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College community
reacts to DACA
termination
to see very little to no activity or
by Sarah Drumm concerns on the issue of DACA,
Orient Staff
which led to my initiation, start-
President Clayton Rose reaf- ing a community-based effort at
firmed the Colleges support for Bowdoin, wrote Armenta in an
undocumented students in light email to the Orient.
of President Donald Trumps de- I was in my mothers womb
cision to terminate the Deferred when she and my father crossed
Action for Childhood Arrivals the border in hopes of provid-
(DACA) program. In response ing a better future. I was fortu-
to the decision, a large group of nate to be born in the United
students will travel from the Col- States, she wrote. However, if
lege to attend a rally in Portland my parents had not been able to
on Friday. cross before my birth and had
In an email to the Bowdoin later on succeeded to cross, I ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
community on Tuesday, Rose would also be affected by the BSG SHOWS SUPPORT: The Bowdoin Student Government put up posters to condemn bias. Students signed a banner in solidarity following the incident.
N MINIMUM WAGE A ROCK REVIEW F TAKING UP SPACE S LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD O OUT LOUD
College increases student minimum wage Chris Ritter 21 analyzes new album by The Daisy Wislar 18 reflects on her identity as a Field hockey looks to rebuild after Ari Mehrberg 20 discusses LGBT housing
to $10. Page 3. War on Drugs. Page 5. disabled, queer Bowdoin student. Page 7. disappointing last season. Page 8. discrimination. Page 10.
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PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
8/26 to 9/7
STUDENT SPEAK:
What party theme do you want to see
this year?
Sam Monkman 18
"No theme."
Maggie Coster 19
"I'd like to see Epicuria recreate
what happened in the Colosseum
to a more historically accurate de-
gree. I want there to be a plot line.
I want there to be crowd hype. "
Beatrice Cabrera20
An ill student was given an escort from Coleman pedestrian crosswalks. A pedestrian may not suddenly
Hall to Mid Coast Hospital. leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run
into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is
Wednesday, August 30
Brunswick Rescue transported an ill student from
impossible for the operator to yield. "I would like to see a Disney
Osher Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
An officer escorted a sick student from Bruns-
Wednesday, September 6
Two alert students reported a bike theft in prog-
theme. I want it to be socially ac-
wick Apartments to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic. ress near Massachusetts Hall. A security officer ap-
prehended the suspect on Maine Street and notified
ceptable for me to sing Lion King
Thursday, August 31
An officer assisted a student in emotional distress
Brunswick police. The police issued the 54-year-old
Brunswick man a criminal trespass warning barring
on the dance floor. "
at Coles Tower. him from all campus property. The womens Huffy
Cranbrook bicycle was recovered.
Esra Park 21
Friday, September 1 A student with flu-like symptoms was escorted to
A student at Stowe Hall report that someone was the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.
FEATURES
Taking up space while
queer and disabled always mess up the top). I told
by Daisy Wislar myself not to be too disabled
Orient Contributor
and never inconvenience others
I am a queer person and a with my weird bodys needs. I
disabled person, and every day made myself small and tried to
I am trying to figure out what never take up too much space. It
that means. I decided to write felt like my whole life revolved
this piece to reflect on those around apologizing for existing.
identitieswhat it means to Flash forward to my junior
navigate them and how these year of high school. I realize
identities operate in the world Im queer. Ah! My plan to vehe-
both at Bowdoin and beyond. mently adhere to all things het-
Being queer and disabled may eronormative and patriarchal
seem like two different things is foiled. However, something
entirely, but lately Ive come to cool and surprising started hap-
understand them as inseparable pening when I came to realize
from one another. Here at Bow- my queerness. I began meeting
COURTESY OF ZOE WOOD doin, our conversations about other queer people. I met people
Island Life: Six student residents trudge across the islands tidal basin at lowtide, returning to the main facilities at Kent Island during sunset after a whale identity can be super siloed. But who took rules about what men
watching expedition. Eight students conducted scientific research around the island, and two served as Artists-in-Residence.. I decided to use this piece as a and women were supposed to
Students study poetry and science during summer program I have cerebral palsy, a physi-
cal disability resulting from brain
How to Be a Woman guide that
Id unknowingly been reading
injury at birth. I walk with a limp, my whole life.
my balance is pretty wonky and With the support of close
by Amanda Newman my body does things in a visibly friends, I slowly started to ex-
Orient Staff
weird way that I totally love. But periment with bowties, button
Each summer, Bowdoin offers the journey to loving my body downs, backwards hats and oth-
several fellowships in biology and has been just that: a long journey. er markers of gender outside of
the humanities that enable stu- I received a slew of negative feed- the feminine norm. Ever since
dents to conduct research or prac-
tice various arts on Kent Island. Being queer and disabled may seem like
Located off the coast of Maine in two different things entirely, but lately Ive
New Brunswick, Canada, the 200-
acre island has been home to the come to understand them as inseparable
Bowdoin Scientific Station (BSS), from one another.
since 1935.
This summer, eight Bowdoin back about my disabled body as a I started presenting my queer-
students completed the fellow- kid. In elementary school, I was ness more openly, Ive liberated
ship on the islandsix conduct- COURTESY OF ZOE WOOD told that the clunky, sporadic myself from the narrowness of
ed scientific research and two Little Lower Lab: Fog envelops the Bowdoin Scientific Stations (BSS) Lower Lab and adjoing wharf. The BSS is sound of me walking down the gender normativity and been
received the Artist-in-Residence located on a remote island in the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada. hallway was disruptive to other able to create new rules for my
fellowship. The program lasts students. Adults told me to stop body that are entirely my own.
for eight weeks and includes a ence as well as some isolation. writing creatively. positive of an experience as he curling my toes or sticking out Ive found peace in all the visi-
stipend, transportation, meals Despite its small size, the island Theres really no other grant originally had hoped. my tongue when I focus. I was ble ways my body does things
and lodging on the island. served as an exciting home for the you can get to just be paid to have I think going into it I kind told to turn my foot this way, differently. In the rulebook of
Theres a lot of inspiration in weeks Wood spent there. as much freedom as you want to of romanticized what the island stretch my hamstring that way, my body, my loud, clunky gait
the nature there. I think its really I really got to know Kent Is- do an artistic project, he said. would be until I got there. Its one walk straighter, stand taller, is radical and unique and mine,
cool too how the fellowship and land in a way that I havent been Clark explored the irony be- square mile and you cant really make my body fit other peoples not something that is distract-
Kent Island really fuse art and able to know other places that Ive tween the intense exposure to run because the gulls will get an- standards that were never really ing or shameful like my teacher
science, said Zoe Wood 18, lived before, like Brunswick, or nature one encounters when ar- gry so there are not a lot of ways to within my reach. said. My liberated gender pre-
who researched host plants for back home in New York or even riving at Kent Island and the fact exercise. Theres no option to really When I was in middle and sentation serves as a representa-
spittlebugs on Kent Island with abroad, she said. that professors and students from leave, which was really the hard high school, this commentary tion of all the ways my body is
her BSS fellowship. By the time she left, she was able Bowdoin and other institutions part, he said. translated into a frustration with radical and defiant of norms as a
I spent a lot of time also paint- to name nearly any species of ani- have conducted so many tests and While Wood agreed that the ex- my body that I tirelessly tried to queer and disabled person.
ing and drawingI tried to do a mal or plant she saw while taking a studies that have altered the natu- perience was isolating at times, she compensate for. The messaging I want to acknowledge that
painting or a drawing a day its walk on the island. ral make-up of the land. found peace in the solitude. I received around being a young my experience with exploring
so beautiful up there that its hard While Wood devoted most of Theres really a give-take on If youre looking for that sort girl with a disability told me that my gender presentation has
to not see how everything can be her weeks on the island to mea- what were studying with nature of thing its really wonderful and if I just made my cute girlhood not yet compromised my safety,
an inspiration [not only] for artists suring plant heights, searching there and how were affecting the you can sort of detach yourself really big, and my unfavorable which is likely a product of my
but also scientists, she added. for spittlebugs and painting and island to do it, he said. and really focus on what it is thats disability really small, I could fit privilege as a white person who
Wood applied for the fellowship drawing in her spare time, Bren- While Clark enjoyed the privi- happening on Kent Island and in. I told myself to be likable; fit exists in relatively sheltered set-
because she wanted the opportu- nan Clark 20 spent nearly all of lege of getting in touch with nature pour yourself into your project, into normative ideas of gender tings. This is not true for many
nity for an immersive field experi- his time taking photographs and this summer, he did not have as she said. presentation and maybe, just other people, who face violence
maybe, people would see past and persecution in their own
my disability. process surrounding gender
The result of this internalized self-determination. But in any
notion of gender and disability small way that oppressed people
was a whole lot of forced fem- allow our identities to take up
ininity. In high school I used space, whenever we can speak
to straighten my hair every and live our truth, we are com-
day and wear about 10 coats of mitting radical acts of resistance
eyeliner (but only on the lower against a system that tells us to
lid, because naturally I would make ourselves invisible.
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SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Smooth Sailing. This
weekend, the sailing team
opens its season with a
packed five-
regatta schedule including
the Penobscot Bay Open
and the Harman Trophy
at Maine Maritime, the
Harry Anderson Trophy
at Yale, the Toni Deutsch
Trophy at MIT and the
FJ Invite at Harvard. Last
year, the team got off to a
strong start with its open-
ing slate, especially at the
Harman Trophy, where
the Polar Bears took first
place and qualified for the
New England Match Race
Championshipsa per-
formance that the team
will look to replicate this
Mens soccer chases NESCAC title for third time in four years
matchup at Amherst at
noon.
Summer camps aim to teach skills and recruit players for Bowdoin teams
toward largely using showcas- they may have not
by Anjulee Bhalla es, travel teams and recruiting had the opportu-
Orient Staff
clinics in the collegiate ath- nity to learn, such
This summer, kids of all ages letic process. This trend has as rugby. Since
attended sports camps and clin- altered not only the culture of 2012, MaryBeth
ics on Bowdoins campus. Most recruiting, but has also caused Mathews, the head
of the camps serve recruiting the process to begin during coach of the wom-
method for athletes to Bowdoin the spring and summer before ens rugby team,
programs and to prepare them a recruits senior year of high has run the Polar
for collegiate athletics. school, if not earlier. Bear Rugby Camp
While these camps and clin- The extent to which col- in an effort to
ics are run by Bowdoin coaches leges use summer camps as a bring more atten-
and use Bowdoin facilities, they recruiting tool varies widely tion to the sport.
are not affiliated with the Col- by institution, said Womens We started
lege. The athletic department Soccer Head Coach Brianne Polar Bear Rug-
doesnt explicitly benefit from Weaver in an email to the by Camp because
the sports camps, but the Col- Orient. We focus on player there was no rugby
lege does make revenue from development and imparting camp for boys or
use of facilities and room and knowledge in a positive learn- girls [at the time],
board fees that each camp pays. ing environment and recruit- said Mathews. So
The camps, representing all ing (depending on the age of I decided to start
three sports seasons, are pop- the camper). one, even though its in Maine
ular. Some, such as the Polar On the mens tennis team, and Maine has very little high
Bear Girls Lacrosse Camp, four current players had at- school rugby. I would say its
have experienced especially tended the Polar Bear Elite a fabulous camp, but its in
high interest in recent years. Tennis Camp run by Head a tough location because of
From 2008 to 2016, the la- Coach Conor Smith. While where the rugby players are.
crosse camp filled all of its the program is only for boys And for college women, there
overnight spots to capacity. entering ninth through 12th are not that many camps, and
This year, between campers grade with a large focus on de- no others in New England.
and staff, there were more veloping collegiate play, many This year was also the sec-
than 220 people staying over- other sports programs offer ond year that the rugby camp
night for the camp, in addi- high school preparation or included an U-12 youth divi-
tion to commuters. general development divisions sion for boys and girls, which
The womens lacrosse camp for younger athletes. has grown quickly in popu-
is among the most attended Both the girls and boys larity with 25-30 campers this
camps. Others, such as the basketball camps are geared summeron par with the high
squash camp and mens ten- toward younger athletes, pro- school and college divisions.
nis camp had 10-15 attendees viding comprehensive instruc- Increasing the number of
each, due mainly to the indi- tion in the fundamentals of the athletes who may eventually be-
vidual nature of the sport and game and giving campers the come Bowdoin recruits remains
the facilities available. opportunity to challenge them- a focus for every program,
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARYBETH MATHEWS
The increase in summer selves and improve their skills. whether its through camps
camps corresponds to a gen- The camps also expose held over the summer or clinics LOOKING FORWARD: Over the summer, sports teams, such as Rugby (pictured), host camps on Bowdoins campus
eral trend across the country young athletes to sports that during the academic year. in order to teach valuable skills and recruit players for their teams. This represents an ongoing trend in college athletics.
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OPINION
Setting the right tone Beyond the Bowdoin bubble,
If the true test of character is what one does when no one is watching,
then the past few months of summer break have presented Bowdoin with
plenty of opportunities to prove its mettle. From the fall of the last mor-
tarboard at graduation to the first day of classes this fall, seemingly every
housing discrimination persists
headline presented a fresh opportunity for shock, awe and uncertainty. housing discrimination on the ba-
Though, without the hum of students, its halls have been quiet, the Col- sis of their identity is completely
lege has not remained silent in the face of the summers unfolding political
Out Loud legaland common. Accord-
drama. In response to high profile incidents, the College has taken a num- by Ari Mehrberg ing to the National Center for
ber of clear and admirable stances and backed up its words with concrete Transgender Equality, one in five
actions. At the very end of the summer, just trans Americans have faced housing
In late August, in response to nationwide debates about Confederate a few days before the rest of the student discrimination because of their
statues and imagery spurred by the violence in Charlottesville, the College body returned to campus, the other Col- gender, and over one in 10 has PHOEBE NICHOLAS
announced its decision to move a plaque commemorating Bowdoin alumni lege House officers and I spent several been evicted. In addition, a 2013
who fought for the Confederacy from the lobby of Memorial Hall to Special hours with the Peer Health and Resi- survey conducted by the Department of forced to make sacrific-
Collections and Archives. This was a sensible and laudable course of action. dential Life student team discussing a Housing and Urban Development found es to present myself the
While simultaneously presenting a transparent, historical account of the book we had all read over the summer, that same-gender couples face signifi- way I want to, to be vis-
Colleges relationship to the Confederate cause and avoiding the erasure Matthew Desmonds Evicted. While the cant discrimination in the rental housing ibly nonbinary and
often associated with the removal of controversial images and symbols, the book itself was primarily focused on the market. And with the turn that Trumps queer, to be publicly
College unequivocally condemned the white supremacist ideology on dis- struggles of families in Milwaukee facing America has taken, things may grow even affectionate with
play in Charlottesville that was associated with the plaque itself. housing insecurity and poverty, a large worse in the next few years. my partner if I
Also over the summer, the College delivered the Report of the Ad-Hoc portion of our discussion centered on When I come out to someone, especial- have one. I may
Committee on Inclusion, which featured the Committees recommendation the various factors that can contribute to ly if the person is cisgender and straight, be forced to take
that the College create a new position on the senior administrative staff housing instability in general. Some are the all-too-common response of youre extra considerations when deciding where
the vice president for inclusion and diversityresponsible for ensuring that environmental, some institutional and so brave has often left a sour taste in my to live, and where to work. I may be forced
the College is doing its utmost to serve all of its students. The adoption of some deliberate. Included in that last cate- mouth for reasons I had never entirely to think about safety in a new light, and to
the committees recommendations shows that the College recognizes the gory is an issue that hits close to home for been able to explain. Perhaps it comes in develop a bravery that just a few years ago
importance of allocating resources for new programs and adapting existing me, one that leaves me feeling equal parts part from the fact that I am privileged to I never couldve imagined needing.
ones to create an academically, socially and institutionally inclusive college. grateful for the so-called Bowdoin bub- have spent my life drifting from bubble Being gay or trans or bi shouldnt
On Tuesday, we learned of the the Trump administrations decision to ble and terrified for the moment where I to bubble: my California hometown, my have to be scary. It shouldnt have to
rescind the Obama administrations Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival will have to leave it. liberal family and friends, my private high be precarious or vulnerable, and it
(DACA) program. This news hit particularly close to home for some on Every letter in the LGBT acronym is school and now, of course, Bowdoin. My shouldnt have to be dangerous. I have
Bowdoins campus who are either personally affected by this decision or affected in some way by housing discrim- housing has always been guaranteed, and found incredible communities because
whose family or loved ones are. Soon after, President Rose issued a delib- ination in the United States. The Federal the liberal environments in which Ive of my identity; I have made close con-
erate and compassionate response to the decision, reiterating the Colleges Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to refuse lived have made employment easy. But in nections through it, and it has allowed
commitment to the safety and security of all of its students, its belief in the renting or selling housing to any person a few short years, I will be let loose into a me to be a part of something incredibly
humanity and dignity of immigrants in the United States and its eagerness on the basis of race, gender, religion, fa- world that requires more bravery than rewarding. But pride shouldnt have to
to offer assistance to students who feel at risk. milial status or national origin, but does Ive ever needed before. Of course, I will come with a price. Kids shouldnt have
Taken together, these actions constitute a commendable and encouraging not explicitly extend this protection to still retain some privileges: I am white to be homeless because they wanted to
move by the College, setting a tone of resilience and compassion as stu- LGBT individuals or families. In addi- and able-bodied, I can receive support be themselves in a place that wouldnt
dents return to campus. Although we applaud the College for these steps, tion, only 20 states, as well as D.C., have from my parents and my Bowdoin edu- accept them. Couples, trans people,
they should not be considered the end of the Colleges efforts. We aim to instituted housing non-discrimination cation will provide me with advantages and other LGBT adults shouldnt have
hold Bowdoin accountable for future responses and actions in regards to laws that cover both sexual orientation that my peers who couldnt attend college to struggle to find a house and a job
the interests of its students. But if the Colleges reactions to the events of and gender identity, while two states have will not have. But my position will be far that will take them. And LGBT indi-
the summer are any indication of whats to come, we are hopeful for the laws that cover only sexual orientation. As more precarious, and my safety net far viduals of all ages and identities should
trajectory of our community. a result, fifty percent of Americas LGBT less sturdy, than it is now. Depending on never have to live in the closet in order
population currently live in states where where I end up after graduation, I may be to live at all.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board,
for the upcoming summer when I would a party with my friend who attends NYU.
by Charlotte Nash
be away from Bowdoin, with the intention She had flitted off to talk to guy-who-now-
Op-Ed Contributor
of returning to both in the fall. must-not-be-named, and I didnt know
This summer I went off-the-grid. It In a move that in hindsight is entirely anyone else. I cracked and re-downloaded
wasnt in an exotic, adventurous way; I ironic, I kicked off my experiment by post- Snapchat on my phone so I could see what
didnt backpack across the Himalayas or ing about my soon-to-be absence on the my scattered Bowdoin friends were doing
ESTABLISHED 1871 return to Bowdoin with a foreign lover three social media platforms I took part in, on that Friday night in July. Really though,
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 in tow Eat Pray Love style. I lived in New and the Holy Trinity for most millennials: I didnt want to be seen by other guests as
York City and had constant access to all of Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. Even vulnerable, or worse, have to introduce
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and lifes essentials (and those not as much so, though I now realize the fallacy, at the time myself to a stranger. It was then that I re-
information relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and like a Starbucks on every corner), I merely it seemed like a nonnegotiable. Although I alized that social media actually made me
its administrators, the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following profes- deleted all social media accounts and lived wanted to escape the time-trap that social less social.
sional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as my life as if no one was watching. media had become, I didnt want to be I now better understood my complex
an open forum for thoughtful and diverse discussion and debate on issues of interest to the Im not sure exactly when I decided I forgotten in my retreat. My social media relationship with social media. It was not
College community. needed to change my relationship with presence seemed a part of me, giving me virtual communication I didnt like, there
social media. It could have been after validation that I had friends and could be would be no way to keep in touch with
wasting two straight hours of my precious (quite literally) liked. Im even ashamed or make plans with friends without my
Sarah Drumm Harry DiPrinzio
term-paper-all-nighter time watching to admit that in the hours after I posted phone, but the impulsive way I used it that
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief every video meme in my Facebook news- about my summer experiment I continu- was a problem. As well, there seems to be a
feed-and thats not counting my constant ally checked my Facebook post likes and passive and active side to all forms of social
Creative Director Managing Editor News Editor Snapchat work breaks to update fellow Snapchat story views. media. Like the rest of the five juniors on
Jenny Ibsen Rachael Allen Elizabeth Fosler-Jones classmates on my slow page count prog- In the ensuing weeks, I noticed how lit- campus this semester, Ive been missing
Sarah Bonanno ress. While this may seem (and surely is) tle I missed social media. In fact, I couldnt my abroad friends, many of whom cant
Anjulee Bhalla Sports Editor excessive, according to Nielsen Social, really remember what I did on it for such text on their data plans. My first instinct
Digital Director
Ellice Lueders Anna Fauver the norm for adults over 18 is an average long periods of time. My thumbs, howev- was to see what they were all up to by
James Little Nicholas Mitch of three and a half hours a day spent on er, continued to move inexplicably toward doing a quick, innocuous Facebook stalk
Allison Wei Features Editor social media. Three extra hours when the ghosts of apps no longer on my phone of recent pictures. Instead, I decided to
Photo Editor Alyce McFadden I was usually grateful for five screen, which now seemed empty and Facebook message them so I could more
Ann Basu more minutes in my devoid of life (even though the very meaningfully (and less creepily) check in.
Associate Editor A&E Editor schedule seemed free- lively home screen image of my Right now, Im sticking with my ex-
Roither Gonzales Isabelle Hall
Layout Editor Louisa Moore ing to say the least, roommate mid face-plant was periment, at least for a little longer. I be-
Emma Bezilla Amanda Newman Opinion Editor so I decided to log now fully visible). lieve it has helped me stay present in the
Ian Stewart off of my accounts However, I did notice an moments I would be trying to document
Rohini Kurup interesting pattern: the times I online instead. All of my fears of being dis-
Data Desk Copy Editor had urges to scroll through Ins- connected after exiting the social media
Calendar Editor
Gideon Moore Emily Cohen tagram or watch a few Snapchat box have dissipated; if anything Im now
Eleanor Paasche Kate Lusignan stories were the times I should do so more confident in the reality, not virtual-
least, like when I was frustrated and ity, of my friendships. My current decision
Social Media Editor Business Manager stuck on a problem at my internship. was made easier when I caught up with a
Gwen Davidson Sr. News Reporter Edward Korando I came to realize that entering the friend at Lobster Bake and told her I was
Uriel Lopez-Serrano James Callahan Ned Wang mystical realm of social media was hesitant to log back on. She responded by
Faria Nasruddin
rarely an intention of mine, but in- saying, Wait really? You havent been on
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the stead something I turned to when I was social media? I didnt even notice.
editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions bored or needed a convenient escape. Charlotte Nash is a member of the Class
JENNY IBSEN
expressed in the Orient do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors. This was clearest to me when I went to of 2019.
Friday, September 8, 2017 OPINION 11
SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 8
EVENT
Poster-Making for DACA Rally
The Student Center for Multicultural Life will host poster-
making for students participating in the Fight for DACA rally.
30 College Street. 2:30 p.m.
EVENT
Mental Health Group
The Mental Health Group will be meeting to discuss mental
health. Students are welcome to discuss their history, share
their experiences and listen to their peers.
Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Fight for DACA Rally
The Bowdoin Student Government invites students to ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
participate in the DACA Rally. For students who RSVPd, LETS GET A MEAL: Students and members of the administration engage in conversation at the First Generation Dinner on Wednesday in
transportation will be provided. Daggett Lounge. The event provided first generation students as well as faculty and staff an opportunity to talk about their college experiences.
Portland, M.E. 6 p.m.
EVENT
Student Night at the Museum
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will open its doors to
SUNDAY 10 TUESDAY 12
students for a night of art, a cappella, hors doeuvres and LECTURE EVENT
drinks for those 21+. Book Salon: The Ivory Mirror and Fall Student Activities Fair
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 7 p.m. Memento Mori in Shakespeares Over 100 student groups will convene to welcome and
Hamlet introduce students to their campus activities. Student
PERFORMANCE Associate Professor of English Aaron Kitch and Stephen leaders of these groups will be available to answer ques-
Purity Pact Recruitment Show Perkinson, Peter M. Small associate professor of Art History tions at this time.
Enjoy a night of laughter from Bowdoins only all-womens and guest curator of The Ivory Mirror, a new exhibit in the Morrell Lounge, David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m.
comedy troupe. Additionally, check out Office Hours and Museum of Art, will discuss the importance of the memento
Improvabilities Recruitment Shows on Saturday night. mori in Shakespeares Hamlet. Kitch will speak about the
Chase Barn. 8 p.m. way cultural meanings of death have changed from the
WEDNESDAY 13
Shakespearean era to today.
PERFORMANCE Museum of Art Pavillion. 2 p.m.
A Cappella Recruitment Concert
Bowdoins six a cappella groups will perform.
Bowdoin College Chapel. 9 p.m. EVENT
Meditation with Will Bucci 19
MONDAY 11
Will Bucci 19 will lead a relaxing group meditation. All
students are welcome, no sign-up required.
SATURDAY 9
Room 301, Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 7 p.m.
EVENT
Alternative Winter Break Informational
Session
THURSDAY 14
EVENT
African American Society Ice Cream The McKeen Center for the Common Good will hold an
Social informational session discussing alternative winter breaks.
The African American Society will open their doors for an Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good. 7 p.m. EVENT
afternoon of ice cream and fellowship.
Russwurm African American Center. 3 p.m. LECTURE
Making Choices: The German National
Narwhal: An Extraordinary Tusk Elections 2017 and Europe
EVENT The Departments of German and Government and Legal
Dr. Martin Nweeia, a practicing dentist and research sci-
Studies will host Hanno Mussler, journalist at Frankfurter
Greenstock entist, will talk about the narwhal tusk. Nweeia has worked
Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Mussler will discuss the
Student Activities, Green Bowdoin, Bowdoin Music with a research team consisting of scientists, veterinarians
upcoming German election. This discussion will include
Collective and Sustainable Bowdoin will be hosting an and Inuit hunters from Canada and Greenland. Nweeia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Alyssa Maraj
annual event promoting environmental consciousness. will elaborate on his research, discuss various laboratory
Grahame, Professor of German Birgit Tautz and Professor of
There will be various booths and a campus-wide barbecue techniques and explain the collaborative process of
Modern Languages George Taylor Files.
at 4:30 p.m. international research.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Dudley Coe Quad. 11 a.m. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4 p.m.