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College launches new plan to attract veteran students
by Kathryn McGinnis
Orient Staff
Although Bowdoin an-
nounced a new initiative to enroll
military veterans last week, the
strategy the College will employ
to integrate these non-traditional
students into campus life once
they are admitted, remains to
be seen. With the absence of a
Reserve Officer Training Corps
(ROTC) at Bowdoin, this is a
surprising development for the
College.
Historically, Bowdoin has had
a significant connection to the
military, most notably Bowdoin
Test Center eases
implementation of
accommodations
by Viv Daniel
Orient Staff
Students who receive aca-
demic accommodations now
have a reliable place to take
proctored tests. After the Test
Center opened this fall, Anne
Lamppa, assistant director of
student accessibility and test
center coordinator, is con-
tinuing to adapt the space to
work for all students.
“I want it to be a comfort-
able place for them that they
feel good about coming to,”
Lamppa said. “The service
part of it has mattered most
to me so far.”
The Test Center, in oper-
ation for the first time this
semester, has inhabited the
former Emeriti Office on the
second floor since August.
Director of Student Accessi-
bility Lesley Levy helped plan
the center to replace the old
system, under which students
and professors often had to
make accommodations with
few established options.
Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster to leave the College
by Jessica Piper
Orient Staff
Dean of Student Affairs Tim
Foster will be leaving Bowdoin
at the end of this academic year,
citing a desire to spend more
time with his family before fig-
uring out his next plans.
In an email to the student
body announcing Foster’s de-
parture on Monday, President
Clayton Rose noted the dean’s
“profound impact” on the Col-
lege and said he has already
begun a national search to fill
Foster’s role.
“While I very much respect
N BUILDING UNDERSTANDING
Campus activist Lex Horwitz ’19 leads a
community discussion on gender. Page 3.
President Joshua Chamberlain’s
heroic command at the Battle of
Gettysburg. More recently, the
College hosted the U.S. Navy’s
Radio Corps Training Facility,
attached to the former Brunswick
Naval Base, until its closure in
2005. Despite this history, only
a few students currently partici-
pate in the Marine Corps Officer
Training Program or enlist in the
military after graduation each
year, although a few international
students have served in the mili-
tary in their home country before
coming to Bowdoin.
With encouragement from
the alumni organization, Bow-
“It varied greatly where
professors were able to find
those spaces which were low-
er distraction,” Levy said.
Before the Test Center
opened, students took tests
in a variety of spaces around
campus. Because most Bow-
doin classrooms are used
throughout the day, students
with accommodations—such
as time-and-a-half, double
time or low-distraction envi-
ronment—usually took tests
in their professors’ offices.
A few other options existed
in Kanbar Hall and Moulton
Union, but tests in such spac-
es were not proctored. The
new space has standardized
the amenities available to stu-
dents.
Scheduling in the Test Cen-
ter is done on an individual
basis. Students with accom-
modations speak with their
professors, who then schedule
testing times through Lamp-
pa. Students may also sched-
Please see TESTING, page 4
and admire his decision, I can-
not overstate how much I will
miss working closely with him,”
Rose wrote. “His wise counsel
and steady hand, his thought-
fulness and his fabulous sense
of humor.”
Foster, who received his B.A.
from Dartmouth in 1987, came
to Bowdoin in 1996 as the dean
of first-year students. He said he
imagined he would only spend
a few years at the College, but
found his work with students to
be “one of the most satisfying
and rewarding things.” He was
promoted to Senior Associate
Dean of Student Affairs in 1998
F FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Food and dancing are the centerpieces of New installation gives poignant take on
this year’s Diwali celebration. Page 6. bias incidents. Page 9.
Friday, November 16, 2018
doin Marine Corps Society, and
a partnership with the nationwide
Service to School initiative, the
Office of Admissions is commit-
ted to finding veterans that meet
the College’s entry requirements
and expectations.
Ryan Ricciardi ’00, associate
dean of admissions, has been
a point person for the veteran
initiative. She spent the week in
Washington, D.C. at a college fair
in the Pentagon, among other
engagements. It’s not typical for
veterans to enroll in a full-time
college program after leaving the
military; part-time options are
more flexible and less of a time
Sean MacDonald ’19 races to the finish at the NCAA DIII Regional. He placed third overall, se-
curing an at-large bid to the Cross Country Championship this weekend. SEE PAGE 12.
and took his current position in
2006. His tenure has spanned
three College presidents: Rob-
erts H. Edwards, Barry Mills
and Rose.
His consistent presence
stood out in a dean’s office that
saw significant turnover in the
past few years. Of the six deans
in the Student Affairs office,
only one, Dean of Students
Janet Lohmann, has been a
dean at Bowdoin for more than
four years—and Lohmann left
Bowdoin in 2016 for Kenyon
College, only to return last year.
Foster said he’ll miss being
a part of Bowdoin but has full
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commitment, especially for stu-
dents who also support a family
while enrolled.
Yet Bowdoin’s generous finan-
cial aid policy, when bundled with
federal GI Bill benefits, has the
allure of a free or relatively cheap
college education at a prestigious
school. Post-9/11 GI Bill annual tu-
ition and mandatory fee allowance
covers $23, 671.84 per academic
year. The remaining fees are split
between Bowdoin and Veteran
Affairs through the Yellow Ribbon
Program. The Yellow Ribbon pro-
gram ensures colleges match the
aid given to veterans. There is not
a cap to the amount Bowdoin will
faith that the College will con-
tinue to grow and thrive with-
out him.
“I love this place, so it’s hard,
because it’s hard enough not
being part of the good work to
come, and there’s all kinds of
good work to come,” he said.
Still, he felt it was time to
achieve a better work-life bal-
ance, one that he has rarely
experienced during his 22-and-
a-half years at the College.
“This job is, in the way I’ve
approached it, all-in, all the
time,” Foster said. “It’s 24-7,
365. That’s the nature of the
work.”
S BACK IN THE ACTION
The men’s hockey team hits the ice in
Watson Arena this weekend. Page 14.
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match or the number of students
that can be enrolled in the Yellow
Ribbon Program.
Additionally, veterans are list-
ed as independent students when
filing for federal aid. This means
they are not required to report the
incomes of their parents, thereby
reducing the total amount of in-
come that could be attributed to
these students and increasing the
federal aid grant.
Ricciardi has received many
emails from veterans interested
in joining the College. Despite a
hefty financial aid package and
the academic preparedness of
these individuals, there will be
He’s now looking to spend
more time with his wife, Steph-
anie, who is the associate direc-
tor of institutional research for
the College.
“I couldn’t have approached
the job the way I have with-
out her being a force of nature
that she is,” he said. “I’ve been
a shirker—a fulltime shirker, I
would say—on the homefront.”
He said he’ll probably be
back on campus for some
events, though he’ll try to avoid
the temptation to come back
more often.
“What I’ll miss most is the
people, because this place is
O LET’S TALK
Nate DeMoranville ’20 calls for more conversation
about cultural appropriation. Page 15.
1st CLASS
U.S. MAIL
social, economic and personal
challenges in the way of full inte-
gration into student life.
For the last year and a half, a
committee made up of represen-
tatives from the Office of Residen-
tial Life, Financial Aid, Office of
the Registrar and Athletic Depart-
ment, among others, have met to
anticipate and solve problems
that could affect veteran students
while on campus. The commit-
tee members also reached out to
their counterparts at schools such
as Williams and Amherst, which
have similar programs.
Please see VETERANS, page 5
JACK BURNETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
populated with just extraor-
dinary students, faculty and
staff, so it makes coming to
work every day just some-
thing you look forward to,”
Foster said. “Whatever your
day is going to entail, you’re
going to be spending your
time with an extraordinary
group of people.”
But he will have a different
source of joy at home.
“I’ve got a new puppy arriv-
ing this weekend, Taz,” he said.
“So I have a companion for
some of the adventures ahead.”
Nina McKay contributed to
this report.
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2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
11/8 to 11/15 STUDENT SPEAK:
If peanut butter wasn’t called peanut butter,
Thursday, November 8
• A smoke alarm in Chamberlain Hall was activated by
• Two students at Brunswick Apartments—with ad-
mittedly loud voices—were asked to lower their vol- what would it be called?
a student blow-drying hair. ume as complaints were coming in.

Friday, November 9
• An officer recovered a student’s stolen bike at Stowe
Tuesday, November 13
• An officer checked on the well-being of a student
Abby Raymond ’22
Inn.
• Students cooking at 30 College Street set of a smoke
who had not been to class in a few days.
• An employee at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library re- “Mushy nuts.”
alarm. ported an odd encounter with a patron.
• A student reported a room burglary in Coleman Hall
and the theft of an Apple iPad with iPad keyboard. Wednesday, November 14
The room door was propped. • A basement wall was vandalized at Ladd House.
• An officer provided first-aid for a student who spilled
Saturday, November 10 hot tea and burned a hand at Druckenmiller Hall.
• A concert tour manager reported that up to 20 • A student reported the theft of a $400 pair of black
t-shirts were stolen from an unstaffed sale table at the Bose noise-canceling headphones from Gibson Hall
Morrell Lounge concert. Security officers were able to practice room 07A.
get most of the shirts back from students who mistak-
enly thought the shirts were freebees. Thursday, November 15 Frances Zorensky ’20
• Two students reported that they witnessed another • An officer accompanied an ill student to the Health
student use a homophobic slur at the Morrell Lounge
concert. The student has since been identified and the
Center. “Bread glue.”
matter is under investigation.
• A student reported being approached by a vehicle
whose occupants were looking to party on campus.

Sunday, November 11
• Excessive noise was reported to be coming from a
registered event on the 13th floor of Coles Tower.
• Intoxicated students were reported to be rolling a
construction barrel down Pine Street. Kinaya Hassane ’19
• A student reported being bothered by excessive noise
in Chamberlain Hall.
• An officer checked on the condition of a student in “Mouth clay.”
West Hall who tripped and hit her head.
• An alumna visiting a male student in Ladd House
confronted the student’s other female guest with per-
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• A female student reported being fondled by an un-

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identified male visitor at a registered campus event.

Investigation determined the identity of the perpetra-
tor—a student at another Maine college. The matter
remains under investigation.
• An emotionally distraught student was transported Alex Ontogtokh ’21
to Mid Coast Hospital for evaluation.
• A Maine Hall student reported that two Xbox con-
trollers were stolen from a common room. The room
“Protein paste. Yum.”
door was propped.

Monday, November 12
• An officer recovered a student’s stolen bike outside
the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness and re-
turned it to the owner. COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET

The endless breakfast: in search of the perfect sandwich

by Alyce McFadden
Orient Staff
I began this week with a mission:
to discover the best quick-and-
dirty breakfast our humble Bruns-
wick has to offer. Sleep deprived,
hungry, armed with a mild lac-
tose-intolerance and a severe caf-
feine addiction, I set out in search
of the perfect cheap, easy, vegetar-
ian, before-class breakfast sand-
wich. Each sandwich was paired
with the largest coffee sold by the
respective establishment.
This is not a comprehensive list.
Lighthouse Variety & Deli
1584 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich:
$5.38
The best thing about Lighthouse
is the fact that you can place an or-
der over the phone from anywhere.
Importantly, this includes your bed.
This, in turn means that you can
pick up your sandwich and coffee
on the way to the 11:40 a.m. class
that you almost slept through and
to which you will arrive late look-
ing deranged and half dead. With
a sandwich and coffee in hand.
I won’t guarantee that this thor-
oughly respectable sandwich will
turn your day around but hey, it
can’t hurt. Its egg:cheese:bread ra-
tio (ECBR) is solid, and the freshly
fried egg does taste like it actually
came from a chicken.
Dog Bar Jim: The Coffee Shop
2112 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich,
er, Burrito: $5.80
So, yeah, it doesn’t look like
other sandwiches, but who are
you to judge? Dog Bar Jim’s (DBJ)
pre-prepared Breakfast Burrito
definitely falls in the category of
the quick-and-dirty breakfast. Egg?
Yep. cheese? You bet. Carbohy-
drate-loaded casement? Certainly.
I rest my case. Anyway, I’m not
totally sure, but I think the recipe
might come from a “Tasty” video
I watched on Facebook last week.
Extremely liberal salsa application
is absolutely key. In conclusion:
disappointingly small, sporting
some weird looking spots, might
trigger a gag reflex. Great coffee,
though.
The Big Top Deli
3696 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich:
Free ($6.25)
Nota Bene, dear readers, this
establishment is “cash only” for all
purchases under $7. Like I fool, I
had naught but a debit card and a
lone dollar bill. In an act of what
can only be small-town New En-
gland kindness that is literally
shocking to this L.A. transplant,
the employee working the register
shrugged: “Pay for it next time.”
Which I will. Probably. The sand-
wich itself was decent: exemplary
ECBR. Could have used some sea-
soning.
The Café
528 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich:
$4.15
A source who spoke to the Ori-
ent on the condition of anonymity
strongly recommended the crois-
sant over the English muffin. Also,
there was only one sandwich left
and it was on a croissant. The pre-
made sandwiches may have been
produced anywhere between 15
minutes and 5 weeks ago. There’s
really no way to know. I didn’t real-
ize it was a self-serve situation and
was directed by an annoyed Café
employee to retrieve a foil-wrapped
parcel marked with a “C” waiting
for consumption under a headlamp
like baby chickens in an incuba-
tor (a sick reminder of the cooked
unborn within the sandwich). But-
teriness of the croissant combined
with the greasiness of the melted
American cheese made this a truly
artery-clogging experience.
Tess’ Market
4752 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich:
$5.31
This is an “Italian-style” break-
fast sandwich. What this looks like
in practice, apparently, is a hot
dog bun filled with two scrambled
eggs and then smothered by a gen-
erous layer of sublimely tasteless
and colorless cheese. It tastes like
Cardiac Arrest, but I’m not mad
at it. The eggs themselves were
well seasoned and it was easily the
most food for the price. The cof-
fee had a unidentifiable and not
entirely desirable aftertaste, but it
was hot and caffeinated so I’m not
complaining.
Little Dog Coffee Shop
3168 feet from the Polar Bear
Total cost of Coffee and Sandwich:
$7.97
I want to hate this sandwich, I
really do. This is the one percent
of sandwiches, the aristocracy, the
sandwich of the privileged elite.
But, fuck, it tastes good. The en-
glish muffin is crisp; the eggs have
a detectable and actually pleasant
flavor. The cheese tastes like a real
dairy product (white cheddar per-
haps?) rather than melted plastic.
It’s a decent size, too. This is where
you go when you’re not paying.
Nell Fitzgerald ’19 contributed to
this report. Obviously.
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NEWS IN BRIEF COMPILED BY LUCIA RYAN AND DAVID YANG

BSG VOTES ON AMENDMENTS TO

BYLAWS, SOCIAL CODE REVISIONS
Among the issues Bowdoin Student Government (BSG)
members discussed Wednesday at their weekly meeting were
amendments to the bylaws and potential revisions to the Col-
lege’s Social Code.
The changes in the bylaws, a motion from Vice President
Amber Rock ’19, are intended to match the language of the
BSG constitution. According to the minutes from November
7, these adjustments will include replacing gendered pronouns
with gender-neutral ones, incorporating the new BSG position
of Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, and changing the “vice
president” titles to “chair.” BSG voted unanimously to accept
these revisions.
Regarding the Social Code, several members noted that
while other peer institutions meet annually to update their so-
cial codes, Bowdoin has not done so formally in recent years.
In light of the uptick in reported bias incidences this semester,
members agreed that the current code does not provide con-
crete definitions for bias incidences or sexual misconduct cas-
es, which leaves more room for these instances to occur with-
out consequence. One such example cited at the meeting was
the phrase “behavior unbecoming of a Bowdoin Student.” The
Academic Code, however, outlines strict boundaries around
academic dishonesty.
BSG President Mohamed Nur ’19 said that he wants revi-
sions to the Social Code to be a priority for BSG and decided
JACK BURNETT THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
to create an ad hoc committee to focus on this process.
Ezra Sunshine contributed to this report. ACTIVISM AND ATHLETICS: Lex Horwitz ’19, a campus activist and a member of the varsity men’s squash team, gave a talk at MacMillan House on Tues-
day at which they discussed their experiences as a non-binary transmasculine person at Bowdoin, including outlining the process of switching athletic teams.

LIBRARY ACQUIRES 6000 DVDS

FROM BART & GREG’S Lex Horwitz ’ 19 stresses importance
When Bart & Greg’s DVD Explosion, a DVD rental in
downtown Brunswick opened by Bart D’Alauro ’95, closed at
the end of 2017, D’Alauro’s beloved collection had nowhere to
go. Recently, the College announced a plan to purchase 6,000
of education about gender on campus
DVDs from the collection. playing on the varsity men’s tains and teams. required.
Professor of Cinema Studies Tricia Welsch is a major sup- by Elizabeth Fosler-Jones squash team. “Every single one of these “Not only was I not allowed
porter of the acquisition from D’Alauro, who is now a circula- and Diego Lasarte “I didn't know that I could meetings, Tim was there with to speak at first-year orienta-
Orient Staff
tion assistant librarian at Bowdoin. feel happy and safe and com- me, checking in, making sure tion, but I wasn’t even provid-
“He knows the kinds of things we are interested in teaching, “I get messages every day fortable on a sports team at everything was going well,” ed with support saying, ‘Hey,
in studying, and the things we send our classes to see,” said from people saying like, ‘You Bowdoin,” said Horwitz. “I Horwitz said. “He’s been an we want the first years to do
Welsch. “He could look in our collection and see what we don’t helped me come out to my finally do, and it’s an amazing amazing ally.” this,’” said Horwitz. “All they
have and fill it in … it’s sort of taking the best and rarest and family’ or ‘You’re the first feeling.” Nonetheless, Horwitz still did was give my email to [the
oddest stuff that we’re not going to have easy access to and person I came out to.’ I’m giv- Throughout their three believes the administration proctors and RAs], which I
bring them into the College.” ing people the space to have years playing for the var- has a long way to go in cre- could have done myself.”
After his graduation, D’Alauro started working at Mat & a queer community,” said Lex sity women’s squash team, ating an inclusive campus. Horwitz has also been
Dave’s Video Venture, a video cassette rental on Maine Street. Horwitz ’19. "I'm here to say Horwitz felt increasingly In order to promote a di- in classes where professors
When Mat & Dave’s closed, D’Alauro, along with co-worker ‘you are valid and really im- uncomfortable. They were alogue around gender and misgendered them. They feel
Greg Morris, opened Bart & Greg’s DVD Explosion to keep portant.’" misgendered by their team, create a space that is more that training around gender
up with the change of technology. Over the next 15 years, the On Tuesday, as part of No and a captain called them by accepting and respectful of should be extended to faculty
rental became a unique town gathering space frequented by Hate November program- their dead name—the name all genders and sexualities, as well.
much of the community, including Welsch, who owned rental ming, Horwitz gave a talk, that they no longer use. They Horwitz hopes that a talk “I think that creating this
account number 35. titled “What’s Gender?”, to also felt uncomfortable every about gender and sexuality community that has the same
Despite local popularity, Bart & Greg’s could not outcom- a group of students at Mac- time they had to change in the will become mandatory pro- commitment and standards
pete increasingly popular internet streaming services. When Millan House. Horwitz, a women’s locker room. gramming during first-year of respect about gender also
it was clear that Bart & Greg’s was going out of business, non-binary transmasculine “Eventually, I was like, orientation. needs to start with the ad-
members of the community suggested that the College acquire person, is an LGBTQ activist ‘It’s damaging for my men-
them. The plan and received wide faculty support, and it is and educator who focuses on tal health to be on this team
now becoming a reality.
Speaking to the merits of physical media in the age of inter-
gender and sexuality. While
Horwitz felt the event was
where I haven’t seen change
and I haven’t felt respected,’”
“I didn’t know that I could
net, Welsch pointed out that today, access to movies is subject
to complications, including business conditions and contract
intimate and fun, they hope
their presentations can reach
said Horwitz. “Not that any-
one on the team meant any-
feel happy and safe and
changes. Online movie vendors can remove older films if they
feel a newer one is a better usage of online space. Physical
broader audiences to promote
education and understanding.
thing out of malice, but it just
wasn’t a good environment
comfortable on a sports team
DVDs, however, will always be there, and this DVD acquisi-
tion allows Bowdoin to extend that reliability of access to the
“The people that showed
up to my event last night
for me.”
Horwitz met with Ash-
at Bowdoin. I finally do.”
College community. were the people that didn't mead White Director of Ath- –Lex Horwitz ’19
“We’re trying hard to preserve access and make some of that need to be there,” said Hor- letics Tim Ryan and expressed
access less ephemeral,” Welsch said. witz, “which is why we need their desire to be on the men’s
to make events that contain team. Ryan worked with them “It’s a great time when you ministration doing facilitat-
important information or throughout the process of have all these new students ed training,” Horwitz said.
conversation required." telling the squash teams and that don’t really know what “Maybe the OutAllies pro-
Beyond giving presenta- creating more private spaces the climate is or what the en- gram should be required."

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end of September this year,
Horwitz was excited to begin
in the locker rooms.
"It’s amazing to see the
change happen in the locker
rooms,” said Horwitz. “I as-
sumed that I was not going to
be allowed on the men's team
and that I would have to fight
way harder than I’d poten-
tially have the energy for, but
Tim Ryan was ten steps ahead
every moment.”
Ryan was extremely sup-
portive of their decision to
switch teams. Making the
switch required a battery of
meetings between Horwitz
and both sets of coaches, cap-
vironment is like on campus
who can then receive this
information like, ‘Hey, we’ve
been told our whole lives that
sex equals gender, but that's
not necessarily the case and
this is how you respect [trans
people],’” said Horwitz.
However, when Horwitz
reached out to the Office of
Residential Life (ResLife) at
the end of last year and asked
if they could give a presen-
tation regarding gender and
sexuality, ResLife responded
by saying that they could not
make attendance of the event
Through their presenta-
tions and activism on social
media, Horwitz wants to be
a resource for people who
are struggling or who want to
learn more about gender and
sexuality.
“I want to be able to pro-
vide a safe, judgement-free
zone where individuals can
ask whatever questions they
have,” said Horwitz. “No
question is stupid, no ques-
tion will offend me, because
I’m assuming that all ques-
tions come out of a place of
‘Hey, I just don't understand.’”
4 NEWS
Define American
shines a light on
immigration
by Jessica Troubh
Orient Staff
When Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning journalist Jose Antonio
Vargas came to Bowdoin to
speak about his experience as
an undocumented immigrant
last year, his words hit partic-
ularly close to home for Kath-
leen Armenta ’21.
Armenta, the daughter of
immigrant parents, said that
she was fortunate to attend
Vargas’ event and talk to him
about her own ambitions of
advocating for immigrants
and defining American iden-
tity. Vargas proposed that Ar-
menta launch a chapter of his
organization, Define Ameri-
can, at Bowdoin.
Define America, according
to its website, is “a nonprofit
media and culture organiza-
tion that uses the power of
story to transcend politics
and shift the story about im-
migrants, identity, and citi-
zenship in a changing Amer-
ica.” There are more than 50
chapters at schools across the
country.
This year, alongside a group
of Bowdoin students, includ-
ing Arein Nguyen ’21 and Nick
Suarez ’21, Armenta has been
working to officially bring
Define American to campus.
All three students say there
is insufficient dialogue about
immigration at Bowdoin. They
hope, through Define Amer-
ican, to create space for these
conversations on campus.
“I personally felt it was
necessary to bring [Define
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ule directly if they wish.
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STREAMLINED AND STANDARDIZED: The new Test Center is a constant, reliable location for students who receive accommodations to take exams.
American] to Bowdoin be-
cause we have a bunch of
affinity groups here, such as
Af-Am and [the Latin Amer-
ican Students Organization],
that are for specific groups
of people, but we wanted [a
group] that encompassed the
whole immigrant experience,”
said Suarez. “We hope that
the people who come to our
events reflect just how broad
the immigrant experience is.”
“It is really hard to force
people to have a conversation
about something they don’t
want to talk about, but if you
make them feel sympathetic
or empathetic to the issue and
show them that this affects
everyone, then they want to
be part of the conversation,”
Nguyen said. “That’s what our
goal is.”
While Armenta, Nguyen
and Suarez all have personal
connections to the topic of
immigration, they stress that
students do not need to be
immigrants themselves or to
have immediate family mem-
bers who are immigrants in
order to partake in the con-
versation.
“We are all … affected by
[immigration] in some way,
shape or form,” said Nguyen.
As someone who grew up
close to the Mexican-United
States border, Armenta not-
ed that she has been able to
more closely learn about im-
migration and related issues;
however, she understands that
not all Bowdoin students have
had this exposure. According-
ly, Armenta hopes to reach all
to meet a variety of education-
al needs, with noise-cancelling
headphones, adjustable desks
for students in wheelchairs
HAILEY ARONSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ALL OF US: The student leaders
who are creating a chapter of Define
American at Bowdoin stress the
inherent connection between immi-
gration and American identity.
Bowdoin students with the
immigration dialogue, includ-
ing those students who would
not normally engage in these
discussions.
To help launch their organi-
zation and initiate the discus-
sion of immigration on cam-
pus, the group recently tabled
in David Saul Smith Union; the
tabling involved citizenship
and immigration trivia, free
t-shirts and posters on which
students could express their
own experiences with and
thoughts on immigration.
Towards the end of this
month, the group plans to
host an event in one of the
College Houses as part of No students can share their im- cation. They’re also finalizing
Hate November; they hope to migration stories and discuss their charter so they can work something very chill and en-
create a safe space in which how immigration affects edu- like a typical student group.
ment and dictation software.
The privacy of such a room is
important.
Lamppa is excited about
the opportunity to make use
of new accessibility technolo-
gies. Her long-term goal is for
anyone to be able to take a test
without hindrances.
“When I worked at Ober-
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
“We’re hoping to create
gaging,” said Nguyen.
lin [College], this would have
been amazing,” she said. “I
think we’re setting ourselves
up to be ready for any student
to have a reasonable testing
environment.”
The Test Center is not only
for students who receive ac-
commodations; professors
may also use it for make-up
exams when students miss
a test due to illness or an
absence from an approved
athletic or other school-re-
lated trip. The space is also
available as a study space on
weekends and on weekdays
after testing hours.
“It’s really well-lit and
conducive to good studying,”
said Levy.
The space is not, however,
meant to be an option for
finishing tests that end up
taking longer than planned.
It instead focuses on pre-or-
ganized accommodations.
Both Lamppa and Levy
have noticed an increasing
demand for the Center and
anticipate that it will contin-
ue to grow. Even so, the pro-
cess is still running smooth-
ly. Every student who has
requested to use the Center
thus far has been worked into
the schedule.
“We haven’t turned down
Friday, November 16, 2018
one person yet,” Lamppa
said. She estimates that 400
hours of testing have been
proctored already this year.
Still, Lamppa and Levy see
room for improvement. For
example, it can be taxing for
Lamppa, as the only full-time
staff member, to proctor ev-
ery test.
In addition, Levy recogniz-
es the importance of the cen-
ter’s enhanced adaptability.
“When we first envisioned
[the Test Center], I think we
imagined a lot of bluebook
tests. But not all are like
that,” she explained. “Some
tests, for example, have a
PowerPoint piece to them
that’s a certain block of time,
so it’s not always as straight-
forward.”
The Center is currently
looking to hire additional
part-time staff. Adminis-
trators also plan to solicit
feedback from faculty and
students about how the Cen-
ter has been useful and why
professors who have not uti-
lized it have made that deci-
sion. These efforts are part of
the ongoing drive to improve
the functionality of the Test
Center as it continues to be
used by more students in the
future.
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COURSE
SELECTION
RESULTS
ANALYSIS
MOST OVERSUBSCRIBED
DEPARTMENTS:

Neuroscience - 117%
104 registrations for 89 slots
Computer Science - 114%
476 registrations for 418 slots
Sociology - 113%
270 registrations for 238 slots
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Visual Art - 104% PAPER AND PLASTIC: After a part broke in the dishwasher, Moulton Union has been using disposable plates, bowls and cups instead of reusable dishes this
198 registrations for 190 slots week. Rather than placing used dishes on the rotating trays that ordinarily whisk them into the dish room to be cleaned, dining hall visitors must dispose of their
paper and plastic dishes. The new part should come next week.
History - 99%
248 registrations for 251 slots

VETERANS number of experiences coming

in, so we want to make sure they
tiative is Bowdoin’s commitment
to meeting the individual needs
experience,” said Soule. “They
could use transfer credit to ad-
MOST OVERSUBSCRIBED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
can go to a person in the financial of each student. Much like the vance in a department, but un-
COURSES: Whitney Soule, dean of admis- aid office or a person in the reg- College’s policies toward students less they’re actually applying as a
sions and student aid, explained istrar’s office and always have that who take a medical leave of ab- transfer student, our expectation
Introductory Fiction with Brock that the committee created a kind of infrastructure. That was sence or return home mid-se- would be that they’ll have four
framework to address the needs number one.” mester, reservists that are called to years here.”
Clark - 292% of veteran students, but that actual Bowdoin expects to change active duty can theoretically work This means a veteran enrolled
35 registrations for 12 slots policy “will evolve as we [gain] ex- some housing and credit transfer with the College to finish the re- at Bowdoin will have to meet all
perience meeting and reading ap- policies in order to accommodate mainder of the term. Since Bow- of Bowdoin’s typical graduation
Education and Law with George plications from veterans and then older students that may be on doin has no online class platform, requirements—including 32
Isaacson - 247% having them enroll and see what campus with families. For exam- though, there are few options to credits, a first-year seminar and
47 registrations for 19 slots they’re asking for, what they need.” ple, veterans with small families finish the semester with anything division requirements—before
Senior Associate Director are given the opportunity to live other than an incomplete. they can graduate, even if they
Understanding Climate Change with of Financial Aid Andrea Cross, in off-campus housing for all four It is typical for enlisted soldiers have already accrued a substantial
David Carlon - 245% who served on the committee, years. to compile a list of college credits number of credit hours at anoth-
98 registrations for 40 slots explained one of its top concerns Soule acknowledged that the from various community col- er university. In effect, the policy
before veterans arrived was iden- College will have to adapt policies leges and technical schools. The is much like that for Advanced
Introduction to Audio Recording tifying a network of resources on to meet the needs of veterans on initiative’s changes to Bowdoin’s Placement test scores, in that they
Techniques with Christopher campus. campus, but declined to comment credit transfer policy imply that allow students to skip introduc-
Watkinson - 227% “We have really worked hard on how hypothetical policies these credits could be used to- tory courses but not get credit
to make sure we’re identifying could affect other students. As ward graduation, but right now, toward a major.
41 registrations for 18 slots people, point persons, in areas of right now, there has not been Admissions still expects these In the face of policy changes
Beowulf with Emma Solberg - 225% for [veterans to turn to],” said a discussion on whether veter- students to spend a full four years and new programs, it is easy to
Cross. “It’s pretty complicated, the an-specific school policies apply on campus. lose sight of what can be gained
36 registrations for 19 slots type of benefits [veterans] might to non-veterans as well. “The expectation is that they from a veteran presence on
receive, and they could have any At the root of the veteran ini- would be coming for a four-year campus. Unlike most Bowdoin
students, veterans have a unique
MOST REQUESTED COURSES: insight into much that cannot be
contained in a textbook.
Christian Potholm, DeAlva
Understanding Climate Change with Stanwood Alexander Professor of
David Carlon Government, has a bulletin board
98 requests full of pictures of alumni serving
in the military outside his office.
Chemistry of Consumer Goods with He is encouraged by Bowdoin’s
Michael Sommer initiative to admit veterans and
89 requests believes they will add another
perspective in classes.
Intro to Sociology with Ingrid Nelson “Over the years, I have had a
79 requests number of veterans in my courses
on War and Government, the Ko-
Principles of Macroeconomics with John rean War and even Maine politics,
Fitzgerald and I’ve always encouraged them
75 requests to participate, even as auditors,”
Potholm wrote in an email to
Fundamentals of Music with Jeffrey the Orient. “They all brought a
Christmas different perspective on both the
material and the learning process.
73 requests Students always seemed to appre-
CAROLINE FLAHARTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ciate their input. We can learn so
COMPILED BY GIDEON MOORE, DREW MACDONALD AND GEORGE GRIMBILAS
MILITARY LEGACY: A monument next to Hubbard Hall honors students who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. much from them.”

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Spinning the myths of a Desi Diwali: a festival of lights
by Surya Milner
Orient Staff
When Shankar Mahadevan
hits the chorus of the iconic Bol-
lywood ballad “Desi Girl,” im-
passioned drums and raucous
claps fade into the titular line
that’s captivated South Asian
families and popular media for
the past decade: “Dekhi Lakh
Lakh Pardesi Girl / Ain’t No-
body Like My Desi Girl / Sab
Toh Soni N Saadi Desi Girl.”
Translation: We’ve seen mil-
lions of foreign girls, but ain’t
nobody like my Desi girl / The
most beautiful and down-to-
earth girl is an Indian girl.
Despite its silly sexism—the
song appears in Bollywood flick
“Dostana” in reference to a posh
and sparkling Priyanka Chopra
torn between two slick male
suitors—I have, for a time, felt
a fondness for the song, there’s
a slight, if twisted, pride in the
glimmering myth of the Desi
girl: the woman who, in her
sparkling sari, with her shaking
STUDY SPACE OF THE WEEK
Finding new light in the fishbowl
by Ellery Harkness
Orient Staff
Most regulars are hesitant to
discuss the hidden gem, the Vi-
sual Art Center (VAC), because
part of the building’s appeal is its
serenity and relative obscurity.
The students who frequent the
space are well acquainted with
one another, as there is a small
but devoted group that studies
regularly between the glass walls,
bookshelves and quirky posters
that line the inside.
From the outside, the VAC
has the same brick siding as oth-
er buildings on campus but the
nuances that make it notable be-
come clearer upon a closer look.
Built in 1975 by Edward Larrabee
Barnes, the building houses a
number of classrooms, offices and
the William Pierce Art Library,
which contains a collection of art
books and study carrels.
The fish-bowl-like second floor,
defined by one wall made entirely
of glass that overlooks the quad,
invites you to explore the building.
hips and undeniable allure, puts
all of the white women dancing
behind her to shame. She simply
does it better. (She is also Priyan-
ka Chopra.)
It is this song that I catch
outside of Thorne Hall in early
November. It is Friday eve-
ning and one of the first frigid
days of the season. At first it is
off-putting; the sound of even
westernized Bollywood feels out
of place here, amidst these harsh
winds. I have come for the South
Asian Student Association’s an-
nual Diwali celebration; that soft
warmth beckons me in.
In India, such celebrations
take shape with skies ablaze:
fireworks, candles, burning ef-
figies. Here, we dance to beats
like “Desi Girl” under the soft
glow of string lights and eat tik-
ka masala from Shere Punjab.
Somehow, we make it work.
So stark against the steely
November sky is the fabric.
Abrupt yellows, biting reds,
deep mauves and dreamy navy;
you do not see cloth like this in
When sitting in the space, visitors
can see outside but are also the
object of viewing for those walking
on the quad. This panoptic experi-
ence adds an oddity to the build-
ing’s architectural design.
“It’s eerie how people can see
into here so quickly and the op-
posite,” said Amber Orosco ’19.
The variety of study spots in
the VAC offer something for
everyone. The second floor of-
fers two options, either carrels
surrounded by books in the li-
brary or the fishbowl area with
comfortable chairs and one large
table. The third floor is comprised
of two classrooms that border a
large open space with a few tables
for studying.
Today, I seem to have found
myself in the art library again.
As I glance up from studying, my
gaze is met by lush green plants
which neighbor stacks of books
on the carrels with titles ranging
from “Michelangelo’s Drawings”
to “The Surrealist Revolution in
Art.” These tall piles tell a lot about
current students’ projects in the
New England; it is not econom-
ical. As the night goes dark, I
am reminded that Diwali must
occur on the darkest day of the
month. This is, I think, its entire
point and its reason for being:
to revel in the brilliance of light
defying darkness.
“We light the lamps to dispel
the darkness of that day,” says
Associate Professor of Asian
Studies Vyjayanthi Ratnam Se-
linger as she opens the evening.
“But for me, Diwali has always
been both a new beginning but
also a culmination. The time is
auspicious in so many ways.”
In three parts, she spins
the myths that define the day:
Prince Rama’s defeat of the
demon king Ravana and the
end of his exile on the island
Lanka—“we welcome him back
with lamps to light his way,” she
says. Speaking in the present
tense, she reminds the room of
myth’s contemporary relevance
in modern day South Asia. She
then points to Krishna’s defeat of
another demon-king, Narkasur,
Department of Art History.
There is a firm consensus that
the natural light that comes from
the numerous windows is the best
part of the VAC.
Warm light shines down on
the shelves and carrels, only add-
ing to the seclusion that comes
with being surrounded by books.
“I like studying in the VAC be-
cause it’s very light and I like the
big windows a lot. It’s one of the
few places on campus where you
can be in a quiet area but you can
also see outside and you can see
the trees,” said Jill Galloway ’21.
Another perk of studying in
the VAC is the amount of desk
space at each carrel.
“I think the carrels are much
bigger than the ones in HL and
I’m definitely a big fan of that and
getting to spread myself out,” said
Kinaya Hassane ’19.
When procrastinating, stu-
dents can pick up a book off the
shelves and look through the
pages of mind-trapping art. A
certain comfort comes from be-
ing surrounded by art books in
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT: Students celebrate Diwali in Thorne Dining Hall. This year, Swapnika Malliped-
di ’19 and Tharun Vemulapalli ’19 organized the festival consisting of food, dancing and, of course, lights.
and, finally, to Lakshmi—prin-
cipal goddess of wealth and
prosperity.
And then, in closing, she re-
minds us not only that this day is
not just for Hindus—celebrated
across India by Sikhs, Jains and
Hindus alike—but also for those
away from our homelands. It is a
time for immigrants to come to-
gether and share stories, she says,
stories about where we come
from and where we are now. The
winds outside are howling.
Growing up with an Indian
mother and American father,
I developed a habit of under-
standing Indian holidays only
through comparison with those
central to Judeo-Christian tradi-
tions. Diwali, with its abundance
of lights and sweets was, by my
measuring stick, like Christmas.
But despite my keen under-
standing of the national Indian
holiday, I had never celebrated
Diwali properly until I was 16,
in high school, and in the throes
of befriending the new girl in
school—now my best friend—
such a cozy bright space. There
is also a sense of community in
the art library, which adds to this
tranquility.
“When people are sick, oth-
ers will leave stuff on their desk
like tissues or cough drops,” said
Orosco.
Many began studying in the
VAC on accident. Lianna Har-
rington ’21 stumbled upon the
library while looking for books
for a photography presentation in
one of her English classes.
“I used to study in the VAC
a lot last year and I always talk
about how it’s a good study spot
on my tours but I never make it
over here. I didn’t even know the
library was accessible to students
but now that I know this space is
here I want to use it more,” Har-
rington said.
Others, such as art history ma-
jor Grace Clipson ’21, had a more
gradual appreciation for the space
after having to work there because
the books can’t leave the library.
“When I took my first art
history class I didn’t really want
COURTESY OF DENNIS GRIGGS/TANNERY HILLS STUDIOS
Bianca, who had recently moved
from Mumbai.
Bianca laughs when Hindi
words fumble out of my mouth
and tells me stories of her neigh-
borhood in Bombay. It is the same
neighborhood of my mother’s
birth. She lets me in on the lovely
snack of pani puri, street food my
mother never fed me as a child.
When we talk about first impres-
sions, she identifies my chappals—
Indian sandals—as a primary
marker of difference. “I thought
you were another alt Austinite
appropriating Indian culture—you
don’t look Indian,” she tells me.
On that Diwali years ago, on the
darkest day of the month, we drove
to the local Hindu temple. Don-
ning our finest cholis, we bowed
before a pantheon of gods—Gane-
sha, Vishnu, Ram and Sita—in the
temple and craned our necks to
watch that sulfuric pewter zip into
the late night.
Friday evening at Bowdoin, I
am surrounded by South Asians
of varying faiths, Hindus, Mus-
lims, Atheists, Christians, of
ARTFULL ACADEMICS: The Visual Art Center (VAC) has a group of
regular pupils who claim it’s the most lit place on campus.
to work there but it slowly grew
on me,” Clipson said. “It was a
slow-burning love story.”
Perhaps the best part of the
VAC is that it serves a different
purpose for each person who uses
it. For some, the convenience of
the space is attractive. Others find
the building’s tunnel an amusing
place to ride their bike. One secret
function of the building is that the
awning keeps your bike dry when
it rains.
Similar to those devoted to
Friday, November 16, 2018
various national tongues and
nationalities, who come togeth-
er to celebrate the festival of
lights. Bianca is not here, but
she is with me, wondering what
it means to be a Desi girl, or to
be Desi at all. I ruminate on the
myths that we conjure every
day—myths about ourselves,
myths to help us make sense of
why we land in this cold place.
I settle on this: with Bianca
or at Bowdoin, in the sweet heat
or piercing frost, there is a cer-
tain magnetism to the sharing
of these dreams that are just as
much grounded in myth as they
are reality. In the quiet flicker
of the hand-held fireworks we
share after dinner, I see brazen
faces. The light links us. Like
the shining path that welcomes
Ram home, ours is one miles in
the making. I feel, in some ways,
that we have already arrived.
This year’s Diwali celebration
was organized by the South
Asian Student Association, led
by Swapnika Mallipeddi ’19 and
Tharun Vemulapalli ’19.
MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
(HL) or David Saul Smith Union,
people who study in the VAC usu-
ally have a strong sense of loyalty
to the building.
“[The VAC] is whacky and a bit
odd but it’s more cozy than HL for
that reason,” said Hassane.
Beatrice Cabrera ’20 is more
assertive when asked why she pre-
fers the VAC to other study spots.
“Because HL is as dark as the
pits of hell,” she said. “There are
no windows there.”
Friday, November 16, 2018
TAPPING INTO COMMUNITY: A quick walk down Maine Street can lead you to an assortment of creative IPAs. This local spot wants to be the location of your next date, or even where you finish your history reading.
Politics and craft beer mingle at Moderation Brewing Company
by Nell Fitzgerald
Orient Staff
What do beer and politics have
in common? A lot, according to
Mattie Daughtry, co-founder of
Moderation Brewing Company
on Maine Street, which opened
last March.
And Daughtry would know.
Aside from running Moder-
ation with business partner
Philip Welsh, Daughtry works
as a Democratic member of the
Maine State House of Represen-
tatives. She was re-elected for the
fourth time last week. Legislators
don’t make enough to live off the
job alone, so most representa-
tives have at least one other job—
for Daughtry, that’s brewing.
“I love how much beer and
politics intertwine in a really
wonderful way,” said Daughtry.
“I think beer enables people to be
in a setting where they’re more
willing to have a dialogue even if
I am an American, too: coming to terms with this country
At Home in
All Lands
by Aisha Rickford
I felt the least American in the
spring of my senior year of high
school. It was early 2016 and we
talked about Trump at least once
in every class I had. My school was
very divided. At the time, I was
upset about it. Now, though, I feel
proud that I went to a school with
such political and racial diversity,
where we had meaningful and
useful conversation, constantly
defending our positions.
It was towards the end of se-
nior spring that we were all pulled
out of class to register to vote in
one of the electronic classrooms.
I told my teacher that I was not a
citizen, only a permanent resident,
so I could not register to vote. I
felt stripped of my rights in that
moment. One of my good friends,
with whom I often had political
conversations, was shocked that I
wasn’t a citizen. In a way, I was too.
Hadn’t I earned my citizenship?
I’d lived here for the majority of
my life—at that point, 10 years.
I had grown up in the American
education system and had been
taught about American history. I
hadn’t tapped into it yet, but there
they don’t agree.”
Daughtry’s involvement in
politics permeates every aspect
of the small brewery, from its
rye IPA—named “People Power
Beer”—to the history behind its
name, which harkens back to
Maine’s period of prohibition.
“Moderation draws on that
historical background of people
in Maine who were pushing back
against temperance and pushing
for moderation instead,” said
Daughtry.
Maine was the first state to
pass prohibition, a law written
by Bowdoin’s own “Father of
Prohibition,” John Hubbard.
Because of this early ban, Maine
bootleggers became experts in
sneaking alcohol across state
lines. At the time, Moderation’s
building was an American Ex-
press office and allegedly saw
countless barrels of moonshine
before they were smuggled into
Maine’s ports. When Daughtry
was some semblance of American
pride in me. I wanted to participate
in the democracy. I wanted to do
my part and vote.
I asked my mother while I was
home during the last two weeks of
summer this question: do you feel
more American, British or Sierra
Leonean?
To my surprise, she was quick
and sure with her immediate reply,
“None. I’ve never felt like I had a
country. Never.” She locked eyes
with me and my heart broke for
her. I realized, some part of her had
always wanted me to ask her this
question. Some part of her wanted
me to recognize all the places her
heart was tied to, the places she
couldn’t choose and the places she
chose so that I could have a better
life. I realized, in all of my assump-
tions about the person my mother
is, I had never bothered to ask her
that question.
Instead, I’ve spent so much
time agonizing over my own iden-
tity, blaming my mother for all of
the places and people I feel torn
between. When in reality, when I
was a few weeks shy of my seventh
birthday, my mum gave me the
greatest gift: my country.
I’ve said before that Nayyirah
Waheed’s poem, which says where
you are is not who you are, speaks
FEATURES
and Welsh first bought the
building, they found parts of a
smuggling barrel in the space.
“The tag-line is, instead of
drinking in moderation, drink
at Moderation,” Daughtry ex-
plained.
Today, the brewery functions
as a meeting place in the heart of
downtown Brunswick. Daughtry
and Welsh are Brunswick na-
tives—they met at the age of 14
in a middle-school band—and
both are committed to fostering
a sense of community in their
hometown.
“We wanted to be within
walking distance of town, to have
the feel of a British pub where
you can read a book or go on a
first date,” said Daughtry. “More
of a gathering spot, which is a lit-
tle bit different than a traditional
brewing style.”
The bar has catered to a wide
range of clientele, including lo-
cal foodies looking for dinner
to me deeply. I have been thinking
lately as well that where you were
born is not who you are either.
I am American. I only realized
this very recently. It has been com-
ing on slowly, for months now.
It does not say that on my birth
certificate, and it does not say that
on my passport. It certainly isn’t
reflected in the languages and po-
litical opinions I heard about, the
foods I ate and the places I traveled
to and heard about growing up.
I woke up one day and found
that I am the only member of my
immediate family who is Ameri-
can, or at least feels that way. Just
like the gift of life, my mother gave
me the gift of my country.
As a small child, my parents’
volatile relationship and custody
battles were reflected in my be-
havior in ways I didn’t even under-
stand. I was acting out in school
and not doing well in maths. I stole
toys from the after-school crèche
and hid them in my room. I start-
ed food fights in the cafeteria and
spent my recess indoors. I had few
friends outside my family.
When my mother told us we
were moving to America, I don’t
remember feeling anything but
pure excitement. I knew my cous-
ins and aunts lived there, and it was
where we went sometimes for holi-
party pairings, students seeking
a relaxed environment to finish
homework and even tourists
unloading from Portland beer
buses.
“We don’t have a target beer
niche,” said Daughtry. “A father,
a grandfather and a son who had
just turned 21 came into Mod-
eration; there were three gen-
erations sitting at the bar. That’s
kind of what I like—so far, we’ve
made it a welcoming community
for everyone.”
Whether a local, a student or
a tourist, all frequenters of Mod-
eration come together to drink
good beer, of which there is no
shortage at the local joint. Welsh
and Daughtry have combined
ingredients to create flavors such
as “Oh the Places You’ll Mango,”
a light and fruity wheat beer, and
“Bro Juice,” a powerful, bitter
(highly-alcoholic) double-IPA.
Welsh began developing rec-
ipes for these beers more than
days and in the summers. Looking
back now, I wonder why I felt no
sense of mourning over leaving
my home or my friends. While I
always romanticize London now, I
never did then.
I was born for the second time
on that move to America. I learned
about the Founding Fathers and
the Declaration of Independence
and John Peter Zenger, the cham-
pion of freedom of the press. I
learned about FUBU, for us by
us, and about daring to build a
country that was run by its people
and not in spite of them. I learned
about a country made of immi-
grants. A country where coming
from elsewhere is a defining char-
acteristic of its citizens. Of the
collective struggle to build a new
life. The understanding that if it
fails, you pick it up and try again.
The ability, or at least possibility, to
start in one place in your life
and wind up somewhere
very different
through hard
work and sheer
will.
America is a
nation of immi-
grants. And so,
it is my country,
and my history too.
I haven’t always been
10 years ago. Daughtry joined
him several years later.
“I’m pretty much entire-
ly self-taught,” said Welsh. “I
started on the stove, and after
making a mess of my kitchen
enough times, I graduated to
a small-scale version of what
we have here, all electric and
pumped and plugged, just to re-
peat my recipes enough to start
prototyping for the beers we
have now.”
While the bar has three per-
manent, signature beers—an
IPA, a stout and an ale—they
rotate their other three taps
depending on availability of in-
gredients.
“As we have local ingredients
ready for harvest, we’ll try to
harvest and hands-on pick them
or source them to brew with,”
Welsh said.
As a result, 80 to 90 percent
of the brewery’s ingredients are
locally grown.
able to come to such a place of
clarity. I’ve always been suspended
between worlds, across oceans.
There’s something poetic about it.
There’s something poetic
about the struggle.
Sure, this country
has its flaws like any
other, but it is my
country. I am
just as English
and Sierra
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EZRA SUNSHINE, BOWDOIN ORIENT
“As much as we can source
from here in Maine, which does
have a pretty huge agricultural
community, the better,” he added.
Moderation Brewing Compa-
ny is one of three microbreweries
that have opened in Brunswick
over the past two years. Flight
Deck and Black Pug are both a
short drive down Bath Road.
“The more breweries you have
in an area, it actually makes a
draw.” said Daughtry. “Once you
have three in an area, it’s consid-
ered a destination.”
This has created a sense of
camaraderie, rather than com-
petition, between the breweries.
Moderation has borrowed sev-
eral brewing instruments from
Flight Deck, a slightly larger
brewery with a more developed
operation.
“It’s really fun to see what
everyone else is doing. It’s all
beer, so it’s all fun in the end,”
said Welsh.
Leonean as ever, but I am Ameri-
can too. The beauty of this country
is that I can be all of these things
at once.
PHOEBE ZIPPER
8 FEATURES Friday, November 16, 2018

POLAR EYES

CAMPUS FROM THE COCKPIT

It’s a bird, it’s a plane—oh, wait, it is a plane! Teddy Wecker
’22 flies above Bowdoin in a Piper Cherokee. The first-
year finished his pilot’s license a few weeks before coming
to the College. For him, flying in Maine is a dream. The
airspace is less busy than where he flew in his home
state of California, the scenery is beautiful and he says
Brunswick has a great community of local pilots.
By Mindy Leder
Friday, November 16, 2018
A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dan Dowd: security guard makes art from discarded materials
by Sabrina Lin
Orient Staff
Frequent visitors to the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art recognize
Dan Dowd as a familiar face. Over
a decade long career as a museum
security officer, his standing silhou-
ette has become one with the pris-
tine gallery walls, a guardian figure
quietly watching over the collec-
tion. Yet there is a different kind of
sparkle behind his glasses as Dowd
speaks about making art of his own:
uncovering the markings of time,
material and narrative.
On his Instagram profile, Dowd
summarizes himself as an “artist,
rummager, conservationist, SAAB
driver.” He is eloquent and soft-spo-
ken, and perhaps a bit “earthy.”
After a self-designed liberal arts
study at Framingham State College,
the Massachusetts native switched
careers several times before moving
to Maine in 2001.
“I graduated at a time when the
economy was in really bad shape,”
said Dowd. Companies were not
hiring for creative offices, so he
worked for seven years at a finan-
cial company in Massachusetts. “It
was a fun social experience, but
the job itself kind of bored me to
death,” he said.
At the time, Maine, with a spe-
cial connection to an influential art
teacher from Dowd’s past, seemed
like the next logical destination,
offering new horizons in his career
trajectory as well as art-making.
“I asked myself when I was at
a chain or at a point in my career
where I wasn’t sure what was next,
where would I go if I retired? And
I said, well, I’d go to Maine if I re-
tired—so I did.”
He wasn’t quite sure where he
was heading, but he held tightly
onto art. During his early days in
Phippsburg, Maine, Dowd took
‘Unsilenced:’ confronting the weight of language
by Kate Lusigan
Orient Staff
In order to fully understand a
person, you need to dig—a theme
that Arah Kang ’19 explores,
in the exhibition “Unsilenced,”
located in Lamarche Gallery
in David Saul Smith Union.
The show visually explores the
complexities of personhood by
juxtaposing the weight of biased
phrases with pictures of students
expressing what makes them
whole and happy.
Hanging from the ceil-
ing, a sea of bricks carrying
hate-driven experiences or
words fill the room. After
moving beyond the bricks, the
wall is covered with more than
100 photos of students hold-
ing a whiteboard with their
answer to the question “what
makes you whole and happy as
a person?”
“The way the exhibit is set
up, you have to walk through
the bricks to recognize that
this is someone’s everyday re-
ality. You have to face the com-
ments in order to understand
the real them,” Kang said.
The bricks serve as a sym-
bol of the power and weight
on restoring an 1880s Victorian
House as a project. He continues
to seek inspiration in found objects
and discarded materials, juxtapos-
ing and reimagining seemingly
mundane objects.
“I’m interested in the recorded
histories on materials,” he said. “I’m
usually not drawn to using mate-
rials that are new and perfect. I’m
interested in using the pieces that
were worn out or stained or torn by
the person that wore them.”
With his touch, aged pieces of
rubber, fabric, metal and wood
come together as assemblage
sculptures, ingenious in their sim-
ple forms, bold colors and textured
surfaces. Dowd salvages all his
materials from a transfer station in
Phippsburg, transforming a meth-
od of waste management into a
tool for artistic reincarnation.
“There’s this attempt to keep
things out of the landfill,” Dowd
said. “There’s definitely an envi-
ronmental spin to all of those piles
and trailers at the transfer station
too … showing the life that has
been recorded on the material, but
also the life that remains with the
material.”
Daniel Kany of the Portland
Press Herald praises Dowd for his
ability to “establish dignity in detri-
tus.” Despite their humble sources,
these assemblages harken back to a
broader tradition in the history of
art, full of subtlety, self-awareness
and artistic sensibilities.
“I feel like I paint with materi-
al,” Dowd said. “I look at material
and I think, where can I include
this piece that will go well with
that color and that Patina to cre-
ate this object of history that will
satisfy me?”
Humor acts as another power-
ful tool in Dowd’s oeuvre. His in-
stallation in 2011 at Fort Andross
featured photographs of the head
of words. While the impact of
the language is clear through
the image of bricks, the pho-
tos show that people are more
than labels. The collage of
photos show there are more
facets to a person than iden-
tity groups.
“Weighted comments do
not define a person, which
is what you see when you go
through the bricks and see the
posters of people answering
the question,” Kang said.
Kang hopes the exhibit rais-
es awareness of the phrases and
words that Bowdoin communi-
ty has encountered with biased
language—something that she
has experienced first-hand.
“In my 22 years of existence,
every time I hear hate, it nev-
er gets any better,” she said.
“It is still this piercing feeling
you can never get rid of. That
sticks with someone for life.
It is important to recognize
how impactful that is and how
it shapes the way people view
you.”
While there has been an
uptick in biased language na-
tionwide, Kang intentionally
focused on experiences shared
from the Bowdoin community.
AMONG ARTISTS: Museum security officer and assemblage artist Dan Dowd creates unique sculptures out of found objects and discarded waste,
exploring the themes of recorded histories, temporality and materiality. Dowd moved to Maine in 2001 and has been at Bowdoin for 11 years.
of former faculty member Anna
Hepler against various backdrops
on campus, accompanied by a
monumental sculpture of Helper’s
head, recreating the texture of her
hair with faux-fur and fabric.
“I was interested in document-
ing her here, but not in a typical
portrait way. So I asked her if she
would let me photograph her
head, because that was how I was
sort of introduced to her [as hav-
ing a great head of hair],” he said.
“I’m definitely interested in
humor and quirkiness and letting
people sort of make connections
about things that don’t necessarily
make sense. I’d like things to be a
little bit absurd,” Dowd added.
Though he likes to consider his
“I’ve seen more issues com-
ing up and I want people to
be more cognizant of what
people do and say. I don’t want
marginalizing and oppressive
words and behavior to be nor-
malized,” Kang said.
With recently reported bias
incidents such as the swastika
found in Hawthorne-Long-
fellow Library and anti-trans
graffiti found in a bathroom in
Smith Union, “Unsilenced” is
extremely timely. An honors by
Pamela Zebala ’17 found that
major bias incidents occur on
college campuses every three
and a half years. This year is
the three-and-half-year mark
of the Gangster and Tequila
parties. The exhibit serves as
a proactive measure towards
future incidents.
The enthusiasm among the
student body in contributing
to the exhibit proves that the
effect of marginalizing words
is a common experience on
campus. Kang reached out to
people on campus whose iden-
SEE IT YOURSELF
“Unsilenced” will be on display until December 18. There will be an
opening reception tonight in Lamarche Gallery at 7 p.m.
9
GWEN DAVIDSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
art as separate from his job, Dowd He is always looking to ex- it’s just broadening.”
acknowledges the impact of being change ideas with members of the For any artist, collaboration
in such close proximity to the mas- Bowdoin community, either about and creative exchange is central to
terpieces of the collection. In 2012, his own process or interpretations their process; Dowd is no excep-
he got to contribute to an exhibition of ongoing installations. In fact, tion. He talks fondly of Maine’s
at the museum by painting a repro- one of our first encounters took greater artistic community, con-
duction of William Wegman’s work place when I was writing a paper nected by the machinery of social
on the museum wall. Cognizant of in Boyd Gallery. Dowd’s friendship media.
viewers’ response to a work of art, with faculty from the Departments “I feel like there’s a lot of artists
he cites the Edward Hopper show of Visual Arts and Art History has that are hidden in the cracks that
in 2011 as a personal favorite. inspired new levels of critical un- no one even knows about,” Dowd
“I have clear memories of derstanding. said.
standing in the Osher Gallery “So when I was talking to Towards the end of our chat, he
and looking at the pavilion stairs [Professor of Art History Pamela] confessed that he wasn’t used to
throughout the day. And then the Fletcher, I was really interested in talking about himself. We briefly
stairs were never empty of people; the sort of alternative label to give stepped into the Boyd Gallery,
it was either people coming in or the visitor an alternative idea about where Dowd posed in front of
going out the entire time. It was what that piece of artwork could be an Anne Arnold sculpture in his
unheard of previous to that show,” about,” he said. “Just to show an- usual position—still, silent and
said Dowd. other angle, another side—I think steadfast.
tities may have been marginal-
ized by others on campus, and
over 100 students responded
to participate.
“This is important to me be-
cause stuff like this is happen-
ing at Bowdoin. They are not
just fragments of the past,” said
Ryan Ali-Shaw ’19.
Kang hopes that student in-
volvement in the exhibit will
not be limited to its curation.
When choosing a place to dis-
play her art, Lamarche Gallery
seemed like a logical choice.
Nestled in the hub of student
activity, the gallery is visible
and accessible to all students.
The location encourages stu-
dents to interact with the ex-
hibit on their own terms.
Kang’s exhibit is sponsored
by Bowdoin Student Govern-
ment (BSG) and is part of No
Hate November programming.
The exhibit works towards
BSG Chair of Diversity and
Inclusion Mamadou Diaw’s
’19 goal to engage the student
body in No Hate November.
EZRA SUNSHINE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BEYOND BIAS: Arah Kang ’19 aims to show how acts of bias don’t confine
their victims through her latest installation in the Lamarche Gallery.
10 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, November 16, 2018

Bowdoin dancers debut new duet at Portland dance month

by Penelope Mack
Orient Staff
For two student artists,
their latest show was an exer-
cise in vulnerability. Exploring
movement and meaning, Lucia
Gagliardone ’20 and Felicia
Wang ’20 were two of eight
college students to perform in
a works-in-progress show for
Portland Dance Month on No-
vember 4.
Portland Dance Month is
a series of workshops, classes
and performances organized
by Portland-based dancer Ri-
ley Watts. The Department of
Theater and Dance presented
Gagliardone with the opportu-
nity to perform a new compo-
sition at The Living Room in
South Portland.
“I was very nervous, because
it was exposure to a new circle
of people … very involved in the
dance world,” said Gagliardone.
“It required me to be very vul-
nerable and to put myself out
there in a way that doesn’t feel
the same as when you’re at Bow-
doin.”
Initially, Gagliardone
planned to create a new solo to
follow the piece she debuted at
Bowdoin last spring. But she
eventually decided to experi-
ment with a duet, which is the
focus of her independent study.
“Creating the solo was a really
meaningful experience for me,
and I wanted to try recreating
that movement discovery and
exploration and improvisation in
a process with another person,”
said Gagliardone.
As such, she chose Wang to be
a collaborator and a co-performer.
“In terms of collaborating,
Lucia and I have danced [to-
gether] since our first semester
at Bowdoin, so we have an idea
of how we dance as people,” said
Wang. “Initially, [she] had some
thoughts, and then we worked
through it together. We did
some improvisation together to
see how it looks on both of us.
I guess the way I move and my
dance style got molded into it as
a consequence.”
Wang also appreciated the
flexibility of Gagliardone’s cre-
ative process and the piece’s
choreography.
“It wasn’t like Lucia came in
and said ‘this is what you do: X,
Y and Z.’ It was like, ‘here’s my
general idea,’ and then we built
off that together while we were
working through the piece,” she
said.
Over the summer, Gagliar-
done interned in a studio that
taught dance to people diag-
nosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
The experience of re-discover-
ing simple movement inspired
her new piece.
“[In the class], we isolated
movement in our fingers and
then moved it to our wrists, el-
bows, shoulders … I was so fas-
cinated by the lived experience
of rediscovering pretty simple
and well-used movements,” said
Gagliardone. “So I wanted to
play around with that and see
what it was like to have a piece
about discovering yourself and
also discovering a connection
with another person.”
The performance in Portland
included audience feedback
on the performance in a style
unlike what Gagliardone and
Wang were used to at Bowdoin.
Instead of discussing artistic de-
cisions, the audience focused on
suggestions of what Gagliardone
should change about the piece.
“I wish I had more of a chance
to discuss what my process was
and talk about my piece, because
it’s a really vulnerable thing to
share work you’ve created, espe-
cially because it has been such a
personal, improvisational pro-
cess,” said Gagliardone.
It was the first time they per-
formed the piece before an au-
dience, and for Gagliardone, the
crowd allowed her to experience
the piece in a new light.
“Everything changes when
PJ SEELERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
there’s an audience,” she said.
Looking ahead to the De- DANCING QUEENS: Lucia Gagliardone ’20 and Felicia Wang ’20 debuted
cember Dance Concert at a new creative composition at Portland Dance Month, inspired by observa-
Bowdoin on November 30,
tions of Parkinson’s Disease and reinterpretation of essential movements.
Gagliardone says she doesn’t
see major changes in the com- gating bigger questions about cool to start becoming aware of ration as an artist. The ability to with myself about putting my-
position’s future. But she does it,” she said. “I really like that we what each other’s individual ex- take creative control has proven self out there, so doing the show
want to keep exploring the each have a unique presence in perience is in the piece.” incredibly valuable for Gagliar- was really good to [practice
feelings and questions the piece the piece. I don’t want us to be in As the second piece Gagliar- done. saying] ‘No, this is something I
raises. unison or emotionally in unison, done has choreographed, the “I have agency,” she said. “I feel really good about. I want to
“I’m excited to start investi- but I also think it would be really duet has encouraged her matu- always have to have a dialogue show it to people.’”

Miscellania shines on stage at Radio City Music Hall

by Danielle Quezeda
Staff Writer
While the majority of students
spent their Friday evening hanging
out with friends or procrastinating
on finishing work, one particular
group of Polar Bears embarked on
a road trip. Bowdoin’s all-female a
cappella group, Miscellania, was
on its way to perform at the glam-
orous Radio City Music Hall in
New York City. After sending in a
recording of the group singing sev-
eral Christmas songs, Miscellania
was invited to showcase its talent
as an opening act for the Rockettes’
Christmas Spectacular Concert
last Friday.
“Rehearsing beforehand, it was
really surreal to think, ‘Here we
are, doing our regular daily warm
ups, in the back of Radio City
[Music] Hall,’” said Caty Hanson
’19, the group’s music director. “It
was kind of a weird revelation that
we were actually about to sing on
this huge stage where amazing
performers have sung before.”
Although performing at Radio
City may seem like a dream come
true, the trip was not a perfect fan-
tasy. Miscellania had to jump over
a couple of minor hurdles on its
way to the performance.
The group was required to sell a
minimum of 50 admission tickets
to the show (including their own
admissions) which were priced
at 75 dollars each. Miscellania
used some of its club funding to
subsidize tickets and successfully
met the sales goal, thanks to the
support of family, friends and the
Student Activities Office.
Miscellania also had to balance
the pressures of putting on a signif-
icant performance amid midterm
season.
“It’s funny, actually. Probably
at least half of our group on the
drive up and back down was doing
work. I was actually helping some-
one prepare for a midterm,” said
Hanson. “There was a group that
returned on Saturday and a group
that returned later on Sunday, so
we had the time to choose how our
time was being spent.”
More importantly, Miscella-
nia had to adapt to the idea of
performing on such a huge stage,
which was “way different than
singing at Helm or in the Chapel,”
according to Charlotte Nash ’19,
the group’s business director.
“When you’re not singing at
Bowdoin, you have to remember
that you are representing Bow-
doin,” said Nash. “When you’re
singing for your friends, you’ll be
forgiven for a couple mistakes you
make, but when you’re singing in
front of [strangers], you really want
to perform your best.”
The performance was challeng-
ing in many ways, from arriving at
Radio City Hall soaking wet after
a heavy rain to not knowing what
the acoustics of the stage were go-
ing to be like thanks to the absence
of a sound check. Nonetheless,
Miscellania gave a phenomenal
performance on a historic stage
with a two-song setlist, including campus and in the community by Miscellania will perform in
“Carol of the Bells” and a jazz-like empowering female voice through Pickard Theater on December 7
arrangement of “I’ll be Home for song, choosing a wide variety of alongside the rest of Bowdoin’s a
Christmas,” featuring a solo from songs that convey strong, feminist cappella groups for its winter con-
Ariana Smith ’21. messages. cert.
This was not the first time the
group garnered major attention
outside of the Bowdoin bubble; it
competed in the local TV series
“Sing That Thing!” just last spring.
The continuous professional suc-
cess could become a source of
pressure for the group, although
Miscellania wishes to stay ground-
ed.
“I think one of our greatest
values is the feeling of inclusivity
and support, and I don’t think
these events have changed how we
value the companionship of other
groups,” Hanson said.
Miscellania, or Missy for short,
is an all-female a cappella group
created in the fall of 1972, the year
after women were first admitted
into the College. Since its cre- COURTESY OF CATY HANSON
ation, the group has focused on FESTIVE TUNES: Bowdoin’s all-female a cappella group Miscellania opened
establishing a feminist presence on for the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular Concert at Radio City Music Hall.
Friday, November 16, 2018 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 11

THE AUX CORD

The Aux Cord Playlist:

hot takes on hot tracks
versatility on his breakout Earl Sweatshirt
by Sebastian
success, 2016’s “Malibu,” an Nowhere2go
de Lasa and
Chris Ritter album praised for its breadth
of old school R&B, funk, rap I have been waiting so long
Every 2 weeks, The Aux and disco. Though “Tints” is for this. Earl Sweatshirt, the
Cord team adds some of mu- more poppy than nearly any- other reclusive ex-Odd Fu-
sic’s best new tracks to a play- thing in his or Lamar’s reper- ture member, has been off the
list on Spotify. This week, we toire, both sound perfectly at radar for about four years, go-
take a closer look at some of home here. They each may be ing on and off social media,
the best songs released in re- pushing their genre boundar- occasionally playing shows
cent weeks. ies, but fortunately for .Paak and occasionally showing up
and Lamar, effortless swag is on albums to prove that he
Ariana Grande genre-less. still is the best rapper of his
“thank u, next” generation (see “Really Doe,”
Billie Eilish by Danny Brown). When he
Ariana Grande has had a “when the party’s over” dropped a new song, I im-
roller coaster year, and she mediately listened to it
knows you know it. In succes- In the past year, Billie on repeat for the next
sion, she got engaged, dropped Eilish has gone from a lit- hour. It lives up to
a number one album, saw her tle-known wild card to an the hype. Earl Sweat-
ex overdose, was blamed for unmistakable force in pop shirt’s flow drops in
it on social media and finally music. She’s carved a singu- and out of the song,
called her engagement off— lar vibe, one defined by dark showing off his in-
and it’s happened with all of beats, ambient vocal layers credible rhyming
us watching. With all that and recently, visuals that use skills and wordplay.
public scrutiny in mind, it tarantulas and demonic im- The beat is also fantas-
would be easy to read the title agery and are reminiscent of tic, sounding organic
“thank u, next” as a bitter, if Tyler, the Creator’s “Yonkers” while also being built
not empowered “fuck off ” to video. Oh, and she’s only 16. off of a collage of sam-
the onlookers. But “thank u, Eilish’s songwriting is sharp ples, almost similar
next” is anything but bitter. beyond her years; her blunt to an Avalanches
It’s a sparkling bop that’s as lyrics range from side-eyed or Panda Bear
PER
sweet as her last album, with sarcasm to heart-wrenching song. To say Y REA
NE
Grande finding power in misery. Her latest single, the least, SYD
addressing exactly what ev- “when the party’s over,” leans this song
eryone’s thinking about. She all the way towards the latter. is excel-
opens the song with undeni- Eilish’s music has always de- lent, and I
able grace, shrugging off past fied comparison, but Lorde is anxiously
loves Big Sean and Ricky Al- a clear influencer in this bal- await his
varez, thanking her ex-fiancee lad about the sadness behind new album
Pete Davidson, and wishing going out. Densely layered to drop.
she could thank Mac Miller vocals swoop over dark pia-
“... cause he was an angel.” But no lines, as Eilish illustrates Panda Bear
this all comes as a disclaimer the emotion that comes with “Dolphin”
before the real radiance of post-party loneliness: “Quiet
the track: the bouncy refrain, when I’m coming home and Panda Bear
“I’m so ... fuckin’ ... grateful I’m on my own / And I could is the master of
… for my ex,” and a second lie, say I like it like that.” mood, architect of
verse dedicated to self-love, Intertwined with this bleak- atmosphere, champi-
playing on her fans’ expecta- ness, Eilish is a young voice on of chillwave. From
tions to find someone new, with timeless honesty, and the long sprawl of songs
and choosing herself instead. she’s only getting started. like “Bros” or “Good Girl/
With a personal life made
tragically public, we might Beach House
Carrots,” to the heartbreak-
ing beauty of songs like
THE QUEUE
expect Grande’s music to be- “Alien” “Tropic of Cancer” or “No
Follow “Bowdoin Orient”
come cryptic and reclusive. More Runnin,” he has creat-
But with “thank u, next” she’s When I heard “Alien” for ed an extremely varied cata- on Spotify
become a case study for poise, the first time, it was a leaked logue of songs from his solo
power and resilience. All of usversion that someone posted
are still watching, and we can’t
on Reddit. I was blown away.
career along with his music
in Animal Collective. “Dol-
ALIEN BY BEACH HOUSE
wait for what’s next. Beach House’s last album, “7,” phin” is far more of the latter.
is potentially my favorite al- The song drifts along a sam-
Anderson .Paak bum of 2018. I was impressed ple of a water drip, along with DOLPHIN BY PANDA BEAR
“Tints (feat. Kendrick with the direction Beach a softly strummed guitar. The
Lamar)” House had taken on the new vocals are front and center,
album, favoring new song softly sung, like hearing a SUSPIRIUM BY THOM YORKE
Countless artists are hop- structures and more present lullaby but under the sea. It’s
ping on the synth-funk wave percussion, which shook up a unique and beautiful song
in today’s music scene, but the “Beach House sound” that transports the listener THANK U, NEXT BY ARIANA
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12
S SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
HIGH HOOPS: The men’s
basketball team will
start its winter season
tonight in a matchup
against Albertus Magnus
at 7 p.m. At the end of
last season, the team
ended the NESCAC
tournament seeded
eighth and competed
against Amherst, the top
seed, in its first game.
The Polar Bears almost
pulled off an upset,
losing by one point to
end the game 71-70. This
year, the team is looking
to place higher in the
NESCAC standings as
last season’s top scorers
David Reynolds ’20 and
captain Jack Simonds ’19
return to the court.
LACE UP YOUR SKATES:
The women’s ice hockey
team is back on the ice
this weekend as it travels
to Colby tomorrow.
Then, it will host Colby
on Sunday at 3 p.m. in
Watson Arena. The Polar
Bears return with four out
of five of last season’s
top scorers, as well as
goalie Kerri St. Denis ’19
who played over 1,000
minutes and stopped
426 shots, ending the
season with a .940 save
percentage.
DON’T FORGET YOUR
SUNBLOCK: The sailing
team travels to California
this weekend to compete
in the ICSA Match Race
Nationals. This will be
the last regatta for the
team until the spring.
The competition will
involve multiple races,
with the winners of each
race competing in a final
match. In the sailing
team’s previous regatta,
icy weather and rough
water played a significant
role, so, the Polar Bears
hope the California sun
will lead them to victory.
LAST QUARTER:
Yesterday, the College
announced that Head
Coach JB Wells will
not be returning to
the Bowdoin football
program. This
announcement comes on
the heels of a Bowdoin
loss at Colby last
Saturday. The college
has plans to initiate a
nationwide search for
a new coach, hiring a
search firm to facilitate
the process.
COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
Three runners receive at-large bids to XC Nationals
by Ella Chaffin
Orient Staff
The Bowdoin cross country
teams hosted the NCAA re-
gional meet on Saturday. The
men’s team placed seventh
and women’s secured ninth
overall, and men’s captain
Sean MacDonald ’19, wom-
en’s captain Julia O’Rourke
’19 and rookie Delaney Bull-
ock ’22 received at-large bids
to compete in the national
championship this weekend
in Wisconsin.
The regional meet provides
teams and individual runners
the opportunity to qualify for
the national meet. The top six
teams qualify in their entirety,
while the next seven best in-
dividual runners also qualify.
O’Rourke, who qualified in
the fifth spot, and Bullock,
who qualified in the seventh
spot, are excited to see what
this weekend brings.
“More than anything, I am
excited to see what we can do
with fresh legs on a totally
different course and seeing
teams from all over the coun-
try,” O’Rourke said.
Head Coach Peter Slovens-
ki commended O’Rourke and
Bullock’s teamwork.
“Delaney has figured out
how to work well with Julia
O’Rourke,” Slovenski said.
“Julia and Delaney create
a synergy where the two of
them together are faster than
either one of them individual-
ly. Delaney was from a small
high school, and she was
the only runner on her high
school team. She never had
any teammates to race with
until she got to Bowdoin.”
Although the whole team
will not attend the meet, Mac-
Donald is thankful for his
Volleyball falls 0-3 in NCAA Sweet 16 against Babson
by Anjulee Bhalla
Orient Staff
Last weekend, the Bowdoin
volleyball team traveled down
to Wellesley, Mass. to compete
in the NCAA Division III Vol-
leyball Championships. The Po-
lar Bears took down Worcester
State (23-11) and Johns Hop-
kins (22-8) to advance to the
Sweet Sixteen, where they fell
to regional hosts Babson (26-9)
and ended their season with a
program-best 29-2 record.
The defeat came as a bit of an
upset, as Bowdoin was the No. 1
seed in its regional bracket and
ranked No. 23 in the nation, but
the match was closely contested
as each set was decided by fewer
than five points.
“I feel like we performed
well, and Babson just played
outstanding. I mean I was just
so impressed with what they
were able to put together,” said
Head Coach Erin Cady. “And
we were right there with them.
Even though you got the set
scores that it was 3-0, in the
game it never felt like we were
LEADING THE PACK: Julia O’Rourke ’19 leads a group of runners at the NCAA DIII Regional. O’Rourke, Delaney Bullock ’22 and Sean MacDonald ’19 will race this weekend.
teammates’ support and per-
formances all season.
“More than anything I
would have loved to have the
guys there,” MacDonald said.
“The only reason I am in the
position to even qualify is be-
cause they pushed me every
day. It’s a great chance to rep-
resent the team.”
Excitement had been build-
ing for the regional meet in
which all three qualified for a
long time. O’Rourke can still
remember the day her coach
told the team that Bowdoin
was hosting the regional meet.
“From that moment I have
been thinking about this race,”
O’Rourke said. “Knowing that
it’s here and on our turf made
me so amped.”
A lot of work from Bowdo-
in coaches and team members
losing.”
Babson hasn’t lost a single
set at home all season and that
dominant home-court atmo-
sphere came into play in Sun-
day’s match.
“You could definitely tell that
there is a whole bunch of energy
from their side,” said Kate Kiser
’21. “I definitely think [hosting]
plays a huge advantage just be-
cause when we won NESCACs
here in our gym, you play more
together because it’s not just
your team, it’s the whole school
coming to support you.”
Exiting before the Elite Eight
war doesn’t take away from the
immense success the team has
had this season. In addition to
claiming the NESCAC title, the
team has garnered a number of
individual accolades, including
NESCAC Coach of the Year, NES-
CAC Player of the Year, NESCAC
Defensive Player of the Year and
All-NESCAC team honors.
This week, Lisa Sheldon ’19
was named to the All-American
Second Team for the second
consecutive year, and Kiser
secured her first All-American
was put into hosting the meet.
The regional meet fell on a
rainy, cold day, but even with
the bad weather, Bowdoin stu-
dents and fans showed up to
support the team. The cheers
from the crowd bolstered the
runners as they stepped onto
the starting line.
“It does something to your
psyche,” O’Rourke said. “We
were feeling that we know this
course and we have so many
people here who are rooting
for us. You get a surge of con-
fidence.”
The weather slowed Bow-
doin’s speed by muddying
the course. Yet the team kept
a positive mindset, and its
home course advantage con-
tributed to runners’ success in
the unfavorable conditions.
“I think my teammates and
honor with a Third Team posi-
tion.
“It’s truly an incredible honor
and I’m really humbled, but it’s
not just an award for me because
I couldn’t get the assists that I
got if I didn’t have the passers
and if I didn’t have the hitters
to give to get me the kills. I’m
so proud of the girls that I got
to play with this year. So it’s not
just an award, it’s an award for
all of us,” said Kiser.
The team views all of these
awards as team awards, as
each player has a huge role in
the overall performance of the
team, according to Cady.
“What really developed in
our program and our culture
[this year] was this idea that
everyone is important in our
program,” said Cady. “And
[that is] greatly due to our
seniors … There were some
times I let [Khelsea Gordon
’19] take over timeout speech-
es because she really spoke to
something else that’s import-
ant, that everyone matters and
everyone can play a role.”
The senior leadership on the
I thrive in the mud,” O’Ro-
urke said. “We wore really
long spikes, which helped us
feel more stable. I think our
coach does such a good job of
getting us prepared for loving
mud and being gritty.”
“The only way the weather
would have affected us more
is if we had a negative atti-
tude,” MacDonald added. “We
definitely had a really positive
attitude. There is always a
little more element of chance
when it comes to the weather
but that’s what makes it fun.”
On the men’s side, consid-
ering this was their last meet,
the focus was on keeping their
motto “no next time” in their
minds.
“We wanted to go out and
feel that when we finished we
had really put it all out there
team has also been a key factor
in the program’s success this
season, especially in inspiring
and motivating the team to rec-
ognize its potential and to aim
high in its goals.
“Our seniors kept on reiter-
ating the idea of their freshman
year; they made it to the Elite
Eight and they just want that
feeling for us. I think we played
having that in mind and that
goal in mind because we knew
“I am so proud of the girls that I got to
play with this year. So it’s not just an
award, it’s an award for all of us.”
–Kate Kiser ’21
that we had potential to be
great,” said Kiser.
While touting loftier goals
can be the downfall of many
teams, the players didn’t let that
deter them from being ambi-
tious. They balanced shooting
for their end goals while still
focusing on what they needed
to do in every moment.
“They had this major goal,
Friday, November 16, 2018
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
no matter what the result
was,” said MacDonald. “We
would all be happy with it if
we all felt across the board
that we tried our best.”
The women’s team appreci-
ated the opportunity to par-
ticipate in the meet.
“We were really trying to
capture the feeling that we are
able to run in this race,” O’Ro-
urke said. “We aren’t injured,
we are healthy, we are eligible,
just all those things were our
focus for my co-captain and
I. Trying to channel gratitude
as opposed to feeling extreme
anxiety.”
After the regional meet
brings most runners’ season
to a close, the three qualifi-
ers will travel to Oshkosh,
Wisconsin tomorrow for the
national championship.
so then when they’re in prac-
tice on a Monday, they’re mo-
tivated by something bigger,
but the other thing is when
they’re in practice on a Mon-
day, they’re focusing on what
they need to focus on,” said
Cady. “Something they did
phenomenally throughout the
season was each game had a
meaning, and they would fo-
cus on just that game. That’s
a huge reason that we found
success this year.”
Now that same ambition
will be carried into next season
and the team is only hungry for
more.
“For the same reason that
our seniors were so driven, I
think, once we made it to the
Sweet Sixteen, next season we
want to do that and better,”
said Kiser.
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ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME: (LEFT): Taylor Choate ’19 dribbles as she looks to pass in a game last season. (RIGHT): Samantha Roy ’20 sets up a play.

Women’s basketball looks to avenge championship loss

by Dylan Sloan
Orient Staff
Ever since last year’s momen-
tous NCAA tournament run
ended in a second place finish,
the Bowdoin women’s basketball
team has been looking towards
the start of its season as the be-
ginning of its journey to avenge
its loss against Amherst in the
national championship game.
Last year’s historic season has
generated high expectations for
this year’s team. The Polar Bears
are currently ranked second in
the most recent D3hoops.com
preseason poll. This is their
highest preseason ranking in the
poll since the 2006-07 season, in
which they won the NESCAC
tournament and reached the
NCAA Elite Eight.
“Outside expectations for us
are changing, and they’re higher
because of how far we got last
year,” said Captain Abby Kelly ’19.
The expectations the team has
for itself are just as high.
“We’re all on the same page—
we want a conference champi-
onship and we want a national
championship,” said Head Coach
Adrienne Shibles.
Despite these ambitious expec-
tations, she emphasized that the
team would be fixating on more
than its end-of-the-season goals.
“If we consistently talk about
those [goals] and [only ever] fo-
cus on them, we’re going to lose
sight of the little things that we
need to do to get there,” Shibles
said. She described the team as
“process-oriented” in its mental
approach to games and practices.
Kelly agreed, pointing out that
outside expectations are a lot of
pressure and it is better for players
to focus on themselves.
The Polar Bears graduated
three seniors last year, including
two of the team’s top four total
scorers, Kate Kerrigan ’18 and
Lauren Petit ’18. Kerrigan was
also the second Bowdoin player to
be named the WBCA DIII Player
of the Year, the highest honor for
DIII women’s basketball.
Though the seniors left big
shoes to fill, the team isn’t wor-
ried. Captain Hannah Graham
’19 praised the team’s four first
years, “who are really understand-
ing [the team’s] systems and have
shown strength and basketball
IQ.”
If it is to achieve its presea-
son expectations, the team will
face a treacherous path to the
NCAA DIII Championship. Kelly
pointed out that three NESCAC
teams—Bowdoin, Amherst and
Tufts—made it to the NCAA Elite
Eight last year, and all three teams
are currently ranked in the top six
of the D3hoops.com and WBCA
preseason coaches’ polls.
Shibles and both captains
agreed that perennial foes Am-
herst and Tufts would likely be
some of the team’s toughest com-
petition this season.
“That’s how it’s been for the
past three years,” said Graham.
“They’re familiar faces.”
The team begins its road to the
championship this weekend with
its first game in the Coastal Clas-
sic Tip-Off against Regis College
at 5 p.m. tonight in Morrell Gym.
“Everyone’s going to be super
excited for the first game, but also
a little nervous. I hope that during
Friday’s game we can get the jit-
ters out quickly,” said Graham.
“Regis is a team that’s consis-
tently in the NCAA tournament
… it’ll be a challenging start,” said
Shibles. “I’m just trying to get the
[team] prepared for anything they
could potentially see on Friday.”

Pro hockey player signs on to be Asst. Coach

by Mitchel Jurasek
Orient Staff
He may be taking off his jersey
and helmet, but Derek Whitmore
isn’t leaving the rink anytime
soon. Travelling the world to play
ice hockey, leaving his family at a
young age to compete and work-
ing through injury after injury,
rep after rep, practice after prac-
tice, Whitmore’s love for the game
never faltered. Now, as the newly
appointed assistant women’s ice
hockey coach, he is strapping on
his skates and stepping into famil-
iar territory in a different leader-
ship role.
Whitmore’s experience, which
amounts to decades of playing
hockey, is sure to have a large
effect on one of Bowdoin’s most
iconic sports. He recognizes that
coaching a tight knit group of
women at a small school such as
Bowdoin can come with its chal-
lenges, but he is up to the task.
“I’m a guy coaching a bunch
of women, and I need them to
know that they can approach me
with anything, that I’ll try my
best to help them in any way I
can,” said Whitmore. “I want to
coach them as best as I can and
help them grow as players, stu-
dents and individuals.”
Sporting a Bowdoin hockey
hat, his eyes light up with enthu-
siasm as he speaks about hockey.
Whitmore appeared to have set-
tled into his new role well.
Whitmore, like so many Bow-
doin athletes, has grown up with
his sport, gathering quite the re-
sume along the way. That wasn’t
always his goal, though.
“I just jumped on the ice when
I was two years old and never
looked back,” he said. “I fell in love
with the game.”
However, that’s not to say that
he hasn’t had struggles along
his path from little-league to the
National Hockey League (NHL).
Leaving home at 16, Whitmore
moved from New York to Mon-
tana to play at a more competitive
level and never lived at home
again. It was hard, he said, to be
that far from home for so many
years—away from his friends and
loving family for months at a time.
As a result, he understands
how hard it can be for students at
Bowdoin to leave family to pur-
sue hockey. He knows that stu-
dent athletes must juggle school,
athletics and separation. But
he believes that is where he can
come in as a resource. In his own
hockey career, Whitmore found
comfort on the ice and around
his coaches and teammates.
“At the end of the day, I always
had hockey to fall back and rely
on,” he said. “I always had the
game. No matter what I might
have been feeling or how home-
sick I was, when I got to the rink
for practice or when I was around
my teammates, all of that just
went away.”
Whitmore has spent most of
his life this way—putting on a jer-
sey and hitting the ice with each
community he has been a part of.
A promising junior hockey
player, Whitmore was scouted for
Bowling Green State University in
Ohio, a Division I school. There,
along with completing a degree
in Exercise Science, he grew as a
player. In his senior year, profes-
sional leagues started to take no-
tice of his potential.
“I didn’t know where life was
going to take me,” he said. “I was
having a great season—and year—
and I thought, ‘Man, maybe I can
do this for a career.’ The NHL final-
ly seemed like a possibility.”
That dream came true, and
Whitmore went on to play pro
after college. The career jump
took him to Portland, Maine,
where he fell in love with the
city and state. However, his
journey didn’t stop there. After
three seasons with the Portland
Pirates, Whitmore left the states
with his wife and headed to Eu-
rope, where he played in three
cities, including Vienna, his per-
sonal favorite.
In 2011, after playing pro-
fessional hockey for four years,
Whitmore got the call to make his
NHL debut for the Buffalo Sabres.
While not a complete surprise to
him, it meant the culmination of
years of hard work.
“The long hours, extra reps
and years had paid off,” he said. “It
was such a huge personal accom-
plishment. It was something I had
dreamt about.”
That, still, was not the end
for him. Whitmore has given a
lot to ice hockey, but he has had
countless people support him
throughout his journey. When
an opportunity opened up to help
advance the sport at Bowdoin, he
was eager to apply.
When he was notified by
Marissa O’Neil, head coach of
women’s ice hockey, that he got
the position, he was ecstatic. It’s
not every day in the sports world
when you can take a coaching po-
sition without having to relocate.
“I feel like everything hap-
pens for a reason. I’m in this
position for a reason, and I don’t KAYLA SNYDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
really know why that is yet, but TRANSITION TO COACH: Derek Whitmore is the new women’s ice hock-
I’m really excited to offer all ey assistant coach. He comes to Bowdoin after a pro career around the world.
I can and help the program,” next step for him. Personally, “I’m excited to see the poten-
Whitmore said. he always knew he wanted to tial to see what these kids can
For Whitmore’s family, the coach. It was an obvious choice do,” he said. “If I can see that I
prospect of staying in Portland for a person whose life has re- had a part in their growth, if I can
was extremely attractive, mak- volved around—and benefited be of value to these players, that’s
ing a coaching position a great from—ice hockey. what counts.”
14
Men’s hockey starts season with ‘chips on their shoulders’
by Reuben Schafir
Orient Staff
Leaving behind a disap-
pointing 2017-18 season, the
Bowdoin men’s ice hockey team
will open the season with home
games against Williams and
Middlebury tonight and tomor-
row afternoon, respectively. The
team is feeling optimistic, says
Head Coach, Jamie Dumont.
Though the team has been
one of Bowdoin’s most presti-
gious and successful in the past,
last season was the worst in its
history, as the team failed to
make it into the first round of
the NESCAC tournament.
“You’ve got to have a short-
term memory and just kind of
move on,” said Dumont. “I think
the attitude is still very healthy.
There [are] a lot guys [who] have
chips on their shoulders going
into it and want to prove that we
are a competitive program.”
Dumont is beginning his third
season as head coach after serving
as assistant coach to former Head
Coach Terry Meagher, who re-
tired in 2016 after 33 years coach-
ing Bowdoin hockey.
“I don’t want to stray too far
from what this program is all
about,” Dumont said. “[It’s] built
on good people working hard
and supporting each other.”
Although the team has yet to
play a game, all the coaches and
Football season ends after Colby claims CBB trophy
More Than
A Game
by Ian Ward
All animals are sad after inter-
course, the old saying goes. And
following their climactic victory
over Bates, one got the sense that
the Polar Bears were, too.
The day after victory is a sad-
ly neglected moment in history:
what did David do the day after
bringing down Goliath? Themis-
tocles after Marathon? Ali after
Frazier? For the Polar Bears, after
Whittier Field had been cleared of
fans and trash, the beers had been
drunk (“a thousand of them,” by
one estimate) and the sun had
returned, it was back to business
as usual: breakfast at eight, treat-
ment at nine, practice at eleven-
thirty. Though the losing streak
was over, the season wasn’t, yet.
Entering the final game of the
season against the Mules—and,
with both teams having beaten
Bates, the deciding game of the
CBB Championship—the Polar
Bears had “momentum,” which
is just sports fans’ preferred way
of referring to that flavor of hope
that expects the future to resem-
ble the past.
For some context, the CBB
Championship goes to whichev-
er of Maine’s NESCAC schools
finishes the season with the best
record against the others. The
trophy for this championship is a
small and severely dented copper
football mounted atop a wooden
box, which is fitting, since the
grandeur of the trophy is about
commensurate to the glory of
winning the championship itself.
Before the game, Coach JB
Wells described the CBB cham-
pionship to me as “a war of attri-
tion,” with the upper hand often
players are feeling positive about
the season. Dumont recognized
Bowdoin’s standing as an “un-
derdog” in the league, and said
he hoped the team would em-
brace the role and surprise a few
teams.
“Just [during] preseason in
the last couple of months, we’ve
been getting into it and really
going hard,” said Seth Cooper
’19. “Whether it’s practice or
preseason lifts and condition-
ing, we’ve seen the young guys
all the way through to the old
guys and captains really coming
together and working hard.”
This season, the team is try-
ing a new, holistic approach
to conditioning. In conference
play, each victory earns a team
two points in the league stand-
ing. The Polar Bears are working
to apply this concept to every
aspect of a player’s life.
“We really focused on making
sure we have what our coaches
are calling two-point practices,”
said Cooper. “We’re really focus-
ing on a two-point [attitude] in
the locker room. Then, on the ice
outside, everyone’s real focused.
[We try to shift between] two-
point practices, two-points in the
classroom and two-points in the
game. Hopefully it’ll all roll over.”
Both Dumont and Cooper
also expressed great excitement
over the team’s seven new mem-
bers. Six first-years joined the
going to teams with the highest
percentage of intact, mobile bod-
ies.
And with the help of a few
late-season returns, Bowdoin was
comparatively healthy. I should
stress the element of comparison:
last year, the team ended the sea-
son with 19 players on the bench
with season-ending injuries. This
season, it was only 15.
These figures are a testament
to the fact that, despite marked
improvements in protective
technologies and increasingly
cautious training techniques, the
human body is still not very well
equipped to bear the beating that
it takes over the course of a three-
month football season. The
crutch-and-sling brigade,
which is a permanent fix-
ture on the Bowdoin side-
line, is limping proof.
In any event, the mo-
mentum the Polar Bears
had entering Saturday was
frozen, along with every-
thing else, by the near-freez-
ing game-day temperatures
in Waterville. The night before,
Seaverns Field had been blanket-
ed with about an inch of snow,
which had melted into a semi-sol-
id slush by game time. Players had
to avoid piles of ice that had been
plowed to the sides of the end
zones.
In the first half, the chill
got to both teams’ offenses,
which collectively struggled
to string together plays and
generate first downs. The
first half ended 3-0. The one
bright spot for the Bowdoin
offense was Brendan Ward
’22, who rushed for 100
yards in the first half and
finished the game with 146
and a touchdown.
Sometime during the
SPORTS
PROTECT THE NET: Caleb Perez ’20 defends against the University of Southern Maine last season. The Polar Bears start their season this weekend at home.
team, as well as one transfer stu-
dent, goalie Kyle St. Denis ’21.
“We lost a pretty solid goalie
last year, so there’s big shoes to fill,
but I think the competition will be
good,” Cooper said.
Hockey is unique compared
to other sports on campus, be-
cause many players take a year
second quarter, an unbeliev-
ably kind and humane Colby
fan—employee? parent? I don’t
really know—took pity on my
shivering self and invited me into
the press box, where I gradually
regained enough feeling in my
fingers to begin taking notes
again. I wish I had learned more
about this woman, who served
no apparent role beside banter-
ing with the PA announcer and
intermittently dancing, but my
words got stuck somewhere be-
tween my chattering
teeth. She
or two to play full time before
coming to college. However, this
year’s hockey recruits are young-
er than most. Nearly all of them
are 18-year-olds, as opposed to
hockey players in previous years
who were often 20-years-old by
their first year of college.
The shift from high school
told me that my refuge in enemy
territory was conditional on my
writing that there was at least one
decent Colby fan out there. Well,
here it is: you, mysterious Colby
woman, are a bonafide saint.
In the third quarter, the wheels
really started to come off for Bow-
doin, which gave up two unan-
swered touchdowns, one off a 48-
yard run and then another off an
interception. Early in the fourth,
the Polar Bears dropped a kick-
off return, which was recovered
by the Mules at the
MAN
FULL
LILY
hockey to college can be a dif-
ficult adjustment for some play-
ers. Rather than playing just one
game a week, Bowdoin is sched-
uled to have games nearly every
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
Nonetheless, the team is
ready to embrace the new sea-
son and take on a tough league
one-yard line. They walked it in
easily from there, and then scored
again on the next possession, put-
ting Bowdoin down 30-0.
Bowdoin made a late push,
scoring two touchdowns late in
the quarter, but it wasn’t enough.
The Mules had the honor of
hoisting the Dented Ball Trophy,
despite being out-rushed and out-
passed by the Polar Bears.
• And nearly all of these found
If you’ll indulge a moment
of self-reflection: I decided to
follow the Bowdoin football
team this season out of a mix
of good-natured curiosity and
a healthy dose of skepticism.
What, I wanted to know,
kept these 76 men going
after two consecutive
winless seasons?
What was behind
the black hole into
which the College
was pouring so
many resources,
both material and
human? Why, in
short, would anyone
spend his Saturday in the
freezing-cold hell-hole of
Waterville, Maine just to get his
ass kicked in a football game?
So there I found myself, in the
dark in some parking lot some-
where behind the Colby athletic
facility, at the final post-game
tailgate. Parents had laid out
spreads of food, dads were
grilling, a fire in a small
fire pit provided limited
warmth. As the sun set,
parents and players gath-
ered into a circle around
the fire pit, and each se-
nior player offered a brief
toast.
I’ve been on enough
sports teams to know
that, in these types of sit-
Friday, November 16, 2018
DANIEL JANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
with ambition and a competitive
attitude.
“Our mindset is that it’s a new
year,” said Dumont. “We want to
learn from the past and build on
the future. Our two leaders Pat
[Geary ’20] and Chris [Wallace
’19] have done an outstanding
job refocusing our guys.”
uations, there is a predetermined
set of clichés and bromides that
form the basis of these benedic-
tions. Every team is “special” and
teammates are “brothers” and the
team is a “family” (but don’t forget
the actual family, who made this
all possible) and thanks to the
coaches who have “pushed us to
grow both as players and as peo-
ple.” And so it goes.
their way into the players’ toasts.
But what the banality and redun-
dancy of these remarks belies is
that they are all, in a certain way,
true.
In his concluding remarks
to the team, Wells invoked the
“three Fs” that form the basis of
his and his players lives: friends,
family and football. On the one
hand, I hope that this isn’t entirely
true and that the horizon of their
worlds are a little bit broader than
this mantra implies. (And given
the breath of personalities that
populate the football team, I sus-
pect that they are.)
But on the other hand,
would it be so bad if it was? You
can draw your own conclusion
about the relative benefits of
intensely homosocial organiza-
tions in an increasingly cosmo-
politan world, or the question
ethics of an institution of high-
er learning funding a minimal-
ly successful athletic program
that probably puts its players at
least some risk of lasting neuro-
logical damage.
But in the end, in a cold and
dark parking lot in Waterville,
the members of Bowdoin football
find that other f-word (no, not
that one) that all of us, whether
we know it or not, seek: fullness.
Fullness of purpose, of mean-
ing, of joy.
See you next fall.
15 Friday, November 16, 2018

O OPINION
Thanks for Bowdoin Thanksgiving
Right now, as we write this editorial late on a Thursday night, we’re still
basking in the warm, sleepy feeling that follows Bowdoin Thanksgiving. In one
of our favorite Orient traditions, we all crammed into the Pinette Dining Room
Appropriate my culture
in Thorne Hall—too many chairs to a table, elbows and knees bumping against was no official record of what ex- share their identity.
each other—and dug into Bowdoin Dining Service’s holiday best. Say It Like It Is actly happened. I would have liked I am obviously against cultur-
As we dove into candied sweet potatoes (were these new this year, Dining? to hear about them from admin- al appropriation, but I recognize
by Nate DeMoranville
Because they’re amazing!), homemade cranberry sauce and good old fashioned istrators during Orientation, but that this is not yet a shared value
turkey dripping with gravy, we went around in a circle and shared what we I got nothing. And in the absence on campus. For it to be, however, I
were thankful for, both generally and about one of our fellow staff members. It has been three long years since of this shared history, I have found need to hear from people who dis-
We appreciated the hard work and steadfast friendship of the people around us, the last instance of widescale cul- that students are enabled to exist in agree with me. The students of this
who have shared late nights, bad nights, bad jokes, better jokes, long conversa- tural appropriation at Bowdoin. other versions of the truth. liberal arts college are not entirely
tions and so much more. As seniors, we expressed gratitude for long-time best Halloween has come and gone with There are people on this cam- liberal in ideology, and we should
friends and those we met only a few months ago. nothing worthy of news, and it ap- pus who feel the lacrosse team was acknowledge that in our conversa-
It is easy to forget about the really great parts of Bowdoin in the day-to-day pears as though we just might have sanctioned too heavily for wear- tion around cultural appropriation.
chaos of our ever busy lives, but sitting in Pinette Dining Room, we remem- entered a post-racial society. But ing what they see as just costumes It is my worry that the current
bered those small moments that make this challenging place worth it. what if I told you another Tequila during Cracksgiving. I have heard climate silences those voices who
Bowdoin Thanksgiving is everything that Thanksgiving should be. For those Party was planned for this weekend? from students, with backgrounds disagree with the mainstream cul-
of us who grew up happily celebrating the holiday with our families, this event It’s not, but would you be surprised dissimilar from my own, that ture. There is an argument that
is a chance to experience that kind of closeness at our home away from home. if it were? Cracksgiving was not as big a deal public shame will eliminate hate,
For those of us who are not looking forward to next Thursday (or the lucky In her honors thesis in the De- as we make it out to be. Moreover, but I think it is only displaced this
few who have found their way out of attending the family festivities), Bowdo- partment of Sociology, Pamela they argue that the administration way. And so by forcefully con-
in Thanksgiving is the main event. We’re enjoying great food with our close Zabala ’17 found that, “in the face had no right to move the lacrosse demning cultural appropriation,
friends—for some of us, our found family—at the long wooden tables where of rising racial tensions, students team from their off-campus hous- we hide away from the hate rather
we eat most of ours meals, in a place that has become a home for us. and administrators [at Bowdoin] ing over a non-issue. All of this is than truly confront it.
For students whose families don’t celebrate Thanksgiving at all, Bowdoin become locked in a power struggle in the past, but there are still frus- Zabala’s research shows that
Thanksgiving can be a look at a uniquely American tradition, one where stu- that produces only surface-level trations in the present day. Is our Cracksgiving, the Gangster Par-
dents line up for hours for turkey and squash, foods that only take on a power- institutional changes rather than liberal arts education really teach- ty and the Tequila Party were not
ful sentimental meaning once a year. meaningful reform.” I believe our ing students to understand cultural isolated incidents but rather parts
The dinner provides a sense of community, of closeness and belonging. And campus conversations around cul- appropriation? of a pattern. We will see another
if you’re a student reading this who hasn’t yet had a Bowdoin Thanksgiving tural appropriation are one such I think Cracksgiving was inap- Gangster Party—Colby just had
like this, next year’s Orient table will be happy to welcome you into all of our instance of surface-level change. propriate because it belittled the one last weekend. It is my hope,
corny nonsense. When we talk of cultural appro- experiences of Native Americans. however, that we create meaningful
As we went around sharing what we were grateful for, we thanked Dining, priation—and we do so only brief- The BSG President at the time was reform before someone appropri-
but perhaps not sufficiently—can we ever thank them sufficiently? We know ly before Halloween—we operate rumored to have dressed up as the ates my culture rather than after it.
that they didn’t hear us in the Pinette Room, and we want to make sure they under the assumption that every literal Trail of Tears, the forced re- We need to publicly acknowledge
do. Because they are the backbone of this truly incredible tradition that encap- Bowdoin student understands the moval of Native Americans from our past and welcome all voices
sulates all of the things we have grown, with time, to appreciate over our four issue and cares to prohibit this on their ancestral homelands that for a reconciliation. Put the his-
years here. Thanks, Dining, for another incredible Bowdoin Thanksgiving. We, our campus. Almost every conver- saw 15,000 natives perish. I think tory of Cracksgiving right next to
a bunch of sentimental seniors, couldn’t have asked for a better one to end on. sation starts and ends with some- wearing their culture as a costume the diversity photos on our web-
thing along the lines of, “please denies them their humanity be- site. Tell prospective students what
just don’t culturally appropriate.” cause they were people, not props. really happens here at night, and
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, We are afraid of cultural appropri- Moreover, it trivializes the white let’s change our educatory process
which is composed of Nell Fitzgerald, Dakota Griffin, Calder McHugh and Jessica ation, and this fear denies any real supremacy that relocated and an- around cultural appropriation to
Piper. solution to the problem. We should nihilated Native Americans in our call people in rather than call them
accept all people into the conversa- country. You have no right to repre- out. Maybe then we will move past
tion, keep talking after Halloween sent them unless you surface-level change.
and educate all students to under-
stand why cultural appropriation
is so problematic.
When I was a first-year,
I heard whispers of the
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 16 Friday, November 16, 2018

NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 16
FITNESS
Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Instructor Kate Nicholson will lead an hour-long yoga class
open to all students.
Room 301, Buck Fitness Center. 9:30 a.m.

EVENT
Field Note Friday: An Intertidal
Adventure
Lecturer in Classics Michael Nerdahl will take students and
staff to the Schiller Coastal Studies Center to find organisms
at low tide and learn the root of their scientific names.
Room 224, Druckenmiller Hall. 1:30 p.m.

DISCUSSION
Bowdoin Coffee Break featuring Bruce
Ginsberg P’20 MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
A THANKSGIVING FEAST: Students enjoy Thanksgiving dinner in Thorne Hall on Thursday. Beginning well before the dining hall’s 5 p.m.
Founder and CEO of New England Ice Cream Corporation opening time, students lined up to claim seats for the highly-anticipated annual meal. Thanksgiving classics including turkey and cranberry sauce
Bruce Ginsberg P’20 will chat with students and give a were on the menu, as were an assortment of pies.
talk on the growth of his hobby into a successful
business. Online pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 3 p.m.

DISCUSSION
“Shut up and Dribble:” A Freedom
SATURDAY 17 MONDAY 19
PERFORMANCE FITNESS
Friday Event Bowdoin Chorus ZUMBA Fitness
Af-Am, along with Professor of Anthropology April
Bowdoin Chorus will perform holiday music alongside double Licensed ZUMBA Fitness Instructor Bea Blakemore will
Strickland and Director of Athletics Tim Ryan, will host a
bassist Alyson Ciechomski, violinist Sage Kosky and pianist teach a 45-minute class open to all students.
discussion on political activism among athletes open to the
Sean Fleming. The program will include works from Joubert, Room 213, Buck Fitness Center. 5:15 p.m.
Bowdoin community.
Distler, Biebl, Praetorius, Schütz and Scott Joplin.
30 College Street. 3 p.m.
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. 3 p.m. EVENT
LECTURE Transgender Day of Remembrance
EVENT Bowdoin Queer-Straight Alliance will hold Transgender Day
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Gardens Aglow of Remembrance to memorialize transgender individuals
Trauma-Informed Schooling Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will host the largest light killed in the past year due to prejudice and violence.
Director of the Transforming Rural Experience in Education show in Maine with thousands of colorful displays. Visitors Following a vigil in Lamarche Gallery, 24 College will open its
(TREE) program Brittany Ray will give an interactive lecture can also go holiday shopping at the Garden Shop. doors for a community space for reflection and healing.
on the impact of traumatic experiences on the emotional Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. 4 p.m. Lamarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union. 4:30 p.m.
development and academic success of children. Her goal is
to help schools better support the needs of students, families
and teachers.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 5 p.m.

EVENT
Un-Silenced Exhibit
In line with No Hate November, Lamarche Gallery will
display an exhibit curated by Arah Kang ’19 featuring pieces
dedicated to marginalized and underrepresented voices
on campus.
Lamarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
Improvabilities
Student improv group Improvabilities will host a show featur-
ing both short and long form acts.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 8 p.m.
SUNDAY 18
PERFORMANCE
Bowdoin College Concert Band
Bowdoin alumni, staff and administrators will showcase their
musical talents in the second performance of the “FRIENDS”
trilogy. President Clayton Rose will serve as a guest narrator
for one work and Music Administrator Delmar Small will give
a premiere performance.
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. 2 p.m.
TUESDAY 20
FILM SCREENING
“Tea With the Dames”
Frontier Café and Cinema will screen “Tea with the Dames,”
a documentary in which esteemed British actresses Eileen
Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith reflect
on their extensive careers and longtime friendships. Screenings
take place from the 16th through the 21st.
Frontier. 3 p.m., 7 p.m.

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