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College to break ground

on Roux Center in May
By Isabelle Hall
Orient Staff
A formal groundbreaking cer-
emony for the Roux Center for the
Environmenta new environmental
studies building to be located on the
corner of College Street and Harp-
swell Roadwill take place on May
12. The project remains on track to
open in the fall of 2018.
The Center was approved by
the Brunswick Planning Board on
March 28 and awaits official autho-
rization by the Board of Trustees.
Construction is expected to begin
on June 1.
The two-and-a-half story build-
ing will feature a large glass atrium
with stadium-style bench seating as
well as a terraced deck and a living
roof with plants that students can
use for research. Senior Vice Presi-
dent for Finance and Treasurer Matt
Orlando emphasized the openness
and versatility of the Roux Cen-
ters design.
Most of our academic buildings
were built 50 [or] 100 years ago, and
you have a very traditional sort of
Program Matthew Klingle said the
Roux Centers classroom and office
setup will demonstrate the Colleges
interdisciplinary approach to the
study of the environment.
Students sometimes mistakenly
think, as do people from outside of
the College, that we have an environ-
mental science program, said Klin-
gle. Couldnt be farther from the
truth. Its an environmental studies
program, which means that we inte-
grate and interrogate and synthesize
from the sciences, the social scienc-
es, the arts and the humanities. And
my hope is that the building will be
a physical representation ofas well
as facilitatethose ongoing efforts
to show that the study of the envi-
ronment really is the study of the
liberal arts.
Floors in the Center will not be
assigned by department, which
Klingle hopes will foster coopera-
tion between professors and stu-
dents across different fields.
Here at Roux, faculty are pur-
posely going to be mixed up, he
said. My hope is that walking ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
through the hallways, youll have WHO TELLS YOUR STORY: Hayley Nicholas (left) and Olivia Ware 20 perform in RISE, a performance about gender and sexuality.

V-Day debuts original play based

lecture-style classroom experience, those random conversations, those
said Orlando. With the technol- chance encounters, those opportu-
ogy were going to put in the build- nities where students and faculty
ing and the flexible classrooms and and staff will engage with one an-

on experiences of Bowdoin women

flexible furniture, this will provide a
lot of flexibility to professors to con-
duct classes in a variety of ways.
The building is set to be the first
on campus to attain Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) Platinum certification, ac-
cording to the guidelines established
by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The College, which does not own
all of the abutting property, has
worked closely with the Roux Cen-
ters future neighbors.
As far as the Roux Center, I would
say that we are cautiously optimis-
tic, said Kevin Cashman, who lives
in the nearby neighborhood. Bow-
doin did a good job, in our opinion,
reaching out to us, trying to include
us in the placement of the building,
the landscaping piece.
Associate Professor of History
and Environmental Studies and Di-
other around common interests on
the environment.
The building will not have its own
parking, and users will be expected
to utilize the lot behind the Asian
Studies building or the Coffin Street
lot.
Theres no need for additional
parking, Director of Capital Proj-
ects Don Borkowski. If the lot be-
hind Asian Studies is full, youll be
able to take the driveway down and
park in the Coffin Lot.
For the past year, a group of faculty
and staff known as the Roux Commit-
tee has been working with contractors
and architects from Cambridge Seven
Associates Inc. in order to design a
building that best serves the needs of
the College. Their efforts will continue
even as construction begins.
[The committee] remains actively
Please see ROUX, page 3
By Claudia Pou
Orient Staff
This evening, Bowdoin V-Day, an
organization dedicated to fighting
sexual violence against women and
girls, will end nearly 20 years of per-
forming The Vagina Monologues
due to debate about the Monologues
presenting a one-dimensional, out-
dated portrayal of womanhood. In its
place, V-Day is debuting the student-
written show, RISE: Untold Stories of
Bowdoin Women.
The show is directed by Amanda
Spiller 17 and Emiley Charley 17,
and was written by the team of Spill-
er, Mariam-Boubacar Nimaga 17,
Rebecca Fisher 17, Ellie Heywood
19 and Aziza Janmohamed 19.
There had been talk the past
couple of years about how concep-
tions of female sexuality and gender
had sort of changed, said Heywood,
who in addition to writing RISE is a
leader of V-Day. I think [The Va-
gina Monologues] doesnt show the
nuance and complexities and inter-
sectionalities of being a woman and
other identities on this campus and
so it doesnt have that universality
that it used to have.
There were also complaints that
the writer of The Vagina Mono-
logues, Eve Ensler, distanced the
womens stories from the truth by
conducting group interviews and
then writing the monologues her-
self. RISE was written based on the
stories of women on Bowdoins cam-
pus collected through submissions
in an online forum and interviews.
The directors and actors of the show
made efforts to stay as true as pos-
sible to the womens stories, while
still preserving anonymity.
It is a play, but we also want to be
cognizant and conscious of the fact
that these are stories on campus, and
Please see RISE, page 7

Ives to depart from spiritual heart of campus

rector of the Environmental Studies

By Julian Andrews
Orient Staff
Director of Religious and Spiritual
Life Bob Ives 69 will retire at the end
of the year. A beloved campus figure,
Ives taught classes and supported
Bowdoins student faith groups as well
as individual students working on
navigating their faith and spiritual life
at the College.
Interacting with students and en-
gaging with their questions surround-
ing religion and spirituality has been
a highlight for Ives, who has held his
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS position since 2013.
PICTURE THIS: A rendering of the Roux Center for the Environment, the new environmental [My favorite part has been] be-
studies building that will be constructed on the corner of College Street and Harpswell Road. ing with the students, working with
them, sharing with themjust the
discussions Ive been able to have
with them about navigating spiritual
and religious life, said Ives. Dealing
with questions like, What makes life
meaningful? What makes life worth
living? what should I do to serve
in this life in a meaningful kind of
way?those types of discussions are
always very thrilling and very impor-
tant to me.
Along with teaching his ever-pop-
ular Shaker box-making class, Ives
played a large role in helping Bow-
doins faith groups find their place
on campus. His efforts were not tied
to any one religion. He worked to
designate a distinct Muslim Prayer
Room and helped establish Jummah
Salat prayer services, assisted in the
organization of services for the Hindu
high holidays Diwali and Holi and ad-
vises the Catholic Students Union and
Bowdoin Community Gospel Choir,
along with other faith groups.
He is one of the most good hearted,
kind and genuine people I have ever
met, wrote Mariama Sowe 18, leader
of the Muslim Students Association
(MSA) in an email to the Orient. He
exudes peace and I admire him for
all those characteristics. He has done
so much to help the MSA develop a
presence on campus and make Bow-
Please see IVES, page 4

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2 news the bowdoin orient friday, april 14, 2017

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as "Big Blue" 62 What you might get 15 16 17
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7 Turn to ____ time at this College 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jackie Jacques 19
(become very House? 28 29 29 30 31 32
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or something."
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23 Point in the right 3 Chinese chairman
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38 Lasses 58 Crumb carrier
25 Persian, e.g. 5 Santa ____, Calif.
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Last week's answers COMPILED BY GWEN DAVIDSON AND ANN BASU

SECURITY REPORT: 4/6 to 4/12

Thursday, April 6
A male passenger in a black Pontiac SUV
accosted a College employee who was walking
on Bath Road at 9:13 a.m. Security was able to
provide identifying vehicle information to the
Brunswick police.
A student reported a man acting suspi-
ciously in the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
A security officer located and identified the man
and he left campus without incident.
Friday, April 7
A student reported that someone entered
his unlocked vehicle and stole a pair of sunglass-
es in the back lot at Pine Street Apartments.
Brunswick police cited a student for leav-
ing the scene of a motor vehicle crash and failure
to report. The incident occurred on Harpswell
Road on April 1.
Saturday, April 8
An officer checked on the wellbeing of an
intoxicated student at Thorne Hall.
Brunswick Rescue transported an in-
toxicated student from Ladd House to Mid
Coast Hospital.
An intoxicated student became sick in
Thorne Hall during Super Snacks.
A group of students reported they were
being followed by an unknown man while
they were walking near Pleasant and Stanwood
streets. The man left the area and there were no
further issues.
An officer escorted a student with abdomi-
nal pain to Mid Coast Hospital.
Brunswick police responded to a disorderly
incident between a student and a local resident
in the parking lot at Lighthouse Variety & Deli
on Harpswell Road. There were no charges filed.
Sunday, April 9
An officer checked on the wellbeing of an
intoxicated student at Baxter House.
An officer assisted an intoxicated student at
Thorne Hall.
An officer aided a student in emotional dis-
tress on the main Quad.
A black Giant bicycle was stolen from the
north bike rack at Appleton Hall. The bike was
unlocked and unregistered.
Students in Chamberlain Hall reported sev-
eral recent incidents of someone urinating inside
the halls elevator.
Monday, April 10 A student reported two suspicious men on
An officer warned a local resident for dump- the main Quad at midnight. The men were lo-
ing trash in a Brunswick Apartments dumpster. cated and they left the campus without incident.
A black and red Trek mountain bike was
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
stolen from the south bike rack at Howell House.
The bike was unlocked and unregistered.
A student reported fender damage to a
parked car at Brunswick Apartments.
Brunswick Rescue evaluated a student at
Smith Union who had fainted.
A visiting juvenile vandalized several femi-
nine hygiene products in the mens rest room at
Thorne Hall. The matter was referred the juve-
niles school counsellor.
Tuesday, April 11
A student having a gallstone attack was
taken to Mid Coast Hospital.
Students reported the smell of marijua-
na smoke in the second floor mens room at
Maine Hall.
Wednesday, April 12
A student reported a suspicious vehicle in
the area of Pine Street and Bath Road. A security
officer located the vehicle owner and took appro-
priate action. GWEN DAVIDSON
friday, april 14, 2017 the bowdoin orient
NEWS IN BRIEF BASE program hopes to continue success COMPILED BY JESSICA PIPER
By Artur Kalandrov
FALUDI NAMED PULITZER
Orient Staff
Despite a high number of faculty
PRIZE FINALIST FOR MEMOIR eligible for sabbatical next year, the
Bowdoin Advising Program to Sup-
port Academic Excellence (BASE)
Susan Faludi, research associate in Gender, Sexuality and Womens Stud- program will likely maintain its ex-
ies (GSWS), was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the autobiography panded size for at least two years,
category for her memoir, In the Darkroom, (Metropolitan Books). The according to Professor of Anthropol-
book explored her relationship with her father, a Hungarian Jewish Holo- ogy and Faculty Liaison for Advising
caust survivor who underwent gender reassignment surgery at age 76. Sara Dickey.
In the Darkroom won the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction last November. In Five more faculty advisors were
February, Faludi spoke about the book and read excerpts at Bowdoin. added to the program this academic
Im a writer and thats how I come to terms with things I dont under- year, bringing the total to 15. The documents for incoming students be-
stand, she told the Orient in February. Whether it got published or not, [I increase in faculty advisers allowed
wrote it] to figure it out in my own life, [to] figure out my relationship with 45 students to participate in the pro-
my father. gram, compared to 30 the previous
Faludi previously won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991 in explanatory reporting year. The program will continue with
for an article she wrote for the Wall Street Journal about layoffs in the wake 45 students for the next two years and
of a buyout of the supermarket chain Safeway stores. then will be evaluated.
BASE is an intensive advising pro-
gram for first-year students who may
experience difficulty adjusting to aca-
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER demic and social life at Bowdoin. The
program specifically targets first-gen-
COMING TO BRUNSWICK eration students and students coming
to Bowdoin from under-resourced
schools. Meetings between faculty
Brunswick Landingthe site of the former naval base, located approxi-
College stands by trustee amid Barclays woes
mately 10 minutes from the Collegewill become the site of a production
facility for amphibious sport aircraft, the Times Record reported on April 4.
Atol Avion, a Finnish company, partnered with an American investor
group to form Atol USA, and plans to have its North American headquarters
at Brunswick Landing, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Its aircraft, the Atol 650, holds two passengers and is expected to sell for
$179,000. As a light sport aircraft, flying it requires only a sports pilots li- By Jessica Piper
Orient Staff
cense, which can be obtained with less training time than that needed for
a conventional private pilots license, according to the Press Herald. Sports Jes Staley 79, a member of the Board
license pilots can only fly smaller aircrafts at lower altitudes and are not al- of Trustees and CEO of Barclays, re-
lowed to fly at night. ceived a significant cut to his 2016
Atol USA hopes to begin building planes in 2019. bonus pay after an internal company
investigation revealed that he sought to
unmask the identity of a whistleblower
ROUX
plan, theres still a lot of work that will who had expressed concern about one
happen over the course of the next of the banks executives, Bloomberg re-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 year until the building opens. ported on Sunday.
The Roux Center for the Environ- Speaking on behalf of the admin-
involved in design issues, and think- ment was funded by a $10 million istration, Senior Vice President for
ing about what is active learning, how gift from Barbara and David Roux, Communications and Public Affairs
does it take place in a classroom, what which has since been augmented by
kind of classroom setups are ideal for other funds secured by President
Jes is a wonderful and dedicated alumnus
and very active and valuable trustee, and
learning and teaching, said Interim Rose and the Office of Development.
Dean for Academic Affairs Jen Scan- Eduardo Jaramillo contributed to
lon. Although we have the building this report. we are fortunate that he is part of the
Bowdoin community.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCOTT HOOD
Scanlon returning to full-time GSWS professorship
By Eduardo Jaramillo
Orient Staff
Interim Dean for Academic Affairs
Jennifer Scanlon will return to the
role of full-time Professor of Gender,
Sexuality and Womens Studies
(GSWS) next semester. Scanlon has
served as interim dean for academic
affairs for the past two years and was
associate dean for two years before
that, while also teaching part-time.
In December, the College announced
that Elizabeth McCormack, currently
professor of physics at Bryn Mawr
College, will become dean of academic
affairs effective July 1. McCormack will
also teach physics at Bowdoin.
As the interim dean for academic
affairs, Scanlon has been involved
in a number of significant projects,
including the Colleges reaccreditation
process and the development of the new
Roux Center for the Environment. She
is excited to be back in the classroom
next semester and has already begun
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS making preparations for her courses.
IMAGINE THAT: A computer-generated rendering of the Roux Center for the Environment. I keep getting new books out of
Construction will begin in June and the building is expected to open in the fall of 2018. the library and thinking about my
and students who are part of the pro-
gram focus on students becoming bet-
ter acquainted with campus resources,
study skills and class scheduling.
Dickey does not anticipate issues in
recruiting BASE advisers, as a number
of faculty have expressed interest in
the program. She is currently recruit-
ing faculty to be BASE advisers for
next year.
Dickey and Interim Dean for First
Year Students Melissa Quinby deter-
mine eligibility for the program by
reviewing Common Apps and related
their advisees at least once every two
fore inviting first years to apply.
Dickey says that despite the in-
crease in size of the program, its goal
remains the same.
[We want] to make the transition
to Bowdoin easier, but also to make
students feel really at home at Bow-
doin and to be able to make use of all
the skills they have as well as everyone
else here, she said.
Currently, 61 faculty members have
been trained as BASE advisors. Ap-
proximately one-third of pre-major
advisors have received training for the
Scott Hood stated the Colleges sup-
port for Staley but declined to com-
ment further.
Jes is a wonderful and dedicated
alumnus and very active and valuable
trustee, and we are fortunate that he
is part of the Bowdoin community,
Hood wrote in an email to the Orient.
Staley was first elected to the Board
of Trustees in 2007. In 2012, he was
re-elected for a five-year term, which
expires this spring. During the 2014-
2015 academic year, he chaired the
18-member Presidential Search Com-
mittee that ultimately hired President
I keep getting new books out of the library and
thinking about my courses and whats changed
in the scholarly work since I taught last.
INTERIM DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS JEN SCANLON
courses and whats changed in the
scholarly work since I taught last,
she said.
Professor of GSWS Kristen
Ghodsee is also excited to see
Scanlon returning to the classroom.
Itll be nice I think for her to have
the opportunity to be in a classroom
and shes teaching Feminist Theory,
which is one of our core courses,
Ghodsee said.
In addition to Feminist Theory,
Scanlon will be teaching a first-year
seminar entitled Bad Girls of the
1950s.
Tessa Westfall 18, a GSWS major,
was happy to learn that Scanlon will be
teaching next year. Westfall commented
on some of the challenges of studying
GSWS, including difficulties like being
taken seriously as GSWS major.
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BASE program. This year, half of the
advisors were new to the program and
half had done it before. BASE lasts one
year, after which the students remain
with their faculty pairs for standard
pre-major advising as sophomores.
Professors who take part in the pro-
gram are provided with a research
stipend in their first year. The stipend
decreases by 50 percent for the second
year and ceases for the third.
Professors who choose to become
BASE advisors undergo intensive
training and are expected to meet with
weeks. Dickey said that the response
to the program has been very positive
from both students and faculty, based
on yearly surveys.
Even though most students are
positive about [advising], BASE stu-
dents are noticeably more positive
[and] that has to do with the quality
of the relationship with their advisor,
said Dickey. Every year BASE faculty
talk about how much they learned
about advising, that they really liked
having that kind of connected rela-
tionship with their advisee.
Clayton Rose. Staley was named CEO
of Barclays in October 2015.
The law firm Simmons & Simmons,
hired by Barclays to investigate the in-
cident, determined that Staley honest-
ly, but mistakenly, believed that it was
permissible to identify the whistle-
blower, according to Forbes.
In a statement to The New York
Times, Staley apologized for his actions
and promised to fully comply with the
British and American regulators who
are investigating the incident.
I have apologized to the Barclays
board and accepted its conclusion that
my personal actions in this matter were
errors on my part, he said. I will also
accept whatever sanction it deems ap-
propriate. I will cooperate fully with
the Financial Conduct Authority and
the Prudential Regulatory Authority,
which are now both examining this
matter.
Staley could not be reached
for comment.
I think thats just proof that its
worth studying, that people still
dont see it as a valid thing to look
at and to explore in an academic
context, said Westfall.
Last year Bowdoin hired Assistant
Professor of GSWS Jay Sosa, who
is a full-time tenure-track faculty
member and will be teaching two
GSWS courses in the fall.
There are currently a total of nineteen
rising junior and senior majors in the
GSWS program. As it is a program, not
a department, many GSWS courses
are taught by faculty who specialize
in other fields. In addition to the core
courses currently offered in GSWS
next semester, 13 courses originating
in other departments are cross-listed
with GSWS, for a total of 18 GSWS
courses this fall.
4 news
From Plan B to Plan A: Health Centers Housing focus groups gather
evolving guidance on contraception student, community opinions
By Emily Cohen
Orient Staff
The Health Center has seen an in-
creased demand for longer-term con-
traceptives among students concerned
about insurance coverage of birth con-
trol, according to Director of Health
Services Jeffrey Maher. This increase
in demand for long-acting reversible
birth control coincides with the Health
Centers current emphasis on educa-
tion about more proactive, effective
forms of preventing pregnancy
Under the Affordable Care Act, pri-
vate health insurance plans have begun
reducing or eliminating co-pays and
deductibles on contraceptives. Due to
potential new government mandates,
Maher said that more students are con-
sidering taking advantage of current
health insurance coverage as well as the
Health Centers guidance.
I think what we have our antenna
up for are women who are looking for
contraception help because of the po-
litical climate, said Maher. There is a
real political discussion about womens
healthand will contraception, for ex-
ample, be covered by insurance the way
it is now?
Even before this recent increase in
demand, the Health Center has helped
students to obtain long-acting reversible
contraceptives, such as intrauterine de-
vices (IUDs) or contraceptive implants.
Because these devices require a special-
ized procedure to insert, the Health
Center helps connect students request-
ing them to Planned Parenthood in Top-
sham, where they can get the procedure.
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doin more of a home away from home
for Muslims on campus. Were all im-
mensely grateful for his eagerness to
help, his openness, and his generosity.
Were definitely going to miss him and
I wish him the absolute best in retire-
ment.
Jack Lucy 17, head of the Catholic
Students Union, called Ives irreplace-
able and spoke to his encyclopedic
knowledge of religious and spiritual
resources both at Bowdoin and in the
local area as well as his creativity in
helping groups plan and execute pro-
gramming.
I think anyone who has worked
with Bob or has even seen him from
afar on this campus knows what a
genuine and caring presence he has
been. His goals have always been to
serve students first and to put the
needs and wants and goals of students
before anything else, Lucy said. Bob
has been a tremendous resource ...
hes been working in the field of reli-
gious life for a long time and he has
a great mental catalogue of Bowdoin
people who are working in religious
life and people in the midcoast Maine
community, so hes been a really great
resource. Were going to really miss
him, but hes definitely earned this re-
tirement.
For Ives, his work revolved around
helping students discover their re-
lationship with spirituality and reli-
gion rather than assigning them to a
specific doctrine. Understanding and
cooperation between religions were
central features of his tenure at Bow-
doin. Ives facilitates interfaith council,
which brings students of many faiths
together for discussions and holds in-
terfaith services in the Chapel.
The whole aim for me has always
In recent years, the Health Center
has generally shifted its focus away
from unrestricted access to emer-
gency contraceptives, such as Plan
B One-Step, and toward education
about other, more effective forms
of birth control, including IUDs
and implants.
The Health Center still offers Plan
B for free to any student of any gen-
der who asks but requests that the
student meet with a staff member
before being given the medication to
discuss other options for longer-term
contraception. If students need Plan
B when the Health Center is closed
and buy it over the weekend, the
Health Center reimburses them.
They have dispensed Plan B in this
way since the Health Center stopped
sponsoring Plan B Days, on which
any student could pick up the medica-
tion from the Health Center without
a consultation.
Health Services Physician Assistant
Julie Gray said that rather than hav-
ing students rely on Plan B, the goal
of the Health Center is to emphasize
Plan A, or more proactive and effec-
tive forms of contraception that offer a
long-term reliable solution, instead of a
situational one.
We can do better than this, she
said. There are much more effective
means of contraception, and maybe
we need to be spending as much time
talking about those as we are about
Plan B.
The Health Center attempts to
align its practices with evidence
from up-to-date medical studies,
SPIRITED AWAY: Director of Religious and Spiritual Life Bob Ives announced his retirement.
been to just help students to basically
learn to live without fear and to love
without reserve and to willingly work
for the common good of others, he
said. Those have been my three basic
hopes always to do that, and its been
a joy to try and help individuals to ac-
complish that.
Ives worked in admissions for a
year after graduating in 1969 before
returning in 2013 and maintains a
strong connection to the College. Al-
though he is leaving his position at
Bowdoin, students should not be sur-
prised to see him around campus.
My son in-law works here and my
three little grandchildren utilize all
the facilities because they are in Har-
riet Beecher Stowe school right over
here so they learned to swim here, he
said. Ill always come back to see such
the bowdoin orient
which have largely shown that, glob-
ally, the availability of Plan B has
not reduced the rate of unintended
pregnancies, according to Gray. Of
fifteen studies testing the effect of
Plan B, one showed a decrease in the
unintended pregnancies rate. Gray
attended a Contraceptive Technol-
ogy conference at the end of March,
which addressed these findings and
others.
Gray and Maher agreed that the best
way to provide birth control is to in-
form students of their options and the
effectiveness of each and to then per-
sonalize a plan to suit a students needs
and desires.
To sort of couple medical counsel-
ing with medications at this point
seems to be better medicine and better
nursing, and so our Health Center here
has sort of adopted that approach,
said Maher.
Plan B is and probably will always
be something that we provide, be-
cause its a necessary tool, Gray said.
Its just recognizing that theres so
much more that we can do to empow-
er women who dont want to become
pregnant, to take charge of that. And
so I think that the goal is always going
to be education.
Gray noted that many colleges and
universities do not offer Plan B free of
charge, as Bowdoin does.
I think our Bowdoin students have
great access, without financial restric-
tion, to every form of contraception
there is, and I was really reminded that
we do a great job in removing financial
barriers, said Gray.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIIENT
dear friends and wonderful people
here on this campus.
While Ives, who is 71, will be missed
by the Bowdoin community in his re-
tirement, he is ready to step away.
I come an hour from the east
from Pemaquid, Maine and some-
times as I stay on in the evening it
can be very tiring and driving home
my wife is very nervous about me
falling asleep which I have done
from time to time, so I think its
about time to call it a day, he said.
Its just been such a wonderful time
here at Bowdoin.
Its going to be a hard task [to re-
place him]. Bowdoin definitely always
brings in highly qualified people, but
Bob Ives is definitely a cut above, said
Lucy.
Isabelle Hall contributed to this report.
By Pete Bull
Orient Staff
The College working group on off-
campus housing has been gathering
opinions from a broad range of stu-
dents with a goal of formulating a
comprehensive off-campus housing
policy to present to the administra-
tion later this month. Since forming
in February, the group has hosted fo-
cus groups, general surveys and two
public forums.
At open forums, several neighbors
of the College discussed issues that
arise from Bowdoin students living
in the community. Concerns includ-
ed the lack of regulation for parties
and drinking, as well as low student
investment in maintenance of rental
properties and noise and disturbanc-
es resulting from late-night parties.
At focus groups for College House
members, students noted how off-
campus houses have changed Bow-
doins social scene.
The party scene last year had sig-
nificant turnout [at College Houses]
every week and off-campus groups
asked to use our facilities all the
time. There wasnt the same amount
of people living off campus or throw-
ing parties in general. This year, we
almost have to beg teams to use our
space, said Phoebe Bradberry 19,
programming director for Baxter
House. Baxter and Ladd [Houses
used to] throw a campus wide almost
every weekendnow there are only
two per semester for each house.
Amber Rock 19, vice president of
MacMillan House, noted the exclu-
sive nature of off-campus parties.
[Focus groups] were mostly fo-
cused on creating ways to make
BSG amends bylaws, introduces
proposal supporting faculty diversity
By Horace Wang
Orient Staff
On Wednesday evening, Bowdoin
Student Government (BSG) voted
on two proposals and discussed
three others.
At-Large Representative Jacob Rus-
sell 17 introduced two proposals.
Proposal 141544 suggested amend-
ments to BSG bylaws. The proposal
gave greater flexibility to the structure
of general assembly meetings, which
had often ignored BSG bylaws. Rus-
sells other proposal, Proposal 141545,
dealt with the Presidents power to
veto legislation submitted by assem-
bly members, changing the majority
required to overturn a veto from a
five-sixth to two-thirds. Both propos-
als passed.
Proposal 141543, introduced by
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Evelyn Sanchez 17, involved faculty
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a more inclusive way of living off
campus, Rock said. Because the
problem is that when College Hous-
es dont throw parties, it leaves off-
campus parties, which are inherently
exclusive. It makes it harder for first
years that dont have somewhere to
go.
Students also voiced potential so-
lutions, including improvements to
on-campus upperclass living, partic-
ularly the creation of larger, house-
style spaces capable of accommodat-
ing between eight and 12 students,
as well as firm regulations or guide-
lines for students who choose to live
off campus.
In addition to the forums, where
students met with working group
members, the working group also
circulated surveys among students,
faculty and neighbors of the College.
Survey results and comments from
the meetings will be used in the cre-
ation of the groups final off-campus
housing policy recommendation,
which will be submitted to the ad-
ministration later this month.
For the 2017-2018 academic year,
the College will allow only 200 stu-
dents to live off campus; the working
groups recommendations may im-
pact future policy.
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Fos-
ter announced the new limit on the
number of students permitted to live
off campus as well as the formation
of the working group in an email to
the student body in January. Prior
to this announcement, Bowdoin was
one of only two colleges in the NES-
CAC without any official off-campus
housing policy, despite having the
second highest rate of students living
off campus.
diversity. The proposal pledged BSGs
support for a more racially diverse
faculty that better reflected the racial
composition of the Bowdoin stu-
dent population.
The remaining two proposals were
brought to the f loor by At-Large
Representatives Joe Lace 17 and
Quincy Leech 17. Proposal 141546,
titled The Bowdoin Hello, encour-
aged members of the assembly to be
more social around campus. Lace
and Leech also introduced Proposal
141547, which allowed the assembly
to appoint two BSG historians, per
year, who would document past as-
sembly meetings.
In accordance with BSG bylaws, the
assembly will wait two weeks before
voting on the three proposals they
spoke about on Wednesday.
BSG members also discussed the
student government conference which
Bowdoin hosted last weekend.
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friday, april 14, 2017 the bowdoin orient 5

BEHIND THE NAME TAG

Get a clue about your brew: Molly Safford makes it possible

By Hannah Rafkin
Orient Staff
Anyone who has enjoyed an iced
mocha, a London fog or a Sunrise
Smoothie from The Caf in the past
two years probably has Molly Safford
to thank. Safford has worked in The
Caf since Fall 2015, though she pre-
viously worked for Jack Magees Pub
and Grill.
A Brunswick native, Safford was
born at Parkview Hospital, graduated
from Brunswick High School in 2000
and attended Southern New Hamp-
shire University at Cooks Corner.
I dont go very far, she said with
a smile.
Safford has fond memories of her
upbringing in Brunswick.
You could go everywhere by foot.
I walked to school, I walked to work,
anywhere I needed to go. Everything
was downtown. I loved the freedom
of being able to walk everywhere,
she said.
Safford has watched Brunswick
evolve over the years.
Its a little more crowded. Theres a
lot more people that are interested in
being in Brunswick. I think its on the
track of being more like Portland.
Safford describes herself as family-
oriented. She has two daughtersan
11-year-old and a nine-year-old.
We cook dinners every night, and
on the weekends its birthday parties HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
and you name it, she said. ORDER UP: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Molly Safford, Eliza Huber-Weiss 17 , Diego Grossmann 20 work at The Caf. Safford grew up in Brunswick and now lives with her family in Durham,
Her daughters play softball, soccer
Maine. She worked at the Jack Magees Pub and Grill until 2015 when she moved upstairs to The Cafa job she finds more fast-paced than working at the Pub.
and basketball. They also do Out-
ward Bound, perform in school plays room], she said. letic teams and often sports crew and ing out the canisters of hot coffee, seasons change. As students begin
and help with their garden at their Safford has made close personal softball gear while on the job. and then prepares the iced coffee. donning shorts and lounging on the
Durham, Maine, home. connections to students and faculty, You see people every day. If I dont The staff freezes large cubes of iced Quad toward the end of the year, iced
They keep me busy, she said. particularly a number of her 22 stu- know you by name I pretty much know coffee inside recycled containers, coffee becomes particularly popular.
On occasion, they come into work dent coworkers. It is hard for her to see what you drink or eat. So sometimes and then pours hot coffee on top This past Mondaya notably warm
with their mom. The girls that work them graduate each year, but former Ill have your order ready, Safford said. to ensure that its cooled down and daywas no exception.
here take them around and hang out coworkers often come back to visit her Mornings at The Caf begin at 6 ready to be served. We ran out! she said.
with them. Theyll go downstairs and at The Caf. a.m., and work begins the second Safford said she notices spikes in Saffords Caf favorites, though, are
play pool or ping pong [in the game Safford is a big fan of Bowdoins ath- Safford arrives. She starts by bring- the demand for certain drinks as the the iced mochas and fresh pastries.

Semester Off program in Wellesley, MA helps students find their footing

By Calder McHugh and Lucia Ryan
Orient Staff
On January 31, the Orient received an
email from Dr. Ilan Goldberg with an invi-
tation. Almost two months after publishing
an article concerning the politics, process
and practice of medical leaves at Bowdoin,
Goldberg reached out to let us know about
his own program, Semester Off.
After learning more about Semester Off,
based in Wellesley, MA, we decided to ac-
cept Dr. Goldbergs invitation to visit. Se-
mester Off is a nascent program, wrestling
with many of the difficulties associated with
taking time away that were uncovered in
the December article.
Semester Off is a dual-educational
enrichment and counseling program for
high school and college students strug-
gling to maintain their mental health in
highly rigorous academic environments.
The program is run on a 10-14 week,
Monday-Friday schedule, each day struc-
tured with a mix of academic classes,
meditation sessions, reflection periods
and physical activity. Students complete
the program full-time while taking time
off from their respective institutions.
I had the experience of seeing a lot of
my fellow students who were amazingly
bright, driven people, doing well, and oth-
ers who were all bright but some were less
driven and would fall into traps and strug-
gled in various waysincluding a few of
my roommatesand took time away
from college, said Goldberg, who cites his
undergraduate experience at Amherst as
the inspiration for founding Semester Off.
It takes away some of the college pressure. There
are some people herecollege just isnt for them,
but they need time to figure [that] out.
ZOE SWEENEY, A STUDENT IN SEMESTER OFF
I remember thinking back then that
these people were good people from good
families, educated, it didnt make sense to
me why they were struggling and what
made even less sense to me was why they
came back to college a semester or year
later almost completely unchanged from
who they were, he continued.
After graduating from Amherst, Gold-
berg went on to work as a teacher at a
therapeutic boarding school, eventually
returning to graduate school to study psy-
chiatry. It wasnt until he was a practicing
psychiatrist, treating high school and col-
lege-aged young adults with similar strug-
gles as those that troubled his classmates
in college, when Goldberg began thinking
about what a program like Semester Off
would look like.
There was need to address here with
this specific population that included giv-
ing them a support group and some life
skills and some academic skills and just
general wellness that wasnt in existence
and straddled worlds of mental health
and education and just growing up and
becoming more mature and becoming
adult, he said.
The program, situated in the basement
of an office building on Washington
Street in Wellesley, boasts a meditation
room, a kitchen where students learn to
comfortably use household appliances
and access to a green space across from a
parking lot. Goldberg also teaches a gen-
eral psychology course that can be taken
for college credit through Farmington
State University.
Goldberg stressed the academic rigor
of his course, which was confirmed by
Zoe Sweeney, a student at the program
who is enrolled at Boston College.
The classes here, particularly [Gold-
bergs] class, have quite a bit of work and
its interesting, its engaging, it does chal-
lenge [me in] all those aspects of what typ-
ical academic college looks like. And thats
been really good for me, said Sweeney.
Semester Off accepts students with a
wide array of academic capabilities and
interestsone of the programs challenges
has been making an equally enriching
experience possible for all. Sweeney be-
lieves that the program has been large-
ly successful.
It takes away some of that college pres-
sure. There are some people herecollege
just isnt for them, but they need time to
figure [that] out, she said.
Like many of the students featured
in the Orients article on medical leaves,
Sweeney also felt a push from the admin-
istration at her school to take time off.
As soon as they get an inkling that
something is wrong, they push you to take
a leave I was grateful for that later, said
Sweeney. But I wish there had been more
support initially so that the leave wasnt
the only option.
As was true for several Bowdoin stu-
dents who spoke with the Orient about
their time-off decisions, many students
dealing with mental health issues in col-
lege seek a middle ground between a
regimented, full course-load schedule and
a less strenuous one without sacrificing
degree of academic pressure. In founding
Semester Off, Goldberg recognized that
many students across different institu-
tions seek options beyond medical leaves.
The goal for students is to create a
path for them that feels right, said Gold-
berg. Many students go to college be-
cause thats the thing to do, and we want
them to be mindful and to understand
themselves, what their talents are, what
their passions are Its to help them
learn about themselves, to give them skill
so that theyre empowered.
Because the program just began in Jan-
uary 2015, it does not yet have the foun-
dation to offer financial aid. Currently,
tuition is $14,860 per semester.
I wouldnt say that everybodys paid
the same amount. There have been times
that families have demonstrated financial
need [and we] were able to reduce the tu-
ition, said Goldberg.
What we would like to see happen is
that we are able to form a non-profit wing
to our operations or to partner with an ex-
isting non-profit where scholarship mon-
eys can be collected and philanthropists
can give, and that would partially or fully
subsidize students who couldnt afford the
tuition, he continued.
The program currently supports about
10 students a semester, though Goldberg
and his team tend to maintain relation-
ships with their students after they gradu-
ate the program to ensure they remain
stable and healthy.
6 features the bowdoin orient friday, april 14, 2017

Fancy French wine from Tess Market soothes two college reviewers
BOTTOM OF
THE BARRELL
by Will Schweller and Justin Ramos
Its amazing the amount of crap we
write that hits the cutting room floor
before you kind souls read our writ-
ing. We are men prone to waxing
nostalgic. We are men prone
to making the same six jokes,
some involving hip-hop, some
involving partying with wine in
settings not necessarily condu-
cive to drinking wine. Frankly, in
reflecting upon our boring consis-
tencies, we are in effect doing some
form of what we do every week. But
that being said, sometimes sticking
with a classic is the best route. We
felt, after the radical departure from
traditional viniculture that was last
columns sangria, that we should
stick to a classic old-world style and
reflect upon the things that make
a good wine good and awesomely
crappy wine awesomely crappy.
We ventured into Tess Market one
evening with the intention of pur-
chasing the coolest looking bottle of
wine. For those who havent been to
Tess, dont go. We only say that be-
cause they have an incredible selec-
tion of wines (and some cool barrel-
aged stouts) that we dont
want
DIANA FURUKAWA grape, which is noted for its light
anyone to pinch from. Realistical-
ly, Tess, which is over on Pleasant
Street and used to supply kegs to
Bowdoin parties back in the 80s, is
totally worth the visit. The staff are
friendly, helpful and, as mentioned
above, have a crazy-extensive selec-
tion of wine. The wine we re-
viewed this week certainly
came in a cool bottle,
featuring a tasteful draw-
ing of three flowers ar-
ranged to create a mini-
Tricolour. The wine is
the Georges Duboeuf
B e au j o l a i s - Vi l l a g -
es 2016.
The charming little
red, as its name may
suggest, is French,
from the villages of
the Beaujolais re-
gion. The Beaujolais-
Villages moniker is
reserved for mid-tier wines from
38 villages within Beaujolais. The
region makes use of the Gamay
ADDITIONAL NOTES Tonights Soundtrack: Here Comes the
Sun - The Beatles, karaoke version
Appearance:
Justin: From now until graduation you can
Legs: find me on a lime Adirondack chair on the Bow-
doin Quad consuming wine or a wine derivative.
Aroma:
Will: Id drink the crap out of this wine with
Taste: mussels. I think the frequency with which Bow-
doin serves mussels in Thorne is awesome. Id eat
Overall: mussels with pretty much every beverage.
bodied and fruity wines. A quick fer. This wine is great for sippin
glance-over of wine blogs reveals outside in a I-own-a-deck-with-a-
that such bottles are a good wine for fire-pit kinda way. It is a red wine,
the value and a worthy representa- and it bears red fruit and blackberry
tion of the region. An even quicker notes. But this wine is a cruiser and
glance-over of wine blogs suggests a sipper. Its a Patagonia vest on ca-
that these wines are intended to be sual Friday at the office. Its meant
served chilled. We didnt chill it for to be consumed chilled outside a
our taste and liked it just fine. We cafe on an April day. The wine feels
can only imagine what treats await sophisticated but doesnt take itself
those with refrigeration. too seriously. It is easy drinking and
Some refer to Gamay-based wines fruity but in a grown-up way. If you
as poor mans Pinot Noir; we here like wine but dont want to commit
at Bottom of the Barrel beg to dif- too much, this is the wine for you.

Why finding stability in routine does not change the fact of my disability
Ben York
AN AUTISTICS
GUIDE TO AUTISM
Every morning I get up at 6:30
a.m. My first class does not begin
until 10 a.m., but I still get up at
6:30 a.m. After I get up, I grab my
towel, my shoes and my bathroom
caddy (which is a lovely shade of
sparkling pink) and I head to the
bathroom. Once inside, I brush my
teeth and take a shower. Then, I go
to my room to get dressed. After
packing my bag and grabbing my
coat, I head to breakfast at Thorne
Hall. For breakfast, I have strawber-
ries and grapes, a blueberry muf-
fin and whatever the main course
of the morning is. Then I head to
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library,
where I study for two hours before
going to class. Barring catastrophe,
this is the routine that I go through
every weekday morning.
My day-to-day life at Bowdoin
is built around routine. I go to the
dining halls at the same times ev-
ery week and go to club meetings as
regularly as I can. I study with the
same people at the same times every
week and of course go to classes on
a regularalbeit school-designed
schedule. I find great comfort in the
predictability of each day, and the
days where my routine must be bro-
ken are as few and far between as I
can make them. In this way, I have
adapted to the disabling aspects of
being autistic.
Having a predictable schedule al-
lows me to cope with the chaos of
life. For instance, when I was young,
I would never have been able to eat
in a place like Thorne. It is loud and
echoingeven when there are only
a few people there it can still be
very confusing. As a child, I would
have been far too overwhelmed by By mandating my own predictable abled. I have often had people come
the sights and sounds of the dining schedule whenever possible, I can get up to me to tell me they had no idea
hall to be able to eat there. I know by when my schedule changes. [I] had autism. While I realize they
this for a fact because I was unable However, this is not to say that are coming from a well-intentioned
to eat in my elementary school caf- by following a strict schedule I have place, and I take no offense to the
eteria, let alone Thorne. However, as somehow stopped being dis- statement, it can feel somewhat
I have grown I have found ways of invalidating. When I hear
adapting to large and loud this, it can feel as though
spaces like Thorne. the long years of work
If I can make the I have put in to adapt
experience pre- to a world not
dictable, by going designed for
at the same times, me are swept
with the same under the rug.
people and Worse, I some-
eating the times worry that some
same things, might get the impression
then I can that I do not need the adap-
make the situa- tations and accommodations
tion manageable. I can I use every day to stay happy
even have a good time! and healthy. The balanc-
This is how I have ing act I play with my own
learned to handle most of brain is a precarious one,
the situations that I had and it is only through great effort
DIANA FURUKAWA
difficulty with as a child. that I (apparently) make it look easy.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Overcoming dissonance: finding connection in community
Connor Moore
TO THE CROSSROADS
I cut my teeth as a musician playing
guitar in the worship band at a South-
ern Baptist church in Indianapolis. My
guitar teacher, the wise and venerable
Ms. Tracy, was the worship pastor at
her church, and when she thought I
was ready she invited me to join her
in her church band. I played from the
time I was 13 until I graduated high
school. And just to clarify, this was a
white church. Whenever I talk about
having led worship at a Baptist church,
people generally assume that it was a
black one. But no, this church was so
white I think it up and moved to the
other side of the street the first time
I showed up. Though my experience
overall was nice, within those walls,
I was addressed as boy more times
than Id care to remember. Nonethe-
less, every week my black ass would get
up in front of a congregation of about
200 white folks, and, eyes glued to the
pedalboard at my feet and only making
momentary glances at my fingers and
the fake book in front of me, I would
stoically strum out palm-muted power
chords and short, modest lead lines.
In retrospect, my stiff, nervous,
barely pubescent but distractingly big
and black body probably looked out
of place on stage next to my band-
mates. Moreover, when Im nervous I
Students reimagine Apple Tree, challenge antiquated themes
By Sadie LoGerfo-Olsen
Orient Staff
One of Bowdoins student-run the-
ater troupes, Curtain Callers, will
subvert sexist and racist themes in a
minimalistic, modified rendition of the
1966 play The Apple Tree by the writ-
ers of Fiddler on the Roof. The musi-
cal, which will open this evening and
run all weekend, is divided into three
overarching stories of man, woman
and temptation, and will feature only
seven cast members in an unconven-
tional theater: Drake lobby in Memo-
rial Hall.
Director Jae-Yeon Yoo 18who
has previously music-directed Next
to Normal and Spring Awakening wildly from the original. All of these
has adapted the musical to examine
the problematic elements of the anti-
quated material and musical theater as
a whole.
I was really fascinated by how mu-
sical theater, especially as a genre, is
still very much sexist or has a lot of
sexist and racist themes present, said
Yoo. Even the musicals we love and
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
so we have acting but its much more
subtle and its much more true to the
words, said Heywood.
Rebkah Tesfamariam 18 did not
participate in The Vagina Mono-
logues in the past years but is acting
in RISE this year.
I think theres something really
special about knowing theres some-
one whose story on campus I have
the privilege of reading to the cam-
pus and bringing to light some more
sweat like crazy and Im sure that my
shoe-gazing left me with a pronounced
double chin. I really didnt care about
how I looked, though. I wasnt there to
perform; I was there to lead worship.
Before joining the band, I used to
stand through worship sets with my
hands at my sides, unsure as to why I
wasnt responding to the music as pas-
sionately as those around me. I would
see people crying, lifting their hands
and shouting in praise and I would
wonder why the spirit wasnt moving
in me with enough strength to over-
come my self-consciousness and
manifest itself in some sort of wor-
shipful gesticulation. I couldnt
let myself participate.
As counterintuitive as it
sounds, I wasnt able to get over
this self-conscious-
ness until I was up
on stage. From my
place behind the
pulpit, I could
see the entire
sanctuary. In
the brief mo-
ments when
I would look
away from my
hands, I would
turn my eyes to
the upturned
palms that
dappled the
crowd. It was
the most pro-
pay homage to everyday, a lot of them
have problematic material and The
Apple Tree is one specific instance
where the material is pretty explicitly
misogynistic.
Yoo has been very deliberate in her
direction, straying far from the origi-
nal, so as to satirize and address these
issues. She hopes that the audience
will take note of her non-traditional
choices and approach them with an
open mind.
Brock and Harnick [the original
playwrights] would turn over in their
graves if they saw this, said Yoo. If
you come see the show, youll notice
that there are some non-typical cast-
ing choices in our production that vary
can we do about it and how can we
are very intentional, and hopefully
highlight the various stereotypes in a
new way.
Monique Lillis 17, an actress in
the musical, will portray the media as
a modern representation of tempta-
tion. She has been in multiple shows
throughout her Bowdoin career, and
her performance in Apple Tree will
serious and funny and important is-
sues that people might not feel com-
fortable with sharing in the other
spaces, she said.
The women who came together to
present RISE hope that knowing
the stories being performed come
from Bowdoin students will stimu-
late conversation about the issues
that come up in the show.
I hope that people really question
their interactions with people on a
romantic or even on a friendship
level after this, because theres the
weight of knowing there is a woman
found and indescribable feeling to see
the congregation so moved by the holy
spirit and to know that I was the vessel
that God had chosen to sing through.
Though I had little in common with
these people, there I was leading them
in a ritual that connected each and ev-
ery one of them to each other, to God
and to me. In light of this, I had no
choice but to give myself freely to
the flow of the moment,
shrug off my inhibitions
and participate whole-
heartedly in the expe-
rience of worship.
be her last at Bowdoin.
I really hope that [the audience]
sees our critiques of media, Lillis said.
Especially present day issues and kind
of the more conservative values that
media can hold.
Lillis added that shows like Apple
Tree that creatively challenge contro-
versial themes in our society are im-
portant for Bowdoin and ideally will
encourage reflection.
[Were] really taking an old musi-
cal and saying, what does it mean to
use [the musical] today, Lillis said.
I think thats extremely important,
because history is there and we cant
change history, but we can reflect back
on it and say, this happened, so what
think about that now?
Yoo wants the audience to find the
show entertaining as well as thought-
provoking and hopefully experience a
new way of looking at a gender or ra-
cial stereotypes.
I just would like to emphasize that
were really not seeking to offend anyone
and weve had lots of discussions as a cast
It is a play, but we also want to be cognizant and conscious
of the fact that these are stories on campus, and so we have
acting but its much more subtle and its much more true to
the words.
ELLIE HEYWOOD 19
on this campus who feels this way,
said Tesfamariam.
Heywood is confident that RISE
is more effective at showing the
nuances and complexities of inter-
secting identities than The Vagina
Monologues. However, she recog-
This was, of course, before I read
The Gay Science and found out that
God has actually been dead since, like,
1882. Nevertheless, even after aban-
doning my faith, I could not ignore the
deeply spiritual connection I felt with
every person I made music with. As
life-changing as my crisis of faith was,
it could not go back in time and tell me
that what I was feeling while leading
my flock in worship wasnt some-
thing supernatural. This disso-
nance troubled me for a long time.
This week I read an excerpt from
Thomas Turinos book Music as
Social Life: The Politics of Par-
ticipation that, among other
things, explained the differ-
ence between presentational
and participatory mu-
sic. In short, pre-
sentational music
is judged on the
basis of aesthet-
ic enjoyment
whereas
participatory
music, we
derive value
from the feel-
ings the mu-
sic elicits from
the practitio-
ners. Ideally,
participatory
music-making
is radically
ALEX WESTFALL
inclusive
APPLE FALLS FAR: Julianna Burke 18 and Cheng-Chun (Kevin) Yu 19 rehearse for
Curtain Callers reimagined Apple Tree in Drake Lobby of Memorial Hall.
about the material were presenting, Yoo
said. If anyone sees the show and wants
to talk more about it or question why I
made the casting choices I did, I would
be happy to talk and explain them.
nizes that the show cannot cover the
entire range of female experience.
You cant recognize and cant ditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5
represent the totality of experiences
of womanhood on this campus, and
theres always going to be a story
missing, she said.
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there does not exist a separation be-
tween musician and audience; rather,
everyone in the room is involved as
a participant.
That is not to say that everybody
must be playing instrumentsdanc-
ing, clapping and singing along also
count as participation. The emphasis
on inclusion promotes group inter-
subjectivity, making participatory mu-
sic particularly effective in situations
wherein music is used to establish or
maintain a sense of group identity. One
such situation, as pointed out by Turi-
no, is in church.
Its dawning on me now that what
I thought was the holy spirit moving
through me was actually something
far more beautiful and immensely
more complicated. Its easy (and
perhaps a bit hubristic) to say that
that feeling was Gods hand guiding
my own and that I, fortunate favor-
ite of the Lord, was his blessed in-
strument. Rather, it was the power
in of participation that moved me so
deeply. It wasnt a holy ghost or even
the music that lent the worship rit-
ual its profundity, but the fact that
it involved everybody in the congre-
gation. Differences like race, class,
sexuality and any other factor that
felt like it alienated me from the rest
of the church seemed to melt away
when we were all singing together.
In their place was left a sense of be-
longing, and I guess thats what kept
me coming back.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Apple Tree will be performed to-
night, tomorrow and Sunday in the
Drake Lobby of Memorial Hall at 7 p.m.
Jae-Yeon Yoo 18 is a features colum-
nist for The Bowdoin Orient.
Heywood hopes that in the fu-
ture more stories will be added to
RISE, to make it a more complete
representation of the experiences of
women at Bowdoin.
Its always an ideal, and thats
what were sort of pointing towards,
hopefully in the right ways, she said.
RISE will be performed tonight
and tomorrow night in Kresge Au-
at the David Saul Smith Union info
desk and all proceeds will be donated
to Sexual Assault Support Services of
Midcoast Maine (SASSMM).

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HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Straight shutouts. The womens
tennis team is currently 10-2,
4-1 NESCAC after a 9-0 win over
Connecticut College (6-5, 0-3 NE-
SCAC) on Sunday. Despite injuries
that have weakened the teams
roster, the Polar Bears have won
three of their last four gamesall
dominant 9-0 shutoutsand are
currently ranked fourth in the
Intercollegiate Tennis Associa-
tion Division III poll. The team
hopes continue its success against
Middlebury (6-3, 3-0 NESCAC) at
home tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Battling back. The mens lacrosse
team is currently tied for fourth in
the NESCAC with a 5-2 in-confer-
ence record and are 7-4 overall. In
a mid-week matchup against Keene
State (7-3), the Polar Bears fell 14-8
despite only being outshot 43-40.
The team will look to come back
from the disappointing loss at 1
p.m. tomorrow at home against fel-
low NESCAC competitor Wesleyan
(10-1, 6-1 NESCAC).
Ruck and roll. The womens
rugby team opened its spring
season on Saturday with a
disappointing 55-27 loss to the
University of Rhode Island (2-0).
URI earned a solid 55-0 lead in
the first half, in part due to the
strong winds being in its favor.
When the teams switched sides
for the second half, the Polar
Bears came back with 27 points,
yet were unable to overtake the
URI lead. The team will face
Dartmouth tomorrow at 2 p.m.
at Pickard Field.
Row your boat. The crew team
competed at the Knecht Cup
in New Jersey last weekend in
its second regatta of the spring
season, with boats earning med-
als in five of the eight events it
entered. The team earned two
silversin the novice mens
and womens eventsand three
bronzes in the mens varsity four,
the Division III varsity four and
the womens Division III varsity
eight. The team will travel to
Lowell, MA, on April 22 for the
Riverhawk Challenge regatta,
followed by the Presidents Cup
on April 23.
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SPORTS
Mens tennis to face rival Middlebury
By Anna Fauver
Orient Staff
The mens tennis team (11-1, 3-0
NESCAC) will face No. 4 Middlebury
(13-1, 3-0 NESCAC) at home tomorrow
in another installment of their growing
NESCAC rivalry. Last year, the Polar
Bears played the Panthers three times
and lost in both the regular season and
the NESCAC championships. However,
Bowdoin evened the score in the NCAA
DIII championship, winning 5-0 to claim
its first national title.
According to captain Kyle Wolfe 18,
the team is expecting Middlebury to
playing with a vengeance.
I think theyre definitely going to
be ready to go and trying to get some
revenge after last spring, he said. Our
team has only beaten them once so were
definitely motivated to get another win
against Midd this weekend for the first
time in at least seven years since weve
beaten them at home.
The team extended its current win
streak to seven games with a 5-4 win
against No. 14 Amherst (13-3, 1-1
NESCAC) and a shutout win against
Connecticut College (4-6, 0-2 NESCAC)
last weekend. Despite the rivalry between
the two teams, Luke Tercek 18 said the
team feels confident going into the match
this weekend.
This is a team weve seen a lot, he said.
I think for most of the guys on the team,
it actually gives us confidence because we
know what to expect. We were talking
yesterday actually and some of the guys
thought that they were more nervous
going into the Amherst match because
the team is so unpredictable because there
are a bunch of younger guys on the team.
According to Tercek, the team cannot
expect any specific outcome due to the
close competition and will instead have to
focus on playing their best.
I expect that well compete as hard as
we can whether we win or not, he said.
And I think thats really it. Winning or
Softball stays hot with seven-game streak
By Eli Lustbader
Orient Staff
Having won 13 of its last 14 games,
the Bowdoin softball team (18-6, 2-1
NESCAC) heads to NESCAC rival Colby
(7-12, 0-3 NESCAC) this weekend for
a three-game series. The Polar Bears
recent run of success has been fueled by
the teams offensethe team has scored at
least seven runs in seven of its last 12 wins.
Our bats have been unbelievable this
season, captain Emily Griffin 17 said. I
think a comment that is frequently made
after our wins is that we score a lot of runs
because people produce all up and down
the lineup. Everyone comes up big in the
clutch all the time. Also, our baserunners
have been very aggressive, which has
helped us score more.
Indeed, eight of the 14 players who
have hit for the Polar Bears this year have
at least 19 hits. Six players are hitting
above .300 and six players have at least
13 RBIs. The team is currently second in
the NESCAC in runs scored with 153, just
behind Amherst with 163.
The teams pitching and defense has
been solid as well. Bowdoin boasts a
NESCAC-best 2.22 ERA this season
along with 138 strikeouts, which is second
in the conference to Amherst.
GAME, SET, REMATCH: Justin Patel 19 sets up a serve in the teams match against Connecticut College (4-6, 0-2 NESCAC) on Sunday. The
Polar Bears look to carry their momentum from the 9-0 win into tomorrows national championship rematch with Middlebury tomorrow at 10 a.m.
losing, thats up in the air, but I know if we
compete as hard as we can and if we stay
mentally tough and enjoy ourselves, well
be putting ourselves in the best spot.
One challenge the Polar Bears are
currently facing is shifting from playing
indoors to outdoors. This is the first
full week that the team has been able to
practice outside consistently.
Its really exciting and the guys just
have more energy playing outside, but it
is more of an adjustment because the ball
plays a little bit differently so you have to
factor that in when youre doing shots,
Tercek said. But having most of this week
outside, I think well definitely be ready
We have a four-pitcher staff which has
been great, Griffin said. We have two
first years who have come in and have
really been helpful for the team.
A large part of the teams success has
been due to its chemistry as well. Its roster
is small, only 14 players, but the close-knit
group has been consistent in all facets of
the game up to this point.
This is probably the most cohesive
Bowdoin softball team since Ive been
here, Griffin said. I think its because we
developed such a good support system.
In the fall after training we would go on
dates with each other where we just spent
time and really developed one-on-one
relationships. As a result were able to hold
each other accountable while knowing
that isnt coming from a bad place.
One of the big hurdles the team has
faced so far has been injuries. The team
lost outfielder Emma Stevens 18 early
in the year and is now down to three
outfielders, two of whom are also pitchers.
With the size of our roster everyone is
essential, Griffin said. So trying to fill that
gap when one of us is pitching is always
tough, but luckily people have been able
to fill in roles and come through when we
need them to, which has been amazing. I
think part of it is that were able to get it done
because we know that we have to.
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SALIM SALIM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
and comfortable for Saturday. this weekend.
Another challenge is Middleburys Tercek won the tie-breaking match 5-7,
dominant singles lineup. While the 7-6, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Since the match
comeback win against Amherst helped was so close, Tercek believes that he was
increase the teams confidence in its almost expecting that he would be the one
singles, having a lead after doubles this to break the tie.
weekend will still be critical for Bowdoin All of us are expecting to be in that
to secure a win over the Panthers. position at one time or another, he said.
The doubles are going to be really Many guys on the team have been in
important, said Wolfe. If we could that position in another match. I think I
get a lead after the doubles, that would was confident in that spot because that
definitely give us a really good chance is what we train for. I think it was a good
to win. Saturday against Amherst was opportunity and I think I almost enjoyed
the first time we were losing after the being in that spot.
doubles, so this week is just working on Bowdoin will play Middlebury at home
that and getting ready for the doubles at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
WHATS THE CATCH: Marisa OToole 17 protects the plate in Farley Field House. Due to
weather and poor field conditions, the team has not had much practice time outside.
Still, the team has been able to Just last night, the team was
overcome injuries so far and has losing to the University of Southern
maintained a high level of consistency. Maine 3-1 in the sixth inning before
The teams chemistry has also helped rattling off five runs in the last two
contribute to its resilience. innings en route to a 6-4 victory. The
One of our greatest strengths is Polar Bears believe they have a shot
our ability to come back from games at the NESCAC title if they continue
that were losing, Griffin said. There to play at this level and look forward
were some games in Florida where we to returning to conference play
were behind and then we would score this weekend.
a bunch of runs in one inning and The team will face Colby in the first
take the lead. game of their series today at 4 p.m.
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GO THE DISTANCE: (LEFT:) The mens track team competes in the 800-meter race at the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday. (RIGHT:) John Pietro 18 throws a discus. His dominant performance ultimately swept the mens throwing events.
Track and field takes first, second at home invitational
By Simon Chow
Orient Staff
Last weekend, the womens and mens
track and field teams hosted a home
invitational against seven other schools,
with the mens team taking first and the
womens taking second overall. The mens
team easily earned first place with 158
points over second-place University of
Maine Farmington, while the womens
team fell to the University of Southern
Maine by a narrow 20 points.
Standout performances for the mens
team included those by John Pietro 18
and Vinnie LaRovere 18, who garnered
Baseball gears up for home opener
By David Brower
Orient Staff
On Tuesday, the baseball team (7-12,
0-3 NESCAC) won its first game since
returning from a spring break training
trip to Florida, beating the Brandeis
Judges 5-2. Cody Todesco 19 scored
a run and had two RBIs and Brandon
Lopez 19 went 3-for-4 at the plate.
We hit a lot of balls hard yesterday
and made their pitchers work, said
Evann Dumont-Lapointe 17. Our
pitchers did a great job and we played
tight on defense. Just a good team win
and we feel good heading into this
weekend.
The win gives the team much-
needed confidence heading into a
three-game series against Trinity (12-
9, 3-3 NESCAC) this weekend. The
Polar Bears will be looking for their
first divisional win, hoping to upset the
Bantams who are currently third in the
NESCAC East division.
Trinity kind of does everything
wellthey are strong defensively,
they have good pitching and they
really can hit the baseball. They have
a lot of pop so it should be an exciting
series, said captain Sean Mullaney
17. I think in pitching we have
the upper hand. It will come down
to executing with guys on base, so I
think it is going to be a really close
series, well played from both sides.
The games will be Bowdoins first
home series of the seasonweather
and field conditions permittingand
will feature the return of Sidney Chason
44 to the team as he will throw out
the ceremonial first pitch leading into
Saturdays double-header. Chason is a
95-year-old Bangor native and played
for Bowdoins varsity basketball and
baseball teams during his time here.
high praise from the team captains and
Head Coach Peter Slovenski. Pietro
was named NESCAC Performer of the
Week after winning all three of the mens
throwing eventsthe shot put, discus and
hammer throw. LaRovere earned second
place in the same events.
This is the deepest throwing lineup
weve had for men and women at Bowdoin
in the past 20 years, said Slovenski in
an email to the Orient. Our throwers
are going to do some great things in the
hammer, shot, discus and javelin this
season. Meghan Bellerose [17] has been
an all-star runner for our team for four
years, but this season she has moved up
After Bowdoin, he went on to work as a
gynecologist at Eastern Maine Medical
Center for more than 30 years.
Looking at the season so far, the
team feels very confident in its defense
and pitching. However, the Polar Bears
are looking to improve their offensive
performance, since theyve only
averaged just over 2.5 runs per game.
Our biggest strength is defense, we
dont kick the ball around a lot, which
is really crucial, especially in NESCAC
play since the games are so close and the
pitching is so good. I think our pitching
is really strong too, we just need to
start executing offensively better, said
Mullaney.
The win over Brandeis ended the Polar
Bears four-game losing streak, which
included a six-run loss to Southern
Maine and being swept in three close
games by division rival Bates.
Against Bates we lost the first two
games in extra innings, then the last one
PITCH PERFECT: Head Coach Mike Connolly works with pitcher Colby Lewis 20 as the
team prepares for its home-opener against Trinity (12-9, 3-3 NESCAC) today at 3 p.m.
the bowdoin orient
another level. Shes ready for a very fast
month of running, and a good run at the
school record.
Other standout first-place performances
included those by Sarah Kinney 19 for the
3000-meter steeplechase, Bellerose for the
800-meter race and Caroline Shipley 20 in
the 400-meter race.
Captains Garrett Thomas 17 and
Pamela Zabala 17 said they are excited
about the seasons prospects after the
teams strong performances.
This week, were facing Middlebury,
Colby, [University of Southern Maine]a
lot of bigger competitors We try not to
go into the meet with the expectation to
by three runs, but in all of them felt like
we were the better team, Mullaney said.
We just didnt execute, it wasnt one of
those things where they were better
than us, I felt that we were easily just as
good as them if not better.
Bowdoin only has three seniors on
the roster and graduated many of its
starters last year. Many first years and
sophomores are getting considerable
playing time, so the team feels that it is
improving with every game.
We are learning from the
experiences we have had with these
close games, said Mullaney. We
are really young, we start a lot of
freshman, sophomores and juniors.
I think playing in these close games
are valuable in that you learn from
them. As the season progresses we
are learning how to get better and win
those close games.
The team will face Trinity in its first
home game today at 3 p.m.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
win, but thats always a fun goal especially
on our home track, said Zabala.
The teams will host another invitational
this weekend, followed by the NESCAC
championships on April 29.
We have a lot of home meets coming
up. Last week was a great way to set
precedent for how we want to perform,
especially at home, said Thomas. I think
that if the guys can perform to the best
of their abilities were going to be super
successful at these meets.
Thomas and Zabala emphasized how
there are not usually many meets at home
and that they hope to use this advantage
to its fullest.
DOUBLE TEAMED: Captains Annie Glenn 17 (left) and Anisa LaRochelle 17 (right) lead the
Polar Bear defense against a strong Colby attach in the teams 18-9 loss on Wednesday.
Womens lacrosse looks to
come back from tough loss
By Salim Salim
Orient Staff
The womens lacrosse team (9-3, 5-3
NESCAC) has been pushing towards se-
curing a high seed for NESCAC champi-
onships. Prior to a 18-9 loss to Colby (8-3,
5-2 NESCAC) on Wednesday, the Polar
Bears had three crushing victories against
Bates (6-6, 1-6 NESCAC), Connecticut
College (1-9, 0-7 NESCAC) and Whea-
ton (7-6). The team is currently averaging
11.50 goals per game this season, which
ranks fourth in the NESCAC.
Weve just been really focusing on our-
selves, which I think has paid off, said cap-
tain Annie Glenn 17. Making sure were
playing for each other [and] really working
together as ... one unit rather than individ-
ual players ... rather than focusing on the
other team as we have in the past.
Glenn particularly complimented the
work ethic of the teams new assistant
coach, Paula Habel.
[Habel] has done a really good job in
just making practice fun, keeping it very
positive, making sure that everyone feels
like theyre on the team for reason and
that everyone has a contributing factor,
sports 9
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Throughout my four years here we
didnt have too many home meets, so it
was really awesome to be able to compete
at home, especially now since theyre
redoing [Whittier] field, said Thomas.
The NESCAC championship is pretty
big. We host every, I think, 11 years, so
were really excited. Usually we have to
travel really far, added Zabala. Everyone
should come to all of our meets, because
theyre home. Its like a two minute walk,
really cool study break. You know, noon,
Saturday 1 p.m. Its warm, walk to the
track meet.
The Polar Bears will host the Bowdoin
Invitational II tomorrow at 11 a.m.
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
said Glenn.
At this point last season, the team was
only 5-6. Yet after only graduating four
players last spring, the team had a strong
core of returning players who were able to
build upon last seasons work. After laying
the teams goals for this years season, the
team has been focused solely on winning,
including the juniors returning who were
abroad.
Everyones been really positive all sea-
son, said captain Anisa LaRochelle 17.
I think everyones motivation, focus and
commitment has taken it to the next step.
Having more depth on the attack, mid-
field and defense this year has been a con-
tributing factor to the teams success.
A lot of people have been getting in
games recently, said LaRochelle. I think
that has been giving people more confi-
dence playing.
The womens lacrosse team has been
moving up the Intercollegiate Womens
Lacrosse Coaches Associations Division
III poll, improving from its initial No. 15
spot to No. 8.
The Polar Bears will return to the field
against fellow NESCAC competitor Wes-
leyan tomorrow at noon.
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10 the bowdoin orient friday, april 14, 2017

Baseline advising
During the whirlwind of first-year orientation, students sit down with their pre-major
advisor, which for many sets the tone for their relationships with faculty and academic
BCA ends divestment campaign
experience and can significantly shape their academic experience. While some advisors tionate effects of climate change, neces- and in unity. This is our vision of cli-
by Isabella McCann
provide necessary support and helpful academic guidance, other advisor-advisee sitates bold action. As Ben Bristol noted mate justice.
Op-Ed Contributor
relationships fall flat. in his piece last week, the economic and Our Bowdoin educations not only pro-
Sometimes students feel their advisors do not touch base often enough or put in effort Since its inception in the fall of 2012, social roots of climate change in our so- vide us with the tools to enter the realm of
to get to know them. Students might also feel that their advisors provide poor guidance Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA) has been ciety are firm and deep. No amount of Maine climate politics, but also the frame
or are unequipped to offer nuanced advice about disciplines outside of their own. Others dedicated to pursuing the goal of climate recycling can extricate us from this crisis; to understand why it is imperative we do
feel that their advisors only serve to sign off on class registration requests. In an ideal justice, on our campus and beyond. Thus it is only through institutional change so. In my Gulf of Maine Oceanography
system, these relationships would be much more robust. far, our endeavor to further that goal has and grassroots organizing that meaning- class last spring, I learned that the Gulf
Bowdoin offers a more intensive advising program, the Bowdoin Advising Program largely manifested in the form of a cam- ful climate action can occur. As students of Maine is warming faster than 99.9 per-
in Support of Academic Excellence (BASE), which reaches out to first years by invitation paign to divest the Colleges endowment and young people, we are a rare breed in cent of all ocean watersthis warming
who may experience difficulties adjusting to Bowdoin academically. In the 2015-2016 from the top 200 oil and gas companies. a state with the oldest population in the will have a devastating economic effect
year, the program served 30 students; this year, 57 students applied and 45 were accepted. Although our mantra has always been union. We hold a unique position and on the lives who depend on it. Our gov-
This disparity speaks to a demand for more advising resources. divestment is the tactic, climate justice is carry a powerful voice. Imagine a Maine ernment department just recently hosted
In first-year surveys, BASE advisees regularly report a higher degree of satisfaction the goal, BCA has over the years become where no politician could run a viable two Maine state representatives, includ-
than non-BASE students. One of the key components of this program is the higher synonymous with the divestment move- campaign without embracing a viable ing Speaker of the House Sara Gideon
degree of engagement between advisor and advisee. BASE advisors are required to ment. Our overarching goal has always climate platform. Imagine a Maine econ- (D-Freeport), who spoke to the gridlock
undergo a two-day training about active advising. They are encouraged to reach out been climate justice, and the current po- omy and energy grid powered by renew- that prevented her from passing a sensible
to advisees and address topics outside of academics, such as the transition to Bowdoin, litical moment requires a change. We are ables. Imagine a Maine that ensures the net metering bill, which would increase
extra curricular activities, housing options and other aspects of social life on campus. proud of the campaign weve run, but for health and protection of the Penobscot incentive for people to install solar energy.
BASE is not the perfect model for all students, but there are aspects of the program now, it is time to shift the tactic. River, a body of water integral to the cul- As an institution, Bowdoin preaches a
that should be applied to the pre-major advising system at-large. Pre-major advisors If the most recent election cycle has ture of Penobscot Indians. This is the fu- commitment to the common good and a
should serve as more than just academic resources. They need to help students acclimate taught progressives anything, it is that ture we are fighting for. This is the future connection to place. What better way to
socially as well. looking ahead there must be a sharpened which BCA believes we connect these aspects of our education
Additionally, Academic Affairs should ensure that faculty who commit to serve focus on state and local politics. The feder- can achieve if the than to join students around the country
as advisors know the ins and outs of all departments on campus. This might involve al government, for the foreseeable future, vociferous voices in leading the way towards climate justice?
spending a few hours browsing course reviews, as many students do, or getting to know is no longer a viable avenue for advancing of students are We have a unique opportunity to delve
faculty in other disciplines. Advisees interests and concerns often shift dramatically over a progressive agenda. However, raised ardently into our relationship to the state
their first two years, and advisors must be flexible and capable of supporting students as the grave threat of a climate cri- we live in and challenge the
their interests change. sis looms on, immaterial of who political structures that have
Like BASE advisors, pre-major advisors should actively reach out to students and roams the Oval Office. BCA sees the power to confront the
get to know them in non-office settings. While most professors would gladly accept an Maines impending gubernato- climate crisis head on and
invitation to coffee, many first and second year students never feel comfortable enough rial, senate and state legislature move towards a more just
to initiate these types of interactions. elections in 2018 as a ripe op- and equitable economy.
Regular check-in emails asking advisees how their classes are going and how portunity to further our ulti- We realize the ambitious
theyre doing would keep advisors connected and encourage advisees to reflect mate goal of climate justice. We nature of this new plan.
on their experience. These simple gestures build trust and remind students can be instrumental in making Achieving our goal of elevating cli-
that they have someone there to help with any problems or answer questions. climate change one of the top priori- mate in political discourse and voting in
Strong advisor-advisee relationships take time and resources, but they are crucial ties for the Maine public and politicians climate leaders in Maines 2018 elections
and can be among the most meaningful relationships formed at Bowdoin. alike in this coming election cycle. will require a thunderous chorus of young
Climate justice is about people, not voices. So if you share our vision for the
This editorial represents the majority view of The Bowdoin Orients editorial board, endangered polar bears and melting ice future of climate justice in Maine, join us
which is comprised of Julian Andrews, Harry DiPrinzio, Dakota Griffin, Jenny Ibsen caps. It operates in the intersection of next fall. We need every voice we can get.
and Meg Robbins. the racial, social and economic inequali-
ties perpetuated by climate change. This Isabella McCann 19 is a co-leader of
moral crisis, caused by the dispropor- CAROLINE CARTER Bowdoin Climate Action.

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Common good efforts fail to achieve real change
done if we are going to actually benefit good is political, if we understand the is-
the common good. sues in society as ones that have been
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 Rachel Baron So many of these organizations are caused by large-scale systems that need to
ZERO CHILL meant to help individuals from lower-in- be changed. And the College cannot shy
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news
and information relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the come communities, but they do nothing away from this if it claims promoting the
College and its administrators, the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, to address the source of these inequalities common good as integral to its mission.
following professional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. The Orient is The common good is drilled into and may instead perpetuate them. For ex- The administration needs to el-
committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse discussion and campus cultureso much so that you ample, tutoring high school students for evate political work to the same status
debate on issues of interest to the College community.
may feel you are doing something mor- the SAT does make a difference in helping as service work in conversations and
al just by attending Bowdoin. For all of minimize the disparity between lower- messaging. Refuse to accept occasional
Julian Andrews Meg Robbins the emphasis on the importance of the income students scores and the scores of volunteering as an indication of mean-
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief common good as a value, the Colleges higher-income students. But this activity ingful participation. Devote the same
actual vision of what this looks like is does not address the reasons why this in- resources that we do to these service or-
small and antiquated. As it stands, the equality exists in the first place. ganizations to the few political advoca-
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Amanda Newman ate guilt of having more resources than the government that they do not have to obviously not enough to significantly
Photo Editor Olivia Atwood others and to act as if we are making a provide services, as people themselves make a difference, while we do have
Jenny Ibsen Ellice Lueders
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Hannah Rafkin Surya Milner (in addition to being something to jot is meeting the need, why should the state it to be more inclusive of political activi-
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down on a resume). Its time to radi- or federal government do something? ties. In addition to the traditional Com-
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Web Editor Marina Affo Julia ORourke looks like. there, or be unreliable, or be insufficient. sign up to register people to vote; can-
James Little Dakota Griffin The types of activities the Joseph McK- It is not that we should not help others, vas for different issues and candidates
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een Center for the Common Good privi- but we need to also critically examine in election years; and help political ad-
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lematic systemsdisparities caused by political work on the same level as service a soup kitchen once a year.
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the capitalism, racism, sexism, ableism, etc. work. And this is probably to try to remain Rachel Baron is a co-leader of NARAL
editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions But they do nothing to change the system as apolitical as possible so as not to ruffle Pro-Choice Bowdoin, a political advocacy
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itself. And it is this work that needs to be feathers. But the issue is that the common group focused on reproductive rights.
friday, april 14, 2017
Acknowledging the presence of transphobia
Ari Mehrberg
OUT LOUD
Two weeks agoon Transgender Day
of Visibility, as it so happenedour com-
munity was made aware, through an Ori-
ent article and editorial, of the incidents
that have occurred in some mens bath-
rooms on campus in response to the Free
Flow initiatives placement of menstrual
products in bathrooms for all genders. On
that day and in the days that followed, I
was approached by many people, trans
and cisgender, friends and acquaintances,
who wanted to know my reaction to these
transphobic incidentsand to share their
own. One reaction that I witnessed ex-
tremely frequently, mainly from cisgender
and especially heterosexual people, was
surprise. How could this happen at Bow-
doin? was a common refrain. I had no
idea there were actually people here who
thought like this!
Im sure that all of these people had the
best of intentions in making these state-
ments, and it certainly helped me feel a
little bit better, in some strange way, to
know that trans and non-binary people
at Bowdoin were not the only ones who
PHOEBE ZIPPER
The nuclear option illustrates partisan hypocrisy
Ryan Ward
HOLDING FAST
Last Friday, the U.S. Senate finally
filled the Supreme Court seat left vacant
by Antonin Scalias death last February.
Everyone knew it would be a contentious
fight to determine his replacement, but I
dont think anyone expected the precise
turn of events that have brought us to this
moment. When the Republicans refused
to consider Obamas appointee Merrick
Garland, I think we all expected Clin-
ton to prevail in November and then to
quickly bypass the partisan blockade and
fill the seat.
But here we are today, with Donald
Trump as president and Neil Gorsuch as
our next Supreme Court justice. I must
say I am quite satisfied with the latter out-
come, no matter how tortuous the road
had to be to get us to this point. Gorsuch
is undoubtedly qualified for the job, with a
sharp legal mind and an impressive edu-
cational and professional background. But
despite his obvious qualifications, it was
always clear that his nomination wouldnt
be without the sort of partisan theatrics
weve gotten used to over the last decade.
Theres been a lot of caterwauling from
the left over the evasive means used by
the Republicans to get his nomination ap-
proved in the face of protests from Senate
Democrats. They criticize the Republi-
cans use of the nuclear option to lower
the votes needed to invoke cloture, the
rule which ends debate and prevents the
opposition from launching a filibuster. So
instead of needing to corral 60 votes to end
debate, Republicans changed the rules to
require a simple majority to approve Gor-
such to the Court. To Democrats, this rule
change smells of an opportunistic abuse
were outraged. However, this kind of sur-
prise reflects a serious lack of awareness
that is all too prevalent within our cam-
pus community. The fact of the matter is
that transphobia does exist at Bowdoin,
and even though it goes unnoticed by the
majority of people here that doesnt make
it any less salient, and that doesnt mean it
hurts usthe trans communityany less.
I still feel a paralyzing coldness wash
over my body when I remember how
quickly my initial excitement was twisted
into dread, how it took less than one week
for the phrase, say your name and pro-
nouns to reveal its true colors and do its
damage. What good does it do to have cis-
gender and trans students alike introduce
themselves with their so-called preferred
pronouns (as if having my gender iden-
tity respected by others is merely a pref-
erence), if doing so ends up othering us
rather than normalizing us? When cis stu-
dents use the phrase female pronouns
or male pronouns, rather than spelling
them out the way we have to, how can
they claim to be deconstructing assump-
tions about the perceived connection be-
tween bodies and gender identity? When
cis students mock the exercise entirely,
how can they claim to be accomplishing
anything other than forcing us further
into the closet? When cis students refuse
to make even a minimal effort to actu-
ally use the pronouns that we introduced
ourselves with, how can they claim to be
listening? How can they claim to be caring
about anyone other than themselves?
Surely I do not need to ex-
plain why many
of the more pub-
licized transpho-
bic incidents that
have happened
at Bowdoin this
year are problematic.
of powerand one which illustrates the
obstinate partisanship of the Republicans.
But the Democrats really dont have a
leg to stand on here. During the Obama
administration, they were in fact the
first to use the nuclear option to clear
Obamas cabinet appointees that Re-
publicans refused to consider. In this re-
cent move, Republicans only extended
the job started by Democrats to break
through partisan gridlock when the roles
were reversed.
Besides, the filibuster is no essential el-
ement to the Senates job of approving Su-
preme Court nominees. The Constitution
only requires the Senate to give its advice
and consent to the president in making
judicial appointments. A simple majority
is sufficient to meet this requirement, so
the dramatically branded nuclear option
is really perfectly constitutional and only
represents a change in the rules by which
the Senate conducts its own business.
But even though all this maneuvering
has been technically constitutional, that
doesnt mean we should feel any better
about what all this partisan posturing por-
tends for the well-being of our representa-
tive democracy. Neither party bears any
more blame than the other in contribut-
ing to the frankly pathetic present state of
Congress. Democrats like to say that the
Republicans started it all with their intran-
sigence during the Obama administra-
tion, but this is just dishonest. The Demo-
crats were dominant in Congress for the
first two years of Obamas presidency
and acted as though the minority party
was only a roadblock to their progressive
agenda. Perhaps they wouldnt have suf-
fered such catastrophic losses in 2010 and
2016 if they had tried to pass Obamacare
with at least a single Republican vote.
Both parties, when acting as either a
majority or minority, have used the same
tactics and have been prone to the same
the bowdoin orient
Bowdoins trans community and our allies
have already dedicated our time and en-
ergy towards trying to teach others what
several incidentsfrom the proposed
gender bender party last semester to
the incidents in the mens bathrooms last
weekwere really about. However, by
highlighting the problems on Bowdoins
campus, I am not intending to claim that
they stem from some sort of flaw that is
unique to our student body. Rather, they
are a reflection of flaws inherent in our
society and in our worlda world where
trans people, especially trans women of
color, are murdered at an alarming rate,
a world where 40 percent of trans people
have attempted or committed suicide
(from transphobia, from rejection by
friends and family, from loss of homes
and communities, not necessarily from
some problem with who we are as people)
and a world where our human rights are a
controversial political topic that is con-
stantly up for debate.
If you care about us, take the time to
listen, but it doesnt stop there. Listening
to the pronouns we tell you we prefer
is not enough if you dont hold yourself
and others accountable for using them.
Listening to our perspectives on what is
transphobic, what is hateful and what is
offensive is not enough if you dont make a
conscious effort to change those behaviors
in yourself and to call them out in others.
Listening to our explanations of terminol-
ogy and experiences is not enough if you
only rely on us to educate you ourselves
and dont dedicate the fraction of a sec-
ond it takes to Google something on your
own. So do more than just listen: act. Use
our pronouns, examine your own un-
conscious biases, educate yourselves and
stand up for us and our rights on both
small and larger scales. Be an active ally.
Show us that you care.
sort of partisanship that has rendered
our supreme representative body inept.
Senate debate rules, while not set forth in
the Constitution, are an important part
of the heritage of that legislative body as
a place for reasoned deliberation. The
Gorsuch nomination is not a step toward
single party rule, as some would argue,
but rather another episode in the long
decline of Congress as an effective legisla-
tive assembly.
Meanwhile, the executive and judi-
cial branches of the federal government
continue to grow in power and influ-
ence. The debate surrounding Gorsuchs
nomination is instructive in showing
both the power of the judiciary and the
ineptitude of Congress. Both sides rec-
ognized that whoever fills the seat will
potentially occupy it for decades and
will have the chance to shape the direc-
tion of constitutional interpretation for
years to come. The Supreme Court now
rules on the most contentious issues of
the day, giving the last word on such
issues as Obamacare, religious liberty,
campaign finance regulations and gay
marriage. Meanwhile, Congress is re-
duced to spiking its own rules in order
to get anything done, including nomi-
nating a justice to a court that is ever in-
creasing its own power to interpret and
shape the law.
And lets not forget about the ex-
ecutive branch, which perhaps most of
all could use some healthy legislative
checking at the moment. For the past
several decades, the president has ac- to campus discussions of race.
quired unprecedented power to issue
unilateral executive orders and bypass
Congressional approval in everything
from environmental regulation to for-
eign wars. This is a gift to someone like
Trump, who is far more inclined to act
fast rather than bother with formalistic
constitutional restraints.
EDITORIAL CARTOON
Debunking the myth of color
blindness in a racist society
Maurice Asare
AFRICANXIOUS
I particularly remember a conver-
sation that I had with a college advi-
sor about race during my senior year
of high school. Specifically, it was an
incident of overt racism that involved
the conscious exclusion of a student
of color from an event. My college
advisor, a white woman, reacted in
what appeared to be a blend of hor-
ror and shame. At one point during
the conversation, in what I imagine to
be an attempt to distance herself from
the event, she pronounced her color
blindness. I cant believe some people
are like that. I personally dont see
color, I treat everyone the same. Ini-
tially, I remember being appreciative
of her unbiased racial outlook. After
all, race is a social construct; its con-
ception is therefore contingent upon
our social selves.
Later that evening, however, I grew
concerned with my reactionor lack
thereof. Race is something that is so
present in the U.S. but its discussion
is something that elicits discomfort in
everyone. Was her insistence on color
blindness merely a refusal to engage
with the overt racism of the incident?
I realized that her words, I person-
ally dont see color [race], had struck
me: What does it mean to be color
blind in a society colored by racism?
I would like to clarify: race refers to
skin color, whereas ethnicity is more
aligned with culture. There exists a
tendency to conflate race and ethnic-
ity. Thus, when we talk about racism
we are referring to the marginaliza-
tion and oppression of various groups
of people on the basis of skin color.
Color blindness is the racial ide-
ology that posits the best way to end
discrimination is by treating individu-
als as equally as possible, without re-
gard to race.
This adoption of racial color blind-
ness is not uncommon: topics involv-
ing race are often difficult to discuss.
The notion of color blindness is,
then, used as a device to disengage
from conversations of race and
racism entirely. This tendency
is most prominent as it relates
The subtext of certain campus
talks about race appears to be
directed towards individu-
als who harbor nega-
tive sentiments about
race. Those who in-
sist on color blind-
ALEX WESTFALL
ness thus avoid these
opinion 11
DIANA FURUKAWA
conversations, thinking, Why would
I need to attend this campus talk? Im
not racist. These events, however, are
designed to generate productive con-
versations about race.
While many of these discussions are
directed towards the predominately
white Bowdoin population, people
of color often disproportionately out-
number white people in attendance.
Racial color blindness encour-
ages people to look past race entirely
and it encourages avoidance of ac-
knowledging race in interactions
and discussions.
Conversations about race, however,
are necessary for everyone.
In a color blind society, white peo-
ple, who are unlikely to experience
disadvantages due to race, can effec-
tively ignore racism in American life,
justify the current social order and feel
more comfortable with their relatively
privileged standing in society. Many
people of color, however, who are
regularly hindered by race, experience
color blind ideologies quite different-
ly. Color blindness constructs a soci-
ety that denies negative racial experi-
ences, undermines cultural heritage
and invalidates unique perspectives.
The notion that someone in the U.S.
can lead a completely color blind life
is not plausible. The awareness of race
is woven into our nations history and
its implications thus cannot be com-
pletely erased.
It is for this reason that I encour-
age campus discussions about race,
as they simultaneously bring us away
from a colorblind society and bring
us towards a more racially con-
scious society.
I realize that there is no such thing
as color blindness in our society. We
cannot simply stop talking about race
because skin color undeniably affects
the way people experience the world.
We all must actively engage with dis-
cussions of race.
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FRIDAY 14
DISCUSSION
"Class: Why Don't We Talk About It?"
Assistant Professor of Sociology Theo Greene will facilitate a
conversation about socioeconomic class.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.

PERFORMANCE
"The Apple Tree"
Curtain Callers, Bowdoins musical theater group, will perform
this series of three mini-musicals that explore temptation and
the relationships between men and women.
Drake Lobby, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.

PERFORMANCE
"RISE: Untold Stories of Bowdoin
Women"
Students will perform an original play composed of stories ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
from Bowdoin women to voice their diverse range of LET'S TACO 'BOUT IT: Students enjoy a burrito and taco at local food truck Taco the Town, which reopened on Sunday to the delight of students and
Brunswick residents. The truck serves authentic Mexican food and is parked on the Maine Street Mall. For more, check out the photo essay at bowdoinorient.com.
experiences. All proceeds from ticket sales go to Sexual
Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine (SASSMM).

MONDAY 17 WEDNESDAY 19
There will be another performance on ORIENT
PICK OF THE WEEK
Saturday night.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE LECTURE
PERFORMANCE
Office Hours Improv Show "Back During the USSR: Remembering "Inuit Clothing and Identity in the
Office Hours, one of Bowdoins improv groups, will perform. the Soviet Past in Contemporary Modern World"
Chase Barn. 8 p.m. Russian Politics" Iqaluit-based artist, educator, filmmaker and clothing designer
Jim Richter, professor of politics at Bates, will discuss the Becky Qilavvaq will discuss clothing's importance in Inuit
remembrance and retelling of Soviet history in Russias cur- culture and its relationship to identity.
rent political context, particularly during the centennial of the Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
Russian Revolution.

SATURDAY 15
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7:30 p.m.

EVENT
Quinceaera THURSDAY 20
The Latin American Student Organization will put on a
Quinceaera celebration, a traditional coming-of-age
celebration that will include a crowning
TUESDAY 18 LECTURE
"The French Fifth Republic in the
ceremony, shoe ceremony and dance.
ORIENT
PICK OF THE WEEK LECTURE Balance: Angry Voters, Weak Parties
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 10 p.m. "The Water Complex: Preventing Water and Uncharted Territory"
Catastrophes and Conflicts" Professor of American Studies and Director Emeritus of
Luke Wilson 06, co-founder and deputy director of the Sciences Po Lyon Dr. Vincent Michelot will discuss the issues
nonprofit Center for Water Security and Cooperation will facing voters in Frances upcoming presidential electionthe
discuss how the overuse of water threatens economic and most unpredictable in decadesin the context of populism

SUNDAY 16 human security.

Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 4 p.m.
and weakened parties.

EVENT
EVENT EVENT Panda Bear Tales: Exploring Masculinity
Study With Sound Bowdoin Student Government Debates As part of Asian Heritage Month, members of the Bowdoin
The Center for Learning and Teaching will host an event for Students running for executive positions within Bowdoin community will share personal stories about confronting
students to do work with study-conducive music. Student Government will debate a variety of issues. Asian masculinity.
ORIENT
The Center for Learning and Teaching. 2 p.m. Jack Magee's Pub and Grill. 8 p.m. MacMillan House. 7 p.m. PICK OF THE WEEK

Admitted Students Weekend

21 EVENT 22 EVENT 23 24 LECTURE 25 26 PERFORMANCE 27 PERFORMANCE
State of the World:
Paint Night in America's Greatest Bowdoin Night Ivies Thursday
Relay for Life
the Pub Foreign Policy Live! Concert
Challenges