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The Nation’s Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly Friday, March 2, 2018 Volume 147, Number 18 bowdoinorient.com
New apartments
announced, to
be completed
for fall 2019
a kitchen and bathrooms as
by Rachael Allen well as a common space for the
Orient Staff
groups of four, six and eight
The College plans to intro- students. One of the apartments
duce two new upperclass student will include a common space
living spaces in fall 2019—four in its basement, large enough
suite-style apartment houses as for group gatherings. All of the
well as the conversion of Boo- apartments prioritize accessibil-
dy-Johnson House into a Col- ity and energy efficiency.
lege House. Born out of more Located along Park Row
than 1,600 survey responses where Gustafson House is cur-
from students, faculty, staff and rently, these apartments will be
neighbors as well as the efforts centrally located, adjacent to
of a working group on off-cam- Chamberlain Hall. ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
pus and upperclass housing, “A winter-time campus like SEEKING SUPPORT: In a recent survey, 60 percent of female students said that felt they needed to lose weight. During National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week, the Orient spoke with students about their experiences with and perceptions of eating disorders, excercise and health on campus.
N TALKING ABOUT DISABILITY F ABOUT ATLANTA A ‘GESUNDHEIT’ S MAKIN’ WAVES O A DRINKING PROBLEM
A panel addresses student experiences Carly Berlin ’18 reflects on the meaning Parker Lemal-Brown ’18 talks about their The swimming and diving teams set Nathanael DeMoranville ’20 calls on the College to
with accomodations. Page 4. of her hometown. Page 5. one-act play. Page 11. records at NESCACs. Page 13. take responsibility for underage drinking. Page 14.
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SECURITY REPORT
2/22 to 2/28
STUDENT SPEAK:
What do you do for self-care?
William deBruynKops ’20
"Epsom salt baths with a
JENNY IBSEN
good book."
Saturday, February 24
• An officer safely escorted an intoxicated student to
legally, it is important to remember that drivers cannot yield
unless they see you. The law states, “A pedestrian may not
suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or
"Celibacy."
the student’s residence hall for the night. run into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impos-
• An officer checked on the wellbeing of a student sible for the operator to yield.” In Maine, people from age
who had combined alcohol with prescription medication. 15-24 account for nearly a quarter of all pedestrian crash
• Two students reported a strange interaction with victims. Friday is the most dangerous day of the week for
a woman who was asking odd questions of them at the pedestrians. Most crashes involving pedestrians occur be-
nail polish."
• An argument over a seat in a shuttle van erupted be- Bike Safety Advisory
tween a student and a campus visitor following the Ebony Maine law generally gives bicyclists the same rights and
Ball. responsibilities as motor vehicle operators. Bicyclists may
• A kitchen oven in Helmreich House was left on for use public roads and they must obey traffic laws such as
several hours after cookies were baked. stopping at red lights and stop signs, yielding to pedestri-
• A stove burner in MacMillan House was left on for ans at crosswalks, and yielding to traffic when entering
Monday, February 26
for a left turn. Crosswalks are for pedestrians; a bicyclist
is required to dismount and walk the bike across marked "Play Mario Kart."
• Brunswick Rescue transported a student to Mid crosswalks.
Coast Hospital for treatment of chest pain.
• A motorist reported general concern about students
on bicycles crossing roadways dangerously and nearly COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
causing accidents. COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET
YOUR AD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 between Irish immigrants who
came to the United States when
While conversations about im- facing starvation in the mid-
migration might be uncomfort- 1800s and Central American im-
HERE
able, Vargas sees the importance migrants who try to come today.
in stopping misinformation. He He noted that U.S. immigration
noted that immigrants actually restrictions weren’t invented until
commit crime at a lower rate than over a century after the nation’s
native-born Americans. He also founding—at first, the country Want to advertise your event,
pointed out that undocumented accepted all immigrants.
immigrants contribute $13 bil- “Unless you’re a Native service or local business to
lion to Social Security each year, American or an African-Amer- thousands of Bowdoin students and
helping keep the program solvent
even though they do not receive
ican, three questions must be
asked: Where did you come
community members? The Bowdoin
benefits themselves. from, how did you get here and Orient wants to help you out.
He argued that the United who paid?” he said. “If you can’t
States has yet to reconcile with
its complicated immigration
answer those three questions,
you have no right to talk to Visit bowdoinorient.com/advertise or
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“Immigration is probably the don’t understand.”
most discussed and yet least un- Vargas understands borders,
derstood issue in America,” he although it’s been a while since
said. “Talk about a wall—we have he’s crossed one. As an undoc-
a wall up about our own history. umented immigrant, he would
And I’m fascinated with white not be allowed back into the
Americans who don’t want to face United States if he left. There
their own history.” is not a pathway to citizenship
As a Filipino immigrant, he for him, nor anyway to legalize
noted that the large presence of his status. But he has made his
Filipinos in the United States can home in America.
be traced to the American coloni- “If they’re going to ask me to
TESSA EPSTEIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT zation of the Philippines after the leave, they’re going to have to
UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN: Jose Antonio Vargas addresses students Spanish-American War in 1898. drag me out of this country—
in Kresge Auditorium last night. Vargas spoke about his experience as an The United States maintained the with all of my furniture from
undocumented immigrant and America’s struggle to reconcile with its history. Philippines as a colony until 1933. Pottery Barn,” he said.
4 NEWS Friday, March 2, 2018
FEATURES
BOWDOIN BACK HOME
Welcome to Leaving Atlanta, Georgia corner of a blue city, no less—and of me that I wondered whether or throughout my four years, this likes to call this “the game of ex- to taint her understanding of
by Carly Berlin I could see skyscrapers from my not I could really weather it here. fall a dear friend joined me here: plaining the context of a place.” home with my own obsessive and
Orient Contributor
house. And so I would evade any That period of doubt didn’t first year Kaya Wurtzel. We were It’s a game I’ve played with eager- confused reckonings.
When I came to Bowdoin, association with the South that last long. I found friends just teammates in high school and ness and trepidation, in turns. At •••
everyone asked me where my ac- my curious classmate implied. as invested in deciphering the shared the same favorite teach- times I’ve distanced myself from Over winter break, I asked
cent was. Where? Nowhere. This The South didn’t feel like mine. strangeness of college and the er, whose classroom walls were any association with the stereo- Kaya to take me on a tour of plac-
was a matter I had never con- Yet as I struggled to transi- shifting ideas of home we all painted yellow and plastered with typical redneck rural South; at es important to her in Atlanta.
sidered. I hadn’t noticed that my tion to Bowdoin—an institution undergo upon coming here, and postcards of art history master- others, I’ve tried my damndest to She brought me to the brewpub
parents spoke with subtle twangs not wholly different in character in these relationships I found a pieces. I’ve long seen parts of convince folks that such a place and billiards hall her family runs,
’til my college friends noted this, from the high school I’d attend- new kind of belonging. But it is a myself in Kaya, though I must is a fallacy, that the South is new and pointed out how she could
but that would be years down the ed—I couldn’t shake how out of time I still return to. It was when I say that I’ve watched her grow and vibrant and cool. Sometimes mark periods of her life by her
road. I’d tell the inquiring peer place I felt here. How I’d come realized how bold—how scary— into Bowdoin with an ease and I’ve relished in the oddity of com- evolving penchant for menu
before me that I’m from Atlanta, to New England on the odd yet my decision to move all the way grace I’d longed for in my initial ing from somewhere beyond the items—veggie chili, and later fish
with a raised brow for emphasis, earnest whim of my own New up the coast was. It was a time months here. Sharing this cam- norm, and have made it my proj- tacos—and showed me the beam
and leave off the understood state England intellectual fantasy. No when I began to think of myself pus with her has made me feel ect to defend the South. And in behind the bar where she and her
at hand. Saying I hailed from one in my family had done this as Southern. more connected to home. many instances, I’ve asked myself cousins marked their heights as
Georgia felt like a foolish strategy. before; I have no close family in ••• Now, I’m observing Kaya un- what in fact I am trying to defend. they grew. Then we drove over
It also felt like a lie. I grew up in the Northeast. A homesickness so While I’ve had friends from dergo the task of attempting to I’ve tried to withhold my tac-
a city—a particularly progressive quick and suffocating took hold home at Bowdoin with me describe where we’re from. She tics from Kaya. I haven’t wanted Please see ATLANTA, page 6
ABOUT TOWN
Talk to the real boss: the face of Autometrics is not who you’d expect
building was owned by Fortin’s
by Maia Coleman mother’s family. In 1977, Fortin’s
Orient Contributor
father and his business partner be-
If you call up Autometrics, the gan renting the garage—Ray then
auto-repair and supplies store, for met Joey, his future wife, bought
a consultation, a new part, or some out his partner and the rest is his-
advice on your car, you might be tory.
surprised. When the ringing stops Together he and Joey, who does
and the line clicks, the voice on the the books for the business, have
other end is not the one you might provided the residents of Bruns-
expect: that of a gruff mechanic, wick, Harpswell and Topsham
grabbing a call between repairs. with top quality auto services for
Instead, at the click, a melodic 40 years. Ray, now 63, still works
female voice warmly answers the contentedly as the shop’s head
phone. Autometrics, what can I do mechanic and owner. Although
for you? Fortin adds that her mother’s role
The voice belongs to Teddy in the business is equally essential.
Fortin, 29 year old Brunswick na- “When people want to talk to
tive. Fortin, the daughter of Auto- my dad about stuff, we say do you
metrics’ owners Ray and Joaquin want the real boss? Because it’s my
Fortin, has been running the office mom. She is the workhorse be-
at the shop’s Bath Road location hind everything,” Fortin said.
for nearly eight years. Aside from her mother, who
Fortin jokes about people’s plays an essential, but more incon-
initial surprise when they see her spicuous role, Fortin is the only
at the shop desk. “My mom is Joey woman working at Autometrics.
and I’m Teddy so when people Although she herself does no large
come to meet us they expect to scale repairs, she still found that
meet two men, it’s pretty funny,” initially, people were taken aback
laughed Fortin. to see a woman in the shop.
JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Autometrics is a family busi- “In the beginning it’s really
ness. It originated on Pleasant tough when you’re filling a posi- A FAMILY AFFAIR: Teddy Fortin (right) has worked in the office of Autometrics, the auto-body shop run by her father Ray Fortin (left) for almost eight years.
Street in a rented garage off the tion that’s been male dominated
side of what was then a True Val- for so long,” said Fortin. “I’d get a someone off of work to get on the mother occupy markedly different removal from the shop itself, both ously, I do some stuff out there, but
ue hardware store (that building lot of phone calls like ‘can I speak phone and I can totally tell them spaces than her father and the women’s roles are imperative to nothing crazy. I line the work up, I
is now home to Pleasant Street’s to one of the mechanics’ and obvi- what’s wrong with their car.” other male employees; they are the success of the business.
Dunkin Donuts). At the time, the ously that doesn’t work. I can’t pull At Autometrics, Fortin and her not mechanics. But despite their “I don’t actually fix cars. Obvi- Please see TEDDY, page 6
6 FEATURES Friday, March 2, 2018
FACING FOOD
Pictured clockwise from bottom left: Manlio Calentti ’20, Haley Friesch ’18, Katherine Chi ’19, Julia Morris ’19 and Megan Retana ’19.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 understanding it.” ing Dr. Kathleen Hart, a licensed she was comfortable recognizing about themselves, but it’s nice to ress Hart has helped her make
Retana has struggled with psychologist who specializes in her illness and understanding kind of know that you aren’t the through guiding her nutrition
According to the National disordered eating thoughts eating and anxiety disorders. She the underlying factors. only one who feels a certain way.” and realigning the way she thinks
Institute of Mental Health, eating since high school, but it wasn’t is working towards recovery and Since seeing Hart both indi- Many students say they feel about food. However, she still
disorders—officially categorized until her first year at Bowdoin now considers her eating habits vidually and in a group, Conroy shame in admitting the disorder struggles on a day-to-day basis.
as “illnesses that cause severe that she began to understand to be more or less stable. has been able to grapple with her to themselves and others. “The biggest thing is that
disturbances to a person’s eating what she was experiencing ••• eating disorder more easily. The “I remember when I was in people think of eating disor-
behaviors”—have the highest what many would classify as an Recognizing a need for addi- group therapy session offers sup- high school and I was going ders as somebody who is really
mortality rate of any mental eating disorder. tional support for students with port and a sense of belonging. through all of that, my friend skinny, and looks like they’re
health disorder. Eating disorders Both Retana and her sister eating disorders, the Counseling “[The biggest thing I get from started packing extra food for me going to die, or somebody who
include anorexia nervosa, buli- were overweight growing up, as Center reached out to Hart and the group is] realizing that oth- because she was like ‘You won’t has a binge eating problem and
mia, binge eating disorder and are her parents, which contribut- since the fall of 2016, Hart has er people feel similarly. Not in feed yourself.’ But I never even can’t control themselves and it’s
orthorexia, among many others. ed to her low self-esteem. come to meet with Bowdoin the same way, but I’m not going told her anything that I was go- such a spectrum. I know that
What differentiates eating “The feeling of starting college students once a week. Current- through it alone, which makes it ing through,” said Haley Friesch nobody would look at me and
disorders from disordered eating and losing weight was really ex- ly, she is seeing around nine think, ‘oh she has an eating dis-
thoughts is the severity and con- citing to me,” said Retana. Bowdoin students, individually “The biggest thing is that people think order,’” she said.
sistency of behaviors.
This week the Orient sent out
During her first year at Bow-
doin, Retana saw counselors
and in group sessions, who are
struggling with eating and/or
of eating disorders as somebody who is “But it doesn’t change the fact
that when I’m getting dressed,
its Health and Diet Survey—last at the Counseling Center, but anxiety disorders. really skinny, and looks like they’re going I’m nitpicking little stuff about
distributed five years ago—to ended up switching counselors Emily Conroy ’19 is one of the to die, or somebody who has a binge my body or I’m always thinking
the student body. Of 538 re- and felt like she wasn’t getting students Hart is seeing. She went eating problem and can’t control them- about, if I eat this for breakfast,
stress I’m dealing with.” not eating anything after a double said. dents indicated that they paid “She tells me exactly what Conroy. “So I still think about it
Conroy’s eating disorder is, in digit run or eating like 2000 cal- ••• attention to the eating habits of time to eat or else I relapse, and a lot, but in very different ways
large part, a manifestation of her ories in one sitting,” said Calentti. Katherine Chi ’19 finds that their peers, and 88 percent of that’s the kind of structure that now.”
obsessive-compulsive disorder For him, these behaviors were her race plays a factor in how students said they ate differently I think people who specialize in Right now, Morris considers
and wanting to control a part strongly correlated with being on she understands her eating dis- when at home. that field can provide, because herself the most recovered she
of her life amidst the stress and the cross country team and want- order. Growing up in Durham, “The hardest part for me there is a lot more of a physical has ever been, but understands
pressure of Bowdoin’s campus. ing to become a better runner. Connecticut, Chi was one of the about an eating disorder, at least component,” said Chi. she has to be careful. She sees a
“[The eating disorder] is just “There was this competition only Asian girls at her school and the saddest realization I came Hart thinks that one of the therapist, psychiatrist and dieti-
this whole other voice overriding factor of wanting to beat this per- started to internalize how her to, was all the memories that I biggest misconceptions about cian off campus to help support
my brain, which I’m certain a lot son and go up in a race and cut male friends would talk about missed out on and all the people I eating disorders is the idea that her recovery.
of people on this campus can re- down my mile time and my 5K girls’ bodies. never got back to about getting a one must have an extreme one “The thing about eating disor-
late to. I think we are a very anx- time,” said Calentti. “I had the exact relapse of that meal with because of my fear and in order to get help, rather than ders, it’s a lot like alcoholism, like
ious, type-A campus. And there During his senior year of high when I first entered my first year relationship with food,” said Chi. thinking that one can simply I can never skip a meal because I
are these ‘What if?’ thoughts like For Retana, however, having have mild disordered eating will click right back into restric-
‘What if there’s not enough time? “The thing about eating disorders, it’s a the dining hall helps her to nav- thoughts. tive eating habits, the same way
What if I’m not good enough?’”
Conroy said.
lot like alcoholism, like I can never skip igate her relationship with food.
“The times where I feel like
“So much of the disordered
eating is culturally approved.
that an alcoholic can’t take a shot
of alcohol,” said Morris.
Morris also sees the harmful a meal because I will click right back I’m doing my best to nourish my Like it’s OK to calorie count or Morris finds the lack of dia-
effects of the stressful campus into restrictive eating habits, the same body and getting the food I need get uber restrictive with your logue surrounding eating disor-
environment. and the amounts I need is when eating because it’s so ‘healthy’ for ders concerning, yet sees a trend
“The same part of my per- way that an alcoholic can’t take a shot of I’ve gone to the dining hall with a you to eat that way,” said Hart. in discussing food and diets.
sonality that drove my eating alcohol.” friend. I’m grateful for that,” said ••• “I feel like all of our dialogue
disorder I see reflected in a lot
of Bowdoin students, which is
–Julia Morris ’19 Retana.
Hart sees dining hall behav-
These days, Conroy would say
that she hasn’t recovered, but is
about food is just so disordered
as a society, as a Bowdoin com-
just this compulsive need to be iors as potentially harmful, es- on her way. munity, that if we started to
the best, or feeling like you’re not pecially in regards to foods that “Even half a year ago, my facilitate more healthy conver-
enough,” said Morris. “We’re just school, Calentti went through pe- of college in the dorms when are categorized as healthy and whole life was very much ruled sations around food that aren’t
sort of driven to want to achieve riods where he was running up to guys would go on girl’s Face- unhealthy. by food. Now, my whole life is about food, we’d get back to this
the best to a compulsive extent, I 75 miles a week, yet was consum- books and say, ‘Oh, she’s hot,’” “There’s a lot of judgement ruled by recognizing that and place where food is something
think that sometimes gets situated ing fewer than 2000 calories a day. said Chi. “I would start to see a about healthy eating now, but it’s then coming up with ways to to be enjoyed. It’s something
around food.” Over the period of a few months, pattern amongst who these girls also morphing into this, judging cope. Realizing that it’s not the that nourishes your body,” said
In the Orient’s Health and Diet Calentti’s weight dropped from were, and the light that was going food behaviors versus what’s food, it’s about what’s really mak- Morris.
Survey, 38 percent of students in- 160 pounds to 125. off in my head was, ‘Oh, I feel like healthy eating,” said Hart. “I al- ing me anxious, and how can Sarah Drumm contributed to
dicated they were worried about a Nowadays, Calentti has a I’m not as skinny as them.’” ways like to think about that— I cope with that instead,” said this report.
friend’s eating habits. That num- healthier relationship with food, Although Chi struggled with ‘What’s healthy eating?’ Flexible,
ber skewed heavily toward female although some days are harder disordered thoughts and behav- not judging, letting your body
students expressing concern. than others. iors, such as restricting herself determine what your body wants
A female sophomore student “My life is more balanced but and consistently weighing her- to eat rather than reading labels.”
who has witnessed many friends there are still some days where self, she had difficulty admitting This fall, Chi began seeing a
suffer from and receive treatment things aren’t quite right and I eat to herself she had an eating dis- therapist at Bowdoin, but didn’t
for eating disorders expressed too much, or things are kind of order until last year, when she feel like she was getting enough
great concern about worrisome bad and I don’t eat anything at all,” went to therapy specifically for support and wanted someone
eating habits at Bowdoin that are said Calentti. her eating disorder. who understood the rhetoric and
often developed under the guise Another sophomore male, “I didn’t even admit to myself specificities of eating disorders.
of healthy eating. who asked to remain anony- that I had one until someone had Seeing Hart allowed Chi to
“Everyone on campus seems mous, has struggled with dis- defined it for me, until a therapist find the support she needed, es-
to moralize food in a way that I ordered eating behaviors in the defined it for me because I kept pecially due to the physical com-
haven’t seen in what I would call past: he lost 90 pounds over convincing myself that I wasn’t ponent to eating disorders.
otherwise healthy people before,” 4.5 months through restricting skinny enough to have one,” said
she said. his calories and doing rigorous Chi.
She said the prevalence of workouts. Chi managed her eating dis-
restricted diets, such as being Now on the crew team at order in high school, but coming
gluten-free, sugar-free or vegan, Bowdoin, his coaches don’t do to Bowdoin made it worse, large-
is often perceived on campus as a anything that actively discour- ly due the emotional challenges
healthier lifestyle. ages gaining or losing weight. that come along with being in a
“But having a blanket policy of However, ergometer tests—tests new environment and the con-
no sugar, when it starts leading to on the rowing machine to de- sistent need to be social.
that being what you think about termine one’s speed—are weight For students with an eating
more than being healthy… that adjusted and then sent out to disorder, the public nature of
can be when it goes into the grey the whole team with individuals’ dining hall meal and the social
area of maybe being a problem.” results. nature of “getting a meal” can be
••• “It’s not like they are active- difficult to navigate.
The strong presence of varsity ly saying, ‘Lose weight’ or ‘You “In college, I had more restric-
student athletes on campus— need to slim down’ but passively, tive behaviors and more purging
about 35 percent of the student it’s showing everyone how much because it was so hard to not eat
body— is an aspect that some you weigh,” he said. “If you have in front in people because people
students interviewed noted as a any insecurity about your weight would say something in the din-
factor in their own assessment of or your performance or how ing hall,” Chi added.
their body. well you should be doing, those Friesch, too, has found the
“I was talking to my friend results are out there. It’s a lot of dining hall to be a place of pres-
about this like two years ago, she pressure on a lot of people, espe- sure, constantly finding herself
was like, ‘It must be really hard cially me.” comparing her own meals to
to be somebody on this campus “There’s always the idea that those of her friends.
who’s not considered fit because you always have to get bigger In the Orient’s Health and
so many people prioritize it here,’” or stronger or you’ll get cut,” he Diet Survey, 60 percent of stu-
said Friesch. “It’s just so ingrained
into the culture but nobody ever
really talks about it.”
Manlio Calentti ’20 noted how
Health and Diet Survey 2018 Results
difficult it can be to maintain a
good relationship with food and Think certain foods are 274 164 4
body on campus with such a high “good” and “bad”
percentage of athletes on campus.
“If you see all these athletes Worry about a friend’s 152 48 6
walking around, and you are eating habits
thinking to yourself, ‘Why don’t I
look like that? What can I do to fix Think they need to 8 41 2
that?’ You get into this really bad gain weight
downward spiral,” he said.
Calentti was never diagnosed Think they need to 198 54 1
with an eating disorder, but in
high school, was aware of his
lose weight
disordered eating thoughts and
habits.
Think Bowdoin creates a 251 164 3
“It catapulted up to binge eating healthy eating environment
after going through an anorexia
phase, so I was never really diag- 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
nosed with an eating disorder, but
I knew wholeheartedly that I was Females Males Non-Binary
giving characteristics of severely HANNAH DONOVAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
disordered eating, whether it was HEALTH MATTERS: Students think the College creates a healthy eating environment, but have concerns about themselves or their friends.
10 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, March 2, 2018
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Women’s basketball heads to NCAA Champs
is focused on the team first, and
by Conrad Li on what she can do help the Po-
SAVING THE DAY: The Orient Staff
women’s hockey team lar Bears achieve our goals. They
(13-8-3, NESCAC 6-7-3) After posting an incredible are truly amazing people, and I
upset Hamilton (13-8-4, 9-1 regular season record and am grateful to have the opportu-
NESCAC 9-4-3) in the 24-1 overall record, the women’s nity to work with them.”
NESCAC Quarterfinals basketball team was upset by On Monday, the team found
3-1 on Saturday. This rep- Tufts (24-2, NESCAC 8-2) 60- out it was not only chosen as
licates the result from last 48 in the NESCAC Semifinals an at-large bid for the NCAA
in its first double-digit loss of tournament, but was also cho-
year’s quarterfinals, where
the season. The loss, however, sen to host this year’s competi-
the Polar Bears beat the
does not signal the end of the tion. The Polar Bears begin the
Continentals 1-0 in double
team’s season, as it was selected tournament against Husson
overtime. This year, Kerri
as an at-large bid for the NCAA (19-9), who they beat 88-58
St. Denis ’19 impressed
Championships. earlier this season, on Friday
with 34 saves, compared
Tufts outscored the team in at 7 p.m.
to Hamilton’s 21. The team
every quarter for the first time “[Choosing at-large bids]
will head off to play No. 1 this season and also out-re- is a complex process, but the
Middlebury—who it lost bounded the Bears 47-34. three most important factors in
to 1-0 and 3-0 earlier this “We did not put forth our determining at large teams are
season—on Saturday at 1 best effort and lost focus on the win-loss percentage, the number
p.m. game plan and the things that we of wins against ranked oppo-
needed to do to be successful,” nents and strength of schedule,”
wrote Head Coach Adrienne Shibles wrote. “We place well in
HIT THE SLOPES: This Shibles in an email to the Orient. all three categories. Despite what
past weekend, five men “Our defensive effort this time people think, our schedule was
and five women of the around was not as strong this very difficult. There are five con-
alpine ski team travelled time around and [Tuft’s] defense ference champs who we compet-
to West Mountain, New was more physical and intense.” ed against and beat during the
York to compete in the Captain Katherine Kerrigan season.
Eastern Region Champi- ’18 expressed similar sentiments Despite the team’s success
onships. The men’s team reflecting on the loss. against Husson in January,
clinched a fifth-place “I think a lot of people—ev- Shibles is still preparing for a
finish on each day of eryone—were disappointed, difficult game.
competition, qualifying because we knew we didn’t give “We intend to take it one
the team for the USCSA it our best effort.” Kerrigan said. game at a time and cherish every
National Champion- “We didn’t leave it all out there, moment,” said Shibles. “We are
ships for the first time in so there is a lot of disappoint- in it to win it, and yet we realize
program history. Next ment behind it, but I still think it that success will take intense fo-
Tuesday, the men’s team is an opportunity to rise.” cus on the process.”
will depart for Lake Despite the loss, the team had Going into the tournament,
Placid, New York to race a great season, ending with an the team will focus on making it
slalom, giant slalom and overall record of 24-2. This has as far as possible.
dual panel slalom at been the most successful season “Our hope is that we will
nationals. since Shibles became coach. She make a good hard run and make
credits her success to the team’s it to the final run in the cham-
unity and ability to maintain a pionship,” said Kerrigan. “There
DOWN TO THE BUZZER: positive outlook. are a lot of great teams in the
The men’s basketball team “Our success this year [in tournament this year. We can’t
(15-9, NESCAC 4-6) the toughest conference in the take any game off or any game
suffered a devastating nation] has been gratifying,” lightly. I think it’s a goal we set
JACK BURNETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
last-minute 71-70 loss to said Shibles. “I credit our senior for ourselves at the beginning
GOING FOR THE REBOUND: Lauren Petit ’18 shoots the ball in a game against Middlebury on February 2. Despite losing
Amherst (17-9, NESCAC leadership and the general atti- of the season and something we
to Tufts in the NESCAC Quarterfinals, the Polar Bears will advance to the NCAA Championships this weekend against Husson.
7-3) on Saturday afternoon, tude of our team. Every woman really strive for now.”
effectively eliminating them
drinking at Bowdoin
forcement on campus. Since then, the conversation has moved beyond the
immediate events of Cold War. Some students have questioned the wisdom
of the Office of Residential Life’s (ResLife) E- and A-host system, arguing
that the current arrangement is both unclear and places an unfair legal bur-
den on students. Others have alleged that BPD has handled recent incidents
with an unnecessarily heavy hand, threatening to arrest students at Cold
War for offences that do not rise to the level of arrestable infraction, and
issuing a court summons for jaywalking on Harpswell Road. Others have
wondered whether Bowdoin Security, which insisted that BPD did not en-
ter either of the College Houses despite student testimony to the contrary, by Nathanael DeMoranville
Op-Ed Contributor
has been completely forthcoming with students.
Though these complaints and concerns are not baseless, they appear to
overlook the bigger picture, which is a fundamental disconnect between Last week, the Brunswick Police
the reality of college culture and the law. In America, drinking and college Department (BPD), in effect, can-
are culturally inextricable. We are told by older siblings, friends and some- celed the Cold War party. After
times even parents that it is acceptable, within limits, to imbibe as soon as noticing intoxicated minors quite
we unpack our freshman dorm. The Princeton Review includes “biggest openly carrying alcoholic beverag-
party schools” among its rankings—and making this list is a point of pride, es between Mac and Quinby, offi-
rather than shame, for the selected student bodies. In short, drinking at cers issued some warnings. To one
college is as American as baseball and apple pie. particularly brazen student, they
State law, however, pays absolutely no heed to this reality. And though issued a court summons.
we are not optimistic that Maine will lower its legal drinking age to 18, we Now, to BPD’s credit, the be-
think that, before pointing fingers at various groups on campus, we should havior these officers witnessed
acknowledge that the College is confronting a problem that it has not cre- was illegal. State law is clear on
ated and that it cannot unilaterally solve. this matter: “Individuals must be
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At best, BPD, Bowdoin Security and ResLife are working to mitigate the at least twenty-one years of age to
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effects of an obtuse and outdated law. Of course, productive criticism never purchase, possess, or consume al- “It is illegal to
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hurts. Could ResLife be more transparent about the legal implication of its coholic beverages in Maine.” knowingly procure
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policies? Sure. Should BPD use scare tactics on students? We think not. But I cite this law to say that I have in any way and/or assist
can any of these groups solve the whole problem? No. We should temper no interest in arguing against it. in procuring, furnishing, giv-
our ire—at administrators who are working to keep us safe and happy, or at Similarly, my problem is not with ing, delivering, or selling liquor to/
the state employees who are attempting to do their jobs—with the knowl- the Brunswick Police Depart- for an intoxicated person.” We can
edge that the root of the problem lies beyond the limits of our campus. ment—the officers are just doing These registered parties are the argue over the semantics of wheth-
As it stands, the College is attempting to keep us safe, and BPD is enforc- their jobs. My problem lies with point of contention here. er or not the College is procuring
ing the law—two goals which have become incompatible. Which leads us to the Bowdoin administration and If you receive the “Weekend alcohol to minors, but it is most
ask: Is the problem with our campus or with the law? the alcohol policy it has set forth. Events” email from Christian van certainly assisting in the procure-
When the Bowdoin student was Loenen, you will notice that any- ment. Again, the College Houses
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, cited on Friday, she is reported to where from a third to a half of ex- are a highly-regulated system, and
which is comprised of Harry DiPrinzio, Dakota Griffin, Calder McHugh and Ian Ward. have responded something along pected guests are said to be of age the Bowdoin administration is ful-
the lines of, under Bowdoin “laws,” for any registered event. If you go ly aware of the underage drinking
she was allowed to drink. Putting to even one College House party, occurring.
aside how she said this to the of- you will know that this is not true. As Thomas Ezquerro ’18 said
ficer, our Bowdoin student is not Not even a tenth of these guests to Randy Nichols at the last BSG
wrong in what she says. The Col- are of age, and this is nothing meeting, “If … with increased BPD
lege 100 percent condones under- new. Bowdoin students know this, activity at a College House party, I
age drinking, and I challenge any- and the Bowdoin administration can be cited for furnishing alcohol
body who truly thinks otherwise knows this as well. to minors, at what point do I chal-
to say as much with a straight face. So why then are just Bowdo- lenge your system and say that this
ESTABLISHED 1871 The primary role of a College in students liable for underage isn’t providing me with the neces-
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 House is to provide a safe drinking drinking violations? The current sary safeguards?”
environment for underclassmen, policy mandates that an Alcohol I second this strongly, and I fear
who are predominantly underage. Host “takes full responsibility for that this is a growing sentiment
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information According to the Bowdoin website alcohol at [an] event … and agrees across campus. Looking at this
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, itself, “[College Houses] host cam- to comply with Maine State Law.” coming weekend, where there is
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in pus-wide events from lectures and This is straightforward enough, an unintended repeat to the Cold
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse film screenings to apple picking but the College itself is not even War—Mac and Quinby will both
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. trips and regis- complying with Maine be open on Friday night—the hosts
tered parties.” State Law. of Mac have opted not to provide
alcohol (to minors). They do not
Sarah Drumm Harry DiPrinzio want to be liable if BPD were to
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief come and enforce the law.
I sympathize with this concern,
Managing Editor but I worry what would happen
Creative Director News Editor
if this were to become a trend. If
Jenny Ibsen Rachael Allen Emily Cohen
Ellice Lueders underclassmen were to drink more
Photo Editor Calder McHugh Sports Editor
off campus, I have no doubt that
Ann Basu Surya Milner our number of transports would
Anna Fauver increase and the general safety on
Ezra Sunshine Jessica Piper
campus would decline.
Layout Editor Associate Editor Features Editor What then are we to do?
Emma Bezilla Sarah Bonanno Alyce McFadden If I’m being honest, I do not
Ian Stewart Roither Gonzales know. I, personally, don’t even
Dakota Griffin A&E Editor drink. However, as I value the
Copy Editor Nicholas Mitch Isabelle Hallé safety of my peers, I would
Nell Fitzgerald Louisa Moore greatly prefer the College to
Shinhee Kang Allison Wei
Opinion Editor take more responsibility in the
Rohini Kurup matter of underage drink-
Digital Strategist Business Manager ing. If this sounds vague,
Sophie Washington Edward Korando then understand that it
Ned Wang Calendar Editor
is not my job to envision
Social Media Editor Avery Wolfe Kate Lusignan
an alternative. As a stu-
Gwen Davidson dent, I have the right to
Uriel Lopez-Serrano Data Desk Page Two Editor affirmatively state that
Faria Nasruddin Hannah Donovan Samuel Rosario the current system is not
working and then get back
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the PHOEBE NICHOLS to working on my degree.
editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions Nathanael DeMoranville is a
expressed in the Orient do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.
member of the Class of 2020.
Friday, March 2, 2018 OPINION 15
FRIDAY 2
PERFORMANCE
Love and Information
Playwright Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” will
explore human relationships in the digital age through a
hundred characters in fifty-seven stories. The performance
will include technological features such as a companion app.
There will be performances Saturday and Sunday.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Tracy McMullen Quintet
Tracy McMullen, assistant professor of music, will lead a
group performing original jazz.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinksi Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Women’s Caberet VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
A group of Bowdoin women will perform pop, jazz and HAVING A BALL: Hikmah Okoya ’21 takes a photo at the Ebony Ball, an annual event that is hosted by the African American Society that brings
musical theater songs with sexist undertones in an effort to students together to commemorate Black History Month.
expose misogyny in musical genres.
Chase Barn, Boody-Johnson House. 8 p.m.
MONDAY 5 WEDNESDAY 7
SATURDAY 3
LECTURE LECTURE
“The Art of Disagreement in an Age of “The Uncertain Future of the United
Outrage” States and North Korea Relations?”
PERFORMANCE Professors and students will discuss the effects of political Executive Director of the National Committee on North
Miscellania and BOKA A cappella polarization. They will question the role of students, Korea, Keith Luse, will discuss history and recent political
Concert featuring the Amherst Zumbyes professors and colleges in the “age of outrage” and will developments between the United States and North Korea.
Two of Bowdoin’s a capella groups will perform with the provide strategies for productive conversations. The National Committee on North Korea works towards
Zumbyes, an all-male group from Amherst College. David Saul Smith Union. 7:30 p.m. fostering trust and understanding between the two countries.
Bowdoin College Chapel. 7:30 p.m. Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 4:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Confessions
Office Hours, Bowdoin’s only strictly longform improv
group will perform.
Chase Barn. 8 p.m.
TUESDAY 6 THURSDAY 8
EVENT
EVENT Ramp Gallery Opening Reception LECTURE
Hip Hop and Salsa Lessons Darius Riley ’19 will debut his photography exhibition, “International Women’s Day Lecture”
Intersection and Obvious, two Bowdoin dance groups, will “Visions of Home,” which depicts East Palo Alto, CA before Gowri Vijayakumar, professor of sociology at Brandeis
teach bachata and hip hop in support of the hurricane relief impending gentrification. The exhibit is curated by University, will discuss her research on gender, sexuality, labor
for Puerto Rico. Naomi Jabouin ’18. and social movements from a transnational perspective. Her
Helmreich House. 8:30 p.m. Ramp Gallery, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. 4: 30 p.m. findings are based on 100 interviews with sex workers and
LBGTIQ activists.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:15 p.m.
LECTURE
“Saving Cultural Heritage: From Haiti LECTURE
SUNDAY 4 to Mosul”
Richard Kurin, Smithsonian distinguished scholar and
ambassador-at-large, will discuss developing international
“Yup’ik and Iñupiat Art and Activism in
Contemporary Alaska”
Susie Silook, an award-winning contemporary Yup’ik/Iñupiat
EVENT approaches to preserving the past amidst the widespread sculptor and writer, will speak about her art and activism.
“Reel Ramen” destruction of cultural monuments throughout Haiti Her talk will open the exhibit “Enduring Connections:
The Center for Multicultural life will serve homemade ramen and Mosul. Contemporary Alaskan Yup’ik and Iñupiat Art” in the Peary-
and screen the 2016 Sundance festival film “Spa Night,” Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m MacMillan Arctic Museum.
which follows a closeted Korean American teenager in LA. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
30 College Street. 8:30 p.m.
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