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Coronavirus thwarts student spring break travel plans

by Emily Cohen
and Steven Xu
Orient Staff
Jingyi Zhou ’22 was planning
to return home to Beijing over
spring break to celebrate her 21st
birthday with friends and family.
She had booked her ticket during
winter break, before the extent of
the COVID-19 virus outbreak in
China had been revealed. At least,
she hoped, it wouldn’t be as serious
as the 2003 SARS outbreak.
“I booked the flight and hoped
everything was going to be fine,
but as soon as I arrived at Bowdo-
in—and I remember it was January
22—I was calling my mom and
my mom said, there’s a chance that
my flight will be cancelled because
the virus just spread out in China,
and Beijing is actually a dangerous
place to go,” said Zhou.
In early February, Zhou received
notice from United Airlines that
her flights had been cancelled, as
well as all flights into and out of
Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong
and Shanghai until April 24. The
notice came after the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared a
global health emergency on Jan-
uary 30 and the U.S. government
introduced travel restrictions on
February 8, barring entry by non-
U.S. citizens who had visited China
(excluding Hong Kong and Ma-
cau) in the 14 days before arriving
in the U.S..
With cases confirmed in four
dozen countries so far and eco-
nomic activity stagnant, causing
stock prices to tumble for the
sixth day in a row, coronavirus has
reached near pandemic effects.
The virus has impacted Bowdoin’s
campus as well. Many students,
the majority international, are now
finding their travel plans thwarted
by the worldwide outbreak.
Spring break, which for stu-
Please see VIRUS, page 4

McCormack steps
down as dean for
academic affairs
after historically
short tenure
by Ian Ward
Orient Staff
Elizabeth McCormack, the
dean for academic affairs and se-
nior vice president of the College,
will be stepping down from her
position at the end of the academ-
ic year, President Clayton Rose
announced in an email to campus
Tuesday.
McCormack, a professor of
physics, has served in the admin-
istrative position since July 2017.
McCormath’s three-year ten-
ure will be the shortest of any
dean for academic affairs since the
position was created in 1991. Her
three predecessors served nine,
seven and eight years, respectively.
“In my time as a senior vice
president and dean of academic
affairs, I’ve advocated strongly
for the faculty and for fostering
a vibrant intellectual life at the
College,” McCormack wrote in
an email to the Orient. “I have
immensely enjoyed my work with
the faculty, the amazing staff in
the Office for Academic Affairs,
numerous students serving on
faculty committees, a truly dedi-
cated senior staff, President Rose
and members of the Board of
Trustees.”
Rose praised McCormack’s
work as dean but did not provide
a reason for her departure.
“Before stepping down in June,
Dean McCormack will have had a
significant impact on many issues
crucial to the future of the College,
and we owe her our thanks for all
that she has done,” wrote Rose in a
separate statement to the Orient.
McCormack will be on sabbat-
ical for the 2020-21 academic year
before returning to her normal
teaching and research duties.
Rose also announced in Tues-
day’s email that Jennifer Scanlon,
William R. Kenan professor of
humanities in Gender, Sexuality
and Women’s Studies and the
director of the Gender, Sexuality
and Women’s Studies program,
will replace McCormack as dean
for academic affairs, effective July ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
1, 2020.
Rose acknowledged in his Students take the stage in “Henry VI, Part II.” SEE PAGE 8.
email that the decision to appoint
a faculty member directly to the
position without convening a
search committee was “atypical,”
but said that Scanlon’s experience
Amy Walter addresses community about election
and support from the faculty war-
ranted an exception to the normal and a former political director at just go down to the studs,” Walter changed is the people that live
procedure. by Emily Staten ABC News, provided insight on said. The fundamentals include there. It’s the coalitions that make
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Rose consulted 31 members a range of topics including Pres- the “political health” of the pres- up the Democratic and Republi-
of the faculty before making the Political journalist Amy Wal- ident Donald Trump, swing states ident, which voters are going to can part[ies] that have changed
appointment, including members ter joined students, faculty and and the Democratic delegates. turnout and what their view of pretty substantially,” Walter said.
of the Committee on Governance members of the Brunswick com- “It is easy to get caught in the the president is and who the al- “And while this movement has
and Faculty Affairs (GFA); the munity in Morrell Lounge to dis- weeds,” Walter said. “It’s easy to ternative to Trump is. been happening over the last 20
Committee on Appointments, cuss the upcoming presidential get caught in the drama and the This election seems different years, it got supercharged in the
Promotion, and Tenure (CAPT); election in her lecture titled, “The tweets and the nonstop outrage than past ones, Walter said, for Trump era.”
the Curriculum Implementation 2020 Election with Amy Walter— that is generated on cable and so- several reasons. For one, Trump This political realignment is
Committee (CIC) and the Cur- The Fundamentals of What You cial media and everything, and it approval ratings have been prac- partially influenced by an emerg-
riculum and Educational Policy Need to Know.” is really hard to see what’s really tically unaffected by traditionally ing disparity between voters
Committee (CEP), the associate Tuesday’s talk was sponsored going on.” telling factors like the economy. with different educational back-
deans for academic affairs and by the Tom Cassidy Lecture Fund, Walter engaged the audience She also pointed out how swing grounds.
the 2016 search committee for the Bowdoin Public Service, Bow- in a discussion of the deciding states have shifted in the Trump “The divide that has cropped
dean for academic affairs. doin Student Government, the factors of the upcoming election era which has prompted political up in the last few years … is
“There is broad and enthusias- Sexuality, Women and Gender using her wit and political exper- analysts to focus on different ar- the diploma divide—the divide
tic support for Professor Scanlon Center (SWAG) and Student Ac- tise. eas in their electoral calculations. among white voters with a four-
tivities. Walter, the National Edi- “I look at the fundamentals, “What’s changed isn’t so much
Please see DEAN, page 3 tor of the Cook Political Report and strip everything away and about the candidates—what’s Please see WALTER, page 4

Geoffrey Canada ’74 joins Bloomberg campaign as senior adviser

by Ayub Tahil
Orient Staff
Geoffrey Canada ’74, found-
er and president of the Harlem
Children Zone, recently be-
came a senior adviser for Mike
Bloomberg’s presidential cam-
paign. Canada endorsed the
former New York City mayor on
January 19.
Canada has known
Bloomberg for years.
“Mike and I started on edu-
cation issues when he became
mayor,” said Canada in a phone
interview with the Orient.
“When he decided he wanted
to come up with a plan on pov-
erty, I co-chaired his poverty
commission. We called it the
Commission on Economic Op-
portunity, and we were trying
to come up with some scalable
strategies to reduce poverty in
New York City.”
Having worked with
Bloomberg in the past, Canada
was willing to help his presiden-
tial campaign.
“When the [Bloomberg] cam-
paign called and asked if I would
participate, I said yes under one
condition. The condition was ...
support for a bold and unprec-
edented claim around issues to
redress the systematic discrimi-
nation of African Americans in
this country,” he said.
As part of this effort, Cana-
da worked with Bloomberg to
create the Greenwood Initiative,
which the campaign announced
in January, that addresses the
systemic barriers that have pre-
vented Black Americans from
building wealth.
“I was happy to participate in
creating the [Greenwood] Ini-
tiative. And I think, to be quite
honest, it is the best policy plat-
form for African Americans of
Please see CANADA ’74, page 3

N BUGGING OUT F GREEN PARTY POLITICS A BLURRED LINES? S ARCTIC FOXCS O THE FATE OF JOURNALISM
An infestation of Asian lady beetles is Retired professor discusses politics and the The third annual women’s cabaret reclaims New community organization revitalizes Why Julian Assange’s trial will have an
plaguing Coles Tower. Page 3. founding of the Green Party. Page 6. misogynistic lyrics. Page 8. local Nordic skiing scene. Page 11. impact on the First Amendment. Page 15.
2 Friday, February 28, 2020

2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
2/21 to 2/27 STUDENT SPEAK:
What’s something everyone should do before they
Friday, February 21 Monday, February 24 graduate?
• A student reported the theft of a • After an excessive noise complaint was
tandem bicycle from Park Row Apart- received at 2:15 a.m., officers dispersed Anaïs Leroy ’20
ments. The bike was found in the pos- an unregistered event in the Ladd House
session of two students and returned to
its owner.
basement.
• A student was cited for vaping inside Ladd
"See the view from Jean Yarborough’s
• Excessive noise was reported on the
first floor of Chamberlain Hall.
House.
• A student with pain symptoms was escort-
office."
• Three minor students possessed alcohol ed to Mid Coast Hospital.
in the WBOR radio studio, and one • A student reported the theft of a pair of
student possessed marijuana. gray and black Nike Metcon 4 men’s train-
ing shoes from the Buck Center for Health
Saturday, February 22 and Fitness.
• A student requested a security escort to Kayla Blackman ’20
Mid Coast Hospital for treatment of a Tuesday, February 25
skiing-related injury.
• Two students who were stuck in an
• A student with flu-like symptoms was
taken to Mid Coast Hospital.
"Get your nails done with Doug the
elevator at Coles Tower were freed.
• A minor student was cited for posses- Wednesday, February 26
card swiper."
sion of a large quantity of beer near • Loud music was reported on the fourth
Quinby House. floor of Coles Tower. Students were asked
• Burnt food in a microwave caused a to reduce the volume.
smoke alarm activation at Chamberlain
Hall. Thursday, February 27
• A student received treatment after • Parts of campus lost power for over two Julia Katter ’22
accidentally cutting a finger on broken hours after strong winds took down trees
glass at Coles Tower.
• Two minor students were cited for
and power lines on Bath Road. Power
was restored at 10:30 a.m., but Bath Road
"Eat brunch next to the person you got
alcohol law violations at Quinby House. east of Federal Street remained closed for
much of the day.
with last night."
Sunday, February 23
• A student at Quinby House was cited
for violating the College’s hard alcohol
policy.
• An officer checked on
the wellbeing of an Kate Morrison ’20
intoxicated student at
MacMillan House. The
student was escorted to
"Match with Cody on Tinder."
the student’s residence
hall and monitored by
helpful students.
• A student reported a
Dutch oven missing
from the Osher kitchen.
A student borrowed it
and later returned it.
Charlotte Johnston ’20
• A student reported the
theft of a men’s black "Have every staff member of the
L.L. Bean sweater vest
3-in-1 medium size Health Center see you naked. "
jacket from MacMillan
House during a regis-
tered event.
ALEX BURNS

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Seven ways to staycation in Brunswick, ME

by Lily Randall
Orient Staff
When Maine lawmaker Kent Ackley proposed in
2019 to change the state motto to “Staycation-
land,” I’m pretty sure he had spring in Maine in
mind. If the endless swaths of mud hadn’t already
made this abundantly clear, Brunswick, Maine is
the ultimate destination for spring break activ-
ities. Between the never-ending snow melt and
industrial playground that constitutes midcoast
Maine, the opportunities for fun and relaxation
are abundant. If you plan on keeping a low profile
this break and staying on campus, here are a few
suggestions on how to pass your time.
1. Hang out at Bath Iron Works. Get trapped
inside a ship’s hull! Support the military-industri-
al complex! Learn how to parkour on industrial
waste and scrap metal! The opportunities are
truly endless when a shipyard is just down the
road. Just make sure you’re up-to-date on your
tetanus shot before going.
2. Scuba dive in the Androscoggin. The Andro-
scoggin, a.k.a. why the Clean Water Act went into
effect, has been receiving lots of runoff from snow
melt these past few weeks. That means whatever
has been buried in the snow all winter is going
straight into the river, just waiting for you to
discover it.
3. Hold a seance in the Shannon Room. Look, if
you’re going to do any of the suggestions on this
list, make sure it’s this one. You know there are
ghosts in Hubbard. I know there are ghosts in
Hubbard. Anyone with eyes can probably guess
there are ghosts in Hubbard. It’s time for some-
one to embrace the Common Good our school
expounds and just take one for the team and try
to contact them. Dead serious, lmk how it goes;
email is lrandall@bowdoin.edu.
4. Go bean tasting at the bean factory. Anyone who
has taken 295 to campus from Portland has likely
seen the glorious sight that is the B&M Baked
Beans factory. I would not be surprised to find out
this is a money laundering scheme, and honestly,
that would probably be less weird than the factory
actually making beans. In case you can’t tell,
I desperately want to go inside. Stick it to
L.L. Bean and explore some new beans for a
change.
5. Get a questionable tattoo at Vibes. The fact
we have a tattoo parlor just off Maine Street
called “Vibes” honestly warrants a visit based
on this information alone. Tattoo suggestions
include: your total student debt tattooed
across your ass or a pine tree because you’re
quirky and love the outdoors <3 :-).
6. Instigate a coup against BPD. Not sure if
I’m allowed to run something like this even
as a joke, but here we are (?), and I’m going
to commit! Just think; if BPD was gone, we
wouldn’t have to worry about citations. You
could openly carry red solo cups in the street
like a #boss. Randy Nichols would be the
highest form of authority. Isn’t this the world
you want to live in? Just saying.
7. Try to contract giardia by drinking from
puddles on the quad. Idk could be fun???
Friday, February 28, 2020 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEF Architect reveals plans for Center for

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COLES TOWER RESIDENTS

Arctic Studies and Mills Hall
The red-brick building will be Madson said Wednesday. “It has construction strategy. Using CLT
BUGGED BY ASIAN LADY BEETLE by Lucie Nolden chevron-shaped, like an arrow a kind of dark material palette, will reduce the carbon footprint of
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INFESTATION pointing towards the main quad, especially when compared to the the building’s construction to less
Dudley Coe is coming down, and will fit in aesthetically with sort of warmer brick and wood than a quarter of what it would
In response to a spate of work orders from Coles Tower res- along with dozens of pine trees. the warm-hued structures that pallet Mills [Hall].” have been if a steel frame had
idents over the past few weeks, Director of Residential and In its place, HGA—a Minneapo- dominate Bowdoin’s campus. The architects considered both been chosen.
Housing Operations Lisa Rendall sent an email on Wednes- lis-based architecture firm—en- On the other hand, the CAS, aesthetics and sustainability when When asked about the project-
day to residents, recommending that residents vacuum up the visions new buildings inspired by which will contain six offices, choosing the materials for the ed carbon footprint of the build-
bugs and release them outside. arctic landscapes and constructed several classrooms, an archeolo- frames of the buildings, eventually ings once construction has been
“I know ladybugs are an unexpected guest in your quad with sustainable design principles. gy lab and two expansive gallery settling on mass timber, a generic completed, Madson explained
that not everyone is comfortable with,” Rendall wrote in the In presentations on Tuesday spaces for the collection of the term for wood panels laminated that choices about the energy
email. “Because ladybugs are good for the environment—like and Wednesday, project architect Peary-MacMillan Arctic Muse- together. This choice made sense and heating systems will be made
bees—the College does not exterminate them unless there is a Nat Madson of HGA brought um, will look unlike most other given the environmental goals of further down the line, but both
safety issue.” Barry Mills Hall and the new buildings on campus. Built with a the project and by the surround- buildings will be entirely electric.
But Rendall’s email misidentified the insects as ladybugs, Center for Arctic Studies (CAS) dark grey stone called waterstruck ing pines, but was also an expen- Mills and the CAS could poten-
and Tower residents quickly pointed out in emails to Rendall to life, explaining in vivid detail brick, it will be angular, asymmet- sive one. tially have a net zero carbon foot-
and other Tower residents. the plans for the two projects. rical and steeply gabled, resem- As of now, Madson explained, print if connected to renewable
Parke Aiken ’20 clarified in one response to the thread that Mills Hall, the larger of the two bling a Teflon peak on an arctic there are no mass manufacturers energy systems.
most of the bugs in Coles Tower are, in fact, Asian lady beetles, buildings, will be an academic ice field. A large rectangular win- of cross laminated timber (CLT) He also noted that 54 trees
an invasive species. Although they do not carry any diseas- building offering classroom space dow, where a stand-out feature on and no commercial buildings will be cut down to make room
es, Aiken explained, they discharge a yellow liquid that often for the Digital and Computation- the mostly windowless building, made from CLT in the entire state for construction. Eighty-five ad-
smells. al Studies program, collaborative will light up like a beacon at night. of Maine. Bowdoin’s construction ditional trees will be planted as a
Jeff Tuttle, interim director of facilities operations and research space where students “[The Center for Arctic Stud- project, however, received one replacement, with increased spe-
maintenance, explained that the beetle infestation happens and faculty can work together ies] is more introverted, it’s more of 10 federal grants dedicated cies diversity and a more robust
every year around November, when the bugs inhabit brick and a 300-person event space. sort of abstract and mysterious,” to researching mass timber as a undergrowth.
buildings to stay warm.
“They usually come in around the south walls because that’s
typically where the warmth is,” Tuttle said. “They find a place
where they can go dormant, and they don’t breed when they
are inside. They basically just go into a state of inactivity.”
BOWDOIN STUDENTS ABROAD FACE CHALLENGES IN
Caitlin Loi ’20, a resident of Coles Tower, said that she has WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
seen beetles in her room since the fall.
“They’re constantly in the bedrooms, they die on window- ment. been identified as a high-risk zone. How-
sills, they’re all crunchy on my carpet, they crawl on my desk by Reuben Schafir “When we got back on Monday, the di- ever, Lyne and her family decided Thurs-
Orient Staff
while I’m writing papers. It’s ridiculous,” Loi said. rector of our program pulled [me] aside, day that she would fly home this morning.
Aiken said that he currently has about 40 dead bugs on his Though COVID-19, commonly known as well as … 10 [other] members of my The current plan is for her to return on
windowsill. However, he emphasized that he has experienced as coronavirus, hasn’t reached Bowdoin’s program who went to Italy, and effectively March 23.
many ladybug and beetle infestations at home in Alabama and campus and only 60 cases have been con- told us that we’re going to do a two-week According to Director of Off-Campus
is not as concerned as his roommates. firmed in the country compared to the quarantine based on the suggestion of the Study and International Programs Chris-
Tuttle explained that the number of bug complaints he gets 83,300 cases globally, the virus has affect- French Minister of Health,” Singer said. tine Wintersteen, programs which Bow-
changes year by year. ed the lives of several Bowdoin students Six Bowdoin students are currently doin students are enrolled in have been
“Some years we get more complaints than others, and it just studying abroad. studying in Italy, though none are in areas suspended. However, some have taken
depends on the makeup of the students,” Tuttle said. “Some Niles Singer ’21, who is on the Hamil- that have been most affected by the virus measures to reduce the risk of infection,
students, it doesn’t bug them one bit because they’ve seen it ton in France program, is halfway through such as Milan or Venice. such as allowing students to work remote-
happen at home.” a two-week isolation period in his host Sydney Reaper ’21 is studying at the ly.
If students are concerned with bugs entering through the family’s house in Paris following a week- Studio Arts College International (SACI) Director of Health Services Jeffrey
crevices of windows, Tuttle said that Facilities can caulk or long vacation to Venice and Florence. in Florence. In an email to the Orient, she Maher said he would not be surprised if
seal them. Otherwise, he and Rendall encourage students to Along with Iran and South Korea, Italy wrote that SACI has extended its spring more students decide to return home as
vacuum up the beetles. is one of the countries most heavily affect- break by an extra week in response to the the virus continues to spread. According
Jean-Baptiste Andre ’20, a residential assistant (RA) in the ed by the coronavirus outside of China. It outbreak. She will return to Florence on to Wintersteen, the students that leave
Tower, is working with his fellow Coles Tower RAs to facili- has had 655 confirmed cases of the virus March 16 after spending her spring break their programs mid-semester will return
tate a program on Sunday evening to discuss solutions to the and 17 deaths. The day Singer left Italy, in the United Kingdom. home, not to Bowdoin.
problem. the Center for Disease Control (CDC) “Anyone from my school that is going Kathy Thorson, Bowdoin’s travel con-
“[The potential solutions are] extermination of the insects, issued a travel alert for the country. On home back to the U.S. seems to be doing sultant in Health Services, said that stu-
cohabitation, or the transfer of insects from indoors to out- February 26 the U.S. State Department so for their own peace of mind and for dents returning from countries at Alert
doors,” Andre said. “We’re getting small vacuums and we’re issued a Level Two Travel Advisory for It- their parents, not because of [SACI’s] rec- Level Two such as Japan and Italy, will not
going to teach people how to make DIY bug traps … I can’t aly, urging travelers to exercise increased ommendation,” Reaper said. be isolated.
reveal too much but there will probably be a screening of ‘A caution. Holly Lyne ’21, who is also studying Even as the virus spreads across the
Bug’s Life.’” Though he feels “as healthy as ever,” at SACI Florence, wrote in an email that globe, the message from Thorson and
Singer has obeyed the voluntary quaran- most students at the school are not leav- Maher is the same: “Wash your hands.”
tine recommended by the French govern- ing for break given that Florence has not Emily Cohen contributed to this report.

DEAN “During that year, I did a lot

of reading and thinking and
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as our dean among the faculty I

consulted,” wrote Rose. “They ac-
knowledged that the process un-
dertaken was atypical, but appro-
priate under these circumstances,
and that it provides a pathway to
ensuring continued progress on
several critical issues and projects
at the College.”
Scanlon, who joined the fac-
ulty in 2002, served as the in-
terim dean for academic affairs
between 2015 and 2017 and has
also served as the associate dean
for academic affairs. In 2016,
she was a finalist in the selection
process that ultimately chose Mc-
Cormack.
“I would [like] to continue a
lot of the work that I did and my
own particular passions around
inclusive excellence and so I look
forward to taking that up again
and bringing some new ideas,”
Scanlon said.
Scanlon spent the 2018-19
academic year as an American
Council on Education Fellow at
Wellesley College.
planning around issues related to
faculty development, shared gov-
ernment and inclusive excellence,
and so I do have ideas from that
work that I want to share with the
faculty,” said Scanlon.
“Bringing my best self to that
office absolutely includes all of
that awareness of issues of equity,
issues of intersectionality, ways of
thinking about the academy,” she
added.
While her new position will
focus primarily on managing the
faculty experience at the College,
Scanlon hopes to maintain rela-
tionships with students.
“The way I think about ad-
ministrative work in the academy
is really that there is no group
of people that I’d rather serve in
administrative work than college
students and the faculty who
teach and inspire them,” said
Scanlon. “When I was in the
dean’s office, I really enjoyed the
relationship that I developed with
Bowdoin Student Government,
and I will still maintain relation-
ships with students.”
CANADA
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any candidate in the race.”
This is not the first time Can-
ada has helped on a presidential
campaign—he supported for-
mer President Barack Obama
and briefly worked with 2016
Democratic presidential nomi-
nee Hillary Clinton.
Despite his support for
Bloomberg, Canada said he
would not want to be a part of
any presidential administration.
“I told President Obama I
wasn’t going to join his team
when he became President; and
when Hillary Clinton was run-
ning, I told her team, I’m not
going to take a position if she
wins and I’ve made it clear here
with the Bloomberg campaign.
I’m not interested in running
for politics myself nor joining
political administration,” said
Canada.
Canada has been critical of
Bloomberg in the past, partic-
ularly regarding Bloomberg’s
support for stop-and-frisk poli-
cies during his tenure as mayor
which gave officers the right to
stop and temporarily detain,
question or search an individual
for weapons or contraband—a
program that was accused of ra-
cially profiling its targets.
“Mike would say himself that
I was one of many folks who told
him that he was making a huge
mistake with that,” Canada said.
“But I’ve also said that Mike is
not the only one running for
president who’s had trouble with
issues in the minority commu-
nity when it comes to criminal
justice.”
Canada cited former Vice
President Joe Biden writing the
1994 Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act which he
said “led to the incarceration of
literally hundreds of thousands
of African Americans across this
country.”
“It wasn’t just [Biden]. [Sen.]
Bernie [Sanders] signed on to
that. When it comes to guns in
this country, you begin to look
at the slaughter happening in
poor communities and Bernie’s WE MADE A
record on that is really abysmal
and he is responsible to some
degree on why we don’t have an
PODCAST!
assault weapons ban,” Canada
added.
Canada said he is worried Scan the
about what it would take to beat code to
Trump in November.
“I think that if you look at listen, or tune
what it’s going to take to win this
election right now, the Demo-
into WBOR
cratic National Committee has 91.1 FM on
about $10 million, while the
Republican National Commit-
Mondays from
tee has about $200 million. It’s 5–6 p.m..
going to be a wholesale attack
which we’re not going to be able
to respond to unless we have a
candidate who has the ability
to fight back on all of the plat-
forms.”
Despite his fears, Canada
believes Bloomberg can defeat
Trump.
“Out of all the candidates,
Bloomberg is someone I trust in
November and believe in,” Can-
ada said.
4 NEWS
Outing Club and Dance Marathon raises record sum
SWAG Center for Portland children’s hospital
partner to create
LGBTQ+ ski trip
by Sophie Burchell
Orient Staff
For many Bowdoin students,
outdoor trips are opportunities
to relax and unwind off campus.
When it comes to trips specifi-
cally for LGBTQ+ students, this
sense of comfort takes on a new
meaning.
Today, 15 LGBTQ+ Bowdoin
students are skiing with Perry
Cohen, founder and executive
director of the Venture Out Proj-
ect, on a trip created in partner-
ship with the Bowdoin Outing
Club (BOC) and the Sexuality,
Women and Gender Center
(SWAG).
The Venture Out Project runs
outdoor trips for and by the queer
community across the country.
Cohen, an out transgender man,
founded the group five years ago.
He originally formed the group
with the purpose of backpacking
with other queer people but real-
ized the experience held a greater
meaning.
“Somebody said to me, ‘It’s
amazing to me that, in order
to just be a backpacker, I had
to come on a backpacking trip,’
meaning out in the world, they’re
always seen as the ‘trans back-
packer,’” Cohen said. “To just be
a ‘backpacker,’ they had to be in
a community of people who all
share their identity, in which case
the identity became so much less
important.”
“To climb a mountain or to
ski or to paddle, you have to be
so physically present, [and] so
I think that is a really powerful
experience for people,” Cohen
added. “You’re in a group where
everyone recognizes and ac-
knowledges your identity, that
makes it much less scary.”
Associate Director of the
Sexuality, Women and Gender
Center Rachel Reinke said she is
excited to have people like Cohen
on campus and the opportunity
to bring together different groups
at Bowdoin to build more inclu-
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dents begins March 6 and lasts
until March 23, is a popular time
to travel home, especially for in-
ternational students who often do
not return home for the shorter
fall and Thanksgiving breaks. This
year, however, plans made weeks
ago had to be cancelled or quickly
changed in response to travel re-
strictions imposed by the U.S. gov-
ernment—and it is likely that more
restrictions will be put in place in
the weeks to come.
Though spread of the virus in
China seems to have slowed since
it first appeared in December, new
cases have been detected else-
where. As of Thursday evening,
78,824 cases have been confirmed
in mainland China, and in South
Korea 2,022 cases have been con-
firmed, the second highest number.
sive experiences for students.
“I think that here at SWAG,
one of the things that we want
to do more than anything is con-
nect people with resources and
create community,” said Reinke.
“I think that kind of commu-
nity happens in lots of different
places on campus, and we want
to diversify the folks who are be-
ing invited on things like Outing
Club trips.”
Outing Club Assistant Direc-
tor Anna Bastidas coordinated
the effort to bring Cohen to cam-
pus and organized the ski trip.
“It’s important for us to want
to acknowledge the value of af-
finity groups and combine that
with the acknowledgement that
time outside is a great way to
spend time and build commu-
nity,” said Bastidas. “I think there
is a perception that the Outing
Club is not a welcoming or inclu-
sive space. Programming like this
is one way that we can intention-
ally create spaces that are safe and
inclusive in our community and
in the outdoors.”
On Thursday, Cohen led a
workshop for students in Lead-
ership Training with BOC.
The workshop focused on how
leaders can be supportive and
affirming of gender-diverse trip
participants.
“The training with the Venture
Out Project is a way that we can
educate our trip leaders on how
to create those spaces to shift our
own culture here,” said Bastidas.
Rubin Jones ’22, a trip partic-
ipant, said he was looking for-
ward to the trip.
“I am excited about the Ven-
ture Out Ski Trip largely because
of who will be there,” said Jones.
“Knowing that I can let down
my guard and enjoy my time
in the company of other queer
students is really awesome. It’s a
special moment when you can
connect, relate and bond with
other students over things that
rarely come up in everyday con-
versation.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention (CDC) is now
recommending travelers avoid all
“nonessential travel” to these coun-
tries.
Hundreds of cases have also
been confirmed in Europe and the
Middle East, with the most in Italy
and Iran, and cases have begun to
appear in North and South Amer-
ica as well. At least 2,800 people
have died from the virus so far.
The rapid spread of the virus
is causing more problems for stu-
dents who are trying to rearrange
their travel plans. After she learned
she would not be able to return to
Beijing, Zhou made plans to visit
friends and family in the United
Kingdom, but even now, that plan
does not seem entirely safe.
“I closely track these numbers
to see if there’s any growth. If there’s
a huge increase in one day [in
Europe], then I would probably
by Rebecca Norden-Bright
Orient Staff
Last Friday, Bowdoin College
Dance Marathon hosted its third
annual Dance Marathon to raise
money for Barbara Bush Chil-
dren’s Hospital in Portland.
This year’s Dance Marathon
had more students registered
than ever before and raised a
record amount of money, an
increase the leaders of the event
attributed to improved collab-
oration with athletic teams and
College Houses.
Dance Marathon, which is
affiliated with the nationwide
non-profit Children’s Miracle
Network Hospital, is a fund-
raiser that connects colleges and
universities to local children’s
hospitals. Bowdoin’s Dance Mar-
athon group was started in the
2016-17 school year by a group
of then first-year students.
In its first year at Bowdoin
during the spring of 2018, Dance
Marathon fundraised $22,000.
Last year, the number increased
to $30,000. This year, the group
set a goal of $40,000. So far, it has
raised over $37,000, but, accord-
ing to Dance Marathon Execu-
tive Director Rodger Heidgerken
’20, donations are still coming in.
Two-hundred sixty-five peo-
ple registered for the event this
year, more than doubling the
120 from last year. Fran Mauro
’22, who served on the executive
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year degree and those without,”
said Walter.
Walter also spoke about
the Democratic primary, and
although she acknowledged
the momentum of Sen. Bernie
Sanders, she cautioned against
assumptions that any candidate
could easily beat Trump.
“Regardless of who the nomi-
nee is, this is going to be a really
close race,” Walter said. “There
are no landslides anymore—that’s
not the political environment that
we live in.”
Earlier in the day, Walter at-
tended a Q&A at 24 College host-
ed by Bowdoin Public Service
and SWAG to answer questions
from students in a smaller setting.
choose to stay [on campus],” she
said. “But the thing I worry [about]
the most is not, [whether] my flight
is going to get cancelled. It’s that
when I arrive in the U.K., the out-
break starts, and I can’t come back
to Bowdoin.”
Due to the travel restrictions al-
ready in place, Bowdoin will allow
affected students to stay on campus
and provide housing and dining
services.
Khoa Khuong ’04, associate
dean of upperclass students and
adviser to international students,
has been in contact with students
whose travel plans home have
been affected by coronavirus. He
reiterated that he wanted “to make
sure that we have resources to ac-
commodate for this travel ban or
potential travel bans.”
“One of the things we do is we
offer campus housing for spring
break,” said Khuong. “Normally
DANCING FOR A CAUSE: Students dance at the third-annual Dance Marathon in Smith Union on Friday.
committee for Dance Marathon,
led the effort to reach out to Col-
lege Houses. Although they had
collaborated with the College
House system in previous years,
this year the group increased re-
cruitment efforts to gain the dra-
matic increase in registrations.
“I think when we were look-
ing at planning for this year, we
realized that the College Hous-
es are an untapped source of
really tight-knit communities,
and also, they’re competitive
amongst themselves,” said Mau-
ro.
Associate Director of the Sexual-
ity, Women and Gender Center
Rachel Reinke emphasized the
value of bringing people who
identify as women or LGBTQ to
campus.
“I hope students walked away
thinking that they get to have a
say in political discourse as much
as anyone else, and it is possible to
have a career in political journal-
ism or politics in a really mean-
ingful way,” Reinke said. “Some-
body who is a woman, somebody
who is queer is not always who we
see as a CNN commentator or as
a political journalist. So anytime
you can see someone doing that,
it’s really affirming.”
Director of Student Activities
Nate Hintze also emphasized the
merit of inviting Walter to cam-
pus at such an opportune time.
your meal plans are not in effect
during spring break, but because of
[the virus], we’re paying for meals
for the entire break, regardless of
students’ aid level.”
Jiun Kim ’19, who lives in Gang-
neung, South Korea, was glad to
hear about the school’s arrange-
ments since he will be unable to go
home over break.
“In terms of accommodations,
I think the school is doing really
good,” said Kim. Still, he expressed
disappointment for missing time
with family and friends, as well as
potential career opportunities.
“I was going to apply to a few
companies in Korea [for summer
internships] because during spring
break I could do on-site interviews,
but now I can’t,” he noted.
Shuhao Liu ’22, also from Bei-
jing, had already bought his tickets
to return home for spring break by
the time he returned to Bowdoin in
Additionally, many athletic
teams registered for the event,
creating another opportunity
for fundraising competition be-
tween teams.
The executive board also
placed more emphasis on reach-
ing out to all class years. Abby
Allen ’23, who was involved with
Dance Marathon at her high
school, served as first-year direc-
tor for Bowdoin’s chapter.
“I did a lot of talking to other
first years, trying to teach them
about Dance Marathon and get-
ting them involved,” said Allen.
“Especially with it being a
week out from the Maine prima-
ry, I think it just ended up being
super timely for students,” Hintze
said. “I know that students get
focused on their academics …
and to have someone come into
campus … gives them a chance to
hear about things and hopefully
make sure that everybody’s fully
invested in voting this year.”
High attendance at Walter’s
talk demonstrated the Bowdoin
community’s interest in Walter’s
perspective, even when it struck
a pessimistic tone. For instance,
Walter also warned that the up-
coming election will not be the
unifying force many claim it will
be.
“I think this is going to be an
intensely polarized election, and
we will leave as divided if not
January. Like Zhou, he learned in
early February that he would not
be able to make that trip.
He reached out to a friend who
lives in the Bahamas, who, in turn,
invited Liu to spend the break with
him. Though touched by the gener-
osity of his friend and hopeful that
he won’t have to stay on campus for
two weeks, Liu is still hesitant about
traveling internationally, even to a
country where no cases of the virus
have been confirmed.
“First of all, obviously, being at
an airport, being on a plane, that
adds on to the risk of being exposed
to it,” he said. “And also the poten-
tial of me, as an international trav-
eler, a non-US citizen going outside
of the borders, and then coming
back to the states ... for all we know,
the U.S. government might impose
new restrictions on that. And if that
might be the case, I don’t think it’s
worth it for me to go anywhere.”
Friday, February 28, 2020
KATIE BACALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Members of this year’s exec-
utive board are hopeful that the
event will continue to grow in
future years, despite the fact that
many of its leaders will be grad-
uating.
“In the past, we’ve had our
executive board raise thousands
and thousands of dollars,” said
Katherine Henneberger ’20.
“This time, the fundraising was
much, much, much more spread
out, which is more sustainable
in the long run if you’re going to
continue doing these events over
the course of several years.”
more than we already are,” said
Walter.
She ended the evening on an
optimistic note, finishing her talk
with an excerpt from John Mea-
cham’s book, “Soul of America.”
“For all of our darker impuls-
es, for all of our shortcomings
and for all of the dreams denied
and deferred, the experiment
begun so long ago, carried out so
imperfectly, is worth the fight,”
Walter quoted. “There is, in fact,
no struggle more important, and
none nobler, than the one we
wage in the service of those better
angels who, however besieged,
are always ready for battle.”
In her own words, Walter con-
cluded, “We are still better angels,
we are still here, we are still resil-
ient and we are still gonna be just
fine.”
Risk of new travel restrictions
between now and the end of spring
break dissuaded Rose Xi ’22 from
traveling home to Tokyo where
she intended to renew her student
visa. Slightly more than 200 cases
have been confirmed in Japan,
and the U.S. State Department has
issued a Level Two travel advisory
for the country. Though no travel
restriction has been introduced for
people coming into the U.S. from
Japan, Xi said she can foresee that
happening.
“I don’t want to go back to get
my U.S. visa renewed but then I
can’t come back and finish the rest
of the semester,” she said. “I’d rather
play it safe and stay here.”
As for her visa, she is hoping she
can mail her passport back to Japan
to get it renewed remotely. But if
that doesn’t work?
“I don’t know. I’ll figure some-
thing out.”
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FS FEATURES
Looking right: conservative perspectives at Bowdoin
by Rebecca Norden-Bright
Orient Staff
Every Saturday in Thorne
Dining Hall, the Bowdoin Col-
lege Republicans meet for dinner
and conversation—with a touch
of politics. The club has an email
list of 95 people, but attendance
is usually limited to the same
six or seven people each week,
admitted club co-president Theo
de Quillacq ’21.
The members of Bowdo-
in College Republicans don’t
agree on everything, but find-
ing a community of relatively
like-minded individuals is still
valuable for these students, de
Quillacq said. Members espe-
cially appreciate the political
community on a campus like
Bowdoin’s that can feel over-
whelmingly liberal-minded.
“We’re like a little bubble,” de
Quillacq said. “It’s like, alright,
you’re not exactly the same as
me, but at least you’re not them.”
Nevertheless, members dis-
agree on a range of issues, from
President Donald Trump to the
role of government in society.
Matthew Swiatek ’20, who has
been involved in College Repub-
licans since his sophomore year,
is not a fan of Trump. He cares
deeply about the environment
and is planning to vote for a
Democrat in November. Former
mayor of South Bend, Ind., Pete
Buttigieg is his favorite candidate.
“He’s definitely the most
moderate and aligns with a lot
of views I have,” Swiatek said. “I
think he can get stuff done.”
On the other hand, de Quil-
Casting my lot with religion in the age of climate change
The Search for
Spirituousness
by Lauren Hickey
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
was a renowned feminist poet
throughout the second half of the
20th century. Her poems explored
themes of feminism, social justice,
queerness and environmentalism.
One of my favorites is called “My
heart is moved.”
“My heart is moved by all I
cannot save: / so much has been
destroyed / I have to cast my lot
with those / who age after age,
perversely, / with no extraordi-
nary power, / reconstitute the
world.”
Two of the most influential
people in my life, a married cou-
ple who teach at my public high
school, introduced me to this
poem. They recited it to my Com-
munity Activism class, a class they
designed together and have been
co-teaching for 15 years in an
effort to expose students to activ-
ism—both at the community and
global level—and inspire them to
become changemakers.
I was reminded of this poem
recently when I attended a
conference at the Yale Divinity
School called the Graduate Con-
ference on Religion and Ecology.
Mary Evelyn Tucker founded the
Forum on Religion and Ecology,
which was responsible for this an-
lacq plans to vote for Trump in
November. When asked who he
hopes will win the Democratic
nomination, de Quillacq was
quick to respond.
“Preferably someone that
would lose,” he said. “But if
we’re talking about if I had to
have a Democrat in the White
House, like which one it would
be, I’d probably go with [former
New York City mayor Michael]
Bloomberg.”
Other right-leaning students
feel the club doesn’t represent
them at all. For example, Jon
Miller ’23 is on the email list
for the College Republicans, but
that’s pretty much the extent of
his involvement.
“I’m a member of the Libertar-
ian Party, so there just isn’t any-
thing for that here,” Miller said.
“I’m a little bit stranded in terms
of community at Bowdoin.”
Miller identifies as right-wing
but disapproves of the Repub-
lican Party in its current form.
He dislikes Trump and isn’t
entirely sure who he’ll vote for
in November, noting that the
Libertarian Party won’t choose a
nominee until May.
“If I were forced to choose, I’d
probably vote for any of the cur-
rent Democratic candidates ex-
cept for [Sen.] Bernie [Sanders]
and [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren,”
Miller said.
Despite their different polit-
ical perspectives, Miller and de
Quillacq both said they are frus-
trated with common stereotypes
about right-wing beliefs at Bow-
doin and beyond.
“I’m not religious. I’m not an-
nual conference and has put out
multiple publications, textbooks,
an Emmy award-winning doc-
umentary and a website which
includes statements from every
major world religion on climate
change. When Tucker recited
Rich’s poem during her keynote
speech, I smiled from ear to ear
and mouthed the words as she
spoke them. She used this poem
to frame the fundamental ques-
tions we would discuss at the
conference: How do we grieve all
that we have lost and will contin-
ue to lose in the face of climate
change, structural inequality and
injustice? How do we move for-
ward in the face of such destruc-
tion? What role might religion,
spirituality and faith play in all of
this?
For me, these questions were
not confined to the conference,
they are questions I ask myself
every day. As an Environmental
Studies major and senior search-
ing for ways to apply this edu-
cation to my life’s work, I think
about Rich’s poem as a spiritual
doctrine that can guide me in this
journey.
Rich’s poem gives me permis-
sion to feel grief and mourning for
“all I cannot save,” it encourages
me to look to the “extraordinary”
power of like-minded individuals
around me. The word “reconsti-
tute” conveys that we are always
reforming, restoring and recon-
ti-abortion. I used to be a Dem-
ocrat; I’m not crazy or anything,”
de Quillacq said. “I’ve seen far-
right people, and it kind of just
makes me chuckle. I’m not actu-
ally far-right even though people
like to paint me as that. I’m actu-
ally pretty moderate.”
Club members said that more
exposure to conservative ideas
could help combat the stereotypes.
“I think people are not as
liberal as people think,” Swiatek
said. “I think we just need more
people to be speaking out about
these moderate to conservative
viewpoints.”
Bowdoin College Republicans
has a small budget for speakers,
which they have used in the past
to bring Republicans to campus.
For example, the club recently
hosted Jay Allen, a Republican
running for Congress in Maine’s
First District. But, according to
de Quillacq, the group’s budget
is not big enough to bring more
mainstream conservative speak-
ers to campus.
“It’d be cool if [President Clay-
ton Rose] or someone put in the
time and the money to actually
try to open up conversation with
campus,” said de Quillacq. “I
don’t want to make people mad,
but I want there to be a different
perspective here.”
On the other hand, Miller
expressed satisfaction with
the number of conservative
speakers welcomed to campus,
pointing to the Joseph McKeen
Visiting Fellow Arthur Brooks,
the former president of the
conservative think tank the
American Enterprise Institute,
structing a broken world but im-
plies that this work will never be
finished. My favorite word in this
poem is the word “perversely,”
which connotes radicalism and
resistance. This work requires
challenging entrenched power
structures, narratives and norms.
My Community Activism teach-
ers used to joke that they were
turning all their students into
perverts.
The Graduate Conference on
Religion and Ecology was full of
perverts.
as an example.
“Bowdoin specifically is, I
think, really good about free
speech. And I think most stu-
dents here are for the most part
willing to converse,” Miller said.
In de Quillacq’s opinion,
students can always do more
to attempt to understand the
perspectives of conservative stu-
dents on campus.
“I think when you’re being
educated, it’s important to, in-
stead of doubling down, really
learn the other side,” de Quil-
lacq said. “If you want to be a
well-rounded person, you can
go three times in on your own
ideology, but if you really want
to expand your mind, you have
to see the other side. I do it all
the time because my professors STANDING TALL: (TOP) Matthew Swiatek ’20 and Jon Miller ’23 share
are liberal. And it’s sad that other their experiences as having Republican and libertarian ideologies, respectively,
people don’t get that.”
One woman presented on the
power of empathy and examined
how various religious traditions
teach us to have empathy for the
earth. A farmer explained how he
teaches youth to farm in ways that
are grounded in Jewish tradition
and teachings. An activist pre-
sented her works to protect public
water resources against privatiza-
tion and how that relates to her
philosophy as a pastor. During
the keynote lecture, an indigenous
woman advocated for decoloniz-
ing Western science and re-cen-
tering indigenous knowledge in
the environmental movement.
The conference presenters
were fully aware of what they were
up against—a hegemonic Western
among Bowdoin’s liberal-leaning student body.
worldview (some even called it a
theology) characterized by privat-
ization, capitalism, commodifi-
cation, colonization and extreme
individualism. It is a worldview
which puts the economy at the
center and prioritizes profit above
the health and dignity of humans
and our environment.
At Bowdoin we love talking
about how much neoliberalism
and capitalism suck, but some-
times it feels like we’re at an im-
passe, and we don’t know how
to proceed. We slip into hope-
lessness, cynicism and despair.
During one of the workshops,
someone asked a question I often
ask myself: “So, what do we do?
How do we go forward in the
KAYLA SNYDER
5
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
face of such destruction caused by
capitalism and corporate greed?”
The indigenous woman who
had given the keynote presenta-
tion earlier piped up in response.
She replied that we should look to
indigenous people. “Our apoca-
lypse already happened,” she said.
“What did we do? We just kept
going. We still just keep going.”
To me, that is the message of
Rich’s poem. It is about putting
one foot in front of the other,
no matter how dark the road
ahead may seem. But it is also
about casting my lot with those
who have gone before me on
this road: indigenous people
who survived colonization and
genocide, African Americans
who survived chattel slavery and
Jewish people who survived the
Holocaust, to name a few. Their
post-apocalyptic survival and
persistence is an inherently per-
verse act.
Climate change is just the latest
apocalypse. The difference is that
it will affect everyone, even those
who have historically had the
privilege of being spared. Walking
down this road is a deeply spiritu-
al journey that tests our limits of
compassion for each other and for
the Earth. The good news is peo-
ple have already walked this road,
each step forward being an act of
faith, hope, courage and perverse
resistance. Let us look to them for
lessons and let them lead.
6 FEATURES
Former Bowdoin professor and Green Party co-founder reflects on legacy
by Diego Lasarte
Orient Staff
John Rensenbrink was
working in the fields of his
family’s farm in northern
Minnesota when his mother
told him that America had
dropped atomic bombs on the
Japanese cities of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. The year was
1945, and Rensenbrink was 17
years old.
“I felt that something had
turned. Something so awe-
some and so unbelievably
shattering: human beings un-
able to control their own love
for destruction,” he recalled.
Now 91 years old, Rensen-
brink has been an author, a
farmer and a candidate for the
U.S. Senate, but he is perhaps
best known as the co-found-
er of the Maine and United
States Green Party. Bowdoin
is where he found his passion
as a professor of political phi-
losophy. After briefly teaching
at Williams College from 1957
to 1961, Rensenbrink headed
north toward Brunswick and
has lived in Maine ever since.
Today, sitting at a sturdy
wooden table in his dining
room near the town line of
Topsham and Brunswick,
Rensenbrink thinks about his
granddaughter. A star on her
high school basketball team,
she is about the same age
Rensenbrink was at that mo-
ment when the world changed
forever. Now, Rensenbrink
wonders what the world might
look like when she is 91 and
what battles her generation
will face in the meantime.
“I weep thinking about it
… But I know we have to help
other people by making them
An analysis: what does the end of the world look like?
Dear America
by Tianyi Xu
I wake up, and I check the
phone. Here’s a novel idea of
the day: How’d you figure the
world would end?
As it turns out, feeling like
the world’s going to end creeps
in unsuspectedly. There is the
initial uneasiness, the subse-
quent fear and the climactic
panic. The complacency of
“nothing can touch me” even-
tually grows into the hysteria
of “somebody do something.”
This Chinese New Year is
one to remember. Loved ones
are kept apart by government
mandates that seal off Wuhan,
a home to 11 million, where
fear seems to be spreading
quicker than coronavirus. Wu-
han residents are tracked down
all over the country and forced
into painstakingly monitored
quarantines, in scales ironi-
cally comparable to political
persecutions that once reigned
terror on the land.
On the other side of the
earth is me, enjoying that one
particular Moulton dinner
which featured the best dump-
lings I have had since I got to
Bowdoin in celebration of the
Chinese holiday. Nevertheless,
incorporated into my morning
feel the presence of love. We
live in a depressing time, and it
is [easy] for people to quit. But
as FDR would often respond
to those immense problems:
when you run out of rope, tie
a knot, and hang on.”
Rensenbrink ran for U.S.
Senate in Maine in 1996, com-
ing in third behind Maine’s
current senator, Susan Collins,
who was then a relative new-
comer to Maine politics. He
was a candidate for the Maine
Green Party, a party he found-
ed in the late 1980s after Jesse
Jackson was excluded from
the 1984 Maine caucus by the
Maine Democratic Party. It
was the first Green Party in the
United States and paved the
way for the founding of a na-
tional Green Party a few years
later.
In the next two decades,
the Green Party’s political
capital grew, and Rensenbrink
was suddenly advising Ralph
Nader’s campaign for presi-
dent and receiving millions of
votes. But Rensenbrink’s goal
was not to tear down the whole
system.
“I didn’t even realize that
I was somebody on the left. I
was just a lanky farm boy from
Minnesota who was drinking
it all in and realizing a lot of
hypocrisy, a lot of people not
living up to what they said they
were for,” Rensenbrink said. “I
felt gradually over the years, the
goals and ideals of the founding
fathers and the republic were
betrayed again and again. And
I still think that’s true. You’ve
got a [political system] that gets
worse and worse.”
Rensenbrink was outspoken
about political issues through-
out his academic career. When
routine
now is the
anxious
checking
of epide-
miologic
figures on
my phone.
Hundreds,
thousands,
tens of thou-
sands. The figures
keep rising, and my heart
keeps sinking. Face masks are
all out and so are the medical
supplies. Fringe rumors of al-
ternative remedies take hold.
Commercial hubs are shut
down until further notice.
Businesses are forced out of
work, fearing the presence of
workers returning from Wu-
han. My city, Shenzhen, of
22 million people grinds to
a ghastly halt, an empty city
with restless hearts.
Under the apocalyptic on-
set, the international response
that fails to recognize an in-
discriminate virus and instead
turns to ad hominem politics
against the Chinese ethnicities
is disappointing. One nota-
ble instance is the Wall Street
Journal’s publishing of Walter
Russell Mead’s opinion essay
titled “China is the Real Sick
Man of Asia,” which used the
racial epithet once directed at
ALWAYS SMILING: Retired Bowdoin professor of political philosophy shares his perspective on political issues and generational divides at age 91.
teaching at Williams, he was
denied tenure because of his
political leaning. When he
inquired further about why
he was not welcome back,
the president of the college
told him it was because he
“wouldn’t run in harness.”
After Williams, Rensen-
brink brought his radical ideas
with him to Bowdoin. He re-
members fondly the series of
student and faculty strikes at
Bowdoin in protest of the Viet-
nam War and said that while
Bowdoin has never had the
most radical student body, he
was able to find students that
were energized and demand-
KYRA TAN
the opium-ridden Chinese two
centuries ago. While its apol-
ogists, including the author
of a New York Times essay,
scramble to demonstrate how
the semantics of “sick man
of ” is not racist in its intent,
their willful eschewal of the
term’s colonial history and its
insensitive use in the backdrop
of epidemic suffering speaks
volumes. News suppression
is unbecoming of a purport-
ed superpower like China, as
racist exceptionalism is not a
good color on America.
This incident highlights two
ing of change.
“During the ’60s and ’70s
the student body broke down
into three different segments:
those who were solidly with
the establishment, those who
were anti-establishment and
were more progressive and
then the many in between,” he
said. “And so the third that was
really hooked on progressive
ideas and values and [were]
committed to shaking things
up. They liked me.”
In the 20 years since he left
the College, Rensenbrink has
noticed that Bowdoin stu-
dents seem to be less engaged
with the politics of their time.
distinct narratives publica-
tions are juggling in the face
of this epidemic. The first is
a very public, very systematic
and mostly quite valid exposé
of the defects of the Chinese
government in its wrongdo-
ings of punishing whistleblow-
ers who could have mitigated
the effects of the outbreak. The
second is a vague indictment
of the Chinese people in their
overzealous investment in
criticism as opposed to report-
ing. It dehumanizes people of
Asian descent while taking a
subtle jab at their putative hab-
While encouraged by the post-
Trump increase in student ac-
tivism, Rensenbrink implores
current Bowdoin students to
heed the lessons of history,
especially as the lines between
right and wrong grow clearer
every day.
“Where do you stand? You
should ask every Bowdoin
professor [and] every Bow-
doin student that question.
Because it’s getting clearer and
clearer as to what the basic
dichotomy is,” he said. “That
[question] is something that is
missing from the campus, and
is a question we should also
be asking President [Clayton
it of “eating
everything,”
which has now
developed into
an internation-
al nuisance. The
Chinese govern-
ment is failing you
all with its com-
munist strongarm
politics! (Oh and by the
way, I know what you did
last summer).
I am the last person to try
and vindicate the Chinese
government of their inex-
cusable failure to inform the
public and contain the out-
break. However, journalism
should not distract from the
reality that the virus is killing
real people with families and
loved ones. Before publishing
a grandstanding piece excori-
ating China’s economy at the
expense of the humanity of
its people, the Journal would
do well to remember that no
amount of political criticism
warrants a boost of racism. Re-
ducing people of color to mere
numbers and charts bespeaks a
sinister manifestation of white
supremacism and cultural
intolerance, one borne out of
the specter of 20th-century
race science. The mindset that
relegates Eastern cultures to
an unenlightened aberration
Friday, February 28, 2020
REUBEN SCHAFIR, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Rose].”
Still a member of the Maine
Green Party today, Rensen-
brink acknowledges the limits
of third-party electoral politics
but remains committed to the
causes he has fought for his en-
tire life. He is more convinced
than ever before that justice
and kindness will ultimately
prevail.
“There are rebellions going
on all around us, and when
you begin to glean how the
American people are rejecting
the neoliberal establishment
and rejecting Trump, then
there is a completely different
picture before your eyes.”
that needs to be “civilized” in-
sidiously propagates under the
guise of valid censure against a
disagreeable polity.
But the people—the daugh-
ter who lost her mother in the
maternity ward, the medical
staff who reused protection
gear so their patient would
get replacements, the truck
drivers who voluntarily over-
worked to transport supplies
and the farmers who rush to
the frontlines to donate their
harvest—their stories of fear,
love, trepidation and sacrifice
deserve to be told. Their hu-
manity deserves to be accen-
tuated.
I wake up, and I check the
phone. I send my family mes-
sages with new tips that they
should keep in mind every
day. Holed up in the family
apartment, they keep reassur-
ing me that everything is OK;
in the winter air, I am left to
my own devices over the anx-
iety that they might not be.
My mother told me that my
grandma wished I was back
home. To her, there’s nowhere
safer than home, ever. Even
now, she still believes in the
incredible power of solidarity.
This virus does not have to
be the end of the world—lest
we allow bigotry, division and
hate to kill us first.
Friday, February 28, 2020
A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Women’s Cabaret reclaims music through satire
by Aadhya Ramineni
Orient Staff
How can singing be used as
a form of power? The answer,
for the singers and instrumen-
talists in the Women’s Cabaret,
is to reclaim women’s identi-
ties from historically misogy-
nistic songs, through a process
of optimistic reappropriation
and celebration of female
identity.
This Saturday, 30 women
will perform in Ladd House.
The set list contains 14 songs,
ranging from an acoustic duet
of “Despacito” to a satirical
rendition of “I Can Cook Too”
from a popular 1940s musical.
Every year since the cabaret
debuted in 2017, the women
return to Robin Thicke’s 2013
single “Blurred Lines,” a song
that infamously calls the lines
between consent and rape
“blurred,” reinforcing rape
culture with lyrics like “I know
you want it…”
The women sing to ques-
tion and bring attention to
problematic lyrics in the
mainstream music industry.
The singers don’t just sing,
but creatively interpret songs,
co-leader Norell Sherman ’21
explained.
“These songs [are from]
across all genres; you have
musical theater, you have rock,
we’ve gotten our first coun-
try song this year—all these
genres,” she said. “We listen to
them so much and there’s not
necessarily opportunities to
‘Fast/Fashion’ sparks dialogue on clothing industry
by Ayub Tahlil
Orient Staff
When you walk into the Boyd
Gallery on the second floor of the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
(BCMA), you encounter “Fast
Fashion/Slow Art”—an exhibi-
tion that scrutinizes the contem-
porary garment industry through
videos, installations and collabo-
rations with contemporary artists
and filmmakers.
The walls are covered with
digital projections and tablets
that display videos of how gar-
ments are made, distributed, used
and discarded—with 10 videos in
total designed to make you pause
and think.
“There’s a lot of information
in these videos and also a lot of
analysis and interpretation that
the viewer can take,” said Bib-
iana Obler, associate professor
at George Washington Univer-
sity and one of the exhibition’s
co-curators. “I didn’t want peo-
ple to come and just look, ‘oh,
how beautiful’ and then leave
again, or ‘how moving’ and leave
again.”
This exhibition is meant to
make people stop and think
about their choices, critiquing the
concept of fast fashion through
documenting how clothes are
made, used and discarded. Some
garments are kept for decades
while some are for one-time
use—this duality is explored
COME TO THE CABARET: A group of 30 Bowdoin women will take the stage at Ladd House on Saturday night, performing an array of songs with sexist
themes and connotations. In reclaiming this music, the event’s leaders intend to provide a liberating social space for women.
sit back and say: ‘Whoa, what
the hell is in this song? What
is this content that we are just
kind of mindlessly … absorb-
ing?’”
For co-leader Anna Ham-
ilton ’20, re-evaluating lyrics’
sexist language and themes
is rendered vitally important
by a song’s popularity, com-
mercial success and enduring
cultural import. Hamilton
ART, BUT MAKE IT FASHION: Textile artist Cat Mazza and members of her collective from UMass Boston will visit campus today to walk museum-goers through the “Fast Fashion/Slow Art” installation.
through visual juxtaposition.
“This is an exhibition that
I think helps us to be aware of
the many literal hands that may
be involved in constructing the
clothing that we wear, no matter
what its origins may be,” said
Co-Director of BCMA Anne
Collins Goodyear. “But it also has
made me more aware of the intel-
lectual power of stitching, and the
ways in which we may, ironically,
sometimes deprive ourselves of
creative engagement through the
expressed similar sentiments
about the role sexism has long
played in music.
“They’re historically sig-
nificant—especially the older
jazz songs,” Hamilton said.
“Sexism is an unfortunate but
real part of music history.”
Sherman also emphasized
the historical significance of
the cabaret format.
“Historically, men attend-
fact that we are constantly out-
sourcing so-called craft activities
to third parties.”
The exhibition was first shown
at the George Washington Uni-
versity Museum and the Textile
Museum in Washington, D.C.,
and is now showcased here in
Brunswick to highlight how tex-
tile policies are made and where
the natural textiles are made. It
was curated by Obler and Phyl-
lis Rosenzweig, curator emerita
at the Hirshhorn Museum, with
ed cabarets to eat, drink,
socialize and watch women
perform in lingerie. Cabarets
have a connotation of objecti-
fying women,” said Sherman.
“[This] show is called the
Women’s Cabaret, which is
sort of a play on that histor-
ical meaning and a re-signifi-
cation of it.”
The event has doubled its
performers since last year.
organizational assistance from
Goodyear and Allison Martino,
BCMA’s Mellon postdoctoral cu-
ratorial fellow.
“So the show opened in Wash-
ington, D.C., which of course is
the policy-making center, and to
travel here to Brunswick, where
the town used to be centered
around the textile mill up the
road at Fort Andross, showcases
the implications of textile poli-
cies and brings it full circle,” said
Goodyear.
DEVAKI RAJIV, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Hamilton and Sherman ex-
plained that all those who
auditioned were accepted to
participate but it took them
hours to decide who should
sing which song.
Once assigned a song, per-
formers were given autonomy
in their interpretation of each
piece. The leaders held prac-
tice sessions last weekend and
a dress rehearsal on Thursday
The center of the room has an
Electroknit Dymaxion, a map de-
signed by textile artist Cat Mazza
and the Lattice20 Collective, a
group of students from UMass
Boston who helped create the
piece. When it was first installed
in D.C., the sections were laid
out on the wall to highlight the
geographic implications of the
fashion industry, creating an
international scope within the
exhibition. At Bowdoin, they’re
shaped into a geographically-ac-
7
night to perfect each act.
The Women’s Cabaret offers
Bowdoin women a platform to
not only re-evaluate misogy-
nistic songs and create satiri-
cal responses, but also develop
their confidence as women in
music. Sherman and Hamilton
have both been a part of mul-
tiple bands during their time
at Bowdoin and have often
been the only women in these
groups. The Women’s Cabaret
offers a completely different
experience.
“In the rehearsals I haven’t
thought twice when suggest-
ing a harmony or suggesting
an arrangement of a song, but
when I’m playing with all men
… I definitely hesitate and
think more critically about
what I’m about to say or what
I’m going to suggest,” Sherman
said. “We love [the men], but
in any space … even in my
music classes it’s just harder to
find your spot.”
Hamilton agreed with her
co-leader, conveying her ap-
preciation for this all-female
space and the liberation which
it offers.
“Performing [at the Wom-
en’s Cabaret] is at the very least
just an experience to build up
confidence so that maybe the
next time [performers work]
in a space where it’s not just
women they’ll feel a little more
confident with [their] voice,”
said Hamilton.
The annual Women’s Cab-
aret will take place at Ladd
House at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
SOPHIA WEI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
curate globe, mirroring how they
were made.
To continue the dialogues
opened by the installation, Maz-
za and members of the Lattice20
Collective are coming to cam-
pus on Friday to walk students
through an activity which show-
cases sustainability in the fashion
world. The workshop will explain
not only how the group created
this centerpiece, but why.
“Fast Fashion/Slow Art” will
be on display until August.
8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Henry VI, Part II’ cast prepares to take the stage
by Annika Moore
Orient Staff
A throne perches atop an
eight-foot high platform, an
illuminated golden hoop de-
scends from the ceiling and
thick lengths of rope frame the
stage. This sleek depiction of
a castle interior sets the scene
for an often-overlooked Shake-
spearean war drama.
The theater department’s
spring play, “Henry VI, Part II,”
offers a side of Shakespeare that
many audience members may
have never experienced before.
With its suspenseful sound
scape, glimmering projections
and minimalist set design, the
show affords a fresh look to the
historical events of over 500
years ago.
Sally Wood, visiting assistant
professor of theater and direc-
tor of the play, chose “Henry
VI” after seeing it performed
in London, an experience that
changed the way she thought
about Shakespearean theater.
“[After it ended] I took a
breath, and I was like, ‘Oh my
God, I didn’t know theatre
could be like that,’” Wood said.
The play is the second install-
ment of a trilogy that centers
around the life of historical fig-
ure King Henry VI of England.
In “Part II,” Henry VI struggles
to control quarrelling between
members of British nobility and
prevent an impending war.
Penny Mack ’22 plays York, a
member of the English nobility
who believes that he is true heir
to the throne. Mack said she was
initially uncertain about how to
portray a character who was
based on a historical figure.
“I think the challenge was
finding complexity in charac-
ters that wasn’t immediately evi-
dent from what seemed like just
a cut and dry historical piece,”
Mack said.
Casting happened before
winter break, but the actors did
not start blocking the scenes
until after they returned. Tori
Mauceri redefines music through computation
by Keyna Mecias
Orient Staff
Frank Mauceri, senior lec-
turer in music and coach of
Bowdoin’s jazz combos, loves
to play music with students.
His other, more unconvention-
SYSTEMATIC SOUNDS: Senior Lecturer in Music Frank Mauceri has spent the majority of his career exploring the
intersection between music and computer science, alongside his work as coach of Bowdoin’s jazz combos.
Clarke ’20, who is stage man-
ager for the play and a theater
major, says that the production’s
short timeline meant that actors
had less time to interpret the
language.
“I think that’s part of what’s
been so hard about doing this
show so quickly is the intri-
cacies of Shakespeare’s lan-
guage,” she said. “I’m taking
advanced acting this semester,
and we spent four weeks on one
Shakespeare soliloquy, whereas
they’re spending six weeks on
an entire play.”
Wood worked closely with
the actors to help them become
comfortable with the language,
asking the actors to translate all
of their lines into modern En-
glish and count the number of
syllables in each line.
Charlotte Gifford ’23, who
plays Somerset, said that trans-
lating her lines helped her to
understand the motivations of
her character.
“You can really get acquaint-
ed with their prose in a way that
I think you normally wouldn’t
if you were just learning lines
that can be spoken normally,”
she said.
In addition to adjusting to
the language, performers had
to prepare for stage combat
scenes. Wood, whose specialty
is directing Shakespearean stage
combat, said that these scenes
are usually the most rehearsed
parts of any performance.
Clarke said that a play with
both Shakespearean language
and stage combat demands a
particular kind of commitment
from the performers.
“Because it is Shakespeare
and because there’s so much
combat, when they get here ev-
ery night their mind has to be
here, and it has to be present,”
Clarke said. “I think that the
fact that the show requires that
is actually part of what makes it
so strong.”
The play, which lasts approx-
imately 90 minutes, is signifi-
cantly shorter than its original
al combo-partner, however, is
his computer. Mauceri merges
music with computer science,
using machine learning and
machine listening to improvise
and play songs.
“I work, and often per-
form, with systems where the
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS: Char-
acters engage in a series of power
struggles in this production centering
around the life of a troubled British
monarch. The show will premiere
tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tickets can
be reserved in advance online.
version. Wood cut down the play
and removed lengthy mono-
logues during which actors re-
count previous plot events.
“It’s hard because it’s beauti-
ful language, and I hate to cut
it,” she said. “But it’s also really
important to have a manageable
amount that the students can
learn, that the tech can support.”
she said.
This stripped-down ap-
proach is also apparent in the
set, which relies on simple cues
to convey setting changes to the
audience. For instance, changes
in the formation of the hanging
rope curtains around the stage
reflect the shape of palace walls
and, later, of a ship.
Ben Allen ’23, who plays
computer is listening to me
and responding to me like
another musician would,” he
said. “I have many pieces for
saxophone where the comput-
er is listening to me play the
saxophone and responding by
synthesizing sound, or by pro-
KAYLA SNYDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
King Henry VI, said that the set
design surprised him.
“When I did ‘The Tempest,’
like way back in high school,
we had this big ol’ set, and there
were different layers; it was a
lot,” Allen said. “This show, it’s
cessing my sound. It’s like an
improvisation partner that I’ve
designed.”
Mauceri has spent his life
exploring the intersection be-
tween art and technology. He
began to fuse art and science
as an undergrad at Oberlin
College, where he studied mu-
sic composition and art theo-
ry. He took electronic music
courses as well as computer
programming courses in un-
dergrad, and later expanded
his research under Herbert
Brün in a graduate program at
the University of Illinois at Ur-
bana-Champaign.
“[Brün] was an important
pioneer of computer music and
was very influential. He also
did visual art with computers,
so my thesis project as a gradu-
ate student was a computer-re-
lated composition project,” said
Mauceri.
Mauceri now makes musical
and visual compositions, writ-
ing his own code to create his
pieces while avoiding commer-
cial software like Photoshop or
Illustrator.
very much minimalistic.”
Wood said that she’s excited
to produce a Shakespeare play
that many audience members
have likely never seen before.
“I’m telling everybody that
I know,” she said. “I’m like,
“The processes that I ex-
plore in sound are very similar
to the processes that I explore
visually,” Mauceri said. “All
this work is visual work that
I’ve done, and it’s very much
related to the algorithms that I
would use to synthesize sound
or music.”
Algorithms are a crucial
piece for Mauceri because he
believes in focusing on the pro-
cess of creation as opposed to
the end result.
“Computer programming is
a creative mode of thinking,” he
said. “I’m interested in creating
an interesting system that is
information rich and that has
a lot of potential for discovery.
I designed some systems to see
what they do. I observe how
they behave and that for me is a
rewarding way of working.”
At Bowdoin, Mauceri en-
courages process-driven think-
ing in his music theory com-
position and music technology
courses. In part because of his
interdisciplinary background,
he values working with stu-
dents from multiple fields.
Friday, February 28, 2020
‘When’s the last time you saw
Henry VI, Part II?”
The show will be performed
tonight and Saturday at 7:30
p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in
Pickard Theater. Tickets can be
reserved online.
“For me it’s very reward-
ing to have a classroom full
of students with mixed back-
grounds,” he said. “Right now
I’m teaching a computer com-
position class. I have students
who are computer science and
math people and I also have
students who are music fo-
cused.”
Outside of the classroom he
has a long-running collabo-
ration with Polish video artist
Maciej Walczak, who teaches
at the Music Academy of Łódź.
“He does live video, and I
do live sound,” Mauceri ex-
plained. “We exchange control
information in real time so that
my sound is affecting his video
and his video is affecting my
sound.”
Anyone intrigued by Mau-
ceri’s innovative practice can
check it out in Bowdoin’s
backyard. His work will be fea-
tured in an upcoming group
gallery show titled Collective
Exhibition #2 at the Frank
Brockman Gallery on Maine
Street, which opens on March
6 and runs through April.
Friday, February 28, 2020 PRIMARY ELECTION 9

BOWDOIN AT THE
The 2020 Presidential Primary
BALLOT BOX DATA BY GWEN DAVIDSON

by Rohini Kurup
Orient Staff
As Maine voters head to
the polls next Tuesday for the
presidential primary elec-
tions, Sen. Bernie Sanders of
Vermont is the most favored
candidate among Democratic
Bowdoin students, according
to a poll conducted by the
Orient.
The poll asked students
about their voting plans and
political preferences. It was
sent to all 1,970 students and
received 560 responses (28.4
percent). Of the 560 respon-
dents, 92.5 percent are reg-
istered to vote, of which 53
percent are registered to vote
in Maine. A vast majority of
respondents—80.6 percent—
plan to vote in a Democratic
primary election.
Among students voting in
a Democratic primary, 36.2
percent said they have voted
for or plan to vote for Sand-
ers. Sen. Elizabeth Warren
of Massachusetts followed
with 31 percent. Other can-
didates receiving support
include former South Bend,
Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg
with 16.7 percent, Sen. Amy
Klobuchar of Minnesota with
4.9 percent, former New York
City mayor Mike Bloomberg
with four percent and former
Vice President Joe Biden with
3.5 percent. One person indi-
cated they planned on voting
for billionaire, businessman
Tom Steyer, and no students
said they would vote for Rep.
Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, the
final candidate in the Demo-
cratic field.
Over a quarter of students
(28.4 percent) listed the en-
vironment as the issue most
important to them. This was
followed by wealth and in-
come inequality, healthcare
and the economy.
Students also overwhelm-
ingly oppose a Maine ballot
initiative to reinstate a law
allowing for religious and
philosophical exemptions
from vaccination require-
ments for employees of
nursery schools and health
care facilities and students at
schools and colleges. Among
students who are registered
or plan to register to vote in
Maine, 81.9 percent intend to
vote “no” on the ballot mea-
sure, while 11.8 percent are
still undecided.
HOW THE MAINE
PRIMARIES WORK
Maine is one of 15 states and
territories voting on March
3, known as Super Tuesday,
where voters will designate
their preference for their par-
ty’s presidential candidate
nominee. For the first time in
20 years, Mainers will be vot-
ing in a primary election and
not a caucus.
The Democratic Party will
have 12 names on its ballot
in Maine, although four can-
didates (Cory Booker, Deval
Patrick, Marianne William-
son and Andrew Yang) have
dropped out of the race. The
candidates on the ballot who
are still in the race are Biden,
Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Gab-
bard, Klobuchar, Sanders,
Steyer and Warren. President
Donald Trump is the only
candidate on the Republican
ballot in Maine.
While Maine will allow vot-
ers to rank candidates in the
general presidential election
in November—becoming the
first state to do so—this year’s
presidential primary will not
use ranked-choice voting.
All registered Maine voters
will also be able to vote on a
ballot measure which would
remove religious and philo-
sophical exemptions for vacci-
nation requirements.
The Democratic primary
in Maine will offer 32 dele-
gates—24 pledged and eight
Super Delegates—with pro-
portional delegate allocation.
The Republican primary will
offer Trump all 22 delegates.
HOW TO VOTE
Voting in the primary elec-
tions and for the state referen-
dum will take place at Bruns-
wick Junior High School. Polls
are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m..
In Maine, voters must be en-
rolled in a party to vote in that
party’s presidential primary.
Mainers can register to vote and
enroll in a party on the day of
the primaries, but the deadline
for switching parties passed
earlier this month. Party enroll-
ment is not required to vote on
the ballot measure.
Bowdoin Votes will be driv-
ing vans to the polls continu-
ously every 15 minutes between
7 a.m. and 8 p.m. from the
South Campus Loop outside
Moulton Union. Preregistra-
tion for the vans is not required.

If you are voting in a Democratic Primary (or have

already voted) who do/did you plan to vote for? What political issue is most important to you?

200 Environmental Issues 148

Wealth & Income Inequality 93
154 Economy 67
150 Healthcare 65
132
Student Votes

Issues

Education 31
Foreign Policy 25
100 24
Other
71 Immigration 22
50 Gun Control 21
Abortion 19
21 17 15 15 6
Taxes
0 Social 1
Sanders Warren Buttigieg Klobuchar Bloomberg Biden Other Security
0 30 60 90 120 150
Candidates Student Votes

MAINE ISSUES: KEY BALLOT MEASURE

Q1: Should Maine allow religious and philosophical exemptions to required
vaccinations for students?
ous health risks—a claim that has been refuted by the U.S. Centers for
by Rohini Kurup Disease Control and Prevention, which has said that vaccines are highly
Orient Staff

11. 6.3%
safe and the public health benefits of vaccinations outweigh any potential
Question 1—the only question on the Maine ballot next week—will risks.
ask voters whether they want to keep or repeal a law passed last year that
would eliminate “religious and philosophical exemptions” to vaccination
The group “Yes on 1 Maine to Reject Big Pharma” is leading the “yes”
campaign. They have framed the referendum as a rejection of “big phar-
8%
requirements. If voters reject the referendum, the law would go into ef- ma” after major pharmaceutical companies such as Merck and Pfizer
fect in September 2021. donated to the “no” campaign.
The ballot question asks: “Do you want to reject the new law that re-
moves religious and philosophical exemptions to requiring immunization WHO OPPOSES QUESTION 1?
against certain communicable diseases for students to attend schools
and colleges and for employees of nursery schools and health care fa- Opponents of the referendum, including doctors and medical profes-
81.9%
cilities?” sionals, argue that vaccines are critical in preventing the spread of disease.
A “yes” vote is in favor of repealing the new law and reinstating reli- The bill was prompted by a recent increase in Maine’s rate of
gious and philosophical exemptions to required vaccinations. A “no” vote non-medical vaccine opt-outs, which is already one of the highest in the
is in favor of upholding the law, requiring vaccinations for all students country, and rising cases of preventable diseases. Public health officials
attending public or private schools and colleges and for employees of say high opt-out rates put vulnerable individuals, such as those with weak-
nursery schools and healthcare care facilities, with the exception of a ened immune systems from illness or treatment and infants too young to
medical exemption. be vaccinated, at high risk of contracting deadly diseases.
“Maine Families for Vaccines” has led the coalition against the refer-
WHO SUPPORTS QUESTION 1? endum, which is made up of 55 health care and nonprofit organizations, Yes No Undecided
including the American Medical Association, the Barbara Bush Chil-
Supporters of the “people’s veto” argue that the law infringes on reli- dren’s Hospital and Maine Medical Association. Maine governor Janet
gious freedom and personal liberties. Mills has also advocated for the “no” position after signing the bill into 236 students out of a total of 288 students who indicated that they
Some supporters claim that vaccines could pose potentially danger- law last year. plan to vote in Maine next week intend to vote no on Question 1.
10
S SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
SMALL BUT MIGHTY:
The women’s basketball
team defeated Hamilton
77-63 in its NESCAC
quarterfinal matchup last
Saturday, but at halftime,
a different group of
competitors took the
court. The back-to-back
NCAA Division III finalist
Polar Bears are a tough act
to follow, but the third-
and-fourth-grade travel
teams from the Ararat
Youth Basketball League
entertained fans with a
thrilling exhibition game
during the break. Despite
their diminutive stature, the
athletes played a close game,
with the blue team eking out
a 1-0 victory over the red
team after number 39 on the
blue team scored the game’s
only point.
WHO WOOD(WARD) HAVE
THOUGHT?:
In just his first season
as Head Coach of the
women’s and men’s squash
teams, Theo Woodward
was named the NESCAC
Men’s Squash Coach of
the Year. Woodward led
the team to a fifth-place
NESCAC championship
finish, the team’s best result
in a decade, and the team
is expected to have its first
winning season since 2013.
Woodward was chosen by
a panel of his peers and
is the first ever Bowdoin
coach to earn the award.
The season is not yet over
for Woodward; the men’s
squash team will travel to
Cambridge, Mass. as the
seventh seed in the Summers
Cup (C Division) of
College Squash Association
Nationals this weekend.
RELAYING THIS INFO TO
YOU:
Coming off of a fifth
place finish at NESCAC
Championships last
weekend, the winter season
will continue for the six
members of the women’s
swim and dive team who
qualified for NCAA
Championships based on
their times in the meet.
Three of Bowdoin’s relay
teams earned NCAA B cut
times, just short of automatic
qualification, but finally
qualified after results from
across the nation came
in. Mary Laurita ’21 also
qualified individually in the
100 butterfly. The 200 free
relay, 200 medley relay and
400 medley relay teams will
all compete in the NCAA
Division III Championships
in Greensboro, N.C., from
March 18-21.
MOMENT IN THE
SPOTLIGHT:
A duo of first-year squash
players were named to All-
NESCAC teams yesterday,
continuing a noteworthy
season for both teams.
Caroline Glaser ’23, who
played at number one on
the women’s ladder and won
six games over the course
of the season, was named
to the Second Team. Deven
Kanwal ’23, who played at
number one on the ladder
for the men’s team and
won 10 games this year, was
named to the First Team.
COMPILED BY DYLAN SLOAN
FOXCS advocates for local Nordic skiingpeople come and talk to us
by Dylan Sloan
Orient Staff
For years, Nordic skiing
options around campus have
been slim. Students looking
for groomed trails could either
drive half an hour to Pineland
Farms in New Gloucester,
where Bowdoin’s varsity team
practices, or try their luck at a
few groomed snowmobile trails
slightly closer to campus. But, in
the past few months, Friends of
Cross-Country Skiing (FOXCS),
a local community-based or-
ganization acting as an arm of
the Brunswick-Topsham Land
Trust, has been advocating for
improved recreational Nordic
skiing facilities right here in
town—and the group has been
rapidly gaining support.
Before FOXCS, the recre-
ational Nordic skiing commu-
nity in the Brunswick-Topsham
area was not formalized and was
limited in its scope. Although
residents have made efforts to
improve local conditions, there
was no formal movement to
petition for more trails in town
and build a sense of community
amongst local skiers.
“There [were] definitely a
lot of people who [had] been
thinking about [forming a
group] for years,” said Bowdoin
Nordic skiing Head Coach Na-
than Alsobrook, who has been
involved with FOXCS from the
beginning. “Now [that] we’re
starting to talk about this and
coordinate more, [we’re attract-
ing people] who might not have
known anything about this pre-
viously.”
The inspiration for FOXCS
came from the confluence of a
number of factors. Earlier this
winter, Brunswick’s Mere Creek
Golf Club, a popular spot for
local skiers, decided to stop
allowing use of its property for
skiing. Even though there was
no real formalized community
of recreational skiers, the back-
lash to Mere Creek’s decision
was strong.
“People got really upset, and
they wrote to the Town Coun-
cil,” said Kathy Thorson, a nurse
practitioner at the Bowdoin
Health Center and an executive
committee member of FOXCS.
“The town councillors said, ‘We
have never, ever had so many
‘Intersections of Race in Athletics’ sparks conversation
by Seamus Frey
Orient Staff
With open minds and honest
language, student athletes con-
fronted the effects of race on their
teams and the inclusiveness—or
lack thereof—of Bowdoin’s ath-
letic culture Wednesday night at
the Athletes of Color Coalition’s
(AOCC) fourth iteration of “In-
tersections of Race in Athletics.”
After a one-year hiatus, the
event returned this year to create
a forum for student athletes of
color to express frustrations, con-
cerns and fears about being part
of majority-white teams, sharing
about any issue.’”
The energetic community
action in support of cross-coun-
try skiing came at the perfect
moment for Thorson, who had
been thinking about how to
start a more formalized skiing
community in town.
“We happen to be sort of
positioned perfectly to go, ‘Oh,
look at all these people that are
interested in cross country ski-
ing!’ And they would all say, ‘I
wrote to my town councilor, be-
cause I’m really upset.’ And then
I would be able to write back
and say, ‘Hi, there’s this new
group!’” said Thorson.
The final phase of the group’s
evolution came when it be-
came officially affiliated with
the Brunswick-Topsham Land
Trust (BTLT), a local nonprofit,
at the end of last year.
“[We] fit exactly with their
mission,” said Thorson. “So they
actually turned to us really early
on. We went to the Land Trust
and said, ‘What do you think?’
And they said, ‘Oh, you’re per-
fect. We’ve been wanting to do
something like this for so long’
… and so we became an advi-
sory group.”
“It’s just one of those things
where the timing was right,”
added Angela Twitchell, the
executive director of BTLT. “We
were in a place where we had
time at the Land Trust to be able
to help with this, and the vol-
unteers in the community were
really able to put in the time and
effort to be able to help make it
work. So it’s a great partnership.”
Ever since that partnership
was forged, FOXCS has settled
into a rhythm of providing day-
to-day resources to local skiers
as well as hosting larger fund-
raising and community events
to support recreational skiing.
According to the FOXCS
Facebook page—which in
around two months has already
gained close to 230 followers—
the organization’s three main
goals are to “raise funds, to
provide a pool of volunteers for
trail maintenance and consult
with BTLT on decisions regard-
ing grooming and trial develop-
ment priorities.”
The most immediate respon-
sibility of FOXCS is to monitor
and report conditions of local
testimonies targeted at the heart
of racial issues presented on
Bowdoin teams.
However, before the personal
stories began, Visiting Assistant
Professor of Religion Joshua
Urich delivered a moving speech
about the origins of race in
America.
“Race is the attribution of
non-biological characteristics to
a phenotypically similar group.
What does this mean? People
who look like X tend to do Y.
And Y is generally not a biolog-
ically inherited trait,” said Urich.
“Sometimes race isn’t even an
action we intentionally choose
OFF-ROAD TRANSPORTION: Two skiers enjoy one of the new trails on the Kate Furbish Preserve near Brunswick Land-
ing. FOXCS has been promoting access to and maintenance of local cross-county ski trails in Brunswick and Topsham.
trails. These trails include those
on BTLT’s Woodward Preserve
and the trails on Kate Furbish
Reserve, which is owned by the
Town of Brunswick. Along with
a small but dedicated group of
local skiers, Thorson checks
trails every day and posts a
detailed summary of the con-
ditions. In just a few months,
FOXCS and its social media
presence have attracted a de-
vout following in the area.
“The growth has been expo-
nential,” said Thorson. “I’ll meet
strangers on the trail and they’ll
say, ‘I know [who] you are!
You’re posting on Facebook!’”
The group has also prior-
itized fundraising efforts in
order to be able to pay the two
professional groomers who
take care of the local trails and
to fund the group’s other ini-
tiatives. In just a few months,
FOXCS has raised over $1,000
through community donations.
On February 16, FOXCS part-
nered with Flight Deck Brewery
for their “Brews for a Cause”
event, during which 20 percent
of all beer sales went towards
the organization. Thorson and
the rest of the leadership team
to do. It’s an unconscious or un-
controllable physical reaction.
It’s that feeling of being at a place
when you realize you’re the only
person in a room that looks like
you.”
Urich argued that race, in both
athletics and everyday life, can be
combated through frank con-
versation and forming personal
relationships. He took the case
of African-American musician
Daryl Davis as an example.
“Some of his best friends are in
the [Ku Klux] Klan,” Urich said.
“He actually has a collection of
25 Klan robes in his closet be-
cause he’s building a museum of
have also been working on put-
ting together grant proposals
to try and increase the FOXCS
financial base.
FOXCS has made an impact
even in just a few months by
advocating for support through
the Town Council. The Town
of Brunswick has added ski re-
ports to its website, and recently
opened a network of new trails
on the Kate Furbish Reserve,
located just west of Brunswick
Landing and within walking
distance of Whittier Field.
FOXCS’s activities are al-
ready creating opportunities
for Bowdoin students as well.
Currently, the Bowdoin Outing
Club (BOC) has a dozen Nordic
skiing instructors and sends out
two to three trips weekly, often
to Pineland Farms or other
off-campus facilities. Howev-
er, with the maintenance of
these new and highly accessible
trails, it will be easier than ever
for students to ski, either on a
BOC trip or by checking out a
pair of classic or skate skis from
the gear room and walking to a
nearby trail.
“Enthusiasm [for Nordic ski-
ing] has grown in the past cou-
all of the Klan paraphernalia his
friends give him when they re-
nounce their racism and quit the
Klan. Because that’s what they do
after becoming friends with Dar-
yl Davis.”
After this uplifting message
about race and conquering racist
predispositions, student athletes
of color took to the stage and
shared their experiences with
racism, overt or unintentional,
on their own sports teams.
First to step up to the podium
was field hockey player Manveer
Sandhu ’22. She described how
field hockey has always been
central to her life and her devel-
Friday, February 28, 2020
COURTESY OF FOXCS
ple winters,” said Tess Hamilton,
associate director of the Outing
Club. “[Having] skate grooming
in town is just incredible to re-
duce barriers to access, and also
just makes it so that students
can get out skiing without hav-
ing to drive.”
“I would love to have more
Bowdoin students!” added
Thorson. “I know that it’s hard
because you’re not here all year
… but just know we are think-
ing about you!”
The group is just getting
started. As the group grows and
continues to fundraise, new
trails and programs will open
up, making skiing for town
residents—and Bowdoin stu-
dents—even more accessible,
said Thorson.
“The thing that’s unique and
exciting about this is that it re-
ally is community driven,” said
Twitchell. “Many of us from
different walks of life and dif-
ferent perspectives that all have
enthusiasm for cross-country
skiing are just coming together
... It’s sort of unusual for that to
happen, and to have a number
of successes in just the first few
months is exciting too.”
opment as a person, but being
questioned about India by an
opposing coach made her sec-
ond-guess her role in the athletic
world.
“After a game during my first
year at Bowdoin, the coach from
the opposing team came up to
me asking what I knew about
India,” said Sandhu. “She pro-
ceeded to tell me she was going
to a remote place in India where
she would be teaching kids how
to play [field hockey] to provide
them with another outlet in life
besides child marriage.”
Please see AOCC, page 12
Friday, February 28, 2020 SPORTS 11

NESCAC Standings Compiled by Dylan Sloan

Salute your roots MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Source: NESCAC and Bowdoin Athletics
WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY
come was the $40,000 blacked Dalmatian-trimmed mantle and
 
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
The Sideline out, gladiator bodysuit that he a crown, perhaps only a step
Story walked out in, as red LED lights above what you might expect to W L T W L T W L T W L T
circled the eyes of his crystalized find on the Burger King. It says Willliams 13 5 0 16 7 1 Middlebury 14 1 1 19 2 3
by Julius Long helmet in true supervillain fash- something about the state of box-
ion. It has become a staple for ing—the industry maybe more
Trinity 12 5 1 17 6 1 Colby 9 3 4 14 5 5
Saturday’s World Boxing Wilder to one-up himself but, in than the sport—that a 6-foot-9, Hamilton 10 6 2 11 9 4 Amherst 8 4 4 14 5 5
Council Heavyweight title match the realm of practicality, this was 254-pound man dressing like Middlebury 8 7 3 10 11 3 Hamilton 9 6 1 15 8 1
was nothing short of spectacular. probably as far as he could take the BK is not only normal, but Wesleyan 8 9 1 12 11 1 Williams 8 6 2 12 8 4
You expect that to be the case it. He wanted to do something subdued. He did, though, take it
when two guys named Wilder and big, but at the same time, send a step further when he mounted Bowdoin 8 9 1 12 11 1 Conn. Coll. 6 6 4 13 7 4
Fury meet at the most iconic ven- a humble thank you to the black a throne, singing along to Patsy Amherst 7 8 3 9 1 4 Bowdoin 4 11 1 8 13 3
ue in boxing to compete for a title leaders and real-life superheroes Cline’s “Crazy,” as he was carried Conn. Coll. 7 9 2 11 11 2 Trinity 3 11 2 8 12 4
that might as well read “The Big- that paved the way for him. to the ring. But the story behind
gest and Baddest MF on Earth.” As rapper D Smoke per- “The Gypsy King” and Fury’s Tufts 6 11 1 8 15 1 Wesleyan 1 14 1 7 16 1
The fight itself was a spectacle, formed his song “Black Habits” personification of it is much Colby 3 13 2 7 14 3
especially for the bloodthirsty live, the faces of Frederick Dou- deeper than theatrics.
fans who pay to see nothing glass, Maya Angelou, Nipsey Fury comes from a long line
more than two overgrown men Hussle, Harriet Tubman, Kobe of Irish nomads, many of whom
beat each other until they break. Bryant and a long list of other have competed as bare-knuckle
UPCOMING GAMES UPCOMING GAMES
But on Saturday, the curtain call names appeared on video mon- boxers. In the travelling world, Sat 2/29 @ Hamilton, 4 P.M. Sat 2/29 @ Colby, 3 P.M.
arguably stole the show, a testa- itors. Wilder’s message can be the best bare-knuckle boxers
ment to the appreciation of ar- summed up by the hook of the earn the coveted title of “King
ticulate expression, even in what Inglewood rapper’s anthem: of the Gypsies.” The legend goes
most consider a brutal sport. If Black magic, black excellence that Fury has uncles on both MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
the ring is the canvas on which / Black habits, this black medi- sides of the family who held the
 
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
boxers paint the picture of rig- cine, everything crown, and his father ultimately
orous preparation, unshakable Black Chucks, black tux, ev- used his prize winnings to end W L W L W L W L
courage and a gladiator complex erything, everything / Black hug, the tradition of roaming and Tufts 8 2 19 6 Tufts 10 0 25 0
that tells them they’d rather pay black love, everything settle the family in Manchester.
the ultimate price before they ac- Praise black Jesus, play black Despite the bigotry and negative
Colby 8 2 23 2 Amherst 8 2 22 3
cept defeat, the ring walk ahead Moses / Give ‘em flowers while connotation attached to the term Amherst 7 3 18 7 Bowdoin 8 2 23 2
of the fight is a carefully curated, they still here, black roses, ev- “gypsy,” Fury decided to adopt Trinity 6 4 17 8 Williams 6 4 18 7
thoughtful and inspirational erything the moniker as his own and Middlebury 6 4 20 5 Trinity 5 5 16 9
opening statement addressed to Black tie, black ride, every- bring pride to it.
fans, family and, most impor- thing, everything / Black pride, He did so by thrashing Wilder Williams 6 4 13 12 Hamilton 5 5 15 10
tantly, their dance partner for black lives, everything in seven rounds before the tow- Bates 4 6 12 13 Bates 4 6 13 12
the night. Wilder would go on to lose the el was thrown. But a rematch Hamilton 4 6 16 9 Wesleyan 4 6 14 11
As is traditional in boxing, fight to Tyson Fury, the self-pro- clause in the fight contract has
each fighter chose to pay hom- claimed “Gypsy King” and now already piqued the interest of Wesleyan 3 7 14 10 Conn. Coll. 2 8 7 17
age to his roots during this Heavyweight Champion. With both parties, not to mention Bowdoin 3 7 8 16 Colby 2 8 7 15
sacred moment. Deontay “The his posse and security detail fans. A third edition of Fury v. Conn. Coll. 0 10 4 20 Middlebury 1 9 12 12
Bronze Bomber” Wilder en- escorting him down the halls of Wilder is sure to entertain, from
tered the ring as the undefeated the MGM Grand, it seemed as ring walk to finish. The question
heavyweight champion. But though his entrance would be of is: can The Gypsy King and the
UPCOMING GAMES UPCOMING GAMES
the only thing more shocking the milder variety. The 6-foot- Bronze Bomber top the perfor- Sat 2/29 vs. Amherst @ Tufts, 2 P.M.
than the manner of his defeat to 9-inch Brit sported a bright red, mance they’ve already put on?

AOCC of color on a team came up time

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
In that moment, she felt as
though she had been defined
by her Indian identity; she was
nothing more to this coach than
a walking representation of India.
“I felt deeply ashamed. I felt
as though I should also be doing
something to help the country
my family is from,” said Sandhu.
“I felt embarrassed I knew so
little about India in terms of per-
sonal experience.”
Sandhu, like others on campus
and on athletic teams, found sup-
port in a fellow teammate of color
and began to understand that she
was not to blame in this situation.
Throughout the night, the theme
of solidarity with fellow athletes
and time again.
First-year swimmer Ayana
Opong-Nyantekyi has found it
difficult to be on a team that is so
racially and socioeconomically
different from her, but support
from a senior athlete of color on
her team has helped her navigate
the team’s dynamics.
“Outside of practices, it’s en-
couraged for us to attend mix-
ers. The music is not usually too
great, and rarely is [it] music one
could dance to,” said Opong-
Nyantekyi. “Evidently, my white
teammates do not really dance
and since none of them dance, I
don’t feel comfortable dancing.”
She spoke about feeling both
invisible, as her experience is at
times overlooked, and hypervis-
ible, because of her skin color.
Most of all, she is shocked by
her teammates’ spending habits,
further highlighting disparity in
socioeconomic class.
“They have no problem buy-
ing different apparel, paying for
attire so the whole team matches,
or even going out to dinners for
team bonding,” said Opong-
Nyantekyi. “The way they spend
money and are able to buy things
without second thought was
eye-opening to me.”
She does not blame them, but
nonetheless feels marginalized
because each purchase she makes
needs to be thought out and the
consequences considered.
“I know some people quit
their teams. I know some people
leave Bowdoin because of the
way people of color feel here,”
Opong-Nyantekyi said. “And
I’m lucky enough to not feel as
though I have to quit my team,
and that I have a team that re-
spects me. But I feel as though it
is worth sharing, because things
for me and other athletes of color
at Bowdoin can be better.”
A former member of the track
and field team, Amani Hite ’20
recounted her experiences on the
team that led her to quit. A proxy
for Hite read the story, as Hite
could not attend the event.
“Someone had me reach out to
a recruit. Big mistake. Of course
they would tell me to reach out to
the Black recruit. I mean, it had
to be a race thing, because she
didn’t even do the same event
as me,” read the proxy. “I quit. I
asked myself the question, ‘Why
[do] the majority of people of
color, especially black women,
quit the track team?’ Well, that’s
easy. We don’t fit in.”
Encouraging white athletes
to reflect on these poignant and
often painful stories was the in-
tention of the event’s organizers.
“It’s just about making an in-
clusive environment and making
sure that the culture of the team
is welcome to race and anything
like race, including class, sexual-
ity and gender preference,” said
event coordinator and AOCC
President Paula Petit-Molina ’20.
“Certain things and pressures
go into being an athlete of color
that not everyone may under-
stand, so having that openness
and being able to see how peo-
ple’s experiences are different is
something I hope people walk
away with,” said Lester Jackson
’21, one of the vice presidents of
the AOCC.
While this event aims to open
up new spaces for dialogue, there
is still much to consider sur-
rounding athletes of color and
their experiences at Bowdoin.
Acknowledging this, Urich posed
some questions to the audience.
“I’m going to leave you with
some questions to consider,” said
Urich. “How do you do race?
What actions do you take that
make race happen? How do your
teams do race? What about your
college? Your friends and fami-
ly? What about [us] as a nation?
How do we do race? Think about
that.”

ANGEL RAMIREZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ANGEL RAMIREZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SPOKEN FROM THE HEART: (LEFT) Ayana Opong-Nyantekyi ’23 addresses the crowd in Kresge Auditorium on Thursday night, speaking about her experience as an athlete of color on the swim and dive team during the ‘Intersections of Race in
Athletics’ event. (RIGHT) Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Joshua Urich opened the event with a speech in which he addressed the topic of race in America and set the stage for the series of student stories that made up the remainder of the event.
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Men’s hockey returns to NESCAC quarterfinals
by Itza Bonilla Hernandez
Orient Staff
After missing out on the NES-
CAC playoffs for the last two years,
the men’s hockey team has bucked
the recent trend and earned a
qualifying spot for this year’s tour-
nament. The third-seeded Polar
Bears will be traveling to upstate
New York on Saturday, where they
will take the ice against sixth-seed-
ed Hamilton.
“It is a tremendous accom-
plishment; [it’s] such a challeng-
ing league. The team is very excit-
ed and certainly not taking it for
granted,” said Head Coach Jamie
Dumont in a phone interview
with the Orient. “Come gameday,
our mindset is to continue to
play defense and continue to play
complete 60-minute hockey.”
For the team’s senior players
this year, this will be the first play-
off game since their first year.
“We’re super excited. The last
two years, we haven’t been in [the
playoffs], so it’s kind of come full
circle because we went up to Ham-
ilton my [first] year, and now we
have another chance to do some
damage there,” said captain Pat
Geary ’20. “But any time you get
into [the] playoffs, it’s like a whole
new season. It’s a fresh start for us,
and just getting there … was a su-
per big accomplishment.”
For everyone else on the team,
a stab at the postseason brings an-
ticipation and excitement.
“At least for the [seniors], they
made it their [first] year. This is
everyone else’s first time being
[in the] playoffs, and I think ev-
eryone’s just got kind of a new
Women’s hockey sets expectations high despite recent skid
by Robert Shepard
Orient Staff
Despite dropping the last
four games of their season, the
Bowdoin women’s hockey team
is heading to the NESCAC
playoffs. Going into its quarter-
final matchup against Colby on
Saturday, the team is hoping to
rebuild some momentum to cap
off a season of growth follow-
ing last winter, when the team
went 3-19-2 and missed out on
a NESCAC playoff spot for the
first time since 2001.
“This year, we’re really
excited to come back and
redeem ourselves,” said Julia
Surgenor ’21.
The team struggled in
February, losing six of its last
seven games, including two to
both Trinity and top-ranked
Middlebury. But rather than
dwelling on the difficult end-
ing, the team is focusing on
what went well.
“We put up a really good
fight,” said Izzi Stoddard ’21.
“We skated with [Middle-
bury] for 60 minutes in both
Friday and Saturday’s game.”
Against Middlebury,
Surgenor scored on a power
play in the first period, ruin-
ing the Panthers’ perfect pen-
alty-kill record for the season.
“We ended [Middlebury’s
streak], so we’re pretty excit-
ed about the small victories,”
said Surgenor.
Small victories make a big
difference for this team that
sense of urgency, being excited,”
said Bradley Ingersoll ’21. “We’ve
beaten Hamilton once already
this year, so we definitely want to
do it again.”
To prepare, the team has been
sharpening the work it has al-
ready put in this season.
“I think we’re just trying to re-
inforce everything we’ve been do-
ing over the past month or so …
keeping the confidence up, just
trying to keep that going and not
get too stressed about the game,”
said Geary.
The team attributes its success
this season to various factors,
ranging from young players con-
tributing to the game to adopting
a new formation.
“I don’t know if there was a
magic potion that we drank and
all of a sudden got into the play-
offs this year [or something],”
said Geary. “We have a really
strong [first year] class that’s been
tremendous for us offensively and
defensively. We also got a new as-
sistant coach, Stan Moore, who’s
been a great asset to the team.
Fresh blood in the program is al-
ways good. We also changed our
structure, which is a big thing.”
Typical hockey strategy in-
cludes three forwards and two
defensemen. For the past two
years, the Polar Bears have been
playing with three defensemen
and two forwards, called the
“three back” structure. This sys-
tem was used by the team when
Terry Meagher was head coach,
from 1983 to 2016. But earlier
this year, the team ultimately de-
cided to go back to the standard
formation of three forwards.
has made marked improve-
ments from last year. After
last year’s subpar perfor-
mance, the team ended this
regular season with a 8-13-3
(4-11-1 NESCAC) record,
good for the seventh seed in
the playoffs.
A change in mentality has
been a big part of that rebound.
“A big thing this year for us
was [that] the captains really
valued accountability and com-
munication within the team,
something our coaches really
preached as well,” said Surgenor.
“Being able to call each other
out in a productive way and
communicate effectively about
what we can be doing better as
a team [is so important].”
In addition to a shift in
mentality, the team has also
been more productive on of-
fense, scoring 2.04 goals per
game compared to just 1.33 last
year. Getting defensive players
involved in offensive play has
bolstered the team’s overall
production, Surgenor said.
“We have a lot of really of-
fensive-minded defensemen
who get involved in the play,
which I think is really helpful
in generating more offense
than we have been able to in
the past,” said Surgenor.
The team has also adopted
an offensive strategy involv-
ing three forwards for the
end of the season and contin-
ues to take that offense-first
mindset into the playoffs. The
Polar Bears open the playoffs
SPORTS Friday, February 28, 2020
GRAHAM BENDICKSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
STEAMING AHEAD: Bobby Pearl ’23 scans the ice during a home game against Wesleyan, a 3-1 victory. Bowdoin will play Hamilton in the NESCAC playoffs this weekend.
“I think it kind of gave us been unbelievable leaders, [and guys. It’s just one team, everyone’s offs since we haven’t done it [in
some new life. People were ex- I] have seen a good contribution close on and off the ice. I think a while]. But I think building off
cited about it, and it worked out from all four class years.” that’s been a huge part of our suc- this year … I expect us to make
for us,” said Ingersoll. “We were While senior leadership has cess, and [we] want to keep that playoffs next year and hopefully
all in favor of it, and [our coach] been key to the team’s success, going as seniors next year.” win the NESCAC championship,”
was too.” contributions across all class years As for long-term goals, the said Ingersoll.
Apart from adopting a new have propelled the team to a play- team hopes to continue to make The Polar Bears face Hamilton
structure of play, the team attri- off spot. None of the team’s top the playoffs every year and one on Saturday at 4 p.m. The game
butes its success to great leaders four point scorers are seniors, and day win the NESCAC title for the will be live streamed on the NES-
and its culture over the years. the seven-man first-year class has first time since 2013-14. CAC website.
“The seniors have been great already made a sizable impact. “I think our goal every year is “If you’re not doing anything
leaders on and off the ice,” said “It’s a good culture,” said Inger- to win the NESCAC champion- Saturday, definitely tune in,
Dumont. “[Captains] Ronnie soll. “There’s not much divide be- ship. The last couple of years, our because it’s going to be a good
[Lestan ’20] and [Geary] have tween the younger guys and older focus has been to make the play- game,” said Geary.
against second-ranked Colby
on Saturday.
“Obviously, we have a great
tradition and rivalry with
Colby, and since I’ve been
at Bowdoin, we haven’t re-
ally faced them much in the
postseason,” said Surgenor.
“We’re just really excited to
see them.”
The Polar Bears haven’t
played the Mules in the play-
offs since 2014 when they
earned a 4-2 victory in the
NESCAC semifinal. This
year, the team dropped both
its games against the Mules
in the second week of the sea-
son—2-1 at home and 2-0 on
the road.
Stoddard says the team is
going into the playoffs better
prepared than they were at
the beginning of the season.
“We haven’t seen them
since the first weekend, and
we know as a team we’ve built
throughout this season, so
they don’t really know how
much we’ve changed for the
better,” said Stoddard.
Regardless of the outcome,
the game will be historic.
“It’s [Colby’s] last game in
their rink because they’re get-
ting a new rink [next fall], so
we’re excited to be a part of
that and the history of Bowdo-
in-Colby hockey,” said Surgenor.
The Polar Bears take the
ice against Colby at 3 p.m.
this Saturday in Waterville OWEN WOLFSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
with the hope of advancing to BREAK THE SLUMP: Angelina Joyce ’22 searches for a pass in a 3-1 home loss against Middlebury last weekend, Bowdoin’s
the NESCAC semifinals. fourth consecutive loss. The Polar Bears will seek to break the streak against Colby in Saturday’s NESCAC quarterfinal matchup.
Friday, February 28, 2020 SPORTS 13

Winter varsity sports by the numbers Compiled by Gwen Davidson, Steven

Xu, Sebastian de Lasa and Dylan Sloan

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Winter athletics data allows a vi-
1 sualization of team performances
across the season. The following
graphics display data from point-
2 based varsity team sports. Additional
statistics, including more detailed
data and metrics for more winter
3 sports, can be found online at bow-
doinorient.com.
Note: the women’s and men’s basket-
4 ball teams’ NESCAC seasons did not
NESCAC Standing

begin until six weeks after the hockey

teams’.
5
Women’s
Basketball
6
Men’s
7 Basketball

8 Women’s
Hockey
9
Men’s
Hockey
10
Women’s teams won more
2.9% 51.5% often than men’s teams. 2.9% 51.5% Ties
%
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the scores of women’s and men’s

hockey, basketball and squash
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games.

Bowdoin teams were the

winningest in December,
and had the lowest winning
percentage in February.
4.8%

61.9% % 71.4% 8.1% 48.6% 40%

% 28.6 60%
3 3.3 .2%
43

November December January February

2.2%
Bowdoin teams played more away games than home games,
but had a slightly higher winning percentage at home.

Home 29 25 2
45.6%
52.2%

Away 34 31 3

0 20 40 60 80 Conference
Games Bowdoin teams had a lower winning
Source: NESCAC and Bowdoin Athletics percentage in conference play than overall.
14 Friday, February 28, 2020

O OPINION
Please ... wash your hands
On Thursday, Dean of Student Affairs Janet Lohmann sent an email to cam-
Dear Bowdoin, what is awareness?
pus updating students on the College’s ongoing efforts to monitor the spread of experience—every day, week and the time, partly because effects of
COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus. In her email, Lohmann pointed by Manlio Calentti month. Awareness is normalizing depression, anxiety, post-traumat-
students towards a new FAQ page on the College’s website with information Op-Ed Contributor conversation, it is building healthy ic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar
about the virus, preventative measures and travel-related advisories. This week, the Bowdoin Stu- ways to digest information on issues disorder and obsessive-compulsive
With the coronavirus dominating global headlines and on-campus conver- dent-Athlete Advisory Committee and ideas that we would normally feel disorder (OCD)—the United States’
sations, it’s easy to panic. But as Lohmann’s email and the Center for Disease (BSAAC) rolled out a week’s worth uncomfortable talking about. Aware- most prevalent mental illnesses—are
Control (CDC) have suggested, the best way for individuals to prepare for the of programming dedicated to Mental ness is education, and it is supported varied and manifest in such differ-
expected spread of the virus in the United States is to educate themselves about Health Awareness Week. The offer- by facts, figures and personal anec- ent ways. As Bowdoin students, we
the virus and to take reasonable precautions to stay healthy. ings are a veneer of help. In terms dotes. Did you know mental illness ought to educate ourselves. Before
As students prepare to leave campus for spring break at the end of next of awareness, there isn’t much, but, is disproportionate across different we critique the College’s resources or
week, it’s important to keep a few things in mind about the virus. oh yes! There are dogs and free pub identities and backgrounds? While the lack thereof, we should all, indi-
First, there is a lot that we don’t know. What we do know is there are about food! Is this awareness? Is this what 19 percent of all adults experience vidually, be able to understand early
60 confirmed cases in the United States, and global health experts are expect- Bowdoin needs? Awareness on any any mental illness in a 12-month warning signs of mental illness such
ing the virus to spread throughout the continental U.S.. As you stay up to date issue comes in different forms. While span, 37 percent of LGBTQ adults are as self-harm impulses, noticeable
with the spread of the virus, it’s critical to be discerning about your sources of Peer Health has approached aware- afflicted in the same timeframe. Sim- weight gain/loss and/or excessive use
information. Sensationalist media accounts and outright misinformation are ness of health resources in a great ilarly, non-white college students are of alcohol and drugs.
already spreading on the internet and across social media. Don’t believe every- way—a subtle, yet noticeable, poster largely affected by prevalent mental So, what is awareness? Is it offer-
thing you read—rely on trusted sources like the CDC, the National Institutes campaign in Smith Union, one of illnesses such as depression and anx- ing free pub foods, or is it provid-
of Health and the Maine Center for Disease Control. Bowdoin’s buildings with the heavi- iety. Arab/Arab American students ing more therapy dogs? Awareness
While U.S. health officials expect that the virus will continue to spread est foot traffic—BSAAC’s approach report the highest shares of these ill- should be synonymous with edu-
through the country, the most recent reports have stressed that for the average, to mental health awareness falls flat nesses, at 24.5 percent and 23.9 per- cation—it is not hard. Let’s begin
healthy adult, the fatality rate is low compared to similar viruses, in short: don’t on many fronts. It exacerbates my cent, respectively, while 15.8 percent by normalizing these issues—that
panic. frustration with how we approach and 17.8 percent of white students includes acknowledging that 50 per-
Second, take reasonable precautions. As with the average flu virus, you can conversations on mental health here report experiencing depression and cent of mental illness begins by the
reduce your risk of exposure with a few common-sense strategies. Especially at Bowdoin. For some, therapy dogs anxiety, respectively. The statistics age 14, 75 percent by age 24. Let’s be-
in the Bowdoin petri dish, these habits go a long way. (Think how many people work, but for others—might I say, a are endless and gut-wrenching, but, gin by understanding the facts about
touch the Thorne serving utensils … yuck.) The primary recommendations majority of students—it does not. unfortunately, they are a reality. the tip of the iceberg because there is
from CDC are as simple as washing your hands, avoiding contact with sick Mental health is omnipresent in I have spent so much of my time at much more happening deeper down.
individuals and staying home when you feel sick. my life. It ebbs and it flows, both Bowdoin thinking about how to de- We owe ourselves the ability to look
Finally, be sensitive to the real human impact of the coronavirus around the daily and seasonally. My worst days scribe my personal experiences with out for one another, as a Bowdoin
globe. While the virus is still a distant threat in midcoast Maine, it has been under the summer’s sunshine would mental health. Some days, I abhor the community, as friends and simply
deadly in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It has had material and psycho- be the best while slogging through idea of leaving my room. Other days, as people. Check in on your friends;
logical effects on families and communities, and it’s important to keep in mind winter. It’s hard. I am dependent on I am as exuberant and cheerful as a never cease to tell people you love
that falling into mass hysteria can obscure coronavirus’s true human costs. scheduling my life out in order to toddler. Some days, scheduling my them, and continue to educate your-
Check in with your friends who aren’t able to return home for spring break or have control over each day, and I am waking hours allows for a sense of self.
who have families in the affected areas. very reliant on medications, some- ease. Other days, the schedules trig- BSAAC, I ask that you tweak your
We are grateful that the College is monitoring the situation and has extend- thing that is often sheepishly talked ger a spiral of anxious thoughts—“Is approach. Some of these programs
ed support to students whose travel plans and families have been affected by about even when discussing mental this where I need to be? Should I be might be helpful to a portion of
the virus. We hope that, as the situation develops, the College will continue to health. For me, this is mental health with my friends? Do my friends hate the student body, but your goal of
support students in whatever capacity proves necessary. And, for the love of awareness—not dogs, not pub food, me?” At a certain point, the onus is awareness is not supported by what
God, wash your hands. not yoga or meditation. not on me to explain everything all you offered.
Mental health aware- Manlio Calentti is a member of the
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which is comprised of Emily Cohen, Maia Coleman, Ellery Harkness, Alyce McFad- the reality of what a per-
den, Rebecca Norden-Bright and Ian Ward. centage of the Bowdoin
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To each according to his contribution… In our own voice:

Workin’ on it
by Archer
Thomas
Our parents told us many
clichéd things growing up.
Many of these things—if you
happen to be American—are
intended to convince us that
work, more than just being
a necessary evil of existing
society, is actually valuable
and fulfilling. They say that
work teaches us the value of
a hard-earned dollar. That’s
how most people interact
with money: almost exclu-
sively as a function of labor
performed. Money means
survival, so people scaffold
their lives around work. We
are encouraged to think of
money as the points system
of modern society, and every-
thing from food
to the newest
appliance
is the
SAR
AC
subject of constant mental
calculus.
Money, however, has a
secret. It’s not just a points
system but a commodity in
its own right. The mere fact
of possessing money can
generate more money—labor
not required. A very wealthy
person could—and many
do—live just off the interest
produced by their largesse.
Investing in the stock market,
while requiring slightly more
effort and risk, still generates
wealth even while the inves-
tor is sleeping. Everywhere
but Japan, index funds (which
track the stock market as a
whole) pretty much guaran-
tee exponential returns over a
large enough time span.
The problem with money’s
double-faceted
nature is that,
unless you
have a lot
of it, pas-
sive income
is generally
hard to come
by. It is unfair
that some people
must work
to make
mon-
APL
AN
ey while others can attain a
fortune without lifting a finger.
How then should we ad-
dress the issue of money as a
commodity? Some argue that
we should give up on money
altogether. Imagine walking
into a store and taking—not
buying—everything you
need. Imagine working with-
out the expectation of pay.
After all, if everything is free,
why would you need to? This
is the idea of the gift econo-
my, restrained not by money
but by a sense of social rights
and obligations. Originally,
many societies operated this
way, albeit on a small scale.
However, money has a lot
of advantages, the main being
that it is well-equipped to man-
age desire in a limited world.
Although we’d like to imagine
that individuals would con-
sume responsibly in a world
where everything is free, may-
be it’s a good thing that pur-
chasing power is tied to labor.
Until total automation is possi-
ble (see my column from a few
weeks ago), there is necessary
work to be done.
Wealth should be tied to
work—monetary exchange
makes this impossible. A
solution to this prob-
lem would be
to make “un-exchangeable”
money. Let’s imagine that you
are a worker in this post-mon-
ey society. You would be paid
in vouchers (usable only by
you), but just like money,
these vouchers would enable
you to buy whatever you
want. When you go to the
grocery store, you hand over
your vouchers to the cashier,
but instead of putting them in
the register, he jots down the
value of your purchase and
voids your vouchers. In turn,
the cashier is paid in his own
vouchers that are unrelated to
yours. There is no “exchange”
taking place.
Communities, in this
circumstance, would deter-
mine compensation for labor
democratically. We could
collectively decide to pay pro-
fessions differently based on
talent, experience and social
need. In this way, we can in-
centivize individuals to do the
dirty, difficult or tedious jobs
that society requires.
Labor vouchers are not
a new idea. They were first
envisioned by the early uto-
pians of the American Mid-
west—perhaps because the
idea speaks to the American
penchant for paid labor. How-
ever, if Americans were actu-
ally serious about
the idea of work
being the basis of
an ethical society,
they would re-
ject the com-
modification
of money and
its ability to
generate pas-
sive income.
reflecting on RISE
by Lucia Gagliardone
and Eskedar Girmash
Op-Ed Contributors
As two of the creators of
the 2020 show, we see “RISE”
as a political statement. It
works to bring attention to
gender-based violence, inter-
sectional discrimination and
various forms of gender dis-
respect. It unapologetically
creates a space for women to
stand together against mar-
ginalizing systems. It fosters
an empowering community
through which women from
all walks of campus can resist
the patriarchy while coming
together to celebrate and up-
lift each other.
One of the show’s many
functions is to visualize ex-
periences relating to sex and
relationships because society
has centered womanhood
and women’s bodies around
these issues. While in “RISE,”
we work to detangle our gen-
der from our sexuality, we
also must confront and chal-
lenge the reality that many
issues of gender oppression
stem from the problematic
sexualization and exploita-
tion of women’s bodies. Sex-
ual disrespect and unequal
power dynamics contribute
to rape culture. The numer-
ous stories we receive about
the disregard towards wom-
en’s pleasure demonstrate
that the sexual culture on
this campus needs to be chal-
lenged as it fosters a culture
of violence.
When the first leadership
team created “RISE,” it was
their intention that the stories
represented were a reflection
of the true experiences of
Bowdoin women, rather than
a forced agenda constructed
by the leaders. The content of
the 2020 production is com-
prised of genuine lived expe-
riences, and we as a campus
must respect and honor them
fully. When many stories sub-
mitted each year contend with
sex and sexuality, it reflects
how pervasive these issues are
in our community. Our role
is to honor and elevate the
truths that Bowdoin women
voice and we hope that each
year it can become more rep-
resentative of all women’s ex-
periences.
Storytelling is not the only
way to create spaces for heal-
ing. This show is one of the
many ways we as a campus
can begin to confront gen-
der-based violence, support
survivors and create a safer
and more inclusive culture.
On behalf of the “RISE”
2020 leadership team, we of-
fer our biggest thank you to
the women who submitted
their stories and the wom-
en who voiced these stories.
Thank you for your strength;
we are all better because of it.
Lucia Gagliardone and Es-
kedar Girmash are members of
the Class of 2020.

Assange’s fate is the fate of journalism

by Ethan McLear
Op-Ed Contributor
As you read this, Julian
Assange is facing a court case
that could change the practice
of journalism, full stop. He’s
charged with “conspiracy to
commit computer intrusion
for agreeing to break a pass-
word to a classified U.S. gov-
ernment computer” during
Chelsea Manning’s 2010 leak
of government documents ex-
posing U.S. war crimes.
Assange has served as the
public face of WikiLeaks for
years. WikiLeaks exists to
“safely reveal important in-
formation about the world,
and to protect their sources
in doing so.” They are perhaps
best known for decrypting
and releasing footage taken
from a helicopter in 2007
during the Iraq War in a vid-
eo now known as “Collateral
Murder.” The video shows
American soldiers misiden-
tifying a group of civilians
as terrorists, gunning them
down from the helicopter and
laughing about it.
This is obviously some-
thing that everyone, especial-
ly American citizens, have a
right to access, to see what our
government is doing with our
money and in our name.
This charge breaks down
to Assange asking Manning, a
source, for more material—in
other words, a perfectly nor-
mal journalistic practice. That
should raise red flags by itself.
The second thing to know
is that the extradition or-
der that happened under
President Donald Trump is
premised on no more infor-
mation than former Presi-
dent Barack Obama and Eric
Holder, his attorney general,
had back in 2011. In other
words, the fact that Assange
tried (and failed) to guess a
computer password has been
known for years. In the end,
the Obama administration
refused to go forward with
the charge, realizing—rightly
so—that it would endanger
journalism and set a dan-
gerous legal precedent. The
Department of Justice (DOJ)
under Trump has no such
qualms; in ordering the extra-
dition and trial of Assange in
this country, the DOJ is pros-
ecuting a journalist for doing
journalism.
In a just world, this
wouldn’t happen: a journalist
doing journalism wouldn’t
be in prison awaiting extra-
dition and facing charges of
espionage. In a just world, that
would only happen to some-
one who deserved it. If you
feel a roiling in your gut, I can
explain: there’s an interesting
glitch in human psychology
called (perhaps unoriginally)
the “just world fallacy,” and
it’s an important one to be
aware of. It explains the
victim-shaming and blam-
ing in cases of mugging,
rape, robbery, murder
because we have an un-
conscious need to imagine
a world where good things
happen to good people, and
bad things happen to bad peo-
ple. This particular facet of
psychology was demonstrated
in the ’60s, and it boils down
to the human tendency to
select for cognitive ease over generation
cognitive discomfort. knows anything,
Ultimately, Assange’s trial ready suffered it’s how to deal with rude
comes down to this ques- and continues to awakenings before our time
tion: should journalists be suffer for holding and lead the way regardless.
punished for exposing war the American The public outcry needed
crimes? That Assange would government to shame those who
be facing life imprisonment to account is would hide Assange
for the material he has pub- broadcasting away for the rest of his
lished, simply because it was a lesson: life and make of him an
inconvenient for the govern- never do example—that falls on
ments that perpetrated the anything HOLLY HARR our shoulders.
IS
crimes revealed, clashes with remotely like what me. I have nei- It’s my hope that in reading
this pleasant fiction of a just that guy did, or the same ther the strength nor the cour- this, you’ll want to learn more
world, which may lead you to thing will happen to you. age to face the consequences about Assange’s plight. For
want to forget this story and And it works. I know be- of taking that information that, I can think of no better
move on. But I submit to you cause it works on me. If you and running with it—I just names than Caitlin Johnstone,
that this is infinitely bigger came to me and said you had have too much to lose. Even Max Blumenthal, Michael
than Assange’s case. Regard- information that incriminated reading this piece can be hard, Brooks and Aaron Maté—just
less of the case’s outcome, the some of the most powerful because it tints the world in an google them.
isolation and psychological people in the world, I’d tell you uglier light than how we grew Ethan McLear is a member
damage that Assange has al- to keep it the hell away from up imagining it. But if our of the Class of 2023.
16 Friday, February 28, 2020

FEBRUARY / MARCH
WORKSHOP
FRIDAY 28
“Fast Fashion/Slow Art”
Cat Mazza, associate professor of art at the University of
Massachusetts at Boston, will lead an artist workshop and discuss
her work featured in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
exhibition, “Fast Fashion/Slow Art.”
Museum of Art. 3 p.m.

EVENT
Polar Bear Snow Globe Making
The Bowdoin Craft Center will provide materials for students to
make their own polar bear snow globes.
David Saul Smith Union. 3 p.m.

PERFORMANCE
“Henry VI, Part II”
Students will perform the second part of Shakespeare’s
“Henry VI.” Tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
performances are available online.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m. ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GOOD BOY: Sophie Bell ’23 plays with Bailey, the golden retriever of Massachusetts Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren. On
Friday, students lined up in the Pickering Room in Hubard Hall to meet Bailey and Warren’s son, Alex.

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PERFORMANCE EVENT
The Women’s Cabaret LECTURE
Celebrating Muslimahs: Muslim Women
Bowdoin Women in Music will hold a cabaret featuring on Campus “Toxic Nectar? How Plant Chemistry
self-identified women on campus reclaiming sexist music. The Muslim Student Alliance will display a photo exhibition Changes Bee Behavior”
Dining Room, Ladd House. 8 p.m. highlighting the experiences of Muslim women at Bowdoin. Patricia Jones, assistant professor of biology and director of
30 College Street. 7 p.m. the Bowdoin College Scientific Station on Kent Island, will
BLACK HISTORY MONTH discuss the dangerous compounds produced by flowering
Ebony Ball plants as a defense mechanism against predators. She will
The Black Student Union will hold the annual Ebony Ball in also explain the effects of this poisonous nectar on the

WEDNESDAY 4
celebration of the conclusion of Black History Month. behavior of honeybees.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 10 p.m. Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.

EVENT LECTURE
Arts, Industry and Innovation in “Recovering Nimrud: Smithsonian’s
Antebellum America Projects in Iraq”

EVENT
SUNDAY 1 The students in “The U.S.: 1783-1861” history course will present
a pop-up art exhibition featuring art that represents the societal
and cultural interests in 19th-century New England.
Student Reiki Clinic Zuckert Seminar Room, Museum of Art. 3:30 p.m.
Volunteer practitioners will introduce Bowdoin students to
Reiki, a non-invasive healing and de-stressing practice. LECTURE
Garage, 24 College Street. 4 p.m. “From Crisis to Resilience in the Arctic: At
the Front Lines of Change and Innovation”
Joel Clement, senior fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center’s
Arctic Initiative, will discuss the current environmental and
MONDAY 2
ecological state of the Arctic and the actions required to bring
about positive change.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Ying Quartet PERFORMANCE
Bowdoin International Music Festival co-artistic directors David Arturo O’Farrill, Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Ying and Phillip Ying, as well as Janet Ying and Robin Scott, will Grammy-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill will
play pieces by Franz Schubert and Kevin Puts. perform with the Afro Latin Jazz orchestra.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Jessica S. Johnson, head of conservation at the
Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, along with
Corine Wegener, director of the Smithsonian Cultural
Rescue Initiative, will discuss the Smithsonian’s efforts to
preserve the ancient culture and history of Iraq and at the
site of Nimrud.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
FITNESS CLASS
Spin — Indoor Cycling
Matt O’Donnell, editor of Bowdoin Magazine, will lead a
fitness class with stationary bicycles.
Room 213, Buck Fitness Center. 6:15 p.m.
EVENT
Pub Trivia Night
Students will compete in trivia, with prizes awarded to the
top three teams.
Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill. 8:30 p.m.

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