Bowdoin College
Postage PAID
The Nation’s Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly
Bowdoin students traveled to the New Hampshire Democratic Convention last weekend. SEE PAGE 4.
Park Row subcontractor accused Less registered
of illegal labor practices alcohol,
by Reuben Schafir
Orient Staff
Nearly a month before Bow-
doin proudly unveiled the four
new state-of-the-art apartment
buildings on Park Row, the Col-
lege found itself under fire due to
the practices of one of its subcon-
tractors, Timberland Drywall,
Inc.
Approximately 15 protes-
tors, half of them from the New
England Regional Council of
Carpenters (NERCC), held signs
outside the construction site ac-
cusing Timberland Drywall of
tax fraud via the misclassification
of their workers. NERCC leaders
coordinated their protest with the
Bowdoin Labor Alliance (BLA).
The NERCC filed complaints
with the Maine Department of
Labor (MDOL) alleging that
Timberland had misclassified its
workers as independent contrac-
tors, rather than employees.
Wright-Ryan Construction,
the general contractor that hired
Timberland Drywall and oversaw
the Park Row project, released a
statement in which the company
denied any misconduct.
The College issued its own re-
sponse to the allegations, stating,
“Our contracts stipulate com-
pliance with all applicable legal
requirements. If we learn of an
issue, we will examine it closely,
and if it turns out that there is a
BOC overhauls Leadership Training program
by Sebastian de Lasa
Orient Staff
This fall, the Bowdoin Out-
ing Club (BOC) is amending
the structure of its Leadership
Training (LT) program to ex-
tend through the full year rath-
er than a single semester, and
to incorporate members of the
former Out of the Zone (OZ)
program into general LT pro-
gramming.
Michael Woodruff ’87, the
director of the Outing Club,
N STAY SAFE
Ditch your string lights, and other safety
tips for students. Page 3.
problem, we will address it di-
rectly and/or through the general
contractors.” The College also
re-published Wright-Ryan’s deni-
al in its response.
Timberland has worked on
construction projects across the
state, and has been contracted
to work on several government
buildings. They did not respond
to a request for comment.
The NERCC filled out three
separate tip forms alleging work-
er misclassification. Two of the
complaints cited different work-
ers on the site, who said they had
worked for Timberland as inde-
pendent contractors for seven to
eight and 10 years, respectively.
The complaints were the result
of first-hand conversations with
drywallers working for Timber-
land who were dissatisfied with
the lack of benefits they were
receiving.
Per its standard confidenti-
ality policy, MDOL would not
confirm whether or not it had re-
ceived any tips regarding miscon-
duct by Timberland, nor whether
an investigation into the matter
was taking place.
Worker misclassification is
not uncommon in Maine’s con-
struction industry. According to
a 2005 study by the University of
Massachusetts: Boston and the
Harvard Law School and School
of Public Health, 14.2 percent of
Maine’s construction employers
said that two developments—
institutional changes to class
schedules—created a need for
a new LT structure.
The OZ program was de-
signed to integrate people of
color, first-generation stu-
dents, low-income students
and other historically under-
represented members into the
Outing Club organization and
leadership. OZ was discontin-
ued last year after the program
had just three participants.
BOC directors Woodruff,
F GOING GREEN
Brunswick’s second medical marijuana
shop opened this summer. Page 7.
Friday, September 13, 2019
misclassify their workers.
Under Maine law, contractors
must meet a variety of qualifi-
cations to be classified as “inde-
pendent.” According to MDOL’s
guidelines, independent contrac-
tors are required to control the
means and progress of their work
and can also choose to accept or
decline jobs. Additionally, it is
commonplace for independent
contractors to provide their own
tools.
Construction workers who
fit the definition of an “employ-
ee” are often misclassified as
independent contractors. These
workers operate under the direc-
tion of a superior and are entitled
to benefits such as healthcare,
retirement contributions and are
eligible for worker’s compensa-
tion. Independent contractors are
not afforded these benefits.
In addition, a company that
misclassifies its workers avoids
paying worker’s compensation
insurance, among other taxes.
According to John Leavitt, an
executive committee member at
the NERCC, roughly one third
of a contractor’s bid will go to
taxes, thus allowing contracting
companies who misclassify their
workers to undercut the bids of
contractors operating under the
law.
The Maine Revenue Service
estimates that the state lost $2.7
million in state income tax alone
Anna Bastidas and Tess Ham-
ilton ’16 decided to eliminate
OZ as an independent pro-
gram, but the BOC is includ-
ing those who would have
been potential OZ participants
into a revamped LT structure.
LT training trips will go out
almost every weekend, and
participants will have the abil-
ity to select which trips they go
on. This is a departure from the
previous structure, which man-
dated LT participants to attend
every LT-specific trip over the
A BACK TO THE ART
Alumna returns as curatorial assistant.
Page 9.
1st CLASS
U.S. MAIL
Volume 149, Number 2 bowdoinorient.com
COURTESY OF MORGAN EDWARDS
due to the misclassification of
construction workers, and ac-
more student
concerns
cording to the 2005 study, that
number could be as high as $4.3
million.
In some cases, workers who
are unaware that they are clas- some risk, taking the pressure
sified as independent contrac- by Roither Gonzales off of students to feel the need to
Orient Staff
tors end up owing significant provide this alcohol.”
amounts of money to the gov- Last weekend, College Houses Patterson also hopes that this
ernment in unpaid taxes becausehosted their annual house crawl. new policy will encourage Col-
independent contractors have noThis time, however, something lege Houses to collaborate with
was noticeably different: there
employer to withhold their taxes. other organizations when plan-
A MDOL memorandum was less alcohol. ning events.
outlining the complaint process- Though the College’s pol- “The idea is also that if [Col-
icy regarding parties has not
ing protocols indicates that all lege Houses] are going to collab-
complaints are reviewed by the changed since last year, the orate with another organization,
volume of alcohol allowed at
wage & hour director or the chief whether it be [Bowdoin Student
College House events has been
inspector, suggesting that despite Government] or [Asian Students
reduced. In prior years, College
the Department’s refusal to con- Alliance], that group is likely to
firm, the NERCC’s allegations Houses were allowed to register have a higher amount of 21-year-
have been investigated. 15.5-gallon kegs for parties; now olds as a part of that group, so
John Ryan, the president ofthey are limited to half a keg, they’re able to register more alco-
Wright-Ryan, referred to the unless they partner with another hol,” says Patterson.
company’s statement regarding campus organization. The impact of this reduction
the allegations against Timber- According to Stephanie Pat- was already apparent last week-
land. When asked how he could terson, associate director of resi- end. House residents noted that
be confident that Timberland dential education and residential they ran out of alcohol faster
life, the change was made to
was not under investigation given than expected, with most Houses
MDOL’s policy to not comment better reflect the attendance at running dry by 10 p.m.. Many
College House parties and re-
on possible investigations, Ryan College House residents have se-
lieve risks residents face during
stuck by his prior statement. The rious concerns about the future
conversations between represen-such events. implications of this new rule.
tatives from Wright-Ryan and “For the most part, what Patrick Bloniasz ’22, program-
MDOL led Ryan to believe that I’m hearing is that it’s first- and ming co-chair of MacMillan
Timberland was not under inves-second-year students that are House, believes that the new pol-
tigation. predominantly at College House icy will further decrease atten-
Despite the College’s and parties,” said Patterson. “So the dance at College House parties.
idea is that having that half-keg
Please see PARK ROW, page 5 limit, [will] hopefully eliminate Please see ALCOHOL, page 3
course of a single semester.
This denied participants the
ability to choose trips based on
their availability.
In order to graduate from
the revised program, par-
ticipants will need to meet a
number of requirements, in-
57%
of first-years surveyed
identify as introverts.
cluding attending two of three
extended outdoor expeditions
which will run during fall
break, spring break and a week
See the results of our first-
in May. year survey on PAGE 8.
Please see BOC, page 5
S ONWARD AND UPWARD O WHO’S LEFT?
Women’s rugby starts the season with a Does Mayor Pete live up to the hype?
bang. Page 11. Page 14.
2 Friday, September 13, 2019

2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT: 9/5–9/12
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY STUDENT SPEAK:
Thursday, September 5
• A neighbor reported that a smashed wooden Col-
Monday, September 9
• The framed picture of Ernst Helmreich was vandalized What is a secret you have kept?
lege-owned chair was found in their yard on Whittier and the picture itself was stolen from a common room
Street adjacent to Brunswick Apartments. wall at Helmreich House. Two students have assumed
responsibility
Friday, September 6 • A student reported being harassed by another student Dan Ralston ’21
• Students cooking activated a fire alarm at Brunswick with persistent text messaging and other unwanted
Apartment E.
• Students were observed vaping during a registered
contact.
• An emergency light was vandalized in the basement of
"On my first-year floor, I peed on the
event at Reed House.
The vape pen was
Baxter House.
toilet seat, and everyone asked who did
seized. NOTE: Smok-
ing, including e-cig-
Tuesday, September 10
• A local man was issued
it, and I didn’t admit to it."
arettes and vaping, is a criminal trespass warn-
not permitted inside ing after he was seen pho-
campus buildings. tographing students with
a telephoto lens from a Diego Velasquez ’20
Saturday, September 7 moving vehicle on South
• An officer checked on
the well-being of an ill
Campus Drive.
• A student reported the
"I fed myself entirely on the Bowdoin
student at Boody-John-
son House.
theft of a red Trek moun-
tain bike from the area of
Organic Garden the last two weeks of
• A smoke alarm at
Chamberlain Hall was
Park Row Apartment 1.
• Two suspicious acting
the summer."
caused by burnt micro- men were reported in
wave popcorn. Smith Union and then
• A student at Boo- near Sills Hall.
dy-Johnson House • Two students took re- Hannah Schleifer ’20
kitchen was escorted sponsibility for malicious-
to Mid Coast Hospital
for treatment of an ac-
SHON A ORTIZ ly discharging two fire ex-
tinguishers at Brunswick
"I’ve actually never been to Hatch
cidental knife cut.
• An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicat-
Apartments.
• A student’s black Schwinn Sidewinder bicycle was
Library."
ed and despondent student. stolen from the bike rack at Smith House at 10:35
• An intoxicated student was transported from Apple- p.m.. The male suspect was last seen peddling the
ton Hall to Mid Coast Hospital. stolen bike toward downtown Brunswick. The
• There was a complaint of loud music on the second suspect, age 18-21, had light hair, a dark jacket or
floor of Chamberlain Hall. sweatshirt, blue jeans, and was carrying a backpack.
Warsameh Bulhan ’22
Sunday, September 8 Wednesday, September 11
• An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicated
student at Coles Tower.
• An ill student was escorted from MacMillan House to
Mid Coast Hospital.
"I take more than my fair share of mints
• A Student complained of loud music and pounding
bass at Stowe Inn. A student was asked to lower the Thursday, September 12
and fruit from the dining hall ... am I
volume.
• An officer escorted a student with an allergic reaction
• A student with a sports related nose injury was escort-
ed to Mid Coast Hospital.
boring???"
to Mid Coast Hospital. • An ill student requested an escort to the health center.
COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET

Best Bowdoin bathrooms for your business... and beyond

is something kinda gratifying about taking a pee
by Ian Ward, Maia Coleman and Lily Randall in a building designed by Henry Vaughan.
Orient Staff

The perfect Bowdoin bathroom is a rare
commodity. What elevates a bathroom into the
Potty Pantheon? No one thing, of course, but a
melange of factors: privacy, location, comfort,
good lighting and, finally, a certain je ne sais
quoi. All we’re saying is, you know it when you
use it. Here’s a definitive list, ranked.
5) The Chapel, on the left of the foyer. I mean,
duh. The frat-symbol-engraved door is practi-
cally a holy relic of Bowdoin. You’re basically go-
ing to the bathroom in the middle of history, but
cozier, and closer to God.
4) Basement of Mass Hall, near the microwave.
Also near the vault (why is there a vault?). Ad-
AN

8) Basement of Kanbar. Didn’t know that Kanbar mittedly, it’s pretty spooky down there, so it’s
PL
CA

had a basement? Neither did we. But the multi- not for the faint of heart. But fear not—that
RA
SA

room bathroom is where it’s at. Also, it’s got a plumbing system can handle a lot of bullshit,
shower, if you’re into that sort of thing. especially with the Peucinian Society meeting
upstairs and all. Stairway to Heaven and bask in the glory of the
7) Edwards, second floor. Spacious, excellent Face of God. If you don’t know, you don’t know.
lighting, state of the art flushing system. Mirror 3) Hallway of the entrance to Smith Union, on
and lighting combine to make you look HOT. the right. Has all the perks of a locker room 1) First floor of Hyde Hall. There’s something
Will make you consider taking that nude model- (lockers) minus the typical drawbacks (athletes, oddly comforting about the decrepit and com-
ing job after all, even for a measly 13 bucks. aggressively naked old men). But also very spa- munal atmosphere the first-year bricks inspire.
cious, has a full-length mirror and is convenient- As long as you can ignore the bit of vomit still
6) Hubbard, the second floor lobby. If doing the ly located. rimming the lid from last week’s house crawl,
deed in this bathroom doesn’t make you feel re- you’ll be reveling in the nostalgia of your first
gal, nothing will. It’s got it all: privacy, majestic 2) Hubbard, in the back stairwell near the stacks. year at Bowdoin for days. It may be shitty, but
windows, black-and-white tiled floor. Plus, there Maybe Bowdoin’s best-kept secret. Ascend the hey, that’s what you’re here to do anyways.
Friday, September 13, 2019 NEWS 3

MICHAEL HALKO

Injury prevention
around the clock by Michael Halko
Contributor MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Injury Prevention Around the Clock will focus on providing AS CHAIR I WOULD: (LEFT TO RIGHT): Candidates for the chair of student affairs Ryan Britt ’22, River Fenton ’22 and Lucas Johnson ’22 field questions
information to reduce the likelihood of injuries and/or adverse from students and Orient moderators in Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill on Tuesday. All candidates stressed student mental health as a key campaign issue.
incidents on campus and beyond.

BSG holds special election after

September is Campus Safety Month, and fire safety is always a
top priority in new surroundings. Take a minute to ponder these
six fire safety tips.
• Supervise all cooking to prevent smoke events that trigger
alarms or worse, fires.
• Do you know where your exits are located in your dorm or Col-
lege House and academic buildings?
• Are the hallways in your dorm or College House clear of clutter
so everyone can easily exit and first responders can enter swiftly?
• No candles, camp fuel, open element heating devices, toasters,
Chair of Student Affairs resigns mental health kiosks in public following BSG meeting on Octo- “We really [need to] make a
etc. by Kate Lusignan spaces to destigmatize conver- ber 2, the assembly, consisting of substantial effort for students
• Are your sprinkler system pipes and discharge heads clear of ob- Orient Staff sations around mental illness on the Executive Committee, class and faculty and administrators
structions? Hang that tapestry on the wall instead of the ceiling. campus. He cited the success of presidents and appointed posi- to have a line of communication
Use a drying rack to dry clothes instead of the sprinkler system. Voting in the special election such kiosks at other institutions tions, will vote to confirm the with the police department, and
• String lights are popular, but check to see that yours are UL rat- for Bowdoin Student Govern- such as Drexel University. chair of student affairs. BSG has ensure that they know what our
ed. Only three strands can be hung together, and they should not ment’s (BSG) vacant chair of stu- “Growing up, especially in “committed to appoint whoever intentions are, what we want out
hang over the doorway, to prevent entrapment. dent affairs opened Wednesday high school, I had some mental the student body chooses.” of this relationship and also who
Halko is the associate director of environmental health and safety. morning and will remain open health issues of my own. It was Mishra explained that role of we are as a community,” Johnson
until 8 p.m. tonight. very hard to reach out,” he said. chair of student affairs is broad. said.
The special election follows “I think something like [the ki- The chair sits as a member of Throughout the night, Fenton
the resignation of the Chair of osk], having it so present and the Trustee Committee on Stu- laid out ideas such as placing
Student Affairs, Anibal Husted central on our campus could dent Affairs and is responsible printers in all dorms and bridg-
’22 on May 13—four weeks after make a big difference in decreas- for crafting Bowdoin Student ing the divide between athletes
Subscribe he was elected in an uncontested
race.
Husted did not respond to the
ing the stigma.”
Lucas Johnson ’22 shared
his goals of expanding fund-
Government policy related to
student life and planning spe-
cific programming to support
and non-athletes by organizing
inclusive events at houses where
athletes live.
seven people Orient’s request for comment.
Three candidates vying for the
position shared their platforms
ing for counseling services and
encouraging the college to hire
counselors of diverse races and
Bowdoin Student Government
initiatives. The chair can work
towards whatever projects are of
“I think that one way that we
can improve our relationship
between the students and the

to the Bowdoin at a debate on Tuesday hosted by

BSG and moderated by Orient
Editors-in-Chief Emily Cohen
sexualities.
“The first steps will be to in-
crease the funding of the Coun-
student interest.
One of Britt’s proposed proj-
ects is to establish more pro-
government is by making small
but effective change, change that
you can see [and] change that is

Orient or you’ll ’20 and Alyce McFadden ’20.

At the foreground of the de-
bate were proposals to improve
seling Services, to emphasize
mental health on athletic teams
[and] in classes, making sure
gramming for first-generation,
low income students, such as an
event for students during Family
affecting your daily lives,” Fen-
ton said.
The Executive Committee

have 13 years mental health services on cam-

pus.
River Fenton ’22 hopes to
that people are trained on Men-
tal Health First Aid [and] mak-
ing sure that we have our coun-
Weekend.
“As a low income, first-gen
student, I would like to have a
decided to appoint an interim
chair of student affairs over
the summer, though the BSG

of bad luck. address mental health through

the Peer Health program. He
believes that some Peer Health
mentors are not as committed as
selors on campus making sure
that there are online resources
for students to gain access to the
time of crisis at 2 a.m., or 2 p.m.,”
Family Weekend event for low
income, first gen students that
don’t have families that come,”
constitution gives the Execu-
tive Committee discretion to
do so.
Britt said. “Last year, my fam- “We didn’t want someone

Stay safe:
others.
“I rarely saw my Peer Health
mentor, and I would like to see
them take a more active role in
bowdoinorient.com/subscribe students’ lives,” Fenton said in
the debate.
Ryan Britt ’22 hopes to install
Johnson said.
In an email to the campus
announcing the special election,
BSG President Ural Mishra ’20
wrote that the student body
would make a recommendation
via popular vote to BSG. At the
ily couldn’t come and it wasn’t
great. I’d like to give students a
space to stick together.”
Johnson outlined plans to
build better relations between
the Bowdoin and Brunswick
community if elected.
who’s supposed to be a student
representative [to] not be cho-
sen by the students,” Mishra
said. “It made sense to us to
hold the election instead and
let students choose who their
representative would be.”

ALCOHOL new regulations: the increase in

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
“The draw of having alcohol,
compared to whether or not it’s
actually there, is the reason a lot
of people get in the space. It’s how
intentional you are about plan-
ning the party, like the theme or
whatever it is, that makes people
stay,” said Bloniasz. “So I think
[raising] attendance to those par-
ties is going to be very difficult.”
Low attendance, however,
pales in comparison to what oth-
ers fear might occur under these
the consumption of hard alcohol
instead of beer.
“I frankly think that it’s al-
most unsafe to allow such a little
amount of registered alcohol be-
cause obviously, in an ideal world
only certain people—those over
21—would drink,” said Kate
Walsh ’22, co-chair of Helmreich
House. “But we know that’s not
how it necessarily works in the
real world.”
College House residents be-
lieve that this new policy creates
a potentially dangerous situation
for students.
“What I would assume, once
it consistently happens that these
College Houses are running out
of alcohol so early in the night,
is that people are going to go
back to their dorms, drink[ing]
more alcohol—particularly hard
alcohol—then com[ing] back,”
said Walsh. “This is more unsafe,
because we’re not having people
who are trained E-Hosts and
A-Hosts regulating what people
are drinking.”
“I think being able to provide
[people] with beer, which is like
4.5 percent alcohol content [at
College Houses] is much better
than going off-campus where
things like rum and vodka are
freely being passed around,” said
Bloniasz. “From a safety point
of view, I think that they missed
the mark in terms of actually put-
ting in policies that work. I don’t
think parties are going to die out.
In my personal opinion, I think
they’re just going to get smaller
and further off-campus.”
Despite these concerns, Pat-
terson does not anticipate a dra-
matic shift in the campus’s social
scene. She doesn’t believe that
alcohol plays as important of a
role in social life as people claim.
“I’m not disconnected enough
to not know that people are
choosing to drink and that it’s a
part of their social life. But ulti-
mately, it should [only] be a part
of your social life and not be your
entire social life. I will always ar-
gue for them to think about what
it is that’s making your event fun.
How is it that you’re expecting
people to engage?” said Patterson.
“If alcohol is your only answer, go
back to the drawing board.”
Patterson admits that there
may be some pushback to the
new policies in the beginning,
but she says she only has the stu-
dents’ best interests in mind.
“The goal is to not be the
fun police. But ultimately, I will
always toe the line that my ex-
pectation is that you’re following
the law,” says Patterson. “I’m 100
percent willing to hear those
things in areas where I can make
changes .... So, if something
doesn’t work, I’m not the person
that says it’s set in stone and we
can’t change it.”
4 NEWS
“Rally the troops:” Bowdoin students participate
in New Hampshire Democratic Convention
by Aura Carlson
Orient Staff
Last Saturday, a handful of
Bowdoin students woke up at
the crack of dawn to drive to
Manchester, New Hampshire.
At 8 a.m., they arrived at their
destination: the New Hamp-
shire Democratic Convention.
Justin Ko ’22 has volun-
teered for Andrew Yang’s
presidential campaign for the
past five months. After his
continued efforts, he became
the co-director of the cam-
paign’s New England regional
organizing three months ago.
“We’re in charge of any-
thing in New England, espe-
cially when it comes to vol-
unteers,” Ko said. “We are the
ones who are communicating
between headquarters in New
York and volunteers on the
ground for all of our efforts
such as phone and text bank-
ing.”
Before the New Hampshire
Convention, Ko distributed
tickets to Yang’s New England
supporters and volunteers.
“My job was to make sure
people actually got there to
organize so that we’d have a
lot of visibility in front of the
media at this important con-
vention,” said Ko. “When we
attended we honestly just had
fun looking through all the
campaigns [and] listening to
the candidates speak. We got
a few pictures with Senator
Elizabeth Warren and Yang
[too.] That was pretty cool.”
“It was kind of like [being
in] the center of the political
universe for one day,” said
Morgan Edwards ’22, one of
the students who travelled
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED: On Wednesday, first-year, first-generation students gathered in Dagget Lounge for an annual meal with faculty, staff and older students who all are the first in their family to attend a four-year college.
Friday, September 13, 2019
with Ko.
Because New Hampshire is
the first state to hold prima-
ry elections, Edwards and Ko
noted the added focus on this
convention. For a lot of the
candidates, including Yang,
last Saturday was about in-
creasing visibility.
“Yang is polling an average
of sixth place nationally but
he’s getting 16th in media cov-
erage,” Ko said. “We are trying
to change that.”
Convention proceed-
ings, though, did not work
in Yang’s favor. Candidates
spoke in alphabetical order,
so candidates such as Senator
Bernie Sanders and former
Vice President Joe Biden ad-
dressed a packed stadium,
while Yang spoke last, when
many of the convention-goers
had left. Edwards noted that
although the campaign team
didn’t seem thrilled with the
unfortunate placement of the
speech, Yang still received a
warm reception when he took
the stage.
In addition to the candi-
dates’ speeches inside, a sig-
nificant part of the conven- COURTESY OF MORGAN EDWARDS
tion took place outside of the
arena.
SAY CHEESE: (LEFT TO RIGHT): Nina Badger ’22, Morgan Edwards ’22, Melissa Magrath ’22 and Justin Ko ’22 pose for a photo with Senator Elizabeth
“Everyone gets in their Warren from Massachusetts at the New Hampshire Democratic Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire on September 7.
camps based on their candi- dates was juxtaposed by the [Trump] out of here.” volunteers on the ground,” ing on Yang’s ever-changing
date that they are supporting arrival of a truck plastered Before the speeches, the said Ko. “I also got him to schedule. Ko plans to contin-
and cheering on, so you kind with Donald Trump stickers. Yang campaign met inside a promise that he’ll invite all ue working for the campaign
of have this little clash,” Ed- One of the passengers even- nearby pizzeria. Having pre- his regional organizers to his throughout the year and is
wards said. “It’s this energiz- tually entered the convention, viously only talked via Skype, headquarters on Election Day already communicating with
ing thing. Rally up support. chanting in support of Trump, Ko was finally able to meet for celebrations.” other Bowdoin students who
Rally the troops. Energize but was removed by security Yang for the first time. Yang has plans to rally in are Yang supporters.
support and rev up your base, amid shouts from the conven- “I was basically talking to Portland between October and “I think it’ll definitely be
because the national media is tion-goers. him about how hard all of his February, closer to the Maine a lot of work, but honest-
there.” The incident reminded volunteers are working—not primaries in March. Ko also ly, when you are passionate
The relatively civil com- Edwards of the Democratic just the regional organizers has tentative plans to bring about something, you’ll make
petition between the candi- Party’s ultimate goal: “To get like me but also all the other Yang to the College, depend- time for it,” Ko said.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Friday, September 13, 2019 NEWS 5

COURTESY OF MORGAN EDWARDS

STUDY UP: Picketers from the New England Regional Council of Carpenters erected a sign in front of the construction site Park Row to protest the missclassification of Timberland Drywall workers.

PARK ROW “They’re not going to tell me

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Wright-Ryan’s denial that MDOL
is investigating Timberland,
Leavitt continues to disagree. “I
would say that is false,” Leavitt said
of the college’s and Wright-Ryan’s
claims, after requesting and hold-
ing closed-door meetings with the
MDOL.
what they’re doing, they can’t … I
filed complaints and other people
have filed complaints on Timber-
land and on other companies,”
said Leavitt. “Their due diligence
is to do an investigation. So that
should spell it out.”
Given the confidence that
both the NERCC and Wright-Ry-
an have in their respective judg-
ments of Timberland’s labor
practices, it remains unclear if
Timberland committed worker
misclassification. Because the
construction project is finished,
the workers themselves were not
available for comment.
The BLA became involved
with the protest after represen-
tatives from the NERCC reached
out to partner with the student
group. Benjamin Ray ’20, a
co-founder of the BLA and a
native Mainer, is concerned with
the potential effects of Bowdoin’s
tacit endorsement of a company
that is accused of “cheating our
community,” as Ray phrased it.
“When you have drywall com-
panies and even major construc-
tion companies that are cutting
down costs by not having to pay
for big costly health insurance
and worker’s comp, then it’s a
race to the bottom, and the only
one who loses is the workers
themselves,” said Ray. “When
companies aren’t paying the taxes
that they should, that means So-
cial Security is gone, that means
our funding for public schools
and apartments, our teacher sal-
aries [and] our fire department,
infrastructure [are gone]—the
taxes that companies should pay
are what is funding our commu-
nities.”
It may be some time before
Wright-Ryan’s denial or the NER-
CC’s allegations are confirmed—
based on Leavitt’s experience, the
MDOL can take up to a year to
complete a thorough investiga-
tion.

SOPHIE WALTON, BOWDOIN ORIENT

PARTNER PADDLE: In the LT revamp, students can choose which weekend training trips they participate in.

BOC Three teams of sixteen will

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
In an email to its members,
the Outing Club also explained
that the LT program can span
multiple school years. If par-
ticipants have not met all the
requirements to graduate from
the program come May, they
can finish their work the fol-
lowing September.
be chosen for the program this
year, with all applications due
on either September 15, Octo-
ber 9 or October 25.
Although Woodruff ac-
knowledged that the over-
hauled framework could de-
tract from the close bonding
semester-based LT provided,
he emphasized that the new
program allows more relation-
ships to be forged.
Woodruff could not guar-
antee the new program’s per-
manency.
“Everything we do here [at
the Outing Club] is experi-
mental and experiential,” he
said. “We’ve been tweaking
this program for the last 27
years, and I don’t think we’re
gonna stop,” he said.
6 Friday, September 13, 2019
F FEATURES
LOOKING BACK: Curated by Lucy Ryan ’19, “Tension/Tenacity: Africana Studies at 50” uses documents from Special Collections and Archives to understand and engage with Bowdoin’s Africana Studies department and its history.
New exhibit honors 50th anniversary of Africana studies
by Nina McKay
Orient Staff
At 3 p.m. today, students,
faculty and staff will gather
around five exhibit cases on
the second floor gallery of
Hawthorne-Longfellow (H-L)
Library for the opening of “Ten-
sion/Tenacity: Africana Studies
at 50,” an exhibition that explores
the five-decade history of Bow-
doin’s Africana studies program,
the John Brown Russwurm Af-
rican American Center and the
Black Student Union (formerly
the African American Society).
The exhibit will be on display
throughout the semester.
At this afternoon’s event,
Special Collections Education
& Outreach Librarian Marieke
Van Der Steenhoven and stu-
dent curator Lucy Ryan ’19 will
discuss the content and organi-
zation of the exhibit, as well as
Ryan’s research process and her
experience combing through the
College’s archives.
The exhibition opening is one
of many events around campus
that mark the 50th anniversary
of the Africana studies program,
the Russwurm African Ameri-
can Center and the Black Student
Tao Yuan opens aquaponics greenhouse in Brunswick
by Maia Coleman
Orient Staff
Since opening in 2012, Tao
Yuan—Pleasant Street’s Asian fu-
sion restaurant—has been in the
business of serving the delight-
fully unexpected. With dishes
like “duck confit fried rice” and
“Maine Jonah crab wide noodles,”
chef and co-owner Cara Stadler
deftly crafts a cuisine that is both
delicious and surprising. The
restaurant’s latest project, the con-
struction of its very own rooftop
aquaponics greenhouse, is no de-
parture from this trend.
The idea for Canopy Farms, an
aquaponics greenhouse recently
constructed on the rooftop adja-
cent to Tao, came to Stadler and
her mother—co-owner Cecile
Stadler—about a year after the
restaurant’s official opening. With
the help of Kate Holcomb, the
founder and director of Canopy
Union, all of which were estab-
lished in the fall of 1969.
Ryan began research for the
project last spring and worked
on the exhibit throughout the
summer.
“I think one of the stories
Lucy teases out is the story of
how students influence both the
academic program but then also
the more co-curricular or so-
cial components of [the history
which includes] speakers that
are brought to campus, advocacy
both on- and off-campus [and]
creating the first African Ameri-
can Center in the state of Maine,”
Van Der Steenhoven said. “There
are these really fabulous ways
that the history of this academ-
ic program, which is now fully
supported by the administration,
is very much a story of student
activism.”
The idea for the exhibit came
from Peter M. Small Associate
Professor of Africana Studies
and English Tess Chakkalakal
and Geoffrey Canada Associate
Professor of Africana Studies
and History Brian Purnell, who
thought an exhibit with materials
from Special Collections would
be the best way to showcase
the history of Africana studies.
Farms and longtime friend of Cara
Stadler, the team has worked to
bring the project to fruition.
The greenhouse is one step in
Stadler’s mission to source locally
and more sustainably.
“Maine is an incredible state in
terms of its products. The produce
here is amazing,” Stadler said.
The greenhouse uses aquapon-
ics, a combination of aquaculture
and hydroponics. The system in-
volves growing produce in beds
placed atop fish tanks. The plant
beds and fish, in this case tilapia,
work together in a symbiotic rela-
tionship; the fish excrete fertilizer
for the plants while the plants
clean the water for the fish, emu-
lating a natural ecosystem found
in lakes and ponds.
Placing the structure in a
greenhouse allows year-round
growing, which could in turn
provide year-round farming jobs
and change the landscape of the
Chakkalakal explained that dis-
playing historical documents
would allow people to engage
with the material and develop
a deeper understanding of how
the Africana studies program is
linked to the origins of the Col-
lege and has become a corner-
stone of a Bowdoin education.
“Lucy’s exhibit really clarifies
the nature of those struggles and
how Africana studies was this
cumulative process that devel-
oped over time,” Van Der Steen-
hoven said. “And it seems to me
that we’re now at a place very far
from where it once was.”
The Africana studies pro-
gram, Ryan explained, began to
resemble the vibrant department
it is today in 2008, when five
new professors were hired, four
of whom are still at Bowdoin:
Chakkalakal, Purnell, Associate
Professor of Africana Studies Ju-
dith Casselberry and Professor of
History David Gordon. Olufemi
Vaughan, the fifth 2008 hire, is
now at Amherst College as the
Alfred Sargent Lee ’41 and Mary
Farley Ames Lee Professor of
Black Studies.
Before 2008, the program
struggled for four decades, Ryan
said. Students, faculty and staff
industry in Maine.
When it opens, Canopy Farms
will be one of two commercial
aquaponics farms in Maine. The
other—Springworks Farm in
Lisbon—was founded as a small-
scale system by Trevor Kenkel
’18 in 2014 during his first year at
Bowdoin.
The agricultural and culinary
benefits of this aquaponic farm-
ing are clear: “If you have your
own farm and your own ways of
producing … you can really dic-
tate which products you’ll have,”
Holcomb explained.
For the kitchen staff at Tao,
this will make bringing pan-
Asian flavors to Brunswick much
easier. With this new flexibility,
Canopy Farms will be able to
cultivate specialty Asian items
that are often difficult to come by
in Maine.
“One thing that we’re starting
to try and grow is called rice pad-
repeatedly asked the College to
hire a new faculty member to
join the single full-time professor
in the department. Their requests
were denied year after year, de-
spite the fact that limited class
offerings meant students were of-
ten unable to complete the major.
The five display cases are ar-
ranged thematically, explained
Ryan. The first case, entitled
“Inception,” examines the work
of students, faculty and staff
that laid the foundation for the
programs’ creation in the fall of
1969, including the Morehouse
Exchange Program, an admis-
sions outreach program called
Project 65 and the Bowdoin
Undergraduate Civil Rights Or-
ganization. This work culminat-
ed in the establishment of the
Committee for Afro-American
Studies, which proposed an Af-
ro-American studies major that
would later become Africana
studies.
The “Student Power and
Activism” case explores how
students played a central role in
keeping the program afloat. The
“Leadership” case looks at the
previous directors of the Afri-
cana studies program and calls
attention to Bowdoin’s struggle to
dy herb that [has] this really lovely
orange flavor that’s pretty distinct.
You can try the Asian markets
here, but it’s not super fresh, so
we’re going to try and grow that,”
Holcomb said. “There are [also]
other things we talked about, like
wasabi [and] lotus root.”
Beyond the agricultural ad-
vantages, Canopy Farms and Tao
exemplify a new, more holistic sys-
tem of growing and selling, bring-
ing farming and cooking about as
close together as they can be.
“It also allows us to have
the freshest possible produce,”
Holcomb said. “We already get
stuff from local farms, and often
that’s harvested that day or the
day before, but in this case, we’re
harvesting it and just walking it
across the parking lot.”
With this newfound proximity,
both farmer and chef are able to
better and more responsibly meet
the restaurant’s needs, harvesting
retain black faculty over the de-
cades. The “Arrival” case includes
documents about the 10th, 20th,
30th and 40th anniversaries of
the program, and the final case,
the “Intellectual and Cultural
Life” case, includes hand-drawn
posters, books that were in the
original Russwurm library and a
graph of the number of Africana
studies majors since 1969.
Ryan believes the exhibit of-
fers visitors the chance to engage
with both the inspiring stories
of student activism and the less
progressive aspects of Bowdo-
in’s history. While her research
centered on the period between
1969 and 2019, it led her to won-
der more about the experiences
of the approximately 20 black
students who attended Bowdoin
between 1794 and 1969 who may
have been the only black students
at Bowdoin for multiple decades.
Ryan explained that while
Bowdoin was not technically seg-
regated, she did not find evidence
that the College consciously tried
to accelerate integration until the
mid-20th century.
Although she is grateful for
the opportunity to commit her-
self to a project that allowed her
to gain experience curating a his-
only as much as the restaurant uses
in a day—a practice which creates
less food waste and spoilage, as
well as more flexibility to harvest
ingredients only at their peak fla-
vor, nutrient value and appearance.
For now, Canopy Farms is
still a work in progress. Having
just gotten their tilapia, the team
is working to test their process
before transitioning to the larger
main system.
The hope is that, through this
endeavor, Stadler and her team
can give back to the community.
“[I want to] take that farm and
be able to turn it into this viable
system that people can afford, but
also is green … and to create a
company that is sourcing pretty
much all locally, making every-
thing in house and providing jobs
to the community—just pumping
back into the community what
they’re giving us,” she said.
Holcomb explained that, if all
CAROLINE FLAHARTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
torical exhibit, Ryan questioned
whether she, as a white person,
was the best person for the proj-
ect.
“I can’t contribute my per-
sonal experience…on what it
means to be black at Bowdoin,”
Ryan said. “I’m still, as a histo-
ry student, grappling with how
identity politics plays a role in
history telling, in the kind of
history telling I want to do… I
just poured myself into it and
really approached it as, this is an
effort in excavating the archives,
[trying] to get every single per-
spective I can with what’s made
available to me.”
For Ryan, showcasing the
tensions from those perspec-
tives and the tenacity of African
American students was most
important.
“It didn’t just take 50 years
to get where it is today. It took
40 years of really slow progress
and then 10 years of much fast-
er progress,” Ryan said. “I think
that’s where the tension/tenacity
comes in, because it took a lot of
faith year after year for the same
professors and students, in their
four years, coming back and
fighting for the same things and
advocating for the program.”
goes well, the team hopes to share
this model with other restaurants
and institutions, keeping com-
munity and education at the core
of the project. They plan to take
on interns in the future as well.
With testing underway, Stadler
explained that they are optimistic
for the future.
As of now, Holcomb and
Stadler agree that they are intent
on contributing to this develop-
ing field, one which Holcomb
believes will be important to the
economic and agricultural future
of the state.
“[We are testing now] so that
we can not only be a leader in the
growing technology here but also
so we can export those technol-
ogies to other places,” Holcomb
said. “Having Maine be a leader
in sustainable year-round agri-
culture is a really worthy goal and
we’re just hoping to be a meaning-
ful part of that.”
 Friday, September 13, 2019
Brunswick medical marijuana store turns over new leaf
by Eliana Miller
Orient Staff
As I drove through Bruns-
wick Industrial Park toward
Elevated Remedies, I was hit
by the unmistakable smell of
weed. The skunk-like scent
was unsurprising, but it disap-
peared as soon as I pulled up
to the storefront. Once inside,
I did not find the small, dark
stoner hideout I had imagined.
Rather, I found a sleek, profes-
sional retailer.
Elevated Remedies is Bruns-
wick’s second medical marijua-
na storefront, but the first to
open after the town passed a
marijuana licensing ordinance,
which went into effect January
1. Keith and Kevin Carlon,
brothers and Brunswick na-
tives, opened the store August
16 hoping to not only create a
profitable and viable business,
but also destigmatize marijua-
na usage.
“Yes, it’s a business oppor-
tunity. But it’s also an opportu-
nity to have a very real social
impact, especially in my home-
town,” said Keith. “We seek
to advocate for and empower
BUDDING BUSINESS: Brunswick natives and brothers Keith and Kevin Carlon opened Brunswick’s second medical marijuana storefront in August. The Carlon brothers hope to create a viable buisness and end the stigma surrounding marijuana use.
Poke the Bear: when did Bowdoin really begin?
by Sela Kay
Features Contributor
My mom drinks from her
Bowdoin coffee mug every
morning. And she’s got the
whole process down to a sci-
ence. Grab mug, choose coffee
flavor, shove mug into Keurig,
wait. Pick mug up, walk over
to comfy corner table, do
crossword of the day and
drink coffee. But if we were
to look a little more closely at
this routine, there’s one thing
that should catch your eye.
And that’s the date on the cof-
fee mug.
See, her coffee mug itself
doesn’t really stand out—it’s
got a black background with
‘Bowdoin’ in big capital white
letters, and a cartoon-ish ren-
dering of a polar bear on its
opposite side. But the date
that’s printed on the mug—the
year 1794—is deceiving. Con-
local medical cannabis users.
We want to do that using infor-
mation and destigmatization as
tools.”
The store’s interior embod-
ies this mission; instead of psy-
chedelic colors and Bob Marley
posters, infographics explain-
ing cannabinoids line the walls.
There’s a waiting room with
pamphlets and flyers, as well
as a private room in the back
for one-on-one patient consul-
tations.
“When you come into the
store, I’m going to give you
anywhere between 15 and 30
minutes of my time, if that’s
what you want. If you want to
sit down and really talk about
[cannabis], we have a comfort-
able space for that: it’s private,
it’s discreet,” Keith said. “We’re
not a weed cashier.”
Although anyone can en-
ter the store, sale of products
containing THC are limited
to clients who are at least 21
years old and have received a
Maine Medical Marijuana Card
from a doctor. They also sell a
variety of CBD products that
other visitors can purchase.
Keith said Elevated Remedies
trary to popular belief, Bow-
doin did not, in fact, begin
classes in 1794. It was char-
tered in 1794 but did not open
until the fall of 1802.
To backtrack a little, Bow-
doin was founded on June 24,
1794. The territory of Bruns-
wick and the surrounding
area, now considered Maine,
still belonged to Massachu-
setts. So when founding au-
thorities saw fit to build and
name a new college, they hon-
ored James Bowdoin—a popu-
lar and well-respected politi-
cal leader from Massachusetts.
However, even with powerful
visions for a top-notch college,
construction at Bowdoin did
not begin for four more years.
Three years following the
original charter, architectural
plans for Bowdoin’s first build-
ing remained at a standstill.
The spike in land value and a
general lack of funding led to a
FEATURES
receives between four and six
visits per day, but has seen
a steady increase since they
opened a month ago. So far,
their clients are mostly mid-
dle-aged and elderly adults
looking for alternatives to pre-
scribed medical treatments.
“Our mom suffers from
pretty severe autoimmune is-
sues—inflammation, chronic
pain,” Keith said, explaining
how he was introduced to the
At the end of the day, what is really im-
portant for us is sharing the information
about [cannabis] and advocating for it.
-Keith Carlon, co-owner of Elevated Remedies
concept. Cannabis, Keith said,
can help manage pain for many
people though it’s “not going
to be the cure-all,” he added.
“It’s only one part of a larger
composition of wellness and
health.”
Neither of the brothers has
a medical background, but
both said they thoroughly re-
search their products and stay
up-to-date on cannabis news.
They explained various flow-
slower start than board mem-
bers had anticipated and halt-
ed the entire college’s process.
Original plans stipulated that
Bowdoin’s first and only build-
ing would be 100 feet long
and four stories tall, but these
blueprints were ultimately put
on hold while architect Sam-
uel Melcher III worked on a
simpler and more cost-effec-
tive design. These original
plans would be preserved and
eventually constructed under
the name ‘Maine Hall’ in 1808.
Finally, in 1798, Melcher
broke ground on Bowdo-
in’s first building, one which
would eventually be recog-
nized under the National Reg-
ister of Historic Places: Massa-
chusetts Hall.
Let me just pause here to
say that everybody at Bowdoin
knows Mass Hall. Probably ev-
erybody in the state of Maine
knows Mass Hall. While it
ers and edibles and spoke at
length about how they source
products. Elevated Remedies
acts solely as a storefront—all
products are purchased from
offsite, third-party growers.
“I have regulations that I
have to adhere to, my suppliers
have regulations that they have
to adhere to, and I’m not going
to source anything that I hav-
en’t used or engaged with and
haven’t heard positive results
from people about it,” Keith
said.
He commented on the newly
discovered links between vap-
ing and lung illnesses, adding
that the products he sells do
not contain vitamin E ace-
tate—a possible cause of these
illnesses.
Licensed medical marijua-
na stores like Elevated Reme-
dies have been in Maine since
2016, when residents voted to
might not be as striking as
Hubbard Hall, or touch the
sky like Coles Tower, it en-
capsulates the very history of
Bowdoin. Simple brick walls
and white detailing aside,
Mass Hall has withstood the
hardest winters of Maine and
shone proudly in the beautiful
blistering summers. And it has
maintained its original exteri-
or through all these years.
Four years of construction
later, Mass Hall was finally in-
habitable in 1802. It took one
more year to be fully complet-
ed, but the first group of stu-
dents moved in during 1802,
around eight years after Bow-
doin’s initial founding.
Mass Hall became the
designated dormitory for not
only students but also for the
first President of the College,
Joseph McKeen. McKeen
and his family resided in the
“eastern half of the lower two
approve statewide legalization
of medical marijuana use and
sale. It wasn’t until October
2018 that Brunswick’s marijua-
na licensing ordinance was ap-
proved. Town officials debated
the ordinance extensively and
zoning amendments passed
by a slim 5-4 margin. The li-
cense only applies to medical
marijuana retailers. In June of
this year, Governor Janet Mills
signed a bill that will allow
recreational marijuana sales,
though Brunswick will have
to opt-in and draft its own
ordinances for the law to take
effect.
The Carlon brothers worked
closely with town officials
when they applied for a license.
Currently, marijuana stores can
only be built in one of the three
designated “growth industrial
districts,” all of which are on
the outskirts of Brunswick.
“Cannabis has been pushed
into these corners and [we]
had to keep things really low
key [and] secretive. So, it was
really about just getting your
face into the town offices,
talking to all the departments
who are a part of the process
floors,” according to historical
documents from 1962, while
students were housed in one
of two rooms along the west-
ern half of the second floor. In
1803 a few more rooms were
constructed on the third floor
for student use and the rest
of the building was divided
into a chapel, one classroom,
a kitchen, pantry, parlor and
lavatories.
Mass Hall did, in fact,
make up the entirety of Bow-
doin’s campus for slightly over
five years. It housed staff,
faculty and students, and ex-
isted as Bowdoin’s only indoor
space until the construction
of Maine Hall in 1808. This
building was quickly coined
the ‘second college’ of Bow-
doin and housed more re-
cently-matriculated students.
The current dorm of the same
name is an 1837 reconstructed
version of the original build-
7
and just having a relationship,
being visible,” Keith said. “But
I’d love to see weed on Maine
Street.”
Although they are in the
early stages of development,
the brothers want to grow the
business and continue to dispel
“stoner lore,” as Keith calls it.
The pair also hopes to interact
with clients from all different
backgrounds—including Bow-
doin students.
“I would love to see stu-
dents in the store. I’d love to
have conversations with stu-
dents about [cannabis], pro-
vided they are an appropriate
age and are willing to engage
with it,” Keith said.
“At the end of the day, what
is really important for us is
sharing the information about
[cannabis] and advocating for
it,” he continued. “So if we
have a lot of younger users
coming into the store, that’s
actually really great because
we can spread the information
that these individuals should
hear, as opposed to hearing
something secondhand from
somebody who might not be a
reliable source.”
JACK BURNETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ing, which burned down in
March of 1822.
This leads us back to the
question of when Bowdoin
truly began. Should we con-
sider 1794 as the principal date
for our college? Or is this date
misleading, once planning pro-
cesses were slowed to a halt for
several years before construc-
tion could truly begin?
According to my mom’s cof-
fee mug, 2019 designates Bow-
doin’s 225th anniversary. This
year will mark two centuries
and 25 years since the initial
charter was signed, and yet it
will only be our 218th academ-
ic year. Should we celebrate
the beginning of an idea or the
concrete beginning of a school
opening its doors to young and
curious minds? I’m not sure,
but I do know the next time my
mom grabs her mug out of the
cupboard, she’ll be sipping tea
and not coffee.
8 Friday, September 13, 2019

By the numbers: breaking down the Class of 2023

by Rohini Kurup
Orient Staff
After only three weeks at
Bowdoin, the Class of 2023
has already decided on their
favorite dining hall—67 per-
cent chose Thorne Hall over
Moulton Hall. And on average,
the first years are more excited
than they are nervous for their
next four years at the College.
These statistics on Bowdo-
in’s newest class come from the
Orient’s second annual survey
of the first-year class, which
gathered information ranging
from students’ political prefer-
ences, to their financial aid sta-
tus, to their career aspirations.
The 54-question survey was
emailed to the first-year class
on September 5 and closed on
September 10. It received 210
complete responses, represent-
ing roughly 42 percent of the
501-person class. Results were
not adjusted for selection bias.
Class Makeup
Sixteen percent of respon-
dents identified as first-gener-
ation college students, mean-
ing neither of their parents
graduated from a four-year
college, which is consistent
with last year’s data. The Col-
lege has expanded program-
ming and resources to better
meet the needs of first-gen-
eration students in recent
years, with initiatives like the
THRIVE program and the
Geoffrey Canada Scholars Pro-
gram taking effect.
Among first-generation stu-
dents, 94 percent plan to work
on campus, as compared with
73 percent of students who did
not identify as first-genera-
tion.
Roughly 49 percent of stu-
dents attended private high
school, including private day
schools, boarding schools and
parochial schools.
Twenty percent of students
reported having one or more
family members who had at-
tended or are currently attend-
ing Bowdoin. Seven percent
of first years had one parent
who attended Bowdoin, four
percent had two parents who
attended Bowdoin and sev-
en percent had a sibling who
has attended or is currently
attending Bowdoin. An addi-
tional seven percent reported
having a relative attend Bow-
doin, such as a cousin, aunt,
uncle or grandparent.
For 70 percent of respon-
dents, Bowdoin was their top
choice school.
Academics, Extracurriculars
and Careers
When asked to rank their
priorities for their time at
Bowdoin, respondents over-
whelmingly indicated that
academics were their first pri-
ority, followed by social life as
the most common second pri-
ority and extracurriculars and
career prospects as third and
fourth, respectively.
In line with current trends
at Bowdoin, the most common
departments first-year stu-
dents think they might major
in are Government and Legal
Studies, Economics, Biology,
Environmental Studies and
Psychology.
Beliefs and Lifestyle
Nearly 74 percent of the
class had consumed alcohol
before coming to Bowdoin,
and 43 percent had used mar-
ijuana before starting college.
Both statistics represent a
slight increase from last year,
when those numbers were 72
percent for alcohol and 39 per-
cent for marijuana. The per-
centage of students who had
smoked cigarettes before com-
ing to Bowdoin fell by more
than half—from 27 percent of
the Class of 2022 to 10 percent
of the Class of 2023. Vaping
before attending Bowdoin,
however, increased from 25
percent of the Class of 2022 to
29 percent of the Class of 2023.
Around 67 percent of re-
spondents identified as lean-
ing liberal, while only around
seven percent of respondents
identified as conservative. The
remaining 26 percent of first-
year respondents said they fall
somewhere in the middle.

Substance Use
100%
90.0%
Class of 2022

Class of 2023
1 in 4 respondents reported
80.0%
70.0%
71.7%
74.3% that they have cheated on an
60.0% exam or assignment before
50.0%
43.3%
40.0% 38.6%

30.0% 27.0% 25.3% 28.6% Yes

Are you a recruited varsity athlete? No
20.0%
10.0% 83.3% 96.3% 90.2% 75.9% 80.5% 55.2%
10.0% 6.1% 4.8% 100%
0.0% Alcohol Marijuana 90.0%
Cigarettes Vaping Other

80.0%
Do you plan to seek mental health treatment at Bowdoin?
70.0%
60.0%
30.5% 11% 58.6%
50.0% 44.8%
40.0%
Yes Prefer not No
to say 30.0%
24.1%
Have you or your family taken out loans to pay for Bowdoin? 20.0% 16.7%
19.5%

10.0% 9.8%
3.7%
15.7% 14.8% 69.5% 0.0%
<$40K 40K- 80K- 125K- 250K- >500K
80K 125K 250K 500K
annual combined parental income
Yes No, but we No, and we don’t plan to
plan to later Yes
Do you live on a chem-free floor? No
72.2% 70.4% 75.6% 83.3% 90.2% 100%
100%
Gender versus expected post-grad income
50.0% 90.0%
Female students
45.0% 80.0%
Male students
40.0% 38.4% 37.8% 70.0%
34.8%
35.0% 60.0%
30.0% 50.0%

25.0% 23.5% 40.0%

27.8% 29.6%
20.0% 18.4% 30.0%
24.4%
14.3% 20.0% 16.7%
15.0% 12.5%
9.8%
10.0%
10.0% 37.8%
6.1% 0.0% 0%
5.4%
5.0% <$40K 40K- 80K- 125K- 250K- >500K
80K 125K 250K 500K
0.0% <$30K 30K-50K 50K-70K 70K-90K >90K annual combined parental income

WAGE DISPARITIES: Male students expect to have a higher post-graduate income than their female counterparts. INCOME OUTCOMES: Nearly half of respondents from the highest income bracket are recruited varsity athletes.
Male students were over 2.5 times more likely to expect to have an income of more than $90,000. There was not a No respondents from the highest income bracket reported living on a chem-free floor.
statistically significant number of respondents who identified as non-binary or other. DATA AND GRAPHS COMPILED BY GWEN DAVIDSON, GEORGE GRIMBILAS, DREW MACDONALD AND NIMRA SIDDIQUI
Friday, September 13, 2019 9

A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

COURTESY OF HOPE KEELEY

BEHIND THE SCENES: Hope Keeley ’21 poses with her fellow interns from Williamstown Theatre Festival. Keeley was one of 13 students to receive a funded arts internship grant from Career Exploration and Development.

Students pursue funded internships in the arts

by Esther Wang
Orient Staff
From Brunswick to San Fran-
cisco, Bowdoin students bring
their summer internship experi-
ences back to campus. This past
summer, funding was awarded
to 97 students to pursue intern-
ships in numerous fields such
as marine science, healthcare,
education, nonprofit and social
services. Thirteen of the grants
were awarded to students work-
ing in the arts, an unprecedented
number.
“This year we had the biggest
[number of] art internships. As
we grow this program, we will
continue to grow the number
of arts-related internships,” said
Kristin Brennan, Executive Di-
rector of Career Exploration and
Development (CXD).
Students worked in filmmak-
ing, music, dance and other fields
with funding from CXD. Across
all fields, students found creative
ways to incorporate art into their
summer work.
“There were internships that
integrated arts and other career
fields in fascinating ways, such as
an entrepreneurial venture in du-
rable textiles and an archaeology
project,” said Brennan.
One of the students work-
ing in the arts, Lucy Sydel ’22,
worked for Movement Re-
search—a laboratory in New
York investigating dance and
movement-based forms—where
she took classes and worked in
the Media and Communications
office.
Unlike a conventional re-
search experience, Sydel’s work
involved taking classes where
participants were required to
dance in order to understand
body movements. One of Sydel’s
classes taught anatomy through
experience and movement.
“A lot of [the classes] were
under the category of somatic
practices, which is this fancy
term for physical inquiry and
internal processes of dance …
A lot of it was investigating how
people should stand and walk in
the best posture and in the best
way, [combining] meditation, re-
laxation and anatomy,” explained
Sydel.
The CXD funds were crucial
for Sydel because they allowed
her to take on the otherwise
unpaid internship and immerse
herself in her work without hav-
ing to worry about finances for
the summer.
“I found [the funds] really
helpful, especially in the arts, be-
cause all the other interns, even
my boss, had to work a full-time
job on top of their full-time com-
mitment in the office,” said Sydel.
Another student, Noah Keates
’20, worked at Lone Wolf Media,
a documentary film company
located in South Portland, as a
production intern. Keates spent
much of his time editing and
shooting scenes, as well as devel-
oping and researching potential
stories for future documentaries.
One of Keates’s documentaries
will be released in a few weeks.
“I have better knowledge of
the whole production experience
for bigger projects,” said Keates.
“[I] learned from a lot of super
knowledgeable people about ed-
iting [and other] skills I will use
on my own projects at Bowdoin.”
Hope Keeley ’21 worked at the
Williamstown Theatre Festival in
Williamstown, Massachusetts as
an audience engagement intern.
Her days were long, beginning at
noon and lasting until midnight.
She admitted that the role was
nothing glamorous—setting up
the merchandise stand and in-
specting the box office.
“But it got into the nitty-gritty
of what actually happens to make
a show go successfully and to
make sure that every audience
member has the best experience
possible,” said Keeley.
Although Keeley loved the
theater and the people she
worked with, at times she found
the people-pleasing aspects of
the job to be tedious.
“The one thing that I did fig-
ure out is that administrative the-
atre is not really my ball game,”
said Keeley. “Being surrounded
by creative people fueled me to
come back here and do the work
I really want to do.”
Nonetheless, Keeley still
appreciated the experience, es-
pecially for the opportunity to
see seven productions, several
of which will be headed to New
York this season.
“Our goal is for everyone at
Bowdoin to have the opportu-
nity to pursue their profession-
al aspirations over the summer,”
said Brennan of CXD. “That is
just as true for art students as it
is for any other.”

Humphrey ’14 fills curatorial role
by Emma Sorkin
Orient Staff
For some, “art” refers to old
paintings in heavy frames hanging
in a museum. For others, art is a
means of expression. For Bowdoin’s
new Curatorial Assistant and Man-
ager of Student Programs Elizabeth
Humphrey ’14, art is personal.
“My dad is an artist, so I grew
up touching and handling all art,”
Humphrey said. “I went to this folk
gallery where you are encouraged
to handle everything. It’s a different
type of personal experience rather
than totally an academic or theo-
retical framework of interacting
with art. I didn’t grow up going to
museums until I got to college.”
After stumbling into art history,
Humphrey graduated from Bow-
doin with a degree in visual arts
and art history.
“I ruled out computer science
pretty quickly,” Humphrey said. “I
did government for a bit and then
realized that there were other ways
to do cultural diplomacy. I took
an art history course and was like,
‘Oh, my brain works this way.’”
After earning her master’s de-
gree in American material culture
from the Winterthur Program at
the University of Delaware, Hum-
phrey started this summer as the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s
(BCMA) Curatorial Assistant and
Manager of Student Programs.
The position lasts for two years.
“It’s a very special set of circum-
stances that Elizabeth happened
to be the right person, at the right
time, to return to Bowdoin,” said
Anne Goodyear, co-director of the
BCMA. “We feel very lucky that
we actually worked with her when
she was an intern back in the sum-
mer of 2013, so we had a chance to
get to know her at the very begin-
ning of our time at Bowdoin. One
of the things that Elizabeth brings
forward that is so exciting for us
is her experience as a Bowdoin
student. We recognize that one of
our greatest resources, and without
a doubt our most important audi-
ence, is Bowdoin students.”
Returning to Bowdoin was
not part of Humphrey’s plan. But
Humphrey realized this position
allowed her to experience aspects
of a career in museums and aca-
demia while being able to connect
with students.
“Trying to figure out ways to
engage [students] from their own
interests was the part [of the job]
that really gravitated toward me
the most,” Humphrey said. “[I am]
thinking about how to not only
get students into the museum, but
how to make the museum relevant
to them in their coursework and
social lives and interests.”
As a former student, one of
Humphrey’s main goals is to create
a more welcoming environment
for students to enter the museum
by implementing student-to-stu-
dent tours.
Humphrey also hopes to bring
a panel of recent Bowdoin gradu-
ates working in the arts to campus
in order to explain their career
path after college—something
she would have appreciated as a
student. Career Planning and the
Bowdoin Art Society partnered
with the museum last October to
host a similar event.
“People are always invited [to
speak] who are at that mid-level
career. I remember it was hard to
imagine how I went from gradua-
tion to that point,” Humphrey said.
“I think having people five, eight,
10 years out would help show steps
you can take.”
Her desire to help students
access the resources available
to them and interact with art in
meaningful ways made Humphrey
stand out in a large pool of appli-
cants from across the nation, said
Frank Goodyear, co-director of the
BCMA.
“It became readily apparent to
us that she is very special because
of her commitment to wanting to
give back, to use the education that
she has received and to do good
work in an academic museum set-
ting,” said Goodyear. “I think that
heartfelt desire to reach out and to
pay it back is something that really
made her stand out.”
For Humphrey, the most im-
portant part of her job remains
student engagement.
“I’ve been able to leverage dif-
ferent facets of my experience to
cultivate a world in which I feel like
I’m doing good work,” Humphrey
said. “I make time for students. If
that doesn’t come across, I’m not ISABEL ALEXANDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
doing my job right.” A GREAT RETURN: After pursuing a graduate degree, Elizabeth Humphrey
’14 returned to campus this summer to take on a two-year curatorial position.
10 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, September 13, 2019

Thrasher reclaims Inuit identity through music

by Cole van Miltenburg
Orient Staff
A guitar, harmonica and
foot drum—somehow Willie
Thrasher plays all three at
once to produce lively and
multilayered folk melodies.
Last Wednesday, donning
a cowboy hat and Rolling
Stones T-shirt, Canadian In-
uit musician Willie Thrasher
performed in Jack Magee’s
Pub and Grill for an audience
of students and Brunswick lo-
cals. His visit was part of the
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Mu-
seum’s Environmental and So-
cial Justice Lecture Series and
coincides with the museum’s
exhibit on Inuit music, which
has been on display since late
March.
Thrasher’s musical style is
in a league of its own, incor-
porating elements of both folk
music and Inuit culture with
emotional lyrics that attempt
to encapsulate the heritage
and history of his people.
Thrasher’s inspiration
stems largely from the trauma
that afflicted his childhood.
At the age of five, he was tak-
en from his home in Aklavik,
Northwest Territories by mis-
sionaries and placed into one
of Canada’s many residential
boarding schools for indige-
nous children. There, Thrash-
er was banned from speaking
his native language well into
his teenage years.
“[The] missionaries were
taught to pick different Indi-
an and Inuit [customs] out of
our system.” Thrasher said.
“If we spoke our languages,
[if ] we spoke about the past
or anything about our culture
they’d condemn us and give us
a strap and tell everybody that
we’re devils. This is how we
were grown up.”
In the mid-1960s, Thrash-
er entered the music scene
as a drummer for the Inu-
it rock band The Cordells.
But it wasn’t until a stranger
approached the group and
encouraged the members to
pursue Inuit culture through
music that Thrasher’s career
was set in a new direction. He
began talking with elders in
his home community, learning
new stories and translating
their messages into song lyrics.
Thrasher has since made
it his mission to travel and
spread his culture through
music. Thus far he has made
it to several locations around
Canada, the United States
and even England, spending
a large chunk of the past two
decades onstage with his part-
ner Linda Saddlebeck.
Thrasher’s music caught
the eye of Arctic Museum As-
sistant Curator Michael Quig-
GRAHAM BENEDICKSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ley towards the beginning of
MULTIFACETED MELODIES: Willie Thrasher’s music encompasses both the folk genre and elements of Inuit culture, creating a unique artistic style of its own.
the year as he was curating the
exhibit “A Resounding Beat: Pub, Thrasher played a set list was marked by a somewhat was very close to my heart, he said. “The questions they
Music in the Inuit World.” He that ranged greatly in theme somber mood. Saddleback, and it was her.” asked me were really incredi-
first heard Thrasher’s music and tone. He reflected on the Thrasher’s partner, was de- Despite this setback, ble, you know, about how do
five years ago on a compila- environment, his family and nied entry into the U.S. at Thrasher had an eventful we build our igloos? How do
tion album of indigenous mu- time in residential school. the Canadian border and was few days on campus. He vis- we live off the land? And how
sicians and later reached out He interspersed personal dia- forced to return home. It was ited classes and spoke with can you handle 31 below ev-
to ask permission to use his logue with his music, speaking the first time in many years students in a more personal eryday for 10 months? … You
music in the exhibit. on the hardships which have that Thrasher performed solo. setting to share stories of his know, that kind of life.”
“It took a little while to affected his family, the dev- “The Northern Lights were cultural background. Although Thrasher’s time
track him down, but then I astation of climate change in still shining, the stories were Thrasher was struck by the on campus was limited, the
finally did,” Quigley said. “He his home community and his still being told, the songs were engaging nature of this dia- conversations he ignited
was super supportive of it, and relationship with his grandfa- being sung, you know, and the logue and the honesty and cu- and understanding he raised
he actually suggested coming ther as a young child. questions were being asked,” riosity of those he spoke with. through his musical storytell-
out here to play a show.” It was clear that Wednes- said Thrasher. “But something “They were so over- ing are sure to leave a profound
In the dim-lit setting of the day night’s performance very special was missing that whelmed by how we live,” and long-lasting impact.

Japanese printmaking
exhibit hits Edwards

On display in the front gallery of the Edwards Center for Arts and Dance
is a collection of prints from the Maine-Aomori Printmaking Society. This
collaboration is sponsored by the non-profit Friends of Aomori and is meant to
highlight the Sister City relationship between the American and Japanese states.
It has inspired multiple installations in the U.S. and Japan featuring both Maine
and Aomori artists. The exhibit is on display through today.

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Friday, September 13, 2019
S SPORTS
FULL EXTENSION: Danielle Abrams ’20 reaches high to tip the ball over the net in Tuesday’s four-set victory over the University of Southern Maine at Morrell Gymnasium.
Volleyball stumbles, but does not fall, in early-season matchups
by Ian Ward
Orient Staff
Bowdoin volleyball began
its season last weekend with a
hiccup, dropping two of three
matches at the Wesleyan In-
vitational. The team opened
its home schedule on Tues-
day, beating the University of
Southern Maine three sets to
one to bring its record even at
2-2.
Bowdoin’s first loss of the
tournament, a five-set battle
against Wellesley, marked the
team’s first regular-season
loss since September 22, 2018.
Last season, the Polar Bears
went 10-0 in conference play
and 28-2 overall. In the post-
season, they claimed a NES-
CAC championship before
falling to Babson in the Sweet
Sixteen round of the NCAA
tournament.
Women’s rugby team evolves as sport expands nationally
by Dylan Sloan
Orient Staff
On September 7, the Bow-
doin varsity women’s rugby
team opened their season with
an emphatic 76-0 thumping of
Roger Williams University. For
the team, one of the College’s
most successful teams over the
past few decades, these landslide
victories have been somewhat
commonplace. After years of
dominating the New England
collegiate rugby circuit, the
team moved to the National
Intercollegiate Rugby Associa-
tion (NIRA) conference in 2016,
in search of a higher caliber of
competition. As women’s rugby
experiences a boom in growth
and popularity across America,
the Bowdoin team continues to
face a higher standard of play—
and continues to excel regard-
less.
For the majority of the pro-
gram’s history, Bowdoin played
in the New England Rugby
Bowdoin returned all but
three players from last year’s
championship squad and en-
tered this season ranked 23rd
among Division III programs
in the American Volleyball
Coaches Association (ACVA)
poll. The team fell out of the
AVCA’s top 25 after losses to
unranked Wellesley (3-2-0
overall) and to 12th-ranked
Wesleyan (3-0-0 overall, 3-0-0
NESCAC) this weekend.
“It was definitely a learning
opportunity for us,” said cap-
tain Caroline Flaherty ’20. “We
jumped into some really tough
competition and played some
nationally-ranked teams the
first weekend, after only having
practiced for a few days togeth-
er.”
Wesleyan has emerged as
the Polar Bears’ perennial NES-
CAC rival and is improving
every year, said Flaherty. The
League, a conference that was
composed mostly of club teams.
In 2010, at the behest of USA
Rugby, the collegiate game split
into conferences determined by
which colleges a school’s other
varsity teams played. Bowdoin
was placed into the NESCRC
conference, composed of many
of the same schools as the NES-
CAC.
“Bowdoin won that confer-
ence every year, sometimes go-
ing undefeated, and winning the
conference championship every
year. We were very successful,
and there’s nothing wrong with
that, but [we] wanted to be chal-
lenged more,” said Head Coach
MaryBeth Mathews. Indeed,
over the five years the NESCRC
conference existed (2011-2015),
Bowdoin compiled a win-loss
record of 41-2 in regular season
games.
“Three years ago, there were
enough varsity teams—espe-
cially in the northeast—that we
were able to form what’s called
Cardinals suffered their only
in-conference loss of 2018 at
the hands of the Polar Bears
and finished second to Bow-
doin in the NESCAC regular
season standings.
“They’ve turned their pro-
gram around in recent years,
and their coach has done a re-
ally good job of recruiting play-
ers, so they definitely have been
strong and will continue to be
strong,” said Flaherty.
The rivalry will continue in
Middletown on September 20,
when Bowdoin and Wesleyan
face off in the first in-confer-
ence game of the season.
“It’s really exciting for us,”
said Flaherty. “Obviously we
wanted to beat them [last
weekend] and we didn’t, but we
learned a lot from that loss.”
Unforced errors, more than
untouchable competition,
hindered the team’s start, said
FREE FOR ALL: Molly Petronzio ’22 (center) races onto a loose ball as Brooke Berry ’22 (left) and Amber Ramos ’20
(right) converge on the play.
the NIRA…which is a confer-
ence of all NCAA varsity teams,”
said Mathews.
The new conference, com-
posed of sanctioned programs
that recruit players more aggres-
sively, has yielded significantly
stiffer competition. Over the
past three years, programs from
the University of New England,
fall 2018 Division II national
Head Coach Erin Cady.
Bowdoin surrendered 26
attack errors and 12 service er-
rors in its loss to Wellesley and
24 attack errors and five service
errors in its loss to Wesleyan.
“We played really, really
good volleyball. It’s now just
figuring out how to minimize
unforced errors,” said Cady.
Amidst an otherwise un-
remarkable weekend of play,
Flaherty gave her teammates
a reason to celebrate when
she landed her 1,000th career
kill in the opening set of a 3-0
victory over Rhode Island Col-
lege. Flaherty is the sixth play-
er in program history to reach
the milestone.
“I didn’t even know [I was
approaching the mark],” said
Flaherty. “At the end of last sea-
son it was something that was
brought up, that I was close, but
over the summer I forgot about
champions Vassar College and
Norwich University have all de-
feated the Polar Bears, even put-
ting them on the other side of a
lopsided score line. In 2016, the
first year after the NESCRC was
disbanded, Norwich (a Division
I team with an active recruiting
program) defeated Bowdoin 71-
3, the Polar Bears’ largest loss in
years.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
it … then everyone started cel-
ebrating and cheering.”
Flaherty currently sits fifth
on the team’s all-time career kill
list with 1,010. She trails the all-
team leader, Christy Jewett ’16,
by 390 kills. In 2018, Flaherty
connected with 342 kills.
“She’s been phenomenal and
is definitely working toward
that [record]. It speaks loudly
for who she is as a player,” said
Cady. “Reaching that milestone
is really hard to do.”
Bowdoin will travel to
Cambridge this weekend for
the MIT Invitational, where
the squad will face off against
Wellesley, MIT and Babson, in
a rematch of last year’s NCAA
Sweet Sixteen matchup. The
team’s first in-conference home
game of the year will be against
Williams on October 4.
Caroline Flaherty ’20 is a
photographer for the Orient.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
In response to these new chal-
lenges, the women’s rugby pro-
gram has evolved significantly
from an internal perspective.
Notably, the team has increased
the size of their recruiting class.
“In the past five or six years,
[it was] mostly just one or two
[recruits] a year,” said captain
Please see RUGBY, page 13
11
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
BEARS, BEATS,
BOBCAT-TLESTAR
GALACTICA:
The field hockey team
held on to a 1-0 victory
over Bates this past
Wednesday, improving
to 2-0 in NESCAC play.
On a stormy afternoon,
the Polar Bears dealt
with poor conditions
and sloshed through a
rain-soaked turf field all
game. In the end, a goal
by Emma Stevens ’20
just three minutes into
the contest proved the
difference. The Polar
Bears host Middlebury,
who defeated them 4-2
last year, this Saturday in a
key early-season battle at
the top of the NESCAC.
GRIP IT AND RIP IT:
The women’s golf team
finished in first place last
weekend at the Bowdoin
Invitational, hosted at
the Brunswick Golf Club.
First years Abbie Kaestle
and Crystal Chong put
up scores of +6 (78) and
+9 (81) respectively on
Saturday to lead the team
to victory. The Polar Bears
took all three top spots
and finished 28 strokes
ahead of the next-closest
team. Watch out for
this weekend’s Maine
State Championship
tournament, hosted at the
Martindale Country Club
in Auburn, ME.
CHECKMATE,
STALEMATE:
The women’s soccer
team battled through
90 minutes and two
overtimes to earn a
scoreless draw with
visiting Colby on
Tuesday. The Polar Bears
dominated the shots tally
17-8, including five shots
in the final 10 minutes of
overtime, but were unable
to find the net. Bowdoin
will host Middlebury
on Saturday, looking to
avenge their 1-0 loss to
the Panthers in last year’s
NESCAC quarterfinal.
PEDALLING FOR
THE PENTAGON:
Bowdoin Security Officer
First Class Allen Daniels
completed a 184-mile
bike ride on Wednesday
to honor the 184 victims
of the Pentagon attacks
of September 11, 2001.
Daniels departed from
Cadillac Mountain in
Acadia National Park at
midnight, heading south
along Route 1 and arriving
at the Polar Bear statue,
just before 2 p.m.. In his
preparation for the ride,
Daniels raised close to
$2,000 for a program that
introduces veterans to
activities designed to help
them recover from PTSD.
COMPILED BY ELLA CHAFFIN AND
DYLAN SLOAN
12 SPORTS
The Sideline Story: America never was America to me
Colin Kaepernick, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and the American dream
by Julius Long
Sports Contributor
August marked three years
since Colin Kaepernick chose
to take a stand by taking a knee
against racial injustice. As is
the case with most matters of
race in this country, few were
willing to take him to task on
the issues that he intended
to bring to light. Instead, the
method by which he chose to
protest became the trigger for
an age-old debate about the
loyalties of Americans who
dare to hold the country ac-
KODIE GARZA
Do you like sports?
Do you like journalism?
Catch THE BIG GAME
at BOWDOINORIENT.COM/SUBSCRIBE
countable to its ideals.
Criticism for Kaepernick
and the number of athletes
who joined him in kneeling
before the flag rang loud, as
it always has when patriotism
is expressed in unnationalistic
ways. The wide-spread confla-
tion of those two concepts, pa-
triotism and nationalism, was
something I quickly wrapped
my head around as a black
boy attending a small, vastly
white, religiously affiliated
school in Georgia. The impe-
tus in that school was placed
on being a good Christian,
knowing and celebrating this
country’s present and its past
and paying homage to the sol-
diers who fought under the
American flag. Meanwhile,
the America I was learning
about at home—the Amer-
ica I would need to know
in order to survive—stark-
ly juxtaposed the America
I was being taught about at
school.
I don’t remember exactly
at what age my dad told me
the story of Mahmoud Ab-
dul-Rauf. But I do remember
still being young and naive
enough to put salt in my shoes,
just like Michael Jordan did as
he waited for his late growth
spurt. If you know me, you
know that growth spurt nev-
er came. But while my hoop
dreams dwindled, I never
forgot about Abdul-Rauf ’s
protest—similar to that of
Kaepernick, but in many ways
requiring even more sacrifice.
“You can’t be for God and
be for oppression.”
Abdul-Rauf said those
words after then-NBA Com-
missioner Adam Silver
suspended him without
pay for “failing to line up
in a dignified posture”
during the singing of the
Star Spangled Banner.
Prior to his protest, he
had already made a name
for himself in the NBA.
Formerly known as Chris
Jackson before convert-
ing to Islam, he was not
only unique in his spiritual
journey, but also unique
in his talents on the court.
His ability to manipulate
the basketball, shoot from
anywhere and get from one
end of the court to the other
with quicksilver pace has only
been replicated by a few NBA
superstars since—Steph Curry
is one of them. He also did all
of this while battling Tourette’s
syndrome. At the time, he
was considered unguardable,
leading the Denver Nuggets
in scoring and dropping 32
points in a game on the real life
cheat-code that was Jordan’s
’96 Bulls.
61 days passed in that 1995-
96 season before his absence
during the National Anthem
The America I was learning about
at home—the America I would need
to know in order to survive—starkly
juxtaposed the America I was being
taught about at school.
was noticed. As the league and
the nation directed its attention
to his protest, Abdul-Rauf con-
sulted with fellow Muslims and
decided to return to the court
for the anthem. But he would
stand, his hands cupped in
front of his face, as he prayed
in traditional Islamic fashion
during the anthem. All the
while, crowds continued to
boo and whistle—ironically,
drowning out the national an-
them—and the Nuggets front
office quietly took steps to
quiet him. While Islamophobic
and racist threats against his
life continued to pour in from
across the country, the NBA
conspired to strip him of his
livelihood.
Like Kaepernick, Ab-
dul-Rauf would soon after be
robbed of the prime years of his
career in a league that makes
its money off black bodies, yet
suffers from a severe lack of
black voices at the executive
level. His playing time steadi-
ly declined until his stat sheet
read all zeros. He, like Kaeper-
nick, was blackballed from
the league. But the platforms
that granted Kaepernick’s sup-
porters a voice in this debate
didn’t exist at the time of Ab-
dul-Rauf ’s protest. At the time,
athlete activism wasn’t nearly
as accepted or profitable as it is
today. Abdul-Rauf lost millions
of dollars, perhaps because
he was willing to go first, but
more likely because very few
Friday, September 13, 2019
in the league were willing to
follow. Knowing now all that he
would have to endure and that
the story of his sacrifices would
be relatively forgotten—at least
among my generation—he says
he’d do it all over again.
One of the virtues of social
media is getting to see who the
people you once knew turn out
to be. Three years ago, when
the Kaepernick protests began,
I had a clear window into how
alternate realities in Ameri-
ca come to be. As I scrolled
through the posts and reposts
from my former schoolmates
about respecting the flag and
our veterans, I waited for a
mere mention of racial in-
justice. It was clear that their
America never was America to
me.
The irony in all of this was
that, in the reality I was living
in, two veterans in particular
were in large part why I land-
ed on the opposite end of this
polarizing debate. Both of my
grandfathers served in the Ko-
rean War. In 1952, my maternal
grandfather returned home
from his 30 combat missions
as an aerial observer in hostile
enemy territory. His various air
medals and willingness to put
his life on the line for his coun-
try, though, weren’t enough for
him to be granted the full privi-
leges of the G.I. Bill. My grand-
fathers were dutiful servants to
this country and to that flag—
but when they returned home,
they were still black men above
everything else.
When I stand on Pickard
Field, with the Star Spangled
Banner washing over my ears, I
bow my head in reflection and I
remember my grandfathers. I re-
member Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
I remember Colin Kaepernick. I
remember what it really means
to love one’s country. And as I
lift my head to look at the flag,
I remember that this dream that
the dreamers dreamed is still
just that.
Friday, September 13, 2019 SPORTS 13

In wake of Hurricane Dorian, Bowdoin sophomore

returns to Bahamas to represent his country
by Andrew Bastone
Orient Staff
When Logan Russell ’22
stepped onto the soccer pitch on
Monday evening, it wasn’t at Pick-
ard Field. In fact, it wasn’t even in
the U.S.. Rather, Russell strode out
of the tunnel in front of thousands
of fans at Thomas Robinson Sta-
dium in Nassau, the Bahamas, to
make his debut for the Bahamian
men’s national soccer team.
The Bahamas defeated rivals
Bonaire 2-1 in the group stage
of the Confederation of North,
Central American and Caribbean
Association Football’s (CONCA-
CAF) Nations League. Russell,
a member of Bowdoin’s varsity
soccer team, played the full 90
minutes.
Russell’s journey to his senior
debut was not linear. While living
on New Providence, he played for
the Bahamian Under-15 and Un-
der-17 national teams, but after
moving to the United States for
high school and college, the call-
ups stopped.
“I wasn’t called up—I wasn’t
on the radar. And then they got a
whole new coaching staff,” Russell
explained.
The new assistant coach was
Russell’s youth coach at his club
in the Bahamas, and they reestab-
lished their relationship quickly.
“I got a call one afternoon,
and it was a number I didn’t have.
Luckily I answered it, and it was
him,” said Russell. “He was like,
‘I want you to ... come down for
training camp this summer.’”
Russell spent the last month
of his summer training with the
national team before returning to
Brunswick for preseason.
The match against Bonaire was
the first for the Bahamas since
Hurricane Dorian, and the signif-
icance was not lost on Russell or
his teammates. Before the game,
the team visited one of the make-
shift shelters constructed to house
refugees from the Bahamian
islands hit hardest by the storm.
They helped families move their
belongings into the shelter and
distributed food and water.
“They were happy to see us and
so it was ... cool to help them get
their mind off of what’s going on.
It was good to see some people
smile,” Russell said.
In turn, many of the people
from the shelters supported the
team in the game, said Russell.
“When we won, seeing them
really happy and proud and for an
hour and a half—they could may-
be forget about what was going on
in their lives,” Russell added.
Russell’s cross-continental trip
was a brief one. He left Brunswick
on Friday and spent the night at
his home in Nassau before check-
ing into the team hotel the follow-
ing morning. He spent Saturday
and Sunday training, reviewing
film and meeting with coaches
before the match on Monday.
Just hours before kick-off,
Russell learned that he would be
playing in an unfamiliar position.
Russell admitted feeling nervous,
but hearing the encouragement of
some of the more senior members
of the team calmed him before
kickoff.
“[My teammates] said, ‘Hey,
I know this is your first time
playing a different position than
you’re used to. Just relax. Have
a good time and try to enjoy it,’”
Russell said. “And so when all
the guys told me that it, it kind of
calmed my nerves.”
A week later, Russell is still
wrapping his head around the ex-
perience. “To think that there are
kids who would kill to have the
opportunity that I had, when I put
it in that perspective, it’s like, wow,
dude, like this is kind of wild,” said
Russell.
Russell said he realized the
gravity of the moment when his
coach chided him for recording
clips of a pre-game training ses-
sion for his YouTube channel.
“[The coach was] like, ‘This
isn’t a high school game, dude.
This isn’t a college game. You’re
here to play for your country,’”
Russell said. “When he said that,
I was kind of shocked. I was like,
‘You’re so right. I should be focus-
ing on the game.’”
On October 10, the Bahamas
will face off against the British
Virgin Islands in the second
match of the group stage. That
match will be pivotal to their
chances of topping their Nations
League group. Russell will learn
in the coming weeks if he will be
invited back to the team’s roster
for that match.
If the Bahamian team is able to
win its group, it will have a chance
to qualify for the 2021 Gold Cup,
the most prestigious cup compe-
tition for CONCACAF members.
Regardless, advancing from the
group would provide Russell with
the opportunity to go head-to-
head against professional players
from Europe’s top leagues.
“Another dreamland—who
knows? A fairytale story happens.
We play against the United States!” COURTESY OF CONCACAF
said Russell. “It’s unrealistic, but SAY CHEESE: Logan Russell ’22 is all smiles after the Bahamaian
imagine.” team’s 1-0 CONCACAF Nations Cup victory over Bonaire.

RUGBY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
Claire Carges ’20. “[However,]
last year we had three recruits. I
think it will continue to become
a bigger thing.”
This year, the NESCAC cal-
endar allowed rugby to return
to campus for preseason early
because of its designation as a
contact sport.
“We had an especially long
preseason this year—we were
the first sport to return back to
campus by a day or so,” contin-
ued Carges. “[That] really helped
solidify our strategy going in [to
Saturday’s game.]”
This expanded recruiting
scheme, an expanded coaching
staff and the lengthened presea-
son have all contributed to early
success this season.
“We were happy because we
knew we didn’t have to squeeze
[our preseason] into four days,
so we knew we could actually
sit down and work on what we
wanted to do. You could defi-
nitely see that on Saturday—
[the players] knew exactly what
they were doing,” said assistant
coach James Read.
“The key factor [last week-
end] was our new offensive
attack strategy that the coaches
developed over the summer
and that James has taught the
JUST OUT OF REACH: Mackenzie Philbrick ’20 corrals a loose ball with Claire Carges ‘20 close behind.
team…which utilizes all 15
team members [in the attack],”
continued Mathews. “They had
been practicing it all through
our preseason, and this was their
first chance to actually do it in a
game and against a real defense.”
As rugby—and especially
women’s rugby—grows expo-
nentially in America, the level
of competition in the collegiate
game will only get more chal-
lenging. Mathews described the
#sprintto40, the tagline for the
campaign to reach 40 varsity col-
legiate rugby programs, at which
point the NCAA will officially
recognize women’s rugby as a
sanctioned sport with a national
championship.
“The landscape of collegiate
women’s rugby is always evolv-
ing,” said Mathews. “I might say
in five years [I expect the NCAA
to adopt women’s rugby.] Many
are looking at it and when a cou-
ple more key schools go, there
will be a domino effect.”
As the game grows, the stan-
dard of competition grows with
it. In recent years, programs
from schools such as Vassar
College and the University of
New England have proven chal-
lenging adversaries, defeating
the Polar Bears a combined four
times over the past four years.
Despite the ever-changing
landscape across women’s col-
legiate rugby as a whole, the
Bowdoin team has never faltered
from its mission of inclusivity.
“We need walk-ons, otherwise
we wouldn’t have a full team,”
said Carges. The team is known
across campus for welcoming
any and all newcomers to the
sport, and for its welcoming and
supportive atmosphere.
“[Inclusivity] is why we’ve
had tremendous success,” said
Mathews. “It’s the very nature
of the competitive level of this
team. [When we value] inclu-
sivity and diversity, supporting
each other, and accepting others,
the wins seem to take care of
themselves.”
Faced with another challeng-
ing schedule this year, the team
will once again be tested in its
fourth year competing in the
NIRA conference. Guided by
their core values, however, there
is no compromise in expecta-
tions from anyone within the
program.
“You look at all these years
of student-athletes at Bowdoin
who have played rugby,” said
Mathews, pointing to photos
of past teams on the walls of
her office, “and I’m not sure …
they remember the record or the
scores. But they remember the
confidence, the lifetime friends,
the resilience and the fun they
got out of being on the team.”
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Sailing team approaches fall season
with fresh sense of confidence
by Anna Fauver
Orient Staff
Coming off the best sea-
son in program history last
spring, the sailing team rode
its momentum into the open-
ing weekend of its fall season
last week, sailing in five regat-
tas. One team placed third in
the Harmon Trophy at Maine
Maritime Academy, earning
qualifying spots for the Match
Race Championships and the
Penobscot Bay Open.
Last spring, the Polar Bears
qualified for all three Intercolle-
giate Sailing Association nation-
al championships for the first
time in program history. Ulti-
mately, they placed ninth in the
Team Race National Champion-
ship, 14th at the Gil Coed Na-
tionals and 18th in the Women’s
ICSA Finals. The spring added
another chapter to the history of
the program’s recent successes.
“Bowdoin Sailing was not
good for a long time, until maybe
10 years ago,” captain Christian
Filter ’20 said. “Even then, we
hadn’t been able to break through
that barrier of going to team race
nationals, or going to all three in
one year. It’s really hard to make
it to nationals, and to finally do
that is really validating.”
On top of the strong team
performance, Matt Kaplan ’19
and Louisa Lindgren ’19 were
both named ICSA All-Amer-
icans, and Head Coach Frank
Pizzo ’06 was named the NEI-
SA Coach of the Year.
Pizzo said that the team’s col-
lective and individual success on
the national stage have helped
put Bowdoin sailing on the map.
“When you sail at all the
Nationals and you’re in the
rankings, you just get more na-
tional sailing media, which is
not extensive, but even in the
world of sailing more people at
least know how to pronounce
the school and then will check
you out,” Pizzo said.
That does not mean that the
team can get too confident this
season, captain Emily Gonza-
lez ’20 stressed.
“We’re just trying to return
to our fundamentals and really
polish up and make sure that
we don’t become complacent
or believe that it’s going to be
given to us the next time we go
to these qualifiers,” Gonzalez
said. “We still have to work
very hard to achieve the same
level we did as last year.”
The team’s continued effort
paid off at the Harmon Trophy
at Maine Maritime Academy
last weekend. The Polar Bears
battled the effects of a weak-
ened Hurricane Dorian as well
as the other competition to
place third overall, qualifying
for the Match Race New En-
gland Championship in Octo-
ber.
Marie Bergsund ’20, Chris
Lukens ’23, Matt Safford ’20,
and John Seider ’22 sailed for
Bowdoin. “The team that went
[to the regatta] sailed in some
really trying conditions,” Fil-
ter said. “It was super windy
and there were a ton of boat
breakdowns, which were huge
“It’s really hard to make it to
nationals, and to finally do that
is really validating.”
–Captain Christian Filter ’20
distractions for other teams.
But they were able to stick it
out and qualify for [the] next
round.”
This weekend, the team
will hope for better condi-
tions in order to capitalize on
a home-water advantage as
they host the Barnett Trophy
on Saturday at 10 a.m at the
Leighton Sailing Center.
“I think it’s always fun and
exciting to share our venue with
other teams because we don’t host
a lot,” Gonzalez said. “There is a
home-field advantage because we
know the conditions and what the
water movements are like, and
[we] can use that to our advan-
tage, which is always [an] extra
perk of sailing at our own place.”
Even though the Polar Bears
are only at the beginning of
their fall season, they already
have their eyes set on the
spring, which will determine
whether or not they can repeat
last year’s success.
“I wouldn’t say ... the fall is a
total development season, but
we can spend a lot of time focus-
ing on ... getting better,” Pizzo
said. “And in the spring, we ...
spend a lot of time focusing on
peaking at our championships.”
In addition to the Barnett
Trophy, the sailing team will be
competing at the Hatch Brown
Trophy at MIT and the Regis
Trophy at Boston University,
which will all take place on
Saturday at 10 a.m.
14 Friday, September 13, 2019

O OPINION Just a reminder

Last year, frustrated by unrealistic platforms and uncontested elections for Bow-
doin Student Government’s (BSG) executive committee, we published an editorial
titled “BSG, do better.” Members of last year’s BSG executive team replied, assuring
us that the incoming BSG officers have the opportunity to do just that. Now, we want
Mayor Pete is all persona manages in South Bend. ca’s elite at a cult-like consulting firm
them to collect on that promise. by Livia Kunins-Berkowitz Pete may seem like the radical that has been plagued by countless
Op-Ed Contributor
During the last BSG election cycle, students heard the same familiar promises change that we need in the Democratic scandals.
candidates made in prior years, including instating a double minor and releasing Perhaps the biggest surprise of the Party. He is a Christian, gay, millen- There isn’t a lot to go off of when
course syllabi before registration. Democratic primary is the sudden nial, veteran—doesn’t that just seem trying to speculate how Pete will
BSG President Ural Mishra ’20 promised to “[revise] the Exploring Social Differ- success of South Bend, Indiana May- like one giant middle finger to Donald govern. After all, he is a 37-year-old
ences (ESD) requirement so it is more reflective of contemporary power structures; or Pete Buttigieg. He came out of Trump? Yet, in reality, Pete is simply an mayor of a tiny city. But what we do
[cut] the BSG budget, making money available to student-led clubs through the Stu- nowhere (sorry Indiana) to become updated millennial version of that old know isn’t comforting. Pete has a no-
dent Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) [and work] with Bowdoin Security, the a formidable fundraiser and top-tier type of corporate democrat—the kind tably fraught relationship with Afri-
Office of Residential Life and BPD to remedy Bowdoin-Brunswick relations.” candidate. However, the obsession that lost touch with America’s work- can-American residents of South Bend
We’ve heard these campaign promises before. We have yet to see them come to with Mayor Pete demonstrates that ing class and lost the election with due to his poor leadership after a white
fruition. BSG: with the entire academic year ahead of you, you have the opportunity liberals have learned nothing from the it. It happened somewhere between officer shot a black man. Furthermore,
to achieve the goals you laid out in your campaigns. endless missteps of the Democratic when the Democrats stopped talking Pete touts the economic revitalization
This special election for chair of student affairs seems to be no different from the Party in the 2016 cycle. to unions and starting hosting endless of South Bend as one of his major ac-
general election. All three candidates are running on rehashed platforms, claiming The biggest proponents of Mayor fundraisers in the Hamptons (Butti- complishments as mayor, yet black res-
they will expand the array of counseling services by introducing new programs and Pete like to remind everyone, all of the gieg has made more money from big idents insist that the development has
strengthening existing ones. time, that Pete is really smart. This is money fundraisers in the Hamptons been profoundly unequal. In fact, pov-
One candidate went so far as to promise to introduce a 24-hour counseling re- especially important to the educated than any other candidate). erty is rising in several predominantly
source—a resource which has, in fact, existed since October of 2018. elite who balk at the anti-intellectu- For those who have done their black neighborhoods of South Bend,
The availability of Counseling Services is a particularly timely issue. The Orient’s alism espoused by the current White research on Pete, it should come as right next to the recently gentrified
first-year survey this week found that 31 percent of the first-year class has previously House. While Pete’s mastery of eight no surprise that he is hanging in the downtown. South Bend pastor Rev-
sought mental health support and that even more are planning to do so at Bowdoin. languages is undoubtedly impressive, Hamptons. After graduating from erend Sylvester Williams Jr, a prom-
Clearly, the College is in need of strong mental health services. Ivy League accolades will certainly Oxford, he worked at McKinsey—a inent voice in the black community,
But despite the many promises to expand access to psychological support, the not transform the political climate of consulting firm with dubious ties to noted “he’s like an absentee landlord,
problem persists. this nation. In fact, the fetishization authoritarian governments like those in a city that’s failing.” This is clearly a
The members of BSG made a number of promises and enumerated their many of Pete’s intelligence combined with of China and Saudi Arabia and is moral failure and furthermore, in an
hopes when they were candidates. Some of these commitments are lofty; others are his limited policy platform reveal the rumored to have counseled Purdue election that will be, partly, contingent
more attainable. They have from now until the end of the academic year to fulfill them. damaging way in which liberals value Pharma on how to better market opi- on urban African-American voters in
Lofty campaign promises are typical in broader political landscapes and are not “smartness” over precise policy, histor- oids. McKinsey also boasts a long list states like Michigan and Pennsylvania,
unique to BSG. But we, as Bowdoin students, should not simply replicate the outside ical effectiveness and shared values. of famous former employees including I doubt that this record will galvanize
world’s toxic political culture of false promises and low expectations at our own insti- Frankly, it is hard to not see the many notable Republican politicians. black voters.
tution. Bowdoin should serve as a training ground for the kind of politics we want to obsession with Pete Buttigieg’s intel- This is a stark contrast to Bernie’s first The reality is Pete is all persona.
see, not the kind of politics we want to change. ligence as both racist and sexist. This jobs out of college as a carpenter, Head While candidates like Elizabeth War-
We hope that this Executive Committee will set a new precedent. We hope they pool of candidates is full of people who Start teacher and psychiatric aide and ren and Bernie Sanders are electrify-
will stand by and fulfill their campaign promises. The student body plays a crucial meet all the traditional benchmarks Warren’s as a teacher to children with ing crowds with their bold policy pro-
role in that. for intelligence, but maybe do not disabilities. While Bernie and Eliza- posals, Pete is known for his unique
One of the issues Mishra hopes to address as BSG President is the student body’s look like what we deem as intelligent. beth were working in their communi- life story—quirky and refreshing in
lack of engagement with BSG. Students: engage with our elected officials. Attend In other words, a white man—Cory ties, Pete was consorting with Ameri- a time when politics are pretty de-
their events. The special election for the chair of student affairs position ends tonight Booker attended Stanford, is a Rhodes pressing. He has won the hearts and
at 8 p.m. You can begin to engage by voting. Scholar and has a law degree from pocketbooks of wealthy Americans
Hold them accountable for their promises. Yale University. Julian Castro attend- who see him simultaneously as a step
ed Stanford University and Harvard forward to a new generation and a
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial Law School. And, of course, Elizabeth return to the status quo. Pete will like-
board, which is composed of Emily Cohen, Brianna Cunliffe, Roither Gonzales, Warren was a Harvard Law School ly be in the race until the very end.
Rohini Kurup, Alyce McFadden, Nina McKay, Danielle Quezada, Reuben Schafir professor and somehow has a plan Through his many fundraisers in
and Jaret Skonieczny. for just about everything. Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Nantuck-
Pete Buttigieg’s pedigree does et and Martha’s Vineyard—where
not distinguish him from a crowded tickets cost $2,800—he is square-
pool of Ivy educated, award winning ly in the upper tier of candidate’s
Americans. What does distinguish fundraising success. Pete, however,
him, however, is a notable lack of ex- will not re-capture the imagination of
ESTABLISHED 1871 perience among a group of people who those that the Democratic Party has
have driven the American political left behind. Beneath his progressive
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 conversation in recent years as sena- platitudes, voters will see a candidate
tors, cabinet members and congres- who is unwilling to challenge the eco-
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information sional representatives. Liberals lament nomic elite—those who govern the
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, President Trump’s lack of experi- United States from both parties. We
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in ence, yet seem to ignore Pete’s can all enjoy the unlikely story
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse glaring unpreparedness. of a small-town mayor
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community.
He is the mayor of a turned major presiden-
town of around 100,000 tial candidate, but we
Emily Cohen Alyce McFadden people—the size of a should not vote for
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief large state school. The Mayor Pete.
News Editor national budget is one Livia Kunins-Ber-
Digital Director Managing Editor
Steven Xu Andrew Bastone million times the size of kowitz is a member of
Maia Coleman
Anna Fauver Aura Carlson the meager budget that Pete LILY FULLAM the Class of 2022.
Photo Editor Roither Gonzales
Rohini Kurup Features Editor
Ann Basu Emma Sorkin
Mindy Leder Nina McKay
Ian Ward Sports Editor QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Layout Editor Dylan Sloan
Executive Editor
Emma Bezilla
Kate Lusignan A&E Editor
Jaret Skonieczny
Ian Stewart Eliana Miller Cole van Miltenburg WILL YOU GO TO A COLLEGE HOUSE THIS WEEKEND?
Associate Editor Opinion Editor
Data Desk Editor
Gwen Davidson Kathryn McGinnis
Lucie Nolden
Diego Lasarte Answer at bowdoinorient.com/poll.
Drew Macdonald Page 2 Editor
George Grimbilas (asst.) Reuben Schafir
Lily Randall
Nimra Siddiqui (asst.) Head Copy Editor
Senior News Reporter
Devin McKinney
Calendar Editor
Jane Godiner Last issue’s response:
Nate DeMoranville Copy Editor
Horace Wang Sebastian de Lasa
Head Illustrator
Sara Caplan Q: DID YOU HAVE A HOT GIRL SUMMER?
Dani Quezada
Senior Sports Reporter
Ella Chaffin
Emily Staten Social Media Manager
Ayub Tahlil
59% YES
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the
41% NO
editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions Based on answers from 100 responses.
expressed in the Orient do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.
Friday, September 13, 2019
An international perspective: educate, don’t separate
by Radu Stochiţa
Op-Ed Contributor
Ever since I came to
Bowdoin in the fall of
2018, I have been asked
endless questions about my
background. Some of my
classmates knew a bit about
Romania, while others had no
idea that it is even a country.
“Is it a river, bro?”
In the past, my gut
response was to get angry,
and to target those students
as ignorant and tag them as
people I should avoid in the
future. It made me feel that
my complex identity was not
acknowledged, and for many,
the only thing that they saw
was “white.” Not Romanian,
not low-class, not that I came
from an industrial city.
My immediate response
was to avoid the people
that did not have any
prior knowledge
about Romania—
those that did
not know
whether or
not we ate
Celebrate the destigmatization of marijuana
by Keith Carlon
Op-Ed Contributor
I would like to ask a
question. Dear reader, can
you think of a time when you
felt excluded or made fun of,
or even (gasp!) marginalized
because you appreciated
something that seemed
innocent at the time? Maybe
that thing you’re into seemed
so uncool to those around
you, but in a way, you’ve
normalized it within your
experience so much that it
seems wholly unreasonable
to balk at it. Is it possible
that society’s perception of
you was sullied because you
geeked out a little too hard
about something that brought
you peace? Without being
too cryptic, I’ll just come
out and say it: I’m talking
about cannabis. And this
marginalizing experience
that I’ve described was not
uncommon at one time for
many users of the plant.
Stigmatization and
perceived criminality are
concepts woven into the
fabric of the growing and use
of cannabis. Case in point,
the Marijuana Tax Act of
1937, a piece of legislation
that established an extremely
unnecessary tax structure
for cannabis sales and
production, effectively made
any use and possession of
HAVE AN
OPINION?
bread there, or were unsure
whether or not we were even
a real country. The isolation
kept me safe and surrounded
by people that were sharing
the same experience: other
international students.
We would meet and
complain about the stupidity
of some of the questions that
we got asked: Do you eat ice
cream in your home country?
Do you have houses in which
you live? Do people live
in tents? What we did
not realize was that
by calling those
questions
stupid and
separating
ourselves
from the
people
that
cannabis illicit at a federal
level. Accompanying this
legislation was a deluge of
misinformation about the
“highly addictive” properties
and “mania-inducing” effects
of the plant, catalyzing a
frenzied reaction by federal
and state legislators. Sadly
enough, the ones most
affected by this new wave of
prohibition were minorities
and people of color, groups
which still suffer greatly from
it.
So, what about now, in
2019? It is a much different
time than 1937. We are now
creeping ever closer to the
end of cannabis prohibition.
State after state is working
towards decriminalizing
cannabis and implementing
regulatory frameworks
for both the medical and
adult-use markets. And we
even see some states, like
Massachusetts, looking to
rectify the effects of the drug
war and engender levels of
equity within its newfound
adult-use market.
Maine isn’t much different.
As of today, we have a rich
medical cannabis scene with
lots of brands and exciting
initiatives growing roots.
Adult-use licensing is just
around the corner (we
think, we hope), and we see
regulations dictating that all
CBD products sold in Maine
OPINION
asked them, we were creating
an even greater divide.
It was not their fault.
Instead the problem we
face lies in the failure of
the educational system and
mass media to show a world
beyond where the borders of
America end. Unfortunately,
the world is filled with
American-dominated media
must be made from Maine-
grown hemp. Exciting stuff,
yeah?
As a cannabis business
owner, I feel hopeful but
cautious at times. And
this is due, in part, to the
varying levels of elation and
disappointment I, and many
others, have experienced
while working in weed. You
have a good harvest, then the
feds show up and confiscate it.
You land the dream job with a
great cannabis company, but
it turns out that your boss
isn’t paying their taxes and
you get shut down. You use
a little cannabis to lift your
spirits, but then someone tells
you that you’re an idiot for
doing hard drugs.
But this is changing. And
quickly. As of January 2019,
we have a Cannabis Business
Licensing Ordinance in
Brunswick. My brother and
I were elated when
Brunswick
approved
our
business
license
Submit an Op-Ed or a Letter to the Editor to
orientopinion@bowdoin.edu by 7 p.m. on the Tuesday
of the week of publication. Include your full name and
phone number.
and arts. Most international
students—even back home—
consume American media,
watch American cartoons,
play American games and
base their understanding
of the world on American
ideals.
Why, then, would we
assume classmates who
haven’t left the United States
to open a medical cannabis
storefront in our hometown.
The fact that Brunswick
ruminated for as long as it did
on implementing a licensing
ordinance for cannabis
businesses made the victory
that much sweeter. It wasn’t
easy, though. The municipal
process can be very esoteric,
especially if you’re working in
an industry that hasn’t been
in favor until very recently.
This is where personal
relationships are incredibly
important. If you seek
licensure for your cannabis
cultivation, storefront or
extraction,
then you must
interact
with the
municipal
powers that
be. They took
the time to
implement a
regulatory
framework
that will help
would be knowledgeable
about our home? The
geography of the world was
a topic left behind in their
schools. Understanding the
importance of languages
in shaping culture and
behaviors was left untouched
for some, while others got
a small grasp of it in high
school.
The history of the world
has at times meant only the
history of Western Europe-
an states (and their con-
flict with Communist
countries). And
when the sys-
tem is only
looking
inwards,
how can
we ex-
SYDNEY REAPER
you to finally step out into
the light and advocate for
yourself as a legitimate social
and commercial power and
no longer as a dirty hippie
slinging drugs.
Let this be a call to action
to my peers in the community
of cannabis. You don’t have
to hide any longer. You
can finally engage
with the process,
even if there’s a
moderately-
sized grain
of salt to
be taken.
We
15
pect people to know specific
details of our countries? We
attack individuals because
of their ignorance, at times
without offering anything
beneficial in return.
Instead of separation, let’s aim
at education. No one can have
an understanding of everything
happening in the world.
Separating ourselves
from others does not benefit
anyone in the long run,
especially when we argue they
need to educate themselves.
When talking about the
necessity of having an aware,
educated student body,
we must also acknowledge
the crucial part that we as
international students play
in this process. While I don’t
presume to speak on behalf of
the international community
at Bowdoin, I would urge
everyone to be patient
and kind: educate,
don’t separate.
Radu
Stochiţa is a
member of
the class
of 2022.
have municipalities that now
see the value in the plant, and
as someone who may choose
to use or not use cannabis,
for whatever reason, please
continue to advocate for
the decriminalization and
accessibility of this
substance.
Keith Carlon is
the co-founder of
Elevated Remedies
in Brunswick.
SARA CAPLAN
16
SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 13
EXHIBITION
Tension/Tenacity: Africana Studies at 50
Special Collections Education & Outreach Librarian Marieke
Van Der Steenhoven and exhibit curator Lucia Ryan ’19 will
discuss a special exhibition honoring the 50th year of the
Africana Studies program, the African American Society and
the John Brown Russwurm African American Center.
Second Floor Gallery, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Latinx Heritage Month 2019 Kickoff
The Latin American Student Organization and the Student
Center for Multicultural Life will have a kickoff celebration
with food and festivities.
Great Room, 30 College Street. 4:30 p.m.
EVENT
Fall Student Night at the Art Museum
The Student Activities Office and Student Museum
Collective will host an evening of artwork and a cappella.
Refreshments will be served.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
A Cappella Recruitment Concert
Bowdoin’s six a cappella groups—Bear Tones, BOKA,
Longfellows, Meddiebempsters, Miscellania and Ursus
Verses—will sing for the campus community. The
performance is especially geared towards first-year students
who are considering auditioning.
The Chapel. 9 p.m.
EVENT
Local Nature Walk
The Bowdoin Outing Club and the Bowdoin Naturalists will
guide a walk around Brunswick. Students will learn plant
identifications with a knowledgeable local naturalist.
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY 14
PERFORMANCE
Ensemble Origo
Ensemble Origo, directed by musicologist and conductor Eric
Rice ’91, will present “Le Nozze in Baviera.” The performance
will explore the effects of ritual race relations, race, caricature
and sexuality on 16th century European culture.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 3 p.m.
FILM SCREENING
Toni Morrison
Frontier will screen a film depicting the life and works of
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. Tickets are
available online.
Frontier. 3 p.m.
20 EVENT 21 EVENT
Doggies and Common Good
Donuts Day
Friday, September 13, 2019
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NO POLITICS AT THE DINNER TABLE: Students gather on the main quad during the 13th annual government department barbeque on Thursday.
The event brought together government students and professors for hamburgers, hot dogs and conversation.
SUNDAY 15 WEDNESDAY 18
EVENT LECTURE
Sex, Dating & Relationships at Bowdoin: A Reading by Poet and Essayist Camille
For First-Year Self-Identified Women T. Dungy
The Sexuality, Women and Gender Center and the Office of Camille T. Dungy, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle
Gender Violence Prevention and Education will hold a casual Award and winner of the Colorado Book Award, will read her
discussion about the culture surrounding relationships, sex debut collection of personal essays, “Guidebook to Relative
and dating on campus. The same event will also occur on Strangers.”
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Thomas F. Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7 p.m.
24 College Street. 3 p.m.
EVENT
Pub Trivia
The Student Activities Office will host trivia night and award
prizes to the top three teams.
Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill. 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY 16
EVENT
Meditation
Bernie Hershberger, Director of Counseling and Wellness
THURSDAY 19
LECTURE
Services, will lead an afternoon meditation session.
Room 302, Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 4:30 p.m.
Spindel Memorial Lecture presents
Masha Gessen: “Jews and Borders”
Masha Gessen, professor of political science and Russian at
Amherst College and National Book Award-winning author, will
give a lecture on the Jewish experience of displacement and its
relation to the current nationwide war on immigrants.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY 17 LECTURE
The Making of the Kurdish Question:
EVENT
Princes, Pashas, and Patriots (1876-1914)
Fall Student Activities Fair Djene Rhys Bajalan, assistant professor of history at Missouri
Over 100 student organizations will share information and State University, will examine Kurdish nationalism in the decades
give students the opportunity to join their rosters. leading up to World War I.
David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
22 23 24 25 EVENT 26
Party in the
Library