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The Nation’s Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly Friday, March 29, 2019 Volume 148, Number 19 bowdoinorient.com
N MORE MINORS? F PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS A WIND IN THE PINES S MEET ME AT THE BONSPIEL O WICKED COOL
College will likely establish new Middle A look at the 15 men who have served as Assistant Professor of Dance Aretha Aoki The curling team ends its season eighth in Lowell Ruck ’21 discusses what makes
East Studies and Arabic minors. Page 4. president of the College. Page 7. bases a show in family history. Page 9. the nation. Page 12. Maine’s dialect unique. Page 14.
2 Friday, March 29, 2019
2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
3/1 to 3/27
STUDENT SPEAK:
Friday, March 1 Monday, March 4
After enthusiastically celebrating MLB’s Opening
• Two security officers encountered a sus-
picious man on the Main Quad at 9:30 p.m.
• A man was found to be camping out
in one of the basements of the Park Row
Day, what other minor holiday should the dining
The officers directed the man off campus
and notified Brunswick police that the
Apartments under construction. A tres-
pass warning was issued. halls celebrate?
man was acting erratically and walking Tuesday, March 5
KODIE GARZA
toward downtown. When police officers • A student reported the theft of a pair of
approached the man, he allegedly pulled a women’s white Adidas Alphabounce ath- Duncan Gans ’19
knife on the officers. The man was subdued letic shoes from the multi-gender locker
and taken to the Cumberland County Jail.
The campus was informed of the incident
room at Sargent Gym.
• A student with a sore throat requested
walked into a campus building wearing a
full-face black ski mask.
“Irene’s birthday!”
via a security alert (timely warning). an escort to Mid Coast Hospital. Sunday, March 24
Saturday, March 2 Wednesday, March 6 • A student activated a smoke alarm at
• An officer checked on the wellbeing of • The Town of Brunswick reported that Coleman Hall by overcooking popcorn.
an intoxicated minor at MacMillan House. a student had compiled multiple unpaid • An officer aided a student who reported
• A female student reported that an un- parking violations totaling $315. experiencing a panic attack.
identified woman assaulted her at the My Thursday, March 7 • Excessive noise was reported at Bruns-
Tie Lounge on Maine Street.
• Students reported that a student was
• A student who fainted at Smith Union
was escorted to the health center.
wick Apartment R.
Monday, March 25
Mitch Roy ’21
walking around in a confused and disori-
ented state near Coles Tower and Cham-
• A Thorne dining employee was injured
when a workbench panel dropped onto his
• A student operating a vehicle on Mere
Point Road at 1:00 a.m. struck a tree head- “The day after a Boston sports team
berlain Hall. Brunswick Rescue transport-
ed the student to Mid Coast Hospital for
wrist. The employee was taken to the Mid
Coast Walk-In Clinic.
on. The student had to be extricated from
the totaled vehicle in order to be trans- wins its championship. It happens so
evaluation.
• Brunswick police found a wallet con-
Friday, March 8
• A Brunswick police officer (and his fe-
ported to Mid Coast Hospital, and later to
Maine Medical Center, with serious inju- much!”
taining two fraudulent identification cards male passenger) patrolling on Maine Street ries. The crash remains under investigation
that belonged to a minor student. noticed a group of naked males streaking by the Brunswick Police Department.
• The security communications center near Brunswick Apartments. Four stu- • A 2:15 a.m. fire in a student room at Bax-
received two prank phone calls falsely re- dents associated with a certain rough-and- ter House caused a building fire alarm and Katherine Cavanagh ’19
porting the theft of sex toys. The calls were tumble athletic team took responsibility evacuation. The fire was started by a candle
traced to a male and a female student who
took responsibility for making the ill-ad-
for their startling behavior. Fortunately for
them, no indecent conduct charges were
that ignited a jacket and bed quilt. A stu-
dent sustained a minor hand burn. Note:
“Groundhog Day. Serve the same
vised calls, which were made on a dare.
• A student having an allergic reaction
filed.
Sunday, March 10
All candles, lit and unlit, are prohibited in
residence halls.
food from the day before and see if
was given an escort to Mid Coast Hospital.
Sunday, March 3
• A College employee was injured in a fall
on an icy walking surface.
• An ill student was escorted from Bruns-
wick Apartments to the Mid Coast Walk-
anyone notices.”
• Excessive noise was reported to be com- Tuesday, March 12 In Clinic.
ing from a gathering in the basement of • Students in a College-rented van in San Tuesday, March 26
Reed House. Jose, California reported that the van was • A student reported the theft of a pair of
• A smoke alarm at Stowe Inn at 3:45 a.m. broken into in a smash-and grab incident. Nike athletic shoes from a second floor Ivy Elgarten ’19
was caused by a microwave. Two backpacks containing laptops and hallway at 52 Harpswell sometime over
• A clerk at a local convenience store re-
ported receiving unwanted attention from
other property were stolen.
Wednesday, March 13
spring break.
Wednesday, March 27
“Arbor Day. Because we should
a student. The student was instructed to
cease contact with the person.
• Two student-owned bikes attached to a
bike rack were damaged during snow re-
• A chemistry lab student was treated at the
health center after spilling sulfuric acid on
appreciate the trees.”
• Door window glass was cracked in the moval operations. The College will pay for a leg.
Coles Tower elevator lobby. the damages. • A Coles Tower student reported the sev-
• A student who fainted in Howard Hall Thursday, March 14 eral instances theft of cash from a bedroom.
was taken to Mid Coast Hospital for eval- • An officer spoke with a local teen who The incidents are under investigation.
uation.
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Woods, Mick Jenkins, Lion Babe
ber [we] have only ever brought anyone feel uncomfortable or bringing a more traditional hip
As students spread around the globe for spring break, community mem- by Calder McHugh male performers to campus,” he unsafe and didn’t think it was at hop artist to campus, according
Orient Staff
bers were confronted with news of the latest act of racially-charged terrorism said. “[A priority] this year was all appropriate,” Harrison said. to Harrison. The proud owner
to make international headlines: the murder of 50 Muslims by a fanatical In an email to campus on looking at a variety of women “It seemed like a great opportu- of over 43 million streams on
white supremacist in the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Wednesday with the subject line artists and trying to diversify our nity to explore looking at more Spotify for his most popular
In an email to the Orient, Eduardo Pazos, director of religious and “No Bamba,” co-chair of the En- acts a little more.” women artists.” song “Jazz,” Jenkins is no strang-
spiritual life, condemned the attack as an act of religious terror. tertainment Board (E-Board) Jamila Woods, a Chica- In addition to Woods, the New er to collaboration himself, as
“The shooting of the mosques in New Zealand … was an act of ha- Amanda Newman ’19 announced go-based singer who doubles York-based Neo Soul/R&B duo he featured Noname and Xavi-
tred and evil perpetrated against a sacred place of worship and against that Jamila Woods, Mick Jenkins as a poet, fulfills this goal. A Lion Babe and the Chicago rap- er Omär on his well circulated
a group of people who had gathered in peace to pray, learn, worship and the duo Lion Babe will head- graduate of Brown Universi- per Mick Jenkins will be making “Angles” off of his 2016 album
and be in community with each other,” wrote Pazos. “Acts like this are line this year’s Ivies Weekend. ty, Woods is set to release her the trek to Brunswick. Lion Babe, “The Healing Component.”
meant to destroy not only the lives of those gathered in the building, Lion Babe will perform on second studio album “Legacy! which is composed of singer Jil- Despite the tribulations of the
but they’re also meant to defile the sacred.” Thursday, April 25 in David Legacy!” on May 10, 2019. Her lian Hervey and record producer planning process, the E-Board
Pazos noted that the timing of the tragedy, occurring over the Col- Saul Smith Union, while Jenkins debut “Heavn” dropped to criti- Lucas Goodman, released their has managed to put together a set
lege’s break, made coordinating a formal response difficult. and Woods will take the stage at cal acclaim in 2016 and featured sophomore LP “Cosmic Wind” of artists that is diverse in both
“Communication was a little tricky this time around because we Farley Field House on Saturday, collaborations with Chance this morning. Their Thursday gender and musical style. The hot
were all on break and students had different levels of access to their April 27. the Rapper, Noname and Saba, performance is sure to feature takes about the E-Board’s deci-
emails,” wrote Pazos. After the last three Ivies Week- among others. plenty of new tunes. sion-making process are sure to
In lieu of a more formal recognition, the College has extended sup- ends have featured only male per- As the headline of Newman’s Jenkins, for his part, is likely abound over the next few weeks,
port to members of the community who may need it. formers (D.R.A.M., AJR, A$AP email alluded to and Harrison the most established artist com- but we’ll have to wait until late
“We have communicated with the leadership of the Muslim Stu- Ferg, Smallpools, Waka Flocka confirmed, Woods was signed ing to Bowdoin and fulfills the April to see if this will in fact be
dent Alliance to extend our support and make ourselves available to Flame and Vanic), co-chair of the after the E-Board halted negoti- student body’s excitement about the best Ivies yet.
them if anybody affected by this horrible tragedy was in need of any E-Board Jono Harrison ’19 said ations with rapper Sheck Wes of
kind of additional support throughout this time,” Pazos wrote.
He added that his office, as well as the Counseling and Wellness
that increasing gender diversity
was important for the group.
“Mo Bamba” fame after he was
accused of sexual assault by sing-
[A priority] this year was look-
Services, remain resources for students affected by the massacre. “One thing that I think er Justine Skye. Wes has denied ing at a variety of women artists
The Muslim Student Alliance held its first meeting back from the E-Board has pretty consistently the claims. and trying to diversify our acts a
break this week but has not announced plans for programming in
response to the massacre.
found fault with in ourselves … is
the fact that as far as I can remem-
“At the very least, we didn’t
want to bring in acts that made
little more. –Jono Harrison ’19
F FEATURES
Concordia Forum and intellectual egalitarianism
reached out to professors and about how a class that we teach around a table and to address the course, the grades and all meetings this semester will re-
by Reuben Schafir posted in the Student Digest is part of students’ overall edu- professors by their first names. that stuff,” said Chakkalakal. volve around the present and
Orient Staff asking students to apply. The cation,” said Hamilton. Within the egalitarian param- “But it’s also about learning the future of higher education
Around the bar at Modera- selected participants, who The group pushes its mem- eters of the group, participants how to have conversations in America, Eisner and Ham-
tion Brewing on the first Fri- specialize in different depart- bers outside of their social actively and politely disagreed with people. First, your peers ilton anticipate that the group
day in March, 10 students and ments and disciplines, will comfort zones as well as their with one another as they de- obviously, but then also your will evolve over the coming
10 professors discussed the meet three times this semes- intellectual ones. bated the week’s articles. professors.” years as students come and
purpose of American colleges. ter to discuss the purpose of “Even for me, as a faculty For some members, the re- The Concordia Forum go and introduce new topics.
The group, formally titled higher education in the Unit- member, I’d never met Pro- lationship between students helps satisfy what Chakka- Hamilton hopes that future
the Concordia Forum, had ed States. fessor Hamilton before,” said and professors was especially lakal called a “hunger” on discussions will raise ques-
departed from the couches in On March 1, Ratner facili- Professor of Africana Studies welcome. campus for non-academic tions that, when asked, “you
the Massachusetts Hall Facul- tated the group’s first discus- and English Tess Chakkalakal, “Part of graduate school is discussion of ideas. It resem- wouldn’t immediately know
ty Room and walked to Mod- sion on the origins of higher who was present at the Con- interacting with professors in bles other debate groups on what department would have
eration Brewing to continue education, guided by two ar- cordia Forum’s first meeting. a more collegial [way],” said campus, such as the Merciless the answer … We’re looking
their conversation, which ticles by novelist Marilynne “And it’s very rare that I talk to Sam Lewis ’19, who attended Debate Society and the left- for other questions, other
lasted for over two hours. Robinson and historian An- Professor Kohorn because he’s the first meeting. “So I wanted ist-oriented Reading Group, ideas, where everyone will be
Mollie Eisner ’21, Ben Rat- drew Delbanco. Fitting with a scientist—those aren’t my to also get some more experi- both of which were created able to contribute something
ner ’19 and Visiting Assistant the goals of the forum, the friends … we’re such a small ence with that, which I abso- this past fall. All three were and everybody will be able to
Professor of German Andrew conversation revolved around college and yet, I don’t even lutely got out of it.” founded without the aid of learn from the others.”
Hamilton founded the Con- collaboration and interdisci- know [them].” Professors also appreciated an administrative office on Eisner noted that the group
cordia Forum in hopes of cre- plinary work. The dynamic in the room the opportunity to forge more campus and, in the cases of will be looking for new mem-
ating a space for intellectual “We’re put in these silos— was “very respectful,” said personal, intellectual relation- the Concordia Forum and the bers, both students and pro-
discussion between members we’re doing our own work, and Eisner. “But it also felt differ- ship with students. Reading Group, began as stu- fessors, for the coming year
of Bowdoin’s community— we’re doing our own teaching, ent than a classroom setting,” “One of the things about dent-led initiatives. and that there will be a post in
staff, faculty and students our own research and all of she noted, citing the choice higher education is that it’s Though the forum’s dis- the Student Digest when the
alike. Eisner and Ratner that, but we’re not thinking to sit on couches rather than about being in the classroom, cussions at its two remaining group is accepting applications.
dent Dining Committee for come a staple in Thorne until I google every-
ON
the deconstructed fruit salad 2015, when Assistant Chef thing: What if any-
SH
Joseph McKeen Jesse Appleton William Allen Leonard Woods Jr. Samuel Harris
Years in office: 1802-1807 Years in office: 1807-1819 Years in office: 1820-1839 Years in office: 1839-1866 Years in office: 1867-1871
Path to the presidency: Soldier, Path to the presidency: Minister and Path to the presidency: Minister and Path to the presidency: Theologian Path to the presidency: Pastor and
schoolteacher and minister in Bever- Christian lecturer president of Dartmouth University and translator professor of Theology at Bangor
ley, Massachusetts Fun fact: Appleton’s daughter married Fun fact: Allen’s tenure was interrupted Fun fact: Entering the office at 32 Seminary
Fun fact: Before accepting the nom- Franklin Pierce, Bowdoin alumnus in 1831 because a law passed by the years old, Woods was one of the Fun fact: Harris was the first
ination to be the first president of and the fourteenth U.S. president. Maine legislature required college pres- youngest college presidents in the Bowdoin alumnus (Class of 1833)
Bowdoin College, McKeen demand- idents to be re-elected every year, and United States at the time. to become president.
ed a salary of $1,000 annually and Allen failed to win a majority. A sub-
1,000 acres of “good land.” sequent lawsuit reinstated Allen when
it was ruled that Bowdoin, as a private
institution, was not under the jurisdic-
tion of the Maine state legislature.
Joshua L. Chamberlain William DeWitt Hyde Kenneth C.M. Sills James S. Coles Roger Howell Jr.
Years in office: 1871-1883 Years in office: 1885-1917 Years in office: 1918-1952 Years in office: 1952-1967 Years in office: 1969-1978
Path to the presidency: Bowdoin pro- Path to the presidency: Minister Path to the presidency: Winkley Pro- Path to the presidency: Professor Path to the presidency: Profes-
fessor of Modern Languages, military Fun fact: Hyde penned the Offer of fessor of Latin Language and Literature of Chemistry at Middlebury College sor of History and Government
officer and governor of Maine the College in 1906. at Bowdoin and Dean of the College and Brown University, researcher and at Bowdoin and Acting Dean of
Fun fact: Chamberlain received a Fun fact: Only one of two presidents Acting Dean at Brown the College
Congressional Medal of Honor for his not born in the United States, Sills
Fun fact: Coles earned a Ph.D. in Fun fact: After graduating from
was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
“daring heroism and great tenacity” as chemistry and worked as a research Bowdoin, Howell received a
but moved to Portland, Maine a year
lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine supervisor at the Underwater Ex- Rhodes Scholarship to study at
later. (The other president, Robert H.
Infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg. Edwards, was born in London.) plosives Laboratory in Woods Hole, St. John’s College Oxford.
Massachusetts.
Willard F. Enteman A. Leroy Greason Robert H. Edwards Barry Mills Clayton Rose
Years in office: 1978-1980 Years in office: 1981-1990 Years in office: 1990-2001 Years in office: 2001-2015 Years in office: 2015-present
Path to the presidency: Professor of Path to the presidency: Pro- Path to the presidency: U.S. State Path to the presidency: Lawyer and Path to the presidency: Vice
Philosophy at Wheaton College and fessor of English at Bowdoin, Department Bureau of African Affairs, member of the Bowdoin Board of chairman at JP Morgan & Co.,
Union College Dean of Students and Dean of Ford Foundation, president of Car- Trustees professor at Harvard Business
Fun fact: Enteman held a B.A. and Ph.D. the College leton College and head of Department Fun fact: Mills majored in School
in philosophy, as well as a MBA from Fun fact: Greason was the of Health, Education and Housing in biochemistry and government at Fun fact: Born in San Rafael, Cal-
Harvard Business School. oldest Bowdoin president to the Secretariat of His Highness Aga Bowdoin, and received a Ph.D. in ifornia, Rose is the only president
assume office, at 59 years old. Khan in Pakistan biology and a J.D. degree. from the West Coast.
Fun fact: Edwards sat on the boards of
MILLS COURTESY OF FRED FIELDS; ROSE COURTESY OF WEBB CHAPPELL;
eight nonprofits and other organizations. OTHERS COURTESY OF GEORGE J. MITCHELL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
8 Friday, March 29, 2019
PHOTO ESSAY
SPECIAL COLLECTING
Behind glass doors and walls, the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and
Archives may seem like a work of art itself. On the third floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library,
it’s quiet and secluded, pristine and untouched. But even after hundreds of years, the items in
the collections teem with life, welcoming history buffs and curious minds.
In addition to over 50,000 rare books, Special Collections and Archives is home to hundreds
of documents and objects that relate to Bowdoin’s history in unexpected ways. Some items tell
the stories of people, like the jersey from a Red Sox player turned Bowdoin hockey coach or a
hilariously blunt New Year’s note found in a student’s personal scrapbook. Others remind us of
parts of the College’s past that we’d rather forget, like the certificate accompanying a dead body
transported to Maine Medical College in present-day Adams Hall. If that gets you down, ask to
see Abraham Lincoln’s handprint—it’s huge.
By Ann Basu
Friday, March 29, 2019 9
AS SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
BEGINNER’S LUCK:
Will Murtagh ’22 scored
the winning goal for the
men’s lacrosse team (5-3)
against Endicott College
(2-6) on Wednesday.
The game finished in
overtime with the Polar
Bears scoring eight goals
to Endicott’s seven. Jake
Crossman ’20 and Jeff
Powers ’19 were also high
scorers, netting three
goals apiece. Bowdoin
will face Trinity College
in Hartford Saturday at
1 p.m.
Off the track and into the pool: diver named All-American years and led it to three
top-five finishes in the
NESCAC championship.
A nationwide search will
ground, but Ryan’s athletic histo- recognizes the positive impact
by Benjamin Mason soon begin to find new
ry was unique. his teammates have had on his
Orient Staff
“Throughout high school I growth.
coaches for the squash
When Mitchell Ryan ’19 was [ran] track. I [also] played soc- “We … had some strong and men’s golf teams.
a sophomore at East Lyme High cer and lacrosse,” said Ryan. “I freshmen come in that definitely
School, he didn’t know whether [even] tried pole vaulting in high pushed me to go harder this sea-
his school had a pool. Six years school [but] didn’t really like it son,” Ryan said. “[This] probably THE MULE-ER
later, Ryan has been named too much.” helped me in the national rank- REPORT?:
an All-American diver in the Despite his nontradition- ing too, which is good.” The baseball team
NCAA DIII Swimming and Div- al athletic background, Ryan Ryan also credits his coach, (0-10-1) will face Colby
ing Championships. learned diving quickly. Come Kelsey Willard, for his success.
(6-1-0) this weekend in
The diver also finished his ca- senior year, he was an official “Coach has definitely played a
Waterville in a three-
reer at Bowdoin on a high note, Bowdoin recruit. The College’s big part in my career as a diver. I
placing eighth in the first 3-me- co-ed dive team consists of just feel like I wouldn’t be where I am game series. The first
ter event at nationals and sixth in seven members, so the recruit- now without her,” Ryan said. game takes place tonight
the 1-meter dive. ment standard is very high. Ultimately, Ryan is grateful with a double header
Ryan, who is from Salem, Diving is not without chal- for the familial environment that beginning at noon on
Conn., joined his high school lenges, however. For Ryan, Bowdoin’s swim and dive team Saturday. All three games
diving team on a whim after learning new dives is always a fosters. will be broadcast live on
spending a gym class in the pool. demanding process. “It’s like one cohesive unit … the Northeast Sports
“It was a lesson of water polo, “Learning new dives is pretty A lot of other schools are very
Network.
and we ended up going off the hard because, in the pool, if you divided in terms of swimming
diving boards afterwards. The smack, it’s a pretty big impact and diving, but Bowdoin does a
coach came over to my friend on your mental state” Ryan said. really good job of incorporating
and I and told us to join the div- “You obviously don’t want to do both swimming and diving and
ing team,” said Ryan. “So we went the dive again after you smack [uniting] their programs,” said
out and joined.” once and then smack again.” Ryan. “I actually live with three JACK BURNETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Usually, divers come from a While Ryan acknowledges other swimmers. They’re three of SWAN DIVE: Mitchell Ryan ’19 placed eighth in the 3-meter dive and sixth in COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
gymnastics or trampoline back- he is self-motivated, he also my best friends.” the 1-meter event at the NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships.
12 SPORTS Friday, March 29, 2019
O OPINION
All’s fair in admissions?
While we were all away on Spring Break, news broke of a particularly salacious
college admissions scandal. From photoshopped athlete photos to fake diagnoses of
Exploring the diversity of
learning disabilities, the extent to which some parents would go to get their children
into college shocked many of us.
Or maybe it isn’t so surprising.
There are plenty of legal ways that families attempt to achieve an edge in the college
admissions process. SAT and ACT prep classes, expensive boarding schools, intensive
Maine English that sounds almost
summer athletic camps, private college consultants, essay help—the list goes on and Pine Tree like the one from
on. It might not be pretending to be a water polo player or flying to Houston to take an Perspective Boston: often marked
SAT administered by a paid-off proctor, but the college admissions process has never by Lowell Ruck by R-lessness except
been an even playing field. between the end of
To focus only on these scandals, and not the broader inequities, is to perpetuate In 2013, Josh Katz, a graphics a word and another
these structures and to let those of us who have legally used our privilege continue to editor for The New York Times, starting with a vow-
ignore all the advantages we have received. published an online dialect quiz el, at the beginning
Though Bowdoin wasn’t tied up in the recent wrongdoing, many students here ben- entitled “How Y’all, Youse and You of a word and in
efited from privilege during the college admissions process. Every student on campus Guys Talk.” After you answer a series words like “nurse”
deserves to be here—but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of students out there of questions about what term you and “bird.” In con-
who aren’t here because they never heard about Bowdoin, didn’t know how to navigate might use for a specific concept and trast, someone
college admissions or didn’t receive the kind of enrichment and encouragement that how you might pronounce a certain from Jonesport
would have let them make the most of their potential. vowel, the quiz compiles your an- in Washington
As President Clayton Rose and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Whitney swers and shows you a heat map of County might
Soule told the Orient this week, Bowdoin’s SAT-optional policy plays a key part in what areas of the United States cor- speak with a sim-
protecting the College from one of the attempts seen in this scandal. It also makes respond to the linguistic features of ilar pattern, but
admissions overall more equitable for students who are either not good test takers or your speech. I took the quiz during without an r in
unable to access score-raising activities such as retaking the test, enrolling in pricey my freshman year of high school, not “nurse” or “bird.”
prep courses or attending schools that integrate effective prep into the curriculum. Now expecting the algorithms to point to Move north to
more than ever, we are proud of this policy. any geographic area very strongly. I Aroostook Coun-
The newly introduced video supplement is another strategy that diminishes the ef- have always had a more or less Gen- ty and you might
fects of legal privilege-leveraging. It provides an opportunity for students to represent eral-American accent, closer to what even encounter
themselves to the College without benefiting from outside help, paid or unpaid, in the news broadcasters might use than English speak-
way that they might with an essay. any particular local dialect—or so I ers whose vowels
Going forward, we would like to see the College consider more policies that coun- thought. At the end of the quiz, the sound more Cana-
teract the privilege-maintaining structures that exist in college admissions across the state of Maine lit up bright red, along dian than Amer-
nation, and as such we would like to toss out some ideas. While we’re sure the admis- with a substantial part of Massachu- ican. And that’s
DALIA
sions team has already considered these ideas, we think it’s important that students setts and New Hampshire. According not even counting
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and the campus community talk about the way admissions works here. Providing the to the map, I talked like a Mainer. many native French
BACHN
opportunity for, or even requiring that, students submit portfolios of their high school While this quiz was fun, it also speakers whose En-
IK
work could mitigate grade inflation at private high schools or provide a more thor- made me wonder: what is Maine’s glish is inflected by
ough view of students’ work over time. Continuing to expand recruiting travel and dialect after all? Some people have the language of their
the availability of alumni interviewers would allow students who might find getting to a certain idea of it from humorous upbringing.
Brunswick challenging the opportunity to make a dynamic, personal impression on portrayals like in Marshall Dodge’s A lot of these
the College. “Bert and I” stories or in Maine features seem to be
Bowdoin has a history of being on the forefront of equitable college admissions, comedian Bob Marley’s sets. Some intensified in older, more rural and ations where they want to indicate
becoming the first college in the nation to go SAT-optional in 1969. In the wake of this others might have picked up a few lower-income people; you’re unlikely their Maine upbringing, even where
national scandal, the College ought to raise the bar even higher by continuing to break hackneyed words and phrases— to hear a Portland fisherman talk the they might not have used it before.
down the role of privilege in admissions. We’ve done it before, we can do it again. And things like “you can’t get there from same way as a CEO in the same city, Adopting or bringing out some form
keep doing it until the process is fair. here” or “wicked good”— from tour- for example. You’re also less likely to of the dialect is an important way of
ist guidebooks. But as with many hear a teenager ordering an “Italian” distancing oneself from people from
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, regional speech patterns, including than you are to hear her ordering a away and also serves to reinforce
which is composed of Anjulee Bhalla, Roither Gonzales, Dakota Griffin, George the often-butchered and closely re- “sub.” But there are some broad sim- identity among locals.
Grimbilas, Calder McHugh and Jessica Piper. lated Boston accent, most people ilarities—most people around here I never thought I talked much like
outside the Pine Tree State and even talk about their “camps” rather than a real Mainer. But as The New York
some within it don’t really have a their “cabins” and would use “rotary” Times’ dialect quiz shows, and subse-
good grasp on what distinguishes instead of “traffic circle.” quent research has confirmed, may-
the way we talk. Many Mainers also have more be I do after all. Maine is home to a
As it turns out, if you look at the than one idiom at their disposal. wonderful variety of accents and dia-
ESTABLISHED 1871 linguistic data more closely, Maine Code-switching is common, espe- lects that follow both geographic and
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Friday, March 29, 2019 OPINION 15
The impossible quest to fix the Senate we cannot see legitimacy outside states’ residents we fore- toral College, the to protect the small states from
Our America of it, and when we perceive areas closed the possibility of Supreme Court the large states, but there simply
by Lorenzo Meigs
to be lacking in democracy, we populating it with long and, once upon a is no justification for small states
rush to fill them with democ- serving and well-in- time, the Senate. to dominate large states.
racy. It is, in our eyes, the salve formed elder statesmen, But the solu- So, what to do? Unfortunately,
Whether you view the Consti- the solves all. Thus, the pre-17th and we ensured that its tion to the Senate, outside of finding a way to con-
tution as tantamount to scripture amendment Senate—a legislative deliberative character despite what a small vert the Senate into a virtuous
or as nothing but a hypocritical body disconnected from popular would be dimin- but growing number aristocracy, there is no real solu-
piece of parchment, it seems sovereignty—was at once illegiti- ished—such dem- of voices on the right tion. Article V of the Constitution
Americans can agree that in these mate and anachronistic. It could ocratic opening will tell you, cannot even precludes the possibility of
decisive times it is a deeply un- not stand against the common and leveling can simply be to repeal the passing a constitutional amend-
amendable document. Yet, during will of Progressive reform. have no other 17th amendment. Repeal ment to deprive states of equal
the Progressive Era of democratic However, the 17th amendment effect. Where would, in theory, do some- suffrage in the Senate, as there is
zeal that swept our nation from and its advocates did nothing to the Founders thing to provide us with more a requirement that each state con-
the late 1890s to the early 1920s, solve the Senate’s fundamental envisioned a qualified senators, but such a sent to being deprived of its equal
many viewed the Constitution as democratic problem. Indeed, the calmer, more move would never be seen as suffrage. And Wyoming, for one,
too easily amendable; when this Senate is by design anti-demo- considered legitimate. People in a democracy will never consent.
era of reform was finally snuffed cratic. It is a product of the famous Senate check- can only be convinced to cede The Constitution, then, is
out by the economic euphoria of Connecticut Compromise—the ing the hot and power to people, not institutions. flawed beyond repair; to fol-
the Roaring Twenties, our Con- Constitutional requirement that intemperate And even if repeal was feasible, low its commands is to corrupt
stitution was left four full amend- gave each state two senators, and House of Rep- it would do nothing to solve the very country it is designed
ments longer. Income tax was was intended to protect small resentatives, the underlying issue of the to protect. The Progressive
legalized, alcohol was prohibited, states from domination from by we now simply radically disproportional reformers had the right idea
women won suffrage, and—least larger states. The idea of the Sen- have two equally nature of representation about many things, but in the
appreciated of all—the power of ate stems not from an interest in impulsive bodies in the Senate. Senate, they attempted to fix
electing Senators was removed the citizens of America, but from butting heads. LILY FULLAM To illustrate how bad this what could not be fixed, and
from the state legislatures and an interest in the many states that This is not a system this modern-day sclerosis is particular problem is set to be- so they only made the problem
granted directly to each state’s make up America. In this way, it of stability held up by well-de- but a minority mob checking a come, consider the predictions worse. That is why, 230 years
people in the 17th amendment. is best understood as a vestigial signed checks and balances. In- majority mob. This cannot stand. of political scientist Norm Orn- after ratification, the time for
The 17th amendment was, of organ of the Articles of Confeder- stead, it is simply an excess of veto It may be reasonable to think a stein. By 2050, he says, “70 per- a constitutional convention is
course, a fundamental alteration ation; by granting each state equal points that tends only towards well-chosen group of elites can cent of Americans will be living ripening. I will not sit here and
of the mechanics of American power it is designed to protect a gridlock—gridlock that creates a provide a salutary check on a in just 15 states,” meaning that call for it unilaterally; instead,
government, but it is so uncon- type of muscular federalism that power vacuum into which an im- democratic majority, but to think 70 percent of Americans will be together as Americans, we
troversial and little-discussed to- the Constitution itself has helped perial president must necessarily that a random group of people represented by just 30 Senators will all divine when the time
day because it was a reform that to slowly kill and that many now enter. chosen only by geographic loca- while 30 percent of Americans is finally ripe. But never fear—
seems, on its face, both necessary appropriately view as undesirable. Worse, the gridlock such a tion can provide a salutary check will be represented by 70 sen- when we finally reconvene in
and appropriately teleological. In Thus, what we are left with system creates is not even reflec- on a democratic majority is both ators. With these numbers, it Philadelphia, as we must to
a democracy, more democracy now, in the wake of the 17th tive of real disagreement in the dangerous and nonsensical. starts to get difficult to even call chart out the next 200 years of
is always better. Quite simply, amendment, is the worst of both American populace. Given the People cannot check the people; America a democracy. Our fed- our future, there is no reason
democracy is the currency and worlds. By making the Senate deeply undemocratic nature of only elites can do that. This is eral system needs some level of to believe America will not be
common language of our times; responsive to the whims of the the Senate on a national scale, the thinking behind the Elec- disproportionate representation born again, stronger than ever.
MARCH/APRIL
FRIDAY 29
EVENT
Bowdoin Coffee Break featuring Matt
Marolda ’96
President of WarnerMedia Applied Analytics Matthew
Marolda ’96 will visit campus to chat with students. Marolda’s
work involves using statistical analysis to make decisions
crucial to the operation of networks like WarnerBros and HBO.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 3 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Wind in the Pines
Assistant Professor of Dance Aretha Aoki and video and
sound artist Ryan MacDonald will use visual, sounds and
dance elements to portray the story of Aoki’s Japanese-
American family during WWII.
Wish Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PERFORMANCE SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: Students peruse stations at the 2019 National Fellowships: Think Big Expo! on Thursday night in the David Saul Smith
Union. The event featured a panel of student and alumni fellowship recipients and was followed by a fair for students to learn more.
Anna Webber
Up-and-coming jazz musician and composer Anna Webber
will perform a new music collection titled “Idiom” with her
group Simple Trio.
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.
EVENT
MONDAY 1 WEDNESDAY 3
EVENT DISCUSSION
Shades of Green: Germany and the
Environment II Asian Heritage Month Kickoff The Power of Literature: An Interview
Associate Professor of Government Laura Henry, Assistant The Asian Student Alliance will kick off Asian Heritage with Alaa Al Aswany
Professor of History at the University of Rochester and Month with food and cultural festivities. Egyptian author and activist Alaa Al Aswany will discuss
Thomas Fleischmann and Associate Professor of History and 30 College Street. 4:30 p.m. his role as a prominent advocate for democracy in his
Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of South home country of Egypt. Al Aswany wrote the
Carolina Thomas Lekan will participate in a town hall on LECTURE critically-acclaimed novel “The Yacoubian Building” and is
environmental sustainability in Germany. How to Read a Revenge Story in Early currently a Visiting Professor in Middle Eastern Studies
Lantern, Roux Center for the Environment. 4:30 p.m. Modern Japan at Dartmouth.
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 6 p.m.
at Harvard University David Atherton will discuss the violent
revenge narratives of Samurai in early modern Japan.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY 30 THURSDAY 4
PERFORMANCE
Upright Citizens Brigade
Troupe members from the professional improv group will
TUESDAY 2 DISCUSSION
#MeToo and the Movement to End
perform their annual on-campus show. EVENT Violence
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 8 p.m. A Reading with Poet Emily Skillings Director of Gender and Violence Prevention and Education
Emily Skillings, lecturer in English at Yale, will visit campus to Benje Douglas will discuss the history of movements to
read her published poetry, including the full-length collection prevent sexual violence, including the #MeToo movement
“Fort Not.” and its future at Bowdoin.
SUNDAY 31 Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall. 4:45 p.m. Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.