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College to hire Dean’s office formalizes emergency aid
two new Arabic
instructors
by Eliana Miller
Orient Staff
After years of requests from
both students and faculty, the
College is hiring two new Ar-
abic language instructors for
the upcoming academic year.
However, a potential Arabic
or Middle Eastern and North
African (MENA) studies major
or minor seems unlikely in the
near future.
Currently, Bowdoin offers
beginner and intermediate Ar-
abic language courses taught
exclusively by Lecturer in Ara-
bic Russell Hopley, who will be
leaving the College at the end of
the spring semester. Hopley also
leads two independent study
courses per semester for upper
level Arabic language students.
This semester, eight students are
enrolled in each independent
study.
“[Teaching four classes a se-
mester] puts a faculty member
into a difficult situation,” said
James Higginbotham, associate
dean for academic affairs. “You
want to have faculty members
who can come here and teach
but can also have time to do re-
search that informs their teach-
ing, and that’s hard [for Hopley]
to do.”
The College is in the process
of reviewing applications for a
Bowdoin website to see first Students share mixed reactions
major overhaul since 2005 to reusable College House cups
by Nell Fitzgerald
Orient Staff
The Office of Communica-
tions and Public Affairs has em-
barked on an initiative to rede-
sign the College’s website, which
has not undergone significant
changes since 2005. The project
is expected to be completed in
October of this year.
“That’s a long time in this
world. It’s due,” said Senior Vice
President for Communications
and Public Affairs Scott Hood.
The impetus for the new site
began in fall of 2015, when the of-
fice ran a comprehensive research
project focused on how to attract
students from outside of the New
England region, where Bowdoin
might be less familiar, Hood said.
One conclusion that the team
took from the project was that
digital outreach is crucial in order
to attract those demographics.
“Clearly, in this day and age,
you can do some of that in print,
but it’s a digital world now,” said
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Bowdoin’s Board of Trustees will meet in
Silicon Valley next week. Page 4.
full-time lecturer in Arabic lan-
guage as well as a one-year An-
drew W. Mellon postdoctoral
fellow. Together these two fac-
ulty members will teach a total
of seven official Arabic courses
during the 2018-2019 academic
year. Depending on the can-
didates, there is potential for a
future MENA studies course
taught in English.
Students hope that the Arabic
program continues to expand to
ultimately allow students to de-
clare a major or minor.
“I would absolutely love a
minor or major in Arabic,” said
Julia Amstutz ’19 who has tak-
en Arabic every semester since
her first year at Bowdoin and
studied abroad in Morocco last
semester. “I think there really is
value in having an official dec-
laration from the College … I
also think it’s one of Bowdoin’s
greatest academic weakness-
es that it doesn’t really have
anything official—an official
Middle Eastern studies depart-
ment or an official collection
of courses—because it’s such a
complicated part of the world.”
“The fact that there are Ar-
abic language courses, the fact
that I can go abroad and the fact
that I can take Middle Eastern
studies courses across different
Please see ARABIC, page 3
Hood. “[That project] was an
opportunity for us to figure out
how to do that kind of work, and
realize that it’s time to create a
website.”
Executive Director of Com-
munications and Public Affairs
Mary Baumgartner added that in
addition to strategic and aesthetic
reasons for the redesign, the cur-
rent website is practically flawed:
there are many dead-ends on
the site, it lacks accessibility and
doesn’t have a mobile version.
Baumgartner, who began
working at Bowdoin in Septem-
ber 2017 and is a leading figure in
developing the new site, has ex-
tensive experience in digital com-
munications through her work as
vice president for digital initia-
tives at HBO, where she worked
for 17 years. Baumgartner was
key to transforming HBO.com
into one of the most prominent
websites in the TV industry, as
well as launching “HBO On-De-
mand.”
“At HBO, what we were con-
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composed of donations from the process more equitable. “We had been talking about
by Mollie Eisner Bowdoin community. “Some people might know how, in the spirit of equity and
Orient Staff
While the funds for emer- about the existence of the funds, access to resources, the best way
The College has created an gency financial aid are not new, but not everybody,” said Dean of to do this would be to give access
online form for students to ap- information about it was not Student Affairs Tim Foster. “We directly to students,” she said.
ply for emergency financial aid, previously publicly available to decided that we wanted to be The fund is made posssible by
Dean of Students Janet Lohmann students. Instead, staff and facul- really transparent. Instead of just donations to the college.
announced in an email to the stu- ty members were notified of the notifying faculty, advisors and “[Due to] the generosity of
dent body last Friday. fund and could inform students deans, we decided to let the whole alumni and parents, we have
The fund—which will cover who they perceived to be in need. community know.” funds that are made available
the costs of “emergencies, special The standardized application, Lohmann emphasized that almost exclusively to support stu-
programs, test prep, supplies, available on the website for the this transparency is designed to dents who are on aid,” Foster said.
travel and unanticipated events,” Office of the Dean of Student make the resources more readily
according to the website—is Affairs, is designed to make the available to students seeking help. Please see AID, page 4
COURTESY OF TREV MOZINGA
Bowdoin alumna to participate in 2018 Winter Olympics. SEE PAGE 9.
stantly trying to do was think wanted it, [residents] were like, Bukowski-Thall said.
about what our fans wanted and by Kate Lusignan ‘Whatever he feels passionately However, the cups are dish-
Orient Staff
[what we] were doing from our about, I’ll just vote for it.’ Very washer safe, and each College
website … so I will definitely In an effort to reduce plastic few people were very excited House is responsible for wash-
bring that perspective to the web-
waste, all eight College Houses about it,” said Grace Bukows- ing them. Four of the eight
site design,” said Baumgartner. will begin using reusable cups ki-Thall ’20, a resident of Bur- Houses have dishwashers, while
“Understanding the different in place of traditional single-use nett House. Houses without dishwashers
constituencies that want to use cups this semester. Last year, Whereas some Houses, will be responsible for coor-
our site, whether that is prospec-
the College Houses used over such as Ladd, passed the ini- dinating times to use another
tive students and families, current
25,000 plastic cups, according tiative when it was first pro- House’s dishwasher.
students, staff.” to the College’s Sustainability posed, others voted multiple “We’re getting constantly
Hood highlighted that this Office. The initiative, proposed times before the measure nagged by our housekeeper
wide range of users will present a
by College House eco reps last passed. Burnett held several that we have dirty dishes in
challenge for the team as it starts
semester, has been met with unofficial votes before a ma- the sink, so from most people’s
designing a new site completely mixed reactions from students. jority of House members were perspective we were not going
from scratch. Each House voted on the convinced to vote in favor. to wash those cups at all,” Bu-
“It is a priority that this site be
proposal before purchasing the Despite the environmental kowski-Thall said. “The idea of
useful to people who don’t know cups with money from their benefits of saving plastic cups, having 400 plastic cups when
about Bowdoin. But at the same yearly budgets, allocated from some students expressed con- we have one tiny dishwasher
time we also have to preserve thethe Office of Residential Life cerns about hygiene, cup size seemed ridiculous.”
functionality internally. That’s a
(ResLife). Howell House, the and stealing. The eco-reps understand that
tricky balance,” said Hood. “It’schem-free College House, pur- “I think it’s a little unsani- this added chore may worry
really a project about real estate
chased 100 cups, while the oth- tary especially if it is sitting in some residents, but they believe
in some ways. You have to make er seven College Houses, which cupboards for a while and not that a systematic schedule for
choices.” typically serve alcohol at par- washed right away. I think we washing the cups will alleviate
In addition to Hood and ties, purchased 400 cups each. maybe had two or three cam- the stress.
Baumgartner, the team managing Many House residents ex- pus-wides the whole semester, “It is definitely a lot of
pressed apathy about the plan. so that is a couple week spans
Please see WEBSITE, page 3 “Since our eco rep really and the cups are just sitting,” Please see CUPS, page 4
F JUST FOR FUN S SHOOTING HOOPS O PERSONAL STYLE
Béa Blakemore brings energy and Women’s basketball loses its 19-game win Anu Asaolu ’19 considers the uniformity of
inspiration to Zumba class. Page 7. streak. Page 10. fashion at Bowdoin. Page 11.
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SECURITY REPORT
1/25 to 2/1
STUDENT SPEAK:
Which building on campus do you feel you look the
Thursday, January 25
• A concerned parent who had been unable to reach
match at the Lubin Squash Courts. Brunswick Rescue
transported the student to Mid Coast Hospital. most like?
her daughter asked security to check on her wellbeing.
The student was located.
• A smoke alarm at Brunswick Apartment M was
Sunday, January 28
• An intoxicated Coleman Hall student was trans-
Thomas Freund ’20
caused by a student burning fish.
• An officer checked on a student with flu symp-
ported to Mid Coast Hospital.
• An intoxicated Moore Hall student was trans- "Druck. It looks official on the
outside but who knows what really,
toms, and the student was referred to the ported to Mid Coast Hospital.
health center. • Loud music was
reported coming from
Friday, January 26
• Complaints were re-
the 15th floor of Coles
Tower. Students were
really goes on in there."
ceived of excessively asked to lower the

Nora Cullen ’18

loud music on the volume.
fourth floor of Coles • A support pole
Tower. Students in the Helmreich
complied by turn-
ing off the music.
House common room
was dislodged, causing
"Hubbard, it’s warm and cozy but
• Officers
investigated a
ceiling damage.
• A student with
also has an academic vibe ... and it
report of a wom-
an yelling and in
a wrist injury was given an
escort to Mid Coast Hospital. reminds me of Harry Potter."
possible distress.
After a thorough Monday, January 29
check of the area,
nothing unusual was
• A parking sign
at the 85 Union Street lot Sofia Trogu ’19
"Mass Hall because it fits to scale."
found. was struck and broken by a
• An unoccupied Col- vehicle.
lege van was found idling in a • A female student reported
parking lot at 2:00 a.m. Investiga- being whistled at by two con-
tion determined that an employee forgot tractors working at a campus
to turn off the engine several hours earlier. construction site. Per the Col-
• A staff member discovered damage to lege’s harassment policy, the contrac-
SARA CAPLAN
the top floor east wall at Smith Union. tors are no longer permitted on site.
• A broken exterior window pane was • A student in Hyde Hall who was smoking a
discovered on the south end of Searles
Hall. The damage was caused by a rock
vaporizer activated a smoke alarm. Note: Smoking of
any kind is not permitted in campus buildings.
Justin Weathers ’18
or other projectile.
• A student was escorted to Mid
• A visitor’s vehicle that was illegally operating on
a walkway backed into and destroyed a granite pillar "I’d like to think Hubbard. I don’t
Coast Hospital at the request of coun-
seling services.
near Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
even really know why, but if I had to
Tuesday, January 30
be a building you might as well be
• A student receiving a scam email in
response to a classified ad. • A student steaming clothes in Coleman Hall acti-
• Students using a vaporizer accidentally activated vated a smoke alarm.
smoke alarm in Maine Hall. • A concern parent requested a wellness check on a
student. The student was fine.
one of the regal ones, right?"
Saturday, January 27
• Loud noise was reported at Brunswick Apart- Thursday, February 1 Aida Muratoglu ’21
ment U. Students were asked to lower the volume. • An employee at the Media Commons at Haw-
• A student gathering was dispersed in the Baxter
House basement after noise complaints were received.
thorne-Longfellow Library reported the theft of a lap-
top. The employee later found that she left the laptop
"Dudley Coe."
• A student in West Hall took responsibility for at home.
possessing several bottles of hard alcohol.
• A student using an electric tea kettle accidentally
activated a fire alarm at Baxter House. COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
• A visiting athlete suffered a seizure during a COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET

A guide to Bowdoin meme accounts by Samuel Rosario

Orient Staff

@Treesatbowdoin
What To Expect: Have you
ever thought when you passed
one of the many trees on
Bowdoin’s campus: ‘Hey …
that tree is really photogenic!’
The admin of @treesatbowdoin
definitely had that thought
51 times a day. But that isn’t
to say that this admin doesn’t
make you feel like family with
Bowdoin’s trees. With witty
and endearing commentary,
@treesatbowdoin makes you
want to hug every tree you
come across. We need to
remember that these trees
are our elders and own this
place; we are only guests. So
next time you walk past a tree,
go take a family picture and
submit it to @treesatbowdoin.
PHOTO COURTESY OF @TREESATBOWDOIN
@OverheardBowdoin
Platform: Instagram What To Expect: Eavesdrop-
Followers: 338 ping taken to the next lev-
Following: 576 el, @overheardbowdoin is a
Posts: 52 living record of failed booty
calls and details you wished
you never revealed to your
friends. All Bowdoin students
have the opportunity to DM
their receipts they have on
their “close friends.” Anyone
around you could be the one
to expose you and all your Platform: Instagram
dark secrets that have no busi- Followers: 1282
ness being said over a nice Following: 1646
meal of curly fries. Posts: 67
“Can I get mono from wip-
ing away your tear?” (Oct 17,
2017).
PHOTO COURTESY OF
@OVERHEARDBOWDOIN

@Bowdoinmemes
What To Expect: @bowdo-
inmemes, as evident by the
“fire for eyes” logo, is lit. The
anonymous admin really hits
the mark encompassing what
makes up Bowdoin. Look no
further. There is a pop cul-
ture reference for every one
of the multitude of awkward
situations waiting for you
around campus. Don’t know
what sort of face to make af-
ter your booty call leaves you
on read? @bowdoinmemes
has you covered. Don’t know
who your spirit celebrity is?
From “#stripsearchmerandy”
to “Bowdoin Social Houses
As People,” Bowdoin students
can find what they are looking
for to model their unique ex-
periences.
PHOTO COURTESY OF @BOWDOINMEMES
@BowdoinBootyCalls
Platform: Instagram What To Expect: Do the lyrics peaches and cringe at the fails Platform: Instagram
Followers: 1622 “You actin’ kinda shady, ain’t of all students at getting some Followers: 656
Following: 1527 callin me baby, why the sud- booty. Every night can’t be Following: 640
Posts: 37 den change?” (“Say my name” booty night. Posts: 27
by Destiny’s Child) constantly
run through your head? Do
you stay up at night ponder-
ing on how someone who is
supposedly sleeping can then
text you “I’m asleep?” Wor-
ry no more! Come check out PHOTO COURTESY OF
the plethora of eggplants and @BOWDOINBOOTYCALLS
Friday, February 2, 2018 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEF New schedule expands transition

periods, keeps Common Hour
COMPILED BY SARAH DRUMM AND JESSICA PIPER

POLAR EATS APP ROLLS OUT

PUB ORDER OPTION, HOPES TO
EXPAND BEYOND BRUNSWICK Because of the longer transi- seemed like a reasonable com- uled until the other schedules
This week, the student-designed mobile food ordering app Po- by Emily Cohen tion periods, the last daytime promise,” Duncan wrote in an were finalized, citing incon-
Orient Staff
larEats announced a new collaboration with Jack Magee’s Pub and classes will end at 4:15 p.m., email to the Orient. sistent understanding and
Grill, which will allow students to place orders for pickup through In an email to the Bowdo- rather than 3:55 p.m. In the new time block use of Common Hour across
the app. App developer Sawyer Billings ’18 said that while delivery in community on Wednesday, In the initial plan, there schedule, departments are campus. Common Hour has
service from the Pub is not yet available, discussions are taking Dean for Academic Affairs were four 175-minute evening also required to use a certain been restored, but will occur
place. Elizabeth McCormack and blocks during the week, one number of “Underutilized Fridays from 3 to 4 p.m., ac-
“It’s certainly the goal,” he said. Registrar Martina Duncan ’97 for every evening Monday Time Slots,” which are mainly cording to Duncan.
Billings, a member of the baseball team, realized the market for officially shared changes to through Thursday. Addition- in the early morning and the Duncan explained that the
a pub mobile ordering system when he and his teammates would the daily time block schedule ally, there were 85-minute evening. community wanted to retain
frequently try to place orders over the phone at the same time. and final exam period that will blocks on both Monday/ Another change announced Common Hour.
He believes the addition of a mobile ordering option to the Pub take effect in the fall 2018 se- Wednesday and Tuesday/ in the Wednesday email con- “It seemed best to restore it
will allow customers to circumvent the frequently busy phone lines. mester. Several aspects of the Thursday evenings. The cur- cerns the “bunching” policy of for now so we could, as a com-
“When we come back from away baseball games, we’ll get in late original plan, announced and rent plan retains two 175-min- final exams, which, according munity, consider how best to
and our coach will meet us outside the Pub and give us our meal debated at the faculty meeting ute blocks per week, on Mon- to the Student Handbook, al- move forward,” she wrote.
stipend … 45 of us will try and call in so our food is ready, and it on December 4, have since day and Wednesday, and adds lows students to reschedule a Once these changes are im-
ends up being this big pass-the-phone game for everybody to talk been modified after receiving 85-minute evening blocks final exam if they have three plemented, the Office of the
on the phone—it’s this clunky, unintuitive experience,” he said. faculty pushback. only on Monday/Wednesday. exams over the course of two Registrar and the Office of Ac-
PolarEats is currently hoping to expand its services to other The new schedules consti- Due to concerns about in- days. The new exam schedule ademic Affairs will gauge the
campuses. tute phase one of a two-phase fringing on students’ co-cur- includes an evening exam slot, community’s reception and
plan introduced by a working ricular opportunities and a and the revised policy reflects use feedback to make more
group formed two years ago healthy work-life balance, this change: if students have modifications in phase two of
SENIOR APPLICATION DEADLINE to address scheduling issues. faculty pushed back against three exams in three consecu- the schedule reevaluation.
FOR LADD HOUSE EXTENDED Most notably, these schedules
include 10-minute transition
the additional evening blocks
at the December meeting. The
tive time slots, or four exams
in two days, they are allowed
“We don’t have a fully
fleshed out plan, yet, but it
UNTIL WEDNESDAY periods in between classes, a new plan takes these concerns reschedule. will involve students,” wrote
shortened exam period with into consideration, according The working group that Duncan. “We are committed
Citing student concerns about the short timeline for applying to live the addition of an evening to Duncan. produced the December to making this a campus-wide
in Ladd House, the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) extended the exam slot and new time blocks “Eliminating a few of the proposal also suggested that process, involving all stake-
deadline for the senior-only College House to next Wednesday. during the day and evening. originally proposed blocks Common Hour not be sched- holders.”
ResLife initially notified the junior class that living in Ladd for the

Campus braces for influenza season

2018-2019 academic year was an option on January 18. The initial dead-
line for the applications was midnight on January 28, and students were
required to submit a letter of recommendation by January 31.
Director of ResLife Meadow Davis announced the extended deadline
in an email to the junior class on January 29. She said that the change
arose because students, particularly those who are currently studying virus, the College administers who are concerned about their esting and so hard to convince
abroad, found the initial timeline to be challenging. by Mitchel Jurasek flu shots to students for free. academics as a result of an people to get the flu shot. It
Orient Staff
Applications to live in the other seven college houses—open to ris- This year, the Health Center illness can consult with their does change due to the shuf-
ing sophomores, juniors and seniors—are due at midnight on Sunday, Bowdoin has already seen bought 600 flu shots and has dean. fling. We have to make a new
February 11. some effects of the influenza administered 560 so far. Sixty “We work with the dean’s shot every year. This year’s
epidemic, characterized by students have received shots office to try and help the stu- shot is active against the four
the Centers for Disease Con- since the start of the new se- dent,” Maher said. most common types of flu.
ARABIC tution the size of Bowdoin and trol (CDC) as moderately
with the resources that we have severe this year. According to
mester.
“We get great support from
To prevent the spread of the
virus, Dining Services offers
This year’s is not one of those,
so it will only be partially ef-
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right now, how do we build this Director of Health Services the College to buy flu vaccines boxed meals for sick students. fective towards the flu.”
departments and they’re not in a thoughtful way?” Dr. Jeffrey Maher, the bulk and administer them without In an email to the Orient, As- Still, Maher said that any
all bundled together—I think The steering committee is of the cases will present in charge,” Maher said. sociate Director of Operations protection against the flu is
it’s well overdue,” said Beleicia considering an area-studies the coming months. Health With only 40 left, Maher Michele Gaillard explained better than no protection, so
Bullock ’19. format similar to the Asian Services, Dining Services and noted a potential shortage. that once Dining receives no- he recommends all students
Bullock, like Amstutz, has and Latin American studies the Office of Student Affairs “We will probably order tification of a student with in- get vaccinated.
studied Arabic since her first departments. While students are hoping to prevent cases more but they don’t come fluenza, a friend may pick up In addition to the vaccine,
semester at Bowdoin and spent are not formally involved, their when possible and support ill overnight,” he said. a boxed lunch for that student Maher advises good habits
last semester in Jordan on an input has been considered and students. Maher recommends that from any dining hall. In the to help prevent the onset of
Arabic program. She also de- will eventually be necessary for “The flu sort of blossoms students who express common event that a friend cannot take influenza. Students should
scribed the difficulty she ex- an official MENA studies pro- after the holidays,” Maher said. flu symptoms—such as a fever, the sick student their meal, avoid contact with those af-
periences trying to fit MENA gram proposal. Higginbotham “We have campus-wide flu ev- chills, nausea and coughing— Dining Services will deliver. fected, cover their mouths
classes, without a designated estimates that a major or mi- ery winter and so we have to be should isolate themselves and The influenza outbreak is and noses when coughing or
department, into her schedule. nor won’t be offered until the prepared. Colleges like Bow- not attend class or extracur- worse than in past years due sneezing, wash their hands
“Because I can’t major or mi- 2019-2020 academic year at the doin that draw from national ricular activities. Although to the virus’s ability to change frequently with soap and wa-
nor in it, I have to ask myself, earliest. and international crowds are students may not want to miss composition. ter and disinfect surfaces and
‘Why am I going through the “You have to do it right and difficult. Students who have class, Maher said that most “Every year the flu shuffles objects that may be contami-
hassle to try to find programs that may take time,” said Hig- different immunities show people affected by influenza its parts. This year it shuffled nated with germs.
that may or may not fit in my ginbotham. up and live in close quarters, only experience symptoms for in a way that the usual innate Given the prevalence of in-
schedule?’” she said. He added that budgetary which creates an interesting five to seven days, so students ability to fight the flu isn’t fluenza this year, there is little
Informally, faculty have issues are also a factor for the landscape for influenza.” should only miss one or two of around,” Maher said. “That’s doubt that Bowdoin will con-
discussed the possibility of an MENA program. To combat the spread of the sessions of each class. Students what makes the flu so inter- tinue to be affected.
Arabic or MENA Studies ma- “There are always conversa-
jor for the past four years. In tions of how best to allocate re-
the summer of 2016, a work- sources on campus and careful WEBSITE
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happening,” Hood said.
Communications ran focus
really there.”
In order to continue consider-
graphics and provide a stronger
platform to represent both stu-
has now become a steering ministration about how best to groups on campus to gauge ing student input, Baumgartner dent and faculty work.
committee for the potential use the resources that we have,” the overhaul includes Associate student interest with regards to said that the office will be holding “‘Show, don’t tell,’ is driving a
program. The committee is he said. Vice President for Communica- the site. bi-weekly drop in hours during lot of the design conversations
composed of several professors For now, the steering com- tions Alison Bennie, Director of “They wanted to get a feel which any member of the cam- we’re having right now, so I think
across disciplines that special- mittee is focusing on the two News and Media Relations Doug about what Bowdoin students pus community can share their it’s going to be a more visual site,”
ize in the Middle East or North recent hires, who will hopefully Cook, Technology Integration think about Bowdoin. They didn’t ideas for the new site. Communi- she said.
Africa: Assistant Professor of help develop the MENA studies Specialist Julie Haugen, Director ask very specific questions,” said cations has also begun a blog that Hood emphasized that the
Romance Languages and Liter- program into a successful de- of Editorial Services Scott Schai- Cirkine Sherry ’18, who was part will follow the progress of the site. October launch should be the
atures Meryem Belkaïd; George partment. berger ’95 and Director of Digital of a focus group. “The goal is that the entire culmination of a long collabora-
Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. Professor “After taking Arabic and and Social Media Holly Sher- Students responded with their campus can participate and real- tion between all parts of campus.
of Religion and Chair of the learning more about the Mid- burne. The management team experiences at Bowdoin and their ly sees reflected what matters to “This is not the kind of thing
Religion Department Robert dle East and North Africa, and has also formed a Steering Com- opinions about the future website. them in the work that we’re do- where you go off in a corner
Morrison; Assistant Professor their cultures and histories in mittee composed of students and “Students said that the website ing,” Baumgartner said. somewhere and you do [the re-
of Government Barbara Elias general, I just can’t imagine my staff in order to represent all as- shouldn’t be too chic or modern, So far, the management team design] and drop [it] in every-
Klenner and Assistant Professor education and current world pects of campus. because that’s not authentic to has gathered information and body’s lap,” he said. “It’s a lot of
of Sociology Oyman Basaran. perspective without knowing “Those folks [on the commit- Bowdoin,” said Sherry. “But at the has not yet started design, so ownership, a lot of involvement.
“We have to think about how what I know about Arabic and tee] are charged with considering same time, it really needs to be Hood and Baumgartner can’t be- There’s a lot of people who un-
to sustain a program,” said Hig- the MENA region,” said Ams- all of this, helping us move for- updated. It needs to be easier to gin to say what the new site will derstand what’s going on at the
ginbotham. “There’s a strong tutz. “I’m incredibly excited that ward, but also with going back to navigate. It’s so confusing. Values look like. However, Baumgart- College, and we may not, so we
commitment from the Presi- the College is moving in this their area in the college and make and those things are important ner noted that the new site will need that input.”
dent to do this. With an insti- direction.” sure that every knows what is too, but the basic essentials aren’t incorporate more video and
4 NEWS
World Matters initiative to Trustee meeting
promote student-led discussion to take place in
by David Zhou
Orient Staff
Beginning today, a new dis-
Silicon Valley
cussion initiative called World
Matters, designed to help students
explore and reflect on national
and international current events
outside of an academic setting and
without a planned agenda, will
meet every Friday afternoon at 2
p.m. in Ladd House. The discus-
sion is facilitated by the Office of
Religious and Spiritual Life and
sponsored by Bowdoin Student
Government (BSG).
Director of Religious and Spir-
itual Life Eduardo Pazos, who will
facilitate the discussions, describes
World Matters as an opportunity
for reflection about topics that
may not have a designated space
on campus.
“I think there are a lot of top-
ics out there that are very worthy
of our time and our discussion.
There are a lot of passions out
Rose seeks funding ideas at BSG meeting
by Jill Tian
Orient Staff
On Wednesday, President
Clayton Rose attended the
Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) meeting to solicit stu-
dent opinions on future use of
the College’s funding.
This funding comes pri-
marily from donors and in-
vestments. According to Rose,
Bowdoin has the second high-
est alumni donation participa-
tion rate in the nation. During
every president’s tenure, the
College customarily engag-
es in multi-year fundraising
campaigns to raise money for
future projects.
“No matter how much we
raise, in whatever campaign,
we will have to make choices
about what we’re going to do
because our eyes will be bigger
than our stomach, which is a
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washing that needs to be done
but it’s not necessarily time con-
suming,” said Baxter House Eco-
Rep Jessi Friedman ’20. “How
my house might start doing it
is setting up time for people to
come to the kitchen and switch
the cups. We have 400 cups, and
the dishwasher holds 50, so that’s
eight people signing up to give five
minutes on a Sunday.”
Students also expressed con-
cern that the cups would be more
likely to spread disease. This
concern is especially prevalent
because the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention charac-
terized a moderately severe flu
season this winter. However, eco-
reps said that a thorough washing
in the dishwasher and safe practic-
es in social settings can prevent the
spread of germs.
“The eco-reps brought up that
several folks have been at parties
where everyone dips their drink-
ing vessels straight into a punch
there in our student body. I would
love for our students to come in
to talk about those things,” Pazos
said. “This is a perfect opportuni-
ty to highlight those and to bring
those to the attention of our stu-
dent body and our faculty and our
staff.”
The weekly discussions offer a
consistent time and place for stu-
dents, faculty and staff to gather
and share their thoughts without a
planned agenda. While in the past
BSG and other organizations have
sponsored events or discussions
in response to major events, the
World Matters discussions are not
limited to large and recent events.
“The idea for World Matters
is having a consistent space that’s
open the same time every week at
the same place to talk about things
that are going on in the world that
might often get overlooked on
campus,” said BSG Liaison to the
Office of Religious and Spiritual
Life Carly Berlin ’18.
great problem because our
ambitions are big,” said Rose
at the meeting.
BSG assembly members
broke into small groups to talk
about their priorities. After
the discussion, students pre-
sented their ideas to Rose.
Some members suggested
that Bowdoin should dedicate
its funds to developing its ac-
ademic offerings. Amber Rock
’19, Inter-House Council liai-
son to BSG, urged the College
to address the growing needs
of the computer science de-
partment, which has repeated-
ly experienced overcrowding
in its classes.
“For a lot of us, we realized
that the College isn’t matching
the demand for certain depart-
ments. I’m a computer science
minor and couldn’t get into a
class that I wanted to take this
semester. Students who want
introductory classes can’t even
bowl, and then refills with the
same cup. A reusable cup, run
through a House dishwasher, is
only a germ carrier when the stu-
dent isn’t smart about their choices
and the repercussions,” wrote Sus-
tainability Outreach Coordinator
Bethany Taylor in an email to the
Orient.
Health worries aside, students
had concerns about the size of the
new cups. The cups look smaller
than the Solo cups that College
Houses have used in the past, but
hold the same amount of liquid as
a Solo cup.
“People might drink too much
because they are used to solo cups.
You have this whole new container
and you’re in a dark room and its
loud and people are just pouring
[drinks] for you,” Bukowski-Thall
said.
Eco-reps believe the biggest
challenge the cups will pose will
be if students take them from the
College Houses.
“We’ll end up having amnesty
days where if you have any of these
in your dorm room turn them in
Pazos noted that many students
do not have an academic space to
discuss current events.
“If you’re not taking a global
affairs class or a sociology class
or a class that kind of deals with
global affairs—you might be tak-
ing a couple English classes and
a couple math classes—and then
there’s really no room for you to
talk about the persecution of the
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
... [or] the fact that South Africa is
experiencing a severe drought and
they’re about to run out of water,”
Pazos said.
The agenda-less aspect of
World Matters also distinguishes
the new initiative from Common
Hour. Common Hour, also sched-
uled on Friday afternoons, is a
weekly one-hour period when no
classes or meetings may be sched-
uled in order to allow students,
faculty and staff to “engage in the
ideas of speakers and presenta-
tions of artists, and with each oth-
get into them because there is
so much demand,” she said.
Some members thought
that fundraising efforts should
be directed toward bolstering
financial aid instead.
“Socioeconomic status
separates people into two
communities and culture
groups. On campus there is a
divide, maybe circumstantial,
between students who have
financial aid [and students
who do not]. Increasing finan-
cial aid, whether it be all-in
or more dispersed, helps ...
Bowdoin to be a place where
everyone is [part of one com-
munity],” said BSG Vice Presi-
dent for Student Affairs Salim
Salim ’19.
BSG Director of Curricu-
lum Ural Mishra ’20 agreed,
saying that certain aspects of
financial aid policies are un-
realistic.
“If you look at a financial
NO SOLO CUPS: An eco-rep initiative has led College Houses to replace
Solo cups with reusable cups. Each House has a different design on its cup.
to your eco-rep, no questions
asked, and we’ll return them,” Tay-
lor said.
Bowdoin Sustainability is not
the only college organization to
grapple with the environmental
impact of college party norms.
Greek Go Green, a national or-
ganization that promotes sustain-
ability amongst fraternities and
sororities, encourages the promo-
tion of reusable utensils, cups and
er in discussion of shared interests
and concerns,” according to Com-
mon Hour’s statement of purpose.
Common Hour lectures typically
revolve around a specific topic.
According to Dean of Student
Affairs Tim Foster, World Mat-
ters is intended to be “something
altogether different” and is not
replacing Common Hour, which
has dwindled in popularity in re-
cent years.
Overall, Pazos emphasized
the opportunity World Matters
provides for learning from one
another outside of the classroom
and mainstream media coverage.
“There are so many ... other
affairs that simply don’t get the
attention that you and I [may]
think that they deserve,” he said.
“So this is a great opportunity for
us to bring those to the commu-
nity, to bring those to light and to
educate one another and to hear
one another about things that
matter to us.”
aid package, there is a des-
ignated number of hours for
work study. We looked at the
work study, and it [assumed]
that a student would work
eight to 10 hours a week and
some students cannot do that
easily,” he said.
Other suggestions included
revamping David Saul Smith
Union and increasing funding
for Counseling Services, which
would support programs like
meditation and increased sun
lamp distribution for students
suffering from Seasonal Affec-
tive Disorder.
Salim said, “From what I
know, sun lamps can be helpful
but are only given to students
for two weeks, and I think that
could be more helpful.”
Rose plans to send out a
survey in the following weeks
to gather more student opin-
ions on how Bowdoin should
allocate its funds in the future.
CHRIS RITTER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
plates in Greek life events.
It is also not the first time that
College Houses have tried to reuse
cups at parties.
Last year, students tried to
combat the issue of excess waste
by washing non-reusable cups.
The project ended because the
cups were not dishwasher safe,
and students grew nervous after
an unrelated case of mumps was
reported on campus.
by Harrison DiPrinzio
Orient Staff
The second meeting of the
Board of Trustees this aca-
demic year will be held in Palo
Alto, California beginning next
Thursday. It is the first time the
meeting will be held outside of
the Northeast.
“We wanted to engage with
the culture of the ‘new econo-
my’—not that new anymore—
the culture of technology and
innovation and entrepreneur-
ship,” said President Clayton
Rose.
“The idea of taking the Board
out there is not to come back
with a list of two or three spe-
cific things that we think we’re
going to do immediately, but
rather to allow the Board to
soak in some of what’s going
on out there to help inform it in
some of the work that it’s going
to do in the medium to long
term,” said Rose.
The Board will be using Stan-
ford University’s facilities and
has made arrangements to visit
Apple thanks to Philip Schiller
P’17, Apple’s senior vice presi-
dent of worldwide marketing.
Schiller and his wife Kim Gas-
sett-Schiller announced a $10
million donation to upgrade
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However, he added, “These
funds are limited. It’ll be inter-
esting to see what our ability is to
meet needs [as they arise]. It’s too
early to know that yet.”
In past years, the fund has
run out of resources even though
its existence was not publicly
known, Lohmann said.
Although there is a single form
to apply for the aid, the emergen-
cy aid fund is actually a group of a
number of smaller funds, each of
which has a specific purpose.
“Different funds have different
designated specialties,” Lohmann
said. “So we don’t prioritize.”
For example, one fund is
specifically for art supplies. Vi-
sual arts classes typically require
students to purchase their own
supplies, which can cost more
than the textbook allowance in
students’ financial aid packages.
“A family set up this wonder-
ful fund that allows for students
on aid to pay for art supplies. It
might be an art kit, it might be
photographic paper—different
costs that are above and beyond
the typical cost of books and sup-
plies,” Foster said.
The fund does not cover tu-
ition, trips home or textbooks,
because these costs are generally
factored into financial aid pack-
ages.
“If you have a death in your
family and you need to sudden-
ly get home immediately, or you
come to Bowdoin and you don’t
have winter attire, or you want to
take an LSAT course, we’re able
to assist students with the cost of
those expenses,” Foster said.
The College created the
confidential electronic form
Friday, February 2, 2018
the Coastal Studies Center in
September.
During the weekend of com-
mittee meetings, the Board will
consider a number of topics,
including artificial intelligence
and machine learning, online
education, ‘design thinking,’—a
bottom-up approach to prob-
lem solving which has been pro-
moted by Stanford’s ‘d.school’—
and the use of space as it relates
to creativity and collaboration.
Rose also said they would
consider Silicon Valley’s culture.
“The good and the bad out
there, and there are both,” he said.
Bowdoin has leaned on its
significant network of alumni,
trustees and parents in Silicon
Valley to set the agenda, ac-
cording to Rose. In the past two
weeks, Kenneth Chenault ’73
H’96 joined the boards of Face-
book and Airbnb.
The Board has held offsite
meetings with some regularity
since 2001, but they have always
been held in Boston.
Along with the College’s
42 trustees and Rose, who is
also president of the Board,
Bowdoin Student Government
President Irfan Alam ’18 and
Vice President for Student Gov-
ernment Affairs Ben Painter ’19
will be in attendance.
last semester.
“We worked on the portal in
the fall, which is now live and
available. We rolled it out softly
so we could test it and to make
sure that it worked, and then
we sent out the email last week,”
Lohmann said.
The form asks identifying
questions and inquiries whether
the student recieves financial aid,
has a job on- or off-campus and
has received aid from the Office
before. It also asks for details
about the emergency circum-
stance and how much money the
student requires.
Lohmann said it is important
for the Office to know exactly
how much aid students need.
“This is a really important
piece,” she said. “We want to
know the exact amount. It’s not, ‘I
kind of need this.’ If students are
going to request, we need to have
a clear sense of the amount they
are requesting and what it is for.”
The Office of Student Affairs
will evaluate requests weekly.
Students who need funds imme-
diately are advised to talk with
their dean.
Lohmann stressed that the
greater purpose of the fund is to
provide students with a sense of
security in times of need.
“It’s not just about money,”
Lohmann said. “There are many
ways in which we are trying to
give students a sense of belong-
ing, a sense of identity, a sense of
the fullest experience here. This
is only a small slice of what that
looks like, but it can help. That
one step can defray something for
a student—some anxiety, some
sense of, ‘how am I going to do
this?’ If we can help in that part,
maybe the rest of it will also feel a
little bit easier.”
 A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Friday, February 2, 2018
Ashley Gavin: comedy and social commentary
by Elizabeth Fosler-Jones
Orient Staff
New York City-based
Ashley Gavin has a range of
talents: she’s primarily a co-
median, but is also a writer
and an actor, delving into
topics like feminism and ho-
mophobia. She tours at col-
leges, hosts open mic nights,
acts in the web series “Gay
Girl Straight Girl (GGSG)”
and has starred in television
shows and movies. Gavin will
perform tonight in Kresge
Auditorium at 9:30 p.m. with
friend and fellow comedian
Sam Morrison.
Her path to comedy was
untraditional. A computer
science major at Bryn Mawr,
she taught engineering and
worked at a lab at MIT be-
fore beginning her career in
comedy four years ago. For
two years, she initially prac-
ticed improvisation with the
Upright Citizens Brigade, but
for the past four years she has
performed stand-up comedy.
“I very quickly learned that
improv wasn’t serving me
professionally, even though it
was a lot of fun,” said Gavin.
“For some people, it works. I
didn’t see any growth in my-
self, so I kind of shifted gears.”
For Gavin, shifting gears
meant focusing more on stand
up and creating her own ma-
terial. Writing is the crux of
her work, and Gavin tries to
take cues from life experience
and the world around her.
“I tend to write about
things that give me an emo-
tional response that I don’t
necessarily think are funny,
but they strike me as interest-
Lecture explores sexual violence and visual art
by Aisha Rickford
Orient Staff
As many Americans reassess
the cultural codes surround-
ing sexual assault, students and
faculty turned back in time yes-
terday evening to reflect on the
glamorization of sexual violence
in foundational European art
within its historical context.
Organized by Andrew W.
Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial
Fellow Ellen Tani and Associate
Director of Gender Violence
Prevention and Education Lisa
Peterson, “Bearing Witness:
Gender Violence and Visual Art”
challenged attendees to think be-
yond the contemporary moment.
“We often think about how
sexual violence is depicted in the
media, in films, in magazines or
even in music, but [it] all come[s]
from somewhere,” Tani said.
“One of the central questions of
our event is why rape is such a
foundational element of visual
culture.”
The art that was viewed and
discussed was from a wide range
of time periods, from the 16th
century to the 1990s. Much of
the early 16th and 17th century
art depicts mythological tropes
ing in some way,” said Gavin.
“Like it’ll make me really
happy or really sad or really
angry and then I’ll try and
work from there to figure out
why it’s interesting and what
would make people want to
listen to it.”
She describes her stand up
as having a “social, psycho-
logical type bend,” with the
ultimate goal of teaching.
“I’m sort of viewing the
world through h this partic
partic-
ular lens and I want other
people to see it through
my lens. So I’m like,
‘Okay, here’s a thing that
happened’ and d I’m go-
ing to explain why it’s
avin.
sexist,’” said Gavin.
“A lot of timess I
find that peo--
ple don’t re-
ally under-
stand why
it might
be sexist
or racist
or ho-
mopho-
bic or
whatever.”
Gavin
aims to uplift
her audience
members
through
honest and
insightful
perfor-
mances.
“I’m writingg
a joke right nowow
about how God od
raped the Vir- r-
gin Mary,” said d
Gavin. “That’s ’s
a joke wheree
people are likee
and origin stories that are rooted
in misogyny and sexual violence,
such as the “Rape of Persephone.”
“Rarely in art history classes
do we talk about subject matter,”
said Tani at the event. “We talk
about how the subject matter is
a vehicle for achieving artistic
accomplishments and mastery,
and new technical experiments
that move art-making forward,
but we sort of take for granted
that some of the platforms that
are used for this naturalize and
in fact aestheticize, and perhaps
glorify, these narratives of sexual
violence.”
Peterson and Tani led attend-
ees in contrasting male and fe-
male artists’ renditions of a scene
from the apocryphal tale “Susan-
na and the Elders,” in which two
respected judges try to coerce a
bathing woman into having sex
with them. Artemisia Gentiles-
chi’s piece portrays Susanna in
the forefront, resisting the elders,
who appear to be conspiring.
Christoffel Jegher’s woodcut
depicts Susanna as a less promi-
nent, more resigned figure.
Attendees also discussed a
series of photographs by Donna
Ferrato, who was the first pho-
tographer to capture domestic
‘Holy Crap, I never thought of
that, and that’s kinda cool’”.
Gavin keeps herself busy
and has multiple projects in
the works, including a televi-
sion series based on the pop-
ular television show “Billy on
the Street,” in which the host
and comic Billy Eichner asks
passer-byers on the street
random questions.ns.
She also has a writing part-
ner, Leeee Hurst, who
co -produced
produced
co-produced
““GGSG,”
GGSG,” the
11-episode
web se-
ries that
chronicles
violence as it happened. Her
photos, which were controversial
at the time of their publication,
contributed to a developing na-
tional conversation on the topic
of domestic violence. Her pho-
tography was later featured on
the cover of TIME Magazine.
“[We hope to] start dialogue
about and with students, think-
ing really critically about what
are the roots of violence. How
have ideas in the distant past
informed how we value people,
how we think about and glam-
orize violence, and how we can
think about our own roles in
perpetuating that or not,” said
Peterson.
Peterson and Tani hope that
framing the conversation with
imagery will be more productive
and engaging. Peterson believes
that art is just one of the many
entry points into the conversa-
tion around gender and sexual
violence prevention.
“I feel like, especially with do-
mestic violence, that particular
[Ferrato] piece, I’m going to be
thinking about that for the next
couple weeks at least,” said Jacob
Dexter-Meldrum ’20, one of the
attendees. “I think that this is a
really interesting way to look at
5
the relationship between two sketch. We’re realizing that that the series will get picked
friends—Gavin, a gay girl, people don’t fully understand up mid-season.
and Hurst, a straight girl—in that, which makes sense.” “I’m just sort of waiting
New York City. Gavin and “We’re always making stuff around. That’s sort of how I
Hurst finished worked on the just knowing that eventually feel in my career. I feel like
show this past summer. one of them is going to stick,” I’m very prepared, so I’m just
“It was a project we loved, added Gavin. “I’ve already waiting for someone to open
and we got lots of positive seen the industry. It doesn’t the door for me, which is just
feedback,” Gavin said. “We really even matter how good not who I am as a human,” she
definitely want there to be you are. They just need to see said.
more, but what we realized, a large body of work.” Despite dealin
dealing with rejec-
it’s almost like The duo reimagined the tion and restlessness,
restles Gavin
a hybrid web seriesies as solely a nar- loves what she’s
sshe s doing.
between rative series, which “I al lways say, ‘I’d
always
narra- they wrote a half rather
ratheer have the
tive hou
hour
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worst
rst stand up
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hoping Gavin.
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COURT
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ART UP CLOSE: Attendees at “Bearing Witness: Gender Violence and Visual Art” view art on display in the Zuckert
Seminar Room. The curation and lecture addressed depictions of violence from the 16th century through the 1990s.
the topic of gender violence and crucial to opening up this con- a little overwhelming, that it’s all
how that’s played a role in our versation. Recognizing the his- these centuries upon centuries of
history as human beings.” toric pervasiveness of misogyny modes of thought that are, you
“What’s interesting about the in Western art for hundreds of know, impacting [our] current
role of the work of art is that it years allows viewers to reflect way of thinking. But there is a
gives you a third party in the con- on how their perceptions and lot of power in us as individuals
versation,” said Tani. “Being able behavior have been affected by it. to help shape other people’s per-
to have artwork as a mediating “I think part of it is thinking spectives and to change our own
force between individuals helps about the impact our environ- behaviors and how we’re relating
create a non-confrontational ment has on our attitudes and with others.”
conversation.” behaviors,” said Peterson. “I Isabelle Hallé contributed to
For Tani and Peterson, art is think on the one hand it can feel this report.
6 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, February 2, 2018

Coyne ’07 takes on the patriarchy with picture book

by Kodie Garza and
Nicole Tjin A Djie
Orient Staff
Bowdoin alumna Susan
Coyne’s ’07 picture book “The
ABCs of Subverting the Patri-
archy” pays homage to a diverse
range of provocative and inspir-
ing people—among them, Joan
of Arc and Ida B. Wells—who
challenged deeply entrenched
beliefs about gender, sexuality
and race.
Coyne shared her book with
students over hot cocoa and
conversation this past Tuesday
at the Hawthorne-Longfellow
Library, where she spoke on the
enduring necessity of feminism
and the role of art as a tool of
subversion, concepts that she
said she didn’t learn about until
she came to Bowdoin.
The book began as a prop
for the Netflix original movie
“The Incredible Jessica James.”
In the comedy, Jessica gifts the
book at a friend’s baby shower
because, “it’s never too soon to
start questioning the system.”
The book started as the
brainchild of the movie’s di-
rector and writer James C.
Strouse. Though initially tasked
with only a two-page spread,
Coyne used the commission as
a launching point for her col-
lection of 26 illustrations that
blend political satire, history
and vibrant artwork in a series
of vivid watercolors.
Coyne’s book also honors
contemporary luminaries such
as prominent feminist author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
“Feminism is definitely still
needed,” said Coyne. “I think
we’re in a really interesting com-
plex time in the arc of feminism.
I don’t really know what it holds
for us.”
Anna Martens ’20 was one of
the students at the event.
“Her discussion about a lot of
artists of different genders and
races is enlightening,” Martens
said. “You might usually see the
art of white men but you can
look at these other pictures that
are at least as beautiful or have
just as important messages that
you just wouldn’t otherwise see.”
Coyne said that even radical
change comes gradually.
“I think a lot of people think
this is a major sea change and
everything will be better from
now on,” she said. “I am kind
of cynical, but I think social
change like this takes centuries,
not just a couple of years.”
Currently an illustrator for a
weekly show at Boston Public
Radio, Coyne said she began to
think about power structures
when she entered the workforce.
“I saw the disparities in the
way women were treated in
the workforce and in the work-
place and so that made me start
thinking about it critically,” she
said. “You have to know your
rights … you have to advocate
for yourself and make sure your
needs known to your employ-
ers.”
As a female working in illus-
tration, a still heavily male-dom-
inated field, Coyne speaks from
experience.
Although Coyne has held a
profound passion for the visual
arts since she was a child, she
did not initially intend to pur-
sue illustration. While attending
Bowdoin, she said she “put art
on the backburner” and focused
on studying religion and East
Asian studies. After graduation,
Coyne went on to teach English
in Japan for several years before
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
deciding she wanted to attend
art school. FROM A TO Z: Students gathered in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library on Monday night to hear Susan Coyne ’07 read from her book “The ABCs of Subverting
As a late-blooming artist,
the Patriarchy.” Coyne spoke about the role of art as a tool of subversion. Her book challenges entrenched beliefs about gender, sexuality and race.
Coyne offered some helpful “I think it is important to competitive, but I think if you should at least give it a shot for really see how far you could
advice to anyone interested in know that it will be difficult. really know you want to do it a couple of years. Save enough push it because you might be
pursuing a career in art. Your income fluctuates a lot. It’s like I did when I was 25 … you money for a few years and then surprised.”

Campus and community unite for Longfellow Days

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which spans Longfellow’s birth the annual celebration with the
by Isabelle Hallé costume and roam the town re- month and involves members support of the Brunswick Down-
Orient Staff
citing poetry to passersby. of both the Brunswick and Bow- town Association, the College,
This month, poet and co-own- This tradition is just one as- doin communities. Amy Water- the Brunswick Inn, Hannaford
er of Gulf of Maine Books Gary pect of Longfellow Days, a series man ’76 and Maryli Tiemann and the Nathaniel Davis Fund.
Lawless will once again don his of events now in its 14th year, are responsible for organizing Community members can enjoy
a variety of free programming
throughout the month, from
poetry readings to movie screen-
ings, culminating in a party in
honor of the late literary figure’s
211th birthday.
This year’s theme is “The
Heart Hath Its Own Memory,”
inspired by the poem Longfellow
wrote for his 50th class reunion
titled “Morituri Salutamus.”
Lawless will lead a reading and
discussion of the poem at the
Brunswick Inn on February 21.
Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low graduated in the class of
1825, along with Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. He became a professor at
the College in 1829.
“His father, who was on the
board of overseers at the time,
actually kind of finagled him a
position, and he became the first
professor of modern languages,”
said Special Collections Edu-
cation and Outreach Librarian
COURTESY OF CURTIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY Marieke Van Der Steenhoven.
CELEBRATING LONGFELLOW: Poet Gary Lawless (center), dressed as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poses with “Prior to that, Bowdoin was just
Manager of Adult Services at Curtis Memorial Library Sarah Brown and poet Patty Sparks during Longfellow Days. teaching Greek and Latin. And
at that point, Longfellow didn’t
really know those languages, so
he decided to go to Europe and
learn them, and so he spent three
years in Europe traveling around
and learning the languages. …
You kind of get a sense of his ge-
nius, in some way.”
Longfellow published six
foreign language books while
teaching at Bowdoin. In 1837,
he began as Smith Professor of
Modern Languages at Harvard
University. Longfellow retired
from teaching in 1854 and spent
the rest of his life writing.
Longfellow is widely known
as the author of such poems as
“Paul Revere’s Ride.” For Law-
less, the annual celebration is
a chance to recognize the full
extent of Longfellow’s literary
contributions.
“I like celebrating him not just
as a poet, but as a translator and
a teacher of modern languages,”
said Lawless. “I think he really
helped bring American litera-
ture—move it along— by bring-
ing in voices from other parts of
the world.”
According to Waterman,
bringing together town and
campus is a major goal of Long-
fellow Days, and she encourages
students to attend.
“I’m a Bowdoin grad and so I
love both campus and the town,
and anything that can unite
them is exciting and rewarding,”
said Waterman.
Professor of Cinema Studies
Tricia Welsch echoed this senti-
ment.
“It’s very nice for [Bowdoin
students] to integrate themselves
in with the community, to get
a sense of what other people
around here are doing, caring,
and thinking about—how peo-
ple brighten the long winters.”
In keeping with this year’s
theme of nostalgia, Welsch will
give a lecture called “The Charm
of Reading and Re-Reading”
on February 14 about the book
she is currently writing, a series
of essays on reading, which ex-
plores the topic of re-reading
formative books from her child-
hood.
Longfellow Days will kick off
at Curtis Memorial Library this
Sunday at 1 p.m. with a poetry
reading by three local poets—the
first in a series of four Coursen
Readings, which allow poets
who have been featured in the
past to pass the mantle to new
poets of their choice.
 F
FEATURES
Friday, February 2, 2018
Zumba and the power in taking fun seriously
by Ellice Lueders
Orient Staff
Do not be alarmed if, when
passing Room 213 of the
Buck Fitness Center, you hear
“MEOW” or “WOOP” coming
from behind a closed, pul-
sating door. These noises are
always synchronized with the
beat of a new Jennifer Lopez
collab or the breakout hit of
yesteryear. They are Zumba in-
structor Béa Blakemore’s cries
for radical equality: for each
and every one of her students
to embrace fun.
Zumba can be scary. The
paragon of the too-fit PTA
mom or wiry retiree, dance
workouts seem—and some-
times are—outdated or inac-
cessible. Blakemore strives to
subvert this stereotype. Her
dances are fresh, a little sexy.
Everyone is welcome in her
studio, as long as they come in
with an open mind.
“Dance is like life,” said
Blakemore. “It’s about letting
go.”
Her voice is bright and her
laugh doesn’t take itself seri-
ously. Blakemore waxes phil-
osophical, off-hand, before
storming into her next dream.
She enters the studio wear-
ing a neon yellow puffy jacket
and leggings with huge stars
down the sides, like a jazzy
racecar driver. This is her uni-
form, and she is militant about
having a good time. She turns
on the music. The jacket comes
off.
Long brown hair trails be-
hind her as her body darts into
strange shapes that students
attempt to replicate on their
A washed-up Reed House alum retraces his steps
by Jonah Watt
Features Contributor
Last Friday night, I begrudging-
ly left my couch, bidding farewell
to the slice-and-bake cookies and
small group of friends amassed at
my off-campus residence, to make
the trek to Reed House. Under-
classmen are often surprised to
learn that I lived there—after all,
I don’t play Frisbee and I stopped
paying my Outing Club dues after
my first year. Though my tenure
as Reed House proctor afforded
me some distance from housecest
and Thursday night beer pong,
I still drank from the Skippy pot
and was a proud Thomas Brackett
Reed devotee.
Although I’ve been back since
living there, this was my first time
returning as a senior. Embarking
on my final semester at Bowdoin,
I was prepared for a wave of nos-
talgia, alienation and reflection
provided by my upperclassman
status.
Turning onto a dimly-illumi-
nated Boody Street with some
former housemates, I felt the en-
ergy and anticipation that I expe-
rienced the first night I stumbled
upon Reed my freshman year. We
passed the self-designated bounc-
ers at the front door, too cool to be
own. When Blakemore dances,
she is in her own world and in-
vites her students—regardless
of ability—to create their own
in turn.
“I could be a millionaire
and I would still be teaching,”
she said. “That’s how I know
I’m doing the right thing.” She
especially loves sharing moves
from various cultures, moves
she picked up working, teach-
ing and learning across the
world.
Confident regulars stand
near the front of the class, of-
fering templates for those in
the back. She has no expecta-
tion of perfection and doesn’t
ever turn around to critique
people’s moves. The only eye
contact comes sly, through
the mirror, when students
smile and give in to the dance.
“WOOP” she cheers, celebrat-
ing their joy.
“I believe in everybody,”
she said. “That’s my philoso-
phy.” To her, dance is a tableau,
“the weaved energy of people.”
The more diverse the group of
dancers, the more colorful the
art.
She teaches toddlers at the
YMCA, people who are aging
and living with Alzheimer’s
and every age in between. She
runs a burlesque troupe in
Portland and moonlights at
Bowdoin at 5:15 p.m. Mondays
and Thursdays..
“Bowdoin is its own ani-
mal,” she said. “I see people
thinking too much.” Some dis-
ciples follow her from venue to
venue.
Zumba is only one rotation
in her repertoire. Blakemore
has been a dancer since her
bothered by X’s on the back of our
hands—besides, we weren’t going
to drink their beer anyways.
Once my glasses unfogged, I
beelined to the living room to shed
some layers. That first stop in my
homecoming tour brought back
fond memories of late nights read-
ing and eating gelato on the couch-
es. It also unearthed not-so-fond
memories of the gendered dynam-
ics of house meetings, where men
shouted over female residents in
spirited debates over whether or
not an exclusive party email made
for an inclusive house. Female
residents not-so-jokingly referred
to the “Reed patriarchy” as my fel-
low male housemates’ voices and
bodies took up the majority of the
house’s space.
After reflecting for a hot sec-
ond, I gathered two friends and
we headed to the basement, care-
fully descending the steep stairs
slick with spilled PBR and sweat.
Through the strobe lights and
mass of bodies, we scouted out
an empty corner. Partly protected
by the lighting and not feeling the
need to impress anyone, we shed
our inhibitions and began to dance
as only three washed-up house
alumni could dance.
College House basements are
notorious breeding grounds for
LET’S DANCE: Bowdoin Zumba instructor extraordinaire Béa Blakemore pumps up the class to lead stretching. A Parisian who has found her home and her
people in Maine, Blakemore lights up her community and leads classes every Monday and Thursday at 5:15 in Buck 213.
childhood in Paris.
“In France, they put you in
ballet classes as soon as you
can walk,” she said.
Blakemore first left bal-
let, taking the discipline she
learned to the more expressive,
“exuberant” modern jazz, sam-
ba and flamenco.
Later she left Paris to travel
the world working the Club
Med circuit. From Africa to
the Alps, all across Europe to
Greece, she danced for tourists
looking to enjoy a taste of cul-
ture without leaving the com-
sloppy hookups, yet we Reedies
always claimed that our quirky
basement possessed a different
charm. We lived under the illu-
sion that our space was different
because we blasted “Stacy’s Mom”
and “Mr. Brightside” while Outing
Club leaders played beer pong in
their underwear. And I partially
believed that illusion.
As we gyrated and flailed, I
noticed two women dancing and
making out—a relatively uncom-
mon sight for a College House
basement. While there were many
more heterosexual pairs through-
out the house, I fixated on this cou-
ple. Perhaps my observations only
served to fetishize this spectacle of
queerness. Or perhaps this provid-
ed my queer self with a sense of
comfort and happiness, for I never
felt comfortable expressing my
sexuality in those spaces.
After grinding on each other
for several minutes and working
up a sweat, we headed upstairs to
pee. En route to the second floor
bathroom, a friend and I poked
our heads into her old room.
While the layout had changed, we
found some familiar faces, and we
made small talk with current and
past residents while taking pulls
from a communal bottle of liquor
(the upper floors of College Hous-
fort of the all-inclusive resort.
When her career took her
to LA, she got stuck. She loved
dancing with industry celeb-
rities and Santa Monica’s long
beaches that reminded her of
the south of France. “Really
inspiring choreographers,” she
said. She fell in love with her
now ex-husband.
He brought the family to his
home state, Maine. Here she
has built a home around her
children and her friends, most
of whom she gained through
her close-knit burlesque dance
es seem to follow a slightly mod-
ified alcohol policy). As people
cycled in and out of the bedroom,
I noticed that some of my former
housemates had already become
well-acquainted with current res-
idents, with arms slung around a
few of them.
I finally made it to the bath-
room, where I casually eaves-
dropped on a couple of women
from my stall. In that bathroom,
one of the few residential spaces
not regulated by a gender binary, I
recalled towel-clad small talk with
housemates. I also remembered
extended conversations at the
beginning of the semester about
making the bathrooms gender
neutral. Later, this morphed into
heated discussions as female resi-
dents chastised men for peeing all
over the toilet seats.
I was reminded of the path
that my housemates and I used to
follow on a typical party night—a
restless waltz in search of friends,
snacks, beer and oftentimes po-
tential (if unsuccessful) hookups.
Retracing that circuit two years
later, I guess I expected something
different. Reed was still the same—
crunchy sophomores in flannels
and aloof upperclassmen who
rarely showed their faces moving
throughout the house, flirting and
troupe.
Enthusiasm, the unselfcon-
scious kind that claps its hands
in the middle of a shimmy and
isn’t afraid to admit it’s silly or
serious, or that it cares, radi-
ated from Blakemore. “I have
some awesome friends,” she
said. “Women empowering
and supporting each other
through the burlesque dance
troupe.”
“We’ve been through ev-
erything a family has been
through. We’ve been through
giving birth, marrying, divorc-
dancing and talking and reproduc-
ing the same gendered dynamics
and spatial organization that I lived
and loved two years ago.
While I had always felt some-
what carefree in this environ-
ment, a comfort granted by my
position as a white male, I felt
even more carefree this time.
Reentering this space as a senior,
I felt a certain detachment and
realized that I held power as an
upperclassman in this space. As
sophomores, my housemates and
I always viewed the older alumni
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ALEKSIA SILVERMAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ing, burying.” They danced at
the Women’s March last Satur-
day and are some of the most
open-minded people Blake-
more has ever met.
“I know I can rely on them,
100 percent,” she said. “I can
just be me. I can just be my ex-
uberant me.”
The last song ends with a
power chord. The class releas-
es from their final stretch, all
smiles. Flipping her hair like
a rock star, Blakemore pumps
her arm into the air. “Salute the
disco ball!”
with reverence, and now I moved
throughout the house with the
egotistical assumption I was now
this mythologized senior.
I felt simultaneously at home
and foreign, re-encountering the
same vignettes, though faces and
furniture placement were some-
what different. I returned to my
quaint off-campus house, leaving
behind the stench of beer and
unfamiliar familiarity of the house
that I had once called home, crit-
ically reflecting with fresh eyes
dewy with nostalgia.
SARA CAPLAN
8 FEATURES Friday, February 2, 2018

Babson brings experience in North Korea to Bowdoin

by Faria Nasruddin
Orient Staff
After a faculty departure left
a gap in the Department of Gov-
ernment and Legal Studies’ cur-
riculum, Associate Professor of
Government and Asian Studies
Henry Laurence asked his friend
Bradley Babson, a former World
Bank employee to North Korea
and current consultant for the
World Bank and the United Na-
tions, to join the Bowdoin faculty
for a single semester.
Babson brings his experience
to the classroom in his course
“The Two Koreas and Geopol-
itics of Northeast Asia.” His
course will prioritize practical
world diplomacy.
“I am emphasizing policy
writing over academic writing,”
said Babson. “Part of the sub-
text of the course is the fact that
I come not from an academic
background, but a real-world
background.”
After completing his degree at
the Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs
at Princeton University, Babson
joined the World Bank, where he
was assigned to the Korea desk
in the Operations Department.
After a number of years, Babson
moved on to look at the educa-
tion, health and population sec-
tors in relation to eight countries
in the region, ranging from South
Korea to Laos.
During that period, he worked
with South Korea as it was pre-
paring to leave the World Bank
to the join the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and De-
velopment (OECD).
“They wanted to upgrade sci-
ence and education research to
OECD level and to deal with is-
sues in the health systems – they
were transitioning from one type
of a health problem to a more
advanced country with health is-
sues – and had to make systemic
adjustments,” said Babson.
In the 1990s, Babson also ran a
regional office in Bangkok, where
he assisted in integrating Cambo-
dia and Vietnam in global markets.
However, it was only in the
late ’90s, after Senator Sam Nunn
visited North Korea, that Babson
became more intensely involved
in North Korea’s policy. After
the reorganization of the Bank,
Babson was asked to join the Vice
President’s office in Asia.
“They said if you got along
with the Vietnamese, why don’t
you find out what’s happening in
the North Korean economy,” Bab-
son said. He was given the task of
“watch-breeding,” where he was
asked to form a relationship with
North Korea, even though it was
not a member country.
Babson’s first trip to North
Korea was in 1998, when he was
invited to explain the nature of
the World Bank. His visit was
part of a larger trend in North
Korea, which at the time was at-
tempting to become more inte-
grated within the global market
and strengthen its diplomatic
relations. In his observations
for the World Bank, Babson
said that ignorance about eco-
nomics was just as much of a
challenge as ideological issues
in North Korea.
“I asked [the director of the
North Korean Central Bank] how
they came up with the exchange
rate with the North Korean Yuan
to the US Dollar of 2.16 and the
answer was ‘Well, February 16
is Kim Jong-Il’s birthday.’ And I
said, ‘Well, I’m not in Kansas any-
more,’” he said.
“I did that for a number of
years and then decided, because
they were not a member country
there were limitations in what I
could do and pursue,” said Bab-
son. He then took advantage of
an early retirement to work as a
consultant for the Bank.
Since then, Babson has
stayed engaged through his
involvement in Track II meet-
ings—informal discussions
between non-governmental
actors—as chair of the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Ko-
rea (DPRK) Economic Forum
at the U.S.-Korea Institute and
on the Advisory Council of
the Korea Economic Institute
of America, on the Executive
Committee of the National
Committee for North Korea.
According to Babson, the ceil-
ing of knowledge increased dra-
matically between 1998 and 2014,
the year he traveled to Pyongyang
for a second time. More recent-
ly, young people have become
involved in government and
academics since they are now al-
lowed to travel and participate in
study tours. Additionally, North
Korean citizens have been given
access to the internet.
“One young academic that I
talked to studied in Canada and
said he was on the World Bank
website every day learning,” said
Babson. “They have been trying
to educate themselves in ways
that they can to help them inter-
nally improve and get the econo-
my working better.”
Babson emphasized that
North Korea is a changing so-
ciety, and that there is a de facto
acceptance of the emergence of
markets.
“There is a tolerance for inno-
vation and exploration, people
are more open about asking em-
barrassing questions than they
used to be,” he said.
The North Korean government
attempted a currency reform in
2009 aimed at cracking down on
private markets. However, the
measure received pushback and
was ultimately withdrawn.
“They realized that the cat
was out of the bag; they weren’t
going to be able to restrain the
role of markets—people were
dependent on it,” Babson said.
“It’s like the social contract be-
tween the state and the people
had moved to a point where this
top-down dictate—just do what
we say and live with it—was not
longer realistic.” COURTESY OF BRADLEY BABSON
Thus far, Babson’s motiva- TWO KOREAS, MANY LESSONS: Bradley Babson, who worked for the World Bank in North Korea, is teaching
tions for pushing knowledge “The Two Koreas and Geopolitics of Northeast Asia” this semester. His course aims to prioritize real-world diplomacy.
engagement and finding ways
to keep peace is to push North Korean culture. After learning side of life. of the history of Buddhism and
Korea towards a better future. that Babson’s wife is a minister, “What had struck me about Confucianism and it has been
Through one particular inter- his interpreter opened up to that was to be so personally vul- suppressed in the North, but that
action with his 29-year-old in- Babson about his experience nerable in a relationship that was doesn’t mean people don’t have
terpreter, Babson discovered a with depression and his desire very unusual sitting together,” these yearnings and willingness
certain openness in the North to engage with a more spiritual said Babson. “[Religion is] part to share.”

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Friday, February 2, 2018 9

SPORTS
Kaitlynn Miller ’14 named to the 2018
U.S. Olympic Cross-Country Skiing Team
by Roither Gonzales
Orient Staff
Former Bowdoin Nordic ski-
er Kaitlynn Miller ’14 has been
named to the 2018 U.S. Olym-
pic Team and is set to partici-
pate in the 2018 PyeongChang
Winter Olympics in South
Korea. Upon completion, she
joins only seven other Bowdoin
alumni who have participated
in the Olympics.
Miller graduated from Bow-
doin as one of the finest nordic
skiers in the program’s history—
setting most of the nordic skiing
records that stand today.
Miller said in a phone inter-
view with the Orient that the
nomination came as a surprise
and that she is thrilled to be giv-
en the opportunity.
“I did not expect the call. I
had a pretty solid winter, but I
was not expecting to be named
to the team,” Miller said. “They
basically called me the after-
noon before they were officially
announcing the team, and they
had a certain number of spots
left. Through their criteria that
they listed earlier this year, I fit
the criteria they named—which
I was not expecting.”
“I know that Kaitlynn is a
great skier, and she really has
a future in the sport. But then
again you can be a great skier
and have a future in the sport,
and you’re still probably not go-
ing to make it, just statistically,”
Nordic Skiing Head Coach and
Miller’s former coach Nathan
Alsobrook said. “The odds are
stacked against her, even as
good as she was. And yet, she
was still able to beat those odds
because she kept working on it
and steadily improved.”
Despite these odds, Also-
brook always believed that there
was something that set Miller
SKIING TO VICTORY: Kaitlynn Miller ’14 was named to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Skiing Team, which will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea. Miller graduat-
ed from Bowdoin as one of the finest Nordic skiers in the program’s history and recently finished third overall in the 1.3 km classic at the U.S. National Championships.
apart from other athletes.
“Kaitlynn is just someone
who has an incredible feel, and
she skis very efficiently. She’s
also just a very grounded per-
son, just mentally she’s very
calm. She takes everything in
stride. She’s very humble,” Also-
brook said.
Miller is one of 20
cross-country skiers who were
named to the 2018 U.S. Olympic
Team. Her nomination comes
after fantastic showings at the
U.S. National Championships
last month, where she placed
third overall in the 1.3 km clas-
sic in Anchorage, Ala.
The United States has not
won a medal in cross-country
skiing since 1976. Yet in spite
of this, the U.S. team still ranks
among the top-six nations in
the sport and hopes to break its
32-year drought this year. Right
now, Miller is careful not to
place any high expectations on
her first Olympic appearance.
“At this point my goal is to get
a start, and then I’ll take it from
there. One thing that’s almost
nice is when it is a new venue
and new event and something
where you’ve worked hard to
just be there, you’re obviously
going to go out and race as hard
as you can,” Miller said. “You
want it to be the best race as pos-
sible, but you’re also just happy
to be there.”
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
PUCKING IT UP: The
women’s hockey team
(9-6-1, NESCAC 3-6-
1) swept the Wesleyan
(5-9-4, 3-6-1) series
this weekend in its first
NESCAC series sweep
of the season. The
Polar Bears dominated
the Cardinals 5-2 on
Friday after coming
out of the first quarter
with a three point lead.
On Saturday, Bowdo-
in returned to the ice
with a 1-0 win. The
team will play Hamil-
ton (11-6-1, NESCAC
7-3) this weekend at
home starting on Fri-
day at 7 p.m.
BEAR NECESSITIES:
The nordic skiing team
came in second behind
Colby in the Maine
State Championship
held at U-Maine Pr-
esque Isle this week-
end. The women’s race
was delayed after dis-
covering a hibernating
mother bear and cubs
just off of the trail, but
the delay did not stop
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD the Polar Bears from
earning eight All-State
honors: three from the
women’s team and five
Miller’s achievement is sig- Joan Benoit Samuelson ’79. To from the men’s. The
nificant, not only for her, but Miller, this achievement is es- teams will compete
also for those close to her. pecially meaningful. in the University of
“Obviously it’s exciting as a “Obviously I feel very fond- Vermont Carnival this
personal goal to qualify,” Miller ly about Bowdoin and really weekend.
said. “But I think I’m actually enjoyed my time there. I think
more excited for how excited it’s neat to come from a school
everyone else is to be honest. where there aren’t that many FREESTYLIN’ IT: Both
The number of people who Olympians,” said Miller. “But I the men’s and wom-
have reached out to me is in- think it’s in some ways more ex- en’s swimming and
credible. I think it just reminds citing to come from a team that’s diving teams swept
you of the community you have not super well known, from Trinity and Wesleyan
and how many people care for a college that’s not super well this weekend, with the
you and it’s been really touch- known. It makes it that much men beating Trinity
244-124 and Wesleyan
ing and really humbling.” more exciting, and you’re extra 240-129 and the wom-
When she participates in proud of your college. I think it’s en scoring 268-106 and
the games, Miller will join the great to bring that to the world 247-119 respectively.
ranks of seven other Bowdo- stage, when most people are like The women’s team had
in Olympians, including gold ‘wait, Bowdoin? They have a ski a strong performance
medalists Fred Tootell ’23 and team?’... No one knows about it!” in the 500 free, with
Nadia Eguchi ’21 lead-
ing a sweep of the top

Men’s and women’s track and field teams impress

three positions. The
teams travel to Colby
on Saturday for a dual
meet.

in Bowdoin Invitational III, BU Classic SEE YOU IN COURT:

by Owen Silitch
Orient Staff
The men’s and women’s
track and field teams have
performed well in the re-
cent weeks, with both teams
coming in first overall in this
past weekend’s Bowdoin In-
vitational III and bringing an
impressive showing at the BU
John Thomas Terrier Classic.
Highlights from last week-
end include four top-four fin-
ishes in the men’s mile event,
with Sean MacDonald ’19
running an impressive 4:15.6
time, and a new school record
set in the women’s distance
medley relay run by Claire
Traum ’21, Caroline Shipley
’20, Sara Ory ’19 and Sarah
Kelley ’18. Additionally, in
the most recent USTFCCCA
Division III rankings released
on Tuesday, the men’s and
women’s teams were ranked
20th and 24th in the nation,
respectively.
“This was a great invita-
tional because some of the
teams that were coming out
were a little bit less compet-
itive than [our earlier meet]
with MIT and Tufts. There
was a more relaxed vibe to
it, and it allowed some of
the underclassmen to really
shine, and I think people had
an opportunity to get a lot of
[personal records]. Overall,
people had a really good day,”
said Kelley.
First year Belinda Saint
Louis was a multiple winner,
setting a personal record in
the weight throw (12.89m)
while also placing first in the
shot put. Another notable
achievement came from Erin
Hollenbaugh ’20, who took
first place in the 1,000 meter
(3:15.01) and mile (5:22.55)
events. All of this recent suc-
cess is particularly exciting
as both teams prepare for the
state championship which will
be held at Bates this weekend.
“As a team we [are focus-
ing] on the state meet next
weekend the most … because
it is our rivalry meet with
Bates, Colby and USM,” said
Liam Nicoll ’18. “Especially
for indoor, this is our biggest
meet as a team and we want
to outperform the other teams
by as much as we can. This is
a rivalry that has been ongo-
ing for such a long time ver-
sus Bates. Recently it’s been
very back and forth, so this
meet we really want to prove
ourselves as being the one on
top.”
Other contributing factors
to both teams’ impressive
early seasons are their col-
laboration and positive group
dynamics. In particular, the
men’s team this year is em-
ploying a rather unique lead-
ership strategy where instead
of the traditional singular
captain role, it instead has a
“council of leaders,” a result
of the large number of seniors
who have been on the team
since the beginning.
“We have this group of 10
guys, and we’re such good
friends,” said Nicoll. “What
makes us so unique this year
is that we have perspectives
from every person. Leader-
ship for us isn’t just, ‘Oh that
guy performs well for us,’ it
is about fostering unity with-
in our team … It’s us solidly
standing together and saying
let’s all combine and give all
of our energy for the common
goal.”
Kelley echoed this senti-
ment.
“I’ve gotten so much closer
to the women in the junior
class and even the sopho-
mores and first years that I
don’t know,” she said. “[Track
has] definitely pushed me to
get to know other people.”
Both teams are competing
in the state championship this
weekend at Bates. The wom-
en’s team will compete on Fri-
day evening at 6 p.m. before
the men’s team heads to Bates
for its state meet on Saturday
night at 6 p.m.
The Bowdoin men’s
basketball team (14-5,
NESCAC 3-3) ended
its four game winning
streak on Saturday af-
ter losing to No. 3 Am-
herst (13-6, NESCAC
4-2) 75-60 at home.
The team currently is
No. 7 in the confer-
ence. This loss comes
after a thrilling 72-68
upset against Hamilton
(17-2, NESCAC 4-2),
dropping the Jumbos
to No. 4 in the confer-
ence. Liam Farley ’18
had an outstanding
weekend, leading the
Polar Bears in scoring
both days. The team
will look to get back in
the win column against
Middlebury on Friday
at 7 p.m.
COMPILED BY ANNA FAUVER
 O OPINION
11 Friday, February 2, 2018

Navigating the Silicon Future Grammys 2018: female voices and the
legacy of black musical aesthetics
As the Board of Trustees prepares to make its pilgrimage to Silicon Valley, we think
that its members and the Bowdoin community should consider the implication of this
trip.
As President Rose noted in an interview with the Orient, the culture of Silicon Valley
has given rise to both good and bad. Silicon Valley firms have created new products complaining of “Black men still losing tion of loving her.” SZA’s mother might
that affect our lives every day, connecting the globe and improving access to informa- Polar Views to the [Black] women” in contemporary have deserved an honorable recognition
tion. They grapple with questions ranging from how to improve public transportation by Osa Fasehun R&B. He added, “Beyonce, Cardi B, SZA, for Spoken World Album for her insight-
to how to potentially deal with an uninhabitable future-Earth. all y’all motherfuckers, stop using that ful pieces of wisdom on SZA’s outros.
Yet while they try to change the world, they also seek to turn a profit. They wield As a singer and songwriter, I naturally fucking pain to make it OK to say some “Ctrl” molded me into a more perceptive
immense and often insidious power over our lives, shaping the ways we interact with tuned in to this year’s Grammy Awards bullshit on your record and get nomi- man and better communicator in this
each other, the way we access information and even the norms and well-being of our show on Sunday night in hope of seeing nated for a Grammy.” He suffers from a world of millennials, notoriously known
democracy. Moreover, these companies’ practices have contributed to increased social some wins by my favorite artists. I was classic case of male entitlement. for short romances and “situationships.”
atomization and the related increases in anxiety and depression, the propagation of po-
shocked to see Alessia Cara take the First of all, J. Holiday’s comments are Through all the questionable wins of
litical misinformation and the massive income inequality that results from billionaire
award for Best New Artist, since her lat- quite hypocritical since his own discog- the night, there was an aura that perme-
executives employing workers for less than living wages. est album was released in 2015 and she raphy derives from heartbreak. Addition- ated the Grammys that night: celebration
We believe Rose and the trustees recognize these issues and take them seriously. As
was even nominated for Best New Artist ally, R&B and other genres often channel of Black music. Black music was every-
they seek to learn from these companies, we urge the Board members to keep these in other music award shows in 2016. pain for musical inspiration. Many of where, from Kendrick Lamar’s delivery of
issues in mind and consider how they implicate Bowdoin and its graduates. Ironically, she was the only woman to Sunday night’s male Grammy nominees politically conscious rap bars at the start
While Bowdoin seeks to understand the power of Silicon Valley, the College shouldtake home a solo award this year, a fact had albums that drew directly from un- of the show, to Kesha’s moving delivery of
not blindly adopt its practices. We think Bowdoin should think critically about how that sparked claims that Grammy’s selec- adulterated pain (i.e, Jay’s “4:44”). Still, Grammy-nominated gospel pop ballad
to graduate students with skills to do genuine good within an economy controlled tion of winners was sexist. When asked Holiday’s criticism reminds me of some “Praying” with a backup chorus of female
by these companies. More importantly, we think the trustees and our fellow students about the #GrammySoMale hashtag that of my male peers who didn’t like SZA be- stars, to Donald Glover’s performance of
should consider the weighty questions that cut to the heart of the tech firms and their
followed, Recording Academy President, cause, in their words, “She glorifies being his funk-inflected song “Terrified” with
power. To name a few: how to responsibly and effectively regulate Artificial Intelligence,
Neil Portnow remarked, “women need to a side-chick and then complains about 10-year-old JD McCrary singing breath-
how to engage with new technologies so that we may use them rather than allowing ... step up.” He may have proved that the getting played.” This conclusion misses taking vocal runs. While some debate
them to use us, how to curb the monopolistic power these firms exercise over channelsRecording Academy is sexist, along with the mark and conveniently omits the fact over whether Bruno Mars’s win for Al-
of information and communication. Hollywood. My personal favorite artist that SZA has been cheated on and lied to, bum of the Year was deserved, he made a
The trustees must remember that the purposes and goals of Silicon Valley’s informa-
of 2017, SZA, delivered the iconic debut so sometimes she’s the main girl or the point to do what many non-black artists
tion economy are often in tension with those of the College. The tech industry’s vision
album “Ctrl” and had five Grammy nom- “side chick” who didn’t know her part- fail to do: he paid homage to the Black
of “innovation” relies on a constant pursuit of the new—new technologies, new practic-
inations, yet left the show with no awards. ner already had a girlfriend. Rather than musicians who pioneered his sound.
es, new economic opportunities—to create and satisfy consumer demand. Institutions Sonically, “Ctrl” has the best music wallow in sadness, SZA makes music that In his acceptance speech, Mars re-
of higher education, on the other hand, exist not only to prepare the future generation
production I’ve heard in a long time. empowered many women by unpacking called a childhood performance of his in
of workers and citizens for a changing world but to engage with knowledge and prac- SZA’s vocals come from the soul, with her experiences with the exploitative which all the songs he sang were either
tices from the past, even if those things appear remote from the practical demands ofsounds that are hypnotizing and often actions of men. J. Holiday is probably by “Babyface, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
the present day. In imbibing the spirit of the former, members of the Board should not
genre-blurring. She puts her pain and bitter that he hasn’t gotten a Billboard or Teddy Riley,”—all the key producers
neglect the demands of the latter. pleasure on wax, and it is intoxicating. In hit in nearly a decade (I haven’t uttered of new jack swing. Bruno Mars made
The final paragraph of Bowdoin’s mission statement reads: “Bowdoin’s intellectualthe first track of the album, “Supermod- his name since 2007). SZA offers a new “24K Magic” to revive their sound and
mission is informed by the humbling and cautionary lesson of the 20th century: that el,” she begins the chorus with, “Leave me female perspective about the current ro- dedicated his Album of the Year award
intellect and cultivation, unless informed by a basic sense of decency, of tolerance and
lonely for prettier women,” a soul-crush- mantic scene for other “20 somethings.” to them, proclaiming that “they laid the
mercy, are ultimately destructive of both the person and society.” As we move into the
ing line that could hit nerves for women As much as I enjoyed Holiday’s music in foundation … this album wouldn’t exist
21st century, this maxim is truer than ever. across the globe. SZA delves deeper middle school, I had to read him for filth if it wasn’t for these guys.” As someone
when singing: “Why you bother me (meaning: humorously call out some- who grew up listening to ’90s music
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, when you know you don’t want me? Why one’s absurd flaws). from the likes of Jodeci and Janet Jack-
which is comprised of Harry DiPrinzio, Dakota Griffin, Calder McHugh and Ian Ward. you bother me when you know you got a Personally, SZA’s music compelled me son, I found it beautiful to see Bruno
woman?” These are captivating questions to reflect on my romantic engagements Mars win for an album that draws so
about infidelity and wasting a woman’s as a man. Last summer, I thought of heavily from a black musical tradition.
time to which SZA emphatically asserts old flames and flings as I hearkened to Despite the drama and unfair snubs,
that most men don’t have a real answer. SZA’s singing “you’ll never love me” over the 60th Grammy Awards Show invited
Of course, not everyone appreciated and over on “Garden (Say it Like That).” artists who showcased America’s rich
SZA’s brutal honesty. J. Holiday, an R&B The song reminded me of Bob Marley’s music history and others who expanded
singer mostly known for his 2007 hit words: “The biggest coward is a man who our horizons, so the country could cele-
“Bed,” went on a tirade on his Instagram, awakens a woman’s love with no inten- brate the beauty of music.
ESTABLISHED 1871

Style at Bowdoin: a reflection of class and race

bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators,
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in socioeconomic status. I think these so white students can actually get our
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. Anu’s Corner students missed the point: there is a names right. But seriously, a confident
direct correlation between style and personal style expresses how unique
by Anu Asaolu
money because of the nature of our fashion can be.
capitalist society. Women of color at Bowdoin are
Sarah Drumm Harry DiPrinzio As spring fashion week draws clos- Nonetheless, it is naive to use style known to have unique styles on cam-
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief er, I have deeply reflected on our own as a sole indicator of wealth. Style can pus. Myself and other women of col-
Brunswick runway. Although there serve as a reflection of class. It also or receive compliments like “you’re
is a fundamental difference between blurs the lines of class. The access to so put together” or “you’re always
Creative Director Managing Editor News Editor fashion and style, Bowdoin’s culture certain (usually high-end) brands dressed up.” Although there are more
Jenny Ibsen Rachael Allen Emily Cohen around both is worth exploring. The communicates some information intentional ways to give compliments,
Sarah Bonanno
Ellice Lueders collective style at Bowdoin is pre- about one’s financial background. there is some truth to it. Before I came
Sports Editor dictable; only a handful of students However, second-hand shopping or to Bowdoin, I had never described my
Photo Editor Calder McHugh Anna Fauver
Surya Milner maintain a creative and authentic extreme bargaining make these brands style as “put together” or particularly
Ann Basu style. The greater student body has accessible to almost everyone and noteworthy. In my Nigerian house-
Ezra Sunshine Jessica Piper
Features Editor adopted a monolithic uniform, which any individual is able to exist outside hold, there is no other option. There
Associate Editor Alyce McFadden is partially due to the weather and their socioeconomic brackets. More is a cultural baseline for presentable
Roither Gonzales partially the cultural and economic interestingly, some students have also clothing that does not fall within
Layout Editor Dakota Griffin A&E Editor background of the majority. But how used their personal style in a way that Bowdoin norms. For me, presenting
Emma Bezilla Nicholas Mitch do you fit into this uniform if you’re doesn’t reflect their socioeconomic myself in a manner that juxtaposes the
Ian Stewart Isabelle Hallé
Louisa Moore not a part of said majority? status or even conceals their wealth. presumed notions of my black femi-
Lucia Ryan The Bowdoin uniform is modi- Style is fluid because it is a physical nine body is necessary. It is inherently
Allison Wei Opinion Editor
Copy Editor Rohini Kurup fi ed across social spaces on campus. representation of intention, creativity, radical to curate a style that accurate-
Nell Fitzgerald To achieve the Bowdoin outfit, the mood or personality. ly conveys what you want perceived
Business Manager most essential accessory is a Canada However, many people of color have about your black body.
Edward Korando Calendar Editor
Goose coat, or any piece of clothing constructed their personal styles inde- The honest truth is our bodies have
Social Media Editor Ned Wang Kate Lusignan piece from a reputable and expensive pendent of this uniform. For many made a statement before we speak.
Gwen Davidson brand. Just like the larger fashion students of color, their personal style Stereotypes and assumptions about
Uriel Lopez-Serrano Data Desk Page Two Editor world, uniform style is heavily influ- is not a reflection of class. Although our skin taint how we are perceived.
Faria Nasruddin Hannah Donovan Samuel Rosario enced by money and brands. In past the clothing pieces worn could be The Bowdoin uniform proposes con-
years, there have been many discus- brand name, the curation of new and formity. As a woman of color, con-
sions about socioeconomic status and unique outfits challenges the Bowdoin formity is not my objective. Personal
The material contained herein is the property of The Bowdoin Orient and appears at the sole discretion of the clothing on campus. These programs uniform. I believe it is necessary to style is the most accessible way to have
editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all material. Other than in regard to the above editorial, the opinions received pushback by students who have a self-curated style as a person agency over the expression of our al-
expressed in the Orient do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.
felt challenged and criticized for their of color for many reasons—one being ready radical bodies.
10 SPORTS Friday, February 2, 2018

Women’s basketball 19-game win streak comes to an end

by Jason Cahoon
Orient Staff
This past weekend, the
women’s basketball team dis-
played another stellar per-
formance, beating Hamilton
College 87-54 and extending
its undefeated streak to 19
games. The streak, however,
was broken on Saturday in a
nail-biting 49-45 loss against
Amherst, the top-ranked team
in the nation.
Bowdoin set the pace for
a dominant victory early on
in the Hamilton game by get-
ting off to a 23-13 lead in the
first quarter and extending its
lead by beginning the second
quarter with a 10-0 run. By
halftime, the Polar Bears were
winning 53-25, thus deflating
Hamilton early in the game.
Bowdoin dominated Ham-
ilton down low, scoring a to-
tal of 42 points in the paint.
Abby Kelly ’19 led Bowdoin’s
offense, netting 14 points and
gathering four rebounds for
the Polar Bears.
The team attributes its suc-
cess against Hamilton to team
defense and fast pace. Bow-
doin forced a total of 17 turn-
overs and netted 15 points off
of those turnovers.
“They have six-foot guards
playing in the post that can
rebound, shoot threes and take
you off the dribble, so we knew
that defending them was going
to be a huge part of our game
plan,” said Head Coach Adri-
enne Shibles.
“Big box outs and post de-
fense are some of the things
that we really focused on this
past week,” said Hannah Gra-
ham ’19. “They came out and
played really well against us.
[Hamilton] shot the ball well,
but at the end we just had more
strength.”
The following day, the Polar
Bears traveled to Amherst to
tip off against the Mammoths.
Both teams entered the game
with 19-0 records. The antic-
ipation of this matchup made
for an exciting atmosphere
at the LeFrank Gymnasium,
which hosted 528 spectators.
“Amherst put a lot of energy
into creating an environment
that was challenging for us,”
said Shibles.
Despite facing off against
the defending national cham-
pions, the Polar Bears entered
the game with confidence
given their past success this
season.
“We knew they were going
to be a really good opponent
and it was a really intense game
in a really fun atmosphere,”
said captain Lauren Petit ’18.
The score remained close
for all four quarters. However,
Amherst went on a 9-3 run
late in the game. Bowdoin had
three chances to tie the game
with under a minute left, but
Amherst prevented the Polar
Bears from netting any heroic
buckets.
Kate Kerrigan ’18 led both
teams with 15 points and 9
rebounds. Her scoring was
complimented by a 12-point
performance from Abby Kelly
’19.
The game was, statistically,
the closest that the team has
played this season. The players
hope to use their experience in
the close matchup as a learn-
ing experience for both the re-
mainder of the regular season
and the postseason.
“They definitely exposed
our weakness, so now we know
where we need to work on
things, whether it be physical
or mental,” said Graham. “We
haven’t been in a lot of these ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
situations, so when we are
down two points in the fourth ON THE REBOUND: (TOP):
quarter, and we need a bucket, Kate Kerrigan ’18 led both teams
we now know how to react to
with 15 points and 9 rebounds
during the game against Amherst
that. And I guess it is good that
this weekend. (BOTTOM): Sam
this happened to us during the Roy ’20 dribbles down the court in
season and not in the postsea- the game against U-Maine Presque
son, because in the postseason Isle on Jan. 21.
you only get one chance. Now
we can learn from it.”
The Polar Bears have just
four remaining regular season
games, including two home
games against Middlebury and
Williams this weekend. These
games will have a large impact
on the conference standings
and potentially for the NCAA
tournament this March.

Men’s and women’s squash look toward NESCAC Champs

by Conrad Li “We’re very proud of our sport
and grateful to be able to play
Orient Staff

Today, both the men’s and

women’s squash teams will com-
pete in the NESCAC Champion-
ship held at Hamilton. The men’s
team is currently seeded eighth in
the league and will face off against
No. 9 Tufts, while the women’s
team is seeded 11th and will meet
No. 6 Bates in the first round of
the tournament.
The men’s team, seeded eighth
for the first time since 2014, is
confident going into the game
against the Jumbos.
“Recently, we actually had a
very close match against Tufts …
and we were able to beat them
6-3,” said captain George Cooley
’18. “That was a great win for the
team … but [it will also be] a big
challenge ahead of us because
they’re going to come out guns
blazing as they say.”
Tomas Fortson, who is head
coach of both teams, is proud
of how the teams are shaping
up so far.
“We have very good team
dynamics and people [are very
committed] to getting better and
working hard,” he said. “When
you have that, you’re happy ... they
collectively are doing well in that
GWEN DAVIDSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT they have stayed focused on try-
Hitting the target: (TOP): Going into the NESCAC championships today, the men’s squash team is currently in ing to make those improvements
eighth place for the first time since 2014. (BOTTOM): Tully Ross ’18 won 3-0 against Colby this weekend. and that is just an ongoing process
here at Bowdoin.”
–George Cooley ’18
from day one all the way to the
end of Nationals.”
Cooley echoed Fortson’s senti-
ments regarding the men’s team’s
performance.
“The team has definitely
worked very well together as a
group. From match to match,
everyone, as an individual player,
encounters their own personal
challenges,” said Cooley.
“Every week, it seems that the
players are fixing those things and
then encountering new problems,
which I think is good because
it means that we’re not getting
stuck with old issues, technically
speaking,” he added. “So every-
one’s definitely improving fast and
moving in the right direction.”
This year’s teams have players
with many different experience
levels. Some have many years
of experience while others have
only started playing in college, but
that is not hindering their perfor-
mance.
“It’s a unique group of players
of all kinds of squash experience,”
Cooley said. “We have some play-
ers that actually started playing
two years ago at Bowdoin, and
then we have others that have
been playing since they were five
years old, so it brings in a lot of
different perspectives on the
game and proves to be a very col-
laborative environment.”
Cooley believes that the team’s
small size helps its chemistry.
“It’s a small team, so it’s a re-
ally tight group of friends,” said
Cooley. “It’s a very fun and in-
teresting sport that has allowed
us to compete at the highest
level of college squash, so in that
regard, we’re very proud of our
sport and grateful to be able to
play here at Bowdoin.”
Although the NESCAC
Championship may be the final
big match for other sports, it will
not be the end of the road for the
squash teams, as they will go to the
CSA Nationals later this month.
“In squash, we always go to
Nationals, so instead of NES-
CACs being the final official event
with the hope of them making
Nationals after that, we know
Nationals is always going to be
there,” Cooley said. “Our game
plan for the season is to peak
during Nationals.”

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12 Friday February 2, 2018

FRIDAY 2
LECTURE
Audubon ‘Birds of America’
Page-Turning
Margaret and Fritz Buschmann, founders of the Siesta
Sanctuary in Harmony, Maine will join Special Collections &
Archives staff for the monthly page-turning of Audubon’s
Birds of America.
Special Collections, Hawthorne Longfellow Library. 12:30 p.m.

EVENT
World Matters
Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to share
opinions on current world events and listen and learn about
stories capturing their attention outside campus.
Ladd House. 2 p.m.

EVENT ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater RIGHT UP MY ALLEY: Austin Goldsmith ’18 watches her bowl at Yankee Lanes in Brunswick. Bowdoin Student Government sponsors free bowling
for students on Thursday nights and provides transportation to and from the alley.
Masque and Gown will solve a murder mystery. Dinner will
be included. RSVP to MacKenzie Schaffer ’19.
Howell House. 7:30 p.m

PERFORMANCE
Ashley Gavin Stand Up Comedy
Ashley Gavin, a New York comic, will perform stand up
comedy. Sam Morrison, Gavin’s friend and fellow comic,
will open the show. The performance is sponsored by Purity
Pact.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 9:30 p.m.
MONDAY 5
FILM SCREENING
Technology and Dance
Ashley Ferro-Murray, curator of dance and theater at the
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, will discuss
how historical trends in the relationship between technology
and dance impact her work. She will discuss her current
curatorial projects and her collaboration with different artists.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 7
DISCUSSION
Reproductive Justice Beyond
Abortion Rights
Assistant Professor of Government Chyrl Laird, Assistant
Professor of Government and Legal Studies Maron Sorenson
and Assistant Professor of Sociology Theo Greene will
discuss the framework of reproductive justice and why the
focus on legal abortion rights may limit the understanding of

SATURDAY 3
access to healthcare.
Quinby House. 7 p.m.

EVENT

WORKSHOP
Mindfulness Workshop: Exploring
Intensive Practice
Doug Worthen and Jessica Morey will host a workshop to
explore the art of mindfulness. Attendees are not required
to attend the mindfulness lecture on Friday. The event is
sponsored by Counseling Services and the Mindfulness Over
Matter Club.
Room 301, Buck Health Center. 10 a.m.
TUESDAY 6
Books & Brews
The Books and Brews book club’s February meeting will
focus on “The Homecoming Instinct” by Bernd Heinrich.
LECTURE Copies of the book are available at the public library. The
event will include a sample tasting of a featured beer from
Constructing the Soviet Industrial Flight Deck Brewing for those 21+.
Revolution: Montage, Modernism, Curtis Memorial Library. 6 p.m.
Modernization
Nicholas Kupensky, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral fellow in
Russian, will discuss a selection of Soviet posters. This lecture
is presented in conjunction with the Art Museum’s exhibit

THURSDAY 8
“Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters from
between the World Wars.”

SUNDAY 4
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 12 p.m.

EVENT
Longfellow Days
Three local poets will be reading original poetry. The reading
is the first of four poetry readings in the Longfellow
days series where poets dress up as Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, Class of 1825, and recite poetry.
Curtis Memorial Library. 6 p.m.
LECTURE
MLK For The 21st Century
Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at Georgetown
University, will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Lecture. Dyson will discuss issues of race, religion and
popular culture. He is a regular commentator on CNN and a
contributing writer to many major publications.
Kresge Gallery, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
LECTURE
Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason,
1950–1980
Kelly Baum, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky curator
of contemporary art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
will discuss disorder, disorientation and repetition in art in
response to military conflict and social and political unrest.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.

9 10 EVENT 11 12 CONCERT 13 14 15

Winter Weekend Ying Quartet

Winter Concert