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VOLUME 144, NUMBER 12
JANUARY 23, 2015
JB Wells of Endicott College named head coach of Bowdoin football team

BY SAM CHASE
ORIENT STAFF
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
GET WELLS: JB Wells, a Trinity football alumnus, will coach the Polar Bears next season. Wells is pictured
above at his previous position with the Endicott College Gulls, whom he led to a 75-48 record over 12 seasons.
Search for
director of
center for
multicultural
life begins
Bowdoin announced JB Wells as its

29th head football coach Wednesday
morning. Wells joins the Polar Bears
by way of Endicott College, where he
was the first coach in program history
and accrued a 75-48 record over his 12
seasons with the Gulls.
The announcement came directly
after a 7 a.m. meeting in Kresge Auditorium where Wells introduced himself to the entire team.
Wells knows the NESCAC well, as
he graduated from Trinity College in
1991 and started for three years as an
offensive lineman for the Bantams.
He also held assistant coaching posi-
tions at both Trinity and Bates during the 90s.

This was really less of a football
decision and more of a career decision, said Wells. I played in the conference, and the NESCAC means a lot
to me. Ive always seen myself as returning to the NESCAC in one of the
positions, I just didnt know where it
was gonna be.
For Wells, the decision to leave the
Endicott program, which he built from
the ground up, was not an easy one.
I cant thank Endicott enough for
the opportunity I was given as a 31
year-old, unproven head coach, he
said. They handed me a blank canvas and all the art supplies I needed to
paint a picture and put my vision on
that canvas. To see it come to life and

see it succeed in the way that it did was
remarkable. It was hard to leave.
After Dave Caputi stepped down
this fall after 15 years as head coach,
Ashmead White Director of Athletics Tim Ryan sat down with the team
and established a set of desired characteristics for its next coach. He then
narrowed the applicants down to those
which he presented to the selection
committee.
The selection committee was headed up by Ryan. Also on the committee
were team captains Parker Mundt 16,
Brendan Lawler 16 and Dan Barone
16, Assistant Athletic Director for
Please see WELLS, page 13
Administration
falls silent on
Cracksgiving
appropriation
incident
THIS LITTLE LIGHT
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF
BY JOE SHERLOCK
ORIENT STAFF
The College will hire a director

for the recently-approved Student
Center for Multicultural Life by
this summer. The director will
work to develop and coordinate
multicultural-oriented programs
and events.
The idea of creating a new multicultural center with a new director began in fall 2013, when Dean
Leana Amaez led a committee to
reassess her position, its responsibilities, and how it could better
serve the College.
I began working on the center
two years ago, said Amaez. We
met with a group, came up with a
proposal, gave it to Dean [of Student Affairs] Tim Foster and he
said This is fantastic, but it looks
like another job.
Once Amaez returned from
maternity leave last summer, the
conversation picked up again and
details were finalized during the
fall semester.
The Colleges Multicultural Life
has traditionally been supportive
of student-led programs and activism but Amaez and Associate
Dean of Student Affairs and Director of the David Saul Smith Union
Allen Delong explained that the
College has been looking to have
college-led programs.
Bowdoin continues to evolve
in this really beautiful wayif you
look at the demographic of the student body and in some ways, you
Please see CENTER, page 5
remembrance, Mills said. Its a national day of service in a lot of ways.

In a follow-up email to faculty and
students, Dean for Academic Affairs
Cristle Collins Judd reiterated the
Colleges policy regarding the holiday.
Bowdoins course catalogue specifies
that, as with major religious holidays,
students are allowed to miss classes or
exams for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
observances.
This year, the College held several
events for the holiday: a commemoration breakfast, a childrens event in
The administration has fallen silent

on the incident of cultural appropriation that took place shortly before
Winter Break at an off-campus party
and developed into an embarrassing
news story for the College, with dozens of news outlets reporting on it.
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster and Jason Archbell, head coach of
mens lacrosse, both declined to comment for this story.
Ashmead White Director of Athletics Tim Ryan wrote in an email
to the Orient that the message conveyed by Dean Foster has been received across our campus community and we are all moving forward
before declining to comment further.
Ryan was referring to an email Foster sent to the student body on December 9 expressing his frustration
and disapproval of harmful behavior
by students who should know better.
The full text of the email can be found
on the Orients website.
The email was written in response
to Cracksgiving, a party thrown at 83
1/2 Harpswell Roada house rented
by members of the mens lacrosse team
commonly known as Crack House. In
spite of recent programs to educate
the student body about the harmful
nature of cultural appropriation, 14
members of the team dressed up as
Native Americans at the party.
In the email. Foster wrote that
Bowdoin will not condone or tolerate behavior that divides our community and denigrates others, nor
will we accept a plea of ignorance as
Please see MLK, page 4
Please see CRACKSGIVING, page 3
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Toshi Reagon (left) and her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon (right) performThis Little Light of Mineat Pickard Theater on Monday evening. The concert wrapped up a day of
programming put on by the College in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For more on the Reagonsperformance, see article on page 9.
Mills proposes starting semester after MLK Day

BY JOHN BRANCH
ORIENT STAFF
President Barry Mills has recommended that the College begin the
spring semester after the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day when planning future academic calendars.
Mills sent an email to the campus
community last Thursday detailing the
recommendation. With the holiday
scheduled to fall during winter break
for the next four years, Mills proposed
change to the calendar would begin in
2020.
Currently, the College begins the
spring semester on the holiday three

out of every seven years, falling on the
final week of winter break in the other
four.
Mills said in an interview with the
Orient that he had been thinking about
the change for a number of years. However, the political climate on campus
played a role in the timing of his recommendation.
As I was thinking about what weve
seen over the last number of months,
the feeling that people have towards
Martin Luther King Jr. Day has really
intensified and the day has taken on
more than just being a national day of
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SPORTS: WINNING STREAK
OPINION:
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talks about his new
novel and book tour.
Sophie Meyers 17 reflects on her gap year experience

teaching in Costa Rica and
working for Obama.
Womens basketball cruised past

Husson 81-51 on Tuesday night in
Bangor to record its 13th
consecutive win.
EDITORIAL: A more vocal majority.
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KICKING THE CAN: David Steury 15 on the

state of our union for the next two years.
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friday, janurary 23, 2015
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THE FATE OF THE TOSSED

TURKEY: WHERE IS IT?
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MAY THE ART BE WITH YOU: The new exhibit located in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Collaborations and Collusions, opened November 6th and will run through February 8th.
The Bowdoin Prize

The Bowdoin Prize, the highest honor the College awards, was awarded this Tuesday. It is presented every five years to a graduate
or former member of the College, or member of its faculty...who shall have made during the period the most distinctive contribution in any field of human endeavor. This year, the prize was given to Geoffrey Canada 74 and Stanley F. Druckenmiller 75. They
each have remarkable resumes: Canada is an educator and Druckenmiller is an investor, and together they have been pivotal in the
success of the Harlem Childrens Zone, an organization devoted to helping children and families out of poverty through education.
Past Winners Include:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harold Burton, Class of 1909
Journalist William Hodding Carter Jr., Class of 1927
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Class of 1962
U.S. Senator Paul Douglas, Class of 1913
Red Cross Commissioner Harvey Dow Gibson, Class of 1902
L.L. Bean Chairman Leon A. Gorman, Class of 1956
Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan, Class of 1898
U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, Class of 1953
Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, Class of 1979
Bowdoin President Kenneth C.M. Sills, Class of 1901
Druckenmiller, Mills, and Canada pose for a photo.
COPYRIGHT JEN DELCASTILLO, 5TH AVENUE DIGITAL
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD, GRACE HANDLER AND HY KHONG
On the wild night of the BowdoinColby mens hockey game in December, in the middle of a crucial play, a
huge, frozen, raw turkey was thrown
from the stands onto the ice. Play
stopped as the crowd fixated on the
strange and featherless spectacle.
Moments later, the turkey was removed from the premises, and the
crowd quickly forgot the fate of that
sad piece of meat. All but one- Katie
Craighill 17.
I had a brilliant idea, said
Craighill. It just clicked.
As it turns out, Craighill was in a
class called Forest Ecology, and had
been working on a management
plan for a new property that Bowdoin had acquired from the Naval
Air Station Brunswick.
Part of my job as a class member
was to go out onto the property and
collect data for the wildlife and vegetation. I had set up a motion activated
camera in the woods, but I needed
something to bait it.
Thats where the turkey came in.
Theyre just gonna throw it out!
thought Craighill, as she dashed
around the rinks perimeter in pursuit of the carcass. You cant use that
to eat a thanksgiving meal! What the
hell else are they going to do with it?
While initially suspicious of her
motives, facilities agreed to give
Craighill the turkey at the conclusion of the game, thinking she was
the person guilty for tossing it onto
the ice in the first place.
I was like no I swear, I just want it
for my forest ecology project! I want
to bait my camera, said Craighill.
When the game finished, Craighill
proudly carried her acquired bait
home in a garbage bag slung over her
shoulder. A few days later, she staked
it down in the woods.
Although the episdoe showcased
the resourcefulness of Bowdoin
students, the result was kind
of disappointing, actually, said
Craighill. We got some pictures
of some squirrels, and some
crows. We were hoping for foxes.
BY THE NUMBERS
While most students are
eager to get off campus for
the monthlong Winter Break,
some students remain on
Bowdoins quiet campus. Here
are some stats from ResLife.
19
students on campus for the

entirety of break 2014-2015.
STUDENT SPEAK
What is the wildest thing that happened to you over Winter Break?
317
students here for any part of
break, not including arrivals
after 1/14
-9
the coldest temperature in
Brunswick during break
Sara Hamilton 16
Hunter White 17
Justin Dury-Agri 15
Erin Voss 16
I swam with a six-foot moray eel.
I got onto a game show in Taiwan.

They had to have subtitles because I
dont speak Mandarin.
My friends dog ate my retainer. It was

stupid. It was in an open bag on the
ground.
I saw the movie Wild.

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the warmest temperature in
Brunswick during break
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Applications drop 2.4% for the Class of 2019 Professors, students begin to plan
teach-in for environmental reform
Despite fewer applicants, overall

number of Early Decision applications increased.
ORIENT STAFF
BY CHAMBLEE SHUFFLEBARGER
ORIENT STAFF
Between Early Decision I (ED I),

Early Decision II (ED II) and regular
decision candidates for the Class of
2019, the Office of Admissions has received a total of 6,765 applications to
the College this year, down 170 from
last year.
However, the overall number
of ED I and ED II applications increased. Six hundred and sixty six
ED 1, 287 ED II and 5,812 regular decision applications were received. ED I applications were up
by 68 and ED II applications were
up by 34 from last year. While
those numerical increases are
small, they represent substantial
growth percentages in the ED I
and II applicant pools.
Two hundred and eight applicants were accepted ED I this year
for an admittance rate of 31 percent, a number that is substantially
higher than Bowdoins overall acceptance rate of around 14 percent.
The Office of Admissions is currently reading and evaluating ED
II and regular decision applications. ED II decisions will be announced in the middle of February and regular decisions will be
announced in early April.
We have passed the January first
deadline so we have all of our applications in, but we are in the process
of reading them at this time, said
Dean of Admissions and Financial
Aid Scott Meiklejohn. We are currently busy getting a sense of the
applicants. Everyone is plowing
through the applications. We are
just starting to get a sense of the applicant pool.
According to Meiklejohn, this
years numbers do not represent a
Battle explained that following recent events in Ferguson, Cleveland and

Staten Island, the scope of the event was
A group of professors and students
expanded to cast a greater focus on the
have begun to plan a day-long, camsocial impacts of climate change, causpus-wide teach-in that will examine
ing the decision to delay until the fall.
the intersections of climate change and
My vision is to have a community
society this coming fall.
wide discussion about how climate inThe proposed event is intended to
tersects with society, said Horch. That
engage the entire College for the purmeans we need to understand the sciposes of education and action. Orgaence of climate change and we have to
nizers of the event also hope to offer a
understand the implications for differbroad view of the complex causes and
ent societies. How is it affecting people
effects of climate change and propose
in different locations? Of different
viable options for
classes? Of different
action.
races? Of different
Our goal at
countries?
Our goal...is
this point is to
One of the great
to have an event in
have an event
tragedies and chalin the fall that is
lenges of climate
the fall that is high profile and
high profile and
is that it afsubstantive, and addresses climate change
substantive, and
fects everyone and
change and social justice, and
addresses climate
it affects the dischange and social
advantaged more,
involves the largest possible
justice, and inBattle added. The
segment of the Bowdoin
volves the largest
wealthier you are
possible segment
the more you can
population.
of the Bowdoin
insulate yourself
population, said
from the effects of
MARK BATTLE
Associate Profesclimate change.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
sor of Physics and
Sinead Lamel
Astronomy Mark
15, one of several
Battle, one of the faculty members acstudents directly involved in the plantively involved in the planning.
ning process and a member of the
We will structure it in whatever
student group Radical Alternatives to
way is required to meet those goals,
Capitalism, explained how corporate
he added.
control of resources is a significant facWhile the group has received
tor in the climate issue and hopes for it
administrative support, specifically
to be addressed during the event.
from President Mills, the proposed
Our club, Radical Alternatives to
format of a day-long teach-in has yet
Capitalism, thinks that climate change
to be approved. Typically, a teach in
is a result of irresponsible corporate
would involve the cancellation of all
control of resources, she said. For
regularly scheduled classes on the day
example, deforestation happening all
of the event.
over the world and the burning of fossil
The scope and ambition of this event
fuels. We have the technology to not do
has little precedent at Bowdoin. The
that but there are certain corporations
teach-in is a commonly used format,
that are, for example, fighting wars for
but Associate Professor of Biology and
oil and pushing the car model.
Neuroscience Hadley Horch, who is
Battle also explained how in addressalso helping to plan the event, said that
ing social aspects of the climate issue, he
Bowdoin has not canceled classes for
hopes to speak to a desire he sees in the
the entire school since an event followstudent body for more intense discusing the Kent State shootings in 1970.
sion of important issues.
Horch explained that she would be
One thing that has become very
willing to compromise about the forclear for me [is that there is] the desire
mat of the teach-in if certain changes
for substantive, difficult conversations
needed to be made.
about issues people feel have gone unA teach-in would be really symbolic
addressed for a long time, and you cant
and great and important, but I think
separate any of these tensions on camthere are ways of having these converpus, he said.
sations on a Saturday or evenings, she
While the organizing group has resaid. I would love to see it be a teachceived input from students and many
in, but its not a deal-breaker for me.
members of the faculty, it is actively
Battle also stressed that the group is
seeking more students and faculty
still in the planning stages and the conwishing to get involved in the plantent and structure of the event could
ning process.
change drastically between now and
They also intend to write an open
the fall.
letter to the campus in the coming
In a campus-wide email sent on Deweeks announcing a more formal
cember 16, Battle initially indicated that
plan and soliciting further commuthe event would be held this spring.
nity involvement.
BY HARRY DIPRINZIO
COMPILED BY GRACE HANDLER AND HY KHONG
significant change from previous

application pools. Bowdoin received a record 7,052 applications
for the class of 2017 and 6,935 applications for the Class of 2018.
The acceptance rate has hovered
between 13 and 15 percent over the
past three years.
These numbers are very similar
to last years numbers. A difference
of 170 is a blip. I think that our qual-
ity of doing business has remained

the same as in previous years.
According to Meiklejohn, Admissions has high hopes for an incoming class.
Our job is to deliver to Bowdoin
a very exciting group of people in
August. The College has high aspirations for its students. Our job
is to find smart, talented, diverse
students.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
license to avoid accountability.
The College plans on taking disciplinary action against those who
dressed up as Native Americans,
according to Foster, who has not indicated what form this punishment
will take.
Several members of the lacrosse
team have recently decided not to return for the spring season, but there
is no evidence linking their departure to this incident. The captains
of the team refused to comment on
both the party and the departure of
their teammates.
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Martina Duncan 97 named Delong, Hintze receive new campus roles

new registrar of the College
BY PHOEBE BUMSTED
ORIENT STAFF
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster

announced on Monday a resuffle in
positions that play a role in student life.
Former Director of Student Life
Allen Delong will become associate
dean of student affairs and director
of the David Saul Smith Union, while
former Associate Director of Student
Activities Nate Hintze will become the
director of student activities, effective
immediately, according to Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster in a campuswide email on Monday.
A lot of its more representative of
the duties I was already doing, said
Hintze. [Its] really exciting to be able
BY MAURA FRIEDLANDER
ORIENT STAFF
Newly appointed registrar Martina

Duncan 97 says she hopes to improve
Polaris by considering feedback from
students and faculty. Duncan worked
in the Office of the Registrar during
the initial implementation of the system and said she believes it can be improved further.
Were always going to continue
building on our systems functionality, said Duncan. Our goal is to understand what comes next and always
make sure that Polaris is providing the
kind of functionality to the campus that
is needed.
Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle
Collins Judd announced that Duncan had been promoted registrar of
the College in an e-mail sent out to
students and staff on January 15. Duncan will officially transition from her
current role as an associate registrar
to registrar on February 2, taking over
responsibilities from the Interim Registrar Jim Higginbotham, who is also a
Classics professor.
Duncans appointment was approved by a search committee which
was convened by Judd and comprised
of faculty members Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Sara Dickey,
Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry Anne McBride, Professor of
Mathematics Adam Levy and Senior
Associate Dean of Student Affairs Kim
Pacelli. The committee unanimously
recommended Duncans promotion,
according to Judd.
[Duncan] has wide-ranging administrative, academic, and managerial experience; she has quickly
become a valued member of the registrars office since her appointment
as associate registrar a year ago;
and she is an established and valuable member of the Bowdoin community, wrote Judd in an e-mail to
the Orient. The committee was impressed by the depth and breadth of
GRACE MALLETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
REGISTERED: After a unanimous search

committee vote, Martina Duncan 97 has been hired
as the Colleges new Registrar, effective February 2.
her experience, her problem-solving
skills, and her commitment to maintaining and enhancing the excellent
service the registrars office provides
to the campus community.
As registrar of the College, Duncans
responsibilities will shift from chiefly
academic-related duties to a focus on
the student and faculty interactions
with the Office of the Registrar.
In my former position I focused
more on the curricular side; now Im
trying to really learn more about the
student side, said Duncan.
I really like working in an office that
has such a great staff and I really enjoy
working with all the faculty and students, said Duncan. Im a Bowdoin
grad so its nice to work in my alma
mater and feel that what we do is really
central to the campus.
Due to some restructuring and shifting in the office based on the needs of
the new program, no one has been appointed to take over Duncans former
role as an associate registrar. The office
recently hired Brett Bisesti as a systems
specialist for the Banner program, the
program that is the basis of Polaris.
MLK
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, two
panels in a course taught by Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral
Fellow in Government Cory Gooding,
and a performance by civil rights activists and musicians Bernice Johnson
Reagon and her daughter Toshi.
During the performance, Toshi
playfully criticized the school for holding classes on the holiday, and called
for a wider variety of programming for
the holiday.
A lot of holidays we have are so far
off the mark from what we would like
them to do, but this one has so much
potential to bring up so many issues,
she said.
I dont know why you would bring
students to school on MLK Day unless you were giving them the opportunity to express all of the different
movements that are concerning them
that they would like to give voice to,
she continued.
Ashley Bomboka 16 was among
the students who chose not to attend
classes. She attended the breakfast,
participated in a panel, and attended
the concert.
It was an educational experience
to have a new title but be able to continue doing the fun things that we were
doing in our office all along.
As director of student activities,
Hintze will be responsible for a range
of student programming such as free
bowling on Thursdays and hot dogs
at the Colby hockey game. His new
position will also include budgeting,
attending meetings and other administrative tasks.
Hintze is also helping organize this
years Winter Weekend, which he said
will include horse-drawn carriage
rides, sled dogs and a throne of ice.
Hintze will continue to work closely
with the Office of Residential Life,
College Houses and Bowdoin Student
Government in his new role. He said
that he enjoys hearing from students at

his office behind the information desk
in Smith Union, and that his door is
always open.
The spring is such a fun time because there are so many things going
on, and were just excited to work with
students and have everybody back on
campus and have a really fun and safe
spring, Hintze said.
Delong will now have a role in the
development of the new Student Center for Multicultural Life, and he is
currently working with the Resource
Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and alumni programs to organize
a reception during Spring Break in
New York City for LGBTIQ alumni
and students.
Im learning a lot more about his work,

his change over time, and the way that
weve appropriated his life to fit our civil
rights narrative, she said.
She added that her professors were
very supportive of her decision not to
attend class.
Bomboka said she supported the
recommendation from Mills.
It makes sense to honor what
[King] did and where he pushed us to
go as a countryhow he was able to be
a role model for so many other activists, she said.
Some students felt that the change
was overdue.
Im pretty excited about it. I think
it took long enough for it to happen,
said Michelle Kruk 16, who helped
organize campus responses to the nonindictments of the officers in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases last
semester.
Im disappointed that its not going
to happen during my time here, because I think the College tends to do
whats easy a lot of the time, she added. The better alternative would have
been to just have the day off this year.
Most of Bowdoins NESCAC peers
without a winter term are given the day
off already, including Amherst, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Trinity and
Tufts. Bates holds themed workshops
in place of classes, while at Wesleyan

the day is used for enrollment for the
spring semester.
Mills acknowledged that the policies of other colleges factored into
his decision.
A whole lot of other schools have
decided to start the day after, he said.
Ultimately, Bowdoins Calendar
Committee will make the final decision.
I decided not to declare this as
some sort of edict, because the calendar is something that many people on
the faculty and staff consider carefully,
and any modifications to the calendar
attract a lot of attention, Mills said.
Mills said that while he would not
support mandatory events in place
of classes during the holiday, he did
see the potential for College-organized activities on the holiday in lieu
of classes.
We sometimes forget that Martin
Luther King Jr. Day has really been designated as a national day of service, so
if everyone were back on campus and
classes werent starting until the next
day, one could see the McKeen Center
organizing another Common Good
Day where students reach out to the
community, he said.
The Calendar Committee will be
meeting this spring to decide on future
changes to the academic calendar.
CENTER
all have evolved quicker with our
administrative structures, said
Delong. Were good, but we have
students come to campus with a
really sophisticated vocabulary in
their own identities in a way where
they didnt when I went to college.
The new Center and its directors
office will be located at 30 College
Street and will share the space with
the Student Center for Religious and
Spiritual Life. However, the Center
will host some events and programming at the John Brown Russwurm
African American Center as well.
Russworm has a historical
place in the College and 30 College
Street houses Multicultural life,
said Amaez. The Center is comprised of two sister spaces.
The director will serve to centralize and coordinate various programs
from different organizations at the
College such as the McKeen Center,
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the Resource Center for Sexual and
Gender Diversity, and the Schwartz
Outdoor Leadership Center.
Really, this position will serve
as the hub on the wheel, said Delong. This person will be the central clearinghouse to ensure that
if there are areas that we can improve, then well do that.
I cant tell you exactly how this
Center is going to evolve, said
Foster. But I have no doubt that
when we look back on this a year,
two, three years from now, were
going to see a vibrant Center thats
offering lots of programing but
also support for the community in
ways that are going to be pretty exciting for the place.
Amaez and Delong intend on
posting the position publically and
finish assembling the search committee of faculty, staff and students
by next week.
When I think about a year or
two from now, I think the question will be what did we do before
without this person? said Delong.
news
OUR HOUSE: Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster announced the creation of a new Student Center for Multicultural Life, which will be housed in 30 College Street,
along with the existing Student Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. The College plans to select a director for the Center by this summer.
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SECURITY REPORT: 12/22 to 1/22

Monday, December 22
A student was found in possession of drug paraphernalia at
Stowe Inn.
A student was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Helmreich House.
Three students at Brunswick
Apartments were found in possession of a stolen security barricade
and two wall telephones that were
stolen from Helmreich House.
Tuesday, January 6
A student reported the theft of
a womans maroon North Face winter knee-length coat from a room
at Russwurm House.
Sunday, January 11
A smoke alarm at Osher Hall
was triggered by overheating
food in a microwave oven.
A complaint of loud noise was
received at Baxter House and a
small unregistered event was dispersed.
A basement stairwell hand
railing was vandalized at Baxter
House.
Staff members at the Museum
of Art gift shop reported that a visitor shoplifted beads.
Burnt food in the kitchen at
Baxter House set off the buildings
fire alarm. Brunswick Fire Department responded.
Wednesday, January 14
A smoke detector was found
covered with a plastic bag in a students room at 8 School Street.
A chain link fence bordering
College property at the old navy
base was vandalized. A repair was
made.
Friday, January 16
A faculty member with a head
injury sustained in a fall while ice
skating
at
Watson Arena
and was escorted to the Mid
Coast Primary
Care and WalkIn Clinic.
Saturday, January 17
A spectator
at an ice hockey
game was treated
for a minor head
laceration
after
being struck by a
hockey puck.
Sunday, January
18
A student using a hair dryer accidentally activated
a smoke alarm at
Chamberlain Hall.
A fire alarm was
set off by smoke
from
microwave
popcorn at Brunswick Apartment J.
An intoxicated
student was transported from Coles Tower to
Mid Coast Hospital.
Monday, January 19
A noise complaint at Brunswick
Apartment
J resulted from an
unregistered event, which was dispersed.
Thursday, January 22
A black child-size Specialized
mountain bike with red lettering
was reported stolen from a bike
rack at Coleman Hall sometime
during winter break.
A student with flu symptoms
was escorted to Mid Coast Hospital.
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Meyers 17 reflects on travels, service Maine beers offer quality,

classic underdog story
MIND THE GAP

BY MADDIE WOLFERT
Please see MEYERS, page 8
GRAIN TO GLASS
CALLIE FERGUSON
COURTESY OF SOPHIE MEYERS
TEACHABLE MOMENTS : Sophie Meyers 17 (above, left) traveled to Costa Rica where she taught English
and math at an elementary schoolone of many stops on her gap year. She also worked as an organizer for
the Obama campaign and interned at Public Citizen, an organization working for consumer rights.
While I was home for Thanksgiving in New York last November, I met
up with a couple of Bowdoin alums at
a craft beer bar on West 45th Street.
The place looked like a trendy cellarslender, dimly lit, and a few steps
down from the sidewalk outside.
And perhaps cellar is the right word,
because while the bar had a few taps,
this was really a bottle shop.
The real selection resided in
a long wall of coolers containing an enormous
array of bottles
representing
some of the
finest
beers
available.
Jostling
between
several
groups of stylish,
bearded
people,
I made way from the
fridges and hunted for one of my favorite IPAs from the West Coast.
Returning to our tablea varnished plank straddling two upturned oak barrelsI was surprised
by my friends selection: an elegant,
slender brown bottle, with a simple, unmistakable white label. Shed
found Zoe, an amber ale from a small
craft brewery, Maine Beer Company
(MBC), located twenty minutes from
Bowdoins campus in Freeport.
The design of the bottle, clean and
unassuming, suggested it might have
been out of place among craft ales (it
looked almost like a wine bottle). But
that assessment was soon belied by the
flavorful contents within. MBC wasnt
out of placeit was distinctive.
Its a brewery with the unassuming charm of a local business and
the prowess to compete in the big
leagues. I wasnt surprised to find
MBC among such a fine company of
beers because their beer is excellent. I
was simply surprised to find it so far
from its home in Maine.
MBC is a real started-from-thebottom story. Begun as a hobby then
founded in a garage, it eventually
grew from nano-brewery to micro-
brewery to the brewery that produces

beers so popular that it cant meet its
demandgood luck finding bottles
of their IPA Lunch.
As an indication of MBCs success,
prominent beer writer Joshua Bernstein uses its flagship brew, Peeper
Ale, as a paradigmatic example of the
American Pale Ale style in his bestselling coffee table book on beer tasting. Truly, their story is so quintessential and inspiring that you
can find it on their website, presented in a digital chapter-book
format. Read it to your kidsor
someones kids.
But although MBCs reputation began to extend well
beyond mid-coast Maine
with a demand to match
it, it chose to stay small.
When I asked an employee about expansion over a
beer last October, she implied that the owners were
happy with what theyd
built. They didnt feel the
need to expand.
What MBC does feel the
need to do is the right thingthis
doesnt just mean drinking beer. Do
whats right is the brewerys slogan,
or more aptly put, the brewerys mission statement. One percent of their
gross sales are donated to environmental non-profits and each beer
contains a paragraph on its label
describing the non-profit towards
which its sales contribute.
All craft beers wear a noticeably
higher price tag than their massmarketed compatriots, but at least
with MBC you can feel like the few
extra dollars are truly well spent.
Now, reader, do whats right and
drink MBCs beers.
I may be exposing a bias, but I
think its hoppier offerings are where
the brewery excels. As a general note,
MBC beers are not assertively bitter
even those which showcase their hops
at the front of the palate. I love MBC
because I can rely on interesting, delicious hop profiles when Im not in
the mood for an astringent beer. I recommend MBC pale ales and IPAs to
those of you who typically arent fond
of IPAs or those who are interested in
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Sophie Meyers 17 has had plenty of time to reflect on how her

decision to take a gap year affected
her Bowdoin experience.
When Meyers graduated from
high school, she said she felt burnt
out academically. In order to take
a break from the books and try a
different kind of learning, she left
home to explore other options in
Pittsburgh, Pa., Lexington, Mass.,
Washington, D.C., and even farther away in Costa Rica.
Im very into the idea of learning
by doing, she said. Theres a lot
you can learn from the classroom,
but theres so much to learn about
the world and yourself by putting
yourself in situations where youre
not necessarily comfortable.
Meyers first stop was in Pittsburgh where she joined the Obama
campaign. There she worked as an
organizing fellow, canvassing, phone
banking, and training new volunteers. She even had the opportunity
to work at events which featured Bill
Clinton and Bruce Springsteen.
Next, Meyers moved back to
her hometown, Lexington, Mass.,
where she volunteered in Boston at
an independent school for students
from low-income families. There
she helped students prepare to apply to private high schools.
I was working with eighth graders on applications and trying to
get them to dig deeper with essay
questions, she said.
In the spring, Meyers traveled
to Costa Rica, where she lived in a
rural village with a host familya
highlight of her gap year. She spent
most of her time teaching English
and math at an elementary school,
but outside of work, she learned
how to make empanadas with her
host family and immersed herself
in its culture.
That was an unbelievable experience, Meyers said. I love the
country and I want to go back and
visit my host family.
With her gap year coming to a
close, Meyers continued to try new
things and moved to Washington,
D.C., for ten weeks as an intern
Please see BEER, page 8
Bath Rd. bakery Bun Buns born out of owners lifelong dream
BY KELSEY SCARLETT
ORIENT STAFF
Just in time for Valentines Day,

Bun Buns Bakeshop is opening in
Brunswick at 30 Bath Road on February 2.
Owner Laurie Smart-Pottle said
she is enthusiastic for the grand
opening of the bakery, which
boasts free WiFi, comfy booths,
and of course, baked goods.
Its so exciting sometimes I just
feel like I am going to burst and
other times I think, wait a minute,
am I dreaming? said Smart-Pottle.
Owning a bakeshop has been a
dream of Smart-Pottles for her entire life. She said she initially started decorating cakes so she could
stay home with her children and
stepchildren, who are now adults.

As a self-proclaimed military
brat, she traveled while young, and
briefly worked with water waste in
the military before marrying a career soldier. No matter where she
was living, Smart-Pottle found
herself happiest in the kitchen.
Family and friends are everything to meIm just a real downto-earth person who loves to be
around people and make them happy with really good food, she said.
The decision to make a leap
from her normal life and open up
her own bakeshop started with her
husband.
My husband and I just got to
thinking, because hed been thinking
of retiringhes been in the Guard
for 28 yearswe were thinking,
what can we do to get our retirement years going? she said. So we

started thinking of opening a restaurant, a little buffet kind of idea.
The idea seemed far-fetched and
expensive to them at the time, but
they eventually decided that their
dream might actually be a possibility.
One night [my husband] looked
at me and was like, Why dont you
open up your bakery? and I was
like Really? and so thats what we
did, said Smart-Pottle. We just
found a location, got the town involved to get the required codes,
started hiring the right crew
plumbers, electricians, that kind of
crewand it kind of snowballed.
Small-Pottle is cultivating a warm
Please see BAKERY, page 8
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BUSINESS TIME: Bun Buns Bakeshop, located at 30 Bath Road, opens its doors February 2. The bakerys owner
hopes to cultivate a comfortable atmosphere where patrons can enjoy its tasty treats.
the bowdoin orient
features
Function follows form: the art of crafts

BY PENELOPE LUSK
CONTRIBUTOR
Art has existed for thousands of years,

but our definitions of and uses for art
have changed over time. This is the first
in a series of pieces that will explore the
perception and use of art and crafts
throughout history, as well as their place
and relevance in the modern world.
Around 1.76 million years ago, early
humans created the first hand-axe by
striking the edges of stones into flat,
pointed shapes. Fast-forward to 40,000
years agoalmost nothing on the
evolutionary timelineand humans
wrought five-note flutes from mammoth tusks. Thirty-thousand years ago,
bone needles stitched
clothing
from rough hides and
skins. And over the next
15,000 years, humans
developed all major
forms of art, using pigments, stones, animal
parts and clay to paint,
draw, sculpt, engrave and
make music.
Two years ago when
I got into Bowdoin, my
mother began sewing me
a quilt. She chose a pattern
(repeating Xs and Os). She selected favorite, familiar scraps from her
rag bagflowers, pinks, greens and oranges. She cut, pieced, pinned, sewed,
batted, backed and finally machinestitched smooth whorls through the layers of fabric.
When I moved into Maine Hall, she
told me that if I didnt want to keep it on
my bedif I thought it was embarrassing that my mother made me a quilt, or
if I didnt like the patternI could put it
right in storage. I kept the quilt.
My mothers quilt falls into the
legacy of millions of years of human
creations. Quilts and quilt patterns
are prominent in American history.
Generations of frontier women taught
their daughters the useful arts of quilt
-making, knitting, lace-making, weaving, spinning and dyeing, which all developed alongside human civilization
as homo sapiens moved indoors. Long
after the needle was invented, the domestic arts were born.
Tools made for pure necessity began a tradition of human creation to
memorialize culture and to demonstrate love. From the bone needles that
brought life-saving warmth in furs and
hides were born the silver needles that
stitched African visual traditions into
slave quilts; one of those silver needles
latched into the sewing machine that
my mother keeps by the big window in
ou r
home studio.
The earliest examples of pigmented stone, crude
flutes, and even
simple needles
to usea scarf or a dress or a blanket

in an era when Walmart and Amazon
bring commodities cheaply to our fingertips, is an ultimate labor of love.
Unlike fine arts, which are not purchasable in the same way a quilt is purchasable, crafts turn creative expression into a form of love, for the self, for
someone else, for the very act of sewing, knitting, or weaving. New to our
time is the qualifying statement when
the quilt is finishedyou dont have to
keep it if you dont want to.
My mother told me I didnt have
to keep the quilt she made me, that
I didnt have to use the quilt, and
so I wonder: when did homemade
quilts become embarrassing, instead of precious?
How did acts of creative expressionfrom weaving to sculptingthat
have been part of human history for
legions of time shift from ways
of recording stories, of
celebrating tradition, of exploring the beauty
of the world,
to the trope
of the starving artist?
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and in modernity. I will also address
very beginning of humans unique
the significance of making thingsfor
desire to expose their souls through a
ourselves and for other peopleand
particular medium.
what that does for self-image, personal
Modern forms of creative expression
growth and the growth of societies.
are innumerabledigital arts, writHumans make things. We make useing, performances, 100 iTunes music
ful things, pretty things and superflugenres, and the vestiges of the onceous things. Things for each other, for
necessary domestic arts.
ourselves, for pets, for the dead. FortyToday, the domestic arts are likely
thousand years from now, when arthe least respected, least popular form
chaeologists uncover our civilizations,
of creative expression, but perhaps the
what will their findings tell them?
most used art form for demonstrating
-Penelope Lusk is a member of the
love. To make a person an item to wear,
Class of 2017
Snow day: Bowdoins removal policy
COURTESY SOPHIE MEYERS
ALMOST FAMOUS: As part of of her gap year, Sophie Meyers 17 worked for the Obama campaign where she
performed a variety of tasks including helping out at events featuring Bill Clinton and Bruce Springsteen.
MEYERS
for the global trade watch team at

Public Citizen, a non-profit organization and think tank that advocates for consumer rights.
For Meyers, every experience was
an opportunity to think about different options and possible careers.
Meyers felt like she came to
some conclusions about her future
that she would not have reached if
she had gone straight to school.
Its nice to have those experiences when Im thinking about going forward, she said. At the end
of the Obama campaign, you could
have asked me, Do you want to
be in politics? And I would have
said, Yes. Totally. But by the time
I got back from Costa Rica I had
reflected a lot more on that experience, and I think that might not be
where Im headed.
Brunswick is Meyers most recent stop. Many students who take
gap years worry about the transition to college life and the possibility of feeling disconnected from
their peer but Meyers feels that her
transition was fairly smooth.
I would not have been as comfortable here my freshman year
BAKERY
and inviting feel for the bakery.

[Its] super friendly, almost like
a going-home-to-moms kind of
place, because everything youre
going to eat is going to be homemade, not pretentioussomething
that youd probably get at your
moms dinner tablehopefully,
said Small-Pottle.
Due to staff restrictions, the bakery will not deliver to Brunswick,
but it will make an exception for
Bowdoin. Smart-Pottle said she envisions parents sending eight-inch
cakes to students on their birthdays.
We would deliver it with a card
BEER
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
WINTER WEATHER: Students will have to avoid diagonals for the next few months. The College does not clear all paths on campus until spring. Snow
will be allowed to build up on the paths in red.
working their palate up to more daring, hoppier experiences.

In his book, Bernstein describes
Peeper Ale as a sunny beer. Maybe
this is a nod to its hazy, yellow appearance, but more likely it characterizes the effervescent, citrusy tang.
Peeper Ale finishes dry, with lingering buttery-malt sweetness. Mo is an
equally delicious, slightly hoppier,
piney pale ale. I cant decide which I
like better.
Lunch is MBCs most popular
beer. Drinking it for the first time, I
remember feeling surprised by the
complexity of unexpected, even un-
if I hadnt gone and done my gap

year, she said. I think I needed
that time to regroup, reflect, and
think about what I wanted to be
like moving forward.
Meyers transition was also
aided by the fact that she kept in
touch with some friends from high
school who also took gap years.
Some of them had easy transitions to college, some of them had
harder transitions to college. But
that was the same with my friends
who didnt take gap years, she
said. So I think that sort of just
depends on the person.
This year, Meyers plans to declare a major in math and a minor
in education. She discovered her
love of teaching in Costa Rica and
Boston, and it was only when she
was reunited with math at Bowdoin
she reached her decision to major.
Although Meyers has decided
what to study, her gap year experiences have shown her that our futures
rarely turn out exactly as we plan.
What youre doing right now
doesnt necessarily dictate what
youre doing five years from now
as much as were conditioned to
think, said Meyers.
Next for Meyers, she may study
abroad in Edinburgh and see what
else she can learn there.
and balloons to the locationthat
way you have a little piece of home
on the occasion, she said.
Smart-Pottle has a number of
ideas for the future of her business.
She already sees the need for more
space and has thought about opeing
a food truck that would sell coffee
and muffins. She also hopes to put
tents and picnic tables in the parking lot so she and her husband can
hold lobster bakes and pig roasts.
Im just really excited to open
the doors, because so many people
have stopped by and are really excited about a bakery coming, she
said. They have all been so supportive and so friendly, I think Im
just ready to open the doors and be
a real legitimate business.
conventional hop flavors that gave
way to an almost graham cracker-y
finish. The name is not a suggested
replacement for the meal itself, although you have my permission.
Zoe is the outlier of my recommendations in that its an amber ale. However, as MBC has termed it a hoppy
amber. Zoe is a great beer for those in
the mood for malty, heartier and darker beer with some hoppy distinction.
You can try most of these and more
down at the brewery in Freeport, and
I suggest that you do. Its totally unlike the bar in midtownthe place
seems designed to resemble its beer
labels, with clean, white, understated
walls and an elegant bar to the side.
You really do feel like youre drinking
the beer at its home.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Activist musicians Dr. Bernice and Toshi Reagon perform on MLK Day
BY MICHELLE HONG
ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin community sang and

clapped through the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day celebration on Monday
in Pickard Theater, led by activists
and songwriters Dr. Bernice Johnson
Reagon and her daughter, Toshi Reagon. The pair revisited protest songs
from the Civil Rights Movement
songs of freedom.
The Reagons sang familiar songs
like This Little Light of Mine, as
well as originals written about social
issues in South Africa and Brooklyn. The singers happily coached the
crowd through their bluesy renditions as Toshi plucked a guitar.
As a member of the Freedom Singers and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Bernice
Reagon has been a major voice for
social change since the 1960s. She is
the founder of the all-female AfricanAmerican a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, which has used music as
a way to speak out against injustice, and
is a respected professor and curator of
African American folk music.
Toshi is continuing her mothers
tradition of activist music with her
band BIGLovely. The band also includes Bowdoins own Assistant
Professor of Africana Studies Judith
Casselberry, who originally met the
Reagons in the performance circuit
and has developed a close relationship with the duo.
While the College held classes on
Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year,
Bowdoin formed a committee to
THERE AND BACK AGAIN: Toshi Reagon (left) and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon sing call-and-response songs with the audience on Monday night.
honor the holiday by organizing celebration activities in remembrance of
the Civil Rights Movement.
We wanted something to honor
King, but, more than honoring just
King the man, honoring his legacy
and the work he was committed to,
said Leana Amaez, associate dean
of multicultural student programs
and a member of the programming
committee for Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day.
The programming themes in 2013

and 2014 were the eradication of
poverty and activism, respectively.
This years theme was faith, and the
committee thought the Reagons were
a good representation of the role of
faith in social movements.
Sometimes we focus on people
who are passed away. We think about
these things in a historical context,
which is part of how we should think
about it, but theres also a very pres-
ent context. Dr. Reagon is living history, said Casselberry. I think its
important for us to all remember that
this isnt a long ago history. Its a current history, and people are still living
who did work in that time period.
The Reagons returned to this
theme in their performance, inviting the audience to carry forward the
spirit of African American folk music
and protest music.
One time I heard my mom talk
about songs that came out of the Civil

Rights Movement, and she told people, dont think of them as museum
pieces, Toshi told the audience. You
hear a song from the Civil Rights
Movement, and you kind of separate
yourself from it as if you dont actually need it to be a part of your contemporary world, as if it cant still do
service to so many situations that are
going on in the world today.
The committee also saw the Reagons
partnership as mother and daughter as
a reminder that activism requires collaboration between generations.
To have Bernice and Toshi together is for the community, and students in particular, its great to see the
intergenerational continuity and how
important that can be for how young
people think about moving in the
world, how young people think about
the future, said Casselberry.
The Reagons delighted as hundreds of audience members lifted
their voices for the choruses of each
new song.
Im gonna invite you to participate in these songs as if theyre
yours, said Toshi Reagon. In case
you didnt know, we like people to
sing along with us.
The audience responded enthusiastically, giving the community the opportunity to experience the songs the way
they were experienced during the Civil
Rights Movement.
The traditions in which this
comes fromold hymns, old Negro
spirituals, protest musicits all about
Please see REAGONS, page 10
Prof. Clarke travels cross-country with new novel Duchamps legacy: panelists
BY EMILY WEYRAUCH
ORIENT STAFF
Professor of English Brock Clarke

has been on sabbatical since the start
of the fall semester, going on tour to
promote his newest book, The Happiest People in the World.
Clarke described The Happiest
People in the World, released in November 2014, as a sort of literary spy
novel for people who dont like spy
novels. I dont like spy novels. The
book is chock full of labyrinthine
plot lines, characters with multiple
identities and dramatic irony.
According to Clarke, the novels
complexity increased as the book developed. It started, in January 2011,
with a first-person narrator, but as
Clarke realized the implications of
all the secrets harbored by various
characters in the book, he created an
omniscient narrator to provide the
perspectives of multiple characters.
I begin with a very specific idea
of what the books going to be like
and then the book sort of confounds
that at every turn, until I get over my
original impression of the book and
give in to what the book is demanding of me, said Clarke.
He added that this process of
gradual transformation took place
when he was writing his other books
as well.
Clarke sees the act of completing a novel as less concrete than one
might imagine. At one point when
he felt that The Happiest People in
the World was complete, his editor made a suggestion that resulted
in Clarkes adding a completely new

first chapter to the book.
There is essentially nothing in it
that, removed from context, makes
any sense, wrote J. Robert Lennon
in a glowing review of The Happiest
People in the World, published in
The New York Times.
In response, Clarke said, Those
are the kind of books I like. They
dont have any logic in them except
their own logic. They dont lean on
the world for the logic of their book.
So I took that as total praise.
Its sort of a book for people who
like satiric literary fiction but also
like their satire to have a little more
emotional quality than most satire
has, said Clarke. For people who
like Muriel Sparks novels, but who
also like Coen brothers movies, thats
how I think of it.
Although The Happiest People in
the World is about a cartoonist who
ends up running from terrorists,
Clarke said he resists connections
to the recent attacks on the satirical
French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Its difficult to talk about my book
in the context of those cartoons, because the cartoonist [in the book]
doesnt draw the cartoons for any
kind of political purpose, and the
people who burn down his house
dont do it for a political purpose
theyre not jihadists and hes not a
politicized cartoonist, he said.
Clarke was on tour with The Happiest People in the World from midOctober to mid-December, from Miami to San Francisco, reading mostly
at bookstores. A day in the life of a
touring author is hectic, between

travel time and appearances. Clarke
said he used his small pockets of free
time for writing, radio interviews
and taking walks outside.
Although touring requires a significant amount of what can only
be described as schlepping around
(Theres a lot of sitting on airplanes), for him, going on tour is a
dream come true.
I dont know how I could complain about it at all, said Clarke, who
had always aspired to be a novelist,
and grew up thinking Id love to
publish a book some day, I would
love to have someone give a shit
about it.
One strange phenomenon Clarke
noticed in giving public readings at
bookstores is the type of intimacy
that the reader often assumes with
the author. Some audience members
presume a pre-existing rapport with
Clarke, wanting to banter and acting
as though they knew him really well.
Its flattering, but also a little unnerving, said Clarke.
At a typical reading, there are
around thirty audience members.
They are fans of Clarkes work, as well
as people who have read the reviews
and heard the hype. Clarke said there
are occasionally stray knitters, sitting
in the bookstore with their balls of
yarn, who otherwise dont care about
the book. Regardless of the interest
of the audienceor even its size,
which can range from two to 80
Clarke is happy to have the forum to
speak and sees the whole experience
as a dream.
discuss his conceptual art

BY GABY PAPPER
ORIENT STAFF
Marcel Duchampthe conceptual

artist best known for exhibiting a urinal
as a work of original artwas the focus
of a well-attended panel entitled The
Legacy of Marcel Duchamp, in Kresge
Auditorium on Wednesday.
This depiction of a urinal was not
immediately accepted into the art world.
Fountain, the title of the piece, only
became well known years later, but the
original dismissal of the piece did not
stop Duchamps success as an artist.
This rejection [of the piece] occasioned an opportunity for Duchamp to
collaborate with other artists to deter-
mine what the purpose of the artwork

was, said Anne Goodyear, co-director
of the Bowdoin College Museum of
Art.
By taking a urinal out of its everyday
contexthe attached a new idea to the
object and transformed it conceptually.
Boundaries that had previously been
understood between art and everyday
world fell apart.
The panel featured three individuals, each with a different perspective
on Duchamps work. Panelists included Scott Homolka, associate conservator of works of art on paper at the
Philadelphia Art Museum, James W.
Please see DUCHAMP, page 10
NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: James McManus discusses Duchamps infamous piece Fountain.
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Sleater-Kinney more than just riot grrrls PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

HIPSTER DRIVEL
MATT GOODRICH
To call Sleater-Kinney the best rock
band of the last two decades is to miss
the point. It's an argument that has
stormed across the internet like, well,
a Sleater-Kinney song ever since
the trio announced its return
a few months ago after a tenyear hiatus.
But I suspect Corin, Carrie
and Janet don't give a damn
what we think about them.
No Cities To Love, a searing
record of tight melodies and
gripping charisma, asks many
questions, but do you still
love us? is not one of them.
What if your mom could
kick your ass? however, certainly is.
Indeed, these riot grrrls
are now riot women. They've
come a long way since the
early 90s DIY punk scene at
Evergreen State College in
Olympia, Wa.
Carrie Brownstein's fame
as curator of hipster hodgepodge
Portlandia
has
eclipsed her fame as snarling
guitarist in Sleater-Kinneythough
you wouldn't know it from No Cities
To Love. It's less a reunion album than
a reignition record. There's no painful
attempt to recreate the sublime here. It
turns out lightning can strike the same
place twice. Or, in this band's case,
eight times.
We first caught a glimpse of the
album back in November, when the
single Bury Our Friends announced
Sleater-Kinney's take-no-prisoners
return. The song is a piece of pop
mastership, anchored by Weiss' thun-
DUCHAMP
McManus, emeritus professor of art

history at California State University,
Chico, and Michael R. Taylor, director
of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College.
Scott [brings the] perspective of a
paper conservator who thinks about the
physical evidence of a work of art; Jim
brings an academic perspective and Michael has an art museum background as
curator and director of the Hood Museum at Dartmouth, said Goodyear.
The panel was held in conjunction
with the Museum of Arts current exhibition, Collaborations and Collusions,
which focuses on networks of modern
artists including Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt and others.
REAGONS
participation, said Dean Amaez.

The performance elicited an emotional response from the audience,
ranging from excited to nostalgic.
It was absolutely breathtaking.
It reminded me of my grandmother
walking around the house singing
some of the same type of Civil Rights
spirituals, old church songs, said Matthew Williams 16, student director
for activism and social justice at the
Office of Multicultural Life.
The Reagons encouraged the audience and reminded them that social change is driven by the young
people in a communitya particularly relevant point for student activ-
derous drumming, and driven to

sing-along heights by Tucker's wildeyed yawp and the band's signature
dueling guitars.
It was a reminder of what made
them so good in the first placean
unpretentious dedication to craft that
never sacrificed fury for listenability.
Sleater-Kinney is the rare band that
pulls off pissed and pop.
ization debate two decades ago. I was

lured by the cost, Tucker admits of
marked-down sale items, a godsend
for those who live paycheck-to-paycheck. But really, we never checked
the price tag, since there is so much
child labor, dangerous chemicals, carbon pollutionunaccounted for. Call
it econ 101, or call it the way SleaterKinney open an album, capturing
consumer guilt with poise.
Of course, this whole
project is kind of meta. On
Surface Envy, Tucker sings,
bordering on platitude, that
we win, we lose, but only together do we break the rules.
Later on, she rhymes that
with make the rules. We
could take this as something
of a manifesto. Sleater-Kinney have the trappings of a
great punk band with distorted guitars, leftist politics, and
shred-your-throat vocals. Yet
they've also become everything a punk band is not supposed to beidolized.
What happens when an
anti-authoritarian
band
itself becomes an authority? Sleater-Kinney, after all,
might be described as our
version of the Sex Pistols
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
brash and iconoclastic, if
What's all the more impressive is
infinitely more talented. They themthe trio's command of tone. Tucker
selves are certainly not asking to be
sings with all the urgency of a wildrevered, as No Anthem makes clear.
fire, yet the flames never consume
That is why the best rock band arthese songs' emotional subtlety. The
gument is absurd.
fuzz-rock opener Price Tag, for inUnquestionably, Sleater-Kinney
stance, evokes the concept of social
deserve to be added to the pantheon
cost for cheap consumer goods, as told
of musical divinity, not because they
through the eyes of single mothers
are the token feminist punk band, but
stocking shelves at a department store.
because they are so much more. InThe irony, of course, is that this
stead of comparing legacies like phalkick in the bourgeois derrire is even
luses, their fate is to invent [their]
more relevant now than when Sleaterown kind of obscurity, one in which
Kinney soundtracked the anti-globalthe music speaks for itself.
The art museum is a place where
students can be exposed to ideas,
speakers and artists that collectively
take us beyond Brunswick, said Goodyear. One of the goals of this exhibition
is to think about ways different artists
work together and inform one another.
It helps us understand why one might
want to engage with the everyday in the
modern world.
According to the the panelists, Duchamp was a conceptual artist who
made viewers question the definition
of art in our society. Duchamps extreme precision gives his artwork a
deeper meaning.
Duchamp is an outstanding example of an artist who wants us to challenge
our assumptions, said Goodyear.
Duchamp, more than almost any
other artist in the twentieth century,
taught us how to think about and look
at works to get beyond the physicality of

the object and understand the structure
of the work, said McManus. This is
what makes him so attractive and challenging at the same time.
Duchamps style of art continues to
be relevant today, according to Taylor.
Duchamp remains extremely current because he was so far ahead of his
peers that we are still catching up with
his ideas, which are still very radical,
said Taylor. He remains the kind of
artist you can still admire and find new
ideas from.
McManus had a similar assessment.
The challenges presented by Duchamp are no less critical today than they
were in 1917 when he presented Fountain, he said. Duchamp swung the
door open to think about what can be
art and what cannot be art, and it continues to have an impact.
ist groups on campus.

Young people always speak to the
current and contemporary energy
of the time, Toshi told the crowd.
Older people cant shape that dialogue for young people. Young
people shape the dialogue, and old
people get behind them and support
them while they do it.
Casselberry agreed.
Each generation has its own issues
to deal with. Even if those issues are
maybe not quite as clearly connected,
or at least feel like they arent as clearly
connected, I think that its important for
young people to remember that theyre
the ones that always make things happen, she said.
Williams also felt the songs were
relevant to the work students are doing on campus to impact the com-
munity, like the protest acts following

the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and the
petitions for divestment.
Williams said he was surprised by
the diversity of the turnout.
I did not think that place was
going to be that filled, let alone that
diverse, said Williams.When they
turned the lights on, I saw that it
wasnt just the entirety of the black
population here, but it was filled with
a lot of people from a lot of different
walks of life.
Williams added, I think it really
does show how their music can relate
to things that are happening on campus or even in our world today.
The last event celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be
Common Hour with Reverend Dr.
Emilie M. Townes on February 27.
Carly Berlin 18
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ENDLESS FOOLERY: Berlin updates her blog, which focuses on her experiences and thoughts.
BY BRIDGET WENT
ORIENT STAFF
For Carly Berlin 18, writing

is not just an academic interest
or a frivolous pastime. An aspiring creative writer, Berlin uses
her words as a medium to better
understand herself and the world.
Berlin, a native of Atlanta, Ga.,
keeps a drawer of past journals and
diaries by her bed which hold the
history of her love for writing. Ever
since she can remember, she has
been writing and illustrating stories.
Ive been writing my whole
life, she said.
During high school, Berlin
developed a more serious commitment to her craft. A monthlong creative writing program the
summer before her senior year
crystallized her dedication to creating works of fiction.
About a year ago, Berlin started
her blog, Endless Foolery, where,
she posts entries ranging from
short stories to daily thoughts and
streams-of-consciousness.
Berlins inspiration for starting a
blog came from a high school creative writing workshopping class.
I was really happy with the
things I was coming out with and
I felt like I just wanted other people to see them, she said.
Several months ago Berlin
committed to writing in a journal
each night before she goes to bed.
When I write something I like,
I type it up and put it on the blog,
she said. Thats usually about
once a week.
The front page of the blog
includes a Shakespeare quote:
Lord, what fools these mortals
be! After coming across this
quote in a Shakespeare quote
book, Berlin was struck by the
word fool and found it expressive as a title for the blog.
I think no matter how seriously we want to take ourselves
sometimes, we are all a little foolish, she said.
For Berlin, the blog is as much
for personal fulfillment as it

is for sharing her work with a
broader audience.
When Im writing, Im writing
for myself. But I am hoping that
other people feel something from
it, she said.
As a first year, Berlin is in the
midst of the transition from living at home to college life, and
she has grappled with the transition in many recent blog posts.
She hopes other students sharing
this sentiment feel consoled when
they read her posts and realize
that someone else is feeling the
same way.
Berlin draws stylistic inspiration
from Virginia Woolf. After reading a book by Woolf, she says she
subconsciously adopted Woolf s
stream-of-consciousness style, particularly in her blog entries.
As for her Bowdoin career,
Berlin is on the staff of The
Quill, where she will have work
published later this semester.
She is currently taking Visiting
Assistant Professor of Englishs
Sarah Braunsteins Advanced
Fiction Workshop.
Beyond Bowdoin, Berlin expressed her dreams of becoming
a published fiction writer.
I see myself writing for my
whole life, and I would love to
think I could be this aspiring novelist, she said.
Berlins greatest satisfaction
comes from hearing that people
are reading and appreciating her
blog, and she hopes to get more
readers interested in the blog in
the future. Yet her writing also
serves a personal purpose, forming a framework for how she navigates the world.
I know that for me its such
a therapeutic thing to write;
it helps me stay sane and selfaware, she said.
To suggest an artist for Portrait
of an Artist, email Arts & Entertainment Editor Emily Weyrauch
at eweyrauc@bowdoin.edu.
SPORTS
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Womens hoops high on Mens basketball finishes break strong

thirteen game win streak
BY YASMIN HAYRE
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Fri 1/16
Sa 1/17
Tu 1/20
at Williams
at Hamilton
at Husson
W
W
W
59-50
75-48
81-51
The womens basketball team dominated its competition over Winter

Break, posting double digit victories
over seven of eight opponents and
extending its win streak to 13 games.
Tuesdays win at Husson brought the
Polar Bears overall record to 16-2 (4-0
NESCAC).
The team opened up with a dominating 90-29 win against Clark University (3-12). All 12 Polar Bears on the
roster logged double digit minutes and
scored at least one basket.
The Polar Bears then coasted through
their final three non-conference games,
crushing the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (7-10) 63-45, Rhode Island
College (4-11) 75-56 and Emmanuel
College (8-9) 70-49.
The team opened up its NESCAC
play with a decisive 87-53 win over
Connecticut College on January 9 (122 overall, 2-1 NESCAC), which pushed
its win streak to nine games.
Shannon Brady 15, Sara Binkhorst
15, Marle Curle 17, and Kate Kerrigan
18 all had double-digit performances,
helping the team rout the Camels.
After eight minutes of play, Bowdoin
already held a 19-6 lead and continued
to dominate in the opening half, entering
halftime with a comfortable 41-23 advantage. The Camels narrowed the gap to six
points in the second half, but the Polar
Bears quickly responded and jumped
ahead to a final score of 87-53.
Bowdoin continued its impressive
play when they welcomed Wesleyan on
January 10 (7-8 overall, 0-3 NESCAC)
with a 75-52 stomp.
The team then traveled to Williamstown, MA where they dealt 18thranked Williams their first home loss of
the season 59-50.
The team was very proud of the
win at Williams, said Head Coach

Adrienne Shibles. They are a great
team and they always play well at
home, so we were excited to get the
victory on the road.
Binkhorst, Brady, and Curle all
reached double digit figures, a feat no
Williams player matched.
The Polar Bears headed into halftime with Williams holding a slight
edge 31-29, but soon after the second
period began the Polar Bears gained a
six point lead, rounding out the score
to 35-29.
With less than 14 minutes left in the
game, Bowdoin never trailed again.
Despite tying the game at 46-46 with
just 7:13 remaining, the Polar Bears
defense kept Williams scoreless for the
remaining 4:18 of the game.
In their most recent conference
game, the team traveled to New York
to play Hamilton College, dominating the Continentals 75-48.
Brady and Binkhorst each posted
double-digit figures while Curle, Kerrigan, and Siena Mitman 15 all added
key figures, helping the Polar Bears secure the win.
The Polar Bears then traveled to
Husson University (8-6), winning their
final non-conference game 81-51.
Although the starting lineup has
stuffed the stat sheet as of late, Shibles
credits the teams recent success to the
depth throughout its roster.
While we have some players who
have been putting up big numbers and
who have garnered some nice recognition we have a deep and balanced
team, said Shibles. On any given
night, someone else could be the leading scorer or rebounder. Our balance,
depth and team chemistry are our
greatest strengths.
Shibles hopes to keep the team focused despite its recent success.
Rather, we talk about treating each
game with the same intensity, focus
and preparation. Our goal is to get at
least 1 percent better each day.
The Polar Bears look to extend
their win streak tomorrow at 3 p.m.
when they welcome Colby to Morrell
Gymnasium.
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SOARING, FLYING: Bryan Hurley 15, left, and Keegan Pieri 15, right, glide into the paint during the Polar Bears Wednesday win over UMaine-Presque Isle.
BY COOPER HEMPHILL
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Fri 1/16
Sa 1/17
Wed 1/20
v. Williams
v. Hamilton
v. Presque Isle
W
W
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67-60
89-74
78-57
The mens basketball team didnt

miss a beat Wednesday night, defeating UMaine-Presque Isle (9-8) 78-57
in Morrell Gym after winning five out
of six games over Winter Break. Point
guard Bryan Hurley 15 paced the Polar Bears, scoring 17 points, with eight
assists and three steals. The Polar Bears
(12-4 overall, 3-1 NESCAC) are tied for
first place in the NESCAC.
A week after they returned to campus on December 28, the team hosted
the University of Southern Maine. John
Swords 15 led the team with a doubledouble, tallying 19 points and 12 rebounds in the teams 76-61 win.
Two days after the win, the Polar
Bears travelled to Bridgewater St., where
WOMENS SOCCER GOALIE BRIDGET McCARTHY TO BE

NAMED ALL-AMERICAN
Lucas Hausman 16 stole the spotlight

and put up an impressive 28 points to
lead the team to a 84-78 overtime victory. Bowdoin was leading 68-59 going
into the final minutes of play. Bridgewater St. made a late run to bring the
game to 71-71, forcing the game into
overtime. After the extra five minutes,
Bowdoin held onto an six-point lead.
The day after the closely contested
game against Bridgewater St., Bowdoin
arrived at Connecticut College ready to
play, beating the Camels 77-48. Hausman again led the team in scoring, this
time with 22 points.
The team is starting to come together more as a unit, said Hausman.
If we put everything together, if we
work hard, have chemistry and do what
coach tells us to do, I feel like we honestly have the potential to beat anyone.
With their win streak at five, the Polar Bears faced the Wesleyan Cardinals
in Connecticut on Saturday, January
10. Bowdoin kept the score close in the
first half, with the game tied at 31 at
halftime. Despite Hausman scoring 26
Womens hockey skates

into third place in NESCAC
BY ALLISON WEI
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Tu 1/13
Fri 1/16
Sa 1/17
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN ATHLETICS
In December McCarthy 16 was named to the D-III Second Team. The All-American honor is the most prestigious
post season honor conferred on a Bowdoin womens soccer player in 10 years. McCarthy has played in all but one
game during her time at Bowdoin and has led the NESCAC in save percentage this season.
McCarthy was also named to the First Team All-Region team. Jamie Hofstetter 16 and Kathleen Smith 15 also
earned All-Region honors on the second and third teams respectively.
points, Wesleyan overpowered them in

the second half, winning 77-62.
The team took no time to hang their
heads, as they immediately prepared to
host reigning D-III runner-up Williams.
The Ephs remain a NESCAC heavyweight this season, but the Bowdoin veterans were determined to fight for a win.
This time it was captain Keegan Pieri 15
who lead the way with 20 points and 10
rebounds in a 67-60 victory.
The final game of the break was
against Hamilton. Hausman continued his streak, scoring 28 in the teams
89-74 win.
Ive seen it every year, said Pieri
15. The second half of the season,
especially coming off of Winter Break,
the team seems to be clicking better,
whether its the basketball itself, us
starting to get in a rhythm from all the
practices, or just being together all the
time over Winter Break.
The team will play on Saturday afternoon at Colby, a team ties with Bowdoin
for first place in the NESCAC and whodefeated the Polar Bears in December.
at Southern Me L
at Wesleyan
T
at Wesleyan
W
6-3
2-2
2-0
The womens hockey team played

seven games during winter break, going
4-2-1. The teams record is currently 8-33 (4-1-1 NESCAC).
In the second day of the New Year,
the Polar Bears traveled to Minnesota
to take on the University of St. Thomas.
Bowdoin defeated the Tommies 4-3 in
overtime. One day later, Bowdoin beat
Hamline University 4-1.
According to Head Coach Marissa
ONeil, the team built important chemistry during their trip to the Midwest.
We played against two tough teams

out there, but the bonding and chemistry we were looking for was really
getting built, ONeil said. Its tough
in the first semester when we have fall
athletes joining us, and we have exams
and reading period. That chemistry
definitely contributed to our success
while we were out there and since weve
been back.
That Friday, Bowdoin played Connecticut College in the first game of its
doubleheader. The Polar Bears lost 2-1
but avenged the loss with a 3-1 win the
next day. On January 13, Bowdoin lost
6-3 to the University of Southern Maine.
Last weekend, Bowdoin played
back-to-back games at Wesleyan.
In Fridays game, the Polar Bears
were able to strike first, when se-
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sports
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Mens track races to fast winter start

Chris Genco 15
TRACK & FIELD
HIGHLIGHTS
Won the long jump
competition at the Bowdoin
Invitational
Earned 15 of Bowdoins 90
It was clear from
points at the meet
the interview proc e s s, ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

that [Weaver] careslieves
deeply
for her most track and
pervades
BY ALEX VASILE
field entire
events.
ORIENT STAFF athletes and their
He can make most adjustjust soccer.
high school, experience
Chris Gen-beyond
ments
to his technique and un-
In
co 15 acknowledged that he
derstand them better than most
passed on the long jump simply
athletes in any sport, Slovenski
because he did not like sand
said. If someone gets ahead of
in his shoes. In college, after
him, he knows what he has to
winning the event at last weekdo to catch up.
ends Bowdoin
By his sophinvitatoinal,
omore year, he
He can make most adjustments was practicing
he is more
open-minded, to his technique and understand the long jump
calling it the them better than most athletes in c o n s i s t e n t l y.
next
logical
However,
he
p r o g r e s s i o n any sport. If someone gets ahead retained
the
for
someone of him, he knows what he has to high jump, a
who can run
strange pairdo to catch up.
fast and jump
ing given their
high.
wildly differHEAD COACH PETER SLOVENSKI
When
he
ent and somearrived
at
times conflictBowdoin, Genco anticipated
ing techniques. Genco called it
competing in the high jump
counterintuitive.
and as a sprinter. But what proI struggled at the high jump
pelled his leading score for the
after I started the long jump, he
mens tream at the Bowdoin
said. My approach got faster.
Invitational on January 17 was
In addition to the long
in fact his performing the long
jumps faster approach, the two
jump. Genco also finished in
jumps have very different penthird place in the high jump,
ultimate steps. The long jump
raising his score to 15. The
emphasizes lowering the hips
team gained 95 points in total.
in preparation for the outward
His first-place finish was Bowjump while the high jumpers
doins only top finish of the
tend to keep their hips higher.
Invitational. Gencos winning
A lot of track events have a
long jump occurred in the first
natural simplicity, Slovenski
set of jumps, allowing him to sit
said. They look natural. But
out the final heat when no one
theres a lot of complex things to
could match his best jump.
bring togetherto accelerate on
Genco competed in the
the runway, get a good takeoff,
long jump only once during
and then get a good jump. One
his first year at Bowdoin and
of the ways he makes it look
performed poorly. At the time
easy is that he has a good sense
his jump approached only 4.27
of how to bring it all together.
meters
(His
Slovenski notwinning jump
ed the improveat the Bowdoin I would have thought he would ment in Gencos
I n v i t a t i o n a l have picked up the long jump in performance in
last weekend
the long jump.
high school.
was 6.66 meGenco said that
ters). Having
it has been his
HEAD COACH PETER SLOVENSKI
never jumped
primary focus
in that event
this season.
competitively before, he felt
His sophomore year he was
discouraged, even though
very competitive at the state levHead Coach Peter Slovenski
el, Slovenski said. His junior
believed the jump correlated
year he became very competiperfectly with his natural athtive at the New England level.
letic abilities.
The hope is that Genco can be
I would have thought he
competitive at the national level
would have picked up the long
in his final year. Having never
jump in high school, Slovenqualified for Nationals, this is
ski said. Long jumpers benefit
the goal he set for himself.
from having a lot of speed. As a
More than anything, Slovenshigh school sprinter, he picked
ki praised Gencos contributions
it up quickly.
as a teammate and captain.
Slovenski observed that
What really stands out
Genco shares physical simiabout Chris is not how he conlarities with most long jumptinues to place first. Its what a
ers, compared to being shorter
great teammate he is.
than some high jumpers. He
particularly praised Gencos
The sports editor of the Orient
intuition for jumping and his
chooses the Athlete of the Week
technical IQ, which he bebased on exemplary performance.
BY SAM SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER
The mens track and field team had

a swift start to its season, competing in
two home meets in twp weeks. The Polar Bears won first against Connecticut
College and University of Maine Farmington on January 10 and came in third
as the host of the Bowdoin Invitational
a week later.
There were a number of strong showings for the Polar Bears in the first meet.
First year Conor Donahue sped to a
victory in both the 1000m (2:43.29)
and the mile (4:27.32). Senior Christian
Sleeper continued the Polar Bears success in mid-distance, winning the 600m
in 1:28.16.
In the sprints, junior Jibrail Coy won
the 60m in 7.20 and senior Captain
Jarred KennedyLoving handily won
the 200m in 23.31. Also on the track,
first year Nathaniel Kent won the 60m
Hurdles in 8.88. Continuing the first
year trend, Colin Litts 18 won the high
jump with a flight of 1.8 m as well as
the triple jump with 13.61 m. First year
phenom Stephan DeCarlo won the long
jump with an effort of 6.29m. In the
throws, senior Captain Cam Woodford
won the shot put (13.16 m) and the

weight throw (14.28 m).
Altogether the Polar Bears had a
strong showing, boosted by a capable
first year class and returning upperclassmen. Bowdoin won the meet definitively with 300 points, followed by the
Conn. College Camels (107), the UMF
Beavers (41) and the Dirigo Running
Club (12).
There were great performances all
around from both veteran and new
team members, said Woodford. I was
proud to see everyone do well even after
a long week of double sessions.
The Polar Bears hosted the Bowdoin
Invitational I on January 17 against
tougher competition. In a meet that saw
Farley Field House records broken in
the weight throw and 600m run, Kent
continued to shine by breaking the
school record in the 60m hurdles with
a time of 8.61 seconds. Senior captain
Chris Genco provided Bowdoins sole
win of the day, topping the high jump
field (1.88 m).
It is always good to go up against
good jumpers this early in the season
and it was great to see our jumpers perform well against high caliber athletes,
said Genco.
Other top performances included

KennedyLovings third place finish in
the 200m. Senior captain Rickey Larke
finished third in the 60m dash with a
time of 7.21. Donahue placed third in
both the mile and the 1000m run (with
times of 4:25.35 and 2:36.00, respectively).
This time my legs hurt even more,
but I just kept putting one foot in front of
the other and it worked, said Donahue.
Sophomore Matt Jacobson and junior Nick Walker finished second and
third respectively in the longest event
of the afternoon, separated by only
one one-hundredth of a second in the
5000m run. In the long jump, Stephan
DeCarlo 18 posted a new personal record (6.53 m) to finish third.
MIT (204.33) finished the day in
first, followed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (102), Bowdoin (95),
Rochester Polytechnic Institute (41),
Springfield College (56), and ColbySawyer College (4).
Next up for Mens Track is the
Bowdoin Invitational II, tomorrow at
Farley Field House, as the Polar Bears
take on Tufts, Coast Guard, Colby, the
University of Southern Maine and Merrimack. The meet begins at 1 p.m.
Mens hockey splits its games over break

BY VERA WANG
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Fri 1/16
Sa 1/17
Tu 1/20
v. Trinity
v. Wesleyan
v. U. of NE
L
W
W
2-1
4-3
4-2
The mens hockey team recovered

from a three-goal deficit, besting
Wesleyan (2-12-0 overall, 1-7-0 NESCAC) 4-3 in a battle on Saturday
evening in Watson Arena. Three days
later the Polar Bears returned to the
ice and beat the University of New
England (6-10-1) 4-2. The victory
brought the Polar Bears record to
9-4-2 (4-4-2 NESCAC).
After falling behind 3-0 in the first
period against Wesleyan, the Polar
Bears scored one in the second and
notched three in the final period to
secure the win.
The teams success was limited in
the three games prior to this comeback. The team tied 4-4 at Hamilton
(5-5-4 overall, 4-3-2 NESCAC) on
January 9 before falling 4-2 to Amherst (10-3-2 overall, 6-3-2 NESCAC) on January 10 and 2-1 to Trinity (12-1-1 overall, 7-0-1 NESCAC)
on January 16.
Hamilton is a very difficult trip, the
longest trip we made. We were behind
and we showed resiliency and came
back, said Head Coach Terry Meagher.
On Saturday we played a good game as
we played all year and we ended up losing to Amherst.
In the tightly contested matchup
against Amherst, the Lord Jeffs goalie
Dave Cunningham made a total of
45 saves in the face of heavy pressure
from Bowdoins offense.
They have one of the top goaltenders in the East, said Meagher.
Again, we played a solid game. But
goal sports, especially ice hockey, are
challenging as the goaltender is so significant in the play.

Bowdoin sits at fifth in the NESCAC
behind Trinity, Williams, Amherst and
Hamilton.
Weve done well in handling adversity, said Captain Ryan Collier 15. We
had some challenges in scoring goals in
the last eight games or so. But we keep
our heads high and keep going, which
we know will eventually allow us to get
back to scoring goals and winning more
hockey games.
This year, 20 of the 34 team members are underclassmen. The first-years
and sophomores have managed to hold
their own. Forward Matthew Melanson 18 scored the winning goal against
Wesleyan.
The Polar Bears return to NESCAC
play tonight at Middlebury (6-2-2
overall, 3-2-2 NESCAC) and will play
at Williams (9-3-2 overall, 5-2-1 NESCAC) tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Squash teams serve up slow start to seasons

BY LIZA TARBELL
STAFF WRITER
The womens squash team (47) rebounded with a 9-0 win over
Mount Holyoke (10-12) last Saturday after a 0-9 loss to Drexel (4-6)
earlier that afternoon. The Polar
Bears went on to defeat Wesleyan
(4-7) and Smith (0-11) by scores of
5-4 and 8-1, respectively, at the Pioneer Valley Invitational on Sunday,
while the still winless mens team
suffered three tough losses to Drexel, Hobart, and Wesleyan.
Head Coach Tomas Fortson
praised his athletes and their performances this past weekend, remarking that he was impressed
by many moments throughout the
string of matches.
All of our players are on a committed road to improve and most
have competed very well, he said.
Co-captain of the mens team
Max Bearse 15 attributed the
scrappy 5-4 losses against Hobart
(7-5) and Wesleyan (4-4) to its
thinned lineup, with a couple key
players injured after the teams intensive winter training.

5-4 lossesare obviously as
close as it can possibly get, and I
think if we had healthy lineups for
all of those, [if] everyone was 100
percent physically ready to go, a
couple of those would have gone our
way. But its very tough to say that. I
think we competed very well despite
such difficult matches, he said.
On Saturday, the womens team
lost to Drexel 0-9 before turning the tables on Mount Holyoke,
crushing the Lyons 9-0. The dramatic shift in the teams performance may have resulted from
what Emily Simonton 15 said are
long-standing traditions that have
helped facilitate team bonding in
preparation for crucial matches at
the start of a new semester.
The match later in the day
against Smith was easier for the
women, who handily beat a pioneer team that Bowdoin has dominated historically, winning 8-1.
The competition was different
we only played one NESCAC [school].
The previous weekend, we played Williams, Amherst, and Middlebury, who

are all extremely talented, as are we,
but in the NESCACits really competitive, said Simonton.
In preparation for these recent
matches, the mens and womens
squash teams logged grueling
workouts and competed frequently during Winter Break. Fortson
mentioned the significance of winter training as a springboard for
success later in the season.
Winter training is the most important segment of our season, in
terms of athletic growth and team
dynamics. We only had two weeks
this year [versus three in past seasons] but much was accomplished
in both areas. We have a solid
foundation to face the final month
of the season, said Fortson.
Both Bowdoin squads will travel
to Brown Saturday before facing
Colby this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the
Lubin Squash Center.
The key to this weekends matches will be how we practice this week.
One day at a time, said Fortson.
W. HOCKEY
nior captain Schuyler Nardelli

scored with three minutes left in
the first period. The Cardinals tied
the game in the second period and
took the lead with fewer than four
minutes left in regulation play. The
Polar Bears were able to answer,
with Julie Dachille 18 scoring less
than a minute later to push the
game into overtime. Neither team
was able to score during the five
minute overtime period, leaving
the final score at 2-2.
The next day, Bowdoin shut out
Wesleyan in a 2-0 victory. ONeil believes that seeing Wesleyan play in
the first game helped the Polar Bears
prepare for the second game.
Going into Saturday, we knew
some areas where we could tighten
our game and execute better, said
ONeil. Also, having seen them, we
realized how we could best play to
our strengths given what they were
trying to accomplish out there.
Captain Chelsea MacNeil 15

scored first for the Polar Bears in the
first period. With fewer than four
minutes left in the second period,
Maddie Baird 15 added another goal
to extend the lead. Lan Crofton 17
made 30 saves in net in her third shutout of the season.
The Polar Bears will conclude their
season with ten conference matchups.
Hopefully, well be in contention
to be in the NESCAC playoffs, ONeil
said. Our goal would be to host a
quarterfinal game, which would mean
we end up in the top four. Thats where
we have our sights set now, but certainly nothing is decided just yet.
In order to finish the season
strong, ONeil believes the team can
be more consistent.
Weve talked about being able to
play for 60 minutes and not to start off
slow or have a let down throughout the
game, ONeil said. If we can put together 60 minutes, teams are going to
have a tough time beating us.
Bowdoin returns to the ice tonight at
7 p.m., starting a weekend of back-toback games against Middlebury.
NESCAC Standings
MENS HOCKEY
NESCAC
W
Trinity
7
Williams
5
Amherst
6
Hamilton
4
BOWDOIN 4
Middlebury 3
Conn. Coll.
3
Tufts
2
Colby
2
Wesleyan
1
L
0
2
3
3
4
3
4
5
6
7
T
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
OVERALL
W L T
12 1 1
9
3 2
10 3 2
5
5 4
9
4 2
6
6 2
6
6 2
5
8 1
5
8 2
2 12 0
SCHEDULE
Fri 1/23
Sa 1/24
Tu 1/27
7 P.M.
3 P.M.
7 P.M.
at Middlebury
at Williams
v. Southern Maine
WOMENS HOCKEY
Amherst
Middlebury
BOWDOIN
Conn. Coll.
Williams
Trinity
Wesleyan
Hamilton
Colby
W
6
5
4
4
3
2
1
0
1
L
0
1
1
2
2
3
6
4
7
T
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
0
W
11
8
8
9
6
9
5
6
8
L
1
2
3
4
6
3
8
5
7
T
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
0
SCHEDULE
Fri 1/23
Sa 1/24
sports
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v. Middlebury
v. Middlebury
7 P.M.
3 P.M.
SWIMMING AND DIVING

3 P.M.
NOON
TACK AND FIELD
*Bold line denotes NESCAC Tournament cut-off
W
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
L
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
W
16
15
16
12
11
10
14
9
5
9
L
2
1
1
3
4
8
4
7
10
7
SCHEDULE
Sa 1/24 v. Colby
3 P.M.
MENS BASKETBALL
Tufts
BOWDOIN
Colby
Trinity
Amherst
Middlebury
Williams
Bates
Wesleyan
Conn. College
Hamilton
W
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
SCHEDULE
Sa 1/24 at Colby
Tu 1/27 v. Husson
L
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
W
8
12
11
13
12
13
11
11
12
7
10
L
7
4
6
5
4
2
6
4
5
8
6
3 P.M.
7 P.M.
WOMENS SQUASH
Sa 1/24 at Brown
Su 1/25 v. Colby
1 P.M.
1 P.M.
MENS SQUASH
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
Sa 1/24 v. Bowdoin Invitational II
BOWDOIN
Tufts
Amherst
Conn. College
Colby
Middlebury
Williams
Hamilton
Trinity
Bates
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
Sa 1/24 v. Trinity
Su 1/25 v. Wesleyan
WOMENS BASKETBALL
1 P.M.
Sa 1/24 at Brown
Su 1/25 v. Colby
1 P.M.
1 P.M.
Compiled by Sarah Bonanno

Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
JB WELLS
Communications Jim Caton, Assistant Dean of Admissions Zakaree

Harris, Assistant Director of Employment and Staffing Meredith Haralson,
Associate Head Athletic Trainer Megan Thompson, Head Coach of Field
Hockey Nicky Pearson, Head Coach
of Baseball Mike Connelly and Associate Professor of Africana Studies and
History Brian Purnell, who is the faculty liaison to the football team.
Before we could even look at it,
Tim Ryan sifted through upwards
of 100 applicants, said Mundt. It
came down to the final 12 or 15 guys
who he thought were appropriate.
Mundt said it was not difficult to
decide on the top four candidates.
In their cover letters, it was really
quite obvious, he continued. Even
just the language some of the guys
were using, it was pretty clear that
they were not fitting our standards.
It was a really quick process.
After narrowing it down to four,
the committee closely evaluated
the remaining candidates. Lawler,
Barone and Mundt conducted
phone interviews.
A couple of the other phone
interviews I had were 20 minutes
long, very meat and potatoes,
question and answer, said Mundt.
And thats not what I was looking
for at all.
My interview with [Coach Wells]
was different, and I knew it was different, said Mundt. We had a conversation for an hour and a half, which was
exactly what I wanted. I got a really
good feel for what hes about, and he
got a feel for what were about here.
But while Wells is still yet to
move any of his possessions from his
Beverley office to his Brunswick one,
he has already turned his thoughts

toward his new roster. He plans to
leave Bowdoins base 4-2-5 defense
relatively intact, including coverages
and blitz schemes similar to those he
employed while with the Gulls.
The offense, though, will have
a new look next year. Tyler Grant
17 is the attacks best returning
weapon, having led the NESCAC
with 893 rushing yards last season.
He also had over 75 more carries
than any other back in the league
despite standing only 510 and
weighing just 158 pounds.
One of my idiosyncrasies is that I

will never mention an opponent by
name. Theyre just that team over
there in Lewiston, or whatever. I dont
talk about those guys, because the focus should always be on us.
HEAD COACH JB WELLS
Ive always been in favor of having a two-headed monster, two guys
that can shoulder the load, Wells
said. It makes them both better.
So the scheme on running the football will be different. They ran a
zone scheme and Im more of a gap
scheme kind of a guy. I love the traditional power play. Im an offensive line guy, and it kind of speaks
to my soul as a football player.
Ive also had a lot of success in my
career throwing the football. I look
at guys like Seamus Power [16] and
Danny Barone that stood out to me
on film. Id like to see us be a little
more vertical in our passing game.
We have to throw for more than one
passing touchdown in the season.
Wells takes over a Polar Bear
squad that finished 2-6 last year
13
and has an all-time record of 392502-44. And while he plans to bring

cultural changes to the program, a
full overhaul is not to be expected.
I heard one of the players allude to us making a turnaround,
he said. Well, a turnaround says
that youre going in the wrong
direction. I dont think that Bowdoins going in the wrong direction, I think that we just need to
get a little more in line, a little bit
more focused and get everybody
everybodyheaded in the right
direction.
According to Wells, heading in
the right direction means an intense focus on oneself.
One of my idiosyncrasies is
that I will never mention an opponent by name, he said. Theyre
just that team over there in Lewiston, or whatever. I dont talk about
those guys, because the focus
should always be on us. Your opponents are just a sounding board
for how good you can be.
As the football team moves into
this new era, all involved are focused on the future.
Theres no magic wand you can
wave as a college football coach coming into a program thats historically
been a 3-5, 2-6 team, said Mundt.
Were expecting to win this year,
but its something where youll want
to come back and see success later. I
know theyre going to be winning five,
six, seven or eight games a year. If you
can set your guys up for success and
five years come and watch them win
games, thats awesome.
At the end of the day, it was Can
you be successful? said Wells.
And I wouldnt be sitting in this
seat if I didnt think that we could.
I left the program that I built from
scratch and I was only going to do
that if I could be at a special place.
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A more vocal majority
f your conscience stops at the border of Maine then you are less than
who you should be, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explained while at Bowdoin on May 6, 1964. Kings words should resonate for the many students who find that Bowdoins New England location isolates them from recent
national racial issues. As these issues make headlines both nationally and at
Bowdoin, the College is primed for dialogue about race relations; however, that
conversation will not be productive without participation from students of all
races. While many students of color have mobilized in response to recent events,
there has been a lack of engagement from the majority of Bowdoins largelywhite student body.
There is no excuse for such apathy at Bowdoin. Recent events have demonstrated that Bowdoin is neither immune to insensitivity regarding race and
culture, nor isolated from national events. In November, members of the mens
lacrosse team hosted an annual party where some guests wore Native American costumes, despite warnings from other students and the administration that
doing so would be offensive. The administration rightfully chose to punish the
guests involved. Then, in December, a man reacted to the non-indictments in
the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases by murdering two New York City
policemen, an event that directly impacted the Bowdoin community.
Bowdoin has begun to facilitate conversations about race. The new Student
Center for Multicultural Life will serve as a hub for programming on campus.
President Mills indicated that classes will likely no longer be held on Martin
Luther King Jr. Day beginning in 2020, the next time the start of the semester coincides with the holiday. Furthermore, College policies regarding bias incidents
and the Colleges responses to national race-based events show a willingness to
confront those who are racially insensitive.
Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of the student body to take advantage of
the resources provided by the administration, and not leave them just for the
minority members on campus. At a panel held as part of the Martin Luther King
Jr. Day celebrations this Monday, a number of minority students expressed frustrations at the microaggressions they still face regularly on campus. However, as
the panel was mostly attended by students of color, those comments were not
able to reach those who would most benefit from hearing them.
While Bowdoin can provide the spaces for discussion, they cannot force
students to participate in them. Students must choose to do so on their own,
whether by attending organized forums or by having casual discussions with
their peers. We understand that this kind of engagement can be uncomfortablethat is part of what makes it so important.
As Elina Zhang 16 wrote in her December 5 op-ed, Always assume you have
the legitimacy to be concerned about other peoples struggles. For any substantial conversation to occur on campus, students of all colors must participate.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial
board, which is comprised of Garrett Casey, Ron Cervantes, Sam Chase,
Matthew Gutschenritter, Nicole Wetsman and Kate Witteman.
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State of the Union offers hope for next two years

KICKING THE CAN
DAVID STEURY
With the midterm elections far
behind us and the new Congress in
session, there is reason to hope that
President Obamas last two years in
office may be his two most productive. The last four years under a divided government have been bleak,
to say the least.
Obstructionist Republicans have
bitterly fought nearly everything the
president and his party have wanted, including must-pass bills such
as continuing resolutions and debt
ceiling increases, leading frustrated
Democrats to all but shut out Republicans in the Senate.
Meanwhile, conservatives demonize the President and the Democratic Party, sometimes with bizarre
theories. Former Sen. Scott Brown,
for example, claimed that terrorists
would take advantage of the porous border to infect Americans
with Ebola (which is actually the exact plot of a Tom Clancy novel), and
then-Rep. Tom Cotton asserted that
ISIL and Mexican drug cartels would
team up to kill innocent Americans.
Both are smart enough to know that
those claims are patently ridiculous.
One of the two was elected, partially
thanks to such fear-mongering. But
now that Republicans have more than
achieved their midterm goals and attained large (but not filibuster- or
veto-proof) majorities in both houses,
it seems possible to move beyond such
childish stunts and get on to legislating.
In his State of the Union address to
the new Congress on Tuesday, President Obama laid out one policy that
many Republicans wholeheartedly
support. He asked Congress to give
him fast-track authority on trade
deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would open many
Asian markets to American business
and strengthen intellectual property
rights around the world.
Fast-tracking would essentially
give the President the power to negotiate trade deals independently of
Congress, then submit the finished
product to Congress for a
quick, amendmentless, up-or-down
vote.
Predictably, many Democrats and

their allies are none too pleased with
the presidents intentions, claiming
that the deals will cost innumerable American jobs. Theyre probably wrong, but thats not really the
point here. Rather, the point is that
the president and a Republican-controlled Congress agree on something.
Its really just a cherry on top that
the bill in question will help ensure
American competitiveness in the
21st century global economy.
What else can the president and
Congress do to cooperate and get
things done? The approval of the
Keystone XL pipeline comes to mind.
The unfortunate thing about the
pipeline is that it has become a symbol in the fight over climate change.
Its approval should have been
routine, and experts (such as, you
know, the U.S. Department of
State) have found that its environmental impact would be negligible.
Of course, the pro-pipeline jobs
argument is ridiculous as well
perhaps a double-digit number (!)
of permanent jobs would actually
be created by its construction.
In fact, oil companies dont particularly care about the pipeline anymore. Theyre transporting the fuel
they extract via rail, rendering the
pipeline superfluous for their purposes. If anything, the pipeline would
reduce the environmental impact of
the tar sands oil extraction in question, as a pipeline is much less prone
to spillage than a train.
Ultimately, its just an empty fight
between conservative firebreathers
and environmentalists opposed on
principle. In the past, the president
has signaled that he
might not be opposed to the
pipelines approval, and
it is likely
that his
recent
v e t o
t h re at
is no
more
t h a n
p o stu ring. The
president
w a n t s
Congres-
sional Republicans to know that

he wont just swallow whatever bill
comes before him. He should use the
pipeline as a bargaining chip, perhaps
in exchange for the closure of a major
tax loophole or a part of the his ambitious community college plan. He
and the minority Democrats will get
something they want, and Republicans will be able to claim a major victory that really doesnt cost anything.
The best part? Its even more than
win-win: such a deal will set the stage
for future cooperation.
Perhaps the clearest signal that congressional Republicans are ready to
get down to the business of governing
comes from what theyre not saying.
Its been a while since Ive heard the
oft-repeated campaign promises to
repeal Obamacare and tear down the
presidents health care policies.
The official Republican response
to the State of the Union, delivered
by Sen. Joni Ernst, only contained
three sentences about the law, and
although she used the word repeal
once, she was much less confrontational than during her campaign,
when she promised to make em
squeal in Washington.
Republican leadership knows that
repealing the law is unfeasible and
appears to be backing off and focusing on more practical targets.
Enacting fast-track authority for
trade deals could be one of the first
steps in building a productive relationship between President Obama
and a Congress that sounded awfully
bloodthirsty during campaign season.
If the legislative and executive
branches can get off to a good start,
perhaps Obamas last two years can
resemble President Bushs last two
years. Bush and the Democratically-crontrolled 110th Congress took steps to save the
American automobile
industry and passed
legislation to bail out
the U.S. financial system. Republicans may
be willing to govern
with the help of
the president and
Democrats, but after a sweeping victory they will want
to claim some of the
spoils if they are going to sit down at the
negotiating table and
do business.
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FRIDAY
32
22
JANUARY
T PASTA BAR, SPICY BAJA FISH TACOS
M PIZZA, SESAME TOFU
EVENT
Ice Sculpture Demonstration
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will sponsor an ice

sculpture demonstration to celebrate the start of the
new semester.
Main Quad. Noon.
LECTURE
"Bioorthongonal Chemistry"
Professor of Chemistry at the University of California,

Berkeley Carolyn Bertozzi will discuss her research regarding the "bioorthogonal" chemical, which has helped
with progress towards the development of various
protein therapeutics.
Room 020, Druckenmiller Hall. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Lecturer in Classics Michael Nerdahl will host a gathering

of Latin lovers who wish to read and translate works by
Plautus. Tea and cookies will be served.
Peucinian Room, Sills Hall. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Arctic Museum Student Night
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will host students

for a night of refreshments and tours of the museum.
Bowdoin's co-ed a capella group, BOKA, will perform
Hubbard Hall. 7 p.m.
The men's and women's indoor track and field teams will
host the second Bowdoin Invitational of the year. Tufts,
Coast Guard, Colby, USM, and Merrimack will compete.
Farley Field House. 1 p.m.
15
-1
T PAD THAI, WHISKEY GLAZED PORK

M MAC & CHEESE, SEAFOOD PAELLA
LUNCHEON
Digital Humanities Projects in

the Classroom
Frontier will present the band Choro Louco. Choro is a style

of Brazilian music that combines classical, jazz, Latin, and
African music. Tickets cost 10 dollars.
Frontier. 8 p.m.
"How We Learned
to Live with Lies"
28
20 T HUSH PUPPES, GUMBO

7 M SALMON FRITTERS, TOFU STEAK
WEDNESDAY
EVENT
Student Activities Fair
Members of student clubs will be at tables in the union to

advertise their organizations and recruit new members.
Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 7 p.m.
29
28 T POT ROAST, EGGPLANT PARM

16 M CAJUN MEATLOAF, MUSSELS
INFORMATION SESSION
Assisting Immigrants through the U.S.

Citizenship Process
Coordinator of citizenship classes at Portland Adult
Education Valerie DeVuyst will train students who are
interested in volunteering to help immigrants pass their
citizenship exams.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 4 p.m.
LECTURE
"The Environment and Inflammation"
TUESDAY
PERFORMANCE
BREAK
The Judicial Board will host an information session for

students interested in applying for a position on next year's
board. Applications are due by noon on January 29.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7 p.m.
27
Bowdoin Invitational II
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19 T PIZZA, TOFU BURGERS

5 M JERK CHICKEN, GRILLED CHEESE
Judicial Board
SPORTING EVENT
EVENT
Internationally acclaimed performer Tanya Tagaq will

perform with her new musical ensemble, using the Inuit
film "Nanook of the North" as her inspiration. Tagaq infuses
traditional Inuit throat singing with contemporary music.
Tickets are free of charge, but required for entry.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.
INFORMATION SESSION
T CITRUS CHIPOTLE CHICKEN, REUBEN

M HAMBURGERS, CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
Choro Louco
Tanya Tagaq in Concert with "Nanook of

the North"
MONDAY
Assistant Professor of Music Tracy McMullen will play

the trumpet with a jazz quintet.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinksi Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
35
23
PERFORMANCE
26
Tracy McMullen Quintet
30 COMMON HOUR
28 T QUESADILLA, FRIED CHICKEN

8 M MAC & CHEESE, FRIED CHICKEN
THURSDAY
PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY
25
SUNDAY
Latin Tea
24
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ART WITH A HEART: Rachel Baron '17 relaxes at Little Dog Coffee Shop , which features artwork from Spindleworks, a nonprofit art center based in Brunswick for
children and adults living with disabilities.
EVENT
As a part of the Faculty Seminar Series, Bowdoin Professors

Allison Cooper, Crystal Hall, and Ann Kibbie will present
three case studies of teaching in the digital humanities.
Each faculty member has been involved in Bowdoin's
Digital and Computational Studies Initiative.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. Noon.
HOUR
EVENT
1COMMON
Girls and Women

in Sports Day
Postdoctoral candidate at Michigan State University Tania

Iqbar will present her recent research project about chronic
inflamation in mice olfactory epitheliuems. Iqbar hopes
that her work will help others develop therapies for
olfactory dysfunction.
Room 020, Druckenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.
"Collaborations, Collusions & Duchamp"

Co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Anne
Collins Goodyear will lead a tour of the museum's
exhibition on artists' networks from the 19th century
to present day. She will speak about how many artists
encouraged each other to make artistic breakthroughs.
Pavilion, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 7 p.m.
LECTURE
LECTURE
Discussion
with Jill
Abramson

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Bowdoin Orient

THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY

VOLUME 144, NUMBER 12

JANUARY 23, 2015

JB Wells of Endicott College named head coach of Bowdoin football team

COURTESY OF BOWDOIN ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Bowdoin announced JB Wells as its

tions at both Trinity and Bates during the 90s.

that canvas. To see it come to life and

Please see WELLS, page 13

THIS LITTLE LIGHT

The College will hire a director

Please see CENTER, page 5

remembrance, Mills said. Its a national day of service in a lot of ways.

The administration has fallen silent

Please see MLK, page 4

Please see CRACKSGIVING, page 3

KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Mills proposes starting semester after MLK Day

spring semester on the holiday three

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: BROCK CLARKE

FEATURES: MINDTHE GAP

SPORTS: WINNING STREAK

Professor Brock Clarke

Sophie Meyers 17 reflects on her gap year experience

Womens basketball cruised past

EDITORIAL: A more vocal majority.

KICKING THE CAN: David Steury 15 on the

friday, janurary 23, 2015

THE FATE OF THE TOSSED

HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

The Bowdoin Prize

Past Winners Include:

COPYRIGHT JEN DELCASTILLO, 5TH AVENUE DIGITAL

COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD, GRACE HANDLER AND HY KHONG

students on campus for the

I swam with a six-foot moray eel.

I got onto a game show in Taiwan.

My friends dog ate my retainer. It was

I saw the movie Wild.

friday, january 23, 2015