Bowdoin Orient
The
BRUNSWICK, MAINE BOWDOINORIENT.COM
Professors
confront
politics
in the
classroom
BY BRENDAN PULSIFER AND LUCIA RYAN
ORIENT STAFF
In response to polarizing actions
by the Trump administration, certain
professors who teach courses related
to American politics are implement-
ing rules of engagement and provid-
ing students with relevant historical
context in order to confront such
charged issues in the classroom.
Associate Professor of Government
Jeffrey Selinger, who teaches classes in
American government, has accepted
discussions about current political
events as inevitable in his courses. As
such, he has developed several rules to
help guide discussion.
One rule of engagement is that
there must be a generous and fully
legitimated and comfortable space
for politically conservative students
of various descriptions, whether
they call themselves libertarians,
whether they call themselves more
social or religious conservatives,
or something else, Selinger said.
When they are in the numerical mi-
nority, my standard operating pro-
cedure is [that] I will, in argument,
side with the minority.
In an Orient survey prior to No-
vembers election, 6.6 percent of stu-
dent respondents identified them-
selves as Trump supporters.
In an effort to avoid alienating stu-
dents whose political beliefs align with
the presidents, Selinger tries to focus
discussions critical of the president on
Trump himself, not on his supporters.
We have a clearer sense of what
were talking about when we talk about
Trump [himself] because hes one per-
son, Selinger said. We dont have a
very clear idea of Trump supporters
because its a diverse lot of people. Its
46, 47 percent of the voting public.
Please see POLITICS, page 4
Rose, panelists contemplate significance of common good at the College
BY SALIM SALIM
ORIENT STAFF
A panel on Wednesday evening
contemplated the meaning of the
common good at Bowdoin, and the
existence of the philosophy as a means
to easy self-gratification versus a legit-
imate way to give back.
The panel, held at Howell House,
included President Clayton Rose, Di-
rector of the Joseph McKeen Center
for the Common Good Sarah Seames,
N WOMEN IN FINANCE
Students work to bring a new investing
group to campus. Page 3.
THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY
RHYTHM AND RHYME: Harold Green III, an author, actor and poet from Chicagos South Side, performs slam poetry at Jack Magees Pub and Grill on Thursday night. The event also featured the Nat Simpkins Jazz
Trio and was sponsored by the Student Center for Multicultural Life as part of Black History Month programming.
Man barred from campus after Cleaveland Street incident
BY LIZA TARBELL
ORIENT STAFF
On Saturday night, the Brunswick Po-
lice Department (BPD) issued a criminal
trespass warning barring Robert Em-
mons, a Brunswick resident, from Col-
lege property. The warning was issued in
response to an encounter between Em-
mons and several Bowdoin students that
occurred outside 17 Cleaveland Street, a
student off-campus house, shortly before
midnight on Saturday.
BPD also issued a disorderly conduct
warning to the occupants of 17 Cleave-
land in response to a separate noise com-
plaint early Sunday morning.
According to student witnesses, Em-
mons used derogatory language towards
women and pushed a Bowdoin senior
male to the ground. The student was
not injured.
A Bowdoin shuttle driver who was at
the scene called the Office of Safety and
McKeen Fellow Marina Affo 17, Di-
rector of Religious and Spiritual Life
Bob Ives and Assistant Professor of
Education Alison Miller.
I think its important [to have con-
versations like this] because Bowdoin
definitely uses the common good as
a way to advertise the school to the
world, said Kay Torrey 19, a McKeen
fellow who helped organize the panel.
Torrey said that, despite her work
at the McKeen Center, she and other
McKeen fellows felt that they did not
A HEAD OF THE COUNTRY
Four student artists create a provocative
political work. Page 5.
Security, according to Director of Safety
and Security Randy Nichols. Then, Secu-
rity placed a 911 call to BPD to report a
fight in progress, according to BPD Com-
mander of Support Services Mark Waltz.
While BPD officers were en route, they
were told that Emmons had left the scene.
The officers then encountered him at 85
Federal Street.
According to Nichols, Emmons admit-
ted in an interview with BPD officers to
shoving a student when he was directed to
leave the party that was taking place.
Waltz is not aware of similar recent
incidents in which fights have occurred
when non-students are asked to leave par-
ties.
Michael Walsh 19 had been at the par-
ty at 17 Cleaveland for about 20 minutes
when the encounter occurred.
I was a little uncomfortable, said
Walsh. He just was being very verbally
abusive to these women.
According to Walsh, Emmons asked
have a clear understanding of what
the common good is.
Seames described the common good
as a two-part conceptual framework
of discussing the common good and
then putting it into action. Rose said he
found the common good to be more of
a journey rather than a specific set of ac-
tions and emphasized the importance of
sincere work.
If we dont engage in the work that
we do with respect to the common good
with a pure heart, is it really for the
F IN THE CLASSROOM
Auditors have their own reasons for taking
courses at Bowdoin. Page 7.
VOLUME 146, NUMBER 17
several Bowdoin women where they lived
and followed up by asking where they
were from. When Emmons was told to
leave the scene, he obliged.
He didnt touch anyone else, but when
he left, he started punching cars, said
Walsh. I thought it was going to escalate
because he was making threats to come
back.
Walsh said the male student who Em-
mons pushed did not initiate the physi-
cal contact.
Apparently hes a really nice guy, so I
dont think he was looking for a fight in
any sense of the way, said Walsh.
Sadie LoGerfo-Olsen 19 was also at
the 17 Cleaveland party. However, she en-
tered the scene as the events was unfold-
ing, only seeing the male Bowdoin senior
on the ground and not the build up to the
physical encounter.
LoGerfo-Olsen took a video recording
of Emmons interaction with Bowdoin
students, which she emailed to Security
common good? he said.
Ives defined the common good
through the lens of religion and spiritu-
ality. He hypothesized that Joseph McK-
een brought the idea of the common
good to the College from religious texts.
The panelists were asked to respond
to a wide variety of queries and com-
ments, including how they would re-
spond to someone who tells you that
Bowdoin uses the common good as a
means of easy self-gratification rather
than to selflessly give back.
S 75 YEARS
Looking back at the history of mens basketball at
the College. Page 11.
Bowdoin College
Postage PAID
1st CLASS
U.S. MAIL
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
when they arrived at the scene. The re-
cording helped the officers identify Em-
mons.
I feel like thats the thing to do now.
Like, if you see [potentially harmful] in-
teractions, you should film it, said Lo-
Gerfo-Olsen.
Nichols confirmed that what he had
seen on LoGerfo-Olsens tape was consis-
tent with the statements he had received
about the incident.
LoGerfo-Olsen was rattled by the type
of words exchanged during the interac-
tion and Emmons parting words.
I would say that the scariest part of
the interaction was a) the language he
usedvery aggressive. And then b) one
of the girls [said], Oh, its fine. Its over.
Hes gone. Its fine. And then you can hear
him say, Yeah, but Ill be back. And I
[thought], Oh. That doesnt seem good,
said LoGerfo-Olsen.
Please see INCIDENT, page 4
I am really interested in thinking
aboutinstead of students being self-
less about what they dothinking
about their work in terms of reciproc-
ity, said Seames.
She added that thinking about reci-
procity also means students must con-
template their own privilege.
If you think youre being altruistic
youre still thinking of yourself as
having something that someone else
Please see PANELISTS, page 4
O LEMONADE
OSA Omoregie 18 on race in the music
industry. Page 13.
2 news the bowdoin orient friday, february 24, 2017

STUDENT SPEAK:
If you could add anything to the Convenience
Store, what would it be?
Daisy Wislar 18
I saw this thing on the internet about miniature
genetically engineered giraes. It wasnt real. But
there was a five-minute window when I got really
excited. In my ideal world, those would exist and
you could rent them from the C-Store.

Emma Landes 19
Chocolate-covered donuts with bacon on

SOPHIE WASHINGTON

SECURITY REPORT: 2/17 to 2/23 Julian Ehrlich 17

Friday, February 17
Excessively loud music was reported on the fourth floor
of Coles Tower.
A student took responsibility for kicking a door and dam-
aging the door frame at Quinby House.
A student with flu symptoms was escorted to Mid
Coast Hospital.
A group of students playing percussion instruments on
the 11th floor of Coles Tower generated noise complaints.
Saturday, February 18
An officer checked on the well-being of a student at
Coles Tower.
Coles Tower students reported finding shrimp left out-
side of several apartment doors.
Students on Cleaveland Street reported an encounter
with a local man. One male student was pushed to the
ground and several female students were subjected to
vulgar language. The man was issued a criminal trespass
order barring him from all College property.
Sunday, February 19
Brunswick Police Department (BPD) issued disorderly
conduct warnings to several residents of an off-campus
house on Cleaveland Street based on a neighborhood
noise complaint.
An officer checked on the well-being of a student at Mac-
Millan House.
An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicated
student at Appleton Hall.
A student slipped and fell on ice outside of Brunswick
They should have Maine uni [the interior of
Apartments and broke a leg. Brunswick Rescue trans-
ported the student to Mid Coast Hospital.
the sea urchin] because its local. It could be
A neighbor complained of noise coming from the athletic brought over from Little Tokyo in a cooler. Its
fields at Farley Field House. market price though, so theyd have to price it
Monday. February 20 at the C-store.
A student at Chamberlain Hall requested an escort to the
hospital for evaluation of a foot injury.
Tuesday, February 21
Eliza Huber-Weiss 17
A student reported receiving a series of annoying phone Board games! Settlers of Catan, Code Names,
calls and voice messages. It was determined that a young
boy was playing with his fathers phone and making ran- and that one with the trainsboard games
dom calls. bring everyone together.
Brunswick Rescue transported a student who was feeling
faint to Mid Coast Hospital.
A smoke alarm at Brunswick Apartments was caused by
burnt food.
Numerous ceiling tiles at Osher Hall were damaged, some
by plastic pellets shot from an Airsoft or similar gun.
Shannon Delaney 20
Wednesday, February 22
The fire alarm at the Admissions Office was activated by a
A massage therapist with an hourly charge.
sprinkler system malfunction.
A fire alarm originating in the fourth floor north stairwell
at Chamberlain Hall was activated by an unknown cause.
Thursday, February 23
A student was escorted from the health center to the Mid
Coast Walk-In Clinic.
Complied by the Office of Safety and Security COMPILED BY HANNAH RAFKIN

Shrimp scandal: perp on the loose

BY CALDER MCHUGH
ORIENT STAFF
Nicely cooked shrimp, an
undeniable delicacy when served
at one of Brunswicks many local
establishments, are decidedly less
appealing when mysteriously left
outside of doors to apartments in
Coles Tower on Fridays.
Such was the situation this past
Friday, when seniors Julian Barajas
and Sarah Freshnock and other
students found the small crustaceans
outside their places of residence.
Barajas, who was hosting a small
get-together in his apartment on
the eighth floor of the Tower, was
venturing outside to walk to a party
at around 11:30 p.m. when he saw a
take-out container with around 20 to
30 shrimp sitting on his doorstep.
The first thing we see is this little
restaurant, take-it-to-go container
on the ground [with the shrimp
inside]. It was definitely surprising,
Barajas said.
He and three of his friends took
the seafood in stride, though, as they
promptly picked the container up and
brought it into the elevator, where a
shrimp was reportedly consumed by
one of Barajas friends.
There was a loud crunch, so
obviously the shell was still on there,
Barajas said.
Once they got to the first floor, the
group made the decision to leave the
container in the lobby for any future
hungry yet adventurous passers-by
and went on with their night.
Freshnock stumbled upon only a
singular shrimp lying outside of her
door on the sixth floor of the Tower
on Friday night.
Her first reaction was, What?
Thats crazy!
As she looked around, though,
the plot thickened. Freshnock saw
yet another shrimp hanging from
her neighbors door. She ventured
further from her room and saw even
more shrimp on her side of the Tower.
Freshnock made the decision to call
the Office of Safety and Security, as
she was uninterested in picking the
shrimp up herself, and the Tower had
already begun to adopt a distinct smell.
When Security arrived, they told
her they had found a lot of shrimp in
the lobby, and then asked a pressing
and particular question.
The first thing Security asked
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
was whether we had any enemies, of me on my phone looking like a
Freshnock said. total idiot, Barajas said.
Answering in the negative, as far as He proceeded to explain the
she knew, Freshnock turned out to be situation to Security, and while they
little help in the hunt for the culprit, were not immediately convinced by
but received thanks for bringing the his side of the story, they let Barajas
problem to Securitys attention. go scot-free. At time of publication, a
Barajas judgement to leave the perpetrator has not been found.
shrimp at the foot of Coles Tower I really want to know who did itI
did not go unnoticed; he was called think its hilarious, said Freshnock.
into the Security the next morning to Not all are so amused by a
explain himself. miscreant going free, however. The
[Security] pointed up to this big case appears to have gone cold, so if
screen and there was a still-frame of anyone has any leads, please reach
me along with this little video from out to Security. The shrimp outlaw
the security camera on the first floor may be on the run for now, but they
of Coles Tower, and theres a picture will be found.
friday, february 24, 2017 the bowdoin orient news 3

NEWS IN BRIEF Students working to form group COMPILED BY JESSICA PIPER

DEATHS FROM DRUG OVERDOSE

IN MAINE HIT ALL-TIME RECORD
for women in finance, investing
Three hundred seventy-eight deaths due to drug overdose were confirmed
in the state of Maine in 2016, an all-time high and a 39 percent increase from
2015, which previously held the record, according to a release by the state
Attorney Generals Office on February 2.
Opioid drugs were responsible for the majority of deaths. One hundred
twenty-three deaths were attributed to heroin or morphine and 195 were
attributed to non-pharmaceutical fentanyl, according to data from the
University of Maine-Orono. While heroin deaths only increased by 15 percent
since 2015, fentanyl deaths increased by 127 percent in 2016. Fentanyl is a
schedule-II prescription drug that is between 50 and 100 times more powerful
than morphine, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Last Thursday, the Maine State Legislature voted unanimously to create a
task force to address the opioid crisis. The panel is expected to come up with
recommendations for the legislature by April 30.
Harriet Fisher 17 spent last summer mapping arrests in Maine as part of
the Gibbons Summer Research Program. She found that many arrests across
the state were due to possession, trafficking or consumption of opioids.
[The opioid epidemic] is so omnipresent in Maine, Fisher said. I
realized it cut across so many different demographics in Maine. You can see
in the maps that it is really is all over the state, but it isnt something you
see a lot at Bowdoin.

NO CONSTRUCTION ON BRIDGE
OVER ANDROSCOGGIN UNTIL 2019
SMART WOMEN: (from left:) Ruilin Yang 20, Jiaqi Duan 17, Carina Sun 18 and Leaf Ma 18 are hoping to launch at Bowdoin chapter of Smart Woman
The Frank J. Wood Bridgethe green bridge over the Androscoggin River Securities to provide an empowering environment and access to opportunities for women interested in finance. If successful, the group will become chartered next fall.
that connects Brunswick and Topshamwill not undergo construction until
at least 2019. The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be
investigating several alternative project options first to ensure compliance with BY ROHINI KURUP
ORIENT STAFF
the National Historic Preservation Act, the Times Record reported last Friday.
An inspection on the bridge last summer found rapid deterioration Citing a lack of opportunities for stu-
of structural steel, and the bridge was downgraded from fair to poor dents to learn about finance at Bowdoin,
condition in August. The bridge currently has a 25-ton limit, which means a group of female students are working
heavy commercial trucks are barred from driving on it. to start a chapter of Smart Woman Se-
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is still looking into the curities (SWS), a national organization
effects of different project options on the surrounding historic properties. In committed to providing an undergradu-
a draft report released on February 2, the FHWA outlined five options for ate community with resources for wom-
the bridgetwo that called for its rehabilitation and three that suggested en interested in investing and personal
constructing a new bridge. The options will be evaluated based on several finance. Currently, SWS has chapters at
factors, including environmental impact, ease of construction, impact on large research institutions and womens
traffic and cost. colleges; the Bowdoin chapter would be
Additionally, the FHWA will be considering the impact of the bridge project an atypical choice for the organization.
on historic properties, even though the report found the bridge itself does not Bowdoin SWS is in the soft launch
qualify as a historic landmark, as some community members had suggested process this semester and if successful,
in the past. will be officially chartered next fall.
The Frank J. Wood Bridge does not represent emerging technology, The chartering initiative is spear-
nor is its construction associated with a significant event or person, the headed by a founding team of four stu-
report said. dents across class years: Jiaqi Duan 17,
However, several properties on both sides of the river are eligible for the Leaf Ma 18, Carina Sun 19 and Ruilin
National Historic Register, which means that the FHWA must consider the Yang 20. The students wanted to teach
impact of the bridge project on these surroundings. women at Bowdoin about finance, and
The FHWA is accepting public comments on the report until March 6. according to their Facebook page, pro-
vide them with the, [s]kills necessary
to make investment decisions through
global market education, exposure to
industry professionals, and real-world
financial experience.
Duan wanted to bring SWS to Bow-
doin after her involvement with the
organization during her junior year
away at Harvard University. She is fa-
miliar with being in the female minor-
ity in economics classes and finance
internshipsone of her economics
classes at Bowdoin had three women
in a group of 30 students. She found
Harvards branch of SWS to be useful
and empowering.
I realized how much I had benefited
from SWS when I was at HarvardI
just thought it would be an amazing
opportunity to bring here to Bowdoin,
Duan said.
Sun explained that because learning
about the basics of finance is difficult
at Bowdoin, she wanted to start the or-
ganization to teach other women these
important skills.
You probably just want to deal with
personal finance, manage your money,
invest in stocks. There is no path for you
to get involved in finance if you are not
an economics major, said Sun.
Around 100 people signed up for
the groups mailing list and about 20
came to its initial information session.
However, there has been some concern
about the groups presence on campus.
The Bowdoin College Finance Soci-
ety, which states that its primary pur-
pose is to help students launch careers in
finance, is largely male-dominated. This
led to concern that starting a female fi-
nance group would further divide men
and women interested in finance on
campus. However, Sun disagreed, not-
ing that nothing stops students from
participating in both groups.
There isnt a lot of overlap, especially
in terms of the events or the frequency
of meetings, Sun explained.
She added that the groups have dif-
ferent goals. While the finance society
is more career-oriented, Sun said that
female empowerment is a crucial focus
of the SWS mission.
The organization must become na-
tionally chartered before it can formally
charter with the College. The process of
chartering with the national organiza-
tion has been complex and takes a year
LILLIAN SAUNDERS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
to complete. In December, the students
submitted a 10-page interest applica-
tion. After passing that round, they
submitted a 30-page document in Janu-
ary explaining their plans for the soft
launch process this semester.
During the soft launch process, the
founding team is provided with funds
and holds weekly conference calls with
the SWS national organization. During
this process they are required to put on
three events and provide the national
organization with weekly updates.
The three events planned for the
semester are an investment-themed
Jeopardy night, a panel discussion on
personal finance and an asset allocation
simulation workshop.
At the end of the semester, the group
will submit its final chapter prospec-
tusa reflection and evaluation of its
work over the semester. If the charter is
approved, SWS will start with a 10-week
seminar series in the fall.
The seminar series will be based on
materials provided by the national or-
ganization. The founding team hopes to
bring speakers, preferably professionals
in the finance field, to lead the discus-
sions. It hopes that the lectures will be
both enjoyable and instructive, and has
high hopes for the organizations future
success at Bowdoin.
We want it to be something that is
of a really high standard, that people
know is going to be somewhat of a time
commitment, but if they put in the time,
they are going to get so much out of it,
Duan said. They are going to know that
when they put it on their resume, this is
going to be something that has a lot of
recognition, and it does.

Subscribe your
parents to our
GET YOUR NEWS THE
email newsletter. MILLENIAL WAY.
OUR HANDLE IS @BOWDOINORIENT ON:
TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND
SNAPCHAT.
bowdoinorient.com
4 news
Amaez visits BSG, discusses campus inclusivity, merge of centers
BY HORACE WANG
ORIENT STAFF
During its Wednesday night meet-
ing, Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) welcomed Associate Dean of
Students for Diversity and Inclusion
Leana Amaez to discuss how BSG can
facilitate conversations and promote a
positive climate with respect to differ-
ence on campus.
Your obligation is to the process,
not to anyone not to neutrality its
holding a process that allows for every-
ones voices to be heard, said Amaez.
And thats going to be more important
in this context than ever before.
Vice President for Student Gov-
ernment Affairs Reed Fernandez 17
COMMON GOOD: (LEFT:) Assistant Professor of Education Alison Miller speaks at a panel at Howell House that focused on the meaning of the Common Good and its role at Bowdoin. (RIGHT:) (from left) Panelists
Director of the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good Sarah Seames, McKeen Fellow Marina Ao 17, President Clayton Rose, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life Bob Ives and Miller.
PANELISTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
doesnt, she said.
The moderators also asked panel-
ists where they see the common good
at Bowdoin.
Miller said that she sees the common
good in what Bowdoin students choose
to do outside of the College.
POLITICS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Selinger also acknowledged that
students emotions matter because
politics can be deeply personal.
It could be very constructive if
feelings were treated as fodder for
analysis, he said. It may happen to
be therapeutic but thats not the pur-
pose. The purpose is to get some kind
of mutual understanding. Its a public
purpose.
Selinger stressed that professors
should not avoid difficult subjects out
of fear of being political.
Faculty would do the College com-
munity a terrible disservice if we used
apolitical, balanced, or euphemistic
language to sugarcoat a reality that
we all should find deeply troubling,
Selinger said.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Gov-
ernment and Environmental Studies
Divya Gupta spoke of a similar need
to present the facts in her course,
Earth Justice: Global Climate Change
and Social Inequality.
Telling [students] the science be-
hind [climate change] and the history
and the policies that have been build-
ing up to address this issueI do not
hold back on sharing those realities,
said Gupta. At the same time, I have to
asked Amaez for her advice on BSGs
role in promoting a diverse and inclu-
sive environment on campus, espe-
cially in lieu of the presidential elec-
tion and recent hate-related incidents
across the country.
Multiple BSG members brought
up the recently announced merger
between the Womens Resource Cen-
ter and the Resource Center for Gen-
der and Sexual Diversity. Although
Amaez is not scheduled to begin su-
pervising the reconceptualized Center
for Gender and Sexuality until July of
this year, members raised questions
regarding why the merger happened,
what Amaezs new role will look like
and other impacts of combining
the centers.
When I see our teachers who are out
in communities choosing to go and
teach in underserved communities and
really take a difficult path beyond Bow-
doin, she said.
Oratile Monkhei 20, who attended
the panel, questioned how the common
good manifests at Bowdoin outside of
the McKeen Center.
Beyond just saying we have, for ex-
make sure that I frame the message in a
way that I do not come off as somebody
who is being partial or biased.
Assistant Professor of Govern-
ment Maron Sorenson agreed on
the importance of discussing cur-
rent political events, but expressed
the desire to do so in the context of
her specific curriculum. In her con-
stitutional law class, she presented
students with Trumps recent execu-
tive order on immigration and had
students use the U.S. Constitutions
Establishment Clause case law to
determine the orders constitution-
ality. In Sorensons judicial politics
class, students take turns preparing
15-minute presentations on a cur-
rent event, usually in relation to
Trumps Supreme Court nominee
Neil Gorsuch.
My obligation is to provide the stu-
dents a framework to critically engage
with current events, said Sorenson. I
wont turn my class into a discussion
of currents events or supplant what
would be the baseline learning for a
discussion of current events, because
absent the academic structurethe
reason they signed up for the class
they are not engaging with current
events in any way that is different than
they would have had they not been ex-
posed to this material.
the bowdoin orient
Were not looking to replace [spe-
cific offices] and only do something
thats intersectional Thats not by
any means the way were planning on
approaching it, said Amaez. The idea
was that those spaces need to be col-
laborative and at the table together,
because sometimes theyre stepping on
each others toes in ways that are coun-
terproductive.
Amaez added that hearing stories
from students who identified with
more than one student center was an-
other reason for the merger.
People have been saying we pro-
gram and talk about issues in way
that pulls peoples identities apart
in a way that does not feel authentic,
said Amaez.
ample, the McKeen Center, and thats
the area for the common good, how
does that same conviction of integ-
rity play out in other departments?
she said.
Students said they found the discus-
sion interesting but wished more stu-
dents had attended.
The panel was very transparent
in their feelings and sentiments, said
Sorenson believes that objectively
linking the curriculum to political
events can work to eliminate partisan-
ship in the classroom.
The very easy way to avoid being
partisan is to follow the tack of heres
the scholarship, lets apply the schol-
arship, she said. Framing current
events and forcing students to place
them in decision-making models is, in
and of itself, a generally non-partisan
way of approaching [issues].
John F. and Dorothy H. Hagee As-
sociate Professor of Government
Laura Henry also prioritizes address-
ing recent politics through the frame-
work of her curriculum. She strives to
strike the balance between students
eagerness to discuss current events
and her role as a professor to provide
the historical, political, economic and
cultural contexts that her courses in-
tend to teach.
The challenge that any professor
has is to provide the necessary context
and analytical frameworks that help
us ask the best questions and not get
distracted by the absolute onslaught of
information that comes out of Twitter
and Facebook and the 24-hour news
cycle, Henry said.
This semester, Henry is teaching
two classes, Post-Communist Rus-
sian Politics and Society and Social
BSG members responded positively
to Amaezs visit, saying that they had
a better understanding of their role in
promoting inclusivity on campus and
were more encouraged to collaborate
with Amaez.
I think BSG is very important for
these kinds of issues on campus Im
glad she came, Fernandez said in an
interview with the Orient. I think it
was a productive discussion.
In addition to inclusivity on cam-
pus and the merger, BSG members
also discussed planning for Ivies, an
upcoming student government event
with other NESCAC schools, a Hu-
man Library event and new develop-
ments concerning tampon dispensers
and picnic tables.
SALIM SALIM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Monkhei. I just wish or desire that
more people had come to hear it [I]
started questioning as to who self-selects
to come to such talks.
Despite having a small crowd, those
who did attend said the panel was infor-
mative and engaging.
I thought that it was an incredibly
interesting and incredibly relevant top-
ic, said Sara Caplan 20.
Protest and Political Change. In both
classes, she uses current events
such as Black Lives Matter, the
Womens March and representations
of Russian politics in the newsto
help [students] guide how we can
ask good questions and how we can
compare to the past.
Associate Professor of Africana
Studies and History Brian Purnell as-
serted that professors are not required
to respond to the current political
situation in their teaching.
From a professional standpoint,
as of todayand I dont know what
will happen tomorrow, so the answer
could changethe current American
political situation does not mandate
American historians, or any aca-
demic, to respond, or to respond in a
specific way, he wrote in an email to
the Orient.
However, much like his colleagues,
Purnell feels he may be able to provide
historical context to help students
understand the present. To this end,
he has developed a new course, U.S.
History, 1877-1945: The Making of a
Superpower, which will debut in the
2018-19 academic year.
I wanted to teach courses focused
specifically on the nations history
that, in part, answered the question,
[of] what social, cultural, political and
friday, february 24, 2017
INCIDENT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Security asked BPD to issue a crimi-
nal trespass warning to Emmons, bar-
ring him from all campus property for a
one-year period, although the incident
on Saturday night actually occurred off
campus, on public property.
Nichols also released a security alert
to the Bowdoin community because of
the physical nature of the encounter.
When we issue a trespass warning
for the campus, were not alleging that
the person was on campus property. In
this case, he wasnt. Its more of a preven-
tative measure, said Nichols. We have
a situation here where not only inappro-
priate language was alleged to have been
used with a number of our students, but
there was actually some physical contact
which constitutes an assault, and thats
completely unacceptable and this per-
son has lost his privileges.
As of press time, charges have not
been filed for assault and the student
who was pushed is not likely to press
charges, according to Nichols. If the
College still does not want Emmons on
its property after a year has passed, Se-
curity has the opportunity to extend the
trespass warning.
[Bowdoin Security] has done that
a number of times with people whom
weve had real, serious concern about,
said Nichols. But, generally speaking,
as long as there are no problems over the
course of the year, we let them expire.
In the midst of discussion about the
encounter between Emmons and Bow-
doin students, Security learned that
BPD had received a noise complaint
about the 17 Cleaveland Street property.
Once the officers had dealt with Em-
mons, BPD issued a disorderly conduct
warning because of the noise complaint.
They were related, but I think when
the person called, all they were con-
cerned with was the noise and they
didnt realize what was really hap-
pening, said Nichols. There were no
charges filed and the students were re-
ally good at keeping the noise down for
the rest of the night.
On Thursday afternoon, Nichols met
with Emmons.
Emmons was cooperative and apol-
ogized for his conduct. I reemphasized
with him the constraints of the criminal
trespass warning and he fully under-
stands, wrote Nichols in an email to
the Orient.
economic history brought us to our
current national situations and condi-
tions, Purnell wrote.
While students generally found
political conversations in class to be
beneficial, many noted that a class
discussion can cross a line and leave
some students feeling excluded. Ja-
cob Russell 17 said that in one of
his classes last semester, there was
at least one contentious moment re-
garding current political events.
Though generally discussion has
been very good and open, in one class
it was clear a professor and a majority
of students were on the same page,
said Russell. I think there were a
couple of students who were more
likely to be Trump supporters and
felt like they didnt have a space to
share their opinions.
Emma Newbery 19 spoke highly
of the atmosphere that Associate Pro-
fessor of Religion Elizabeth Pritchard
has set in her Marxism and Reli-
gion class.
Professor Pritchard has struck
a really good balance between sup-
porting students, contextualizing the
curriculum in the current American
political climate and feeling free to
talk about the readings and get an es-
cape from everything thats happen-
ing, Newbery said.
friday, february 24, 2017 the bowdoin orient 5

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Productive disruption: Trump effigy challenges campus complacency
BY ALYCE MCFADDEN
ORIENT STAFF

In the days immediately following

Novembers presidential election,
Emily Simon 17 felt that the student
body had already begun to move on
from its disappointment.
I had a premonition that was
grounded in past experience at Bow-
doin. Today sucks, and maybe to-
morrow will suck, but after that were
all just going to go back to business
as usual, Simon said.
It is this political complacency
that inspired her, alongside Haleigh
Collins 17, Kenny Shapiro 17 and
Laura Griffee 17, to create a gi-
ant sculpture of President Donald
Trumps head.
Students may have already taken
note of the unnamed and unfinished
piece, which has been in the La-
marche Gallery since Saturday and
will be on display until the first week
of March. The piece is crafted mostly
from recycled cardboard boxes. It
will ultimately include videos pro-
jected onto the sculpture depicting
reactions to the election of Bowdoin
students and others.
The artists hope that the piece
will catch the attention of the mem-
bers of the Bowdoin community and EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
encourage them to engage with po- BOXED OUT: Kenny Shapiro17, Haleigh Collins17 and Laura Griee17 sculpt their cardboard recreation of President Donald Trumps face. The installation, which stands at almost seven feet high, will be on display in the
litical issues that they may not other-
Lamarche Gallery in David Saul Smith Union throughout the coming week.
wise consider on a day-to-day basis.
[Our goal is] disruption but in a Trump presidency. The final product Saturday. The artists said this trans-
productive, nuanced and thoughtful seeks to explore the political climate portation process was one of the the
way, Collins said. in a manner that is serious rather most rewarding moments in the pro-
The students came up with the than flippant or absurd. cess of creating the piece.
original concept for the installation We recognize that there are a ton Moving it from spot to spot was
immediately after election day in of people at Bowdoin and elsewhere just so crazy and fun and disruptive
A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art who are dealing with this issue on a and weird, Shapiro said.
Mark Wethlis Abstractions class. very serious level, Griffee said. As Griffee estimates that around 20
We felt that people had already artists, we have been struggling to passing students stopped to to in-
moved on, Shapiro said. [The try to be very careful and respectful quire about the piece or help her,
piece] was definitely born out of our of that possibility. Shapiro, Collins and Simon lift it
frustration and anger with a very tar- The teams original concept for over the glass wall separating the gal-
geted demographic. the pieces video component focused lery from the rest of Smith Union.
Though the four students con- solely on the perspectives of the A lot of people were excited that
sulted with several faculty members Bowdoin community. When Griffee it was naughty on some level, which
as well as former Sculptor in Resi- invited students to give video tes- was exciting, because I didnt think
dence John Bisbee, they created the timonials, she was disappointed to Bowdoin students had that in them,
piece outside of the classroom. This receive only seven responses. She de- Simon said.
independence of their work and sep- cided to use internet sources for the In addition to political conversa-
aration from the institution of Bow- perspectives of strangers, however, tion and heightened awareness, the
doin is part of the projects appeal ultimately providing a valuable op- artists hope their exhibition will
to Simon. portunity for both the piece and for generate student engagement with
The most exciting thing for me Griffee personally. It allowed her to art as a mechanism of political and
has been working on something that engage with a diversity of identities social discourse.
challenges the need to protect our and opinions. Art is something that anyone can
comfort in the status quo at Bow- I got really excited and sucked literally approach and consider, Si-
doin, she said. into the different video reactions and mon said. It speaks in its own way,
The ways in which the artists testimonials, she said. I was really and I hope that were making a case
chose to address the politically pro- interested in listening to other view- for public art here.
vocative sentiments they hope the points that were not my own and hu- Collins, Griffee, Shapiro and Si-
piece will represent have changed manizing this group of people. mon aim to complete the piece be-
over the months after the election. The students constructed the base fore the start of next week and en-
During this time, they have consid- of the piece in the garage of Shap- courage members of the Bowdoin
ered different political perspectives iros off-campus residence and trans- community to contact them with
and the variety of ways in which ported the assemblage of boxes three questions, concerns or interest in
students might be impacted by the blocks to David Saul Smith Union on participating in the project.
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Have you ever taken a class you thought

should have qualified for a distribution Visit facebook.com/bowdoinorient to
requirement that didnt? Have you ever
gotten a distribution requirement for a
fill out a survey and get your
class you didnt think should have voice heard.
counted? Do you think the system works?
6 a&e
White hands, black sounds: Bruce Hornsbys cultural exchange
CONNOR MOORE
TO THE CROSSROADS
Ive loved Bruce Hornsby ever since
I first heard Gonna Be Some Changes
Made in the background of a Lowes
commercial when I was 10. The main
piano riff plays while children run
amok in the paint aisle of a Lowes store,
scribbling on walls, stroking a display of
paintbrushes and huffing open vats of
paint. The commercial itself was pretty
unremarkable; however, the song was
absolutely haunting. Though at the
time I didnt even know the name of the
song, the melody stuck in my mind like
an earworm.
One day I asked my father, Dad, do
you know the name of the song that goes
do do do, do do do, do do? Miracu- plays a lot of characteristics of black
lously, he knew exactly what I was talk-
ing about. From out of his black leath-
er-bound CD storage binder (which in
my eyes was the Ark of the Covenant)
he pulled a bright red cassette disk with
the words Halcyon Days emblazoned
across the front in big, pink bubble-
letters and told me that the song I was
looking for was the opening track. De-
lighted, I took the disc and disappeared
into my room with my Walkman.
Animal-inspired printmaker Nancy Diessner to collaborate with students
BY SIMON CHOW
ORIENT STAFF
Marvin Bileck Visiting Artist and
printmaker Nancy Diessners artwork
starts with a photographmost recently
of taxidermy animalsthat depicts the
natural world. Diessner combines the
photograph with abstract imagery to cre-
ate work that Visiting Assistant Professor
of Art Mary Hart calls very beautiful and
very distressing at the same time.
The Marvin Bileck Printmaking Proj-
ect, set up in memory of printmaker Mar-
vin Bileck, brings a guest artist to Bow-
doin every semester for a week to produce
work with students. Diessner was chosen
particularly for the way her work connects
to that of Bileck.
YOUR AD
HERE
Want to advertise your
event, service or local
business to thousands of
Bowdoin students and
community members? The
Bowdoin Orient wants to
help you out.
Visit bowdoinorient.com/
advertise or email
orientads@bowdoin.edu
for details.
Thats the first time that I ever sat
down and actively listened to an album
from start to finish. The entire thing
was completely arresting. Hornsby sang
with the lyrical honesty and imagery of
Townes Van Zandt and played the piano
like his hands were on fire. His songs
moved with a rhythm that was familiar
yet felt fresh and original. Beyond all of
that, however, there was still something
that I found indescribable about the
sound. I was drawn to it for reasons that
I did not understand.
Eventually I came to realize what
was special about Hornsbys music. It
seemed to lay somewhere in between
the music I was exposed to by my fa-
therThe Gap Band, Stevie Wonder,
Teddy Pendergrassand my mothers
Van Morrison, Celtic Thunder, and
Fleetwood Mac. Hornsbys music dis-
courses on
music; the syncopated rhythms, cross-
beats and jazzy chords that fill Hal-
cyon Days seem like theyd be more at
home on a Duke Ellington record than
peppered throughout this collection
of Randy Newman-esque Americana
tunes. That is not to say that Halcyon
Days is black music,in fact, I once party happened last year, youd be hard-
played it for one of my roommates and
he responded with cut that gluten-free,
vanilla Wonder bread-flavored mayon-
Bileck was primarily an intaglio
printmaker [of] a very specific type of
printing and Nancy is also an intaglio
printmaker, said Hart. Her way of do-
ing it is very contemporary and uses all
these materials that werent available
when Marvin Bileck was doing his work.
I like that idea of progression in this very
traditional form of printmaking.
Diessner will spend time in Printmak-
ing I and II classes next week. She plans
to teach students her technical printing
process, which uses photopolymer plates
based on her photography and aluminum
plates etched with copper sulfate to create
an abstract painting-inspired effect.
[The students] will be experiment-
ing with printing color over color, maybe
printing the plates side by side, so theyll
PART TIME EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT
Multi oce real estate
professional in need of
executive assistant.
Interested applicants
should contact
service@galaxyconsult.org
the bowdoin orient
naise shit out. So even though Horn-
sbys music is not black music per se,
it does benefit from its interpolation of
black musical aesthetics. Im not the
first person to notice this: Hornsbys
sound has been dubbed the Virginia
Sound and has been lauded for its
fusion of jazz with the stereotypically
white musical traditions of country
and bluegrass.
One might argue that this con-
stitutes an act of appropriation.
In my time at Bowdoin, Ive
seen how the notion of
cultural appropria-
tion has entered
into and
become a
dominant
theme in
racial dis-
campus. I
had never heard
the term cultural
appropriation until
the infamous Cracks-
giving debacle of 2014,
but after the tequila
to understand it, appropriation comes from the sonic traditions of both of my
pressed to find a student on campus
who didnt have a strong opinion on
the subject. Sadly, those strong opinions
be doing a lot of experimentation, said
Diessner. Its a low-toxic way of etching
aluminium. And thats a very painterly
process. I think itll be fun for them. and nontoxicity, said Hart.
In addition to engaging students in a
different printing process, Diessner hopes
to promote non-toxic printmaking prac-
tices. Printmaking processes and materi-
als are often toxic due to poor ventilation,
excessive use of solvents and various other
contaminants.
Diessner was invited to Bowdoin by
Visiting Professor of Art Mary Hart,
who teaches printmaking. The two met
at a summer workshop at Zea Mays
Printmaking, a studio and workshop
that is dedicated to non-toxic print-
making methods.
Nontoxicity is a focus at Bowdoin, too.
friday, february 24, 2017
from the top downone cul-
ture clearly dominates the
otherwhereas an instance
of exchange leaves room for
ideas to travel back and forth.
Id argue that the incor-
poration of black music aes-
thetics into Hornsbys sound
is an example of cultural
exchange. Though Hornsby
uses the conventions of black
music, he does not exploit
black culture in doing so. In
fact, he made it a point to ad-
dress systemic racism in what
is undoubtedly his most fa-
mous song, The Way it Is.
Shortly after that song was re-
leased, 2pac sampled it to make
Changes, E-40 used it to
TFAL L
ALEX W ES make Thingsll Never Change,
and Mase used it on Same Niggas.
This kind of back-and-forth is exem-
caused the plary of cultural exchange.
conflation in many As a young biracial child, Im sure
students minds of that this exchange comforted me on an
the ideas of cultural unconscious level. Growing up, some-
appropriation and ex- times I felt like I was mixed with water
change. As I have come and oil. Hearing music that borrowed
from a place of exploitation, whereas heritages proved to me that a harmoni-
exchange come from a place of appreci- ous marriage of blackness and white-
ation. Moreover, appropriation happens ness was possible.
[Associate Professor of Art] Carrie painting. When I was a painter, I would
Scangas been working on making the stu- make my paintings by [using] lots and
dio better and better in terms of efficiency lots of transparent, translucent layers of
color, said Diessner. And that was
When I went to collegeand Im not very much how many of my prints, in
alone in thisthere was no ventilation, the last year and a half, have kind of
Diessner said. You would just use your evolved to [have] many plates, [and]
hands, no gloves. You cleaned your plates different colors in every layer.
with kerosene. Lots and lots of solvents. Whether photo-based or not, I
There were a lot of serious health prob- hope theyre enthusiastic about the
lems with printmakers in this generation. possibilities, because there are so
Diessners artwork is a reflection of many, she added. Im really just
her experiences across mediums through opening the window for tem, and
painting, photography and printmaking. they can see all around and go in
Her interest in the arts began with paint- many directions. I hope they connect
ing, which she studied at Bennington Col- with it.
lege. She did graduate work in painting Diessner will deliver a lecture on
and sculpture at Hunter College. Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Beam
My prints are very informed by my classroom in the Visual Arts Center.

friday, february 24, 2017
Learning for learnings sake: auditors take classes for enrichment
BY HANNAH RAFKIN
ORIENT STAFF
Bowdoin courses are not always
limited to Bowdoin students. According
to the Office of the Registrar, between 50
and 70 auditors register each semester.
With professor approval, auditing is free
for community members; professors also
determine the extent to which auditors
participate in class discussion.
There is a wide variety of auditors who
learn at Bowdoin, including community
members, retired professors, alumni, high
school students, Bowdoin students and
current professors.
When I found out they had courses
you could audit when I moved up here, I
started right off the bat, said Joe Andrew,
a 90-year-old Harpswell resident. Andrew,
who is currently auditing Introduction to
Opera with A. LeRoy Greason Professor
of Music Mary K. Hunter, has relished
the opportunity to continue his lifelong
passion for learning.
Auditing is one of many things
Andrew does to maintain his youthful
energy, in addition to painting, sailing,
writing poetry and learning to play
instruments. He came to Bowdoin over
four consecutive summers between 1959
and 1962 through a government program,
earning a masters degree in math. Though
he was a math teacher for decades, his
Bowdoin courses have covered a vast
range of topics: Italian language, poetry,
linear algebra, government, philosophy,
music and Shakespeare.
I am one of the fortunate 90-year-old
people who still have their heads around,
who enjoy living and when I think
of whats happened in my 90 years, it
astounds me to think what might happen
in the next 90. Which gives me a goal
I want to live long enough to see whatll
happen.
Over her 23 years at Bowdoin, Professor
of Cinema Studies Tricia Welsch has had a
particularly wide range of auditors, many
of whom have become regulars.
Youre here for long enough and you
teach something like film, people pass
through your door, she said.
Her auditors have included a chef, a
barbershop singer, an art historian and
many former professors and teachers.
Welsch appreciates the challenge that
their presence brings.
You think, Oh, theyre watching my
pedagogy. I better be on it, she said.
Sometimes, Bowdoin professors
Hungover Sunday in Woodstock is as magical as you would imagine
BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL
WILL SCHWELLER AND JUSTIN RAMOS
Have you ever woken up in a bunk-
bed in a Vermont cabin accompanied by
great friends and a pain in your head?
Well your esteemed columnists sure have.
A couple weekends back we ventured
over to the Green Mountain State for
no real reason at all and found ourselves
in the picturesque town of Woodstock,
Vermont. Per the recommendation of a
dear friend and Woodstock regular, we
stopped in at the famed FH Gillingham
& Sons general store to see what they had
to offer. Gillingham did not disappoint
in its wine selection, containing
delightful bottles both Old World and
New. We thought, to commemorate our
Grand Excursion, that we ought to get
something that reflected the local terroir.
FEATURES
NEVER STOP LEARNING: Joe Andrew, a 90-year-old Harpswell resident, is currently auditing Introduction to Opera with A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Music Mary K. Hunter. He
was a math teacher for decades but has audited Bowdoin courses in topics like Italian language, poetry, linear algebra, government, philosophy, music, and Shakespeare.
audit each others courses, taking the
opportunity to gain a new academic
lens. Professor of Philosophy Matthew
Stuart, who is currently on sabbatical,
is auditing Anne T. and Robert M.
Bass Professor of Natural Sciences and
Chair of the Biology Department Nat
Wheelwrights Ornithology course.
When he is not poring over the writings
of Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid for
his sabattical research, Stuart is skinning
and stuffing birds, identifying species and
memorizing their Latin names.
Its quite different from the very
abstract, dense, technical stuff that I work
on. Its abstract and dense and technical in
its own way, but its a different part of my
brain, Stuart said.
Last semester, Wheelwright audited
Associate Professor of Art James J.
Mullens Drawing I course. In picking up
the pencil and putting down the scalpel,
he gained a new passion.
Ive got art under my skin now, he of Wolferts honors projectand has
said. It changed my life.
Putneys Apple Maple Wine presented
itself as a truly Vermont vino. When
one who has spent relatively little time
in the state thinks of Vermont, he thinks
of apples and maple. Rumor has it that
some who spend lots of time in the state
think of apples and maple when they
think of Vermont. While the verdict
isnt out on what makes this wine
a wine and not a cider (many of
the options stoked at Gillingham
were marketed as ciders), your
reviewers were very excited to
try this bev and look back on our
idyllic weekend spent slightly south
of where we currently are.
We uncorked the bottle
on a calm, unseasonably
warm Monday night,
dreaming of cross-
country skiing,
taking the
AWA
kids on a FURUK
sleigh ride and DIANA
When Welsch audited an Italian class,
she was reminded of how challenging
being a student can be.
You learn that you can be a really
crappy student in the same ways that
irritate you about your [own] students,
she said. Its funny to see how easy it is to
lose your thread, to forget the homework,
all of that.
Bowdoin students tend to audit
because they want to explore an academic
interest or continue learning from a
specific professor, but cannot take on
the extra load of a fifth course. Maddie
Wolfert 17 is auditing her first course this
semester, Science, Magic, and Religion,
with Professor of History Dallas Denery.
Its especially relevant to me because
a lot of material thats being covered in
the course pertains directly to the honors
project that Im working on, Wolfert said.
Denery is ending the course with a
unit on Margaret Cavendishthe subject
encouraged Wolfert to share her expertise.
chopping pine on a Saturday
afternoon. The wine pours clear
and looks like a golden, grape-
only white wine. We believe this
color is almost certainly derived
from the apples. Apple cider is
sort of golden, right? There
isnt much of a nose to the
wine, but the legs show just
from the pour. Not able to
smell a whole-heck-of-a-
lot, we dove right into our
tasting.
This wine does not taste
like a grape-only wine.
This wine is, upon
initial contact
between
beverage
and tongue,
dry. This wine,
seconds after this initial
contact between b and t, tastes
spicy. This wine has a kick. This wine
Wolfert emphasized that senior spring
has brought about a particular panic.
This is my last opportunity to take a
Bowdoin class, she said. I have to fit in
everything that I can.
A large portion of auditors are retired
community members. Welsch, Stuart
and Wheelwright each expressed that
the knowledge, wisdom and personal
experiences accumulated over a lifetime
can make for invaluable contributions
to class discussions. Stuart once had
a 92-year-old auditor in his Death
course.
That really changed the temperature
of some of our conversations about
euthanasia and end-of-life care, he
explained. He added that her views on the
subject were particularly meaningful in a
room full of 18 to 22 year olds.
David Treadwell 64 has watched the
College evolve since his days as a Bowdoin
student by auditing courses.
Its fascinating to see what the students multiplying the workload by four.
are doing, how theyre thinking [and]
probably has a kick from the maple. These
reviewers question whether the maple
was added before or after fermentation.
The kick may derive from a spicy post-
fermentation addition of maple. The
kick may derive from the fermentation
of honey producing a drying-out quality.
Interestingly enough, this wine is mild
in the booze department, clocking in at
a calm and tender 10 percent. This kick,
this spice, is mysterious.
In theory: we are fond of this wine.
It is an interesting application of
local resources to create a product
representative of a space and time.
It is clear from visiting the winerys
website that the vintners are passionate
about producing a quality product in
a place that they love. At the end of
the day, thats a great thing. While the
wine may not be to our tastes, were
we to open a bottle shop (currently
seeking investors), its a product wed
proudly sell.
the bowdoin orient 7
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
what professors are teaching.
In taking the classes he never got to
take in the 60s, he has noticed that the
classroom environment is much more
discussion-based today. Treadwell has
also taken courses at the Midcoast
Senior College.
I much prefer the energy of this
younger environment, he said.
Punnie Edgerton frequently audits
alongside Associate Professor of
Education Emerita Penny Martin. They
confer on which courses to choose at
the start of each semester, and their
friendship has strengthened through
their shared classroom experiences.
They are currently enrolled in Associate
Professor of Africana Studies and History
Brian Purnells class The Wire: Race,
Class, Gender, and the Urban Crisis.
Edgerton has fully committed to the
workload in each of the 16 courses shes
taken, but she said she cannot imagine
Thats very nuts, Edgerton said.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Tonights Soundtrack: Phish, live: August
20, 1993 - Red Rocks, Morrison, Colorado
Justin: Vermont is cool, not quite Maine cool,
but in my live ranking of New England states
it has surpassed Rhode Island. Also Bostonit
was always cooler than Boston.
Will: Its foolhardy to talk about the Vermont
beverage industry without making reference
to its incredible craft brewing scene. Speaking
of beer, if Jae-Yeon Yoo [18] and Nick Benson
[17] of the Orients Tapped Out column want
to review my homebrew, I wouldnt stop them.
Nose:
Legs:
Mouthfeel:
Taste:
Overall:
8 features
Navigating a world where some people just dont seem to get autism
BEN YORK
AN AUTISTICS GUIDE
TO AUTISM
When I was 17, I had to go
to the local eye doctor for an
emergency check up. My eye had
been bothering me for several
days because pressure had built
up in it (which I would find out
about later was possibly related
to seasonal allergies). Because
my eye was so sensitive, and
because of my already rocky
relationship with sensory input,
I had a difficult time letting the
doctor take a look at my eye.
My mother had come with me,
and we both explained to the
doctor that I was autistic so that
he would understand when I
had difficulty with some of the
more physical tests I would have
to undergo.
At one point, he had to
measure the pressure in my eye,
and to do so he had to touch the
surface of it with a finely-tuned
instrument. I already do not
normally like people touching
me, much less a metallic probe
poking around in such a sensitive
area. After trying repeatedly to
BEHIND THE NAME TAG
Italian Teaching Fellow finds valuable lessons in her teaching experiences
BY ISABELLE HALL
ORIENT STAFF
Italian Teaching Fellow Angela
Lavecchias passion for learning foreign
languagesshe knows four in total
has turned into a passion for teaching
them. She has used her linguistic skills
to learn more about other cultures as
well as to develop her own ideologies
regarding immigration in the various
countries where she has lived.
Originally from a small town in
BUONGIORNO BOWDOIN: Italian Teaching Fellow Angela Lavecchia worked at Bowdoin during the 2014-15 academic year. She then spent
a year teaching English and Italian to immigrants in Italy and returned to Bowdoin once again to continue her work as an Italian teaching fellow.
sit still without flinching, the
stress of the situation began
to overwhelm me. The strain I
was putting on my body to not
instinctively pull away made
me start to cry. It was at this
point that the eye doctor told
me, you dont have to make a
scene for your mother.
Although this story requires
a lot of context before it can
be retold, I like to use this as
an example of when someone
just doesnt understand autism.
Even after being told about
my sensory issues and seeing
first-hand how the testing was
affecting me, the eye doctor
told mea young man close
to adulthoodto not make a
scene, as though I were a child
upset that I was not getting
my way.
This kind of situation
is a familiar one for many
autistic people and their
families. Whether a medical
professional, a teacher, a
neighbor or a friends parent,
there is always someone in an
autistic persons life who doesnt
quite understand what it means
to be autistic. These are the
people who have challenged me
Southern Italy, Lavecchia worked as
a teaching fellow at Bowdoin during
the 2014-15 academic year. Upon
returning to Italy, she taught Italian
and English to immigrants for a year
before she had the opportunity to
return to Bowdoin once again as a
teaching fellow. After this year, she
hopes to attend graduate school
in America and then continue her
teaching career.
Coming to Bowdoin [for the first
time], I was not really convinced that
the bowdoin orient
when I say there are certain foods I cant eat, claiming that I would
grow into them, or the people who told my parents when I was
young that if they had just raised me better, then I wouldnt act
the way I did.
For some people, this lack of understanding correlates
with a lack of awareness. Many people just dont know
what autism is or may have never even heard the
word. Without any context for my or other autistics
behavior, we can seem like odd and unpredictable
folks. At times, this lack of understanding stems
from a more basic level. For some, the intense
world of the autistic person is so far from their
own experience that even with an awareness
of the topic, they lack the instincts
necessary to predict and manage
autistic behaviors.
While both of these kinds of
deficiencies are understandable
given societal levels of awareness
about autism, it can make life
difficult for those who are
autistic. Having to justify
behaviors that to us are
natural can be difficult, and
at times impossible. This is
especially true for children.
However, there is a bright side.
The vast majority of people
whom I talk to about autism and
my experience of being autistic have
been supportive and if anything just
curious about what its like to be me.
Thankfully, curiosity is something I
can handle.
I wanted to teach, she said. But then
when I was here, I discovered that it
was really something I wanted to do, so
it has kind of changed my life.
Lavecchia believes that teachers can
learn a great deal about themselves
through teaching.
I like the exchange, she said. That
youre not just telling people how to
do things or teaching them but you
also learn a lot about yourself and
about people and how to behave with
different people, so its really something
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
that opens your mind. It can change
you a lot.
Lavecchia believes that international
teaching fellows are a valuable resource
for Bowdoin students.
She said that the people she has
met over the course of her studies
have changed her life by presenting they study Italian here from a very
her with opportunities for study that
she would not have considered before.
As a teacher she hopes to do for her
students what her teachers have done
for her.
Studying is important not only
to get a good job, or a well-paid job
but just for yourself, for you own
enrichment, she said, regarding one of
the many lessons she hopes to pass on
to her students.
Lavecchia attended a linguistic
high school where she took courses in
French, German, English and Italian.
She found a passion and pursued
Arabic and comparative literature at an
Italian university.
I [chose] Arabic because I wanted
to study something that was really
different from my own culture,
said Lavecchia. It was a time when,
because of the terrorism, we always
heard things about Islam and
Muslims and extremism, so I was
puzzled, she said.
She explained that she wanted to
learn more about Islamic culture in
order to gain a new perspective.
I was like there must be
something were not talking about.
There must be something we dont
get to know about, she said. I have
discovered a whole world, and that
helped me to have more respect, and
that also helped me to try to get as
[much] information as I can, [to] not
[be] satisfied with what [I heard] at
first, she said.
When you get to study a new
language to a certain level, you actually
have to change your mind setting, said
Lavecchia. Even if you dont really
study the culture ... you have to switch
to a different system, so it helps you be
more open-minded and more flexible.
Lavecchia has enjoyed having the
friday, february 24, 2017
DDAR
D
KE GO
BROO
opportunity to continue her language
studies at Bowdoin. She studied Arabic
two years ago and she is currently
taking a German course.
She added, Ive also taken Italian
classes here, which might sound
strange, but its interesting because
different perspective, so it gives me a
comparative view of my own language
and culture and literature.
If she does not get into an American
graduate program, she will return to Italy
to continue her work with immigrants.
The refugee-immigrant situation is
difficult in Europe now, but working
in these kind of situations, you really
[do] something to make integration
possible, you know what I mean?
Its like, you dont only help the
immigrants, you also help the people
around you to understand what it is
like to be a refugee or an immigrant in
such a situation.
When the language school for
immigrants first responded to her
application to work there, she was nervous
about what her job might be like.
It was challenging at first because
I felt like I had a lot of things to do
to be good at my job, but then these
people, they really wanted to be there.
They really wanted to do something to
improve their lives, so their attention,
their commitment to studying, was
amazing, and Ive learned a lot,
she said.
There are also exchange programs
[for Bowdoin students] to go to France
or Italy to teach, and its good because
maybe students who didnt think about
it, [when] they come to our classes,
they see that our experience here is so
good, and they feel like they want to
do that so they think like, I can go
abroad, work, improve my language
skills and also travel.
Studying foreign languages has
encouraged Lavecchia to be open-minded.
Theres always more If you know
more, you can get new perspectives.
You can really get your own idea
without being too influenced by what
everybody says.
friday, february 24, 2017 the bowdoin orient features 9

ON THE AIR
POLAR EYES

WBOR airs over 80 radio shows each week. Hosts include a mix of Bowdoin stu-
dents, professors and community members. The station has been broadcast on 91.1
since 1956, according to its website. The studio, located in the basement of Dudley
Coe Building, is decorated with drawings, stickers and record covers.
BY LEAH KRATOCHVIL

(FROM BOTTOM LEFT, CLOCKWISE:) Axis Fuksman-Kumpa 17, Nick Funnell 17, Spencer Towle 19, Lara Bluhm 17, Lizzie Givens 17, Bianca Torres 20 and Sophie Friedman 20.
 SPORTS
10 the bowdoin orient friday, february 24, 2017

HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Leaps and bounds. The
mens indoor track and field
team placed fifth overall at
the New England Division III
Championship at Tufts last
weekend. Joseph Staudt 19
led the team with a first-place
finish in the 60-meter hurdles,
making him Bowdoins first New
England Division III champion
since 2014. His time of 8.24 was
a personal best in the event,
breaking his own school record
for the third time this season.
Staudt also placed seventh in the
high jump.
In the books. The mens
swimming and diving team
placed sixth overall at NESCAC
championships last weekend,
with a number of outstanding
performances. Karl Sarier 19
won two individual NESCAC
titles over the course of the meet,
setting a new school record in
the 200 individual medley and
lowering his own school record
in the 200 freestyle. The team
went on to break 10 school
records over the weekend and
three Polar BearsMichael
Netto 18, Mitchell Ryan 19 and
Sarierearned All-NESCAC
honors this week.
Power Players. Mens
squash placed third in the
Conroy Cup (D-Division) of
the College Squash Association
team nationals after going 2-1
on the weekend. The teams
performance earned it a 27th
place finish in the nation as it
closed out the season with 6-3
win over Tufts and a record of
6-15. The team also earned a
Womens basketball advances to 17th
consecutive NESCAC semifinal round
BY ROITHER GONZALES
ORIENT STAFF
Womens basketball (21-3, 8-2 NES-
CAC) extended its winning streak to nine
games with a decisive 72-47 victory over
Connecticut College (16-9, 4-6 NESCAC)
last Saturday in the NESCAC quarterfi-
nals. With the win, the Polar Bears will
progress to the semifinals this weekend
where they will face a dominant Tufts
program (24-1, 9-1 NESCAC) that is cur-
rently ranked 2nd in the NESCAC and
3rd in the nation.
Bowdoin last played Tufts in January,
where it lost a close game, 46-43. At the
time, the Jumbos were still undefeated
and Bowdoin made them fight for the
win. The three-point difference remains
the smallest margin by which Tufts has
won all season.
Last time we went against Tufts at
Tufts, we lost by three, which was obvi-
ously kind of a heartbreaker because its
so close, youre right there, said captain
Rachel Norton 17.
However, the team is finding motiva-
tion in its strong performance against
such a formidable opponent.
We were right there in a position to
win against, at that time, the number one
team in the country at their gym, said
Head Coach Adrienne Shibles. Our team
isnt coming in under any illusions that
its going to be easy, but were really ex-
cited for the opportunity to match up with
them again and do that at a neutral site.
Bowdoin has found success by focusing
on its own strengths: pace and pressure, ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
depth and its offense. The team hopes to NOTHING BUT NET: Olivia Ware 20 directs the Polar Bear attack that outscored sixth-seed Connecticut College (16-9, 4-6 NESCAC) 72-47 in its decisive
improve upon these strengths and be-
quarterfinal win. Next, the team will face Tufts (24-1, 9-1 NESCAC), which is seeded second in the tournament and ranked third in Division III in the nation.
lieves its fast-paced, yet balanced offense
will be integral in beating Tufts. CAC semifinal, the Polar Bears are excited The team hopes to build off its domi- shots, said Shibles. But at halftime I just
I think the key to beating Tufts is ex- for another chance to face the Jumbos. nant performance in the quarterfinals talked about being a little more intense on
ecution on offense and being fearless on The team feels it is stronger than when the against Connecticut College. Although defense while continuing to keep the pace
offense because their strength as a team teams last met. the Camels seemed to have the upper really fast, because Conn. wasnt able to
is on the defense, said Shibles. If you Between the Tufts game and now, hand during the first half of the game, rest their key players in the first halfthey
look at their box scores, they dont put weve grown so much, said Norton. Ev- Bowdoin outscored them 21-6 in the just didnt have the depth to do it. I knew
up a lot of points. They definitely have eryone is playing minutes, were so deep, third quarter and held a sizable lead to win we could wear them down if pushed hard-
good players who score, but they beat we love to run, we love to tire teams out, so the game. Marle Curle 17 led the team in er on defense and wear them down on of-
teams because they keep their oppo- everyone is prepared to fire from all direc- scoring with 13 points for the Polar Bears. fense and thats what we did.
nents to very few points. tions. I think itll be a battle, but I think itll We came out a little slow on the first Bowdoin will take on Tufts this Satur-
Heading into its 17th consecutive NES- be a great game. half, [the Camels] were hitting a lot of day at 4 p.m. at Amherst.

Womens hockey looks to recover in playoffs

pair of All-NESCAC honors this
week as Ben Bristol 17 and Ian
Squiers 19 were both named to
the Second Team.

On to nationals. Womens
squash heads into the College
Squash Association team nation-
als this weekend with a record
of 7-10. The team will look to
build off of strong individual
performances from this season,
such as a standout campaign by
Sarah Nelson 17 that earned her
All-NESCAC First Team honors
this week. The Polar Bears will
compete in the Walker Cup
(C-Division) as they are ranked
19th nationally and will open
play against No. 22 William
Smith College at 10 a.m. today.
COMPILED BY ANJULEE BHALLA
BY ANNA FAUVER
ORIENT STAFF
After tying one game and losing the
other to Trinity (9-12-3, 8-6-2 NES-
CAC) this past weekend, the womens ice
hockey team (12-8-4, 7-6-3 NESCAC)
finished sixth in the league and will be
traveling to No. 3 Hamilton (14-7-3, 9-5-
2 NESCAC) this weekend for NESCAC
conference quarterfinals.
While the rankings favor the Conti-
nentals in the matchup, the Polar Bears
are confident about their prospects.
We know that were better and we can
beat them, said captain Jess Bowen 17.
We want this weekend to go out there
and play our best and show them were
the better team.
When the two teams last faced each
other, they split the series as Bowdoin
took a 2-1 win in the first game and Ham-
ilton pulled out a 3-2 overtime victory in
the second.
Bowdoins play this past weekend fea-
tured a number of the teams strengths,
including its unique on-ice strategy.
We play a system thats just a little dif-
ferent than a lot of teams play, Bowen
said. We play with three defensemen
and two forwards so I think just that sys-
tem is a little bit different and allows us
to kind of catch teams off guard and gives
us more opportunities offensively and
makes our defense even stronger.
The team is coming off a disappointing
series against Trinity, in which Bowdoin
dropped from 4th to 6th and gave up
home-ice advantage after the tie and loss.
I think that it was definitely a disap-
pointment and a struggle just because
we know we could have done a lot better
than we did, captain Kimmy Ganong 17
said. I think we were just really hyper
and frantic, which was unfortunate. We
play 100 percent better if we stay com-
posed and calm and collected.
An unusual lack of composure affected
areas of play that are usually the teams
strengths, making the team feel that it
did not play to its full potential over the
course of the series.
We just werent there mentally, said
Bowen. I think we were making a lot of
mistakes, we werent as a team winning all
the one-on-one battles which we would
normally win, and were a team that
takes pride in our one-on-one battles. As
a team we were just a little bit off, which
happens, but were not going to do that
this weekend.
The team is confident going into the
Hamilton game, and Ganong believes that
it has the skill to beat the Continentals.
Im really excited to go to Hamilton,
said Ganong. Weve been there before
and we know that we can absolutely beat
them. We beat them on Friday night
when we played there and we should have
beat them on Saturday when we went
into overtime.
A key difference in playoffs will be that
the teams play one game as opposed to
a series, which Bowen sees as an advan-
tage based on the teams performance
this season.
[When] we played [Connecticut Col-
lege], we didnt play them back-to-back,
said Bowen. Those were the only two
league games we didnt play back-to-back
and we beat them both times so I just
think to mentally only have to prepare
for one game and know that youre giving
your all to that one game makes our team
come out even stronger.
However, the postseason adds addi-
tional pressure because the team only
gets one chance to win.
I think we have to know that its
such an important game and that
everyone else in the conference is at
0-0, Ganong said. No one has any
wins or lossesits a clean slate. Its
just about believing that we can win
and winning on Saturday to continue
this season.
friday, february 24, 2017
New student group focuses on racial diversity in athletics
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF
A lack of racial diversity on
Bowdoins athletic teams has
prompted the creation of a support
and discussion group for student
athletes of color.
Hannah Cooke 18 has been one
of the people involved in creating
programming surrounding race
on teams since last semester. She
spearheaded the creation of the
group, which hopes to provide a
space for athletes to discuss their
experiences and the meaning of
diversity in sports.
Student athletes of color are
underrepresented in the Bowdoin
community, which can shape those
students experiences significantly
as well as affect the way teams are
viewed on campus.
I felt like I could make an impact
by bringing people of color together
to talk about their experiences
because I know mine is not the same
as everyones, said Cooke. While I
love my team and theyre some of my
best friends, theres still three people
Kings of the court: a look into 75 years of mens basketball
BY ANJULEE BHALLA
ORIENT STAFF
With the end of the mens basketball
season comes the completion of the 75th
year of the varsity program at Bowdoin
College. However, the first team that
came together in 1941 is notably different
from the team that runs the court of
Morrell Gymnasium today.
When a squad of 18 Bowdoin
students tried out for Coach George
Dinny Shay in December of 1941,
they played in Sargent Gymnasium
on a non-regulation-sized court, with
old backboards and only a few weeks
to prepare for their first game against
the University of Maine. Without any
funding from the College, Shay and
his team of rookies were forced to play
all away games and the players had to
provide their own trunks and shoes.
Despite these setbacks, the program
started and stuck, in large part due to
the persistence of Malcolm Morrell,
the Colleges director of athletics at
the time. Morrell advocated strongly
for the creation of a team since
Bowdoin was one of the only colleges
in New England that did not sponsor
a college basketball team. In addition,
the NCAA was pushing many colleges
at the time to continue adding new
teams despite the wartime efforts that
took students and resources from
the programs.
The College already had in place
fraternity leagues as well as a freshman
team that competed against local high
schools, which gave Shay a solid pool
of interested athletes when it came to
building his roster.
The first varsity squad played six
away games over the course of the
season against fellow Maine schools
Colby, Bates and the University of
Maine. Though the team lost all six
matches, a few close games and a
high degree of demonstrated interest
solidified the existence of the program
for the years to come.
A few years later, the program had
developed significantly. The team
began its first formal campaign after
the war years led by captain Edward
Packy McFarland 48, while his infant
son Edward Bo McFarland Jr. 69,
now a volunteer coach with Bowdoins
of color on the basketball team. My
first year I was the only one, then my
second year there were two and now
theres three, and every year its been a
different experience because of that.
According to Cooke, athletic
teams are unique social spaces on
campus for several reasons. Athletes
do not choose their teammates, yet
they are locked into spending hours
every week with them due to the
large time commitments practices
demand. It is also essential for
athletes to have positive relationships
with their teammates, which can
make bringing up sensitive topics
like race difficult.
The relationships between you and
your teammates are so precious and
mean so much to the success of the
team and to your happiness, a lot of the
time it does make you act a particular
way or let things go, said Cooke. Its
just a really interesting space that I
thought needed to be explored more
than it was, especially because there
are some teams that dont have any
people of colorhow do we get teams
like that thinking about the presence
they have on campus?
mens basketball team, crawled around
the floors of Sargent Gymnasium.
While the creation of the team and
the facilities available lagged behind
many of Bowdoins peer schools in the
programs early years, in 1965 Polar
Bear basketball leapt ahead of the rest
of the league with the unveiling of the
new gymMorrell Gymnasium.
Bo McFarland came to Bowdoin in
the fall of 1965 in time for the unveiling
of the new gym and remembers the
standard it set across the league.
It was a big deal, he said. When
Morrell Gym opened up, I remember
as a freshman going in there and every
afternoon you could see hundreds of
guys playing pick-up gamesI mean
hundreds. It was state-of-the-art and
its still one of the more enjoyable
places to go watch a game.
Building the new gym was a leap
of faith by the College since the
basketball team had gone 23 years
without a winning season. Yet only
FIRST IN THEIR CLASS: (LEFT:) The first Bowdoin varsity mens basketball team poses inside Sargent Gymnasium. The 1941-42 squad played six away games against in-state opponents, and although it lost all of
them, the playersenthusiasm and commitment ensured the teams existence in the future. (RIGHT:) The Polar Bears energetically take the court of theold gymSargent Gymnasiumin an undated match.
the bowdoin orient
Cooke said that because of her
background in a mixed familyher
father is black and from Jamaica
and her mother is white and from
Connecticutshe is very used to
talking about race. But she realizes
that this might not be the case for
other people. Cooke also said that a
lot of people who quit athletic teams
are people of color.
I have friends that I know specifically left sports
teams because of reasons related [to race], and
its those stories that I want people to hear
HANNAH COOKE 18
I have friends that I know
specifically left sports teams because of
reasons related [to race], and its those
stories that I want people to hear, she
said. Not just people who are on the
teams but people who left and what it
meant to them and why they had to
make that decision was something that
was really important to me.
Cooke is also helping to organize
a panel on race in athletics for the
whole athletic department as part of
two years later the 1967-68 team
achieved Bowdoins first winning
season with a record of 15-6.
From that moment on, [basketball]
teams began to win at Bowdoin,
said McFarland 69. Just picture the
Morrell Gym with standing room
only and people lining the sidelines
watching games. We used to pack the
place in and it was a lot of fun.
Bo McFarland became captain
the following year, improving the
teams season to a record of 16-5 and
entrenching himself in the Bowdoin
record books. He was the first Polar
Bear to reach the 1,300 career points
benchmark and his career points per
game average of 21.9 remains the best
in Bowdoin history today.
Since 1969, the program has been
relatively consistent in performance
and staff. The team has only had two
head coaches in the last 55 years
Ray Bicknell and current Head Coach
Tim Gilbride.
the Winning Together: Intersections
between Race and Athletics program
that was started last year.
Ashmead White Director of
Athletics Tim Ryan acknowledged
the importance of having diverse
athletic teams and said that more
work needs to be done to make
teams more racially diverse. The
athletic department declined to
share the exact racial makeup of the
teams, but it is clear that athletes of
color are underrepresented relative
to the rest of the student body.
The more closely our athletic
programs mirror the greater student
body, thats only going to be a positive
thing, Ryan said. And when you
think about conversations that take
place on our campus and every
campus across the country about
issues of a potential divide between
However, as Bo McFarland has seen
over his lifetime, the game played in
Morrell Gym today is very different
from that of his fathers era.
I remained close to the program
because of my fathers experience
there, said Bo McFarland. You get to
know a lot of the people over the years.
They would come to our house and
reminisce about the days of basketball,
how basketball was changing so much.
If they were alive today they would be
astonished as to what basketball looks
like today versus what it looked like in
the 40s and 50s.
And todays team is still different in a
number of ways, the most visible being
the size of the players.
Even in 1965 and when I graduated
in 69, we only had one guy who was
65 and he was our only tall guy, said
Bo McFarland. Whereas this years
roster, I think we had seven, maybe eight
guys who were 65 and over. So thats a
huge difference in terms of the style of
sports 11
people who are on teams and people
who are not on teams, when teams
are reflective of the greater campus
community, I think that helps to
alleviate some challenges that may
develop along those lines.
Along with supporting efforts
by Cooke and others to support
student athletes of color, the athletic
department is also actively looking
to bring more diversity to its teams,
according to Ryan.
We are being very proactive in
looking to identify students who may
have an interest in Bowdoin, who
may have an interest in participating
in one of our athletic programs and
a student who would also be able to
bring additional diversity to our entire
campus community but to our athletic
programs as well, said Ryan.
We have been fortunate with
some adjustments to the recruiting
guidelines in our conference [that
give] greater flexibility to coaches to
cast a wider net across the country in
terms of areas theyre able to recruit
in [and] the financial resources that
we have to support coaches in those
efforts, he added.
play, because the speed of the game has
increased and the size of the players has
increased, and the athletic ability of the
players is better, quite frankly.
Changes in style of play have been
accompanied by rule changes that
have drastically impacted the game.
Major shifts include the addition
of the three-point line, which was
implemented by the NCAA in 1986,
and the establishment of a 45-second
shot clock in the mid-1980s.
The programs recruiting process has
developed and changed significantly
over its history as well.
The biggest shift has been in the
amount of time that you have to
spend out of season recruiting, said
Gilbride. When I started, a lot of
coachesmost coacheswere doing
two sports and you had to recruit
for both sports, but it wasnt to the
Please see BASKETBALL, page 12
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE ARCHIVES
12 sports
Mens ice hockey looks for big
upset in NESCAC quarterfinals
BY ELI LUSTBADER
ORIENT STAFF
Having lost 11 of its last 14 games,
the Bowdoin mens ice hockey team (8-
15-1, 5-12-1 NESCAC) will travel to
Hamilton (17-3-4, 11-3-4 NESCAC)
this weekend for the quarterfinals of
the NESCAC tournament.
In order to keep its season alive,
Bowdoin will have to accomplish
something that only one teamNo. 6
Tufts (11-10-3, 9-8-1 NESCAC)has
been able to do all year: defeat the
Continentals on their home ice.
The Polar Bears finished eighth
in the conference this season,
comfortably ahead of Connecticut
College (4-16-3, 2-13-3 NESCAC)
and Middlebury (3-19-2, 3-15-0
NESCAC). Still, Bowdoin enters the
NESCAC tournament as the lowest-
seeded team as only the top eight
teams in the league qualify for the
playoffs.
Though the Polar Bears face a
formidable opponent, they can draw
inspiration from the fact that there
have been several instances of eighth
seeds upsetting first seeds in the
NESCAC quarterfinals in recent years.
BASKETBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
amount of time and energy and effort
that you have to put into it now.
You dont have enough time to be
recruiting all year for one sport and
recruiting for another sport.
Across the nation, the timeline
of recruiting has shifted to earlier
in students high school careers
and has become more intensive
during summers. This year-
round commitment aligns with
another national trend in collegiate
athletics: specialization.
Its becoming harder and harder
for men and women to do two sports
in college, and even in high school,
said Bo McFarland. If youre going to
be a basketball player, youre playing
basketball all year long, youre on
a team and youre playing in the
summer months.
This present-day practice is
drastically different from the
1970s and earlier, when playing
more than one varsity sport was so
common it dictated the Colleges
participation, or lack thereof, in
postseason tournaments.
During Bo McFarlands time on
the varsity basketball and baseball
teams, the programs were not
permitted to compete in any sort
of postseason play even though
the teams performance was strong
Tufts has done it the past two
seasons, beating Williams in 2016
and Trinity in 2015. Wesleyan did it
in 2011, when it crushed Hamilton
5-2; and No. 8 Colby gave Bowdoin a
scare in 2010, though the Polar Bears
eventually escaped in a 2-1 overtime
victory. If nothing else, these examples
show that the NESCAC tournament is
an opportunity for a fresh start.
Captain Mitch Barrington 17
sees parallels to his first season on
the team, when Bowdoin won the
NESCAC title as a fifth seed.
It was kind of a similar year in
that we didnt have the best regular
season, but we came together and
started playing our best hockey at
the right time, he said. And thats
what we are going to try to do this
year. Its kind of taken a little bit
longer than we had hoped to get
things together, but we feel pretty
good about how weve played, and
obviously our seniors have plenty of
playoff experience.
There are also more concrete
reasons to believe that Bowdoin can
take on Hamilton this weekend. The
last time the teams played each other
in early February, the Polar Bears
STATE OF THE ART: Morrell Gymnasiumreferred to as thenew gymwas built in 1965, a development in the Colleges athletic facilities that propelled Bowdoin ahead of most of its peer schools. In their new
home, the Polar Bears found success fairly quickly, achieving their first winning season in 1968 with a record of 15-6 and marking a new era for Bowdoin basketball.
enough to qualify. It was seen as
dangerous to the students academics
and a disadvantage to the subsequent
seasons teams.
The concern was that dragging
these seasons on was going to affect
our performance in the classroom,
said Bo McFarland. For instance, the
the bowdoin orient friday, february 24, 2017
showed they could keep pace with
the Continentals as the teams entered
the third period tied 1-1. Ultimately,
Hamilton broke away in the final
period to prevail 3-1.
They came out strong in the
first period and took it to us, but
we battled back and tied the game
up, Barrington said. And I think a
few plays didnt go our way, maybe
some calls that didnt go our way and
they were able to capitalize late. We
definitely feel good about how we
have played them this year.
Yet when the Polar Bears played
Hamilton, in early January, the game
resulted in a 6-3 Bowdoin loss, with
a similar third period breakaway.
However, the game was almost two
months ago and the team believes it
has developed significantly since then.
The team will need to turn things
around fast. During the final 14 COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD/ CIPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
games of the regular season, the STICKING WITH IT: Forward Ronnie Lestan 20 takes control of the puck in the Polar Bears 1-1 tie
Polar Bears allowed an average of
4.6 goals per game and scored an
against Connecticut College (4-16-3, 2-13-3 NESCAC) that closed out the regular season.
average of only 2.1. The team will I think our guys are really anxious times in one year.
need a special game plan to stop the to get another crack at the top team The quarterfinal starts at 1 p.m.
Continentals and will also need to in the league, Head Coach Jamie tomorrow at Hamilton and is available
limit their mistakes, especially on Dumont said. Our motto going into to stream on http://www.nsnsports.
the defensive end. it is that its tough to beat a team three net/colleges/hamilton/.
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE ARCHIVES
nine starters on the baseball team all While there are no limitations there are some aspects of the sport that
played another sportevery one of on Bowdoin teams participating have stayed the same.
usand the feeling was, if you were in postseason tournaments today, Watching college basketball is still
in a tournament, like a basketball maintaining a balance between athletics a favorite pastime of mine, said Bo
tournament, and your baseball season and academics is a task that has McFarland. I love it, and to this day
was getting ready to begin, that [it] challenged Bowdoin athletes of all eras. I believe [Morrell Gym] ranks way up
would be unfair to the academic side Although the facilities, rules and there in terms of a good place to watch
of the house. recruiting have evolved over time, a game and to play a game.
FIND US ON
THE INTERNET.
FB BOWDOINORIENT
SNAP BOWDOINORIENT
INSTA BOWDOINORIENT
TWITTER BOWDOINORIENT
 OPINION
friday, february 24, 2017 the bowdoin orient 13

Fulfill our responsibility

What is the common good to you? This a question that is asked of Bowdoin students
Adeles victory reveals racial biases
in the entertainment award system
to the point of exhaustion, at panels like the one on Wednesday night and in every-
day dining hall conversations. But the question persists for good reason. Bowdoin is an
institution that is dedicated to educating students who serve the public good; it has a
responsibility to help students understand how this can be done.
We feel that Bowdoin is inadequately fulfilling this responsibility. At Bowdoin today,
there are very few ways that we engage with the common good outside of the McKeen pictures of their dead sons, lost to racially to mind the 2015 hashtag #OscarsSoW-
BY OSA OMOREGIE
Center for the Common Good. As a result students lack a conception of how they can OPED CONTRIBUTOR motivated violence. She even featured a hite that caught peoples attention for two
truly serve the common good in ways other than direct community service. twerking Serena Williams, an emblem of years in a row. Still, the problem is bigger
The McKeen Center does an incredible job organizing community-based work that The talk of the country last week was black strength, excellence and body posi- than the Grammys, the Oscars and all
both has real and positive impacts on communities and educates students about their Beyoncs Album of the Year snub at this tivity. These bold presentations of black the other entertainment award organiza-
roles and ability to serve the common good. The McKeen Center recognizes that com- years Grammy Awards. The impact of womanhood were not meant to appeal to tions in America. We live in a society in
mon good means more than just community service and there are a number of pro- Beyoncs album Lemonade was one white tastes. which mostly old, white men determine
grams they put on that demonstrate this broadened understanding, from alternative of many shining moments of 2016, but In hindsight, I should not have been what is quality art, so maybe these award
break trips to What Matters discussions to the Leading for the Common Good program. Grammy voters thought 25 by British surprised that Beyonc lost Album of the voting panels will have to diversify be-
However, we believe it is critical to translate that understanding to the larger cam- pop star Adele was more relevant, despite Year. Only two years ago, I was arguing fore black art finally gets its long-over-
pus community. the glaring truth that Lemonade had with my friends when the Album of the due appreciation.
The McKeen Center organizes a Community-Engaged Courses program incorporat- far greater significance. In Lemonade, Year went to Morning Phase by alterna- While Beyonc deserved the Album of
ing a community-learning component into classes each semester. This program pro- Beyonc proved her versatility as a genre- tive rock artist Beck, over Beyoncs iconic the Year in my eyes, her real victory was
vides a vital opportunity to teach students different ways in which community engage- hopping vocalistjumping from reggae eponymous album BEYONC. While in producing a magnum opus that was
ment can lead to the common good, beyond merely community service. They provoke to rock to R&B to country. Secondly, it Grammy voting panels do not base their intended forand inspired byblack
reflection of personal responsibility and address intersectional issues through working can only be fully appreciated as a visual votes on album sales, Becks album was people. In the process of recovering from
directly with local groups or municipal governments. album. After all, it was more than just a the lowest-selling album of the nominees utter disappointment, I relearned a valu-
For example, in the past, students in earth and oceanographic science classes have ap- collection of songs; it was the art, the visu- that year and the lowest-selling winner of able lesson from Beyonc: when life gives
plied their in-class learning to studying nearby Maine environments, and environmental als, the dance and the powerful messages this award category since 2008. Many of you lemons, make lemonade.
studies courses have collaborated with non-governmental organizations to make maps of heartbreak, loss, forgiveness and self- the people watching that years Grammys
using geographical information systems (GIS). love. For me, Lemonade was the album show did not seem to know who
This semester, there are eight such courses, but half of them are in the education of 2016 because it had an unmistakably Beck even was; #WhoIsBeck
department. This program should be expanded to include more courses and more black female narrative that empowered was trending on Twitter.
departments. generations of black women across the To many black Americans,
However, our dedication to the common good should surpass our academic careers world. Many of the lyrics in the album Beyoncs latest snub follows the
and the local Maine community. Fulfilling our responsibility to the common good means became popular slang (cue the boy, bye trend that black art cannot be
keeping it as a priority in our lives even as we leave Bowdoin. This means factoring it into line, the iconic Becky with the good hair fully embraced if it does not pan-
our career choices, what we choose to do with our income, how we spend our free time lyric and the huge surge of memes about der to white audiences. Frank
and our day-to-day decisions as citizens. If the College serves the common good, it has a taking your man to Red Lobster). Fun fact: Ocean, who recently boycotted
responsibility to follow through with the ideals it promotes and help students transition Red Lobsters sales spiked to 33 percent af- the Grammy Awards, wrote an
from a common good defined at Bowdoin to one that is applicable to the greater world. ter Beyoncs song Formation came out open letter to the shows pro-
Learning about our individual roles and responsibilities within the greater communi- with her Red Lobster lyric. This albums ducers on his Tumblr, saying
ties we inhabit is critical to discovering how we as students can have an impact beyond significance in popular culture alone sur- that the show has cultural bias
Bowdoin. This means moving the message beyond the walls of the McKeen Center and passed that of all the other nominees in and general nerve damage. Even
into classrooms, dining halls and dormsand then into our workplaces, homes and the Album of the Year award category. Adele said, in her acceptance
families. The problem with Lemonade, at speech, that she was undeserv-
least for some white audiences, was that it ing of the Album of the Year
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board, was the most political, unapologetic, pro- award because the artist of [her]
which is comprised of Julian Andrews, Harry DiPrinzio, Jenny Ibsen, Meg Robbins black project Beyonc has ever released. life is Beyonce. While I appreci-
and Joe Seibert. She pushed aside European sacred im- ate Adeles symbolic gesture
ages in favor of African pantheon like the breaking her award in half to
Yoruba water goddess Oshun. In Hold share with Beyoncthis does

Bowdoin Orient
The Up, she wielded a baseball bat with such
swagger while wearing a yellow Roberto
Cavalli dress, channeling Oshun, who is
often portrayed in yellow. She dared to
ESTABLISHED 1871 present cameos of black mothers holding
not make up for the countless
times that black artists have
been robbed of awards and over-
all recognition for their artistry.
The Grammys issues with race bring DIANA FURUKAWA

bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011

EDITORIAL CARTOON
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news
and information relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the
College and its administrators, the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly,
following professional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. The Orient is
committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse discussion and
debate on issues of interest to the College community.

Julian Andrews Meg Robbins

Editor in Chief Editor in Chief

Layout Editor Managing Editor News Editor

Emma Bezilla Sarah Bonanno Jessica Piper
Ian Stewart Harry DiPrinzio
Joe Seibert Sports Editor
Sr. Photo Editor Emily Weyrauch Anjulee Bhalla
Eliza Graumlich
Associate Editor Features Editor
Photo Editor Olivia Atwood Amanda Newman
Jenny Ibsen Ellice Lueders
Eli Lustbader A&E Editor
Hannah Rafkin Surya Milner
Ezra Sunshine Calder McHugh
Copy Editor Opinion Editor
Web Editor Marina Ao Julia ORourke
Grace Handler Dakota Grin
James Little Lucia Ryan Page 2 Editor
Liza Tarbell Eleanor Paasche
Data Desk
Lexi Gray Sr. News Reporter Calendar Editor
Gideon Moore James Callahan Rohini Kurup
Ste Chavez
Social Media Editor Cameron de Wet Business Manager
Jono Gruber Maggie Coster
Vivien Lee
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the editors.
The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions expressed in
DIANA FURUKAWA
the Orient do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.
14 opinion the bowdoin orient friday, february 24, 2017

Combining resource centers ignores two unique histories

RACHEL BARON
ZERO CHILL
Last week, The Bowdoin Orient
published a letter from the student
staffs of the Womens Resource Cen-
ter (WRC) and Resource Center for
Sexual and Gender Diversity (RC-
SGD) protesting the merge of these
two institutions into the Center for
Gender and Sexuality. I am entirely
in agreement with this viewpoint,
but I wanted to add an additional
justification in arguing against the
merge. The decision to create the
Center for Gender and Sexuality is
profoundly ignorant of the histori-
cal legacy of the experiences of both
women and queer students at Bow-
doin. Doing so serves to put the is-
sues that women and queer students
face and have faced at Bowdoin into
the same pot, when the reality is that
both of these groups have experi-
enced discrimination in distinct and
meaningful ways.
Women were literally excluded
from attending Bowdoin until 1969;
the College became fully co-ed in
1972. Emily Weyrauchs recent series
on the Women of 75 has captured
the difficulty of the transition to co-
education at Bowdoin: a history that
includes inflammatory comments
and acts rejecting co-education. The
creation of the WRC is directly tied
to this history of sexism. In a study
of women at Bowdoin conducted by
Gender and Womens Studies 280 in
Fall 2011, the students address how
the WRC became a place for both in-
clusion and academic learning. Lin-
da Nelson 83, one of the founders
of both the WRC and the Bowdoin
Queer Straight Alliance, explained
during this study that Somebody
tried to burn it [the WRC] down at
one point we did receive threat-
ening phone calls kind of on a regu-
lar basis. Some of us were followed
around campus.
The WRC is a monument to the
success of co-education at Bowdoin,
but also a continuing reminder of
the lack of inclusion women origi-
nally faced and continue to face.
While today issues of exclusion may
not be from the college itself, they
can still exist in specific academic
departments and social spaces on
campus. Taking away the WRC as its
own independent entity disregards
this history of all womens struggles
at Bowdoin. The removal of the word
women from the new center is an
extra insult to the legacy of women
who fought for greater inclusion at
Bowdoin and who continue to face
such issues on campus today.
Marginalization of queer identi-
ties has occurred differently from
sexism at Bowdoin, particularly in
the erasure of these identities from
the College and in its history. In
2012, The Orient published an in-
vestigation called Queer at Bow-
doin. This article details numer-
ous examples of ways that both the
Bowdoin administration and com-
munity acted to remove evidence of
queer identities at Bowdoin. In the
1950sa student was expelled for
lascivious carriage, an anachronis-
tic legal term referring to queer sex-
ual behavior. In the 1970s, faculty
members who were not seen cavort-
ing with members of the opposite
sex were suspect. And Bowdoin kept groups. Both women and queer sues should strive to be as intersec-
mum about the AIDS crisis in the individuals have historically par- tional as possible. But the conflation
1980s and 1990s. Alfred Kinsey of ticipated in ways that contributed of the two groups comes at the era-
the Class of 1916, originator of the to the oppression of one another, sure of these historical differences
Kinsey scale, has not received the such as a history of heteronorma- and precludes an understanding that
public recognition that some other tivity among feminist groups or a work needs to be done to make both
of our influential alums have re- history of misogyny among queer centers as intersectional as possible.
ceived. Queer identities have histor- men. Both groups also can and have Even if conflation is not the pro-
ically been quieted at the College, an historically been productive allies to fessed goal of the administration,
issue that should not be forgotten or each otherand understanding of combining the two centers essential-
assumed to have been solved today. both womens issues and queer is- ly has the same symbolic meaning
The 2012 Orient article further and should not happen.
details hate crimes against queer
individuals that occurred in the
past few yearsa concern that
is still relevant. A June 2016
New York Times articles
headline reads, L.G.B.T.
People Are More
Likely to Be
Targets of
Hate Crimes
Than Any
Other Minor-
ity Groupa
finding by the
Federal Bureau
of Investigation
that the Times notes as true even
before this years shooting at Pulse
Night Club in Orlando, Florida. It
is important to continue the legacy
of a center that is specifically
designed to help deal
with this contemporary
reality, in a way that
the WRC may not be
able to.
Further, com-
bining the cen-
ters is ahis-
torical when BROOKE GODDARD
looking at ap-
proaches to
issues of both

Navigating selfhood admist compulsory heterosexuality

as I started to understand that this
ARI MEHRBERG newfound attraction was not limited
OUT LOUD to just a few specific individuals, I
toyed with many different labels. I
knew I liked girls, and as my social
Im gay. circles and knowledge of the world
For me, that phrase defines more broadened I began to include non-
than just who I love. It impacts who I binary people too, but what I didnt
hang out with and who I trust. It de- know was whether I liked boys.
termines the kinds of spaces I inhabit By writing this, I am in no way
and how I inhabit them. It affects all intending to discount individuals
of my relationships with others, re- who do identify as bisexual or pan-
gardless of how out and open I am sexual or to imply that they are
with them. Its who I am. confused or lying to them-
But for the longest time, I refused selves. Every person has
to use that label. their own experience,
For most of my life, I never thought and many people
about my sexuality. In middle school, truly are attracted
I actually took pride in the fact that I to multiple or
wasnt interested in boys and at times all genders.
even considered myself superior to This article
all the boy-crazy girls I knew. But I is only meant
think I always assumed, at least on a to reflect my
subconscious level, that it was some- own story,
thing I would grow out of as I emo- and my own
tionally matured. Of course, I never personal
did. struggle
It wasnt until midway through my to come to
high school career that I first realized terms with
I might be attracted to girls. This the fact
realization marked the beginning that its OK
of a years-long journey that I still for me to be
havent completely finished. Coming more exclu-
to terms with the fact that I like girls sively gay.
wasnt the whole picture; I also had to But why
figure out something else. Did I actu- was this real-
ally like boys too? ization so hard
After that first spark, I was reluc- to come by? The
tant to identify as anything other than answer lies in the
straight. I was heteroflexible, I was way I was raised,
open-minded, I was straight with the society I live in,
one or two exceptions. From there, the cultural messages I
have absorbed my entire life and,
ultimately, in a phenomenon called
compulsory heterosexuality. For
those of you unfamiliar with the
term, it essentially means that our
society enforces straightness as the
norm and pushes this on people as
the only natural form of existence.
One effect of this for me was that I
convinced myself that I was attracted
to boys because I assumed it had to
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
be true and that there was no other isnt created on its own, however. It
way to be. requires people to participate and
I remember choosing boys seem- uphold it, whether knowingly or un-
ingly at random to have crushes on consciously. For queer women and
and convincing myself and others woman-aligned nonbinary people,
that my attraction to them was real. some of the biggest obstacles to over-
I remember insisting that I would coming this heteronormativity are
find a boy I liked someday, that I just those put in place by straight women.
wasnt ready yet or that none of the I dont believe that all straight women
boys I knew were good enough. I re- are homophobic or that they are even
member seeing boys and wondering fully aware of their actions, but the
if they were attracted to me and point still remains that they are un-
deciding that if they knowingly complicit in the enforce-
were, then I would ment of compulsory heterosexuality.
like them back. From the flicker of false hope I feel
Finally, though, whenever a straight woman refers
I started to re- to a friend or acquaintance as her
alize that it girlfriend to the medias labeling
didnt have to of potentially (or even confirmed)
be that way. I queer women as gal pals or close
didnt have friends, rather than romantically
to like boys involved, these types of attitudes are
back just be- everywhere.
cause they Dismantling the systems of het-
liked me, I eronormativity is no simple task,
didnt have but each and every one of you read-
to wait until ing this can take small steps towards
I met a good helping the queer people in your
enough guy lives. Be aware of your hypocrisy
to prove when you encourage straight wom-
that I wasnt en to be intimate with their friends
attracted to and yet, at the same time, voice your
him (or any discomfort with queer women sim-
man) and I ply existing near you. Be aware of
didnt have the language you use and how your
to pretend words may resonate with others. Be
to be in love aware of the implications of your ac-
with people I tions. Be aware, be prepared to listen
didnt know just and be ready to learn and to do your
to be normal. It own research sometimes. Remem-
was liberating. ber that this is only the first step, but
He te ronor m at iv it y dont let that deter you from taking it.
friday, february 24, 2017
Debunking misconceptions about conservative values
RYAN WARD
HOLDING FAST
In this column two weeks ago, I tried
to write about my understanding of the
relationship between conservatism and
the mission of the College. At the risk of
harping too much on the subject, I want
to expand a bit on that column and be
a bit more specific about what I mean
by conservatism. There are a lot of
misconceptions and unfair caricatures
surrounding the
term, no
PHOEBE ZIPPER
Embrace debate on campus Boys dont cry: society must address the
issues arising from toxic masculinity
BY JAMES BOUCHER
OPED CONTRIBUTOR
We have a problem here at Bow-
doin. We are ostensibly preparing
ourselves to lead the fight for the
common good, to charge head on at
the engines of oppression, injustice
and inequity and fight without cease
until they have been razed to the
ground. But in our hurry, I believe we
have failed to consider the best means
to wage our war. Our fearless floral
leader has pointed out a flaw, but he
meets resistance. He calls for fearless-
ness, and I think hes exactly right.
When was the last time you had a
discussion of abortion rights at Bow-
doin? I mean a real discussion, in
which people actually disagreed. Its
terribly good fun to say, Abortion
should always be free and easy, right?
and hear your friend say, RIGHT?
Oh my god the Republicans! Its dis-
graceful! But this is not a discussion.
Think back to the last time you sat
down and really thought to yourself,
When do I really believe that a fetus
has become a person? or What sorts
of rights does the father of a fetus have
over its fate? or Are people on the
other side of this question thinking
about it in the same terms that I am?
When was the last time you engaged
with somebody else who disagrees
with your answers to those questions?
I havent done that at Bowdoin and I
dont believe Im alone.
These are questions that need an-
swers, and they are still up for debate
as far as the rest of the country is con-
cerned. The views that prevail at Bow-
doin are not the only ones. Professor
of History Patrick Rael brought up
an invaluable point that must not be
ignored, but these are not questions
about whether the Holocaust hap-
pened or why there are still monkeys
if I evolved from one. (Checkmate,
atheists). There are dozens of live,
unsettled questions being debated by
our society. Hate speech, gun control,
the nature of religious rights or gay
rights or trans rights, police violence,
national security, privacy, trade deals,
thanks to our current commander-in-
chief, and I thought it would be helpful
to clarify for the sake of improving dia-
logue between the left and right.
At the outset, I should note that
conservatism is not a single political
ideology. According to British political
theorist Michael Oakeshott, it is a dis-
position which inclines people to prefer
certain kinds of conduct and certain
conditions of human circumstances to
others. The vagueness of this definition
leaves a lot of room for interpretation
in particular cases, but there are some
defining characteristics of the conserva-
tive disposition that remain more or less
the same.
Conservative thinker Russell Kirk
drew some of these
traits from the in-
tellectual tradi-
tion he carefully
traced from
Irish statesman
Edmund Burke
to T.S. Eliot
in his seminal
book The Con-
servative Mind.
These include
adherence to
custom, belief
in the principle
of prudence and
the preference of vol-
financial regulation, the Electoral
College, who should be president
all these questions are not settled yet.
They seem settled at Bowdoin, and
that should be cause for worry if you
believe (as I do) that there are right
answers to these questions and that
these answers matter.
A fighter trains in many ways. She
runs, she lifts, she practices her form,
she watches Rocky. She punches
a punching bag. Most importantly,
she spars with a real, live human op-
ponent. This is essential, because a
punching bag will just hang there and
let you hit it. A human will block your
blows, dance around the ring and
strike back at you. At Bowdoin, we are
woefully short of intellectual sparring
partners. This will stop us from being
the best fighters we can be.
To give an example: there are people
on this campus who voted for Trump.
The ones Ive met didnt do it because dont pay much attention to masculin-
they hate everyone whos not white
and straight and born in this country.
I have fundamental disagreements
with them and with the president. No-
body is served by creating an atmo-
sphere in which theyd rather just shut tus of manhood has lent itself to toxic
up. If we are to affect positive change
in places where there arent OneCards,
we will have to convince people. Bet-
ter by far to start to practice that skill
here and now than there and then. We
will have to understand arguments we
disagree with, consider our opinions
as subject to change and believe the
same in other people.
Educating people is a very hard
thing to do. I hope no one reads this
piece and thinks that I dont respect
the work put in by all the people that
make our Bowdoin experience pos-
sible. I believe the above outlines a
flaw, but I would be remiss not to ac-
knowledge that our education is one
of the best anyone has ever received.
This is not an easy problem to solve,
and I contribute to it myself. I believe
that acknowledging it is an impor-
tant first step. For God to win a just
trial, the devil needs to be provided a
good lawyer.
the bowdoin orient
untary community over forced associa-
tion. At its heart, the conservatism Kirk
describes is not inherently political but
is a way of seeing the world that inti-
mately informs the way we live and act
within it. This has definite political im-
plications, but these are always second-
ary to conservatisms primary concern
for ordered and peaceful life.
When these general traits are applied
to more specific political programs, it
should not be a surprise to see some
variety and disagreement. In fact, this
is one of the great strengths of conser-
vatism. There is room for those who
put an emphasis on liberty and clas-
sify themselves as libertarians, as well as
crunchy cons like American Conser-
vative blogger Rod Dreher who place
more value upon the communal and
traditional side of conservatism. Be-
cause there are no thought police to en-
force uniformity among its ranks, con-
servatism has always thrived on vibrant
debates over its foundational principles.
Of course, if you think I am paint-
ing too rosy a picture of conservative
unity, then you are correct. It would be
a stretch to say that all conservatives are
equally devoted to the principle of pru-
dence in politics, for example. But my
point is not to justify what every con-
servative believes or says as a legitimate
expression of conservative principles.
Rather, I wish to give a slightly more
MAURICE ASARE
AFRICANXIOUS
Much of the literature surrounding
gender emphasizes the ways in which
women are often disadvantaged by
varying forms of masculinity. In these
contexts, we focus on how women
should deal with pernicious displays of
manhoodhow they can fight against
itbut we do not tackle toxic displays
of masculinity at their core. Instead we
expect women to cater to these frag-
ile masculinities.
It is far less common for us to worry
about men and the very narrow box
of masculinity that confines them. We
tions plant seeds of misogyny (a symp-
ity exclusively, reasonably so, given its
privilege and power. We do not police
masculinity. Conversely, society fixates
on regulating the construct of feminin-
ity. This blatant indifference for the sta-
masculinity, a variation that exagger-
ates the conventional notions of man-
hood. At the hands of toxic masculin-
ity, we all lose. Some of us, however,
lose more.
To clarify, masculinity in this con-
text refers not to inherent male traits
but to the social construction of man-
hood. When we talk about the harm-
ful effects of toxic masculinity, we are
not criticizing men, but rather calling
attention to the unfair standards im-
posed upon them. Some of the charac-
teristics of toxic masculinity, to name
a few, include: the suppression of emo-
tions, aggression and misogyny.
Toxic masculinity has colored my
experience as a man with social anxi-
ety: I have often been made to feel
ashamed of my meekness (often equat-
ed to unmanliness) and I have often
been told to be more aggressive (this
word is often used interchangeably
with masculine). In that vein, I have
opinion 15
personal take on conservatism and why trol can maintain order. But if the lat-
I think it is so important to recognize ter does, then order can be maintained
the virtues of that self-identification. with a limited amount of state action
For me, the most important aspect of and the individual can be truly free to
conservatism is its tendency to approach pursue the good life for him or herself.
politics with caution and not to endow So as a conservative, I am far more
it with the characteristics of a life or interested in cultivating the virtues
death struggle. There is a temptation in in my own life that are conducive to
modern politics to engage in a politics sustaining a free society and in assist-
of the eschaton where every battle will ing my neighbor in doing the same. I
lead either to salvation or Armageddon. have no grand vision for society that
In contrast, the conservative recognizes I would like to impose on everyone
that politics is a necessary but second- else. Contrary to popular percep-
ary realm of human activity. It is not im- tion, being a conservative does not
portant as an end in itself, as if political mean wanting to bring society back
action could save souls or usher in the to some golden age where every-
Kingdom of God. Rather, it is necessary thing was supposedly better. I know
as a means to living a peaceful collective that history is always far more com-
life, where every individual is left with plicated than the narratives we build
a sphere of freedom in which he or she to explain it, so I dont have any illu-
can live out a moral and meaningful life. sions about the dangers of nave nos-
This is an especially important out- talgia. But if reclaiming the virtues
look to have in todays political climate. necessary to sustaining our republic
It allows us to focus not on the grand means going back in time to deter-
political schemes but to turn the light mine how we can be better citizens,
on our own souls to determine whether I am all for using the wisdom of past
we are using our freedom in an appro- ages as our guide.
priate manner. As the recently departed With these brief thoughts on my
scholar Michael Novak noted, there are own political inclinations, hopefully
two kinds of liberty: one precritical, I have at least done a little to reclaim
emotive, whimsical, proper to children; some intellectual respectability for
the other critical, sober, deliberate, re- conservatism. Given the current po-
sponsible, proper to adults. If the for- litical climate, I think thats a neces-
mer type of liberty dominates among sary first step to improving political
a population, no amount of state con- dialogue on campus.
been reminded that boys dont cry one Although we commonly discuss def-
too many times (the rare moments initions of femininity, we are still rela-
in which I do cry, I often find myself tively ignorant about masculinity in its
feeling guilty). I have regularly been various forms. When we do recognize
excluded from conversations among the potential harms of toxic masculin-
other young men, particularly in high ity, we dont take the necessary steps to
school when the substance of these address it.
conversations regarded sex. I usu- Like many, I am still trying to un-
ally had little interest in talking about learn the corrosive notions of mascu-
my sex life (or lack thereof). Talking linity that I internalized while grow-
about sex, particularly heterosexual ing up. However, the lack of societal
sex, can often be a communal experi- discourse regarding positive notions
ence among young males. The issue of masculinity is appalling. Without
that arises within these conversations positive displays and much-needed
is the tendency to dehumanize the conversation on the subject of toxic
women involved. Of course, these men masculinity and the way in which it af-
are often merely sharing details of their fects men, this cycle goes undisturbed.
sexcapades as grounds to warrant their
masculinity; however, these conversa-
tom of toxic masculinity).
I was often ostracized by male
peers who had no interest in
tainting their burgeoning
masculinity with anything
considered unmanly.
The endless pursuit
of young men to be
more masculine
coupled with
the blatant
indifference
to this phe-
nomenon
is troubling.
Our cul-
ture does a
disservice to
men when it
expects them
to adhere to
these notions
of toxic mas-
culinitywhile
ignoring the
harm it inflicts on
all genders. The way
in which our culture has
normalized negative male
behavior is disconcerting. PHOEBE ZIPPER
16 the bowdoin orient friday, february 24, 2017

FEBRUARY/MARCH
FRIDAY 24
LECTURE
Common Hour - Solving the Mystery of
Grace Jones: It's the Holy Ghost
Associate Professor of Africana Studies Judith Casselberry
will speak about music icon Grace Jones, arguing that
her Pentecostal background shaped her contributions to
pop culture.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m.

LECTURE
"The Reproductive Justice Framework"
Khiara Bridges, professor of Law and Anthropology at Boston
University will discuss the issue of reproductive justice. The
talk will be part of the Public Health and the Liberal Arts
Lecture Series.
Room 315, Searles Science Center. 3 p.m. ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SNOW MUCH FUN: Connor Phillips '17 and friends try human curling as part of the first annual Snolympics, a day of snow-themed activities organized by the Bowdoin Outing
EVENT Club to celebrate the winter weather. Other events included snow archery, mini-sled racing, snow sculpture building and more.
ITAC Hackathon
In the largest student hackathon in Maine, students will have
36 hours to build an app, website or other software to present
to a panel.
David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m. MONDAY 27 WEDNESDAY 1
EVENT LECTURE
International Polar Bear Night at Policing the Police: The Justice Department's
the Museum Investigations of the Baltimore and Chicago
SATURDAY 25 The Arctic Museum and Sustainable Bowdoin will host a cel-
ebration for Bowdoins mascot and kick off the Polar Bear Energy
Police Departments
Law School Student Alex Reed '10 will discuss the Justice
Competition. There will be crafts, snacks and an opportunity to Departments investigations of city police departments that
CONCERT learn more about Polar Bears. uncovered systemic civil rights violations.
Face-o of the Bands Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. 6:30 p.m. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
Student bands Accept the Mystery and Duck Blind will perform
with opener Waterboy in a round-robin style face-off. DISCUSSION
Ladd House. 9 p.m. Why do College Houses Feel So White? One
Year Later
EVENT

Ebony Ball
The African American Society will host the annual Ebony Ball
to conclude Black History Month. The event is open to the
entire campus.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 10 p.m.
TUESDAY 28
Following last years discussion by the same name, there will be
a panel and discussion about how College Houses perpetuate a
culture of whiteness and how to create
resolutions moving forward.
LECTURE Reed House. 7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk and Reception: Spring 2017 Bileck
Visiting Artist Nancy Diessner
Bileck Visiting Artist Nancy Diessner will discuss her artwork,
specifically her inspiration from animals and the natural world,

SUNDAY 26
which is on display in the Edwards Center for Art and Dance.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.

EVENT
Bowdoin Film Society Presents "Oscar
Night!"
The Bowdoin Film Society will host an Oscars viewing party to
watch the awards show. Refreshments
will be served.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 6 p.m.
LECTURE
THURSDAY 2
"Do you Know Them? Anna Nzinga, Queen PERFORMANCE
Nanny, Solitude and Many More" Eurydice
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Hanetha The Theater and Dance Department's spring show, Eurydice, will
Vete-Congolo will discuss the contributions of notable be performed. The 2003 play tells the Greek myth of Orpheus
women in African history who have often been forgotten in from the perspective of his wife, Eurydice. Tickets are free and
historical narratives. available at David Saul Smith Union and sold at the door.
Howell House. 7:30 p.m. Wish Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.

3 LECTURE 4 PERFORMANCE
PPER
ERFO
FORM
RMAN
ANCE
CE 5 6 7 FILM SCREENING 8 9
Gallery Conversation
with Pamela Fletcher Chris Fleming Girl Rising
and Ellen Tani Stand-Up Comedy Screening