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The Nation’s Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly Friday, February 16, 2018 Volume 147, Number 16 bowdoinorient.com
Eleven percent of
seniors have used
cocaine, survey says
4.2 percent of the student body
byJessica Piper had used cocaine. In that survey,
Orient Staff
seniors actually reported a low-
Eleven percent of seniors have er-than-average rate of cocaine
used cocaine during their time at use, at 2.7 percent.
Bowdoin, according to data from Several students spoke with the
an Orient survey conducted this Orient on the condition of ano-
past December. Use of the drug nymity about their perceptions of
among the class of 2018 substan- cocaine use on campus.
tially outpaces the other class years, “It’s definitely around in a way
and represents an increase from that I haven’t seen in the past, and
the last Orient survey on drug use, I don’t know if that means that
conducted in 2013. I’m around different people than
Across the entire student body, I have been in the past or if that’s
five percent of students have used something that has institutionally
cocaine at Bowdoin. The soph- changed,” a senior male student
omore and junior class reported said.
four percent and 3.6 percent use Nationally, 5.8 percent of four-
respectively, while less than one year college students report that
percent of first years said they had they have used cocaine at some
used cocaine. The survey received point in their life, according to a
484 responses—27 percent of the 2016 study funded by the National
student body—split close to evenly Institute on Drug Abuse and con-
across class years. ducted by researchers from the
“American Idiot” brings Green Day to the stage this weekend. SEE PAGE 5.
A similar Orient survey on drug
use, conducted in 2013, found that Please see COCAINE, page 4
BSG elects new VP, two more members resign from posts
Executive Team introduces new constitution which would reshape the group’s structure
In a statement she read tural Coalition (MC) Liaison Irfan Alam ’18 expressed Residential Life with her and from last semester,” Rock
by Harrison West at last week’s meeting, Tim- to BSG Osa Fasehun ’18. some concern about the num- have worked with her through said. “A lot of the liaisons and
Orient Staff
oney-Gomez suggested that Guerrero told the Orient ber of resignations in the other leadership roles around representatives are already
At Wednesday’s Bowdoin the time commitment she that he resigned from BSG in last two weeks, he noted that campus,” Alam said. doing a lot of great stuff, so
Student Government (BSG) was able to offer was deemed order to prioritize his mental vice presidents have resigned This year, Rock has served I’m really just trying to pick
meeting, Amber Rock ’19 was insufficient by her fellow health and academics. mid-year in the past and is as the Inter-House Council up where [Timoney-Gomez]
elected Vice President for Sus- BSG representatives. Timon- Mohamed Nur, chair of confident in Rock’s ability to Liaison to BSG and is Vice left off.”
tainability and Facilities by ey-Gomez ran unopposed for MC and vice president of take over Timoney-Gomez’s President of the Class of 2019. Currently, the Facilities
the assembly, replacing Ana her seat in spring 2017. Academic Affairs for BSG, position. It is her first year as a member and Sustainability Commit-
Timoney-Gomez ’18, who re- Two other BSG members announced in an email to MC “I am not worried about of BSG. She is also a first-year tee is working on short-term
signed from her position last also resigned this week: Class that Fasehun would be step- this transition at all. Many of proctor. projects that include adding
week saying she had too many Representative Luis Miguel ping down for health reasons. us are already close friends “I want to continue the mo-
other commitments. Guerrero ’20 and Multicul- Although BSG President with [Rock]. Three of us do mentum that we already have Please see BSG, page 3
$81,018 during the 2016-2017 great reasons why it is really grams, such as football, can
academic year—a 162 per- important for our rosters to also send multiple coaches to 140,000
cent increase from $30,966 in have a similar composition larger events.
2015-2016, according to the to the rest of the campus Head Football Coach J.B. 120,000
2016-2017 Equity in Athletics community,” Ryan said. “It’s Wells agreed with Ryan, say-
Data Analysis. The increase great to have the additional ing that coaches have a duty
100,000
is due to the NESCAC’s elim- resources to make those goals to shape teams that reflect
ination of the cap on recruit- a reality.” the composition of the gener-
80,000
ment spending. According to Ryan, the al campus.
The new funds available NESCAC athletic directors “When you put that uni-
to the College have allowed have held talks about in- form on and you go out to 60,000
the athletic department to creasing the diversity of their compete, it says ‘Bowdoin,’”
increase the diversity of its teams’ rosters for a number Wells said. “So I do think 40,000
team’s rosters, said Ashmead of years, and began pilot that’s important. We’re a rep-
White Director of Athletics initiatives about four years resentation of this campus, 20,000
Tim Ryan. ago. More recently, the con- not just a representation of
The number of recruited versation shifted to financial the football team, but a rep-
0
students of color increased solutions to support diversity resentation of all the students 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
by 24 percent over the past recruiting. here.” Bowdoin Colby Bates
two years, while the number Coaches have been using In addition to attending HANNAH DONOVAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
of recruited students from the newly available funds to CBB Comparison: Colby, Bates and Bowdoin have all substantially increased their recruiting expenses after the
outside of New England in- attend sports camps around Please see RECRUITING, page 10 NESCAC eliminated its cap on recruitment spending. Bowdoin hopes to find a more diverse group of athletes.
N COLLEGE HOUSE APPS DROP A SPACESHIP DOWN F CAFÉ CULTURE S STORMING THE COURT O SPREAD THE LOVE
Enough seniors applied to fill Ladd, but Bowdoin alumni make art in a Portland Union Street Bakery owner Sandy Holland Men’s Basketball heads to NESCAC Anu Asaolu ’19 on celebrating Valentine’s
applications for other Houses declined. Page 3. warehouse. Page 6. discusses community and history. Page 7. championships. Page 9. Day at Bowdoin. Page 11.
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SECURITY REPORT
2/9 to 2/15
STUDENT SPEAK:
Friday, February 9
• A coyote was observed
Describe your Valentine’s Day in three words.
roaming the main campus at
around midnight. The animal was
last seen on the Main Quad, and
Brendan Pulsifer ’20
"Chem, physics, bio."
there was a later sighting near
Bowker Street.
• An officer escorted an ill
student to Mid Coast Hospital.
• A student in Chamberlain
Hall lost consciousness, fell and
hit his head on the corner of an
appliance. Brunswick Rescue
Saturday, February 10
• Brunswick police and Bow- "Still hasn’t happened."
doin security are investigating
an incident involving a man who
fled on foot from the Coffin park-
ing lot during a motor vehicle
traffic stop.
• An intoxicated student fell
and sustained a head injury. An
officer escorted the injured stu- Samantha Schwimmer ’21
BOODY-JOHNSON TO BE STUDENT
HOUSING AS GSWS MOVES
Boody-Johnson House, currently home to the Department of
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS), will become stu- While events will still be kind of an unknown,” he said. once Ladd was out of the run-
dent housing next year. The house, located at the intersection of by Kate Lusigan open to the entire campus, While House members will ning.
Orient Staff
Boody Street and Maine Street, will not serve as a College House, Ladd House members will not have as many responsi- “I was going to apply to
according to Assistant Director of Residential Life Mariana Cente- The number of College try to attract more upperclass bilities that cater to the first- Ladd, but given the policy
no. Further details will be formally announced by Dean of Students House applicants reached a students to their parties. year experience, Ladd will changes we decided to not
Tim Foster by the end of the month. five-year low this year, with “Just having a group of continue to partner with oth- block [to any house],” Don-
“As soon as I am in a position to be able to talk about our resi- 247 students competing for upperclassmen in the College er groups to hold events tra- ovan said. He now has other
dential future, I will, but I’m not in a position to do so right now,” approximately 179 spots. The House space will draw people ditionally held at the house, housing options in mind for
said Foster in a phone interview with the Orient. “We’re continu- College House applicant pool there. I thought that would such as Epicuria and the Fall next year but noted, “The
ing to—as I wrote to the community earlier [in November]—think for next year is smaller than be a good thing to be a part Art Show. whole thing got more com-
about our residential facilities and our residential experience [and any in the past five years. De- of,” said Ryan St. Pierre ’19, First years applying to Col- plicated after the [College
focus on] renovating and building new upperclass housing.” spite fewer students applying another Ladd applicant. lege Houses had to consider House] debacle.”
“This building is along this row of buildings that traditionally to live in College Houses, Many rising senior appli- the unavailability of Ladd, ResLife also changed the
house students,” said Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies the acceptance rate will be selection process for College
Jennifer Scanlon. “This building has traditionally housed students consistent with the last three
“People move off campus, parties move off Houses this year. Last year ap-
in the past. It makes some sense that the College would want to years, due to Ladd House be- plicants were vetted through
turn this back into a house for students.” coming senior housing. campus ... I think having a group of seniors two committees, while this
The change in the house’s function will catalyze a number of Last year, 290 students ap- get together and think about how we want to year applicants will only go
other shifts. The GSWS Department will move to Ham House on plied. Without Ladd, however, actively shape campus, bring everyone back through one. Centeno said
Bath Road, bumping out the Treasurer’s Office, which will move there are 22 fewer spots avail- that one committee allows for
to 82 Federal Street. Currently unoccupied in the front, the back able for non-senior applicants, to this space, feel welcome and feel like this is ResLife to create Houses at
of 82 Federal Street is used by the Department of Theater and so the acceptance rate will still our campus is going to be really cool.” the same time and to identify
Dance’s costume shop, which will move to leased space at 51 remain around 73 percent, ac- –Syd Benjamin ’19 strong applicants and place
Harpswell Road. cording to Assistant Director them in a House that best fits
“The idea of having three academic houses side by side here on of Residential Life (ResLife) their interests.
Bath Road—[Ham House] along with Riley [House] and [Edward] Mariana Centeno. cants, including both Benja- some continuing with the “Every year we change the
Pols [House]—makes a lot of sense,” said Treasurer Matt Orlan- Of the seven houses avail- min and St. Pierre, have al- process despite losing Ladd. application a little bit to get at
do in a phone interview with the Orient. “Administrative offices able to non-seniors, Mac- ready lived in a College House “As a Ladd affiliate, I was different measures. How com-
like the Treasurer’s Office don’t need access to students, so going Millan House received the and are familiar with what definitely bummed. Ladd was mitted they are to the first-year
to 82 Federal next to the Investment Office alongside the couple most applications, narrowly makes a successful event. one of my top choices because experience is a huge part of liv-
buildings occupied by the Development Office is a nice corridor of surpassing Quinby House by However, St. Pierre added that it is conveniently located on ing in a House,” said Centeno.
administrative offices.” only one block. MacMillan re- planning for an upperclass campus and I like the rooms “What kinds of goals do they
“[The GSWS department has] been happily housed [in Boo- ceived the most applications population may be different and the dynamic between the have for the House? … No one
dy-Johnson] for a number of years now,” said Scanlon, who not- last year as well, and Quinby and therefore more difficult. current house members,” said block is going to be the same as
ed that the department will most likely move this summer. “It’s a was also second. Reed House “When planning an event Will Saint-Amour ’21. He the other block.”
beautiful old vintage Bowdoin kind of a building, but we’re also received the third most ap- [as another College House still applied to live in a Col- Senior applicants to Ladd
excited about moving to Ham House which will be more centrally plications this year. Unlike you are] trying to target first lege House. will hear if they are accepted
located ... in terms of proximity to our colleagues.” in previous years, the appli- years, whereas we’re going to Other first years, such as this week, while other Col-
Built in 1849 in the Gothic Revival style, Boody-Johnson House cation did not ask applicants be targeting upperclassmen Michael Donovan ’21, decid- lege House applicants will be
received national recognition in 1850 when it was mentioned in to put a house as their first ... It’s going to be new and it’s ed to forego College Houses notified on April 3.
Andrew Jackson Downing’s “The Architecture of Country Hous- choice, but rather asked them
es.” The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Plac- to select all of the houses they Number of College House Applicants Per Academic Year
es in 1975, solidifying its place as an important symbol of nine- would be willing to live in if
teenth-century American architecture. It formerly served as the accepted.
residence of the College president. Changing Ladd to se- 2018–2019 247
nior-only housing was de-
pendent on whether enough
MCKESSON ’07 LANDS BOOK DEAL, seniors would apply to fill the
PUBLISHING DATE IN SEPTEMBER House—a threshold that was 2017–2018 290
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this part of the world is Benny Painter ’19 and As-
by Harry DiPrinzio staggering,” wrote Dean of sistant Professor of Earth
Orient Staff
Student Affairs Tim Foster and Oceanographic Studies 4.0
4
Bowdoin’s trustees and se- in an email to the Orient. “It Emily Peterman were in at- 3.6
nior administrators traveled is full speed ahead and there tendance.
to Silicon Valley last week needs to be the time and Peterman said she was
for their annual meeting and space for thinking about the most struck by a session 2
spent time with executives ethical, moral and societal with Tom Kelley, a partner 0.8
from a number of technol- implications of the next big at the design firm IDEO,
ogy firms including Goo- thing.” which emphasizes creativity 0
gle, Apple, Microsoft, Uber During a visit to the Ap- and innovation. 2021 2020 2019 2018
and Coursera. According ple headquarters, the group “[Kelley’s] presentation HANNAH DONOVAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
to President Clayton Rose, looked at Apple Park, the challenged me to consid- CLASS OF 2018: The senior class reported substantially higher rates of cocaine use than other Bowdoin students.
there was no specific take- company’s new campus that er new ways in which I can Nationally, 5.8 percent of college students report having used cocaine at some point in their life.
away or plan for the College resembles a ‘spaceship,’ and foster a creative, collegial
to implement. Rather, the discussed the thinking be- atmosphere in my courses so
trip was designed to allow
the board to soak in what’s
hind the design. The group
also met with Frances Frei,
that my students can learn to COCAINE
recognize the ways in which CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
so,” Foster said. “So that would be problem, but emphasized that the
something that we would very College has resources for students
happening in the tech world senior vice president for they’re creative and develop much pay attention to. But I re- concerned for their, or a friend’s,
with an eye to long term strategy and leadership at the confidence to step out- University of Michigan. serve the right to see what this drug use.
planning for the College. Uber, who is tasked with side their comfort zones to “I don’t hear that many people survey tells us.” “If you are ever, ever, ever
“The world of technol- reforming the company’s unlock their full potential,” talking about it,” said a senior fe- Bowdoin administers the concerned about a friend or con-
ogy and entrepreneurship culture and developing a Peterman wrote in an email male student. “I feel like there’s a Health & Wellness Survey to the cerned about yourself, that your
as embodied physically out leadership strategy. to the Orient. pretty small, select group of Bow- student body every four years, first step is going to so many dif-
there in Silicon Valley is not The group stayed at Stan- Painter, for his part, was doin students who do it, and that most recently in 2014. That year, ferent places on campus. Residen-
a magical, mystical world ford University for the week- frustrated by the session at it’s pretty hard to get in Maine. the survey received a 59 percent tial Life is a wonderful first step,
Google Brain, the company’s And I definitely know people response rate from the student Health Services is a wonderful
“The pace of change in this part artificial intelligence (AI) who, when they can get their body, according to the Office first step, counseling is a wonder-
division, where he had the hands on it, will, but that’s so few of Institutional Research (IR). ful first step, the Dean’s Office is a
of the world is staggering. It is full opportunity to ask a senior people to me.” IR does not publicly release the wonderful first step,” van Loenen
speed ahead and there needs to engineer questions about the
future and ethics of AI.
“[It is] way more common off Health & Wellness Survey results, said.
campus,” she added. “I’ve seen it but the College uses the data to “[For] a lot of students some-
be the time and space for thinking “Largely his answers to a couple of times on campus but, inform health programs and ser- times that seems like such a scary
about the ethical, moral and societal those questions were, ‘We’re like, so rarely. I feel like people vices.
not thinking about that yet, are probably way more nervous
or counterintuitive place to go.
“It’s filled out anonymously, Like, ‘I’m dealing with this prob-
implications of the next big thing.” because we’re still teaching about having it on campus.” confidentially, so people … hope- lem, it’s involving something that is
–Dean of Student AffairsTim Foster robots how to pick things Dean of Student Affairs Tim fully feel like they can speak really potentially something I’m not sup-
up and put them back down.’ Foster said that the 11 percent us- candidly,” Foster said. posed to be doing.’ … We want to
For me personally, that an- age figure among seniors would Bowdoin’s Campus Crime reassure students that everything
where everything is great end, where they heard from swer is kind of frustrating, represent an increase among Log, published by the Office of [we’re] going to do is help.”
and it is not an evil world Richard Saller, dean of Stan- because, if you’re not think- Bowdoin students, but declined Safety and Security, does not list The Orient’s survey also found
where everything is bad,” ford’s School of Humanities ing about this, who is?” said to make a judgment on the issue any incidents relating to cocaine that marijuana and alcohol re-
said Rose. “It is a compli- and Sciences. He discussed Painter. until the College conducts its own use during this academic year. main the most commonly used
cated world that is having how, amid an increased in- After meetings on Thurs- Health & Wellness Survey later The report does list drug incidents drugs among Bowdoin students.
profound impacts on every- terest in STEM fields, he day and Friday, the group this spring. The survey asks about related to student possession and Fifty-three percent of students
thing that we do. To not un- thinks about promoting lib- had a debrief on Saturday a variety of behaviors including use of alcohol and marijuana. reported using marijuana at some
derstand it better and to take eral arts and humanities. morning. The next trustees’ drug use. Assistant Director of Health point during their time at Bow-
into account the good and In addition to the trust- meeting will be held in May, “That would be a significant Promotion and Education Chris- doin, and 83 percent had used
the bad and the complicated ees and administrators, at which point they may be- increase over what we’ve found tian van Loenen said increased alcohol.
is an opportunity missed.” BSG President Irfan Alam gin to follow up on the ideas over the student health and well- cocaine use is not something his Emily Cohen contributed to this
“The pace of change in ’18, BSG Vice President presented last weekend. ness survey in the past, markedly office has noticed as a specific report.
Thornton ’85 speaking about Asia today after October talk postponed
manent position during the politics and contemporary posted in China, Armenia and in the news. We are hearing a lot ule is very busy—Heurlin
by Mollie Eisner Obama administration. Russia at the Foreign Policy Kazakhstan. these days about not only Chi- explained that Thornton ac-
Orient Staff
“It’s very rare that we have Institute in Washington, DC. Heurlin said that Thorn- na, but especially North Korea. companies the president on
Today, Acting Assistant the opportunity to have such She also speaks Mandarin ton’s appointment to the po- The areas she’s responsible for most of his trips to Asia—she
Secretary of State for East a high-level official come to Chinese and Russian. sition as a career diplomat is are really vital in understanding is available today.
Asian and Pacific Affairs Su- give a talk at a college like this,” Thornton joined the State distinctive. U.S. foreign policy,” he said. “It’s great for the Com-
san Thornton ’85 will return said Assistant Professor of Department in 1991. Her fo- “It’s not always the case that it Thornton’s talk will take mon Hour to have a really
to Bowdoin to deliver a lecture Government and Legal Studies cus is U.S. foreign policy in would be a career state depart- place during Common Hour, high-profile speaker like this,
titled “The Asian Century: and Asian Studies Christopher Eurasia, specifically the for- ment official who’s in that po- a one-hour slot set aside on as we’re also trying to re-in-
Myth and Reality,” at 12:30 Heurlin, who helped schedule mer Soviet Union and East sition, and oftentimes it might certain Fridays during which vigorate the Common Hour
p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. the event. Asia. According to the U.S. be someone who’s a political no classes or meetings may program,” Heurlin said.
The talk, postponed from Oc- He anticipates Thornton Department of State website, appointee, maybe an academic. be scheduled. Attendance at Heurlin hopes that students
tober 30 due to major black- will speak about North Korea she has served various roles in Some kind of outsider. It’s really Common Hour events has will gain a deeper understand-
outs across campus and Bruns- and China in her lecture. Stu- the State Department, includ- quite an accomplishment to be decreased over the past few ing about the cooperation and
wick, has been rescheduled as dents will have an opportuni- ing Principal Deputy Assistant nominated for that,” Heurlin years. In December, a working compromise necessary to en-
a Common Hour event. ty to ask Thornton questions Secretary in the Bureau of said. “She has a long career in group examining the College’s act foreign policy.
Thornton has held her po- following the talk as well. East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asia, so it’s a very good choice.” academic schedule suggested “One of the themes that we
sition at the State Department After graduating from Deputy Chief of Mission to Heurlin noted that her suspending Common Hour to often try to impart on stu-
since March. In December, Bowdoin in 1985, Thornton the U.S. Embassy in Turkmen- position in the Trump ad- reconsider its goals and role dents in terms of foreign pol-
President Trump nominat- attended the Johns Hopkins istan, Deputy Director of the ministration is particularly on campus. Common Hour icy-making is that there are
ed Thornton to the position University Paul H. Nitze Office of Chinese and Mon- relevant. has since been reinstated, with trade-offs with every foreign
permanently, and she is now School of Advanced Interna- golian Affairs and Economic “Her particular position as Thornton’s talk as the first policy that we choose,” he
awaiting Senate confirmation. tional Studies and went on to Unit Chief in the Office of the Acting Assistant Secretary of event of the semester. said. “Oftentimes, we have to
Daniel R. Russel held the per- research Soviet bureaucratic Korean Affairs. She has been State for East Asia is very much Though Thornton’s sched- balance competing interests.”
‘THE SPACESHIP’
SETTLES IN PORTLAND
Nearly two years after graduation, alumni dreams come into being in repurposed warehouse
by Surya Milner er-evolving, process-based paint- black curtain, the entire operation same ledge.”
Orient Staff ings, which use texture as a medi- is secluded. He gestures toward Magaña likes to sit on a
um for “talking about art through the timer he has connected to the bench where he feeds and
Inside a well-lit warehouse art,” as he puts it. safelight and enlarger, barely no- photographs the birds, scrib-
somewhere between Portland’s Stack’s work feels patterned yet ticeable features that, within the bling prose in between. In the
East and West ends, five friends random; the canvases that litter the past two weeks, have allowed for evenings, he heads over to Liq-
create. They make gestures on studio aim to invoke abstraction as printing in black and white. uid Riot, the brewery, bar and
canvas, develop film, produce opposed to representation, dwell- “This is my favorite spot,” he distillery where he works. The
sound and cut video content. ing in the process of answering a said, a slight silhouette in the three- majority of the five work day
Sometimes they lie on the couch question rather than the answer. foot corridor. “I’m just working on jobs in order to support their
and scroll through Instagram, “It’s almost like an eternal bat- patching up some light leaks.” creative habits. The work-life
at others they gather around to tle manifesting of questions of Out of the dark and up a nearly balance is an ongoing struggle,
critique one another’s art, like aesthetics, compositions, forms, vertical ladder Magaña, Austin said Stack, who works part-
they did in college. The space lines,” Stack said. “I largely focus and Nicholson divide their work time as a property assistant.
holds no natural light and yet on questions of beauty, and beauty in the “control center,” a wood- The five are bound by their
effuses incandescence. At vari- in the form of traditional painting. en loft crammed with desks and years spent in Brunswick. More
ous points throughout the day, I really like to challenge that.” computers where they write and than a year and a half out of
the five leave the compound— In totality, Stack continues to edit audio, video and written con- college, they still live largely by
which they endearingly call “the create a curated collection of ob- tent. Magaña displays the project the maxims of their various vi-
Spaceship”—to go on solitary jects—disparate in subject matter, he completed at Bowdoin that sual arts professors at Bowdo-
walks, gather subject matter or medium and emotion—that form sparked his interest in documen- in, many of whom are able to
report to day jobs. around one singular, constantly tary narratives: a set of black and visit the studio due to its close
Comprised of Henry Austin, evolving idea. white film photographs of a wom- proximity to the College.
Hector Magaña, Wilder Nichol- “Nothing is finished, nothing an named Bianca, a 22-year-old “We definitely internalized the
son, Cody Stack and Noah Far- could not get painted over, or Miami transplant who briefly set- message from every professor we
don, the group settled in this space painted on top of, or altered,” said tled in Brunswick during Magaña’s had that was letting you know that
after graduating in 2016, relocat- Stack. “Suddenly you have this senior year. the work you make now is closer
ing from the College’s Edwards cacophony that feels disjointed but “I fell in love with her, in a way to shit than not,” said Stack. “That
Center for Art and Dance and a at the same time feels interesting that’s not romantic. When she left was especially true in college.”
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
barn on Bowker Street, which the in that way. You just kind of have she gave me her pet rat named From Assistant Professor
five converted to a gallery of sorts to assess it for itself.” Franz and a broken record player. of Art Jackie Brown, they are local church and as a freelance their time at Bowdoin, when Ed-
during their senior year. In the bathroom resides And I miss her very much.” reminded to “keep making, videographer; most recently, wards “had a lot of life,” and why
“It’s rather a hive mind,” said Magaña, whose post-gradua- These days, Magana focuses on non-stop, even if it’s not meant Austin, Nicholson and Stack they’ll continue to work in Port-
Stack. “Henry once said that it’s tion dream of a darkroom all to pigeons. Pigeons? to be made—work for the sake have been hired to produce a land for the foreseeable future—
like all our work is fermenting himself led him to convert the “Yeah,” he chuckled, “Pigeons. of work,” a concept that is evi- video series for the Maine Cen- it’s cheap and the connections to
together in the same bowl, just crowded hallway leading up to the There’s specific flock that I very dent in the studio’s panoramic ter for Contemporary Art in endeared faculty are close. But
infecting one another. We have toilet into his very own developing much adore at Congress Square arrangement of pieces large and Rockland. mostly, they love the Spaceship
conversations nightly; we live small, vivid objects stretching The goal for the future, they for the community, the ‘hive-
in the same house; we’re best Nothing is finished, nothing across mediums and space. agree in unison, is to keep creating. mind’ that’s mostly work, some
friends. The largest part ... is the
support, whether that be con- could not get painted over, or Yet the studio remains unclut-
tered. Across the workbench, Aus-
“I’m looking for ways to have
more of my time than someone
play, and a lot of blurred lines
between the two.
versational support, or everyone painted on top of, or altered. tin scatters his most recent project, else does,” Stack said. “A lesson “I can finish a photo at one in
showing up at a frequent rate— a collection of photos titled “Fake that one of our professors gave the morning, and I can immedi-
the nightly ‘hey come check this –Cody Stack ’16 Flowers.” Focusing on a variety of us is just, more than anything, try ately call Hector over to have a cri-
out, what do you think?’” man-made, artificial objects that to buy your time. We don’t want tique. That’s not something I have
The five create individually, studio, complete with an enlarger Park … when they’re born they evoke the natural world, the im- things—we just want to be able to to wait for. It can happen immedi-
mostly, until the time of the night recently donated by Associate Pro- stay in the nest for forty days and ages seek to explore the junctions do this.” ately. The next morning coming
comes to shoot the breeze or to ask fessor of Art Michael Kolster. when they leave the nest they join between science and art, which The space heater whirs in- back into the studio with that con-
for brazen criticism. Each resident Magaña began shooting film at a flock and they remain in that Austin describes as “very different sistently in the background; versation we had last night fresh
works across mediums—Nichol- Bowdoin, where he fell in love with flock for the rest of their lives. And but also very similar in that both dust hardly settles as Austin on our mind,” said Austin. “[It] al-
son, the group’s resident freelance the process of film development— that flock remains in a specific seek truth or something real about queues up a song of Fardon’s, lows me to move on and take that
videographer, will often decorate of spooling, unspooling and go- area for the rest of their lives. I the world.” an open-ended dreamy loop of step so much more quickly than I
a set of 4x4 inch canvases off the ing through the entire chemical think it’s amazing that every time In addition to “Fake Flow- nonchalant indie-rock. As they would otherwise be able to.”
cuff. It earns a place on the wall process, which takes around 45 I go to this specific part of the city ers,” Austin is working on a lounge on the couch, Austin, “It’s a crucible of sorts,” Maga-
among Stack’s collection of ev- minutes to complete. Behind the it’s the same birds perched on the documentary photo project at a Magaña and Stack talk about na concluded.
GRAD COLLAB: Henry Austin ’16 (TOP/BOTTOM RIGHT) in the studio he shares with Hector Magaña ’16 (RIGHT) and Cody Stack ’16 (BOTTOM CENTER). They are among five former students who create art in a Portland warehouse.
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Men’s basketball returns to NESCACsDespite the loss to the Cardi-
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
by Artur Kalandarov nals, Gilbride says that the team WON’T SLOW DOWN:
Orient Staff
is in good shape heading into The women’s basketball
The men’s basketball team the tournament. team (23-1, NESCAC
(15-8, NESCAC 4-6) has qual- “It was a great game [against 9-1) completed its regular
ified for the NESCAC Cham- Wesleyan]. Late in the game season after beating Wes-
pionships after failing to make there was a stretch where we leyan 88-51. The Polar
the tournament last year and missed some shots, missed Bears jumped into the
will travel to face top-seeded some layups and turned the lead early on, reaching
Amherst (16-8, NESCAC 7-3) ball over, and they hit shots 10-0 within 3:30 and five
in the quarterfinals on Febru- that made the difference in the different players reached
ary 17. game, but we played them very double-digits. The team
Although they began the well too,” said Gilbride. “I’ve finishes the season with
season with a 6-0 record, the been pretty happy in general. I the best record since
Polar Bears suffered some think as a team we’ve improved 2006-2007 and will
recent losses, including four consistently throughout the head into the NESCAC
of their last five games. Head year, and we’re playing our best Championships against
Coach Tim Gilbride says that basketball right now, which is Williams, who the team
many factors throughout the obviously what you want to do beat 73-47 on February 3.
season affected how the team heading into the playoffs.”
performed this year. This year, the NESCAC
“We started off with some Championship tournament has
non-league games and actually five teams tied for first place—
had some good wins against Amherst, Hamilton, Williams,
some very good teams in that Middlebury and Wesleyan all
ON YOUR TRACKS:
stretch,” Gilbride said. “But have a NESCAC record of 7-3.
The nordic skiing team
conference play in general is Due to the parity of the league,
better than non-conference though, Bowdoin is not far
finished in fifth at the
play. Even within conference, behind, despite being seeded
Dartmouth Carnival this
it depends on when you meet eighth.
past weekend. Gabrielle
certain teams and whether you Earlier this season, Amherst Vandendries ’21 skied into
play at home or on the road, so bested the Polar Bears 75-60 seventh place in the 5k,
that can make a difference as and led in rebounds and as- marking the best ever fin-
well.” sists. The Mammoths’ defensive ish for a first year. Renae
Despite these defeats, cap- strategy allowed them to keep Anderson ’21 and Elliot
tain Hugh O’Neil ’19 is proud the scoring percentage of the Ketchel ’21 also finished
that the team has made it to the Polar Bears at 38.3 percent, far in eighth and ninth place
NESCAC Championships. below their own field goal per- in their respective events,
“I would say I am pleased centage of 50.8 percent. the first time the team
with how the regular season Gilbride says the players are had three top ten finishers
ended up,” O’Neil said in an working on addressing the is- DANIEL JANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT in one day. The team will
email to the Orient. “There sues that arose in that game as DUNKIN’ IT: David Reynolds ’20 dribbles past an opponent from Connecticut College during Saturday’s game. After continue its season with
were definitely some games they prepare to face Amherst not qualifying for the NESCAC Championship last year, the Polar Bears will return to face Amherst this weekend. Williams Carnival this
that we could have won, which again. time … They really worked up against an extremely tal- After not qualifying for the weekend.
would have made it an ideal “We’d love to defend just a hard to shut down our top scor- ented Amherst squad that just NESCAC Championship last
regular season, but the NES- little bit better against them ers.” beat two of the top five teams in year, Gilbride is confident in
CAC is so competitive we are than we did the first time,” O’Neil is confident in the the league. They’re on fire right the Polar Bears’ ability to per-
fortunate to make the postsea- said Gilbride. “They got some Polar Bears’ ability to beat Am- now,” he said in his email. “But form well on Saturday.
son tournament.” decent looks and shot well, but herst. we have a bone to pick with “I think we have a little more
This past weekend, the Polar hopefully we can affect that “We can play with anyone [them]. We lost on a half-court depth this year than we had last RELAY THAT: The men’s
Bears faced Connecticut Col- a little bit so they don’t shoot and we can beat anyone, in- buzzer beater at their place last year, and that’s allowed us to and women’s track and
lege and Wesleyan, defeating quite as well as they did the cluding Amherst. We expect year and ever since we’ve put a get a few more wins to get into field teams traveled to
Connecticut by a significant last time. They did a few things to win this weekend because target on their back. It would the tournament and to have Boston University to com-
margin of 77-60 and falling to defensively that I think we’ll be we know what we’re capable of. be great to dish out some pay- a chance against pretty much pete in the non-scoring
Wesleyan by a score of 74-65. able to take advantage of this That being said, we are going back.” anybody,” he said. Dave Hemery Invitational
last weekend. Despite
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 meeting more students across “I’ve always thought, as have more geographic diver-
recruiting events, coaches the country widens the pool coaching staff, if we’re on the sity and recruit more from
have also used the increased of potential student-athletes. same page as Admissions, the West Coast than lacrosse,
funds to buy names of po- “All of the work that then we’re going to be bring- which has more of a strong-
fb bowdoinorient
tential student-athletes in we’re doing is focused on ing the right students to cam- hold in the Northeast.
targeted areas through sites identifying academically pus,” Wells said. Despite this, Ryan believes
similar to NCSASports. This high-achieving students who “I think you’re crazy if you that all the coaches have
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means that they can access can compete at a high level don’t listen to the office of made a significant effort to
databases with information athletically, and students who admissions and the president utilize the new funds avail-
on students that match Bow- are going to make Bowdoin and hear what they’re look- able and increase diversity on
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doin’s preferences and then a more diverse institution,” ing for, hear the areas that their teams.
reach out to them, similar to Ryan said. “I don’t think you they’d like to see students “It’s an initiative that our
how colleges’ admissions use can separate those things out of.” coaches are committed to, and
College Board. necessarily.” “We’re all trying to do the they’ve done a really nice job
“This has allowed us to Wells believes that in or- same thing; we’re just doing of working towards a common
purchase information from der to run a successful pro- it from different offices,” he initiative that’s in place, not
states that are outside of New gram, the Athletics Depart- added. only in the athletic depart-
England that we think may be ment must align its standards Various circumstances can ment, but over the College as
good fits for,” Wells said. “It with those of the Office of lead to diverse recruiting a whole,” he said.
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a team’s revenue correlate with its budget?
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These discussions would be much aided by access to clear and extensive data. While
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the Equity in Athletics database provides some information on the financing of sports
teams, it hardly paints a comprehensive picture of how that money is spent. For exam-
ple, the raw data suggests that the men’s tennis team, which spends the most money
per participant of any team at the College, is burning through cash. But the data doesn’t
show that the team consistently competes in NCAA Division III national champion-
ships, which could contribute to abnormally large travel expenses. Or at least, that’s
what we guess.
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FRIDAY 16
LECTURE
“The Asian Century: Myth and Reality”
Acting Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton ’85 will
discuss modern perceptions of Asia. Thornton has extensive
experience in Asia, having served as Deputy Assistant
Secretary for China, Mongolia and Taiwan and helping shape
U.S. foreign policy in Eurasia.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m.
EVENT
Time Management at Burn
The Baldwin Program for Academic Development and
student eco reps will host a workshop to teach time
management strategies led by Kathryn Byrnes director of
the Baldwin Program.
Burnett House. 1:30 pm.
TESSA EPSTEIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
LECTURE LET IT SNOW : Last Saturday students, faculty and their families made polar bear snowglobes as part of Bowdoin Student Government’s Winter
Bowdoin Art Society Gallery Talk Weekend. Despite the cancellation of the popular horse-drawn carriage rides due to inclement weather students enjoyed the wintery Maine weekend.
Members of the Bowdoin Art Society will lead a
public discussion about art, technology and
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digital information.
Museum of Art. 4 pm.
PERFORMANCE
American Idiot PERFORMANCE FILM
Masque and Gown will perform “American Idiot,” a musical The Picture of Dorian Gray SILA and the Gatekeepers of the Arctic
adaptation of Green Day’s rock band grammy-award winning The Theater Project’s Professional Ensemble will perform The Arctic Museum will screen a film examining the impact
album. Tickets can be purchased at the information desk an adaption of Oscar Wilde’s play. Set in Victorian London, of global climate change on people, ecology and landscape
at David Saul Smith Union. There will also be a show on the play depicts a young man’s infatuation with a painting of of the Arctic through the perspectives of an Inuit hunter, a
Saturday at the same time and location. himself and play focuses on themes of innocence climatologist and an Inuit politician.
Wish Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m. and corruption. Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 7:30 p.m.
14 School Street. 7:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Love Hurts
Office Hours, one of many improv groups on campus, will
perform a Valentine’s Day-inspired show.
Chase Barn. 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY 19 THURSDAY 22
LECTURE
“The Poetic Afterlife of Roman Sicily” EVENT
Sarah Spence, editor in chief of the Middle Age Academic African Arts Festival
The Zuzu African Acrobats will perform at the African Art
SATURDAY 17
Journal “Speculum” will discuss the island of Sicily and its
role in inspiring poets from Latin Antiquity to the Renais- Festival. The festival will celebrate art, music and culture
sance. The talk will focus on Dante’s employment of Latin across the African continent. The event is part of Black
myths in Purgatorio. History Month programming.
EVENT Beam Classroom, Visual Art Center. 4:30 p.m. Russwurm African-American Center. 4 p.m.
Navigating STEM at Bowdoin: Let’s Talk
about Diversity LECTURE
“Consumerism, Activism, and
TUESDAY 20
Pursuing Our Purpose (POP), a campus group for
underrepresented students in STEM, will discuss the Individualism: How to be a Better
challenges of studying STEM at Bowdoin and beyond. Environmentalist”
30 College Street. 2 p.m. Owner of Morning Glory Natural Foods Toby Tarpinian,
LECTURE
Executive Director of Maine Conservation Voters Maureen
FILM “Looking Out, Looking Within” Drouin ’96, Professor of Economics Erik Nelson and Assistant
Jake Milgram Wien, independent scholar and curator, will
2018 Oscar-Nominated Shorts discuss Rockwell Kent’s painting, “A Young Sailor.” The talk
Professor of Environmental Studies and Government
Frontier will screen Oscar-nominated short films. The Shana M. Starobin will debate whether environmentalists
will explore the piece in its biographical, art historical and
selected shorts come from the categories of animated, live should direct their efforts toward individual actions, such as
philosophical context and is presented in conjunction with
action and documentary film. Shorts that will be screened turning off lights and recycling, or collective actions, such as
the exhibition “Looking Anew: Art and Estrangement,
include “Dear Basketball”, “Garden Party” and “Lou.” protesting and supporting policy changes.
1900-2000.”
Frontier. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Museum of Art. 12 p.m.
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