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More limits for off-campus housing recommended
by Rachael Allen and Allison Wei
Orient Staff
A working group for improv-
ing housing policies recom-
mended limiting the students
who can live off campus to 25
percent of the senior class, Dean
of Student Affairs Tim Foster
announced in a school-wide
email Thursday.
Formed last winter, the
working group was created fol-
lowing the dramatic increase in
the percentage of students liv-
ing off-campus in the last year.
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY: (Left to right:) Abukar Adan from Maine Public speaks to Irfan Alam 18 and Mohamed Nur 19 about their speeches and
Bowdoins presence at the rally against President Trumps rescindment of Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals at Portland City Hall last Friday.
Students speak out at DACA rally
by Ellice Lueders
Orient Staff
Bowdoins community came
together at Portland City Hall
last Friday to protest President
Trumps rescindment of Delayed
Action for Childhood Arrivals,
known as DACA, an Obama
administration executive order
which extended rights such as
Ad Hoc Committee recommends creation of SVP for Inclusion and Diversity
by Nina McKay
Staff Writer
In a report released on Au-
gust 29, the Ad Hoc Commit-
tee on Inclusion recommend-
ed that Bowdoin hire a Senior
Vice President for Inclusion
and Diversity (SVP-ID) as part
of the Colleges ongoing efforts
to foster inclusion and diver-
sity on campus. Reporting
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From 2008 to 2015, the average
percentage of students living
off-campus was about 7.6 per-
cent. Last fall, 12.1 percent of
the student population lived off
campus, which ranked highest
among NESCAC schools. This
year 200 students, or 11.1 per-
cent of students, were permitted
to live off-campus as a result of a
cap announced in January.
An increase in the number
of students living off campus
has implications for our sense
of community on campus, our
relationships with our neigh-
higher education and tax obliga-
tion to undocumented youth.
Almost 800,000 people will
lose access to the only country
theyve ever known, said Leslie
Silverstein, esquire and president
of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy
Project, in her speech at the rally.
Two Bowdoin Student Govern-
ment (BSG) studentsIrfan Alam
18, president, and Mohamed Nur
directly to President Clayton
Rose and working closely with
senior staff and the board of
trustees, the SVP-ID will aim
to improve faculty and staff
diversity as well as respond
to student needs in regards to
inclusion.
Comprised of thirteen stu-
dents, faculty, staff and trust-
ees, the Ad-Hoc Committee
met multiple times during
F LOVE AT BOWDOIN
Amber Rock 19 and Anne Gregory 19 talk
about their hookup experiences. Page 6.
Friday, September 15, 2017
bors and the town and for Bow-
doins operating budget, said
Meadow Davis, associate dean
of student affairs and director
of residential and student life,
in an email to the Orient. Davis
also serves as the chair of the
working group.
The group cast a wide net to
collect data. It consulted 16 fo-
cus groups comprised of faculty,
staff and students, and two com-
munity forums and three sur-
veys contributed ideas, resulting
in approximately 1,600 individ-
ual perspectives. The group also
19, vice president of academic af-
fairsspoke at the rally alongside
activists Hamdia Ahmed and John
Ochira, Portlands poet laureate
Stuart Kestenbaum and leaders of
Portland-based immigrant rights
groups. The large contingent of
Bowdoin students was embraced
by local activists.
The number of Bowdoin
students who attended the rally
the 2016-2017 academic year.
Established by Rose last Sep-
tember, the Committee was
formed in response to the May
2016 Report on Diversity and
Inclusion, the culmination of
months of research by sociolo-
gists Camille Charles and Rory
Kramer. The report by Charles
and Kramer, who Rose invited
to campus in December 2015
to conduct a wide-ranging
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Q&A with electric violinist and composer
Sam Kyzivat 18. Page 9.
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looked at the off-campus hous-
ing policies of other NESCAC
schools. Bowdoin is one of two
NESCAC schools that does not
have a clear policy and process
regarding off-campus housing,
with Tufts University being the
other.
As much as Bowdoin and
Brunswick community mem-
bers felt it was important for
some students to have the
ability to live off campus, the
group found that off-campus
housing has had some nega-
tive repercussions on the sur-
COURTESY OF BENJAMIN PAINTER
reflects how deeply this issue
impacts the student body and
the successful organizing on the
part of BSG.
Kathleen Armenta 21 is not a
DACA recipient, but at home in
Tucson, Arizona, she is friends
and family with many Dream-
ersa term used to refer to those
Please see DACA, page 4
study on Bowdoins inclusivity.
recommended the establish-
ment of a dean for diversity
and inclusion I think it was
important for us to have some-
one in senior administration
whose focus is to think about
these issues on a more insti-
tutional level and [to work]
with President Rose and other
members of the administra-
tion and the trustees to look
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rounding neighborhoods.
While it was clear that the
majority of students who live
off campus do not cause any is-
sues within the neighborhoods
where they reside, faculty, staff,
and neighbors spoke consis-
tently about the challenges that
a small number of disorderly
houses cause in the neighbor-
hoods around campus, wrote
Foster in his email.
The group suggested oth-
er effects that the growth of
off-campus houses has on
campus culture, including se-
Initiative encourages
pursuit of careers in
public service
by Sarah Drumm
Orient Staff
The Bowdoin Public Service
Initiative (BPS), a new program
housed in the McKeen Center
for the Common Good, aims
to encourage students to pursue
careers in public policy through
education, networking and
funded internships.
Inspired by conversations
between President Clayton
Rose and Thomas Pickering
53, H84, the initiative comes at
a time of widespread distrust of
the goals and values of govern-
mental institutions.
I think theres been appro-
priate criticism and distrust of
lots of parts of government for a
long time, and it ebbs and flows
and so forth. But I see one of
our responsibilities as educating
great students, sending them
off to make a difference in the
worldthats the notion of the
common goodand this is one
place where a difference can be
quite profound, said Rose.
The College hopes to encour-
age students to think critically
about the meaning of a career
in public service and give them
the opportunity to engage with
experienced individuals in
political offices, government
agencies and non-governmen-
tal organizations involved with
at where we are and where
we should be going and how
to get there, said Mohamed
Nur 19, a student member of
the newly established search
committee.
Comprised of Bowdoin
students, faculty and staff, the
Committee will consult with a
search firm, Russell Reynolds
Associates, to select a person
best fit to fill this position. The
O COMMON GOOD
Sydney Avitia-Jacques 18 writes about the
value of Common Good Day. Page 14.
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niors taking fewer leadership
roles in recent years, as well
as some houses being more
exclusive than others and dis-
rupting the neighborhood.
First, the group recom-
mended that the privilege to
live off campus should be made
available only to seniors, super
seniors or students with exten-
uating circumstances. It also
recommended a cap of 25 per-
cent of the senior class, includ-
ing super seniors, as long as
Please see HOUSING, page 3
public policy issues.
There will be networking
opportunities, there will be ex-
posure to internships and jobs
and things, but thats not the
thrust of this. This is to help fos-
ter discussion and foster a con-
versation around how to serve,
what it means to serve the com-
mon good through public ser-
vice, said Sarah Chingos, newly
appointed associate director for
public service at the McKeen
Center, whose position was es-
tablished to specifically oversee
this program.
While the initiative equates
careers in public policy with
serving the common good,
both Rose and Chingos said
that the goal of the initiative is
to allow students to explore for
themselves the challenges and
rewards of a career in this field.
Its providing the opportuni-
ty and the exposure to our stu-
dents and then letting them use
their great intellect and great
judgment and great sense to
figure out for themselves where
theyre going, said Rose.
The initiative will consist of
three elements. It will accept
applications beginning in early
October, and selected partici-
pants are expected to be notified
by December 1.
Please see SERVICE, page 3
Bowdoin community is invit-
ed to weigh in on the search
process and SVP-IP job de-
scription via email or in per-
son on September 25th, when
representatives from Russell
Reynolds Associates will be on
campus to solicit feedback.
A fundamental responsi-
bility [of the SVP-ID] will be to
Please see AD HOC, page 4
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25 Outstanding 7 Master
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27 High-schooler 8 Car for hire
28 Way up 9 Concert gear
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50 Fern seed
60 Disney queen
61 Kind of check
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41 Alias letters 26 Fault
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SECURITY REPORT 9/7 to 9/14

Thursday, September 7
Brunswick police conrmed that an of-
cer responded to the MyTie Lounge and Bar
on Maine Street and charged a Bowdoin stu-
dent for transporting alcohol into a licensed
establishment, a class E misdemeanor. The
student was detained by bar management after
being seen consuming an alcoholic beverage
that was not sold by the bar. In addition, the
police issued trespass warnings to two stu-
dents barring them from the MyTie for one
year.
A student reported that a man was look-
ing into windows at Baxter House shortly
after 7:00 p.m. Security ofcers responded
and located the man inside Smith Union. Of-
cers obtained the mans identication,
questioned him about his presence on
campus and then directed him to leave
campus.
A smoke alarm at Chamberlain
Hall was caused by burnt microwave
popcorn.
Friday, September 8
The use of a scent diffuser activat-
ed a smoke alarm in Maine Hall.
A neighborhood noise complaint
during a registered event brought the
Brunswick police to Burnett House. Event
hosts were warned and the event was dis-
persed.
Saturday, September 9
An ofcer checked on the wellbeing of
an intoxicated 21-year-old student who be-
came sick outside of Pine Street Apartments.
A Ladd House student took responsibil-
ity for causing damage to a door by forcing
it open.
An ofcer escorted a student with a
twisted ankle to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.
A student took responsibility for acciden-
tally damaging a thermostat cover at Osher
Hall.
A re alarm originating on the third oor
of MacMillan House resulted in a building
evacuation. The cause of the alarm was not
determined.
Two local juveniles were found in pos-
session of marijuana and paraphernalia in a
vehicle parked at the Watson
parking lot. Contraband was
seized and the juveniles
were turned over to
their parents.
A Col-
lege neighbor re-
ported exces-
KODIE GARZA
sive noise coming from Coles Tower. Ofcers
asked students to keep the noise down.
An ofcer checked on the wellbeing of
an intoxicated minor student at Thorne Hall
during Super Snack.
Sunday, September 10
Ofcers conducted a wellness check for
an intoxicated student in a restroom at West
Hall.
Brunswick Rescue transported an intox-
icated student from West Hall to Mid Coast
Hospital.
Brunswick Rescue transported an intox-
icated, unresponsive student from Winthrop
Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
A College neighbor reported excessive
noise coming from Brunswick Apartment
D. A group of students was asked to end the
noise.
Several students were warned for posses-
sion of marijuana and paraphernalia at Bruns-
wick Apartments. Contraband was seized.
Brunswick police requested security
assistance at a private residence not far from
campus. A homeowner was awakened at 2:30
a.m. when an intoxicated student wandered
into his home and sat down in a chair. The
homeowner called the police, but chose not to
press trespassing charges and the disoriented
student was turned over to security. The police
cited the student for possession of alcohol by
a minor.
A student in Osher Hall took responsibil-
ity for accidentally damaging a wall.
Monday, September 11
A Thorne Hall dining employee with
a medical condition was transported to Mid
Coast Hospital.
A student reported the theft of a silver
Shogun retro bicycle from the bike rack at
Howell House.
A damaged window screen and a cracked
window pane were reported in a common
room at Burnett House.
Tuesday, September 12
A student took responsibility for acciden-
tally breaking a pane of door glass at Stowe
Inn while exiting the building with a bicycle.
A student reported the theft of a black
K2 Zed Sport bicycle from a bike rack near
Brunswick Apartment G. The theft occurred
sometime over the past few months.
Wednesday, September 13
A student was questioned by security af-
ter he was seen dumping white powder out of
a shoe throughout the West Hall lobby. The
student conrmed that the suspicious white
substance was, in fact, baking soda. He ex-
plained that his girlfriend had been complain-
ing about his stinking feet and she dumped a
liberal amount of the odor-eating powder into
his loafers.
An ofcer warned two students for ac-
cessing the Baxter House balcony, which is
prohibited for safety reasons.
Thursday, September 14
Tower residents complained of loud mu-
sic on the seventh oor of Coles Tower at 2:00
a.m. Two students were advised to end the
music so students could sleep.
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Friday, September 15, 2017
Volents pay
jumps $930k
INVESTMENT GURU: In 2015, Paula Volent, the highest paid employee in
the NESCAC, earned nearly one million dollars more than the previous year.
by Harry DiPrinzio
Orient Staff
Chief Investment Officer
Paula Volent earned a salary of
$2,244,678 in the 2015 calendar
year, an increase of $934,754 since
2014, when she made $1,309,924,
according to Bowdoins Form 990,
the public tax filing which reports
compensation of the Colleges
highest paid employees.
Volent, who has held the dis-
tinction of being the highest paid
NESCAC employee since at least
2012, is now highest by $1,156,505
next to Chief Investment Officer at
Williams College Collette Chilton.
According to President Clay-
ton Rose, Volents salary is a prod-
uct of a formula that measures
her performance.
Her compensation is for-
mula based, said Rose. If she
performs well, she gets paid
well. And she's performed on a
stellar basis.
With a 14.4 percent return
in 2015, the endowment had an
outstanding year, significant-
ly better than the 1.8 percent
average return of all college
endowments according to the
National Association of College
and University Business Offi-
cers. The significant increase in
Volents salary in 2015 appears
to track this endowment perfor-
mance, but her salary does not
track precisely the endowment
performance over time, nor does
it track precisely Bowdoins per-
formance compared to the coun-
try-wide average.
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We are incredibly fortunate
to have [Volent] as our chief
investment officer. The perfor-
mance that she and her team
have generated for this College
for many years is nothing short
of stellar, said Rose. As a result
of her performance, this college
is able to do amazing things, in
particular, need blind admission
and a no-loan financial aid pro-
gram that we haveand only a
handful of schools have.
Rose declined to comment on
the structure of Volents employ-
ment and compensation agree-
ment. It is unclear whether her
compensation was renegotiated
in 2015 or if her compensation
increase is simply a result of en-
dowment performance.
It is difficult to quantify the
premium Volents management
skills have on the endowments its] are unfair to underclassmen
performance, which has increased
from $637 million, when she be-
came Senior Vice President for
Investments to $1,339,981,000, as
of October 2016.
There are lots of other oppor-
tunities out there that Paula could
have if she wanted to where she'd
make significantly more money,
said Rose.
Volent, who has been an em-
ployee of the College for 17 years,
and previously worked as a cu-
ratorial assistant at the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art, is a dis-
ciple of famed Yale endowment
manager David Swensen, whose
former employees oversee billions
of dollars at universities across the
country.
NEWS
College progresses with reaccreditation
by Emily Cohen
and Faria Nasruddin
Orient Staff
This summer, Bowdoin made
progress on its efforts toward
reaccreditation by producing a
113-page self-study evaluating
the Colleges performance and
setting projections for improve-
ment within the next 10 years.
The report was submitted
to the New England Associa-
tion of Schools and Colleges
(NEASC), a reaccreditation
body, for approval. NEASC,
comprised of volunteer mem-
bers from other high education
institutions, aims to create a
standard for schools in the re-
gion while respecting the goals
of the individual institutions.
The process of self-evalua-
tion benefits the College from
the inside as well, according
to Jen Scanlon, professor of
gender, sexuality and womens
studies. Scanlon is also one of
the co-chairs of the reaccredi-
tation committee that drafted
the report.
[Reaccreditation] is a
means by which we understand
ourselves and make improve-
HOUSING
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there was sufficient upperclass
housing on campus to accom-
modate the remaining students.
As of January 2017, before a cap
of 200 students was implement-
ed for this semester, one-third
of seniors lived off campus, ac-
cording to Foster.
Many students expressed
concerns that these restrictions
will not allow students to live in
housing that they are satisfied
with.
I feel like some people choose
to live in an off-campus house
because theyre not happy with
Bowdoins policies, said Caitlin
Tardio 19. I think [the new lim-
and take away an opportunity
for a lot of students who would
want to live off campus.
By the time students have
already been at Bowdoin for two
SERVICE
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The inaugural BPS in
Washington component will
be open to 10 current sopho-
mores and will commence with
a seven-week seminar held at
Bowdoin before students em-
bark on an intensive week-long
trip to Washington over spring
break. There, students will meet
with Bowdoin alumni and the
Maine congressional delega-
tion as well as engage in other
networking opportunities.
Open to rising seniors, the
BPS Fellows component will
fund five full-time ten-week
internships in Washington,
D.C. up to $5,000 per student.
Students will receive assistance
securing a position and guid-
ance throughout the course of
their experience.
When they return, there
will be reflection activities.
They will be keeping a journal
over the course of the sum-
mer, and then they will write
an essay and they will partici-
ments internally, but its also
a means by which we get the
stamp of approval of an ac-
crediting body that tells people
in the worldout there in the
larger worldthat Bowdoin is
a successful, legitimate place
where we practice what we
preach, Scanlon said.
Accreditation, according
to NEASC, is an expression of
confidence in an institutes pur-
pose and performanceboth
educationally and financially.
Bowdoins process of reac-
creditation began in the spring
of 2016, when a reaccredita-
tion committee was formed
of faculty, staff and students.
The committee, co-chaired by
Scanlon and Vice President
of Institutional Research, An-
alytics and Consulting Tina
Finneran, was divided into
sub-committees that were
each responsible for gathering
data and evidence and analyz-
ing Bowdoins performance
in one of the nine standards
on which the College will be
evaluated. Additionally, the
sub-committees came up with
projections for the College in
each of the standards.
years, [living off campus] gives
them more control over creating
social space that they want, said
Enrique Mendia 20, who was
initially considering living off
campus next year. I think Bow-
doin is limited in how much va-
riety it can provide. I think a lot
of the pros of living off campus
[can] benefit the student body
and especially the junior class.
The working group also
thought it was important to lim-
it the number of students who
could block together, saying that
houses where larger groups of
Bowdoin students live together
tend to be the spaces that are
problematic for neighbors. Spe-
cifically, the group recommend-
ed that blocks be limited to six
students.
For students coming from
living in a large group of peo-
ple, such as in a college house,
off-campus housing can provide
a unique sense of community.
pate in the presidents summer
symposium when they return,
said Chingos.
The program is not affiliated
with the government depart-
ment and the curriculum for
the pre-departure seminars,
which is being developed by
Chingos, will take a more ac-
tion-oriented, less academic
approach than most govern-
ment courses do.
I think its just a good way
to help facilitate the connec-
tions we make as faculty with
people in that community.
And thats not something that
we explicitly as a department
really do, said Michael Franz,
professor of government and
chair of the government and
legal studies department. We
dont have somebody on the
faculty or staff who facilitates
internship programs or career
opportunities for our majors.
Over the past five years,
government and legal studies
has been the top major of Bow-
doin graduates. In 2016, 18.9
percent of the graduating class
The nine standards out-
lined in the report examine
many aspects of the College,
including student, faculty
and staff life, academics, ad-
ministration and institutional
resources. These standards are
produced by NEASC but are
left open to interpretation by
the individual institutions.
For each standard, the com-
mittee must write a description,
appraisal and projections. One
standard is Educational Effec-
tiveness, in which the commit-
tee analyzed the effectiveness
of the Colleges systems of
academic support, such as the
Bowdoin Advising Program
to Support Academic Excel-
lence (BASE) Program. BASE
provides additional support
to first-generation students in
their transition to college.
According to the self-study,
the committee found that
BASE has a positive impact on
students and faculty involved
and that the College has made
efforts in recent years to expand
the program to include more
students and faculty advisors.
The committee made a projec-
tion that if future assessments
A lot of people like living
in houses, but besides living in
College House, you dont get
that kind of environment in up-
perclass housing, said Tardio.
Most people that live in college
houses are sophomores, so if you
like that kind of environment,
living off campus is your only
option.
With the exception of quads
in Coles Tower and Chamber-
lain Hall, the group found
that juniors and seniors are
generally dissatisfied with
housing options. The group
recommended building new
apartment-style housing with
single bedrooms, large com-
mon spaces, a kitchen and a
bathroom based on upper-
classmen interests.
Living off campus is a very
enticing thing to do, said Bol-
or Jagdagdorj 19 [Chamber-
lain] is a very dorm-like setting
where you have your room and
were government and legal
studies majors and 3.5 percent
were minors.
Franz said that the initiative
was not motivated by a lack
of Bowdoin students entering
public policy.
I think its a way to channel
an interest thats already there. I
dont think its a way to energize
a lack of engagement from Bow-
doin students. I think its a way
to give students who have par-
ticular interest in this area more
explicit opportunities through
Bowdoin, said Franz.
But we do a lot of infor-
mal discussions with students
about these things, and this
is a nice opportunity with the
McKeen Center to formalize
some of those opportunities for
students, so thats how I see it
fitting into our curriculum and
profile.
Pickering is among some of
the most prominent Bowdoin
graduates who have pursued
careers in government and pub-
lic policy, including former U.S.
Senator George Mitchell 54,
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of the program return positive
results, the College will work
to train nearly all faculty mem-
bers to be BASE advisors.
The next step toward reac-
creditation is a visit in Novem-
ber from eight volunteer mem-
bers of a NEASC commission,
headed by the president of Da-
vidson College, Carol Quillen,
who will produce a secondary
exit report. The exit report,
which should be around 20 pag-
es, serves to confirm what Bow-
doin produced in its self study.
Aside from meeting with
various members of the
committee, the visitors from
NEASC will host open meet-
ings with students, faculty
and staff to discuss the differ-
ent standards.
Overall, Scanlon expressed
satisfaction with the results of
the self-study and reaccredita-
tion process.
There are always ways in
which we can make improve-
ments. So I guess the takeaways
are that were doing really well
and that we have creative,
imaginative people here who
are going to help us do even
better, she said.
a public bathroom and no ac-
cess to a kitchen.
Nathaniel Schwarz 18 feels
that the current state of up-
perclassmen housing isnt the
main driver behind the move to
off-campus housing.
I think the decision is mis-
guided in that the administra-
tion thinks that the quality of
upperclassmen housing is what
is driving this trend, whereas
I see it more as being the fact
that upperclassmen are finding
that the administration is too
intrusive in their private lives,
said Schwarz.
According to Foster, the Of-
fice of Residential Life will in-
corporate the groups findings
and proposals as it develops
an off-campus housing policy,
which will be shared with stu-
dents later this fall and made
effective for students making
housing arrangements for the
2018-2019 academic year.
former Secretary of Defense Bill
Cohen 62 and current Mayor
of San Francisco Ed Lee 74.
Across his expansive career,
Pickering has served as under-
secretary for state for political
affairs under President Bill
Clinton, and U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations during
the first Bush administration.
He specifically mentioned
the need for the importance
of science in governance right
now and these will be topics
that we will really try to focus
in on as possible seminar top-
ics, said Chingos.
Rose added, He was real-
ly quite passionate about the
idea that we need good people,
Bowdoin grads and grads of
lots of other great institutions,
in government service in lots
of different places and what it is
we might do to encourage that.
A final element of the ini-
tiative is on-campus program-
ing that will engage the great-
er College community with
speakers from public service
backgrounds.
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College collaborates to recruit low-income students
by Roither Gonzales
Orient Staff
The College has joined the
American Talent Initiative
(ATI), a group of 68 elite col-
leges and institutions that have
agreed to work together and
share resources, in an effort to
create opportunities for low and
moderate-income students.
Last April, Jordan Richmond
16, a pre-doctoral research
fellow with the Equality of
Opportunity Project, present-
ed the research he and others
worked on and recommended
that the College join the ATI.
The crux of the research
he presented found that for
LASO begins month of
cultural celebration
by Devin McKinney
Staff Writer
Trivia, salsa dancing and
informational lectures all ex-
emplify the myriad of ways in
which the Bowdoin community,
specifically the Latin American
Student Organization (LASO),
plans to celebrate during Latinx
Heritage Month.
LASOs Kickoff Celebration
Cookout, which will take place
today marks the beginning of
a month of festivities meant to
honor the rich history of Latinx
Americans and build awareness
of issues that affect the Latinx
American community. The
kickoff celebration, which will
be held at the Student Center
for Multicultural Life from 4
to 6 p.m., will feature Salva-
dorian food, music and the
opportunity for students of all
backgrounds to engage with the
board members of LASO.
President of LASO Cristina
Tamay 18 emphasized the im-
portance of the Heritage Month
as a way to immerse students
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protected under DACA. She had
been at Bowdoin for less than
three weeks when Trump an-
nounced the repeal.
I received a letter from Pres-
ident Rose about his sympathy
for the termination; however, I
didnt see any efforts. It seemed
like a normal day for everyone,
said Armenta in an interview
with the Orient.
In response, Armenta sent an
email to every student on cam-
pus, asking them to wear blue
and purple in support of Dream-
ers. Two days later, BSG, led by
Alam, had organized transport
to the rally for approximately 80
students, renting a bus and enlist-
ing students to carpool in their
personal vehicles.
We were thinking, What
if you were a first year that was
affected by one of these events?
said Ben Painter 19, BSG vice
president for student govern-
ment affairs. What kind of com-
munity is Bowdoin?
Bowdoin leaders showed their
schools like Bowdoin, the
students who are admitted
and end up attending do well,
regardless of their income
background. However, the in-
come distribution of admitted
students is skewed towards
wealthy students.
One very clear way for Bow-
doin to help people growing up
in poverty to rise up out of pov-
erty is to seek them out, encour-
age them to apply, admit them
and have them come to Bow-
doin, said Richmond. And so,
in that context, the American
Talent Initiative is a group of
colleges and universities around
the country who are committed
to pursuing that mission.
and administrators in a culture
that has both educational and
community values for people of
varied upbringings.
I think Latinx American
Heritage Month is just so full
of rich history [] and it is
something that we really cant
go around campus trying to
educate everyone about, but if
we host small events that are
interesting enough for people
to come and learn about it, I
think it will create a community
where more people are educat-
ed, said Tamay.
The unequivocal education-
al significance of Latinx Amer-
ican Heritage Month is rein-
forced by LASOs plans to host
Dr. Yolanda Garcia, Associate
Professor and Associate Dean
of educational psychology at
Northern Arizona University,
for a lecture concerning mental
health in the Latinx American
community. The lecture will
take place on Wednesday, Sep-
tember 20 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
in Hubbard Hall.
[Mental health] is definite-
commitment to Dreamers and
their community on the steps of
Portlands city hall.
Protesters gathered despite the
rain, underneath pillars adorned
with an American eagle and the
Latin phrase Resurgam, mean-
ing I shall rise again.
Organizer Marie Follayttar
Smith beamed as she welcomed
Alam to the podium, under mea-
ger shelter from the downpour.
We have Irfan Alam, who
is a Muslim Pakistani, she said
before being interrupted by a car
horn. He was born and raised in
Austin, TX, and he is Bowdoin
Colleges student body president.
Alam took the stage, holding
the microphone for a while as he
waited for the applause to stop.
He looked to the whole audience
when he said: This is a situation
where, when you have a privilege,
you also have a responsibility.
If you have the privilege of not
having to worry about the state of
DACA, then it is your responsibil-
ity to stand up for those who do
have to worry.
Rain poured down on the
protesters. When Armenta could
In addition to the ATI, the
College has made efforts to
eliminate economic barriers
and make the application pro-
cess more inclusive and ac-
cessible. Last year, the school
dropped the application fee for
applicants who also requested
financial aidsubstantially in-
creasing the number of appli-
cations to the school.
The College is already deep-
ly involved in several other
programs like Questbridge, a
non-profit organization that
connects high-achieving,
low-income students to edu-
cational and scholarship op-
portunities, and the Coalition
Platform, a program that helps
ly something thats not talked
about. I think was not very
expanded on in our commu-
nity. I would say in all peo-
ple-of-color communities [it
is] something thats not really
talked about because when
we think of mental health, we
think about it as being a white
issue, said Tamay.
LASO is working alongside
The Student Center for Multi-
cultural Life, specifically with
Director Benjamin Harris,
planning events and programs
for this month. Harris affirmed
the importance of this months
events, specifically the Kickoff
Celebration, as a cooperative
learning and celebratory time
for the Bowdoin community.
I would hope an event like
this can unite the campus and
also be an entry point for stu-
dents who may not be affiliated
with Latinx culture to connect
with students who are part of
LASO, said Harris. Im hop-
ing people and students come
out to see to learn, listen and
get engaged.
have picked up her umbrella, she
stayed still, listened to Alam and
held her poster highNO HU-
MAN IS ILLEGAL.
As my friend Mo reminds me
every day, he said as Nur looked
to the podium from the steps be-
low. It is your responsibility in any
way and in every way you can, to
do whatever you can, whenever
you can, wherever you are.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Smith took back the micro-
phone. I dont know about you,
but I have a lot more hope for
the future.
Applause roared, particularly
in the direction of the crowd of
studentsrepresentatives from
one of the youngest and most di-
verse places in Maine.
Many of you show up to a lot
of these, and a lot of times its a
lot of voices over 40. Lets be real
about that. So, we are so grateful
to have Bowdoin College students
here today, Smith said.
Archer Thomas 21 is a first
year and a socialist, a Mainer
from Buxton and a regular at
Portland protests. He is used
to rallying alongside majority
students with the college appli-
cation process. Joining the ATI
marks yet another step the Col-
lege has taken to reach more
high-achieving low-income
students and increase econom-
ic diversity on campus.
This is an especially im-
portant issue at Bowdoin,
where 69 percent of the stu-
dent body is from the top 20
percent of society, according
to a New York Times report
published in January.
The ATI is particularly
useful, as it allows a large
group of schools to network
and join in the mission of in-
creasing accessibility.
The value of being part of
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help the College further build
an inclusive communityone
where we, at least, understand
and celebrate our differences,
where we draw strength from
being connected as a part of
Bowdoin, and where discourse
about the tough questions and
issues of inclusion and diversi-
ty are engaged in a thoughtful,
respectful, and authentic man-
ner, said Rose in an email to
older, white faces and hearing
calls for solidarity.
Its definitely strange to be
from Maine and be here in a place
thats ostensibly Maine but not, he
said about Bowdoins presence at
the rally. Its not just that Bowdoin
is a wealthy and upwardly mobile
community, its something thats
hard to put my finger on.
As a Bowdoin student and a
Mainer, Thomas felt as though
he played mediator between the
locals and Bowdoin students.
Theres still lots of work to
do. This Bowdoin Bubble is still
very real. Its kind of a wall to
true solidarity and understanding
between Bowdoin and the rest of
the world.
Thomas said that Maine is
an old society and that Bowdoin
students need to understand their
place as a part of Maine, not sepa-
rate from its issues.
Bowdoin is trying very hard
and has done a good effort of
connecting with the community.
Its good that a school that has as
many resources as Bowdoin does
that, Thomas continued.
As Nur stood on the steps in
ATI is that we are agreeing as
a collection of schools to work
togetherto share best practic-
es and information, said Whit-
ney Soule, dean of admissions
and financial aid. It's really
working to leverage the power
of a bunch of schools working
together on the same goal.
Despite the Colleges efforts
in trying to reach potential stu-
dents, there are still several lo-
gistical challenges that the Col-
lege faces in terms of recruiting
high-achieving, low-income
students.
The problem is that it's
really hard for an individual
college or university like Bow-
doin to figure out where these
the College on August 29.
The Committees report
as well as Charles and Kram-
ersalso recommended that
the College adopt a policy of
Inclusive Excellence. Un-
der this model, according to
Kramer and Charles, diversity
and inclusion are regarded not
as extra benefits, but rather
fundamental elements of a
liberal arts education for all
students.
With this model in mind,
one subgroup from the Com-
the city, the youngest speaker at
the rally greeted the crowd. Being
from Portland, I have to say that
its good to be home, said he said.
As the son of Somali immi-
grants, this is not the America
that my family and so many other
families have struggled so long to
call home.
Theres a Somali proverb
people like to say when they see
injustice. It reads: dhiiga kuma
dhaqaaqo? which means, Does
your blood not move? Well, my
blood is boiling and I refuse to
do nothing.
Armenta stood on the edge
of the curb in front of city hall,
leading chants and saying them a
second time for those in the back.
A picture of her yelling at the
camera was featured in an article
in the Portland Press Herald that
focused on the detail that she was
in her mothers womb when her
parents immigrated to the U.S.
from Mexico.
Now, she is worried about the
potential backlash of the articles
unclear language.
I am a U.S. citizen, she said.
But even just being Mexican,
Friday, September 15, 2017
kids are. I know that [Admis-
sions] does outreach across
the country, but I do know that
outreach tends to be focused in
urban areas, said Richmond.
Even with these challenges,
the College understands that
it must do something with the
resources that it has.
There is a responsibility
that comes with the resources
that we have, so we are learning
or thinking about the things
that we can do as schools with
resources, said Soule. To
make a difference, there is a
responsibility to work togeth-
er rather than singularly. That
is really an exciting place for
Bowdoin to be.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
mittee focused on proposals
to revise Bowdoins curricu-
lum. In order to increase the
study of inequity and identity,
the subgroup suggested the
reexamination of the existing
distribution requirements and
the timing of their comple-
tion, particularly the Explor-
ing Social Differences (ESD)
and International Perspectives
(IP) requirements. Dean for
Academic Affairs Elizabeth
McCormack will take charge
of this review.
theres lots of hate.
Armenta is aware of the power
held within institutions like Bow-
doin or United States citizenship
because she knows people outside
of these privileges.
Being a U.S. citizen gives me
the right to advocate for others,
said Armenta. You might know
something about Dreamers, but
you dont know their hard work,
the things they have to go through
until youre in their shoes with
them. Thats when you can actu-
ally know by experience how it is.
Armenta does not want to force
tough conversations. She expects
people to welcome them as part of
being in the Bowdoin community.
People here tend to be re-
served when they should be open,
she said. I feel like many people
dont join because theyll feel left
out. Its important to let everyone
know that you should be part of it.
You can also be a voice.
I want everyone to be
united, said Armenta. Im
one of those people, I want to
include everyone.
If youre in this effort, then
we need to work together.
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Friday, September 15, 2017 5

FEATURES
Teacher, activist, rabbi: Hillel welcomes Lisa Vinikoor
by Isabelle Hall
Orient Staff
To Lisa Vinikoor, the journey
from elementary school teacher
to social justice worker to rabbi
was a natural progression.
Vinikoor, the Colleges new
part-time rabbi as of August,
first felt the pull to her future
career on September 11, 2001,
during her first week as a
third- and fourth-grade teach-
er in Boston.
I was a very young teach-
er, having to explain to third
and fourth-graders this kind
of horrible tragedy that hap-
pened in our country, and I
actually think that experience,
trying to explain to them
something that was pretty un-
imaginable, was kind of one of
the early kernels that I had of
wanting to become a rabbi,
said Vinikoor. Because were
confronted with the broken-
ness of our world all the time,
and to be able to help people
through challenges like that
is -I think that was a kernel of
my wanting to be a rabbi.
With time, Vinikoor be-
came more and more frustrat-
ed at her inability to change
her students lives beyond the
classroom, and decided to
devote herself to fighting sys-
temic inequality in the greater
Massachusetts community. As
a social justice community or-
ganizer in Boston, she worked
with faith communities of all
denominations to advocate
for low-income populations
and helped organize a grass-
roots effort to pass a 2004
Massachusetts law that would
ultimately expand access to
healthcare for almost a half a
million people.
No matter how hard that
fight got and it got very, very
hard people of faith always
gave me a sense that there
was something bigger than
our concerns, said Vinikoor.
I found it very grounding.
So part of my interest in
being a rabbi was that I had
been working mostly in the
non-Jewish community,
with Christian pastors and
ministers and priests, and
I was ready to go kind of be
a community organizer and
be a teacher in my own faith
community.
As the Colleges primary
rabbi, Vinikoor is responsible
for supporting student Hillel
leadership and assisting with
programming, leading prayer
services and supporting the
religious lives of Jewish stu-
dents on an individual basis.
Through this role, Vinikoor
hopes to help Jewish students
negotiate their place in the
campus community, as well
as in the world beyond Bow-
doin. Vinikoor hopes that she
can help Bowdoin students to
come to terms with the coun-
trys increasingly hostile polit-
ical climate.
The political atmosphere
in our country is upsetting, to
say the least, said Vinikoor.
And so figuring out what we
can do thats a good use of our
energy and time and skills and
talentsI think about this
both for the congregation and
for Bowdoin studentsthat
feels like a big challenge.
Vinikoor met with stu-
dents following last months
bias incident in which a cam-
pus study space was defaced
with hateful images, includ-
ing a swastika.
I see my work as both
working reactively and pro-
actively, said Vinikoor. Re-
actively is obviously being
here to support students for
whatever feelings they have
to bring- concerns, worries.
And proactively, helping to
be another voice of many on
campus. Theres great leader-
ship [on] campus around tol-
erance for all different kinds of
people and beliefs, but also an
intolerance for hate, and so I
want to be one of those many
voices, helping to foster that.
One of Vinikoors primary
goals is to foster student lead-
ership among the Colleges
Jewish community, and to
help Hillel co-presidents Carly
Berlin 18 and Sam Kyzivat 18
in carrying out their plans for
the year.
Im just impressed [by
students] interest in kind of
engaging in the Jewish com-
munity, but also thinking
about, what does it mean to
be Jewish in the larger world?
in a campus which obviously
is not just made up of Jewish
students, said Vinikoor. So
asking questions like, how
do we as Jews engage in so-
cial justice work, engage in
work with other communities
across campus?
Berlin says Vinikoor is well
positioned to help Hillel stu-
dent leaders to achieve their
goals, which include potential
programming on Jewish stu-
dents in social justice.
Rabbi Vinikoor is super
receptive to our ideas and just
wants to, it seems, help us and
support us in any way she can,
said Berlin.
Vinikoor divides her time
between the College, where
she works about eight hours
per week, and Beth Israel Con-
gregation in Bath.
Rabbi Vinikoors door is JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
open to any students who wish NEW FACE IN TRYING TIMES: Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor joined the Bowdoin
to discuss their religious or Community at the start of this school year. She discussed Augusts bias incident
spiritual lives. with students and hopes to help students navigate the current political climate.

Rudalevige popularizes political science in WaPo blog

by Eleanor Paasche
Orient Staff
Thomas Brackett Reed Pro-
fessor of Government Andrew
Rudalevige is determined to
use his expertise in American
government to better civic en-
gagement both at and outside
of Bowdoin.
Rudalevige is an expert on
the American presidency for
The Monkey Cage, a blog
founded in November of 2003
by John Sides. The blog has been
published by The Washington
Post since September 2013 and
aims to create a public platform
for political scientists to quick-
ly share their research, which
might otherwise take up to two
years to be peer-reviewed and
published, as it relates to cur-
rent events.
Rudalevige has been a fre-
quent contributor to the blog
since 2010. With an average of
355,000 page views per week,
The Monkey Cage has a much
ed in very serious research.
Major news outlets have
critiqued the Trump admin-
istration, questioning the
presidents use of executive
power and his brash personal-
ity. However, Rudalevige is not
interested in Trumps tempera-
ment, but instead in the ways
in which Trump challenges
institutional dynamics of the
American presidency.
Im more interested in his
tweets as an example of efforts
to bargain with other parts of
the government and the public,
rather than [as] an expression
of some kind of aspects of his
personality or mental state, Ru-
dalevige said.
In August he was invited to
speak on NPR about presiden-
tial pardons and executive leaks,
following Trumps controversial
pardon of former Phoenix,
Ariz., sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The pardon issue is import-
ant because it speaks to the role
of law. It speaks to how serious- ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

larger readership and circula-
tion than an average political
science journal, according to
Rudalevige. It strives to provide
informed, academic commen-
tary and to be a non-partisan
source of political analysis.
We are political scientists
writing about how research ap-
plies to events, Rudalevige said.
[We are] not saying that this
event was good or bad, unless
that conclusion can be ground-
ly we take the actions of people
on the ground who are enforc-
ing federal law effectively, in
the name of the government,
said Rudalevige.
Rudalevige had brought his
expertise to other media con-
texts as well in an effort to make
political science accessible to
more people. In 2014, former
Bowdoin College President
Barry Mills approached Ruda-
levige with concern about the
PROF WITH A BLOG: Rudalevige writes about constitutional theory and presidential politics in a blog, titled The Monkey Cage, for the Washington Post.
need for civics education and
how the College might meet
that need. This conversation,
along with funding from an
anonymous trustee, resulted in
the production of an online vid-
eo series, hosted by Rudalevige,
titled Founding Principles.
The series examines the Con-
stitution and the theory and
practice of government. The
Monkey Cage decided to pub-
lish Founding Principles in
weekly installments over this
past summer, and later this
month the series is scheduled
to be posted on the PBS Learn-
ers website.
To Rudalevige it is important
for people to exit the informa-
tion bubbles that social media
such as Facebook and Twitter
tend to create and for them to
gather enough information to
make an informed opinion.
Besides The Monkey Cage,
he recommends several polit-
ical science blogs: The Ducks
of Minerva, which specializes
in foreign policy; Mischiefs of
Faction, which focuses on po-
litical parties and was recently
picked up by Vox and Lawfare,
written by the legal community
in Washington D.C..
The more that people are
informed, the more they par-
ticipate, the more representative
American public policy is going
to be of the whole country, and
that is a good thing, Rudalevige
said. [Theres a] video that talks
about voting. It says that voting
is habit forming, it matters. You
should participate; you should
be part of a civil conversation
about public policy practically
every day.
6 FEATURES Friday, September 15, 2017

Love, lust and like-liking: hooking up at Bowdoin

by Anne Gregory
and Amber Rock
Orient Contributors
Bowdoin College is hook-
up deficient. Well, not in
quantity, but in ideology. A
closed dialogue about sex
and relationships on campus
leaves many students unsat-
isfied and makes it nearly
impossible for change to be
enacted. Stories are swapped
over brunch and largely for-
gotten. A couple of FWBs
(friends with benefits) may
never confess mutual feel-
ings for one another. Awk-
ward glances are exchanged
in Smith. Assault may be
brushed aside and merely
succumb to the label of a
bad hookup.
As two straight women,
weve run the gamut when
it comes to hooking up at
Bowdoin, from bad pickup
lines, to averting eye contact
in Moulton, and we ourselves
are not infallible. But as weve
grown at Bowdoin, we found
it surprising how much hard-
er it is to develop emotional in
addition to physical intimacy.
This notion of a hookup
culture instills the false idea
that everyone is having
casual sex. If that wasnt bad
enough, hookup culture dis-
proportionately favors white,
heterosexual, able-bodied,
and conventionally attractive
people, i.e. the traditional
Bowdoin student.
In order to subvert these
norms, were promoting honest
discourse about what really goes
on behind closed doors, starting
with our own experiences.
Anne:
It was September 2015, the
second week of my first year.
Like most first years, Im nav-
igating my relationship with
alcohol, and have ended up
drunker than I intended to
be at Ladd House on a Satur-
day night, and Im slumped
over on a couch on the
sidelines. A boy I had re-
cently befriended comes
over to me and sits a
little closer than Im
comfortable with.
Of course, I dont
say anything, because I dont this horribly awkward dancing
want to damage his fragile circle, and before I know it
first year party boy persona. he has me cornered against
He continues to move closer a wall and aggressively goes
and eventually his hand is on in for the kissIm trapped.
my knee. Im obviously too His mouth is already against
intoxicated to give any kind mine. Instinctively, I employ
of consent to whats happen- the same method of crisis
ing, but nonetheless he plung- aversion as last time, pretend-
es in for the kiss. Ibuzzed, ing to be drunk and flopping
sweaty, a little scareddra- away from him so that he
matically slump away from would retreat.
him after he makes contact, It wasnt until months later
pretending to be drunker than that I realized the problem-
I am just so that he leaves me atic nature of these interac-
alone. It works. tions. Why didnt I feel that
Two weeks later, Im at I could firmly tell these men
Burnett dancing with friends. to leave me alone? Why did
Another male friend has I write these experiences
started to move closer to me in off as normal college house
party decorum? Doesnt ev-
eryone get forcibly kissed or
cornered into a wall at some
point at Bowdoin? As a naive
first year, these were the im-
pressions I got of a normal
weekend night. I assumed
that everyone was inevitably
going to have some negative
experiences with creepy peo-
ple and that we almost had
to endure these bad hook-
ups in order to get to a good
onelike a rite of passage.
What messages made these
men feel that they could ap-
proach this obviously drunk
woman that they vaguely
knew and take her incapac-
itated state as an invitation
to try their luck at a hookup?
Did they just zone out during
Speak About It? Did they
think asking for consent was
lame, or did they just see
me as an easy target since I
couldnt, and wouldnt, give
them a firm no?
I wanted to share these
stories to remind us all, espe-
cially first years, that we dont
have to endure any number of
bad hookups to finally get
to a good one. I shouldnt be
afraid of hurting someones
feelings or damaging their
fragile masculinity at the
expense of my own sexu-
al safety and comfort. I
guess what Im saying
is that we dont have
to stand on the
sidelines of our
own romantic
and sexual expe-
riences at Bow-
doin, accepting
SARA CAPLAN
certain saddening realities as
truths and not standing up
for ourselves when things are
dangerous or scary or make
us uncomfortable.
But even more important
than the power of saying no, is
the power of understanding no.
We cannot let the people at this
school who take no as a sug-
gestion off the hook. We must
combat the toxic mindset of
these individuals: that pressur-
ing others into sexual acts they
might not be comfortable with
is a healthy way of thinking. In
short: even though we can say
no, why is it so hard? So often,
I hear women at this school
say, Well I didnt really want
to do anything with him, but I
didnt want to tell him to leave
or offend him, so we just ended
up having sex. This is such an
unhealthy, destructive, perva-
sive theme in Bowdoin hookup
culture that we can no longer
sweep under the overarching
title of bad hookup. We need
to address this issue of coer-
cion head on, focus more con-
sent programming on the fact
that no is not a suggestion up
for debate that an incapacitated
woman on the couch is not an
easy hookup.
Amber:
During More than Meets
the Eye, an orientation event
centered around personal
experience with race and
ethnicity on campus, I shared
a story about hooking up.
It starts like most Bowdoin
hookups in the basement
of a college house. Beer is on
the floor, a singular Fountains
of Wayne song is on repeat,
white people are still dabbing.
There is a level of discon-
nect between the white men
that Ive encountered and
my identity. He wonders how
my hair does thatFYI it just
grows out my head. He tries
to run his fingers through my
hair, but his hands were made
to love white women, and
his fingers get caught in the
kinks. My own hair has man-
aged to ostracize me.
As the night winds down,
my DFMO partner and I get
to know each other a little
better hometowns, majors,
roommate situation. He then
hesitates and picks from a
word buffet of internalized
racism thinly veiled behind
pseudo-compliments. You
look so exotic. Ive never
hooked up with someone like
you. Youre really pretty for
a black girl.
He settles on: What are
you?
Sometimes its hard to see
your own privilege. This is
especially salient when youre
in a dark basement. But this
question struck me in an un-
fortunately familiar way.
Even though its far from
the first time Ive heard this,
Im still taken aback by the
words. What are you? And
he says it with such mystique,
like Im a Jackson Pollock
waiting to be interpreted.
Although my robot it pret-
ty convincing, I can safely
assure that I am, in fact, a
human. He mulls over the
answer and its fine for a few
moments until he tries his
luck again. But, like, what
are you because he just had
to know. As someone who
identifies as multiracial, Ive
heard this sentiment a myri-
ad of times, but it still bites.
Im proud of my background
and it has largely shaped who
I have become as a person,
but asking only quells his own
curiosity without addressing
its importance in my own life,
especially when weve both
been drinking.
Its hard enough to navi-
gate the hookup scene with-
out stepping outside of our
personal social spheres, but
its important to acknowl-
edge the intersectionality
of race, gender, sexuali-
ty and other identities in
compound. When Bowdoin
women and men feel isolated
and unable to navigate our
hookup culture on campus, it
is important to face the facts
of racial bias in a sexual con-
text. From students in com-
mitted relationships, to those
who have never been kissed;
from the asexual individual,
to the casual hookup guru,
to the student who has never
had an orgasm, were here to
share the stories that never
make it to brunch.

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Talk of the Quad

THE BOWDOIN MYTH
I applied to Bowdoin for
two reasons: The College
had accepted my best friend
early decision, and the Of-
fice of Admissions had sent
me a glossy brochure, inside
of which was one photo in
particular that appealed to
the romantic idealism of my
17-year-old self.
The photo showed a group
of Bowdoin boys, bundled
in brightly colored winter
jackets as they played pickup
hockey on the Quad. Hubbard
Hall, framed by a row of trees
and bathed in the light of a
winter sunset, loomed in the
background.
For me, the photo was
and remainsa more gen-
erous offer than William
DeWitt Hydes Offer of the
College. It offered me a myth
of Bowdoin, the myth of a
place where the past bled into
the present, a place where I
could participate in academic
toil one day and tomfoolery
the next, a place with a liter-
ary quality that Ill never be
able to describe.
Daily life at the College
cant possibly live up to this
myth. During a hectic day of
quizzes, 100-page readings,
club meetings, essays and
internship applications, its
impossible to remain con-
scious of everything that life
at Bowdoin means. At the
end of that sort of busy day,
I trudge home across the
Quad, my head down, already
scheduling myself for a fran-
tic tomorrow.
When I look back at Bow-
doin, I wont remember those
days. Ill remember my four
years at Bowdoin for those
rare moments when the myth
overcame the mundane
those moments when I lived
the myth.
Ill remember a Saturday in
January of my sophomore year
when two friends and I set out
to convert Reed Houses back-
yard into an ice rink.
We ran garden hoses from
Reeds basement bathroom
up the stairs, out a window,
and across the yard. None
of us had any rink-making
experience (and we were all
humanities majors), so we
expected the process would
only take a few minutes. We
thought it would be as sim-
ple as spraying some water,
watching it freeze, and grab-
bing some skates.
It quickly became clear
that we wouldnt be skating
for hours, so we descended
into the basement and rat-
cheted up the water pressure
by turning on the hot water.
The three of us spent the rest
of the afternoon drinking
beers, watching Its Always
Sunny in Philadelphia and
intermittently checking on
the glacial progress of the
rink. Just before dinner, a
towel-clad Reed resident
burst into our room and in-
formed us with polite anger
that there was no hot water
in our 28-person House. And
when the hot water returned
36 hours later, the rink was
still hardly more than a sog-
gy lawn.
Ill remember reading
Nathaniel Hawthornes The
Blithedale Romance in the
very same Massachusetts
Hall in which Hawthorne
studied. Ill remember poring
through Tales from Bowdo-
in, a 1901 book described
as some gathered fragments
and fancies of undergradu-
ate life in the past and pres-
ent told by Bowdoin men.
Lounging on the windowsill
in the Shannon Room, Id put
the book down from time to
time and looked out on the
Quad, imagining the Bow-
doin men of the 19th centu-
ry mischievously sneaking
toward the Chapel under the
cover of darkness.
But most of all, Ill remem-
ber late nights at the Orient
House when, after 13 hours
of work, we clustered around
a computer and collaborated
on the final and most im-
portant part of the produc-
tion process: conjuring up a
suitably clever name for the
editorial. We would spend
all night considering Bowdo-
ins purpose and its policies,
and it all culminated in this
pre-dawn moment when
every joke was hilarious
and no suggestion was
too terrible to consider.
At the end of those
nights, I strolled across
the Quad and stopped
at its center to gaze
up at Hubbard Hall,
which often looked
as if it had been su-
perimposed in front
of the stars. And in
those brief moments,
I knew full well that
I was living the myth
of Bowdoin.
This piece was origi-
nally published in May 2015.
Garrett Casey is a member of
the class of 2015. DIANA FURUKAWA

GHOSTS OF
CORPORATE AMERICA
This summer, I interned for
a large, upscale department
store. It doesnt matter which
one, because Ive gathered that
most department store offices
are basically the same.
I wont bore you with the
details of my day-to-day
tasks. I do, however, want
to tell you a story about
one of the most mem-
orable days I had at
work. Its a ghost
story. Well, I think it
is, anyway. You can
decide for yourself.
It had been a
beautiful day in
midtown Manhattan,
though I wouldnt
know it because I sit
at a small desk inside
a windowless office that
hovers 47 stories in the air. If
the room did have a window,
I would be able to see the of-
fice building directly across
the street, which is similarly
gargantuan and lacking in
windows. I might even be able
to catch a glimpse of another
young man or woman just like
me, who has been working
tirelessly on an Excel spread-
sheet for the last four hours
and will continue to do so for
another four. They, too, may
have taken their shoes off un-
der their desk and their suit
jacket would be also crum-
pled into a ball in the corner,
sticky with the July heat and
subway residue.
I have several tabs open on
WA
KA
RU
FU
NA
DIA
my computer. One of them,
tucked neatly behind the rest,
is a document of the season-
to-date mens jackets sales
that I have allegedly been an-
alyzing and will present to my
boss later in the afternoon.
The other seven or eight tabs
include an online restaurant
menu for a dim sum place
I want to try, a Nicki Minaj
music video from 2009, and
the WebMD page about
exercises for alleviating
neck pain.
But my Internet
reverie is interrupted
when I hear footsteps
outside my office, the
distinct clack of a
stiletto. I instinctively
hide my open tabs and
begin to inspect the
spreadsheet that I am
supposed to be inspecting.
I wait for the footsteps to
pass, as they always do, but
the clacking stops right out-
side my door. I hear words.
Dont look so sad.
I look up from my screen,
curious where this voice came
from and to whom it belongs.
A woman who I have nev-
er seen before stands in the
doorway. She wears an orange
dress that compliments her
smooth, mocha skin. I have
a difficult time placing her
ageshe has no wrinkles (no
Botox either), but theres wis-
dom in her face, something
that you would only see in a
person much older.
Me? I say, after some
hesitation.
Yes, you, she says. Smile.
Its nicer to look at.
The woman beams in my
direction. After several para-
lyzing seconds, I see no other
option than to beam back, even
letting out a fake little chortle
in the hopes that it will make
her leave. It doesnt work.
You worry too much, the
woman continues, a winning
smile still plastered to her
face. I can tell. Youre too
young to be worrying.
The woman steps in the
doorway, one stiletto now
planted firmly inside my of-
fice. She looks around, as if
to ensure no one else is in the
tiny room.
These people are rubbing
off on you, she whispers.
I immediately thought of
my boss, who I had seen smile
only once when she had an-
nounced earlier this month
that she would be out of the
office for the week because
she was going to Paris with
her boyfriend.
I think I must be tired, I say.
No no, she says. Youre
too young to be tired.
Apparently, I am too young
for a lot of things. This seems
to be a recurring theme.
Okay, I finally say. Youre
right. Im not tired, Im just bored.
The woman laughs.
Me too, she says. Lets more equal, livable place.
run away together.
I smile again, not a fake
one this time.
The woman in orange turns
to leave. But before she does,
she peeps her head back in to
say one last thing.
You have to try harder,
she says. You have to try.
Later that afternoon, I tell my
boss about the mysterious en-
counter, describing the woman
in great detail. She has no idea
what I was talking about.
I never saw her again. And,
after some consideration, I have
come to conclusion that she
must have been a ghostor, at
the very least, a manifestation
of my subconscious alerting
me to the fact that I had not, in
the words of William De Witt
Hyde, been losing myself in
generous enthusiasms as he
mandated we all do in his 1906
Offer of the College.
This begs the question: do
most of us immerse ourselves
in four years of intellectual
pursuit only to be chained to
a desk for the next 50 years?
I think this is my liberal arts
superiority complex speaking,
but I am not satisfied with
spending the rest of my life do-
ing work that doesnt stimulate
my brain in new and engaging
ways, nor make the world a
As privileged, educated
young people, we face pres-
sure coming from all different
directions. We are told that
in order to be successful, we
must find our passion in
college, use it to make some
kind of impact, and above all,
achieve financial success. But
this kind of pressure can lead
to unhappinessIve seen it,
and it scares me.
I hope that others will re-
late when I say that as my
time at Bowdoin draws to a
close, I have never felt less
sure of what I want to do.
Yes, Ill find a job, but how
am I supposed to know what
I want when I havent really
done anything yet? What if
I care about many different
things? Why do I have to pick
one? These are questions that
I know can only be answered
with time. And for now, I
need to be okay with it.
This pieces was originally
published in September 2015.
Jamie Denton is a member of
the class of 2016.
8 FEATURES Friday, September 15, 2017

POLAR EYES

GOING GREEN
Students gathered on Dudley Coe Quad last Saturday at
Green Bowdoins annual Greenstock. Organizers of the event
aimed to bring students together to celebrate sustainable
living as a community. Student bands entertained crowds, while
attendees tie-dyed shirts, pressed cider and enjoyed ice cream.
The Yellow Bike Club offered free bicycle maintenance. This
lively festival is an annual staple of late summer at Bowdoin.
By Ann Basu
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Friday, September 15, 2017 9

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Sam Kyzivat 18:
classical roots,
electric loops
you usually start with a specific
by Sabrina Lin idea in your mind?
Staff Writer
Sam Kyzivat 18 is a music ma- A: It depends. Personally when
jor with a concentration in theory I write my own music for a short
and composition who also studies film or record a track, Ill start at
Chinese. He composes and per- the violin on that. Ill start in my
forms his own music and partici- room, loop something and then
pates in the Meddiebempsters and just go from there. The possibili-
jazz ensemble. ties for creation are pretty endless
The following interview has with the loop pedal because you
been edited for length and clarity. can add on infinite layers. I always
say it teaches you a lesson about
Q: Why dont we start by life, because when you make a
talking a little bit about your mu- mistake, its infinitely looped, and
sic. What style of music do you do you are forced to reconcile with it
and how would you describe it? over and over again.

A: On my SoundCloud page, I Q: Where do you usually get

describe my music as orchestral
ambient electric violin loops or
cinematic electric violin loops.
So I guess my musical journey
started with piano lessons as an
elementary schooler, and then
classical violin, and then I stud-
ied voice for a bit. But in high
school I decided, I dont want
to do classical violin anymore.
I didnt think it was cool. So I
found out about the electric vi-
olin, and I was in a band at the
time, and we played a lot of Dave
Matthews Band music, which
really prioritizes the electric vio-
lin. So I slowly started exploring
the world of effects pedals and
signal processing and that got
me hooked into looping. And
now when I record, I use a big
pedalboard with lots of different
pedals each serving a different
function. I just love weaving
these kind of tapestries of loops.
Q: Go a little bit more in depth Bashi are my two biggest inspi-
about the composing process. Do rations. They are my violin-loop-
your inspirations from?
A: So I listen to a lot of music,
just kind of spans the gamut of all
the genres. Im super into jazz, but
I also have a deep love of classical
music. I was raised on that from
my family. [I also have a] really
deep love of folk and indie folk,
also kind of raised on that. And
Id say my formative teen years,
thats when I really discovered this
indie folk genre, specifically the
New England scene, and this past
summer in Portland I was kind
of rooted in that, meeting a lot of
cool people. And Id say the last
genre would be kind of film score,
cinematic stuff. My dream is to
score films.
Q: Do you have specific artists
or groups that you like or draw
inspirations from?
A: Andrew Bird and Kishi
JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
CINEMATIC SOUND: Music major Sam Kyzivat 18 plays electric violin at a Reed House event. Inspired by artists like Andrew Bird, he uses a looping pedal to
create orchestral ambient electric violin loops. He has written songs for short film soundtracks and recently arranged music for Maine Youth Rock Orchestra.
ing idols. They are the people It can be lonely playing solo its want an intern? He offered me A 28-piece orchestra. That was a
who I was first exposed to and nice to have other players. an internship, and I spent nine highlight for me.
still admire. weeks [there]. It really turned
Q: You mentioned earlier you out to be mostly creative work, Q: And just out of curiosity,
Q: Do you work with any worked with the Maine Youth which is super exciting. I think I how many instruments do you
groups, on-campus or off-cam- Rock Orchestra (MYRO)? How arranged 13 pieces for our 2017 play?
pus? were you involved with them and to 2018 concert season. Our final
how did that influence you? concert of the summer was with A: I answer this question usu-
A: I have a band Ive been play- the band Guster at Thompsons ally by saying electric violin is
ing with since 8th grade. So weve A: Spring 2017, I was think- Point, which is one of the big ven- my main instrument. I took pi-
been together for a lot of years, like ing what am I going to do this ues in Portland. The Maine Youth ano lessons, and then in college
eight years. We played a lot in high summer? So I had a list of orga- Rock Orchestra was headlining I kind of rediscovered my love
school, and now we all go to dif- nizations, and Ive always kind of with Guster on stage. I was kind of for piano. And then I just kind of
ferent colleges but every summer admired the Maine Youth Rock the boss for that day. I conducted fool around on guitar, mandolin,
we have a couple reunion shows. Orchestra. Their big thing is they the orchestra for soundcheck, banjo, ukulele and my most re-
On campus Im the music director collaborate with folk bands or which was just mind-blowing. cent instrument is the erhu.
of the Meddiebempsters. And this any genre, really. This one guy,
[will] be my second semester in a [Executive Director] Kevin Oates, LISTEN ONLINE:
jazz ensemble. My biggest regret started it all by himself two years
from college is that I never really ago, and MYRO has just grown VISIT BOWDOINORIENT.COM TO HEAR HOW SAM
found a band that I just kind of tremendously in the past few MAKES MUSIC WITH AN ELECTRIC VIOLIN AND A
grew with for all four years. So years. So I emailed [Oates] saying, LOOPING PEDAL
then I just go back to playing solo. heres my background, do you

Campus collective looks to rekindle student music scene

by Nicole Tjin A Djie
Staff Writer
The David Saul Smith Union
has become the heart of a revi-
talized music scene on campus
thanks to the collaboration and
vision of a single student orga-
nizationthe Bowdoin Music
Collective (BMC).
BMC aims to bring together
student musicians and pro-
mote a more lively, dynamic
music scene at Bowdoin. As
such, the group coordinates
a variety of events on and off
campus such as the annual
Battle of the Bands.
The collectives most re-
cent endeavor has been to
create a music center where
anyone can practice or ex-
plore his or her musical abil-
ities. The space is located
in the two rooms under the
steps near the west entrance
to Smith Union.
Over the course of sever-
al months, Anna Hamilton
20 has worked to turn the
once-empty pair of rooms
into a space equipped with
amps, microphones, speakers
and a drum set. dent Activities, said BMC The first step is to organize af- out and hang out. I think there is a lot of talent
Last year she decided to get Co-President Evan Sch- ternoon sessions for students There is a need for this on this campus, she said. Peo-
in contact with Student Ac- weikert 18. to come and familiarize them- because people like music. ple want to begin performing,
tivities in an effort to estab- The group hopes to eventu- selves with the equipment. Music makes the campus a and we want to facilitate that
lish a usable music space not ally obtain recording studio ac- BMC hopes to start adver- better place, Schweikert said. and get people playing.
associated with the Colleges cess for students not involved tising the space in Smith Union Co-President Evelyn Beliveau Amanda Newman contribut-
music department. in academic music courses. to all students who want to jam 19 echoed Schweikerts sentiment. ed to the reporting of this article.
The group has faced several
obstacles, most notably a lack
of a functioning keyboard or
access to a fully-functional
recording studio. BMC lead-
ership and Hamilton had to
be resourceful in confronting
these challenges.
While waiting for funding
from the Student Activities
Funding Committee (SAFC),
Hamilton took it upon herself
to explore the space. Soon she
found herself wrapping up
wires and filling bins, eventu-
ally landing herself a job with
Student Activities. Today, she
works closely with BMC and the
SAFC to help the club achieve
its myriad of goals, all of which
are aimed at reinvigorating the
music scene at Bowdoin.
Part of [Hamiltons] job is
cataloguing the equipment, ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
working to get [it] repaired SPACE TO COLLABORATE: Students gathered in the Pub last spring during Battle of the Bands, an annual event organized by the Bowdoin Music
[and] working with Stu- Collective. Leaders are hoping to enrich the campus music scene by providing a place for students to play together.
10
Professors book says higher education serves common good
by Emily Cohen
Orient Staff
For over 200 years, Amer-
ican colleges and universities
have maintained a commit-
ment to the public good
that has outlasted cultural,
economic and technological
change, says Chuck Dorn,
professor of education and
associate dean for student af-
fairs. In his latest book, For
the Common Good: A New
History of Higher Education
In America, Dorn makes this
claim and explores how these
institutions have endured
and remained committed to
serving the greater public.
Dorn focuses on the
foundings of 11 different col-
leges and universities over the
last 200 years to see how the
values and priorities of Amer-
ican education have changed,
while serving the common
gooda familiar concept at
Bowdoinhas remained a
refrain. Although he recog-
nizes that the institutions
commitment to the common
good may not have always
been carried out perfectly, his
research led him to conclude
that it was not just rhetoric.
The cynic would say, Oh
yeah, thats just advertising;
thats public relations. Not
from what I could tell; not
from whats in the archives,
said Dorn. Whether they
were student journals or pres-
idential reportsover time
this commitment to doing
good in American society is
prevalent. Its dominant. Its
there. Its not just whitewash-
ing or a glossy brochure.
This theme of the com-
mon good certainly is with
us here at Bowdoin today, but
really the thesis, the claim that
I make in the book, is that its
been with us for 200 years, and
its enduring, said Dorn.
In part, Dorn uses this history
to contextualize contemporary
problems in higher education.
If you do any reading about
the so-called crisis in higher
education todayyoull see
articles about just these is-
sues, said Dorn. These are
long-standing issues in Amer-
ican higher education history.
These issues of access and af-
fordability and curricular rele-
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vance are not new to us.
The 11 colleges and uni-
versities that Dorn exam-
ines in the book are diverse
in locationranging from
Bowdoin to Michigan State
University to Santa Fe Com-
munity Collegeand illu-
minate cultural differences
within the United States.
Additionally, each institu-
tion was founded in one of
four distinct time periods as
defined by Dorn. The insti-
tutions in each time period,
he explained, have different
purposes and priorities that
distinguish them from in-
stitutions founded in other
time periods.
Rather than follow a few
institutions over time, Dorn
decided to examine the decade
in which each institution was
founded in order to identify
the trends and values in Amer-
ica at that moment in time.
According to Dorn, these val-
ues are often reflected in the
mission statements and goals
of colleges and universities.
What I found is that there
are other priorities that take ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
center stage in the different CIVIC CONCERN: Professor Chuck Dorn presents his recently published book in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. The event was the first in a new series
periods in U.S. history, and celebrating faculty book launches. Dorn traced the history of 11 colleges and universities in order to investigate their commitment to the common good.
often times those priorities Dorn argues that each era of
find themselves being mani- founding and each eras prime
fested in the creation of new concern is in part a reaction to THE LAUNCH OF AN IDEA
kinds of colleges and univer- those of the previous era.
sities, said Dorn. [There] was this sort of in- began the book talk series on Thursday,
Bowdoin belongs to the terweaving of the way in which by Kathryn McGinnis speaking about his book on the common
first period defined by these new institutions arise in Staff Writer good in US higher education. On Novem-
Dornthe early national America in reaction to what On Thursday, Hawthorne-Longfellow Li- ber 2, Professor of Dance Emeritus June
periodwhen higher edu- came before them because brary hosted the first in a series of human- Vail will present her biography of Gertrude
cation was concerned with theres a real sense that the col- ities-focused faculty book launches. Hitz Burton, a female sexual education pi-
fostering civic mindedness leges that exist dont meet the Throughout the course of the year, six oneer with historic ties to Bowdoin.
among students. The second needs of society, he said. professors will introduce their newly pub- Lots of boundaries are broken down
period is the pre-Civil War We think of it as this stable lished works, in a format intended to spark when [people] get together to discuss an
period, when the founding never-changing thing, added conversations. The topics that their books issue, said Greenlee.
of institutions focused on Dorn. Nothing could be fur- cover range from sexual education in the According to Greenlee, the series rep-
practicality, such as techni- ther from the truth. Colleges 19th century to ancient Latin poetry. The resents an effort to make faculty work more
cal colleges, farmers colleges and universities have always events are open to the public and will in- accessible to students, as well as to the sur-
and teachers colleges. In the been ever-changing, and in clude readings and question and answer ses- rounding community.
era between the Civil War part because theyve been so sions, as well as more formal lectures. Even though its a small community,
and World War II, research flexible and resilient, theyve Its celebrating Bowdoin authors, said things can be pretty insular, said Greenlee.
universities, womens colleges been with us for a long time. Humanities and Media Librarian Carmen Maybe someone took a class from somebody
and historically black colleges But throughout all of these Greenlee. And its a time when we can get but theyre not really a major. She would nev-
and universities were found- changes, serving the common together, not only [to] celebrate them, but er know about [the professors] scholarship.
ed with commercialism as a good remained a priority. [to] hear more about their work. This is another form of [outreach].
priority, he argues. Commu- Theres this process of re- Professor of Education Chuck Dorn
nity colleges and large, ur- form thats occurring over the
ban public universities were course of 200 years, and there
founded in the most recent are these different priorities that
time period, the post-World make their way front and cen-
War II era, with a focus on ter, said Dorn. But throughout
affluence, which remains the that history, the common good,
prevailing concern in higher this commitment to the com-
education today. mon good, is recurring.
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SPORTS
Friday, September 15, 2017
Prettier Whittier: The Polar Bears look to improve on last seasons 0-8 record as phase one of the Whittier Field remodel nears completion and a ninth game is added to the beginning of the season.
Football energized after Whittier remodel and addition of ninth game
by Anna Fauver
Orient Staff
Despite a winless record of
0-8 last season, the football
team is energized to begin the
upcoming season after renova-
tions to Whittier Field updated
the teams facilities and the ad-
dition of a ninth game to the
schedule allows the Polar Bears
to play all NESCAC teams.
Whittier Field, which was
originally built in 1896, is going
through two phases of remodel,
with the first phase costing $4.5
million and including a turf
field, new lighting, a press box
and an eight-lane track. This
phase is expected to be com-
pleted in time for the first home
game on September 23, and the
team began practicing there
this week. The second phase is
expected to be completed by
next fall and includes a one-sto-
ry building to house new locker,
training and equipment rooms,
as well as public restrooms,
costing $3.5 million.
Over time, the way that
we were able to treat the grass
Womens rugby marks 15th anniversary of gaining varsity status
by Anjulee Bhalla
Orient Staff
Since 2003, the Bowdoin
womens rugby team has led
the way as the oldest colle-
giate varsity womens rugby
program in the nation and as
a consistently strong contend-
er in the league, meanwhile
never losing touch with its
club roots and embracing the
inclusive nature of the sport.
When the opportunity
to promote Bowdoins team
from the club to varsity lev-
el presented itself, there was
only one other varsity rugby
program in the country. Head
Coach MaryBeth Mathews
describes her reaction as sur-
prised, excited and open to
the possibilities.
The athletic director ap-
proached me and said, Wed
like to elevate womens rug-
field at Whittier changed in
terms of some of the products
that we were able to use to
help ensure that we could pro-
vide a safe and reliable playing
surface, Ashmead White Di-
rector of Athletics Tim Ryan
said. The track itself was
installed in the early 1970s
and it had become time for
the subsurface of the track to
be replaced. So a combination
of those two factors is really
what sparked the conversation
about the renovation project.
The renovation does not
affect only football. The expan-
sion to an eight-lane track al-
lows track and field to host larg-
er championship events and the
the new field will make sched-
uling team practice times much
easier for intramurals and club
sports as well. Ryan estimates
that over 350 students athletes
will be positively affected by the
remodel due to both the field
and the locker rooms that will
be installed in the second phase
of the project.
When planning the remodel,
Ryan and the school took into
by to varsity status, said
Mathews. He said, This
sport deserves to be elevated.
It deserves the respect and
support of a school like Bow-
doin because this sport and
your team, in particular, pro-
mote all the values and then
some that we want young
women to achieve, and I was
blown away by that.
While at first the idea of
elevating the team to varsity
was met with mixed reviews,
given its nine-year history
as a club sport, ultimately
Mathews and the team wanted
the respect from the College
that comes from the varsity
status, and they understood
that this change wouldnt
compromise team culture.
Its a no-cut sport, we re-
cruit from the student body
and all experience levels and
body shapes and sizes are
great consideration the histor-
ical aspects of the field, which
was added to the National
Register of Historic Places this
summer along with Hubbard
Grandstand and the Class of
1903 Memorial Gates.
We think that weve been
able to maintain the historic
nature of the facility and have
been able to highlight the his-
toric Hubbard grandstand, he
said. So from a fan experience
perspective, I think theyll be
watching the events in a very
unique venue that really only
will be found at Bowdoin.
According to football captain
Tyler MacNeil 18, the new turf
field will allow the team to be
on the same level as other NES-
CAC teams.
The field is beautiful, he
said. Most NESCAC teams
have turf, so we were always
probably at a disadvantage
practicing on grass and then
playing on turf, so I think this
will be better as a whole. We
had our first practice there yes-
terday and its great being out
there. Well see how it feels in
welcome and needed for the
team, said Mathews. So
none of that had to change.
Just what changed was the
support and the respect for
the program.
While the program differs
from most other collegiate
varsity programs in these
ways, the members drive to
win and excel has made it one
of Bowdoins most successful
teams. In the past 14 seasons,
Mathews has led the team to
a record of 111-39-1, for an
astounding winning percent-
age of 73.4. In addition, the
Polar Bears frequently qualify
for postseason play, have pro-
duced seven All-American
players and earned a host of
other titles and accolades.
As were playing our 15th
season, I think about how far
the team has come and the
culture that weve built and
the first home-opener.
Head Football Coach J.B.
Wells echoed MacNeils senti-
ments and believes that the new
field will help energize the team,
especially the upperclassmen.
Our seniors have really
worked hard the last couple of
years, Wells said. They are a
group that really had to do a big
adjustment to a new coaching
staff and all these new things
and theyve been awesome and
they worked really hard in the
off season.
So when that came down
that we were going to be able to
play on it this year, I think that
was great for the mentality of
the upper-class football players
because we get to play on this
great new facility, he said.
Another big change this year
is the addition of a ninth game
to the NESCAC schedule for
the first time since 1916. In the
past, Bowdoin switched off be-
tween playing Williams or Mid-
dlebury first and then moving
onto Amherst. This season, the
Polar Bears open their season
with Williams first and then
Setting the standard: Paige Pfannenstiel 17 competes against Dartmouth.
The team ended last season with an overall record of 7-3.
how weve really been able
to meld the club history with
the intensity of being a varsity
sport. Im thinking a lot about
the captains and players who
came before me who helped
create that culture and have
given the team the winning
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HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Heading home: The womens
soccer team lost 1-0 to
Amherst (2-1, 1-0 NESCAC)
in last Saturdays NESCAC
opener after the Purple and
White scored in the 78th
minute of the game. The
team will play its first home
game against Wesleyan (2-1,
0-1 NESCAC), who they beat
3-1 last season, on Saturday
at noon. The Polar Bears will
then continue the weekend at
home against Williams (3-0,
2-0 NESCAC), who they lost
to 2-0 last season, on Sunday
at 1:30 p.m.
Womens
mens Soccer: The womens
Getting the rebound: A penalty
DANIEL JANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT kick in the 21st minute was
the lone goal in the mens
soccer game against Amherst
(1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) on
Saturday, as Bowdoin lost
1-0 in its opening NESCAC
move onto Middlebury the fol- match. The Polar Bears then
lowing week.
rallied against Husson (1-2)
For us to be able to add the
on Tuesday, beating them
ninth game and be able to play
2-0 thanks to goals from
it is awesome because now ev-
eryone plays everyone. There Ethan Ellsworth 18 and Levi
will be a true league champion, Morant 19 in the second half.
Wells said. And the best part The team will continue its sea-
about it, the players get to play son at home against Wesleyan
another game. Thats what ev- (3-0) on Saturday at noon and
erybody loves. No one ever goes Williams (2-0, 1-0 NESCAC)
to college and says, Oh, I want on Sunday at noon.
to go practice my sport. They
want to go play. soccer team lost to Am
Amherst 0-1
According to captain Ryan Riding the wave: The sailing
Sanborn 18, the team hopes team competed in five events
to use its experience and ex-
this past weekend to open its
citement over these changes
to win games. season. After coming in sec-
The big thing this year is ond in the Harmon Trophy
that we want to win games, at Maine Maritime, the team
Sanborn said. Thats the qualifies for the New En-
main goal. We want to go gland Match Race Champi-
game by game every week. We onships, which will be hosted
want to make sure that we put by MIT in October. The team
all our energy into that oppo- also finished second overall
nent and then we can go on to
in the Penobscot Bay Open,
the next week.
The team will be traveling fourth overall in the Harvard
to Williams on Saturday to Invite, sixth overall at the
face off in its first game of the Harry Anderson Trophy
season at noon. and 12th overall at the Toni
Deutsch Trophy. The team
will go on to compete in the
Hatch Brown Trophy at MIT,
the Callagy Ross Trophy at
University of Vermont and
the Central Series 2 at Boston
College on Saturday.
in Saturdays NESCAC opener
Turf wars: After giving up
a goal to Amherst (3-0,
1-0 NESCAC) in the sixth
minute of last Saturdays
game, the field hockey team
tied the game up early in the
second half. Unfortunately,
the Polar Bears could not
keep the score even and fell
to the Purple and White 2-1.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT The team came back with a
1-0 win over Bates (0-3, 0-2
NESCAC) on Wednesday.
record and body positive, The team hopes to carry this
happy, healthy culture it has, momentum into its home
said captain Kendall Schutzer games against Wesleyan (2-1)
18. Were the oldest varsity
on Saturday at 11 a.m. and
team in the country, so thats
Williams (2-0, 1-0 NESCAC)
very cool. It means that were
on Sunday at noon.
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Golf teams aim to build off first weekend performance

by Ella Chaffin
Staff Writer
The womens golf team had a
strong start to its season, finishing
in first place at the Bowdoin In-
vitational last weekend, while the
mens team is looking to improve
after a disappointing ninth-place
finish. Both teams are hoping to
have a strong showing at the up-
coming Maine State Champion-
ship this weekend.
The womens team had a
dominant all-around perfor-
mance. Caroline Farber 20 led
the Polar Bears, winning the
tournament with a two-day
total of 160 shots, eight strokes
better than the second-place
finisher. Captain Haley Friesch
18 finished third, Diya Chopra
18 placed fourth and Emme
McCabe 20 came in fifth.
Friesch is confident that
her team can claim the Maine
State Championship for a sec-
ond year based on its strong
performance at the Bowdoin
Invitational against Bates and
Husson, who will also be com-
peting for the state title.
Last year was the first time
we played in the Maine State
Championship, and we won. So
we are hoping to do that again
and hold onto our title, Friesch
said. Since we did so well this
weekend, I think we are all pret-
ty confident going into it.
This year, the womens
golf team is comprised of
all returning players and in-
cludes two sophomores and
four seniors. Friesch felt that
this experience, along with
the home course advantage,
contributed to the successful
start of the season.
Our team is doing really
well this year. Everyone is a
returning player, so I feel we
are more comfortable and ad-
justed to tournament life and
structure, she said. [Bruns-
wick Golf Club] is also our
home course, so we play it
everyday and feel really com-
fortable on it.
On the mens side, captain
Thomas Dunleavy 20 was not
satisfied with the teams perfor-
mance last weekend.
We didnt really compete
with the teams in our tourna-
ment, he said. It was a little
Last year was the first time we played in the Maine
State Championship, and we won. So we are hoping
to do that again and hold onto our title.
Haley Friesch 18
disappointing. On an overall The mens golf team has chance of doing really well.
standpoint, it was not our best. many first years playing this Dunleavy believes that the
According to Dunleavy, it season, including Michael first years are definitely helping
will not be an easy road to make Donovan 21 who is hopeful for the team, especially as they gain
a comeback this weekend for a better outcome at the Maine more experience.
the team. State Championship and be- [The first years] are improv-
We would like to win [the lieves his team can pull it off. ing, he said. Theres a lot of
Maine State Championship], Weve got some really work to be done. They are good
he said. Thats our goal, but good players. We didnt play players with a lot of potential.
its going to be hard. Theres our best this weekend, but The mens and womens
some good teams. Husson is we have a lot of potential, golf teams will travel to Mar-
very good, so its going to take he said. If we put together tindale Country Club this
a good effort from all five four or five good rounds on weekend to compete in the
guys competing. both days, theres a decent Maine State Championship.

Cross country opens season at home with Bowdoin Invitational

by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
Although cross country
is typically considered an
individual sport, the team
believes its chemistry will
be crucial as the Polar Bears
start their season at home this
weekend during the Bowdoin
Invitational.
Both the mens and wom-
ens teams have commented
on how a strong team culture
has affected their running
strategy.
I think our plan will be to
have a pack run, for the top
seven, eight, or nine people.
The best thing to do would be
to work together [and] work
off of each other, mens cap-
tain Connor Rockett 19 said.
Having a partner to run with
on a race like this can do a lot
of good.
Mens captain Sean Mac-
Donald 19 believes that this
pack mentality helps the per-
formance of individual team
members. The captains have
been building this team close-
ness by hosting team dinners,
making trips to Coach Peter
Slovenskis summer camp and
gelato runs.
I think it does [relieve
pressure off the individual] in
a good way, he said. Not that
people wont hold themselves
responsible, but that theyll
feel like they dont have to do
it [all]. There will be so many
guys that theyll want to [per-
form well], and I think that
positive mindset will be a re-
ally good contributing factor.
The mens and womens
teams had a very successful
2016 season after both plac-
ing in 8th at the NCAA DIII
championships. Both would
like to continue that momen-
tum going into this season.
Womens captains Julia ORo-
urke 19 and Sarah Kelley
18 hope to focus on having
a competitive season yet not
losing the welcoming and fun
atmosphere of the sport.
Going forward we want
to make sure everyone takes
this seriously, ORourke said.
But we also want to make
sure that it is also a really
good community for all of the
women on our team.
Along with the teams
camaraderie, ORourke em-
phasized the strength of its
numbers. The teams 18 soph-
omores have been crucial to
helping the first years become
acquainted with the team
and the College. While both
the mens and womens cross
country teams lost some key
seniors last spring, their sum-
mer training and strong first
year runners have made the
transition into the 2017 sea-
son nearly seamless.
Going into this weekend
both the mens and womens
teams are focused on setting a
competitive tone for the sea-
son, while also allowing the
first years to get acclimated to
college racing. viewed as a good workout
This is a good opportu- among some of the team-
nity to get our strategy, try mates, it will help the team
something crazy, work on a become more serious and set
new thing, help first years the tone for championship
adjust to the new race day at- meets, especially the DIII
mosphere, Macdonald said. meet, which Rockett believes
And then the next meet we is the most important meet of
have here, well practice again the season.
and get it more honed for the The DIII meet will be a
third time, and hopefully by really good time for our team
then well have it down to al- to give it all weve got, Rock-
most a science. ett said. That will be the apex
While the invitational is of our season.

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

In the home stretch: After coming in eighth in the NCAA Regionals last season, the cross country teams hope to
come out strongly at home at the Bowdoin Invitational this weekend and next weekend.
Friday, September 15, 2017 SPORTS 13

RUGBY Im thinking a lot about the captains and

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
setting the bar within our
conference and overall.
The Polar Bears enter
their 15th varsity season this
weekend, now accompanied
by a number of other varsity
teams that compose the Na-
tional Intercollegiate Rugby
Association (NIRA) all-var-
sity conference and have their
sights set on bringing home
the championship title for the
second consecutive year.
Our goal is the same as
always: Its to go as far as we
can on the track were on,
said Schutzer. This year
thats the NIRA Tier 2 cham-
pionship, and were hoping to
win it. We did last year and
round two would be good.
As the team heads into its
first match of the season this
weekend, the expectations
are to continue the trends
of growth, improvement and
high quality performance
that the team has maintained
since its inception.
players who came before me who helped
create that culture and have given the
team the winning record and body pos-
itive, happy, healthy culture it has.
Kendall Schutzer 18
Were always not just hop- increasing amount of atten-
ing for a win, but preparing tion and support [since be-
for one and giving ourselves coming varsity]. Its been a
the best chances for that, slow curve because rugbys
said Schutzer. But at the end not an American sport, and
of the day, were all growing thats frustrating because the
and learning and even for the people on this team work just
most experienced players on as hard, said Mathews. The
the field, were learning, its increasing amount of rugby
still new to many of us. being on television and it
According to Mathews, the being in the Olympics has
team focuses a lot on using been great for people to un-
every opportunity as a learning derstand, but theres an igno-
opportunity, especially because rance around the sport in this
most players have no expe- country, and that certainly
rience with the sport before exists here at Bowdoin.
coming to Bowdoin. While Hopefully the teams
that is a large component of the dominance on the pitch will
teams unique culture, a lack of continue to grow the sports
rugby knowledge nationwide is prevalence on campus as the
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
an obstacle the team continues Polar Bears face-off against
to have to overcome. UMaine-Orono tomorrow at Ruck and roll: Mackenzie Philbrick 20 faces off against Dartmouth. The team is the oldest varsity womens rugby
Weve definitely felt an 1 p.m. at Pickard Field. program in the nation.

Volleyball looks towards Colby and Bates after strong weekend

by Harry Jung
Orient Staff
The volleyball team (3-1) will
open NESCAC league play this week-
end at home against rivals Colby (1-
3) and Bates (3-2).
Last weekend the team traveled
to Boston to compete in the New
England Invitational, its first tourna-
ment of the season. The Polar Bears
swept both Brandeis (4-3) and Ma-
rymount (4-5) by 3-0 decisions and
narrowly lost to Minnesota-Morris
(7-2) in a five-setter by a score of
20-18.
We had a really good opening
weekend for us, said Head Coach
Erin Cady. Heading down to play
Brandeis on Friday, I think thats
when we started to see our team
really grow and we continued to
improve throughout the weekend
at Tufts.
The tournament served as a cru-
cial experience for the team, which
is preparing for its first in-confer-
ence games. Both the starters and
the bench, including all six first-
years, received playing time. It was
a chance to get to know each others
playing style and practice various
offensive and defensive systems in a
live game situation.
Because the entire team was very
focused and in the game, there wasnt
a separation between the bench
and the starters, captain Michelle
Albright 18 said. Everybody was
playing and thinking about the game
together and it allowed us to move
players around and bring in people
who were not starting, who were able
to fit in well and contribute in games
where coach had the confidence to
put them in.
Stepping up as a new starter for
the second weekend in a row, Kate
Kiser 21 has filled the role of setter
on the team. Averaging 11.5 assists
per set, three digs per set and 1.13
kills per set in the first four games
of the season, Kiser was named the
NESCAC Volleyball Player of the
Week this week.
[Kiser] had a great weekend lead-
ing our offense and taking control of
that, basically being the quarterback
of our team, said Cady. It is a big
spot to fill as you come as a first year.
I think she handled the role really
nicely. In her position she really has
to look at what offensive strategies
we need to play out for that game and
make those decisions in game time.
In the game against Minneso-
ta-Morris, Kaiser racked up 61 as-
siststhe programs second highest
total in a single game. The record
belongs to Margo Linton 08, who
had 63 assists in a game against Bates
in 2005.
Its not just me, its a team effort. I
could not get the assist without the pass-
es, and I could not get the assists without
the hitters, Kiser said. And its just really
surreal, Im coming in as a first year, and
being able to make the impact and the
difference for the program and being
able to step up, Im definitely ready for it,
and super excited for what the rest of
the season brings.
Bowdoin hopes to build upon its
early success as it faces off against
Colby and Bates this weekend.
First league opening weekend is
really big for us, Cady said. Our
preparation is taking care of our-
selves early in the week, so taking a
look at what we did well last week-
end and what we need to improve
on from last weekend. Later in the
week thats when we will really dive
into Colby and Bates specifics on
what we need to do to defeat them.
We will be watching films as well as
preparing what their offense might
look like and where defensive holes
may be.
The Polar Bears defend their
home court against Colby on Friday
at 7 p.m. and Bates on Saturday at 1
p.m. They will finish off the weekend
against Johnson and Wales on Satur-
day at 5:30 p.m.

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Setting the tone: (Top left): First year setter Kate Kiser came two sets away from breaking the school record
for most assists in a single game this weekend against Minnesota-Morris. (Above): Captain Michelle Albright
18 competes against Southern Maine University. (Bottom left): The team cheers on players from the sidelines
after beating Southern Maine 3-2. The Polar Bears will play rivals Colby and Bates this upcoming weekend after
a strong showing at the New England Invitational.
 O OPINION
14 Friday, September 15, 2017

Improving Off-Campus Housing Policy

Reasons to contribute to
an imperfect common good
On Thursday morning, Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster announced the recom-
mendations of the committee charged with reviewing the Colleges off-campus housing
policy. Although the College aims to use these recommendations to serve as the basis
for a clear and transparent off-campus housing policy, the recommendations them-
selves are neither clear nor transparent.
First, the Colleges decision to extend off-campus housing privileges exclusively to
seniors is unwarranted. Although the announcement notes that compelling reasons and prioritize quick fixes over advo- with community leaders, discussing
for juniors to live off campus were lacking, we can think of some: first, juniors wishing by Sydney Avitia-Jacques cacy and institutional change. their project in context of the orga-
Op-Ed Contributor
to block with seniors should be able to do so. If this arrangement is allowed in on-cam- Its true that four hours is not nizations mission and greatest needs.
pus housing, why should it be excluded off-campus? Second, until new upperclassmen The common good is deeply mor- enough to make a deep impact; gar- I hoped it would prompt people to
housing becomes available, juniors face the same shortage of desirable housing as do al in theory but deeply elusive in dening and cleaning are superficial. think critically about their impact
seniors. Finally, living off campus can save students money, making it an important practice. Just in the past year, at least But superficial help is still help. and lead them to invest in deeper
option for students on financial aid. The more students who can benefit from this op- four articles have been written cri- You may not feel deeply invested forms of service or activism in the
portunity, the better. tiquing our execution of Bowdoins in the weeds you are pulling, but future; I hoped it would be a hook.
Next, the suggestion that the College have the option to deny anyone for whom founding value. I add my voice with non-profit staff are overworked, and The hook idea, that a quick window
living off campus may not be the best option for the student or for the local-area com- the hope that criticism does not en- many of them in Maine are older of service might inspire further com-
munity creates an opaque review process that introduces the possibility of capricious, able apathy, but rather sparks action. and unable to do these physical jobs mitment, is the argument for CGDs
or even discriminatory, selections. What criteria would the reviewers apply to deter- As the Common Good Day on their own. Without extra volun- value that I find most convincing.
mine a students fitness? How can two College offices determine what is best for the (CGD) Coordinator last year, I spent teers, the weeds of apathy, however CGD and my orientation trip
local community? Would the Office of Residential Life apply blanket disqualifications, June through September learning superficial, would continue to grow. were my only interactions with the
or would requests be considered on a case-by-case basis? The announcement supplies what it takes to get 450 people to do When community leaders ask for a McKeen Center until I became CGD
no answers to these patently obvious questions. service for four hours on a Saturday. job, we can trust their assessment of Coordinator as a junior. Without
As it currently stands, off-campus housing creates problems both within the There were my wages, nearly 400 their own needs. those short experiences, I wouldve
Bowdoin and Brunswick community. In the last few years, the rise in the number of hours worth; the pay of the employ- We can also trust that for most had even less of an idea of local ser-
off-campus residences has deprived the College of income and strained the fabric of the ees with whom I worked, from seven organizations, CGD projects are not vice opportunities than I did, and
campus community. Neighbors complaints about the egregious disturbances regularly different departments; renting vehi- their only contact with Bowdoin, but I wouldnt have applied for the job.
caused by Bowdoin students are valid, and our neighbors are entitled to consideration cles and all those t-shirts. one small part of a relationship that Hook activities dont produce huge
by the College. Yet the solution to these clear problems should be articulated in an Joseph McKeen said, It ought has existed for years. In that sense, immediate net benefit, but they can
equally clear policy. always to be remembered, that lit- CGD adds to an engagement that have a snowball effect on peoples
The problems that off-campus housing creates could be solved by incremental erary institutions are founded and already has depth. Participants who decisions to engage. Students mem-
rather than drastic steps. In regards to community relations, implementing commu- endowed for the common good, dont see the rest of the engagement ories of their McKeen orientation
nity-relations information sessions and compelling students to sign a code of conduct and not for the private advantage of wont experience it immediately. But trips might inspire them to say yes
should suffice. For addressing financial concerns, placing a moderate cap on the num- those who resort to them for educa- at best, CGD is a window into that the next time an opportunity arises,
ber of students living off campus, like the current one of 200 juniors and seniors, should tion. The primary critique of CGD relationship that will inspire some- and the next and the next.
suffice. With respect to Bowdoin community cohesion, creating more appealing up- and similar Bowdoin-sponsored one to return. Reflection can also serve the op-
per-class housing should suffice. Collectively, these steps would alleviate many of the activities is that we pat ourselves So CGD does some good, but posite purpose, discouraging critical
current pitfalls. Adopting the committees additional suggestions such as limiting the on the back for contributing, but do does it do as much as possible? Why thinkers from contributing to activi-
number of students who can live off campus to approximately 125 and to only seniors not do good of much consequence. dont we spend all the time and mon- ties with flaws; last year, the authors
are unnecessary and implementing an opaque review process is unnecessary. These activities take up valuable ey that CGD eats up on more press- of an article suggesting that CGD
As the College formulates its new policy, it should provide students with greater time and resources only to enable ing problems, like hurricane relief ? was not meaningful enough subse-
detail on the particularly murky elements of the committees suggestions, in particular our savior complexes, contribute Wouldnt wasting less resources on quently dropped out of the event. I
the Colleges veto power over individual applicants and its plan to make financial aid to the Bowdoin brand t-shirts and planning, and liquidat- applaud their sentiment and relate
information more available and transparent. Maybe then the College could produce a ing it all into one big donation to their cynicism: blind participa-
policy that Bowdoin students could feel at home with. to a charity organi- tion can even be harmful, and it is
zation with expert not the answer.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board, needs assess- But even less so is blind apathy.
which is comprised of Harry DiPrinzio, Sarah Drumm, Alyce McFadden, Ian Stew- ments, produce Dont stop yourself from participat-
art and Ian Ward. more good over- ing in activities that dont perfectly
all? Very possi- fit your idealsthe net benefit will
bly true. If you be zero. Show up, observe what they
are interested in accomplish and what they lack. Tell
thinking of the someone about your ideas to make
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the most effective, blind idealism, but rather realistic
Sarah Drumm Harry DiPrinzio most efficient use optimism. Whether you participate in
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief of our resources. I CGD or another form of engagement,
added a reflection showing up is the first step to disman-
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Friday, September 15, 2017 OPINION 15

50 shades of awkwardness: struggling with social anxiety

by Maurice Asare
Op-Ed Contributor
My experiences with social
anxiety disorder have often re-
sulted in a fair number of awk-
ward moments. Social anxiety,
for me, arises in almost every
social context, although there
are some exceptions. Never-
theless, in an attempt to grasp
onto the unreachable
heights of social acceptability,
during conversation I often
begin to overcompensate. I
become the Awkward Black
Boy. While I have become
fully accustomed to the in-
evitable branding of the label
awkward, I have also been
forced to reckon with its teth-
ered connotations.
Finding the inner strength
to traverse
my personal journey of social
anxiety has been somewhat of
a process, by which I mean I
have learned to accept this
facet of my identity in piece-
meal. First, I have reclaimed
the disorder as my anxiety, a
rhetorical method that has en-
abled me to exert control over
the disorder. I have learned
to embrace the moments in
which my anxiety does not
commandeer my life, and
I have found ways to
effectively deal
with, and
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cope, during the moments,
days and even weeks when I
am suppressed by the disorder.
Just as the experiences of indi-
viduals with anxiety are not
uniform, the individual expe-
rience one has with his or her
anxiety on a day-to-day basis
is often variable. The people
who I meet, whether they be
acquaintances, co-workers or
friends, are unable to see the
breadth and complexities of
my anxiety. On a good day, in
any social context, I am live-
ly, effervescent and slightly
neurotic. These overenthusi-
astic attempts at being social
are grounded in a belief that
social situations
function as re-
ward systems;
positive engage-
ments, or situa-
tions where I am
able to perform
as a non-anxious
extrovert, prove
to be socially re-
warding. On the
other hand, a
bad day, or one
in which I am
unable to be so-
cially gracious,
can be self-pun-
ishing and awkward.
At the start of the academ-
ic year, interacting with old
friends and acquaintances
proved to be slightly over-
whelming. Social events such
as the annual lobster bake are
anxiety triggers. In these con-
texts, I want to be social and
welcoming, but I dont want
to be perceived as being awk-
ward. In the midst of a social
situation, irrationality and
anxiety can take over. Sud-
denly, the thoughts of being
negatively judged become ob-
sessive and may sometimes be
paralyzing. The behaviors of
some individuals with social
anxiety can sometimes man-
ifest as awkwardness. Awk-
wardness is therefore an out-
ward manifestation of these
debilitating internal thoughts.
Moreover, awkwardness is
a universal experience that
appears in many forms, some
of which can be endearing
while other forms are con-
sidered to be repulsive and
embarrassing. That is to say
that although we all have
awkward moments, there is
a way to be awkwardto be
endearingly awkwardand
even this form of awkward-
ness conveys some semblance
of charm and desirability.
Social anxiety can cause an
individual to experience social
awkwardness, but the latter
can exist without the former.
The issue arises when we con-
flate the two or use both terms
somewhat interchangeably.
While there is nothing wrong
with being awkward, the term
can often undermine the com-
plexities of social anxiety dis-
order. To reiterate, we all have
awkward moments; therefore,
we have the ability to be awk-
ward. Awkward, thus, func-
tions as a safe word, by which
we use to describe individuals
who are not able to perform
in a socially acceptable way.
However, the term ostensibly
puts some degree of blame
upon an individuals inability
to adequately perform in a so-
cial context and does little to
address a possible underlying
social disorder. The atten-
tiveness of the effect, awk-
ward-like behavior and the
lack of consideration given to
the possible cause, is a disser-
vice done to those with social
anxiety disorder.
Maurice Asare is a member
of the class of 2019.

The influence of hurricanes on presidential politics

by Brendan Murtha
Op-Ed Contributor
In todays world, natural
disasters are inherently po-
litical. They drastically dis-
rupt and change the lives of
countless Americans, and it
is often the governments job
to provide support and aid in
response. This responsibility
falls squarely into my choice
definition of politics: Who
gets what, where and why.
Because the need for gov-
ernment action is often so
sudden, and so concentrated,
there is relatively little room
for partisan squabbling in the
wake of a catastrophic event.
Natural disasters give politi-
cians in Washington, D.C. the
rare chance to appear authen-
tically and tangibly human,
sidelining ideological divides
and coming together in tem-
porary harmony. There are
certainly exceptions to this
trend, as we saw in the after-
math of Hurricane Sandy, but
as a general rule-of-thumb its
the responsibility of politi-
cians across the country, and
across all party lines, to share
in a common empathy when
addressing regional crises.
No matter the catastrophe, no
matter the politician, theres
a very good chance that sub-
sequent speeches will stress
unity and community as
essential elements to the re-
building process. Often, this
unity and community is am-
plified to a national scale.
Because of this, nowhere is
the responsibility for herald-
ing such unity stronger than
in the office of the president.
As the primary statesman
and de facto spokesperson
for the American people, the
president of the United States
is expected to be a role mod-
el of empathy in the wake of
natural disaster. This expec-
tation is certainly rooted in
tradition, but its also a core
component of the presiden-
tial job description. As chief
citizen, the president is ex-
pected to represent all of the
American people, and feel the
pain of every community. If a
president fails to show proper
empathy in a situation of dire
hardship, public perception
of their leadership ability can
be seriously impacted.
I think most of us would
agree that sincerely reaching
out to impacted communi-
ties sounds like one of the
easiest responsibilities of the
presidentaside from the
turkey pardonbut its worth
exploring some of the more
nuanced complexities of a
seemingly straightforward
approach. Words are mean-
ingless if they arent followed
by supportive actions, and
this is where catastrophe re-
sponse gets dicey. Through
the specific lens of hurricane
response, we dont
have to look
far for
examples of this. All three
presidents in my lifetime
have dealt with monumental
storms: President George W.
Bush oversaw the response
to Hurricane Katrina in 2005,
President Barack Obama the
response to Hurricane Sandy
in 2012, and now President
Donald Trump faces a similar
challenge in response to Hur-
ricane Harvey and Irma. It is
widely acknowledged that Ka-
trina had a negative impact on
the Bush presidency, whereas
Hurricane Sandy, which oc-
curred a month before Pres-
ident Obamas reelection,
likely bolstered his perfor-
mance at the polls. In fact,
according to the New York
Times, only days after Sandy
had blown through, national
surveys showed Americans
overwhelmingly supported
Obamas response to Sandy
and that that support had
boosted his favorability. Why
the difference?
A lot of it has to do with
what the president sees as
federal responsibility. Effec-
tive hurricane response goes
far beyond a presidents abil-
ity to appear in the impacted
area with words of encour-
agement. Yes, that may show a
bare-bones level of empathy,
but truly feeling for a com-
munity involves being an ac-
tive player in its reconstruc-
tion. In the wake of Katrina,
residents of coastal Louisiana
waited days (or longer) for a
concerted federal response,
stranded in flooded homes
or crammed into local shel-
ters without power or food.
Although President Bush
appeared in solidarity with
the people of Louisiana, his
response made many ques-
tion the authenticity of that
assertion. On the other hand,
only mere hours after Sandy
had dissipated, the National
Guard appeared under Pres-
ident Obamas authority with
supplies and relief for those
affected.
People often warn against
politicizing a tragedy, but in
this case the response to the
tragedy is political whether
we want it to be or not. The
fact of the matter is, effective
hurricane response is a prime
example of big government
working. Many Republican
lawmakers across the coun-
try advocate for privatized or
local-government responses
because the alternative would
be inherently at odds with
their worldview. A strong
federal response to a natural
disaster, supported by tax-
payers around the country,
is essentially an intensified
social safety net, and Repub-
licans know this. Employing
the full force of the federal
government, as President
Obama did in the wake of
Sandy, is hard to swallow for
any president who expounds
upon the merits of small, de-
centralized government.
President Bushs
response
was likely
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inhibited by his administra-
tions confusion: how do you
respond with the required
scope while still remaining
fundamentally Republican/
Conservative?
Now, this is not to say
Republican lawmakers are
incapable of appropriate re-
sponse. In the wake of Hur-
ricane Sandy, many Republi-
cans across the country (not
you, Senator Cruz) sacrificed
small-government beliefs
for the common good, an
inspiring example of true pa-
triotism. Learning from the
lessons of Katrina, it became
understood in Washington
that certain disasters required
diversions from a stringent
economic worldview.
Considering this, watching
President Trumps response
to Harvey and Irma will be
very interesting. One thing
Im particularly interested in
is seeing how he evades the
topic of climate change. As the
American populace (hopeful-
ly) recognizes these frequent,
intense storms as a byproduct
of man-made global warming,
it would befit the responsibil-
ity of chief citizen to adapt
the governments viewpoint
accordingly. However, just as
with big government disaster
response, admitting the seem-
ingly obvious climate change
link would starkly contradict
the Trump administrations
worldview, and therefore the
truly necessary response will
undoubtedly be avoided. Any
oral empathy President Trump
shows and any reconstruction
bill he signs will therefore be
viewed in the long-run as a
woefully inept response to
a much larger problem. It
could, theoretically, be the
ineptitude that finally sinks
his administration.
Brendan Murtha is a mem-
ber of the class of 2021.
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FRIDAY 15
EVENT
How to Read like a Professor
The Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) will be offering
its expertise on how to read at the college level. CLT Baldwin
Program Director Kathryn Byrnes and Baldwin Mentors
will work through strategies, guided practice and useful
resources. Bring a syllabus or a reading for practice.
Russwurm African-American Center. 12:30 p.m.

EVENT
Arcade Game Night
Students are welcome to play arcade games, including but
not limited to, Pac-Man, Astroids and the Star Wars Trilogy
All games are free of charge. Refreshments will be provided.
David Saul Smith Union. 8 p.m.

EVENT ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Latinx Heritage Month Kickoff LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE: Students sign up for clubs and organizations at the Students Activities Fair on Tuesday. Over 100 different groups were
The Latin American Student Organization will host a kickoff represented at the annual fall fair, with interests ranging from performing arts to politics to athletics.
to celebrate the start of the new academic year
and the start of Latinx Heritage Month. Open to the

MONDAY 18 WEDNESDAY 20
Bowdoin community.
Great Room, 30 College Street. 4 p.m.

LECTURE LECTURE

SATURDAY 16
Political Geometry and Gerrymandering
Associate Professor of Mathematics at Tufts University
Moon Duchin and Professor of Government and Legal
Studies Michael Franz will be discussing how geometry can
be used to study laws, fairness, politics and civil rights.
PERFORMANCE Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
The New York Balalaika Duo
Performers Mikhail Smirnov and Elina Karokhina will play EVENT
favorite Russian songs on traditional folk instruments. A talk Disability Dinner
will precede the event at 6:30 p.m. Get to know other students while discussing common
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. experiences, building community and eating a free meal.
Students with all types of disabilities, chronic illnesses, health
EVENT conditions, etc. are welcome.
19th Annual Common Good Day 24 College Street. 5:30 p.m.
Join the McKeen Center and 500 students for a day of
service. Projects range from outdoor cleaning and painting,
Shattered Past: Cultural Heritage and
Illicit Antiquities Trafficking
Eleanor King, associate professor of sociology and
criminology at Howard University, will look at the trafficking
of illicit antiquities and its relationship to crime. Other points
of discussion will include the looting of a United States
military cemetery as well as the selling of artifacts to fund
terrorist groups.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
LECTURE
Latinx College Students: Stress,
Resilience, and Mental Health
Yolanda Garcia, associate professor of educational
psychology at Northern Arizona University, will be discussing
why Hispanic and Latino Americans report some of the

TUESDAY 19
to spending time with children and much more. Sign up is highest levels of anxiety and how to destress. This event is
required open to the public.
Farley Field House. 11:30 a.m. Room 315, Searles Science Building. 7 p.m.

EVENT

SUNDAY 17
PANEL
Busting the Myth: Bowdoin College, the
Liberal Arts and the Path to a Career in
Anything
President Clayton Rose and Dean of Admission and Financial
Aid Whitney Soule will moderate a discussion on the use of
a liberal arts education in the tech industry. The panel will be
comprised of alumni who work in Silicon Valley and will com-
ment on how their Bowdoin education impacted their careers.
Live Stream Event. 6 p.m.
Party in the Library
Join the Library staff in celebrating the start of the academic
year. There will be food, prizes and dogs.
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. 7 p.m.
LECTURE
Private Uses and Public Spaces: Los
Angeles Beaches in the 1920s
The Department of Environmental Studies will present
History Professor Sarah Elkind from San Diego State
University to discuss the beach movement and its
importance.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 4:15 p.m.
THURSDAY 21
LECTURE
Visiting Assistant Professor Leah
Wilson, Psychology and Neuroscience
Leah Wilson, visiting assistant professor of psychology and
neuroscience, will discuss the neuroendocrine systems that
affects social behavior in sparrows. Wilson will also elaborate
on her research at Bowdoin, which focuses on the neural
regulation of social behavior in goldfish.
Room 020, Drunkenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.

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Discussion and Page Herrlinger:
Book Signing: Voter Registration
A Revolution in
Jane Mayer and Drive
Bill Nemitz Images