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Studzinski debates highlight differences, turn testy
by Jessica Piper
Orient Staff
Candidates for two of
Maine’s seats in Congress
took to the stage in Studzinski
Recital Hall on Tuesday after-
noon for two debates preced-
ing the November 6 election.
The first debate, for U.S.
Senate, featured independent
incumbent Angus King and
two challengers—Republican
Eric Brakey, a current state
senator, and Democrat Zak
Ringelstein, a former teach-
er. The tone quickly turned
testy, with Ringelstein urging
Brakey to drop out of the race
over anti-immigration tweets
that the Democrat said were
“inciting violence,” accusa-
tions that Brakey called “ri-
diculous” and “childish.”
The candidates differed
sharply on the issue of health-
care. King highlighted the
need to reduce prescription
drug costs, whereas Ringel-
stein, who supports Medi-
care-for-All, attacked the in-
cumbent for “talking around
problems.” Brakey said the
answer lay in “market-based
conclusions” and confirmed
that he would vote to repeal
and replace Obamacare if giv-
en the opportunity.
Not all moments were
Gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills
marches to the finish at Bowdoin
by Calder McHugh
Orient Staff
It is only 12:30 p.m. on
October 29, but Maine State
Attorney General and guber-
natorial candidate Janet Mills
has already had a long day. Af-
ter receiving an endorsement
from Alan Caron, an indepen-
dent challenger who dropped
out of the race, at the Portland
Public Library, Mills dotted
around to various gatherings
in Southern Maine. She then
arrived at Bowdoin, driven by
her sister, to walk with student
to the polls for early voting.
Now, she’s taking a quick
breather to chat. She kicks off
her shoes as soon as she sits
down, but not without a quip
about the ever-present need
for a political brand.
“I should have ‘Vote for
Janet Mills’ on my sock,” she
jokes.
Mills is the Democratic
Party’s candidate for Maine’s
open Governor seat. Eight
days from the election, she
is laser-focused on the finish
line.
“When I ran for office in
the legislature, I ran as a Re-
publican, independent-lean-
ing district,” Mills said. “I won
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antagonistic, though. In a
section of the debate where
candidates asked each other
questions, Ringelstein asked
King if the senator would stop
taking money from ExxonMo-
bil and return the company’s
previous contributions. King
said yes, and the pair shook
hands.
All three candidates said
they supported the legal-
ization of marijuana at the
federal level, and all three
agreed that they opposed the
proposed Central Maine Pow-
er transmission line, which
would cut through Somerset
County.
But the three diverged
again in their closing state-
ments. Brakey encouraged
voters to stand up to special
interests in Washington.
“We’ve been getting a rot-
ten deal as Maine people,” he
said.
Ringelstein highlighted the
role of ranked-choice voting,
encouraging his supporters
to back King with their sec-
ond-choice vote.
“Rank me one and Angus
two,” he said.
King, taking a different ap-
proach, questioned why the
debate hadn’t addressed the
opioid crisis and the isolation
of seniors in rural Maine.
office by going to people’s
doors and finding common
ground.”
Mills has clearly attacked
the statewide race in a similar
manner. 15 Bowdoin students
came to the polls with Mills
on the drizzly Monday. As
the group walked from David
Saul Smith Union to the Town
Council’s Office on the end of
Noble Street, drivers slowed
down to honk and shout their
support.
In Maine, voters care deeply
about their political leaders’
connection to the state; be-
ing labeled as “from away”
can signal a death knell for a
campaign. Mills’ campaign is
attempting to represent the
kind of grassroots, indepen-
dent, personal politics with
which Maine voters are known
to connect.
In this race, Mills is staring
across the aisle at Republican
Shawn Moody, the owner of
Moody’s Collision Centers, an
auto-body franchise that has
11 locations around Maine.
He speaks with a thick Maine
accent. Everybody, including
Mills, says that he’s a nice guy.
Mills has won endorse-
ments from Maine’s two larg-
est newspapers, the Portland
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ARGUING AND ADVOCATING: From left, Republican State Senator Eric Brakey, independent U.S. Senator Angus King and Democrat Zak Ringelstein
during Tuesday’s congressional debate. King is running as the incumbent this term, while Ringelstein and Brakey are both challengers.
After the debate, both King
and Ringelstein met with
small groups of students at or-
ganized events, while Brakey
discussed his positions on cli-
mate change and gun control
Press Herald and the Bangor
Daily News, as well as from the
Boston Globe. All three call
her the “pragmatic” choice.
The Bangor Daily News is the
most effusive in its praise, ar-
guing that Mills “has the diver-
sity and depth of experience to
be an effective governor” and
noting that she stood up to
current Governor Paul LePage
as attorney general.
The Press Herald’s piece,
written before Caron dropped
out, says that if the election
were ranked choice, they
would likely throw their sup-
port behind him. The Globe
mostly presents Mills as an
alternative to Moody, whom
they call “LePage Lite.”
As the Press Herald’s Edi-
torial Page Editor Greg Kesich
notes in a piece separate from
the paper’s endorsement,
“Mario Cuomo said, ‘You
campaign in poetry and gov-
ern in prose.’ But when you
watch Janet Mills, you wonder
if she got the message.”
From a foot away though,
devoid of outside noise, it is
clear that Mills holds a gen-
uine excitement for ideas
that she believes will make
Mainers’ lives better. If she is
elected, she promises a radi-
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with students in Studzinski
before he had to leave for an-
other event. All three candi-
dates had another debate later
that night, hosted by WGME
in Portland.
cal transformation in certain
sectors of the state within her
first term.
“I imagine us having com-
munity solar. Everywhere you
go, you see schools, churches
and community buildings
powered by solar,” she says.
“I see us having better in-
frastructure. I see us having
broadband in all corners of
Maine. [I have a] proposal for
broadband districts across the
state of Maine—coworking
spaces where people can share
overhead, start new business-
es, enlarge existing businesses,
come back to Maine and work
remotely, that kind of infra-
structure is very important.
We’ll be there in four years.”
She has a fine line to walk
in advocating for policy about
which she clearly knows a
lot while avoiding being cat-
egorized as a “career politi-
cian.” Twice in the interview,
Mills referenced the fact that
Moody has run for governor
more times than she has.
Labeled a clear establish-
ment Democrat by some of
her primary opponents, Mills
has attempted to use her fa-
cility with discussing issues
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The Senate debate was fol-
lowed by the another debate
with candidates for the House
of Representatives. Incumbent
Democrat Chellie Pingree, rep-
resenting Maine’s first district,
Shootings prompt
recognition of anti-
Semitism, racism
by Maia Coleman
and Lucia Ryan
Orient Staff
On Tuesday night, a can-
dlelit vigil glowed from the
museum steps in honor of
the lives of those murdered
at the Tree of Life Synagogue
in Pittsburgh last Saturday. In
the nation’s most recent mass
shooting, 11 people were lost,
and each was remembered with
a candle at the vigil.
“I think for the Jewish stu-
dents, students of faith and
other students there is real-
ly a feeling of connection to
these people that were killed,
to the vulnerability of going
to synagogue on just a regular
old Saturday,” said Rabbi Lisa
Vinikoor, who works with
Bowdoin Hillel. “There isn’t
a political goal, it’s really just
to sit with the emotions, and
certainly with the first few days
of any kind of mourning pro-
cess there is usually shock …
I think the goal of the vigil is
publicly doing that.”
The vigil came together in
just 24 hours. In the days fol-
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presidents Miranda Miller ’19
and Zoe Aarons ’19 felt that
the reverberations of Satur-
day’s events had not extended
beyond Bowdoin’s small Jewish
community.
“The vigil was in large part a
response to the fact that many
Jewish students said that many
of their non-Jewish friends had
not reached out to them and
were not discussing it,” said
Aarons. “We wanted to make
sure that everyone on campus
was thinking about it.”
“It also has a goal with do-
ing some interpreting about
how to maybe understand—I
mean, it’s an event that can’t be
understood in that it’s so hor-
rific … it’s in the context of so
many acts of violence, a very
long history of anti-Semitism,
violence and hate and racism
in America,” said Vinikoor.
In addition to the 11 candles
lit for the 11 lives lost at the
Tree of Life, Bowdoin Hillel lit
a twelfth candle to commemo-
rate the lives of all those lost to
hate crimes in America.
“We wanted it be a distinctly
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SECURITY REPORT
10/26 to 10/31
event at Baxter House was transported to Mid Coast
STUDENT SPEAK:
If you had to stay in one Halloween costume for
• Reports were sent to the dean’s office regarding two
students who have accumulated multiple campus
parking violations.
Hospital by Brunswick Rescue.
• An intoxicated student made repeated late night
annoying phone calls to the security communications
your whole life, what would it be?
• A student reported the theft of a 30-rack of beer at center and to various College administrators. The stu-
Chamberlain Hall. The property was returned to the dent took responsibility for his conduct and a report
owner. was filed with dean of student affairs.
• A smoke alarm at Russwurm House was caused by
Danny Miro ’19
Saturday, October 27
Danny from Grease.
the use of a hair dryer.
• A fire alarm at • A smoke alarm at
MacMillan House Stowe Inn was caused
resulted in an evacu- by cooking smoke.
ation of the building
during a registered Monday, October 29
event. The alarm is • A student com-
believed to have been plained of excessively Patrick Warner ’20
caused by someone loud music on the
vaping inside the
building.
seventh floor of Coles
Tower. Gritty, the Flyers’ new mascot.
• An intoxicated • A smoke alarm at
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transported from
86 Federal Street was
caused by cooking
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Hospital. the defacement of a
• Officers conduct- poster in the women’s
ed a wellness check first-floor rest room Ruby Ahaiwe ’21
for an intoxicated at Smith Union.
student in Moore
Hall. Tuesday, October 30
Hermione Granger with such
• Officers checked
on the well-being of
• A student at Reed
House with a fever quiet, powerful grace.
an intoxicated stu- requested an escort to
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dent at Chamberlain Mid Coast Hospital.
Hall. • Brunswick Rescue
• Students using transported a student
hair products accidentally set of a smoke alarm at with an allergic reaction to Mid Coast Hospital. James O’Shea ’20
Russwurm House.

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• A traffic cone belonging to the Mid Coast Triathlon
Clayton Rose in disguise as a
• An officer checked on a student who became ill at
Thorne Hall during Super Snacks.
Club was recovered from Burnett House.
• Brunswick Rescue transported a student to Mid
student talking about how hip
• A female student reported a disconcerting encoun-
ter with a man at a Maine Street bar.
• A student who suffered a seizure during a registered
Coast Hospital for evaluation after experiencing a
seizure. the Roux Center is.
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Rhapsody”
8. News program host
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14. Energy User Efficiency
(Abbr.)
15. Italian birthplace of Colum-
bus
16. Prefix for cycle or lingual
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18. A tenth of a gram (Abbr.)
19. Musical that celebrated its
15th Anniversary this week on
NBC
21. Water sport equipment
22. “___ Dorado”; John Wayne
film
23. Basketball rival of Duke
24. Link
25. Owns
*26. Bowdoin Democrats, the
Orient, LASO, i.e.
27. Superior, for the Great Lakes
29. Opposite of flow
30. Word in many similes
32. __ and fro
33. WSJ competitor
34. Maine specialty
37. Dutch burg
41. Itty
42. Path of a home run
*44. Earth diggers
47. Saul’s kingdom
49. Quickly, colloquially
51. Skeletal start?
52. Capital of Chhattisgarh in
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54. Acoustic accessory
59. Antony’s lover
60. The ___ Revolution
63. VA doctor’s specialty
65. Baldwin who often plays
Trump on SNL
66. Fizzy fruit drink
67. Listen to
68. Empire state
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airs today on Netflix, or a hint to
all of the starred clues
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1. Mists
2. Non-sailor
3. Dirty mist
4. Government agency that regu-
lates 3-Down
5. __;dr
6. Leg bones
7. “Neur” stick-on
8. Stick on
9. x in a haystack
10. Chocolate brand
11. “Hey Ya” band
12. Stand against
19. It’s capital is Charleston
20. Praise
22. Patch spots
23. “Join ___ the grand open- 36. Railway marking 46. Told on 56. Inwardly (poetic)
ing!” (new store’s invitation) 38. Russian ruler, once 47. Two of the restaurants in 57. Lemon suffix
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28. Asian animal, missing a 40. Prefix with -metric or -tope 48. Cupid’s counterpart 61. Kind of dye with vivid colors
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NEWS IN BRIEF COMPILED BY JESSICA PIPER

ANTI-TRANS LANGUAGE TARGETS

BATHROOM MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS
A sign advertising free menstrual products in the bathroom
on the first floor of David Saul Smith Union was defaced with
trans-exclusionary language this week.
In an email to the Orient, Director of Gender Violence Pre-
vention and Education Benje Douglas said that the Bias Inci-
dent Group (BIG) would be convening next week to discuss the
incident but declined to comment further.
Details of the incident, which is believed to have occurred
on October 28 or 29, are listed in the Campus and Community
Index.
“The poster contains gender-neutral language that had been
crossed out and replaced with gender binary language,” the in-
dex report says. “The word ‘person’ was changed to ‘woman,’
and the word ‘their’ was changed to ‘her.’ In addition, at the
bottom of the sign, someone had drawn the symbol for Venus,
commonly used to depict women, along with the words ‘—men-
struate—TRUTH.’”
The graffiti comes a week after the New York Times reported
that the Trump administration is considering defining gender
as a biological condition determined by observed genitalia at
birth.
Certain campus bathrooms have been stocked with free men- EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
strual products since students launched the Free Flow initiative TALKING TOGETHERNESS: In his keynote speech for BSG’s No Hate No-
in early 2017. Men’s, women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms vember, Dr. Ahmed encouraged people to form coalitions and work together.
were stocked, with student leaders highlighting the importance
of making the products available for transgender men and non-
binary people.
While the initiative received mostly positive feedback, some-
one defecated in the receptacle intended for used products in
Dr. Amer Ahmed
March of 2017, soon after the products were first placed in the
bathrooms. However, no incidents had been reported since. talks intersections,
Islamaphobia
most of his career to addressing
by Kate Lusignan and understanding racial and reli-
Orient Staff gious bias through roles such as the
After a quick introductory CEO of AFA Diversity Consulting,
breath, Dr. Amer Ahmed kicked LLC, a consulting practice dedicat-
off No Hate November with a rap. ed to helping institutions address
“I stand poisoned by religion / the diversity, race and intercultural
decisions of sin / while television development, and as director of Turning away from historical ing ripped from their families,
spins the lies of white men / I see intercultural teaching and faculty accounts of racial and religious we’re not going to have the rela-
no friends as the media sends / the development at the University of bias, Ahmed discussed the ways tionships in place to say ‘this is
myth of the truth to fear my brown Massachusetts-Amherst. in which modern media has re- not OK.’ It should not matter if
skin,” he performed to a surprised For an hour, Ahmed argued inforced racial stereotypes. He it affects our community or not.”
audience in Kresge Auditorium that social issues such as race, reli- expressed frustration at the sen- Students found that Ahmed’s
last night. Departing from the gion and immigration are intersec- sationalization of crimes com- message reiterated the goals of No
playful tone of the rap, Ahmed’s tional. Ahmed uses Islamophobia mitted by Muslim-Americans Hate November, which aims to
keynote took a more serious note, to exemplify not only how race despite low crime rates. raise awareness about diversity on
addressing the implications of Is- and religion intersect with one Ahmed ended his speech campus through a month of pro-
lamophobia. another, but also how these inter- with a call for action, despite gramming organized by the BSG.

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intersectionalities that are really
important. He really wants to cre-
ate change through coalition and
communities and working to-
gether,” said Mamadou Diaw ’20,
chair of diversity and inclusion for
Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG).
Ahmed has both personal and
professional understandings of Is-
lamophobia. As a Muslim-Ameri-
can, he experiences racial and re-
ligious bias everywhere, from TSA
checks at the airport to encounters
with his next-door neighbors. Pro-
fessionally, Ahmed has dedicated
“These intersections create
opportunities to recognize that
we need each other, we need to
come together to build power, to
resist systems of oppression in
ourselves as individuals and in the
surrounding world,” Ahmed said.
Ahmed traces the rise of Is-
lamophobia in the United States
through Islam’s relation to Christi-
anity. He argued that bias towards
Islam has been constructed from
the historical context of white,
Christian power that ostracized
Arab and African populations
through the colonization of Africa,
the Middle East and the Americas.
These intersections create
opportunities to recognize that
we need ... to come together.
–Dr. Amer Ahmed
a lot of our communities share
issues around immigration.
Meanwhile, it is being framed
against the Latinx population,”
Ahmed said. “If we’re not oper-
ating within these intersections
and if we aren’t building coali-
tions within these intersections,
we’re not going to be able to
stand up when children are be-
ing that the Bowdoin communi-
ty is more diverse than ever be-
fore. It is taking the step to make
Bowdoin a more inclusive com-
munity by addressing all of our
identities,” Arein Nguyen ’21,
Multicultural Coalition repre-
sentative to BSG said. “[No Hate
November] allows students to
lean into the conversation.”

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Brunswick native with a PhD
in psychology.
The tone of the House
debate was calm compared
to that of the earlier Senate
matchup. In one moment,
Grohman presented his oppo-
nents with gifts—a Whitman’s
Sampler box of chocolates
for Holbrook and the book
“Keeping a Family Cow” for
Pingree—rather than ques-
by Grohman’s mother.
The candidates differed on
the issue of healthcare, with
Holbrook arguing for a piece-
by-piece repeal of the Afford-
able Care Act (ACA).
“The federal government
doesn’t do anything very well,”
he said.
By contrast, Pingree, who
voted for the ACA when it
passed in 2010, noted her
sponsorship of a bill that
would make it easier to buy
prescription drugs from Can-
ada at lower prices.
On the subject of hate
speech and incivility, Hol-
brook highlighted the “moral
degradation” of society.
“We have to get people fo-
cused more outside of them-
selves and looking to a higher
power,” he said. “I don’t care
what their faith is, but they
ought to be looking towards
God to help guide them in
their ordinary course through-
out the day as opposed to
looking inside themselves and
saying, ‘I’m justified in this
righteous indignation.’”
Pingree said that, as a lead-
er, it was important to have
friends on the other side of
the aisle, but she later ques-
tioned this idea of both-side-
ism with respect to incivility
and hate speech.
“There are people on my
side of the aisle that have been
too outspoken … but we have
to draw a clear line about
what’s really hate speech,
white supremacy, what hap-
pened at the synagogue, an-
ti-Semitism,” she said. “These
things are seriously wrong,
and we have to call them out
when we see them. We cannot
just say both sides are in the
wrong.”
Grohman, on the other
hand, highlighted his cre-
dentials as an independent,
arguing he could help bridge
the political divide where par-
tisan candidates fail.
“We have gotten to a really
divisive time in our country,
and I think it is because we
have just kind of split into
these two teams,” he said. “It’s
time we had voices that were
in the middle, and as an inde-
pendent, I am uniquely able
to work with members of both
parties.”
Both debates were hosted
by Maine Public Broadcasting
Network as part of the “Your
Vote 2018” series.
Julia Katter contributed to
this report.
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Students celebrate Día de los Muertos with altar in Baxter
by Ayub Tahlil
Staff Writer
Last night, a day before the
holiday, students gathered at
Baxter House to honor Día
de los Muertos, or Day of the
Dead, the first time in current
students’ memory that the
holiday had been celebrated at
Bowdoin.
The event was co-hosted by
the Center for Religious and
Spiritual Life, the Latin Amer-
ican Student Organization
(LASO) and Baxter House.
Also, the display featured a
student-built altar on which
attendees placed pictures of
loved ones who have passed,
bridging the gap between the
dead and the living in a cele-
bration of this tradition.
Día de los Muertos is a cele-
bration of both life and death.
The holiday, which has pre-Co-
lumbian and indigenous roots,
is celebrated throughout Mex-
ico and anywhere home to
people of Mexican descent to
honor the lives of those who
have passed. It is intended to
destigmatize death and associ-
ate it with celebration. Accord-
ing to tradition, life and legacy
New discussions and
programming headline
Sexual Respect Week
by Elizabeth Fosler-Jones
Orient Staff
Bowdoin Healthy Relation-
ships’ (BHeRe) Sexual Respect
Week is getting more intimate
this year. Yesterday, BHeRe
kicked off a week of concen-
trated programming dedicat-
ed to creating discussion and
awareness around sexual re-
spect, boundaries and healthy
relationships.
“The goal of the week is re-
ally to get these ideas of sexual
respect out there in the open
because sometimes it’s a very
taboo topic or it’s talked about
only in a very restricted con-
text, so hopefully having this
week will make sexual respect
something more prominent
that students think about in
their day-to-day lives,” said
Monica Xing ’19, a co-leader
of BHeRe.
Sexual Respect Week was
previously known as Consent
Week. BHeRe believed that
the new name would convey
the importance of respect and
communication in any type of
relationship.
“Discussing the broad-
er concept of sexual respect
hopefully helps illustrate ex-
pectations around consent and
that focusing on the notion
of ‘permission’ falls short of
a commitment to respect for
others,” wrote Lisa Peterson,
associate director of gender vi-
olence prevention and educa-
tion, in an email to the Orient.
When brainstorming pro-
gramming for Sexual Respect
Week, co-leaders Anna Mar-
tens ’20, Grace Pettengill ’21
and Xing wanted to make sure
do not end when humans die;
instead, they will be remem-
bered and cherished.
The altar was the centerpiece
of Baxter’s living room where
the celebration took place.
With three layers to hold the
pictures of loved ones, offerings
and flowers—the three corner-
stones of Día de los Muertos—
students honored the dead and
celebrated with them.
Students say the holiday has
been overlooked at Bowdoin.
“[This is] the first time it
is being celebrated in my four
years, so I’m just glad we’re
doing it, even if it isn’t on the
right day,” said LASO Presi-
dent Louis Mendez ’19.
All three groups came to-
gether with a common goal:
to bring pieces of students’
culture to Bowdoin for two
primary reasons.
One purpose was to make
Bowdoin feel like home for stu-
dents who normally celebrate
the holiday. This same senti-
ment was reflected six years
ago, when Bowdoin created the
Office of Religious and Spiritu-
al Life to bridge the divide be-
tween students’ old homes and
their new one on campus.
they were reaching a variety of
audiences on campus through
their events.
The week will include the
second annual “Dating Across
Identities” event, co-spon-
sored by the African-Ameri-
can Society (AfAm) and Bow-
doin Queer Straight Alliance
(BQSA). It garnered such
positive feedback last year
that BHeRe decided to host it
again.
The All-Women’s Self-Plea-
sure Panel, co-sponsored by
fEMPOWER, is open to those
identifying as women and will
include the raffling off of a vi-
brator.
“Instead of the sex panel,
we’re having an all women’s
pleasure panel, so hopefully
that’s a smaller, more intimate
environment,” said Xing.
“It’s something that’s hap-
pened on Bowdoin’s campus
before, but it hasn’t happened
as a part of BHeRe,” added Pet-
tengill.
“Reacting to Kavanaugh,”
which will be mediated by a
reverend from Brunswick, is
open to male-identifying stu-
dents and will consist of struc-
tured discussion time.
“When we were coming up
with a list of events, the all
male discussion, I think that
was the last one that we put
on,” said Pettengill. “We were
trying to think about events
for men who might not be as
inclined to talk about this kind
of stuff, so that’s where that
idea sprung out of.”
Sexual Respect Week will
wrap up next Friday, with
two events: A self-defense
workshop taught by Preven-
Eduardo Pazos Palma, the
director of religious and spiritual
life, said that the second goal was
to educate other people about the
holiday that is sometimes con-
fused with Halloween. Accord-
ing to Pazos Palma, the holiday
commemorates and remembers
loved ones, and shares with the
community to educate others on
the cultural and religious life of
Bowdoin’s Mexican and indige-
nous student community.
At the event, a number of
students spoke about their
loved ones and dedicated
something to them.
LASO even printed pictures
for students upon request and
attempted to make this holiday
as accessible as possible.
“Everyone deals with death
and this holiday is so inclusive
and [that] is why it is my favor-
ite,” said Maria Perez Mendoza
’21.
Yet Perez Mendoza believes
it is important to do something
on the actual holiday, so Baxter
held an additional event yes-
terday on Día de los Muertos,
which started on Wednesday
and ends on Friday. At the
event, people painted sugar
skulls to keep as a memento of
tion. Action. Change. and The
Moth, a storytelling event. The
self-defense workshop will fo-
cus on boundary-setting, com-
munication skills and physical
self-defense mechanisms.
The Moth will feature sto-
ries from faculty, students and
President Clayton Rose, who is
going to tell the story of how
he met his wife.
“Our group in particular
is really interested in hearing
stories of faculty and staff, just
because we’re all part of the
same community,” said Xing.
“It’s also a way to more passive-
ly engage because it’s not super
intimating to just go and listen.”
There will also be music by
Alana and Sweet Anne & the
Milkmen at 24 College next
Thursday as a way to bring
people into the conversation
surrounding sexual respect
who may not be as comfortable
participating in an event.
“A music thing where you
are just coming to hang out
doesn’t have as much of a
message as an hour-long con-
versation does, but hopefully,
the bands will insert their sex-
ual respect blurb and then will
go on and have a good time
in celebration of a week that’s
thinking about sexual respect,”
said Martens.
BHeRe also put out table
tents in Moulton Union and
Thorne Hall with questions re-
lated to sex, love and relation-
ships as a way to encourage
discussion.
“Even if people don’t come
to any of the events, they are
still having this conversation
and that’s part of the point,”
said Martens.
HONORING LOVED ONES: Students placed pictures and objects on the altar to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
the holiday. The sugar skulls
represent the sweetness and
celebration of death and there-
fore epitomize the holiday.
The planning and execu-
tion of this event raised issues
around staying authentic to
traditions.
“Being in Maine, it was im-
possible to get the cempasuchil,
VIGIL
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Jewish event, and we wanted
to show people distinctly Jew-
ish ways to mourn, but we did
want to place this in a larger
context of hate,” said Aarons.
Though the vigil was the
largest and most public gath-
ering of the week, Miller and
Aarons have been working
closely with Vinikoor since
Saturday evening to organize
smaller events and open up
spaces for more informal con-
versation.
“I really do think of it, as
‘what’s on your heart?’” said
Vinikoor. “Sometimes we go
so quickly to ‘what do I think?
Should I be feeling this way?
Should I not?’ which is all
good, but really [it’s import-
ant] just to create a space for
students to slow down and ask
‘how does this sit with me?’
and that there isn’t a right or
wrong about that.”
Since the events of Satur-
day, the doors of the Center
for Multicultural Life at 30
College, have remained open.
Miller and Aarons were ada-
mant about making the house
available for students this week
as a space where they might do
homework, check in with one
another and, above all, come
together as a community.
“I know that I personally felt
like, ‘wow I have so much work
to do but I really don’t want to
be alone’ and I want to be with
other Jewish people and with
friends,” said Miller.
Vinikoor also offered office
hours as a system of support to
students. From 8 a.m. onward
on Tuesday, she sat in 30 Col-
lege for walk-in conversations.
A place to mourn certain-
ly, but perhaps also a place to
rebuild, this week 30 College
has in many ways come to
symbolize the very heart of the
community’s healing process,
a space which Aarons believes
is essential in order to begin
moving forward.
or marigolds, because they
don’t grow here at this time of
year, unlike in Mexico, where
it is the perfect time of year to
bloom,” said Perez Mendoza.
Another issue was finding
food; there is not traditional
Mexican food in the Bruns-
wick area, so students used
food from other Latin Ameri-
“I hope that there will be
space not just for Jewish mi-
norities but for all minori-
ties—queer, trans, people of
color, Jewish people—to have
spaces to discuss each of their
very important concerns,” said
Aarons.
In an address to the com-
munity at Tuesday night’s vigil,
Hillel board member Annie
Rose ’20 called for unity among
all student groups and all stu-
dents when reeling from acts of
targeted violence.
“I tell you this to show why
most Jewish people strongly
believe in open doors, open
borders, open minds and open
hearts. We do not tolerate
anti-Semitism, racism, ho-
mophobia, transphobia, sex-
ism, Islamophobia, xenopho-
bia, white nationalism and all
other forms of discrimination
and hate,” said Rose.
Her words rang poignantly
both within and outside of the
Bowdoin context. Two separate
bias incidents have been re-
ported at the College in the last
month, with swastikas appear-
ing in multiple public spaces
“I tell you this to show why most Jewish
people strongly believe in open doors, open
borders, open minds and open hearts.
–Annie Rose ’20
on campus. Last Thursday,
news broke of a failed shooting
attempt at a black church in
Kentucky. The suspect alleged-
ly went on to kill two black
men at a grocery store nearby.
“It’s not just something that’s
affecting the Jewish communi-
ty, but all types of minority
communities across the coun-
try,” said Amber Rock ’19, who
is the vice president of student
government affairs and helped
organize last Friday’s town hall
in response to the swastikas.
“These are things that our
president isn’t addressing cor-
rectly or taking seriously, and
the rest of the country is given
a green light to do whatever
they want without thinking
Friday, November 2, 2018
KAYLA SNYDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
can cultures instead.
“This holiday brings who
I am to Bowdoin,” said Perez
Mendoza. “It is something that
now, that I feel more comfort-
able with this place and feel
at home that I can share here.
This is definitely my way of
saying that I am a part of Bow-
doin’s community.”
about the implications it has
on other groups. Bowdoin isn’t
immune to that, and we just
need as a community to try to
withstand that.”
With hates crimes affecting
many minority communities
in recent years, Vinikoor felt
that the losses from the Tree of
Life shooting would resonate
with all students, even beyond
those within Bowdoin’s Jewish
community.
“I was thinking about my
own grandfather who is no lon-
ger alive, but he was the kind of
person that went to synagogue
every Saturday, and he would
have been there early because
he was super dedicated,” said
Vinikoor. “There are students
who have people in their fam-
ily like that of all faiths. They
go to church early, or they get
to the mosque early because
they’re in charge of unlocking
the door, and to think that
those were the people that were
murdered can’t be explained,”
said Vinikoor.
Despite the grief felt across
campus this week, Vinikoor
stressed the importance of ex-
pansion, rather than seclusion,
of community when confront-
ing pain, returning to the im-
age of the open door.
“Judaism stands for this idea
of tzelem elohim, this idea that
all people are created in the im-
age of God and we will not stop
working towards that,” said
Vinikoor. “You know, this syn-
agogue had their doors open
and we’re going to keep our
doors open, and keep working
to bring about more love and
more acceptance for Jews, for
people of other faiths, [and] for
people of no faith in our coun-
try. And that that’s something
we can be working on here at
Bowdoin, even if we’re not in
Pittsburgh.”
Friday, November 2, 2018
College unveils first redesign of bowdoin.edu in 13 years
by Reuben Schafir
Orient Staff
The new Bowdoin website,
bowdoin.edu, launched on
Tuesday night after undergo-
ing its first major revamp in 13
years. The complete overhaul
of the website, which has been
in the works for the last three
years, went extremely smoothly,
said Janie Porche, the director
of content for Bowdoin’s Office
of Communications and Public
Affairs.
The website went live around
9 p.m. and, much to the surprise
of the communications staff, was
online nearly instantaneously.
“The launch went incredi-
bly well,” said Mary Baumgart-
ner, the executive director of
communications and public
affairs. “IT did extraordinary
work to make sure that tech-
nically everything went well.”
Baumgartner stated that
everything was responsive
on the site, but that the Of-
fice of Communications’ job
isn’t over. The feedback form,
which was sent in an email to
all students and employees
BSG proposes new
SAFC regulations to
address dues
by Lucas Weitzenberg
Orient Staff
The Student Activities Fund-
ing Committee (SAFC) intro-
duced three changes to the SAFC
Club Funding Guidelines to the
Bowdoin Student Government
(BSG) during Wednesday night’s
meeting, but BSG delayed the
vote on these regulations until
next week. Several BSG members
cited concerns over the vague
language of a new restriction
on clubs requesting dues from
members.
The restriction in question
reads “no club can charge formal
or informal membership fees or
‘dues’ to club members.” It then
warns that “if it is discovered
that membership fees or ‘dues’
are collected by a club at any
point during the year, the [Stu-
dent Organizations Oversight
Committee (SOOC)] will review
the situation, and that club may
lose their right to request fund-
ing from the SAFC, or lose their
charter altogether.”
These alterations were
prompted by complaints made to
the SAFC that members of cer-
tain clubs feel alienated because
they are unable to pay these dues.
“The SAFC has recently got-
ten wind that clubs are soliciting
dues from members to support
… what are essentially parties,”
said Harry Sherman ’21, treasur-
er of the SAFC. “That should ab-
solutely, under no circumstances,
be happening.”
When questioned about the
Bowdoin Outing Club’s $50
membership fee, Sherman insist-
ed that this payment was differ-
ent from the membership dues
to which the regulations referred,
by Senior Vice President for
Communications and Public
Affairs Scott Hood and can be
found on the website, will re-
main open. Communications
has received somewhere un-
der 100 responses to the form
so far, primarily positive and
ranging in length from a mere
kudos on a job well done to
specific constructive feedback
on what could work better.
Roughly 60 percent of the
feedback has concerned the
directory, Porche estimated.
Edits to restore features such
as class year and mailbox in-
formation, which were either
left out or altered during the
update, are currently under-
way.
Most students seemed to
view the new site positively.
Manuela Velasquez ’21, who
used the word “clean” to de-
scribe the new site, liked the
abundance of photographs.
She described it as an upgrade
from the old site, which “had
the feel of a low-quality public
library.”
Hood, Porche and Baumgart-
ner were all aware of an issue
but admitted the difference was
difficult to discern from the
wording of the guideline. “Now
that you mention that, I guess we
should change that part,” Sher-
man said.
In response to a question
about a hypothetical scenario
in which clubs ask members to
Venmo money to pay for bev-
erages for an upcoming event,
SOOC Chair Jenna Scott ’19
responded that while the group
decided to use strict language
in their guidelines, if a group
is accused of violating this
guideline, the SAFC would be
less concerned if their request
was for last minute, casual
payments from its members.
Instead, the SAFC wishes to
condemn groups that request
a large sum from its members
at the start of the year for so-
cial events and then stigmatize
those who don’t, or are unable,
to pay.
Class of 2019 President Henry
Bredar wasn’t sold. “It just seems
like a really ambiguous way to
approach something that is really
significant,” he said. Bredar went
on to say that if these guidelines
create the potential for a club to
lose its charter, it is necessary
for the SAFC to be clear in their
guidelines.
After the discussion, the BSG
planned a series of votes that
would potentially pass the new
guidelines. The first motion,
which moved for the guidelines
to be voted on that night, failed
by a hefty margin, meaning the
guidelines will have time to be
reviewed by the SAFC at this
Monday’s meeting and will be
voted on by BSG the following
Wednesday.
NEWS
that students cited as a point
of dissatisfaction with the new
website: Google search results.
“It’s a pretty big pain in the
ass. A lot of links are broken,”
complained Theo Danzig ’22
on the day of the site’s launch.
However, Porche assured
that this problem was being
addressed and would continue
to improve. Google’s comput-
ers must audit the new site in
order to update its search re-
sults, a process that can take
some time and which every
new website must go through.
The College has no control
over that process (short of
buying Google, joked Hood).
Hood recognized that though
the old website was antiquated
and clunky, it was familiar to
students and faculty who used it
frequently.
“I didn’t really see what
was wrong. I felt fine with the
previous website,” said Dan-
zig. “The old one was pretty
user friendly.”
Hood compared using the
new site to eating in a new
kitchen—you don’t know
where the forks are at first, but
MARCHING WITH MILLS: Students accompany Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Janet Mills on a walk to the polls during her visit to Bowdoin.
MILLS
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to reject a stereotyping of her
campaign.
“I don’t categorize myself
as left, middle, centrist, right,
blue dog, red dog, pink dog, I
take each issue at a time,” she
said. “People know where I
stand on specific issues like the
right to choose—I’ve always
been there on women’s issues.
Always protected the right to
vote. I’ve always been a con-
servationist, environmentalist.
I don’t think that’s a radical po-
sition, I think those positions
reflect the thinking and values
of Maine people.”
Nevertheless, Mills has been
accused by some Mainers as
not having the same care for
indigenous people in the state.
In 2015 and in an appeal last
year, she represented the state
in Penobscot Nation v. Mills,
once you’ve gone to the fork
drawer two or three times,
you remember.
Though the website looks
more elegant than its anti-
quated predecessor, comically
dubbed “The Black Curtain”
by the IT department, it may
offer more than meets the eye
to the average user.
“It’s not just a new design;
it’s new servers, a new CMS,
new ‘all this stuff,’ which is a
wildly ambitious thing to do
all at once,” said Baumgartner.
Communications noted,
however, that such major
updates were not made on a
whim, but were required in
order to achieve their goals.
“We’ve built in a way that’s
structurally sound enough
that we shouldn’t ever again
have to go to the ground,”
Porche said.
The new site also makes
it far easier for the drivers of
content, primarily faculty and
students, to direct and dictate
what is presented on their
page and how it is displayed.
“What you see up here
is really a reflection of the
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
a case that she ultimately won
in which the court upheld that
the state of Maine has the right
to regulate hunters, fishermen
and paddlers on the Penobscot
River. The Penobscot Nation
argued that the area was part
of its tribal land.
When asked about the case,
Mills pointed back to her job
description.
“My job as an attorney gen-
eral is to defend the state of
Maine unless the case is not
defensible. In that case, it was
not only defensible, the federal
court ruled that the state was
correct in its position,” she
said.
She also stressed that she
has had productive discussions
with the Penobscot Nation.
“I’ve met with tribal leaders,
chiefs and councilmembers,
and I know that we can work
together. We have worked to-
gether nationally to protect
work that’s happening across
the campus and the way that
people across the campus
want to tell their stories,” said
Baumgartner.
Department pages are now
more easily able to be modi-
fied and personalized by fac-
ulty in order to showcase what
they want to display. In a move
to make the website more out-
ward-facing—directed toward
prospective students and
counselors, for example—the
homepage now displays a slid-
er bar that randomly displays
a new department each time
the page is refreshed.
Several other changes were
made in order to make the site
more accessible to an audience
beyond those currently affili-
ated with the school and unfa-
miliar with its idiosyncrasies.
For example, a prospective stu-
dent may not know to search
“Francophone Studies,” so that
department now appears in a
drop-down tab when “French”
is typed into the search bar.
The new search feature isn’t
limited to academics; when a
user types “hungry,” “dining
Maine’s environment and to
improve our water quality,”
Mills said.
While Mills may want to
avoid the optics of being la-
beled a career politician in a
state that values authenticity,
she is proud of her career in
public service and as a pri-
vate legislator. Her interest
in making positive change in
others’ lives is utterly congru-
5
menus” appears.
The home page displays a
set of images that will change
nearly every day, according
the Porche. Hood emphasized
that the photos on the homep-
age will never be staged.
The website’s improve-
ments span an enormous
amount of turf, affecting
everyone from faculty, who
have more control over their
content, to students, who now
have easier access to accounts
that use Bowdoin credentials,
to prospective students, who
will have an easier time nav-
igating the departments and
learning about the College.
Baumgartner said that the
launch of the new site has
inspired faculty to check and
correct outdated information
and has inspired upcoming
changes on the College’s li-
brary and museum website.
“The really good news is
that this has been a long time
coming and people have been
really enthusiastic about it,”
said Hood. “So many people
were involved. It’s a celebra-
tory thing for a lot of folks.”
ent with her preferred topic of
conversation: issue areas.
Rather than run away from
the “pragmatic” moniker, she
appears to have embraced it
wholeheartedly. And while
Mills may have diverged from
Mario Cuomo’s “you cam-
paign in poetry” argument,
if given the opportunity, she
seems exceedingly likely to
“govern in prose.”
6 NEWS
Visiting lecturer contends that the world would be a better
place if the #MeToo movement had never happened
by Diego Lasarte
Orient Staff
Last night, journalist Hel-
en Andrews gave a talk at
Bowdoin titled “The New
McCarthyism” in which she
compared today’s culture of
“political correctness” with
Joseph McCarthy’s persecu-
tion of accused communist
sympathizers in the 1950s.
Andrews argued that Mc-
Carthyism was aimed at “an
existential threat” and all ac-
cusations were supported by
evidence, but said the #Me-
Too movement has created a
similar atmosphere without
clearing the same evidentia-
ry hurdle. Instead of armed
agents of the state, she said,
the McCarthyites of today
wield Facebook posts.
Much of the lecture dealt
with history. Andrews claimed
that McCarthyites would pro-
duce evidence to support the
idea that the alleged commu-
nists were a threat to Ameri-
ca—although McCarthy him-
self was at one point censured
by his Senate colleagues for
ethics violations. Andrews
noted nonetheless that this
image sharply contrasts with
today’s world in which people
can have their lives ruined by
something as simple as a friv-
olous comment on a Facebook
post.
One of the more tense mo-
ments took place when Ezra
Rice ’19 asked, “all in all, do
Student frustration
comes through at
Town Hall
by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
At last Friday’s Bowdoin
Student Government (BSG)-led
Town Hall, students expressed
frustration about perceived
inertia in response to bias inci-
dents—most recently, a swastika
that was reported in the Hub-
bard Hall Stacks at the end of
September. In total, four swasti-
kas have been reported on cam-
pus in the past two years.
To open the event, Natasha
Goldman, research associate
and adjunct lecturer in art his-
tory, elaborated on the historical
use of the swastika as an anti-Se-
mitic iconography. Goldman,
who has taught first year semi-
nars on the history and memory
of the Holocaust, believed that
an increase of academic op-
portunities to understand the
historical use of these symbols
would erase some student’s ig-
norance on the impact of the
symbol.
Zoe Aarons ’19 and Miranda
Miller ’19, co-presidents of Hil-
lel, emphasized the swastika’s tie
to the events of the Holocaust
as necessary to understand the
dangers it poses today. They
noted that swastikas on campus
Friday, November 2, 2018
you think the world is better
off due to the #MeToo move-
ment?” Andrews responded
with a simple “no.”
When Rice elaborated,
asking if one could really tell
women who now feel safer that
#MeToo had a net negative ef-
fect, Andrews dismissed the
idea that the world is better
for women in the movement’s
wake. She claimed that, while
it may currently be safer for
women than in what she calls
the “nadir of sexual activity,”
from the 1960s to 1990s, there
were far fewer sexual assaults
in the more traditionalist era
of the 1940s and 1950s.
She blamed a rise in sexual
assaults on college campuses
on the integration of men and
women in the second half of
the twentieth century, argu-
ing that sexual assaults make
sense when you put “people
at their most sexually active
and irresponsible age living,
without adult supervision, in
gender-integrated housing.”
In an interview after the ALYCE MCFADDEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
lecture, the Orient asked for #METOO AND MCCARTHYISM: Journalist Helen Andrews compared Joseph McCarthy’s treatment of accused communists with #MeToo’s consequences
clarification and evidence for for alleged sexual predators, arguing that McCarthy had better evidence for his claims.
Andrew’s assertion that there Andrews was quick to ad- responded that survivors of thing you should be judged searcher. Andrews described
were more sexual assaults in mit that she was looking to sexual assault needed to learn for, if you want to absent her experience at Bowdoin as
the 2000s and 2010s than in challenge and even offend. resilience. yourself from those conver- a good one.
the 1940s and 1950s. She ad- When the Orient asked how “I think that it is import- sations.” “I was afraid I was going
mitted that she did not have she would feel if there was a ant for trauma victims to be Andrews is a writer with to get a Middlebury mob, but
evidence, but claimed that ar- sexual assault survivor in the realistic about where they bylines in the Catholic Her- no, the reception here has
guing points that could not be audience when she critiqued are in their healing process,” ald, the Weekly Standard and been not only courteous, but
proven but that also could not the #MeToo movement, and she said. “If you’re not ready the National Review, and was also intellectually stimulat-
be disproven is an effective if she feared that she was in to talk about these sorts of the 2017-18 Robert Novak ing, you guys are really on the
tactic of persuasion. danger of delegitimizing a issues, then I think it’s com- Journalism Fellow. She has ball, extremely impressive,”
Throughout the talk, student’s trauma, Andrews pletely OK, and not some- also worked as a think tank re- she said.
are not exclusively anti-Semitic
and are used as symbols of white
supremacy, nationalism and
hate.
“We must keep in mind the
unfathomable events of the
Holocaust in order to fully ap-
preciate the dangers of using
the swastika today,” Aarons said.
“Whether it targets a specific
group, generally represents hate
or lacks malicious intent, this
symbol is unacceptable.”
Several students expressed
irritation that conversations
about diversity and inclusion at
the College seem to only happen
in the context of blatant inci-
dents such as a swastika, rather
than everyday instances of bias
on campus.
Kiany Probherbs ’21 argued
that students have an obligation
to address small-scale incidents,
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
such as microaggressions.
“Call out ourselves, call out TOWN HALL: Nate DeMoranville ’20 (left) and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life Eduardo Pazos Palma address students last Friday afternoon during a
our friends, call out our team- discussion about swastikas that were discovered etched into a study carrel on the sixth floor of the Hubbard Hall Stacks.
mates,” Probherbs said. “I am not here to educate, I race, as well as the More Than though positive steps, are not go—and it will need help from
A central point of discus- am here to get educated,” said Meets the Eye program, a thor- enough. all involved.
sion, framed by BSG Chair for one student. ough, two-part diversity orien- At the event’s conclusion, “I think it’s both the students’
Facilities and Sustainability Kate Stern, director of the tation for all first years which is BSG President Mohamed Nur and the administration’s re-
Nate DeMoranville ’20, was to center for sexuality, women and in its third year, as examples of ’19 credited the College for ap- sponsibility,” he said. “This can’t
what extent responsibility for gender, pointed to the Inter- administrative efforts to address proving its approach to diversity work, this can’t happen unless
reducing bias on campus fell to group Dialogue Program, which bias proactively rather than ret- and inclusion during his time we’re all on the same page.”
students compared to the ad- trains students to participate in roactively. Still, several students at Bowdoin, but said he thinks Jessica Piper contributed to
ministration. and facilitate conversations on expressed that these programs, the College still has a ways to this report.
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8 Friday, November 2, 2018
F FEATURES
New computer science course takes a byte out of cookies
by Emma Sorkin
Orient Staff
Computational creativity
can seem—at first—like an
oxymoron. Computer sci-
ence is often associated with
dark rooms and daunting
technology while creativity
connotes vivid color, energy
and novelty. In the case of
Assistant Professor of Com-
puter Science Sarah Harmon’s
new Computational Creativity
course, however, this dichoto-
my could not be further from
the truth.
“We consider what it means
for a computational system
to be creative, how the field
of computational creativity
intersects with society and
how human creativity can be
augmented by computational
means,” Harmon said.
One of the class’s recent
projects, which culminated
in an exhibition and fund-
raiser for the Midcoast Hun-
ger Prevention Program over
Family Weekend, required
students to create a system
that allowed computers to
generate and evaluate cookie
recipes. Each group of four
students was able to run the
system five times and choose
which computer-generated
recipe they wanted to make.
While some groups went the
traditional route, opting for
chocolate chip cookies with
marshmallows, pretzels and
caramel, others were more
adventurous with their flavor
choices, electing flavors such
STUDY SPACE OF THE WEEK
The glass ‘spine’ of Adams Hall
by Emily Staten
Orient Staff
I first visited Adams Hall
on a quest to find my own
white whale: the perfect Bow-
doin study space. Convinced
that the right location was
all I needed to reach peak
productivity, I found myself,
dripping wet, on the stairway
leading to the fourth floor
one rainy afternoon. I had
never been in Adams, but I
was hoping that the novel
setting would imbue my essay
on Socrates with the magical
rush of inspiration it so des-
perately needed.
I’ll admit, my initial im-
pression was less than ideal. I
huffed my way up four flights
of stairs and sank into one
of the red chairs in the glass
cube only to notice a highly
convenient elevator staring
right at me. Upon spinning
my chair away in an effort to
distract myself from the of-
fending machine, however, I
was rewarded with an utterly
breathtaking view.
Adams Hall sits right along
Bath Road, and much of its
brick exterior mirrors that
of the first year bricks near-
by. However, on the edge of
the building is a small, glass-
as the spicy baharat cookie.
“We wanted the program to
simulate how a human would
make a cookie in their own
kitchen,” said Emme McCabe
’20. “Maybe you have a ba-
sic recipe in your mind, you
know how to make the dough,
and then you’re just going to
look around the pantry and
think ‘oh, I have some choco-
late chips here, what goes well
with it?’”
Due to the vague nature
of the assignment, groups
had different techniques for
approaching the Cookie Proj-
ect. Dustin Hines ’19 and his
group designed a program
that used the wealth of infor-
mation available in existing
cookie recipes.
“We created a function that
measured how good a cookie
is by looking at some things
like commonality of ingre-
dient pairings throughout
a large set of recipes, flavor
matchings and diversity of
ingredient categories,” Hines
said.
This assignment forced
students to reconsider the
typical uses for computational
projects by emphasizing the
creative aspect of the course.
By creating a project with real
world impact and visibility,
the class opened a space for
the community to see the tan-
gible—even edible—effects of
computer science.
The class has also led some
students to consider wheth-
er computers may be better
than people at accomplishing
walled sliver of modern archi-
tecture that runs up the side
like a spine. This glass section
of Adams is separated into
four study spots, one on each
floor. The cube-like areas are
bordered on two sides by huge
windows that look through
the trees and out over the
northwest corner of campus.
Many students discover
the spaces when attending
office hours or classes in the
building. Lucy Sydel ’22 loves
the atmosphere created by
the combination of offices,
classrooms and open areas in
Adams.
“When you just came from
talking to your professor and
you can go right there and
do work, it’s nice,” says Sydel.
“Even if they aren’t your pro-
fessors, it’s great to feel like
there’s work being done.”
Aida Muratoglu ’21 also ap-
preciates the academic atmo-
sphere of the fourth floor of
Adams, but jokes that there are
some drawbacks to the space.
“The professors kindly
asked us to be quieter be-
cause they were holding office
hours,” Muratoglu said. “In
that sense, it is a collabora-
tive space. It kind of feels like
there are a lot of offices there,
which makes it more academ-
certain tasks. In the context
of the Cookie Project, many
groups used weighted prob-
ability to determine the opti-
mal cookie recipe.
“It’s a little bit smarter than
what a human can actually do,
because when you’re in your
kitchen, you don’t have all
those numbers in your head.
You’re just thinking, ‘oh, that
should taste good,’ so maybe
the computer is a little better
than humans in that sense,”
McCabe said.
The course is also different
from other computer science
courses in that it’s largely
centered on group work. This
type of collaboration not only
prepares students for work
in the computer science and
engineering fields, but it can
also improve the quality of
work produced.
“I think every comput-
er science major has sat for
hours staring at their program
thinking, ‘why does this not
work?’ If you’re either not al-
lowed to look it up on the in-
ternet or you don’t have access
to the TAs at that time, that’s
just the most annoying thing,”
McCabe said. “When you’re in
a group, you could have one
person that just knows how
to fix it, which literally saves
hours of time, and your end COURTESY OF SARAH HARMON
result is much cooler than COMPUTING COOKIES: Mackenzie Schafer ’19 cooks up homework for class. Computational cookies are on the menu.
what you could have done on
your own.” cal computer science project. and more. ity and discovery,” Harmon
Harmon hopes to inspire In addition to the Cookie “I strongly believe my cre- said. “That’s why my learning
her students to collaborate Project, her class allows stu- ative challenge as a teacher is assessments aren’t always on
and think creatively by pro- dents to write code for digital to constantly find new ways paper. Sometimes they’re on
viding challenges to the typi- gardens, constellation designs to inspire intellectual curios- paper plates.”
ic but not in a stressful way.”
Adams is more secluded
than many other study spots
on campus, which many stu-
dents enjoy.
“Typically, I go there when
I want to do work by myself
because there aren’t that many
spots for people, so it’s nice to
have your own spot, either to
study with one other person
or just to be alone,” says Emi-
ly Olick Llano ’20.
Because places like Haw-
thorne-Longfellow Library
and David Saul Smith Union
are such popular study lo-
cations, the quiet spaces in
Adams are a rarity, offering
valuable places to retreat from
the noise.
“I think it’s important to
EMILY FULLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
have those places you can
go and not see many people, A ROOM WITH A VIEW: A coveted study spot, the fourth floor of Adams Hall acts as the perfect
because I feel like very few of space for students to get a glimpse at life as it passes by the College while they study in peace.
those places exist on campus,” constant fluttering and sway- Brunswick from Adams. If Finding a space that allows you
said Muratoglu. ing of the trees that surround you’re on the top floor, you to focus while reminding you
And it’s true, the isolation the building. Whether or not can look out and see the of everything else the world
of Adams is rare. I once spent you see other people, the church and part of Maine can offer is invaluable, and
roughly four hours in the space is undeniably alive. street. That’s what I like about that is what the glass areas in
space without seeing anyone, This organic, relaxing feel it—it feels like a real space Adams offer. If you have the
a feat that would be quite dif- is partly a product of its loca- and not just a study space,” energy and time to make it up
ficult elsewhere on campus. tion. Adams stands near the said Muratoglu. the stairs, I would highly rec-
Yet despite the quiet, it never edge of the College and oc- And perhaps that is the ommend taking a journey up
feels lonely. There’s the rum- cupies a unique niche on the beauty of Adams. On a busy to the fourth floor, having a
ble of cars on the road behind, border between campus and campus like Bowdoin, it is seat in a chair and relaxing in
the occasional dog running downtown Brunswick. easy to forget about life out- front of one of the best views
across the grass below and the “I like that you can see side, especially when studying. on campus.
Friday, November 2, 2018
New Mental Health Club commits to changing conversation on campus
by Aura Carlson
Orient Staff
To Rose Warren ’21, there is
an obvious need at Bowdoin for
more student discussion of mental
health. Three weeks ago, she re-
ceived an official charter from the
Student Organizations Oversight
Committee to found the Mental
Health Club.
The idea for the club “just kind
of came to me like a lightbulb,”
Warren said.
She cited the perceived ten-
dency of Bowdoin students to
hide mental health problems as
a major factor for the need of a
student-led group that advocates
for awareness.
“Bowdoin is such a hard school
and a lot of people pretend like
they are OK and happy all the
time, which is pretty problematic,”
she said. “They are not seeking
help because they think everyone
around them is OK.”
In addition, Warren argued
that mental health is often not
viewed as equally important to
physical health. She brought up
examples of professors giving
extensions for broken arms and
coaches excusing practice ab-
sences for minor illness but not
for mental health issues—sen-
timents that were expressed at
a panel on athletics and mental
health last year.
The problem, according to
Warren, isn’t a lack of caring, but
stems from students’ inability to
Thoughts on abroad: when Bowdoin is your study-away program
At Home in
All Lands
by Aisha Rickford
This past February, during
my sophomore spring semes-
ter, I decided I wasn’t going to
study abroad. Ever since arriv-
ing at Bowdoin, studying away
for a semester had been on my
mind. I’d cycled through a lot of
possibilities: minor or major in
Spanish and go to Spain or South
America, take a semester of Ital-
ian and go to Italy, take a biology
class and go to Tanzania, take a
semester of Greek and do the
College Year in Athens. Or, take
advantage of my British citizen-
ship and go study somewhere in
the United Kingdom.
I romanticized the hell out of
studying abroad. I did not limit
myself. I wanted to go anywhere
and everywhere, regardless of
my major. I would have a poetic
“Call Me By Your Name” expe-
rience where I’d fall in love and
come back cultured, but not too
cultured, like your typical Bow-
doin students returning from
being away. (“When I was in Ber-
lin…” “In Amsterdam, everyone’s
way more chill…”). If I went to
London, I was convinced I’d have
a magical experience where I
would be able to reclaim the city
of my childhood and become the
London girl I’d always thought I
would have been had I stayed.
After changing my mind
countless times, I told my advi-
sor in the Office of Off-Campus
Study that I now wanted to go
away for the whole year. She
asked me why. I couldn’t tell her.
I didn’t know. I couldn’t think of
CONSCIOUSLY CONNECTING: A new club plans to tackle mental health on campus. Rose Warren ’21 hopes to inspire new ways to confront the issue.
actively consider solutions to the
issue.
“I think a lot of students and
administrators do care about [and
discuss] mental health, but they
don’t know exactly how to deal
with it,” she said.
To increase the mental health
dialogue and decrease the stigma
surrounding it, she plans for the
club to work with organizations
both on and off campus. For
Warren, mental health encom-
passes all aspects of student and
academic life.
“I want to give students the op-
portunity to express their mental
health experiences in relation with
their other identities,” Warren said.
a good enough answer.
“Why don’t you come back
when you’re feeling a bit more
decisive?” she said kindly, clos-
ing out of the tab of whatever
program I’d been telling her
about. In that moment, certainty
washed over me. I wasn’t going to
get more decisive. I wasn’t going
to study abroad.
I remember walking across
the quad back to my dorm. It
was one of those trick February
days between snowfalls, where
the ground thaws and the water
rises up between blades of grass,
forming a puddle each time you
take a step. I thought about how
this time next year, instead of
going abroad for the spring like
I’d always planned, I’d be back
here, surviving another Bowdoin
winter.
Would that really be so bad?
I wasn’t sure in that moment.
Upperclassmen usually said that
abroad was one of the best parts
of their Bowdoin experience,
that it’s necessary to get a break
from Bowdoin. The Offer of the
College promises that students
will be “at home in all lands,” like
the name of this column. Would
I be forsaking an essential part of
my Bowdoin experience, eventu-
ally graduating without ever ful-
filling that expectation of every
Bowdoin student?
I remember talking to a junior
who chose not to go abroad last
year, and we bonded over our
decision not to go. As a student
from a U.S. territory in the Ca-
ribbean, she laughed and said,
“Oh no, I’m already abroad.”
This is something I’ve been
thinking about more and more
lately, especially due to our cur-
rent president’s adamant (and
She says the club could po-
tentially work with the Bowdoin
Queer-Straight Alliance and the
African American Society to dis-
cuss and spread awareness about
the mental health of LGBTQ+
and African American Students,
respectively.
In particular, Warren would
like to partner with the athletic
community. As a member of the
squash team, she knows how men-
tal health and athletics are inter-
twined. Playing with poor mental
health will have a negative effect
on performance. Warren believes
having athletes come together to
talk about their experiences with
mental health would help propa-
unconstitutional) efforts to fur-
ther complicate the pathway to
American citizenship. Although
I’ve lived in the States for the
majority of my life, although I
came here young enough for my
English accent to melt away and
be replaced by an American one,
although I am more culturally
American than I care to admit,
I am abroad. I am, for all intents
and purposes, an alien, albeit a
legal one. I’ve been “abroad” for
more than 13 years.
I decided that because I
wasn’t going away during my
junior year, I was going to find
my own “abroad” here on cam-
pus. I would make the effort to
meet new people. I would really
engage in the “Bowdoin hello.” I
would make conversation with
strangers and give advice and
support to first years. I would get
off campus more, go to as many
concerts in Portland and Boston
as I could, see family in London
and make the effort to stay in
touch more with them instead of
completely immersing myself in
the Bowdoin bubble.
I’d be more vocal on campus
about the things that matter to
me and no longer stay silent
about the roles race, ethnici-
ty and nationality play in my
Bowdoin experience. I wouldn’t
give the time of day to trying
to fulfill the Bowdoin aesthetic
anymore like others do, such as
dressing down wealth, engaging
in diet activism that is really just
a performance and parroting the
“Bowdoin is amazing; I have no
complaints” myth.
The truth? I do love Bowdoin.
I am endlessly grateful that I’ve
been able to intentionally explore
Maine and its people, feel like a
gate the idea that mental health is
as important as physical health.
“If you are not feeling well men-
tally, that should be as valid as your
having a cold, because if you have
a cold, you don’t come to practice,”
she said.
One issue Warren noted about
counseling is that counselors are
often overbooked. Warren also
acknowledged that campus-wide
misconceptions can often stop stu-
dents from seeking help.
“There’s a perception that stu-
dents don’t want to go to counsel-
ing because counseling is tied to
the administration,” Warren said.
“I think that we can begin to re-
duce the stigma when we bring the
valued member of a small, close-
knit campus and be front row
to amazing opportunities. The
warm relationships with profes-
sors I have probably wouldn’t
have formed at a larger universi-
ty. At the same time, I resent the
subtext of “at home in all lands.”
The truth is, as much as I em-
brace my multinational identity,
it is easier for some people to be
“at home in all lands” than it is
for others. Namely, students who
are not people of color.
I decided not to go abroad
for many, many reasons, and I’m
happy with my decision. But one
part of it was, without a doubt,
race. When I was looking at
colleges to apply to during high
school, I had to consider their
location and demographics in
weighing how comfortable I
COURTESY OF ROSE WARREN
administration in, thereby treating
it as something that does not need
to be hidden.”
Warren is also considering col-
laborating with and getting insight
from counseling centers, private
counselors and eating disorder
clinician practices in Brunswick.
She hopes students who are cli-
ents at the various practices could
tell counselors about the club and
learn if they want to contribute
anything.
She would also like to work with
and educate the local Brunswick el-
ementary, middle and high schools.
“[Some students] aren’t really
even sure of what mental health
disorders are,” Warren said. “Start-
would feel there as a mixed black
woman.
The same thing came up when
considering abroad programs.
Did I really want to go abroad
to another majority white uni-
versity and, on top of figuring
out a foreign country, somehow
find another support system of
students of color that I’ve already
worked so hard crafting for
myself here at Bowdoin? Sure,
I could intentionally choose a
program somewhere that I knew
wouldn’t have that problem, but
it’s not fair that I have to make
that compromise and others
don’t.
The same could be said for
life here at Bowdoin. Bowdoin is
great, for all of the reasons that we
say and more. But it is a lot better
for students who are not of color
9
ing at a young age and instilling the
mindset that your mental health is
completely valid and that you don’t
need to be ashamed of it is really
important because, going into col-
lege, you will have a better relation-
ship with yourself.”
The club received 130 sign-ups
at the club fair and Warren said
that this high level of interest indi-
cates how important mental health
is, how little it’s talked about and
how much students want to talk
about it.
There are currently eight people
on the leadership team and two
advisors: Assistant Director of Ca-
reer Planning Bethany Walsh and
Associate Director of Outreach
and Group Programming Bryan
Mendiola. Warren met with them
last Sunday to discuss what roles
people should play and what the
structure of the club should be.
Since it’s a new club, they agreed to
keep things open-ended.
“[We are an] ever-evolving club
which takes into account student
and campus needs,” Warren said.
During their Sunday gath-
ering, the leadership team also
talked about doing weekly tea and
dessert positivity talks where stu-
dents can talk about their weeks
and learn how to talk about them-
selves in a positive manner. Gen-
eral meetings will be held once a
week on Sundays.
“We need to be getting to hear
people’s ideas right off the bat to set
a precedent that this is a club to be
taken seriously,” Warren said.
SARA CAPLAN
and do not have to navigate the
way one’s Bowdoin experience
changes when one is Othered or
exoticized on a daily basis. Like
when people use coded language
to tell me how cool I am for being
involved in a certain group on
campus (just because I’m one of
the few black people who do it).
Or people who are so surprised
that I engage in perfectly ordi-
nary activities that they associate
with whiteness, such as skiing or
traveling.
Bowdoin is itself a culture
shock and abroad experience for
so many of my peers here, includ-
ing students who are from not
so far away. As for the challenge
“at home in all lands” poses? I’m
already living out that challenge
just by being here on campus,
and so are so many others.
10 NEWS Friday, November 2, 2018

Orient Election Survey: Maine Gubernatorial Race

2018 midterms edition

Compiled by George Grimbilas and Gideon Moore
The Orient sent out a survey to the student body on Monday evening. It closed yesterday afternoon
79% 5% 2% 1% 16%
after yielding 653 responses, totaling 36 percent of the student body. Ninety-five percent of respondents Janet T. Mills (D) Shawn Moody (R) Other/Undecided
were registered to vote, but only 46 percent of those registered were registered in Maine. Seventy percent Teresea Hayes (I)
of students registered as Democrats, while six percent registered as Republicans. Twenty-one percent Alan Caron (I)
were unaffiliated. In terms of cross-ticket voting, 15.4 percent of Republican students voted for some
Democratic candidate, while 1.3 percent of Democratic students supported any Republican for office.
Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding. The survey includes a question about independent Maine House of Representatives (District 50)
Alan Caron, who dropped out shortly after it was released.
District 50 includes Bowdoin’s campus.
Yes
No
Ballot Question 1 Undecided
Do you want to create the Universal Home Care Program to provide home-based as-
sistance to people with disabilities and senior citizens, regardless of income, funded by
a new 3.8% tax on individuals and families with Maine wage and adjusted gross income 61% 5% 34%
above the amount subject to Social Security taxes, which is $128,400 in 2018? Ralph Tucker (D) Michael Lawler (R) Other/Undecided

Maine State Senate (District 24)

District 24 includes Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth and Pownal.

60% 20% 20%

Ballot Question 2
Do you favor a $30,000,000 bond issue to improve water quality, support the planning 64% 5% 30%
and construction of wastewater treatment facilities and assist homeowners whose homes Everett Brownie Carson (D) Diana Garcia (R) Other/Undecided
are served by substandard or malfunctioning wastewater treatment systems?

United States House of Representatives

79% 6% 16%
91% 9% 8%
Chellie Pingree (D) Mark Holbrook (R)
Ballot Question 3 Martin Groham (I)
Do you favor a $106,000,000 bond issue, including $101,000,000 for construction, re-
construction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment United States Senate
related to ports, piers, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads,
aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated
$137,000,000 in federal and other funds, and $5,000,000 for the upgrade of municipal
culverts at stream crossings?

31% 7% 63%
Zak Ringelstein (D) Eric Brakey (R) Angus King (I)

66% 9% 25% *The state of Maine now uses ranked-choice voting for federal elections. The pecentages
here represent a student’s first-choice candidate.

Ballot Question 4 What party are you registered as?

Do you favor a $49,000,000 bond issue to be matched by at least $49,000,000 in
private and public funds to modernize and improve the facilities and infrastructure of
Maine’s public universities in order to expand workforce development capacity and to
attract and retain students to strengthen Maine’s economy and future workforce?

70% 6% 2% 21%
Democrat Republican Other
Unaffiliated

71% 9% 20% Of students who said they are voting in Maine, their reasons:
Maine is my home state 68
Ballot Question 5
Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue to improve educational programs by upgrading I wanted to vote in person 36
facilities at all 7 of Maine’s community colleges in order to provide Maine people with
access to high-skill, low-cost technical and career education? It’s difficult to get an absentee
ballot in my home state 6
It was more convient to
register in Maine 34
I felt my vote was more
impactful in Maine 169
77% 7% 16% Other 7
Friday, November 2, 2018 11

A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

COURTESY OF ERIN JOHNSON

RIVER FLOWS IN YOU: Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Digital and Computational Studies Erin Johnson uses video to document the environmental impacts of the former nuclear reservation at the Savannah River Site.

‘Heavy Water:’ an alternative history of Savannah River

by Ellery Harkness
Staff Writer
When visitors walk into the
exhibition “Heavy Water” in the
Telfair Museum in Savannah,
Georgia, they are absorbed in a
lush soundscape, accompanied
by screens depicting wild dogs
weaving through the woods. The
question that follows is: what am I
looking at?
Turns out, this kind of reaction
is anticipated and deliberately
designed by Erin Johnson, visit-
ing assistant professor of art and
digital and computational studies
and the creator of “Heavy Water.”
“I’m really interested in having
my viewers do the work of build-
ing connections between lots of
disparate pieces. That’s kind of
what I try to build, a long form
puzzle,” said Johnson.
This video work uses footage
of Carolina wild dogs from the
Savannah River Site (SRS) to ex-
plore the sociopolitical reality of
the region. SRS is a former nuclear
reservation created in 1951 as a
nuclear weapons production facili-
ty during the Cold War.
The radioactive liquid waste
stored still in the Savannah River
area could pose risks to human
and environmental health. Since
the site’s designation as a National
Environmental Research Park in
1972, ecologists have been study-
ing the plants and animals living
on the land, including Carolina
dogs that live on the site.
One of these ecologists, L. Lehr
Brisbin, is featured prominently in
“Heavy Water.” Video of him giv-
ing a slideshow presentation about
his studies on the effects of radio-
active waste on animals living on
the nuclear site accompanies the
footage of the Carolina dogs.
Johnson chose to include Bris-
bin in her project because of the
unusual focus of his research and
the creative ways he studies the
island.
“The people who pay him to do
this work are in the Department
of Energy, who also has this really
speculative way of thinking about
the future of nuclear weapons,” she
said.
Brisbin’s involvement in “Heavy
Water” reflects Johnson’s ongoing
interest in including others in her
artistic practice.
“[My art] includes other people
and it’s an avenue for me to both
build communities for myself
[and] to build communities for
others,” Johnson said. “All of [my
jobs] have given me the tools to
have this bizarre confidence to
knock on people’s doors and be
like ‘Hey, wanna make a project
together?’” she said.
“Heavy Water” was one of these
opportunities for Johnson.
In order to gain access to the
land, she had to receive many spe-
cial permissions from the Depart-
ment of Energy and Homeland
Security and was under constant
supervision once she arrived. As a
video artist, the biggest challenge
was that she could not bring any
equipment onto the site, includ-
ing a camera. The only time the
actual surroundings can be seen
in “Heavy Water” is at one point in
the video when the content switch-
es to hand-held and low resolution
YouTube footage from the Depart-
ment of Energy.
“It’s kind of pointing to the fact
that the only people who can make
images [of the land] are the people
themselves and the site itself—we
can’t really access it. We can only
see the dogs,” she said.
As much as “Heavy Water” is
about the nuclear reservation, it is
also a way of exploring the human
desire to distance oneself from
things that are overwhelming, and
instead directing attention else-
where.
“As I was doing this research
and found Dr. Brisbin and his
research about dogs, I [had] this
impulse to look away from the
nuclear disaster and focus on these
beautiful dogs,” she said. “Here’s
this scientist who is at this site
that is contaminated with nuclear
waste, and he’s looking at these
dogs, and that’s a beautiful thing
and also a really dangerous thing,
and so the dogs became the main
lens to talk about this way bigger
thing which ... is human nature.”
“It’s hard for us to face things
that feel cataclysmic and that
makes sense. So we have a lot of
strategies and tools for disassocia-
tion,” she added.
“Heavy Water” blurs the
boundaries between rehearsal
and improvisation, referencing
different types of video styles,
much like Johnson’s larger body
of work, which often incorporates
documentary, experimental and
narrative video practices. Her proj-
ects are typically centered around
everyday people who aren’t actors
but are interested in helping her
tell a story.
It’s precisely this unique narra-
tive power that attracts Johnson to
the medium of video.
“I like the unfolding [process]
of video, that you can’t get all of it
at once, [and] you have to wait and
gather. I like to think of videos as
puzzles that have to get figured out,
and I like that kind of time-based
nature of it,” said Johnson.
“Heavy Water” will be on
view at the Telfair Museum until
March.

Challenging confines of the frame with Sascha Braunig

by Sabrina Lin
Orient Staff
Coiling forms, spatial fan-
tasies and abstracted bodies—
boundaries between the real and
the imagined become indistin-
guishable in the vibrant can-
vases and eerie motifs of Sascha
Braunig’s work. Originally from
Canada, the Portland-based
artist came to Edwards Center
for Art and Dance on Tuesday
afternoon, decoding her pictorial
puzzles through a glimpse into
her creative evolution.
Renowned for her unique
interpretation of modern senti-
ments, Braunig’s work has been
highlighted by esteemed insti-
tutions, including solo shows at
the Museum of Modern Art PS1,
Foxy Production in New York and
galleries in Norway, Belgium and
Switzerland. Braunig, however,
traces the start of her career to a
crudely painted mask made back
in her youth.
“I was really struck by the fact
that I’m essentially making the
same work as I was at 12,” said
Braunig. “[This piece] encapsu-
lates ideas about psychological
masking and the construction of
the self—especially the feminine
or found self through ornament-
ed passion, facial distortion and
vibrant, bright colors.”
At first glance, Braunig’s paint-
ings are disturbingly arresting;
contorted silhouettes emerge out
of twisted wires, stretched metal
or sculpted clay. This interplay
of opposing color, texture and
light stems from early influences
by Dutch trompe-l’oeil still lifes,
commercial photography and
even pop-culture references such
as “The Terminator.”
“[In commercial photography],
the feminized body becomes one
luxury material amongst others,”
said Braunig. “And I was painting
from photographs like this … this
constant association of the body
with inanimate objects, which [the
figure] brings into a commercial
setting.”
As an undergraduate student
at The Cooper Union, Braunig
primarily worked in video. As
she slowly transitioned to paint-
ing, she sculpted molds of the
human figure to play with pat-
terns and distortions. Crafted
in simple materials such as clay,
paper or styrofoam, materiality
and tactility served as a creative
outlet.
“The idea that this dummy
thing was my muse really freed me
to extrapolate and have fun with
color and texture. I was making
these things sort of in the dark as
well, really identifying with a ob-
ject,” she said.
In a neo-Surrealist way, a view-
er can barely look at Barunig’s
paintings without wondering
what is exactly being depicted. In-
deed, her paintings are marked by
a striking polarity: the photoreal-
istic rendering is juxtaposed with
totally disembodied, Kafkaesque
subject matter.
Yet different from Surrealism’s
focus on the subconscious mind,
Barunig’s work is often respond-
ing to tangible impulses, tapping
into anxieties and instabilities
rooted in reality—her featureless
figures are animated with action,
agency and assertiveness.
“Around the time of the 2016
election, which I couldn’t help but
be affected by in my work,” she
said. “That’s where this like flop-
ping backwards gesture [in the
painting] comes from … as kind
of like a irrational gesture of exas-
peration, a throwing up of hands,
although there are no hands here,
and perhaps even a kind of sur-
render against structures.”
Braunig is at the same time
highly conscious of art his-
torical precedents, reclaiming
historical symbolism in the
context of a renewed, feminist
vocabulary. One prominent
example is her depiction of
the witch, evermore powerful
against the backdrop of the
#MeToo movement.
“[Historically, the witch] obvi-
ously represents some pretty ugly
ideas about fear of the elderly and
fear of women … definitely tied
up with the history of witch hunts.
Dürer and other artists used her
as a way to present an image dia-
metrically opposed to a feminine
ideal,” she said.
She paints witches as flattened
silhouettes with multiple legs that
resemble Hindu deities, thrusting
into the viewer’s space. To Brau-
nig, these figures are sexy and
powerful.
“I’m kind of embracing and
reclaiming the word witch as an COURTESY OF SASCHA BRAUNIG
epitaph … I just have felt the urge
AGENCY OF ABSTRACTION: Supported by the Blythl Bickel Edwards
to invite feminism more explicitly
Fund, visiting artist Sascha Braunig often centers around bodies in her work.
into the work rather than sort of
touching on it, hopefully through own, embodying the vulnera- the conditions of her confine-
these art historical narratives,” she bility as well as strength of the ment, which is the painting’s
said. modern woman. edge—so they’re kind of actively
Though amorphic in rep- “The figure [in my paintings] struggling with their own rep-
resentation, the figures of Ba- grapples with the frame [as] resentation rather than frozen
runig’s work have minds of their kind of an entity acknowledging inside of it.”
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Author Chang-rae Lee
tells tale of dystopian
society in latest book
by Anibal Husted
Staff Writer
The story of a community
of people raising fish in small,
pristine glass tanks in dystopi-
an America might seem far re-
moved from reality. Chang-rae
Lee revealed the story’s real-life
origins as part of the Alpha
Delta Phi Society visiting writer
series, in a Tuesday night read-
ing of his most recent book “On
Such a Full Sea.”
Lee is an English professor
A novel is not just about its
subject ... A novel has to do
something else; it has to exist
and breathe on other levels.
–Chang-rae Lee
at Stanford University and has
published numerous short sto-
ries and novels, including “Na-
tive Speaker,” “A Gesture Life,”
“Aloft,” “The Surrendered” and
“On Such a Full Sea,” which was
published in 2014.
“I never thought I would
write such a book. I enjoyed
science fiction as a kid, but I
never wanted to write it,” Lee
said.
The book depicts an eerie
Dissecting lies and truth with actor Aurélian Recoing
by Viv Daniel
Orient Staff
Laurent Cantet’s 2001
prize-winning film, “Time
Out,” opens with a shot of Vin-
cent—the film’s protagonist—
asleep in a car. The audience
quickly learns that Vincent,
portrayed by Aurélien Reco-
ing, has lost his job and is ly-
ing to his family about having
found a new one in Geneva.
He is living out of his car on
the days he claims to be work-
ing. On Sunday afternoon,
Recoing discussed with Bow-
doin students the themes and
making of the psychological
drama in Kresge Auditorium.
Hosted by the Department
of Romance Languages and
Literature, this was not the
first time Recoing, a part-time
resident of Bath, Maine, has
been on campus to discuss
one of his films. He was pre-
viously invited to Bowdoin for
his role in the 2013 film “Blue
is the Warmest Color.”
In stark contrast to his per-
formance as the manipulative
character portrayal as Vincent
in “Time Out,” Recoing has a
distinctly relaxed and warm
presence in real life. A veter-
an of both the stage and silver
screen, Recoing had no diffi-
culty embodying the role.
“I had the sensation when I
was on the set, just to be and
future, and grapples with love, a
road trip, factory life and most of
all community. The American Li-
brary Association recently named
it a Notable Book of the Year.
Narrated in the first person
plural perspective, the story pres-
ents everything through the eyes
of the imaginary community
B-Mor, which has risen from the
remains of Baltimore.
The imagery of a post-apoc-
alyptic city came to Lee as he
was taking the train home from
a writing conference in Wash-
ington, D.C. Lee was simultane-
ously captivated and frustrated
by the deteriorating, seemingly
forgotten urban neighborhoods
in Baltimore.
Lee said he thought, “What
if people from poisoned in-
dustrial communities in China
moved in here?”
His research for the novel
began with exploring factories
along the Pearl River Delta in
China. At the reading, Lee de-
to live, and nothing else. To
feel not to play,” he said. “It
was a dialogue between my
life and the life of the charac-
ter.”
Recoing and Cantet worked
extensively on character de-
velopment in the eight months
before shooting. During that
period, Recoing did not know
whether he actually had the
role which made it an es-
pecially unusual challenge.
Nonetheless, he dedicated
himself to the project and
“[My character] has to go inside
himself and find that freedom.
Find his real personality. So he
lies—and he lies truth.”
–Aurélian Recoing
took inspiration for Vincent
from everyday people he saw
walking on the street.
Most of the cast members
were not professional actors.
Apart from Recoing and Kar-
in Viard, who played Vincent’s
wife, the entire cast was com-
posed of amateurs chosen for
their real-life similarities to
their characters. For example,
Vincent is caught in business
with a trader of counterfeit
goods, played by Serge Liv-
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
scribed one particular town he
visited that was inhabited by
mostly 18 to 21 year-olds who
produced about 80 percent of
the world’s miniature electric
motors, by his own estimations.
Lee’s writing process is me-
thodical. “I am certainly quite
painstaking in terms of liking
each sentence that I like. I want
it to fit into the whole ... I’ll
probably work that sentence a
dozen to 20 times before I move
on,” he said.
This attention to detail has
been evident since Lee began
writing at a young age.
“I started writing poetry
and stories equally … and got
encouragement from some
teachers, which for me was very
important, because I was not
someone that was raised with
the idea that being a writer or
being an artist was something
that can be anything else be-
sides a hobby,” said Lee.
Lee was born in South Korea
and immigrated to the United
States before he entered kinder-
garten. Having to learn English
at that age, he reflected, has
made him more deliberate with
his diction and rhythm.
He encourages others to read
more slowly.
“I would say it’s the differ-
ence between riding on high-
way 75 and walking that same
rozet, who is a former con-
man in real life.
“It was difficult, because
I was a professional, so I
learned my text and I learned
my lines, but the other actors
were improvising all the time,”
said Recoing, “But my direc-
tor didn’t want me to be stuck
in the text … [others brought]
their own experiences. I bring
my own experience too of the
acting, but not really on the
story.”
Recoing is a well-known
stage actor in France, and he
utilizes the lessons of theater
while approaching his film
roles.
“You develop the dialogue
with the audience—that’s
the first step for me, and you
don’t have that on set. But you
do have the set crew, and you
can establish a dialogue with
them,” he said.
The plot of “Time Out” was
partially inspired by the story
of a real man, Jean-Claude
Friday, November 2, 2018
CAROLINE FLAHARTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GOOD MORNING B-MOR: Author Chang-rae Lee imagines a dystopian Baltimore in his latest book, “On Such a Full Sea.”
road,” said Lee. “You notice draft of “On Such a Full Sea” “A novel is not just about its
a lot more. If you go that fast, when he realized it said noth- subject. It’s not just about the
you get the big picture, but you ing beyond what non-fiction information. A novel has to do
won’t get all the different levels writers had already published, something else; it has to exist
of intent and accident.” believes fiction must be about and breathe on other levels,”
Lee, who scrapped the first more than the facts. he said.
Romand, who murdered his
family after they discovered
his double-life of 18 years.
True to the life of Jean-
Claude, Vincent lives near
Geneva and lies extensively
to his family in order to save
face. Cantet and Recoing drew
the line there. They had no in-
tention of making “Time Out”
a tragedy.
“The worst things for a
human being are divorce and
losing a job,” said Recoing,
“[Time Out] is a story of a
man who again finds a job.”
Cantet and Recoing also
enjoyed the symbolic poten-
tial of the character’s proxim-
ity to Geneva. Recoing lik-
ened the movement across the
French and Swiss border as a
transition into a new life and
identity for Vincent.
Recoing is still emotional
as he speaks of his experience
with Cantet and “Time Out”
even now, nearly two decades
later. For Recoing, Vincent
was an intense role, and one
helped him hone his craft.
“To lie and to lie to, I think
about that [idea]—mentir. To
play the imposter is to be an
actor. And so in his costume
of a businessman, [Vincent]
is not free,” said Recoing. “He
has to go inside himself and
find that freedom. Find his PJ SEELERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
real personality. So he lies— TICK TALK: Stage and film actor Aurélian Recoing discusses his character Vin-
and he lies truth.” cent in the movie ‘Time Out,’ a disillusioned man trapped in his own web of lies.
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THE AUX CORD

The Live Playlist highlights original music

videos of his shows and doc- many artists are performing cause of a great compounding
umentaries of his travels has original music. I think it’s effect. The more original cre-
by Chris Ritter always inspired me. His music important for our campus to ators there are on campus, the
makes me lose myself and I recognize and support this more people will be inspired
love it. Frank Ocean because and that is what I hope to do to write originals instead of
Bowdoin’s music scene is he makes music that makes through events like The Live cover other songs.
ever-changing, but this year your mind work to keep up. Playlist and the work that I
is seeing a cosmic shift. While He really showed me how to do with my company Under- Do you have any favorite
bands performing pop covers be extra creative in music, score. Making the music or art collaborators on campus?
continue to dominate College which is huge in a time when is one thing, but getting it out R
DE
House parties, there is a shift so many people are creating. there is another challenge and Gotta shout out my boy SNY
occurring in dorm room stu- I want to help with that. Josh [Brooks ’20] and YLA
KA
dios, low key listening events What can people expect my bandmates from thought and earned one of the biggest
and online streaming plat- from your performance at Do you have any favorite 20/20! I have loved detail into all online followings of any mu-
forms. Artists are making more The Live Playlist? collaborators on campus? collaborating of her shows sician out of Bowdoin: as of
original music. More rappers, with them. and perfor- today, the duo has over 6,000
singers and producers are They can expect a GOOD. It would have to be my guy Josh brings mances. Her monthly listeners on Spotify,
bringing hip-hop, R&B, jazz TIME. Parke Aiken [’20]. From play- an incredible concerts are and standout track “Be” has
and funk to the table. Indepen- ing in 20/20 together, to work- energy and art. I am influ- over 30,000 streams across
dent artists are self-promoting Debut project: “Moving ing on beats and songs in the work ethic to enced by SZA Spotify and YouTube. Omola
music with vibrant results. The Forward” studio, we often bounce ideas his approach being that she and Laifer bring a list of in-
Live Playlist at Ladd tonight Standout track: “Everyday” off of one another and look to to his craft, is extremely fluences just as broad, rang-
is a live music event aiming each other for critique. and an even honest and vul- ing from Frank Ocean, Fleet
to showcase those artists. JOSHUA BROOKS Debut project coming soon. greater ener- nerable in her Foxes, Sade and Radiohead
This week, we take a look at gy on stage. music, which is between them.
these artists and how they are Though The Live Playlist PARKE AIKEN Debut proj- what I try to do
helping shift Bowdoin’s music will be his first time perform- ect coming with mine, and I How would you describe
scene. ing original material, rapper A self-identified “jack of all soon. love Missy Elliot the Bowdoin music scene to-
and producer Joshua Brooks trades,” singer-producer-gui- because she is just so original day? How has it changed?
JADEN DIXON ’20 has long been one of the tarist Parke Aiken ’20 is one ALANA and wildly out of the box.
most dynamic members of of the most recognizable faces Tobi Omola: It’s growing
Jaden Dixon ’21, a native of the Bowdoin music scene. of the Bowdoin music scene. As one of few indepen- How would you describe more and more each year.
Davenport, Fl. embodies what Growing up playing drums Aiken has performed as part dent R&B artists on campus, the Bowdoin music scene to- The music scene at Bowdoin
it means to make music inde- in church in his hometown of the Longfellows, 20/20, andConnecticut native Alana day? How has it changed? is very fun, collaborative and
pendently. A multi-hyphenate of Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooks most recently Sweet Anne and Morrison ’20 is a unique and supportive.
artist, Dixon raps, sings, pro- brought his talents to Bowdo- the Milkmen, who opened electrifying talent at Bowdo- I feel the Bowdoin music
duces and designs for himself, in as a drummer and rapper for electropop band Mister- in. As a singer/songwriter as scene focuses a lot on bands. Ellis Laifer: The Bowdoin
making his self-released EP for 20/20, one of the most wives last month. Bringing a well as the leader of Bowdoin’s I see that it is changing and music scene seems to grow ev-
“Moving Forward” an impres- prolific campus bands of the wide range of influences to hip-hop dance group, Obvi- opening up to different hip ery year. I’m really happy with
sively singular effort. Dixon past two years. Brooks leads the table, ranging from John ous, Alana brings all aspects hop and R&B sounds which I where it is at now compared to
has rapped at Reed House and the charge for The Live Play- Mayer to J Dilla, Aiken hopes of performance to her solo appreciate. my freshman year.
sung in the Chapel with the list with his media company, to showcase an eclectic, high shows. She recently lit up the
Bowdoin Longfellows. He also Underscore LLC, which aims energy sound at The Live Sexuality, Women, and Gen- Debut Project: “Oh Boy” Do you have any favorite
designs graphics for his own to promote creatives of all Playlist. der Center as she debuted Standout Track: “Can’t collaborators on campus?
art as well as Avant-Garb Mag- mediums. her EP, “Oh Boy,” turning a Control”
azine, showing off his versatili- How would you describe low key listening party into TO: Ellis and all of the
ty and tireless work ethic. How would you describe the Bowdoin music scene to- a packed house banger ses- FORTUNO ex-members of Gibson Ten.
the Bowdoin music scene to- day? How has it changed? sion. Alana hopes to bring
Who are your biggest artis- day? How has it changed? that same energy to The Live Fortuno is the R&B/neo- EL: I work with Tobi,
tic influences and why? The massive change that Playlist. soul project of Tobi Omola ’19 and love writing music with
XXXTentacion because he When I just started at Bow- I have seen has been a shift and Ellis Laifer ’19, whose in- Daniel Mayer [’19]. Would
made very authentic music doin, the music scene was a toward more original music. Who are your biggest artis- fluence on the Bowdoin music be down to collaborate with
and he diversified his music lot of bands that played rock There are so many original tic influences and why? scene dates back to their first other musicians, too, if the
so much. He used his voice and pop covers in social hous- music creators on this campus year and the band Gibson opportunity arose.
in various tonalities as well, es. Since then it’s grown more right now. I don’t remember I am influenced by Beyoncé Ten. The duo released a pair
which is what I love to do. diverse as bands are playing one from when I was a fresh- because she works extreme- of songs back in Septem- Debut project: “Be / Feel”
Travis Scott because watching different styles of music and man. I think that this is be- ly hard and puts so much ber. Since then, Fortuno has Standout track: “Be”

Thom Yorke creates a haunting atmosphere with THE QUEUE Follow “Bowdoin Orient”
on Spotify

his ‘Suspiria’ soundtrack EVERYDAY BY JADEN DIXON

by Sebastian de
Lasa
Halloween is one of my fa-
vorite holidays and what better
way to celebrate it than by lis-
tening to some spooky music?
Thom Yorke’s new album “Sus-
piria” is a soundtrack for the
2018 movie of the same title, a
remake of a classic Italian hor-
ror movie. “Suspiria” the mov-
ie looks extremely scary, but as
I’m far too lazy to go to Port-
land to see it, I’ll settle for just
listening to the soundtrack.
To preface this, Thom Yorke
is one of my favorite artists of
all time and I’d be lying if I said
I didn’t have extremely high ex-
pectations for this soundtrack.
I’ve loved all of Yorke’s music—
with Radiohead, solo projects
and features—but I was really
interested to hear what his
foray into film soundtracks
would be. His new album
is not only appropriately
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haunting for the movie,
but consistently gripping
and powerful.
SUSPIRIUM BY THOM YORKE
The album is split
nicely between songs that
Yorke sings on and instru-
POTATO SALAD BY TYLER, THE
mental cuts. Although CREATOR AND A$AP ROCKY
Yorke is predominantly
known for his aching,
beautiful falsetto, the in- PARALYZED FORCE BY KIRAN
strumentals bear his mark
as a musician just as much as A OR
TIZ LEONARD
SHON
the tracks on which he sings.
The instrumental “Volk” em- notic, climax. If you KING OF THE HILL BY THUNDER-
bodies this the most, with happen to be on the aux cord creeping into the song about
building synthesizer melodies at a haunted house, this song halfway in. It’s some sort of CAT, BADBADNOTGOOD AND
drenched in reverb, reminis- needs to be dropped. creepy lullaby, with appropri-
cent of Radiohead’s (2000) For the songs with actual ately dark lyrics for a horror
FLYING LOTUS
album “Kid A.” These syn- singing, “Suspirium” stands soundtrack, but Thom Yorke’s
thesizer melodies combine out. It’s a piano ballad, high- voice and looping piano mel-
together with percussion to lighting Yorke’s stunning ody create a kaleidoscopic BE BY FORTUNA, KOZ
create this weird, almost hyp- vocals, with a flute melody waltz. It’s stunning.
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S SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
E-I-E-I-O: Sean
MacDonald ’19 led the
men’s cross country
team last weekend in the
NESCAC Championships
at Franklin Park. He
finished fourth overall,
racing 8k in 25:29.8, two
seconds behind first
place. Four other seniors
rounded out the Polar
Bears’ score, leading to a
sixth-place finish overall.
Bowdoin ended the
championship with 156
points.
FIRST YEAR, FIRST
PLACE: Delaney Bullock
’22 finished seventeenth
overall in the NESCAC
women’s cross country
championships with a
time of 23:15.6 for 6k,
the second fastest time
by a first year in the race.
Bullock led Bowdoin’s top
pack of runners by one
second. Julia O’Rourke ’19
finished on Bullock’s tail,
completing the course in
23:16.6. Overall, the Polar
Bears finished seventh
out of 11 teams. They are
set to compete in the DIII
NCAA Regional at Pickard
Field on November 10.
SHIPWRECKED: Last
weekend, the sailing
team competed in its
fall championship series
with regattas off the
coast of the Schiller
Coastal Studies Center
and at Dartmouth. Harsh
winds and rain, including
sleet and snow, made
sailing conditions in both
locations challenging.
In the Victorian Urn
Trophy regatta hosted
by Bowdoin, the team
finished tenth of 16 teams.
At Dartmouth, the team
fared slightly better,
finishing sixth of 18 teams.
ATHLETIC ACADEMICS:
This fall, the softball
program was recognized
for its academic success in
the 2017-2018 season. The
Eaton/NFCA Scholar-
Athlete award was given
to players who maintained
a GPA of 3.5 or higher
during the academic year.
Seven athletes received
the honor: Katelyn Cox
’21, Natalie Edwards ’18,
Ali Miller ’18, Lauren
O’Shea ’18, Caroline Rice
’19, Emma Stevens ’18 and
Samantha Valdivia ’19.
COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
Hausman ’16 battles the Clippers in preseason
by Jason Cahoon
Orient Staff
Not many Bowdoin gradu-
ates get the chance to play a
professional sport. Even fewer
get the opportunity to com-
pete against NBA stars while
recruited to play basketball
for an Israeli professional
team. Yet in October, Lucas
Hausman ’16 took to the court
at the Staples Center in Los
Angeles for an NBA preseason
game. It was his first appear-
ance as a player for Maccabi
Haifa, an Israeli basketball
club that competes against
professional basketball teams
all over the world. Against
the Clippers, Hausman net-
ted 10 points and tallied two
assists, two rebounds and one
steal. Additionally, he was the
only player on Maccabi Haifa
to be on the court for more
points won than lost. Without
a doubt—this was the big-
gest stage that Hausman ever
played on.
“Playing in the Staples
Center, where Kobe played
and where Lebron plays, was
a surreal experience,” said
Hausman.
After graduating from
Bowdoin, Hausman played
professional basketball in
Spain for two years. He start-
ed his professional career with
CB Marbella in the fourth
tier of the Spanish basketball
league system. After placing
Field hockey season ends after quarterfinal loss
by Dylan Sloan
Staff Writer
Last weekend, the Bowdo-
in women’s field hockey team
(11-5, 6-4 NESCAC) saw its
season come to an early end at
the hands of Williams (12-4,
NESCAC 7-3), with a 3-2 loss
in the NESCAC quarterfinal.
This latest premature exit from
the NESCAC tournament is the
third consecutive year the Polar
Bears have bowed out of the
competition before reaching
the finals.
On paper, the team’s perfor-
mance in recent years would
appear to constitute a slump in
success when viewed in com-
parison to the decade before
it, in which the Polar Bears
brought home seven NESCAC
championships, four NCAA
DIII National Championships
and only failed to qualify for
the NESCAC championship fi-
nal once. However, in the eyes
of Head Coach Nicky Pearson,
despite Bowdoin’s recent statis-
tical woes, her team is getting
along just fine.
Coach Pearson is statistical-
ly the most successful coach in
the history of Bowdoin athlet-
ics. Over her 23-year career,
she boasts an all-time record
of 338 wins and only 75 losses.
Additionally, Pearson has won
an extensive list of personal ac-
colades, including nine NES-
CAC Coach of the Year awards
and four Division III Coach of
Friday, November 2, 2018
in the Final Four of the fourth
tier, the entire club was pro-
moted to compete in the third
tier. As a former Division III
player, Hausman’s talent was
often overlooked.
“It doesn’t matter what you
do in DIII. DIII guys don’t get
a lot of respect playing over-
seas,” Hausman said. “The vast
majority of the Americans are
DI or top tier DII guys. That’s
always made me play with a
chip on my shoulder.”
In Spain, Hausman realized
he had to approach players on
the court differently than he
did when playing in the NES-
CAC.
“Everyone is big, and every-
one is fast,” said Hausman. “No
matter who is on the court, you
have to respect anyone that
you are going up against.”
This September, Hausman COURTESY OF LUCAS HAUSMAN
NOTHING BUT NET: Lucas Hausman ’16 played in an NBA preseason game against the Clippers in Octo-
faced a heartbreakingly differ-
ent kind of adversity following ber. He competed for Maccabi Haifa, an Israeli basketball club and signed a season contract yesterday.
the death of his younger broth- ami. Hausman knew that culture of the basketball team the most single season points
er, Corey Hausman. Corey was Corey would have wanted throughout his four years at in program history.
a first year at the University him to continue chasing his Bowdoin. “Even though he was the
of Colorado, Boulder, when dream. After performing well “We had guys that made best player on the team, you
he passed away from a skate- at training camp, Hausman you want to go to practice wouldn’t know it,” said former
boarding accident just a few earned a spot on the lineup every day and compete. The teammate Jack Bors ’19. “He
weeks into the school year. against the Clippers. only way to really get better at was always humble and hard-
After hearing the devas- “The game against the Clip- a sport is to love doing it,” said working.”
tating news, Hausman spent pers was one month [past] the Hausman. Hausman has just signed
three weeks at home in Con- day after my brother’s acci- During his time at Bow- with Maccabi Haifa to play
necticut, with his family and dent,” Hausman remembered. doin, Hausman finished with for the remainder of the bas-
kept away from basketball “It was a very emotional expe- 1482 points, the seventh most ketball season. He remains
entirely. Despite being in the rience for me playing that day.” career points in men’s basket- hopeful to continue his pro-
worst shape he could remem- Hausman attributes much ball history. During his senior fessional basketball career not
ber, he went to the Maccabi of his athletic success since year, Hausman scored 581 only for his own interest, but
Haifa training camp in Mi- graduating to the close-knit points, setting the record for also in honor of Corey.
the Year awards.
Under Pearson’s guidance,
the Bowdoin field hockey pro-
gram has risen to the top of
the Division III field hockey
pantheon. Starting in the late
1990s, Pearson steadily devel-
oped the fledgling program
into a national powerhouse,
culminating in a de facto dy-
nasty starting in the late 2000s.
Between 2010 and 2015, the
Polar Bears boasted an aston-
ishing average winning per-
centage of .896 and never had a
season below .800.
However, in the three years
since, the team has accumu-
lated a comparatively modest
average winning percentage of
.654. Last year, the team had its
first seven-loss season in almost
three decades, finishing 10-7
and falling out of the NESCAC
tournament in the first round.
Pearson attributes Bowdoin’s
regression to a significant in-
crease in the overall level of com-
petition across the NESCAC.
However, she viewed this trend
not only as a challenge for Bow-
doin, but also as as a good thing
for the conference as a whole.
“From top to bottom the
conference is very competitive,”
said Pearson. “On any given
day, anybody can beat anybody
else. The success of so many
teams had drawn attention to
the quality of the field hockey
that’s being played, and that
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
Please see HOCKEY, page 17 ONLY ONE CAN WIN: Captain Johna Cook ’19 fights with Connecticut College opponent for possession of the ball.
Friday, November 2, 2018 SPORTS 15

Volleyball brings NESCAC tourney back to Bowdoin

by Anjulee Bhalla
Orient Staff
The NESCAC Volleyball
Championship will be coming to
Bowdoin this weekend for the first
time since 2015. With a current
record of 24-1, the team has put
forward its best regular season ever
and looks to continue that success
in the postseason this year.
“Hosting is always a good way
to start off the conference champi-
onship weekend, to have the home
court advantage,” said Head Coach
Erin Cady, “but also just in general
to really reward our team for all the
hard work that they’ve been doing
this season and to get the regular
season title. So we’re all excited.”
The Polar Bears secured host-
ing rights and the No. 1 seed last
weekend with a 3-1 win over Wes-
leyan (16-4, 9-1 NESCAC), leaving
Bowdoin as the only team with a
perfect record against in-league
opponents.
“We knew it was going to be a
battle going in because Wesleyan
was 8-0, we were 8-0 and we knew
that that was going to be our top
priority, but the players handled
it well,” said Cady. “I think it was
really awesome to see the crowd
that we got and how much they
supported our team, and it defi-
nitely made a difference, which
was nice.”
Having a very energetic home
crowd helped Bowdoin take down
Wesleyan in four sets, and the
team hopes the Bowdoin com-
munity will rally this weekend to
create the same dominant atmo-
sphere. However, they recognize
that while it is an advantage, they
can’t allow themselves to get too
confident.
“Having our home crowd sup-
porting us will be a really big ad-
vantage, but also the past two years
the winner of the NESCAC Cham-
pionship hasn’t been the host, so it
will just be really important for us
to play our game,” said captain Lisa
Sheldon ’19. “[We need to] work
hard, work our hardest, because
during the playoffs everyone starts
out 0-0. It can be anyone’s game, so
we just have to really stay focused
and do what we’ve been doing all
season.”
Wesleyan—the No. 2 seed this
weekend—isn’t the only opponent
to look out for in the tournament.
Bowdoin went to five sets against
Tufts, Williams and Middlebury
this season, and while the Polar
Bears came out with the win in
each match, the hard-fought con-
tests just further show that nothing
can be taken for granted this week-
end.
“What’s really nice about our
conference is it’s super competi-
tive, it’s really hard. Each team has
a strength, and so being able to de-
termine what that strength of that
team is helps set us up for success,
but it’s really hard to compare team
to team because they’re all really
good,” said Cady. “I would just say
at this point, at this level and into
championship weekend, it’s defi-
nitely going to be a lot of competi-
tive matches.”
“Every team we’ve played so
far in the NESCAC has brought
out their best game against us,
and they just play their hardest,
and we’re expecting nothing less
in championship weekend,” said
captain Sydney Salle ’19.
Bowdoin’s first match will be
against No. 8 Trinity (13-10, 2-8
NESCAC) at 5 p.m. tonight in
Morrell Gymnasium. While the
Polar Bears handily beat the Ban-
tams 3-0 in the regular season,
Trinity has shown a lot of improve-
ment in the last month. The team
was present for Trinity’s 3-2 victory
over WPI (21-8) on October 19.
This experience, along with game
film, gave the Polar Bears a better
idea of what to expect tonight, and
showed that the Bantams shouldn’t
be underestimated, especially in
tournament play.
“We beat Trinity earlier this
year, [but] they’ve definitely gotten
better throughout the rest of the
season, so [we are] just not tak-
ing them lightly and taking care
of what we have to do,” said Salle.
“Definitely treating every team
we’re playing like a threat, and then
once we finished that game, work-
ing to the next one.”
In order to prepare for the wide
range of competition in the league,
the team is focusing this week on
the strengths and strategy that
have gotten it this far.
“Our big strategy just going into
the weekend is making sure we
take care of us and we stay true to
who we are—that we just continue
rolling with that and then making
the small adjustments as we go
team to team,” said Cady.
When asked about what has led
to the team’s success this season,
Cady noted the Polar Bears’ chem-
istry and depth.
“All season we’ve been so strong
in our numbers and our depth,
which really has made a differ-
ence because, if you think about it,
Monday through Thursday when
we’re in practice, we want to play
against the best team in the NES-
CAC and that’s probably our sec-
ond string,” said Cady.
The team’s season has been an ISABEL ALEXANDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
outstanding success so far, and ev-
eryone’s sights are set on bringing NO. 1 ON THE COURT: Caroline Flaharty ’20 (left) and Cori Gray ’22 go for
home a NESCAC title. the block in a close win over Wesleyan, which secured Bowdoin’s No. 1 seed.

NESCAC Volleyball Championship Bracket

No. 1 Bowdoin (24-1, 10-0 NESCAC) vs. No. 8 Trinity (13-10,
2-8 NESCAC)
(1) Bowdoin
Unbeatable thus far in the NESCAC, Bowdoin comes into this
match the clear favorite. With home court advantage and the mo-
mentum of a 14-game win streak, the Polar Bears are a formidable Tonight, 5 p.m. Semi-Finals
opponent to face as they also lead the league in kills and assists. Morrell Gym
However, Trinity has only gotten better as the season’s gone on and
—as has all too often been proven—anything can happen in tour-
nament play. Could Trinity be the first eight-seed to take down a
(8) Trinity
one-seed in the playoffs? Come to Morrell Gym tonight to find out.

Saturday, 1 p.m. Finals

Morrell Gym
No. 4 Middlebury (17-5, 7-3 NESCAC) vs. No. 5 Tufts (15-9,
6-4 NESCAC)
(4) Middlebury
This matchup is sure to be an offensive faceoff, and the quarterfi-
nal match to watch. Tufts has built a very strong offensive front, with
enough variety to spread the action around to a lot of hitters while Tonight, 8 p.m.
also dominating the league in aces. While solid all around, Middle- Sargent Gym Semi-Finals
bury’s strength lies in the sheer power of its hitters, including seniors
Sarah Staver and Isabel Sessions, who were NESCAC Players of the
Week the last two weeks. Earlier this month, Middlebury was able to
(5) Tufts
secure the 3-1 victory over Tufts with a .346 hitting percentage, but
we’ll see if they can pull off that feat again...
Sunday, 12 p.m. Winner
Morrell Gym

No. 3 Amherst (20-4, 8-2 NESCAC) vs. No. 6 Williams (12-11,

(3) Amherst
5-5 NESCAC)
Amherst and Williams will be bringing their own historic rivalry
to Morrell Gym tonight as they vie for a semifinal berth. The Mam- Tonight, 8 p.m. Semi-Finals
moths are looking to carry the momentum of their five-game hot Morrell Gym
streak into the battle, while the Ephs will try to bounce back from
a tough loss to Middlebury that closed out their regular season.
When the two teams faced each other in the regular season, Am-
(6) Williams
herst came away with the 3-1 win over Williams, however Williams
got 67 digs and 6 aces to Amherst’s 62 and 3.
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Finals
Morrell Gym

No. 2 Wesleyan (16-4, 9-1 NESCAC) vs. No. 7 Bates (14-8,

4-6 NESCAC)
(2) Wesleyan
Wesleyan returns to Bowdoin’s campus this weekend looking to
defend its NESCAC title and avenge its first conference loss of the
season, which also cost the team the hosting rights for this tourna- Tonight, 5 p.m. Semi-Finals
ment. Fired up and fresh off a 3-2 win over Tufts, the Cardinals will be Sargent Gym
a force to be reckoned with this weekend,. But don’t expect Bates to go
down easy, especially as the Bobcats are coming off a dominant shut-
out win over Trinity. In their regular season matchup, Bates snagged a
(7) Bates
first set win, yet ultimately fell in a hard-fought 1-3 loss.
16
Women’s rugby faces fierce competition in new league
by Benjamin Mason
Orient Staff
The women’s rugby team is
continuing its tradition of excel-
lence despite last year’s move from
the NESCAC conference in USA
Rugby to the more competitive
National Intercollegiate Rugby As-
sociation (NIRA) League.
“We had been in the USA rug-
by pathway … and we had been
in that pathway for many, many
years,” said Head Coach MaryBeth
Mathews.
Last year, the program decided
it was time for a change. The team
had experienced incredible suc-
cess in the NESCAC conference
of USA rugby but didn’t feel it was
achieving its full potential.
“Winning is all well and good,”
said Mathews. “But winning 60 or
70 to nothing consistently gets old,
and you don’t sharpen your skills.”
The team opted to join the
NIRA Tier II division in an at-
tempt to face stronger competi-
tion, but as the season has shown,
this hasn’t prevented the Polar
Bears from winning.
The team is currently 4-2 and
looking to finish the season 5-2 with
one game left against Colby Sawyer
(4-3) tomorrow. Its two losses came
against West Chester (4-4), a NIRA
Tier I program, and Vassar (9-0), a
USA Rugby powerhouse.
Yet the team doesn’t shy away
from facing challenging teams.
“If we continue to get better as
we expect, we will certainly sched-
ule some Tier I teams in our fall
schedule,” said Mathews.
The desire to face strong com-
Fencing team enjoys success
at first tournament of the year
by Ella Chaffin
Orient Staff
In Rhode Island last week-
end, three fencers compet-
ed in the fencing club’s first
tournament of the year. Casey
Edmonds-Estes ’22 finished in
the top eight, beating two ex-
perienced fencers and earning
a rank E.
In fencing, each competitor
begins their career labelled U,
meaning they are an unranked
fencer. As they attend tourna-
ments and defeat opponents,
the fencer can gain points to be
rated A through E, with A be-
ing the best. At tournaments,
these rankings are used to de-
cide brackets and the level of
experience of each fencer.
With a range of experienced
members, the club has stood
out on campus for its unique
traditions and sense of com-
munity.
The club’s leadership style
is different than other teams
on campus. The club’s seniors
pick captains from the other
three class years. This year,
they chose Utku Ferah ’21 and
Michael Harris ’20. This tradi-
tion allows underclassmen to
become leaders earlier in their
fencing careers.
“We give this to them early
on to give them the sense of
what it’s like to lead a club,” said
former captain Ben Ratner ’19.
The club practices two of
YOU’RE GONNA MISS THIS: The women’s rugby seniors celebrate a winning season on senior day. This weekend, the team attempts to secure its second place seed in the tournament against Colby Sawyer.
petition and improve is embodied
by the entire team and speaks to
the women who participate in the
program.
“There’s something unique
about a gal who sees rugby and says
‘I’ll play that sport,’” said Mathews.
“That’s pretty cool. Rugby is a sport
that takes considerable strength,
confidence and resilience.”
The ultimate goal, though, is to
the three types of disciplines
available in fencing tourna-
ments: the foil and épée. In
foil, the tip of the saber must
hit an opponent’s torso to be
counted as a point, while in
épée, the tip can hit the oppo-
nent on any part of his body.
Typical tournaments con-
sist of fencers competing in
random pools and then being
seeded into groups based on
how well they perform. A big
part of the club’s success is
limiting its size to ensure each
member is learning and able to
perform in tournaments.
“The club is at its stron-
gest when it’s a small, close
knit community,” said Ratner.
“We are kind of in a sweet
spot around 10-15 where we
can accommodate everyone’s
needs and feel like we know
each other well and have that
communal spirit.”
Community is a big part
of the club’s identity. Long
van rides give the members a
chance to become closer, shar-
ing stories and jokes.
“I would have to say the
road trips to the tournaments
are the best part,” Ratner said.
“We pile in a van early in the
morning, stop for bagels and
drive across New England.”
According to the club’s so-
cial captain, Anthony Cole-
man ’21, fencing may be a club
that students are not familiar
with on campus; therefore, its
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COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
draw more teams into the NIRA. teams, it’s no longer an emerging Mount Saint Mary’s University Knight’s scrum-half (the link be-
With an influx of teams comes sport,” Mathews said. “It’s a legit (5-3) is in first place and would tween the forwards and backs) has
an increase in competition and sport, and the NCAA pays for the thus be the host of the final game trained at Bowdoin’s summer rugby
well-deserved recognition from championship.” on November 10. camp for the last two years.
the NCAA. Between Tier I of In Tier II, the Bowdoin rugby Mount Saint Mary’s is a Division All eyes will be on the rugby
the NIRA, which consists of nine team is currently second place. A I program that recruits student-ath- team this weekend as it travels to
teams, and Tier II, which has eight, win against Colby Sawyer would letes to fill the majority of its roster. New Hampshire to face Colby
the league is nearly halfway to its secure that spot. The second tier’s Conversely, Bowdoin’s team has a Sawyer. Expectations aside, the
goal of 40. playoff scheme operates as a one small group of rugby recruits, with Polar Bears will have to play hard
“There’s a phrase called ‘fastest game, all-or-nothing showdown eager walk-ons completing the and smart to earn a spot in the
path to 40,’ because once you hit 40 between the first and second seed. roster each season. Ironically, the championship game.
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members are attempting to
demonstrate the club’s work to
a larger audience in as many
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“We want to do a lot more to the
things that people can see,”
said Coleman, “because a lot of Maine House of
people don’t know what fenc-
ing is and didn’t know that we
have a team.”
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If you look around cam- House District 50,
pus on a warm day, you may
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while entertaining those who Democratic Party.
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duel. Last year, the club did a Retired Judge.
demonstration in Thorne Hall.
Members of the club range
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Friday, November 2, 2018
Soccer teams hope for at-large bids to continue season
by Sophie Friedman
Staff Writer
Last Saturday morning, the
members of the Bowdoin men’s
(9-5-2, 5-3-2 NESCAC) and
women’s (7-7-2, 3-6-1 NESCAC)
soccer teams donned their jerseys
and laced up their cleats for what
was likely both teams’ final game
of the season.
The women’s team prepared
with its usual pre-game dance
party, while the men’s team pre-
pared with what Coach Scott
Wiercinski described as “quiet
excitement.” Both ultimately lost
1-0, knocking each out of the
NESCAC tournament.
“For most of the season we
were just struggling to find a
system that really worked for us,”
said Claire Burns ’21. “A way to
get goals in.”
However, towards the end of
the season, the team’s trajectory
shifted.
“We had two really good
games before [the tournament]
against Tufts (10-4-2, 5-3-2 NES-
CAC) and, Conn[ecticut College]
(7-6-2, 2-6-2 NESCAC), where
we did really great. We kept
the ball and we got goals,” Kate
Morrison ’20 said. “I think the
momentum from those games
leading into the playoffs was re-
ally good, so I was anticipating a
good fight and that’s what we got.”
Game day at Middlebury
proved rainy and cold, but spirits
were high. Middlebury (14-1-1,
8-1-1 NESCAC) took an early
lead off a corner kick during the
first half, but the women’s team
persevered. The team returned to
the field for the second half with a
series of near-goals. Throughout
this last push, teammates cheered
avidly from the sideline, main-
taining their morale until the last
whistle.
The women’s leadership fos-
tered their strong mental game
this fall. The team thought about
its motto, AIR (an acronym for
accountability, integrity, and re-
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has created a lot of interest
from prospective students. As
a conference we’re reaping the
benefits of some terrific women
playing field hockey.”
Pearson added that the
growing NESCAC brand and
mainstream appeal of field
hockey clubs has allowed
coaches to recruit players from
across the country.
“We’ve got players from 11
states, so there is quite a bit of
geographic diversity,” she said.
“There are a lot of clubs open-
ing up in all the pockets of the
country where field hockey is
being played. [These players]
are becoming more visible to
NESCAC coaches.”
This increasingly talented re-
cruiting pool has contributed to
making the NESCAC a stronger
and deeper conference, espe-
cially over the past few seasons.
At least one NESCAC team has
competed in the NCAA DIII
championship game for the
past eight years. Bowdoin was
that team four times, but the
statistic nonetheless serves as
an indicator of the conference’s
national success.
Before 2010, Bowdoin and
Middlebury consistently traded
HEADS UP: (Above) Drake Byrd ’21 charges the ball with an oppo-
nent hot on his heels. (Right) Olivia Pena ’21 winds up a pass.
silience) each day after practice
in the locker room. This effort
resulted in the formation of a co-
hesive unit, according to captain
Julia Patterson ’19.
“This team had the largest
roster size since I had been at
Bowdoin. With such great num-
bers, normally, it can be hard to
make sure everyone is bought in
throughout the season,” said Pat-
terson. “However, even with hav-
ing a starting roster of 32 players,
this was also the closest team I
have been a part of at Bowdoin.
Lasting relationships were built
across [all] grades.”
The team’s emphasis on cul-
ture and its large roster should
bode well for next fall. Graduat-
ing only two seniors and sending
most juniors off for semesters
abroad, the team now turns to the
sophomore class.
“The offseason is always the
time when the sophomores find
their voices as leaders,” Morrison
said.
places at the top of the Penn
Monto/NFHCA Division III
End-of-Season Coaches’ Poll
and were the only two NES-
CAC teams to perennially ap-
pear on the list. However, since
that era, at least five NESCAC
teams have consistently ap-
peared in the top 20, and in a
few instances less-established
programs such as Tufts and
Trinity have even leapfrogged
the conference’s two historical
heavyweights to positions near
the top of the poll.
Pearson cited two key chang-
es for NESCAC field hockey in
recent years: “success of the
conference at the national level
and the depth.”
Although Bowdoin hasn’t
brought home much hard-
ware over the past few years,
Pearson’s ethos doesn’t revolve
around winning trophies as the
sole marker of success.
“We went into the season
with a goal of being competi-
tive in every game and being
competitive in the conference,
and we achieved that,” she said.
“[Our goal was] to improve ev-
ery day, which the team did.”
Members of the team echo
Pearson’s belief that for Bow-
doin field hockey, success is de-
fined by far more than just wins
and losses.
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COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
“They show the first years
what it’s like to be doing the off-
season lifts and the running, so
that’s a really important time for
the sophomores to get their voic-
es.”
With a whopping 21 under-
classmen, Patterson, Morrison
and Burns all expressed hope and
excitement that this group of soc-
cer players would dance further
into the NESCAC tournament
next year.
The men’s season followed
a similar trajectory. Coach
Wiercinski points to a long list
of injuries and graduated play-
ers and leaders as two significant
obstacles to the fall season. How-
ever, after early losses to Amherst
(12-3-1, 6-3-1) and Wesleyan
(4-11-0, 2-8-0 NESCAC), the
players on the men’s soccer team
began hitting their stride.
“We [were] slow to start be-
cause our conference schedule is
weighted: difficult in the begin-
ning. So sometimes it takes us a
“The team’s legacy is [de-
fined by] success and winning
on the field, but it’s also the
culture that the team develops,”
said captain Kara Finnerty ’20.
“We are only here for a short
amount of time, and our job is
to leave [the program] better
than we found it and to live up
to the legacy of the teams that
have come before us.”
Speaking to the legacy of the
program, Finnerty, along with
fellow captains Johna Cook ’19
and Elizabeth Bennewitz ’19,
did not simply describe the
statistical success of the team
throughout its history. Instead,
they described a rich culture of
camaraderie and team pride.
“A lot of [the program’s
success] is in the intangible
relationships that we create,”
said Finnerty. “I can have a
conversation with a Bowdoin
field hockey player that I didn’t
overlap with at all, but we’ll still
have so much to talk about be-
cause we had those team expe-
riences.”
Bowdoin field hockey is
steeped in tradition, and Pear-
son makes sure that her players
are aware of the program’s sto-
ried history.
“The idea of ‘preserving the
jersey’ is one that we’re very
well aware of,” said Cook. “We
few weeks to rev our engines, so
to speak,” Wiercinski said. “And it
was also familiar in that we had
a stretch from the middle of the
season to the end of the season
that was really strong with results
and positive play.”
In this past Saturday’s NES-
CAC quarterfinal game at Am-
herst, the team went in eager and
hungry for a win.
“They’re the only team in the
NESCAC that we’ve never beat-
en, so we had that extra chip on
our shoulder,” Moctar Niang ’19
said.
The team’s strategic push to-
wards more possession-based
have traditions dating back 25
years … we still walk out to the
same song, ‘Sunday, Bloody
Sunday,’ that they’ve been play-
ing for decades.”
With such a rich history and
legacy in the Bowdoin commu-
nity, it is no wonder younger
FUNDAMENTALS: Captain Kara Finnerty ’20 skillfully handles the ball
away from her opponent. The Polar Bears defeated Connecticut College 4-0.
play, rather than the direct phys-
icality characteristic of the NES-
CAC conference, proved ineffec-
tive.
“We tried to play on the
ground. The field was wet, muddy
and kind of torn up because of the
Nor’easter that hit there. And they
were very aggressive, very physi-
cal. Made it really hard for us to
play our style,” said Levi Morant
’19. “We conceded an early goal
and were sort of on the front foot
for a little bit. It was just a battle,
and they came out on top.”
Although it’s unlikely,
the team is still hoping for
an NCAA at-large bid. This
sisters often choose to play for
the same team as their siblings.
Each year, the team can rely on
family legacies to preserve the
program’s traditions.
The Finnerty sisters are one
example of these family lega-
cies. When Kara’s older sister
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
17
would send the Polar Bears to
the NCAA tournament even
though they did not advance
past the quarterfinals. When
Wiercinski asked the team
whether it wanted to continue
practicing in the event of an
at-large bid, his players unan-
imously responded positively.
“Let’s just play. Let’s keep
training on Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday as much we
can. Just because it’s so much
fun,” said Morant. “I think our
seniors are not ready to let go,
and I think our underclassmen
just want to play with us as
much as they can.”
Colleen Finnerty ’15 played
field hockey at Bowdoin, her
career included four consec-
utive trips to the NESCAC
championship game, a NES-
CAC championship and four
NCAA tournament appearanc-
es. In 2013, Bowdoin won the
DIII National Championship.
In her three seasons at Bow-
doin, Kara has not yet been
part of a team that has reached
a NESCAC final, nor has she
had the opportunity to play in
an NCAA tournament match.
However, she would say that
her time on the team has been
just as successful as her sister’s.
“[My sister and I] have had
vastly different experiences,
but that’s not to say that one
has been better than the other,”
said Kara. “It’s the legacy and
development of the core values
[that define] who we are as a
team.”
When asked about her long-
term goals for the program,
Pearson responded by saying
that she didn’t have any. “[I]
just take it year-by-year,” she
said. Over her illustrious ca-
reer, this philosophy has yield-
ed exceptional results. All fans
can do is sit back and observe,
as the Polar Bears continue to
battle in an ever-more-compet-
itive conference.
18 Friday, November 2, 2018

O OPINION
Voting counts
In 2014, Brunswick candidate for the Maine House of Representatives
Ralph Tucker won the Democratic primary by 10 votes. In 2016, Maine
voters passed a referendum on marijuana legalization by a margin of less
than four thousand votes.
But in the 2014 midterm election, only 16 percent of eligible Bowdoin FULLAM
LILY ANNA
students voted. That means that roughly 1,450 did not exercise their con-
stitutional right to affect our country’s future. It is a margin large enough
to tighten—or even alter—election results. While this year’s midterms may
not seem as high-stakes as the presidential election, there are close races
and important ballot measures across the country.
Take Maine’s ballot as an example. Gubernatorial candidates differ on
issues that will inevitably affect students and the people we care about—
determining the extent of reproductive rights, funding the public schools
where students tutor and expanding Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers.
Over the past two years, many Bowdoin students have been enraged by
the actions of our government. The most tangible way to channel that rage
is to vote for candidates who will enact the change students desire. The very
short amount of time that it takes to vote could create meaningful changes
in your life and the lives of others.
And voting is easy. For students voting in Brunswick, the polling place is
Brunswick Junior High—a leisurely walk or a short drive away. On election

Study abroad: a
day, campus representatives from several groups will be tabling to inform
students of their voting rights, driving students to the polls and mailing ab-
sentee ballots. If you are at all doubtful about the voting process, approach
one of these students and ask for help. No question is too simple.
Bowdoin students often say that they are uneasy about voting because
they are uninformed about issues. Staying uninformed is an active choice.
Information is accessible, and ample research takes less than an hour. Cam-
pus representatives can quickly bring students up to speed on most races
in this country.
If you haven’t registered, if you haven’t thought about this at all until
triggering experience
reading this editorial, you can still register to vote in Maine on election day. When preparing to study abroad, I sexual and physical boundaries in
All you need to bring is the last four digits of your social security number by Jhadha King knew that I was coming to a country the United States, let alone anoth-
Op-Ed Contributor
and your OneCard. If you have already voted or have a plan to vote, it’s a that was more sexist and less politi- er culture. When I say all of these
good time to talk to your friends and bring them to the polls with you. Something that not many people cally correct than the United States, things it isn’t to freak anyone out or
Voting matters, and it is not too late. Showing up on Tuesday will make know about me is that I’m a sexual but what I didn’t expect was sexual to stop people from studying abroad,
a difference. See you at the polls. assault survivor, but not in your aggression, sensitive masculinity and it is just a caution for all people
typical college campus rape story. overwhelming discomfort. While the suffering from trauma and so many
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, From the age of five to about 14, I country is completely safe, I still try other things.
which is composed of Nell Fitzgerald, Dakota Griffin, George Grimbilas, Calder was repeatedly raped and molested not to walk around alone because of I decided to study abroad to es-
McHugh, Devin McKinney and Jessica Piper. along with three of my other cousins the constant sexual harassment. cape from my problems and live my
and to make matters worse, I’ve suf- Even walking through my dorm or best life, but I have to remember that
fered another assault and attempted walking to class requires internal strate- leaving your problems behind is not a
assault from two other people. To say gizing of what I’m going to wear, whether possibility for everyone. So, do your
the least, I have a lot of trauma that I’m wearing headphones and what route research and go to a place that you
I’m still dealing with and not many to take in order to best avoid people. I’ve can mentally handle. I’m not saying
people know about that. even had to take a cab home after class go to England or another known and
What everyone does know is because I couldn’t handle being catcalled supposedly safe country because no
ESTABLISHED 1871 that I’m studying abroad. My time and harassed on the streets anymore. I one is going to harass you. I’m saying
throughout has been absolute- even had a stalker that I reported. When that harassment happens everywhere
ly amazing; I have met plenty of I filed the report, my dorm managers to varying degrees, and if you’re not
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 friends, toured a lot of the country defended him and let him berate me. It prepared for that, then the transition
and I even saw another Bowdoin wasn’t until my program director got on period will be difficult for you as it
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information friend while she’s studying abroad, the phone with me that I felt reassured has been for myself. Stay safe and
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, too (we booked flights to a country that I was in the right. happy.
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in near both of us and had such a beau- After a long history of sexual vi- Jhadha King is a member of the
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse tiful time). olence, it can be hard to understand class of 2020.
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community.

Calder McHugh Jessica Piper QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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Digital Director Managing Editor News Editor

DO YOU THINK YOUR VOTE MATTERS?
James Little Anjulee Bhalla Nina McKay
Photo Editor
Nell Fitzgerald
Dakota Griffin
Answer at bowdoinorient.com/poll.
Ezra Sunshine Alyce McFadden Features Editor
Mindy Leder (asst.) Mitchel Jurasek
Associate Editor
Layout Editor
Emma Bezilla
Maia Coleman
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Sports Editor Last week’s response:
Lucia Ryan Kathryn McGinnis
Ian Stewart
Jaret Skonieczny (asst.) Copy Editor Q: DID YOU PLAY A SPORT IN HIGH SCHOOL?
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Data Desk Editor Sydney Benjamin Sabrina Lin 88% YES
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George Grimbilas (asst.)
Devin McKinney Opinion Editor 12% NO
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Business Manager Calendar Editor
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Molly Kennedy Gwen Davidson
Digital Strategist
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Head Illustrator
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Friday, November 2, 2018 OPINION 19

Let’s institute a living wage for all employees

Say It Like It Is
by Nate DeMoranville

Last year when I went on

West Trek with Career Plan-
ning, almost every executive,
most of who were white, de-
scribed Silicon Valley as a
“meritocracy,” where people
are judged by ideas, not by
privilege. But my privilege
got me into those companies’
office. We were probably the
first program to visit Apple
Park, and at Google, it was
practically a group inter-
view—they even hired one of
my friends. Our presence de-
nied their meritocracy.
But that’s not entirely a bad
thing. I’m very grateful for the
trip, and as I explained to my
mom, I expect certain bene-
fits from my Bowdoin degree.
This all-expenses paid trip
was one of them. But why? If I
were to work in Silicon Valley, CAROLINE CARTER
I would be contributing to a our minimum wage does not you know how she spent this ship, that it is a very real market the “Common Good” overpaid administrator a living
system of vast wealth inequal- suffice a satisfactory quality money? She bought arts and possibility to encounter util- when we don’t even take care wage, too.
ity that pushes people of color of life. It is the idea that we crafts to spend time with her ity shut off notices when you of our own, when we’ve got Until we pay people a just
out of San Francisco. should pay people enough grandchildren. In the letter work at Bowdoin. I think we poverty in our backyard? living wage, we deny them
By sending me to Silicon money to do more than just she wrote to us, she explained should pay our workers a high It does not matter if we are their personhood. When the
Valley, Bowdoin furthers the survive, regardless of the that she had wanted to do this enough wage where they no the best at something if the “Bowdoin Hello” does not
social divide of our nation, labor they provide. In Cum- for months but did not have longer fear foreclosure. standard is so poor. We should extend to housekeeping, I’m
and I would prefer that we sort berland County, the living the disposable income to do But I recognize this is a pay people a living wage, and if not sure the College cares
things out on campus before wage is $16.56 per hour for so. tough sell. Hourly workers you wonder where we’ll get the enough about its staff. If we
we solve the world’s problems. two working parents with This is anecdotal evidence, here have some of the best money, I say we cut the Athlet- are to be a bastion of social
We are an elite institution, two children but $25.77 for a for sure, but I think the char- wages and benefits in the ics Department, tear down the mobility, then we must attack
where the cost of attendance single parent with one child. ity offered by our college in- whole state of Maine, but it Roux Center or pay other staff the meritocracy of our own
is more than what most peo- Bowdoin’s minimum wage is dicates a widespread problem. is not enough to compare our members less. In 2015, Chief institution. We must begin to
ple in America make in a year. several dollars short of these For employees in times of wages to Walmart or McDon- Investment Officer Paula Vo- use our Bowdoin degrees to
We could, and should, lower figures, which I believe is “extreme hardship,” there is ald’s. Wealth inequality is at lent made 2.25 million dollars, solve society’s problems, not
tuition, but more than that, evidence that our facilities the Bowdoin Staff Assistance an all-time high. I saw this in which is more than 2.2 million perpetuate them. I think we
we should pay working class workers do not entirely have a Fund, which admittedly does San Francisco, and I see it now more dollars than the person should forget about Silicon
people more money for their satisfactory quality of life. provide an incredible safety in Brunswick. Last year, 75 who cleans her office. If the Valley, recognize the role we
labor. Let’s institute a living When I was a first year, net for our employees. But it percent of facilities workers living wage is the idea that you play in Brunswick and pay all
wage for all employees. my floor gave our housekeep- also suggests that some are surveyed by the Orient said can live off it, I think we should employees here a living wage.
With a living wage comes er a Visa card with about a not paid enough to prevent they struggled to make ends also pay Volent, President If you agree or disagree, then
the moral recognition that hundred dollars on it. Do moments of extreme hard- meet. How can we as a college Clayton Rose, and every other leave a comment.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thank you Bowdoin Hillel GOT

Dear Editor,
I wish to express my thanks and
appreciation to Bowdoin Hillel for
planning and carrying out a very
touching and insightful candlelight
vigil to remember the members, fam-
ilies and friends of the Tree of Life
Synagogue. It was extremely well
done, and it should serve to remind
everyone that things must change in
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
We stand with transgender people
Dear Editor,
The Federal Department of Health
and Human Services’ draft redefini-
tion of gender as binary, immutable
our nation, starting with the Pres-
ident. He has set a disgusting and
terrifying example of anti-Semitism,
Islamophobia and anti-anyone-who-
is-not-a-white-person bias. The par-
allels with Hitler’s and Mussolini’s
tactics and words cannot be accept-
able in this incredibly diverse and
magnificent nation—NEVER! I urge
every person of voting age to vote in
this upcoming midterm election in
baseless, unworkable and cruel. The
living world defies simple categori-
zation, perhaps never more so than
when it comes to sex and gender. The
richness and complexity of the human
order to send a message to this per-
THOUGHTS?
son who calls himself president that
his behavior must change! God will-
ing, the Democrats will assume ma-
jorities in both the Senate and House
and start straightaway to return our
country to sanity.
Submit an Op-Ed or
Again, thank you Bowdoin Hillel
and Shalom to all,
a Letter to the Editor
Bob Morrison ’52
to orientopinion@
bowdoin.edu by 7 p.m.
on the Tuesday of the
week of publication.
with transgender people as they assert
their right to be recognized and to live
Include your full name
as they wish.

Chair of the Biology Department

and defined by genitalia at birth
(resorting to genetic testing in the
inevitable instances of ambiguity) is
intellectually bankrupt, scientifically
experience of gender cannot be nar-
rowly defined out of existence; any
attempt to do so discriminates against
some and diminishes us all. We stand
and phone number.
Barry Logan, Director of the Neuro-
science Program Richmond Thomp-
son and members of the Department
of Biology and Neuroscience Program.
 NOVEMBER
20 Friday, November 2, 2018

FRIDAY 2
LECTURE
Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King
Philip’s War with Dr. Lisa Brooks
As a part of the Native American Heritage Month
programming organized by the Student Center for Multicul-
tural Life, Dr. Lisa Brooks will discuss native resistance in the
face of early colonization and war.
Thomas F. Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 3 p.m.

FILM SCREENING
“Soul Food in Harlem, New York”
Charlotte Youkilis ’20 will present her short film sponsored
by the Alfred E. Golz Fellowship. Following the 15-minute
screening, Youkilis will participate in a Q&A with members of
the audience.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PERFORMANCE A ROUX-LLY GREAT TIME: Students watch on as the Meddiebempsters perform at Student Night at the Roux Center for the Environment last
Ursellania night. The sustainably-designed building officially opened on October 11.
A cappella groups Ursus Verses and Miscellania will join forces
to perform a live fall concert in the Chapel.

MONDAY 5 WEDNESDAY 7
Chapel. 8:15 p.m.

LECTURE LECTURE
Orchestrating the Ordinary: Artist Talk “Crypto-Jews: To Be and Not to Be”
The Department of Visual Arts will sponsor a talk by Adam Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of the Humanities,
Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst, will discuss

SATURDAY 3
Ekberg, an experienced photographer who has work on
display in several museums across the country. the ability of Jewish people to maintain their faith despite
Aresty Digital Media Lab, Edwards Center for Arts and various attempts of cultural assimilation, specifically detailing
Dance. 4 p.m. their historical presence in Hispanic civilization.
FILM SCREENING Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
“Pick of the Litter” LECTURE
Frontier will play “Pick of the Litter”—a documentary The Contemporary and Its Discontents
following a litter of puppies on their journey to becoming Sergio Chejfec, Guggenheim fellow and NYU Distinguished
guide dogs for the blind—daily from November 2 to 8. Writer in Residence, will discuss his career and creative chal-
Frontier Theater. 3 p.m. lenges, touching on uncertainties with respect to the relation
between contemporary and past events.

THURSDAY 8
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 5 p.m.

DISCUSSION
Back on Tracks: The Recovery and

SUNDAY 4 Restoration of Labrador’s First Snowmobile

Archaeologist Jamie Brake will discuss his work for the

PERFORMANCE
BernsteinFest!
Pianist and conductor George Lopez and the Amethyst
Chamber Ensemble will stage a series of musical works to
honor the renowned late composer and musician Leonard
Bernstein. Two pianos, percussion, cello and six vocal soloists
will perform pieces from West Side Story along with other
ensembles to honor Bernstein’s 100th birthday year.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 4 p.m.
TUESDAY 6
Nunatsiavut Government of Labrador recovering a 1927
Model-T Ford used by Donald B. MacMillan, class of 1898.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
EVENT LECTURE
Election Night Results Screening Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict
The McKeen Center will host a screening of the American Stephen M. Barr, University of Delaware physics professor and
midterm election results in Smith Union with free food from author of “Modern Physics and Ancient Faith,” will discuss the
Jack Magee’s Pub. contested philosophical war between science and religion.
Morrell Lounge, David Saul Smith Union. 8 p.m. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.

9 PERFORMANCE 10 CONCERT 11 12 13 WORKSHOP 14 EVENT 15 LECTURE

Begelman, How to Curator’s Tour Activism in
Three Sisters Gray and Support a of “In the the #MeToo
Lopez Survivor Round” Movement