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and public speaking. majors or extracurriculars. them on a resume or articulate
LOSSES
N QUINBY FIRE F DARING TO DISCUSS A ARTISTIC HUB S SOFTBALL IN THE SNOW O COMMUNITY RESPONSE
An effective sprinkler system prevented A new debate group on campus hopes to Local Brunswick gallery supports Maine The softball team overcomes winter Diego Grossmann ’20 and Benjamin Ray ’20
further injury or damage. Page 3. bring political diversity. Page 4. artists. Page 7. weather to prepare for spring. Page 9. weigh in on housekeeping wages. Page 11.
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Friday, February 15
PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
2/15 to 2/21
burning electrical smell. It was determined that at wall
STUDENT SPEAK:
What invention does not get enough love?
• An officer conducting a routine building check light ballast failed.
found stove burners left on after midnight at 30 Col-
lege Street. Monday, February 18
• A wooden chair was destroyed by vandalism at
during an event in the basement of Ladd House.
• A smoke alarm at Osher Hall was activated by the
use of a hair straightener.
Cooper Dart ’21
• An ill student at Kresge Auditorium was given an
escort to Mid Coast Hospital.
• A candle flame or ember ignited a significant fire in
a first floor room at Quinby House at 4:52 a.m. The
“Ziploc bags.”
• Excessive noise was reported on the fourth floor of room sprinkler system activated and doused the fire.
Chamberlain Hall. The fire alarm sounded and the building was evac-
uated. The room resident, who was asleep when fire
Saturday, started, received second-third degree hand burns and
February 16 was transported
• Students burn- to Maine Medical
ing a pot of pasta Center. The room
at Stowe House Inn sustained fire,
Owen Tuck ’20
caused a full build- smoke and water
ing fire alarm and
KODIE GARZA
damage, and re- “Glasses—people forget that before
evacuation. Bruns- pairs and clean-up
wick Fire Depart- are continuing. The they were invented, people just
ment responded. building was closed
• Brunswick po- until noon for in- couldn’t see.”
lice encountered an vestigation and re-
intoxicated minor charging of the fire
student walking suppression system.
on Bath Road. The Safety Advisory: Ricky Tsang ’21
student was turned Candles are strictly
over to security
and there were no
prohibited in cam-
pus buildings.
“My AirPods.”
charges. A security • A minor stu-
officer escorted the dent was found
student to his resi- in possession of
dence. four fraudulent
• A student who state identification
was hit in the face cards.
with a lacrosse ball
Tuesday.
during practice
was escorted to the February 19
Henry Hodge ’21
• A Coles Tower
Mid Coast Walk-In
Clinic. student with flu- “Egg laying chickens. (A GMO chicken
• Security officers helped stabilize a roommate con-
flict at a residence hall.
like symptoms was given an escort to Mid Coast
Hospital. averaging one egg a day is like a person
• Loud noise was reported coming from the third
floor of Chamberlain Hall. Wednesday, February 20 ejecting an eight pound object
Sunday, February 17
• An officer assisted a student who became ill in Smith
Union. everyday.)”
• Officers responded to a dispute between two stu- • An officer checked in the well-being of an ill student
dents over personal property. The matter was referred at Hyde Plaza.
to the Office of Residential Life for follow-up. • A student took responsibility for accidentally break- Francesca Haines ’20
• An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicat- ing a mirror at Studzinski Recital Hall.
ed minor student at Appleton Hall.
• Security officers assisted the Brunswick police with Thursday, February 21
“Floss.”
a 9-1-1 hang-up call that originated at MacMillan • A student at the Buck Fitness Center with a dislo-
House. It was determined that the emergency call was cated kneecap was transported to Mid Coast Hospital.
dial by mistake. • A dining employee at Jack Magee’s Pub was escorted
• A student with an arm injury was taken to Mid Coast to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic for treatment of a
Hospital for treatment. lacerated finger.
• Moore Hall residents reported popping sounds and a COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET
1. It’s slippery.
2. It’s cold to touch.
3. You fall in front of your Moulton Light Room Crush.
4. Who likes to ice skate anyway?
5. The Ice Bucket Challenge. Enough said.
6. Smirnoff is gross.
7. It sunk the Titanic, and separated Leo and Kate.
8. The Bowdoin hockey teams’ records this year.
Friday, February 22, 2019 NEWS 3
F FEATURES
A
O ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FS SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
NESCACs yield new records, poor overall finish
SQUISH, SQUASH: by Benjamin Mason
The men’s squash team Orient Staff
ended its season at Last weekend the women’s
nationals last weekend, swimming and diving team
finishing 23rd in the competed in the NESCAC
Championship at Wesleyan.
country. After two losses
The Polar Bears placed seventh,
to Middlebury and
failing to score as many points
Amherst, the Polar Bears as in years past after challenges
were able to defeat Tufts throughout the season.
6-3 to place seventh “I think we’re missing some
in the C-Division. The of the depth [we’ve had in years
team concluded its past],” wrote Head Coach Brad
season with a 7-10 record Burnham in an email to the
overall, bolstered by key Orient. “While we had some
women ... winning events and
wins against Colby and
finishing in the top three, we
Hamilton.
just didn’t see as many people
scoring.”
Scoring was also impacted
FOUR’S A CROWD: by an injury to one of the div-
Last weekend, Bowdoin ers who was sidelined for the
hosted its fourth indoor entirety of the weekend. Fellow
track invitational of the divers Thea Kelsey ’20 and Re-
year in anticipation of becca Stern ’19 went on to place
in the top eight. COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
the NCAA DIII New
Expectations going into ON THE FLY: Nadia Eguchi ’21 competes in the butterfly portion of the individual medley. The team finished 7th in the NESCAC championships last weekend.
England Indoor Track
the championship were high;
Championship. Although the Polar Bears defeated ev- of the meet realizing that as a record. The team of Dixon, other teams’] to spread, we are onship meets, spots still remain
the invitational was non- ery NESCAC competitor they coaching staff, we have to get a Marshall Lowery ’20, Amanda trying to spread the positivity.” uncertain.
scoring, athletes used faced in dual meets over the lot better.” Banasiak ’20 and Mary Laurita Dixon also looked positively “Nothing is set in stone,”
it to perfect technique course of the year. Even with a disappointing ’21 also earned a school record on the season as a whole. Dixon said. “There could be a
and speed. Megan “It wasn’t our greatest perfor- end, most swimmers had a pos- in the timed trials of the 200 m “I think our women’s team couple of swimmers who actu-
Dustin ’19 and Belinda mance,” Burnham wrote. “But I itive outlook on the NESCAC freestyle relay. as a whole has been a lot closer ally swim faster than the times
Saint Louis ’21 ran away really appreciated the way that Championship. According to Laurita, the this year,” said Dixon. “Every that we swam last weekend
the women kept their focus on “I think the vibe of NES- disappointing team result, single one of our seniors was which could knock people out
with wins for the Polar
improving and doing the best CACs is pretty awesome,” said despite impressive times, is super happy with how we did of swimming at Nationals.”
Bears in the 5,000 m and
they could, [given] where they Sterling Dixon ’19. “By the end reflective of a new trend in the and how we ended our season.” Dixon still feels confident
shot-put, respectively. were [at] physically.” of the meet, I think people were NESCAC. The season is not over for all that at least three of the wom-
The championship meet Burnham also recognized just happy with their individual “I almost feel like the confer- of the swimmers, though. Four en are locked in for Nationals,
will kick off with the the result was not solely a result swims. And even if they didn’t ence as a whole is getting faster, members of the team will likely with the fourth waiting for re-
pentathlon this afternoon of athlete performance. do as well as they wanted, we which is really exciting,” Lau- participate in Nationals from sults from the other conference
at 2 p.m. “Certainly a lot of the per- all definitely had a really good rita said. “I think [that] rather March 20-23 in Greensboro, championships. The four swim-
formance problems were ... time.” than taking that negatively and North Carolina. However, be- mers in contention for spots
things that I need to improve,” Dixon swam a 2:02:07 in the allowing [the] contagion of ‘oh cause several DIII conferences are Dixon, Laurita, Lowery and
he said. “I certainly came out 200 m butterfly for a new school we’re not keeping up [with the have not yet had their champi- Banasiak.
LEADING THE
TEAM: Women’s
basketball senior Taylor
Choate was recently
named the Maine
Women’s Basketball
Women’s basketball NESCAC championship bracket
Coaches Association last year’s NESCAC champion-
player of the week in by Anjulee Bhalla
Orient Staff
ship match, in which Amherst ((1)) Bowdoin 96
addition to the New won 44-40. The game will be
England Women’s The women’s basketball
team secured its 25th consec-
an interesting battle of offense
versus defense, as Tufts has
Bowdoin
Basketball Honor Roll.
utive win with a 96-75 defeat only allowed 47.8 points per
Choate has started in
every game this season
of Connecticut College in the game—the best in the NES- (8) Conn. College 75
NESCAC quarterfinals last CAC—and Amherst’s Made-
and has scored 304 Saturday, 2 p.m.
points, averaging 12.2
Saturday. line Eck and Hannah Fox lead Winner of semifinal
Now the team will face No. the league in points per game Morrell Gym
points per game. Choate 5-seed Middlebury. The game with 16.4 and 16.3 respectively.
is sure to be integral to promises to be a tight match- When the two teams last faced (4) Trinity 71
the team’s strategy in up given that the Polar Bears’ each other, the Mammoths de-
closest game of the season was feated the Jumbos 50-40.
Saturday’s NESCAC
their four-point win over the The NESCAC requires that
Middlebury
semifinal game against
Panthers on February 1. The the host sell tickets for the
Middlebury. Panthers upset No. 4 Trinity Final Four matches, with $6 (5) Middlebury 75
75-71 to make it to the semi- tickets for adults, $3 tickets for
finals, as Maya Davis ’20 was students, seniors and children Sunday, 12 p.m.
BATTLE ROYALE: named NESCAC Player of the and free tickets for Bowdoin Morrell Gym
The women’s squash Week for her 22-point perfor- students with their ID. There is (3) Tufts 75
team (0-14) headed to mance. Davis is Middlebury’s an allocated percentage of tick-
leading scorer this year, with ets set aside for Bowdoin stu-
Wellesley on Thursday
14 points and 11 rebounds dents, and the Athletic Depart-
Tufts
to begin competition
in the two teams’ last faceoff, ment anticipates running out
in the E-Division of the
CSA Team National
and will be a major weapon
for Bowdoin to defuse. The
of general admission tickets
before student tickets. How-
(6) Williams 51
Championship. The matchup is sure to make an ever, if the student tickets run Saturday, 4 p.m. Winner of semifinal
Polar Bears will face exciting semifinal. out and there are still general
Denison University No. 2 seed Amherst will face admission tickets available, Morrell Gym
first, with the winner of No. 3 seed Tufts in a rematch of students will not have to pay.
that match moving on
(2) Amherst 60
to face Wellesley. The GAME DAY
tournament is expected
Amherst
Doors to Morrell Gymnasium open at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 11
to conclude on Saturday. a.m. on Sunday. Tickets for Sunday’s championship game will be
COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
available immediately after the semifinal games. (7) Wesleyan 40
Friday, February 22, 2019 SPORTS 9
Softball gets fired up for the spring season despite the snow
our resources—whether we’re in fortunate to have a facility that ership model,” said Sullivan. In addition, having a bal- “[They] encourage the fami-
by David Yang Farley or on the field or in Flori- from a spatial standpoint we “I think we have a lot of really anced roster allows the program ly culture that we have and give
Orient Staff da. We just love to play.” can almost put a whole field in. talented people on our team to to maintain a higher level of play us the space to be honest with
What makes prospective Hopefully the 34 high school Short of scrimmaging in [Far- do that on the field and off the from year to year. them about what we need.”
students who visit Bowdoin’s student-athletes, who showed ley], we can get a lot of skill and field. So we’re in a very good “We haven’t had to rely on The team’s first match is on
snow- and ice-covered campus up to a recruitment program put drill work done, so we try to be place right now.” one or two individuals to carry March 13 against Westfield St.
in the middle of winter want on by the team last weekend, felt creative with what we’re doing “The first week of practices the team. We have really good in Minneola, Florida, and the
to come here? Similarly, what that excitement too. The recruits in here.” has gone well. I think everyone’s depth throughout the roster,” first home series will be on
makes a prospective softball got to meet the team for a Q&A, The team held its first prac- looking good, feeling good. And said Sullivan. April 5 and 6 against Tufts.
player want to be a Polar Bear— a short tour of campus and a tice of the season on February I think we all work together re- While the small team The excitement to get out-
faced with indoor practices in clinic in Farley Field House. 15 as it prepares for the upcom- ally well, which is a big compo- size—13 players this year—can side and on their field is clear.
Farley or out on the turf lacrosse “We’ve been able to attract ing season. Last year, the Polar nent,” agreed Rice. pose challenges, captain Sam “Being from California, I’ve
field throughout February and really talented players that want Bears came in second in the However, the team does need Valdivia ’19 noted that there never been more excited, like
March, and even shoveling the to look at a place like Bowdoin NESCAC championship; this to fill the large gaps left by the are definite perks. a kid on Christmas morning,
softball field in April? College or similar institutions,” year, the team is expecting an- graduated class, which demands “It gives you an ability to get when I tie up my cleats and
This is a reality faced by said Head Coach Ryan Sullivan. other great run. a high degree of versatility and a to know girls a lot better than then my metal cleats take
most New England spring “We’re in here for three hours, But first the team must con- steep learning curve. we might on a 20-plus person that first step in the dirt,” said
teams, and the softball team has and we’re throwing and hitting, front a variety of challenges— “This year we are going to team,” said Valdivia. “Another Valdivia. “We spend our whole
learned how to not only rise to and running and pitching and one of which is a new roster have younger players step into thing is that a lot of girls show preseason in tennis shoes in
the challenge, but greet it with catching and doing all the things including three first years. Six more playing time and poten- up because they know that if Farley Field House and some-
excitement. softball players do. A lot of kids seniors graduated last year, tially different positions in some they don’t show up to prac- times we’ll occasionally get to
“We’re really excited for the were very impressive.” including three of the team’s cases,” said Sullivan. “So it’s a tice we’ll be short-staffed, like go outside on the turf, still in
season and all the challenges Luckily Farley provides a strongest hitters and its starting little bit of practicing those po- there’s a certain accountabil- tennis shoes, but it’s so nice to
that it faces as a spring sport great space for the team to prac- catcher, but the Polar Bears are sitions, and everybody being on ity that comes with our small finally get to be in cleats and
here,” said captain Caroline Rice tice while there’s still snow on prepared to adapt. the same page and getting used size.” step in dirt and not be cold. It
’19. “Just rolling with the punch- the ground. “It’s this unique situation to playing next to each other on The coaches also promote a just makes you appreciate the
es and just making the most of “This is home for us, you where we have to reinvent our- the field, and how that all fits close-knit family culture with- sport a lot more during those
everything that we have all of know,” said Sullivan. “And we’re selves a little bit from our lead- together.” in the team. moments.”
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10 Friday, February 22, 2019
O OPINION
Real talk
Almost exactly three years ago, on February 20, 2016, a group of (mostly white)
Bowdoin sophomores infamously gathered in a room in Stowe Hall, donning sombre-
ros and drinking tequila. Although this story is a familiar one to Bowdoin seniors, it
The integration of Israel gave up on preventing further settlements affairs cannot be blamed solely on Isra-
might not be to first years. in the West Bank, and since then the osten- el-Palestinian leadership has been obsti-
The campus was outraged. The Tequila Party, as it came to be known, occurred Our America sibly Palestinian territory has swollen to nate, unreasonable and flat out anti-Se-
only months after another racially-charged party, the Gangster Party, where students by Lorenzo Meigs hold some 400,000 Jewish settlers. These mitic since the beginning, and Hamas,
wore cornrows, baggy clothes and other accessories stereotypically associated with Af- settlers are full Israeli citizens, represented which can only be described as a terrorist
rican-American culture. Dozens of students attended Bowdoin Student Government As swastikas were painted onto nearly in the Knesset (Israeli’s Parliament), and group, now controls Gaza. Further, as
(BSG) public comment time to demand that the student representatives condemn the a hundred Jewish graves in France and they can drive in and out of the West Bank many Palestinians have never accepted
events and remove students who attended the Tequila Party from the BSG assembly. the British Labour party splintered over almost without noticing they are moving Israel’s fundamental right to exist, Israel
After the story went viral, first thanks to a post on Turtleboy Sports, several students of the release of Jeremy Corbyn’s nasty 2013 across state lines. has been subject to brutal and unrelenting
color who had spoken out faced vitriolic online harassment. A Washington Post col- remarks on Jews, anti-Semitism in Europe Palestinians, meanwhile, are subject to attack. Indeed, much Israeli aggression
umnist weighed in. It wasn’t good. boiled over yet again this week. Mean- strict movement controls, denied equal has been necessary to protect its people.
Those of us who were here during the parties remember conversations about race while, in America, we continued to wres- access to water and governed by Israeli However, as the interposers, the primary
dominating campus. We remember the outrage and the discomfort that rippled across tle with our own issues of anti-Semitism military law—not the civil law settlers responsibility has always lain with the Zi-
the student body. The events heavily shaped our first year here and have followed us in light of Representative Ilhan Omar’s are subject to. In Gaza, Jewish settle- onists. Zionism needed to figure out how
since. This experience taught us to do better. (D-Minn.) tweet last week about the ments were removed, but Israel has also to avoid pure colonialism, and it failed.
Since then, these conversations have been happening less, if at all. Institutional Washington consensus around support maintained complete functional control, And so, Israel will soon fail, too.
memory is short-term, and we are worried that the memory of those parties is fading for Israel being “all about the Benjamins.” preventing the region from developing Netanyahu knows this, and by allying
and may disappear once current seniors graduate. Our worry is reasonable: according These incidents are by no means equally through the imposition of a decade-long himself with the Republican Party, he has
to an honors research project conducted by Pamela Zabala ’17, racial bias incidents bad—Omar’s remark, for example, seems economic blockade. A United Nations bought himself some time—the strange al-
happen every 3.5 years. If the calendar is correct, we are due for another soon. like a genuine mistake, free of hatred—yet report recently found that the area may be liance of American evangelicals and Israeli
But we don’t have to be. We need to be proactive. That’s why the new Real Talk these incidents do all underscore a fact the rendered “unlivable” as soon as next year. neo-Zionists is now one of the primary
on Race program, which facilitates conversations for first years, is so important. The Western left seems to be rapidly forget- In short, Israel has conquered Palestine forces propping the state up. However, this
College is providing students with the environment to hold these discussions. Even ting: the need for a Jewish state remains and unilaterally implemented its own move has set the stage for a break in the bi-
though Bowdoin promotes “intellectual fearlessness,” most students still try to avoid strong. twisted vision of a one-state solution. If partisan American support of Israel, and it’s
confronting race in their daily lives. We commend the administration for demonstrat- Seventy years after the World War Two, you squint, Israel is the sole democracy only a matter of time before the Democrats
ing its dedication to creating space for these conversations. many Jews still do not feel safe in their na- in a region of autocracy, but if you open abandon Israel. And without American
Now it’s up to all students to carry their end of the burden, because it should be tions, and rightly so. The events of these last your eyes, it’s hard to see anything but moral and military aid, Israel will finally
everyone’s responsibility. Students of color have repeatedly expressed frustration about few weeks pale in comparison to the Tree a humanitarian disaster. J-Street, a Jew- become a pariah state and begin down the
the expectation that they educate their white peers about issues related to race. While of Life massacre in Pittsburgh last year and ish-American lobbying organization, and road of South African-style decline.
conversations with peers are important, white students should also take the time to the 2014 siege of the Don Abravanel syn- the rest of the international community I love Israel—the two weeks I spent
educate themselves. Read the “Diversity Matters” series published in the Orient last agogue in Paris. Now more than ever, the can continue breathlessly debating how there at the end of my gap year were a
spring, which stemmed from intensive sociology research (including 48 interviews) Jews of the world need and deserve a strong to implement a two-state solution, but wonderful mixture of meeting family,
with last year’s senior class. Read Zabala’s thesis; it’s available in the library and online. state—a state where they are guaranteed that possibility died years ago: 400,000 reveling in historical riches and floating in
And when people of color come to campus to speak about their work—next week, sanctuary and a state that will advocate for settlers cannot be moved, and the Pales- the turquoise blue waters of the Asi Riv-
there is Senegalese storyteller Boubacar Ndiaye, the week after that will be White House their interests abroad. Unfortunately, Israel tinians are totally incapable of supporting er—but at the same time, I’m convinced
correspondent April Ryan—show up. may soon no longer be that state. themselves. Thus, to support a two-state that the Israel we know today must come
Three years ago, our school was in the news for all the wrong reasons. Since then, we Israel was always an unstable and con- solution now is to support the status quo, to an end. Even as I am reminded daily
may have learned not to post culturally appropriative photos on social media. But it’s troversial project. Its founding resulted for there will never be any real movement of the need for a Jewish state, I am simul-
important to learn more than that. We should actively attempt to counteract our biases in the horrifying expulsion of 700,000 towards those two states—Netanyahu has taneously forced to conclude that a truly
in our actions and words, and call out others to do the same. These are tools that will Palestinians and, surrounded by nations already said as much. This is a tragedy of Jewish state can no longer exist. For while
not only make our campus a more inclusive, accepting place for all students, but we can that want it gone, its continued existence epic proportions, but ignoring it will not the Jews undeniably deserve their own
hopefully take them with us beyond Bowdoin. has forever been a fight. Yet, somehow, solve it. state, the Palestinians’ need for basic rights
this parched piece of land has become a To be sure, the current state of and recognition is even greater. With the
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, wonderful modern state. Indeed, to visit it death of the two-state solution, the
which is composed of Emily Cohen, Nell Fitzgerald, Roither Gonzales, George is to fall in love with it. The energy of Tel only way to meet that Palestinian
Grimbilas, Calder McHugh and Jessica Piper. Aviv, the beauty of Haifa, the thickness of need is to integrate the Palestinian peo-
community in the still-thriving Kibbut- ple into the Jewish state—the Israeli state.
zim—these goods constitute the man- In America and Israel, the right have al-
ifestation of a dream that has been ready recognized the reality of a one-state
millennia in the making. The chosen future. The left must finally do the same.
people have finally returned to their The only legitimate fight that remains is
ESTABLISHED 1871 land and built themselves a home. over the character of this impending,
However, this home is rotten singular, Israeli-Palestinian state.
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 and fast decaying. As unarmed It’s beyond the scope of this col-
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information Palestinians fighting for freedom umn to lay out a coherent left-wing
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, continue to be gunned down, the one-state solution, but morally, it is
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in mask of Western values Israel has the only way forward. For the good
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse been hiding behind for decades of all, occupation must end and
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. is finally starting to slip, and the reunification must begin. Both
world is beginning to grasp the peoples’ claim to the land must be
Calder McHugh Jessica Piper sorry fact that Israel is—and has recognized, and new institutions
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FEBRUARY
FRIDAY 22
EVENT
Wicked Smart Fridays: SMART Goal
Setting with Tina Chong
As part of a Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) events
series on study habits, researcher Tina Chong will lead a
workshop that reviews methods of setting, formulating and
planning SMART goals. Snacks will be provided.
117 Sills Hall. 11:45 a.m.
EVENT
“Topophilia: A Love of Place”
The Ramp Gallery will display art from all class years in the
opening of its new exhibit displaying work that pertains to
students’ love of place. The exhibit is curated by Blanche
Froelich ’19.
The Ramp Gallery, Hawthorne Longfellow Library. 2 p.m.
MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PERFORMANCE CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT?: Tobi Omola ’19 (center) performs with the rest of the Longfellows. The Longfellows joined forces with
Miscellania on Thursday night for the annual ValJam performance in the Chapel.
A Night of Comedy With Teddy Ray
Los-Angeles based stand-up comedian Teddy Ray will deliver
a set. Ray has become popular over the past two years after
MONDAY 25 WEDNESDAY 27
landing a role on BET’s Comic View and joining the Season 8
cast of MTV’s Wild N’ Out.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
EVENT FILM SCREENING
Knit and Crochet for the Common Good Searchers (Maliglutit)
The Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good will pro- The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will sponsor the
vide supplies for students to make warm-weather clothing for screening of “Maliglutit,” a film set in the early 1900s which
those in need. No previous knitting or crocheting experience follows the journey of an indigenous Caribou hunter who
SATURDAY 23
is necessary. returns home to find his wife and daughter kidnapped and
Beebe Room, Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 4 p.m. the rest of his family murdered.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Improvabilities Stress Management Workshop
Improvabilities, one of the two improv groups on campus, In a one-hour drop-in session, counselors Bryan Mendiola
will perform. and Chris Johnson will help students find ways to identify
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 8 p.m. and manage sources of stress in their lives. Areas of focus will
include mindfulness, emotional awareness, self-affirmation
EVENT and breathing techniques.
Ebony Ball 102 Kanbar Hall, Center for Learning and Teaching. 4:30 p.m.
In a tradition dating back more than twenty years, the Afri-
can American society (Af-Am) will organize a dance to bring
students together during Black History Month.
THURSDAY 28
LECTURE
Main Floor, Moulton Union. 10 p.m.
An Evening with Poet Tariq Toure
As part of Black History Month celebrations, poet Tariq
TUESDAY 26 Toure will visit and talk with students. His poetry addresses
issues such as black Muslim narratives and social justice.
Thomas F. Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE