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Remembering campus
icon Wil Smith 00
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
From Senior
Commons to
Tower parties:
50 Years of
Coles Tower
BY KATE WITTEMAN
ORIENT STAFF
Wil Smith, a Bowdoin graduate

from the Class of 2000 who stands as
one of the most cherished and wellknown recent alumni of the College,
died at age 46 last Sunday after a protracted battle with colon cancer.
He served as both the director
and associate dean of multicultural
student programs at Bowdoin, but
he is perhaps best known as the
28-year-old undergraduate Navy reservist and varsity basketball player
who attended Bowdoin while raising his toddler daughter, Olivia.
The Bowdoin community was
notified of Smiths death by an
email from Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster at 10:48 on Sunday
morning. At the time of his death,
Smith was the dean of community
and multicultural affairs at the
Berkshire School, an independent
preparatory high school in Sheffield, Mass. He also coached the
schools girls basketball team.
An aviation electronics technician in the Navy, Smith came to
Bowdoin after being transferred
from Italy to the Naval Air Station
Brunswick (NASB) during the first
Gulf War. He met Head Basketball
Coach Tim Gilbride in 1995, and
Gilbride encouraged Smith to apply
to the College.
In our conversations he started
saying, Im thinking about going
to college, and I said, Well, would
you be interested in considering
Bowdoin? said Gilbride. He said,
Sure, how do you think it would
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IN REMEMBRANCE: Wil Smith 00,

former director and associate dean of multicultural
student programs, passed away on Sunday after a
long battle with colon cancer.
be? and I said, Well, you havent
been in school for a while, youd need
old transcripts.If thats something
youre interested in, Id love to help.
Because of his already atypical circumstances, Smith did not tell Bowdoin that he had sole custody of his
daughter, Olivia, when he matriculated at the College. When it became
clear that he was playing the role of
a single parent and full-time student with limited ways to make ends
meet, the Bowdoin administration,
Smiths friends and his teammates
stepped in to help.
In a video interview of Smith and
his daughter, who returned to Bowdoins campus this past June, Smith
said, From my time at Bowdoin, and
different places Ive beenwhere
Please see SMITH, page 3
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY: Miranda Princi 17 and Jared Littlejohn 15 perform during the
Improvabilities show last Saturday night in Kresge Auditorium.
In the fall of 1964, Bowdoins

president James Stacy Coles wrote in
delight to a friend about the seniors
he noticed around the Colleges new
Senior Center, the 16-story tower
that would later bear his name.
[They] seem to walk about with
greater pride, he wrote. They have
spontaneously spruced up their personal appearance.
Last fall marked 50 years since
the completion and opening of the
Senior Center, now known as Coles
Tower. Since then, things have
changed: students living in the Tower relish the ability to go to brunch
at Thorne Dining Hall in their pajamas. Just as it did in 1964, though,
the Tower primarily houses seniors
and plays a significant role in the
cultural fabric of the College.
Originally, the Tower was conceived as part of a larger program
called the Senior Commons. In a
senior thesis tracing the history of
the program, Benjamin Brennan 08
wrote that it was an effort to bring
about sweeping social and curricular changes at what was regarded as
a very traditional school.
Please see TOWER, page 5
NESCAC deans issue second Alcohol Survey 12 hospitalized, 4 arrested

in Wesleyan MDMA incident
BY SARAH DRUMM
ORIENT STAFF
Results from the 2012 NESCAC Alcohol Survey:
On March 1, the NESCAC Alcohol Survey will be administered to

students at Bowdoin and nine other
NESCAC schools. Trinity is the only
institution that has elected not to
participate this year.
The survey, administered every
three years, was first implemented in
2012 and was coordinated by Bowdoin. This year Tufts will coordinate
the survey, compile the data and
share the results with its peers over
the summer.
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster said that this survey will strongly
resemble the previous one in terms
of content, consisting of both qualitative and quantitative questions
about students decisions pertaining
to alcohol use on campus.
Among NESCAC schools, Bowdoin had the highest response rate, at
79 percent, for the last survey.
I think the sample is plenty large
enough for us to feel like it gives us
-Two thirds of Bowdoin respondents reported that they only drink beer
and/or wine.
-5 percent of underage students who drink reported they have operated
a motor vehicle while under the influence.
-93 percent of Bowdoin respondents said the Colleges alcohol policy
encourages calling for help in alcohol-related emergencies.
a pretty good indication of behavior
and practices revolving around alcohol on campus, said Foster.
Information from the last survey
was used in the fall of 2012 to implement new alcohol education programs such as Alcohol Screening Day.
Peer Health also expanded its Peer 2
Peer program by meeting with students individually at the beginning of
their first year at Bowdoin to discuss
the Colleges drinking culture.
Programs such as CHOICES and
the Alcohol Team (A-Team) have in-
creased their programming on campus since the survey to better address

the needs of the student body.
Associate Director of Health Promotion Whitney Hogan said that
most of these programs have been
very well attended and have certainly
played a role in influencing the alcohol culture on campus.
I would sayanecdotallythat
I have seen less transports over the
last few years, said Hogan. Based on
Please see ALCOHOL, page 6
BY MAURA FRIEDLANDER
ORIENT STAFF
A total of 12 Wesleyan students

were hospitalized last weekend due
to complications from using the
drug MDMApopularly known
as Molly. Following an investigation by the Middletown Police Department (MPD), four Wesleyan
students were arrested on Tuesday
night. Molly is a psychoactive drug
that has the properties of a stimulant and a hallucinogenic and is
known as a party drug.
After taking the four students
into custody, MPD searched their
rooms and found drugs and/or
paraphernalia in each one. Two of
the students were charged with intent to sell controlled substances,
and all four were charged with possession. Their court date was set for
March 3.
According to a February 24 press
release from MPD, four of the hospitalized students were transported to

Hartford Hospital for more serious
care, while the remaining eight were
treated at nearby Middlesex Hospital. As of Tuesday evening, 10 of the
patients had been released and two
remained at Hartford Hospital.
It is believed that the drugs that
the students took on Saturday night
were laced with a substance other
than MDMA.
This particular batch may have
had a mixture of several kinds of
designer drug chemicals, making the health risks unpredictable
and treatment to combat the effects complex and problematic,
said Chief William McKenna of the
Middletown Police Department in
the press release.
According to a Wesleyan student
and friend of the hospitalized stu-
Please see MOLLY, page 4
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: LIGHT/DARK
FEATURES: TALK OFTHE QUAD
SPORTS: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED
OPINION
Experimental theater
department show
Light/Dark plays with
lighting on and off
stage.
Raisa Tolchinsky 17 on the value of doing nothing and

Stevie Lane 15 on trying to find a condom.
Ben Brewster 14 joins the Tulsa

Roughnecks of the United
Soccer League.
EDITORIAL: Keep working.
Page 13.
Addie Browne 16 on the drawbacks of

Bowdoins political correctness.
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A COOL PARTY:
The creation of the Ice Palace
ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
LIGHT, CAMERA, ACTION: Students watch the opening night of the theater departments spring show, Light/Dark. The show begins in the lobby of Pickard Theater and
takes audience members throughout Memorial Hall before they settle into their seats in Wish Theater. The show runs through Saturday. Read the full story on page 10.
THE DE-STRESS MAP

The last week of school before Spring Break promises to be stressful. Here are some campus
relaxation spots to take advantage of as the work piles up.
Watson Arena
Free skate, open March 3, 4 and 5, 11 a.m. to noon.
The Craft Center

$25 for students at the Smith Union Info Desk. Open 24/7.
Skate the stress away.
Spin a pottery wheel until relaxation sets in.
The Childrens Corner at H-L

Open daily.
The Meditation Room at Buck

Open daily.
It was icy. It was gigantic. It was

a remarkable human feat. This past
weekend, many students attended a
party called the Ice Palace, just outside of Harpswell 9. The party took
place inside a bona fide igloo, and
students slipped out wondering: How
exactly was this frozen oasis created?
The mens rugby team had answers.
The ice palace was my baby this
year, said Paul Delancy 17, a member of the team, which sponsors the
party. Its all about technique.
The boys arrived early the day of
the party and divided into teams.
They packed the snow into recycling
bins to make icy bricks. Since the
snow was dry this year, they had to
pour water all over the snow bricks
to hold them together. They then
stacked the bricks, building a wall
to the height of one brick beyond the
head of the teams tallest member, to
protect partygoers from the wind.
The construction took hours.
You just had to throw men at it,
said Delancy, who described himself
as primarily a strategist for the operation. It was like three men per brick.
It was rough. We may have violated
some human rights. I dont know.
Kote Mushegian 17, another
member of the team, said he enjoyed
the Ice Palace experience.
Its a dream, he said, noting that
he would like to someday live in
his own ice palace. Its warm inside. Its fun. You built it on your
own. Why not?
Delancy however, would not build
his own frozen home unless he had
company guaranteed.
An ice palace can be a lonely place
by yourself, he said.
Overall, partygoers were impressed with the festivities.
It really made me proud of Bowdoin. A lot of schools that have as
much snow might not be as innovative with what they do with their
snow. But going to the party made
me think, yeah, we do stuff with
our snow, said Greg Piccirillo 17.
BY THE NUMBERS
Read picture books instead of writing papers.
Breathe deeply until Spring Break finally arrives.

COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD
STUDENT SPEAK
As the cold continues, students camp

out in the library more and more,
posting up for hours to avoid going
outdoors, and often only emerging for
meals. Here are some statistics about
the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
53,638
physical items checked out in
a year
93,287
What is the first thing you are going to do over Spring Break?
electronic reserve hits in a year
62
jigsaw puzzles completed in H-L
and Hatch Science Library in a year
Diamond Walker 17
The first thing Im going to do is get off
the plane in New York City, look at the
ground and thank the heavens for no
snow.
Victor Leos 16
Julian Barajas 17
Sam Monkman 18
Im going to hug my parents. My

mom bolts toward me when I
come out. When I see them, I know
Im finally home.
Im going to text my twin and tell him

Im on Spring Break, knowing full well
that he is not on Spring Break.
Im going to get huge by

shovelling snow.
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staff members skied or snowshoed to work during the blizzard

to keep the library open
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SMITH
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
I work now, at Berkshire School,
weve been fortunate enough to
be around some really wonderful,
thoughtful people, so it hasnt just
been me. Its literally been a global
village which I think has helped
shape Olivia.
The common refrain among all
who knew Smith professionally and
personally is that he was a determined man who inspired the best
from people.
Wil was a giant of a person. He
was a peer educator, he modeled the
way for others in terms of his work
ethic, modeled the way regarding
how to treat others, modeled the
way about service, modeled the way
about care and concern, said Foster, who was the dean of first-year
students when Smith was an undergraduate. In fact, Smith was the first
student Foster ever met with. He
just is one of the most remarkable
people Ive known. He was a friend
to me, a colleague of mine, and he
was a teacher of mine.
Dean of First-Year Students
Janet Lohmann, who partnered
with Smith on many projects from
2007-2010, noted Smiths ability
to connect with Bowdoin students
who were having trouble and his
humility about the significant
challenges he faced as an undergraduate at the College.
I think that Wil didnt always
tell his story as a mechanism for
learning, Lohmann said. I think
it certainly came up, and there was
a legacy about Wil, but a lot of
times it was just like, Im here for
you. My experience got me to some
place but thats not necessarily going to be the same experience for
you. He was really good at sitting
with students and validating their
own experiences.
Pieter Mulder, the head of the Berkshire School echoed this sentiment.
Wils greatest strength might be
empowering the voices of students,
particularly the students whose voices arent always heard, said Mulder.
He was deeply committed to making sure Berkshires ultimate focus
was always the students and meeting
their needs and aspirations.
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE
WIL POWER: Wil Smith 00 with his daughter Olivia, photographed in Morrell Gymnasium. Smith raised Olivia as a toddler while he was a student and varsity
basketball player at Bowdoin.
Though few students currently
enrolled at Bowdoin knew Smith,
first year Hannah Cooke first met
him about nine years ago as a middle school student attending public
school in Portland. What started as
a relationship between a basketball
coach and the young Cooke turned
into an almost decade-long mentorship that led her from Catherine
McAuley High School in Portland,
to the Berkshire School and eventu-
Wils greatest strength might be

empowering the voices of students,
particularly the students whose
voices arent always heard.
PIETER MULDER
HEAD OF THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL
ally to Bowdoin.
For the past years, its been him
really leading the path for me,
said Cooke. Hes been my guider
and advocate.
As the girls basketball coach at
Berkshire, Smith encouraged noth-
ing but the best from his players.

Something he would do before
every game is he would give a very
similar speech and he would always
talk about how lucky we were, said
Cooke. He would remind us that
there were girls around the world
who didnt have the opportunity to
play. He would say, Were playing
for all the girls around the world
who dont have the chance to be
where you guys are. On their shoulders we stand. He would say that before every single game.
Cooke said that even after his
2012 diagnosis of colon cancer and
ensuing chemotherapy treatments,
Smith was dedicated to his team.
Basketball is what kept him going, said Cooke. Even when he
was going through chemo, he had
this commitment to us. He would
never tell you how hard it was, ever.
He would wear gloves at practice
so he wouldnt get germs on his
hands. He couldnt stay away from
the gym.
When he was away at chemo, he
would call us before every game and
we would put him on speaker and he
would give us the same speech about
the girls on whose shoulders we
stand but we wanted to say, Were
standing on your shoulders, too. He

was so humblehe never made it
about him, she added.
Cooke is now a member of the
Bowdoin womens basketball team.
Another outlet of Smiths community work was as the associate
director of Seeds of Peace, an international leadership program that
focuses on bringing together youth
living in conflict zones such as Israel
and Palestine.
In a statement issued on the Seeds
of Peace website, Executive Director Leslie Lewin wrote, Thank you,
Wil, for the countless gifts you have
given us all and for reminding us to
Do whatever you can, with whatever you have, wherever you are. In
your honor, we will do just that.
Smiths determination was admired by many.
I dont think I ever saw him defeated at a sense of obstacle, said Lohmann. He always saw a level of possibility in any number of situations.
Another facet of Smiths personality that was hard to ignore was
his humor.
He was a larger-than-life sort of
person and he was a great mentor
who really helped a lot of people in
different situations, but I think its
really important to understand or

remember his humor, said Susan
Snell, an administrative assistant in
the Office of the Dean of Student
Affairs who worked directly with
Wil during his time as Bowdoins
director of multicultural student
programs. His sense of humor was
such a big part of him.
Cooke recalls many humorous
episodes involving Smith.
At the end of the school year, we
had this dance called Prize Night.
Its the night before graduation and
everyone goesfamilies can go
and every year, he ended up dancing in the middle of a circle with all
the kids around, doing some type of
throwback move, said Cooke. It
just speaks to him in that the entire
community surrounded him, cheering him on.
Smiths exuberance was contagious
on many levels for those who knew him.
When asked how he will remember Smith, Gilbride said, As a great
person who loved life, whos inspira-
He had high
expectations for everyone
but he was always proud and
loved you no matter what. Its just
this way he had about him. He believed in you and when he believed
in you, you believed in you and
that was the special thing
about him.
HANNAH COOKE 18
tional to so many people in so many
ways, who worked hard to make
people believe in themselves and
succeeded in that. So his legacy is
how many people that he had contact with who are better for having
known him.
He had high expectations for everyone but he was always proud and loved
you no matter what, said Cooke. Its
just this way he had about him. He believed in you and when he believed in
you, you believed in you and that was
the special thing about him.
Sam Chase, Meg Robbins and
Nicole Wetsman contributed to this
report.
Lindemann of Special Collections retires after 15 years at the College

BY RACHAEL ALLEN
ORIENT STAFF
Regardless of what the general conversations have been recently about

whether the book is dead or whether
libraries are going away, special collections libraries have a really strong future, Richard Lindemann said. They
hold materials that are unique and have
a certain materiality to them which you
cant duplicate through digitization.
Lindemann, director of the George
J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, has dedicated his
life to working with these documents,
lending his knowledge to Bowdoin for
the past 15 years.
Effective March 13, Lindemann will
retire and leave behind enriched book
collections, digitization projects and exhibits. His colleagues, all of whom were
quick and abundant in their praise and
admiration for him, characterize him
by his high standards, clear goals, good
humor and great baking.
I cant give high enough praise
to what its like working with him,
Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, special
collections and archives assistant said.
[He has] both an incredible sense of
humor[and] of professionalism, as
well as the ability to manage time and
projects. He just sets an excellent example of a working environment.

These strengths have served him
well over the years as he executed ambitious projects for the College. From
2008 to 2011, Lindemann planned and
organized the George J. Mitchell Oral
History Project, an endeavor that compiled oral histories about Former Senator George J. Mitchell 54 and won the
2012 Elizabeth B. Mason Major Project
Award, given biennially by the Oral
History Association to an outstanding
English language oral history project
worldwide. In 2013, Lindemann edited
an autobiography of Joshua Lawrence
Chamberlain, Blessed Boyhood!:
The Early Memoir of Joshua Lawrence
Chamberlain, published by the College.
Lindemann first chose to go into the
field of special collections because of
these types of projects, working at various archivist positions at larger universities before Bowdoin.
I was happier when I was doing
things, building things, making things,
rather than spending a lot of time in my
head thinking things, Lindemann said.
Working in a library setting [gave] me a
chance to be in an academic communitywhich I really enjoy and thrive in
but [gave] me the opportunity to work
with ideasin a more tangible way.
Putting together exhibits has allowed

Lindemann to do this hands-on work.
Currently displayed on the second
floor of HL, Lindemanns exhibit BookART showcases Bowdoins collection of artists books (books created by
artists)a collection the College would
not have had without him.
Richard has grown such an amazing
artists book collection, Van Der Steenhoven said. Its an incredible resource
that we have [that] students, faculty,
artists and researchers from all over the
country come and access.
Lindemans digitization work also
mirrors this imperative of accessibility.
Thanks to a grant (one of many Lindemann has written), the department
is in the process of digitizing General
Oliver Otis Howards (Class of 1850)
papers. Before he leaves, Lindemann
plans to complete his other project
digitizing and publishing 19th century
Brunswick resident Kate Furbishs watercolors of Maine flora.
[Lindemann has] helped to lead
both the library and the department
transition into the digital age, said
Caroline Moseley, an archivist in the
department who has worked with Lindemann for 15 years.
[He has] that ability [to] see the big
picture, see what need[s] to be done and
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SPECIAL COLLECTOR: Richard

Lindemann will retire, effective March 13.
be able to help people to do that, she said.
Leading by this example, Lindemann
has thrived not only as a manager but
also as a mentor, both for his colleagues
and students.
He has this way of putting people
at ease that Ive experienced personally
and also witnessed, Meagan Doyle, Oliver Otis Howard Digitization Project
manager, said.
Lindemann has also collaborated
with faculty to teach certain classes, such
as a lesson earlier this month on analyzing historical documents for Professors

Patrick Rael and Tess Chakkalakals Reconstruction and Reunion course.
Lindemanns balance of knowledge
and humor has allowed him to both
teach and connect with people during
his time here.
Working at Bowdoin is a really
wonderful privilege because so many
of the people who work here are really
dedicated and really smart, Lindemann
said. Its wonderful working in an environment where other people care about
what theyre doing and appreciate what
Im doingWe all have to work but
when we can choose whom we work
withBowdoins a lucky place to be.
As of yet Lindemann has no goals for
his retirement, other than to remain in
Maine with his wife.
Were almost paralyzed by the opportunitieswe could do anything and
so we do nothing, Lindemann said.
After a year, then well reassess and
think about things, but for the time being well stay close to home.
His home at the department must reassess as well, finding a replacement for
Lindemanns position.
Were going to miss him, Van Der
Steenhoven said. Its going to be a major change, but we wish him all the best.
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After receiving 44 applications, Judicial Board appoints five new members
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT AND COURTESY OF SASHA KRAMER
THE NEW SHERIFFS IN TOWN: Newly appointed Judicial Board members, from left: Indre Altman 18, Nora Cullen 18, Daniel Buckman 18, Justin Weathers 18 and Sasha Kramer 16. The announcement was made by Dean of Student Affairs Lesley Levy on Monday.
BY QUYEN HA
ORIENT STAFF
The Judicial Board (J-Board) received 44 applications this year, six

fewer than it did in 2014.
Following an intensive application
process that began in January, five new
members were recently selected to serve
on the board for the rest of their Bowdoin career: Indre Altman 18, Daniel
Buckman 18, Nora Cullen 18, Sasha
Kramer 16 and Justin Weathers 18.
The five new members were announced by J-Board Advisor and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Lesley
Levy in an email on Monday.
In the first round of the selection pro-
cess, prospective candidates were asked

to submit a written application which
included short essay questions and a
recommendation letter from a student
or Bowdoin faculty or staff member. All
applicants were then interviewed individually by half of the current J-Board.
They asked a lot of questions that
had to do with Bowdoin rules and policies in the first round, said Kramer.
But I dont know if they were necessarily looking for any exact answer. I
think its more about assessing how you
reason a difficult situation out or what
morally makes sense in your mind.
Following a series of cuts, 24 students
proceeded with the group interviews.
During the group interviews, final-
ists reviewed hypothetical case scenariosone social and one academicin

groups of four under the observation of
current J-Board members. The selection committeecomprised of Levy, JBoard members and Bowdoin Student
Government (BGS) representative
Chrissy Rujiraorchai 17then voted
on which candidates to select.
We look for people who represent
the student body well and who will be
dedicated to the position, said J-Board
Chair Jacques Larochelle 15. Definitely
someone who understands the role of
the board on campus and has the ability
to be confidential as well as to communicate well within a team setting.
Reflecting the ongoing trend of the
last few years, first-year applicants continue to constitute the largest portion
of the application pool, followed by
sophomores and relatively few juniors.
According to Larochelle, this years applicant group was the most diverse in it
has been for the past three years. At the
same time, he said that the board makes
a conscious effort to be as representative
as possible of the student body.
Diversity is something we always
consider and always talk about, said
Larochelle. We received a very diverse pool of applicants in terms of
gender, race, economic background,
geographic location, etc., and I think
we have also selected a diverse group
to join our board this year.
Fundraising down, alumni participation up in FY 14 MOLLY
BY HARRY DIPRINZIO
ORIENT STAFF
Total fundraising for the College

declined in fiscal year 2014 (FY14)
but the alumni participation rate increased. During President Barry Mills
final year, FY15, the College is hoping
to raise $153.5 million to fund three
specific initiatives.
Total fundraising declined from
$46.1 million in FY13 to $41 million in
FY14, while the alumni participation
rate increased from 59 percent in FY13
to 59.3 percent in FY14, the highest rate
since FY08.
Of the $153.5 million goal for FY15,
$100 million is part of the financial aid
initiative that President Barry Mills announced last May.
According to the Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Rick Ganong 86, the College is
also seeking $21 million for the development of a new Coastal Studies Center and $21 million to expand its Digital
and Computational Studies Initiative.
Ganong explained that Mills identified these initiatives as opportunities
to make a final impact before he steps
down this July.
Out of the $140 million, were over
halfway there and we still have a lot of
lines in the water, said Ganong.
Fundraising may shift when President-elect Clayton Rose takes over,
but Ganong is optimistic about the
new president.
He built a global equities business
at J.P. Morgan. Hes raised money. Hes
met with hundreds if not thousands of
people. Hes going to be fabulous and
well hit the ground running. That having been said, hes got some big shoes to
fill, Ganong said.
Bowdoin has had incredible fundraising success under President Mills
and its endowment has grown substantially. At the end of Mills first year,
FY02, the endowment was valued at
$430,623,000, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers and at the end
of FY14, the endowment was valued at
$1.216 billion.
Bowdoins most recent capital campaign raised a total of $293 million be-
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tween 2004 and 2009 and was the largest

capital campaign in the Colleges history.
We will do another capital campaign; its probably a few years out. I
think President-elect Rose needs to get
to campus first and understand Bowdoin, said Ganong. When he, with
the Board of Trustees, identifies certain
projects or initiatives or a vision for
Bowdoin and we know what we need
to raise the money for, then I think well
structure the campaign and go do that.
Annual Fundraising
Of the $41 million raised in FY 2014,
approximately $11 million was classified
as annual giving and the other $30 million was designated as capital gifts. Annual gifts, usually unrestricted, are spent
each year and comprise approximately six
percent of the Colleges operating budget.
Capital gifts include contributions to the
general endowment or to specific funds
or projects such as a new building, the
Polar Bear Athletic Fund or an endowed
scholarship or faculty position.
The alumni participation rate is
calculated based on a total of 16,583
reachable alumni. Some living alumni
are not included in the Colleges calculation because they request to be put on
a do-not-solicit list. This rate is one of
the highest in the country according to
a U.S News and World Report list from
December 2014.
The Colleges goal for alumni participation was 60 percent in FY14 according to an Orient article from last February. According to Ganong, 60 percent
remains the goal for FY15. He explained
that while symbolic, alumni giving rates
are critical because they affect rankings

such as those published by U.S. News
and World Report and Forbes, as well
as the colleges bond rating.
Getting alumni to return to campus
has proved to be an effective technique
for increasing giving. According to Ganong, alumni who return to campus are
more likely to give (and give more) than
those who do not visit. Consequently,
class reunions are an important part of
Bowdoins strategy.
In 2013 Bowdoin began an annual
one-day campaign to increase participation. During last years Bowdoin One
Day campaign the College received
1,520 alumni gifts.
Additionally, strategic targeting and
cultivation is a factor in fundraising.
When you throw your hook in the water, you want to catch a big fish right?
When we fundraise, we recognize that
the college has needs and if we can get
an extra zero on the check thats very
important for us, Ganong said. I think
cultivation takes time. Weve had meetings with many alumni, many parents,
and sometimes its the second, third,
fourth, fifth meeting where they say,
Ok, this is a great idea.
While an increasing number of
philanthropies and causes solicit donations from Bowdoins giving network, Ganong believes this has not
detracted from their enthusiasm for
giving to Bowdoin.
Giving to Bowdoin increases the value of a Bowdoin degree, he said.
If we stop investing in Bowdoin, the
value of that diploma is going to stay the
same or could even drop.
dents, who chose to keep his name

anonymous, said the party drugs
taken on Saturday night had effects
completely different from those of
normal Molly, further indicating
that the drugs were laced.
Friends of mine who took very
small doses [of the drug] were still
hospitalized, he said in an email to
the Orient. Then there were kids
who were fine that night and then
woke up convulsing, vomiting and
in some cases, not breathing, which
added a whole other scary dimension to the incident.
The investigation is still underway to identify the source of distribution and the reason for the
drugs impurity.
Jennifer Swindlehurst-Chan, a first
year at Wesleyan, said the events of
the weekend brought the Wesleyan
community together out of concern
for the friends and peers of those
who were affected by the drug.
Most people are very understanding about [the situation this
past weekend], because they realize that it couldve been them or
one of their friends. Theres not
usually a ton of Molly at Wesleyan, but there is definitely a drug
scene, she said in a phone interview with the Orient. At every
school youll have people who do
hard drugs and people who dont.
In general, Wesleyan students are
accepting of people who do drugs
and theyre not as ostracized.
Bowdoin College Director of
Health Services Dr. Birgit Pols cited
The newly appointed members will

have individual meetings with Levy after Spring Break to go over the general
expectations of the J-Board. Additionally, there will be a multi-day training session at the beginning of Senior
Week in May to prepare them for the
next school year.
I hope our work on the board will
encourage Bowdoin students to be the
best that they can be, said Altman. I
have not gone through any case yet...
but I think there is a learning experience behind the judicial process in that
everyone can make mistakes and everyone can learn from [his or her] choices.
I hope the decisions we make will affect
each individual in a positive way.
the cause of the hospitalized students unusual symptoms to Mollys

unpredictable composition.
Molly, which is often used interchangeably with MDMA, has
no consistency in terms of whats
in it. The latest information from
the Drug Enforcement Agency says
that less than 15 to 20 percent of the
Molly or MDMA that is seized has
any actual MDMA in it. The main
issue is that we dont really know
whats in it.
According to Pols and Dean of
Student Affairs Tim Foster, Molly
has not been an issue on Bowdoins campus in recent years.
However, Foster expressed faith in
Bowdoin Peer Health and Health
Services to aid Bowdoin students
in avoiding issues like the events
at Wesleyan.
If students were to identify
[Molly abuse] as a problem, I think
that the peer educators would be a
great group of people to address this
within our community, along with
Dr. Pols, he said. We havent had
evidence that it has been a problem,
but Wesleyan is a place thats very
similar to us so its important that
we pay attention.
Dr. Pols believes that the key to preventing an event like this is to eliminate a market for this kind of product.
Id like to help folks find better
ways to enjoy themselvesbetter
ways to stay safe and healthy that do
not involve these harmful and potentially life-threatening drugs, she
said. Id rather that every Bowdoin
student understood all the risks associated with this, and realized that
the benefits, if there are any, just are
not worth it.
TOWER
Looking Back: Coles Tower, 1964-2015
This was a version of Bowdoin

that would be hardly recognizable to
students today: a conservative, allmale institution where the vast majority of social life happened inside
fraternities. Classes were held every
day but Sunday, and women were
never allowed in campus dorms.
The goal was to remake the experience of Bowdoins upperclassmen,
loosening these social restrictions
and emphasizing engagement with
the outside world. The College felt
that its seniors were spending too
much time with younger students
in fraternities, and hoped to bring
them out of fraternity houses and
into more contact with one another
in the Tower.
There was this idea that we wanted to find a center for communal life
There was this idea that

we wanted to find a center for
communal life and intellectual
life for senior men.
JILL PEARLMAN
SENIOR LECTURER IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
and intellectual life for senior men,

said Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies Jill Pearlman.
To accomplish this, the College created new, interdisciplinary senior seminars that cut across
Bowdoins traditional distribution requirements. They arranged
for scholars-in-residence to live
among seniors, and planned a
new dining hall where they would
eat together. Seeing this as an innovative, modernizing program,
they wanted a physical structure
to match, one where seniors would
both live and study together.
Hugh Stubbins, a prominent
modernist architect, designed
the new Senior Center. While the
building was the first example of
modern architecture at Bowdoin,
many of the Colleges peer institutions, and larger universities like
Harvard and Princeton, had built
their own modernist buildings
over the previous two decades.
At Bowdoin, students had long
desired more modern facilities.
An Orient editorial from 1945
lamented that the only things
modern on our campus are our
toilets and kitchens.
College campuses are architecturally conservativerarely does
anything new happen at them,
said Pearlman.
When colleges do decide to pursue new architectural styles, though,
the trends often spread quickly.
Everyone was getting their own
modernist building after the war,
she added.
Construction began in 1963. On
January 20, 1964, while the fourteenth and fifteenth floors were
under construction, an electrical
fire engulfed the top of the building. Secretary of Development and
College Relations John Cross 76
was then a fourth-grader living in
Brunswick. In 2011, he discussed
his memories of the fire in a piece
for the Bowdoin Daily Sun.
We slogged through the slush
left by rains that had fallen on
heavy snow and joined a crowd of
students and neighbors in staring
up at the tower and the fire crews
that battled to contain the blaze,
he wrote.
Surprisingly, the fire, whose re-
news
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ARCHITECTS MODEL
Here, an annotated model of the

Tower shows the placement of
what is now Thorne Dining Hall
and Daggett Lounge.
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
WITH THE PINES
An early rendering of the

planned Senior Center. Architects hoped the Tower would
mingle with the pines,said
Senior Lecturer in Environmental
Studies Jill Pearlman.
THE DECLINE OF FRATERNITIES
ORIENT ARCHIVES
President Coles was aware that students

might see the Senior Commons as an
attempt to weaken the influence of
fraternities on campus. It is always
reassuring for a college president to
know that he is about to make himself
the most unpopular man on campus,he
said after the plan was approved.
architectural movements, Coles

Tower fills a far different role than
it did at its creation.
It still stands out. Its kind of
on its own little island, Pearlman
said. Like many modernist buildings, it hasnt aged very well.
Pearlman
was
optimistic,
though, about the renovations currently taking place.
Today, the Tower is central to
the social life of many students in
a way that few in the heyday of fraternities would have anticipated.
The tower is the hub of social
life for a lot of seniors, wrote Matt
Friedland 15, a Tower resident, in
an email to the Orient. It houses
a solid amount of the senior class,
so a lot of events both during the
week and on the weekends happen
in the tower.
It would be the place from
which the Bowdoin Bubble, if it
existed, would originate, he wrote.
Its definitely a social hotspot,
said Lela Garner 16, another resident of the Tower. Its really easy
to access other rooms, not like in
Brunswick or the freshman dorms
where you have to go and knock on
everyones door.
However, the social atmosphere
dissuades some students from living in Coles as well.
It seems a bit too chaotic and
hectic for me. I need a quiet space,
said Bintou Kunjo 15, who lives
on School Street. I think its party
central.
While the senior seminars of the
1960s are long gone, classes are
still taught at the top floor of the
Tower. Visiting Assistant Professor of English Morten Hansen has
chosen the classroom in each of his
two semesters at Bowdoin.
The view provides a pretty
backdrop and counterpoint to
discussions and lectures without
being a distraction, he wrote in
an email to the Orient. My sense
is that most students like having
classes up there overlooking the
campus and the surrounding area.
Many residents appreciate the
buildings social life considerably
more than its architecture, however.
It still stands out. Its

kind of on its own little island.
Like many modernist buildings, it
hasnt aged very well.
THE FIRE OF 1964
In his piece for the Bowdoin Daily

Sun, John Cross 76 wrote, My
family was startled to look out
the dining room window of our
home.and see bright orange
flames shooting upwards from
the Tower.
JILL PEARLMAN
SENIOR LECTURER IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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pairs cost $200,000, did not much
delay construction. The building
opened on schedule for the fall semester in 1964. At the time, it was
the tallest building in Maine (it
now ranks second, after Portlands
Franklin Towers).
While the physical component
of the Senior Center program appeared to be a success, many students saw it as an effort to weaken
fraternities and feelings about the
academic components were mixed.
The College soon struggled to fill
senior seminars.
Following the resignation of the
Centers original director, history
professor Bill Whiteside, in 1970,
the decrease in interest among seniors meant that younger students
were occupying many of its rooms.
It was kind of a model that
worked for a little while But by
the time I was a senior, it wasnt
exclusively a residence for seniors
any more, said Cross. It became
sort of another dorm.
By 1980, with the curriculum
largely defunct and the building populated by students from

a range of class years, the Senior
Center was renamed Coles Tower,
after the man who had presided
over its creation.
Cross said the name change was
a recognition that the Senior Center program had been replaced by a
more flexible curriculum.
Coles Tower Today
Having outlived its original purpose and numerous subsequent
I didnt love it at first, because

it felt quite institutional, said Garner. When I walk into my home, I
dont want to see cement walls and
lots of doors.
Its definitely as comfortable
and home-y as you make it, but
you have to put in a good amount
of effort to make it look nice on the
inside, wrote Hallie Bates 15 in an
email to the Orient.
Despite reservations among students about the building itself, the
Towers status as a central location
for seniors seems to be having a
resurgence.
In Fall 2006, 22 percent of the
apartments in the Tower were occupied by quads of all seniors. This
past fall, that number had risen to
70 percent.
Associate Director of Housing
Operations Lisa Rendall said that
it is typically one of the first housing options to fill up in the lottery,
along with Harpswell Apartments
and the quads in Chamberlain Hall.
news
SECURITY REPORT: 2/19 to 2/25

Thursday, February 19
Two students were cited for furnishing large quantities of hard alcohol, beer
and wine weekly to a large number of
minors throughout the fall and spring
semesters. A report was filed with the
Dean of Student Affairs.
A student experiencing eye pain
was escorted to the Mid Coast Primary
Care & Walk-In Clinic.
A pipe burst in the basement of Howell House. The area flooded with up to
six inches of water. The Brunswick Fire
Department and the College responded.
Repairs and cleanup were completed.
A student reported that her L.L.
Bean winter boots were stolen from the
Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. An investigation determined that
a person stole the boots from the lostand-found bin at the Buck Center just
hours after they were placed there by a
staff member. The boots were recovered
and returned to the student.
Friday, February 20
A staff member reported the theft of
a pair of L.L. Bean fleece-lined womens
boots, size seven and a half, from the
hallway near the entrance to the Morrell
Gymnasium locker rooms, just outside
athletic trainers office 117. The theft occurred between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Students cooking in the kitchen at
30 College Street accidentally activated
a fire alarm.
A spectator at an ice hockey game
at Watson Arena was struck in the head
by a puck. The person was treated at
Parkview Adventist Medical Center.
A student reported a suspicious vehicle parked in the parking lot at Mayflower Apartments at 8:30 p.m. The
male driver appeared to be peering into
apartment windows. The vehicle was described as a dark gray Toyota Camry or a
similar sedan. A Security officer spotted
the vehicle near the Watson Arena before
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it sped off down Harpswell Road. The officer was able to obtain a possible Maine
wildlife license plate number of 328ASP.
The Brunswick Police were notified.
Saturday, February 21
A student asked for a wellness check
for a fellow student.
Excessive noise was reported to be
coming from Brunswick Apartments G.
A sick student at Osher Hall was
taken to Midcoast Walk-In Clinic.
A student using a hair straightener in
Chamberlain Hall activated a smoke alarm.

An officer checked on the well-being of a student with a swollen knee in
Appleton Hall.
A student reported the theft a pair of
L.L. Bean fleece-lined womens boots, size
eight and a half, from the Buck Center.
Monday, February 22
Brunswick Rescue transported an
intoxicated student from Moore Hall to
Mid Coast Hospital.
A student reported a suspicious person at Harpswell Apartments. Officers
determined that the person and two
others were guests of a student.
A student with a medical condition
was escorted from Hyde Hall to Parkview.
Tuesday, February 23
Residents of Harpswell Apartments
were directed to pick up excessive litter
following a weekend registered event.
Wednesday, February 24
A faculty member who became ill at
Druckenmiller Hall was transported to
Mid Coast by Brunswick Rescue.
A student reported the loss and possible theft of a Bowdoin soccer parka
from the Chase Barn.
A student reported the theft of a pair
of L.L. Bean womens boots from the Buck
Center. Investigation determined that another student took the boots by mistake.
The boots were returned to the owner.
Thursday, February 25
An officer checked on the wellbeing of a student and the matter was
referred to Counseling Services.
A student was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana.
Note: Lost-and-found bins around
campus are short-term holding areas for
personal property that people have lost
or mislaid and hope to find within a day
or two. This property belongs to someone and is not free for the taking.
Compiled by the Office of Safety and
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Security.
ALCOHOL
that the results of this years survey will be used to think about
how to approach alcohol education going forward.
what she has observed on campus,
I think we have to wait and see
Hogan said that this reduction may be
what the data tells us, but there were
related to students willingness to call
some interesting and somewhat surSecurity and Securitys willingness to
prising results last time that were
do health and wellness checks.
then helpful for us, said Foster.
I think also a broader conversaAlong with the data from its own
tion that has been happening on
student body, Bowdoin receives
campus around students thinking
the data of other NESCAC schools,
about alcohol use in terms of respect
without those schools being idenversus disrespectboth respecting
tified. Foster said that this aspect
themselves and respecting the people
does not diminish the importance
around
them,
of the data.
said Hogan.
These are peer
I think the best way to
In 2012, 93
schools of ours
percent of stucause change on a small campus and so we can see
dents
reported
how we compare
is to get students talking about a to schools that
that they believed Bowdoins
specific issue and I think theres are populated by
alcohol
policy
students,
more conversation about alcohol similar
encouraged seeksaid Foster.
and alcohol use now than
ing help from
While we dont
Security or other
know specifically
there was a handful
staff
members,
who the other
of years ago.
compared to only
schools are, we
77 percent at
get a good sense
WHITNEY HOGAN
other NESCAC
of how we comASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION pare to other inschools.
I think the
dividual NESCAC
best way to cause change on a small
peer schools in certain categories,
campus is to get students talking
he added.
about a specific issue and I think
Although Trinity participated in
theres more conversation about
2012, this year it has decided against
alcohol and alcohol use now than
participating. Both Wesleyan and
there was a handful of years ago,
Amherst did not participate in the
said Hogan.
previous survey but will take part
Additionally, 42 percent of stuthis year.
dents reported drinking occasionI think that we have a really roally in 2012, while 41 percent said
bust program on campus compared
they drank often.
to a lot of other colleges, said HoBy comparing the results of the
gan. I would say that in general
last survey with this years results,
were doing more to tackle dangerthe College will be able to see the
ous and disrespectful alcohol use
impact that these programs have
than other campuses are.
made on campus.
Meg Robbins contributed to this
Both Foster and Hogan said
report.
FEATURES
the bowdoin orient
Dowd finds inspiration in art he protects Libbys Market: a local gem

we shouldnt forget to love
BEHIND THE NAME TAG

BY BRIDGET WENT
For Bowdoin College Museum
of Art (BCMA) security guard Dan
Dowd, guarding the museums collection is more than just a nine-tofive job; its brain food for his own
creative aspirations.
A Mass. native, Dowd moved
to Maine in 2001 to pursue art.
In 2007, he joined Bowdoins new
security staff after the BCMA reopened following its renovation.
After taking studio art and art history courses during his undergraduate years at Framingham State University and immersing himself in a
project to renovate a 19th century
home, Dowd discovered his passion
for found materials and objects since
moving to Maine.
Im really interested in objectswhy
they were made, how they were used,
how long they were used, and ultimately
why they were discarded, said Dowd.
Dowd draws inspiration from his
local transfer stationwhere waste
is depositedcollecting materials,
fibers and random objects to use as
fodder for his work.
Documentation of items, events,
people and places is the driving
force behind my found object and
installation work, Dowd writes in
his artist statement.
His work aims to highlight parallels between the lives of humans and
the lives of objects.
Dowd analogized the patinas that
objects develop and [the] wrinkles
that humans develop and how people
change through their lives.
According to Dowd, patinasthe
BEN APPTIT
BEN MILLER
COURTESY OF DAN DOWD/COPYRIGHT ERIN LITTLE
ART TO ART: Bowdoin College Museum of Art security guard Dan Dowd is inspired by the art he is
surrounded by every day. His own artwork focuses on highlighting the parallels between the lives of
humans and objects.
thin layer, such as rust oxidization,
that materials acquire over time
may convey a variety of emotions,
from comedy to tragedy to drama.
His goal in rescuing these forgotten items and giving them a sec-
ond chance is to depict and show

the beauty and history of items that
wouldnt normally be praised for
their aesthetic value.
Please see DOWD, page 8
When you spend this much time

overanalyzing food, sometimes its
important to get back to the basics.
Though Im sure much of the Orients readership is well acquainted
with Libbys Market, it seems only
right to remind everyone that
Brunswicks best offering is available year-round, even in the dark
midterm days leading up to Spring
Break. Located only a few blocks
away from Maine Street on Jordan
Avenue, Libbys serves a no-nonsense lobster roll that could easily
be considered the best Maine has
to offer.
The modest settinga small
clapboard structure with the appearance of a gas station sans gas
pumpsenhances the culinary
surprise that waits behind the
counter. Food-obsessed Orient
writers before me have questioned
Libbys supremacy with mentions
of Reds Eats, Brunswick Diner,
and other crustacean-peddling
competitors. I would just like to
throw my hat in the ring with an
emphatic endorsement of Libbys
as the ideal lobster roll experience
just so happens to be the most convenient option as well.
Though the convenience store
interior may seem like the typical
place to stop for soda and chips
during a long car ride, a few more
dollars can buy you a generous
helping of fresh-caught lobster in

a toasted hot dog bun. Though it
may lack the maritime dcor of
Maines quintessential seaside restaurants, the real spirit of the state
is alive and well at Libbys. The
Libby familys approach to food
all quality, no kitschmakes for
great food, great conversation,
and limited seating. Dont worry
though; devouring the whole roll
while standing at the counter is by
no means discouraged.
Aside from some butter on
the toasted bun (which is potato
bread, of course), Libbys roll is all
juicy lobster meat with just a touch
of mayonnaise for cohesion, rather
than the dousing of mayo and celery too often used to compensate
for a lack of shellfish. Many laud
the inclusion of a claw in the roll
at Reds Eats, but we should all be
honest and admit that the rubbery
pincer meat is more of an aesthetic
gimmick than a gustatory treat.
Libbys doesnt advertise at all,
nor does it feature the press clippings and banners characteristic of
its competitors, but the impressive
quality of their product has made
it an accidental attraction. Locals,
enlightened Bowdoinites, and
Yelp-savvy tourists come to the
counter year round, but a small, yet
noticeable price-hike accompanies
the arrival of warm(er) weather every year. In the off-season, Libbys
rarely ever sees lines out the door,
so winter is an ideal time to get
your lobster fix in a hurry.
Please see LIBBYS, page 8
Snow problem: Admissions Pinot Evil offers pairing, mulling potential

BOTTOM
shows it can handle the cold
OF THE
BARREL
BRYCE ERVIN AND

BRANDON OULLETTE
KEEPING WARM: The Office of Admissions has launched a campaign to show prospective students
that Bowdoin students have no problem handling the cold Maine weather.
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF
Making a good impression on

prospective students in the midst of
one of the coldest winters in recent
memory may be a daunting task,
but Bowdoins Office of Admissions
is up to the challenge.
While some schools may be
able to provide friendlier climates,
Bowdoin has come up with a

unique offering of its owna sense
of humor.
For the last few weeks, Admissions has adopted a Hawaiian
theme. Snow-covered tiki torches
and beach chairs grace what is left
of the front lawn, and tour guides
have been donning Hawaiian shirts
Please see SNOW, page 8
COURTESY OF ELIZA GRAUMLICH
So here we sit. Another Tuesday,

another bottle of wine, another bag
of Tostitos. What is new this time
is the microwaveable queso tray
we bought. Nothing says class
like wine and cheese, and nothing says klass like wine and
microwaveable cheese. It is at
the point in the semester where
people just dont seem to care
anymore. For us, that means
sleeping more than any one
person ever should, and
more importantly, using
a solo cup as the new
wine review glass.
Our wine this week is
a Pinot Noir from Chile.
Assiduous readers may
note that this is not our
first Pinot Noir, but given the poor quality of
our last we thought we
should give the variety
another chance.
The
winemakers
decided to disregard
the French origins of this
grape, naming their wine Pinot Evil,
based on the Three Wise Monkeys
Japanese proverb. Meant to reference
the supposed evilness of the Pinot

noir grape, Pinot Evil claims that
Pinot Noir is a guilty pleasure. We
couldnt agree more.
Pinot Noir is one of our favorite
varieties of red wine, so we were excited to break into this bottle. Important to note is that the label indicated
the bottle is imported and emphasized the fact in fancy cursive lettering. Whether this is to impress any
potential party guests or to dupe
people into buying more of their
wine, we cannot say.
We appreciated that the bottle
has a screw top and as such, it would
seem to indicate the latter is true.
The wine is a nice ruby red
color and has a pleasing nose
with hints of cherries and
spice. Pinot Evil has a very
smooth, silky mouthfeel
and a moderate acidity that
is well balanced with warm,
spicy, fruit flavorsin short,
it tastes Christmasy. This is
easily a cheap wine someones parents could bring to
a holiday party to get tipsy
on. This affords it some flexibility and it could easily be
made into mulled wine with
a few added spices.
We firmly believe that
while the holiday season is
well behind us, the winter
seems to have no end and that a hot
wine is still quite appropriate in our
frozen circumstances.
Overall, this wine is very drinkable and we blew through the bottle
in about twenty minutes. We should
note that is not to say that this wine
is one of the better ones we have reviewed. The stress this time of year
brings has pushed us to be happy
with anything you could serve us.
Case in point, as soon as the Pinot
Evil was empty, we found some leftover Franzia from the weekend and
that hit the spot too. Pinot Evil has
so inoffensive a flavor that it can be
paired with practically anything you
would want to eat. The label suggests
roasted duck, but our microwave
tray of Tostitos queso worked quite
well, and we imagine anything else
you typically snack on would be
great too.
Additional Notes:
Brandon: I can envision myself
getting very drunk off this wine at my
next family gathering.
Bryce: Surprising is the first word
that comes to mind. Three bottles of
this to myself could make a good
night.
Nose:
Mouthfeel:
Body:
Taste:
Get some Pinot Evil while it is still
on sale! Shaws: $7.99.
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Youre still you when people are watching

348 AND
MAINE STREET
EVAN HORWITZ
Someone once saidthe Internet
is indecisive on who said it first
that true character is who you are
when no one is watching. Its one
of those clichd sayings that people
turn into posters with hip fonts and
photographs of mountains. It has
not yet, to my knowledge, appeared
on a Hallmark card, but only because Im not sure its appropriate
for any occasion I
can think of, even
though it does belong to that general
family of phrases.
Its also a phrase
that Ive always
bristled at, though
Ive never been
quite sure why. I
first heard it from
a gregarious great
aunt, whom I love
very much and
who amuses me
very much. Over
the course of a
family weekend,
she kept repeating a storynot
without a hint of
righteousness
that she had found
herself
in
the
wee hours of one
morning, alone in the house, polishing her silver and china, for no
reason whatsoever. Of course, in
each retelling, her punch line was
that you really find out who you are
when no one is looking.
I remember thinking, uncomprehending of the viciousness I
felt, that doesnt make you a good
person. And I feel no less bothered,
still, every time I hear such sentiments. Ultimately, I feel its judg-
mental and invasive. It invites, into

those moments when we are alone,
into our most private moments, a
policing eye that sits in the corner
and wonders aloud if youre really a good person after all. I dont
think we need that in our livesthe
world, unfortunately, is judgmental
enough; why should we invite that
to be with us when we are alone?
Behind my preaching here is, of
course, the fact that my impulse
never has been and probably will
never be to polish the china for no
reason when I am all alone. When
no one is watching, Im not sure I
always like myself. I sit there, guilty
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

of sloth, guilty of gluttonyguilty
probably of all the sins. I say to
myself, over and over: this is your
character, this is who you really
are, and it doesnt matter what you
present to the world, because here
and now is the truthyoure no
good, youre no good at all.
But it does matter very much
what we present to the world, who
we are with other people, who we
are when everyone is watching and
theres nowhere to hide. I think,

actually, that matters more. Or its
worth more, to me anyway.
We have our darkest, ugliest
hours alone, when no one is watchingand those hours are no truer,
no more indicative of who we really are, than when we get up and
get dressed and go into the world.
Theres no such thing, for me, as
who we really are. Theres no essential and secret identity lurking
beneath the surface, sneaking out
in the dark. We have the power
we mustto be who we say we
are, to be who we want to be, to
be who we present to the world.
What this has to
do with personal
style and self-fashioning is everythingalthough
Im not sure I can
adequately express
why. But its something like this:
self-presentation
is as important, if
not more important, than who we
are inside. Personal style can be
freeing from the
idea that we are
who we are when
no one is watching and theres
nothing we can do
about it. Were not
stuck with the self
we find when we
are alone, thats
not the truththere is no truth.
Were all pretending, we have the
pleasure and the freedom to make
it up. And while I am not sure style
alone can really silence voices of
judgment and eliminate the moralizing forces that police us, from
within and without, it can laugh
at them and give them the finger.
Somehow, this sums it up: Isabella
Blow wore a silver lam dress to
her suicide. Ill leave it at that.
LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FROM THE ASHES: Dan Dowd gives objects new life in his artwork, creating pieces from things he finds at his local transfer station.
DOWD

In addition to his current Gallery Framing exhibition on Pleasant
Street, Dowd has been showcasing
his artwork predominantly across the
Northeast for over 10 years. Past solo
exhibitions of his include "Anna Hepler's Head" at the Coleman Burke Gallery in Brunswick and "Born Again" at
the University of Southern Maine in
Portland. He has also been featured in
several group exhibitions.
As a museum security guard,
Dowd is constantly exposed to new
artwork, which continuously gives

him new ideas.
Im certainly influenced by the works
on the walls, Dowd said. As soon as
new work goes on the walls, I cant wait
to eat it up and find out about it.
Dowd said he is particularly excited
to see new pieces from the museums
upcoming exhibit: PAST FUTURES:
Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas.
According to Dowd, the best part of
his job is meeting people and learning
about new artists.
As far as aspirations for the future,
Dowd hopes to continue showcasing his
work in the community.
Dowds work will be included in

Art in the Park in Worcester, MA, this
summer, in addition to a solo installation at the Masonic Temple in Portland this July.
I would love to eventually be affiliated with and be represented by a
gallery, Dowd said. My ultimate goal
is to be a working artist that survives
solely through my artwork.
Dowds work is on display through
Saturday at the Gallery Framing in
Brunswick as part of the Paired Devices exhibita gathering of the
work of five mid-coast Maine artists
surrounding tools, hardware and everyday objects.
COURTESY OF DAVID MANDELBAUM AND HENRY MCNAMARA
ROLLING IN THE DEEP: Libbys Market may have the look of a convenience store but its claim to
fame is their lobster rolls, which never fail to deliver a smooth, fresh and well balanced flavor.
LIBBYS
The birthday of my dear roommate

Jake Reiben 17 occasioned my most
recent visit to Libbys. Arriving just
before the 7 p.m. closing time, our
group was rewarded with free chips
and challenged to a homemade dice
gamea chance to win the contents
of that days tip jarwhile waiting
for our rolls. Dan Libby shamed me
into buying a female friends lobster
SNOW

from Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohns personal collection.
Admissions has also installed
a hot chocolate bar, over which a
banner reads, Its Snow Big Deal.
Admissions was concerned
that visitors coming to Brunswick
would be a little bit scared away by
our harsh weather conditions, said
Head Tour Guide Adrienne Chistolini 15. They wanted to do some
sort of visually pleasing campaign
to make jokes out of it and show
that were really lighthearted and
optimistic people at Bowdoin.
The Hawaiian Shirt Campaign,
has garnered a fair amount of attention, with WMTW, the local ABC affiliate, picking up the story last week.
Michelle Johnson 15, was interviewed by an WMTW news crew.
That was kind of an accident. The
news was coming during my tour slot
and [the other tour guides] picked
me because last semester I was the
roll, citing chivalry as a major part of

his successful marriage, and the meal
that followed was undoubtedly worth
the doubled price. When the texture
of the golden-brown potato bun contrasted perfectly with the smooth
lobster chunks, the stars aligned, and
I had a spiritual encounter with a
three-ingredient sandwich. Simplicity, in both quality food and friendly
atmosphere, is what truly makes Libbys the best around; and fortunately,
it doesnt look like that will be changing any time soon.
assistant head tour guide, she said.
They gave me about an hour warning and were like, Be camera ready!
and I was very unshowered and had
just come from volunteering at a
preschool, and I was like, Whatever,
I can work with this!
Chistolini and Johnson feel the
program has been a success. Both
said that prospective students and
their families have been, at the very
least, amused by Admissions latest antics, and anything that helps
Bowdoin stand out must be considered a positive.
[The campaign shows that] we
can make light of a potentially very
dismal and depressing situation,
said Chistolini. Hopefully it makes
us stand out on their long college
tours as a school thats a little bit
different, a little bit kooky but in a
funny way.
Even in late February, Bowdoin
has many more weeks of snow to
look forward to, and as it continues
to trudge through the winter, one
thing can be certain: Admissions
will not allow a little snow to become a big deal.
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TALK OF THE QUAD

THE TROJAN HORSE
In kindergarten, Ms. Poger had
a big bowl of buttons. They were
counting buttonsmeant to help
us with math. If I have eight buttons, and I give you three, how
many do I have left? Now, a little bit
you need to know about me
Growing up, I had what my parents termed a special drawer. It
was below my sock drawer, above
my shirts, and it was where I kept
all of the small objects I compulsively squirreled: diminutive unfilled notebooks, miniature rubber
dog models, tiny binder clips.
I had a glass cup of coins
not even special coins or foreign
coinsjust shiny nickels, mostly.
So, being a small, strange child obsessed with collecting useless and
unexceptional things, I was naturally drawn to the buttons.
And they were beautiful. One was
tin-colored and conical, with complex cutouts and curlicues. One was
brass, square shaped and deceptively
heavy, with two-thread loops on the
back. All together, they were enchanting, tumbling over one another
and tinkling conspiratorially.
Sharing may be caring, but thievery is far more gratifying, and the
buttons were like insects to my
flypaper fingers. I started to steal
them, every few days, after our
math sessions. If Ms. Poger has one
hundred buttons, and Stevie takes
three each week for seven weeks,
how many buttons does Ms. Poger
have left?
When Ms. Poger discovered
MY EXTRACURRICULAR IS
NOTHING
At the first affiliate event we
hosted at Burnett House, a few
first years asked me, What do
you do here? They did not ask,
What is your favorite meal? Who
are your friends? What classes do
you like? How do you survive the
workload? They also did not ask,
Are you happy? Have you found
love? Have you found yourself ?
I was struck by this question because I was at a real loss for how
to answer it. We were standing in
a small circle, one of many small
circles at the party, holding cups
filled with cider and eating a lot of
cheese. Theres something about a
small circle of people that makes it
easy to forget you dont know anybody in it. After all, we have been
practicing standing and sitting in
circles since pre-school.
Two of my best friends were
standing on either side of me. They
answered orchestra and a women's
discussion group, Student government and organic gardening, Peer
Health and outdoor leadership.
Feel free to contact me if youre
that the button bowl was losing

weightthat students were pilferingshe took the bowl away in
draconian fashion.
The idea was this: that if we were
abusing her generosity in sharing
the buttons, we lost the privilege of
having them at all. In front of the
class, Ms. Poger made a big deal
out of locking the bowl away in
the bottom drawer of her desk. No
more buttons.
Thursday at 2:40 p.m. and Im
wondering if the same sort of logic
is operating in Coles Tower, except that now, being 22, Ive
graduated from buttons
Let me explain:
There are five Tower RAs, all of whom
are wonderful people. I have no unkind
words to voice against
them. They put nametags
on our doors, they have
cellphone numbers posted
to theirs, and they host pizza
parties on the 16th floor catered by Flipside. I have
no real complaints.
But its Thursday
at 2:40 p.m. and
Im looking for
condoms. Ok,
oknot for
use at 2:40
p.m. admittedly. But its
important
to be preparedfor
anything and
everything.
Thats a rule I
also learned back in kindergarten,

when, after being confronted with
the impossible and explosive nature of the milk cartons, I started
always opening my chocolate milk
with the spout pointing away from
me, at my friends.
So I go down a few
floors, to the nearest
RAs door. Im looking for that Halloween-style, serveyourself vessel full
of the small, light
blue packages. No
luck.
I know RAs
arent proctors,
and maybe they
arent told to provide seniors in
the Tower with
condoms,
but
why not? I guess
Id just assumed
that all Residential Life staffers
had access to an
off-putting number of condoms
with which to arm
us residents.
Disappointed on
this floor, I head down a few more

and stop by the next RAs apartment. Same thing. And none at the
next RAs floor, either.
There are, surprisingly, no condoms in the Tower.
And heres the Ms. Poger connectionare you still with me? I
wonder if, like the bowl brimming
with counting buttons, there used
to be an awe-inspiring bowl of Trojans made available for students,
a privilege which Tower residents
abused for too longstealing condoms, hoarding them, hiding them
in their special drawers. Then I
think about the bowl being locked
away forever in someones desk. No
more condoms.
Not that Im blaming anyone
Im certainly not one to judge. But
no matter, I still have no condoms,
and now its 2:50 p.m. And so I do
what any rational senior would do
when the weather is below zero
with windchill, and head for the
nearest first year dorm.
So Im headed to West. Hey
when you got to go, you got to
go. (I think Id rather not tell you
all about the day in kindergarten
when Ms. Pogers class learned
about that.) On the first floor,
I beeline for the
proctors
door,
made evident by
the whiteboard
andat last!
the
condom
bowl.
I
sort
of
wish Id been
d i s c ov e r e d a
senior hunched
interested in any of these, they

said to the first years.
Their lists probably could have
gone on, but these were their main
activities. These two friends of
mine are bright eyed and beautiful
and funny and smart. They are musical and mathematical and read
entire books in one morning.
Upon hearing their lists,
the first years looked energized instead of
intimidated. So
many options,
so many ways
to get involved.
It was just what
was promised
in the college
brochure.
I had no idea
what to say. I
could not answer
with a list. I wanted
to say, Sometimes
I watch cooking tutorials on YouTube.
I fill up journals and
cant read my own
writing. I struggle
to finish all my essays
and readings and take-home
exams. Sometimes I call my mom
and talk for forty-five minutes.
What do I do at college? I spend
hours lying on the Ikea rug in my
room on the third floor of
an old house listening to
Patsy Cline.
What else? Well, Im in love with

someone 3,000 miles away, and
loving someone takes more energy
than any extracurricular Ive ever
done. Sometimes I unroll my yoga
mat. When I feel sick with worry,
I walk to the next town
over. I get coffee
and let people rant to me about

the things that hurt. Often, I bake
bread and it goes horribly, horribly
wrong. Im not the head of an organization, but I have conquered an
eating disorder.
If theres any-
thing Ive done here, its learn that

it is so much harder to slow down
than to speed up.
So heres to doing nothing. To
the quiet moments. To the days
you sit within yourself and just
watch. To soft music, handwritten words, silence. To listening to
the way snow sounds
underfoot.
To
watching
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

dusk and dawn come and go.
We should be proud of the moments we do not try to fill. Not that
activities and extracurriculars and
greedily over the condoms and, for

the first time in my life, choosing
something over chocolate, which
the kind proctor had also left in the
bowlbecause it was probably hilarious. Or incredibly frightening.
Im trying to imagine some analogous sceneto throw some metaphor in hereand I keep thinking
about Santa feeding from his plate
of cookies, but everything about
that comparison is disturbing. Anyway, I stuff the condoms into my
bag, and kindergarten math comes
rushing back. If the West first years
have nine condoms, and Stevie
takes them all, how many condoms
do they have left? Sorry, West.
Am I embarrassed? A little. Did
I abuse the system in taking all
of the condoms from West? Undoubtedly. Am I judging myself
just as much, if not more so, than
you? Likely. But I hope that this,
besides being a mildly entertaining
story you read this morning while
eating breakfast alone and feeling
a little socially awkward about it,
can be a lesson.
For all those of you who call
the Tower your home on campus,
dont waste your time looking for
the free condoms. There are none.
In the interest of efficiency, head
straight to the closest first yea
dormmaybe you pass Coleman
on your way to the library?and
stock up. And for all of you still in
the dawn of your Bowdoin days,
living in the first-year bricksif
your condom bowl is empty, it was
probably us.
Stevie Lane is a member of the
Class of 2015.
essays arent tremendous and important. But sometimes I want to
gather the busy students, the ones
with crunched faces and big backpacks, and say, Shh. It will all be
okay. Let yourself settle. Enjoy the
nothingness. b
There will be times in our lives
when the car breaks down, when
the children are cryingtimes that
will be much noisier and certainly
more difficult than college. And
even then, we must commit to the
moments of nothing, the moments of sheer, simple joy. Eating a perfectly fried egg. Opening an untouched notebook.
Doing nothing does not
mean failure. Pausing does not
mean stopping. We are stirring up the dust by learning
so much, and we must create
a space for that dust to settle.
We are all superheroes with
an Achilles heel: We are afraid
to stop moving, afraid that if
we for one second return to
our introverted Peter Parker/
Clark Kent selves, the world
will be too far gone to save. But
the reality is, it wont. After all,
it does take some time to figure
out what our powers are in
the first place.
Raisa Tolchinsky is a
member of the Class of
2017.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Light/Dark experimental show: a departure from traditional plays

BY TOMMY LUNN
ORIENT STAFF
Light/Darkwhich
opened
last nightexplores one of the
most crucial aspects of any theater
performance: light.
Sponsored by the Department
of Theater and Dance and directed
by Professor of Theater Davis Robinson, Light/Dark experiments
with the role of light in theater, poetry, dance and science. Robinson
produced the show with his longtime friend, Tony Award-winning
lighting designer Chris Akerlind.
We found this play, Middletown, which we both really liked
as being something that is very
open. [It] lets you focus on the
people and how theyre affected
and the references of lightness and
darkness, Robinson said.
Robinson and Akerlind worked
with students in Robinsons class,
Theater Topics: Action, Light, and
Meaning in addition to students
outside of the class who work for
the department.
Middletown tells the tale of a
seemingly average American town
and how its residents interact with
one another in their daily lives,
which often intersect in unforeseen ways. Those involved with
Light/Dark have taken great liberty with the shows scenes in order to more deeply examine and
emphasize the power of light.
DE-LIGHT: (From left) Quincy Koster 15, Sam Monkman 18, Ian Kline 15 and Emily Bungert 15 rehearse with Professor of Theater Davis Robinson. The
show will run Friday and Saturday night in Wish Theater. Performances are sold out but a limited number of tickets will be sold at the door.
Most of the time, a playwright
will give you her or his play and
then theres a great deal of sense
of respect for that, Akerlind said.
In this, the entire company are
the writers in a weird way so were
not subservient to some writer,
even though the event sort of revolves around one play that shows
up a lot. Thats the spine of it, but
its not the totality of it.
Monique Lillis 17 plays Mary
Swanson, a woman who just moved
to the town.
Beyond the Proscenium to explore theater, space
Its really exciting to devise

your own play because you get to
try out a bunch of pieces and see
how they fit together, Lillis said.
There was a lot of material we
tried at the very beginning of the
semester that just got scrapped be-
their first official full-length album

and European tour in May.
Fridays concert will mark SUN
SUN CLUB, a pop band from
CLUBs fourth-ever concert in
Baltimore, is coming to Bowdoin
Maine. SUN CLUB guitarist Shane
for the first time tonight to play
Justice McCord, in a phone interin Ladd House. Hosted by WBOR,
view with the Orient, shared that
the show is being billed as a warm
he was looking forward to the
concert for a cold Maine. Treefarm,
event in part because of positive
a student band, will open starting at
past experiences in the state.
9 p.m.
Maine is usually really cool.
Noah Fardon 16who handles
Pretty weird, McCord said.
concert bookings for WBORsays
The concert is part of a larger
that he has been trying to set up
WBOR objective to expand Bowthis event since first hearing SUN
doins music scene.
CLUB at the Elberta Mansion in
We at WBOR chose SUN CLUB
Nashville, Tenn. several years ago.
because they are a phenomenal,
Their music, according to Fardon,
incredibly wild live act that few
is exactly what Maine needs right
people have heard of, wrote Farnow to counteract the cold and
don. And thus they fulfill two masnow.
jor goals that we
SUN
CLUBs
have: to throw an
Maine is usually really cool.
name is perfectly
incredible party
indicative of their
that is rooted in
Pretty weird.
sound, he wrote
the brilliance of
SUN CLUB GUITARIST
in an email to the
music and to chalSHANE JUSTICE MCCORD
Orient.
They
lenge our peers
write hyper, sponto broaden their
taneous,
guitarmusical horizons
driven pop with a summertime
by checking out a band that all are
sheen to it.
certain to enjoy, though their name
As for the bands genre, Fardon
might not be familiar.
could only describe it as spunkyWBOR leaders have been workfun-love-super-ultra-jungle-music.
ing to plan a house show concert
SUN CLUB first came together
for more than a year, because intiwhile the members were still in
mate settings like Ladd House give
high school. Over the years they
bands the ability to connect with
have toured throughout the U.S. and
their audience in a way that othCanada, received critical acclaim on
er, larger venues do not. So when
music blogs, and amassed a dedicatLadd House members approached
ed fan base. They are currently preparing for the upcoming release of
Please see SUN CLUB, page 12
ORIENT STAFF
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BY GABY PAPPER
ORIENT STAFF
Beyond the Proscenium, a new

theater group on campus, received a
large audition turnout for what will
be its first production, Spring Awakening. The cast will include students
who frequently act, students who
have never acted at Bowdoin before,
and everyone in between.
The group hopes to reshape the
way students view theatrical productions on campus. It plans to distinguish itself from other theater groups
by staging performances in various
campus spaces other than theaters.
Spring Awakening will be per-
formed in Chase Barn Chamber as

opposed to Pickard or Wish theaters.
Cordelia Orbach 17 and Sarah
Guilbault 18 were motivated to form
Beyond the Proscenium in order to
create more opportunities for people
who were interested in theater but
not more traditional productions.
Both Orbach and Guilbault have
theater backgrounds themselves and
wanted to make acting accessible to
more students.
Phoebe Smukler 17, who was cast
as the female romantic lead Wendla
Stiefel in Spring Awakening has not
been in a show at Bowdoin yet and is
excited to get involved.
Beyond the Proscenium pre-
sented the perfect opportunity with

Spring Awakening, a very energetic
and compelling show that I have
wanted to perform in for quite some
time, wrote Smukler in an email to
the Orient.
The demand for a group like Beyond the Proscenium was made clear
to Orbach earlier this fall when she
noticed first years discussing how
they were interested in participating
in plays, but werent sure about all the
opportunities available to them.
Everyone started talking about
how there are a lot of people who
want to be doing theater on campus,
Please see PROSCENIUM, page 12
Please see LIGHT/DARK, page 11
WBOR brings pop band

SUN CLUB to Ladd tonight
BY NICKIE MITCH
COMEDY OR TRAGEDY?: Emily Bungert 15, Jae Yeon Yoo 18, Sarah Guilbault 18 and Cordelia Orbach 17 lead the new nontraditional theater groups
upcoming performance of Spring Awakening.They are, respectively, the musicals choreographer, musical director, director and producer.
cause it didnt fit in with the show

or it didnt go with our final idea of
what we wanted.
The cast and crewin total 12
actors and 10 stagehandshave
been working up to 20-hour weeks
for the past month.
For audience members, the experience begins before the show
starts. Robinson and Ackerlind
chose to begin the narrative in
the lobby, where attendees will be
greeted by shadow puppetry. From
there, showgoers are led up Pickard Theaters back staircase on a
tour of the exposed theater, where
multiple lighting elements will set
the stage.
And then when the actual journey begins, it really is a journey.
They need to go up those stairwells
so that they enter the space and see
it from three floors up and see all
three floors activated at the same
time, Robinson said.
From there, the audience will
be seated very close to the stage.
The show both begins and ends
with elements related to black
holes, which Robinson connects
to life and death and bigger and
bigger issues.
While the show presents light
one way, audience members as
well as the cast and crew are likely
to have different interpretations
of its meaning.
Student film looks at Thai land rights
anything but simple.

During the first week, we sat
down and drafted an outline. We
discussed which Thai villages we
wanted to go to and came up with
interview questions. We then actually visited the villages, conducted interviews [with the help of a
translator] and collected footage,
said Nicholson.
According to Sullivan, the pair
worked on the documentary almost
every day. Luckily, both students
felt that they were doing something
they actually wanted to do.
It wasnt like working on a long
essay, he said. Making a film is fun
and we were doing something that
was beyond us.
Though the production process
was exhaustive, the editing process
proved to be even more difficult.
We originally had a 30-minute
long video, so we had to edit out half
of the original product, said Sullivan.
The editing process was complicated by the necessity of remaining neutral. The pair had to ensure
that the film did not lean too far in
one direction or another, although
it was clear which side of the argument they were on.
The Thai governments actions
are undemocratic, so it was easy to
pick a side, said Sullivan. However, we really wanted to make an
argument without presenting it in
a biased way. We tried to keep narration neutral and simply let the
interviewees speak for themselves.
Despite their efforts at being unbiased the film was significantly
censored before its first screening
in Thailand. Luckily, Sullivan and
Nicholson were able to censor the
film themselves.
Sadly, the content of the film
was completely compromised, said
Sullivan. We made it very clear
that it was censored and the film
itself almost became a comment on
the infringement of free speech.
The filmmakers were, however,
able to hand out uncensored DVD
copies of their film to villagers.
The uncensored version of
The Master Plan was screened at
Bowdoin on Tuesday to an audience of about 50 students.
Although the target audience of
the film was rural Thai villagers, we
wanted to spread awareness of the
issue within the Bowdoin community, said Nicholson.
The reactions within the
Bowdoin community were overwhelmingly positive.
We just happened to be talking about land rights in one of my
classes today and a student in my
class brought up our film, said Sullivan. That was pretty awesome.
Im actually from Thailand, so
its really nice to hear them talking
about the problem from the coup
because its a big issue there. I think
its pretty cool what [Sullivan and
Nicholson] did, said Ponpavi Sangsuradej 16.
Both Sullivan and Nicholson plan
to continue making documentaries.
In fact, the pair will soon be taking
on a year-long independent study
documentary project with Director
of the Environmental Studies Program, John Lichter.
This time, the two will explore
how the collapse of Gulf of Maine
fisheries has impacted local Maine
communities.
I can see myself making documentaries in my future, said Nicholson. We will see.
sitting in the woods just encompassed

by the darkness but feeling really at
home, Lillis said. [It showed] the
idea that darkness can actually be
warmth as well as welcoming and that
some things stay in the dark and are
secret and better that way and sometimes how light can be so harsh.
Light/Dark runs for 75 minutes

and will be performed in Wish Theater. Tonights and tomorrow nights 7
p.m. showings are sold out, but a limited number of tickets will be available
at the door. The portion of the show
located in the theaters lobby will
begin around 6:40 p.m.
COURTESY OF PAUL SULLIVAN AND WILDER NICHOLSON
STANDING TOGETHER: Thai citizens protest the governments takeover of disputed farmland.
BY ADIRA POLITE
ORIENT STAFF
While most Bowdoin students

use downtime to catch up on movies on Netflix, Paul Sullivan 16 and
Wilder Nicholson 16, who both
hail from Brunswick, used theirs to
create a movie of their own.
Their 15-minute documentary,
entitled The Master Plan: Solving Deforestation or Yet Another
Strategy to Remove and Evict People, was created as an independent
study project during their semester
abroad in Thailand.
The documentary was created
with the purpose of giving back to
the Thai community that had given
so much to the two students during
their time there.
The documentary focuses on
Thailands changing laws regarding land rights and deforestation.
Thailand recently enacted laws to
slow deforestation. These laws have
targeted forest communities and
forced citizens off their own land.
We were both interested in the
land management policies, said
Nicholson. The leaders of the Land
Reform Network nonprofit wanted
a film that would educate citizens
about the governments new policies.
Although the pair was able to
complete the project within four
weeks, the production process was
LIGHT/DARK
Your initial thought is that light is

good and darkness is bad, but one of
my favorite images that didnt make it
into the final cut was one of the guys
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DJ OF THE WEEK
Rebkah Tesfamariam 18
LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SPUNKY REBKAH: Tesfamariams WBOR radio show airs every Wednesday from 4-5 p.m.
BY ELLEN CAHILL
ORIENT STAFF
What is your show called?

Spunky Rebkah. I forgot to fill
in the name of my show online
this semester, and in the show
description I wrote that I was
spunky, so the radio station wrote
my show name on the calendar as
Spunky Rebkah.
When did you first get involved
with WBOR and why?
First semesterI saw the posters and got excited because music
has always been a large part of my
life and I thought it was really exciting to be able to be on the radio
and have control for a whole hour
and play whatever I want.
Did you have any radio
experience before Bowdoin?
No, but if we had get-togethers
with my friends I was always the
first one to volunteer to make a
playlist.
What type of music do you play
on your show?
I play everything. I change the
genre or category every week.
For example, a few weeks ago I
did Valentines Week, which included all types of love songs.
Sometimes I just figure it out
while Im there too.
What is your favorite type
of music?
Slow, chill rap and fun, upbeat
indie rock. My favorite artists are
Death Cab for Cutie, J. Cole, Drake,
Local Natives and The Supremes.
What has been your
favorite concert experience?
My first concert was Coldplay, and I randomly discovered
them on my own. They came to
Pittsburgh when I was in eighth
grade. I dragged my parents and
best friend who never really liked
them, and it was really fun and
exciting. We played Coldplay the
entire way there and back.
What else are you
involved with on campus?
I am a member of the African
American Society. I work for the
Womens Resource Center, and I
am a member of Obvious as well.
SPOTLIGHT: The lobby of Memorial Hall is one location for the pre-show experience that takes the audience through various parts of Memorial Hall.
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What is your major?

Gender and womens studies
and I am also pre-med.
What has been your favorite

class so far?
I took Music and Everyday
Life with [Assistant Professor of
Music] Tracy McMullen. It was a
great interdisciplinary class and
I felt like I learned something
every day that applied to my life.
It was a cultural learning experience, and Professor McMullen is
really exciting and engaging.
What is the best music to study to?
It depends on my mood, but
mostly chill, slow rap or upbeat
dance songs because they keep me
in a good mood while Im doing
chemistry homework.
What about the best music to
shower to?
Definitely belting songs like
Mariah Carey or Pussycat Dolls
girl power womens groups for sure.
What do you think people are
doing when listening to your show?
Mostly my parents or brothers are
listeningprobably when they are
driving in the car or doing homework.
Hopefully people are singing along.
Why do you want Bowdoin
students to listen to your show?
Because I am spunky and I
change it up every week, so if you
dont like it one week, you might really love it the next week. I will keep
your interest and I am super open
to requests as well.
What is your overall goal for
having a radio show?
For me, to take some time to appreciate music and to look for new
music. When I was in middle school
and had a lot of time on my hands
I spent a lot of time exploring new
music and artists, and now that my
life is so busy I dont take enough
time to do that. Its very relaxing
and exciting for me to prepare a
new show. Also, my goal is to show
people new music and share it all.
Anything else you would like your
listeners to know?
Im really open to suggestions and
I love when people show me new
music, so feel free to approach me.
Tune in to Spunky Rebkah every
Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. on
WBOR 91.1 FM or stream the show
online at wbor.org. To suggest a DJ
for DJ of the Week, email Arts &
Entertainment Editor Emily Weyrauch
at eweyrauc@bowdoin.edu.
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PROSCENIUM
Adam Glynn 17, who was cast

as Melchior Gabor, the romantic
male lead, is psyched to be part
of the production.
but cannot necessarily commit the
[The leaders] are really comtime to it or are not sure where to
mitted to diversifying the kind of
find it, said Orbach. With only
theater we see at Bowdoin, wrote
two traditional productions per seGlynn in an email to the Orient.
mester, people who ended up doing
Glynn performed last year in
theater were either minors or peoThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
ple who were very interested in it.
which took place in Ladd House,
Orbach believes that Beyond the
another non-traditional space for
Prosceniums off-stage productions
a show.
The group chose Spring Awakwill make the prospect of performening, a spirited
ing more welcomrock musical that
ing for those looking to participate [The leaders] are really committed deals with teenin theater for the
to diversifying the kind of theater age sexuality and
other contentious
first time.
we see at Bowdoin.
themes, in part to
The idea was
draw attention to
to found a group
ADAM GLYNN 17
its first producthat did another
tion.
production
per
Jae Yeon Yoo 18 will serve as the
semester and to do theater in sitemusical director for Spring Awakspecific locations, rather than in
ening. Yoo said she is excited to
theaters, said Orbach. We thought
deal with the the unique challenges
by bringing it out of the theater and
presented by the plays staging.
onto campus it would make it more
Since its so location-centered,
accessible and available to people
that relieves a lot of the tech burwho might not have been able to
den, said Yoo. I am hoping to get
find it before or who were intimia lot of musicians involved. This is
dated by a theater setting.
a chance to break out of the more
The name of the group also protraditional chamber ensemble
motes its open nature, Orbach said.
groups on campus, but still create
The proscenium, which is the
music together.
fourth wall of the stage, captures the
Many of the groups early memidea of pushing through so we can
bers are underclassmen, providaccess the people who werent necesing hope that the young company
sarily on stage already, she said.
will grow together over the next
Spring Awakening will be
few years and recruit others to
performed later this semester. Aljoin its ranks.
though the group is new, Guilbault
I am hoping new people will try
says the upcoming play is already
out for new and smaller projects,
generating buzz on campus.
said Guilbault. I hope the people
I keep having people coming up
who did audition for this producto me saying how eager they are to
tion come again and I hope that
start, and I think that will make it a
they bring all of their friends.
really good show, she said.
SUN CLUB
WBOR about the concert, WBOR

eagerly jumped on board.
The concert will be held in conjunction with the Fifty Shades of
Groutfit campus-wide party that
Ladd is holding instead of the Inappropriate Party.
Treefarmcomposed of Ryan
Fowler 15, Greg Stasiw 15, Sky
Monaco 16, Evan Montilla 17,
Arindam Jurakhan 17 and Ben
West 16is looking forward to
the concert. Founded in 2013, the
group usually plays an eclectic mix
of its own music and covers of indie
pop songs. Jurukhan, a trombone
player and the groups most recent
addition, said that Treefarm often
performs songs and sets with jazz
and blues influences.
Jurakhan said that he gets excited
whenever a live music act comes to
campus. For him, that excitement
is multiplied since he will be performing as well.
Jurakhan agreed with Fardon that
the two groups will meld well. While
not intimately familiar with SUN
CLUB, he said that he had listened
to several of their songs and felt that
they had a similar, energetic feel.
There is a lot of potential power
in a bands ability to connect with audiences in such a vulnerable scenario
as a house show, and SUN CLUB has
mastered the art, wrote Fardon.
While many upperclass students
expressed disappointment at the cancellation of the Inappropriate Party,
Maddi Kuras 18 felt quite the opposite.
Im really pumped to be perfectly honest, because Treefarm
is supposed to be great and I love
live music, she said.
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Mens hoops rallies past Womens basketball storms through Midd

Williams into semifinals
BY MADDIE JODKA
ORIENT STAFF
BY GARRETT CASEY
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sa 2/21
v. Williams
W 87-74
Head Coach Tim Gilbride thinks

that mens basketball has a solid
chance of winning its first-ever NESCAC title this weekend at Trinity,
but said that doing so will require the
Polar Bears to continue playing their
best basketball of the year.
I think we have a real good shot,
said Gilbride. Any of the four teams
there for sure can win it. We have as
good a chance as anyone.
After its come-from-behind, 87-74
victory over Williams in last Saturdays quarterfinal in Morrell Gymnasium, the team will take on Amherst
in tomorrows semifinal. Amherst
defeated Bowdoin 81-66 in late January, but the Polar Bears think they
have become a different teamand
in many ways a better teamsince
that loss.
When the Polar Bears last met Amherst, they had just lost senior captain
Keegan Pieri to a season-ending injury and were adjusting to a new playing style. Captain Bryan Hurley 15
said that the team has settled into that
new style since that loss to Amherst.
That was early on when we were
getting used to not having [Pieri],
and getting used to playing with a
smaller team with a more up-tempo
pace on offense, and getting used to
defending with a smaller team, said
Hurley. Its starting to come along
SCORECARD
now, and were starting to play well

together as a team.
The teams recent record supports
Hurleys claim. Since the Amherst
loss, the Polar Bears have gone 5-1,
with big wins over Middlebury and
Bates. A largeand lankyreason for that recent success is Lucas
Hausman 16, who became the first
player in NESCAC mens basketball history to win three straight
Player of the Week awards after his
37-point performance against Williams last weekend.
Hurley said that Hausman will
need to maintain his impressive form
tomorrow against Amherst, and that
the Polar Bears cannot allow the
Lord Jeffs to get off to a strong start.
If they get off early to a good
shooting start then theyre going to
be a tough team to beat, but if you
clamp down defensively they can
start to implode, said Hurley.
The Polar Bears were able to recover from a slow start of their own
against Williams last Saturday. In the
first half, Williams guard Hayden
Rooke-Ley hit six three-pointers
many of them uncontestedto give
the Ephs a seven-point lead. That
lead could have been larger were
it not for senior John Swords, who
went a perfect 8-8 from the field
during the first half, scoring 16 of
his eventual 23 points.
Gilbride made some tactical
adjustments during halftime, and
the Polar Bears started the second
Please see M. HOOPS, page 15
Sa 2/21
v. Middlebury
80-52
The womens basketball team will

play Amherst at 4 p.m. tomorrow
in the NESCAC semifinals after defeating Middlebury 80-52 at home
last Saturday. The Middlebury win
marked Bowdoins fifteenth consecutive trip to the semifinals of
the NESCAC tournament play. It is
the only team to reach the second
weekend every season that the NESCAC championship has been held.
Last Saturdays game was a huge
score increase from the teams last
matchup against the Panthers, when
the Polar Bears won 53-43. The
game was also a step forward from
last weekends loss against Tufts.
I do think it was a response
to not playing our best against
Middlebury the first contest, said
Head Coach Adrienne Shibles.
Also some of the things that we
recognized in our game against
Tufts we really needed to improve
on. The team worked very hard all
week on those items, specifically
on the defensive end, and I think it
really showed in the game.
The last time the two teams
faced off, the Panthers were missing a key player and point guard,
Christina Nowak.
The fact that they had her back
this time and we won in such dramatic fashion I think shows the
improvement of our team in those
areasrebounding and defense,
added Shibles.
Ben Brewster 14 signs with Tulsa Roughnecks

BY COOPER HEMPHILL
ORIENT STAFF
Last Tuesday, Ben Brewster 14a

former two-sport Polar Bearsigned
a contract to play with the Tulsa
Roughnecks of the United Soccer
League (USL). While at Bowdoin,
Brewster earned All-New England
honors in both soccer and lacrosse.
Brewster was one of only seven D-III
athletes invited to display his skills to
professional soccer teams at the Major League Soccer (MLS) combine
last summer, earning him eligibility
for the 2014 MLS draft.
A Maine native, Brewster won his
first accolade early, as he was named
NESCAC soccer Rookie of the Year as a
first-year, and went on to lead Bowdoins
defense as a starter throughout his fouryear career. He was given the honor of
First Team All-New England during his
two final seasons at Bowdoin.
His senior year, his play led Bowdoin
to allow only 16 goals throughout the
entire season. He was then named to
the First Team All-American Team
the only NESCAC player that year to
win the honorto cap off his decorated
D-III career.
After his final soccer season in Brunswick, Brewster turned his attention to
lacrosse, temporarily halting his off-season soccer training. However, as soon
as the lacrosse season ended in May, he
jumped straight back onto the pitch to
continue his soccer training.
He joined the Seacoast United
Phantoms, a New Hampshire Pre-
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ELITE PETIT(E): Lauren Petit 18 and the 22-3 Polar Bears advance to the NESCAC semifinals.
The game was closest during the
first half Bowdoin kept a lead but
Middlebury followed close behind.
The Panthers scored a three-point
shot and brought the score to 26-22
with only seven minutes remaining. However, Bowdoins strong defense only let up five more points
from Middlebury before the half.
The Polar Bears scored 18 more
points in the same time. Sydney
Hancock 17 made a 30-foot buzzer-beater jump shot, and the Polar
Bears closed the half ahead 44-27.
During the second half, the Polar
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Sa 2/21
HONGBEI LI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
mier Development League (PDL)

team. After being named captain of
the Phantoms, he led the team to a
Northeast Regular Season Championship with a record of 11-1-2.
While he was playing for the Phantoms, Brewster was attending trials
for the USL. After visits to Sacramento, Calif. and Wilmington, NC,
he was offered a spot on the roster of
the Tulsa Roughnecks.
I have always wanted to play soccer
at a high level said Brewster. When I
started playing soccer at Bowdoin I was
more concerned with my career in college, and did not necessarily focus or
think too far after that. Following my

junior and especially senior season, I
began thinking about the possibilities
of continuing my soccer career after college.
In addition to the excitement of
competing at a professional level, Brewster will be competing with a newly
reformed team. The Roughnecks are
rejoining the USL after an absence of
almost 30 years.
I am very excited to be a part of
this new professional soccer franchise
in Tulsa, said Brewster. Everyone
seems extremely excited that professional soccer is coming back to town.
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Mens hockey stumbles

into fifth seed in NESCAC
BY ELI LUSTBADER
LIFT TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Ben Brewster 14 signed a contract with the Tulsa Roughnecks of the United
Soccer League. Brewster was the captain of the soccer team and an All-American in lacrosse last season.
Bears continued with unrelenting

defensive intensity and offensive
execution led by Shannon Brady 16
with 25 points and eight rebounds.
In addition, Ally Silfen 17 scored
17 points off the bench. Kate Kerrigan 18 followed with eight points,
five assists and 11 rebounds.
Bowdoin was outstanding in rebounds during this game, and outscored Middlebury with a 50-29 rebounding advantage, including 27
offensive rebounds.
v. Conn. College L
v. Tufts
W
4-1
4-0
In their last two games of the

regular season, the mens hockey
team (14-7-3 overall, 8-7-3 NESCAC) fell to Connecticut College
(13-9-2 overall, 10-7-1 NESCAC)
at home, 4-1, on Friday night but
rebounded Saturday against Tufts,
4-0, in the seniors final home
game at Watson Arena.
The loss put Conn. College
ahead of Bowdoin in conference
standings, and took away any
chance of the Polar Bears hosting
a playoff game next week.
The loss to Conn. College was
only the second loss at home for
the Polar Bears this season. Zach
Kokosa 17 scored Bowdoins lone
goal, which tied the game late in
the first period. Kokosa received
the puck in the neutral zone and
skated into the Camels defense
before burying a snapshot over
the goalies right shoulder into the
back of the net.
However, Conn. College retook
the lead with less than two min-
utes to go in the second period,

and padded its lead with two more
goals before the end of the game.
Despite the loss, Bowdoin outshot
the Camels, 35-23, and had two
shots bounce off the post.
We didnt get a lot of red lights
on Friday night and we would have
liked to have gotten a few more
timely saves, said Head Coach
Terry Meagher. That was the
main difference between Friday
and Saturday night.
With seemingly little to play for
against Tufts in the final regular season game, Bowdoin still came out
firing, and finished with a satisfying
shutout victory.
For me the highlight of the
weekend was that the team came
back from the loss on Friday and
played with energy and intensity,
Meagher said. It showed that this a
team of character to come back and
play a complete game. This team is
not a mail-in team, they dont mail
in any games or practices.
Bowdoin took a 1-0 lead 8:35 into
the first period when Spencer Antunez scored 18 scored the first of
his two goals in the period. Connor
Quinn 15 fed Antunez a pass to the
right post where Antunez one-timed
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sports
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

John Swords 15
MENS BASKETBALL
HIGHLIGHTS
Leads team in rebounds
and blocks
Stands second in the
NESCAC in total offensive
It was clear from
rebounds this season
the interview proGRACE MALLETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

c e s s,
that [Weaver] cares deeply
her the pace, he
Bryanfor
knows
BY ALEX VASILE
said. entire
If were playing a team of
ORIENT STAFF athletes and their
five Lucas who wont finish as
experience
justas soccer.
Center John Swords
15 fin-beyond
well
Lucas, he knows to slow
ished Bowdoins 87-74 NESCAC

us down. But hell also make
quarterfinal win over Williams
sure were not running slow just
with 23 points, 13 rebounds,
because Im slow or running
four assists and three blocks in
slowly.
33 minutes. He tied a NESCAC
Swords noted that the Wiltournament record of most shots
liams game was a tale of two
taken without a miss by going
halves for the Bowdoin offense.
10-10 from the field. This season,
He scored most of his points in
Swords is averaging 12.8 points
the first while Hausman scored
per game, is third in the confermost of his in the second. In
ence with 9.9 rebounds per game
addition to Hurley, Swords also
and
second
wanted to acwith a shootknowledge
People told me I went 10 for 10 junior Matt
ing percentage
of 70.7. Swords, after [the game]. I said Oh yeah, I Paleckis nearwhose shootdouble-double
guess so.
ing percentage
and sophomore
benefits from
Neil Fullers reJOHN SWORDS 15
a general affinturn to the lineity for layups,
up from injury.
maintained that he attempted an
Its been a great season,
actual jump shot in the game.
Swords said, All that clich stuff
I did take a real shot, he said.
that goes into a [senior] season
It was more of a gamble than the
has been present. My personal
usual place or the direct deposit.
forecast was that it was going to
I dont really think about that in
be very hard to fill the void left
the game. People told me [I went]
by [Matt] Mathias, [Andrew]
10 for 10 after. I said Oh yeah, I
Madlinger, and [Grant] White,
guess so.
three really complete players.
After comparing his streak to
Pretty quickly this season has
Ethan Embrys gambling streak
turned into something special
in National Lampoons Vegas
on its own.
Vacation, Swords was quick
He also referred to the teams
to acknowledge junior teamperseverance through injuries,
mate Lucas Hausmans 25-point
saying that at times the team
second half, Hausmans total
has not even had 10 players who
of 37 was two
could suit up
points
away
scrimmage.
Bryan knows the pace. If were to Swords
from breaking
has
the NESCAC playing a team of five Lucases who feelings typical
tournament
wont finish as well as Lucas, he of a senior apscoring record.
proaching his
knows to slow us down. But hell last few games,
Swords
and
Hausman have
also make sure were not running but jokingly
a good-natured
recognized the
slow just because Im slow.
relationship
positives
of
as Bowdoins
being able to
JOHN SWORDS 15
offensive fulmove on from
crums; the two
basketball.
scored 60 of Bowdoins 87 points
I dont really want it to stop,
in the Williams game and have
but I know when it does stop,
led the team in scoring since semy body will probably thank
nior forward Keegan Pieri was
me, he said, then quipping
lost for the season with an injuabout how his minute total and
ry. This comes despite benefitthe up-tempo offense might
ing from very different offenleave him in a wheelchair. Still,
sive schemesSwords prefers
an avid rafter and Outing Club
the slower pace while Hausman
member, Swords does not seem
excels in an up-tempo game.
to feel the need to give his body
Regardless, Hausmans emertoo much rest.
gence has been a large part of
Post-basketball, I will certhe teams success.
tainly be spending more time
He scores from everywhere,
outside. Basketballs an indoor
Swords said. This late in the seasport, in a windowless gym. Its
son, teams know I exist, I think.
good for the winter, said Swords.
Having me as the first and only
The sports editor of the Orient
offensive option is not going to
chooses the Athlete of the Week
work. I get scouted.
based on exemplary performance.
And Swords has no problem alTo suggest an athlete, email
lowing point guard Bryan Hurley
Sports Editor Jono Gruber at jgr15 to dictate the pace of the game.
uber@bowdoin.edu.
Mens swim and dive places sixth at NESCACs

BY VERA FENG
ORIENT STAFF
The mens swimming and diving

team finished comfortably at sixth
place in the NESCAC championship
meet last weekend. The finish was
the Polar Bears best team score since
2012, and the meet was highlighted
by the admirable performance of
several swimmers and divers.
Michael Netto 18 was named
All-Conference in the 50-yard
breaststroke, and diver Tommy
Kramer 15 was recognized as the
Four Year High Point Diver.
The NESCAC championship
took place at Middlebury College
over three days.
Compared to other schools, the
Polar Bears possessed considerable strength in the short races.
According to Head Coach Brad
Burnham, the Polar Bears did well
all the way up to the 200m.
Netto stood out in his first appearance in a NESCAC championship meet.
He posted the highest individual
finish of the weekend for the Polar
Bears by taking second in the 50
breaststroke (25.64), sixth in the
100 breaststroke (57.24) and seventh in the 50 butterfly (23.14). Logan House 17 placed the seventh in
the 50 butterfly (23.14). He also set
the school record in the 100 butterfly last year.
My butterfly was definitely not

as strong as last year, but on the
bright side my freestyle got a little
bit faster, said House. Next year
Ill start over and make a better
balance between strokes.
Senior diver Kramer closes out
his NESCAC career by achieving
the best combined finish at the
conference championships. He
took fourth in the 3-meter dive
(469.45) and fifth in the 1-meter
diving competition (432.25).
Overall, the Polar Bears had a
smooth run without major hiccups, unlike last year where the
team bore a 48-point loss due to
the disqualification of a relay team.
According to Coach Burnham,
the major challenge is the exhaustion from such a long event.
Despite this fact, Bowdoins best
relay of the weekend came on Sunday when the 400 free relay team
of House, John Lagasse 16, Will
Hutchinson 18 and William Shi 15
placed fourth with a time of 3:06.02.
No major injuries were sustained during the championship,
but two swimmersShi and Greg
Koziol 17had just recovered
from concussions. Shi hadnt been
in the pool for two weeks prior to
the competition.
When they went to rest, they
were not quite in the same place
as everybody else, said Coach
Burnham, They had two weeks
of no activity. [But] we were in the

process of building up physical capacity. I dont know whats exactly
going on physiologically. Its definitely a different thing for them.
Bowdoin and Bates have a longtime rivalry in swimming. Last
year, the Polar Bears snatched the
fifth spot over the Bobcats by a
mere half point, under the pressure of the unintentional 48-point
loss. This year, Bates stands ahead
of Bowdoin with 190 points.
We have hopes, dreams and
goals we would like to achieve.
Sometimes the guys choose dependent goals, which means no matter
what we do, we have to worry about
other teams, said Coach Burnham.
Bates has been our rival for years.
Weve been going back and forth
with them for years in team totals.
Its always on the guys mind. Thats
a kind of instinct of how we are doing. This year we fell behind Bates.
They just have people who can
swim faster and won more points.
This weekend, Kramer will participate in the Northeast Regional
Diving Championship in Springfield, MA. He is confident and
looking forward to this meet.
I feel weirdly calm about it.
Again its just really practice. Its no
different from anything Ive done
any other day. I just went and did
that meet this past weekend. And
Ill just have to do it again, he said.
Polar Bears place second in three events at NEs

BY SAM SHAHEEN
STAFF WRITER
The mens track and field team

finished seventh out of 26 teams in
the New England Division III Invitational last weekend at Springfield College, while the women
finished ninth in a field of 30
teams at Smith College.
On the mens side, first-year
jumper Brian Greenberg leapt to
the best finish of the day for the
Polar Bear men, placing third in
the triple jump (13.83m).
Greenberg has had such a terrific season, said Head Coach
Peter Slovenski. It was very impressive for him to place among
the top three in New England Division III.
Solidifying the Polar Bears
strong showing in the jumps, senior Chris Genco and Greenberg
placed fourth and sixth in the
long jump, respectively. On the
track, Jacob Ellis 16 had another
strong showing, placing fourth
in the 800m run with a time of
1:55.63. In the relays, Bowdoins
team of Calvin Henry 16, Liam
Nicoll 18, Ellis and Conor Donahue 18 placed second with a time
of 10:25.59.
We were in the running for a

podium spot for most of the race,
said Donahue. I tried to channel
the anger deep inside me to outrun
all the competition, and it worked.
We knew coming into the season that we had the potential for
a strong [distance medley relay],
and today we showed that,
The distance medley runners
showed a lot of courage on every leg
moving back and forth from second
to first, said Slovenski. Calvin,
Liam, Jacob, and Conor competed
with a lot of fire on every leg.
Many on the team also overcame
their seeding to place strongly in
the field.
We had three big upsets during the day, said Slovenski. Liam
Nicoll was ranked 19th in the 400
and finished seventh. John Pietro
18 was ranked 18th in the shot put
and finished sixth. Jibrail Coy 16
was ranked 15th in the [60-meter] dash and finished sixth. Those
were great clutch performances.
On the womens side, senior pole
vaulter extraordinaire Erin Silva
continued to perform well, placing second with a vault of 125.5.
Silvas vault was the top finish of
the day for the Bowdoin women.
Hayleigh Kein 16 kept up her ex-
cellence in the high jump, placing

sixth with a jump of 53.
The relay teams made a statement with their stellar showings
in both the 4x800m and distance
medley relays (DMR). In the DMR,
the team of Aly Fulton 16, Naomi
Jabouin 18, Demi Feder 17, and
Sarah Kelley 18 placed second
with a time of 12:18.19. With this
strong showing, the relay squad
rose to twelfth in the national
DIII track & field rankings, placing them in a position to advance
to nationals should they maintain
the ranking.
The thought of qualifying for
nationals didnt even cross my mind
during the race, said Kelley. I had
a Williams girl breathing down
my neck the last lap, and I knew I
couldnt let those purple cows take
down our all-star squad. Our combined efforts were able to culminate
in a nationals-worthy performance,
and I couldnt be more excited.
In the 4x800m run, Kelley,
Feder, and Fulton teamed up with
Meghan Bellerose 17 to finish
fourth with a time of 9:37.26.
Both the men and the women face
Division I competition next weekend
at the Open New Englands Invitational, hosted by Boston University.
Mens squash finishes

season at CSA Nationals
BY LUCIA GIBBARD
ORIENT STAFF
The mens squash team ended its

season last weekend after finishing
22nd at the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship held at Wesleyan University.
The Polar Bears lost their first
match of the championship to
Brown 9-0, with only one of the individual matches going to five sets.
However, the team then bounced
back to defeat Hobart College 8-1
the next day.
With the win against Hobart the
Polar Bears paired up against Colby
in the 21st place match. The Mules
won fairly easily, with none of their
six match wins going to five sets.
The loss marked Bowdoins third
loss to Colby in its underwhelming
5-16 season.
Our hopes always are to play
our best squash of the season at
nationals, said Head Coach Tom
Fortson. Unfortunately, we only
achieved that partially. The entire
team played very well to avenge a
loss to Hobart during the season.
Despite the weak showing, there
were still a number of bright spots for
the Polar Bears over the weekend.

Against Colby, a few of our
players played very well, said
Fortson. However, the three winners, [Captain] Andrew Ward 15,
Benjamin Bristol 17 and George
Cooley 18, played excellently.
Ward was a highlight, playing great
in his last collegiate match.
The win in his final match meant
a lot to Ward.
It was a great to end my career
with all of my teammates, family and
some recent squash alums there supporting me, said Ward, crediting the
influence of teammates, both past
and present, in his victory.
The captain of the team my
freshman year, Barrett Takesian 12,
told me before I started that I needed to play with no fear and to not
hold anything back, which is exactly what I did, said Ward. It was
awesome to beat the Colby player
that I had lost to two weeks before.
Although 22nd place is not the
result the team was hoping for,
Fortson is optimistic about next
season.
We currently have a young
team, said Fortson. We expect our
players to improve significantly.
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
UP IN THE AIR: Shannon Brady 16, Ally Silfen 17 and Lauren Petit 18 position themselves for an
offensive rebound in the teams 28-point win over Middlebury in the NESCAC quarterfinals. While the
teams 18-game win streak earlier this season all but guarantees it a spot in the NCAA tournament, a win
over Tufts, the only NESCAC team to beat the Polar Bears, would brighten Bowdoins postseason potential.
W. BBALL
The Polar Bears also exceeded

the Panthers in field goal percentage, holding 43 percent against
Middleburys 37 percent.
Megan [Phelps] was our leading rebounder and really brought a
presence to the paint, said Shibles
of dealing with the loss of their injured starting senior. So that has
been something we have had to really focus on, step up, and everyone has had to really improve.
Looking forward, the Polar Bears
will play against Amherst at Tufts
for the semifinal game on Saturday.
Winning NESCAC championships is something weve worked
for very hard this season, said
Kerrigan. Its been one of our
goals that were trying to accom-
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plish. The semifinals is just another game in the way of that goal.
The result of this game will determine which team goes to the final
round. Last weekend, Amherst beat
Colby 62-40 in order to advance
to the semifinals. During their last
matchup, Bowdoin beat Amherst
(23-2, 8-2 NESCAC) in a successful
but close game, winning 60-51.
Every game is critical at this
point, said Shibles. Our number
one focus is going to be on Amherst
and they are really hot right nowIf
[the team is] well prepared, my goal
is that they can just relax, enjoy the
moment, and play to their potential.
Kerrigan is hopeful that the
team will perform well.
Its all about the preparation,
Kerrigan added. And if we execute
the way we can, and play the way
we can, we should come out with
a victory.
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M. HOOPS
half on an 8-0 run, turning a sevenpoint deficit into a one-point lead

in less than two and a half minutes.
Hurley said the team knew it could
score against Williams, but that it
made some changes on the other
side of the ball.
Defensively we made sure we got
out on shooters, especially [RookeLey], said Hurley. We let him get
open way too much in the first half.
The adjustment worked. The Polar Bears held Rooke-Ley to only
seven second-half points, and zero
points in the games final 14 minutes, meaning that the Williams
senior finished his career with 999
points. The Ephs, who shot 52 percent from the field in the first half,
hit only 28 percent of their shots in
the second.
The offense also found its groove,
led by Hausman who scored 25 of
his 37 points in the second half on
7-9 shooting and six trips to the
free-throw line. Hausman said that
because of the games high stakes,
the Polar Bears were motivated to
come out aggressive after halftime.
There was a general realization
in the locker room that this could
be the end of the season and I dont
think anybody wanted that, he
said. And I dont think there was
anyone in our locker room who
thought that Williams was a better
team than us.
NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
COURT GENERAL: Jake Donnelly 16 sets up the Bowdoin offense in its 87-74 win over Williams.
The players are focused on this
weekends NESCAC tournament,
but the NCAA D-III Tournament
is not far from their minds. Gilbride said that they are a bubble
team at the moment, and while a
NESCAC title would earn the Polar Bears an automatic bid, Hurley
said that a win in tomorrows semifinal would likely be enough to secure them a spot.
For now, however, the Polar

Bears are focused on this weekends NESCAC tournament, and
although they lost to all three of
the other semifinalistsAmherst,
Trinity and Wesleyanduring the
regular season, Hausman said he
remains confident.
Theres no doubt in my mind
that we can hang with or beat any of
them, Hausman said.
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Isaiah Thomas: the lucky charm the Celts need?

LEFT OF
PESKY POLE
WILL OSSOFF
Dont look now, but the Celtics are about to matter again. The
fourth wheel of the Boston sports
world made a splash at last weeks
trade deadline, acquiring a dynamic scorer with a famous name:
Isaiah Thomas. No, hes not related
to Isiah Thomas, the Pistons Hall
of Fame point guard and Bostons
Public Enemy #1 in the late 80s.
He shares the name (with different
spelling) because his father lost a
bet in the 1989 NBA Finals. And no,
he may not project as a future Hall
of Famer. But young Isaiah gives the
Celtics something they havent had
since Pierce and KG left town: fire.
Thomas has a Rudy-esque underdog story. At 5 9, he stands
almost a foot shorter than the average NBA player. As a result, scouts
doubted his NBA potential despite
a stellar college career at the University of Washington. He was the
final pick of the 2011 draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant
for that draft. But he fought his
way into relevancy in a hurry with
the Sacramento Kings, making the
NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team in 2012
and being one of 19 players in the
league to eclipse 20 points per game
in 2014 (20.3). The Phoenix Suns
signed Thomas in the offseason to a
four-year, $27 million contract, on
the lower end for a 20-point scorer,
and he played third fiddle behind
two other point guards, Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic. The chip on
his shoulder just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Haters continue to point to his
height or mediocre defense and
say that he has the ceiling of a borderline all-star. But with the Celtics, Isaiah has a chance to break
through into stardom. He becomes
the best pure scorer in a threeguard rotation with Avery Bradley
and Marcus Smart. He demonstrated that on Monday night, when he
scored 21 points and hit two clutch
shots down the stretch to help the
Celtics beat his former team. The
night before, Thomas also scored
21 in an overtime loss to the Lakers.
But his immediate impact on this
team extends beyond the box score.
He gives the Celtics somebody that
can drive, as he fearlessly takes the
ball to the hoop against forwards
that tower over him. And most
importantly, the man visibly wants
to win. On Monday, Isaiah stared
down the Suns bench after hitting a
big shot. His competitiveness even
got him ejected on Sunday night,
when he slammed the ball into the
ground after a bad call and received
his second technical foul. Foolish
and a little immature? Sure. But
he brings passion to a Celtics team
that has looked like it has just been
going through the motions for the
last two years. Since the departure
of Pierce and Garnett, the best players on the Celtics have been Rajon Rondo and Jeff Green. Rondo
looked bored and out-to-lunch in
his last few months with the Celtics, and Green was a shining model
of Greek stoicism on the floorno
fun or emotion whatsoever. Thomas intensity should be infectious on
this young team, and will help unleash the ultra-competitive spirit of
rookie Marcus Smart.
For the fans, Isaiah gives us a reason to watch the Celtics again. With
his diminutive size and underdog
spirit, he will become a fan favorite
just like Nate Robinson was a few
seasons ago. Will he ever be as loved
in Boston as the previous Isiah was
hated? That depends on whether
he can deliver an eighteenth championship banner to the TD Garden
rafters. For this season, he gives the
Celtics a legitimate shot to grab the
eighth and final playoff spot in the
Eastern Conference, which would be
a huge accomplishment for a team
ranked 19th out of 30 in ESPNs
preseason power rankings. But, the
Celtics are still one big piece away
from title contention.
They need a center that can protect the rim and be a post presence
on the offensive and defensive ends.
We know the Celtics can score; they
rank fifth in the East in points per
game, and Thomas will only bolster that ranking. But they still
rank dead last in points allowed per
game in the East. Kelly Olynyk and
Jared Sullinger lack the toughness
and height, respectively, to be the
defensive presence that they need
in the post.
Maybe Danny Ainge will work
some magic in free agency and acquire a big man like Marc Gasol or
LaMarcus Aldridge. But for now,
lets enjoy the Celtics return to relevancy in the NBA and in the Boston sports world. Isaiah is bringing
the fire back to the Garden, and this
scrappy, high-scoring team may
shock some folks come playoff time.
NESCAC Standings
MENS HOCKEY
NESCAC
W
Trinity
16
Amherst
14
Conn. Coll. 10
Williams
10
BOWDOIN 8
Hamilton
7
Middlebury 7
Tufts
5
Colby
2
Wesleyan
2
L
1
4
7
7
7
7
8
11
13
16
T
1
0
1
1
3
4
3
2
3
0
WOMENS HOCKEY
Middlebury
Amherst
Trinity
Conn. Coll.
BOWDOIN
Williams
Colby
Hamilton
Wesleyan
W L
13 1
10 3
8 6
7 7
6 7
6 8
6 10
4 9
3 12
T
2
3
2
2
3
2
0
3
1
JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
M. HOCKEY
it for the lead. On a power play in

the 16th minute, Antunez doubled
the lead with a shot that deflected off
the crossbar into the net.
In the final period, Mike Schlagel
15 scored his first Bowdoin goal in his
final regular season game. With the
goalie pulled, Schlagel maneuvered
his way around the Tufts defense and
slid the puck into the back of the net.
One minute later, with the goalkeeper

back in net, Danny Palumbo 15 secured the 4-0 win after knocking in
a rebound off a Ryan Collier shot 15.
Max Fenkell 15 earned his fifth career shutout in his final regular season
game, and made 20 saves in the win.
This weekend, fifth seed Bowdoin
will travel to four seed Williams for
the first round of the NESCAC tournament. Bowdoin will look to defend
its NESCAC title for the third straight
year, winning as the one seed in 2013
and the five-seed last year.

Williams and Bowdoin have had a
lot of exciting competition over the last
five or six years in these single elimination tournaments so were ready, theyre
ready, and both teams have great respect
for each other, Meagher said.
The teams have played twice this
season. The first game was a 3-3 tie
at Bowdoin, and the second was a
5-2 Polar Bear loss at Williams. The
teams will meet this Saturday at Williams at 3 p.m.
W
18
16
15
12
10
9
14
10
8
L
3
4
6
9
9
12
10
10
14
T
3
4
2
3
5
3
0
4
1
SCHEDULE
Sa 2/28 at Conn. Coll (NESCAC quarterfinal) 7 P.M.
TRACK AND FIELD
SCHEDULE
F 2/27
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Tufts
BOWDOIN
Amherst
Williams
Conn. College
Colby
Middlebury
Hamilton
Wesleyan
Trinity
Bates
W
10
9
8
7
6
4
3
3
2
2
1
L
0
1
2
3
4
6
7
7
8
8
9
W
24
22
23
20
16
16
11
12
9
9
10
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
Sa 2/28 at Williams (NESCAC quarterfinal) 3 P.M.
at Open New England (BU)
Sa 2/28 at Williams
Sa 2/28 v. Amherst at Tufts

(NESCAC Semifinals)
Su 3/1 Winner of Bowdoin-Amherst
v. Winner of Tufts-Williams
MENS BASKETBALL
Trinity
BOWDOIN
Bates
Tufts
Amherst
Wesleyan
Williams
Colby
Middlebury
Hamilton
Conn. College
W
9
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
2
0
L
1
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
8
10
TBA
1 P.M.
NOON
W
20
18
19
13
19
17
15
13
17
14
7
Sa 2/28 v. Amherst (at Trinity)

(NESCAC Semifinals)
Su 3/1 Winner of Bowdoin-Amherst
v. Winner of Trinity-Wesleyan
(NESCAC Championship)
SCHEDULE
L
5
7
6
12
6
8
10
12
7
10
16
4 P.M.
NOON
SWIMMING AND DIVING
SCHEDULE
Fri 2/27
WOMENS LACROSSE
L
1
3
2
5
9
9
14
12
14
15
14
4 P.M.
SCHEDULE
MENS LACROSSE
SCHEDULE
Sa 2/28 v. Williams
We 3/4 U. of New England
HOOKED UP: Cullen Geary 18 escapes a trailing Hamilton defender in the Polar Bears 2-1 win over the Continentals last Friday at Watson Arena.
OVERALL
W L T
21 2 1
18 4 2
13 9 2
14 8 2
14 7 3
9
9 6
10 11 3
8 14 2
5 16 3
3 21 0
NCAA Diving Regional
9 A.M.
*Bold line denotes NESCAC Tournament cut-off

NOON
5 P.M.
Compiled by Ron Cervantes

Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
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Womens hockey splits weekend, will travel to Conn. College

wrote Finnerty. As for Bell, she
has a knack for the net. Her ability
to finish plays in clutch moments
of the game has been very important for our team this season.
Sundays game was a nail-biter,
coming down to the final minute
of play.
There was a faceoff in our offensive zone with 30 seconds left,
and they had pulled their goalie
already, so it was a six on five from
their zone, said ONeil. They
came down and one of the best
players in the league got by our defense and had a breakaway chance
at 20 seconds. Thats when Lan,
making that save, was the exclama-
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FLASH FORWARD: Colleen Finnerty 15 races toward the goal earlier this season. The Polar Bears play a NESCAC quarterfinal tomorrow at Conn. College.
BY LIZA TARBELL
STAFF WRITER
SCORECARD
Sa 2/21
Su 2/22
at Amherst
at Amherst
L 4-3
W 3-2
The womens hockey team (109-5, 6-7-3 NESCAC) slid into fifth
place in the NESCAC last weekend
after splitting games against Amherst (16-4-4, 10-3-3 NESCAC)
and will to travel to Connecticut
College (12-9-3 overall, 7-7-2 NESCAC) for the NESCAC quarterfinal tomorrow at 7 p.m.
The team looked strong at the

outset on Saturday, leading the
game 2-0 early in the second period. But after three straight second period goals and a fourth in
the third by Amherst, the Polar
Bears found themselves in a hole
they could not climb out of and ultimately fell 4-3.
The third period, it was just a
grind, said Head Coach Marissa
ONeil. We made a serious attempt to push in the last two and a
half minutes to put one in and just
fell short.
On Sunday, Amhersts Senior
Day, Bowdoin returned to the ice
with a renewed focus and came

away with a 3-2 victory. First year
Miranda Bell led the attack with
two goals and one assist, while
goalie Lan Crofton 17 was a brick
wall in net, tallying 39 saves on the
night.
[Crofton] definitely stood on
her head [on Sunday]. She saved
about 40 shots, said ONeil.
In an email to the Orient, captain Colleen Finnerty 15 wrote
that Crofton and Bells crucial
plays built the teams momentum.
[Croftons] incredible saves
in the net definitely gave us momentum and kept us in the game,
In the past couple of years, we

have made good runs in the NESCAC tournament, so I dont think
that this year will be any different.
Our team has a tendency to rise to
the occasion and play great when a
lot is on the line.
COLLEEN FINNERTY 15
tion point on the weekend.
ONeil said that a positive attitude is crucial for success in the
NESCAC tournament.
Were the underdog going into
the playoffs, [but] we have wins
now against the second, third, and
fourth seeded teams, so in that
way, were going into it with the
right mindset, so Im really happy
about that, said ONeil.
The Polar Bears split their two
games during the regular season.
ONeil said that her players will

need to play with heart to pull out
a win.
Its definitely a matter of wholl
show up. And it may take more than
60 minutes to figure out. Its going to
take our entire team., said ONeil.
ONeil is confident that if the
team comes into the weekend playing to it potential, it will be a tough
team to beat.
This will be the first time well be on
the road for our quarterfinal matchup.
Seed placement really doesnt make a
differencethats the best part about
NESCAC hockey, she said.
Finnerty also touched on the nature of play-off hockey.
The most important thing for
our team to remember right now is
that our seeding in the tournament is
not indicative of our capabilities, just
as our record this season is not indicative of our talent and potential,
wrote Finnerty.
Eager to see what her team can do,
Finnerty expressed confidence in her
teammates ability to put up a fight
under pressure.
In the past couple of years, we
have made good runs in the NESCAC tournament, so I dont think
that this year will be any different.
Our team has a tendency to rise to
the occasion and play great when a
lot is on the line, she wrote.
Finnerty listed a string of clutch performances from this season, including
scrappy play against first seeded Middlebury and a four-goal surge against
Trinity to overcome a 3-2 deficit.
With the threat of the end of the
season, I dont foresee us coming home
from New London this weekend with
anything but a win, said Finnerty.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Keep working
n Sunday, Wil Smith 00 passed away after a battle with colon cancer.
As has been widely written, Smith leaves behind a legacy as one of the
most influential alumni in Bowdoins recent history. One of three African-American students in his class, Smith matriculated to the College when
he was 28 and caring for his toddler daughter. Smith experienced hardships
at Bowdoin in a time when our community was not as well-equipped to help
struggling students adjust to Bowdoin.
In Smiths first few months at the College, graduation seemed like an unattinable goal. Smith was surely the only Polar Bear to ever study and play
basketball as a single parent, and at the beginning of his first semester, he felt
underprepared and inadequately supported. That changed quickly. Roy Partridge, the professor of Smiths first-year seminar, and Betty Trout-Kelly, the
assistant to the president for multicultural affairs and affirmative action, marshalled resources and support for Smith. The College provided housing and
a meal plan, and an alumnus donated $25,000 for childcare for his daughter.
After graduation, Smith became the director of multicultural student programs at Bowdoin, a position that allowed him to expand access to the College
to new populations of students, andonce they arrived in Brunswickto ensure that they received help if they needed it. According to Dean of First Year
Students Janet Lohmann, Smith represents the idea of possibility at Bowdoin.
There was no scaffolding for a 28-year-old who wanted to play on the basketball team, she said. He just showed us what was possiblehow we, as an
institution, could meet peoples needs and how a person like Wil could really
make this his home.
Since Smith enrolled at the College, it has begun accepting a more racially,
economically and regionally diverse student body, and it has developed progamming to meet its needs. The administration has implemented the Bowdoin Advising Program to Support Academic Excellence (BASE) program,
which provides robust advising to students who did not attend rigorous high
schools. The College has also begun offering courses like Quantitative Reasoning, which help students improve the foundational skills they will need
throughout their time at Bowdoin. Despite these efforts, there are students
who believe that more should be done. Two weeks ago, over 200 community
members gathered in the David Saul Smith Union to hear a small group of students talk about a variety of issues, including how Bowdoin can better support
students from diverse backgrounds.
Smith worked tirelessly on issues of diversity and inclusion both at Bowdoin
and beyond. All who knew him speak to his skill in giving voice to those who
were not always heard and his belief in the potential of everyone with whom he
worked. As we remember and mourn him, we should also recommit ourselves
to the causes he championed. Smiths story is as an example of how Bowdoin
can enable all of its students to succeed, regardless of their circumstances. At
the Berkshire School, Smith was known for his catchphrase keep working.
Bowdoin has worked hard to expand access and better accomodate the needs
of all students, but it should honor Smiths mantra as it moves forward.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial
board, which is comprised of Garrett Casey, Ron Cervantes, Sam Chase, Matthew
Gutschenritter, Nicole Wetsman and Kate Witteman.
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Oppressed groups need to seek common ground

DOING
IT WRONG
MAYA REYES
Unfortunately, wages are still
one of the many facets of society
where inequality is present.
And while bringing light to any
form of inequality is a worthwhile
endeavor, there is a wrong way to go
about it, and Patricia Arquette did
just that in her acceptance speech
at the 87th Academy Awards last
Sunday. While on stage, she said,
We have fought for everybody
elses equal rights. Its our time to
have wage equality once and for
all and equal rights for women in
the United States of America. But
to complicate things further, in the
press room afterwards, (according to USA Today) she said, Its
time for us allthe gay people and
people of color that weve all fought
for to fight for us now. Arquettes
statements at the Oscars assume
two very incorrect ideas. First that,
people of color and LGBTQIA people have gained equal rights while
women havent, and second, that
the struggles of all of these groups
are not interconnected.
We must continue to
strive for the rights of all
marginalized people so
that these people will feel
equal in our society.
To tackle the first misconception,
you dont need to look any further
than the wage inequality that Arquette referenced. While the wage
gap undoubtedly affects women,
it affects some women more than
others: according to the data from
the last census, while white women
make 78 cents to the white mans
dollar, black women make 64 cents,
Native American women make 59

isolated categories; she ignores incents, and Latina women make 54
tersectionality. As a woman of colcents. Furthermore, to combat the
or, I feel that Arquettes statement
idea that the wage gap only afdenies the multifaceted nature of
fects women, data from the U.S.
my identity. Oppressions cannot be
Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals
solved separately from each other.
that Black and Hispanic men earn
On top of this, Arquettes stateless weekly than White and Asian
ment was offensive on the level that
women ($664 and $594, as opposed
she suggests that she, along with all
to $819 and $722, respectively).
women, have fought for everybody
The wage gap, and inequality in
elses rights. Firstly, I was not aware
general, is bigger than gender.
that Patricia Arquette was an antiArquettes comments are
racist and LGBTQIA activist.
not only ignorant of the difI was not aware that Patricia
ficulties many communities
Arquette has been fighting
continue to face, but they
so hard for my rights as a
also perpetuate the diviperson of color.
siveness of identity poliWe are not done fighting
tics. In order to advance
for these rights.
equality for all, we need
To suggest that is to
to stop seeing our strugundermine the very
gles as disconnected.
difficult struggles of
Women cannot be
millions of people. Artruly free until all peoquette needs to look
ple of color and all LGpast her own experiBTIQA people are truly
ence as a white woman
free. The colonization
and recognize that just
of the body will not be
because a struggle does
over until all facets of it
not exist for her perare seen as equal. Why?
sonally, does not make
Because feminism doesnt
it invalid.
stop at white women,
There are ways to
anti-racism does not stop
highlight
injustice
at men of color, and LGwithin one community
BTQIA rights do not stop
without ignoring the
at the white community or
injustices in other comat men. Transgender wommunitiesevidenced by
en of color exist, disabled
an earlier speech by John
brown immigrants exist,
Legend and Common,
gay male rape victims exwhere they touched on
istpeople often experience
Dr. Kings activism as
oppression in different
motivated by a
parts of their identilove for all human
ties. We must conbeings. We must
tinue to strive for the
strive for this allrights of all marginencompassing,
alized people so that
inclusive love and
these people will
fight for each
feel equal in our
other, instead of
society. When Arfurther alienatquette says that it
ing
ourselves
is time for people of
from each other.
color and gay people
The recognition of
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
to fight for women now,
intersectionality is how we
she is suggesting that they are three
will achieve true equality.
opinion
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Activists must listen and empathize to have more effective conversations

ANOTHER
WHITE GUY
JAMES JELIN
The tone of activism on campus
has made it stop working.
The constant repetition of the same
few arguments about privilege has resulted in a climate where we feel it is
only acceptable to share one type of
narrative about injustice. As such, I
believe it is vitally important for me
to question that narrative and to offer
an alternative.
Consider the Meeting in the Union
the Friday before last. Two-hundred
students gathered to listen to speeches about inequality. One speech,
billed as dealing with sexual assault,
recounted a female students experience of trying to turn down a man at
a party by dancing with her female
friend, only to have him follow her
and ask, So you girls like dancing
together?
After this and a series of other stories, the assembled students marched
to President Barry Mills office to deliver a nine-page letter of demands
for institutional reform. Among other
things, the letter called for harsher

condemnation of students who participate in events like Cracksgiving,
a public statement of solidarity with
students of color, a declaration of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official College holiday, and more conversations on race in every aspect of
Bowdoin life.
Before I explicitly criticize anything
about this rally, I want to make an
important distinction: I am not trying to discredit the legitimacy of any
of these stories or complaints. I am
not suggesting that anyone shouldnt
be upset or doesnt the have right to
be angry at the man in MacMillan
House who pursued her after she said
no. Those feelings are real and valid.
But this story was presented at a
rally for 200 people and followed by
a list of institutional demands; there
is more at stake than simply whether
the story is legitimate.
What matters is if that story, when
publicized, will effectively combat
injustice, if it will motivate people of
different backgroundsstudents or
facultyto overcome the fear of difference and better understand one
another.
What is the purpose of writing a
letter demanding a public statement

on the national racial climate when
Mills already sent out an email encouraging empathy with students
feeling affected by the Ferguson, Mo.
non-indictment?
Why demand that Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day be recognized as an official College holiday when Mills already
publicly announced that he is trying to
achieve that very goal by 2020?
The constant repetition

of the same few arguments
about privilege has resulted in a
climate where we feel it is only
acceptable to share one type of
narrative about injustice.
Why damn the administration for
failing to show solidarity following
Cracksgiving, when Tim Foster, Dean
of Student Affairs sent out a page long
email condemning the actions of the
men who participated in that act?
What do we achieve by pointing out
problems that the administration has
already acknowledged exist and are
already trying to solve? All it seems to

prove is that inequality still exists.
But I have never heard a Bowdoin
student articulate a belief that racism, sexism, homophobia, classism,
or transphobia dont exist. The only
disagreement on our campus is to
what extent they exist and how to best
eradicate them.
It is no longer productive to simply
point out that racism exists. We need
to take the next step. We need to stop
entrenching ourselves in our identities and start reaching out. We need
to start asking how we can overcome
the barriers we face and find a sense
of belonging together.
That man in Mac House is not
hopeless. That story didnt end with
sexual assault, just with a man needing to be told no a few times before
it sank in. I am not excusing this, but
to me he sounds more misguided
than malicious. He probably didnt
realize how he made that woman feel,
and she probably didnt realize that he
didnt know.
He could be taught to understand if
we attempted to empathize with him,
to patiently educate him, andfollowing Martin Luther Kings approach
to battling injusticeto love him.
You may argue that it is not the responsibility of a marginalized group

of people to teach its oppressor to be
better. That is true. You, as a woman,
have no responsibility to teach a man
not to harass you.
But choosing to be an activist is
committing yourself to a cause that
transcends just your identity. An activist must strive to take action that
continually moves the community
forward, even if that action involves
educating those youd rather shame.
An activist has a responsibility to
remove blame, recognize that we all
want the same thing, and strive for
understanding.
This fall, while working on a US
Senate campaign, I learned that by
far the most effective way to persuade
someone is to listen to them and truly
try to put yourself in their shoesto
show that you understand why they
view the world the way they do.
No one will listen to you if you
dont listen to them first.
The two most important questions
we as activists can ask ourselves are:
What does it feel like to be that man
in Mac? and, How do I show him
that I understand, so that he might try
to understand me?
Paradoxes of intolerance stifle progress Addressing climate justice

through systemic change
BY ADDIE BROWNE
CONTRIBUTOR
Does being intolerant of intolerance make Bowdoin an intolerant

place? During the two and a half
years that I have been on campus, the Bowdoin administration
has taken an increasingly assertive
stance on social issues, ranging from
the table tents scattered throughout
the dining halls that inform their
readers that gender is a spectrum, to
the more recent disciplinary action
taken against 14 mens lacrosse players who dressed up as Native Americans at a Thanksgiving-themed offcampus party.
The Colleges Statement on a Liberal Education states that the liberal education rests fundamentally on
the free exchange of ideason conversation and questioning. When
it comes to social issues, Bowdoin
makes it explicitly clear which ideas
are permissible on its campus and
which are not.
These social policies, championed by a relatively small percentage of faculty and students, are
more same minded than they are
open-minded. So my question is
this: Are we, thanks to our zero-tolerance approach to perceived social
injustice on campus, inadvertently
becoming the narrow-minded people we so vehemently condemn?
When it comes to
social issues, Bowdoin makes
it explicitly clear which ideas are
permissible on its campus
and which are not.
Stephen Covey, an American author and businessman, was most
well known for his theory that success in the business and personal
spheres stems from changes to a persons character ethic rather than
his or her personality ethic. He
noticed that America has become
infatuated in the last half-century
with personality fixes.
A personality fix, often summa-
rized by optimistic adages such as

attitude determines altitude or
think positive, is superficial in nature and fails to provoke a more substantive change in character.
Covey ultimately argues that only
by addressing the underlying character motivating our thoughts and
actions can real change occur.
I fear that Bowdoins approach to
social justice not only stifles debate
and free speech, but also takes a superficial personality fix approach
to solving social problems. Banning
words and actions and telling students how to think about race, gender and culture not only discourages
discourse, but also fails to address
fundamental social problems.
When someone uses the expression thats gay, the real insult
doesnt come from the words themselves; the insult comes from knowing that somewhere between the
age of one and 20, that student was
taught that people of different sexual orientations are somehow lesser
than those who are heterosexual.
Unfortunately, debating microaggressions does nothing to change the
underlying social fabric that gives
rise to them, and confounding ignorance with the manifestations of
ignorance is not only ineffective, but
also counterproductive. What good
does silencing those who disagree
with you do if you fail to change
their underlying beliefs? Imposing
one opinion on another is not the
path to a more accepting, compassionate world.
My fear is that Bowdoin isnt
producing a population that is going out into the world to make the
world a better place. Its creating a
generation of self-labeled activists who are setting out to eliminate one offensive word and action
at a time.
This mindset exerts powerful control over Bowdoins campus. In the
most recent Orwellian development,
the administration strongly discouraged the annual Inappropriate
Party, leading to its cancellation, and
thereby preventing any potential offense from occurring. Unfortunately, graduates emerging into the real
world are bound to be disappointed,

as the Bowdoin administration will
not be there to condemn at will any
act that offends.
BY JULIA BERKMANHILL
CONTRIBUTOR
My fear is that Bowdoin

isnt producing a population
that is going out into the
world to make the world
a better place.
The true tragedy comes from the
realization that Bowdoin could be
doing much, much more to battle
social injustice. The reality remains
that the time, energy and resources
put into prohibiting a Native American Halloween costume unfortunately did little to help those who
remain disadvantaged by the debilitating environment of reservations.
Rather than expending energy
on the seemingly unachievable and
ultimately superficial goal of becoming politically correct, we could be
making real change at the root of
social issues. In the words of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, What you are
shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot
hear what you say.
Bowdoin students are bright.
They are passionate. And they have
a billion dollar endowment. I want
to go to a liberal arts school that inspires leaders, not martyrs. Rather
than telling students what to do and
how to act, Bowdoin should be welcoming a diversity of opinions on
social issues.
It has to be OK for us to say that
we dont really agree with the hands
up, dont shoot photo, or that we
arent so sure about where the limits of cultural appropriation end,
or that not everyone finds the same
words offensive.
We have to be able to speak without fear of persecution or looks of
derision. Only through voicing and
discussing these different opinions
will we stay true to the mission of
our liberal arts school and become
articulate, educated citizens.
Addie Browne is a member of the
Class of 2016.
Growing up in New Haven, Conn.,

I was always reminded that we lived in
a state with one of the highest rates of
income inequality in the country. I also
grew up in a family thoroughly engaged
in sustainabilitymy dad made a compost bin for our backyard and installed
storm windows to save energy.
I absorbed those values, committing
myself to both social justice and mitigating climate change, but I saw them
as separate issues. Caring about the
environment was always sold to me as
buying more efficient light bulbs, not
as systemic change. Its easy to feel that
there is no way to take action beyond
personal behavior, so I focused on what
I could do. I recycled, turned off lights
and ate less meat.
I missed the larger picture. I missed
the fact that the coal plant in Bridgeport,
Conn. has been ranked the fifth most
environmentally unjust in the country.
I left Connecticut to major in environmental studies, thinking it was about
improving sustainability, but I learned
the field is completely intertwined with
social justice, and that systemic change
is necessary.
I chose to come to Bowdoin because
I believed, and continue to believe, that
it is a place full of people who care very
deeply about bettering society. Bowdoins
commitment to the common good was
something that resonated with me.
Two years later, I am still inspired by
this College, by the conversations we are
able to have, and by my peers working
so hard for causes they are so passionate about. But for me, there is a difference between being proud and being
complacent. I joined the divestment
campaign led by Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA) last year because I know
Bowdoin can do better and I wanted to
take concrete action.
Two weeks ago, we did. Over 200
Bowdoin students gathered in Smith
Union to reflect on and listen to the
experiences of their fellow students and
how they relate to five themes of justice:
race, gender, class, sexuality and climate.
We heard one students story of how the

fossil fuel industry is polluting her home
and how it is antithetical to Bowdoins
values to continue to profit off an industry that is perpetuating injustice.
We have a responsibility to act because
the fossil fuel industry is negatively impacting our own classmates. The fight
is about real people, some of whom you
may know. Its about more than carbon
its about a common fight against larger
systems of oppression. As Claudia Villar
15 closed the series of speeches with her
story, she reminded us, Its impossible to
choose just one issue to care about.
I, for one, needed that reminder. Every day, a group of us meet at 4 p.m. in
front of the polar bear statue outside of
the David Saul Smith Union for the climate justice minute. For me, this is a time
to reflect on climate justice and how it is
linked to other issues I care about.
However, it is also a time to emphasize the continued silence from our
administration. At the kick-off panel of
Intersections: People, Planet, and Power,
several professors affirmed that action
for climate justice must be demanded
from the grassroots.
Since BCA met with the Board of
Trustees in October, there have been
131 days of silence. In that time eight
schools have committed to some form
of divestment from fossil fuels, bringing the total to 26 worldwide. Divesting
is both morally imperative and entirely
possible. Bowdoin, with its dedication
to the common good, is at risk of falling behind. But right now, we have the
opportunity to lead and show our peer
schools what climate justice and the
common good look like.
Among other calls to action at the
Meeting in the Union, BCA reiterated its call for divestment and asked
for a Trustee to be appointed as divestment liaison to BCA by March 6. We
also pledged to escalate our action this
spring to show the College that if it wont
act, we will. Bowdoin must choose by
March 6its students fighting for climate justice or the industry hell-bent on
stopping us. Whose side are you on?
Julia Berkman-Hill is a member of
the Class of 2017.
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T BUFF. CHICK. BURGER, LONDON BROIL

M CHICKEN TENDERS, SPAGHETTI
PERFORMANCE
The Dancing Mind/Queer Black Bodies
In her lecture, Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes will explore the

connections between religion, activism, the Academy and
queer black bodies in the crusade for social justice.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m.
EVENT
Konbit Santes Efforts to Strengthen

Health Systems in Northern Haiti
Nate Nickerson of Konbit Sante will speak about his experiences working with a global health focused non-profit
in Haiti to help improve Haitian health care.
ES Common Room, Adams Hall. 1 p.m.
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TEARDROPS ON HIS GUITAR: From left to right, performers Eva Sibinga 17, Ryan Fowler 15 and Evan Montilla 17 played at a Bowdoin Music Collective concert last
Saturday in Chase Barn Chamber.
PERORMANCE
30 T BAKED ATLANTIC FISH, CHICKEN

23 M CHICKEN PICCATA, FETTUCCINE
SUNDAY
"Light/Dark"
Twelve actors will explore the themes of light and

dark through a series of scenes from Will Eno's play
"Middletown." Tickets are available for $2 at the
Smith Union Information Desk.
Wish Theater, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.
The Chapel. 7 p.m.
Award-winning Swiss-German author Jonas Lscher will

read an English translation of his novella, Barbarian
Spring, which follows a Swiss industrialist on the eve of the
global financial crisis.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7 p.m.
The Beauty of Crisis
35 T SWEET & SOUR PORK, JERK CHICKEN

8 M CHICKEN PARM, SAUTE STATION
Pianist Cyrus Chestnut will perform his eclectic style,

which combines jazz, gospel and Latin music.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinksi Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY
DANCE
Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University

of Toronto Ryan Balot will discuss the political philosophy
of the Greek historian Thucydides, who is the so-called
father of scientific history.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, 5 p.m.
ARTIST TALK
Cities at Sea
LECTURE
Thucydides on the Perlis of Manliness
"Motown Funk"
The African American Society will host its annual semiformal Ebony Ball. Expect it to funk you up.
Moulton Union. 10 p.m.
The Man From Oran
SATURDAY
26
1
Algerian filmmaker Lyes Salem will screen his political

drama, which follows a young man who becomes involved
in the Algerian Revolution and examines the personal and
societal costs of that bloody conflict.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
T PEPPERONI PIZZA, SPAGHETTI

M HAMBURGERS, PASTA BAR
PERFORMANCE
On tappelle Venus
Choreographer and Dancer Chantal Loial will perform

her piece, They Call You Venus, which plays tribute
to Sawtche, a woman who was brought to France and
exploited as a circus freak in the 19th century.
PERFORMANCE
Matthew Shipp
Pianist Matthew Shipp will bring his personal blend of free

jazz and modern classical music to campus. Shipp has been
recording since the 1980s. This performance is sponsored by
the Department of Music.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
FILM
"Cadillac Records"
The final film of the Black History Month Film Festival

centers on musicians who recorded for Chess Records
from the 1940s to the 1960s, including Chuck Berry,
played by Mos Def, and Etta James, portrayed by Beyonc Knowles.
EVENT
Spring Break
Begins
BREAK
39 T CHEESE RAVIOLI, CHICKEN MOLE

30 M TOFU STEAK, SAUTE STATION
WEDNESDAYY
EVENT
Past Futures
Curatorial fellow at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Sarah

Montross will give a preview tour of the new exhibit, which
explores the impact of the Space Race and Cold War technology on American artists from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 5:30 p.m.
36 T MUSSELS, SRI LANKAN DAHL

14 M MAC & CHEESE, GARDEN BURGER
THURSDAY
LECTURE
MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
Hester Blum, an English professor at Penn State, will examine

the differences between popular accounts of polar expeditions
and the accounts published by sailors themselves.
Shannon Hall, Hubbard Hall. 6 p.m.
Artist-in-Residence George Lopez will perform "futurist"

music and bring his audience into contact with the alien in
the history of music.
Rotunda, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 6:30 p.m.
The News from the Ends of the Earth
David Bruce 13 will return to campus to discuss the artwork

he produced as a Watson fellow, when he traveled the
around the world studying densely populated cities affected
by climate change.
Room 115, Edwards Arts Center. 7 p.m.
FILM
28
TUESDAY
LECTURE
Jazz! Gospel! Latin!
27 T FALAFEL, BBQ CHICKEN

22 M SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN, FETTUCCINE
RELIGIOUS EVENT
Chapel Service
PERFORMANCE
COMMON HOUR
10
Bach to "2001: A Space Odyssey"
11
LECTURE
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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Wil Smith, a Bowdoin graduate

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: LIGHT/DARK

FEATURES: TALK OFTHE QUAD

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Raisa Tolchinsky 17 on the value of doing nothing and

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