it and it hap-
pened quickly.
Morton studied dramaturgy at
the Williamstown Theater Festi-
val over the summer is currently
enrolled in a course on directing
taught by Professor of Theater Da-
vis Robinson. She said it has been
valuable to have this real world ex-
perience with directing.
There have been a couple of
rehearsals where Abby hasnt been
able to be there and its been inter-
esting for me to figure out how to
command the room, said Morton.
While some might find it odd
or difficult to direct their friends,
Morton has found it engaging.
Its fun to look at my friends from
a diferent perspective, said Mor-
ton. Its fun to watch them grow.
The actors agree that the process
has been rewarding so far.
Its a really great show, said
Trevor Murray 16. The comedy in
it is phenomenal.
The show is challenging for Mur-
ray, who plays three characters, but
he is enjoying it anyway.
Theres something very fun
about trying to bring three charac-
ters to life in a unique way, he said.
Yesterday, Ladd House under-
went a transformation into an art
gallery. The normally bare walls
are now lined with photographs
and paintings, and the typically
empty common rooms hold in-
teractive exhibits and sculptures
all part of the show 340 Miles
North, sponsored by the Bowdoin
Art Society (BAS).
The point of the show is to
showcase the vibrancy of the
[Bowdoin] arts scene to [the Col-
lege] and greater community, said
Tom Rosenblatt 16, co-director of
the BAS.
The art was organized through-
out the house by medium. The
yellow dining room holds two-di-
mensional work and the fireplace
room displays three-dimensional
sculptures. There is an installa-
tion piece in the basement and
the chapter room is repurposed
as a multimedia showroom. Last
night, there was an a cappella per-
formance by the Longfellows at the
opening of 340 Miles Northa
title that refers to Brunswicks dis-
tance from New York City.
Many of the works are photo-
graphswhich were popular sub-
missions because everyone has a
camera, according to Emma Wheel-
er 15, artistic director of the BAS.
Around 35 artists submitted 120
pieces to this years show. The BAS
tries to accept the majority of the
work it receives.
[If ] this is something the cam-
pus would enjoy, [if ] this is some-
Combining contemporary art and
the history of endangered Maine
species, book artist Rebecca Goo-
dale gave an illustrated lecture on
her most recent project, Treatened
and Endangered: Flora and Fauna
of Maine, on Tuesday evening in
Kresge Auditorium.
Goodales accompanying works
are currently on display as part of
the George J. Mitchell Department
of Special Collections and Archives
at Bowdoins Hawthorne-Longfellow
Library. Goodale spoke to a full au-
dience of students, faculty and com-
munity members while showcasing
images of pieces from the project.
Te exhibition of Goodales works
runs alongside Envisioning Extinc-
tions: Art as a Witness and Con-
science, by Associate Professor of
Art Susan Wegner. Te latter exhibit
ofers a historical, text-based look at
the extinction of the passenger pi-
geon in the early 20th century. Goo-
dales exhibit looks at the topic of
preserving fora and fauna through
the lens of contemporary art. Both
exhibits have been on display in
the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
since September 1.
It occurred to me that we could
complement the historical exhibit with
one that refected the same themes but
through [Goodales] contemporary
art, said Richard Lindemann, director
of the George J. Mitchell Department
of Special Collections and Archives.
Lindemann and his staf acquire
and make accessible texts and mate-
rials that are too rare, expensive or
fragile to appear in the general col-
lection. Just recently, the department
Book artist Goodale speaks about Maine wildlife
expanded its collections to include
more artists books. Book art is a me-
dium through which artists realize art
through the form of a book. Special
Collections has acquired one copy of
each of Goodales artists books.
Tis relationship provides Goo-
dale with a means of storing and
sharing her work, while allowing the
library to use her materials for teach-
ing and exhibition purposes.
Special Collections frst presented
Goodales work in an exhibition in
thing that we think deserves to be
displayed, it will be in the show,
said Sophia Cheng 15, the curato-
rial director of the BAS.
Last year, the BAS hosted the
same show, also over Family
Weekend. The 2013 show featured
a popular interactive installation
made from red Solo cups. Guests
were invited to add their own cups
to the piece.
The club was founded last year
to make art by Bowdoin students
more accessible, and after a suc-
cessful version of 340 Miles
North last year and the Delta
Sigma/Delta Upsilon Art Show in
Smith Union, it has started to find
its footing on campus.
Weve gotten a lot better at pro-
ducing [shows] and having a more
seamless process, said Rosenblatt.
Tis years show is similar to
last years, but focuses more on the
theme of image. Tis theme is mani-
fest in the basement installation
created in collaboration with the di-
rectorial board of the BAS and the
Sculpture I class taught by Assistant
Professor of Art Jackie Brown.
The basement walls are coated in
aluminum. Strings of yellow smi-
ley face stress balls hang from the
ceiling. The installation is meant
to explore the nature of public im-
age, the meaning of brands and to
The show will be playing in Wish
Theater November 6-8 at 7 p.m.
Free tickets are available at the
Smith Union information desk
and will also be available
at the door.
BY BRIDGET WENT
STAFF WRITER
Please see GOODALE, page 12
Please see SOCIETY, page 12
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
LEAFING THROUGH: Rebecca Goodales book art works are currently exhibited at Hawthorne-
Longfellow Library. She gave a lecture about her work and its signicance on Tuesday evening.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH AND SHANNON DEVENY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NORTHERN LIGHTS: (Left) Emily Martin 15 and Joe Lake 15 in a performance art piece at Bowdoin Art Societys 340 Miles Northshow, which opened at
Ladd House last night; (right) a student views a photograph at the show, which had 120 submissions this year in a variety of artistic media.
the bowdoin orient friday, october 31, 2014 a&e 11
HIPSTER DRIVEL
MATTHEW GOODRICH
BY ELLEN CAHILL
ORIENT STAFF
Miranda Hall 18 began writ-
ing music at the age of 13 and has
since become an accomplished
and passionate singer-songwriter.
Some people need to play
sports. Some people need to
paint. I need to sing, she said. I
wouldnt be completely living if I
werent singing.
When she was younger, Hall
also taught herself to play the
acoustic guitar with help from
her father.
While Hall has been writing for
a long time, she has always been
nervous to perform her music.
This summer, however, Hall
tested her courage by performing
on the streets of Seattle.
When I first
started writing
I would show
[my songs] to
my friends,
but I was too
nervous to
perform in
front of peo-
ple, she said.
Per f or mi ng
on the street
this summer was a challenge that
I gave to myself. I wanted to see if
I was brave enough to perform for
people who had never met me.
Hall stood on the streets and
opened her case, hoping to pique
the interest of those passing by.
It was never to make money, it
was just to be brave, she said. If
you are genuinely pouring your
heart out to someone with words
you wrote, there is no way people
wont stop and listen.
One of the most memorable
moments of her summer came in
the form of a gif from a young fan.
I was singing Alicea song
that I wrote about Alice in Won-
derlandto a little girl, and I
could tell that she was really lis-
tening to me, she said. After-
wards, she came up to me a gave
me the stuffed animal she was
holding, and I still have it.
Another one of Halls favorite
memories is when a man asked to
join her performance.
I was singing No Diggity
and a jazz musician came up to
me and started playing with me,
she said.
Hall loves to write music,
whether she is writing a song for
herself, for someone else, or is just
inspired randomly. She said she
tries to capture and show a feel-
ing through her wordsSinging
allows me to capture the beautiful
moments in life. The first song I
wrote was when I was looking out
the window in California and it
was raining. I just wanted to cap-
ture how calm that moment was,
she said.
Halls favorite musician is Ed
Sheeran because she said he com-
pletely enchants his listeners.
Whenever he sings you can
tell he is just sharing himself with
the listeners. she said. I went to
his concert when I was 16 and I
waited for four hours after the
concert to meet him. He signed
my purse and I made friends with
his security guard while I waited.
At Bowdoin, Hall is involved
with the Bowdoin Music Collective
(BMC) and is interested in bring-
ing singer-songwriters together.
Te BMC
puts on music
events and per-
formances, she
said. I have
performed at
Unplugged and
pop-up open
mic nights,
as well as the
Baxter Cofee
House.
In addition to the BMC, Mi-
randa is a part of the Bowdoin
Outing Club, the Salsa Club and
the Bowdoin Art Society.
Hall is releasing a new single
on November 1 called White
Car. She has already released an
EP named Kingdom that can be
found on iTunes and Spotify.
Im not signed with any label,
but I think that if you have a pas-
sion, the only thing holding you
back is self-doubt, she said.
Hall ran a Kickstarter to raise
money for her musical endeavor.
She promised to write songs for
people if they donated.
I got an email from a man in
Afghanistan asking me to write
a song for his wife, and I was so
excited, she said. There was a
great response.
Hall said she truly believes in
following her passions and shar-
ing them with others.
If you love something and you
are genuine, people will respond,
she said. Im going to keep sing-
ing and putting myself out there.
If all else fails, this is something
Ill do in my dorm room on Mon-
day nights.
Check out Halls EP Kingdom on
iTunes and look out for her new
single White Car, which will be
released November 1.
Before Vampire Weekend proved
it was more than an Ivy League nov-
elty, before Frank Ocean crooned
his way into our bedsheets, before
LCD Soundsystem bade farewell to
a generation of dance-punk con-
verts, before Nicki Minaj silenced
the haters with her spitfire
feature on Monster, and
before Mark Kozelek told
the War on Drugs to suck
it, I listened to Taylor Swift.
Once, an age ago, I
was a romantic. You may
not know this about me.
There might be a posi-
tive correlation between
acne and sentimental-
ity, or pubescence and
feelings, or maybe this
teenager was just born
to pine.
My stoic de-
meanor and baggy
shirt hid an ex-
ploding heart (the
metaphor, not the
band). I once de-
livered roses to a
girl at the ballet.
When I couldn't
bear the weight
of the heartbreak
that my adolescence
invited, I'd close the
door to my self-hate-
nest, cozy up to a teddy
bear, and break out my
Tay Sway. I loved Fearless.
I think Swift is very good at
what she does. Even as a moody
male teen I identified with her
love-lorn characters. Her transi-
tion from bright-eyed, tug-at-your-
heart-strings acoustic classics to
four-on-the-floor pop hits felt in-
evitable, but she has done it with
elegance.
That is why I would not call her
a guilty pleasurewhy should we
be ashamed of enjoying good craft?
But sadly, the magic has run out. If
Taylor Swift's new album 1989,
is guilty of something, it's of never
even entering the orbit of guilty
pleasure.
I stopped listening to Taylor
Swift after making my blood pact
with hipsterdom.
In fact, I stopped listening to fe-
male artists at all. In switching of
the car stereo, I not only turned
away from the trite lyrics and pre-
dictable chord progressions of the
Top 40, but also fed from a land
where queens reigned supreme. Te
Best New Music section of Pitchfork
was flled with edgy actsthough
most were all-male outfts.
Convincing myself that I only liked
to listen to lead singers who were
male, I firted with, and fell for, the
homoeroticism of Franz Ferdinand.
I bought my frst pair of skinny
jeans, donning a sultry look that put
the sexual in metrosexual (no
high-end accoutrement could aford
me the prefx) and channeled my
teenage heartbreak into the aesthetic
of a wounded but snobbish hunk.
I found romance not in Taylor
Swift's high school dramas, but in
Arcade Fire's tragic tales of love
and woe and in the Civil War shan-
ties of the Decemberists.
At the turn of the decade, the
phallocentricity of the Great Al-
bums canon makes it read like the
Great Books canon. I mean this al-
most literally, with Sufjan Steven's
biblical history lessons and the ro-
mantic erudition of Bon Iver.
Where are the women in the Best
With Taylor Swift, its complicated
Of lists? Te collapse of punk in the
early 1990s gave birth to an aggres-
sive female style, as bands like Bikini
Kill and Sleater-Kinney upended es-
sentialist notions of femininity.
Of the top thirty albums of the
1990s, according to Pitchfork,
only one can claim the appellation
feminist: Liz Phair's Exile in
Guyville. (The only other female
artist in the top thirty is Bjork,
though a handful of the bands list-
ed have female members.)
The riot grrrl movement of
the 1990s was at the mar-
gins of marginalized music.
Compare the riot grrrl to
the trope of the sensitive
male singer-songwriter of
today. With his aching fal-
setto, skin-tight denim, and
wistful coo, he approaches
the classical feminine with
more commercial success
and cultural cach than
the riot grrrls. At what
point does masculine
sensitivity edge out fe-
male versatility?
Tis is just to say that
there are women who
compose fearless pop
music who should not
be eclipsed by the bland
pop afect Taylor Swif
adopts on 1989.
Mary Timony, best
known for her work
in Helium in the mid-
90s, comes to mind.
The snotty power-pop
of the debut of her new
band, Ex Hex, is mem-
orable without resort-
ing to the generic yawns
rampant in 1989.
Ex Hex may contribute
nothing new to a long tradition of
garage rock, but to hear a trio of
women perfecting the art of rock-
ing the fuck out with insta-classic
riffs is a sonic windfall.
Speaking of rocking the fuck
out, Sleater-Kinney announced its
return in style with its first new
song in nearly a decade. Bury
Our Friends is a three-minute
whirlwind of slashing guitars dur-
ing which Corin Tucker and Car-
rie Brownstein exchange yelps as
sharp as the cuts of a rapier. Their
advice: Exhume our idols, bury
our friends! Maybe it's time we
put down the Taylor Swift and
dusted off our Bikini Kill. Let's dig
up a better sort of feminist. Resur-
rect the riot grrrl.
INVALID
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
If you are genuinely pouring
your heart out to someone with
words you wrote, there is no way
people wont stop and listen
MIRANDA HALL 18
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Miranda Hall 18
NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PLAY ON: Hall plays the acoustic guitar, a skill she tested on the streets of Seattle this summer.
Murray said that he has benefit-
ed from working with Killeen
Shes great, said Murray. She re-
ally knows what she wants. She has a
real vision for how she wants the play
to come together and she is phenom-
enal at giving very specifc advice on
how to improve our scenes.
Shes so enthusiastic about the
theater world, Morton said.
Morton said that having a dual
relationship with Killeenstudent
and assistant directorhas been
an interesting experience.
Its cool to be her student, while
working with her in a more official
capacity, said Morton. I get dif-
ferent viewpoints and she has been
so inclusive with me, keeping me
involved in the process. Any big
decisionshe consults me.
Evan Horwitz 15, who was pre-
cast in the role of Argan, the typi-
cal main role in the show, hesitated
to declare himself the lead or an-
chor of the show.
Its a show that really has a
nice ensemble feel and it only re-
ally pops and its only really funny
when were all working together
and were all on the same page,
said Horwitz.
Horwitz also noted one of the
shows greatest strengths is the
cast members varying levels of
Murray also revealed his biggest
worry about the showthat the
audience members might not enjoy
themselvesbut said he was confi-
dent that the cast would entertain.
You know, I think everyone has
this inherent fear that a show is not
going to be received well, but thats
just because you dont really have
this outside view of a show once
you become so invested in it, he
said. But I think the show is going
to be received really well.
Morton said she also has her fair
share of nerves.
Ive never had this experience
of not being in a show, and hav-
ing so much invested in it, said
Morton. Im just nervous, period.
Now its up to these actors, and I
have to take a leap of faith.
The cast members all said they
were excited to see what happens
when they take the Wish Theater
stage November 6, 7 and 8.
Weve been having a lot of fun, said
Horwitz. Really, weve been playing.
Its a show that really has a nice
ensemble feel and it only really pops [...]
when were all working together
TREVOR MURRAY 16
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
theater experience.
It adds a life to the show that we
have first years and sophomores
and seniors and juniors. We have
a really nice group dynamic with a
lot of different people, he said.
12 a&e friday, october 31, 2014 the bowdoin orient
In the summer of 1987, the Col-
lege ordered renovations to be done
on frst-year brick Appleton Hall.
Restorations to the dorm were fairly
routine until a crew of workers en-
tered the basement and arrived at a
horrifying scene: an array of skulls
and skeletons, arranged in fantastic
disorder, as the Philadelphia Eve-
ning Telegraph described in an ar-
ticle published that year.
Te story quickly spread through-
out the countryin a matter of
months, newspapers as far as Chica-
go, Ill. and Topeka, Kansas reported
on the scandalous fnding. Some
went as far as to say that there were
several sets of human remains, a
cof n and torture instruments pres-
ent in the basement, all believed to
be lef over from old hazing rituals
at the College. Others claimed the
story was overhyped and that no
human remains were ever found.
Te truth remains unclear.
Te story of Appletons Cham-
ber of Horrors is one of several
included in Haunted Bowdoin Col-
lege, a book by Senior Interactive
Developer David Francis that was
published this September. Other
tales in the text involve supernatu-
ral encounters in Adams Hallthe
former Medical School of Maine,
where cadavers were stored in the
basement and dissected on the up-
per-level foorsand other campus
buildings, like 111 year-old Hub-
bard Hall.
Francis interest in Bowdoins
supernatural past started when he
moved to Brunswick nine years ago.
As a person with a longstanding in-
terest in local history, he quickly be-
gan assembling a plan to give ghost
tours of the College.
It had gotten to be around Hal-
loween time and I just started
thinking to myself, were on this
200-plus year-old campus in New
Englandthere ought to be some
ghost stories, Francis said. So I
started asking a lot of people who
had worked here for a long time
and they didnt really have much
to give me, but I kept digging and
doing more research and eventually
started hearing some good stories.
Afer an article was published
about Francis in a January 2014
issue of the Orient, a publisher
reached out to him, wanting more.
Te History Press just called me
up and said, We think there could
be a book in this if youre interested
in doing it, Francis said. And I
certainly was.
Tough Haunted Bowdoin Col-
lege is available for purchase at the
Bowdoin Bookstore and other book-
sellers, Francis continues to give
tours by request. He has also created
a mobile version of the tour, available
online. Francis will be leading two
tours this weekend for Family Week-
endone on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and
one on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
On tours, certain buildings like
Adams are known to perform, ac-
cording to Francis.
If you go down to the basement
[of Adams], you can still see the
areas where they stuffed the bod-
ies into the walls, said Francis.
Ive gone down there and there
have been strange sort of knocking
sounds that have creeped people
out. They think that Im doing it
but Im not.
Lurking legends of a haunted campus
BY MEG ROBBINS
ORIENT STAFF
explore what creates authenticity
in image.
The BAS is holding the show in
Ladd House to draw as many visi-
tors as possible.
One of our missions is try-
ing to expand the culture of who
has seen art on campus and to be
further reaching in that sense,
said Wheeler. We felt if it was in
a [College House], more people
would come through, perhaps just
accidentally.
Because of Ladds central loca-
tion, Wheeler believes that it at-
tracts a wider range of Bowdoin
students outside of the first years
and sophomores that usually fre-
quent College Houses.
In addition to the art shows,
BAS holds weekly meetings to
discuss art and collaborates with
other groups to create installations
like the one in the Ladd basement.
The BAS has other major plans
for the future. Members are work-
ing on a public art initiative to dis-
play art on campus and a Bowdoin
Journal of Art for undergraduates
across the nation to publish their
scholarly art history writings.
For now, however, it seems that
340 Miles North will remain a
staple in the Societys agenda, al-
lowing students to appreciate the
work of their peers.
340 Miles North will be open
through Sunday of Parents Week-
end in Ladd House.
SOCIETY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
Students of Carrie Scangas print-
making classes were required to at-
tend the event, and will be working
with Goodale in class next week. Te
class members will make their own
artist books later in the semester.
From the Hairstreak Butterfy to
wild ginger to the Clematis fower,
Goodales books involve colorful de-
pictions of various endangered spe-
cies native to Maine. Color is central
to all pieces and many take on three-
dimensional form, from strings of
water lilies to an accordion-style fag
book of silkscreened willows.
Capturing a sense of place is cen-
tral to Goodales work. She travels
around Maine seeking inspiration
from the states most precious fora
and fauna, ofen carrying just a
drawing pad and disposable camera.
The books of Goodales endan-
gered species project inspire an at-
tentiveness to environmentalism,
science and ethics. While her works
endorse an important ecological
cause, garnering activist support
isnt her main objective. Goo-
dale hopes her books engender an
awareness of humankinds impact
on species endangerment among
her audience, simply through the
beauty of her art.
I am a big believer of beauty, of
good design, of good use of color,
said Goodale.
GOODALE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
Maddy Livaudais 16 found
Goodales artistic process relevant
to the curriculum of her Printmak-
ing I class.
I liked that she tries to be rep-
resentative of the plants or animals
that shes drawing, but not precise to
the point that it has to be exact, said
Livaudais.
Goodale emphasized that her
works are focused more on color,
form and movement than on scientif-
ic precision. While most of her books
solely consist of artwork, several also
incorporate brief segments of poetry.
I like to write because it gets me
somewhere I cant get to in the stu-
dio, said Goodale.
Cheryl Lewis and Norine Kotts,
friends of Goodales and admirers of
her work, attended the event, eager
to learn more about her art.
It was great to spend this amount
of time learning about what informs
her decisions, around color and size
in particular, said Kotts.
Its always nice to look at the pro-
cess, Lewis added.
Linemann hopes that the audi-
encestudents in particulargain
not just an appreciation for Goo-
dales current project, but also for
the Department of Special Collec-
tions and Archives.
We have a vested interest in
having our collections be better
known, Lindemann said. So my
hope would be that [the audience]
appreciate the fact that the library
has an eclectic and wide-ranging
collection of materials that might
be of use to their interests.
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GHOST WRITER: Francis has written an account of Bowdoins secret ghoulish underside.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MISSING LYNX: Goodales book art addresses issues regarding wild cats: the lynx and the bobcat.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MOOD MUSIC: Steve Cho 17 provides musical accompaniment at 340 Miles Northon Thursday.
SPORTS
the bowdoin orient 13 friday, october 31, 2014
Field hockey secures No. 1 seed
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SHOTS FIRED: MeredithTibbals 18 attempts a shot in the eld hockey teams nal regular season game. The win clinched home eld advantage for Bowdoin.
SCORECARD
Sat 10/25
Tu 10/28
at Colby
v. Tufts
W
W
3-0
3-1
Football suffered a heart-
wrenching loss Saturday, getting
shut out by Wesleyan 35-0. The
Polar Bears offense failed to over-
come the Cardinals defense, which
stifled them to only 170 yards of
total offense during the game.
Theyre a good team, said
Head Coach Dave Caputi. We
didnt put out our best perfor-
mancecoaches and players. Its
really that simple.
On Wesleyans last possession in
the first quarter, the team scored
a touchdown with a 15-yard pass
into the Bowdoin endzone. Cardi-
nal senior quarterback Jesse War-
ren completed the touchdown pass
to wide receiver Josh Hurwitz.
On the following Bowdoin pos-
session, quarterback Mac Caputi
15 was sacked twice to send the
Polar Bears back on the defensive.
The Cardinals proceeded to
SCORECARD
Sat 10/18 at Wesleyan L 35-0
Mens soccer completes
middling season on high note
We have been able to n-
ish our season on such a high
note in large part thanks to the
wake up call we recieved the
weekend of the Hamilton and
Williams games.
BRIDGET MCCARTHY 16
The mens soccer team rebound-
ed from a loss to Colby over the
weekend with a 2-2 draw against
Tufts on Wednesday.
The Jumbos were ranked 12th
nationally before the game and the
draw earned the Bears the sixth
seed in the NESCAC tournament,
which begins this weekend.
In the game against Colby, the
Polar Bears were neck-and-neck
with the Mules until they con-
ceded a goal with only 12 minutes
remaining in the game.
Despite many injuried players,
Bowdoin played evenly with the
Mules for most of the game.
I think we played OK, Head
Coach Scott Wiercinski said.
Colby is a team that is a lot better
than they have been, and they are
very committed and play with a lot
urgency, which is difficult to play
against sometimes.
It wasnt our best game, but its
something that we learned a lot
from and its important to get a
game like that out of the way right
before the playoffs, said senior
captain Eric Goitia.
Colby held a 7-4 edge on shots,
but Bowdoin led 4-2 on corner kicks.
They defended really well after
they scored, Wiercinski said. We
created a few chances but most of
them were kind of half chances,
not really great chances.
The loss dropped Bowdoin to
4-5 in conference play, and 8-6 in
the season overall. Colby improved
to 3-5-2 in the league, and 7-5-3
overall.
In Wednesdays game against Tufs
Bowdoin conceded the frst goal in the
16th minute. Te league-leading Jum-
bos continued to control possession
BY ELI LUSTABDER
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sat 10/25
Wed 10/29
at Colby
v. Tufts
L
T
1-0
2-2
Football continues to sink in shutout by Wesleyan
march up the field to the Bowdoin
end zone on the ensuing posses-
sion, starting the second quarter
with an 11-play campaign to score.
Warren passed to Hurwitz again,
bringing the score to 14-0.
Tim Drakeley 17 took over as
quarterback for Bowdoin in the
second quarter. Aside from one
short possession in the third,
Drakeley played as quarterback for
the remainder of the game.
At the end of the second, Wes-
leyan pulled off another scoring
strike against Bowdoin in a seven-
play 61-yard drive for the touch-
down. This time, Warren com-
pleted a pass to tight end Jon Day
to close in the last three yards of
the play. The Cardinals had a 21-0
advantage at the break.
Both teams traded possession of
the ball for the opening minutes
of the third quarter. Bowdoins
defensive back Dan Johnson 15
intercepted a pass from Warren,
but the Polar Bears were unable to
capitalize on the opportunity and
did not make it past their own 15-
yard line.
During the next Wesleyan pos-
session, Jay Fabian caught a 10-yard
BY NICOLE FELEO
STAFF WRITER
Field hockey defeated Colby and
Tufs this week to fnish the regular
season atop the NESCAC standings
and earn hosting rights for the upcom-
ing conference tournament. Te Polar
Bears (9-1 NESCAC, 14-1 overall) eased
past Colby 4-1 last Saturday in Water-
ville and rounded out their regular sea-
son Wednesday night with a 4-0 win at
home against the Jumbos.
Hosting rights could prove im-
portant in the NESCAC tourna-
ment. Bowdoin and Middlebury
have met in the last three NESCAC
championship games, two of which
went into overtime and the other
saw a decisive goal scored with less
than two minutes remaining. Te
home team emerged victorious in all
three contests.
Te Polar Bears, however, are focused
on tomorrows quarterfnal against
Hamilton (2-8 NESCAC, 6-9 overall),
not a possible rematch with Middlebury
in the championship.
At the moment were just incred-
ibly proud that we fnished top of the
NESCAC, said Head Coach Nicky
Pearson. To be honest, currently that
just gives us the right to two practices
and one more game. Were not look-
ing any further forward then the next
couple of practices and playing Ham-
ilton on Saturday.
Bowdoin took the lead fve min-
utes into Wednesday nights game
against Tufs (6-4 NESCAC, 11-4
overall), when senior Colleen
Finnerty took a shot from the top of
the circle that Rachel Kennedy 16
redirected into the net.
Kennedy struck again fifteen
minutes later. Shortly after the
Polar Bears failed to convert off a
penalty corner, she latched on to a
loose ball in front of goal and back-
handed it between two Tufts de-
fenders and past the diving goalie.
Kennedy notched a third goal with
10 minutes remaining in the frst
half, bringing the ball into the Jum-
bos circle and laying it of for Adri-
enne ODonnell 15 on the right side.
ODonnell took the ball to the end
line and centered it for Kennedy, who
tucked it into the lef side of the net.
ODonnell played in the midfeld
last year and developed a connection
with Kennedy, but the two have had
to recalibrate their partnership since
ODonnell began playing as a forward
this year.
This year more so it has to be a
little ball, a very direct ball to her,
and I think we both worked re-
ally hard to make that connection,
ODonnell said. A lot of times we
can get the speed advantage on the
Please see FIELD HOCKEY page 17
Last week the womens soccer
team finished with back-to-back
wins to secure a top-four finish
in the NESCAC and thus host its
conference quarterfinal playoff
game tomorrow against Tufts at
1:30 p.m.
On a trip to Waterville on Satur-
day to face Colby (7-7-1), the team
earned a 3-0 shutout victory.
The Polar Bears
took off early in
the game as Mag-
gie Godley 16
netted the matchs
first goal 11:34
into the game off
of a pass from
Jamie Hofsetter
16. From there
Bowdoin never
looked back
burying two more
goals, including
another from Godley, to clinch the
3-0 shutout.
In their final regular season
game on Tuesday, Bowdoin hosted
the team that will be its playoff
opponent, Tufts (7-6-2 overall,
2-6-1 NESCAC). The game was a
rematch from last years NESCAC
tournament, when the Jumbos beat
Bowdoin 2-1.
It was Godley again who spurred
the initial attack for the Polar
Bears, heading in a cross sent into
the box by teammate Abby Einwag
15 in the first few minutes of the
contest.
The Polar Bears struck again
twenty minutes into the first half
with a goal by Evan Fencik 17.
Tufts was able to find the back
of the net late in the first half. But,
thanks to a strong performance
by goalie Bridget McCarthy 16,
Bowdoin held off the Jumbo attack
for the rest of the game and was
even able to add a third goal, this
time from Kiersten Turner 16 to
seal the 3-1 win.
McCarthy has been a solid in
the net all seasonstarting every
game and enabling three shut-
outs. McCarthy credits her and the
teams current success on the real-
ity check it faced midway through
the season.
We have been able to finish our
season on such a
high note in large
part thanks to the
wake up call we
received the week-
end of the Hamil-
ton and Williams
games, she said.
I think those
losses really
showed us that we
have to give a per-
fect effort in every
game we play, re-
gardless of the opponent.
The team is now set to take a
run at the NESCAC playoffs sitting
as the second seed tied with Con-
necticut College at 8-2-0 in confer-
ence play.
Although the team came up
short last year, the Polar Bears are
confident that they have a squad
this season that can take them
deep into the playoffs.
We have a really talented fresh-
man class that has seamlessly woven
itself into our line-up, said captain
Kaley Nelson 15. Our team cama-
raderie and chemistry is essential to
BY COOPER HEMPHILL
STAFF WRITER
pass into the Bowdoin endzone
with 4:42 left in the third quarter.
At the start of the fourth, the
Cardinals advanced their lead once
again by opening with a slow but
steady 15-play drive down the field
which ended with a 7-yard touch-
down pass by Wesleyans prolific
duoWarren and Hurwitz. The
Polar Bears, unable to drum any-
thing up on offense, ended the
game down 35-0.
Caputi and Drakeley went a
combined 11-27 (41 percent) pass-
ing for 147 yards. Running back
Tyler Grant 17, who broke Bow-
doins carry record in a 208-yard
performance against Tufts two
weeks ago, had a lackluster day on
the ground, rushing for 52 yards
on 17 carries. Wide receiver Dan-
iel Barone 16 caught three passes
for 43 yards.
On the defensive side, line-
backer Brendan Lawler 16 made
a game-high 12 tackles. Defensive
back Jibrail Coy 16 and linebacker
Bjorn Halvorson 17 made nine
tackles apiece.
Bowdoins season record now
Womens soccer ends season in
top form with three straight wins
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Please see W SOC page 14
Please see M SOC page 16
BY GARRETT CASEY
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sat 10/25
Wed 10/29
at Colby
v. Tufts
W
W
4-1
4-0
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ANISA LAROCHELLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BY ALEX VASILE
ORIENT STAFF
Maggie Godley 16 put away
Bowdoins first two goals in Sat-
urdays 3-0 win at Colby and
scored again in Tuesdays win
over Tufts. She has struck first
for the Polar Bears in each of
their last three games.
With the exception of an
u n a s s i s t e d ,
18-yard chip
against Colby,
Godley has
c o ns i s t e nt l y
found herself
in a place to
score within
the teams ag-
gressive offen-
sive system.
A forward throughout high
school and her first two years
at Bowdoin, Godley moved
to midfield this year but feels
comfortable playing upfield on
a team that puts an emphasis on
getting numbers forward.
With my background as a
forward, I definitely favor at-
tacking, Godley said, [Senior
captain] Kaley Nelson is a very
strong defender. I have faith
that if I make an attacking run,
shell be able to cover me.
Nelson said that Godleys
technical skill and work ethic
are her most admirable quali-
ties.
She is constantly willing to
outwork her opponent, Nelson
said. She is also incredibly ver-
satile, knowing when to give the
ball up or take a player on off
the dribble.
Godley said Bowdoin has at-
tempted to get pressure behind
the ball this
season and
move as a unit
after forcing
turnovers. The
team has also
tried to stretch
the field as
much as pos-
sible and dom-
inate play with
its speedy forwards. This takes
possession away from the other
teams midfield.
We try to vary the way we at-
tack, Godley said. But for the
most part, I would say we work
it through the midfeld, move it
wide, and try to get it to our for-
wards. My favorite ball to get is
one over the top where I can run
to it, dribble and get past some-
one, taking it down the line to get
a cross or a corner out of it.
Because of the teams style of
play, Godley said she has not
found as many scoring oppor-
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Maggie Godley 16

WOMENS SOCCER
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
tunities over the course of the
season as she has seen recently.
I prefer to cross, she said.
On this team, anyone can
score. My strength is setting up
my teammates.
Godley has scored four times
and recorded three assists this
season, tying her for second and
third on the team in these cat-
egories respectively.
Her in-
creased pres-
ence in the
offense has
added another
threat to an al-
ready danger-
ous front line
composed of
Amanda Kin-
neston 15 and captain Kiersten
Turner 16, along with hybrid
midfielder Jamie Hofstetter 16,
who has assisted on a pair of
Godleys goals.
Godley started her soccer
career as a child because her
brother was also playing and
her father thought it would be
easier if they played the same
sport. She made the decision to
play in college because she has
always enjoyed being on a team.
Throughout high school and
at Bowdoin, its always been the
highlight of my experiences in
school, she said.
The Rhode Island native had
always looked at Division III
schools because of their aca-
demic rigor and was recruited
by Maren Rojas, the predeces-
sor of current Head Coach Bri-
anne Weaver.
I wanted to be a student first
and an athlete second, Godley
said. Making the decision to
go to Bowdoin
was more than
just a soccer
choice. You
could get in-
jured your first
day and never
play again.
Despite be-
ing tied for
second place
in the conference heading into
the NESCAC tournament, the
squad has sometimes struggled
to score this season. In the 11-
team conference, Bowdoin is
tied with three other teams for
sixth-most goals scored.
The team does not have a
single one of the NESCACs top
scorers. So Godley may have to
continue her current hot streak
for the team to make a deep
postseason run. The Polar Bears
will play a rematch against Tufts
in tomorrows NESCAC quar-
terfinal on Pickard field.
Scored a hat-trick in the
teams Homecoming victory
against Conn. College
Started every game of the
last two seasons
HIGHLIGHTS
I wanted to be a student rst and
an athlete second. Making the
decision to go to Bowdoin was
more than just a soccer choice.
MAGGIE GODLEY 16
She is consistently willing to
outwork her opponent. She is also
incredibly versatile, knowing when
to give the ball up or take a player
on o the dribble.
KALEY NELSON 15
stands at 2-4 while the Cardinals
are tied for second in the NES-
CAC with a 5-1 record. With just
two weeks left, Bowdoins season is
drawing to a close.
Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. the Po-
lar Bears will look to get back in
the win column when they return
to Whittier Field to take on Bates,
which also has a 2-4 record.
They are traditionally a run-
oriented team, but theyre throw-
ing the ball more this season, said
Coach Caputi. We know what
were facing. I dont think theyre
going to change much at all.
Te Polar Bears are prepared for
a tough game to start of the Colby-
Bates-Bowdoin Championship (CBB)
series, which signals what Bowdoin
football calls Boiled Owl Week.
Bates beat Colby last weekend so
Bowdoin must win tomorrow to have
a chance at winning the championship.
Although Bates has a sub-par
record, one of its two wins came
against the Williams team that
beat the Polar Bears 36-0 to open
the season.
Its pretty much about being a
tough, hard-nosed football team
and slugging it out with Bates until
the last minute of the game, said of-
fensive lineman Jonathan Macat 16.
With Coach Caputi retiring after
the season, capturing the CBB belt
carries extra weight for the team
this season.
We have not won the CBB
Championship in two years. Its
time we return it to Bowdoin and
send our senior teammates off
with memories of victories and be-
ing champions, said Macat.
FOOTBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
BY YASMIN HAYRE
ORIENT STAFF
Men and womens cross country
competed at the NEICAAA New
England Championship on Octo-
ber 11 at Franklin Park in Boston.
The competition featured most of
the New England teams, including
several D-I programs.
The mens team placed 22nd
out of 39 teams, while the women
placed 32nd out of 38 teams.
Captain Kevin Hoose 15 was
the teams top Bowdoin finisher for
the mens team in the 8K, complet-
ing the course in 25:33.9 and plac-
ing 76th overall. He was followed
by fellow captains Will Ossoff 15
(83rd, 25:38.5) and Avery Went-
worth 15 (90th, 25:42.5).
For the Polar Bear women, cap-
tain Lucy Skinner 16 was the top
performer, completing the 5K
course in 18:48.7 and finishing 78th
overall. Caroline Corban 17 was
the next best finisher on the team
(174th place, 19:53.9), followed by
captain Brenna Fischer 15 (194th,
20.11.8).
The Polar Bears then trav-
eled to the University of Maine-
Farmington on October 18 for the
Maine State Championship, where
the men finished second, and the
womens team finished fourth.
Although the mens team had
three of the top-five finishersfin-
ishing the meet with 38 pointsit
was beat by first-place Bates, who
finished with a total of 26 points.
The womens team finished the
meet with 112 points, behind Col-
by (34 points), the University of
New England (60 points) and Bates
(61 points).
Top fnishers for the Polar Bears in-
cluded Skinner, who placed in seventh
with a time of 19:53, Corban (20th,
20:40) and Meghan Bellerose 17
(28th, 21:02). Skinners seventh place
fnish was good enough to earn her
All-State Honors.
Three runners on the mens
team won All-Maine recognition,
including Wentworth (2nd, 26:31),
Bridger Tomlin 17 (4th, 26:42)
and Matt Jacobson 17 (5th, 26:45).
Other top-20 finishers in the mens
8K were Ossoff (11th, 27:02),
Hoose (16th, 27:21), and Calvin
Henry 16 (19th, 27:26).
Both the mens and womens
teams will travel to Middlebury
next weekend for the NESCAC
Championships.
Cross Country takes top honors in regional meets
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our success. We work hard for one
another on the feld and are best
friends of the feldI think that is a
huge component of our success.
The Polar Bears take the field
again tomorrow against Tufts at
1:30 p.m. The team hopes to con-
tinue its current streak of impres-
sive play and earn back-to-back
victories over the Jumbos.
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MOVE ON UP: Kaley Nelson 15 pushes the ball intoTufts half of the eld in Bowdoins win onTuesday.
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El Clsico: Spains biggest rivalry lives up to name
Real Madrid versus Barcelona.
Francos favorites versus the Cata-
lan nationalists. Messi, Ronaldo,
Neymar, Ramosthe top players
in the world on display. There is a
certain glamour and mystique sur-
rounding El Clsico matches, with
all their storylines and political
and cultural underpinnings.
Although the aura has been
somewhat diminished by the fact
that Real Madrid and Barcelona
have met an average of 4.5 times
per year the last four years between
all competitions, the first clash of
the season between the Spanish
soccer giants last Saturday at the
Santiago Bernabu in Madrid felt
electric and fresh.
While many of the familiar faces
were there, the pre-match focus
was on the debutants, specifically
one Uruguayan fresh off a four-
month suspension: Luis Surez.
Bought during the summer trans-
fer window from Liverpool for a
massive 81 million fee, the new
Barcelona man completed a sus-
pension for biting Italian defender
Giorgio Chiellini in the World Cup
(his third ban for on-field canni-
balism) just in time to make his
Barcelona and El Clsico debut
Saturday. Colombian wunderkind
James Rodrguez, brought to Real
from Monaco in July, also made his
Clsico debut, as did Ivan Rakitic
and World Cup winner Toni Kroos.
Billed by British paper the Tele-
graph as the first ever 1 billion
football match, referring to the
massive combined market value
of the two squads, this iteration of
Barcelona v. Madrid did not dis-
appoint. Barcelona commanded
the early chances, as Surez found
Neymar, who slotted Barca ahead
in the fourth minute. Messi missed
just wide on a feed from Surez
minutes later, surprising in that it
was a chance the soccer world has
become accustomed to seeing the
little genius put away.
Madrid charged back with an
intensity befitting of the reigning
European Champions. Marcelos
marauding run down the flank
and subsequent cross won Madrid
a penalty just before half, as a slid-
ing Gerard Piqu blocked the cross
with his hand.
Ronaldo, cool as ever, converted
the penalty to send the teams level
into the half. Madrid found them-
selves ahead five minutes into the
second frame, as Pepe headed
home a corner. Karim Benzema
effectively iced the match and
started the celebrations around the
Bernabu soon after, finishing off
the Madrid counterattack sprung
as Isco picked Andres Iniestas
pocket at the midline.
Even with the worlds most ex-
pensive footballer in Gareth Bale
injured, Madrid showed more than
enough class to dispatch their big-
gest rivals. After going down early,
Madrid outran and outwilled Bar-
ca, illustrated best by the vicious
counter leading to the third goal.
New man James Rodrguez was
stellar playing in his preferred wing
position because of the Bale injury,
making darting runs and assisting
on the Benzema goal. Luka Modri
and Kroos controlled the match
from the central midfield, and Isco
showed great promise.
Barcelona, for their early chanc-
es, were thoroughly outplayed the
rest of the match. Messi seemed
to come back down to earth after
BY ERIC ZELINA
CONTRIBUTOR
his strong start to the season, al-
though some reports out of Spain
indicate he was injured for the
match. Barcas central defense was
bad form, with Piques poor play
leading to a penalty.
Their flawed set piece mark-
ing leading to Pepes goal. Man-
ager Luis Enrique also made some
questionable decisions, choosing
to start the grizzled Xavi over the
new man Rakitic, who had been
La Ligas statistically best passer
to that point. Xavi made it 59
relatively pedestrian minutes be-
fore ultimately being replaced by
Rakitic. Additionally, Surez prob-
ably wouldve been best utilized off
the bench, as he was not match fit,
and despite his assist, looked out of
touch with his new teammates.
Barcelona-Real Madrid matches
are always great affairs, and this
one was no different. The two
teams feature a wealth of attacking
talent and utilized that to put on
a display in offensive soccer. Add-
ing to the excitement of world-
class talent playing an aesthetically
pleasing brand of soccer was the
anticipation of the first such match
of the season.
The next Clsico will almost
undoubtedly be more exciting, as
Surez clicks into his new team, Bale
returns from injury, and the two
squads find their form and identity.
The English Premier League may
well be the best league in the world
week in and week out, but there is
something special about Madrid v.
Barca. The storylines that surround
these matches, the drama that
comes with the big names, and the
excitement of watching the worlds
best battle it out in sports most sto-
ried rivalry make El Clsico a joy
unmatched in soccer.
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/1 v. Tufts 12:30 A.M.
Compiled by Sarah Bonanno
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/1 at Williams 2 P.M.
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/1 at Williams NOON
NESCAC Standings
WOMENS RUGBY
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/1 v. Hamilton NOON.
SAILING
SCHEDULE
WOMENS SOCCER
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/1 v. Tufts 1:30 P.M.
W L W L
BOWDOIN 9 1 14 1
Middlebury 9 1 14 1
Trinity 8 2 12 3
Amherst 7 3 12 3
Tufts 6 4 11 4
Williams 6 4 9 6
Colby 4 6 9 6
Hamilton 2 8 6 9
Conn. College 2 8 6 9
Wesleyan 2 8 3 12
Bates 0 10 4 11
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tufts 7 0 3 10 1 4
Amherst 7 1 2 11 1 3
Williams 6 3 1 8 5 2
Middlebury 5 2 3 9 3 3
Wesleyan 6 4 0 8 5 2
BOWDOIN 4 5 1 8 6 1
Colby 3 5 2 7 5 3
Conn. Coll. 3 6 1 6 8 1
Trinity 2 6 2 7 6 2
Bates 2 7 1 4 9 2
Hamilton 1 7 2 5 8 2
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Tufts 7 1 17 7
Williams 7 1 21 3
Amherst 6 2 18 6
BOWDOIN 5 3 19 6
Middlebury 5 3 11 10
Conn. College 4 4 13 9
Hamilton 4 4 15 9
Trinity 3 6 12 10
Colby 2 6 13 10
Wesleyan 2 7 12 10
Bates 0 8 9 14
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Williams 9 1 0 14 1 0
BOWDOIN 8 2 0 11 3 0
Conn. Coll. 8 2 0 13 2 0
Amherst 7 3 0 11 4 0
Middlebury 5 5 0 9 6 0
Trinity 4 5 1 8 6 1
Tufts 3 6 1 7 6 2
Colby 3 6 1 7 7 1
Bates 3 7 0 7 8 0
Hamilton 3 7 0 8 7 0
Wesleyan 0 9 1 1 12 2
NESCAC OVERALL
*Bold line denotes NESCACTournament cut-of
Sa 11/1
Su 11/2
at Ewrin Schell Trophy
at NickersonTrophy
at Dartmouth
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 11/2 v. Bates 12:30 P.M.
W L W L
Amherst 6 0 6 0
Trinity 5 1 5 1
Wesleyan 5 1 5 1
Middlebury 4 2 4 2
Tufts 3 3 3 3
Bates 2 4 2 4
BOWDOIN 2 4 2 4
Williams 2 4 2 4
Colby 2 4 2 4
Hamilton 0 6 0 6
NESCAC OVERALL
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ON THE RUN: Brigit Bergin 18 advances the ball intoTufts box in the Polar Bears3-1 victory onTuesday.
16 sports friday, october 31, 2014 the bowdoin orient
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GROUND BATTLE: Cedric Charlier 17 works against a Tufts defender in the Polar Bears 2-2 tie.
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throughout the half, eventually capital-
izing again two minutes before the end
of the frst period.
Bowdoin seemed to be well over-
matchedwith only three shots at-
tempted in the frst half compared to
Tufs 11until Kiefer Solarte 16 sent a
cross into the box where Nick DiStefano
18 was able to head the pass into the goal.
Only three minutes later the Po-
lar Bears were awarded a free kick
25 yards from goal. Eric Goitia 15
proceeded to bend a shot behind the
diving Tufs keeper to even the score
with under 20 minutes to play.
Te Polar Bears have had an up-
and-down season. Midway through
this fall, the team went on a tear and
won fve straight games in a row. Fol-
lowing the streak the team has fal-
tered, losing three out of its last fve
games.
I think weve unfortunately had a
constant revolving door of challenges
throughout the season, said Wiercinski.
Injuries are true for any team, but
I feel like some of our injuries have re-
ally hampered what were capable of
doing. I think a lot of our season has
been about striving to fx some things
rather than achieving our potential.
Fortunately, the Polar Bears will
be getting many recovering players
back for the playofs.
Te team is certainly going to be
its healthiest that its been for a long
time, and thats really encouraging
and invigorating, said Wiercinski.
Bowdoin will be on the road for
its frst-round playof match in the
NESCAC tournament tomorrow. Te
team is 2-5 in road games this season.
Despite its lack of road success the
team is looking forward to showcas-
ing its improved play.
Were alright with being on the
road, said Wiercinski. Weve won
some games on the road, and well try
to do it again this weekend.
Based on their current record it is
doubtful that the Polar Bears will re-
cieve an automatic qualifying bid to
the NCAA Championships. In order
to make it to the championships the
team will need will need to go far, if
not win, the NESCAC tournament.
Te tie against the league-lead-
ing Jumbos will hopefully give the
struggling team confdence going
into tomorrows 1 p.m. game at third
seeded Williams and propel them
into the NESCAC tournament.
The team is certainly going to
be its healthiest that its been
for a long time, and thats really
encouraging and invigorating.
HEAD COACH SCOTT WIERCINSKI
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right side, so I can get past my de-
fender and shoot the ball.
Kennedy has now scored 19
goals in her last six games.
Tufs opened the second half strong,
winning several penalty corners and
forcing Bowdoin back into its own half.
ODonnell said the Polar Bears knew
not to underestimate the Jumbos .
Tufs is always really good. Tey
have really strong individual skills, she
said. Te whole game it didnt feel like
we were up 2-0, 3-0, 4-0. We were on
edge the whole time.
Te Jumbos failed to capitalize on
their opportunities, however, and it
was the Polar Bears who scored the
only goal of the second half. About
seven minutes afer play resumed, the
Jumbos goalie made a number of saves
before the ball rebounded out to Juli-
ana Fiore 18, who fred it home from
the lef side of the circle.
Fiore had led the charge ofensively
on Saturday against Colby (4-6 NES-
CAC, 9-6 overall), scoring twice for the
Polar Bears. Kennedy scored a frst half
goal and ODonnell capped of the 4-1
win with a late goal of a corner.
I usually get the ball and read whats
open based on what their fy comes out
as, ODonnell said. So I just took a
shot. It tipped of their defenders stick
and went into the top of the net.
ODonnell said that the team is
pleased it won the right to host the
later rounds of the NESCAC tourna-
ment, but that its focus is on tomor-
rows quarterfnal against Hamilton.
Te Polar Bears beat the Continentals
6-0 on October 11.
Its by no means a shoo-in game,
she said. Were certainly excited to
host but we still have work to do.
Pearson said that the Continen-
tals have improved signifcantly since
facing the Polar Bears earlier this
month, and cannot be taken lightly.
The danger is to look at that
game and think its going to go ex-
actly the same way the second time
you play a team, said Pearson.
But it never does.
Tomorrows NESCAC quarterfnal
against Hamilton will be played at
noon on Howard F. Ryan feld.
FIELD HOCKEY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
The volleyball team saw its six-
match win streak end last weekend
when it lost 3-1 to Springfield Col-
lege on Saturday. The team won
both of its other two games in the
Hall of Fame Tournament hosted by
Amherst against Wheaton College
and Wellesley College to improve
its record to 19-6.
The Polar Bears coasted to victo-
ry their opening match of the tour-
nament against Wheaton. Quincy
Leech 17 and Clare McInerney 18
served well for the team, setting up
points for Christy Jewett 16 and
Clare Geyer 17, who finished with
16 and eight kills, respectively.
After winning the opening set
against Springfield the following
day, the Spirit took the next three
to end the Polar Bears win streak.
Volleyball plays into mixed
results in weekend tournament
Although some individuals did
show some impressive play, in-
cluding a 33 dig performance from
Katie Doherty 17, errors were
what led to the Polar Bears loss.
The team had over twice as many
mistakes in the third and fourth
set as it did in the opening set that
it won.
Hours later the team rebounded
and beat Wellesley in straight sets
in its fnal game of the tournament.
Leech led the serving charge again, re-
cording 14 aces, and Geyer once again
dominated the net with eight kills.
It was Jewetts all-around perfor-
mance, however, that led the Polar
Bears throughout the weekend. Her
16 kills in both the Wheaton and
Springfeld games earned her All
Tournament Honors.
The Polar Bears end their regu-
lar season this weekend with games
tonight at 8 p.m. at Amherst and
tomorrow at Williams. The team
is currently ranked fourth in the
NESCAC standings and if it is able
to maintain or better its standing,
it will host a NESCAC tournament
game next week.
BY JONO GRUBER
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sat 10/24
Sun 10/25
vWheaton at Amherst
v. Springfeld at Amherst
v. Wellesley at Amherst
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L
W
3-0
3-1
3-0
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
RUN THIS TOWN: Adrienne ODonnell 15 sprints past the Jumbosdefense during the Polar Bearsregular season nale. They open postseason play tomorrow.
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T
his week, the Orient examined a petition circulated by Bowdoin Cli-
mate Action (BCA) calling on the College to divest its endowment
from fossil fuels. BCA has been collecting signatures since the fall
of 2012 and has reported that it now has the support of 1,200 students. The
group has shown remarkable initiative and dedication to its cause and has
received the attention of those on campus, the Brunswick community, and
the greater Bowdoin network. Just a few weeks ago, leaders of BCA met
with members of the Board of Trustees to present their case for divest-
ment. President Barry Mills arranged this meeting under the impression
that over 1,000 Bowdoin students had expressed a desire for the College to
divest. However, this was not the case.
We recognize the passion with which members of BCA have promoted
the groups divestment agenda and appreciate the value that student activ-
ism provides to our community. While the editorial board of the Orient
expressed its opposition to divestment in February 2013, we acknowledge
that BCA has made progress in its mission and sparked significant dia-
logue on a campus that often lacks political engagement.
In their presentation to the Trustees, BCA leaders relied on the petition
when claiming that they had a mandate from the student body. However, a
survey conducted this week of students who signed BCAs petition revealed
a considerable discrepancy between the groups self-reported support and
the actual student backing for its cause. Its alleged 1,000 signatures includ-
ed names from two separate petitionsone of which stressed carbon neu-
trality more than divestmentand a large number of signatories reported
that they do not currently endorse divestment. In light of these findings,
BCA should not claim to speak for the majority of students on campus nor
use this claim as leverage in its discussions with the administration.
An editorial that ran in the Orient last April argued that students should
engage more meaningfully with the issues that are at stake when asked
to sign petitions. Although many signed the BCA petitions without such
critical consideration, we do not doubt that hundreds of signatories do
make up an important voice for environmental change. The large number
of students who presented the petition to Mills last April and the letter
from 70 faculty members to the Board of Trustees demonstrate that a sig-
nificant portion of Bowdoin community members are behind divestment.
Despite these outspoken voices, however, there remains an equal if not
greater population that doubts whether or not divestment is the best course
of action that the College can take to promote environmentalism. For now,
the College should not be unduly influenced by the inflated numbers of a
vocal minority.
A false mandate
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Vote yes on Question 1
To the Editors:
Cruelty towards both wildlife and
people has no place in Maine. Chasing
shy and gentle black bears through their
forest home with GPS-collared hounds
and then shooting these panicked bears
out of a tree is not fair chase hunting; it
is persecution. Any decent human being
who witnessed a pack of dogs attacking
a wounded bear who had been shot out
of a tree would realize why Mainers are
being asked to put a stop to this cruelty
in our forests.
Bears are intelligent and sensitive be-
ings. To kill them in this way should not
be acceptable human behavior. Snaring
black bears at a site baited with junk
food and then shooting the trapped
bear at point blank range is an execu-
tion and not true hunting. Baiting itself
is nothing more than cheating. Tere is
no challenge in shooting a bear while it
is feeding on human junk foodthats
why many other proud hunting states
have banned baiting.
Maine people have a unique oppor-
tunity to stop cruelty and injustice in
our forests, while still allowing for fair
chase hunting. For decency and fairness
in the Maine woods, please vote yes on
Question 1.
Sincerely,
Robert Goldman
South Portland, Maine
In response to Mead 16
To the Editors:
While reading Julia Meads article
about Trader Joes, I found myself re-
membering my own trip to a some-
what similar store. Over the summer, I
was lucky enough to accompany my fa-
ther to the wonderland that is Costco.
Like Trader Joes, Costco only stocks
one brand of each item, though that is
really where the comparison ends. See,
my dad goes to Costco because he is a
fend for deals of the bulk variety.
Te mistake that Julia makes is
equating lack of choice within the
store to lack of choice at all. Some
people like Trader Joes for its unique
products at a marked-up price (I do
too, sometimes), while others prefer
the ability to buy as much as they want
for as little as possible.
So when I walked down the aisles of
Costco marveling at my ability to buy
unwieldy amounts of Kirkland Potato
Chips for cheap, I swelled with pride
for the American system of capitalism.
I didnt buy the chips, but I felt heart-
ened knowing that I could. And that is
why we won and they lost. Tat is why
America is the land of the free and the
home of those who eat way too many
potato chips.
Sincerely,
Adam Lamont 16
SIGNIFYING
NOTHING
JESSE ORTIZ
Addressing a reluctance to identify as white
wearing North Face and using Ins-
tagram. Truly basic people are un-
awarethey dont realize that their
interests are unsophisticated and
vapidly materialistic.
Te basic and the bougie arent far
apart. In a way, bougieness is basic.
To value wealth and power is to con-
form to a dominant capitalist ideol-
ogy. Being bougie is the default: we
see it across television and in adver-
tisements. Te media tells us to val-
ue the aesthetic of elitism, and that
conforming is not hip.
When I was a child, there was an-
other book I ofen noticed. It wasnt
in my living room, but on my moth-
ers personal shelf. Tis book was
Maureen Dowds Are Men Neces-
sary? (I didnt read this either.)
Even as a 10-year-old boy, the title
felt like a personal attack. If men
werent necessary, what did that
mean about me? In my childhood
understanding of gender, it seemed
insane to suggest that we eliminate
half the population. And yet, when
it came to race, I had no qualms
about sacrifcing my whiteness for a
cooler Italian ethnicity.
When deconstructing identity, we
sometimes confate race and gender
as analogous structures of power.
And yet despite resisting bougie-
ness and whiteness, Ive held onto
the masculine, dominant, gender.
Being a man isnt lame like being
white or shallowly wealthy.
Gender feels more substantial than
wealth or whiteness. We can measure
and change our wealth; whiteness is
simply the absence of color. Gender,
on the other hand, is something that
most of us hold on to.
For as long as I can remember,
a shelf in my living room at home
has proudly displayed a book called
Are Italians White? Ill admit, Ive
never read the book, but I always
predicted the answer to be some-
thing like, Well, you may assume
they are, but its actually much more
complicated than that!
Te complexity of Italian identity
isnt just the terrain of erudite, prob-
lematizing intellectuals. My grand-
motherrest her soulonce told
me how she hated to fll out forms
about her race.
Im not white! she said. Tey
want to make me say that Im white,
but Im Italian, not white!
Ive ofen encountered a similar
problem. With all the paperwork
necessary for higher education, Ive
needed to ft my race into a checkbox.
It doesnt help that my father is Lati-
no, so Ive had to choose between cat-
egories such as white, Hispanic,
Hispanic (non-white), white (non-
Hispanic), Puerto Rican, Hispanic
(non-Puerto Rican) etc.
The options change depending
on the form, and (as you can see)
often border on the ridiculous.
Recently, institutions have tried
to accommodate for mixed eth-
nicities, but sometimes I have to
choose just one option. And I usu-
ally avoid being white.
Whats wrong with being white?
White is the default race. Te white
race is not an identity in itself as
much as it is an absence of identi-
ty. How many times have you seen
someone, shoulders shrugging, say
Im just white, and nothing more?
To admit that youre white is
to sacrifice ethnicity and culture.
Can whiteness exist in its own
right, as more than an instrument
of oppression?
Whiteness is also association with
power, and the derogatory language
we use ofen classifes social and
economic power as uncool.
A few months ago, my friend
John and I were walking to a concert
in downtown Manhattan. We passed
by a building with a large vertical
sign: Sohotel. I turned to John.
Wow, I said, that is sohotel.
Reveling in my wittiness, we decid-
ed that hotel would be a cool new
slang word. But what did it mean?
We arrived early to the concert
with nothing to do but walk around
the theater and observe the crowd.
Tat dudes pinstripe suit? Hotel.
Tat womans Google tote bag? Ho-
tel. Showing up an hour early to a
rock concert? Hotel.
Feeling out a meaning to this
word, we decided that hotel meant
tackily bourgeois. To act hotel
is to ignorantly exude self-impor-
tance. Of course, there was already
a word that meant more or less the
same thing: bougie.
To be bougie is not just to be a
part of the bourgeoisie, to own the
means of production. Bougieness is
aesthetic, and bougieness is not cool.
What about basic? In one pop-
ular sense of the word, basic ac-
tivities include drinking Starbucks,
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DOING
IT WRONG
MAYA REYES
Preserving ourselves, caring for
ourselves, spending time thinking
about ourselvesthese actions,
when done consciously, make us
better fit to serve others. There
are endless ways to actively engage
in a healing process, whether it is
through reconnecting with nature,
taking a yoga class, going for a run,
or just being alone and thinking
about who we are. The important
thing is that we attempt to feel
some sort of renewal and intro-
spection and resist a society that
tells us we must be productive at
all times.
We often partake in processes
that have the potential to be heal-
ing, but unless we go in with the
intention of trying to revive some-
thing within ourselves, they wont
fulfill their healing potential. As I
attempt to approach life in a man-
ner of self-preservation, I en-
courage readers to do the same. We
cant be agents of change or resis-
tors of oppression unless we enable
ourselves to be resilient, and caring
for ourselves in a conscious man-
ner is essential to that.
inspire more states to treat the one
Ebola-related death and two trans-
missions within the United States
as a state of emergency. Given that
some in the conservative media
have taken to calling Obama Pres-
ident Ebola, I am tempted to think
that the orders and other elite calls
for strict containment are purely
cynical and cheap political stunts.
Lets pretend that, contrary to all
expert opinion Ive heard, Ebola is
more than a negligible threat to the
United States and that something
must be done about it beyond the
capabilities of
our existing public health insti-
tutions. If so, Jindals actions and
insinuationscoupled with the
rants of other far-right politicians
and punditsfit perfectly with the
conservative narrative as of late.
Got a problem? Seal the border.
Tea Party-style populists who
claim to support a free market
invariably leave their convictions
Closed minds ask to close borders: remedying Ebola paranoia
Enabling the self through conscious reection
This past weekend, I was one of
500 student activists who attended
the National Students for Justice
in Palestine conference at Tufts. I
attended a workshop on Black Lib-
eration, which introduced the fol-
lowing quotation to us: Caring for
myself is not self indulgence, it is
an act of self preservation and that
is an act of political warfare.
These are the words of Audre
Lorde, the renowned black, femi-
nist and queer poet. These are
words that are important for any
woman, person of color or anyone
else who has ever been marginal-
ized in any capacity, to hear.
We exist in a society that marks
idleness and lack of activity as la-
ziness, acts of self-care as selfish.
Marx argues that conscious labor
is essential to our humanity. I pro-
pose that in addition, conscious
acts of meditation and peace, as
A couple weeks ago, Louisiana
Governor Bobby Jindal issued an
executive order directing state of-
ficials to monitor travel between
West Africa and his state, while also
prohibiting recent travelers from
leading a normal lifelike not
being able to visit grocery stores.
The federal government has not
done enough
to prevent
the entry of
the Ebola
virus dis-
ease into the
United States
of America,
Jindal asserted
while warning
of a potential
public health
e me r g e nc y
s t e m m i n g
from the vi-
rus ability to
spread from
one infected
person to
many others.
Governors in
other states,
i n c l u d i n g
Chris Chris-
tie in New Jersey and Andrew Cuo-
mo in New York, followed suit with
draconian executive actions target-
ing Ebola. Here in Maine, the state
is prepared to go to court to force a
nursewho has tested negative for
the virusto be quarantined.
People in Louisiana, Maine and
around the nation are irrationally
paranoid about this disease. The
quarantine orders are sure to ignite
more controversy, more fear and
at the border. Too few jobs? Seal
the border and keep manufac-
turing here. Illegal drugs being
imported? Seal the border and
shoot everyone heading north in
a speedboat near San Diego. Refu-
gee children from Central Amer-
ica seeking a peaceful existence?
Seal the border and send them
right back to their parents. Work-
ing in Washington this summer,
one of the more unbelievable calls
I received was from an individual
worried about little immigrant
children bringing Ebola across the
border as part of an intricate ISIS
plot. The caller demanded
that the government immediately
act to seal the border. He said that
no elected official in Washington
would receive his vote unless they
immediately grabbed a gun and
went down to defend the border.
Sealing the border, the narrative
goes, keeps America Americato
hell with everything else.
KICKING THE CAN
DAVID STEURY
opposed to unthoughtful ones,
are just as essential. Too often my
breaks from work consist of scroll-
ing through a social media feed, or
going to a party I feel an under-
whelming desire to go to.
In our action-oriented lives,
there is too much time spent doing
and not enough time spent think-
ing. We are always expected to de-
fine who we are and what we want
to do, but not allotted enough time
to really think about these things in
an independent way. We tire our-
selves out trying to do everything
we can fit on our plate, and so we
are not able to give ourselves over
fully to those things and people we
really care about.
The system we are a part of privi-
leges a very specific type of person.
We all know him well: the straight,
white, upper class, cisgendered
man. As a believer in the whole
gender/sexuality are a spectrum
thing, Im unsure if this elusive
man really exists. The important
thing is, however, he exists as an
ideal. Not an ideal in the way Be-
yonc is an ideal because she seems
perfect, but an ideal in the way that
it is easiest to succeed when you
are that aforementioned person.
People who do not fit that ideal
often feel the weight of the system
working against them, consciously
or not. So to care for ourselves, in
a society that has, in some respects,
failed to care for us, is like Lorde
said. It is an act of political warfare.
The problem here is that seal-
ing the border is incompatible
with a globalized society and an
international market economy. In
such a world, border closures are
rarely a good way to deal with any-
thingeven a scary disease with a
slim chance of exposure. Closing
borders inhibits the exchange of
goods and ideas, leading to lower
output. Closing borders promotes
xenophobia and encourages a jin-
goistic dislike of people and cul-
tures. Closing borders furthers an
us-versus-them mentality that de-
grades cooperation, reduc-
es trade and closes off opportu-
nities for our own people and for
human beings around the world.
America is what it is today in large
part because of its interaction with
the rest of the world, not in spite of
it. I, alongside other more liberally
inclined commentators, never tire
of reiterating that the U.S. is a na-
tion of immigrants and that most
of our border-crazy counterparts
badly need a history lesson.
Nigeria recently solved its Ebola
problem. It did not do so by clos-
ing its borders. It did so by quickly
identifying the sources of the dis-
ease and quarantining infected pa-
tients. It did so by smartly tracking
how the disease entered the coun-
try and identifying who could have
caught it. Nigeria does not have
nearly as advanced a public health
infrastructure as the United States,
and it has managed to solve its own
Ebola crisis. It did not need to re-
sort to absurd,
isolationist mea-
sures to remove
the disease from
its country.
We live in an
open society. Ad-
mitting outsid-
ers and foreign
goods has never
destroyed Amer-
ica. In fact, in
almost all cases,
it has enriched
our country. We
are a nation that
imports goods
from many coun-
tries, then sends
a crate of our own
products back. We
bring students,
workers and refu-
gees from all cor-
ners of the world,
and then our own children go
abroad to learn and contribute in
other parts of the globe. Panic-
driven isolationism will never solve
our nations problems. Instead, we
must share information, goods and
services with as many people and
nations as possible to gain a deep
understanding of the problems fac-
ing us. Theninside our borders
and outwe will prevail.
Gogol once remarked: It is sad
not to see any good in goodness. In
a op-ed to the Orient in early Oc-
tober entitled Step Up to Support
Amtrak, Mr. Ed Knox called on all
of us to accept the information and
decisions of the Federal Rail Admin-
istration, Amtrak and the Northern
New England Passenger Rail Au-
thority (NNEPRA) as the truth and
nothing but the truth. We should
not question, analyze or research the
background of the information pro-
vided from the responsible parties
involved. Tis is an amazing state-
ment. Mr. Knox goes on to label any
statements critical of the rail authori-
ties as mudslinging, bullying and ad
hominem attacks. So, we should all
bow down to the greater wisdom of
those on high? I dont think that ap-
proach is fruitful or responsible in
a democratic society. Patrick Raels
recent remarks in response to Mr.
Honegger on the subject of the antics
of Amtrak/NNEPRA were based on
factual research.
Contrary to Mr. Knoxs lack of
backup information, we do know
certain facts. Namely, the Brunswick
West Neighborhood Coalitiona
group of ordinary citizens that live
in the afected areadid help in
the Maine Department of Environ-
mental Protections decision not to
accept the Storm Water Runof ap-
plication sent in by NNEPRA. We
do know that the value of houses
in the afected area have dropped.
We do know that some of the recent
buyers were not told of the planned
construction of the maintenance
and layover building measuring ap-
proximately two times the length
of Whittier Field. Ask any realtor.
We do know that the folks in Attle-
boro, Massachusetts took about 10
years to get their MLF moved to
Pawtucket, Rhode Island. We do
know that neighbors in Bradford,
Massachusetts have fought to re-
move their MLF for nearly 20 years.
We do know that the United States
Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) issued an Enforcement Ac-
tion against the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA)
that cited idling trains as a violation
of air quality laws, and this forced
the MBTA to install power units that
must be used by engineers to turn
of their engines afer 30 minutes.
We always expect our respon-
sible parties to act responsibly and
forthrightly, but we also know that we
have to live by the old motto so ofen
quoted, but true, Trust but verify.
Sincerely,
Robert N. Morrison 52
Responding to Honegger 15
and Brunswick citizen Ed Knox
In our action-oriented
lives, there is too much time
spent doing and not enough
time spent thinking.
BY ROBERT N. MORRISON
CONTRIBUTOR
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
The important thing is that
we attempt to feel some sort of
renewal and introspection and resist
a society that tells us we must be
productive at all times.
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FRIDAY
COMMON HOUR
Student Peformances
To celebrate Family Weekend, Bowdoin's various dance,
poetry and a cappella groups will showcase their talents.
Morrell Gymnasium. 12:30 p.m.
EVENT
Sarah & James Bowdoin Day
Faculty, students and students' families will celebrate
student academic achievement. Susan Lozier, an earth
and oceanographic science professor at Duke University
will give the keynote address. Following the ceremony,
there will be a reception in front of Memorial Hall.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 4 p.m.
EVENT
Haunted Bowdoin Tour
Senior Interactive Developer of Bowdoin's Digital and So-
cial Media Group David Francis, who recently published a
book on the campus's haunted history, will lead a tour of
the various places on campus where paranormal activity
has supposedly taken place in the past 200 years.
Hyde Plaza. 7:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
World Music Ensembles
Bowdoin's Afro-Latin Music Ensemble, directed by Michael
Quintero, and Middle Eastern Ensemble, directed by Eric
LaPerna, will perform for Family Weekend.
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.
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SATURDAY
EVENT
Open Discussion
President Barry Mills, Dean for Academic Afairs Cristle
Collins Judd and Dean of Acamdemic Afairs Tim Foster
will discuss academic and social life on campus, and
answer questions from students and family members.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall. 9 a.m.
EVENT
Divestment Teach-In
Bowdoin Climate Action will answer questions about
divestment and address myths about the movement.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 2:30 p.m.
EVENT
The Improvabilities
Bowdoin's improv comedy group Improvabilities will
provide entertainment for students and families.
Kresge Auditorium. 9 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
"The Gods of Time Square"
Documentary flmmaker Richard Sandler will discuss his
flm, which chronicles the radical transformation of New
York City's famous neighborhood from a nexus of a free
speech to an emblem of corporatization.
Room 151, Cleaveland Hall. 7 p.m.
3
MONDAY
Holiday H l d
BREAK
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SUNDAY
EVENT
Family Weekend Fun Run
Students and their families will have the opportunity to
run a 5K through Bowdoin's woods. Registration will take
place on site.
Howard F. Ryan Field. 9 a.m.
EVENT
Jazz Brunch
Student jazz musicians will perform during brunch.
Thorne Dining Hall. 11 a.m.
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WEDNESDAY

LECTURE
"British Art in the Mediterranean"
Michael Berkowitz from the Warburg Institute will discuss
the diferent ways that German Jewish refugees and the
Nazis approached western civilization.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
6
THURSDAY
EVENT
"Socialist Alternative and the Fight for a
Living Wage"
New England Regional Organizer for Socialist Alternative
Andy Moxey will discuss his organization's grass-roots
movement called "15," which calls for a $15 per hour
minimum wage in Seattle.
MacMillan House. 4 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
"The Imaginary Invalid"
The Department of Theater and Dance will perform an
adaptation Molire's kooky play. The adaptation is set in
Paris during the 1960s and concerns Argan, a wealthy
hypochondriac facing a host of family problems. Tickets
are free, but 15 minutes before the show time will stop
being distributed.
Wish Theater, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.
LUCHEON
"Bowdoin Has a Chapel, but Does
Bowdoin have Relgion?"
As part of the ongoing community lectures, Director of
Religion and Spiritual Life Robert Ives will discuss the
presence of religion on campus. Refreshments
will be served.
Maine Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.
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JERK CHICKEN, HAMBURGERS
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FRIED CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE
FRIED CHICKEN, MAC & CHEESE
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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
A SHOT AT THE SPOTLIGHT: Bobby Choi '17, Amanda Milloy '17, and three prospective students prepare for the pop-up cofee house that took place last week
at the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at 24 College Street. Tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., 24 College Street will host a brunch for Family Weekend.
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TUESDAY
LECTURE
"The War on Terror...An Update"
Colonel David Hunt, an expert on war and terrorism for FOX
News and a New York Times best-selling author, will visit
campus. Hunt will speak about how The War on Terror has
changed and where it stands today.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 8 p.m.
4
TUESDAY
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FISH CAKES, PORK LOIN
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