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College offers
first annual MLK
day programming
by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
For the first time when the
holiday fell during the semes-
ter, the College did not hold
classes on Martin Luther King
Day. In lieu of beginning the
semester on Monday, students
were encouraged to partici-
pate in programming that fo-
cused on the life and legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The
proposal to start the semester
after the holiday was made
by former College President
Barry Mills in January of 2015
and acknowledged by students
in an open letter to the com-
munity that called for admin-
istrative response after bias
incidents in 2013 and 2014.
2019 was the first year that the
policy went into effect—Mar-
tin Luther King Day, which is
observed on the third Monday
of January, has fallen a week
before the start of the spring
semester since 2015.
Although the College or-
ganized celebratory program-
ming—such as an annual key-
note—prior to 2015, students
often had to choose between
such events and class. In
agreement with the College’s
policy regarding religious
holidays, students were ex-
cused from class if they chose
to observe the holiday. How-
ever, many students did not
opt out of classes.
“There wasn’t any real in-
teraction with the actual ideas
that Martin Luther King pre-
sented and how we’ve either
gone astray or maybe we’ve
achieved, some may argue, the
vision of the just society Mar-
tin Luther King spoke about,”
said Tess Chakkalakal, Peter
M. Small associate professor of
Africana Studies and English.
Lack of engagement
seemed to derive from a com-
mon uncertainty of how to
honor Dr. King. Unlike some
religious and national holi-
days, Martin Luther King Day
does not have universal prac-
tices or traditions associated
with the holiday. ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
“Columbus Day, there are
sales. Presidents Day there are Men’s hockey hopes to crush the Mules this Saturday. PAGE 11.
sales. There is nothing that
people do to observe those
days. What is Martin Luther
King Day?” Chakkalakal said.
The lack of nationally rec- Dining is popular, BPD is not. See how your favorite
ognized traditions resulted
in flexibility to create pro-
gramming without expecta-
campus figures and organizations stacked up in the
tions or boundaries. A small
group of administrators, winter edition of the Orient Student Survey. PAGE 9.
Please see MLK DAY, page 5

‘Multitalented and so humble’: Jonathan R. Farmer ’03

Friends remember Zietlow ’22 among Americans killed in Syria
by Jessica Piper
Orient Staff
In his first semester at Bow-
doin, Henry Zietlow ’22 took in
the lobster bake, studied plant
ecophysiology and multivari-
able calculus and played violin
in the chamber orchestra. He
joined the rowing team, where
he quickly became known for
his contagious smile and his
distinctive headbands. He in-
sisted the accessory brought a
competitive advantage out on
the water.
This week, as Zietlow’s
friends and classmates returned
to Bowdoin, they remembered
not just his idiosyncratic fash-
ion choices, but his work ethic,
humility and kindness. Zietlow
died in a car accident in Wis-
consin on January 14.
Coaches, teammates and
friends say the first year excelled
in many disciplines, though he
rarely spoke of his own accom-
plishments and consistently put
others before himself. Raised in
St. Paul, Minnesota, Zietlow was
an intrepid outdoorsmen and a
particularly talented rower.
Doug Welling, head coach
of the rowing team, recalled
watching Zietlow, at the time a
senior in high school, perform
at the Head of the Charles. In
one of the sport’s biggest events,
the Minnesotan competed as a
single rower.
“It’s a feat that many never
accomplish,” Welling said. “To
steer that course … requires a
tremendous level of bravery, a
little bit of craziness and an in-
credible amount of skill.”
Zietlow quickly became in-
volved with the rowing team at
Bowdoin. The night before his
first regatta, he and first-year
teammate Ben Ross slept in
the common room of a third
teammate, Matt Donnelly. The
trio had to get up very early, but
Zietlow didn’t mind.
“We took a selfie at 3 a.m.,”
Matt Donnelly said. “Ben and I
are kind of tired, scratching our
heads, and Henry is just beam-
ing ear to ear with his charac-
teristic smile because he was so
looking forward to starting his Department of Defense con- of person that people enjoyed
Bowdoin rowing career.” by Calder McHugh tractor Scott Wirtz and defense being around and made the ex-
Orient Staff
Those who knew Henry contractor Ghadir Taher, the perience of being a teammate,
knew his smile—the often-pres- Bowdoin graduate and U.S. other three Americans killed a college student, a classmate
ent grin that seemed to light up Army Green Beret Jonathan R. in the blast, according to the and a roommate better.”
a room, or the docks for ear- Farmer ’03 was killed in action Pentagon. Farmer was assigned Professor of History Pat-
ly-morning rowing practice. in Syria on January 16 along to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special rick Rael, who had Farmer
“People will say someone with three other Americans. Forces Group (Airborne) out in his class twice, wrote in an
was a light, but Henry wasn’t He was 37 years old. of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. email to the Orient, “Jon was
a light, he was a lighthouse,” The Islamic State took credit He is survived by his wife, his simply one of those people
said Stephen Boe ’22, who for the attack in the northern four children and his parents. who, without ever advertising
joined the team at Zietlow’s city of Manbij, which killed 19 He is the first Bowdoin gradu- it or grandstanding, calmly
urging. “It could be stormy, people in total after a suicide ate to be killed in action after modeled wonderful ideals …
two feet of visibility and 25 bomber detonated an explo- the September 11, 2001 attacks. May his death help us all be
miles in the distance and you sive vest inside a restaurant. Farmer, who attended the more thoughtful about how
could see the Henry light spin- Three additional Americans Benjamin School in Palm and why we risk American
ning around, smiling ear to were killed in the bombing, Beach, Florida, is remembered lives overseas.”
ear, hair flopping around with representing the largest loss fondly by those at Bowdoin Current Bowdoin students
the headband.” of American life to date in the who knew him. walking through Hubbard
The distinctive headband conflict against the Islamic A member and captain of Hall’s second floor may no-
gave Zietlow “free speed,” his State in Syria. It occurred just the men’s basketball team, tice that outside of DeAlva
teammates joked. The style weeks after President Donald Farmer was the recipient of Stanwood Alexander Profes-
caught on—the first year Trump announced plans to the William J. Fraser Trophy, sor of Government Christian
knighted teammates with their withdraw troops from the re- which is given to the player Potholm’s office, space is ded-
own hair accessories before gion, arguing on Twitter that “who best exemplifies the icated to celebrating recent
a regatta. To Welling and his ISIS had been defeated there. spirit of Bowdoin basketball.” Bowdoin graduates who have
teammates, moments like that Trump was on hand at Do- “If you passed him, he’d volunteered to risk their lives
one exemplified Zietlow’s ability ver Air Force Base as Farmer’s have a big smile and a big in America’s wars. Photos of
to match discipline and intensi- remains were returned to U.S. hello for everyone,” said Head former Bowdoin students in
soil, along with those of Chief Coach of the men’s basketball
Please see HENRY, page 4 Petty Officer Shannon Kent, team Tim Gilbride. “The kind Please see JONATHAN, page 4

N PUBLIC COMMENT F EXHIBITING EXCELLENCE S UPHILL CLIMB A EARTH AND ART O I’M WITH LIZ
The College submitted a comment critiquing Co-directors Anne and Frank Goodyear Newly hired Head Football Coach B.J. A new exhibit highlights the connection Lorenzo Meigs ’21 explains why Elizabeth
proposed Title IX changes. Page 4. transform the art museum. Page 5. Hammer promises change. Page 9. between art and the environment. Page 10. Warren is the president America needs. Page 15.
2 Friday, January 25, 2019

2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
1/8 to 1/24 STUDENT SPEAK:
What inanimate object do you wish you could
Tuesday, January 8
• A staff member at Watson Arena reported that an
unidentified woman gained access to unauthorized
Sunday, January 20
• There was a smoke alarm activation in a second floor
room in Moore Hall.
eliminate from existence?
areas in the building on the morning of January 3. The • A student reported accidentally damaging a fire
woman is suspected of stealing a coat from the men’s
hockey team locker room. The matter remains under
alarm pull station at Stowe Hall. Eric Hall ’20
investigation. Monday,
January 21
“Jorts.”
Thursday, • A security of-
January 10 ficer on patrol
• A campus visi- encountered a
tor was transport- suspicious man
ed to Mid Coast driving on cam-
Hospital after slip- pus at 4 a.m. The
ping and falling officer ques-
on a walkway and tioned the man Lily Johnston ’20
injuring a knee. about his pres-

Sunday,
ence on campus,
and the man left
“Carbon dioxide from the
January 13
• A female stu-
the area.
• Brunswick po-
atmosphere.” (ES/EOS Coordinate
dent reported be-
ing the victim of
lice and security
aided a student
Major)
sexual harassment who was report-
via social media. ed to be in emo-
The matter was tional distress.
reported to the Sophie Sadovnikoff ’19
Brunswick police. Tuesday,
• A criminal tres- January 22 “Juuls.”
pass warning was • A staff mem-
served to a man ber reported
who has made damage to a
several unwanted HOLS wood audio-vi-
BE NIC
visits to campus PHOE sual equipment
offices. cabinet in the
Shannon Room
Wednesday, SHONA ORTIZ at Hubbard Hall.
January 16 Jackson Harrower ’20
• A security officer responded to the Roux Center for Thursday, January 24
the Environment after a report of a dispute between • A burst basement water pipe at the Children’s Center “Smirnoff Ice.”
contractors. activated a fire alarm.
• A delivery truck backed into an employee’s parked
Saturday, January 19 car near the Smith Union loading dock, causing dam-
• A visiting track and field athlete with a broken ankle age to the car.
was transported from Farley Field House to Mid Coast • A student injured a knee during a dance class and
Hospital. was escorted to the health center.
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET, LOLA MOTLEY AND DIEGO LASARTE

Investigating alcohol trends at liberal art colleges

by Diego Lasarte and 1. Lighthouse Deli their proctor’s door by 9. Red Brick house pipes douse their apartment in
Nell Fitzgerald bans anyone wearing the end of Orientation somehow contain trace vodka and burn it to the
Orient Staff basketball, sailing or week. amounts of tequila. ground so that mainte-
soccer apparel from nance will finally address
In light of an explosive buying Natty Light at 5. Baxter house buys 10. Members of Harp- their work orders.
Portland Press Herald their establishment. three kegs for every swell Apartments plan to
report on Fireball party. No one cares.
Whisky passing Allen’s 2. Roughly 60 percent
Coffee Flavored Brandy of the Peucinian society’s 6. Bowdoin security
as Maine’s best-selling budget is spent on fine, heads up a black market
alcohol, shocking aged whiskey, while the known for selling
Mainers everywhere, school’s leftist reading confiscated fake IDs.
the Orient checked in group embezzles from
on some of the latter the school to buy craft 7. Clayton Rose is think-
brand’s most loyal beer and hard cider. ing of changing his
customers. name to Clayton Rosé.
3. At the start of every
But when the Frisbee semester, frisbee players 8. You know those out-
team declined to Venmo request $60 from ing club trips no one
comment, we decided first years for beer and signs up for? The trip
instead to investigate make a 212 percent profit. leaders just go to the
drinking trends on woods and make moon-
campus ourselves. This 4. Fifty-seven percent of shine while howling at
is what we found: first years throw up on the moon. SOPHIE WASHINGTON
Friday, January 25, 2019 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEF Harpswell Apartments to be torn

COMPILED BY ROITHER GONZALES AND BENJAMIN MASON

PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUT-

DOWN AFFECTS RESEARCH
As the government shutdown drags on for more than a
down, new housing on schedule
month, it has begun to affect scientific research on campus,
already forcing some faculty and students to adjust their plans.
“The shutdown has definitely affected my ability to do col-
laborative projects,” said Patsy Dickinson, Josiah Little profes-
sor of natural sciences. “The other potential impact for a lot of
faculty is that the National Science Foundation (NSF) is shut
down. I have a proposal that was submitted last fall, and I was
expecting an answer by early March. But now I suspect that
notification will be delayed.”
Dickinson’s research plans were heavily affected over break,
as she and two Bowdoin students flew to Arizona only to dis-
cover that the research lab where they planned to study lobsters
was closed due to the shutdown. She and the students expected
to conduct molecular biology and receptor research, but the
shutdown forced them to simply conduct some data analysis.
“It wasn’t completely wasted time. We got a lot done,” said
Dickinson. “But we could have gotten just as much done here
and not have to sit on a plane. It was very frustrating.”
Dickinson currently doesn’t expect the shutdown to have a
noticeable impact on on-campus research during the summer,
but notes that the shutdown has already affected job and in-
ternship prospects for current students. The government shut-
down has closed the NSF and NASA, meaning that students
cannot currently apply to those agencies.

BOWDOIN RECIEVES SMALL

INCREASE IN APPLICANTS FOR
CLASS OF 2023 MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Bowdoin received a record-high 9,300 applications for the MOVING RIGHT ALONG: The replacement of Harpswell Apartments with new apartment-style housing is the latest in a series of construction projects designed to enhance
class of 2023, exceeding the previous high of 9,047 applicants Bowdoin’s options for upperclass housing. A new policy, enacted simultaneously, will further limit the number of students who can live off campus.
from last year. The College also experienced a slight decrease
in high school representation, which dropped from 4,383 for the College to avoid hav- upperclassmen on campus, ferent students in all parts of
schools to approximately 4,200. by Diego Lasarte ing empty beds in college increasing the capacity of the the process.
Orient Staff
“It’s always exciting to read applications even though there housing. Harpswell complex from 48 “We’ve been trying to do
is a mountain of them,” said Whitney Soule, dean of admis- According to Dean of Stu- “Is it in the College’s finan- students to 132. some crowdsourcing with [the
sions and financial aid. “It is an absolute privilege to read what dent Affairs Tim Foster, new cial interest to have lots of stu- Current residents of Harp- design]. We’re talking about
is sent in. This group of 9,300 is spectacular, and if we had Harpswell Apartments are dents living off-campus? Not swell agree that it is time for something that’s going to be
more room we would admit more people ... [Our applicants] expected to open in the fall when you have available beds renovations. Cecile Roche ’20 here for 50 years, [so] we want
give me hope about what this generation is and what it has to of 2020 in conjunction with on campus, it’s not,” Foster said. says that while she loves the to get it right,” he said.
offer.” a new policy that will bar ju- According to Foster, the “relaxed and comfortable vibe,” When asked if other
While it is difficult for the Office of Admissions to know niors from living off campus Off Campus and Upperclass she has many problems with the on-campus housing would
exactly what causes more students to apply in any given year, and will allow only one-quar- Housing Working Group con- infrastructure of the housing. be closed due to the increase
Soule attributes this year’s growth to recruiting on the part of ter of the senior class to live cluded that students were less “[The apartment] is falling in housing that Harpswell,
Bowdoin’s staff. off-campus. This policy, which interested in living off campus apart. My ceiling literally fell Boody-Johnson and Park Row
“We want to make sure we establish ourselves in areas where will impact the current first- than they were in higher qual- down in my bedroom the oth- would cause, Foster noted that
the population is growing,” Soule said. “The applicant pool year and sophomore classes, is ity housing on campus, noting er day,” Roche said. changes were imminent but
increased geographically in the South, Southwest and West, part of a larger pattern of the that the vast majority of up- Roche added that while she declined to share any specifics.
which are areas that have been shifting demographically.” College gradually decreasing perclassmen who live off cam- thought about living off cam- Foster also emphasized
The College received applications from 49 U.S. states (miss- the number of students al- pus live within walking dis- pus this year, she chose to live that the new apartments
ing North Dakota), Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the Mar- lowed to live off campus. tance and only seven current on campus because she wanted would comply with the Col-
iana Islands and Guam. Applications also arrived from 143 Currently, the off-campus Bowdoin students are not, at the experience of Harpswell. lege’s dedication to sustain-
different countries. housing policy states that 185 least partly, on the meal plan. However, she does wish the ability, stressing that the con-
“It’s just making sure we’re mindful about promoting Bow- juniors and seniors may live In a December 12 email to housing was more modern. struction process would aim
doin and explaining Bowdoin just about everywhere,” said off campus. The policy will students and faculty, Foster pro- Foster agreed that the infra- to preserve the trees around
Soule. change to 150 students for the vided an update on the prog- structure is out of date, saying Harpswell and that the new
For the binding early decision rounds (EDI and EDII), the 2019-2020 academic year as ress of the Park Row and Boo- that it was a driving reason be- building would help decrease
College tallied nearly 1,000 combined applicants. In the past, the administration eases into dy-Johnson housing projects hind the decision to renovate. the College’s carbon footprint.
Bowdoin has taken slightly less than half of its incoming class the final version of the policy and announced major renova- “It is clear we haven’t in- “We’re thinking of this,
in the early decision rounds. EDI applicants were notified of that will be implemented in tions to Harpswell Apartments. vested in upper-class hous- first of all, as a community in
their admissions decisions in December, and EDII applicants the fall of 2020. The plan details the re- ing,” he said. “It wasn’t a sur- the woods,” Foster said. “So
and regular decision applicants will receive their decisions in This policy change brings placement of the current prise for me that people were we’re trying to preserve as
mid-February and early April, respectively. Bowdoin in closer alignment Harpswell Apartments with voting with their feet and liv- many of these 100-foot pines
Other NESCAC schools, such as Middlebury, also experi- with other NESCAC colleges, three new suite-style apart- ing off campus, because, quite as we can.”
enced an uptick in applications. Middlebury received a total all of which, with the excep- ment buildings, outfitted with honestly, they could get better More information about
of 9,750 applications for the class of 2023, an increase of 5.6 tion of Tufts, have similar private bedrooms, bathrooms housing by doing so.” the Harpswell Apartment
percent over its record of 9,230 for the class of 2022. regulations. and kitchens. According to The College has included renovations, as well as the
“I think that as a collection of schools [the NESCACs], Foster said the policy Foster, the project is part of students in the renovation construction of the Park Row
we’ve been really mindful [that] the population is changing changes are aimed at keeping an ongoing attempt to create process with the Harpswell and Boody-Johnson housing
and the idea of a small liberal arts college is less familiar to students close to and involved a more “independent living Committee, which includes projects, will be released in
some students,” said Soule. “We have been good about getting in the Bowdoin communi- experience” for students. one former and four current the spring. Foster said any
out there and explaining the meaning of a liberal arts educa- ty. Foster also admitted that Notably, the renovation students. Foster stressed the questions can be directed to
tion and that it is affordable.” there is a financial incentive will open up more beds for importance of including dif- the Office of Residential Life.

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4 NEWS Friday, January 25, 2019

ZIETLOW
College asks the Department of Education CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

ty with laughter and fun.

letic or musical achievement,
those who knew Zietlow fo-
cused on his selfless nature.
Though many of his friends

to reconsider proposed Title IX changes
by Lucie Nolden
Orient Staff
In response to a proposal
by the U.S. Department of
Education to alter regulations
regarding the implementation
of Title IX, the Bowdoin ad-
ministration submitted its
comments to the federal gov-
ernment on January 14.
The Department of Educa-
tion is accepting comments
until Monday, January 28,
which marks the end of a
60-day comment period. The
agency is required to review
all submitted comments and
may amend the proposal or
terminate the rule-making
process depending on com-
ments, data and expert opin-
ions. If the proposed rule
goes into effect without major
changes, Bowdoin and other
colleges may have to signifi-
cantly amend their handling
of sexual misconduct cases.
The new regulations had
been proposed two months
earlier and amended require-
ments for the processes by
which colleges and universi-
ties respond to sexual miscon-
duct allegations. The changes
Hopefully the Department of Education will
look at [the comment] ... I just hope that
someone is actually going to listen.
- Jenna Scott ’19
to the rules, which purport to
ensure “due process protec-
tions” for students accused of
sexual assault or harassment,
include an increased standard
of proof to find a student re-
sponsible and significantly
amend the requirements for
sexual harassment investiga-
tory and judicial processes
conducted by institutions.
Bowdoin’s comments on
the proposed changes high-
light a wide range of “serious
concerns,” stating the ad-
ministration’s belief that the
rules “do not provide a fun-
damentally fair process, nor
do they assist institutions in
effectively confronting sexual
misconduct.” The complete
document of comments,
stretching over eight pages,
was the result of work on
the part of Director of Gen-
der Violence Prevention and
Education Benje Douglas,
Dean of Student Affairs Tim
Foster, Dean of Students Janet
Lohmann and Assistant Dean
for Community Standards
Kate O’Grady.
The report dedicates three
pages to the predicted “chill-
ing” effect of the proposed
rules. The authors of the doc-
ument cite concerns that the
prospects of facing a live trial
would almost certainly deter
students from reporting a
case of sexual misconduct.
According to the College’s
response, the comments
contended that the proposed
new definition of actionable
sexual harassment, as well as
the decreased protections of
complainant confidentiality,
would “dramatically mini-
mize the reporting of instanc-
es of sexual harassment and
other sexual misconduct that
occur on campuses through-
out the country.”
An increased financial
burden and liability would be
incurred by educational insti-
tutions if the proposed chang-
es were to take effect, says the
report, requesting that the
Department of Education “re-
consider the requirement to
provide an advisor to perform
cross-examination if a party
does not have one.”
According to the com-
ments, such a requirement—
which essentially asks that
institutions retain a staff
of professionals with legal
training to act as attorneys
for both parties during a live
trial—would impose an un-
due burden upon colleges and
universities.
Students are welcome to
write and submit their own
comments to the Department
of Education. Some have ex-
pressed concerns similar to
those mentioned in Bowdoin’s
comments, particularly about
the potential minimization of
reporting.
“[A person bringing a com-
plaint] could be questioned
by an attorney from the other
side, who can attack every-
thing up to a person’s credi-
bility,” said Jenna Scott ’19, a
leader of fEMPOWER and one
of the students who met with
Douglas about Bowdoin’s re-
sponse to the proposed rules.
“My concern would be that we
would get less reporting from
having that in the rules.”
Scott commended the
authors of Bowdoin’s com-
ments for their hard work
and commitment to fairness.
She particularly praised the
College’s proposed solution
in lieu of the requirement
for cross-examination, which
she took issue with. The Col-
lege suggested that instead of
cross-examination during a
live trial, parties should “sub-
mit written questions to an
investigator or decision-mak-
er who, after determining rel-
evant questions, would pose
those questions to another
party or witness.”
Scott explained that such
a process would be far more
sensitive to both parties. She
is working on articulating her
own comments on the pro-
posal, which must conform to
a strict format as mandated by
the Department of Education.
Maxx Byron ’19, who is
in charge of the sex project,
voiced similar unease.
“The cross-examination,
especially, seems heinous. I
can’t imagine having to go
through that,” Byron said.
He explained that the inves-
tigative and judicial process
should be sensitive to the
needs of students who may
already be facing emotional
trauma due to harassment or
an assault. “It should be …
a smooth, comfortable pro-
cess—as comfortable as it can
be.”
Byron thinks that many
Bowdoin students are con-
cerned about the proposed
changes.
“The Brett Kavanaugh
walkout was, in my four years,
the largest protest Bowdo-
in has done, and a lot of my
professors have said the very
same thing,” he said, noting
that the current class of first
years seems to be particularly
inspired.
Scott is cautiously optimis-
tic that the Department of
Education will consider the
comments submitted by Bow-
doin and similar institutions.
“Bowdoin has really good
name recognition and so
hopefully the Department
of Education will look at
that,” she said. “I just hope
that someone is actually go-
ing to listen.”
“He was on the crew team for described him as initially quiet,
a semester, and he changed it so he was quick to open up and to
much,” said Jake Readinger ’20. help out a friend.
Though his rowing accom- Mike Donnelly ’20 recalled
plishments were immense—he asking Zietlow’s help in or-
qualified for junior nationals ganizing a surprise birthday
as a senior in high school and party for two other members
rowed a marathon on a rowing of the rowing team. Zietlow
machine over Winter Break— gladly obliged—and neglected
Zietlow’s talents extended well to mention that the party date
beyond the sport. happened to fall on his own
“One day I saw him across eighteenth birthday.
the quad, carrying like a case … “He was so humble, it nev-
and then I learned that he was er came up to him to tell my
in the orchestra, and he never brother, ‘hey, just so you know,
would have it’s also my
told me that,” birthday,’” said
Matt Donnel- Matt Donnelly.
ly said. “And “He was plan-
then we were ning a surprise
talking about party for two
courses … and other people
he mentioned and never said
the names of anything about
his courses and it being his own
it was things birthday.”
that I haven’t His team-
even taken the mates, howev-
prereqs of the er, eventually
prereqs of. So caught onto
now I know he’s the special day,
athletic, nice, COURTESY OF MIKE DONNELLY and planned a
humble, musi- Zietlow was a talented rower whose surprise for Zi-
cally inclined teammates cherished him for his etlow, too.
and a genius. positive energy and contagious spirit. “Everyone
He’s just so said ‘surprise’
multi-talented and so humble when he walked in and it caught
about every single one of them.” him so off guard,” Mike Don-
Prithvi Gunturu ’22 met nelly said. “I was shocked, be-
Zietlow in Gibson Hall, where cause I thought he would expect
both were auditioning for the it. But he just smiled the whole
Bowdoin Orchestra. Both vi- time.”
olinists made it, and Gunturu While Zietlow won’t be in
was impressed with Zietlow’s the boathouse or the recital hall,
skill. friends and teammates will find
“I could always hear him there ways to remember him.
from behind me,” Gunturu said. “I hope more people start
“He was really good. He rarely wearing headbands. I think
ever missed a note.” you’re going to a see a lot more
In the classroom, Zietlow of them,” Boe said.
had a variety of interests, taking Ry Hills, assistant coach of
classes in art history, mathemat- the rowing team, noted that
ics, history and biology. As a ju- she, like many others, was lucky
nior in high school, he had won to have met Zietlow in the first
the Seagate Emerging Scientist place.
Award at the Minnesota State “I feel grateful when I say, we
Science and Engineering Fair, got him for a month, we got him
according to his high school for a semester.”
newspaper. A memorial service for Zi-
“Look at someone who is just etlow will be held on Saturday,
as excited about Brazil as they February 2 at 11 a.m. in Kan-

IT to replace cable with Xfinity on Bowdoin are about calculus,” said Elise bar Auditorium, Studzinski
Hocking ’22. “He was just ex- Recital Hall, with a reception to
tremely brilliant.” follow in Main Lounge, Moul-

students’ TVs, laptops and phones Beyond his academic, ath- ton Union.

campuses. been necessary spending to how much user engagement

by Andrew Bastone
Orient Staff
Bowdoin’s overhaul of its
cable television service will
now allow students to stream
and watch live TV on smart-
phones and laptops. In an
email to students on Decem-
ber 21, Information Technol-
ogy announced that students
can access the new service,
provided by Xfinity, through
a Roku streaming player, a
Roku compatible television, or
a personal electronic device.
The Information Technolo-
gy department has a limited
number of Rokus available for
loan to students.
According to Steve Blanc,
associate chief information
officer, the College has been
considering the change for the
past five or six years. The Col-
lege only decided to make the
switch now after ascertaining
that the technology is ready
and has worked well on other
“The channels that have
been important to folks, large-
ly around certain sports chan-
nels, are part of the new pack-
age,” Blanc explained. “With
Xfinity you’ll be able to watch
TV on your device wherever
you want, and there’s a full
DVR system as well so you can
record shows and watch them
later.”
Additionally, keeping the
current cable TV system
would have required costly
maintenance.
“We’re in a comfortable
spot for having a service that’s
going to be reliable and work,”
Blanc said.
The Xfinity system will
require significantly less
hardware than its predeces-
sor. Bowdoin currently has a
room of equipment, located
in Sills Hall, for the current
cable system. The new system
is cost-effective, Blanc said, as
it prevents what would have
FARMER of them. It puts it in very sharp
relief that someone is paying
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update the current equipment. will change. Blanc guessed the that price.”
“With the Xfinity sys- new system will attract more full combat gear in Iraq and Farmer did not return to
tem there are a pair of fibers users. Citing the popularity Afghanistan, among other Bowdoin often after his grad-
that come and plug into our of streaming services such as places, dot the wall. As Pot- uation as he served 10 tours
equipment, and that’s the only Netflix and Hulu on comput- holm sees it, overseas, but
equipment we have to main- ers and mobile devices, he this wall is ded- he had a love
tain,” Blanc said. imagined students might take icated to Bow- for the place.
He admitted, however, that advantage of the service when doin students He last corre-
the switch will not save much they can’t get back to their who have de- sponded with
money in the long term. room to use their own televi- cided to serve Gilbride in
“I expect largely a wash sion. the Common 2016, when
because the bulk of TV cost Many students expressed Good in a way he told him
is actually in the content, and excitement about the opportu- different than that he could
you’re paying for the content nities presented by the Xfinity most. A pho- not wait to
no matter who the provider service. to of Farmer, find the time
is,” Blanc said. “The main dif- “I’m excited about it be- whom Potholm to return to
ference is with Xfinity there is cause it means me and my did not know campus for
no capital outlay.” roommate get to watch the personally, is a Gilbride to
The current TV cables in Celtics on NBC Sports Net- recent addition. meet his chil-
College housing will be turned work,” said Jacob Rose ’21. “There’s COURTESY OF BOWDOIN BUGLE
dren.
off on March 1, and the cables “I’m excited to have some that adage that The men’s
themselves will be removed premium channels like TBS freedom is not Farmer was captain of the men’s basketball
over the summer. The Xfinity with good content,” said Ar- free,” said Pot- basketball team his senior year. He team will
served 10 tours of duty overseas.
system will feature a similar man Kothari ’22. “The Roku holm. “So we’re have a mo-
number of channels, but will definitely makes it easier be- fortunate that we have people ment of silence in honor of
provide more high definition cause all I have to do is down- from Bowdoin who are willing Farmer at their next home
(HD) channels. load an app and I can watch to serve, but it’s always very, game against Middlebury at 7
While it is unclear exactly right away.” very tragic when we lose one p.m. on February 1.
Friday, January 25, 2019 NEWS 5

MLK DAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

comprised of members from

the Dean of Students Office,
Hawthorne-Longfellow Li-
brary, the Office of Student
Affairs and the Joseph McK-
een Center for the Common
Good, planned the program-
ming. The group found a
balance between community
and individual engagement.
Public events included the
projection of Dr. King’s
“I Have a Dream” speech
during lunch in Thorne Hall
and film screenings in Haw-
thorne-Longfellow Library.
Private events included spe-
cial classes.
President Clayton Rose
called on faculty to teach
classes related to Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. Rose himself de-
cided to teach a class that en-
gaged with Dr. King’s “Letter
from Birmingham Jail” which
led to an open invitation to
all faculty members to lead
a class that engaged with Dr.
King’s work.
Students were invited to
pre-register for five spe-
cial classes via email, which
were offered by faculty of
different disciplines. Topics
ranged from examining Af- COURTESY OF NICOLE TJIN A DIJE
rican-American art co-led by REMEMBERING DR. KING: Students joined President Clayton Rose in a special class to examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” In previous years, classes had been in
Assistant Professor of Art His- session whenever the holiday fell on a day of class during the academic year. This year, the College allowed students to devote the day to learning about Dr. King.
tory Dana Byrd and Kinaya
Hassane ’19 to a discussion inability to make it to campus. “It’s interesting that col- A focus of the day was the video produced by the College throughout Monday’s events.
of Shelby Steele’s 1990 book, The College’s prioritization leges have taken on the role personal tie between King and shard with students in an “It was pretty interesting
“The Content of Our Charac- of diverse programming for to help society as a whole and Bowdoin. The civil rights email from Rose on Saturday. how our discussion came to
ter: A New Vision of Race in Martin Luther King Day aligns determine what it is on this leader’s visit in 1964 has had “[I had] the idea of linking how [Dr. King’s letter from
America” led by Chakkalakal. with a nationwide trend, when holiday. I think that is a good a profound effect on Bowdo- the generations of Bowdoin Birmingham Jail] is import-
Some of the scheduled colleges have taken a lead on de- job for intellectuals,” Chakka- in alumni and students. After students, students who were ant because it is amazing
classes were affected by Win- fining what the holiday means lakal said. an invitation from a student here then and the students that rhetoric and he’s an amazing
ter Storm Harper, which hit for students and the public. “You don’t really think group on campus, King spoke are here now and understand person, but also because it has
New England on Sunday and Every NESCAC has sponsored about how this is a day to to more than 1,000 students, the commonality of the points such relevance,” said Brooke
affected travel plans. One programs that address the life reflect and think about this faculty and community mem- of view,” Rose said of his con- Vahos ’21. “A lot of what he
class was cancelled, anoth- and legacy of Dr. King. The history, especially in this his- bers in the First Parish Church ceptualization of the video. was saying relates to current
er was postponed and other programs range from keynote torical moment with what is and then facilitated a small The video’s theme of con- issues in the United States.”
classes were smaller than ex- addresses to multi-day, themed happening racially with our group discussion. The events nection and honoring Dr. Rohini Kurup contributed
pected due to some students’ programming. country,” Hassane said. were recounted by alumni in a King was evident on campus to this report.

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6 Friday, January 25, 2019
F FEATURES
Many nights at the Museum: Goodyears spark innovation
by Emma Sorkin
Orient Staff
While the Bowdoin College
Museum of Art (BCMA) is
well-known for its extensive and
unique collections, much of the
space’s success and innovation is
due to its employees. Anne and
Frank Goodyear, co-directors
of the BCMA since 2014, have
played a significant role in facili-
tating the museum’s growth and
creative aspirations.
Frank and Anne Goodyear,
after leaving curatorial jobs at
the Smithsonian Institute in
the District of Columbia, trav-
eled to Bowdoin with a strate-
gic five-year plan to introduce
more experimentation and
dynamism into the museum’s
offerings and exhibitions while
creating avenues for students
and staff to engage with the
collection.
To this end, the duo is pre-
paring a new fiscal plan which
will launch in July of 2019.
“We’re looking very assidu-
ously at how core activities that
define the museum align with
some of the major goals of the
College at large,” Anne said.
“[These include] fostering in-
novative teaching and learning,
being part of an institution and
dedicating ourselves to develop-
ing an inclusive community that
values access for everyone and
prizes the extraordinary diversi-
ty of the student body.”
One of the new initiatives
A faithful recipe: cooking, conversation and comaraderie
by Eliana Miller and Sophie
Friedman
Features Contributors
Although dating culture is
dead at Bowdoin, food cul-
ture is immortal. By the time
students graduate, they have
attended four Lobster Bakes,
eaten 256 Bowdoin Brunches
and drained 150 PolarPoints
far too quickly each semester.
Thanks to the fantastic Bow-
doin Dining staff, we’ve feasted
on goat cheese paninis, seafood
scampi and pumpkin chocolate
chip muffins, while our peers
at other colleges, as Malcolm
Gladwell is quick to mention,
either suffer through four years
of greasy pizza or abandon
meal plans and school dining
hall culture entirely.
This past semester, we ate
most of our meals in Moulton
or Thorne, but, along with
four other friends, decided to
designate each Friday night to
a home-cooked meal. We six
chefs operated on a rotation,
each cooking about two meals
over the course of the semester.
The chef of the week chose rec-
ipes, picked up groceries and
spent an afternoon basking
in sheer domestic bliss. Come
dinner time, we sat around our
creaky, wooden kitchen table
in Pine Apartments and shared
a home-cooked meal, unusual-
ly pleased not to be sitting in a
dining hall.
will allow for the public to take
full advantage of the museum’s
resources through online edi-
tions of its physical collections
and exhibitions. In 2014, As-
sistant Professor of Art History
Dana Byrd coordinated a digital
exhibition with the museum
entitled “Fifty Years Later.” This
digital exhibition, which reex-
amined the 1964 exhibition in
the Bowdoin Museum called
“The Portrayal of the Negro in
American Painting,” serves as a
model for the type of exhibit the
initiative seeks to promote.
The 1964 exhibition ran
longer than it was slated and
attracted many notable visitors,
including Martin Luther King
Jr., in 1964. Byrd’s exhibition was
noteworthy in that it brought to
light this transformative aspect of
the museum, as well as marked a
new type of collaboration.
“This electronic exhibition
which, was actually done during
the first full year of our tenure,
was a collaboration between the
art history department, digital
and computational studies, and
the museum,” Anne said.
A program was scheduled for
Monday, Martin Luther King Jr.
day, in which the community
would have a space to gather
and discuss the exhibition that
Dr. King saw, Byrd’s 2014 exhi-
bition and the implications this
art has on society in the past,
present and future. While the
program had to be rescheduled
due to weather, it will likely take
Though our food wasn’t any
better than that of Moulton or
Thorne, cooking together, in a
home, made these meals feel
different. We quickly grew to
love this tradition, looking
forward to Friday nights and
honoring them as almost sa-
cred. Sitting down at a dinner
table is similar to buckling into
a roller coaster. You committed
earlier, waited your turn and
now you’re locked in for the
ride. Drinks first, then din-
ner, dessert to follow and then
dishes; four D’s that can take
about two and a half hours.
The formality and ritual of
sharing a home-cooked meal
brings intimate conversation.
Sometimes these conversations
turned outward. As students
of varying disciplines and
now unburdened by the time
constraints of a class, we con-
sidered whether it was possible
to separate artists from their
work, discussing Kanye, #Me-
Too and Woody Allen. Oth-
er times these conversations
turned inward. Friends shared
vulnerabilities, bringing up
topics generally hushed else-
where on campus. And many
nights we sat around the table
laughing at dramatized ac-
counts of weekday happenings.
We were all at the mercy of the
ride.
The spirit of hospitality was
central to these dinners. Our
weekly rotation allowed us to
CURATING CREATIVITY: Frank and Anne Goodyear spend more time together than other couples. As the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s co-directors,
they have planned and cultivated a much anticipated transformation of the museum, encouraging new and innovative exhibitions and interactions.
place next month.
“It really fits in with a larger
set of priorities that Frank and I
have for the museum which is to
really understand the museum
as a place where collaboration
across campus can flourish,”
Anne said. Part of the exciting
achievement of this exhibition
was precisely that it gave us an
opportunity to use a show that,
now 55 years later, did some-
let go of Venmo culture and
its refrains of “I owe you this”
and “You owe me that.” As
lonely juniors, out of the reach
of ResLife’s social engineer-
ing and with half of our class
studying abroad, we welcomed
all new social interaction, in-
viting others to join on Friday
nights. The size of our dinners
expanded, as we were excit-
ed to extend a more personal
“You should come for dinner!”
rather than the hackneyed
“Let’s grab a meal!” This ethos
allowed us to make new friends
during a time at Bowdoin that’s
often considered isolating.
Upon taking the first bite
of each meal, we’d all blurt out
almost excessive compliments:
“best thing I’ve ever eaten!” or
“It’s all in the texture—you’ve
done it. You’ve done it again!”
Our ridiculous ethos of con-
gratulations (and self-congrat-
ulation) lent the sensation that
we’d finally created something
with our own two hands. As an
institution of higher education,
Bowdoin prioritizes pursuits
of the mind over those of the
body. We spend our weeks
constantly reading, writing
and analyzing; it’s easy to over-
look opportunities to build
or create. Cooking, though a
daily task for many, offers one
of those rare opportunities for
Bowdoin students.
After an analytical week, we
all welcomed creative expres-
thing extremely innovative and
springboard off of that to create
a lasting resource.”
Since their arrival, the cou-
ple has also focused on how
they can nurture creative and
independent thinking among
the student body and the com-
munity at large. For Anne, be-
ing in the Bowdoin museum
provides her with an environ-
ment to do so.
sion in the
kitchen. To call
our food art feels
disingenuous, but
we can liken it to
a sort of artistic
pursuit. Think tod-
PH
dler and stick figures
OE
BEZ
rather than Monet and
IPP
ER
water lilies. Grapefruits
gently skinned to maintain
their form, pears patiently
browned to achieve the perfect
caramelization, queso deftly
sprinkled to allow the proper
carne-to-queso ratio and mu-
sic, soft during dinner, cranked
up once we got started on dish-
es. In the words of our hero,
Julia Child, “In [Pine Apart-
ments], cooking is a serious art
form and a national sport.”
Lastly, much like the bing
of the Student Digest soaring
into inboxes across campus at
exactly 11:11 a.m. every day,
cooking offers us all consis-
tency. No matter what happens
during the week in Reed House
basement or the Oval Office,
the mushrooms will always
brown goddamnit. The routine,
the reliability, the simplicity of
returning to a faithful recipe
“We have an opportunity to
draw on historic resources, such
as those that are highlighted in
this exhibition, as well as on
contemporary responses by cre-
ative artists,” Anne said.
When choosing exhibitions,
the co-directors sit on a cura-
torial committee that reviews
proposals from students, facul-
ty, curators and the community
beyond the campus to choose
brings com-
fort. Like
Proust and
the madeleine,
certain flavors
will always taste like
home.
Having spent a lot of time
thinking about what food
means to us, going forward
with this column we aim to ex-
plore what food means to oth-
ers. We will both cook meals
with new friends and chefs,
interview people for whom
food and food production is
a central part of their lives
and learn about community
food practices and food-re-
lated religious rituals. Sophie,
studying abroad in Jerusa-
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
shows that will not only appeal
to students and faculty and be a
resource in learning and teach-
ing, but also appeal to the wider
public.
“The Museum is an education
resource for the campus and
for the community,” Frank said.
“Anything that we can do to facil-
itate connections with the collec-
tions here is something that we’re
aspiring to do.”
lem, will dig into a new cuisine.
Meanwhile, Eliana will indulge
in the best of Bowdoin Dining,
both of us exploring how food
shapes culture and community.
Because food is one of those
few things that we all have in
common, here begins our jour-
ney studying The Common
Food (kämәn fōod).
Friday, January 25, 2019
THE HOLOCAUST,
FACEBOOK AND A
YAHRZEIT CANDLE
“I want to briefly share a few
thoughts on my mind lately.
Though I’m far from religious,
I have an indelible tie to my
Jewish heritage. My grandfa-
ther, Michael Schafir, was a
Holocaust survivor. He spent
five and half years in various
forced labor and concentration
camps throughout Poland and
Germany. I think of him today
because today is the ninth an-
niversary of his death.
I also think of him today
because of a story he once
told me about a man, a Nazi
Party member, who saved my
grandfather’s life by risking
his own to drop sandwiches
by a fence so my grandfather
wouldn’t starve. As he told
an interviewer years later ‘ ...
this man—I don’t even know
his name—came in almost
every day and, making sure
he wouldn’t be seen, gave me
food. He saved my life.’
We live in a world of in-
creasing fear. Fascism is on
the rise again. As we saw
this past week, racially and
religiously motivated attacks
continue and are catalyzed
ON ANGER
I am not a generally happy
person. This is not a new revela-
tion (nor is it news, I’m sure, to
any of my friends), but it’s some-
thing I’ve been thinking about a
lot recently. I like to say that my
“resting emotion” is anger. That
is, the emotion I default to when
nothing else is immediately pres-
ent. I used to take pride in this:
“anger is a really productive emo-
tion for me” is a sentence that I’ve
said more times than I can count.
And it’s true. Anger is inspira-
tional for me; it drives me to cre-
ate positive change; it pushes me
out of laziness and into action. I
have a permanent mental image
of myself with a fire burning in
my chest that powers me like an
engine, and it gets stronger the
angrier I get—the more fuel I can
find to burn.
I use anger in my essays and
short stories. I have centered my
honors project on the value that I
see in feminine anger, in explor-
ing what it means to allow wom-
en to be unrestrictedly furious
and full of range and vengeance.
Other people who aren’t as an-
gry just aren’t seeing the world
clearly.
WE WANT YOU TO TELL YOUR STORY
by fear-mongering leaders.
If nothing else, remember to
look out for the people around
you who may be in need, even
if you yourself are not, even
if it means risking something
you have.
Please remember to vote.”
I wrote that on October 29,
2018, a few days before election
day. In an act of self-indulgence
typical of the universally-felt,
attention-seeking behavior we
often succumb to, I posted it
to Facebook with a picture of
my grandfather, by then an
old man, wistfully holding up
a striped shirt that has become
emblematic of the Nazi con-
centration camps. The lesson
rang clear to me, as it had since
first hearing the story. It had
the perfect tragic elements to
potentially influence the way
people act in the world.
Soon the notifications rolled
in. My aunt, reposting it. My
uncle, saying how proud he
was of me as he too shared it.
Though it was my paternal
grandfather I’d written about,
both of my mom’s Jewish par-
ents also fled Nazi-occupied
eastern Europe. I soon received
a text from her, too.
“Your post on Facebook
about grandpa Mike has me in
Over break, I was riding the
New York City subway when a
man got on the train and calmly
told us his life story: he was a for-
mer music teacher who became
homeless and had a daughter he
was trying to feed. Then, he got
down on his knees and literally
begged for help. I had a million
excuses not to give him money:
I was in a hurry; I needed my
money; he could find help else-
where. I got off the train without
giving him anything.
My immediate reaction was
to search for something to be
angry about, and I found easy
targets: the man, for making me
feel guilty; the older, wealthier
people on the train, for not help-
ing so that I wouldn’t have had to
consider it; America, for not sup-
porting its citizens better. There
were too many potential targets,
but I realized that none of them
presented a course of action for
me to take, so I tried to just shrug
the encounter off. But as I walked
out of the subway station, I real-
ized something else: anger often
leads me to apathy. Anger, more
often than not, is overwhelming
and exhausting, and it fosters
disconnect and dissatisfaction.
Just outside the station, a
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tears in the supermarket. I’m
so proud of you. I admire and
love and cherish who you are
and who are you are becom-
ing. I love you very much. You
make me proud.”
Though in retrospect I
recognize how lucky I am to
have such a kind and support-
ive mother, the text drove me
nuts at the time.
“I’m doing this for political
influence,” I thought. “You
crying in the supermarket was
not the point.”
I never responded to the
text.
That evening, my dad called.
I picked up the phone, expect-
ing nothing other than the ban-
ter that we have come to enjoy
every few weeks since I left
home. He sounded pensive, his
tone not unlike the one he uses
to reflect on his year around
Rosh Hashanah.
In a brief, unrehearsed
statement, he explained that,
unbeknownst to me, he’d
chosen not to recognize his
father’s passing on this day,
but later chose to celebrate his
birthday instead. It became
increasingly difficult for him
to turn a blind eye on October
29—he needed to recognize
the day somehow.
homeless woman sat in a chair,
holding out a bucket for change.
She met my gaze. “I like your
haircut,” she said. I approached
her. Wrapped in a blanket at her
feet was one of the tiniest, cutest
dogs I’d ever seen. I asked her
about it, and she told me she’d
saved the dog from a flood in
her hometown in Florida. “He
almost died,” she said, “but now
we’ve got each other.” I gave the
woman a few dollars.
When I headed back home,
the woman was still sitting
there, shaking her bucket. She
saw me approach and started
to ask for change until she
recognized me. “Oh, hello
again!” she said, and I don’t
think I will ever forget the grin
she gave me. Quite honestly, it
was one of the most genuine
smiles I’ve ever seen. I smiled
back, waved and went down
into the subway. I was happi-
er than I have been in quite a
while, and I was in awe of that
woman. She had hundreds of
reasons to be angry, and yet,
she seemed more at peace with
her life than I was with mine.
She wasn’t blind to the realities
of the world; she just appeared
to be choosing to prioritize a
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I listened in the dark-
ness between Hyde and
Appleton as he told me
that my writing had
caused him to reevalu-
ate his emotions on this
day. I flexed my jaws to
keep from crying as he
told me that that night,
for the first time ever, he
lit a Yahrzeit candle for
his father (Jews light a
Yahrzeit candle in recog-
nition on the anniversary
of someone’s death).
I quickly escaped the
conversation and hung up.
I approached the friend, who
I’d left to chat with someone R
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else, and began to explain to EY
DN
him what had just happened. SY
I was unable to maintain my emo-
composure—nearly immedi- tional in-
ately, I began to gently cry. timacy with their
I’d never intended for this parents, the post yielded the stands. Go out of your way
happen. I’d never even intend- greatest result of all to me. to be kind to people. Go out
ed for my social-media-inept I suppose this is part of of your way to perpetuate
father to ever see the post. I growing up. I’ve never felt as positivity in the world. But
certainly didn’t expect it to though I was “there” for my more importantly, remem-
help him in any way. I’ve never parents either—when they ber that you help others in
had an emotionally intimate need a consigliere, they call ways you wouldn’t expect;
relationship with my parents. their siblings. When they you may help them find a
My friends confided in theirs; need to feel intimacy to their state of balance, if only for a
together they lived heart- offspring, I’m a body to hug. moment, that they have been
breaks and passions. I never But this feeling is new for me. in search of for nine years.
did. For someone who has My point about my grand- Reuben Schafir is a member
long struggled with a lack of father, by the way, still of the Class of 2022.
different emotion.
Anger makes me feel
good because it’s a balm
for my fears about the
world and my insecu-
rities about myself. It
lets me focus on be-
ing right, in so many
different ways. But
it isn’t something I
want to continue to
cling to. Happiness
is an emotion I
have wildly un-
derrated in my
life, and it stems
from vulner-
ability, from
compassion
and from
connection.
And the fire
in my chest,
it turns out,
is not just
there to
burn and
destroy,
but to keep
me warm.
Syd PHOEBE ZIPPER
Benjamin
is a member
of the Class
of 2019.
8 FEATURES
Honors students take their research on the road
by Julia Katter
Orient Staff
While Bowdoin students
travel all over the globe during
breaks, each year a few students
embark on scholarly expeditions
as an extension of their senior
honors projects. Through the
College’s various research grants,
students conduct research in cit-
ies across the world.
Miranda Miller ’19 was one
such student who traveled to the
capital of Brazil, Brasilia, to study
the city’s unique architecture.
“The city was designed in
1960 and is being preserved,
but it has changed a lot since
then,” Miller said. “My research
is on public perceptions in the
city and what needs to be done
to make the city more livable,
and also balancing that with
what needs to be done to pre-
serve the city’s unique modern
architecture.”
Beto Wetter ’19 spent 16 days
during this break in England and
researched in archives in Lon-
don, Leeds and York. A history
major, Wetter’s thesis focuses on
Great Britain and World War I.
“I am analyzing the impact
conscription had on Britain,
both on the battlefront and on
the home front,” said Wetter.
TAKING YOUR THESIS ON A TRIP: While many seniors embark on the rigorous journey of a honors project, a handful of students choose to seek part of their research abroad. Beto Wetter ’19, a history major studying Great Britain and
World War I, went to England over break and visited London, Leeds and York. Miranda Miller ’19 went south to Brazil to get a first-hand understanding of Brasilia’s architecture. Government major Sandro Cocito ’19 traveled to Greece.
Government major Sandro
Cocito ’19 traveled to Athens,
Greece to talk to political figures
and representatives from char-
itable organizations about the
refugee crisis in Europe.
“I’m writing about the legal
definition of a refugee and why
we need a new one,” Cocito
wrote in an email to the Orient.
“The 1951 Refugee Convention
has been applied restrictively in
situations where refugee issues
are politically difficult.”
Not only did Cocito engage
in research, but he also started
a volunteer program at an NGO
in Athens he had worked for last
summer.
Students completing honors
projects must be very dedicated
to their topic, as they take at
least a year to complete. Though
some topics may seem niche,
each student has a different in-
spiration and story behind how
they chose their topics.
While the idea for Cocito’s
project came about from work-
ing at an NGO, Miller was in-
spired by a class called The City
Since 1960 with Jill Pearlman, a
senior lecturer in Environmental
Studies.
“I did a lot of research in that
class on Albany, the capital of
New York, which happens to
COURTESY BETO WETTER
be where I’m from, said Miller.
“[Albany] actually has similar
architecture to Brasilia and I
thought it would be really inter-
esting to understand how that
kind of architecture played out
in a very different city and cul-
tural context.”
Wetter, like Cocito, found his
motivation for his honors while
studying abroad.
“I took a tutorial on Great
Britain and the first World War,
and I loved it so much that I
wanted to continue studying
that,” said Wetter. “So I scrapped
my initial plan of doing a thesis
on World War II.”
Though many students com-
plete honors projects on campus,
Miller, Wetter and Cocito assert
there is something unique about
immersing themselves among
the subjects of their research.
For Wetter, this meant en-
countering archival material he
hadn’t known existed.
“Though Google is amazing
and the library databases are
great, they haven’t digitized
everything from World War I,”
said Wetter. “The tricky part is
parsing down all my sources and
piecing my puzzle together.”
To Miller and Cocito, what
made researching abroad valuable
were their interactions with locals.
Friday, January 25, 2019
COURTESY SANDRO COCITO
“The part that I enjoyed the
most was surveying random
residents on the street,” Miller
said. “I think that was the cool-
est part, just to talk to the real
residents living in these cities
and definitely information that I
couldn’t gather from books here
at Bowdoin.”
Similarly, Cocito found
that talking with Greek people
on his research topic offered
him more context in under-
standing the complexities of
refugee migration.
“All of the people I talk-
ed to are on the front lines
politically when it comes to
refugee issues in Greece, and
they helped me understand the
current difficulties in refugee
governance and the effect that
negative public opinion toward COURTESY SANDRO COCITO
the Greek national government
and the European multilevel
governance system has had,”
wrote Cocito.
Overall, the students report-
ed that the opportunity to con-
duct research abroad has deeply
enriched their honors projects
and education.
“It was a really interesting
experience, and I’m grateful
to Bowdoin for giving me the
funding to go back to Athens,” COURTESY BETO WETTER
Cocito wrote.
COURTESY MIRANDA MILLER COURTESY MIRANDA MILLER
Friday, Janury 25, 2019 SURVEY 9

W I N T E R 2 0 1 9 R E S U LT S
Bowdoin Orient Student Survey Compiled by Drew Macdonald and Gideon Moore
with help from George Grimbilas and Nimra Siddiqui

DISAPPROVAL APPROVAL

BRUNSWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT

BRUNSWICK, MAINE

ENTERTAINMENT BOARD

JUDICIAL BOARD
This past week, the Orient Strongly disapprove
sent out its midyear approv- THE BOWDOIN ORIENT Disapprove
al ratings survey. The survey
Approve
was sent to all 1,805 students
STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUNDING COMMITTEE (SAFC) Strongly approve
and yielded 475 responses
(26.3 percent). Support for
the Brunswick Police Depart- OVERALL CLASS COUNCIL
ment declined sharply from
last fall amid controversy over BSG PRESIDENT MOHAMED NUR
off-campus enforcement. The
2019 Class Council remains BOWDOIN STUDENT GOVERNMENT (BSG)
significantly less popular than
its counterparts. Career Plan- THE LIBRARIES
ning approval declines as stu-
dents approach graduation, as COLLEGE HOUSE SYSTEM
does approval of the College
House System. OFFICE OF OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

COUNSELING SERVICES

CAREER PLANNING CENTER

DEPT. OF ATHLETICS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH CENTER

REGISTRAR

DINING SERVICES

SAFETY AND SECURITY

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

THE FACULTY

OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

PRESIDENT ROSE

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

30% 20% 10% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Percentage of respondents

CLASS COUNCILS APPROVAL CAREER PLANNING APPROVAL BY CLASS YEAR

2019 2019

2020 2020

2021 2021

2022 2022

30% 20% 10% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 25% 25% 50% 75%

SENIOR SLUMP: The Class of 2019 approves of their class council (LEFT) and the Career Planning Center (RIGHT) significantly less than the rest of Bowdoin’s student body. This malaise is not unique to this group of seniors, though. Last year,
the Class of 2018 also disapproved of their class council much more than any other grade. The senior class council is asked to plan more events than any other year, including weekly senior nights and senior week before graduation.
10 Friday, January 25, 2019

A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Intersections
of Art and the
Environment
by Brianna Cunliffe
Orient Staff
Enter the latest exhibition at
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
(BCMA), and it may not be what
you expect. In ‘Material Resourc-
es: Intersections of Art and the
Environment,’ notions of what en-
vironmental art ought to look like
are challenged within moments of
arrival.
Designed to coincide with the
October opening of the Roux
Center for the Environment, the
BCMA exhibit capitalizes on
Bowdoin’s unique strengths: its
strong legacy in the interdisciplin-
ary study of the environment and
its encyclopedic, transnational art
collection.
Curated by Curatorial Assis-
tant Honor Wilkinson, the ex-
hibit is divided into three parts:
Extraction, Conservation and
Development.
“[The exhibit] connects objects
that span history and the globe
under the umbrella of their rep-
resentation of and use of natural
resources,” said Wilkinson.
Environmental artists such
as featured husband-wife team
Christo and Jeanne-Claude create
art not just about the landscape,
but from it. Their work, “Running
Fence,” is a physical fence stretch-
ing through the desert. On display
in the exhibit is a preparatory
sketch.
Other works similarly meld the
social, political and environmen-
tal, such as Agnes Denes’ “Tree
Mountain,” an earthwork recla-
mation project that planted 11,000
trees in Western Finland. Natasha
Goldman, adjunct lecturer in art
history, spoke about this large-
scale, landscape-based work at a
panel Thursdy afternoon.
“By incorporating the commu-
nity into the process of making
art, Denes embodies the idea of
social sculpture. She makes a work
that is both of the land and for the
land,” said Goldman.
The active search for creative
solutions to environmental prob-
lems is reflected in another high-
light, Mel Chin’s “Caged Corn,” a
sculptural work referencing his
work with scientists using plants
to draw heavy metals out of the
soil.
“Through [Chin’s] aesthetic and
creative intervention into the land,”
said Wilkinson, “he’s able to solve
an issue of pollution.”
Juxtaposed with imagery of
mining and intended to confound
expectations of what ‘extraction’
means, this is one of the most
outspokenly activist pieces in the
collection.
Some pieces speak to art’s his-
tory of communicating scientific
EYEING THE ENVIRONMENT: New exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art showcases the environmental aspect of artworks across diverse
media, merging aesthetics and science through an interdisciplinary approach.
knowledge, as Assistant Professor
of Biology Patricia Jones pointed
out.
“The marriage of beautiful aes-
thetics and accurate scientific de-
pictions remains critical in many
ways,” said Jones.
Not all art objects are created
with the intent of making an en-
vironmental statement. However,
as Wilkinson points out, all art is
tethered to the environment, to
the intertwined earth and human
systems which formed them.
“The interdisciplinary frame-
work of the environment—when
you look at a painting from that
perspective, your path of inquiry
can go in so many different direc-
tions,” she said.
Even old favorites, such as the
museum’s treasured Marsden
Hartley’s “After the Storm, Vinal-
haven,” have something new to
be seen when framed with an
environmental lens. “Material
Resources” highlights Hartley’s
use of pink granite as an object
with a strong connection to place
and identity, significant in the
economic and cultural history of
Vinalhaven.
“Using the environmental per-
spective helps us represent tradi-
tional art forms. Not just thinking
of them as photography or sculp-
ture, but of their connection to the
earth’s resources,” said Wilkinson.
“It encourages people to see sin-
gular artworks from multiple per-
spectives.”
In a collection spanning the
globe and two millennia, the
diverse media highlights the en-
vironment’s constant presence
in art. The exhibition features
sculpture, painting, photography,
furniture, masks and an especially
unique and treasured object: the
sketch created by famous architect
Le Corbusier during his 1935 visit
to Bowdoin.
The table-cloth sketch, legend-
arily the product of the architect’s
passionate outburst during dinner
with the College’s president, de-
picts his vision of the Radiant City,
a utopian ideal at the epicenter of
his design philosophy.
In her task of narrowing the
BCMA’s 20,000 strong collection
to the eventual 84 featured in the
exhibit, Wilkinson first took her
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cues from records, noting which
objects had been pulled for class
visits by Environmental Studies
faculty.
“That in itself acknowledges
the fact that these art objects are
already being used in the study of
the environment,” said Wilkinson.
Faculty engagement goes be-
yond record books. Professors are
active participants in the exhibit
and its literature. One featured
artist, Stephanie Rothenberg, is
the inaugural Roux Scholar. Her
work illuminates non-human
systems as models for rebuilding
infrastructure—the ways we can
learn from, and are shaped by, the
world around us.
The exhibit will be on view at
the BCMA through June 2, 2019.

Portrait of an Artist: Sam Roy ’20, perspective of patience

a year. I started last spring and this Q: You did a TedX talk a few don’t go a day without taking a
by Penelope Mack summer I was able to do my own months ago about the unex- picture. When you’re holding a
Orient Staff
independent project through the pected nature of film photog- photo that you had to go through
Sam Roy is a junior majoring McKee grant. raphy. Did you find surprises in the film development process, for
in neuroscience and minoring in the project you worked on this the enlargement process and all
visual arts. Last November, she Q: What was your indepen- summer? those things that had to go right,
gave a TedX talk in Springfield, dent project? A: Definitely. I couldn’t de- you realize, “Oh, this is cool, this
Massachusetts titled “Accidental A: My project was about velop my film until I got back is more valuable.”
Photographs: Taking Ownership of creating an all-women’s world; to school. When I came back
Chance.” Roy was the recipient of it was modeled after Wonder in August, some of my film had Q: Do you have plans for an-
a McKee Photography Grant last Woman’s world, Themyscira. been from the beginning of July, other project?
summer for her independent study. Basically, I shot photos of wom- so these were pictures that I didn’t A: I would love to do a project
en in everyday life. I was trying really remember. With the size of on something more specific, be-
This interview has been edited to take complicated photos of the project, I was taking so many cause [my first] was very broad, ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
for length and clarity. only women so that when the pictures just to make sure I had it was just street photography. No SAM WITH THE CAM: Sam Roy ’20 embraces the element of chance in her
series was put together, it would enough to go through and look regrets, I’m glad I chose that. It was film photography and captures moments of unexpected surprise.
The Bowdoin Orient: How did be a woman’s world. I’m new to at. When you have to wait to see easier to get my feet under me with
you first get into photography? photography and new to creating them, you look at them with a dif- a project that size. This semester Q: Would you ever do a series Q: Anything else you’d like
Sam Roy ’20: I took a digital my own art in general, so it was ferent perspective. I’m in Documentary Photography, about the Bowdoin campus? to add?
class pre-Bowdoin, got a camera an important experience for me and part of our class is a semes- A: Yeah, I’m a neuroscience A: If anyone’s looking for a
after that, and started doing things to put together my own series Q: Does that make film pho- ter-long project on documenting major and I’m in the lab a lot; class to add in the art depart-
of my own. I took the intro film and all the steps that come with tography more fulfilling for you some person or event, some type of labs are cool in the way they’re ment, Photo I with Mike Kolster
photography class here the spring that, from the planning to the de- than digital? struggle in the Brunswick commu- lit and are different spaces that is the best. It just makes you
semester of my sophomore year, cision-making in the end to the A: Yeah, I think that’s what I nity. I found I like photographing people aren’t familiar with. I have slow things down, look at things
and I just absolutely fell in love time [it takes] in general. love about the film process. We people, so whatever that project is thought about doing [a series] on differently.
with it. I’ve only been doing it for all take so many pictures. You I want to have a focus on people. honors students this spring.

COURTESY OF SAM ROY

Friday, January 25, 2019
S SPORTS
Polar Bears prepare to meet Mules on the ice
by Itza Bonilla-Hernandez
Orient Staff
This Saturday the men’s
hockey team (6-9-2, 3-7-1
NESCAC) will battle rival
Colby (6-7-3, 3-6-2 NES-
CAC). It is the 212th meeting
of the teams.
The rivalry kicked off in
1922, when the Mules beat
the Polar Bears 2-1 in the
teams’ first ever matchup.
Over the years, the Bowdo-
in-Colby rivalry has become
ingrained in the College’s
culture.
“[The game] is no bigger
from a stat kind of stand-
point than any other game,
but it definitely feels a lot
bigger because we get the
whole support of the school,”
said captain Pat Geary ’20.
“To have them come out and
support you makes you [feel]
special and makes it feel like
a monumental game.”
The players hope to bring
energy, determination and
confidence come Saturday,
which Head Coach Jamie Du-
mont, who has been leading
the program since May 2016,
believes will contribute to the
team’s success.
“The biggest thing for
us is we want to play to our
strengths and be confident.
We have as much talent as
anybody, and we have to con-
tinue to believe in ourselves
and trust each other,” said
Dumont. “From a team per-
spective, we have skill and
speed but it can’t be a one- or
two-man show. It [has] to be
all 22 guys in the lineup, ev-
ery night, contributing.”
This year, the team has
added a lot of younger play-
ers to its lineup. Although
inexperienced players can
prove fatal to a hockey sea-
son, underclassmen such
as Albert Washco ’22—who
has started in 17 games and
scored eight goals—have ris-
en to the challenge.
“[Washco] has been just
lighting it up, scoring a lot of
goals,” said Geary. “He’s been
very productive for us offen-
sively, so we’ve relied on him.”
The team hopes the crowd’s
energy will propel them to
score quickly and play good
defense.
Captain Chris Wallace ’19
believes that the team will
benefit from sticking to its
game plan. Wallace explained
the Polar Bears defensive
strategy consists of a non-tra-
ditional three back and fore-
check—a defensive strategy
used to regain control of the
puck.
“Defenders jump in the
rush and forecheck from
above the puck as opposed to
below,” said Wallace.
Defenders jumping in
the rush means that the Po-
lar Bears will skate into the
offensive zone rather than
hanging back, and they will
use forechecking to skate at
the opponent head-on while
angling him to the side to
prevent him from scoring.
The Polar Bears know the
effect an excited crowd can
have on the game.
“The second you score and
you feel the building erupt,
it’s one of the greatest feel-
ings,” said Geary. “It’s why
a lot of us play hockey. We
dream of playing in front of
big stands and big crowds,
and this is probably the big-
gest crowd that we play in
front of. It’s really easy to feed
off [that] energy.”
Constant support from the
Brunswick community has
helped the team’s prosperity
this season.
“At a lot of our games we
are supported by the com-
munity as opposed to the
students, so we get a lot of
locals who live in Brunswick
that come to our games,” said
Wallace. “It’s a nice feeling
to be able to step on the ice
come January when all stu-
dents are home and still have
people at the game. It’s a great
feeling to be supported.”
In addition, the team’s
community on and off the
ice has helped build cohesion
and improve its quality of
play.
“It’s a sign of what Bow-
doin hockey is all about:
SOLD OUT: (TOP): Randy Nichols enjoys last year’s Bowdoin Colby game. Students and alumni fill the
stands each year. (BOTTOM): Hockey players take their positions against Colby. Bowdoin lost 6-1 last year.
it’s a brotherhood and it’s a
family at the end of the day,”
said Dumont. “Everybody in
that room should be pulling
for each other and trusting
each other in or on the line-
up. [It’s] something that we
preach from day one.”
Bowdoin will face off
against the Mules at 7 p.m. on
Saturday. There are currently
no remaining tickets for the
game, but a limited number
may be available at Watson
Arena when doors open at 6
p.m.
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11
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
SQUASH THE MULES:
The men’s squash
team kept its cool last
Tuesday in a close 5-4
win over Colby. Key
victories from Carson
Claar ’22 (3-1), John
Milligan ’22 (3-1), Drew
Clark ’20 (3-1), Ishaan
George ’22 (3-1) and
Tyler Shonrock ’20
(3-0) ended the match
after aggressive play by
the Polar Bears in the
second half.
SOMEONE CALL THE
VET: The number
one ranked women’s
basketball team (17-
0, 4-0 NESCAC)
continued its winning
streak last weekend,
striking a devastating
blow to Colby (6-10,
0-4 NESCAC) and
finishing the game
72-59. The Polar Bears
never surrendered the
lead, with Abby Kelly ’19
scoring 13 points in the
first quarter alone. At
no point in the second
half did the Mules come
within ten points of the
Polar Bears.
MULES MISS THE MARK:
A last-second shot
by men’s basketball
captain Hugh O’Neil
’19 cinched a Polar
Bear victory (10-5, 2-2
NESCAC) over Colby
(12-5, 1-3 NESCAC)
last weekend. With the
Polar Bears leading
for most of the game,
Colby made 37 percent
of shots while Bowdoin
shot 47 percent.
FLOAT LIKE A
BUTTERFLY:
Mary Laurita ’21 was
named NESCAC
Women’s Swimming
Performer of the Week
after winning the 50
butterfly and 100
butterfly against Bates
and posting a personal
best in the 500 freestyle
with a time of 5:18.78
during a non-scoring
meet against UMaine-
Orono. The women’s
team went on to beat
Bates 171-125, while
the men’s team won
184-116.The team will
hit the water again this
weekend, competing
against Trinity on
Saturday and Wesleyan
on Sunday.
COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
12
Abby Kelly: 1,000 career points and counting
by Ella Chaffin
Orient Staff
Last weekend in a match-
up against Colby in Morrell
Gymnasium, Abby Kelly ’19
became the 15th person in
Bowdoin women’s basketball
history to reach 1,000 career
points. The team celebrated
this milestone along with its
72-59 win over the Mules for
the program’s 17th consecu-
tive win to begin the season.
At the center of Kelly’s bas-
ketball career is her family.
With a younger brother and
an older sister also involved
in the sport, she began play-
ing at a young age with a di-
verse group of athletes.
“My sister is two years old-
er than me, so I always played
with teams that were above
my age level,” Kelly said. “I
loved playing with her and
her friends; it was awesome.
Playing with older, more ma-
ture players gave me more
experience, as well as playing
co-ed.”
Kelly’s mom was also a
successful basketball player
and served as a role model
for Kelly’s career. She played
DIII basketball at Saint Law-
rence University and was in-
ducted into the college’s hall
of fame.
“She was an awesome ath-
lete,” Kelly said. “I was lucky
to be blessed with some of her
genes. I didn’t really realize
how incredible and support-
ive [my parents] were until
I left. Having a support sys-
Polar Bears of all skill levels find a home on the slopes
by Dylan Sloan
Orient Staff
As Bowdoin students return
to the campus tundra post winter
break, many look to nearby ski
slopes hoping to take advantage
of the weather.
Bowdoin’s coastal location
offers access to three of New
England’s premier ski resorts—
Sugarloaf, Sunday River and
Loon Mountain—are all with-
in 120 miles. Eric Hall ’20 is a
co-leader of the Ski and Ride
Club, which helps coordinate
free van rides for Bowdoin stu-
dents to the mountains.
“We get a lot of interest,” said
Hall. “There’s usually more people
that want [a ride] than we’re able
to offer [spaces].”
Hall, who has been skiing since
he was six, got involved with the
club his first year, because he
needed a way to get access to the
nearby mountains without his
own car. Since then, he has helped
the club fulfill its mission state-
ment to “provide [Bowdoin stu-
dents] with the opportunity … to
take advantage of Maine winters.”
Many skiing initiatives at Bow-
doin cater to skiers at all levels.
“A lot of people have skied a lot,
but for some people, it’s their first
weekend or they’re coming up for
a lesson,” Hall said. “It’s a good,
wide breadth of experience.”
The club alpine skiing team
is another group aimed at help-
ing students utilize Bowdoin’s
location. Izzy Austin-Green ’19,
TAKE YOUR SHOT: Abby Kelly faces off against a Colby opponent last weekend. She crossed the 1,000-point mile-
stone in the game’s third quarter after sinking a bank shot. Kelly is the 15th person in program history to reach 1,000 points.
tem behind me no matter if I
succeed or fail [and knowing]
they are going to be proud
of me as long as I’m trying
my best and being happy [is
great.]”
Head Coach Adrienne
Shibles called a time-out
when Kelly reached 1,000
points during the game last
Saturday. Her teammates met
Kelly on the court and swept
her into an excited embrace.
This event took Kelly back
to the moment she reached
1,000 points in her high
school career, specifically the
memory of her grandfather.
“My grandfather passed
WHO NEEDS A COAT?: The club alpine ski team dresses up in funny costumes before hitting the slopes. While some skiers have extensive
experience, others learned to ski after joining. This club is just one example of how students take advantage of Maine’s winter weather.
an experienced figure skater
throughout childhood with no
previous ski experience, found
the learning curve to be steep
when she joined the alpine skiing
team. However, she recalled how
being a part of the team allowed
her to learn how to ski alongside
friends in a fun way.
“[Skiing] is supposed to be
SPORTS
away several years ago, right
after my 1,000th point in
high school,” Kelly said.
“So this 1,000th point here
has sparked the memory of
him and him supporting me
through everything, and I
know he’s proud of where I
am for sure.”
Though Kelly didn’t set a
goal of reaching 1,000 points,
she knew she was close lead-
ing up to the Colby game.
“It was something that I re-
alized I could do,” Kelly said.
“I’m just so blessed and proud
of that fact and to leave a
piece of me here at Bowdoin.”
When she first hit the court
fun,” said Austin-Green, “but
there [also] are a lot of people [on
the team] who do take it really
seriously and who are very good
ski racers.”
Will Rackear ’22 is one of those
racers. He came to Bowdoin with
extensive alpine skiing experi-
ence, having raced competitively
with a club team in Bromley,
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at Bowdoin, Kelly found it
difficult to get used to play-
ing basketball at a collegiate
level.
“I think the NESCAC play
is one of the toughest in the
country, but [specifically] it’s
been a challenge [to adjust to]
the pace of the game, under-
stand the program and how
Bowdoin basketball works
and what the coach expects,”
said Kelly. “Coming in, it was
definitely hard to get a feel
for everything.”
After Bowdoin, Kelly hopes
to use the life skills she de-
veloped as a student-athlete
in her future off the court.
Vermont since the age of six. For
him, however, the alpine ski team
offers more than just a way to con-
tinue racing competitively.
“I always [liked] skiing, because
I enjoy doing it with friends,” said
Rackear. “Competition wasn’t my
only focus. The ski team is a great
group of people, and I really enjoy
hanging out with them and skiing
As team captain, she learned
to interact with teammates
in a constructive way as well
as bridge the space between
coach and player.
“I’ve realized that Bowdo-
in basketball has pushed me
to grow in a way that I never
would have without basket-
ball. Not just in the sport but
COURTESY OF ALDEN GRIMES
with them.”
Beyond the programs offered
by the school, some students with
a passion for skiing find their own
ways to pursue it. For track and
field runner Jack Richardson ’19,
as for many other students, skiing
provides a way to “unwind” from
a busy semester.
“[For me], track is all about ...
Friday, January 25, 2019
as an individual,” Kelly said.
“I think that’s been really,
really incredible and some-
thing that not many people
get. Coach [Shibles] and my
teammates have pushed my
boundaries both as a person
and as a player … which has
made me into someone that I
am really proud to be.”
going out, competing, and try-
ing to win, whereas skiing is just
about going out with friends and
having a good time,” Richardson
said.
Richardson, in some ways, has
gone above and beyond in pur-
suit of his passion for skiing. Last
spring, Richardson drove with his
cousin along the Powder High-
way, a 630-mile loop in British
Columbia. He described this trip
as a “pinnacle skiing experience,”
because this route “receives some
of the best snowfall of anywhere
on Earth.”
The ten-day trip started in cen-
tral Idaho and culminated with
two days of helicopter skiing near
Revelstoke, British Columbia.
Helicopter skiing, or heli-skiing,
is when the skier is brought by he-
licopter to the peak of a mountain
before skiing back down.
According to Richardson, he-
li-skiing allows access to some of
the longest routes anywhere, and
the tops of these mountains gener-
ally have some of the best powder
snow, making for some incredible
skiing. Moreover, because of the
lack of obstacles, almost every run
Richardson skied was a near 3,000
foot vertical drop.
“The cost is so immense that
I probably won’t be able to [go
heli-skiing] for another decade
or so,” Richardson said. “But I
thought, ‘I’m probably not going
to be back in British Columbia for
a while—let’s just go for it. [Those
were] definitely the best days of
my life.”
Friday, January 25, 2019 SPORTS 13

New football coach begins change in the preseason

More Than
A Game
by Ian Ward
With his introduction as the
30th head coach of Bowdoin
football (1-8), B.J. Hammer
finds himself in a familiar spot:
a hole.
For the second time in four
years, Hammer, a native of
Carmel, Indiana, is taking over
a struggling football program.
When he took the top job at
Allegheny College in 2016, the
Gators had exactly one more
win in their three prior seasons
than the number of actual alli-
gators in Meadville, Pennsylva-
nia—that is, one—paired with
29 losses. Three seasons later,
the Gators posted a 6-4 record,
finishing fourth in the compet-
itive Northern Coast Athletic
Conference standings.
Over the last three seasons,
the Polar Bears are 1-25. Light-
ning, they say, doesn’t strike
twice. But does the Hammer?
The Polar Bears are betting
that it does. And at first blush,
that’s not a wholly unreasonable
wager to make. Viewed from
a thousand feet, Bowdoin and
Allegheny have similar institu-
tional profiles: both are small
liberal arts colleges with com-
parable enrollment numbers
and similar football budgets.
And about his gutter-to-glo-
ry turn-around at Alleghany?
“There’s no magic pill for that,”
said Hammer. “You’ve gotta go
to work.”
And go to work they will.
In his first meeting with play-
ers, Hammer announced that
the team would train six days
a week during the offseason,
an increase from the five days
of years past. “Trashcan Tues-
days”—don’t eat a big break-
fast—will become a staple of
the team’s fitness routine.
There are, however, a num-
ber of significant institutional
differences which may come
into play. At Allegheny, Ham-
mer capped his roster at 115
players (which, for a time, in-
cluded one female player as a
backup kicker). At Bowdoin,
he will have to make due with
approximately 76, limiting his
on-field depth and exaggerat-
ing the effect of every inevitable
injury. But more importantly,
Hammer will likely have sig-
nificantly less of a free hand in
his recruiting choices.
At Allegheny, the average
composite SAT scores range
from 1050-1270. At Bowdoin,
it’s 1360-1510. This isn’t meant
to be snobbery—it’s just statis-
tics. Less rigorous admissions
standards mean a larger pool
of recruits. Like every staff
before his, Hammer’s team will
still have to compete for qual-
ified recruits with Williams,
Amherst and Middlebury,
all of whom have historically
more successful football pro-
grams.
Hammer thinks he can over-
come this hurdle by expand-
ing the breadth of his search.
“We’re going to look outside
[of New England] a little bit,”
said Hammer. “I’ve coached in
California, I’ve coached in the
Midwest. I have connections
down in Florida [and] Arizo-
na. I think we can do a great
job bringing some kids in from
different areas of the country
that can add a lot not only to
our football program but to for a timeline? “I would like to sion titles and competing for
our school.” have them here February 1.” the NCAA Division III national
But the clock is ticking, Yet Hammer’s greatest ad- championship title three times.
and loudly. If J.B. Wells’ short vantage may be that, for all his Having been on both sides of
tenure is any indication, the recent heroics at Alleghany, the win-loss column, Ham-
powers that be expect marked he also knows what it takes mer’s objective at Bowdoin is,
results within three to four sea- to win, and to keep winning. in his words, straightforward:
sons—the exact amount of time At Wabash College, where he “Teaching people how to win.”
it took Hammer to transform was a student before joining Welcome back, Polar Bears, be-
the Gators from a losing squad the football staff as defensive cause class is in session.
to a winning one. Is three years coordinator, Hammer coached
enough time? a team that went
“We’re ahead of where we 51-7, winning
were at Alleghany,” said Ham- two di-
mer. “It may be quicker, it could vi-
take a step longer, but I believe
it can be done in that time.”
As for his staff, expect
some changes. Though
five of J.B Wells’ seven
assistant coaches will
stay on, Hammer
himself will take over
duties as the defensive
coordinator, and will
likely bring in a new of-
fensive coordinator as well as
one additional position coach.
“I [have] some guys that
coached with me at Allegh-
eny who I think would be
outstanding fits with me at
Bowdoin,” Hammer said. As
SOPHIE WASHINGTON

Women’s track team enters weekend with confidence

by David Yang
Orient Staff
The women’s indoor track
and field team started the sea-
son strong, earning first and
second place in its first two
past home invitationals, re-
spectively. On January 12, the
Polar Bears scored 176 points,
far surpassing WPI (146) in
second place. A week later,
Bowdoin (131) trailed first
place MIT (170) in the second
Bowdoin Invitational.
The third Bowdoin Invita-
tional will be run this Saturday
and the competition this year
promises to be even more in-
tense, as teams seek experience
on Bowdoin’s track, in antici-
pation of DIII Championships
which will take place at Bow-
doin on February 23.
“[Head Coach Peter Slov-
enski] told us to [think of]
these three meets as the best
practice of the week,” said
captain Samantha Schaefer
’19. The team’s performance is
expected to peak around Feb-
ruary, when the major compe-
titions take place.
Although the team has a
heavy race schedule, athletes
are glad to stay so close to
home.
“Home meets are valuable
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
opportunities for our team,”
RUNNIN’ WILD: (LEFT): Brittney McKinley ’21 competes in a sprint race last weekend. The Polar Bears finished second to MIT. (RIGHT): Carolyn Brady ’19 competes in the triple
Slovenski wrote in an email to
jump. The Polar Bears will compete in the third Bowdoin Invitational this weekend in preparation for the DIII Championship meet held at Farley Field House in February.
the Orient. “We have an amaz-
ing field house, and it’s the best “For the women, we might are … that’s really a huge plus In addition, the team hopes O’Rourke commended the the past few years, we’ve seen
place to get qualifying marks.” only have one home meet going into more competitive its top individuals and re- team’s first-year members for a tremendous improvement
Home meets also provide outdoors, so that’ll really be a meets,” O’Rourke said. lay teams will qualify for the their passion and positive atti- … not only technique-wise,
athletes with an opportunity to different dynamic. We’re really Building on its early wins, NCAA Championship Meet tudes. “It’s been super import- but also mentality-wise,” said
recover during the busy season. trying to make the most of our the team has its sights set on in March. If selected, the Dis- ant for our team culture this Schaefer. “I think we have a
“It’s really nice to be able hosting capacity of the indoor more accomplishments in the tance Medley Relay team can year and for our strengths as a really solid team, more solid
to walk back [to] your room season,” she added. future. defend its national champion- team going into the big compe- than we’ve seen in our four
instead of having to hop on While a number of juniors “We are always trying to ship at the meet in Boston. titions,” she said. years.”
a bus for six hours,” captain left this semester to study win the State Meet and place “We’re not taking [success] Additionally, Schaefer said The Polar Bears will com-
Julia O’Rourke ’19 said. “It’s abroad, the ones who re- among the top three in the for granted, but we’re using it the team has benefitted from pete in the third Bowdoin Invi-
just a lot easier mentally to turned are in shape and ready NESCAC Championship,” as momentum going forward new coaching hires in throw- tational in Farley Field House
prepare when you’re at home to compete. wrote Slovenski. “I think we and gain a lot of confidence in ing and sprint events. tomorrow followed by the
than it is when you are in a “I think we’ve been im- have the talent and the depth our overall team performanc- “I think with the new Bowdoin-hosted Maine State
hotel room somewhere.” pressed with how in shape they to reach those goals.” es,” O’Rourke said. coaching staff we got over Track Meet on February 2.
14 Friday, January 25, 2019

O OPINION
Police Patrol
In the biannual Bowdoin Orient Student Survey, published in this week’s issue,
34.61 percent of students indicated that they disapprove or strongly disapprove of the
Brunswick Police Department (BPD). This is by far the highest disapproval rating of
There is only
one Maine
the individuals, departments and organizations listed on the survey.
In the survey’s comment section, many students took the time to elaborate on their
thoughts about BPD. The comments cover a wide range—everything from blunt anger
to thoughtful reflection. “I don’t like Brunswick PD. Quote me, please,” wrote one stu-
dent. “I think a more holistic assessment of the College’s relationship with Brunswick
PD is very necessary for the future of our students,” wrote another. Someone else wrote
that their “BPD disapproval” was “contingent on [the] new police chief.” Pine Tree
Some students say that the relationship between students and the police has changed
in recent years. For other students, this feels familiar. Regardless of whether these re- Perspective
sponses reflect a real difference, they do represent student perception of that relation- by Lowell Ruck
ship. This is arguably more important because it leads to mistrust, which can lead to
conflict. In her recent inaugural address,
Either way, the reality is that even if you live a perfectly legal life, you’re going to have Maine’s new governor Janet Mills
to talk to the police at some point. Students who feel that the relationship between BPD laid out an ambitious plan to bol-
and the College has changed must acknowledge a hard truth. Even if we could reverse ster the state’s economy, combat
this perceived change, we will still one day be dealing with police who would never in a the opioid crisis and address cli-
million years think to call Randy Nichols before knocking on the front door. mate change. She also sent a strong
Policing tactics in poor and minority communities mean that many students have message of unity to her audience,
experience interacting with the police before they come to Brunswick. But for students proclaiming, “We are one Maine,
who don’t have this experience, the reality is that they either learn how to interact with undivided, one family from Calais
police now while they’re here, or they learn it in some other city, at some other time, in to Bethel, from York to Fort Kent.”
a circumstance that may be worse than an underage drinking citation or a traffic ticket. With this one sentence, Gover-
Bowdoin Security is our biggest resource when it comes to interacting with the po- nor Mills did more than set a new
lice. We think that Security should consider going into more depth when talking to stu- course from the divisive LePage In a time of
dents about police interactions. Opportunities include First Year Brick tours, College era. Namely, she banished the increasing polit-
House Orientation and Off-Campus Living Orientation. decades-old idea of a fault line ical and demographic
While it would be nice if Security gave us this training, we acknowledge that we, in Maine’s cultural and political divisions, it is dangerous to
as adults, need to learn our rights. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sug- fabric, a division that supposedly AM
define Maine as two separate enti-
gests that people stopped by the police should “stay calm” and ask if they can leave. splits our state into two distinct FULL ties. Though Washington D.C. and
N NA
They recommend remembering and exercising your right to remain silent. If you are regions: a prosperous, liberal south A Although the country appear more polarized
LILY
stopped in a car, this right applies to both drivers and passengers. These are a few tips centered around Portland, and a people may than ever, Maine must not succumb
easily available through several minutes of research—we encourage students to visit the lagging, conservative north with act differently to this mindset. As a state, we are
ACLU’s website and explore further. a mostly diffuse population. I agree in Madawaska than known for our independent streak.
At the end of the day, students must be able to deal with these encounters. Our col- with her. While it’s tempting to in Kittery, the differences Most of the Pine Tree State’s great-
lege education does not end in the classroom; our experiences also help us prepare adopt this generalized, geograph- fall along a gradient. There’s est politicians, from Susan Collins
for the real world. After we graduate, we won’t be able to hide behind the College and ically divided view of our state, no dividing line somewhere in the and Angus King to George Mitchell
our Bowdoin Bubble. We will not have that privilege, and perhaps it is time for us to especially when recent political middle where one culture abruptly and Margaret Chase Smith, have
understand that, educate ourselves and prepare for the future. maps have painted a picture of two becomes the next. risen to prominence precisely be-
separate congressional districts, the It’s also worth noting that, cause of their willingness to reach
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, first blue and the second red, this though Cumberland and York across the aisle and to consider the
which is composed of Nell Fitzgerald, Roither Gonzales, Dakota Griffin, George isn’t a very meaningful division. counties on the whole are better off voices of all their constituents. In
Grimbilas, Calder McHugh, Devin McKinney and Jessica Piper. Maine isn’t neatly split between economically than Penobscot and the tradition of our statesmen and
north and south, inland and coast Aroostook, this doesn’t mean that stateswomen, who, after all, per-
or rural and urban areas. None of they and the rest of Maine’s sixteen fected their craft in Maine, we must
these models explains why a large counties don’t share many of the realize that compromise is still pos-
swath of the Downeast coast tends same challenges. Both areas were sible here, no matter what outside
to vote Republican, or why the St. hit hard by the decline of industry observers might say.
John Valley on Maine’s northern in the 20th century that left crum- With new leadership in Augusta,
border goes mostly for the Demo- bling textile mills in the South and it’s high time that we ditch our trib-
ESTABLISHED 1871 crats. They ignore the myriad cul- struggling paper mills in the North. al divisions and get back on track.
tural subtleties that produce these Traditional fishing communities Governor Mills is right: there is one
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 patterns, from the distinct tradi- along the coast everywhere from Maine, period. We may be diverse
tions of Acadians in Aroostook Portland to Eastport are threatened in regional cultures, but we have far
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information County to the habits of seventh-gen- by gentrification and development more in common than we let our-
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, eration lobstermen in Washington brought on by wealthy newcomers. selves realize. I look forward to this
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in County. It’s reductive to say that Mainers from Biddeford to Bangor new era of progress and coopera-
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse Maine, a state roughly the size of have been devastated by the opioid tion and hope that the new admin-
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. the five other New England states crisis. It is detrimental to our prog- istration will continue to champion
combined, can be lumped into just ress as a state to assume that we suf- what binds Maine together, not
two monolithic cultural regions. fer from different ailments. what tears it apart.
Calder McHugh Jessica Piper
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Digital Director Managing Editor News Editor
James Little Anjulee Bhalla Nina McKay

Photo Editor
Emily Cohen
Nell Fitzgerald Features Editor WOULD YOU GET INTO BOWDOIN IF
Dakota Griffin Mitchel Jurasek
Ann Basu
Ezra Sunshine
Rohini Kurup
Sports Editor
YOU APPLIED THIS YEAR?
Mindy Leder Associate Editor
Kathryn McGinnis
Layout Editor
Anna Fauver
Roither Gonzales A&E Editor
Answer at bowdoinorient.com/poll.
Ian Stewart Amanda Newman
Lucia Ryan Sabrina Lin
Jaret Skonieczny
Ian Ward
Data Desk Editor Copy Editor
Opinion Editor
Kate Lusignan Last semester’s response:
Hannah Donovan Sam Adler
Drew Macdonald Sydney Benjamin Calendar Editor
Gideon Moore
George Grimbilas (asst.)
Conrad Li
Devin McKinney
Cole van Miltenburg Q: HAVE YOU FULFILLED YOUR DISTRIBUTION
Nimra Siddiqui (asst.)
Multimedia Editor Page 2 Editor
Diego Lasarte
REQUIREMENTS?
Surya Milner
Business Manager
Avery Wolfe Head Illustrator Coordinating Editor
65% YES
Molly Kennedy Phoebe Zipper Gwen Davidson
35% NO
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Friday, January 25, 2019 OPINION 15

Why Elizabeth Warren is the president America needs

by Lorenzo Meigs
Op-Ed Contributor
David Brooks wrote in his
January 10 column in the New
York Times that what is need-
ed now in the age of the “trib-
al emotionalism” of Elizabeth
Warren and Bernie Sanders is
a third story—one that does
not break the world into the
“simple narrative” of the “vir-
tuous us and the evil them
(the bankers),” but instead
focuses on a remoralization of
the market.
From the premise that “cap-
italism is a wonderful system,”
Brooks writes that some of the
necessary neoliberal reforms
taken in the past few decades
to cure the economic anemia
of the 70s have gone too far
and that the market has now
been allowed to operate entire-
ly on its own accord. Telling-
ly, he says that “there’s been a
striking shift in how corpora-
tions see themselves. In nor-
mal times, corporations serve
a lot of stakeholders—custom-
ers, employees and the towns
in which they are located.
But these days corporations
see themselves as serving one
purpose and one stakehold-
er—maximizing shareholder
value.” I couldn’t agree more.
The thing is, the enemy
Brooks identifies in his first
paragraph—Elizabeth War-
ren—is the one he should
be citing in his second para-
graph. In the eons-away-and-
yet-already-upon-us battle
for the 2020 Democratic
nomination, Warren is the
only candidate with a feasible
plan to do just what Brooks
wants. She’s called herself
“a capitalist to [her] bones,”
and her Accountable Capital-
ism Act is the most exciting
piece of legislation to come
from the Democrats in recent
memory.
To be sure, Warren uses the
language of Bernie—in her
announcement video she talks
about how America’s middle
class is under attack from
billionaires who have rigged
the system to their advantage,
and she supports nearly all
of the left’s now seemingly
mainstream positions like
single-payer healthcare and
debt-free college—but she’s
also so much more than Ber-
nie.
Why? Well, besides the fact
that she actually has real poli-
cy bonafides, having spent the
better part of her life as a law
professor investigating how
average Americans are getting
screwed over by a corrupt and
unholy alliance of govern-
ment and finance, she actually
wants to make markets work,
not take them away; she is
choosing to focus on structur-
al reform instead of easy-to-
critique free stuff proposals.
In short, Warren is the Bernie
for smart people—dare I say,
the Bernie for centrists. David
Brooks, high atop his third
way perch, should love her.
Here’s where the Account-
able Capitalism Act comes in.
Warren proposes that com-
panies with over $1 billion in
revenue be required to obtain
a new federal charter that
obliges the company to con-
sider the interests of all stake- narrative.
holders, “including employ- So, while we’ve still
ees, customers, shareholders got a long way to go, my
and the communities in which money’s on Warren in
the company operates”—just 2020. Yes, in a stark
what Brooks asked for. Fur- and welcome con-
ther, she requires that all trast to the barren
such companies permit their field Hillary left
employees to choose who with her mas-
will fill at least 40 percent of sive early poll-
their board seats. Finally, she ing lead in the
wants 75 percent of company 2015-2016
directors and shareholders to primary, this
sign off before a company can cycle will be
make political expenditures. crowded and
Through these simple steps, competitive,
Warren all but guarantees that with seem-
newly empowered workers ingly every
can now redirect profits into politician,
their pockets and away from Silicon Val-
infinite stock buybacks, that ley alum-
companies will now more nus and
readily consider the environ- professional
ment and the wellbeing of the rich person
communities in which they loosely as-
operate and that the perni- sociated with
cious influence of money in the left set to
politics can be curtailed. Bet- launch their
ter yet, all this is free! campaign; how-
But what about Pocahon- ever, it seems as
tas? It’s a non-issue. Sure, of now that none
Warren is essentially a white of them can quite
MO
person—Trump’s recent tweet compete with War- LLY
KE
of “Warren, 1/2020” is both ren. NN
ED
grossly hilarious and basically Biden is myopical- Y
correct—but the fact is War- ly focused on a white
ren’s mother’s Native Ameri- working class that has forever no idea who Gillibrand, Cas- will likely be an asset in the
can ancestry was a big part of been lost to the Republicans; tro, Gabbard or Buttigieg are— general election, but that’s just
her life. Warren’s father eloped Bernie really is now comical- and nor will you, ever. the problem. When I think of
with Warren’s mother because ly old; Booker is, for better or Kamala Harris, my home Kamala I think of politics, not
his parents didn’t want him worse, irreparably tied to po- state’s senator and California’s policy, and if there’s anything
marrying a Native American. litically toxic Wall Street and most telegenic politician since to be learned from 2016, it’s
It also simply isn’t true that Big Pharma; Beto can’t lives- Reagan, is the only other per- that we’ve got to spend the pri-
Warren was a beneficiary of tream his way out of a serious son I’m excited about. She has mary figuring out who has the
affirmative action. Warren lack of experience; Bloomberg appeal among minority voters best policies, not who can best
has handled this issue badly, appeals to about four people that Warren does not, and beat Trump. Indeed, it’s the
but giving it more attention from the Upper East Side of her experience as the state’s only way to beat Trump. That’s
is just helping Trump’s racist Manhattan; and I frankly have attorney general, or “top cop,” why I’m with Liz—for now.

A statement in solidarity with federal workers

border wall functions only and they have since been doin College, our institution, our top-notch dining services fering them no-interest loans
by Diego Grossmann and as a symbol of hate meant the backbone of American has yet to provide a statement for the duration of the shut- and numerous restaurants
Benjamin Ray to deepen our nation’s polit- economic, cultural and po- or take action on this issue. down, while they live without are providing much-needed
Op-Ed Contributors
ical divide and advance an litical progress. Workers are Abiding by the “Common paychecks. meals for free.
We, members of the Bow- anti-immigrant, hyper-na- not merely numbers either. Good” means not only stating 3. Allow students with Our proposed steps, how-
doin Labor Alliance, write tionalist agenda. This wall, Their labors and their lives our values, but also putting family members who are fed- ever small, would ease the
this statement to publicly hundreds of miles long on a merit the same respect, dig- them into practice. eral workers to delay tuition burden on some of our com-
express our solidarity with 2,000-mile border, would not nity and value as those of the Thus, we call upon our payments for the duration of munity members and allow
federal workers struggling even accomplish the admin- highest office. Some 800,000 College to: the shutdown. Bowdoin students to more
during these long weeks istration’s own apparent—yet federal workers, integral to 1. Condemn President Doing so would expand deeply engage with those
without pay due to the gov- inconsistently voiced—goal our economy, should not be Trump’s proposed border wall upon the example set by Col- whose often-hidden labor we
ernment shutdown. to deter illegal immigration. $5,000 behind on their bills. and call upon his administra- lege of the Atlantic in Bar depend upon.
Workers should not be Migrants are not merely They deserve better. tion to immediately end this Harbor, Maine which pro- Bowdoin taking action
exploited as political pawns; numbers, nor should they be A society that ignores these shutdown. vided federal workers with a would also inspire similarly
they are our friends, relatives, framed as a threat to rally our facts is an oppressive one; a 2. Allow federal workers meal at no cost in their din- wealthy and influential in-
community members and president’s political base and president who does so is a in our community to access ing hall. Furthermore, local stitutions in our community,
peers. Many workers live from unnecessarily racialize our tyrant. museums are opening up at state and across the nation, to
paycheck to paycheck, and are politics. Immigrants found- We are disappoint- no cost for Maine’s 10,000 follow our lead.
therefore falling behind on ed our country ed that Bow- federal workers, some
current financial obliga- Maine banks are of-
tions—rent, healthcare
and car payments,
education costs and
the need to put
food on the table—
simply because of
our president’s
commitment to
building a wall
between the
United States
and Mexico, an
explicit symbol
of racism and
white suprem-
acy. This situa-
tion is one that
KAYLA
all members of SNYDE
R
our society should
condemn.
Trump’s proposed
16 Friday, January 25, 2019

JANUARY
FRIDAY 25
EVENT
Volunteer Fair
Various local and student-led volunteer organizations will set
up stations in Smith Union for students interested in
pursuing community service opportunities. Staff from the
Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good will also be
present to offer students more opportunities to get involved.
Sail Room, David Saul Smith Union. 4 p.m.

EVENT
Arctic Museum Student Night
The Arctic Museum and Student Activities will organize
tours of the Arctic Museum and Bliss Room and host a
capella performances. The museum will also provide
students with hors d’oeuvres and materials for making crafts.
Lobby, Hubbard Hall. 7 p.m.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PERFORMANCE ICE, ICE, BABY: Students take advantage of the ice rink on the quad to play a casual game of hockey. The seasonal rink was installed over break
Josephina and Zapion and students were pleased to see this Bowdoin winter tradition upon their return to campus.
Belly dancer Josephina Gasca will join Middle Eastern
Ensemble Zapion to perform an arrangement of Middle
Eastern folk, classical, Sufi and art music.
Frontier. 8 p.m.
MONDAY 28 WEDNESDAY 30
DISCUSSION FILM SCREENING
Trump: A Conversation About the Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos
45th Presidency Filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril will show her documentary
As part of the ‘What Matters’ series, the Joseph McKeen in which two young Inuit women decide to get facial and hand
Center for the Common Good will host an interactive tattoos as a means of reconnecting with their culture.

SATURDAY 26 discussion to increase mutual understanding and awareness
of pertinent issues in the current presidency.
Morrell Lounge, David Saul Smith Union. 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE
Bowdoin and the Wide World of
Hockey: 1880-2010 Book Talk
Members of the community are invited to hear
Stephen Hardy ’70 discuss his book on the history of hockey
at Bowdoin and around the world.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY 29
LECTURE
Dickinson’s Kinesthetic Art
Theo Davis, professor of English at Northeastern University,
will discuss kinesthesia and body awareness practices as
observed in the works of prominent 19th-century poet Emily
SUNDAY 27 Dickinson and other authors.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall. 4:30 p.m.
FILM SCREENING FITNESS
On the Basis of Sex Barre Fusion
Eveningstar Cinema will show “On the Basis of Sex,” a film Fitness Instructor Lindsey Larsen Myer will lead a class in Barre
detailing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s journey to becoming a Fusion, an intense cardio workout which incorporates elements
Supreme Court justice. of ballet.
Eveningstar Cinema. 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Room 201, Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 5:15 p.m.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
EVENT
Spring Student Activities Fair
A large selection of clubs will set up stations in Smith Union for
students seeking out new extracurricular opportunities
this semester.
David Saul Smith Union. 7 p.m.
THURSDAY 31
LECTURE
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining
the Relationship of African Americans
to the Great Outdoors
Storyteller and geographer Carolyn Finney will discuss her
aim to increase cultural competency within environmental
organizations and address the role privilege plays in
determining who is involved with environmental advocacy.
Lantern, Roux Center for the Environment. 7:30 p.m.

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Black History First Year & Maine Employers

Month Kickoff Sophomore Dance Pub Trivia Night
Career Fair