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New methods to
supplement
judicial process
by Sarah Drumm
Orient Staff
The College has begun to
implement more broadly tools
associated with Alternative Dis-
pute Resolution (ADR) in the
Office of Student Affairs. These
tools will supplement, and in
some cases replace, Bowdoins
official disciplinary process with
the goal of adding an education-
al element to a traditionally pe-
nal system.
Methods associated with ADR
include conflict coaching, facilitat-
ed dialogue, mediation, restorative
practices and shuttle negotiation.
The Office of Residential Life
has already been informally us-
ing these techniques for matters
such as roommate conflicts and
alcohol violations. ADR proce-
dures are also written into the
Student Sexual Misconduct and
Gender-Based Violence Policy.
At the request of President
Clayton Rose last year, Meadow
Davis, director of residential life
and associate dean of student
affairs, and Whitney Hogan,
associate director of residential
education, examined how the
College might formally imple-
ment these tools and vocabulary
to respond to issues of conflict
across campus.
I cant tell you exactly what
the genesis wasit may have
been some of the issues we faced
during my first year herebut
in having had exposure, having
managed and overseen a disci-
plinary process in my last job
before arriving at Bowdoin, this
seemed like an important pro-
cess to complement the other
processes we have on a full ba-
sis, said Rose.
According to Assistant Dean
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Bowdoin community members respond to Maines opioid crisis

by Elizabeth Fosler-Jones
Orient Staff
As Maine and the country
experiences an epidemic that
is driving down national life
expectancy, some at Bowdoin
at responding.
Drug overdoses in the U.S.
have increased by 533 percent
over the last 14 yearsfrom
2,089 overdoses in 2002 to
13,219 in 2016according to
data released in the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Ser-
vices Administrations 2016
National Survey on Drug Use
and Health.
Maine itself has seen 185
deaths connected to drug
overdoses84 percent caused
by an opioidbetween Janu-
ary and June this year. In 2016,
there were 376 drug overdoses
in the state, according to the
Expanded Maine Drug Death
Report for 2016 funded by
the Office of the Maine Attor-
ney General.
On Monday, Maine At-
torney General Janet Mills,
along with 36 other attorneys
general, released a statement
demanding that opioid manu-
facturers release further doc-
umentation on prescriptions
opioids. Opioids are a class of
drugs ranging from prescrip-
tion drugs, such as codeine and
oxycodone, to illegal drugs like
heroin.
Cumberland County, which
includes Brunswick and Port-
land among other municipal-
ities, leads the state on a per
capita basis in the number of
drug arrests and has 31.6 per-
cent of Maines drug overdoses,
according to data presented in
a paper published in Pharma-
cotherapy: The Journal of Hu-
man Pharmacology and Drug
Therapy in July 2017. The
paper analyzes the number of
drug related arrests by county
in Maine.
One challenge in inter-
preting that finding is, does
Cumberland county have
more people that are misus-
ing medical and recreational
drugs, or are the police doing
a better job and theres just
more arrests? said Brian Pip-
er, former visiting professor of
psychology and neuroscience,
in a phone interview with the
Orient.
Piper and Harriet Fisher
17 contributed to this paper,
having worked together in the
summer of 2016, analyzing
data regarding drug-related
arrests in Maine.
Piper has been monitoring
the opioid epidemic in the
state since 2014, using data
collected by the Maine Diver-
sion Alert Program, which was
launched in 2013 with funding
from the states Office of the
Attorney General in response
to increasing prescription
drug abuse.
The program tells pre-
scribers if a patient is seeing
multiple doctors as well as if a
patient has been involved in a
drug-related arrest.
Maine has gone one step
further [than other states],
and if a patient gets arrested
and the arrest involved either
a medical drug or a recre-
ational drug, this gets con-
veyed by drug enforcement
to a database, and then other
prescribers can look up that
patient, said Piper in a phone
interview with the Orient.
According to Piper, Maine
is the only state that has such
a program on a statewide lev-
el. Its goal is to help identify
more services if necessary and
to better serve patients in pain.
The Diversion Alert Pro-
gram is a critical service thats
used in medicine in Maine,
but it also provides ethno
and genealogical information
about the different drugs that
are being used and misused,
said Piper.
The data he has been analyz-
ing reveals two major changes in
the opioid epidemic within the
state over the last two years. The
first is that the drugs people are
getting arrested for are becom-
ing more similar from county to
county: all of the counties drug
arrests now involve more opioid
agents.
Please see OPIOID, page 3

Does living off campus impact financial aid packages?

by Cooper Dart
Staff Writer
For most students, it doesnt.
For some, they save money.
Students receiving financial
aid see no change to their pack-
ages if they opt to live off cam-
pus, regardless of the cost of the
off-campus house.
We do financial aid the
same way because irrespective
of where you live, youre going
to pay, said Michael Bartini, the
director of student aid. Either
you pay Bowdoin or you pay
somebody else.
Each year, the Office of Stu-
dent Aid creates financial aid
packages for accepted students
and reassesses demonstrated
need for returning students. Ac-
cording to the Student Aid web-
site, just under 52 percent of the
Class of 2021 is receiving some
form of need-based grant from
the College. This is a substantial
increase from the approximate-
ly 45 percent of the student
body who received any type of
financial aid in the 2016-2017
academic year, according to the
Bowdoin Common Data Set.
Yearly, the College crafts a
new budget which takes into
account changes in the cost of
tuition, room, board and other
fees. Each students available
family contribution is then
compared to the budget, and
any difference between the two
is compensated in the form of a
financial aid package.
The housing package given
reflects the set price of Col-
lege housing for the year, and
doesnt change with various
off-campus living circumstanc-
es.
We put in the same amount
as if you were living on campus,
irrespective of what youre pay-
ing [for off-campus housing],
which could be up or down,
said Bartini.
If the price of a particular
off-campus house is cheaper
than what the student would
pay for on-campus housing,
the student retains the differ-
ence. For some students living
off-campus, this difference can
be substantial.
While the choice to live off
campus is currently being re-ex-
amined by the College, many
students decide that off-campus
residence is the best option for
their personal needs. If a stu-
dent receiving no financial aid
chooses to live off campus, the
price of housing would not be
included in their Bowdoin bill.
Another major change to
a students budget that could
come with electing to live off
campus is a desire to decrease
or drop a college meal plan al-
together. For first year students,
the board plan of 19 meals per
week is automatically applied.
All upperclass students have
the freedom to change their
plan to provide 14 or 10 meals
per week, and those who live
off campus or in on-campus
apartments can choose to
change their plan to nine meals
per week, declining balance or
choose to not have a meal plan
with the College at all.
If a student living in an
apartment or off campus
chooses a meal plan lower than
14 meals per week, the student
retains the difference between
the chosen plan and the cost of
the 14-meal plan.
The resources for the 14-
meal plan are sufficient for
someone to eat on their own.
And so if they choose not to
eat here, great. If they choose
to cook on their own, great.
But so that we treat them fairly
in financial aid, [we still give
out funds equivalent to the 14-
meal plan], said Bartini.

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PAGE TWO
Friday, September 22, 2017

SECURITY REPORT
9/14 to 9/21
Thursday, September 14
Two staff members reported that someone placed
bias-related yers on the windshields of their parked
cars. These occurrences appeared to be related inci-
dents in Brunswick that were under investigation by
the Brunswick police.
Friday, September 15
A power outage, caused by a downed transmis-
sion line, affected parts of campus at 3:50 a.m. Power
was restored within two hours.
Brunswick police informed security that they
had identied the individual responsible
STUDENT SPEAK:
Sunday, September 17
What did you want to be when you grew up?
There was a second complaint of excessive noise
at Pine Street Apartments.
There was a third complaint of excessive noise at Trevor Kenkel 18
Pine Street Apartments.
A concerned student asked security to help locate
another student. Ofcers located the student and en-
"The occupation I always wanted was a
sured that all was safe.
There was a report of excessively loud music at
scientist. In fact, I have an essay I wrote
Stowe Inn. about it in third grade. I talked about DNA,
An athlete suffering from a heat-related illness
was transported to Mid Coast Hospital. animals. It was just all over the place."

Gabrielle Maffezzoli 20
for distributing bias yers in town and Monday, September 18
on campus. At the Colleges request, A student was found in possession

"I either wanted to be on Broadway or a

the suspect, a 49-year-old Bruns- of a stolen bicycle. The bicycle was re-
wick man, was issued a criminal turned to the owner.
trespass order barring him from all
College property.
A student, who briey lost con-
sciousness in the Coles Tower elevator teacher. I would set up a mini classroom
A re alarm at Stowe Inn was
caused by cooking smoke.
lobby, was transported to Mid Coast
Hospital for evaluation. with my little brother and all my dolls, and
A damaged thermostat and
exit sign were reported in the
A student riding a bicycle on the
main quad near Massachusetts Hall teach him long division.
Ladd House basement. collided with a dog that was run-

Brunswick Rescue trans-
ported an athlete with a
dislocated shoulder to Mid
Coast Hospital.
Saturday, September 16
A campus trespass order was issued to a local
man who was seen walking on the roof of the Edwards
Center for Art and Dance.
A student reported loud music on the 14th oor
of Coles Tower.
Ofcers checked on the condition of two intoxi-
cated students in West Hall.
A student reported loud music on the fourth oor
of Coles Tower.
A bicycle located and returned to the owner after
it was stolen from a bike rack at Winthrop Hall.
A rugby player with a broken foot was taken to
the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.
A student with a sport-related head laceration
was escorted to Mid Coast Hospital.
A Longfellow Avenue resident reported exces-
sive noise from groups of student pedestrians.
An ofcer checked on the wellbeing of a student
with a minor head injury at Reed House.
A College neighbor reported that a child was
awakened in the night by excessive noise coming
from students walking along the path near the organic
garden behind 52 Harpswell Road. Students were also
seen urinating in bushes.
There was a neighborhood complaint of exces-
sive noise at Pine Street Apartments.
Enrique Mendia 20
ning off-leash. An ofcer es-
corted the student to Mid Coast
Hospital for treatment of a head
SARA CAPLAN injury. "My dream job was to be a world class
Tuesday, September 19 chef, but I didnt really like to cook. My dad
A Longfellow Avenue resident reported seeing a
student walking on the street who appeared to be in was a pretty good cook and I like eating,
emotional distress.
so thats how that worked out."
Wednesday, September 20
A staff member reported a suspicious person loi-
tering in Smith Union. An ofcer located the person
and the report was determined to be unfounded.
Juan Magalhaes 21
A student riding a bike struck a curb on Park
Row and was thrown over the handlebars. An of- "A professional soccer player. I wanted to
ficer brought the student to the health center for
evaluation.
play for the Brazilian national team. Just
Two mens soccer players collided on the practice
eld. One player suffered a back injury and was trans-
wanted to make a lot of money. "
ported to Mid Coast Hospital by Brunswick Rescue.
Thursday, September 21
A student with an allergic reaction was taken to
Hannah Jorgensen 20
Mid Coast Hospital.
Steam from a teapot activated a room smoke "A singer. I wanted to be Beyonc when
alarm in Coles Tower.
Ofcers aided a student who was in emotional
I was little. I wanted to sing pop music.
distress and arranged for the appropriate resources.
Hannah Montana. Cheetah Girls? I
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
wanted to be a Cheetah Girl."
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15 dining hall hacks: How to make good food great

by Nickie Mitch
Orient Staff
Many prospective students are drawn to
Bowdoin by its impressive campus dining.
The Princeton Review, a prominent college
admissions services company, ranks the Col-
lege second in the nation for Best Campus
Food in this years rankings. Even critics of
the College acknowledge its excellent din-
ing. Author and pseudo-scholar Malcolm
Gladwell, for example, famously blamed our
high-quality dining as the root of all social
problems. To be sure, students are both lucky
and grateful for the wholesome and delicious
meals served by talented, hardworking din-
ing staff. Yet, perhaps even more exciting
than the glazed beets and cheese sculptures
they provide is the innovation occurring ev-
ery day within the hallowed walls of Moulton
Union and Thorne Hall. Combining simple
ingredients to achieve big results, students
enhance the standard dining offerings with
clever tricks. The Orient staff shares a few of
its favorites.
CAPL
SARA
1. To craft a makeshift apple crisp, combine apple-
sauce, granola and cinnamon in a bowl. Microwave
for 35 seconds, or until pleasantly warm. Add soft
serve to enjoy it a la mode.
2. Bring your water bottle and fill it with cream of
wheat for a tasty on-the-go snack.
3. When ordering eggs made-to-order at Saturday
and Sunday brunch, you can ask for whole raw eggs
to use in your omelet making endeavors.
4. Put soft serve between cookies to make an ice
cream sandwich.
5. Always microwave the pie. It will taste 100 times
better.
6. Cut muffins in half and put them through the toast-
er oven. Top with nut butter, butter or jam as desired.
7. Fill a bowl with fruity pebbles. Dip your soft serve
cone in it, and you will have a colorful ice cream treat!
8. On stir-fry nights, make a ginger peanut sauce
for your vegetables by combining the stir-fry ginger,
peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil. Mix
AN
together and adjust ratios to taste.
9. Combine equal parts crispy rice cereal and
marshmallows from the tea station. Microwave in
30-second intervals until marshmallows are fully
melted. Stir ingredients together. Enjoy your DIY
crispy rice treats.
10. Put soft serve in a cup with slightly chilled
coffee for a caffeine sugar boost at night.
11. When you are sick, combine 1-2 tablespoons
of apple cider vinegar from the condiment station
with a generous amount of honey and squeezed
lemon wedges from the tea station and add hot
water. Its a wonder tonic.
12. Combine hot sauces with ketchup, mayonnaise
or other standard condiments for a fun kick.
13. When available, add rice to soups to make them
heartier.
14. At Saturday and Sunday brunch, make a panini.
Order eggs made-to-order in your favorite style.
Add them to your panini for an incredible break-
fast sandwich.
15. Add juice or squeeze lemon or grapefruit into
seltzer for a refreshing boost.
Friday, September 22, 2017 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEFCOMPILED BY PETE BULL, ELIZABETH FOSLER-JONES

AND DAVID ZHOU

BRUNSWICK RECOGNIZES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
On Monday, the Brunswick Town Council voted 8-1 in favor of
adopting A Resolution to Acknowledge Maines Indigenous Cul-
tures. In the Town of Brunswick, the second Monday of October
will be recognized as both Columbus Day and, as of result of the
vote, Indigenous Peoples Day.
Residents filled Brunswicks Town Hall to comment on and wit-
ness this decision. Following the public hearing, the first order of
business was to address whether to adopt the resolution or not. Be-
fore the vote, attendees were given the opportunity to speak their
mind about the resolution. Many attendees, including a local high
school student, chose to stand up and speak.
In her public statement, Penobscot Nation tribal ambassador
Maulian Dana Smith, vocalized her support for the resolution,
saying that Columbus Day was a painful reminder that we were
supposed to be exterminated.
While most speakers chose to vocalize their support for the res-
olution, a few voiced their reservations about it.
Smith was among a majority of speakers who chose to vo-
calize their support for the resolution while few voiced their
reservations about it. In her public statement, Jennifer Johnson,
a Brunswick resident, said, [I]t appears to me that everybody
across the United States, Maine included, wants to rewrite what- ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ever they want. Country in crisis: From January-June 2017, 185 people in Maine died from drug overdoses. In response, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, along with 36
Ultimately, the resolution passed with an 8-1 vote in favor. other attorneys general, released a statement on Monday demanding drug manufacturers release information regarding prescription opioids.
Similar resolutions have been passed from Berkeley, California to
Portland, Maine.
OPIOID present geographic data. Good is not engaged in any Calder McHugh 19 spent three
BRUNSWICK TOWN REZONING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Fisher mapped where the programming related to opi- months working on an article
drug arrests were occurring oid abuse in Maine. about Arise Addiction Recovery
The Town of Brunswick recently concluded a three-and-a-half Then the second change, in the state and then analyzed Our office develops pro- Center in Machias, Maine, and
year project to renovate the towns zoning ordinance to reflect which fits a larger nationwide which county had the most ar- gramming in response to student more broadly Maines experience
changes in local policy over the past 22 years. The ordinance fo- pattern, is that the proportion rests, corrected for population. interest and initiative around with the opioid crisis.
cused on reducing the number of total districts, catching up with of arrests involving the pre- [Graphing] took a lot of emerging areas of public con- It interested me particularly
Maine laws regarding signage and shorelands and rectifying the scription agents, like hydroco- time because of the way its re- cern. I expect that we will see because at Bowdoin we often
issues brought about by the 21-year-old ordinances failure to ac- done and oxycodone, have ported by police officers who growing interest in this topic dont feel the problems that affect
count for technological advances. become a smaller portion of dont have a standardized way among students as the situation, a lot of the state, said McHugh
Catherine Ferdinand, Bowdoins land use and government the total, and more arrests have of reporting information. Like, and responses to it, continue to in an email to the Orient.
relations specialist, saw the project as a means for the town to involved heroin and fentanyl, they may use a street name for develop, said Sarah Seames, di- The state population is
streamline Brunswicks zoning limitations. For instance, the old said Piper. a drug, said Fisher in a phone rector of the McKeen Center, in small enough that if we do
ordinance had no provision for solar panel farms, which forced the Fisher received a Gibbons interview with the Orient. So an email to the Orient. choose to look beyond the
college to appeal directly to the town council. Fellowship in the summer of it took a really long time to Although the College has not boundaries of campus, Bow-
With regard to how this impacts the Colleges current projects, 2016 and spent time working comb through the data and set yet directed significant resources doin students can make a real
Ferdinand said, Currently we have the Roux Science Center, which with Piper on graphing the data it up and figure out a way to toward responding to the crisis, impact, he said.
was permitted under the old ordinance, which wont be impacted. he found using a geographic map it. a Bowdoin student has taken in- Editors Note: Calder McHugh is
Whittier Field phase 1 was permitted under the old standard, while information system, which is Currently, Bowdoins McK- terest in the epidemic. This sum- an Orient staff-member and is cur-
phase 2 will come under the new ordinance, but there probably a system used to capture and een Center for the Common mer while interning at VICE, rently studying abroad in Berlin.
[wont be] a significant difference.
The updated zoning ordinance will simplify the Colleges future
construction projects, it will not significantly impact any current
projects.
ADR said. They are going to be giving academic dishonesty cases for a first-time offense are un-
some thought to itwhen we go in the computer science de- productive.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
back and look at the history, the partment, who spoke with the I dont deny the fact that our
of Students for Community Stan- precedent of J-Board cases, where Orient on the condition of mistakes are really serious, he
TRESPASSER TERRY ELWELL dards and Advisor to the Judicial do we feel like it could be a good anonymity, said that Bowdo- said. However, consider the fact
Board Kate OGrady, who is over- fit? ins disciplinary system is in that we are just freshmen who
On Monday, Randy Nichols, director of safety security, sent out seeing the implementation of this Dean of Student Affairs need of change. have never had an experience like
a campus alert warning people of Terry Elwells return to Bruns- process, the College is still in the Tim Foster cited the Colleges I know that we need to reflect this before and the punish-
wick. Elwell has a long history of convictions in Brunswick and process of establishing formal response to Cracksgiving on our mistakes, and since we ments received can basically ruin
has been involved with multiple incidents at Bowdoin. He is not procedures for the use of ADR in and the gangster party as were given some time off from our entire lives.
allowed on Bowdoin property at any time. disciplinary settings. When and examples of the types of sit- school, its only natural that we And I think 90 percent of peo-
Elwell was first arrested in 1999 for burglary and theft at Bruns- how ADR is used will be at the uations in which ADR tools use this time to really reflect on ple who made their first mistake
wick Apartments and has since been convicted of trespassing on discretion of the Deans Office. have been productive. our actions so that we wont make will not do it again, if they had a
various campus buildings including Stowe Inn, Helmreich House Instead of solely disciplining When we had the gang- the same mistake in the future, chance to make corrections.
and Quinby House. students for their mistakes, the ster party two years ago and he said in an email to the Orient. According to Rose, the addi-
Elwell is described as being 510 and 160 pounds and having goal of ADR technique is to ed- we had Cracksgiving before But honestly, at the same time, tion of these alternative and com-
brown hair and blue eyes. ucate students about how their that, weve used whats called a I believe that how punishments plementary methods of conflict
He is currently out on bail and has been seen on Harpswell Road actions impact and harm other circle process, where people get are decided needs to be more resolution are vital to Bowdoin
near campus. members of the community. together in a circle and various thought out The punishment as a community of learners and
If you see Elwell near or on campus, dial 9-1-1 or contact cam- If we can educate somebody groups have the opportunity to was pretty harsh in that there educators.
pus safety and security at (207) 725-3500. and not just discipline them so talk about what happened and were a lot of things that could Were an educational institu-
that then theyre digging their what the sort of harm was that have been prevented and changed tion and we ought to try to ensure
heels in, and theyre mad that they was caused, said Foster. for the better, both from our side that in as many of the things we
have been sent away from Bow- The J-Boards past disci- and the schools side. do around hereeven painful
doin for a semesterwe really plinary recommendations for Foster expressed the impor- and difficult thingsthat were

Subscribe your parents to havent achieved anything other Academic Honor Code and tance of giving students the op- trying to learn, he said.
than making the party who has Social Code violations have in- portunity to learn through their Bowdoin is not alone in im-

our email newsletter.

been harmed, or the parties who cluded periods of suspension, mistakes and hopes that the im- plementing these changes. Both
have been harmed, upset, said counseling sessions, course plementation of ADR tools will Bates College and Middlebury
OGrady. failure and judicial reprimands, enable this. College use ADR techniques in
I think we will eventually but ADR can be used in con- The sort of finger wagging, or their disciplinary approaches.
have an ADR policy that encom- junction with these responses. thou shalt not is not necessarily Over the summer, the College
passes all components of it. So I think the thing that the kind of response that changes invited the University of Mich-
ResLife, athletics, disciplineso maybe not everybody fully hearts and minds I think what igan Office of Student Conflict
the timeline is really to look very understands is that you can actually changes behavior is when Resolution, pioneers in the use
carefully and sort of formalize use [ADR] in tandem with the people are able to participate fully of alternative dispute resolution
where we are already doing this. Colleges conduct response. and better understand how their in higher education, to train over
OGrady has begun to work So it could be something that actions have affected others, he 100 staff in the division of stu-
with the Judicial Board (J-Board) you do in addition to [the said. dent affairs in alternative dispute
to discuss how the College will Colleges conduct response] Another student involved in resolution techniques. This in-
incorporate these techniques. or you could do instead, said this case of academic dishonesty cluded staff in Athletics, Career
bowdoinorient.com The J-Board will be spending Foster.
time on it this year, [but] theyre
in the computer science depart- Planning, ResLife, Diversity and
A student who was impli- ment contacted via email, said Inclusion, the McKeen Center
not going to be executing, she cated in last years string of that such serious punishments and Student Activities.
4 NEWS Friday, September 22, 2017

BSG leaders discuss future plans, campus issues

President Irfan Alam 18 and VP for BSG Affairs Ben Painter 19 sit down with the Orient
by Harry DiPrinzio and
Sarah Drumm
Orient Staff
The Bowdoin Orient Edi-
tors-in-Chief, Sarah Drumm 18
and Harry DiPrinzio 18, spoke
with Bowdoin Student Govern-
ment President Irfan Alam 18
and Vice President for Student
Government Affairs Ben Painter
18 about plans for the upcom-
ing year, off-campus housing,
the Committee for Diversity and
Inclusion and more. The follow-
ing interview has been edited for
length and clarity.
Harry DiPrinzio (HD) 18:
You guys have a big platform
this year and you have a lot of
power. What are the plans?
What are you going to do with
it?
Irfan Alam (IA) 18: The
things that we thought were
really important coming into
this year were addressing the
social and alcohol policies we
have at Bowdoin, thinking
about how we can renovate
and create new facilities to
accommodate student inter-
ests and lastly thinking about
how we can improve the stu-
dent multicultural voice on
the BSG assembly. In all three
of those ways, we have already
taken steps to address those
issues and make sure that we
have a path forward for each of
those different avenues.
Ben Painter (BP) 19: An-
other thing thats taking up
most of our headspace at this
current moment is the restruc-
turing of the BSG. We had this
NESGOV [NESCAC Student
Government] conference at
the end of last year where we
invited other schools here
other student governments
from NESCAC schools and
Colgateto exchange ideas
and everything. And we real-
ized that we all had different
structures and maybe ours was
not the most effective. So we
did a pretty hefty restructuring
within our constitutional lim-
its (because we couldnt make
a constitutional change) and
thats what weve been working
on right now. The positions
are more focused, we have a
better relationship with more
areas of the administration
Id say weve made awesome
progress on that.
Sarah Drumm (SD) 18: Part
of your platform was that you
wanted to loosen some of the
social and alcohol policy re-
strictions so on-campus living
is more attractive. Do you think
this is a realistic goal? Have you
made any steps towards it?
IA: I think that trying to
address the social and alcohol
policies is absolutely a realistic
goal. And now we have an entire
working group of students and
faculty to discern how best to
move forward with that. Thats
going to provide a recommen-
dation to the administration
that Ben is directly involved in.
And I think the administration
knows there are things that are
antiquated with our social and
alcohol policies. First of all, we
need to make this online. Does
it make sense that people are
going in and doing it on paper?
It needs to be more flexible so
upperclassmen who are usually
above the drinking age can just
throw their event together and
not have security check three
times throughout the event.
How do we discern between
whats a party and whats not a
party? Is it loudness? Is it level
of alcohol? All these things the
administration realizes: that as
campus has evolved, they hav-
ent really changed and evolved
those rules as well, which is why
they have agreed to create this
working committee because
they are taking it seriously.
SD: What are both of your
opinions on the fact that the
College maintains this right to
determine who can and cannot
live off-campus? That was in
Dean [of Student Affairs Tim]
Fosters emailit was very un-
clear.
IA: Yeah, thats a great ques-
tion. We debated that question
a lot [in] the working group.
I want to really stress that we
did not all see eye to eye on
this working group committee.
People came from very differ-
ent perspectives, and that was
a really important question that
we wanted to address from the
beginning: does the adminis-
tration have a role in deciding
this? Some of the students
perspectives [were] I am pay-
ing to come to Bowdoin and I
dont want to live on-campus. I
shouldnt have to.
But then Bowdoin also has
an interest in preserving resi-
dential community. We had lots
of data talking aboutand what
we evaluated waswhat was
the effect on the community?
What were students perspec-
tives on the effect on the com-
munity from more people living
off campus than they ever had?
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ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Leaders and friends: Alam (RIGHT), Bowdoin student government president, and Painter, vice president for student government affairs (LEFT), have big plans for the year, including reorganizing the structure of BSG.

What was facultys perspective?
What was the administrations
perspective? What was [the
neighborhood] perspective?
So the community changes
and warps dramatically when
people leave this residential
environment and thats what
makes this different from a
big public school in a major
city. People come here for a
different experience. People
come here for a tight-knit
community. [In] ensuring
that Bowdoin can provide that
experienceto me, it makes
sense that Bowdoin has the
ability to say, given all these
different conditions about
how we need to keep relations
with the community, how we
need to ensure the values of a
residential communitythat
they can discuss ways to con-
trol how people live on and
off-campusbut not without
taking students interests into
account.
HD: You wanted to create an
executive committee for diver-
sity and inclusion....
IA: I think whats really in-
teresting is that President Rose,
after this huge year-long review,
decided that there should be a
Senior Vice President for Diver-
sity and Inclusion on his execu-
tive committee. And I think that
speaks to the fact that Bowdoin
has evolved dramatically [since]
when the BSG structure was
formed. I think it makes sense
that this conversation wasnt
even included [then].
But now thats at the fore-
front of all of our mindsetsto
make sure that that voice is
representedis something that
we have to think about. So what
weve done already is weve in-
creased the responsibility of
the Multicultural Represen-
tativewhos going to be Osa
[Omoregie] this year. So hes
going to be a Director of Di-
versity and Inclusion on the as-
sembly, which means that hes
leading his own committee of
liaisons, who will be non-vot-
ing members on his committee
that meets every week. So that
has liaisons like Gender and
Sexual Violence that meets
with Lisa Peterson [Associate
Director of Gender Violence
Prevention and Education]
and has liaisons like Sexuality
and Gender ... that meets with
Kate Stern [Associate Dean of
Students for Diversity & Inclu-
sion and Co-Director of the
Center for Sexuality, Women &
Gender]. And so these differ-
ent liaisons are going to work
together and [the internation-
al rep], who meets with Dean
Khuong [assistant dean of first
year students].
One of the things we heard
as feedback from last year was
that the multicultural repre-
sentative was not able to do as
much as she wanted because
she didnt have a team of peo-
ple dedicated to helping her do
those tasks. So having a com-
mittee of people that you can
delegate work tothat you
can work as a team to collabo-
rate on will be a really great
way to more effectively bring
issues of diversity and inclu-
sion to the assembly.
BP: Right now its not ele-
vated to a vice president po-
People come here for a different
experience. People come here
for a tight-knit community.
Irfan Alam 18
sition yet. Even if we wanted
to, we couldnt have done that
yet, because it needs a vote of
the whole school to amend
our constitution. What weve
done doesnt require any con-
stitutional change. But were
not just going to slap it on
the table for everyone to vote
on because this is going to be
a whole process of evaluating
this structure, really working
with Benjamin Harris [direc-
tor of the Student Center for
Multicultural Life] and Mo
[Nur, vice president for aca-
demic affairs on BSG]. Were
not going to be too speedy
with doing anything because The executive team has to talk versation, keeping students
we want to make sure we do it about it. So thats step one. safety and interests in mind,
right. Step two: I think that one im- at the forefront, but then con-
portant thing that this assembly sidering all the different re-
SD: So we started off the and the executive team really percussions of each potential
year with a bias incident on believes in is that students on option at the forefront.
campus. How do you two see this campus have to feel safe
your role in combating bias in- have to feel included. So if HD: With the DACA re-
cidents in our community? students who identify as being sponse, you were really fast
IA: There are a lot of steps LGBTQI do not feel safe on this and took a definitive stance
that are involved in this deci- campus, that is something that and I think, uniquely, orga-
sion. First, if a bias incident, or BSG has to consider. That is nized activism which I dont
something of that nature, were important to us as people. And think Ive ever seen before on
to happensomething already we were elected to this position the part of the BSG.
to care about the students on SD: Is this something you
see yourselves continuing to
this campus, so if there are stu-
dents on this campus who feel do going forward?
unsafe because their identities IA: I think encouraging
are being attacked, we are not
going to overlook that. Period.
political activism in all spec-
trums is so important In
How we are going to move whatever way students feel
forward and respond to each like they can [be politically ac-
specific instance is a collective tive] with whatever opinions
didfirst, we convene to talk conversation. I am really really and beliefs they have. Our fu-
about the different ways that proud of the executive team tures are at stakewe have to
we would respond and whether and the way that we handled take ownership of that100
we should respond. When the this situation. We talked to percent. But in a very short
bias incident happened, we got different student leaders, reli- amount of time we had to get
together and had an emergency gious group leaders, different together and be likeIs this
executive team meeting, be- Af-Am leaders. We spoke with political? And we decided,
cause thats all that was assem- Kate Stern. We sent an email no. There are students on this
bled of the BSG, and said: Do to like eight different admin- campus who are going to feel
we respond? What does it mean istrators outlining different [its effects]. This is a commu-
to respond? How would we re- options. We did this in like nity where we have each oth-
spond? What would it mean to 48 hours and then executed ers backsIve had first years,
respond in each of these differ- something. I think when these as a ResLife [proctor], who I
ent options? Ben and I are go- things happenand they know are going to be affected
ing to have two completely dif- hopefully wont, but we can as- by this, and they need to hear
ferent views in what we should sume that this is just not going from our student body leaders
do, so we have to talk about [it], to be the end of ithaving a that we are here for you and
the assembly has to talk about it. precedent of creating a con- you are here to stay.
 A
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Friday, September 22, 2017
Stories in motion: Matt Bollinger speaks about his artwork in Kresge Auditorium last Monday. Bollinger creates fictionalized accounts of his life experiences
through multimedia animations, featuring original paintings and music. The strongest artists are ever more themselves in the work, the artist said.
Bollinger animates with paint
by Alyce McFadden
Orient Staff
For painter and animator
Matt Bollinger, art is all about
self-expression. Even the piec-
es that seem outside the realm
of possibility are in some way
reflective of his experiences.
This is especially true of
Apartment 6F, the animation
Bollinger showed at his talk
on campus last Monday, which
portrays an alternate reality; a
neighbor invites the artist to a
housewarming party where he
is drugged for use as a sacrifice
in a satanic ritual.
Despite some fictionaliza-
tion, the story was inspired
originally by Bollingers anxi-
ety about interacting with the
other residents of his apart-
ment building while his wife
was out of town teaching.
I actually had neighbors
slide a note under my door in-
viting me to a housewarming,
and I was totally creeped out,
Bollinger said.
Bollinger started crafting
hand-painted stop motion
animated films in 2015. He
first experimented with ani-
mation as an undergraduate
student at the Kansas City Art
Institute where he double ma-
jored in painting and creative
writing. The impetus to return
to the discipline came from
Bollingers frustration with the
restrictions imposed by static
media on his ability to convey
a story.
All of my work has
One-day play
returns to stage
Dynamic drawings: A projection of a flip book by painter and animator Matt Bollinger during his talk in the Visual
Arts Center on Monday. Bollinger relates personal narratives in multimedia works, combining painting and animation.
some narrative component,
Bollinger said. Even the works
that seem like Im just staring at
the ground were, to me, reflec-
tive of a narrative continuum.
Important to Bollingers
narrative is telling the story of
his family.
For example, the work en-
titled about midnight, Sat-
urday, features two cars po-
sitioned perpendicularly. The
drivers side door on one of
the cars hangs ajar and snow
blankets the house and trees
in the background.
In the works original instal-
lation, the voice of Bollingers
father, Chip, emanated from
within a sculpture and de-
scribed a story Bollinger grew
up hearing. Understood in
its entirety, the work tells the
story of his fathers stabbing
on Christmas Eve, 1970 in an
incident of apparent road rage.
I think the strongest art-
ists are ever more themselves
in the work, Bollinger said.
The strongest artists are al-
ways finding ways to better
express what it is that is there
within them.
At the same time, Bollinger
acknowledged the extent to
which other artists shape him
and his work.
I think all art is a kind of
synthesis of influence, wheth-
er it is who you are speaking
to, who your friends are, what
you see or the whole depth
and breadth of art history,
not to mention the history of
film, literature and pulp novels
for me, said Bollinger. The
particular things that Im in-
terested in, the assemblage of
all that stuff seems to be what
makes me, me. I like that my
work has a relationship to oth-
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
er artists, I think thats import-
ant. Theres a danger in feeling
that were all isolated, separate
and so distinct. We dont come
out of a vacuum.
Filmmakers David Lynch
and Agns Varda, and novel-
ists Elena Ferrante and Karl
Ove Knausgrd are among the
inspirations Bollinger men-
tioned on Monday evening.
I dont think I mentioned
a single painter, which is kind
of indicative of how I think,
Bollinger said with a chuckle
after the talk.
As such, it makes sense
that combining his interests
in creative writing, music and
painting is a natural synthesis
for Bollinger.
Bollinger believes that art
should be inspired by personal
passion and joy. For this rea-
son, he often finds his projects
to be all-consuming.
I work every day, he said.
It gets into all the crevices of
free time.
Bollingers work is avail-
able on his Vimeo account of Masque and Gowns 24-hour production in the fall of 2015. After a year-
and website.
by Mollie Eisner
Staff Writer
Most theater productions
take weeks, or even months,
to rehearse before the curtain
rises on opening night. The
same is typically true on the
Bowdoin stage. But not this
Saturday night.
At 7 p.m. tomorrow,
Masque & Gown actors will
perform original plays that
were written, directed and re-
hearsed in only 24 hours.
At 7 p.m. on Saturday,
the show goes up, Masque &
Gown President Miriam Fra-
ga 18 said. In whatever state
its in, it goes up.
The process starts Friday.
The playwrights gather and
begin writing in groups
or individually, aiming to
create plays that last 15 to 20
minutes. Although theater
space is reserved for them,
they are also allowed to go
back to their rooms to work.
The only guideline is that the
scripts must be completed
by Saturday morning, when
the director and actors meet
for the first time and select
the play or plays they wish to
produce. They have 12 hours
with the scripts until the
audience arrives.
Fraga is excited to bring
the Masque & Gown annual
tradition back after its hiatus
last year.
Unfortunately, last year we
werent able to do it because
of lack of interest, Fraga said.
Its a tradition to [consistent-
ly] have this show go up. We
[the Masque & Gown Board]
made the decision that we re-
ally wanted to try and make
that happen.
The production, now
called The Show Former-
ly Known as the 24 Hour
Show because of copyright
issues, is strategically placed
at the beginning of the year
to give participants a taste
of what they could continue
to do with Masque & Gown
throughout the year, such as
Rock around the clock: Aziza Janmohamed
long hiatus, the group will once again present the student-produced show.
5
See it yourself
Come to Memorial 108 on Saturday
to see what 24 hours worth of
creativity can produce.
playwriting workshops and
one-act plays. Participants
signed up to be in the show at
the student activities fair and
at the annual Masque & Gown
ice cream social.
We like doing stuff like
[The Show Formerly Known
as the] 24 Hour Show because
it gets anyone from any level of
theater experience to be able
to participate, Fraga said.
Maggie Burke 21 and K.
Irving 21 are two of the four
actors in the show. They have
both participated in theater
before, but have never been
a part of a show produced in
such a short time frame.
Ive never gone into a
play not knowing what my
character is going to be, what
the plot is going to be, what
Im going to be asked to be.
So thats stressful, Irving
said. But also more exciting
because I dont have to sec-
ond-guess it either.
I dont know if there is a
way to prepare, Burke said. I
think just be there and ready
to go with whatever they
throw at you. It will definitely
be a challenge.
Fraga believes theater
brings people together.
Its a good way to meet
new and different people.
My experience in theater, es-
pecially in Masque & Gown,
[has been] meeting people
that I would not have met
otherwise. We all do a bunch
of different things. Its a wide
range of people from all sorts
of different academic and
region backgrounds, and the-
ater brings us all together,
she said.
According to Fraga, the
sleep deprivation is worth it.
Its exciting to see the
creative things people come
up with in the set number of
hours that they have, she said.
COURTESY OF AZIZA JANMOHAMED
19 performs in the last showing
6 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Flower Boy: a testament to Tyler, The Creators growth
by Chris Ritter
Columnist
Earlier this week, Tyler,
The Creator tweeted that he
originally wrote his single,
See You Again, for Zayn Ma-
lik. At first, it seems odd that
the rapper who broke onto the
scene talking about having
threesomes with a triceratops
would be penning lyrics for
the former One-D playboy.
That revelation comes nearly
two months after the release
of Tylers latest album, Flow-
er Boy. If See You Again
is any indication of Tylers
versatility as a songwriter
(theres no trace of Yonkers
here), we should also com-
mend the Odd Future leader
for how well the dreamy love
song fits in with the rest of his
persona on Flower Boy.
Since the LA rap collective
Odd Future first skateboard-
ed onto the scene in 2011, Ty-
ler earned a reputation as one
of musics most electrifying
personalities. Tylers career
accomplishments include
winning a VMA and getting
banned from the United
Kingdom. But since his early
days of violent, alter-ego-
based lyricism on Bastard and
Goblin, Tyler has adopted a
unique duality in music: one
confident and immature, but
with the reservations of lone-
liness and unrequited love.
But homophobic slurs and
sometimes outright misogyny
have made Tylers complexity
Summer music festival draws international talent
by Faria Nasruddin
Orient Staff
Over the summer, over 250
music students fill the Col-
leges dorms for six weeks to
learn, practice and play music
at a top-tier level.
The Bowdoin Interna-
tional Music Festival attracts
students from 23 different
countries and from the top
conservatories in the country,
including Juilliard and the
Berkeley School of Music.
We are a combination of
a summer music institute and
a concert series, said Casey
Oakes, the director of mar-
keting and communications
for the festival.
The festival encompasses
ensemble and solo perfor-
mances in seven different
concert series and education-
al experiences through master
classes. Students apply to the
program to be under the men-
torship of a specific teacher,
who works with them for the
entire session. In master and
studio classes, students per-
form in an ensemble of four
to five people for a teacher to
then break down and evaluate
their performance.
[Sergei Schwartz] would
basically critique us in front
of everyone, which was
simultaneously the most
terrifying and inspiring ex-
perience, said Anne McKee
hard to recognize, alter-ego
or not. Except for a few songs
on 2013s Wolf, the more
sinister side of Tylers ego has
muddled, if not completely
overshadowed, the other.
But critics will not be
able to claim the same here.
On Flower Boy, Tyler, The
Creator lets a more sensitive,
openly struggling persona
shine through, penning sin-
cere lyrics on social inad-
equacy that encompass all
facets of Tyler: the frustrat-
ed, the confused, the brash,
the overemotional. This time
around, Tyler seems more
comfortable grappling with
the insecurities in his head
rather than yelling over them.
So much of the album feels
related to Tylers turbulent
past that its hard not to see
Flower Boy as an attempt to
make amends, but Tyler opts
to show growth through sub-
tlety on the albums first half,
narrating his internal strug-
gles through meditations and
metaphor. While Tyler has
often glorified materialism
by flaunting expensive cars,
on Flower Boy, he uses cars
as a subject for reflection
from the albums very first
lines, How many cars can I
buy till I run out of drive? /
How much drive can I have
till I run out of road? That
metaphor takes center stage
on the sixth track, Pothole,
which sees Tyler navigating
the balance between fame
and friendship.
20, who participated in the
festival two summers ago, I
never really felt that I was
the worst in the room at vi-
olin being from Maine and
having not that many people
playing violin, but all of sud-
den I definitely pegged my-
self in the lower 10 percent
of all the people there. That
was definitely an experience
where the humbling part was
really real for me.
Outside the master and
studio classes, students would
typically spend their time im-
mersed in music.
Every other moment in
the day was spent practicing
or listening to other people
practice, said McKee. There
was just one time when I went
into a random studio class of
a different teacher. I was just
walking in slightly late and
all of a sudden I heard my
favorite violin concerto being
played and wafting through
Kanbar auditorium. It was this
incredible girl, who you can
just see the hours of practice
paying off as shes playing.
Acadia Mezzofanti 19, the
official photographer and vid-
eographer for the festival, said
there is a lot of artistry in clas-
sical music that goes unnoticed.
The professional perform-
ers would evaluate not only
how their musicianship was,
but also how their movements
achieved the emotion that
More momentous than
the car talk is Garden Shed,
which reads like Tylers narra-
tive on coming out: Garden
shed for the garden, thats
where I was hiding / That was
real love I was in Garden
shed for the garons / Them
feelings I was hiding. Tyler is
keenly aware of the growing
discussion surrounding his
sexuality, but he chooses to
be vague here over the blurry
slow jam.
Tracks like Garden Shed
show Tylers ability to break
the confines of a typical rap
album, but Tyler still
flaunts his rhyming
skills here, adopt-
ing a more
sincere tone
for tracks
like No-
vember. A
late-album
gem, No-
vember
finds Tyler
wishing for
a simpler
time in his
life, question-
ing his musical
direction as well
as his controversial
personality, What if my
music is too weird for the
masses? / And Im only
known for tweets more
than beats.
Moments like No-
vember, where Tyler
directly acknowledg-
es his loneliness, are
they were trying to express,
said Mezzofanti. Theres so
much energy that goes into
music that needs to translate
and captivate the audience.
The festival has a strong con-
nection to the Brunswick area.
Our primary audience
base would be folks who live
in Brunswick that appreciate
classical music, said Daniel
Nitsch, executive director of
the Bowdoin International
Music Festival.
The festival hosts a con-
cert series, called communi-
ty concerts, that takes place
at various locations, such
as assisted living homes,
breweries, public library and
churches, typically within
an half an hour radius of the
College. These concerts are
aimed to bring classical mu-
sic to those who would not
otherwise be able to afford or
attend concerts.
That community support
is so needed for the festival to
keep going, said McKee.
What differentiates the
Bowdoin International Music
Festival from other festivals
across the country for many
is the sense of community.
It seems like at some
music festivals around the
country there is an elite mu-
sic crowd and then theres
the rest of the surrounding
area and neither of them re-
ally match, said McKee. But,
some of Flower Boys most
powerful. Tyler takes direct
aim at his former self in the
latter half of 911 / Mr. Lone-
ly, where he raps, They say
the loudest one in the room
is weak / Thats what they
assume but I disagree / I say
the loudest one in the room
is probably the loneliest one
in the room (thats me), then
takes an inward jab, Atten-
tion seeker, public speaker,
oh my god that boy there is
so fucking lonely The bass
heavy instrumental makes
KAYLA SNYDER
Museum music: A quartet performs for the public in the College Museum of Art as part of the Bowdoin International
Music Festival. More than 250 students assemble on campus each year to participate in the prestigious program.
having everybody cooperate
with one another and having
the support from the commu-
nity has been so cool.
The Bowdoin International
Music Festival began as the
Bowdoin Summer Music Fes-
tival in 1964 when a faculty
member of the College, Robert
Beckwith, the chair of the mu-
sic department, wanted a sum-
mer concert series to take place
on the campus. The festival was
associated with the College
until 1997, when it became a
nonprofit organization. How-
the track an irony-charged
banger, as Tyler spits bar after
self-doubting bar while ad libs
and exclamations echo from
the back, sounding less like
cheers than detached gasps.
The lonely-themed album
has aptly scarce production
credits, as Tyler, The Creator
produced nearly the entire
record himself. But just as he
has improved lyrically, Tyler
has shown a clearer direc-
tion instrumentally as well.
Beats are jazzy and colorful
with oddly shifting chords,
giving a dream-like aura to
nearly the whole album.
Complicated, off-kil-
ter arrangements
highlight the al-
bum as well. The
battle-ready
strings and
handclaps of Scum Fuck Flower Boy,
I Aint Got
Time!
and
breezy
elec-
tron-
ics of
Garden
Shed show
Tyler exper-
imenting at
his best. While
2015s CHERRY
BOMB faltered
with chaotic beats
and erratic tinkering,
Tyler rarely gets in his own
way on Flower Boy. The
albums final two tracks can
become overbearing, but
ever, according to Oakes, the
program has remained a close
partner of the College.
One way that program has
remained connected to the
College is through the Mu-
sic in the Museum concert
series. Started three years ago,
this concert series takes place
in the Bowdoin College Mu-
seum of Art (BCMA), where
various performers, such as
Beckwith Artist-in-Residence
George Lopez, perform on a
grand piano.
Its a growing trend in the
Friday, September 22, 2017
most of Flower Boy sees
Tyler carving out unfamiliar
instrumental elements while
staying true to the mood of
the album.
That isnt to say that Flow-
er Boy was entirely a solo ef-
fort, though. Features on the
album are carefully selected
and fitting for each track. Kali
Uchis and Rex Orange Coun-
ty contribute smooth cho-
ruses, the ever-reliable Frank
Ocean lends a soulful addi-
tion to Where This Flower
Blooms, A$AP Rocky rolls
through to trade brag bars
on Who Dat Boy. Even Lil
Wayne makes an appearance
to spit unequivocally Weezy
lines like Never played golf,
but got a driver and a caddy.
Tyler often refers to the
album by its alternate title,
a more fitting epithet to
capture every aspect of his
character. Even though Co-
lumbia Records cut that ti-
tle, fortunately, Tyler didnt
completely shed his Scum
Fuck side (Who Dat Boy,
I Aint Got Time!). How-
ever, the album shows mat-
uration above all else. The
fourth album from Tyler,
the Creator is a testament
of growth in every sense;
Tyler displays maturity in
producing, songwriting and
emotion without sacrificing
his signature flare. As he
raps on Where This Flow-
er Blooms: I rock, I roll, I
bloom, I grow.
COURTESY OF ACADIA MEZZOFANTI
classical music industry of
pairing art and music. Both
us and the College wanted to
get involved, and so it was a
natural partnership to make,
said Nitsch.
According to Nitsch, the
festival is looking for ad-
ditional partnerships with
the college in the future, in-
cluding another program in
BCMA where composition
students will base music to be
performed in the museum off
specific pieces of art.
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Friday, September 22, 2017 7

Pazos shines bright, new light on old ideas

by Ellice Lueders
Orient Staff
Eduardo Pazos just moved
into his office in 30 College.
The walls are mostly bare. The
furniture has yet to be worn in.
Yet, when he sits down to get
interviewed, the standard accou-
terments lose their stiffness. He
speaks slowly, choosing his words
with deliberation and reverence.
His tongue can make a home out
of the word prayer.
He uses a lot of other words,
too, like reflection, mean-
ing-making and peace, vulner-
ability and hope.
Pazos is the new director of
religious and spiritual life on cam-
pus, and he introduces his job with
a negative statement: My job is
not to represent any one religious
community on campus, he said.
He is here to support students
to practice their faith authentically,
and for students who grapple with
what faith means to them. He is
here to educate and to learn and
to listen.
I think that the work that I do
is not just religion and faith, but it
is also a work of meaning-making
and addressing questions of ulti-
mate purpose.
Pazos was raised in the Baptist
tradition, a rarity in the majority
Catholic Chihuahua, Mexico. For
him, meaning comes out of the SAM HONEGGER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Hebrew Bible and its concept of Meeting on sacred ground: Pazos joined the Office of Religious and Spirital Life in August. He hopes to engage in dialogue with both students of faith and those who are questioning.
shalom, or peace.
I find God to be a God of spire dialogue, to make room just the time space that were oc- they mattered. There is a segment of stu- two suitcases and 300 dollars.
peace, a God whose predisposi- on campus for vulnerability cupying right now. Thats not just talking about dents that is interested in these Now 32, he has not gone home
tion, whose first and only innate and tough conversations. The office of religious and spiri- dialogue, but it is actually engaging big, philosophical, ethical ques- sincenot for his sisters wed-
predisposition is to be of peace, I am keenly aware that things tual life on campus opened the se- in dialogue. I think every person at tions, that just takes joy into ding or his parents divorce, not
he said. are never going to be made well mester with an interfaith barbecue that table left that table more rich, diving into these problems of for the birth of his niece or a
When Im talking to peo- unless we listen. on the lawn behind 30 College. more diverse and probably more suffering and evil and goodness number of funerals.
ple and when Im engaging Well never get to have a fruit- This year, as dusk settled above the grounded in their own tradition as and purpose, he said. The person sitting across
with someone I am hoping ful or productive conversation if pines, six or seven people stayed at a consequence of that dialogue, of But I think, when thats not from me might not be interested
that the space that were cre- Im listening to talk over you or if the table into the night. that conversation. the case, Im keenly aware of the in talking big questions about
ating is a space of peace, of Im listening to outsmart you. Muslims and Jews and Cath- Not everyone at Bowdoin place that pain and suffering has the reality of God, but they
protection, of vulnerability, But, if Im listening to con- olics got to have a very beautiful, comes equipped to speak about played in my journey, and that might be interested in sharing
of honesty and authenticity. nect with you, with your human- honest conversation where they existential questions. Although it could very well be playing in a little bit about the pain that
Because thats what I think of ity, to connect with your per- were sharing their faith practic- Pazos smiles at the thought of the journey of the person who is theyre feeling right now, the
when I think of God. sonality, then were actually two es, recalled Pazos. What these students ready to engage with sitting across from me. emotional pain, the physical
Pazos engages completely people engaging in something practices meant to them and how big-ticket questions, he is ea- Pazos is an immigrant. He pain, the spiritual pain.
with the person in front of that I find to be more important important they were to themselves ger to engage with anyone who came to the U.S. at the age of 18, When that happens, thats
him. His prerogative is to in- and more transcendental than and to their community, and why might need him. in possession of a student visa, sacred ground.

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8 FEATURES
Community welcomes women STEM professors
by Anjulee Bhalla
Orient Staff
Three new female STEM pro-
fessors, Assistant Professor of
Computer Science Sarah Harmon,
Assistant Professor of Biology
Patricia Jones and Assistant Pro-
fessor of Mathematics Naomi Ta-
nabe, have joined Bowdoin faculty
this year and are eager to engage
with the liberal arts community.
While all three professors are
still early in their transition to
Bowdoin, theyve already had a
large impact just by increasing
the number of women faculty in
STEM departments.
The addition of these profes-
sors to the faculty comes at a time
of heightened national discourse
about the experiences of women
A new addition: Tanabe teaches mathematics while learning about liberal arts and the Bowdoin community.
Mentoring programs offer support to local youth
by Kathryn McGinnis
Staff Writer
Consistency is easy to find
at Bowdoin: in the chimes of
the bells, the dinners served at
5 p.m. and parties every week-
end. But for some children in
the Brunswick area, a Bow-
doin mentors presence each
week is their only constant.
When faced with parents in
jail, a strange language in a
foreign land, or shyness on the
playground, kids depend on
Bowdoin mentors support.
We ask for a one school
year commitment to give the
[child] time to develop, said
Lindsey Walton, a program
manager at Big Brothers Big
Sisters, one of 18 mentoring
programs offered through the
Bowdoin Volunteer Corps, at
the McKeen Center for the
Common Good. Like any
other relationship, it takes
time to develop trust, and the
best way to do that is to keep
showing up and having con-
versations with them.
Walton coordinates the
Bears and Cubs program on
campus for children not yet
matched with a Big Brother
or Big Sister. Every other Sun-
day, Bowdoin students spend
two hours playing games and
socializing with their little.
The experience is meant to
provide a safe environment
where kids can share their prob-
lems and interact with student
in scientific, technological and
mathematical fields. For example,
revelations in the early months
of this year regarding a culture
of discrimination, sexism and
sexual harassment at tech-giant
Uber sparked national outrage
and renewed debate about what
it means to be a woman in tech.
According to Jones, one of the
biggest developments for women
in STEM is the increasing number
of role models, especially as wom-
en are being seen in more senior
roles. She notes the large impact
her mentors had on motivating
her to continue to pursue biology.
As an undergraduate there
were at least two mentors for me
professors at Cornell that I did
research with in the summer
who really just were encouraging,
mentors on a college campus.
Its interesting because
you would think two hours
every other week is not a lot
of time, but kids have this
crazy ability to be utterly
hopeful and optimistic about
everything, so its really easy
to build trust quickly, said
Sara Caplan 20, a Bears and
Cubs mentor. That little time
you have really means a lot in
terms of getting to know them
and whats happening in their
lives. Often they reveal a lot
of terrifying things.
In addition to volunteering
with Bears and Cubs this year,
Caplan branched away from
campus and began the Bow-
doin Students Working with
English Language Learners
program (BSWELL) to work
with local students who have
been identified as eligible for
the program by both their
teachers and sub-proficiency
scores on an English language
exam.
The programs 12 Bowdoin
students will enter Brunswick
classrooms for the first time
That little time that you have
really means a lot in terms of
getting to know them and whats
happening in their lives.
Sara Caplan 20
mostly because they were really
happy, said Jones. They loved
being biologists, they had really
happy families and personal lives
and hobbies and they were just
really good role models of this is
a person whos doing something
they love and in a balanced way
so theyre able to have a life and do
other stuff.
Not only can the influence
of specific mentors have a large
impact, but also an encouraging
community also plays a big role
in motivating and keeping wom-
en in STEM.
Ive had a very supportive
community, and it should be my
turn to support the community
back, said Tanabe. Thats always
something Ive had in my mind,
so if the presence of female math-
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
to mentor nine students from
around the world, including
China, Germany, India, Por-
tugal and Thailand.
One challenge Caplan fore-
sees is the stark differences
between the backgrounds and
experiences of Bowdoin stu-
dents and their mentees.
One of the things that I
found is that people look for
similarities in their mentors
and if they dont see how who
you are now can translate into
what they could be then
its really hard to make that a
tangible connection, Caplan
said.
Students also have the op-
portunity to mentor off cam-
pus with the program Falcon
Friends. It caters to fifth grad-
ers at Bowdoinham Commu-
nity School, providing each
child with a Bowdoin mentor
to spend time with during
lunch and recess.
The general goal is to
come in and serve as positive
role models, said Lili Ramos
18, the clubs leader. We
come in as college students
ematicians can be of any help, that
definitely sounds like a great thing
to do.
While some studied at liberal
arts institutions themselves, all are
looking forward to the role they
will serve in both students lives
and learning.
While many new hires are
still adjusting to life at Bowdoin,
Harmon, a Colby graduate, and
Jones are returning to the liberal
arts environment that had a strong
positive impact on their graduate
school experiences and careers.
Jones, who majored in biology
and art history, appreciated the
breadth of study she was able
to attain within the liberal arts
framework of Cornells College of
Arts and Sciences, as well as the
flexibility to change her course of
study.
Within academia theres re-
ally opportunity to switch and
change your mind, even after
youve graduated from under-
grad, said Jones. There were
quite a few people in my program
for my Ph.D and my postdoc who
were graduate students who had
been music majors or something
and then decided that this was
what they wanted to do.
Harmon also enjoyed the inter-
disciplinary exploration that was
a large part of her undergraduate
experience. While she initially
intended to major in neurosci-
ence, after having many different
research experiences that investi-
gated the intersections of neuro-
science with other areas of study,
Harmon settled on majoring in
math and computer science be-
cause of their strong foundation in
problem solving and ability to be
Polar bears and cubs: Bowdoin students engage with local elementary students as mentors through McKeen
Center. The Bears and Cubs Program is one of eighteen mentoring groups on campus.
who can talk to them and
give them advice about social
issues and school.
In addition to providing
mentees with stable relation-
ships and student role mod-
els, mentor programs both on
campus and in local schools
offer Bowdoin students a
great chance to explore vol-
unteer opportunities.
Its a more comfortable way
for [students] to explore this
idea of community engage-
Sowing new roots: Jones returns to liberal arts environment.
applied to many other disciplines.
I do think that having that lib-
eral arts background, and being at
a place that lets you essentially find
your own purpose and explore
ideas from all these different plac-
es and find your own way to tie
those together, is hugely import-
ant, said Harmon. Its important
because you can now apply what
youre learning from all these
different fields and then you can
solve problems, whatever kind of
problems you encounter.
For Tanabe, who attended
Rikkyo University-Tokyo, Bow-
doin is her first exposure to liber-
al arts, but to the American high-
er education system. In Japan, she
taught in K-12 classrooms before
pursuing her graduate degree.
While there are many different
components to Tanabes transi-
tion to Bowdoin, ultimately shes
excited about the way Bowdoins
classroom dynamics and com-
munity enable closer connections
with students.
As a liberal arts school setting,
I was excited about being able to
COURTESY LINDSEY WALTON, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BATH/BRUNSWICK
ment, said Assistant Director of
The McKeen Center for Com-
mon Good Matt Gee. Working
with kids is a lot of fun and a
lot of students use this as a way
to destress and get off campus.
It also gives students a chance
to be leaders and role models,
[giving] them a sense of duty
and responsibility, an important
empowering role for Bowdoin
students to be in.
For next years mentors and
mentees, the name of the game
Friday, September 22, 2017
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
get to know students better and
get more involved with them, said
Tanabe. This setup helps me get
to know students quicker, so that
part Im definitely enjoying.
While the three professors
look forward to joining the
Bowdoin community, they still
must confront the challenges
familiar to women in STEM
fields, from limited representa-
tion to high expectations.
Regardless of where you go, I
think theres a culture of we need
to understand everything other-
wise were not smart or we need
to never make a mistake other-
wise were not smart and that
definitely leads to a lot of people
to think that theyre not good
enough, said Harmon. So what
I try to emphasize in my classes
is that making mistakes is real-
ly an important part of solving
problems anyway and thats what
youre going to be encountering
wherever you go. Its especially
important in research because re-
search is solving problems that no
one else has solved before.
is quality rather than quantity.
[Were] focusing on trying
to deepen the relationships,
having leaders provide more
educational and reflection
opportunities for the mentors
in the program [and] helping
the mentors be able to form
deeper relationships and
[have] a stronger impact on
their students, said Gee.
Editors Note: Sara Caplan
20 is a member of the Orient
staff.
Friday, September 22, 2017 FEATURES 9

POLAR EYES

Common good, common ground

Bowdoins 19th Common Good Day sent 528 students into local communities on Saturday. The
day began in Farley Field House with a picnic lunch and a performance by percussion dance
group Taiko. Participants dispersed to 47 organizations in the midcoast Maine communities
including the Ronald McDonald House Portland, Wolfes Neck Woods State Park and the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick.
By Natasha Belsky and Chris Ritter
 S
10
SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT Football focuses on offseason body weight
REEL
Out for revenge: The womens
soccer team (1-2-1, NESCAC
0-2-1) began its weekend last
Saturday with a 1-1 tie against
Wesleyan (3-1-1, NESCAC
0-1-1) after goalie Rachel
Stout 18 made 10 saves com-
pared to Wesleyans two. The
next day, the team lost 0-3 to
undefeated Williams (5-0-0,
NESCAC 4-0-0). The team
will face Middlebury (3-1-1,
NESCAC 1-1-1) at home
on Saturday. Middlebury
knocked the Polar Bears out
of NESCAC quarterfinals last
season, beating the team 2-1.
Heading for goal: Mens soccer
(4-2, NESCAC 2-1) had a
successful weekend, with two
1-0 wins against Wesleyan
(4-1, NESCAC 0-1) and
Williams (3-1, NESCAC 2-1).
During the Wesleyan game,
Ethan Ellsworth 18 made
an early goal at 2:13 with an
assist from Levi Morant 19.
Drake Byrd 21 scored his first
collegiate goal in order to win
the Williams game. After a
midweek loss to St. Josephs
(5-0-1), the Polar Bears are
hoping to rebound with a
win against Middlebury (5-1,
NESCAC 2-1) this Saturday.
Starting off strong: Kicking
off its 15th season the right
way, the womens rugby team
(1-0) beat U-Maine Orono
29-15 in their first home
game. The team had a strong
start, going into the second
half up 17-0 with the help
of captain Kendall Schutzer
18, who completed the game
with three tries. The Polar
Bears hope to carry their mo-
mentum to their next game
as they travel to play Sacred
Heart on Saturday.
Racing past the competition: The
cross country teams swept
the Bowdoin Invitational
I this weekend, with both
teams beating the second
place teams by 20 or more
points. Womens captain Sar-
ah Kelley 18 won the 5K race
with a time of 19:12.9, and
four other team members
finished in the top eight. On
the mens side, Ben Torda 18
ran the 8K in 25.57.0, placing
him in first with four other
teammates also coming in
the top nine.
COMPILED BY ANNA FAUVER
by Artur Kalandarov
Orient Staff
For Sydney Guerrier 20,
weigh-ins at the gym have be-
come part of his daily ritual.
Guerrier is a linebacker on
the football team, and is one
of many players who are given
personal weight goals to achieve
during offseason.
Im already at a disadvan-
tage because linebackers are
usually 6 2 to 6 7 280lbs
to like 320lbs, said Guerrier.
Coming out as a freshman, I
was only 6, 185 lbs. Putting on
weight would make it easier for
me to take on blocks, people
coming at me. Even if theyre
coming at me slower, their
weight overpowers me, so put-
ting on weight helps me com-
pensate for that.
While the weight gains are
not mandatory, a players weight
is a strategic advantage that can
influence their performance and
therefore whether a player starts.
Depending on how much
weight you put on and how that
affects your playing style, could
affect how much you play in the
future. said Guerrier.
Players have to think about
their weight as often as they exer-
cise. Each calorie burned is a cal-
orie that needs to be consumed.
For a lineman, losing too
much weight in a season due to
excessive conditioning that you
might do, isnt good for you in the
gains that youre trying to com-
pensate for, Guerrier said. Eat-
ing more in the dining hall, tak-
ing tupperware so you can eat a
quick meal before you go to sleep,
so you can maintain your weight,
rather than lose it completely.
Weight-gain strategy chang-
es in offseason. According to
Guerrier, summer is the time
for football players to bulk up
on muscle before the next sea-
Crew travels to London to compete in Henley Royal Regatta
by Harry Jung
Orient Staff
Last summer, two mens
boats from the Bowdoins row-
ing program competed in the
worlds most prestigious regat-
ta, Henley Royal Regatta, on
the River Thames in England.
The two mens boats, each
with four rowers and a cox-
swain, finished 10th and 14th
during the time trial in June.
They narrowly missed out on
a top eight standing, so they
did not advance to the side-
by-side single elimination
knockout rounds.
The regatta itself was abso-
lutely spectacular, wild, said
Assistant Coach Doug Welling.
Captain Phillip Wang 18,
a coxswain for one of the two
boats, said that training and
interacting with top row-
ers around the world in the
Henley Royal Regatta pushed
the crews to take rowing to a
whole new level. For exam-
ple, his crew trained to start
off a race at a stroke rate of
52, a much faster rate of row-
Never stop grinding: In the off season, the football coaches give players individual weight goals that they are expected to work towards, whether that be to
gain weight or maintain their weight. Players work hard in order to meet these goals by working out and eating more so that they are ready for season.
son starts and energy needs to while youre doing it so its the
be saved for games. right kind of weight. I mean you
Although some players po- could sit on the couch and eat
sitions do not require them to cheese doodles, but thats not
gain as much weight, they are going to help you when you get
still expected to stay in shape on the field.
during offseason. Stern believes that many
Austin Stern 18 is a safety this times the weight goals set by the
season, but was recruited as an coaches are unrealistically high,
outside linebacker. As safety, Stern but are only intended to encour-
relies more on speed than weight, age athletes to do their best. For
but he still puts in effort to keep up example, the heaviest Stern has
his weight during the summer. ever weighed was 200 pounds
Over the past three sum- at the beginning of junior fall,
mers I would go home and then while his expected weight was
try to put on maybe 10 pounds 210-215 pounds.
of muscle, which is hard be- You have a defensive line-
cause you have to eat very clean, man who the coaches feel is
and you have to eat a lot of it, very underweight. They will be
he said. You have to make sure very vocal in stating the fact
that you lift and run constantly that he should pick up weight,
ing than they were used to in regatta took five days, and
the states. each crew raced 2,100 meters
I remember walking as opposed to a more standard
around and seeing bunch of 2,000 meters.
Olympians from like New In the regatta, there is
Zealand and they would have a total of 16 entrees in the
their Rio 2016 jackets or in knockout stage. Eight of the
the boat tent you would see entrees get into the knockout
boats with Rio 2016 stickers stage automatically, meaning
and it was cool because you they qualify without having to
were standing next to them, compete in the initial time tri-
and you were not just a spec- al, based on their resumes or,
tator, Wang said. You are the in some, cases luck. Colgate
same river as them doing the University and Boston Uni-
same things and interacting versity were accepted into the
with them. knockout stage automatically
The program began com- this year. American crews,
peting in Henley Royal Re- Williams College, Deerfield
gatta in 2000. This year was Academy, Kent School and
the fourth time the team has University of Virginia qual-
competed in the regatta, with ified for the knockout stage
the other times being in 2003 after the time trial.
and 2013. In 2003, Bowdoins Two weeks before the re-
mens boat advanced to the gatta, the team also compet-
quarterfinals and was knocked ed in the Marlow Regatta at
out from the regatta by Goldie Dorney Lake, England. Both
Boat Club of the University of mens fours finished fifth
Cambridge, who eventually in different divisions out of
went on to win the event that more than 30 crews.
year. This year there were a to- We really used that as the
tal of 577 entrees, 144 of whom ability to get settled and to
were from overseas. The whole get people used to new rent-
eat more and lift more in order
to get that size and that mass.
The same goes if they think you
should lose weight, he said.
That being said, I think the
coaches do a good job of rec-
ognizing ability, so even if you
are a little undersized, or if you
havent shaved your weight,
there are no immediate reper-
cussions. Its just them seeing
in their ideal world what you
would look like.
Ideal worlds are often di-
vorced from reality. Players
learn how to game the system.
If you were to go down to
Farley and see us all weighing
in youll see a lot of the upper-
classmen have gallons of water
in their hands, said Stern. Just
ed equipment. That was the
course from the 2012 Olym-
pics and that was spectacular,
said Welling.
The co-ed team boasts 58
rowers and coxswains this
season. Many of them joined
the program with no prior ex-
perience. Despite the relative-
ly small size of the program,
which does not recruit mem-
bers and whose members on
average have less experience,
the team finds a way to com-
pete against much bigger
rowing programs around the
country through what they
say is simply work ethic.
We have some really mo-
tivated athletes and because
most of our team did not
have rowing experience be-
fore coming to college, we can
to teach them a sort of our
method, said Head Coach Gil
Birney. Our sort of vision of
how boats ought to move. I
think the student themselves
are highly motivated and am-
bitious. It is really unusual for
a program this size to be able
to complete with the level of
Friday, September 22, 2017
DANIEL JANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
before we step on the scale we
usually drink half a gallon or
the whole gallon just to quickly
add a few pounds so were listed
as a higher weight on the roster.
For players like Stern and
Guerrier, these expectations
have become normalized. Guer-
rier is much closer to his goal
weight now than as a first year
his old clothes hardly fityet he
calls weigh-ins a habit.
There is a lot of emphasis
on weight in football, whether
that be the weight you lift or the
weight you are, said Stern.
The Orient reached out to
Coach J.B. Wells for a comment,
but did not receive a reply.
Ellice Lueders contributed to
this report.
competition we do.
Captain Jessica Webber
18 observed that because the
rowing program at Bowdoin is
a club sport, there cannot be
any coaching or official train-
ing outside of the season. With
that in mind, most of the team
works out on the rowing ma-
chines frequently by choice, so
that they can improve.
I think our athletes re-
ally thrive under the under-
dog mentality, said Webber.
Being kind of scrappy, there
are lots of sophomores with
only one year of rowing ex-
perience thrown into top
boats. You get to really size
up against these recruited
six foot athletes from oth-
er schools, sometimes D1
schools, and you just try to
go out and beat them. I think
this is something everyone
has learned to enjoy and
strive for.
This fall, the team will
compete in a total of three
regattas, including the Head
of the Charles on October
21-22.
Friday, September 22, 2017 SPORTS 11

Field Hockey looks to carry momentum to Middlebury game

by Eliana Miller
Staff Writer
Polar Bears 6 After two
Wesleyan 0 crucial wins
this past
Polar Bears 3 weekend,
Williams 2 the Bowdoin
field hockey
team is prepared to take on
its longstanding rival, Middle-
bury, this weekend.
Last Saturday, the Polar Bears
swept Wesleyan for a 6-0 win.
Five separate players scored, as-
sisted by an array of teammates.
It was great to see different
people score goals; it wasnt
the same person scoring a
bunch. I think that shows the
depth of our team, said cap-
tain Kelsey Bumgardner 18.
The teams depth spans across
all grades, with seven first years
and eight sophomores. On
defense, both goalies are first
years, while on offense, the
sophomores have scored more
than half of the teams goals this
year. Sophomore Kara Finnerty
was also named NESCAC play-
er of the week.
On Sunday, Bowdoin
played a hard-fought game
against Williams, winning 3-2
in double overtime. Finnerty
scored the winning goal after
87 minutes of play.
The whole team showed a
lot of character, a lot of resil-
ience. And we dug really deep
when it mattered the most. It
was incredible; it was super
exciting, said Finnerty.
Although both teams had
played the day before, Bowdo-
in entered each round of over-
time with tenacity.
With double overtime its
seven versus seven, so theres
less players on the field and
its exhausting, but the team
thats going to win is the team
that works harder and works
smarter, said Bumgardner. In
the first overtime we had a lot
of opportunities to finish and
score, and so thats something
we can learn [from] to not
have to go into double over-
time in the future. But I think
the biggest thing we took away
is that it showed off the char-
acter of our team and that we
dont give up.
The Polar Bears plan to car-
ry their momentum and char-
acter into the upcoming game
against Middlebury. The team
has faced Middlebury for six
straight years in the NESCAC
championships, nudging the
Panthers out of the bracket
twice since 2011. Last year,
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
however, was the first of those
postseason games that was On cloud nine: Elizabeth Growney 20 competes against Williams on Sunday after beating Wesleyan 6-0 on Saturday. Sundays game went into double over-
not the NESCAC final. Bow- time, with the Polar Bears closely beating out the Ephs 3-2. The team is looking to continue its three-game winning streak against rival Middlebury on Saturday.
doin ended its 2016 season in underclassmen and stand at I think theres something game, the Polar Bears are pre- not looking at the name on the
the quarterfinals, losing 2-0 3-1 overall. Though Middle- special, especially as a senior, paring by working on their own jersey of our opponent, but re-
to Middlebury. bury has scored more goals so about playing on Ryan Field game, fixating on their opponent. ally looking at our own name
There [is] definitely that far this season20 compared and the traditions and being Were not going to put on our own jersey and playing
intensity of wanting to come to Bowdoins 11the Polar in your own locker room. more emphasis on this game for us.
back after having lost to [Mid- Bear defense is strong, with Theres nothing like that, said than we are on any other game Having learned from their
dlebury] last year, Finnerty a low goals against average of Bumgardner. But I think the The only thing we have con- mistakes and looking to con-
said. We know that we have 0.92 as compared to the Pan- intensity level is still there re- trol over is how were going to tinue increasing their level of
the ability to be a great team. thers 1.50. gardless of where we are. play, said Head Coach Nicky play, the Polar Bears are ready
The game looks to be well The team is excited to play Mid- Despite the rivalry and the Pearson. And weve sort of to take on Middlebury this
matched. Both teams have 15 dlebury on its home turf again. added intensity of the home made a point this year of really Saturday at 11 a.m.

Sailing struggles with bad weather after strong opening weekend

by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
Despite the lack of wind
this weekend, the sailing team
had a strong start to its season
over the last two weeks after
competing in numerous events
across New England.
The womens regatta was at
MIT and that was a really tough
event. A lot of people that were
at nationals last spring were
there, Womens captain Ellis
Price 18 said. I think it was
a good event because we had
two new female skippers that
are fi rst years, they both did
really well for their fi rst college
event, so I think were pretty
pleased with that, and hoping
for a good season.
Th is week, the sailing team
competed in the Hatch Brown
Trophy at Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, the Central
Series 2 at Boston College and
the Ross Trophy at University
of Vermont.
Due to the lack of wind,
the sailors at UVM were only
able to complete two races on
Saturday. At the end of the two
races the Polar Bears were in
the lead, but were unable to of-
ficially win the event, because
there must be three races for an
official winner to be declared.
At MIT, the team was un-
able to compete Saturday, but
completed three races on Sun-
day. The team placed 15th of 20
teams. The team racing in the
Central Series at Boston Col-
lege raced eight races over the
span of Saturday and Sunday.
It fi nished 8th of 17 teams.
Those are sometimes the
toughest regattas [races with-
out wind], because youre wait-
ing all weekend and still have
to be mentally in it, and then
the races that you do do really
count, Price said.
On Wednesday, the team
cancelled a midweek invita-
tional, which was supposed
to be one of the two home
events in the sailing season.
Home events give the team
a slight advantage over their
opponents because they will
be familiar with the boats,
venue and current. While
traveling, the teams focus is
split between preparing for the
race and becoming acquainted
with the weather conditions
and the venue.
The team is focused on
building off of its previous
weekends and applying what it
learns at practice to competi-
tions. The teams members are
more focused on the process
than the results, except when
they are trying to qualify for
ACCs or Nationals.
The major goal for the sail-
ing team is qualifying for na-
tionals, but that competition is
during the spring season. The
team focuses on learning and
growing in the fall.
I think we have a broad
range of experience on the
team, and I think that is a
great opportunity to spread
knowledge, and to have ev-
eryone get more competitive,
captain Nora Cullen 18 said.
Sharing knowledge about
sailing is vital for the team
due to its wide array of sailing
backgrounds. Some sailors are
recruited, while some have no
prior experience. Regardless
of prior experience, the sail-
ing team strives to create an
inclusive environment for all
members according to Cullen.
My classmates who are
walk-ons their freshman year
have come leaps and bounds
and are crucial members of
the team. Walk-ons do con-
tribute in a big way, mens
captain Harrison Hawk 18
said.
The team is hoping to build
on the last two weekends as they
travel to five different events
this weekend including the
Loder Trophy at University of
New Hampshire, Hood Trophy
at Tufts, New England Singles
at Roger Williams University
(RWU), Womens Invitation-
al at RWU and New England
Womens Single at RWU.

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 O OPINION
12 Friday, September 22, 2017

Make the Orient your platform

Comfort versus courage: Bowdoins
culture promotes lazy activism
We assume that every student has, at least once during their time at their efforts. ing, thus belittling the significance
Bowdoin, rolled their eyes at something they read in the pages of the Polar Views On the day of Trumps announce- of the movements demands. Her
Orient. Some students, we suspect, have even felt alienated by the content by Osa Omoregie ment to eliminate DACA, President intentions may have been pure but
of this paper. Rose sent an email out to Bowdoins Kendall Jenner engaged in an act of
And this is not without reason. We do not and cannot cover everyone Last week, the Bowdo- campus, encouraging students to self-flattery by agreeing to an ad that
equally. Our staff is comprised of 36 students on a campus of 1,800 stu- in community was in shock upon reach out to senators and other pol- portrayed her as the one who could
dents. The editorial board is only five, all of whom are white and wealthy. learning that President Trump icymakers to ask them to fight for end police brutality in America by
As a paper we strive to cover all perspectives on campus equally in our own would terminate Deferred Action DACAs preservation. I may sound offering a policeman a can of Pepsi.
editorial content. We come up short. for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). pessimistic, but I doubt that most I am not asking for all Bowdoin
But the op-eds, letters to the editor, columns, and Talks of the Quad are As usual, Bowdoin students rallied students took the presidents advice. students to be fearless activists. I just
not ours: theyre yours. Aside from minor edits for clarity and concision, together in solidarity for a week to During my time at Bowdoin, there have one request: stay woke. Bowdo-
we publish these pieces as we receive them from their authors. support those who would be affect- have been a handful of student ac- in students should pursue knowledge
Most importantly, the opinion pages provide a forum outside of the ed, yet somehow ignored the gravity tivists losing sleep and emotional about challenging issues and engage in
institution of the College for students to frankly and genuinely represent of the situation the following week. energy in an effort to seek justice for the current debates of our time. Most
their own views, to question and criticize policies, systems and ideas, and I understand that posters and rallies marginalized students on campus. I importantly, students should engage
to challenge our community to improve. serve as important reminders that have watched far more lazy activ- with empathy in mind. One should not
Each issue of this paper presents the opportunity to share your story or those affected by DACAs termina- ists sacrifice nothing more than a think so much about the elimination
defend your argument to an unmediated audience of your peers. Without tion are not alone. Still, while watch- few seconds of their day signing a of intangible, abstract programs like
your contributions, the Orient wouldnt be your student newspaper. ing swarms of students get in line to poster or posting a brief status on DACA but instead imagine thousands
If you are scandalized, shocked, or baffled by an article, take the op- sign the big We Do Not Tolerate Facebook. Much of these acts can of studentsincluding Bowdoin stu-
portunity to respond. If discourse within College-organized spaces leaves Hate poster in Smith Union, I felt start to look like a means of acquir- dentshaving to leave the homes they
you unsatisfied, let the Orient be your soapbox. If you feel that the policies uneasy about their focus on signing ing social capital in a millennial have known, despite being some of the
of the College are insufficient, suggest a change. If you dont see your own rather than on the real issue at hand. world where internet activism is the most productive, law-abiding members
story represented in our pages, share it in print. If intellectual fearless- One of my friends voiced similar new trend of the 21st century. Only of our society. At the very least, raising
ness doesnt suit you, model your preferred style of intellectual engage- concerns, wondering if students sign five months ago, there was major awareness about social or political is-
ment in a column. these posters because its the trendy outcry over the Pepsi commercial sues in ones classrooms, student clubs
Publish an article once in your four years, or publish an article every thing to do. that featured Kendall Jenner because and sports teams is productive work
week. All are equally valuable. Use op-eds not just to advocate for an in- Bowdoins political climate has she seemed to be appropriat- that does not require much time. These
crease in awareness, but to organize events and turn dialogue into action. typically given students license to ing the Black Lives Mat- conversations should not only happen
Despite our faults we honestly believe that the Orient has the ability to engage in what I call apathet- ter movement for during the week of devastating news,
shape campus discourse. Our online content reached 5,000 viewers last ic activism. I have watched personal brand- but also weeks or months afterward.
weekviews from you, your friends, your parents, and your professors and many Bowdoin students Being an activist is not a requirement
your neighbors. This is your paper. display hollow acts of to fit in at Bowdoin, but if one truly
activism in light of wants to promote progressive change,
The editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board, a social or politi- integrity is a necessity. For every stu-
which is comprised of Harry DiPrinzio, Sarah Drumm, Alyce McFadden, Ian cal tragedy, let dent I see putting his or her name or
Stewart and Ian Ward. the tremor face on a poster for a cause, I hope
of anxiety that just as many students are do-
die down ing personal research to educate
and spon- themselves about whatever cause
taneously they wish to support.
forget how
to advocate
for others until
the next devas-
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 Friday, September 22, 2017 OPINION 13

Damn the discourse: a liberal dose of mush

ies process over policy; what and of those of his intellectual versation has already begun) of people. We must reject a itus of the University of Chica-
by Ethan Winter matters to its champions is not ilk more broadlyso worry- that we look for a new stan- conversation of aerial abstrac- go, who advised the graduating
Op-Ed Contributor
what is being said but, instead, ing, is not that it is wrong, but dard for substantive intellec- tions that devolves into a wild class to care more deeply for
President Clayton Rose how its being said, feel free to that it suggests the speaker is tual engagement: how about goose chase in search of some wisdom than for expertise.
published an op-ed in TIME gut whats left of our countrys simply, terrifyingly removed intellectual courage? Roses nebulous common language. Skill, like technical proficien-
Magazine arguing for the im- social safety net, they imply, from our politics. The Repub- formulation of intellectual Because encoded in appeals for cy, allows one to succeed with-
portance of the liberal arts. just make sure you use your lican party in the Reagan era fearlessness seems to have a common language, which in a system; wisdom, however,
Roughly, his argument is that indoor voice. When you pri- (an era in which we still live) been the offspring of several seems so neutral, lies an ideo- allows one to question a sys-
today intellectual engagement oritize discourse, no idea is rides in a hermetically sealed focus group and engineered to logically-charged position: one tem. President Roses miscon-
is too often mocked, leaving us too bad or too cruel as long coalition that is unmoved by be so vague and agreeable that that prioritizes tone above all ception of the liberal arts is be-
in a distressing place... where as it can be concealed in some facts or any modern concep- it is drained of any meaning at else, which been disastrous for trayed here by his unconscious
facts are willfully ignored or convenient opaque phrase: tion of science, turning it into all. That hardly seems fearless. our nation. It has allowed Far- alteration of his friends words.
conveniently dismissed and means-testing, block a veritable breeding ground of This may seem like splitting Right extremists to undermine We must ask ourselves now,
where Hypocrisy runs ram- grants, self-deportation. conspiracy theories. Certainly, hairs, but there is a crucial dif- the academy, poisoning the de- at what seems to be a critical
pant and character appears to The emptiness of this posi- fanatical voices on the Left do ference between courage and bate Rose claims to value. juncture, if all the liberal arts
no longer be a requirement tion is evidenced in Roses al- exist, but wed be mistaken to fearlessness. Courage means Most distressing of all is a technical education aug-
for leadership. His proposed most reflexive equivocation of see them as equals to those on facing the truth in all its ugli- though, it has lead many to mented by an English course
solution is one weve heard the two partiesthis is decid- the Right: there are, first, im- ness, in spite of our fears. This lose faith in democratic poli- or two or something more. I,
from him before: intellectual edly a nonpartisan problem portant ideological differences is far different than merely tics altogether, believing it can for one, certainly hope it is the
fearlessness, the notion that that follows his description of between the two, but also, just being uncomfortable or, as no longer yield solutions that latter. I hope the liberal arts
one can consider ideas and our current politics. This claim consider that the latter runs the word fearlessness implies, will actually better their lives. can be an education that both
material that challenge their is demonstrably false. But what our country while the former ignoring what should, rightly, Calls for intellectual fear- promotes human freedom in
points of view, which may run makes this political obfus- is relegated to the fringe. be terrifying. Because to be lessness which consist of all its manifold possibilities
counter to deeply held beliefs, cation on the part of Rose I propose (and this con- fearless now is to be hopeless- nothing more than dressed while allowing us the chance to
unsettles them or may make ly naive: quietly, up both sidesisms has connect with those around us,
them uncomfortable. insidiously; laid bare the danger of these to build communities andin
I take issue with much of Republicans politics of politeness. It has the long runto build a better
Roses argument, and what continue to hollowed out our politics world.
I find most troubling is his pass restric- and so it should come as no As a first step, let us com-
seeming inability to articu- tive voter ID surprise that, faced with this mit to asking questions more
late, with substance, a goal, laws, block- vacuity, many young people substantive than how do we
mission and role for the lib- ing any are flocking to the Far-Right. talk face to face when we dont
eral arts that extends beyond chance at People are driven, and politics see eye to eye. Intellectual
banalities. There is a crisis in democratic are fueled, by a shared vision courage means that during
higher educationand in our recourse; white for the future, no matter how Arthur Brooks upcoming visit
politics more generallyand, supremacists are noxious. All over the Western to campus, we should be pre-
indicative of this crisis, is the marching unmasked in world, social democratic par- pared to challenge him on the
pablum that Rose again serves the streets; and Repub- ties have faded. Id argue this is AEIs support of the Saudi air
us. Action is in order, and to licans continue to deny owed in part, to the fact they war in Yemen, tax cuts for our
begin we must find something the scientific consensus have become parties of process nations wealthiest or a repeal
stronger than mere platitudes on climate change, con- or technocratic liberalism. of the Affordable Care Act that
couched in instrumentalism. demning maybe mil- Theyve forgotten that the goal would leave millions unin-
President Rose and I agree, we lions to death. of politics is not simply to pass sured. Lets not provide Brooks
have found ourselves in a dis- In critiquing this idea legislation or to balance the another platform to bemoan,
tressing place, but I am unable, of the discourse, I do budget, but to build a more unquestioned, how a bunch
at this challenging moment in not mean to suggest the decent, more just world. of 20-somethings are harshing
our society and world, to mus- need to advance a certain The task at hand nowa task his Koch-funded Conserva-
ter Roses optimism. partisan agenda. Truly, in which the liberal arts will no tive mellow. Rather, why not
An underlying focus of this is not some question doubt play a crucial roleis strive towards radical political
Roses piece is the discourse, of Right or Left, indeed in creating a politics which awarenessthat is, awareness
a sacred cow of centrists what we need now more transcends the boundaries con- of the actual stakes of our pol-
and of a cadre of than ever is a politics structed to protect centrists itics. We need to understand
elites. The dis- built upon a vigorous and tonal sensibilities. Doing so will the implications and motives
course substantive exchange of require diversity of thought that of contemporary political lan-
priv- ideas, rooted in is truly far-ranging because, guage, as well as, and crucially,
the lived make no mistake, behind so the consequences of todays
reali- many of the bland calls we hear political debates: whats at
ties from the administration for di- stake, what are we losing and
alogue and inclusion lies not what are we doing morally, by
the inclusion of marginalized giving into the sanctification
people or the Far-Left, but a of the discourse.
tacit an insidious political Intellectual courage and a
commitment to the reinvigoration of the liberal arts
right donors. is more crucial nowespecially
The moral hol- with the rise of the Far-Right
lowness of the idea than ever. Let us join together
of the discourse to create an idea of the liberal
has seeped into arts that doesnt feed into the
our understand- soulless hyper-individualism
ing of the lib- of American capitalism, but
eral arts as an instead transcends it. Let us de-
institution and mand and create an idea of the
idea. Take, for common good (an idea which
instance, Roses walks hand-in-hand with the
use of the word liberal arts) that consists of
skill in his op- more than merely corporate
edhe makes scraps. Maybe, just maybe,
the point, three reading all that Plato while
times, that a concurrently learning physics
liberal arts will give us the wisdom to draft
education a blueprint of a better future: a
will give you future that is altogether more
skills. Con- compassionate than the present
trast this, to we have. Instead of focusing
last years on tone, lets fight for a better
speaker at worldbecause thats the only
Baccalaure- way well ever get one. Damn
ate, Hannah the discourse.
Holbert Gray, Ethan Winter is a member of
president emer- the class of 2019.

SARA CAPLAN
14 OPINION Friday, September 22, 2017

Past progress distracts from ongoing struggles

nings is exponentially larger But this isnt the entire of tampons because the very
Out Loud than it had been a decade ago, picture. Its possible to forget idea that someone who iden-
by Ari Mehrberg and yes, I feel safer being out when you run in primarily tifies as a man might need to
in the majority of situations queer or liberal circles, that use them is as fundamentally
at Bowdoin than Im sure my there still exist those other repulsive to them as these ac-
Dont you think things are predecessors felt. Even the circles who hate, or at the tions are to us.
better now? fact that I can write this arti- very least dont understand, But hate isnt the only thing
This is not an uncommon cle so publicly, my full name your existence: circles of that Bowdoins LGBT commu-
question Ive heard, from peo- plastered front and center on people who let slurs rest on nity faces. There are many oth-
ple both inside and outside the printed page and shining their tongues and spill from ers here on campus who also
the LGBT community, but its bright and blue from the top their mouths, who make no forget the privilege, the ease
always a difficult one for me of the Google search results effort to correct their own ig- and the choice to forget the
to answer. Yes, the crowd in screenwell, that has to mean norance or speak out against hate. These people talk about
24 College on Thursday eve- something, right? others, who defecate in a box progress, about
equality for all,
about all the victo-
ries weve experi-
enced. These peo-
ple may claim to be
allies. All of these
things are good
things, though,
right? The problem
arises when prog-
ress becomes deni-
al, when equality
for all becomes a
tool to shut down
marginalized voic-
es under the ratio-
nale of heteropho-
bia, cisphobia, or
all lives matter,
when talk of past
victories becomes
refusal to address
present suffering
and when allyship
becomes performa-
tive and selective.
After the tam-
pon box incident
last spring, the
campus was in out-
JENNY IBSEN rage, and rightfully
so. Articles were published,
emails were sent, changes
were made to the Free Flow
Initiative and signs were post-
ed in mens bathrooms. Words
of support and solidarity were
spoken and loose, ambiguous themselves are contributing to
promises were made. And
then, two or three weeks lat-
er, everyone fell silent once
more. The culprit was not
found and punished, or at
least not publicly. The conver-
sations died down and in the
grand scheme of things, very
little changed. The anger, the
fear, the distress that had set-
tled within each of the mem-
bers of the trans community
seemed to pass right over the
rest of campuss head. And
were still in the same position
we were before, still unsure as
to who our permanent allies
are among the sea of tempo-
rary ones.
I am not trying to be un-
necessarily pessimistic. I know
that the majority of people,
especially those who call
themselves allies, have the best
possible intentions and that
mean no harm by preaching
the gospel of progress. But the
light of optimism is as blinding
as it is illuminating. By focus-
ing on all the positive things
that we, the LGBT community,
have, people tend to miss the
negatives when good inten-
tions and privilege converge
in this way. In a similar vein,
liberal and activist methods of
denouncing hatred can some-
times be equally detrimental;
when peoples rhetoric serves
to separate themselves from
the bigots they condemn, they
often neglect to consider the
nuances of oppression and ex-
amine the way in which they
the problem.
Homophobia and trans-
phobia, and any other form
of discrimination, are not
built solely on slurs, delib-
erate violence and explicit
bias. Oppression forms a
fundamental building block
of our society; every per-
son breathes a little of it in
each day, and every person
contributes to and perpet-
uates it, whether they are
consciously choosing to do
so or not. By virtue of their
socialization, all cisgender
people are shaped in part by
the transphobia theyve been
taught and all straight peo-
ple by homophobia, and only
with conscious awareness
and effort can they hope to
eradicate it, both in them-
selves and in the world.
I am not asking you to
abandon all hope for the fu-
ture or to deliberately ignore
all the progress that has been
made in the present. To do so
would be unproductive and
exhausting. Rather, I ask that
you approach these issues
from a broader perspective,
always challenge the status
quo and always, always, look
within yourself to identify the
ways in which you may be a
part of the problem.

Lets demand online accountabilty from celebrities

@mycolumn
by Kinaya
Hassane
For better or for
worse, the powerful combi-
nation of pop culture and the
Internet has long been a large
presence in my life. Where-
as my parents have distinct
memories of a time before
computers, my earliest mem-
ories consist of afternoons
taking turns playing games
on the Disney Channel web-
site with my younger sister.
And while older generations
can spend entire articles and
news segments pontificating
over how millennials brains
are fried as a result of our
digital childhoods, there is no
denying the societal impact of
Internet pop culture.
Our generations greater
demand for accountability
from public figures comes
as a result of the merging of
pop culture and the Internet,
which makes news about cur-
rent affairs and Hollywood
equally ubiquitous and con-
sumable. The elevated stan-
dard to which we hold public
figures begs the question: to
what extent should we expect
influential people to speak
out on or be knowledgeable
about social issues to their
massive online followings?
A prerequisite for fame has
now become at least a slight
awareness of social justice
movements so as not to of-
fend ones audience, but is it
reasonable to ask entertainers
to be activists as well?
These questions have be-
come increasingly salient
in todays fraught political
times when the combination
of nonstop discourse and un-
precedented online engage-
ment poses the opportunity
for a large payoff for celeb-
rities. Flashpoints like the
2016 election and violence in
Charlottesville, Va. have be-
come tests for celebrities who
now have a chance to high-
light their compassion.
Taylor Swift is a striking
and polarizing figure in dis-
cussions surrounding celebri-
ty responses to popular social
movements. Swift, like most
millennials, came of age on
the Internet, but unlike most
millennials, her online histo-
ry is laid bare for the entire
world to scrutinize. Vestiges
of her old self live on screen-
shots of her Myspace page
where she proudly posted
about being a Republican.
Swifts politics since then
have been remarkably elusive.
She stated her support for
Barack Obamas 2008 cam-
paign after his inauguration
and has not voiced who she
supported in any presidential
election since. Despite Don-
ald Trumps unabashed bias
against women and her recent
appropriation of fourth wave
feminism, Swifts only com-
ment on last years election
was a cryptic Instagram pho-
to of her at a polling station
encouraging her fans to vote.
A cynical take on Swifts
online presence with regard
to her politics is that it is
admirably clever marketing.
Her noncommittal, inoffen-
sive take on addressing na-
tional issues is particularly
expedient for someone
aiming to bridge
traditional,
country
music
audi-
ences
with
more
diverse
ones. She
is knowingly
able to command the pub-
lics attention online by slyly
promoting her personal life.
Swifts answer to whether art-
ists should be activists would
be a clear and resounding
no. But when the stakes
are so high, it is irresponsi-
ble for someone like Swift,
who has mastered the art of
attention-grabbing and cher-
ry-picking liberal ideology, to
remain silent.
Swift and other like-mind-
ed celebrities usually manage
to be excused by the court of
public opinion, which often
deems all matters related to
the Internet, entertain-
ment and Holly-
wood friv-
olous.
Dismissing these realms of
public life ignores the inextri-
cability of politics, celebrity
and the Internet. Were it not
for the Obama campaigns
mastery of social media and
mobilization of celebrity sup-
port, the 2008 and 2012 elec-
tions could have gone quite
differently.
Excusing celebrities from
speaking on political issues
also downplays the impor-
tance of those issues. We are
just a
few
months into the Trump pres-
idency, and it has already
proved to have devastating
consequences for immigrants,
the trans community and oth-
er marginalized groups. While
it is unlikely that Swift en-
couraging her fans to vote for
Hillary Clinton would have
swayed the outcome of the
election, her silence, and our
authorization of that silence,
encourages complacency and
allows us to hide behind the
comfort of our privilege.
MOLLY KENNEDY
Friday, September 22, 2017
Proper introductions: sharing pronouns in every class
by Sadie Morris
Op-Ed Contributor
Here at Bowdoin, we have
a practice of introducing our-
selves with our pronouns along
with our names. Its sometimes
an awkward and hesitant prac-
tice. I first noticed this as soon
as I arrived at Bowdoin. On
my orientation trip, my leader
asked my pronouns, and then
quickly said never mind, be-
cause he assumed I used he/
him/his. On my first year floor,
no one seemed to understand
why we used pronouns, and af-
terwards, my floormates talked
about how pointless it was to ask.
Since then, the trans com-
munity at Bowdoin has grown
and pronouns are taken much
more seriously than they were
three years ago. I feel grate-
ful that much is changing for
transgender people at Bowdoin
just as I have come into my own
identity as a transgender wom-
an. But Im writing this piece
to reflect on one change that
hasnt happened yet, something
essential in fostering a more
trans-inclusive environment.
When classes start each se-
mester, we often do introduc-
tions: name, year, hometown,
why youre in this classsome-
thing like that. In some classes
professors ask students to share
their pronouns, but most dont.
Surprisingly, this is even true
in the Department of Gender,
Sexuality and Womens Studies.
I think that stating pronouns
should be part of every stu-
dents introduction in all classes
at Bowdoin. I will explain why
but first I will consider why we
dont do this already.
One major reason is the
Theres no such
thing as female
pronouns
by Claire Day
Op-Ed Contributor
Recently you sat in a circle
with a bunch of other stu-
dents. You recognized some
of them, but others were new
faces. This group might have
been a class or a club or a
team. Whatever it was, the
leader asked everyone to in-
troduce themselves by name,
class year and pronoun. Wait,
what? Maybe youre confused
and wondering Why did they
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commonly held opinion that
pronouns are synonymous with
the supposed excess of political
correctness. With the way that
the media has treated Bow-
doin, we as a community are
tired of being misrepresented
as a school that polices speech
and coddles minorities. Partly
because of this and the inter-
nal tensions in our communi-
ty, many of us are resistant to
moving farther to what might
be seen as the left.
Another reason is a simple
lack of communication about
the needs of individuals within
our community. People dont
always know if pronouns are
genuinely important to trans
people, or if there are enough
trans students at Bowdoin who
care about pronouns. When
pronouns become synonymous
with PC-culture, even the most
well-intentioned people can
miss the importance of pro-
nouns to the trans community.
That is part of why Im writing
this: to say that I am here, that
a trans community is here and
we do care about pronouns.
Part of the reason pronouns
are critical during introduc-
tions is that the alternatives
are so ineffective. A common
alternative to everyone stating
their pronouns is a professor
or leader asking for pronouns
only from students whose
pronoun preference may be
unexpected. This is better than
not mentioning pronouns, but
it still makes it difficult and
even scary for trans students
to state our pronouns. When
this happens, I cant help but
wonder if some people might
have shared their authentic
pronouns if everyone had said
ask for my pronoun? What
even is a pronoun?
As Bowdoin moves to-
ward being more under-
standing and accepting of
gender and sexual diversity,
this scene is becoming more
and more familiar, but dont
worry if you dont quite get
itIve you covered.
To start, a pronoun is a part
of speech that substitutes for a
noun. For instance, instead of
saying Claire wrote an arti-
cle, you could say, She wrote
OPINION
them, but simply didnt want to
call attention to their trans or
gender non-conforming identi-
ty. When the manner in which
pronouns are solicited impacts
the pronouns students share,
this negatively impacts the class
or group experience.
The most common expe-
rience Ive had in class is that
the professor doesnt mention
pronouns at all, so students
have to bring up their pre-
ferred pronouns if they diverge
from the norm. This situation
makes me unsure of how to
approach pronouns. If I dont
state my pronouns, people
make assumptions about my
gender in and outside of class.
If I do state my pronouns, Im
not sure how the professor will
respond. When a professor
doesnt mention pronouns, it
sends an unclear message to
trans students about whether
we are welcome in a class and
whether the professor is some-
an article. In this case she is
the pronoun.
Asking for pronouns in a
group introduction is a great
and simple way to make spac-
es more inclusive of gender
diversity. It gives people an
easy way to tell you what they
like to be called, so you dont
accidentally misgender them
(call them the wrong gender).
It gives everyone space to seri-
ously consider their gender. It
can teach people about gender
diversity, like how someone
one we can talk to. Not men-
tioning pronouns reproduces
the marginalization of trans
people in society at-large and
puts trans students in a posi-
tion where we have to expend
emotional labor to be gendered
correctly in the classroom.
The point that I am trying
to illustrate by discussing these
different approaches is that
there is no neutral action when
it comes to how pronouns are
discussed and introduced in
a classroom or any group set-
ting. The way that pronouns
are discussed affects the day-
to-day life of the trans com-
munity at Bowdoin. This is
my first semester introducing
myself in class by my new pro-
nouns, and the first few days
presented contrasts that con-
firmed that the way pronouns
are discussed is very important
for trans students to feel wel-
come and to function effec-
tively in the classroom. When
might use they pronouns. It might not be presenting my-
makes people feel welcome.
So back to the initial sce-
nario. When it is your turn
to speak, what do you say? I
remember the first couple
times I was asked to declare
my pronouns. I felt uncom-
fortable, almost offended. As
a cisgender woman (I identify
with the gender I was assigned
at birth), I had never had to
think about my gender pre-
sentation. I felt offended that
the question implied that I
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pronouns are requested from
each student, my identity feels
normalized and publicly un-
derstood, which lets me move
past my gender and focus on
class. On the other hand, when
my classmates dont know my
pronouns, my perceived gen-
der becomes a lingering dis-
traction. Studies show that a
lack of gender affirmation in
the classroom leads trans stu-
dents to systematically under-
perform in schools.
The process of stating pro-
nouns is an adjustment that
for some is difficult and un-
comfortable. But Bowdoin is
up for the challenge. One of
Bowdoins greatest strengths is
that we push ourselves to talk
about difficult topics and dont
let our discomfort stop us from
doing what is right for mar-
ginalized communities. This
is already happening when it
comes to pronouns in certain
environments, like orientation
self as feminine as I felt inside.
Of course thats the point
that what you see on the out-
side doesnt always match the
inside. But I squirmed under
the question. I wanted to say
the pronouns you would ex-
pect or female pronouns.
But neither of those answers
are accurate. What if someone
doesnt expect that I use she,
her, hers pronouns? What is
a female pronoun? Someone
who identifies as agender (no
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trips, first year floors and some
sports teams, clubs and classes,
but it needs to happen in every
environment for Bowdoin to
become a more fully trans-in-
clusive campus.
Classes are the ideal place to
continue this transformation
of transgender acceptance be-
cause they are the core of the
Bowdoin experience and they
set the tone for the values and
norms we practice elsewhere.
Bowdoin faculty members
are in a position to determine
whether these norms include
trans students. In the same way
that every orientation trip this
year introduced themselves
with pronouns, every class at
Bowdoin should do the same.
And if your professor forgets
to ask for pronouns, it never
hurts to volunteer them when-
ever you remember and feel
comfortable doing so.
Sadie Morris is a member of
the class of 2018.
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gender applies to them) may
use she, her, hers but then
the pronouns arent female
but rather agender.
Having to declare you gen-
der pronouns can be scary,
but it is a simple way to make
Bowdoin spaces more inclu-
sive. So, next time someone
asks you for your pronouns,
please use the words you want
to hear, be they she, he, they,
xie, ze or just your name.
Claire Day is a member of
the class of 2018.
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FRIDAY 22
EVENT
Zotero Workshop
Learn how to create a bibliography with Zotero, a citation
management software.
Electronic Classroom, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
11 a.m.

PERFORMANCE
Timbalero Eric German and His
Orchestra
As a part of this years Latinx Heritage Month celebration,
Eric German and his orchestra will play high-energy salsa
music.
Morrell Lounge, David Saul Smith Union. 8 p.m.

JAMES LITTLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SATURDAY 23
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Students celebrated Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, with a dinner in Moulton Main Lounge Wednesday night, an event
organized by Hillel. The meal began with apples and honey, signifying the wish for a sweet year to come.

EVENT
Discussion and Book Signing:
AuthorJane Mayer and Columnist, Bill
Nemitz
The Department of Government and Legal Studies presents
Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of
the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right with
the 2017 Frances Perkins Center Intelligence & Courage
Award. There will be an interview conducted by columnist
Bill Nemitz and a book signing after. The event is free, but a
ticket is required. Tickets can be obtained at Smith Union.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 4 p.m.
EVENT
MONDAY 25 WEDNESDAY 27
LECTURE
Politics Below the Asphalt: Black
Women and the Struggle for Land in
Brazil
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, associate professor of Africana studies
at Brown University, will talk about the ethnographic study
of black womens activism in Brazilian cities. She will also
discuss the influence of gender and race in urban spaces.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:15 p.m.
LECTURE
What is the Work of the Dead?
Thomas Lequeur, the Fawcett distinguished professor of
history at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss
why humans look after the bodies of the deceased.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tour and Reception:
Constructing Revolution
Kristina Toland, guest curator of Constructing Revolution:
Soviet Propaganda Posters from between the World
Wars will lead a tour of the new exhibition. There will be a
reception after the event. The event is free of charge.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 5 p.m.
THURSDAY 28
PERFORMANCE
BEAR and The Unreliable Bestiary
Playwright/media-artist Deke Weaver will present his lifelong
project: a live performance for every letter of the alphabet. LECTURE
Each letter will represent an endangered animal or habitat. RNA decay in Borrelia burgdorferi, the
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
causative agent of Lyme disease
Paula Schlax, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at
Bates College, will be discussing her study on RNA turnover
and its connection to lyme disease.
Room 020, Druckenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.

SUNDAY 24 TUESDAY 26 DISCUSSION

EVENT
A Revolution in Images: Poster Art and
the Socialist Imagination in Early Soviet
Russia
Page Herrlinger, associate professor of history, will present
the opening lecture for Constructing Revolution: Soviet
Propaganda Posters from between the World Wars.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 2 p.m.
FILM
California Typewriter
This film will document the struggle of one of the last repair
shops for typewriters in America. The film also follows
cultural historians and collectors (including Tom Hanks, John
Mayer, David McCullough and the late Sam Shepard) and
look at the impact of typewriters through history.
Frontier Cafe Cinema & Gallery, Brunswick. 7 p.m.
A Community Conversation
Members of the Brunswick community will discuss the
question: what would it mean for Brunswick to become a
welcoming community offering sanctuary to immigrants,
asylum seekers and refugees? Representatives from
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, American Civil Liberties
Union, Brunswick Town Council, the Lewiston High School
International Club and religious communities will engage in
discussion.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. 7 p.m.

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