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FEATURES: LIFE OFF THE TENURE-TRACK OPINION
EDITORIAL: Living the party.
SPORTS: WOMENS SAILING QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS
Page 9.
SIGNIFYING NOTHING: Jesse Ortiz 16 on the
desegregation of bathrooms.
Page 11.
Page 10.
A look at the role of temporary
professors at the College as well
as the balancing act tenured
professors perform between
teaching, research and service.
Page 5.
For the rst time in program history, the
womens sailing team has qualied for
nationals after a successful weekend competing
at the Reed Trophy at Dartmouth.
A&E: IN THE MOVIES
Jared Littlejohn 15
will premiere his
short lma thriller
entitled 12:34on
May 10 in Sills Hall.
Page 7.
Following recent amendments to
the Clery Report, the College will
be required to report additional
statistics for the current year.
One Day campaign surpasses donor goal
Please see CAMPAIGN, page 3
Satirical art posters removed after complaints
CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Please see DIVESTMENT, page 3
BY PHOEBE BUMSTED
ORIENT STAFF
BCA unlikely
to meet with
Trustees on
divestment
2013 sees
increase in
drug law
violations
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF
Please see VIOLATIONS, page 4
Te Om ce of Annual Giving re-
ceived 1,520 alumni gifs during its
second annual BowdoinOne Day,
a 24-hour fundraising campaign
on Tuesday. Te number of dona-
tions exceeded both this years goal
of 1,300 gifs and last years total of
1,274 gifs, according to Director
of Annual Giving Brannon Fisher
and Annual Giving Administrative
Manager Marian Skinner.
Participation was monitored
across six regions: New England,
Mid-Atlantic, West, Midwest, South,
and International. Te alumni in the
Mid-Atlantic region participated
most at 14.8 percent. Te Midwest
region came in second, with 12.9
percent participation. Te event
took place from 12 a.m. to midnight
on Tuesday.
On this day, the senior class
whose donations count towards the
alumni fundreached 61 percent
participation, enough to unlock a
matching grant from an anonymous
donor. For each senior class over the
next four years that reaches over 60
percent participation, the donor
will give a $10,000 scholarship for a
member of the rising frst year class.
Prior to Tuesdays event, the Class of
2014 had 49 percent participation,
according to Skinner.
Fisher and the Om ce of Annual
Giving conduct the 24-hour cam-
paign annually to help build a sense
of excitement around donating.
We fnd that creating a sense of
urgency and some kind of a deadline
to rally around is helpful for our do-
nors and for our volunteers who help
us do the fundraising, Fisher said in
a phone interview with the Orient.
April 22 was selected as the date
for the campaign this year so that
it fell between tax day and the end
of the fscal year. Last year, it fell on
April 23.
It takes some of the pressure of,
BY MEG ROBBINS
ORIENT STAFF
said Fisher, and also its helpful for
our volunteers to be able to check
[donors] of without too much ad-
ditional outreach in the late spring.
In a 2013 Orient article on last
years event, Fisher mentioned that
April 23 marked the day in which
funds from tuition and endowment
run out and the rest of the academic
year is symbolically supported by
alumni donations.
Fisher said he is pleased with how the
day unfolded. Neli Vazquez 14, one of
the four directors of the senior class gif
campaign who helped plan the event,
felt the day was successful not only be-
cause the senior class surpassed the 60
Te College saw an increase in
drug law violations and decreases in
burglaries and liquor law violations
in 2013, according to numbers from
the Annual Clery Campus Crime Re-
port released early to the Orient.
Te report is released publicly
each October, when colleges must
report statistics on a set of federally
specifed crimes that take place on
or adjacent to college property. In
2013, Bowdoin reported 157 alcohol
law violations, three alcohol related
arrests, 51 drug law violations, two
burglaries and six sexual assaults.
Tese statistics will be om cially sub-
mitted in October.
In 2012, Bowdoin was third-
highest in the NESCAC for alcohol-
1520: Number of alumni gifts given during the 2nd annual BowdoinOne Day.
14.8: Percent of alumni who participated from the Mid-Atlantic Region.
61: Percent of the senior class who donated to the alumni fund as of Tuesday.
$10,000: Value of a scholarship for a member of the incoming rst-year class
donated by an anonymous donor as a result of the Class of 2014
meeting their fundraising goals.
By the Numbers:
Approximately 100 students and
community members delivered over
1,000 signatures in support of divest-
ing the Colleges assets from fossil
fuel companies to President Barry
Mills in front of Hawthorne-Longfel-
low Library last Friday. At the gather-
ing, Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA)
leader Matthew Goodrich 15 asked
Mills if and when the group can meet
with the Board of Trustees. However,
it is unlikely that BCA will meet with
the Trustees to discuss divestment
before the end of the year, according
to Mills.
In an interview with the Orient,
Mills said that the Trustees will likely
be too busy fnding his replacement
this summer to consider divestment.
Tey dont have a lot of time when
they come here, and this will be the
frst time that they will all be together
since I made my announcement, said
Mills. Last week, he announced he will
leave the College at the end of the next
academic year. He will confrm today
whether or not the students will speak
Copies of a poster produced for a
visual arts class, which satirized the
reputations of female visitors to the
of-campus residence 83 1/2 Harpswell
Roadknown as Crack Housewere
taken down last Tursday by College
administratiors because of the posters
lack of attribution.
Jack Mensik 14, whose image is fea-
BY MARISA MCGARRY
ORIENT STAFF
tured on the poster though he was not
part of the group that conceived of the
image, explained that the posters were
displayed for approximately 20 minutes
before they were brought to the atten-
tion of administrators in academic and
student afairs.
Te project was created for an assign-
ment in Visiting Artist in Residence Ac-
cra Shepps Photography and Color, in
which students were instructed to pro-
duce a piece of art that would intervene
in public space, according to Mensik.
One group created this piece of satire,
titled Crack Pre-Check.
Shepp and the students who pro-
duced the image would not speak to the
Orient on the issue.
Te poster encouraged young
women over the age of 21 to sub-
mit three recommendations from
past sexual partners and full body
Please see POSTERS, page 3
A year later: alumni, students
return to Boston Marathon
BY GARRETT CASEY
ORIENT STAFF
One year afer the Boston Marathon
bombings, runners and spectators with
connections to the College returned to
the event to celebrate the city they love,
to reclaim the Marathon from the mem-
ory of last years tragedy, or simply to en-
joy a cherished Patriots Day tradition.
Trustee Joan Benoit Samuelson 79,
a two-time champion in the race, fn-
ished in two hours and 52 minutes,
placing 58th overall among women. Te
56-year-old Samuelson cruised through
Washington Square in Brookline in a
sea of young male runners, trailing her
son Anders 12 by a few minutes.
Many spectators recognized Samuel-
son as she ran past. Parents told her sto-
ry to their children; a group of women
shouted her name; one man said that
Samuelson reminded him of happier
Marathon memories.
Kristen Ruane 14 ran to raise money
for Brigham and Womens Hospital. She
said the bombing was part of her inspi-
ration to run.
I grew up right outside of Boston
and going to the Marathon has always
been an event and such an exciting day
for the city. And of course, afer last year
there was nothing that I wanted to do
more to show my support for the city,
she said.
Ruane said that the atmosphere along
the entire 26.2-mile course was incred-
ible.
Te crowd just carried you along the
course, she said.
Chrissy Moore 14, who ran in sup-
port of the Esperanza Academy in
Lawrence, Mass., noted that jubilant
spectators were waving signs and ofer-
ing orange slices to runners all along the
course.
I think especially afer last year it
was a very joyous atmosphere, she said.
Even though there was increased secu-
rity they were able to keep up that com-
munity feel and that interaction between
the spectators and the runners.
Moore was studying abroad in rural
Costa Rica during last years Marathon.
Without a reliable Internet connection,
she had trouble contacting family and
friends and ensuring that they were safe,
which made for an emotional few days.
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Its a marathon, not a sprint.
Molly Solo 15
Literally dont die.
Bowdoins ninth annual Relay for
Life (RFL) fundraiser netted more
than $33,000 for cancer research on
April 11 and 12. Tis is down $9,000
from the $42,000 raised last year.
Forty-one teams participated this
year, with up to 25 members per team.
At the event, participants had to
have at least one member of their
team walking on the track at all times
for the 12-hour duration of the event.
Troughout the night, participants
were entertained by a hypnotist, a
zumba class, performances by Bel-
lamafa a cappella and the Bowdoin
cheerleaders, among other groups.
Te event also boasted a bouncy
house, henna painting, and a lumi-
naria ceremony.
Between 350 and 400 people at-
tended and participated in the event
this year, which was held in Farley
BY MARINA AFFO
ORIENT STAFF
RELAY FOR LIFE RAISES $33K, $9K LESS THAN LAST YEAR
HEAD HUNTER
Trustees elect Jes Staley 79
to lead presidential search.
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOINORIENT
On Tuesday, the College held its second annual BowdoinOne Daya fundraiser marking the day of the year when tuition money funding the College symbolically runs out and the alumni fund must be used. JBoard, a
band comprised of Varun Wadia 15, David Needell 15, Tyrelle Johnson 15 and Michael Young 14 played on the Bowdoin College Museum of Art steps to gather support for the event. See story on page 1.
ONE DAY AT THE MUSEUM
7 A.M.
Security om cers who will work
this Saturday. Nine security
om cers are assigned to Whittier
Field for the concert.
Time on Saturday that the
EBoard starts moving the bands
equiptment to Whittier Field.
Number of guests registered
for last years Ivies concert.
In the week since President
Barry Mills announced his 2015
departure, the Board of Trust-
ees has begun assembling the
search committee to vet his re-
placement. Tey have chosen Jes
Staley 79 P11, a current mem-
ber of the Board and chair of its
investment committee to lead
this search efort.
Vice President for Develop-
ment and Alumni Relations Eli
Orlic will be staf liaison to the
committee. Te Board will an-
nounce the full committee mem-
bership during its meetings on
May 8, 9 and 10.
It will be a group represent-
ing the many constituencies of
the Bowdoin community that
will move forward with great
confdence in the strength of our
College and in our ability to iden-
tify Bowdoins next leader, wrote
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Deborah Barker in an email to the
Bowdoin community.
Staley, their choice as chair of
the search committee, graduated
from Bowdoin with a degree in
economics. He was the former
CEO of J.P. Morgans Investment
Bank and CEO of J.P. Morgan
Asset Management and is now a
managing partner at BlueMoun-
tain Capital, a private investment
company in New York City.
I appreciate deeply the impor-
tance of this search. We are all
faculty, students, staf, alumni, and
parentspart of an extraordinary
College, wrote Staley in an email
to the Orient. And making sure
that the Search Committee refects
the desires of all of Bowdoins con-
stituencies, is clearly a priority.
Field House. Four hundred and eight
people parcicipated last year.
RFL lasted from 6 p.m. on Friday to
6 a.m. on Saturday. Senior Laurel Var-
nell, co-chair of the RFL committee, at-
tributed the reduc-
tion in fundraising
to a few reasons.
For example, in
previous years the
committee would
have three weeks
afer Spring Break
to organize the
event, and this year
they only had two.
Tis year there
was also an in-
crease of people
who were trying
to fundraise for
various things and many of them were
cancer related, she said.
Varnell also stated that not as much
fundraising was done by teams over
spring break than in previous years.
When 45 students were polled, only
two were not aware that RFL took place
last weekend and only three of these
students participated in the event.
Its hard that
RFL is held on Fri-
day night because a
lot of students have
commitments on
Saturday and a lot
of students dont
want to be par-
ticipating in some-
thing that takes
energy on a Friday
night, said Mettler
Growney 17.
Despite this,
however, Varnell
and her co-chair
Ursula Munger 15 believed that the
event went well.
Te actual event I think was a big
success, Munger said.
Munger also said that many of the
sports teams, like the mens basketball
team and the womens rugby team had
great turnout.
Varnel mentioned that the house-
keeping team and the staf team really
stepped up this year.
Captain of the housekeeping team
Hope Marden, who is Baxters house-
keeper, began doing RFL three years
ago on her own and recently created
a team made up of housekeeping staf.
Marden, co-captain Sherry Gurette
and much of the housekeeping staf
were able to raise the money through
group eforts like bake sales and ram es.
Tis year the team had fve mem-
bers and was able to raise over $3,200
in support of Mardens four-year-old
grandson, Ethan, who was diagnosed
with cancer three years ago.
Tese people sufer a lot when
theyre sick and for me to walk all
night is nothing compared to what
they go through, said Marden.
Time on Saturday that eBoard
members fnish packing up the
bands equiptment.
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Its hard that RFL is held
on Friday night because a lot of
students have commitments on
Saturday and a lot of students
dont want to be participating
in something that takes energy
on a Friday night.
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with the Trustees, according to Go-
odrich.
Mills met with a group of pro-
divestment students led by Goodrich
December 2012, at which point they
had 470 signatures. At that time, he
announced that the College would not
divest in the near future.
However, Mills returned to Bow-
doin from New York on Friday specif-
cally to receive the petition.
Im incredibly pleased that he
few up from New York to be here in
person, said Goodrich. I think that
shows...that he really wants to respect
our activism and our eforts.
According to an article printed
in the Orient in February 2013, 1.4
percent of Bowdoins endowment is
invested in fossil fuels. Because the
College is invested in mutual funds
which do not allow investors to opt
out of certain parts of their portfolio,
divestment would require a turnover
of 25 percent of the endowment, los-
ing $100 million over 10 years, ac-
cording to Senior Vice President for
Investments Paula Volent.
However, Mills thinks fnancial risk
is not the primary reason to abstain.
He pointed out what he sees as a lack of
consensus regarding climate change.
For me to break the deal that weve
made with people who have given
money to the College for generations,
there has to be uniform agreement
that the cause that were breaking it
for is not some political cause or social
cause that some people believe in, but
others dont, Mills said.
Tough I happen to believe that
climate change is a hugely important is-
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sue, he said, about 50 percent of Amer-
ica doesnt. If we sit here at Bowdoin
College, we may not respect that other
position but given that that other posi-
tion is out there, it is entirely inappro-
priate for us to say that our endowment
should be the mechanism by which we
choose winners and losers on political
and social and moral movements.
Fridays gathering was the larg-
est pro-divestment showing that the
campus has seen since the movement
began in fall 2012. Supporters of the
petition wore orange pins and held a
number of large protest signs, includ-
ing one that declared, Bowdoin Di-
vestment is for the Common Good.
I think 50 percent of the campus,
especially a campus like Bowdoin, get-
ting behind an issue like this is really a
meaningful and important thing that
the president and the College should
address, said Hugh Ratclife 15, one
of the founding members of BCA.
Today was a showing to the admin-
istration that this is something that the
students want, and this is something
that the students are pushing for, said
Clara Belitz 17. We proved that with
the petition and the turnout here.
Mills said he thinks that not all
signers of the petition understood
the issue.
I respect the views of everybody on
campus, said Mills. Tere have been
people who have said to me that it
surprises them that a 1,000 people are
supporting divestment because they
talked to people and they said they
dont know anything about the issue
and they never really understood it.
Henry Daniels-Koch 17 said that
he signed the petition, but felt that he
was mislead as to what he was signing.
Afer [the activists] described what
divestment was, they described to me
that the petition was not actually for
divestment itself but for a study to be
done about what the economic efects
would be if they chose to divest, he
said. However, the language of the pe-
tition describes it as a movement spe-
cifcally in favor of divestment.
I dont support divestment yet,
Daniels-Koch said. I could if I see the
study, but I want this study to be done.
I havent made my choice yet.
He also said that he took issue with
the number of signatures reported,
as some were collected last year from
students who have since graduated.
Goodrich estimated that around 600
signatures were collected last year.
Instead of trying to make these ex-
treme points, the people who are for
divestment at Bowdoin should really
present both sides of this so we know
why Barry Mills chose not to divest
and why the trustees do not want to
divest, Daniels-Koch said.
Te petition claims that divest-
ment from fossil fuels is in line with
Bowdoins goal to serve the common
good, and asks the College to divest
in recognition that climate change is
a moral issue.
As a College that is intimately in-
volved with the environmentthat
image should be continuous through
the way we invest our funds and invest
our endowment, said Ben Miller 17.
Regardless of whether or not its com-
pletely possible to divest entirely, its a
nice thought.
Faculty members were also present
at the event.
I support students taking these
kinds of initiatives, said Laura Henry,
a professor in the government depart-
ment. I appreciate their eforts to
cultivate a campus-wide conversation
about the issue.
shots and vital stats. Approved ap-
plicants would then receive unlim-
ited access to Crack House and im-
proved social standing. Te poster
also included the tagline, If youre
hot, you dont deserve to wait.
Te image played on the Trans-
portation Security Administrations
Pre-Check list, which ofers a chance
to apply for a background check
that qualifes fyers for an expedited
screening process at airports.
I dont think it worked as sat-
ire, said Dean of Academic Afairs
Cristle Collins Judd. And it hadnt
occurred to the students who pro-
duced it that it could be read as any-
thing but satirical.
Class related or not, art or not,
this kind of imagery is powerful,
said Foster. In this case, no one was
taking ownership of it, so people who
were being afected by this didnt
have the ability to engage people.
Mensik, posed with a lacrosse stick
and a Bowdoin Lacrosse jacket for the
photograph that appears on the poster.
Mensik explained that he did not
fully understand the groups aims for
taking the picture and that he under-
stands why some would the resulting
image ofensive.
I think its unfortunate when
people get ofended, but at the same
time, its admirable when risk is tak-
en, he said.
Caroline Martinez 16 was one of
the few students who saw the project
last Tursday afernoon. She saw one
in the entrance of Chamberlain Hall,
where she is a residential assistant
and brought the project to the atten-
tion of Residential Life staf.
I thought that the intentions
werent bad, but that doesnt mean
that it wasnt ofensive, she said.
For me, this poster shows the high
tolerance we have on campus for
sexism that we dont have for other
issues that afect us.
Martinez particularly objected to
a phrase on the posterAll appli-
cants may be subject to physical in-
spectionwhich she felt made light
of consent in sexual relationships.
For me, it seemed to continue the
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CAMPAIGN
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percent participation benchmark,
but also because of the strong sense
of spirit it raised in the student body.
A lot of people were coming to
the table [in Smith Union] to fll out
thank you cards [to alumni] and say
what they were thankful for, and
thats really for me what Bowdoin
One Day is about, said Vazquez.
Fisher believes that much of Bow-
doin One Days success this year
stemmed from increased eforts to
engage students and alumni over
social media. Tough Bowdoin sent
some tweets and posted to Facebook
on Bowdoin One Day last year, this
years approach was more dynamic.
Te approach this yearwhich
was much more efectivewas to
get other people to do the tweeting
and the posting and for Bowdoin to
simply re-tweet or re-post so that it
wasnt necessarily being driven by
the College, it was being driven by
alumni, said Fisher.
Our main strategy was to raise
awareness about the campaign,
what it was, generate a lot of alum-
ni involvement and school spirit,
added Social Media Director Holly
Sherburne in a phone interview
with the Orient.
Tere was a photo challenge each
day for the fve days leading up to the
One Day campaign that encouraged
people to post pictures of Bowdoin
memories, polar bears, and college
gear on any social media outlet. Each
days winner was awarded with a gif
card to iTunes or Amazon. sexist tone that we have on campus
instead of questioning it, she said.
She did not know that the im-
age was part of an art class project,
or the fact that posters on campus
need some attribution, but said
that she would have removed the
poster regardless.
It touched on an issue thats very
sensitive and I completely under-
stand why people reacted the way
they did, said Mensik.
Te poster did not feature either
the artists names or the class for
which the project was created. Both
Judd and Foster suggested that the
image would have been allowed to
remain posted on campus had it in-
cluded these things, in accordance
with a school policy on posters.
[Identification] provides the
context for the comments or the
conversation, said Judd. The ab-
sence of any ownership potentially
projected speech onto someone
else.
People need to be able to en-
gage you in a dialogue, said Foster.
Freedom of speech does not pro-
tect anonymity, in my mind.
We started on Tursday, which
is traditionally a day where people
post throwback Tursday photos,
said Sherburne. So we started of by
incorporating the similar theme to
dovetail on that and I think that made
for a really successful kickof that
could lead into the next fve days.
Vazquez felt that sharing images
of students helped remind alumni
why its important to donate to the
College.
I think its meaningful to [alum-
ni]especially the older alumnito
see that Bowdoin is still a place worth
investing in from the student per-
spective, that their wonderful experi-
ence and the reason they give is still
very much alive today, she said.
From Tursday through Tuesday,
Sherburne and the Om ce of Annual
Giving instructed people to use the
hashtag #BowdoinOneDay on Twit-
ter and Instagram.
We at Bowdoin were looking for
that hashtag so we could help amplify
their conversations and it wasnt all
just...Bowdoin encouraging people to
give, Sherburne added.
According to Sherburne, #Bow-
doinOneDay was tagged in over 330
photos on Instagram and mentioned
in over 460 tweets. Sherburne men-
tioned that Facebook also played
an integral role in the social media
strategy, although activity on Face-
book is more dim cult to quantify
since much of it took place on indi-
vidual profle page.
No analysis has been done yet
about the impact that social me-
dia had in regard to the number
or value of gifts given during the
campaign.
Assistant Dean of Student Afairs
Lesley Levy watched her brother run
his frst marathon near mile 23 in
Brookline.
Te crowds were big, Levy said.
People were just really thrilled to be
there, and I think everyone felt safe and
just really wanting to prove that Boston
was not going to let last year inhibit their
ability to celebrate the Marathon.
Tere were, however, some notice-
able diferences between this years mar-
athon and marathons past, especially in
terms of security. Moore said she went
through a metal detector at the start of
the race, and noticed helicopters cir-
cling above the route. Levy had wanted
to join her brother for a few miles, but
realized that spectators were no longer
welcome to hop onto the course.
Ruane said that the increased secu-
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rity did not dampen anyones spirits.
Tere were police om cers and mili-
tary om cers everywhere, but even with
that, runners were going up to them and
thanking them. So it was just an incred-
ible sense of community, and I think
everyone felt pretty safe and grateful for
them, she said.
Te memory of last years bombing
did create some unease, even as specta-
tors claimed they would not let terror-
ism scare them away from an event they
loved.
Shortly afer Samuelson passed
through Washington Square, two boys
began popping balloons on the side-
walk. Nearby spectators finched, and
heads snapped toward the source of the
sound. Te crowd, noisy all day long, fell
silent, but only for a few seconds. People
quickly returned to the business of the
dayshaking cowbells and screaming
encouragement to runners.
-Cameron de Wet contributed to this
report.
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MAKING NOISE: Students and community members gathered near Hawthorne-Longfellow to deliver a petition with 1,000 signatures to President Mills.
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SECURITY REPORT: 4/18 to 4/24
Friday, April 18
A student was taken to the Mid
Coast Walk-In Clinic with a weight
training injury.
A black Avalon road bike was re-
ported stolen from the bike rack at
Stowe House Inn. Te bike has a bent
rear tire and is missing its rear brakes.
A student used the beer tap at Jack
Magees Pub, in violation of the estab-
lishments liquor license.
Tere was a report of unruly be-
havior at Jack Magees Pub.
Saturday, April 19
An om cer checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated student at
Coles Tower.
Student spectators were drink-
ing from an unregistered beer keg at
a baseball game at Pickard Fields. Te
keg was taken into custody.
Sixteen bottles of champagne were
taken into temporary custody at a reg-
istered event at Baxter House. Te al-
cohol was not registered to the event.
Sunday, April 20
An ill student was escorted from
Winthrop Hall to Parkview Adventist
Medical Center.
A Longfellow Avenue resident re-
ported loud noise associated with a reg-
istered event at Ladd House.
A group of students at Stowe
House Inn were found in possession
of marijuana.
An underage and intoxicated
visitor to campus was transported
from Harpswell Apartments to Mid
Coast Hospital.
An unauthorized space was ac-
cessed in the basement of Burnett
House.
Monday, April 21
An om cer spoke with a town resi-
dent who was picking through garbage
at Harpswell Apartments.
A black Jamis mountain bike was
stolen from outside Memorial Hall.
Te bike had been lef unlocked.
Tuesday, April 22
A student at Brunswick Apart-
ments was transported to Mid Coast
Hospital afer a fainting spell.
An exterior door at Pine Street
Apartments was damaged by excessive
force.
Wednesday, April 23
A student at Brunswick Apart-
ments was transported to Mid Coast
Hospital following an apparent seizure.
A student who fainted at Stowe
Hall was escorted to the Mid Coast
Walk-In Clinic.
Security om cers interrupted a man
cutting the lock on a security fence at the
52 Harpswell construction site. Bruns-
wick Police Department was notifed
and the man was given a trespass order.
An om cer checked on a student
with a fever at Appleton Hall.
Loud music was reported at Bruns-
wick Apartments E. Students were
asked to reduce the noise level.
Tere was hard alcohol policy vio-
lation at Baxter House.
Tere was an unregistered event at
Baxter House.
A student interfered with a security
om cer at Baxter House.
Tursday, April 24
A chair was vandalized on the 9th
foor of Coles Tower.
-Courtesy of the Of ce of Safety and
Security.
related violations in 2012, behind
Wesleyan (604) and Trinity (206).
During that calendar year, there were
171 alcohol related disciplinary ac-
tions, six alcohol related arrests, 34
drug law violations and four forcible
sex ofenses on campus.
Director of Safety and Security
Randy Nichols said that he does not
believe the drop in liquor law viola-
tions from 2012 to 2013 is signifcant.
Nichols also said that the large
majority of 2013 drug law viola-
tions were for possession of small
amounts of marijuana. According
to the Orients spring 2013 survey
on drug use, 58 percent of students
have smoked marijuana at least
once to a few times at the College.
This is an 8 percent increase from
the Orients 2010 survey, a rise that
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster
credited to an uptick in marijuana
use on college campuses nation-
wide, according to a February 2013
Orient article.
Nichols said that drug law viola-
tions are also already trending up-
wards for 2014, in large part due to
last months incident where 12 stu-
dents were disciplined for buying and
selling Adderall.
Tere are very specifc crimes that
must be reported under Clery, and
Nichols keeps an up-to-date count at
all times. However, some crimes that
afect the campus community are not
included in the report, like drunk
driving.
Drunk driving is a heck of a lot
more serious than walking around
in illegal possession of a can of beer,
but that counts, the drunk driving
doesnt, said Nichols. I dont know
why, thats just clearly defned in
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Clery that it does not count. It doesnt
even matter if it happens on campus.
Starting in October of this year,
colleges will be required to report ad-
ditional statistics regarding domestic
violence, dating violence and stalk-
ing. Tese changes come as a result of
the Campus Sexual Violence Elimi-
nation Act (SaVE).
Also included in the SaVE Act are
criteria for developing procedures
for the reporting and investigating
of these additional statistics, as well
as the development of education and
awareness programs. However, ex-
actly how these new policies will afect
Bowdoin has yet to be determined.
Tere have been a lot of things
happening on a federal level related
to gender violence and sexual vio-
lence, said Director of Residential
Life Meadow Davis. Tey are still
working on what that actually looks
like and how the law is to be inter-
preted.
In 2011, Bowdoin had the third
highest number of reported forc-
ible sexual assaults in the NESCAC,
though it had the second lowest
number in 2012, according to prior
Clery reports. Nichols noted in an
October 2013 Orient article that
these numbers do not always accu-
rately refect levels of sexual assault,
as it is notoriously underreported.
Davis is in the process of becom-
ing Director of ResLife, moving
from her previous position as Asso-
ciate Director of Student Afairs and
Deputy Title IX Coordinator, and
will be working with other members
of the College during the spring and
summer to fgure out exactly what
SaVE means for Bowdoin.
What is certain is that the addi-
tional Clery statistics will have to
be reported in October 2014, and
Nichols foresees no dim culty in
complying with the new regulations.
Please see bowdoinorient.com for a story on the 2014 housing lottery.
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Life off the tenure-track: a look at temporary professors at Bowdoin
Tis is the second piece of a two-part
series looking at the hiring processes and
academic expectations that shape facul-
ty experiences at the College. Last weeks
installment looked at the road to tenure.
Visiting professors and
post-doctoral fellows
In January, the Democratic staf of
the House Committee on Education
and the Workforce released Te Just-
In-Time Professor, a report describ-
ing the swelling population of nonten-
ure-track instructors in academia. In
1970, adjunct professors made up 20
percent of higher education faculty,
but today, they represent half of pro-
fessors nationwide, according to the
report. At Bowdoin, approximately 20
visiting professors, 11 adjunct lectur-
ers and 15 post-doctoral fellows have
joined full-time faculty for the 2014-
2015 year.
Tese temporary instructors reap
many of the same benefts as those on
a tenure track, though they are hired
for no more than a few years at a time.
In my experience, the College
treats visiting professors perfectly
well, said Susan Faludi, a visiting Tall-
man Scholar for Gender and Womens
Studies. If theres something Im not
getting that tenure-track professors
are, Im not aware of and I dont miss
it, she said.
Te College works to provide re-
sources for temporary professors tran-
sitioning to life in Brunswick.
Faludi is living in a pre-furnished
house that all the other Tallman
Scholars have also lived in, along with
her husband Russ Rymer, who is cur-
rently a visiting professor in the Eng-
lish Department.
If youre visiting, you dont want
to have to bring all your furniture and
things with you, she said.
Several professors who spoke with
the Orient pointed out the challenges
of teaching as a visiting faculty member.
Additionally, Departments some-
times struggle to integrate temporary
professors into their faculty. Physics
professor Mark Battle mentioned that
departments ofen dont get really ex-
ceptional candidates for temporary
positions, since these professors are
generally hired for tenure-track jobs.
According to Associate Professor of
Music Vineet Shende, visiting faculty
sometimes feel that their position is
just a waystation on the path to
a tenure-track job at another col-
lege, as professors hired under
the designation of visiting
professor generally do not
move up to tenure track
at the College. But Battle
mentioned the prob-
lem of being labeled a
permanent visit-
ing person af-
ter taking more
than one or two
visiting posi-
tions, which
makes it much
harder to get
hired as a full
professor.
Tere are
many benefts
to bringing vis-
iting faculty to
a department. A.
LeRoy Greason
Professor of Mu-
sic Mary Hunter
said that the tem-
porary appointments al-
lowed departments to try out
a certain area and ofer classes in a
specialty that isnt normally taught.
Tis semester, for example, Rymer is
teaching Te Art of Science Writing,
a non-fction creative writing course
that caters to a class flled largely with
science majors.
Associate Dean for Faculty Jen-
nifer Scanlon is in charge of working
specifcally with postdoctoral fellows,
or post-docs, who come to Bowdoin
through grant-funded programs such
as the Mellon Foundation. Bowdoin
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ORIENT STAFF
currently has 15 post-docs in a variety
of subjects, who Scanlon works to pre-
pare for their future outside the Col-
lege through programs such as work-
shops on fnding a job afer Bowdoin.
According to Scanlon, working as a
post-doc can act as an introduction to
an environment like Bowdoin and op-
portunity to fgure out if this is the kind
of place you want. In a Sep-
tember 2012 Orient
article,
flling out a general application, pro-
spective post-docs can be hired by any
school in the consortium.
Melissa Rosario, a CFD post-doc
in anthropology, characterized the
CFD experience as an individual
one. In addition to the require-
ment of teaching one class per se-
mester, CFD post-docs can also get
further involved through service to
the College or through mentoring
students individually.
Just like visiting professors, post-
docs must also balance their courses
with the stress of applying to tenure-
track positions at other institutions.
Rosario characterized this job search
as an intense, consuming process in
the competitive waters of academia.
A fnal component of the post-doc
experience is giving fellows teaching
skills and experience, ideally through
mentoring from more seasoned pro-
fessors. Scanlon said that the Col-
lege stresses mentoring both from
departments and from the Om ce of
Academic Afairs as a way of helping
them go from here to there.
Rosario said she wished Bowdoin
had a formal structure for mentor-
ship. She said that the workshops run
by the Om ce of Academic Afairs
were helpful in terms of profes-
sional development: an important
component, but it doesnt neces-
sarily help you to be a better in-
structor. Instead, she said that
direct mentorship with a faculty
member was more benefcial
in helping post-docs succeed.

Balancing teaching,
research and service
An important aspect of being a facul-
ty member at small liberal arts colleges
like Bowdoin is juggling commitments
to teaching, research and service.
Te balance between these three
responsibilities is constantly shifing
throughout a faculty members time at
the College and depends on the stage
of the tenure process that they are cur-
rently going through.
Afer getting tenure and moving
up to the level of associate professor,
there are fewer expectations about
ones level of teaching.
In a sense, teaching has already
been evaluated, said Page Herrlinger,
chair of the history department. She
went on to say that though there is
still an expectation for high quality of
teaching, the focus tends to shif to a
commitment to distinguished research.
Once faculty members go up to the
tenure board once more and receive
the title of full professor, there are no
longer any expectations or require-
ments regarding teaching or research.
In terms of specifc advancements
as a professor, thats it, said Dallas
Denery, an associate history professor.
Tat said, at that point, youve done
two books and a bunch of articles, so
chances are this is your job. Teach-
ing is a lot of fun and researching and
thinking is also a lot of fun, so you just
keep doing it. Allen Wells in our de-
partment is a perfect example of what
you should be like when youre a full
professor: you just keep working and
youre helpful to your subordinates.
Professors noted that working at a
liberal arts college like Bowdoin al-
lows for diferent opportunities than
other, larger research institutions.
One of the things I like best about
teaching here is I fnd it fairly pos-
sible to link those things [teaching
and research], said David Hecht,
assistant professor of history. I love
bringing something Im researching
to the classroom.
Professors are also expected to
complete service to the College com-
munity, such as serving on commit-
tees. Although this aspect of a career is
not generally as highly valued as a fac-
ulty members teaching and research,
commitment to community service is
still important.
If you avoid community service,
that will hurt you, said Battle. He
compared the relationship between
teaching, research and service to a
three-legged stool with one leg shorter
than the other.
Garrett English 16 calls a rural Texas oil-drilling community his home
Denver City, Texas, is my home-
town. Its population is just about
4,500. Te landscape is not conven-
tionally beautiful: the trees are rarely
taller than you, the only water is lo-
cated a few hundred feet beneath the
ground andat timeseverything
is brown, even the sky. It is neither a
lie nor an exaggeration to say that it
is located in the middle of nowhere.
Austin, Dallas, El Paso, and Houston
are all 400 miles away. It is unlikely
that my hometown would exist if
not for the millions of dollars buried
thousands of feet below the surface.
It is an oil feld town.
After drilling began in the area,
my hometown was added as an af-
terthought. Subdivisions fit snugly
between the checkerboard pat-
tern of oil wells. From the street,
my house and my neighborhood
appear normalthey could be lo-
cated anywhere in the Southwest.
Directly behind my house, just 200
feet from my back porch, is a pump
jackthe most iconic symbol of the
oil industry.
It was not until I arrived at
Bowdoin almost two years ago that
I was able to refect and appreci-
ate the experience of growing up in
Denver City and to understand the
reasons why my family lived there.
My feelings about home are greatly
infuenced by my father and his own
COURTESY OF GARRETT ENGLISH
HERE, HAVING BEEN THERE
BY GARRETT ENGLISH
experiences. His family moved four
times while he was in school, so he
promised himself that we would not
move until my two younger sisters
and I graduated from the same high
school. His decision and his resolve
puzzled me. Because he does not
work in the oil industry, I was un-
able to see what he saw in the town.
He put aside building his career so
that my sisters and I would have a
strong connection to a place.
I enjoy returning home to a tight-
knit community made up of people
that I have known for the greater
part of the past 15 years. We say that
it takes a village to raise a child, and
I know that the people in my com-
munity helped make me who I am.
While growing up, I would ofen
fantasize about what my life would
be like had I grown up in a major
city. I am now thankful that I did
not. Te relationships and friend-
ships I built overshadow all short-
comings of the city, the landscape
and the inconvenience of living an
hour away from civilization. It is the
kind of place that I want my kids to
grow up in.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Judd said that post-doc fellows
also allowed the College to create
connections to graduate programs
that many current students con-
template attending.
Along with 38 other liberal arts
colleges, Bowdoin hires post-docs
through the national Consortium
for Faculty Diversity (CFD), which is
designated for ethnic minorities. Afer
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EVAN HORWITZ
348 AND
MAINE STREET
Dont forget it: the survivies style guide
Ive got so much to say about dress-
ing for Ivies that Ive decided to make
this weeks column a kind of Style Sur-
viviesa guide for sartorial concerns of
this very special last weekend in April.
Lets start with one timeless Ivies di-
lemma: how to wear as little as possible
without freezing to death in this icy pur-
gatory we call Maine.
Now I could tell you to stay warm
and be comfortable; that its not worth
worrying about your outft when youll
be standing and dancing and prancing
around outside for hours. I could tell
you to bring a blanket, or that the key
is lots of layers, but the truth is that at
some point, no matter what, you will get
cold. Youll survive.
Te next great style dilemma of Ivies
is this: should you wear clothes you
dont care about, or a fancy outft?
Heres the thing: everybody wants to
look niceyou have more fun when
you feel good about how you lookbut
during Ivies, anything you wear is des-
tined for disappearance or destruction.
I could give you this rule of thumb: if
anything youre wearing is ruined, will
that distress you for more than fve min-
utes? If the answer is yes, put it down
and pick out something else.
Because, at some point, something
will spill all over you and stain your out-
ft. Is it purple drank? Vomit? Barbecue
sauce? It could be any or all of these, but
youll never fnd out; its a mystery that
begins and ends with you screaming,
What the fuck is all over me?
But if youre just wearing old clothes
(or if youre drunk enough), this panic
should subside in seconds.
Also, any removable item of cloth-
ingwhich at Ivies is almost every-
thingis likely to get lost. If you real-
ize somethings gone within an hour of
losing it, and you spend anywhere from
15-75 minutes retracing your steps,
then youve still got a chance, of seeing it
again. If you havent seen it in hours, or it
is a pair of sunglasses, odds are youve
lost it to the Ivies abyss.
No one likes losing
things, but itd be a
shame to let it ruin
your day. Very
few people like
stains either,
but I person-
ally think they
add character
and individuality
to any outft.
I cannot over-
state this however:
sunglasses are the
most likely thing to
go missing. So even
though croakies usu-
ally strike me as
something that
should only be
worn by mid-
dle-aged white-
water rafing guides,
this weekend I might revise that stance.
Because no matter what, at some
point, the sun will duck behind a
cloudmaybe for minutes, maybe for
hoursand you will want to take your
sunglasses of your face. And that is
how youll lose them.
Should I wear a hat to Ivies? you
may ask, And if so, what kind? I could
tell you that maybe you should wear a
hat, and, really, it could be any kind
from sombrero to fez. But remember: at
some point, you will want nothing more
to do with your carefully-chosen cha-
peau, and, having no where to put it (see
above about things getting lost).
I could advise you on Ivies footwear.
Is it time for some fun spring sneakers?
Te season opener for Sperrys? Warm
enough for sandals? Or should you stick
with those boots youve been clomping
around in all winter? Tere
are pros and cons to all these
approaches, weather being as
variable as it is.
No matter what,
at some point you
will probably decide
you wore the wrong
shoes. But as long
as you can dance
and frolic in them,
youre good.
I could tell you
that the most im-
portant Ivies acces-
sory is not your hat
or your sunglasses,
but the tricked-out
water bottle youll
use to stay, um, hy-
drated. And I could
beg you not to put
any drinks with
milk in it, because
you will regret it, and whomever you
spill it all over will probably kill you.
I could tell you all these things, but
I wont. Because for once, I dont care.
Its Ivies. Just have a good time and
do whatever you want. Ivies is a time
to take risks (with your style) because
you can play them of as drunken jokes.
Plus, very few people will remember.
Happy Ivies.
INSIDE THE BAKE SHOP
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
WATCH ONLINE
Ever wonder where your
morning muffins come from?
The bake shoplocated on the
second floor of Thorne Dining
Hallopens at 5 a.m. every
day to prepare all of Bowdoins
baked goods.
The bakery kitchen accomo-
dates large quantities of food.
It contains an oven that holds
See behind-the-scenes video and pictures of
Thorne Bakery on bowdoinorient.com
up to 480 cookies at a time.
Student demand decides which
desserts the dining halls serve,
and this year, dirt cake has ris-
en in popularity, while confetti
cake has fallen.
I dont really eat cookies
any place else because I re-
ally like the cookies here, said
Head Baker Joanne Adams.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SHORT AND NOT SO SWEET: Nick Magalhaes 15 and Jared Littlejohn 15 work on 12:34,a short lm about a conict between two roommates that is
resolved through a dream. Littlejohn said he is fascinated by the concept of dreams and wanted to explore them in his lm.
Littlejohn 15 producing short thriller
BY ELLEN CAHILL AND OLIVIA ATWOOD
ORIENT STAFF
A few nights ago, some friends
and I settled onto Quinbys desig-
nated sexile couch (red, center of
the living room, faithful on-call bed
to 15-ish percent of the house). We
grabbed blankets. We grabbed tis-
sues. Some of us also grabbed cake.
Then it was time. We began
watching Game of Thrones.
We laughed. We cried. We
cheered. We belted out the Game
of Thrones theme song. Then it
happened. King Joffreyeveryones
favorite douche, he-who-we-love-
to-hate, Draco Malfoy 2.0met
his unhappy end. He swigged some
wine, ate some pie and started to
choke.
Then Joffrey fell over. His face
yellowed; his eyes became blood-
shot; some cake-spit dribbled out
the corner of his kingly mouth.
It was like Bedlam in Quinby.
People came down to ask why we
were screaming. People also came
down to ask us to shut up.
But we couldnt. Joffrey had died.
Immediately, my mother emailed
me. Good riddance, if you ask me,
she wrote. I wasnt so sure.
After this, no one could sleep.
No one could eat any more cake
either. We sat on the sexile couch
and stared at the TV. It was a beau-
tiful moment, but then it passed. If
Ive learned anything from Game
of Thrones and Bowdoin, its that
precious moments like these are
fleeting.
There has been a lot of talk lately
about rulers stepping down. Barry
Mills has announced he will leave
at the end of next year (prompting
another email from my mother, this
one asking if he had received an
offer he couldnt refuse). Director
of Health Services Sandra Hayes is
heading out, so is Assistant Dean of
Student Affairs Jarrett Young. The
Office of Residential Lifes Mary
Pat already left. Madelaine Eulich,
assistant director of ResLife, is leav-
ing too.
If Bowdoin was Westeros, all
Staff turnover is Bowdoins own red wedding
these changes would be explained
by a plot. Leeches, anyone? Maybe
Colby has its own fire goddess.
I brought this up with Quinbys
Game of Thrones contingent.
Were these changes normal? Or
was something going on? Was the
worth of my degree about to sud-
denly plummet? We hoped not.
We thought about this further.
If the NESCAC was Westeros, was
Bowdoin Winterfell? Were we expe-
riencing the Red Wedding of staff
turnover?
We continued along this train of
thought. Amherst was Kings Land-
ing; Williams was made up of Tul-
lys; Hamilton was north of the wall.
Who were the White Walkers, then?
The Ivy League? Tufts?
We didnt know. Im not con-
cerned, though. If the NESCAC
really is Westeros, at least weas
in Bowdoin, the Starksstill have
Arya. I place my faith with her. She
is a baller, and also a woman.
Bowdoin has experienced ad-
ministrative turnover before. As
much as Ned Stark and President
Mills will be missed, we can always
use a little shaking up.
In the meantime, happy Ivies.
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Chelsea Shaer 14
When Chelsea Shafer 14 arrived
on campus her frst year, she planned
on joining the Craf Center and tak-
ing a few art classes. Luckily for the
visual arts department, a few classes
turned into many classes, and many
classes turned into a major.
Currently taking the Senior Stu-
dio capstone course, Shafers proj-
ect uses footage from recent home
videos and digitized old home vid-
eos to visually represent memory.
Its sort of predicated on the idea
that ofentimes our memories are
not actually memories but just recol-
lections that we have of images weve
seen of ourselves growing up, said
Shafer of her work.
Shafer says she is interested
in the power of public art and its
infuence on passers-by. For her
Public Art class last semester, she
fipped all the posters in the union
so that people only saw the blank
backs of fiers.
I feel like we see those every day
and that space is so familiar to us
that sometimes we dont even see
those posters, she said. I wanted
to break that routine of knowing
exactly what was going to be there.
Shafer studied abroad in Flor-
ence, Italy where she got a taste of
what life would have been like at
a studio art school. Afer consid-
ering the pros and cons, she says
shes still glad she has her liberal
arts background.
What we lack in studio space or
technical instruction, we make up
for in the way Bowdoin professors
teach their students how to think
about art and how to talk about
their art, she said. I noticed a lot of
people could make these beautiful
things but they didnt really know
how to explain them or didnt know
the art historical context for what
they were making.
While abroad, Shafer produced
a piece titled Rising that was dis-
played during the Bowdoin Art
Society student show.
It was a video that superim-
posed images of riots onto fowing
waterlike a rushing riverto
talk about how that impulse to
violence or the mob mentality is
a natural impulse and that things
will gain momentum and rise up,
said Shafer.
While Shafer has always been in-
terested in art, she made her decision
to major in it afer her experience in
Sculpture II, taught by Sculptor in
Residence John Bisbee.
I really liked the experience of
getting the time and space to work
on one major project and really
thinking about it, and having a lot
of autonomy over what it was going
to look like, she said. It also got
me really interested in the idea of
studio practice.
Shafers frst concern when
producing a new piece is its aes-
thetic quality.
Very ofen, the actual produc-
tion of the art is driven by what I
fnd aesthetically and formally in-
teresting. Tats the most important
BY MICHELLE HONG
ORIENT STAFF
HY KHONG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
thing to mewhat something ends
up looking like, she said. What it
means is a little bit more of a perk.
Shafer starts by deciding what
medium to use, and says the pro-
cess of creating inspires what comes
afer. For example, painting from
photographs makes her think about
what the photographs mean to her.
For video its usually a little more
conceptual, said Shafer. Ill have a
sort of idea or sentence that I fnd
interesting, and Ill try to reproduce
that idea in the video work.
Recently Shafer has become in-
terested in community art projects
and art therapy. Since she plans to
teach afer graduation, she hopes
she can incorporate art into her job.
I see it as a really good way to
connect people, a good way to
bring people together in a com-
munity and a good way to beautify
a community. I think that that is a
really important role of artmak-
ing a place worthwhile and a good
place to live in, said Shafer.
For Citizenship and Religion, a
course being taught at the Maine
Correctional Center, Shafer has
been working on a group project
with other Bowdoin students and
an incarcerated student. Tey have
been asking people to answer the
question of what citizenship means
to them by writing or drawing on
an index card.
Tere are a lot of people who
are incarcerated at that facility who
have been participating in the proj-
ectdrawing on the cards, writing
things down. Its been really great
to get that perspective, she said.
Im really interested to see what
Bowdoin people have to say, but
its also interesting to see this whole
other group of people who have
a lot at stake in their own citizen-
ship and how they would respond
to that.
To Shaffer, the beauty of this
project is that it provides people
in the facility with an outlet for
creativity.
Maybe people dont get to see
their drawings or read their po-
etry or read their writing because
they are incarcerated, but this way
they have a chance to sort of ex-
press themselves and have it reach
a broad audience, she said.
Shafers video work can be seen
in the Senior Studio show on May
2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Her citizen-
ship project will also be displayed in
the Fishbowl Gallery in the Visual
Arts Center next weekend.
When Professor of Teater Davis
Robinson asked students to produce
an independent project, Jared Little-
john 15 saw a unique opportunity.
Littlejohn decided to flm a short
thriller titled 12:34 that focuses on
the relationship between two senior
roommates, one of whom ends up
paying for the others actions.
Littlejohn plays Zach, one of the
roommates who has a dream about
the numbers one, two, three and four.
He knows he saw these numbers for
a reason, so they defnitely mean some-
thing, and solving this dream might
help get him out of this situation [with
his roommate] said Littlejohn.
Littlejohn says he hopes people will
learn a lot from this flm.
Te message is for people to stick
up for themselves, said Littlejohn. I
ofen see people on our campus playing
the victim, or talking about how others
have made them miserable, and I just
want people to see this flm and ques-
tion the way they approach things.
Nick Magalhaes 15 is assisting
Littlejohn with cinematography on
behalf of Bowdoin Film Society (BFS).
[Jared] didnt really have any ex-
perience or any equipment, and we
[BFS] have experience and equip-
ment, so we got him a camera and
taught him how to use it, and then I
realized that I could just help him flm
it, said Magalhaes. Its not perfect
its kind of rough around the edges
but thats the fun of it.
He and Littlejohn made deliberate
cinemagraphic choices to infuence
the mood of certain scenes.
Whenever were shooting a scene
with any of the [Judicial Board] people,
the camera is mounted on a tripod. Its
really steady, and all of the movements
are lateral movements, horizontal
movements. And so you get this sense
of austerity and seriousness whenever
youre with them, he said.
Littlejohn decided to keep the flm-
ing locations simplejust a dorm
room and a room in Moulton that
looks like a board room.
Other cast members include Trevor
Murray 16, Viraj Gandhi 14, Tom
Capone 17, Ben Rosenbloom 14, Pe-
ter Tracy 14, Ricardo Zarate, Jr. 13.
and Mik Cooper 14.
Littlejohn found the screenwriting
process challenging.
It is defnitely something I have
lost sleep over, he said. I want to
have a distinct purpose in creating
this flm.
As a frst year proctor, Littlejohn
says he is familiar with conficts like
the one depicted in his flm.
I have experience with people be-
ing in tough relationships with room-
mates, said Littlejohn.
12:34 will premiere May 10 in
Sills Hall.
SNARK WEEK
ALLY GLASS-KATZ
Tis article contains spoilers for a
recent episode of Game of Trones.
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BY CAYLA LIPTAK
ORIENT STAFF
Softball falls to Husson, sweeps Brandeis
BY REBECCA FISHER
ORIENT STAFF
Matt Jacobson 17 fnished just two
seconds apart to claim frst and second
place in the longest event of the day, the
10,000-meter race.
In addition to the strong running
performances, James Boeding 14 won
the 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:28.11,
and Andrew Murowchick 16 threw the
javelin 50.81 metersalmost fve me-
ters further than his closest opponent.
Seekins said the team demonstrated
its depth across events at Colby.
Our mid-distance and distance
program in the last few years has
defnitely been the strongest part of
the team, he said. But, as Saturday
showed, a lot of other parts of the team
have been closing the gap. Our throw-
ers had an amazing day.
Talpey said it was hard to monitor
all the days outstanding performances.
Afer any meet, we normally group
up in a circle and acknowledge the best
performances on the team, he said.
On Saturday, almost every event had
a [personal record] or a really great
performance. It was a pretty hectic f-
nal cheer.
Te women celebrated a home victo-
ry back in Brunswick, beating Colby by
less than four points afer a nail-biting
recalculation of results. Bowdoin fn-
ished with 163 points and was followed
by Colby (159.50), Bates (150), South-
ern Maine (89.50), Husson (32), Mount
Holyoke (22) and St. Josephs (15).
Katherine Krupp 16 and captain
Katherine Harmon 14 helped lead the
Track and eld teams sprint
to top nishes at state meets
BY ALEX BARKER AND
COURTNEY GALLAGHER
ORIENT STAFF
Te mens track team took second
place at the Maine State Outdoor Track
and Field Championship at Colby last
weekend, and the women placed frst
out of seven regional teams at the Alo-
ha Relays, their only home meet of the
season. Te mens and womens teams
both competed against Bates, Colby,
Southern Maine and St. Josephs, with
the women also squaring of against
Husson and Mount Holyoke.
At Colby, six Polar Bear men were
named state champions in what cap-
tain Greg Talpey 14 called the favorite
team event of the year.
Bowdoins overall score of 166 points
was enough to top Colby (113), South-
ern Maine (104) and St. Josephs (18),
but was overshadowed by a strong
Bates performance (212).
Despite powerful gusts of wind in
Waterville, the Bowdoin men dominat-
ed the mid- and long-distance running
events, winning every race over 800
meters. Jacob Ellis 16 took frst in the
closely contested 800-meter race with a
time of 1:54.43. Captain Coby Horow-
itz 14 lef his competitors in the dust in
the 1500, fnishing in 3:57.86, while his
fellow captain Sam Seekins 14 domi-
nated the 5000-meter run, coming in
at 15:02.96. Avery Wentworth 15 and
Te womens sofball team lost twice
to Husson last Friday, beat Brandeis
twice on Saturday and split two games
with the University of New England
(UNE) on Wednesday.
Melissa DellaTorre 14 pitched a
fve-hit shutout in Wednesdays victory
over UNE. Te ofense was led by Al-
ana Luzzio 17, who had two hits, two
walks, two runs and an RBI.
Te Noreasters took the second
game on the backs of pitcher Katelyn
Austin and designated player Allie Fra-
zier, who knocked in two runs. Dimi-
tria Spathakis 16 had both of the Polar
Bears RBIs.
Last weekend, Husson took the lead
in the frst inning of the opening game,
scoring on a passed ball. Te Polar
Bears regained control in the top of the
fourth, however, with an RBI double
from Katie Gately 16 and an RBI sin-
gle from Nicole Nelson 16.
Te Eagles tied the game again
in the ffh inning on a groundout
to short. Cielle Collins 15 then hit a
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single that was mishandled by the out-
felders, allowing a pair of runs to come
across, and giving Bowdoin the lead in
the sixth. Additionally, Collins scored
on a throwing error on a stolen base at-
tempt by Dimitria Spathakis 16.
Te Eagles regained control in a
defnitive four-run sixth inning with
three singles and a double. Te Polar
Bears had two players in scoring posi-
tion in their last at-bat, but were unable
to extend the game and fell 6-5.
Although the Polar Bears put runs
on the board in fve out of seven in-
nings, the women could not maintain
runs on the Williams pitching
staff. Rosen, Cole DiRoberto 15
and captain John Lefeber 14 led
the way with two hits apiece. How-
ever, the effort was not enough as
Bowdoin fell short by one run in
ten innings.
On Tuesday, the team took on
non-conference opponent Thomas
College. Dominating from start to
finish, the squad put up fifteen runs
on Thomas, while Bowdoins pitch-
ing staff held the Terriers scoreless.
In the second game of the day,
the Polar Bears only put up four
runs. However, led by pitchers Sam
Herzig 14 and Stephen Giralimo
16, the defense remained strong
Baseball to face Tufts in critical series
Coming off of three tough losses
to Colby, Husson and the Univer-
sity of Southern Maine, baseball
regained its winning ways last
week, picking up three wins in
four games. Hosting Williams, the
Polar Bears won the first game of
the series 4-2, and narrowly lost
the second game in extra innings,
7-6. Traveling to Thomas on Tues-
day, the team crushed the Terriers,
taking the first game 15-0 and the
second 4-2. The three wins improve
Bowdoins record to 16-11-1.
Trying to regain their focus after
losing an important series against
Colby, the Polar Bears recaptured
momentum by defeating Williams.
Leading the Bears was Aaron Rosen
15, who was 4-4 with an RBI and a
triple. Sam Canales 15 also contrib-
uted to the winning effort, knock-
ing in two runs of his own.
On the mound, Erik Jacobsen 15
tossed a strong game, giving up only
fve hits and two earned runs, and
fanning four batters in the process.
Weve got a team thats always
had great pitching, said Sean Mul-
laney 17. With that we just needed
to get back to playing good defense,
and just putting the ball in play and
not trying to do too much.
In the nightcap, the Polar Bears
kept their bats hot, putting up six
and held Thomas to nine hits and
two runs.
While the Polar Bears feel good
about the wins against Thomas,
they said they continue to look for-
ward to their biggest series of the
year against Tufts this weekend.
Its kind of make or break for
us if we want to make the playoffs,
said Mullaney.
Tufts sits atop the NESCAC East
division at 6-1 in conference play,
while Bowdoin is 4-5 and tied for
third in the East division.
The Polar Bears will play Tufts
(25-2) at Pickard Field today at 3
p.m. and tomorrow at 12 p.m. and
2:30 p.m.
JEFFREY CHUNG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
EYE ON THE BALL: Cole DiRoberto 15 swings at a low pitch in a home game against Williams last Friday.
BY NEIL FULLER
ORIENT STAFF
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Tennis squads see mixed
results in matches at Midd.
Women
On Saturday, the womens tennis
team topped No. 10 Middlebury in
a hard-fought match, winning by a
fnal score of 5-4.
Te Polar Bears have now won
three in a row afer losing to Am-
herst and Emory two weekends ago,
and are now 13-4 (6-1 NESCAC).
Emory and Amherstalthough
we lost both of themwe defnitely
learned a lot from them and they
were close matches, said Tifany
Cheng 16. [Te games] proved to
us that we are at the top level and
can compete there.
Tomorrow, the women will host
Williams at 10 a.m. Te Ephs are ex-
pected to be a tough opponent, ac-
cording to the team.
Regionals usually break down to
us versus Middlebury, said Cheng.
Last year we unfortunately lost and
didnt get the chance to advance to
nationals. However this year weve
got a pretty good shot.
Cheng mentioned that the Po-
lar Bears consistency in doubles
matches has improved tremendous-
ly since last year.
In the last couple matches weve
been able to go up 2-1 even against
the top schools in doubles, which
was unusual last year, she said.
Men
The mens tennis teams long
ride home from Vermont felt even
longer after an upsetting 7-2 loss
to the No. 8 Middlebury Panthers
last weekend.
Middlebury grabbed an early
advantage by taking two of three
doubles matches. The Polar Bears
lone doubles win came from the
No. 1 team of Sam King 14 and
Luke Trinka 16. The No. 3 team of
Chris Lord 14 and Chase Savage
16 fell by a heartbreaking match
score of 9-8 (8-6).
During singles play, Savage saw
an injury flare up within the first
two points of his match.
Against a tough team, even the
littlest things will make a diference,
Hugh Mo 17 said of Savages injury.
With Savages quick defeat, a series
of other frst set losses were set into
motion. King was the next one to step
of the court, with a straight set defeat
to the Panthers Brantner Jones.
Trinka followed with a convinc-
ing win at the No. 2 position (6-3
6-2), which turned out to be the
Polar Bears only singles win for
the day. At No. 1, Noah Bragg 15
battled the Panthers Alex Johnston
into three sets, but ultimately lost.
The Polar Bears lost against
Bates on Wednesday 5-4. The team
returns to action at home tomor-
row against Williams at 2 p.m. and
again Sunday against Stevens.
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Women
Te womens lacrosse team gave up
several late-game goals to lose to Tufs
10-9 at home in its regular-season f-
nale. Lindsay Picard 16 tied things up
for the Polar Bears with two minutes to
play, but Tufs Eliza Halmo won it on a
goal with six seconds on the clock.
Picard, Betsy Sachs 14 and Taylor
Wilson 15 each had two goals for
Bowdoin. Sachs added a game-high
six draw controls.
With the loss, the Polar Bears fnish
4-6 in the NESCAC and will enter the
quarterfnals as the No. 7 seed. Tey
will travel to Amherst tomorrow to
play the Lady Jefs at noon.
In their previous meeting this
season, Amherst defeated Bowdoin
9-4 on March 8. Amherst is led by
NESCAC leading scorer Katharine
Eddy and goalie Christy Forrest,
whose 56.3% save percentage leads
the conference.
Men
Mens lacrosse finished their reg-
ular season on a four-game losing
streak, culminating with a loss to
No. 7 Tufts on Wednesday. Last Sat-
urday, the team fell to out-of-con-
ference Endicott College, ranked
No. 13 nationally. The Polar Bears
finish sixth in the NESCAC regular
season standings with a 9-6 confer-
ence record.
On Wednesday, the Jumbos took
the lead for good with 6:40 remain-
ing in the first quarter, and led by as
many as nine goals before winning
with a final score of 18-11. Eleven
players scored goals for Tufts, while
only five Polar Bears found the back
of the net.
Franklin Reis 14 led the way
for the Polar Bears, securing seven
groundballs to go along with five
goals and an assist.
After a closely contested first pe-
riod against Endicott on Saturday,
the Gulls led the game 4-3. The
flow of the game then went fully in
Last weekend the womens sailing
team competed for the Reed Trophy
at Dartmouth, and their performance
qualifed them for the Inter-Collegiate
Sailing Association Nationals for the
frst time in team history. Te highly-
competitive tournament will be hosted
by the US Naval Academy from May 27
to 30.
Sailors included Mimi Paz 17, Erin
Mullins 16, Kaylee Schwitzer 15, Fran-
ces Jimenez 16, Lizzy Hamilton 15,
Dana Bloch 17, Courtney Koos 16 and
Olivia Diserio 16.
Te women fnished fourth overall
on Saturday and seventh on Sunday.
Te girls were really dialed into
the conditions on Saturday, said Head
Coach Frank Pizzo. Sunday was much
trickier and we struggled adjusting to
the current and breeze at times. But we
were able to pull ourselves out of it [and]
fnishing seventh will probably put us in
the top ten in the country.
Bowdoin also sent sailors to the Ad-
mirals Cup at Kings Point, New York.
Competitors included Pete Edmunds
14, Tom Peabody 15, Charlotte Wil-
liamson 15, Paige Speight 16, Jack Mc-
Guire 17, Jackson Bloch 15 and Matt
Lyons 17.
Te team fnished in tenth place of
the 20 teams that competed.
Te Polar Bears had strong perfor-
mances from McGuire and Williamson,
who together fnished frst overall in
Division A.
Bowdoin will compete in the upcom-
ing Co-ed New England Championship
hosted by Yale, which is the national
qualifying race for the co-ed boats. Te
top ten fnishers at this event will then
continue onto Nationals.
Pizzo was positive about his
teams chances and said he believes
Bowdoin is in the hunt for another
postseason bid.
Te teams had a great season and
kids have been working really hard, said
Pizzo. Its nice to see some of the hard
work paying of.
control on defense in their second
game against Husson either.
We were a little disappointed with
what happened in the end, said Nel-
son. We werent doing a lot of the
little things. We took those games and
learned from our mistakes and moved
on to doing all of those little things
right on Saturday.
Te squad returned to action on
Saturday at home against Brandeis.
With a pair of 5-1 wins, the team im-
proved to 18-10. Nelson went 5-for-6
from the plate, including two doubles
and fve RBIs.
Emily Grim n 17 pitched all seven
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
innings of the opening game and col-
lected three strikeouts, one walk and
just one earned run. Melissa Della-
Torre 14 allowed one run while throw-
ing eight strikeouts in the second game.
Te team will wrap up NESCAC play
this weekend, hosting Bates at 4 p.m. to-
day and for a doubleheader tomorrow.
Bowdoin will also travel to Tufs on Sun-
day for a 12 p.m. make-up game.
Te conference is divided into East
and West divisions, and two teams from
each division will make it into the dou-
ble-elimination NESCAC tournament.
Tufs has basically claimed one of
those spots, said Nelson. But if we go
out and beat Bates this weekend, we
should make it into the tournament. If
we play how we can, we should be able
to [beat Bates] perfectly fne.
TRACK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
Bears to the frst place fnish by win-
ning two events apiece. Krupp collect-
ed wins in the long jump (5.22 meters)
and triple jump (11.25 meters), while
Harmon won the discus (37.60 meters)
and hammer throw (51.40 meters).
Erin Silva 15 continued her stellar
season by dominating the pole vault
(3.51 meters), and Addison Carvajal
16 came in frst in the two-day hep-
tathlon competition (4.455 points).
Both track teams hope to carry their
momentum into the post-season, which
will begin for both the men and women
tomorrow at the NESCAC Track and
Field Championship at Colby.
Womens sailing will head
to Nationals for rst time
BY KATIE KAUFMAN
ORIENT STAFF
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GO AHEAD, JUMP: Heather Chan 17 competes in the long jump in last Saturdays Aloha Relays.
favor of Endicott, which proceeded
to outscore the Polar Bears 5-2 and
6-2 in the next two periods to win
by a final score of 18-10.
Once [Endicott] started to win a
couple of face-offs, they went on a
run, said Will Wise 14. They were
a very strong team offensively.
Captain Dan Hanley 14 and
Wise led the offense for the Polar
Bears with two goals apiece. In the
net for Bowdoin, Connor Laughlin
15 conceded 16 goals on 25 shots
and Peter Mumford 17 conceded
two goals in six attempts.
Our offense played well during
the matchwe just couldnt get
them the ball enough, said Head
Coach Jason Archbell. We have
to be consistent on our defensive
clearances and execution against
top offensive teams.
Due to their late-season slide, the
Polar Bears will take to the road for
their NESCAC quarterfinal game,
playing at Amherst tomorrow at
2:30 p.m.
Lax teams wrap up their regular seasons
BY ALEX MARECKI
ORIENT STAFF
JAY PRIYADARSHAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
OVER THE HUMP: Sarah Freeman 15 goes to work against Conn. College in an April home matchup. The Polar Bears begin NESCAC tournament play tomorrow.
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Living the party
Vegan food and hippie dudes: dispelling stereotypes of environmentalism
Everybody loves to hate envi-
ronmentalists.
But why is that? Surely, the num-
ber of people that love to hate our
planet is far smaller.
If we all agree that clean air, a
stable climate, and biodiversity are
great, why is there animosity to-
wards the green-minded? Maybe
its our propensity for chaining
ourselves to trees. Or the weird
barefoot hobbit feet? The hemp
clothes? The yurts? The under-
cooked vegan food?
Last time I checked, the only
thing I was chained to was my
computer. My toenail polish is a
little chipped, but otherwise my
feet are fairly pristine. I dont think
Ive ever seen an item of hemp
clothing in my life, much less a
yurt. And when my friends and I
eat vegan food, its generally pretty
delicious (my former roommates
dark chocolate-avocado-banana
bread comes to mind).
Sorry to break it to you, but en-
vironmentalists are just like you.
Its always amazing to me to see
how many people are reluctant to
identify with a movementeven if
they agree with its goalsbecause
of a fear of being associated with
its radical fringes. While I wont
deny that the dreaded hippie still
walks among us, getting on board
with progressive environmental
policies doesnt mean you have to
douse yourself in patchouli and
start doing chakra meditation.
This kind of stereotyping might
seem harmless, but it actually has
a fairly pernicious side effect. If
fewer people are willing to come
out and say that they support pro-
climate legislation and policies
because of a fear of being painted
with the hippie brush, its much
less likely that progress on these
issues will happen any time soon.
And with an issue like climate
change, progress needs to be made,
like, yesterday.
The dirty-hippie stereotype still
exists, even though the goals and
practices of the environmental
movement (if such a huge entity
can be said to exist anymore) have
changed significantly in the past
fifty years.
Its hard not to notice how little
todays climate movement resem-
bles the environmentalism of the
1960s. The climate crisis requires a
far more radical and swift response
from our society than the tree-
huggers of yore could have ever
desired.
The need for more drastic ac-
tions is not winning environmen-
talism (including older versions
of environmental activism) many
new supporters among the silent
majoritythose who would much
rather spend their Saturday after-
noon watching a baseball game
than going to a protest.
These perceptions seem to alien-
ate a great deal of people from
publicly supporting environmental
goals. Other misconceptions only
compound this problem. One of
these is the sense that environmen-
talists, as their name might imply,
prioritize the well being of the nat-
ural environment over more seem-
ingly immediate problems facing
human beings.
Most environmental-
ly-minded folks would
never argue (and I
feel the same way)
that other issues
facing humanity
the fights against
poverty, disease,
oppression, and
so onare
not impor-
tant. But
those who
frame en-
vironmen-
tal goals
in oppo-
sition to
these other
humanitar-
ian aims are
missing the
point on two
accounts.
First, the ma-
jority of environ-
mentalists that Im
familiar with are
committed to their
goals because they
know that having
a healthy and safe
environment helps
all people, and that
imperiling the envi-
ronment can hurt hu-
man health and social
stability, especially for
those unable to buy
themselves a solution.
The short version of
this? Environmental-
ism is for the people.
Second, many of the problems
faced by societies worldwide (pov-
erty, disease, social unrest, etc.)
are exacerbated by environmental
damage, especially the types asso-
ciated with climate change. When
drought wipes out a vital har-
vest, the food insecurity and price
spikes that result dont occur in a
vacuum. They affect the ability of
real people to feed themselves and
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E
ven one hundred and forty-nine years after the Class of 1867 first planted ivy near the Chapel, the
Ivies celebration continues to serve as respite from academics. Despite some obvious differences, the
Ivies weekends of yore bear a surprising resemblance to the Ivies of today. In Tales of Bowdoin, a collec-
tion compiled by former students, President Kenneth C. M. Sills of the Class of 1901 recalls a day when
the expectant mothers, the passive fathers, the pretty sisters descended on Bowdoins campus for a day
of oratory performances. Sills describes a tennis match that began at dawn after a night of debauchery,
contested between two seniors and two young alumni who were only slightly clad, and refereed by one
Tim Taylor, who waseven at such a late hourrather drunk. Sills uses the elegant language of a more
restrained era, but many current students can read their own Ivies experiences into his account.
From the Colleges perspective in 2014, this weekend is primarily about attempting to impose order
on chaos. E-Board members hand deliver notices to our neighbors in Brunswick, and some professors
even skip town. Rain contingency plans are in place. Multiple emails from Director of Safety and Security
Randy Nichols have enumerated strategies to Survivies. While there is plenty of debauchery already
underway, the Ivies spirit has as much to do with breaking the norms of everyday interaction as it does
with bending the rules. The near-magical quality of Ivies comes from a meaningful sense of liberation
from social divisions within our small community. Todays party on the Brunswick Quad marks the one
moment when a large portion of the student body will gather together informally.
This communal revelry makes Ivies a uniquely inclusive opportunity for fun. Demarcations drawn by class
years, varsity teams, College House affiliations and extracurricular involvements dissolve. First years will
find that this last weekend in April is the first significant opportunity to invoke the Bowdoin Hello since
the early months of the academic year. Above recognizing tradition and celebrating the long-awaited start
of spring, we gather to celebrate our common experience as the academic year reaches its final crescendo.
We see Ivies as a utopia because of the collective release it brings. But instead of saving the date, we
might take the experience instructively. We are capable of substituting bacchanalian camaraderie with
substantialand soberconversation with new friends after the weekend ends. Ivies sets an example and
poses a challenge for the last few weeks of this term and our Bowdoin experience more generally. The
long-celebrated Bowdoin tradition brings a state of mind that should linger long after the hangover fades.
their families and, in extreme cas-
es, can contribute to wider
social instability. Protecting
the natural environment is
the best and most efficient
way to prevent these types
of crises: it allows us to
get at the root cause of
the disease rather than
just treating the symp-
tom.
However, this re-
ality is not always
readily appar-
ent. Especially
considering the
widespread mis-
information cir-
culating around
the issue of cli-
mate change,
the question
r e m a i n s :
what is the
environmen-
tal move-
ment to do?
To use a well-
worn phrase,
envi ronment al -
ists must be able to
win the hearts and
minds. Keeping en-
vironmentalism a
niche ideology for
ant i -mai nst ream
radicals doesnt
seem promising,
and diluting the
message to lure in
the unsuspecting
masses seems like it
could only end up
being counterpro-
ductive.
To me, the so-
lution lies in re-
minding people what they have to
gain by supporting environmen-
talism, and what they have to lose
should it fail.
TERRAIN
EMILY TUCKER
Its always amazing to me
to see how many people are
reluctant to identify with a
movement, even if they
agree with its goals.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Free to pee: analyzing the segregation of bathrooms by gender
On intolerance of obligatory acceptance
A few weeks ago, Dartmouth
College students occupied one of
the campus administrative build-
ings in the hopes of promoting a
rather zealous progressive agenda.
The Wall Street Journal, in turn,
wrote a scathing op-ed about the
incident.
This small band of
protestors insisted upon
reforms such as formal
racial admission quotas,
the school health insur-
ance plan covering sex
change operations and
even censoring the
library catalogue for
offensive terms.
The massive fiscal,
administrative, polit-
ical and opportunity
costs of implementing
such changes aside, the
episode was an excellent
example of mistaking ac-
ceptance for tolerance. The
discrepancy between the two
terms is very real and under-
standing the difference would
at the very least minimize the
collective amount of bitching
from both leftist activists (read:
bloggers) and conservatives
who cherry-pick their opponents
more extreme points.
Tolerance is the minimum
amount of action that society can
reasonably require from an indi-
vidual. It means showing indiffer-
ence toward practices, beliefs, cus-
toms and identities that are held by
other groups in the population.
Im talking about customs that
are legal and do not have nega-
tive impacts on the rest of society
(pedophilia would not qualify,
but LGBTQ issues would). Indif-
ference, in this case, means that
an individual must not say or do
anything that might harm these
groups in any way.
This individual is free to think
whatever she (he, ze?) wants con-
cerning other peoples values. She
can still comfortably exist within
the bounds of tolerance so long as
she does not display any negative
thought in a malevolent way.
Tolerance insists that one not
harm others in a group, but it also
does not mandate that one push
the opposite waypast the point
of neutralityand actively support,
endorse or even be content with an
entity. Such behavior falls into the
realm of acceptance.
Acceptance moves beyond open
mindedness and necessitates a
change in personal opinions, views
and preferences. Not only is the
individual expected to peacefully
coexist with other groups, but he
is also expected to embrace them
and all that they stand for. Thus,
calling for acceptance as a baseline
obliges members of society who
wish to be regarded as somewhat
The year is 2004; the place: the
hallway outside the gym of Brook-
lyns Public School 321. There I
wait with my fourth grade class,
staring into space and dreading the
approach of P.E. Suddenly, I feel a
shove from my side and fall to the
ground, disoriented. Regaining my
faculties, I see Im surrounded by
scattered paper towels and peach
linoleumsomeone pushed me
into the girls room. I regain my
composure as fast as I can, stumble
out of the forbidden area and no-
tice several of my male classmates
laughing at my misery. My cheeks
shine bright red as the humiliation
replays endlessly in my head. Why
did it have to be me? Why did I
have to suffer? What did I ever do
to deserve being pushed into the
girls bathroom?!
Why was I so embarrassed to
spend that moment in a female re-
stroom? It was, of course, where I
didnt belong. Boys are supposed
to go to the boys room and girls
to the girls roomId known that
since before Pre-K. As a young kid,
this rule felt as natural and nor-
mal as school itself, reinforced by
teachers, Disney Channel shows,
and Louis Sachars classic, Theres
a Boy in the Girls Bathroom.
Gender segregation carried on
through middle school and high
school, where hormone-crazed
boys joked about what they would
do for only a peek through the thin
wall separating male and female
locker rooms.
When I showed up to Maine Hall
my first semester at Bowdoin, I
didnt think twice about the second
floor having separate bathrooms
for men and women. The boys
room was a nice refuge pleasant
and bright for a mid-morning poop
and a good place to meet bros for a
quick pre-College House shotgun.
In the bathroom, the guys on the
floor could share weekday routines
and shoot the shit after a hookup.
We really got to know each other
there. The bathroom brought us
together, but we were only bond-
ing with half of the floor, and in
a way that reinforced the gender
norms that shape mainstream col-
lege socialization.
Tis year I live in Reed House,
with its co-ed bathrooms. Afer the
many years of having to pee in a
room separate from girls, I fnally
share a bathroom with women my
age. How could Bowdoin possibly
allow this? Wouldnt all hell break
loose? Well, okay, it was a little un-
comfortable to poop in a stall next
to a woman, but its a little uncom-
fortable to poop in a stall next to
anyone. I quickly got used to the
desegregated bathrooms, still enjoy-
ing college without the boys club
that had been the mens lavatory.
This got me thinking about my
mortification in fourth grade.
What exactly was so bad about
going into the girls room? Per-
politically correct (whatever that
means today) to completely alter
their personalities and characters
to conform to another subjective
conception of a perfect world.
Forcing or demanding that an-
other consent to your conventions
because they are more progressive
or right is as ridiculous as it is
ironic: such a hypocrite has become
intolerant of others dissenting (but
not derogatory) conclusions. Intol-
erance has no place in modern so-
ciety. But by enforcing acceptance,
the self-proclaimed liberator trans-
forms into a tyranni-
cal oppressor.
Do not miscon-
strue this as an at-
tack against the
left, progressivism
or related interests.
This is a criticism of
those who demand
too much of a largely
moderate majority.
By not settling for any
less than acceptance,
certain activists are
inadvertently damag-
ing their own cause by
inseparably associating
frivolous complaints with
more serious and legitimate
grievances.
Returning to the Dart-
mouth example, do the bulk
of those who desire gender
equality (presumably a fair amount
of the total population at the New
Hampshire institution, and at
Bowdoin as well) really also want
gender-neutral bathrooms in all
facilities, including locker rooms?
I will boldly guess not.
I caution those fighting for a
cause to take into account the dif-
ference between tolerance and ac-
ceptance when considering what
they campaign for. They might
realize that victorywidespread
tolerancecan be achieved with-
out resounding affirmation from
the masses.
The advent of social media
makes anonymous activity exceed-
ingly easy. It is no secret that people
will often say things under the veil
of anonymity that they would never
say under their own name. Col-
lege confessions pages like Bow-
doin Confess and Words from the
Bubble are just the latest means of
providing anonymous commentary
on campus.
One might think that provid-
ing an anonymous outlet increases
and improves dialogue on campus.
Finally, a place where students can
say whatever they want with no
consequences or judgment! Id ar-
gue this is not the case. Anonym-
ity, when coupled with a lack of
accountability, does not improve
dialogue in any real way.
While it is true that confessions
pages can uncover real, problem-
atic issues on campus like race and
sexual assault, anonymity dilutes
these issues. Real arguments should
be brought up by people who care
enough about them to stand by
them. Submitting an anonymous
confession allows people to make
public whatever is on their mind,
and then forget that it was ever
said. Sure, the experience might be
cathartic, but it does more damage
than good.
Anonymity takes away the big-
gest leverage we have when we
speak up for ourselvesour hu-
manity. Talking about an issue face
to face does so much more than an
anonymous complaint. Its hard to
care about an issue made public
by an anonymous website when
I cant put a face on that person.
How can there be dialogue with a
faceless entity? When you remove
your personhood from your opin-
ion, you remove any possibility for
understanding. There is no means
for your opinion to be clarified,
defended, altered, or put into any
context. Sure, other commenters
can come to your defense, but
they are not on any realistic level
a spokesperson for an anonymous
confession.
When important dialogues at
Bowdoin are not trivial, the same
voices are always represented. This
community cannot afford to lose
important arguments and opinions
to petty confessions pages. Bow-
doin students should be comfort-
able creating a space for their opin-
ions, politically correct or not. The
only way to understand each other
and our environment is through
meaningful dialogue. That doesnt
happen when we hide behind our
computer screens.
Furthermore, anonymity gives
people the means to say things
that should not be said in public
things that hurt and insult indi-
vidual people. These types of state-
ments do not create dialogue, and
anonymous message boards should
provide the filter that these submit-
ters did not have. Well thought out
and earnest opinions should be en-
couraged. Purposefully insensitive
and demeaning language does not
have a place in this community.
It is not the easiest thing in the
world to state an opinion, especially
a controversial one. Society makes
many people feel as if their thoughts
are invalid or inconsequential, and
the potential for backlash is fright-
ening. I am wary and self-conscious
about what I write in this column,
and the feedback has not always
been pleasant. But the sacrificial
nature of speaking up for what we
believe in, and the willingness to
face opposition, is what gives our
words power.

haps gendered bathrooms prevent
women from sexual harassment
and assault. But anyone can harass
anyone, so why make such a het-
eronormative assumption? As in
the case of immature high school-
ers, forbidding men from the girls
room doesnt prevent men from
sexualizing women, but rather
turns it into some erotic paradise,
implicitly suggesting that some
kind of orgy would break out if
different genders peed near each
other.
And, of course, what about
those who dont identify as male
or female? Gendered bathrooms
are nothing short of discrimina-
tion against trans and intersex
people. A few months ago, several
Wesleyan students demanded the
bathroom reform on the basis that
gender-segregated bathrooms
create uncomfortable and poten-
tially dangerous situations for
trans and gender-variant present-
ing people. Many at Brown shared
similar complaints, and activists at
both schools removed or replaced
bathroom signs to encourage gen-
der neutrality.
While discrimination against
trans students makes bathroom
segregation a relevant social jus-
tice issue, gendering bathrooms
reveals how we expect all men and
women to act. Although we may
initially feel uncomfortable with
desegregation, we must wonder
if this discomfort is natural or
socially-conditioned. Why should
we organize our society in a cer-
tain way merely out of habit, espe-
cially when that habit marginalizes
and oppresses a group of people?
Many people at Bowdoin would
agree that separate educational
facilities are inherently unequal.
Should we not say the same about
our bathrooms?
Internet anonymous: explaining
the online caustic environment
SIGNIFYING
NOTHING
JESSE ORTIZ
DEAL WITH IT
WILL POWERS
DOING
IT WRONG
MAYA REYES
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
APRIL/MAY
12 1ui vowuoi ovii1 iviu.v, .vvii i,, io1
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
CLICK BAIT: Zach Morrison '14 plays "Clicks," a game he made up with his brother that uses pool balls but not cues, during Ping Pong Club last Tuesday night in David Saul Smith Union.
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FRIDAY
IVIES WEEKEND
Roller Skating and Gelato
The Of ce of Residential Life will sponsor a free trip to an
indoor roller skating rink, followed by free gelato. Email
jheld@bowdoin.edu to reserve a spot in the van.
Meet at the Polar Bear. 6:30 p.m.
FILM
"Vampire's Kiss"
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen Robert Bierman's
1989 comedy-horror flm starring Nicolas Cage as a
mentally-ill literary agent who gets bitten by a vampire.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
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TUESDAY
LECTURE
"What Does Neuroscience Teach Us
About Free Will?"
Tufts professor, philosopher and scientist Daniel Dennett
will give a lecture on the debate over the consequences of
the illusory nature of free will.
Room 16, Druckenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.
LECTURE
"Two Presidents Are Better Than One"
David Orentlicher, professor at Indiana University's Robert
H. McKinney School of Law, will give a lecture about the
potential benefts of a two-person, bipartisan presidency
to fx our political system.
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 4:15 p.m.
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SATURDAY
EVENT
World T'ai Chi and Qigong Day
Celebrations for World T'ai Chi and Qigong Day will
include free classes in the two Chinese martial arts.
Everywhere. 10 a.m.
IVIES WEEKEND
The Circus, Mat Kearney, Timeies
Whittier Field. 2 p.m. Rain location: Farley Field House.
IVIES WEEKEND
Alternative Ivies Dinner
Bombay Mahal will cater a dinner for students as part of
chem-free programming for the weekend.
30 College Street. 6:30 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
"Writing and Publishing Science Fiction"
Award-winning author Francesco Verso will speak about
his career writing science fction novels and stories.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall. 7 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
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TUESDAY
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SUNDAY
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Protestant Chapel Service
The Chapel. 7 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY

PERFORMANCE
Afro-Latin Music Ensemble
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE
"History of America in 101 Objects"
Richard Kurin, under secretary for history, art and culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, will use diferent artifacts
from the Smithsonian collection to tell the history of our
nation.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
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THURSDAY
COMMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES
"Confessions of a Former Bowdoin
Admissions Director"
Dick Moll, director of admissions at the College from
1967 to 1976, will speak about his tenure, which
included major changes such as admitting women to the
student body and turning Bowdoin SAT-optional.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.
BOOK LAUNCH
Tess Chakkalakal and Ken Warren
Associate Professor of English Tess Chakkalakal and
English professor at the University of Chicago Ken Warren
will present their new book, "Jim Crow, Literature, and
the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs," which is about the fa-
mous African-American author and Baptist minister and
his impact on literature and politics in the early 1900s.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall. 5:30 p.m.
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Bowdoin Chorus
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ORANGE PEEL BEEF, HONOLULU TOFU
CAJUN POLLOCK, JAMBALAYA
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CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE, PIZZA
CHICKEN VESUVIUS, LINGUINE
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TURKEY STEAKS, CHEESEBURGERS
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Jazz Night
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MAC & CHEESE, FRIED SHRIMP
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PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE