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After Expo closes, Brunswick welcomes 60 asylum seekers
by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
Over the summer, just three
miles from campus, nearly 60
asylum seekers were welcomed
to the Brunswick community.
The group is just a fraction of
the 450 asylees who have jour-
neyed from sub-Saharan Africa
to Maine since June.
The Portland Press Herald
reported that many asylum
seekers traveled from Angola
Bowdoin trustee
visited Jeffrey
Epstein on his private
island, and in prison
by Alyce McFadden
Orient Staff
James “Jes” Staley ’79 P ’11, a
member of the Board of Trust-
ees and the CEO of Barlclays,
visited sex offender and dis-
graced financier Jeffrey Epstein
at his private island in 2015,
and during his incarceration in
Palm Beach, Florida in 2008,
according to Bloomberg.
Epstein was convicted of so-
liciting prostitution involving a
minor in 2008 and charged with
sex trafficking in July 2019. He
was found dead in his Manhat-
tan prison cell this August.
Before joining Barclays, Sta-
ley was an executive at J.P. Mor-
gan Chase & Co between 2001
and 2013. At the beginning of
his tenure, Staley led the bank’s
asset-management division and
retained Epstein as a client un-
til 2013, despite Epstein’s felony
conviction. According to re-
porting by the New York Times
published in early August,
Epstein provided Staley with
valuable access to his network
of wealthy businessmen and
financiers.
A member of the Bowdoin’s
Board of Directors since 2007,
Staley served as chair of the
search committee that hired
current president Clayton Rose
in 2014. Rose was employed by
College House members express BPD concerns
by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
Since five students were
issued court summonses at
a Helmreich House party by
Brunswick Police Department
(BPD) last April, Bowdoin
students expressed concerns
about hosting parties.
Concern grew into confu-
N FREE FOOD FOR DAYS
Bowdoin Dining is understaffed and Food
Truck Maineia returns. Page 3.
and the Democratic Republic
of Congo to South and Central
America and then journeyed
up to Texas’s southern border.
After filing their initial paper-
work, families then traveled
to Portland by bus. Many told
the Press Herald that they had
heard that Portland would offer
shelter and financial assistance
while asylum cases are being
processed.
City officials designated the
Portland Exposition Building
the investment bank J.P. Mor-
gan between 1981 and 2001.
Senior Vice President for
Communications and Public
Affairs Scott Hood affirmed the
College’s support for Staley but
did not speak to his connection
to Epstein.
“Jes is a highly regarded
member of the Bowdoin com-
munity. He has been a deeply
engaged alumnus since his
graduation in 1979 and has
served the College with distinc-
tion for over a dozen years as
a trustee, as a former chair of
the investment committee, and
as a champion for inclusion
and diversity. He chaired the
eighteen-member presidential
search committee in 2014-15
and is currently a member of
the trustees’ academic affairs
and investment committees.
Bowdoin has benefitted and
continues to benefit greatly
from his dedication, energy,
and insights,” Hood wrote in an
email to the Orient.
In 2008, an internal review at
J.P. Morgan recommended that
the bank drop Epstein as a client
due to the potential risk he rep-
resented following his conviction The new Park Row Apart-
in the same year. This August, ments opened just in time for
the Times reported that another students to return to campus for
J.P. Morgan executive acted on the fall semester. One of the four
buildings received approval for
Please see TRUSTEE, page 4 occupancy from town officials
sion after College House stu-
dents met with BPD and Bow-
doin Security officers during
College House orientation.
Residents felt that the Col-
lege’s alcohol and event policy
does not align with the culture
at Bowdoin.
“There’s this gray area
where the College is like,
wink wink, you can have par-
F HANG 10
Byrne ‘21 partners with BOC to create surf
program. Page 6.
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Friday, September 6, 2019 Volume 149, Number 1 bowdoinorient.com
(Portland Expo)—the basket- development firm Brunswick the town created a task force Community Support Fund.
ball arena home to the Maine Landing Venture, offered three focused on welcoming its new The task force also recom-
Red Claws—as an emergency months of rent-free assistance neighbors and providing sup- mended that the town hire a
shelter to house the asylees. for asylees at the Brunswick port for the asylees’ transition. cultural broker to serve as a
But when the basketball season landing development. Per recommendation of the liaison between city officials
began on August 15, everyone Most of the 60 asylum seek- task force, the town of Bruns- and asylum seekers. In August,
was relocated to towns across ers in Brunswick are living wick established the Brunswick Nsiona Nguizani was hired full-
the state, including Brunswick.at these Brunswick Landing Community Support Fund to time by the town for at least six
properties, but others are being subsidize housing and provide months. Nguizani is the Presi-
WELCOME TO BRUNSWICK hosted by Brunswick residents basic necessities. The town’s Go- dent of the Angolan Commu-
and some are staying in subsi- FundMe page has raised $5,505, nity of Maine and speaks En-
After hearing that more dized apartments. in addition to cash and check do- glish, French, Portuguese and
housing was needed, Chris In response to the influx of nations. The Orient was unable
Rhoades, owner of the property families arriving in Brunswick, to obtain the total amount in the Please see ASYLUM, page 5
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HOME SWEET HOME: Contractors worked through the night to have Park Row Apartments ready for move-in day on September 1.
Park Row opens for students, despite hiccups
on September 1, just hours be- lando, senior vice president for statement alleging that Timber-
by Nina McKay fore students were set to move in. finance and administration and land Drywall, a subcontractor of
Orient Staff
Construction of the Park Row treasurer of the College. Orlando Wright-Ryan, the construction
Apartments proved slow-going also said that a widespread labor company hired by the College
because the site, which was cho- shortage in Maine further slowed for the project, was misclassi-
sen for its proximity to the center the construction process. fying workers and committing
of campus, was too small to allow Additionally, partway through tax fraud. In its statement, BLA
for more than one foundation to construction, the Bowdoin La-
be set at a time, said Matt Or- bor Alliance (BLA) released a Please see PARK ROW, page 4
We talked to Alana
ties with alcohol, and you’re
supposed to be gearing events
towards first years, but you’re
interactions with BPD until
last April when the Event-
host (E-host) at a Helmreich
Morrison ’20 about
not supposed to be serving
[alcohol to] first years,” said
House party called the Office
of Safety and Security for a
Love Island and she
Francesca Mauro ’22, Baxter
House co-chair. “We’re kind
wellness check of a student
and Security determined a told us everything.
SEE PAGE 7.
of supposed to figure things medical transport was nec-
out for ourselves and avoid essary. As with all medical
getting in trouble.”
College Houses had few Please see BPD, page 4
A DON’T TOUCH S A NEW HOPE O SHADY BUSINESS
“Art Purposes” brings a wealth of B.J. Hammer seeks to break the mold for BLA speaks out against unfair labor
perspective to the BCMA. Page 8. Bowdoin footall. Page 9. practices. Page 11.
2 Friday, September 6, 2019
2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT: 8/25–9/4
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
Sunday, August 25
• A student reported the theft of a mini-refrigerator
and a pair of boots from a rear porch at Pine Street
Apartments. A suspect vehicle was identified on
camera and a campus security alert was sent.
Monday, August 26
• A student living at an off-campus apartment on
Pleasant Street reported the theft of a gold Specialized
Hardrock bicycle.
Wednesday, August 28
• An ill student at Chamberlain Hall was provided an
escort to Mid Coast Hospital.
Saturday, August 31
• A series of fire alarms at 52 Harpswell was attributed
to a faulty detector.
• A security officer encountered a group of local intox-
icated minors on campus. The matter was referred to
the Brunswick police and the parents were notified.
One minor was treated for a bloody nose from a fall.
• A student reported two bags missing from an Orien-
tation trip. Security officers assisted the student and
both bags were located.
Sunday, September 1
• A student was transported to Mid Coast Hospital
after being struck in the face with a field hockey stick
during a scrimmage.
SHONA ORT
IZ
New sh!t on the block
CAPTIONS BY ROITHER GONZALES, JARET SKONIECZNY AND IAN STEWART; PHOTOS BY ANN BASU
NEW PAINT, WHO DIS?: Boody-Johnson House was repainted
to look a thousand years old. It now screams rustic “charm.”
FRESH FROM CONCENTRATE:
Straight from the Starship Enterprise,
this juice machine looks flashy, but the
juices themselves leave something to
be desired.
I would rather have faster water
dispensers.
Or maybe higher wages for dining
employees.
STUDENT SPEAK:
Monday, September 2
• Concerned parents requested a wellness check on How long would YOU last on Love Island?
their student. The student was OK.
• An empty unregistered beer keg was found inside
Boody-Johnson House.
Eliana Albright ’20
Tuesday, September 3
• A student reported the theft of her bicycle from the
west side of Coles Tower. A security officer recovered
"For however long Alana wants me to."
the bike and returned it to the student.
• An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicated
student in Coles Tower.
• An officer assisted an employee who was briefly stuck
in an elevator at Thorne Dining.
• An officer escorted a student with an ankle injury to
Mid Coast Hospital.
Kieran Enzian ’22
Wednesday, September 4
• A student received an accidental arm laceration while
using a steak knife to cut open a package. An officer
"A day—I’m not crazy enough for it."
escorted the student to Mid Coast Hospital.
• Two students stole a pair of “Road Work Ahead”
construction signs near campus.
• A fire alarm at Park Row Apartment 2 was caused by
a sprinkler system malfunction.
• A student fell from a bicycle near Park Row Apart-
ment 4. A security officer provided first-aid for face
and foot injuries and then escorted the student to the Brittney McKinley ’21
campus health center.
• A smoke alarm at West Hall was activated by a
student’s use of aerosol spray.
"Not too long at all. I’m too soft."
Matt Perez ’23
"A month."
Lily Johnston ’20
"Forever ... but what’s Love Island? "
COMPILED BY ROITHER GONZALES
MODERN ART: According to the College, it’s a Polar Bear. I
guess I just don’t understand art anymore.
BETWEEN TWO FERNS: These lush planters outside of Sargent Gym bring serious Rainforest
Cafe vibes to our small corner of Brunswick, Maine. Deeply inhale the tropical aroma of these
green beauties or just lounge nearby and watch them grow. Welcome to the jungle!
BABY ON BOARD: The dining halls got new bowls; now I know where to put my chipotle mayo.
Friday, September 6, 2019 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEF The Rachel Lord Center for Religious and

COMPILED BY NINA MCKAY AND STEVEN XU

IT DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTS
ACCESSIBLE TECHHUB
Spiritual Life unveiled after donation
This fall, Information Technology (IT) has introduced a second by Cole van Miltenburg
Orient Staff
student-run help desk called TechHub. This help desk is intended
to serve as a resource for those in need of assistance with common The beginning of this school
technology issues such as connecting to Wi-Fi, installing PolarPrint year will mark a transition for
drivers, account access and two-step authentication with Duo Securi- religious life at Bowdoin. In
ty. Located near the offices of Academic Technology and Consulting July, Macauley Lord ’77 final-
on the first floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L), TechHub is ized a $1 million donation to
IT’s attempt to provide more accessible technical support. the Center for Religious and
“We want to have a more centralized location available,” wrote Brad Spiritual Life, renaming it to
Flood, an IT support specialist, in an email to the Orient. honor his late mother, Rachel
Under the previous system, the student-run help desk only serviced Lord.
students, while IT staff supported the College’s faculty and staff from Lord’s experience as a Bow-
its offices in the basement of Coles Tower. doin student played a signif-
With the new service model, TechHub workers will provide sup- icant role in his decision to
port for students, staff and faculty alike. However, staff at the H-L and donate to the Center. He re-
Coles Tower locations will be in communication, and more complex called an absence of religious
issues that cannot be solved at TechHub will be sent to IT staff in Coles resources at Bowdoin while
Tower. he explored his spirituality as
The addition of TechHub coincides with several other changes in- a student, as well as a campus SAM HONEGGER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
troduced by IT. Now, color printing will be deducted from each stu- culture that created hardships IN THE NAME OF THE LORD: With Lord’s donation, Pazos became director of religious and spiritual life on a full-time basis.
dent’s $60 PolarPrint allowance as opposed to their OneCard balance. for groups such as Jewish stu- much holiness you find in a “One of the biggest things campus.
In addition, IT implemented a new Single Sign-On experience using dents. jail,” Lord remarked. that the endowment does for us On a larger scale, he hopes
Okta, which will increase security and create a single webpage for all “Bowdoin had no chaplain Lord was ultimately motivated is it gives us a full-time director to expand opportunities for
of Bowdoin’s web-based applications. then and students were left to to reach out to Bowdoin after the of religious and spiritual life, students by instituting partially
TechHub is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 find a church or synagogue on passing of his mother, a woman which is fantastic. That comes or fully-funded service trips.
p.m.. their own,” Lord wrote in an he described as “unfailingly kind with me having more opportu- “We would love to focus
email to the Orient. and warm to everyone she met.” nity to work on programs and some time or some resources
After establishing himself As she persevered through pro- plan programs and that kind of to helping students under-
as a fly-fishing instructor and found mental illness, Lord drew stuff throughout the summer,” stand conflict resolution and
author, Lord began training to inspiration from his mother’s Pazos explained. dialogue, specifically across
become a volunteer hospital spiritual strength. Pazos was able to expand religious divisions and divides
chaplain. He later entered the Lord worked alongside Di- the Multifaith Fellows program nationally and internationally,”
Bangor Theological Seminary. rector of Religious and Spiritu- from four to five students this Pazos said.
Today, Lord works with the al Life Eduardo Pazos, former year and guarantee its contin- Lord is certain his mother
inmate population at the Cum- Dean for Student Affairs, Tim ued existence. He also aims to would embrace the new spiritu-
berland County Jail in Portland. Foster, and the Development increase the Center’s outreach al endeavors of the Center.
“Visiting as a volunteer with Office to implement the endow- and eventually hire part-time “She would want to meet
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT inmates of many faiths and ment. His donation enabled Pa- advisors for Muslim students every student who comes into
HUB HELP: Students seek help at the new TechHub located in H-L Library. cultures is an enormous privi- zos to take on a full-time role at and members of other under- the space that is now named for
lege. You’d be surprised by how Bowdoin. represented religious groups on her,” he said.

DETAILS REVEALED REGARDING

HARPSWELL RECONSTRUCTION
With one construction project complete, the College is moving for-
In absence of SuperSnack, Food Truck Maineia
ward with its plan to revamp housing for upper class students. Con-
struction began in May on the new Harpswell Apartments, which will
house 132 students in three buildings of four-, six- and eight- person
returns for second year—now with double the food
apartments, and virtual renderings of the apartments are now avail- for students. and suggested that more trucks about the possibility of opening
able online. The buildings are expected to be ready for occupation in by Andrew Bastone Fraga said the success of last might lead to shorter waits. Super Snack for the first weekend,
Orient Staff
the fall of 2020. year’s event served as motivation While SuperSnack will be he expressed his support for the
Each apartment will have only single bedrooms with full-sized With SuperSnack closed for the to expand. unavailable Friday and Saturday, alternative that the food trucks
beds, a well as a kitchen, bathroom and common room. Each building first weekend of the semester, stu- “We thought, ‘why not bring it Interim Director of Dining Ken provide.
will also feature a two-story common area, and the first floor will have dents will—for the second year— back, but let’s be bigger and bet- Cardone expects it to return next “We’re fortunate that we have
a gathering space and a study area. The second floor will have a closed- be able to tuck into free snacks ter this year,’” Fraga said. weekend once student workers re- food trucks available. They fill the
in study space and laundry facilities. at Food Truck Maineia, which The food offered will largely turn to normal work shifts. void until we can get staffed,” Car-
“The idea is that there will be fewer events within the apartments. opened last night and continues be Maine-themed. Cardone anticipates that at done said.
They’ll be in the common space,” said Lisa Rendall, director of resi- tonight on Dudley Coe Quad. “[The event] will also give stu- least 70 more students will fill When asked about Food Truck
dential and housing operations. “And then the way the buildings are The event has doubled in size dents an opportunity to try food the necessary positions to op- Maineia returning next year, Fraga
situated on the property will almost be creating a mini-quad in the since last year, with three trucks from Maine that they might not erate the dining halls at normal expressed her support.
middle, which we’re excited about.” last night and an additional three have access to otherwise,” Fraga capacity. “This year with Nate [Hintze,
With many of these features, the College is attempting to attract at 10 p.m. today. noted. “Before we can bring students director of student activities] de-
students considering living off campus. A working group of students, All three trucks from last year’s On Thursday night, Jayna Ro- on board and put them on the ciding to make it a bigger event, if
faculty and staff convened in 2017 after a record number of students event returned for a second term. botham ’23 said that she enjoyed schedule, we need to provide it turns out well, it’ll continue being
lived off campus to identify priorities for new on-campus housing. PB&ME, Portland Pie Company the food on offer from PB&ME. training, so you need that win- a really big event,” said Fraga.
Single bedrooms and large common areas to host events and parties and the Yum Bus catered last night, “They have a really good pea- dow between arrival and the first Fraga said the money for the
were among those priorities. and Pinky D’s Poutine is featuring nut butter and jelly. It was a good SuperSnack to get training done,” trucks would come out of the Stu-
As new residential options become available, Pine Street Apart- tonight. peanut butter and jelly ratio, a Cardone said. He also noted that dent Activities budget, but Hintze
ments and Stowe Inn are slated to be closed, although there is no Miriam Fraga ’18, assistant little bit more jelly than peanut many returning student employees declined to comment on the total
definite timeline for their closure. The College also anticipates further director of student activities and butter, like 60-40,” Robotham wait a few weeks to settle into class- cost.
lowering the number of students allowed to live off campus, from the the event’s organizer, declined to explained. es before scheduling their shifts. An employee at Portland Pie
current cap of 150, to 125. disclose the trucks coming to- Alex Tesson ’23 noted that the While Cardone explained that estimated the cost of the pizza de-
night, citing the surprise factor lines for all three trucks were long, Student Activities contacted him livered last night at $1,700.

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

HOP IN LINE: (LEFT) Students socialize while waiting for pizza, deep-fried cookies and tacos in Dudley Coe Quad on night one of Food Truck Maineia. (RIGHT) Sulwan Ahmed ’22, Lynn Nguyen ’22 and Nasteho Youssouf ’22 survey the food.
4 NEWS
Geoffrey Canada Scholars program
adapts in its second summer
by Lucie Nolden
Orient Staff
While most of the Class of
2023 has spent the past week
figuring out where the Roux
Center for the Environment
is and how to avoid getting
caught in the 6 p.m. rush at
Thorne Dining Hall, one cohort
of 18 students already knew
their way around campus. This
year’s Geoffrey Canada Schol-
ars arrived at Bowdoin in July
and have been living in Baxter
House, taking classes and get-
ting to know the Brunswick
area—five weeks before the
start of Orientation trips.
The Geoffrey Canada Schol-
PARK ROW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
called on the College to verify
the labor practices of its subcon-
tractors. Scott Hood, senior vice
president for communications
and public affairs, confirmed
that the College was aware of
BLA’s claims and was looking
into them.
The project came in at only
75 percent of the cost of simi-
lar projects at peer institutions
in recent years, according to
Orlando, who said that the
College’s choice to use a wood-
frame structure and forgo ex-
tra amenities such as fitness
rooms and elaborate outdoor
landscaping helped keep costs
down.
“The finishes we selected
were very reasonable,” Orlando
said. “We wanted them to be
timeless. It was very important
that they withstand the test of
time and have the durability
that we always look for, but we
were not going for anything …
high-end.”
Lisa Rendall, director of
residential life and housing op-
erations, reported a number of
lingering issues with the apart-
ments even after they opened.
Doors with windows where
there shouldn’t be and flooding
showers were among the main
complaints.
BPD
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transports, BPD arrived at
Helmreich with the ambu-
lance, where the Alcohol Host
(A-host), E-host and three
students were questioned.
After questioning, the
E-host received a criminal
charge for furnishing a loca-
tion for minors to consume
alcohol. The A-host received
a criminal charge as well for
furnishing alcohol to minors
We’re kind of supposed to figure things out
for ourselves and avoid getting in trouble.
–Francesca Mauro ’22, Baxter House co-chair
even though the transported
student did not consume al-
cohol at the house. The three
additional students received
civil charges for possession of
ars program, which is designed
to ease the transition to college
for low-income students of
color and first-generation stu-
dents; began its second year at
Bowdoin this summer and un-
derwent minor changes since
its inaugural year. Jessica Perez,
the director of the THRIVE
initiative, explained that some
of the summer programming
had been modified slightly
following feedback from stu-
dents, most significantly in its
reduction from six weeks to five
weeks of summer classes.
“One of the things that we
heard back from students was
that they were pretty tired by
the time they actually started
Rendall noticed the incor-
rect installation of doors with
windows to the hallway, giving
view into apartments, and she
purchased curtains and rods
to cover the windows until
the correct style of door can
be installed. “They’re locked,
they’re safe, they have curtains
up, they have privacy and the
doors will be replaced,” said
Rendall.
Rendall also said that shower
thresholds were not installed in
the bathrooms of apartments
in two of the buildings, causing
students to flood the bathroom
while using the shower. Rendall
explained that the parts had
arrived on campus and would
be installed on Thursday and
Friday.
The College did not have
interim housing available for
Park Row residents who arrived
on campus before September 1,
but all students had access to
storage facilities and had been
notified that they would not
be allowed to move in prior to
September 1 when they select-
ed Park Row Apartments in the
lottery, said Rendall.
Park Row resident Mishal
Kazmi ’21 said that she was
able to stay on a friend’s couch
in Reed House between August
18 and September 1, but that
it was difficult to plan housing
given that most of her friends
alcohol by a minor.
Mike Ranen, associate dean
of student affairs and direc-
tor of residential life said the
College’s policy regarding
parties has not changed since
last year. All on-campus par-
ties must be registered with
Security and have an E-host.
If there is alcohol at an event,
students are required to pro-
vide an A-host who is over 21
and who may only serve alco-
hol to students 21 and older.
Mauro said her house is
navigating the policy in order
to avoid conflict with BPD.
During the annual informa-
tional session during College
House orientation, residents
the academic year,” Perez said.
“We were looking for ways to
maybe balance out the experi-
ence a little bit better.”
The changes also reduced
the class load from three to two
courses: with students taking
Quantitative Reasoning, Envi-
ronmental Health and Writing
and Rhetoric. The latter was
taught by Meredith McCarroll,
the director of writing and
rhetoric and director of the
first-year seminar program,
and a rotating cast of secondary
professors, including President
Clayton Rose. Perez explained
that the students had the
chance to work and build per-
sonal relationships with faculty,
GOING DOWN: One of the Park Row Apartments features a large basement space for hosting campus gatherings where students can register events with ResLife.
were not returning to campus
until September 1.
However, she said that the
move-in date was well-reported
by the Office of Residential Life
(ResLife) both in person and
over email.
“My experience with ResLife
met with a ResLife staff mem-
ber, a BPD officer and two
Bowdoin Security officers to
discuss the alcohol policy and
proactive measures the houses
can take to reduce the likeli-
hood of interacting with BPD
during registered events.
“We still give training
about how we feel students
can best manage events—if
they choose to have alcohol,
if they choose not to have al-
cohol—and how they can best
utilize Security as a proactive
resource and ways to manage
the event which would miti-
gate the chances of Brunswick
police arriving to the event,”
Ranen said. “We can’t make
staff, and fellow students.
The scholars were supported
by four upperclassmen men-
tors, whose goal was to provide
a peer outlet for the students’
queries about life at Bowdoin.
They also had the opportunity
to learn from older students
and mentors. “It’s nice to know
that there’s an upperclassman
that has been in your shoes,”
says Alex Ontogtokh ’21, who
served as a mentor to the schol-
ars.
“We want to see them find
their own communities in
terms of clubs and organiza-
tions,” Ontogtokh added. “The
biggest reward for me is seeing
them grow.”
has always been really positive,”
Kazmi wrote in an email to the
Orient. “I was communicating
with Lisa Rendall throughout
… and she was always very
helpful and open about the en-
tire experience.”
Rendall explained that if the
any promises that they won’t
[arrive to events, but] we can
teach ways to manage the
event to lower that risk.”
Students felt that the ses-
sion clarified ways to handle
situations such as noise com-
plaints made by the houses’
neighbors, but did not address
concerns regarding underage
drinking or questions regard-
ing the College’s policy.
“The conversation [about
alcohol] just felt so removed
from our experience as stu-
dents,” said Micah Wilson
’22, a resident of Reed House.
“The culture right now, as it
stands, is that underage peo-
ple are drinking. You have to
at least acknowledge that that
is what the culture is for us to
be able to have this conversa-
tion.”
Students, such as Mauro,
believe that the College is
aware that underage students
are consuming alcohol at Col-
lege Houses.
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Staley’s behalf in insisting on
maintaining Epstein’s accounts
with the bank.
In a statement to Bloomberg,
a spokesperson for Barclays,
Stephen Doherty, said that Sta-
ley “never engaged or paid fees
to Mr. Epstein to advise him,
or to provide professional ser-
vices, either in his various roles
at J.P. Morgan, or personally.”
According to previous re-
porting by the Orient, Staley
was reprimanded in 2017 for
violating laws that protect
whistle-blowers. At the time,
Hood affirmed the College’s
support for Staley.
“Jes is a wonderful and ded-
icated alumnus and very active
and valuable trustee, and we are
fortunate that he is part of the
Bowdoin community,” he wrote.
This week, Hood wrote that
the College’s 2017 statement
buildings had not been com-
pleted by noon on September
1, ResLife would have found
housing for students in a vari-
ety of on- and off-campus loca-
tions. In the end, she was glad
the office didn’t have to.
“I think people were really
“You’re having registered
alcohol where underage peo-
ple are all living,” Mauro said.
Despite insecurity among
College House residents, stu-
dents believe that Bowdoin
Security has their health and
safety in mind. Kate Walsh
’22, co-chair of Helmreich
House, said that the informa-
tional session made her feel
more secure.
“I think the real emphasis
was placed on, as it should be,
the safety of people who are
utilizing our space and what
our role should be in ensuring
the safety of students visiting
our space and making sure
that we trust Security first,”
Walsh said. “We know that we
can trust Security to come and
assess the situation first, and
[decide if ] BPD needs to be
involved.”
Walsh said she felt more
secure after learning that BPD
was making efforts to speak
with Security to better under-
Friday, September 6, 2019
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COMMUNICATIONS
TRUSTEE TROUBLE: Trustee
Jes Staley ’79 ’P11 visited disgraced
financier Jeffery Epstein on his
island in 2015 and in jail in 2008.
“was accurate then and is today.”
Staley is in the midst of his
third five-year term on the
Board of Trustees and will be
up for re-election in the spring
of 2022.
Staley could not be reached
for comment.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
happy. It was really fun at 12:01
[on move-in day] to have peo-
ple try their card and get in and
run into their apartment and be
yelling with joy,” said Rendall.
“It was really gratifying to see
how excited they were about
the space.”
stand the role of the E- and
A-hosts at registered events
like that the E-host is not fur-
nishing alcohol to minors.
“My understanding was
[and] is that the BPD wants to
have a meeting to get officers
on the same page,” said Walsh.
Although talks are in the
works, the College reiterated it
cannot make promises regard-
ing liability or consequences
of underage drinking in the
College Houses. Walsh said
that Security also explained
that the repercussions are at
the discretion of the officer on
the scene and that discretion
varies, from one officer giving
a warning to another issuing a
court summons for the same
infraction.
“I understand that Bowdo-
in Security is in a bind right
now. But, I need you [to]
understand that the position
you’re asking us [to be in] as
E- and A- hosts also [puts us]
in a bind,” Wilson said.
Friday, September 6, 2019
Kigali to Brunswick: new Mainers join community
by Eliana Miller
Orient Staff
While seniors on campus up-
date their LinkedIn profiles and
rush to the Career Exploration and
Development office, Jean Claude
Kagame has crossed borders and
oceans in search of work. He
moved from Kigali, Rwanda to
Brunswick, Maine in late June.
“There’s a big issue of unem-
ployment in Rwanda. I went to
college, but it took me three years
to find a job, and it wasn’t in my
field,” Kagame said. “There are
more opportunities in Maine.”
The labor shortage in Maine
has proved beneficial for Kagame,
who now has three jobs, including
working in the dish room in Moul-
ton Union. He likes his coworkers
and appreciates their help in devel-
oping his English skills.
“As long as it pays me I like it,
but I need to improve. I can’t spend
my whole life washing dishes,”
Kagame said. “I don’t know what I
want to do yet.”
Kagame is one of over 450 Af-
rican immigrants who moved to
Maine this summer. So far, 60 indi-
viduals have settled in Brunswick.
Most are asylum seekers from An-
gola and the Democratic Republic
of Congo. Some, like Kagame and
his family, were fortunate enough
to obtain a green card.
Many of these individuals chose
Maine because they heard that
there was already a small commu-
nity of African immigrants, specif-
ically in Portland.
“We came here because a friend
of a friend said he could host us for
a bit,” Kagame said. “Unfortunate-
ly, he had too many guests and he
couldn’t accommodate us.”
Instead, Kagame and his family
stayed with over 200 other people,
mostly immigrants, in the Port-
land Exposition Building (Port-
land Expo), the Maine Red Claws’
basketball arena that served as an
overflow shelter. He said that the
Portland Expo was crowded and
there was no privacy. He also spent
time in one of Portland’s homeless
shelters, Preble Street, where show-
ers are scheduled and curfew is at
8:30 p.m..
ASYLUM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Lingala.
Nguizani has worked closely
with the Brunswick School De-
partment to help families with
young children adjust to the
transition.
COLLEGE INVOLVEMENT
Throughout the summer,
representatives from the Col-
lege, Portland and Brunswick
met to discuss how to help
WELCOME TO PORTLAND: Over 400 asylum seekers arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Rwanda were housed in the Portland Exposition Building this summer. Children played soccer and practiced their English with volunteers.
But just before July 4, Kag-
ame, his wife Solange and his
15-month-old son Anael moved
to Brunswick. They are living in
an apartment complex owned by
Katahdin Property Management,
a company founded by Bowdoin’s
Assistant Director of Annual Giv-
ing Dave Holman and his business
partner Brian Sprague.
“I was very concerned by the
amount of people coming into
the Portland Expo and the need
that they had for housing, and I
had housing,” said Holman. “I was
positioned to meet that need, and
the only challenge is that [these
properties] have to be run sus-
tainably as a business, so I can’t be
a homeless shelter and give things
away for free.”
After reading about the influx
of asylum seekers and migrants,
Holman contacted Portland city
officials and asked how he could
help.
“I said, ‘Hey if there’s any way
that we could somehow work out
the payment of rent by someone,
sometime, somehow, I’d be happy
to work with you to place some of
these families in more permanent
housing,’” Holman explained.
In less than a week, two Rwan-
dan families moved into Holman’s
property. They have been happily
living in town since, and just this
week, a third Rwandan family
joined them. The city of Portland
paid for their first month’s rent,
and they are now paying most of
their rent with their wage earnings
My sense is that there are a lot of us who are horrified by what is
going on at our borders, and a lot of us have been wanting so badly
to do something… This is a small way that we can take that action—
by being a welcoming community, by being generous with our time
and with what we have.
–Alison Miller, assistant professor of education
and some help from Brunswick’s
General Assistance Program, an
initiative that purchases basic ne-
cessities for individuals who are
without means to pay for such
services.
Holman admits that their cur-
rent rent “is on the lower end of the
market.”
these new Mainers.
“Early in this crisis, the Col-
lege reached out to Portland
city officials to see if we could
assist with temporary housing
on campus or with other ser-
vices,” President Clayton Rose
wrote in an email to students
and staff this week. “While they
ultimately declined our offer,
the McKeen Center continues
to stay connected—particularly
with regard to the asylum seek-
ers now living in Brunswick—
and has plans to bring together
those at the College willing to
NEWS
MOVING TO MAINE: Jean Claude Kagame washes dishes in Moulton Union. He left Kigali, Rwanda, where employment opportunities are slim.
“We’ll be losing $1,000 to $2,000
a year, but it’s worth it. It’s the right
thing to do,” he said. “We’re start-
ing them out low, but they’re doing
really well, and they’re getting jobs
and going out to work. I think as
the years go on, maybe we can
come closer to the sort of fair mar-
ket price.”
“Our landlord, he’s a very
good man,” Kagame said of
Holman, who has become a
friend as well as a landlord to
these families. He helped them
move in, get jobs and connect
with other Brunswick resi-
dents.
“Most Americans start at
home plate, but they’re not
even in the baseball field yet.
They’re just coming into the
help and to facilitate language
and other services moving for-
ward.”
In an email to the Orient,
Senior Vice President for
Communications and Public
Affairs Scott Hood elaborated.
The College could only offer
housing until early August, but
Portland officials were looking
for long-term housing.
Sarah Seames, director of the
McKeen Center for the Com-
mon Good, wrote in an email to
the Orient that representatives
from the McKeen Center have
field, so it’s helpful to be a little
more hands on,” said Holman.
Holman and Assistant Profes-
sor of Education Alison Miller cre-
ated a website for neighbors and
friends to donate a variety of items
that these families needed. Bow-
doin faculty and other community
members contributed furniture
for the unfurnished apartments,
Walmart and Hannaford gift
cards, diapers and more.
“There’s a lot of young families
at Bowdoin in particular, and so I
knew that those were resources we
had and could share,” said Miller.
“My sense is that there are a lot
of us who are horrified by what is
going on at our borders, and a lot
of us have been wanting so badly
to do something … This is a small
met with many people involved
with the immigrant communi-
ty, including Nguizani.
“We look forward to work-
ing with [Nguizani] as things
unfold and anticipate Bowdoin
students being able to volunteer
both in ongoing ways and with
one-time needs such as drives
for winter clothing,” Seames
wrote.
Seames also noted that al-
ready established student vol-
unteer groups such as Bowdoin
Bear PALS—a group of Bow-
doin students who work as En-
way that we can take that action—
by being a welcoming community,
by being generous with our time
and with what we have.”
Because he brought only a cou-
ple of suitcases to the U.S., the walls
of Kagame’s apartment are almost
completely bare. A few photos of
relatives back home are taped on
the walls above a set of faux-wood
drawers—the same Target furnish-
ings that some Bowdoin students
buy for their dorm rooms.
The families are grateful for the
donations and the support, and are
beginning to feel more settled in
town.
“We are happy to be here. We
appreciate the Brunswick commu-
nity and they are really nice. We
say hello to everybody and they
say hello, too,” Kagame said.
Kagame and the other Rwan-
dan migrants are not the first new
Mainers to join the Bowdoin com-
munity and work for the College.
Brian Robinson, assistant di-
rector of employment and staff-
ing, said that “under five percent
of Bowdoin faculty and staff are
non-US citizens … It’s certainly a
glish tutors for speakers of oth-
er languages—will work with
Brunswick’s newest students.
The McKeen Center is working
to coordinate other volunteer
opportunities as well.
“We may also provide addi-
tional language services to the
schools to help with interpret-
ing or translation for parents,
where appropriate,” Seames
wrote.
This summer, students
worked with asylum seekers
through various internships in
the Portland area.
5
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
priority for the College—recruit-
ing and hiring a diverse workforce
is important.”
He added that the three indi-
viduals who have started working
for the College “are doing fantas-
tic. The training’s going well and
they’re already talking about po-
tentially picking up more hours.”
Kagame is saving up to buy a
car. He’s worried about his first
winter in Maine and wants a car so
that “the baby won’t have to stay in
the house a lot.”
After settling in and finding a
well-paying, full-time job, Kagame
hopes to “give back to everyone
that has helped [him].”
“There’s definitely huge poten-
tial for these families to contribute
to the Brunswick community,”
said Holman. “Of the first four
adults that came [in July], three of
them have bachelor’s degrees and
one has a master’s degree. They all
know more languages than most of
us. And they’re just genuinely nice
people who want to make better
lives for their families. They have a
really rich cultural background to
bring to the community.”
One such student, Mohamed
Kilani ’21, worked with families
at Immigrant Legal Advocacy
Project, a non-profit that seeks
to provide legal aid to immi-
grants in Maine. Kilani immi-
grated from Jordan to Maine
ten years ago and hopes stu-
dents will welcome the families
through small gestures.
“There are little things people
do to make you feel like a human
being,” he said. “You can do little
things. If you are walking on cam-
pus waving, smiling—things like
that really change everything.”
COURTESY OF JULIE PIKE
6 Friday, September 6, 2019

FBOC-backed surfing program to launch this fall

FEATURES

COURTESY OF ROWAN BYRNE

by Emily Staten
Orient Staff
For Rowan Byrne ’21, the
first days of September mark
not only the start of a new
school year, but also the launch
of a surf program he has been
organizing since arriving at
Bowdoin two years ago.
A passionate surfer, Byrne
wanted to make the sport more
accessible to a larger portion of
campus. When his first attempts
to create a surf club unaffiliated
with an existing group failed,
Byrne turned to the Bowdoin
Outing Club (BOC).
“We moved to doing it
through the BOC, and that’s
actually worked out a lot bet-
ter,” Byrne said. “They have
resources that are really useful,
mainly transportation, and
their format for sending out
trips is conducive to the style
of how we want to get people
to go surfing.”
Byrne’s main goal is to broad-
en interest in the sport by giving
non-surfers the skills and gear
necessary to hit the waves.
“We want to introduce the
sport to everybody on cam-
pus so they can experience it,”
Byrne said. “If they want to
go further once the water gets
colder after September, they
can try to pursue it.”
Despite its benefits, the
success of the new partnership
with the BOC brings its own
set of logistical problems.
“It’s a thrilling ride because
we’ve been trying to make it
happen for two years, and now,
just [to] see it explode really
quickly has been challenging, ”
Byrne explained. “We’re trying
to get people into leadership
positions so that we can real-
ly get a formulated organiza-
tional structure going so that
everything can fall into place.”
Twenty-three students were
trained as surf instructors
through a BOC-run-certifica-
tion program. Byrne’s goal is
to set up a morning trip from 6
a.m. to 9 a.m. and an afternoon
trip from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
Monday through Thursday for
the next four weeks.
“Every week we’re trying to
fill 10 trips—with mornings
and afternoons on weekdays
and bigger trips on the week-
end,” Byrne said.
Annecy Schiffer ’21 partici-
pated in the instructor training
program and thinks the surf
program will help fill a gap in
BOC programming.
“Rowan wanted to get a
bunch of instructors for the
Outing Club certified to do it
because they didn’t really have
a program in place like they
do with whitewater or other
things,” Schiffer said. “He got
on top of organizing [the train-
ing] and making it so that there
are instructors who are quali-
fied to [lead surfing trips], but
also just giving people in gener-
al a community that’s excited to
talk about this stuff.”
Schiffer was not an experi-
enced surfer when she came to
Bowdoin, but when she tried the
sport while visiting a friend in
Hawaii, she knew it was some-
thing she wanted to explore.
“It can definitely be intimi-
dating,” Schiffer said. “Similar
to skiing, I think surfing is a
sport that has a lot of lingo be-
hind it and a lot of talk about
gear and technical terms.”
However, Schiffer said
the training program was a
productive first step towards
spreading surfing knowledge
to less experienced students
SURF’S UP: George Walker ’21 practices a safety protocol during the
leadership training by dragging Annecy Shiffer ‘21, playing a surfer unable
and clarifying what can be un-
clear lingo.
“Water safety is a huge
thing, but part of what I loved
about [the training] was that
Rowan also went over general
surfing knowledge and how
to maintain a wetsuit [and] a
board,” Schiffer said.
In addition to spreading
surfing knowledge, Byrne
hopes that the resources and
organizational structure of-
fered by the BOC will break
down some of the financial
barriers surrounding surfing.
“It’s a global sport, but it’s
still limited to those who can
afford the equipment, which
is why working with the BOC
has been so helpful,” Byrne
said. “They bought 12 boards
for us and they have tons of
wet suits, so taking advantage
of those resources [helps with]
accessibility.”
to paddle.
Schiffer encouraged new
surfers to make the most of
these resources and to tackle a
new experience.
“I think it’s just such a cool
way to experience Maine and
Bowdoin, and it’s made my
experience here so much cool-
er,” Schiffer said. “We’ll be out
there at sunrise and sunset,
and it’s just so beautiful.”
Byrne also assured poten-
tial surfers that the sport is
not nearly as intimidating as it
may appear.
“Surfing doesn’t have to
be some big, grandiose, dan-
gerous sport,” Byrne said. “It
can just be you and a couple
friends having fun [in] small
waves at the beach where you
can still stand on the sand un-
der your feet and feel safe and
comfortable.”
Trips will be open to BOC
members starting next week.

Carolyn Brady ’19 named first African American Miss Maine

by Ian Ward
Orient Staff
Unlike most seniors, Car-
olyn Brady ’19 had the op-
portunity to walk across two
stages this summer: the first,
in May, to collect her Bowdoin
diploma, and the second, on
June 22, to collect her sash and
crown as Miss Maine 2019 at
the Freeport Arts Center.
Brady, a native of Philadel-
phia, became the first African
American to be crowned Miss
Maine in the pageant’s 84-year
history. She will compete in
the Miss America competition
in December.
The significance of her title
was not lost on Brady.
“I hold the title in a state
that’s about five percent Af-
rican American, if that,” said
Brady. “I think it really shows
that we’re moving toward a
more diverse and inclusive
standard of beauty, which is
amazing, and I just feel so for-
tunate to be able to represent
that.”
A newcomer to the pageant
scene, Brady began compet-
ing in Miss America pageants
during her sophomore year at
Bowdoin after a former con-
testant noticed her violin skills
during a Bowdoin Symphony
Orchestra performance. This
endeavor, though never part of
Brady’s plan, has proven bene-
ficial in numerous ways.
“It worked out so well, since
I was never really expecting
to continue with pageantry,”
Brady said. “I was sort of doing
it for the one-time gig of meet-
ing more people that were local
to Maine while I was in school
here, and it has blossomed into
this amazing launching pad for
my career.”
Brady’s barrier-breaking
title comes amidst a turbulent
year for the Miss America
competition, as the show at-
tempts to carve out a place for
itself in a cultural landscape
that has come to question the
standards of beauty, femininity
and gender identity.
After leaked misogynistic
emails in December 2017 led
to the resignation of Sam Has-
kell, the pageant’s then CEO,
Gretchen Carlson became the
first female and former contes-
tant to head the competition.
Carlson spearheaded a con-
troversial effort to rebrand it
as “Miss America 2.0,” which
included renaming the event
as a “competition” rather than
a “pageant” and referring to
participants as “candidates”
rather than “contestants,” as
well as dropping the infamous
swimsuit competition.
Despite the reform, the
show has struggled to hold
viewers, and the live telecast
of last year’s competition on
ABC drew a record-low of 4.3
million viewers—a 23 percent
decrease from 2017 and the
program’s lowest ratings since
returning to television in 2011.
Following continued criticism
of recent reforms, Carlson re-
signed as CEO this June.
The changes to Miss Ameri-
ca, however, align with Brady’s
understanding of fellow com-
petitors and the way they are
perceived.
“So many of our young
women are doctors, scientists,
college professors, leaders, and
they have so many aspirations
that a lot of our world leaders
had 30 or 40 years ago when
they were our age,” Brady said.
“I think that a lot of [the] pag-
eant stigma just comes from
unawareness and not really
knowing what we associate
with the pageant industry.
The Miss America pageant, in
particular, is making sure that
we are more than just a pretty
face.”
Most importantly, Brady
said, is that Miss America still
provides women with a plat-
form to help others.
Brady has spent the sum-
mer since her coronation
touring the state and working
with local philanthropic orga-
nizations including Catholic
Charities Maine and Gateway
Community Services. Her pri-
mary service project, which
she is calling “Immigration
Builds our Nation,” highlights
the contributions that immi-
grants, refugees and asylum
seekers have made to Maine
communities.
When she’s not fulfilling
her Miss Maine duties, Brady
is working as an AmeriCorps
volunteer at Howard C. Reiche
Elementary School in Port-
land.
Brady said that her tour of
the state has changed her per-
spective of Maine as a whole
and clarified her role as its
representative.
“We are huge by geographic
standards but rather small in
terms of population,” Brady
said. “A lot of parts of Maine
feel a bit neglected so having
Miss Maine be a part of every
corner of the state and take
part in meeting all of the peo-
ple and representing the state
as a whole seems to be really
special for them.”
Brady will compete for the
Miss America crown Decem- COURTESY OF SUSAN COSTA PHOTOGRAPHY
ber 19 in Uncasville, Conn. FROM CAP TO CROWN: Carolyn Brady ‘19 celebrates winning Miss Maine
The program will be broadcast this past June, shortly after earning her diploma from Bowdoin in May.
live on NBC.
Friday, September 6, 2019
A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FABULOUS IN FIJI: Alana Morrison ’20 was cast for the first American season of the CBS show and spent several weeks of her summer on a villa with other contestants. On campus she performs original songs and studies Africana Studies.
Alana Morrison ’20 dazzles on ‘Love Island USA’
by Emily Cohen
Orient Staff
Before this summer, Alana
Morrison ’20 was known to
the Bowdoin community as a
singer; she released her first
EP “Oh Boy” last fall and has
performed around campus
several times. This summer,
however, Morrison had her
network-television debut on
the U.S. version of the U.K.
hit, “Love Island USA.” The
Orient sat down with Mor-
rison (before she jetted off to
New York Fashion Week) to
ask about Love Island and
being back at Bowdoin for her
senior year.
The Bowdoin Orient: My
first question is, how did you
get on Love Island? Did you
apply?
Alana: I didn’t apply. I was
doing my semester abroad at
Wesleyan, and I just said, let
me take my Instagram more
seriously because I just never
posted. So I got really cute
one day and posted a picture.
Then I kept doing that, and
I wanna do it all. I wanna Jennifer
Lopez it. I wanna Ariana Grande it.
I wanna Rihanna it ... I don’t know
how it’s gonna happen, but I’m
gonna do it.
–Alana Morrison ’20
I end up just getting the DM
one day, and it was one of the
casting producers. He asked,
“Would you like to be part of
this reality TV show?” I was
just like, “Oh, you guys are
trying to kidnap me. This is
fake.” And he said, “No, this
is real. Just take the phone
call and we can move forward
from there.” And then I real-
ized that this was real.
Q: That’s really interest-
ing, because now you have,
what, 47,000 followers? So
it seems like Instagram was
really important before the
show and it still is.
A: It’s something I’m real-
ly learning how to work be-
cause Instagram, truly, it’s a
job. There’s so much money
to be made on Instagram, it’s
actually ridiculous. I’ve hung
out with girls who have over
100,000, 200,000 followers.
They get paid to afford their
apartments and they get paid
to go on trips, take photos.
They get paid over $1,000
just [to] post a photo with a
gadget; it’s really crazy.
Q: Have you been offered
any of those deals?
A: Yes, I actually have.
Q: Have you done them?
A: Yes, actually I have be-
cause I’m trying to build my
page up even more. I’m still
trying to work on my career.
Q: While you’ve been at
Bowdoin, you’ve released an
EP and you’ve done perfor-
mances, so you’ve really tried
to keep that going, despite
the fact that you’re in Maine.
Going on Love Island, was
that another way to try to get
your name out there?
A: I think everyone knows
that, going on a show, you’re
going to get exposure. But
also I went because it’s a
new experience. Like, why
wouldn’t you take the experi-
ence? I think, also, it wasn’t a
hard question whether or not
[to do] when they’re telling
you you’re gonna go to a vil-
la in Fiji with a bunch of hot
guys.
Q: And try to find love?
A: Right? Clearly everyone
knows from the show, I was
introducing myself like, love
here [at Bowdoin] is not work-
ing for me. You get exposure,
you can get just a fun new ex-
perience, like a free trip [and
then on] top of that you might
really fall for somebody or
somebody falls for you. This
actually could work. So there
was just so much possibility in
it. I said, “Why not?”
Q: And you might get
$50,000.
A: That too. You know, it’s
funny. I always forget about
that part. I really do. Luckily,
I didn’t go up there for the
money because I would have
been very disappointed. You
thought I was sad leaving? If
I went in with that as my mo-
tive, oh, I’d be heartbroken.
Q: Did you ever consider
not coming back to Bowdoin?
A: That was never an op-
tion. I was always going to
come back to Bowdoin be-
cause I have a year left. In
just nine more months, I’ll
get my degree. I’m going to
get this degree. But also, in
media, they actually like when
you have a degree, especially
agencies, commercial agen-
cies [and] modeling agencies.
They like to know that you’re
thinking [and that] your brain
is working. Also I think hav-
ing a degree from Bowdoin, it
lets people know that you’re
not to be messed with because
you can handle yourself busi-
ness-wise. They can’t pull it
over you.
Q: How are you going to
balance Bowdoin and what
you’re doing on the weekends?
Like this weekend, I know
you’re going to Fashion Week
in New York.
A: Well, now, what I’m go-
ing to do—if I’m not booked
7
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for something, because thank- hanna it. I truly think there’s an accident. I think because I
fully, I get booked for things— nothing that I can’t do, so I believed in it, and I believed in
I’m going to be in class. I’m wanna do it. I don’t know how what I want to do for my future,
trying to do all my classes on it’s gonna happen, but I’m that came along.
Monday and Wednesday, so gonna do it. Even musically, I think
that Tuesday, Thursday, Fri- Q: Is there anything else about it. One day, I do want
day, Saturday, Sunday, I could you want Bowdoin students to to perform for thousands of
keep that clear. So that if I do know? people. I want to sell out are-
need to leave campus for a A: I think I would want peo- nas. But, you know, it’s funny.
booking, I try to make sure ple to know, I got more stuff on You got to start somewhere.
I’m being booked so it hap- the way. Keep looking out for So even when I was doing
pens toward the weekend. I’m me, because this is not the last performances on campus, in
trying to just keep my sched- you’ll see of me. And I would my head when I’m perform-
ule as free as possible. also like to send the message ing, I’d pretend it’s thousands
Q: What are you doing at [that] I’m no different than of people. And you just keep
New York Fashion Week? anybody else. When I say I’m doing that until one day, it’s
A: I’m walking for two de- no different than anybody else, gonna be thousands of people.
signers, and then I got invit- if there’s anything you genuine- But then I’m gonna remember
ed to some red-carpet events ly want to do, nothing’s too big back to when I had a room
and stuff. And that’s different and nothing’s too small. If you full of people, just one room,
because I’ve never done a red just believe it could happen, it’ll and see that progress. Really
carpet before. So it’s my very find a way to happen. And in believe in yourself and use the
first red carpet. I hope it’s the terms of the show, yes, it came resources that you have now.
first of many. I’m also excited across me by accident. Really. Nothing is too little and noth-
to see other celebrities I might Like, that’s not anything I went ing is too big for you. That’s
be able to run into. “out for. But I don’t think it was what I’m going to say.
But now that the opportu-
nity is there, it also puts me in
another light where I can open
up another avenue for myself
to show that, hey, I have other
things that I can do that may
not be broadcasted because
the music people can hear and
people can watch performanc-
es. But now, modeling-wise, [I
started that] before I even went
to college, so you’d only know
if you know me. So now I feel
like I’m reintroducing myself.
It’s kinda like Bowdoin when
they got to see the music. You
guys are really exclusive be-
cause, worldwide, people don’t
know I do music or they’ve not
really heard my stuff. So it’s
funny. It’s like I’m now rein-
troducing myself through TV,
and through modeling; now it
can be really official because I
have a platform for people to
see.
Q: And music is still the
end goal?
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na Jennifer Lopez it. I wanna STRIKE A POSE: Morrison has taken up modeling again after her time on
Ariana Grande it. I wanna Ri- “Love Island,” and she will be walking at New York Fashion Week.
8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, September 6, 2019

Museum of Art Curator departs for Harvard

by Diego Laserte
Orient Staff
This summer Joachim Ho-
mann, the curator of the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art (BCMA),
left the College to join the staff
of Harvard Art Museums as the
Maida and George Abrams Cura-
tor of Drawings. He was the head
curator of the BCMA from 2010
until his departure.
While in his position at Bow-
doin, Homann focused on a wide
breadth of subjects. Some recent-
ly curated exhibits included a
celebration of the centennial of
the founding of the German art
school the Bauhaus, an exhibit
featuring nocturnal landscapes
in American art and an exhibit
highlighting the work of paint-
ers such as Maurice Pendergast,
Richard Tuttle and Hendrick
Goltzius. He also published five
catalogs during his tenure.
Before assuming his posi-
tion at Bowdoin, Homann was
the curator of exhibitions and
lecturer in art history at the
University of Texas at El Paso, as
well as the curator of the Picker
Art Gallery of Colgate Universi-
ty. He was a graduate curatorial
fellow at the Busch-Reisinger
Museum at Harvard, a subsec-
tion of the larger Harvard Art
Museum.
In his new position, Homann
will oversee the Harvard Art
Museums’ extensive collection
of drawings and will specifically
curate a recent donation of over
300 Dutch, Flemish and Neth-
erlandish drawings by collector
George S. Abrams.
One of his most memorable
exhibits was the simply-titled
“Why Draw?” a wide-ranging
investigation into the large scope
of contemporary drawings, the
exhibit showcased works by
Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt,
and even a seven-foot tall por-
trait of Pharrell Williams.
Co-directors of the museum
Anne and Frank Goodyear,
thanked Hohmann for his time
at Bowdoin and wished him well
in his future endeavors. Anne
Goodyear lauded Homann for
his open, inquisitive and occa-
sionally unorthodox curatorial
style, demonstrated in exhibits
like “Why Draw?”
“I think it’s wonderful to cre-
ate a drawings catalog oriented
around the question: ‘Why
Draw?’ Rather than [taking the]
approach that Joachim had all
the answers, it’s quite the oppo-
site; he [took] a strategy where
he’s asking a question and there-
by inviting other people to ask
questions.”
She added: “It is very lovely
when curators can provide their
take on things, but what I love is
that Joachim opened us up. That
quality of engaging conversation
has been one of the hallmarks
that distinguished Joachim’s
time here.”
They added that they be-
lieved his new position at a
university museum such as Har-
vard’s would highlight BCMA’s
prestigious reputation and bring
more attention to its extensive
and unique collections. Frank
Goodyear described BCMA as a
perfect springboard for passion-
ate and creative curators.
“This museum has been rec-
ognized as a place of extraordi-
nary excellence for a long time,
but it’s a smaller museum and
we like to say we punch above
our weight, so it’s not surprising
to see somebody of Joachim’s
exceptional scholarly back-
ground come here, do ambitious
projects, realize these significant
publications, foster these part-
nerships and then [appear] on COPYRIGHT DENNIS GRIGGS/TANNERY HILL STUDIOS
the radar of the larger, wider A SMALL SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE: Former BCMA Curator Joachim Homann played an integral role in shaping
world.” exhibits over the past decade. Homann is contiuning his curatorial work at the Harvard Art Museums this year.
Many of Homann’s respon- co-curated the exhibition “Fash- Humphrey ’14 and Andrew W. dent body and faculty.
sibilities will be shouldered by ioning Modernity” that was on Mellon Post Doctoral Curatorial “I am excited to bring togeth-
Alisson Martino, a postdoctoral view at the Museum’s Becker Fellow Sean Burrus. er my areas of interest to sup-
curatorial fellow at the Museum. Gallery last spring. This year, she will be working port projects at the BCMA and
Martino was the Andrew W. She will be joining two other on various curatorial projects as look forward to working with
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in members of the curatorial team: well as finding new ways for the faculty, students and the com-
Africana Studies last year and Curatorial Assistant Elizabeth Museum to engage with the stu- munity this year,” said Martino.

Exhibition displays works from Museum’s permanent collection

by Brianna Cunliffe
Orient Staff
Celebrating the 125th anni-
versary of the Bowdoin Col-
lege Museum of Art (BCMA),
the contemporary exhibit “Art
Purposes: Object Lessons for
the Liberal Arts” is all about
fresh perspectives and the un-
finished business of creation.
The exhibition displays no-
table works from the Museum’s
permanent collection. It takes
its name and ethos from the
dedication inscribed under the
museum’s grandiose rotunda,
demanding that the building
be used “solely for art purpos-
es.”
Visitors enter the exhibition
through a gateway of brightly
colored papers, Jenny Holzer’s
“Inflammatory Essays,” and
their overwhelming gaudiness
quickly gives way to more con-
templative, hypnotic installa-
tions. There is an enormous
effort to explore the intercon-
nectedness of seemingly dispa-
rate art-makers and the ongo-
ing nature of all these ancient,
urgent conversations.
For former BCMA Curator
Joachim Homann, exhibitions
like “Art Purposes” reinforce
the connection between the
BCMA and the College.
“To think about art as sep-
arate from life—it’s something
that kind of feels threatening
and lifeless,” said Homann.
“It’s a blessing to have a space
that’s dedicated solely to ar-
tistic pursuits, but there’s also
always the danger of losing
connections with the commu-
nity around it.”
Homann and the BCMA
seek to strengthen exhibitions
by working collaboratively
with the community to attach
these works of art to personal
meaning. Essays accompany-
ing the works do not only illu-
minate technical or historical
significance, but draw connec-
tions that incorporate an emo-
tional meaning to the work.
No work featured in “Art
Purposes” predates the 1970s,
though some have not seen the
light of day since their acquisi-
tion. Many of these items con-
front the idea of what belongs
in a museum and bring into
question how those decisions
are rendered and by whom.
According to Homann,
the Museum’s collection was
governed by a more conser-
vative perspective for much
of its history. However, recent
acquisitions have begun to
change this norm, including
two large-scale works included
in the exhibit. Guillaume Bijl’s
“Composition Trouvée” engag-
es irreverently and eclectically
with geopolitics through over-
sized toy robots and enormous
maps. In Yukinori Yanagi’s
“Loves Me, Loves Me Not,”
repetitions of the sing-song
children’s game Refrain take
on a new meaning, printed
in 14 languages on a carpeted
backdrop of red chrysanthe-
mums that evoke questions of
Japanese national identity and
wartime occupations.
The exhibition is centered
on different “purposes”—Mak-
ing, Exhibiting, Collecting,
Observing and Representing.
This means that there are
many pieces that diverge from
the norm in terms of medium,
theme and artist.
In addition to aesthetically
unconventional pieces, the
exhibition highlights artists
from demographics underrep-
resented in older parts of the
museum’s collection. One such
piece is Benny Andrews’ “Mrs.
Viola Andrews—My Mother,”
a mixed-media portrait of his
mother as a cotton-picker.
“It reflects on an African
American experience that’s
typical for the American South
from an inside perspective.
In American museums, that
is still incredibly rare. People
struggle because museums are
often seen as white spaces, and
artists of color who are placing
their work in these collections
often feel that they have to
insert themselves into a tra-
ditionally white space,” said
Homann.
The heavy and challenging
questions asked about race,
SEE IT YOURSELF
“Art Purposes: Object Lessons for the Liberal Arts” will be on display
through November 10 in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
governance, identity, war and
poverty by the works in this
exhibit are complemented and
counterbalanced by bursts of
humor and whimsy, a touch
that Homann values greatly.
“Emotionally, the spectrum
of these works is fantastic,” he
said.
Audio essays allow wanderers
to immerse themselves in these
conversations. Homann hopes
its questions stay with visitors
on their journey through the
rest of the museum.
“Think about how artists
have questioned the traditions
of art making, of gold frames,”
said Homann. “Think about
the long-term trajectories of
art making.”

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

FOR THE LOVE OF ART: “Art Purposes: Object Lessons for the Liberal Arts” showcases a diverse collection of artwork meant to reinforce values of community and personal meaning.
Friday, September 6, 2019
S SPORTS
With football team under
new leadership, September
is the time to believe
More Than
A Game
by Ian Ward
Football has returned to Bruns-
wick, and that means only one
thing.
It’s Hammer Time.
Let’s all get up to speed. After
using the first three quarters of last
season to extend its losing streak
to a record-setting 24 games, J.B.
Wells’s Polar Bears managed to
eke out one dramatic victory over
Bates in the second-to-last game
of the season. It was at night, un-
der the lights. It was, at least in this
writer’s mind, an exceedingly good
time.
But apparently three wins in
four seasons just doesn’t cut it for
the higher-ups in Athletics, and
Wells was sent packing in Novem-
ber with a 3-31 record to his name.
Enter, with appropriate fanfare,
B.J. Hammer. The 41-year-old In-
diana native made his name as the
head coach at Allegheny College
in Pennsylvania, where he trans-
formed an uninspiring 1-9 team of
Gators team into a respectable 6-4
program in just three short years.
Sound familiar?
The wager is that he can work
his magic again, this time up
north. To that end, Hammer has
enlisted some of his compatriots
from Allegheny: Braden Layer
as the new offensive coordinator
and Matt Cochran as the offensive
line coach. Hammer, named a
finalist for the American Football
Coaches Association (AFCA) Di-
vision III Coordinator of the Year
Award in 2014, will coordinate the
defense.
There you have it: new coaches,
new season, new prospects.
If only it were that simple. In
football, it rarely is.
For a little insight into the un-
certainties that linger over this
coming season, let’s peruse some
numbers.
The first is 17. That’s how many
practices Hammer and his staff will
have had between the beginning
of pre-season training on August
24 and the season opener against
Hamilton on September 14. Ham-
mer hails from the mythical land
of Spring Football—no such luck
at Bowdoin. Whether 17 practices
will suffice for Hammer to make
any substantive changes remains
unclear. What is clear is that the
learning curve will be steep.
The second uncertainty also has
to do with some basic arithmetic.
Last season, Bowdoin’s offensive
averaged 13.5 points-per-game
(last in the league), and its defense
averaged 34.2 points-per-game
against (second highest in the
league). If the White and Black
Whether 17 practices will suffice for
Hammer to make any substantive
changes remains unclear. What is clear
is that the learning curve will be steep.
want to put some more ticks in
the win column, the team must—
bear with me—score more and be
scored on less.
And that will take improve-
ment on both sides of the ball. In
2018, Bowdoin offense was eighth
out of the 10 NESCAC teams in
total offense, eighth in first downs,
10th in third-down conversions
and 10th in red-zone offense. In
other words, eh.
Hope for a turnaround lies with
the offensive triad of quarterback
Austin McCrum ’21, running back
Nate Richam-Odoi ’20, and tight
end Bo Millet ’21. Fresh off trans-
ferring from Division I Lafayette
College in 2018, McCrum never
really found his stuff in Bruns-
wick. He ended the season with
the worst passer rating of any
starting quarterback in the NES-
CAC (85.6), and he threw more
than twice as many interceptions
(17) as touchdowns (eight).
Richam had a breakout—but
broken—junior season. He aver-
aged 131 yards per game and set
the single-game rushing record
with a 288-yard effort against
Middlebury. But a nagging toe
injury sidelined him for all but
four measly games. Multiply Ri-
cham’s 2018 number by two and...
yeesh.
Millet, who led the team in
yards in the air and scoring in
2018, also missed two crucial
games with an injury. With Mc-
Crum in full form and Richam
and Millet healthy, expect those
offensive numbers to go north.
As for defense, it’s a numbers
game as well.
“If you can create a negative
play on a drive, the chances of you
reducing their scoring are much
higher,” said Hammer in a recent
interview. “If you have no negative
plays, [your opponent] is going to
score 80 to 90 percent of the time.
If you get one negative play, espe-
cially on a first down, that reduces
the chance to 50 percent.”
That’s much-needed news for
a Bowdoin defense that ranked
seventh and eight respectively in
interceptions and sacks and sec-
ond in penalties in 2018.
One man—senior linebacker
LEAP OF FAITH: The Polar Bears will rely on the expertise of new Head
Coach B.J. Hammer to turn around a disappointing run. .
Joe Gowetski—remains the Polar
Bears’ best chance at produc-
ing these critical negative plays.
Gowetski is a Division I talent
playing Division III ball, an under-
stated but authoritative leader and
an all-around class act. In 2018,
he led the team with tackles per
game (8.1) and sacks (only 2). That
second number will need to go up,
but the fact remains: the success of
Bowdoin defense will ride on us-
ing Gowetski often and effectively.
Yet, the most critical question
mark resists easy quantification.
Wells arrived at Bowdoin in 2015
preaching what every coach in
America preaches come Septem-
ber: commitment to culture, or
what industry-types and their
spiritual cousin, the corporate
manager, call “buy in.” But after
31 losses, Wells left asking a ques-
tion that had irked him his entire
tenure: how does a coach create a
culture if he can’t earn the trust of
his players?
When I asked Hammer that
very same question—how a new
coach should earn the trust of
players he didn’t recruit and has
never coached—he didn’t have
LAUREN CAFFE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
much patience for it.
“I’ve done this at a high level,
[and] I’ve tried to win a national
title. I think they need to prove it to
us,” said Hammer. “I’ve won. They
haven’t. There’s no time for that. I
know that sounds harsh, but that’s
the reality of it.”
You can’t be denied what you
don’t ask for, after all. But I doubt
that “trust” is the right word for
what Hammer is expecting of his
players. Trust is the product of a
reciprocal exchange, the fruit of an
extended mutuality; it is earned,
not solicited. Allegiance or loyalty
seemingly comes closer to Ham-
mer’s demand.
Except we have a better word
for this type of covenant, of de-
votion freely given despite the
uncertain promise of a future
return—“the assurance of things
hoped for, the conviction of things
not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
That word is “faith,” and with
Hammer, it’s a faith lifted from the
pages of the Old Testament rather
than the New.
A fresh season makes true be-
lievers of us all. Come along for
the ride.
9
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
POLAR BEARS
WEATHER THE
STORM:
The field hockey team
opened its campaign
with a win against the
University of New England
(UNE) in Biddeford this
past Wednesday. Emma
Stevens ’20 opened her
scoring account with
two goals against the
Nor’easters, and Elle Brine
’20 added two assists in
a convincing 4-0 victory.
Despite UNE dominating
the penalty corner
advantage for most of
the game, the Polar Bears
carried a 1-0 lead into the
second half before pulling
away with two quick third-
quarter goals from Stevens.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
TWICE AGAINST
NOR’EASTERS:
The men’s soccer team
also shut out the University
of New England with a
convincing 3-0 victory on
Wednesday. In control
throughout most of the
game, the Polar Bears
maintained a 15-8 shot
advantage and scored
once on either side of
halftime before adding
a third goal to seal the
game with 15 minutes to
go. Chris Kingston ’22 had
an impressive six saves to
maintain the shutout.
A MAMMOTH
OCCASION:
On Saturday, a trio of
Bowdoin teams will travel
to Amherst to open their
NESCAC campaigns.
The men’s soccer, women’s
soccer and field hockey
teams will make the trek
down south to take on the
Mammoths. Both soccer
teams will be looking to
redeem themselves after
losses to Amherst last
season, while field hockey
looks to continue their
winning streak after beating
the Mammoths 6-2 last
season.
23 AND ME:
The volleyball team broke
into the top 25 in this year’s
annual American Volleyball
Coaches Association’s
Preseason Poll, earning
23rd in the national ranking.
Following last season’s
NESCAC championship-
winning season and
subsequent NCAA
tournament run, where the
Polar Bears were knocked
out by Babson in the Sweet
Sixteen, Bowdoin returns
having graduated only
three seniors. The team,
led by the same core group
of players, will look to
replicate last year’s historic
success.
COMPILED BY DYLAN SLOAN
10 SPORTS Friday, September 6, 2019

Athletic department adjusts to hiring spree

by Dylan Sloan
Orient Staff
The Bowdoin College De-
partment of Athletics is be-
ginning the fall season with
a wide array of fresh faces on
the coaching staff of 11 teams.
In an email to the Orient,
Ashmead White Director of
Athletics Tim Ryan conveyed
his excitement about what the
new hires could contribute to
the Department.
“With several new coaches on
staff we will devote additional
time to making sure our new staff
members are well versed in our
approach to teaching and sup-
porting members of our teams,”
wrote Ryan. “I think everyone in
our department will benefit from
the energy and experience our
new coaches will be able to share
with their new colleagues.”
Since last year, there have
been head coaching changes
for the women’s tennis, men’s
golf, men’s and women’s squash
and football teams. New assis-
tant coaches were hired for the
men’s lacrosse, men’s hockey,
football, men’s and women’s
swimming, women’s soccer
and men’s and women’s squash
teams. The organization of
the coaches for the men’s and
women’s track team was also
adjusted over the summer. Such
a large cohort of new coaches is
largely unprecedented in recent
years at Bowdoin.
Ryan said that while this
degree of change in person-
nel is uncommon, it was not a
product of any general dissatis-
faction with the department; it
was simply a coincidence that
so many coaches left the Col-
lege around the same time. He
made it clear that despite the
diverse backgrounds of the new
coaches, the Department prior-
itized certain values when con-
sidering potential candidates.
“The first thing we look for
is someone who values the ac-
ademic experience of our stu-
dents and has an interest and
the ability to work with high
achieving students,” wrote
Ryan. “We work to understand
a candidate’s approach to cul-
tivating positive team culture,
developing leadership skills
and managing the day to day
operations of a successful pro-
gram.”
Beyond coaching positions,
the athletic department has
seen some reorganization in
the upper levels of its man-
agement as well. On May 21,
the College announced that
Katie Greene would be joining
the athletic department as the
assistant athletic director for
operations. Greene has served
in both coaching and admin-
istrative positions at a number
of academic institutions, in-
cluding New England College
and Brown University.
Ryan noted that in the past,
it had taken about a year for
new coaches to fully acclimate
to a new team. Nevertheless,
neither he nor Assistant Ath-
letic Director for Sports Infor-
mation Jim Caton expressed
any concern that this coming
year would be a “rebuilding”
or “transition” year for any
particular team. Rather, they
described the opposite—a
widespread sense of optimism
and excitement within the
department and high expecta-
tions for this year’s teams.
Only time will tell if the
new figures in the department
can hold up to these expec-
tations. Look towards season
openers for men’s golf, foot-
ball and women’s tennis over
the next three Saturdays, re-
spectively, to see the new head
coaches in action.

Men’s soccer prepares for Amherst rematch

by Sebastian de Lasa
Orient Staff
This Saturday, the men’s soc-
cer team will face its longtime
Achilles’ heel, Amherst. Bowdo-
in has not beaten Amherst since
2014, when the Polar Bears beat
the Mammoths in penalty kicks
in the NESCAC championship.
Before this, Bowdoin’s last win
against Amherst was in 2010.
No team in the last 18 years has
eliminated Bowdoin from the
NESCAC tournament more
times than Amherst, including
a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat in last
year’s tournament.
But these losses were, by and
large, close and often decided
by a single goal. Many on the
Bowdoin team knew that after
the loss in the NESCAC tourna-
ment, it could have easily been
Bowdoin celebrating instead of
Amherst. As Head Coach Scott
Wiercinski explained to the Ori-
ent, while there were positives to
be taken away from that game,
losses are always hard to swallow.
“We were either one mistake
away from losing the game, or
one good play away from win-
ning the game,” Wiercinski said.
“So [a 1-0 loss] can be encourag-
ing in a lot of ways, but losing a
game is never satisfying. It keeps
you hungry to come back and to
try to get better.”
The Amherst men’s soc-
cer team has been known to
play rough, brutish soccer—
Wiercinski and all three captains
mentioned the word “physical”
when describing Amherst. is dependent on us being able to season. Adjusting to the grad- Harry Cooper, Dylan Reid and feating Bowdoin in the NESCAC
“It really is trial by fire, espe- play our style and not have them uation of multiple key players, Matt Uek were named by the tournament “should have been
cially for the first years coming dictate the game,” said Miller. including All-American cen- captains as potential breakout us.” The team is staring down an
in having not played a NESCAC The captains all highlighted ter-back Moctar Niang ’19, will stars this season and will be opening matchup against one of
game,” said captain Justin Miller the importance the younger, less be a significant challenge for the players to watch this weekend. their most daunting opponents,
’20. “They come in and are in- experienced players will have, Bowdoin squad, but there are Captain Jason Oliver ’20 fully aware of its unfortunate re-
stantly thrown in there … hav- both in the matchup against quality players waiting in the spoke bluntly when he said that cord, yet wholly confident in its
ing them be able to have compo- Amherst and throughout the wings to break out. Sophomores Amherst celebrating after de- ability to overcome.
sure and not get flustered when
they have four Amherst guys
who are all 6 feet tall running at
them full speed [is vital.]”
“[Playing such a physical
team,] you need to be ready and
mentally prepared to think out
everything you’re going to do,”
Miller continued. “Every pass,
every tackle, needs to be com-
pleted with a lot of meaning and
investment.”
But, as captain Max McPher-
ron ’21 conceded, Amherst has
recruited more technically gift-
ed players recently, as opposed
to the tall and physical players
they historically have pursued.
This could change Amherst’s
style of play. As Amherst’s first
NESCAC matchup of the sea-
son, the Polar Bears will be the
first test for the Mammoths’ new
class of recruits.
Last year’s tournament defeat
is a relatively fresh wound for the
team, but the Polar Bears’ cap-
tains remain optimistic. They’re
confident not only that Bowdoin
has every opportunity to win this
game, but also that Bowdoin is a
better team than Amherst.
“We’re definitely a more tech-
nical team than Amherst despite COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
them recruiting more technical JUST OUT OF REACH: Moctar Niang ’19 battles for a loose ball during last season’s 1-0 regular-season loss to Amherst. The men’s soccer team will seek to
players, so the result of the game beat the Mammoths on Saturday after an long string of losses.

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11 Friday, September 6, 2019

O OPINION
The ‘living rooms’ of campus
Congratulations to everyone for making it through the first week of
classes. It’s finally the weekend! Tonight, hundreds of students—predomi-
nantly first years and sophomores—will descend upon the College Houses.
And tomorrow, it will happen again.
To those first-year students planning on attending house crawl: this may
be your first time drinking. Or maybe you won’t drink this weekend, this
year or ever. Regardless of your choices, you will see in these two days
the nature of the College House party: eclectic dancing, suspiciously sticky
floors and speakers blasting “Mr. Brightside.”
At these events, like the many others that you may attend during the
next four years, the tenets of Bowdoin’s social norms remain: respect your-
self and others, be aware of the impact of your actions and look out for
one another. As you’ve learned during orientation, the first few months of
school are the most common times for sexual assault and misuse of alcohol
to occur.
For students who were transported in years past, what remained from
house crawl were not fond memories of a great first weekend, but a letter
home and a bill to pay. In addition, the new friends who aided in their care
may have spent the night anxious about their well-being. This is not to
scare you, but rather to remind you that there are consequences for your
actions.
Those of us on the Editorial Board distinctly remember events from
house crawl during our first years. At Bowdoin, party life is neither isolat-
ed nor anonymous. Our friends remember our actions during these first
nights out—even the friends we had yet to make. SARA CAPLAN
Consider too, how you can leave a positive impact on those around you:

Misclassified workers show

intervene in a potentially unsafe situation; call a Safe Ride for a new friend
in need of support; open up your dance circle to someone to ensure that
they feel included; be an active bystander; simply ask if someone is doing
OK.

why Bowdoin has to do better

To everyone else: be aware of the power that you have as an older student.
Many of you serve in leadership roles as residential life staff, Peer Health
advocates, orientation trip leaders and TAs, to name a few. First years look
up to you and may feel more easily pressured by you. What may appear as a
fun invitation may sound to a younger student like a challenge to prove that
they are “cool enough.” Be careful not to put someone in that position; as an ing to the College, its compensation pro- but are also empowered to speak up
older student, you have a responsibility in shaping our community. Younger by Diego Grossmann gram “sets Bowdoin apart among Maine against illegal practices and conditions in
students will follow your lead. and Benjamin Ray employers.” They dismiss a $15 starting an at-will state. Our current building stan-
Op-Ed Contributors
At the same time, be sure to have fun. Enjoy coming back to old friends wage as a baseline for communities such dards do nothing to guarantee that these
and discovering new ones. Tuesday at convocation, President Clayton Rose This past year, the Bowdoin Labor as “New York City, San Francisco, and Se- conditions are met, and hiring union
said “tomorrow, college begins.” To that, we reply, “tonight, college begins.” Alliance (BLA) exposed the vast distance attle.” Yet, down the road, Brunswick and would ensure that they are.
between low-wage workers at the College Mt. Ararat high schools pay cleaning staff Bowdoin’s plan to spend $153 million
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial and an administration indifferent to their starting—not average—wages of $21.32 on capital projects from fiscal year 2017
board, which is composed of Emily Cohen, Brianna Cunliffe, Roither Gonzales, needs. Leadership at the College prior- and $17.90, respectively. to fiscal year 2022 involves numerous
Rohini Kurup, Alyce McFadden, Nina McKay, Danielle Quezada, Reuben Schafir itizes the financial bottom line over its While Bowdoin has yet to recognize subcontractors, which means that the po-
and Jaret Skonieczny. obligation to our community members, the need for a living wage, issues of labor tential for unfair and illegal labor practic-
even when we, as a wealthy liberal arts and inequity exist throughout our campus es persists. While our extensive building
college and “non-profit,” have the luxury and community. This summer, the New guidelines emphasize “sustainability,” they
of making financial decisions that reflect England Regional Council of Carpenters fail to even mention the health and safety
our core values. BLA, a coalition of Bow- notified BLA and the Maine Depart- of the workers who show up faithfully for
doin workers, students and community ment of Labor that Timberland Drywall, months on end to build and care for our
members, was established to call upon the a subcontractor for the new Park Row spaces. Bowdoin will only demonstrate
ESTABLISHED 1871 College to implement a living wage for all Apartments, has been misclassifying its a true commitment to “sustainability”
employees and commit to maintaining a construction workers and consequently when it considers a safe, fair and equitable
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 safe, fair and equitable workplace. committing tax fraud. The $15.25 million workplace an essential component of sus-
Our “Rally For A Living Wage” in May allocated to this luxury upper-classmen tainable development. Green jobs should
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information was viewed by thousands and given sig- housing project certainly should not rest be good jobs, too.
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, nificant coverage in the local press. Hun- on illegal practices of tax fraud and mis- Further, as exemplified by the Wes-
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in dreds of Bowdoin community members classification to meet unrealistic goals of leyan Student Assembly, the Bowdoin
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse also wore ribbons in solidarity during timing, scale and expense. Student Government should immediately
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. graduation. These actions, along with an The misclassification of workers as pass a resolution calling on the College to
Orient report detailing the misclassifica- “independent contractors” rather than hire unionized, non-exploitative and legal
Emily Cohen Alyce McFadden tion of cleaning staff, ultimately resulted employees allows companies to shirk their labor for all upcoming campus construc-
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief in our lowest-paid workers receiving a responsibility to pay taxes that reflect their tion. The well-being of all workers on our
meager raise; while cleaning staff at the size and shift the costs of health insurance campus should be of the utmost concern
Digital Director Managing Editor News Editor starting wage saw an increase of nearly a and workplace injuries onto individu- to representatives of our student body, es-
Steven Xu Maia Coleman Andrew Bastone dollar, many who have served the college als. Every time a cheating contractor is pecially as we enter an academic year with
Anna Fauver Aura Carlson for years, even decades, only saw raises of awarded a project, a legitimate company issues of labor at the forefront.
Photo Editor Roither Gonzales three percent or less. Even after a lifetime and their employees pay the price. This As students, we should use our institu-
Ann Basu Rohini Kurup Features Editor of work, many low-wage workers on our effect is multiplied by the loss of tax rev- tional power to demand that Bowdoin do
Mindy Leder Nina McKay Emma Sorkin campus are disillusioned by a stagnant enue that would fund public goods such better. Whether it’s the misclassification of
Ian Ward compensation program that does not as police, firefighters, public schools and our own cleaning staff, or Bowdoin’s tacit
Layout Editor Sports Editor grow to reflect years of commitment. social security. approval of its subcontractors breaking
Executive Editor
Emma Bezilla Dylan Sloan This summer, a survey and numerous We demand that Bowdoin deeply state labor laws, it’s become clear that Bow-
Jaret Skonieczny Kate Lusignan conversations with workers revealed that scrutinize the workplace practices of the doin will only respond to pressure from us.
Ian Stewart Eliana Miller
A&E Editor some were content with the changes, yet companies it hires in the future, and call As we begin a new academic year, we must
Associate Editor Cole van Miltenburg many were disappointed they did not upon the College to commit to choosing all become aware of the inequities that exist
Data Desk Editor Kathryn McGinnis receive more and that wage compression union-protected companies—an estab- throughout our campus community and
Gwen Davidson Lucie Nolden persisted. Many workers are upset to see lished way to prevent a race to the bottom take advantage of our time as students to
Opinion Editor
Drew Macdonald Reuben Schafir Diego Lasarte
colleagues who have been here for six or by companies motivated to cut corners at move Bowdoin forward and not be com-
George Grimbilas (asst.) seven years making the same as new hires; workers’ expense. This would ensure that placent with the status quo.
Nimra Siddiqui (asst.) Head Copy Editor many are upset that they are still making workers are not only guaranteed good Diego Grossmann and Benjamin Ray
Senior News Reporter below the $15 we all hoped for. Accord-
Devin McKinney wages, benefits and strict safety standards, are members of the class of 2020.
Head Illustrator Nate DeMoranville
Sara Caplan Copy Editor Horace Wang
Sebastian de Lasa
Social Media Manager Dani Quezada Senior Sports Reporter
Ayub Tahlil Emily Staten Ella Chaffin QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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12 Friday, September 6, 2019

SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 6
EVENT
Volunteer Fair
Local organization, student leader groups of the Joseph
McKeen Center of the Common Good will explain their
service work and give students an opportunity to get
involved.
Hyde Plaza. 11:30 a.m.

EVENT
Job Fair
The Office of Student Employment will present a variety of
on-campus employment opportunities.
David Saul Smith Union, 11:30 a.m.

EVENT
Fall Mainstage Show Auditions
Masque and Gown will hold auditions for its fall mainstage ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

production: The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel. Sign-up STOP AND SHOP: Students perused a variety of posters ranging from celebrities to spiritual mantras outside David Saul Smith Union Thursday
afternoon. Posters will be on sale today from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hyde Plaza.
sheets are located in Memorial Hall. No experience or
preparation necessary to audition. There will be an additional
audition time Saturday from 4-7 p.m.
Room 601, Memorial Hall. 7 p.m.

EVENT
Food Truck Maineia
Local food trucks will serve free food such as pizza, poutine
MONDAY 9 WEDNESDAY 11
EVENT PERFORMANCE
and deep-fried cookies. Food trucks will also serve
food Saturday. Summer Funded Internship A Performance by Willie Thrasher and
Dudley Coe Quad. 10 p.m. Poster Exhibition Linda Saddleback
Students who received funded internships from Career Inuk singer-songwriter Willie Thrasher will perform alongside
Exploration and Development will present on their his partner Linda Saddleback for the College community. A
summer internships. former drummer for the Native rock band Cordells, Thrasher
David Saul Smith Union. 4 p.m. has written songs about the environment and his Native
American identity.

SATURDAY 7 Jack Magee’s Pub, David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m.

FILM SCREENING
Mike Wallace Is Here
Frontier will screen the documentary film about the life and
career of reporter Mike Wallace, who gained prominence as
one of the original correspondents of CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
TUESDAY 10 THURSDAY 12
Tickets are available online. EVENT
Frontier. 3 p.m. Debate Night!: Chair of Student Affairs LECTURE
Candidates for the Bowdoin Student Government’s Chair Gallery Conversation: “Tracing History,
of Student Affairs will debate in the Pub on Tuesday night. Picturing the Nation”
Students will vote from September 11-13. Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Muther will discuss
Jack Magee’s Pub, David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m. the Museum of Art’s most recent exhibit, “Art Purposes:
Object Lessons for the Liberal Arts.”

SUNDAY 8 EVENT
Meditation
Assistant Director of the Joseph McKeen Center of the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Noon.

PERFORMANCE
EVENT Common Good Matt Gee will lead a meditation session. Gratitude Thursdays
Pronoun Button Making Room 302, the Peter Buck Center for Health and Students will have the chance to express gratitude in a group
Gender Matters will host an event for students to make Wellness. 5 p.m. setting and write letters in this event organized by Dean of
buttons that proclaim their pronouns. Snacks will be served. Students Kristina Bethea Odejimi.
24 College Garage. 8 p.m. Lamarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union. 4 p.m.

13 EVENT 14 PERFORMANCE 15 16 17 EVENT 18 19

Student Night Ensemble Fall Student
at the Museum Origo Activities Fair