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SECURITY REPORT: 9/15 to 9/21

An officer treated a student
with a knee abrasion after a
fall from a scooter.
A student came forward to
take responsibility for damaging an exit sign at Hyde Hall.

STUDENT SPEAK:
Q:

What are your thoughts on the

Brangelina split?
Cordelia Orbach 17
If they cant do it, who can? I
feel as if the whole world has
opened up. I feel stressed. I
almost wrote a monologue
about it. There is no more hope
for love.

Monday, September 19
A student reported a suspicious person smoking a cigarette near Osher Hall. An officer located the person who
was determined to be an unsuspicious student.

BROOKE GODDARD

Thursday, September 15
A student reported a yellow 24-inch Sector 9
longboard (with blue wheels) stolen from outside
of Sargent Gymnasium, near the polar bear, on
the evening of Wednesday, September 14.
Friday, September 16
A smoke alarm in Appleton Hall was triggered by
burnt microwave popcorn.
Two students took responsibility for an alcohol
violation in Maine Hall.
Two students took responsibility for an alcohol
violation in Moore Hall.
Saturday, September 17
A fire alarm at Brunswick Apartment T was activated by smoke from students melting chocolate
ships in a microwave.
A security barricade was stolen from the Watson
Arena parking lot. Two legs of the barricade were
found outside of Harpswell Apartments.
A student with abdominal pain was taken to the
Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.
A student in Osher Hall activated a room smoke
alarm by spraying Old Spice in an ill-fated attempt to mask his smoking.
Four students were held responsible for hosting
an unregistered event at Pine Street Apartments.
A student having an allergic reaction was escorted
to Mid Coast Hospital.

Tuesday, September 20
A student reported a suspicious person smoking a cigarette near Osher Hall. An officer located the person who
was determined to be an unsuspicious student.
A student reported that a
man was passed out on the
sidewalk on Maine Street
near MacMillan House. Officers located the mana
Brunswick
residentand
determined that, although
intoxicated, he was alright. The man was moved
along without incident.
During a routine building check, a security officer found three local men hiding in a closet inside
Bannister Chapel. Two of the three fled on foot
across the Quad. The third was apprehended. One
of the two who ran off returned to the chapel a few
minutes later. Brunswick Police Department was
called to issue trespass warnings to the two men.
The third man has been identified and a trespass
warning will be issued to him. The trespass warnings bar the men from entering any campus property for at least one year.
A man carrying a bag of bottles on South Campus
Drive was reported to be acting suspiciously nut
was determined to not be a threat.
A Fender 65 Twin Reverb amplifier was reported to be missing or stolen from one of the band
practice rooms at the David Saul Smith Union.
Investigation determined that the amplifier was
legitimately used by students and the property has
been accounted for.

Donald Detchou 19

Wednesday, September 21
A student lost consciousness at Adams Hall and
was transported to Mid Coast Hospital by Brunswick Rescue.
A student cooking activated a smoke alarm at
Brunswick Apartment K.

What? Did that not happen a

long time ago? I had no idea.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?
Were they together still?

So Ive been kind of very busy

with Organic Chemistry. So
I havent read too much into
the split, but life will move on,
exams will be taken.

Pieter Martino 17
Im ecstatic because now I
know I have a shotits the
moment Ive been waiting for.
Id be happy with either one.

Ellinor Heywood 19
I was texted by my brother.
Hes 21. I called him immediately. Thats what you do when
you hear that the greatest love
story ever told is being torn
apart in front of your very eyes.

Connor Moore 17

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bowdoin students ejected from Bush event

BY JAMES D. BAUMBERGER

SOPHIE WAS

HINGTON

ORIENT STAFF

Two Bowdoin students were

ejected from President Bushs campaign appearance in Bangor yesterday on suspicion that they planned
to protest inside the event. Another
Bowdoin student, who worked at
the event, was involved in the removal.
Bree Dallinga 06, co-president of the Bowdoin College
Democrats, and Ashley Cusick 05,
both self-described liberals, said
they planned to attend the event
to observe and possibly protest by
wearing anti-Bush t-shirts. According to Dallinga, after successfully passing through security, Dan
Schuberth 06 spotted the two students and requested their removal
from the event. Chris Averill, executive director of the Maine College
Republicans, said Schuberth played
a role in the ejection. Averill said,
as head of volunteers at the event,
Schuberth had the discretion to

have [potential protesters] checked

out by security.
Schuberth, chairman of the Maine
College Republicans, is on leave
from Bowdoin this semester to work
full-time with the Bush campaign in
Maine. The Orient made repeated
unsuccessful attempts to contact
Schuberth for comment.
Dallinga and Cusick maintain that
they did not plan to disrupt the rally. Each wore concealed anti-Bush
t-shirts and considered exposing
them during the Presidents speech.
However, the two added that they
did not intend to verbally interrupt
the event.
I dont want to do something at
someones event that I wouldnt want
someone to do at one of my own
events, Dallinga said. As a member of the Bowdoin Democrats, she
helped plan the Maine College Democrats of America College Convention this weekend.
Dallinga said that upon recognizing his fellow Bowdoin students,
Schuberth pointed and said, Those

two. Theyre not getting in. Averill

remained uncertain as to whether
the t-shirts were a factor in the
ejection.Schuberth saw our faces
and had us removed, Dallinga said.
It was impossible for anyone to
have known we were wearing the
shirts. According to Cusick, she
and Dallinga repeatedly questioned
event officials, but did not receive a
reason for the ejection.
Cusick said she was upset that
after acquiring tickets and passing
through security they were turned
away. We made it through security,
Cusick said, but we didnt make it
through Schuberth.
Dallinga said the situation was
surprising. I just think its sad that
people of differing opinions arent
allowed to come to a presidents
speech, she said.
Averill said the expulsion of
suspected protesters was justified because during the event, law
enforcement has more important
things to worry about.
People came to see the president,

hear his message, and enjoy their

time there, Averill said. He also said
that he feels protesting has no place
in a presidential rally. There are
designated places where people are
able to protest.
The Bush campaign keeps tight
control over election events by exclusively admitting supporters of the
president to rallies.
Free speech zones have been
provided for protests, yet protesters
complain that the zones are too far
away from event venues. The Secret
Service insists that security considerations, not political concerns, govern its decisions.
Adam Baber and Brian Dunn contributed to this report.
This article was originally published in The Bowdoin Orient Volume 134, Number 3 on September 24,
2004. James Baumberger 2006 went
on to become the Assistant Director
at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Changes in deans office continue with interim hire

BY EDUARDO JARAMILLO
ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoins administration will be seeing further changes this semester as Associate Dean for
Upperclass Students Lesley Levy transitions to a
part-time position, while Abbey Greene-Goldman 99 will be assuming some of Levys roles
on an interim basis, the College announced in
an email on Monday.
With the hire of Greene-Goldman, four of
Bowdoins eight deans will be interim appointments. Assistant Dean for Upperclass Students
Michael Pulju and Dean of First-Year Students
Melissa Quinby both hold interim positions as
well, after replacing Brandon Royce-Diop and Janet Lohmann, who both left the College in June.
Dean of Academic Affairs Jennifer Scanlon also
holds an interim position.
Greene-Goldman will be assisting upperclass
students with last names that begin with M-Z. She

said she is excited to be returning to Bowdoin.

I loved it as a student, its always going
to be sort of my home away from home, she
said. It feels really good to be back, and Im
excited to see how its changed as well.
Greene-Goldman earned a degree from Yale Law
School before moving back to Maine 10 years ago.
She said that she foresees some challenges
related to bias incidents and related issues
that have spurred campus discourse in the
past year, but that she looks forward to addressing them.
I think one change from when I was a student that I see is that these things are all being
talked about, which is a really great thing, she
said. When I was here I feel like we were much
more of a bubble than we are now.
Levy will move into a new position as associate
director of an overnight theater camp in Maine,
where her duties will include recruiting and marketing for the camp as well as raising money for

its scholarship foundation. She said that a major

benefit of her new position will be her ability to
work from home, allowing her to spend more
time with her family.
I really love working at the College, but it was
time for a change, particularly in my personal life,
and this opportunity made that possible, she said.
She will continue part-time at the College, with
most of her duties related to advising the Judicial
Board. Over the next few weeks, she will be working closely with Greene-Goldman to ensure a
smooth transition.
I will help Dean Greene-Goldman transition
into her role here and make sure its a seamless
transition with the upperclass students Ive been
working with, said Levy.
The College is in the middle of identifying candidates for Scanlons position and
plans to conduct a national search and fill
the Student Affairs positions on a permanent basis beginning in the summer of 2017.

ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT AND COURTESY OF DENNIS GRIGGS

IN AND OUT: Abbey Greene-Goldman 99 (left) will

be joining the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs on an
interim basis, after Associate Dean for Upperclass Students
Leslie Levy moves to a part-time role at the College. She
plans to take on a position with an overnight theater camp
and spend more time with her family.

Bath man
sentenced
in peeping
Tom case
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF

COURTESY OF LIZZY TAYAKI

MENDING FENCES: More than 450 members of the Bowdoin community took part in the 18th annual Common Good Day last Saturday. Participants worked
on service projects with over 50 non-profits in midcoast Maine. Common Good Day Coordinator Sydney Avitia-Jacques 18 said that Common Good Day provides a
pathway for studentsespecially first yearsto learn about the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good and engage with the greater Brunswick community.
For more on this story, see page 4.

Stephen L. McIntire, a 56 year-old

Bath resident, was sentenced yesterday
to 16 months in state prison. McIntire
was arrested last December after taking
photos and videos of female Bowdoin
students through their windows. The
incidents took place in both Bowdoinowned and off-campus housing during
the fall 2015 semester.
In June, McIntire pleaded guilty to
two counts of misdemeanor violation
of privacy. Five additional counts were
dismissed under the terms of a plea
agreement, according to the Bangor
Daily News. He will serve the sentence
on top of a 33 month sentence he is
currently serving for a similar incident
at Hyde School in Bath.
McIntire was convicted of gross
sexual assault in 1997 and was on probation for peeping in the windows of
Hyde School when he committed the
violations of privacy against Bowdoin
students. As a result, his probation was
revoked and he will serve a total of 49
months. He will be eligible for release
in February 2018.

President Rose announces plans for debate on free speech and college campuses
BY RACHAEL ALLEN
ORIENT STAFF

In a school-wide email yesterday, President Clayton Rose announced plans for

a debate and discussion between Pulitzer
Prize-winning New York Times columnist
Nicholas Kristof and Manhattan Institute
fellow and Wall Street Journal columnist
Jason Riley on December 5. Organized by
a working group of students, faculty and
staff that formed last fall, the debate will
focus on free speech and political correctness on college campuses, a topic students
chose in a survey last December.
My hope and expectation...is that those
of us who are in the audience will be able
to understand how to listen better, how to
N

MATHMAGICIANS

400 mathematicians are converging at

Bowdoin this weekend. Page 3.

think about two very thoughtful, smart,

engaged, informed people and how they
articulate different perspectives on the
same issue, said Rose. We may not agree
with them, but...we can respect them and
in a sense learn from how they engage.
Kristof, whose weekly columns focus
on human rights, womens rights, health
and global affairs, visited Bowdoin in
2012 to discuss his 2009 book, Half the
Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity to Women Worldwide. In a column
last fall, he addressed the issue of race and
free speech on campuses, writing, Whats
unfolding at universities is not just about
free expression but also about a safe and
nurturing environment.
In addition to his work as a Wall Street
F

GET TO KNOW IRENE

She swipes your OneCard every day, but did you

know her favorite food is ham? Page 5.

Journal columnist and a Fox News commentator, Riley is a fellow at the Manhattan
Institute, a conservative think tank. Riley
gives approximately 15 speeches on college campuses a year. Last spring, he was
disinvited to speak at Virginia Tech, due to
concerns that his writings on race in The
Wall Street Journal would spark protests.
Kristof and Riley were clear favorites
of the [working] group, Rose said. When
we approached them, they were very excited about the structure, this idea of pairing, the topic, and of doing it together.
Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies Connie Chiang will
moderate the debate and discussion. Rose
said Chiang will take student input and
use real-time questions.
A

YOURE GETTING SLEEPY

Learn about the hypnotist coming to

Bowdoin on Saturday. Page 7.

Afterwards, 250 students, determined

by a lottery system, will meet in Thorne
Hall in groups of eight to discuss the
event. Kristof and Riley will attend, joining student conversations and perhaps
speaking at the end, Rose said. The event
will conclude with a wrap-up session and
real-time polling so students can share
their takeaways.
Oftentimes we have...engagements
like this and folks will come and legitimately pay attention and be interested, but
then we leave and ... move it to the back of
the file cabinet and not think much about
it, Rose said. The idea [for the postevent] was how do we create a moment
for direct reflection and engagement.
Rose hopes the event will contribute to
S

BRAIN MATTER

A NCAA settlment is bringing collegiate

concussions back into the spotlight. Page 8.

students ongoing discussions and further

encourage school-wide conversations
about really challenging, difficult, uncomfortable issues.
[Engaging in these issues is] a central part of the Bowdoin mission, said
Rose. We should have big events like this.
Theyre fun, theyre exciting, [and] were
going to learn a lot.
Along with his town hall meeting last
fall and his initiative to develop a Report
on Diversity and Inclusion at Bowdoin,
Rose sees the event as another way to engage the community in these issues.
Im a big believer in experimenting,
said Rose. Well learn, well adjust...then
well move on to the next thing. Well get
better. Well learn from that.
O

THE PEACE PIPE

Carlos Holguin 19 weighs in on protests over

the Dakota Access Pipeline. Page 11.

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COLLEGE INTRODUCES VAN TO COASTAL STUDIES CENTER

The Bowdoin College Coastal Studies Centerlocated on Orrs Island about 14 miles from campuswill soon
be more accessible.
Beginning this semester, the College will run trips to the Center every Friday when classes are in session. A van will depart from
the Polar Bear statue at 8:30 a.m. and noon, and depart from the Center at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. A one-way trip takes about
25 minutes.
Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Coastal Studies Center David Carlon conceived the idea for the shuttle service.
Just from my teaching experiences here, I noticed that there were kids who really wanted to come [to the Center] and didnt have
the chance to, Carlon said in a phone interview with the Orient. So I just thought we really should provide some kind of opportunity for all kinds of students to come out and use the resource.
The shuttle service currently uses one 12-passenger van, although the number of vans that will ultimately be used depends on
student interest. Carlon hopes the van system will allow more students to visit the Coastal Studies Center and he encourages students
to make suggestions about the Centers facilities.
Well also listen to people and hear their ideas, what they think about the property, because it is a time [to think] about potential
development. So I think nows the time for people to say what they think and they would like out here, said Carlon.
Steve Allen, the assistant director of the Coastal Studies Center, echoed this sentiment.
Wed like to see [the Coastal Studies Center] be utilized more by both students and faculty at Bowdoin, Allen said. Right now
its a underutilized area not everybody from main campus has been out there. I think this will be a good way to start to get more
people to get out there and experience what we offer.

news

Portland to host first U.S. Arctic

Council meeting outside Alaska;
subcommittee meets at Bowdoin

Mathematicians converge on Bowdoin for conference

BY OLIVIA MURO
STAFF WRITER

This weekend, over 400 mathematicians will flock to Bowdoin for the
2016 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting of
the American Mathematical Society.
Some visitors will hail from as far as
the United Kingdom and several Bowdoin students will be giving presentations. As the host, Bowdoin has made
several changes to the conference, widening its audience and emphasizing
undergraduate research.
Professor of Mathematics Jennifer
Taback has led coordination of the national conference and its corresponding
activities throughout the past few months.
The way the conference works is that
there are three plenary talks and then lots
of little talks which are organized into
what are called special sessions on very
narrow research topics, she said.
The structure of the event remains
unchanged from previous years, but according to Taback, Bowdoins hosting of
the conference will be unusual for several
other reasonsmost notably for the emphasis placed on undergraduate research.
Thats what we do here, right? Thats
what were interested in, Taback said.

Its so cool that theyre having a special section of the

conference devoted to undergraduates because thats
something which is pretty rare. OLIVIA CANNON 17
There are five or six Bowdoin students
who are speaking about their summer
work and then students from many other
colleges and universities who applied and
got selected.
Olivia Cannon 17 will present the research she conducted over the summer on
number theory and its related functions.
Even though Im really, really nervous
about the conference, Im also just excited
to have the experience of participating,
she said. Its so cool that theyre having a
special section of the conference devoted
to undergraduates because thats something which is pretty rare.
Cannon said she hopes that incorporating student presentations will encourage student interest in the event.
I want undergraduates to come and
get the idea that you can do math, you
can do research and you can be excited
about it, rather than it just being something for professors, she said.
Taback shares Cannons goal of broadening the conferences audience. In her

planning, she prioritized opening the

event to the community.
Something else that makes our conference different is that were having a
community lecture on Saturday night
given by Dr. Michael Kleber of Google,
Taback said. Clearly, most of the talks are
not appropriate for the average person on
the street, but this evening lecture is one
that will be interesting and accessible to
lots of people.
Klebers discussion of efficient search
algorithms through large data sets is titled
Poisoned Wine, Not Enough Rats.
Taback, who works closely with local
schools, added that she is excited to welcome a group of junior high students who
will be attending the conference this year.
Thats probably never happened before, she said.
Also taking place for the first time is a
meal for all conference attendeesmore
specifically, a lobster bake.
Thorne does such a nice lobster bake,
I just thought we had to, Taback said.

COURTESY OF GENEVIEVE LEMOINE

ARCTIC CIRCLE: Tharun Vemulapalli 19 listens in during a meeting of the Arctic Council Subcommittee on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment that took place at Bowdoin last Saturday.
BY JAMES JELIN
STAFF WRITER

Portland will host a historic international forum on the Arctic on October 4-6. It is the first Senior Arctic
Officials meeting to take place in the
United States outside of Alaska, reflecting Maines growing significance to the
Arctic region.
Nearly 250 government officials,
business leaders and indigenous community representatives from around the
globe will attend.
The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental organization featuring representatives from the eight Arctic countries
and six groups representing indigenous
Arctic communities. They produce assessments of issues affecting the Arctic
and have negotiated two legally binding
agreements between the eight member states.
Last Saturday, the Arctic Council
Subcommittee on the Protection of the
Arctic Marine Environment met on
Bowdoins campus. Several Bowdoin
students attended, including Tharun
Vemulapalli 19, who works at the Arctic Museum.
The broad topic of it was how to better engage with indigenous people
not just coming up with policy and telling them what to do, said Vemulapalli.
When the committee broke into
working groups, they asked students to
take notes for them. When the groups
were asked to present their conclusions
to the whole committee, some unexpectedly requested that the students do
so on their behalf.
They were very open to having
students involved. In fact, they were
thrilled, said Susan Kaplan, professor of
anthropology and director of the PearyMacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic
Studies Center.
The Arctic Museum completed
an Arctic Trail map just in time
for the forum, showcasing the sites
of Maines Arctic heritage across
the state.
In recent years, Maine has established
itself as a gateway to the Arctic region. In
2013, the Icelandic shipping company
Eimskip moved its headquarters to Portland. Between 2012 and 2015, Portlands
exports to Iceland grew over 2,000 percent and the Port of Portland doubled in
size, according to Dana Eidsness, director of the recently created Maine North
Atlantic Development Office at the
Maine International Trade Center.
Portland is positioned to become
even more significant as the earths
climate continues to warm and travel
through the fabled Northwest Passage, a
shortcut from the Atlantic Ocean to the

Pacific through the Canadian Arctic,

becomes a reality. Arctic ice has melted
enough that the route has become usable during the late summer and early
fall. If the passages popularity continues
to grow, Portland, the northernmost
major U.S. city on the Atlantic, will
become an essential international shipping port.
Efforts to travel from Europe to Asia
via the Arctic have failed for centuries.
But earlier this month, a cruise ship
sailed through the passage for the first
time in history. It stopped in Bar Harbor, Maine on its path.
Much of Maines recent Arctic relevance is due to the work of Senator Angus King. In 2015, he and Senator Lisa
Murkowski of Alaska co-created the
Arctic Caucus, with the goal of turning
the US into an international leader on
Arctic policy.
King lobbied the State Department
to bring the Arctic Council meeting
to Portland.
Bowdoin continues to play a role
in the matter as well. Professor Kaplan is on the host committee for the
Arctic Council meeting, and a key
reception for the incoming forum attendants is being hosted by Bowdoin.
We have more Arctic experience
than almost anybody else in the state,
said Dr. Genevieve LeMoine, curator of
the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Portland is
positioned to
become even more
significant as the
earths climate
continues to
warm and travel
through the fabled
Northwest Passage,
a shortcut from the
Atlantic Ocean to
the Pacific through
the Canadian Arctic,
becomes a reality.
She and Kaplan have spent decades doing on-the-ground research in the Arctic.
Bowdoins history with the Arctic
dates back to the 1800s. Robert Peary,
who graduated from Bowdoin in 1877,
led the first successful expedition to the
North Pole in 1909 and Donald B. MacMillanfor whom MacMillan House
is namedbuilt the first schooner designed specifically for Arctic exploration in 1920. It was called the Bowdoin.

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friday, september 23, 2016

Common Good Day connects Bowdoin, midcoast communities

BY ALYCE MCFADDEN
STAFF WRITER

Last Saturday, the McKeen Center

for the Common Good coordinated
Bowdoins 18th annual Common
Good Day. More than 450 members
of the Bowdoin community participated in the tradition, working with
54 nonprofit organizations and municipalities throughout the Brunswick area.
The day started at Farley Field
House, where students, faculty,
staff and alumni congregated at
11:30 to check in with projects they
had selected or been assigned before hearing a short talk from Jamie
Silvestri, the founder of ArtVan, a
mobile arts therapy organization.
Silvestri spoke about mindfulness
in community service and the importance of being present and engaged. After lunch and Silvestris
talk, the groups boarded vans and
buses or walked to their projects on
foot. Some groups stayed on campus and worked in the community
garden, while others drove as far as
Augusta, Maine.
Preparation for the day-long event
began in June. Common Good Day
Coordinator Sydney Avitia-Jacques
18 worked in the the McKeen Center over the summer. She chose to
become involved because she wanted to get acquainted with the McKeen Center staff and the work they
do.
I actually hadnt been involved

with the McKeen Center since my

orientation trip but I was interested in learning more about what
they did and getting more involved
in service work because thats one of
the reasons that I chose [to attend]
Bowdoin, Avitia-Jacques said.
Avitia-Jacques and the McKeen
staff worked to contact and select
organizations from a list of over 170
community service groups in midcoast Maine.
We review it every year to make
sure were not missing anyone who
could be an interesting partner, especially if were thinking about doing more work with [for example]
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services, an organization thats new this
year and, students are really excited
to work with immigrant populations, said Sarah Seames, director
of the McKeen Center.
Among the organizations that
students worked with this year,
seven had never worked with Bowdoin before. A few organizations
continue to be Common Good Day
staples. ArtVan has hosted Common
Good Day participants for the past
11 years.
As the summer drew to a close,
the events leaders began to shift
their attention from contacting organizations to recruiting students
to lead and participate in the individual excursions.
Nan Ding 19 led a group of six
students to the Falmouth Land
Trust. She became involved as a

BACK TO BLACK: Students paint a fence as part of a Common Good Day project last Saturday.
leader after signing up for Common Good Day with a small group
of friends, and said she appreciates
the democratic and inclusive nature
of the day.
What I really like about Common Good Day is that everyone
can lead a group, and its randomly
assigned, so you dont have to sign
up for a particular group, she said.
Dings group worked with a member of the Falmouth Land Trust
to build a fire ring and three foot

bridges for the organization.

[The man we worked with] appreciated our work and we appreciated him hosting us. It was a very
nice experience, Ding said.
Avitia-Jacques said she believes
the most important part of the day
is its impact on student participants, especially first-year students
who are still getting to know the
Maine community.
For a lot of first years, it sets
the tone for service, and having

COURTESY OF LIZZY TAYAKI

that mindset is important to different people at Bowdoin. For me as a

first year, Common Good Day was
the only volunteering that I did, so
it gave me an entryway to learning
about the McKeen Center, she said.
Kenneth Lamm 20 said he plans
to do more work with the McKeen
Center following his involvement
with Common Good Day.
Its nice and very organized. It
was a great feeling after you finished, he said.

New Orientation program addresses race and diversity

BY NELL FITZGERALD
ORIENT STAFF

Yesterday evening, all 504 members of the class of 2020 gathered in

Pickard Theater for the second part
of a program entitled More Than
Meets the Eye. An addition to Orientation, the program was created to
address issues of race and diversity
on campus.
Reverend Dr. Jamie Washington,
president and founder of multicultural organizational development
firm Washington Consulting Group,
addressed first years and asked them
to continue to maintain an openness
toward new perspectives even as they
form their own social groups. Part of
the program gave students time to
converse with other first years they
hadnt met before. Washington also
asked students to stand up and participate in self-identification based
on race, class and other consequential identifiers.
Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion Leana Amaez
planned More Than Meets the Eye.
She said the decision to address race
and diversity during Orientation was
something the administration had
considered for a while, rather than a
direct reaction to the gangster and

tequila parties at Bowdoin last year.

It would be disingenuous to say
that last year didnt have an impact
on us, Amaez said. But I also think
it would be unfair to the classes that
came before to locate it all in last
years events. Its been a much longer
process.
More Than Meets the Eye aimed
to model how students can address
issues of diversity and inclusion.
There are some challenges that
will come with engaging with difference, she said. But [the program
explains] heres whats at stake, and
heres how we can do it better.
Justin Weathers 18 was one of
the students who collaborated with
Dean Amaez to create the program
and served as a panelist during the
first part of the program during Orientation in August. He said he and
other students had talked with Dean
of Student Affairs Tim Foster and
President Clayton Rose last year and
requested more focus on issues of
race and diversity during orientation
to help prepare minority students.
I think theres a concern that a
lot of minority students are brought
here and they get this romanticized
view of Bowdoin, he said. But when
stuff hits the fan, its like, this is not
what I thought it was.

During the first segment of More

than Meets the Eye, nine Bowdoin
students told stories of their experiences with race on campus. Afterwards, first years divided into groups
where they shared their personal
perceptions and expectations about
race on campus as well as their reaction to the panelists.
James Wang 20 said, after nearly
a month at Bowdoin, he thought
More Than Meets the Eye gave him
an accurate perception of the Colleges diversity.
I think that the panel did a pretty
spotless job of reflecting the experiences that Ive had so far on campus
with diversity, he said.
Fiona Carey 20 felt the program
successfully ignited conversations
about race among first-year students.
I think what was really great is
that it really broke the ice, she said.

A week later my roommate and my

R.A. and I had a really meaningful
conversation about race on campus
during lunch, and thats what Ive
looked forward to doing at Bowdoin.
Still, several first years expressed
confusion about the relation of
More Than Meets the Eye to past
events at Bowdoin and wished that
the events like the tequila and
gangster parties had been addressed more directly.
I think that there are a lot of students like me who have heard little
tidbits about what happened last
year but still dont know a lot of
background, Carey said. Its obvious that programs like this are important, but I think that having that
background, especially a story that
was so specific to Bowdoin, might
show why its important to have

First years ask me about it, and theres no way for

me to explain it really. I cant cite all the Yik Yaks that
were dropped, I cant communicate how frustrating
that was or how divisive the issues were or how torn
the campus was when youre seeing something really
ignorant with 115 upvotes, because until first years
experience it for themselves, theres no way [they] can
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these conversations.
Amaez and Weathers both stated
that the program wasnt intended to
explain events from last year, but to
help first-year students start a dialogue about diversity and inclusion.
Weathers added that he thought
including specifics about some of
the events last year would have been
fruitless.
Im a proctor and first years ask
me about it, and theres no way for
me to explain it really, he said. I
cant cite all the Yik Yaks that were
dropped, I cant communicate how
frustrating that was or how divisive the issues were or how torn
the campus was when youre seeing
something really ignorant with 115
upvotes, because until first years experience it for themselves, theres no
way [they] can fully understand it.
Weathers was glad first years had
the chance to learn about these issues through Orientation, but he
emphasized that the conversation
must continue outside of structured
meeting times.
Im really excited to see [it] because its cool to hear a story here
and there, but I think that stories
are more powerful when you see that
theyre not just individual stories,
he said.

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the bowdoin orient

Small feet:
making a
statement,
one jar at a
time
BY EMMA MOESSWILDE
ORIENT STAFF

SHANNON DEVENEY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SWIPE QUEEN: Gamache has been working at Bowdoin in a variety of positions for 28 years. Her favorite job, though, is card swiping. She was born and raised in Lewiston and grew up
speaking French, but taught herself English upon beginning school.

Swiping cards and sharing smiles in Moulton

BY JAMES CALLAHAN
ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin would not be Bowdoin without Hubbard Hall, Ivies,

the Bowdoin-Colby Hockey Game
andof coursethe card swipers
at Moulton and Thorne. You know
their names: Connie, Dave, Pat and
all the rest. They stand the hallowed
gatekeepers of Bowdoins top rated
dining halls. Only one of these swipers, however, earns the distinction of
being the fastestIrene Gamache.
Though she has worked in Bowdoin dining for the past 28 years,
Gamache has earned the title of fastest swiper only in the past couple
of years when she started working
her now-favorite dining job. Before
becoming a card swiper, Gamache

worked a wide array of other Dining Service jobs including positions

at the deli, the salad prep room and
the cafe.
I just like being with people, she said.
Gamache has lived in Maine all
her life. Born into a large FrancoAmerican family in Lewiston, Gamache grew up speaking French with
her two brothers and one sister. In
fact, when she first started school,
she didnt know any English and had
to teach it herself.
She spent the first two decades of
her life in Lewiston and Auburn before meeting her late husband on a
blind date set up by her cousin.
One day my cousin asked me if
Id go on a blind date with him and
a friend that I knew, she said. And
the rest is history!

The two were married a year later

at St. Josephs Church in Lewiston
before moving to Brunswick, where
Gamache and her husband raised
their two daughters.
Altogether, she has been in Brunswick for about 45 years. During her
tenure at Bowdoin, Moulton Union
has undergone several changes. The
Pub, the Caf and the mail room,
for example, all used to be crammed
into the same space alongside the
dining hall.
Gamaches favorite food, however, has stayed the same. I like ham,
she said. Any kind of ham is good!
She also admits to having a bit of
a sweet tooth.
Chocolate is my weak spot, she said.
Aside from desserts, Gamache enjoys
spending time with her four grandchil-

dren, doing word search puzzles and

seeing musicals at the Maine State Music Theatre. Andof courseswiping
thousands of OneCards every week.
Gamache noted that students are the
ones who keep her so upbeat.
Some of you will come in and be
jolly and thatll make my day, she said.
As far as names go, Irene said she
knows maybe half of student names. Oftentimes she will try to pinpoint some distinctive characteristic about a student
hair, height, styleto help her remember.
Irene attributes Bowdoins dominance in the realm of collegiate dining
to great chefs and managers. But there
are others who deserve just as much
thanks: the long-time full-timers, like
Irene, who work hard day-in and dayout to keep the food coming and the
cards swiped.

Self-regulation: how autistic people find alternative ways to cope

BEN YORK
AN AUTISTICS GUIDE
TO AUTISM

When I was young, around the

right age for elementary school, I used
to chew on straws. Chewing on

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straws was a solution to a problem

that had been vexing my mother to no
end. She used to buy me rugby shirts

with soft plastic buttons. I would chew

on them in class until they became flat
disks under the repeated pressure of
my jaw, losing the ability to keep my
shirt in place. She tried to get me to
stop chewing on my clothes by giving
me shirts without the plastic buttons,
but I only moved my attention farther up the shirt, chewing on the
collar instead. Eventually she
found a solution in plastic
straws. They were cheap to
buy in bulk, and served
the same purpose that
my shirts did.
When
I
have
something
with
which to occupy myself, something to fidget
in my hands or something
to roll around in my mouth,
I am better able to focus on
tasks and feel calmer than I would
otherwise. I only later learned that
these and other behaviors of mine
are widely practiced by other autistic
people and are a common way that
we autistics manage our anxiety and

self-regulate. The clinical literature

refers to these as self-stimulatory
behaviors, but that is a long and
cumbersome phrase, so it has been
shortened by many to simply stim
behavior or stimming.
For me, stimming serves best as a
way of self-regulating. In the morning I wake up early, shower, brush my
teeth and go through a stim-based
systems check to get ready for the
day. Sometimes my systems check
consists of me wiggling around a bit
to get an idea of how my body is feeling. Sometimes I circumambulate
through my room. The regular and
predictable laps around the small
space free my mind up to plan for
the day. On other days, I just make
babbling, nonsensical noisesnot so
loud as to wake my neighborsthat
give little jolts to my body that feel
nice and help bring down my anxiety
when Im feeling stressed. All of this
I do alone. This piece is probably the
first time I have ever discussed my

Please see YORK, page 6

I spend a lot of my time thinking about

footprints. Whether Im trudging across
the snowy quad to class or deciding what
kind of running shoes would be the most
environmentally and socially conscious
purchase, footprints are always on my
mind. At Bowdoin, it feels like were running all the time; it can be hard to find the
time and energy to think about the footprints were leaving behind.
Extended metaphors aside, balancing
sustainable living with college living is
difficult and Im trying to figure out how
to do it. Of course the two arent mutually
exclusive, but Ive eaten enough late-night
pub meals to know that when youre up
into the wee hours writing a paper, carbon
footprints and recycling potential arent
the first things on your mind.
Im no expert on living sustainably.
This column is just an attempt to chron-

Please see FEET, page 6

New Bath
restaurant to
boast local fare
BY MAIA COLEMAN
ORIENT STAFF

Baths food scene will see a boost this

month as the owners of popular Brunswick restaurant El Camino open a new
restaurant called Salt Pine Social.
The restaurants modern American
cuisine will depart from El Caminos
classical Mexican cooking. Although
official menu items have yet to be set,
Eloise Humphrey, one of the owners,
alluded to a diverse menu featuring
locally-sourced produce, meats and a
highly anticipated oyster and seafood
bar.
Similar to El Camino, the use
of fresh and local products remains at the core of Humphrey
and the Comaskeys vision for the
new restaurant.
Humphrey formerly cooked at restaurants in New York City and San
Francisco before opening El Camino
with her sister and brother-in-law,
Daphne and Paul Comaskey. Humphrey explained the owners decision
to expand.
I had been cooking Mexican
food for twelve years here and I just
thought, Gosh theres so much other
food that I want to explore, she said.
Humphrey says that Salt Pine Social is geared towards a younger and
newer generation of foodies who appreciate the value of local ingredients.
The choice of location was also intentional for the owners.
I think we decided to open in Bath
because there was an opportunity
there. Its a cute town and we thought
it needed it, said Humphries.
With a passionate staff, bright
dishes and unique artwork, Humphrey and Comaskey hope to
bring some of the funky, modern
flare of Salt Pine Social to their
Maine community.

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Flaco Tempranillo 2014 serves as secondbest option to Flamin Hot Cheetos

BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL
WILL SCHWELLER AND JUSTIN RAMOS
Rough estimates suggest that there
is a great variety of wine available to
a curious, of-age Bowdoin student.
A quick trip to the Hannaford snack
aisle to buy Flamin Hot Cheetos
(which all seasoned Hannaford patrons know the store fails to stock),
and one can see wines of all colors,
prices and brands. This breadth of options, when paired with the shocking
disappointment derived from a lack of
red-powdered, spicy snacks is dizzying. The wrong purchasea bad bottle of winecan lead to a particularly
sour night. Choose the right wine,
however, and the evenings proceedings can be magical.
Its oft best to rely on the advice of
others. Hell, even the Orients most
seasoned wine-reviewers need help.
This week, we looked to the wizened
Somms of Hannafords Limited Reserve. Justin knew what to get the moment he saw it: The Flaco Tempranillo
2014. Doubly enticing were the wines
association to hip-hop legend and pioneer, A$AP Rocky a.k.a. Lord FLACkO
Jodye. Will was hooked as soon as he
saw a cork.
Before starting the tasting, we let the
Tempranillo breathe for an hour. In the
meantime, we prepared accordingly
decorating the table with a fresh ball

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morning routine in a public way.
The only stim behaviors I ever engage in publicly are those that I can
explain away as just a need to fidget.
At a young age, I, like many autis-

of mozz and letting 1997 Diddy aerate

the room.
The only way to describe the nose of
this Spanish red is boozy. Red fruits
dominate initial tastea touch of spice.
Will detects hints of dates and brown
sugar. Thin mouthfeel, kinda light but
not Natty Light. We want to drink this
in a red velvet chair in a fur coat.
This wine is like a fake Rolex.
This wine makes you wish it
was 10 degrees warmer.
This wine pairs well with
fresh mozzarella.
This wine complains about taxes.
This wine thinks
Dean Martin is better than Frankie.
This wine stays
draped in Vines.
As with all research,
it turned out as we set
about writing our review
that our esteemed predecessors at Bottom of
the Barrel, Bryce
Ervin 15 and Brandon Oullette 15
had already reviewed an earlier vintage
of this wine on September 12, 2014. In
their words: This wine would be excellent if you wanted boxed-wine quality at
a bottle-wine price. It appears we drank
a very different wine.
Highly recommend you snag the
pretty Flaco while its around. Highly
recommend you write positive things in
the online comments of this article.
tic children, was taught not to stim,
though not in so many words. I was
taught that stimming was distracting,
embarrassing or inappropriate and,
in particular, that it was bad. Though
there are certainly stim behaviors
that have obvious drawbackssuch
as self-injurious stims like pounding

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Tonights Soundtrack: No
Way Out by Pu Daddy & the
Family (1997).
Justin: Anytime I drink red wine
I would rather be wearing a khaki
linen suit.
Will: Im strictly trying to cop
those colossal sized Picassos.
Nose:
Body:
Taste:
Overall:

ones cheststimming is one of the

best ways that we as autistic individuals have of self-regulating. In a world
that we find overwhelming, stimming
provides comforting and predictable
sensory input. One day, I hope to see
stimming more widely understood
and accepted.

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icle my efforts at bringing a little more
environmental and social consciousness
into my day-to-day life at Bowdoin. Youll
laugh and youll cry (I certainly will), and
maybe youll find your own way to walk
with smaller feet on Bowdoins campus
and in the world.
This might sound a little bit too
crunchy for your tastes, or maybe its not
quite crunchy enough. Whatever you
think of it, Id like to admit something: I
drink out of a Mason jar.
Ah, the Mason jar. Even before Bowdoin was consistently ranked No. 1 in the
country for dining services (#tourguidefunfacts), the likes of John Brown Russwurm and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
were devotees of the Mason jar, if only
because these hip little glass containers
enabled cooks to preserve jams, pickles
and other delights to get students through
the long Maine winter. In their original
incarnation, jars werent coolthey were
just necessary.
Somewhere between the mid-19th
century and the fall of 2016, the Mason
jar became more than an important food
processing toolit joined longboards,
iPhones and other useful objects as a
statement-making symbol. Carry an unassuming glass receptacle full of your beverage of choice, and you risk being classified as One Of Those People Who Drinks
Out Of A Jar. Something about drinking
from a canning jar (regardless of its practicality) sends a message, and woe betide
you if you post a shot of the very same
drink in the very same jar on Instagram
(I follow back).
The things we use and the things we
do send messagesask any devotee of
the Moulton darkroom. You might call
drinking from a Mason jar an act
of counterculture, or a shameless
and basic foray into mainstream
society (even my lab instructor
has a plastic Mason jar mug
with a hole for a straw). Here
at Bowdoin, our clothes, shoes
and choice of coffee mug help
define who we are.
However clich it might
seem, the Mason jar out of
which I drink water, tea and
sometimes large amounts of
orange juice says a lot about
who I am. Its a tall, slender,
24-ounce jar with a leakproof, stainless steel lid that
has an opening in the top.
Sometimes it wears a knitted cozy when I dont want
to burn my hands. And yes,
it sends a message. But for
me, carrying a Mason jar with

me everywhere isnt a statement or effort

to join the hipster herd so much as it is
a matter of convenience: Ive truly found
that its my favorite way to drink tea.
Ive chosen to drink primarily out of
a jar because Mason jars are made in the
USA, and I like to support domestically
made products, which also tend to have
smaller carbon footprints because they
dont have to be shipped from overseas.
Glass Mason jars, because they were designed to be sterilized in boiling water
prior to being filled with preserved food,
withstand even the 205-degree water at
the Moulton tea station. Also, glass is nonporous, so it doesnt taste like coffee three
days after an all-nighter, and has fewer
toxins than plastics and metals used in
other containers. In an effort to minimize
the amount of petroleum-demanding
plastics in my life, glass is an excellent alternative, and Mason jars (which you can
get for $9.99 per dozen at Renys in Topsham) dont break the bank. They do, however, occasionally breakmost memorably during my first year when I dropped
and shattered a jar of carrot juice outside
of Appleton at midnightbut I dont
typically feel like I need to be more careful with glass than I do with anything else.
Looking at our footprints can be, well,
jarring (I had to). The privilege we have
as Bowdoin students allows us to make
changes, and in our busy lives sometimes
the small changes are easiest. But as my
Mason jar can attest, those changes can
have an impact and make a statement.
What we do here matters, both in and out
of the classroom. In our lives as students,
its not just papers, problem sets and presentations that make statementsits how
we choose to live our lives. We dont have
to drink out of jars to make a statement.
Merely thinking about our footprints is a
good place to start.

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the bowdoin orient

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Take a trance: hypnotist

to captivate campus
BY ELEANOR PAASCHE
ORIENT STAFF

SAVANNAH SIMMONS-GROVER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

PORTRAIT OF PRESTIGE: Members of the Bowdoin community congregate at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art on Tuesday afternoon to listen to
Museum Curator Joachim Homann and Consulting Curator of Decorative Arts Laura Sprague discuss the most recent portrait installments of Elizabeth Bowdoin.

BCMA debuts colonial portrait

BY FARIA NASRUDDIN
ORIENT STAFF

The Bowdoin College Museum of

Art (BCMA) has added to its series
of portraits of Elizabeth Bowdoin,
augmenting its collection with the
installment of a pastel by colonial
artist John Copley. On September 21,
the Museum held a discussion about
the visiting portrait and Copley, who
is traditionally regarded as one of the
most well-known portrait painters
from the American colonies.
Elizabeth Bowdoin was the older
sister of James Bowdoin, the founder
of the College. The portrait, completed in 1767 and titled Lady Temple (Elizabeth Bowdoin), came to
the Museum on loan from a private
collection. Installed next to three
other works of Elizabeth Bowdoin,
Copleys work showcases the chronology and political history of her
life as well as the development of
American colonial art.
Led by Joachim Homann, museum
curator, and Laura Fecych Sprague,
consulting curator of decorative arts,
the discussion centered around the
pastel in the context of Bowdoins
collection. According to Sprague,
the recent addition has strengthened
the overall collection of portraits as
well as provided valuable insight into
Elizabeth Bowdoin and her familys
patronage of art in early America.
It is her life in pictures, painted
by the best artists of the time, who
happened to be the founding fathers
of American art, said Homann.
Copley painted during a time
when America was an outpost of
wonder, according to Linda Docherty, associate professor of art history emerita.
[Copley] very much aspired to
paint at the level of the distinguished
painters, who were English, she said.
According to Homann, Elizabeth
Bowdoin also represented the transition from a European identity to a
colonial one. Her husband, Sir John
Temple, was the first British ambassador to the United States.
They lived a beautiful, glamorous
life in New York City in this strange
situation representing the former colonial power, Homann said.
According to Docherty, the por-

Paul Ramsay makes his living entertaining and educating audiences of

young adults all around the country in
the cognitive art of hypnosis. He will be
performing at Pickard Theatre tomorrow
at 7:30 p.m.
Bowdoin is the 17th college he will
visit on his annual fall Back to School
tour.
Other hypnotists have performed at
Bowdoin before, but this is the first time
Ramsay will perform here.
Before beginning a career in hypnotism in 2004, Ramsay was an English
teacher at a public school in Maine and
as a Residence Hall Director in the Office of Student Affairs at the University of
New Hampshire. His passion for working with young adults led him to pioneer the first interactive presentation of
hypnosis that has been wildly popular
on college campuses around the nation.
While Ramsay performs stage hypnotism at all types of corporate and public
venues, he believes that college students
make the best hypnotic subjects.
College students are legal adults, but
on the younger end of it, Ramsay said
in an interview with the Orient. Theyre
more optimistic, theyre more progressive, theyre really looking to experience
new things. Whats more new than getting hypnotized for the first time?
Ryan Sanborn 18 has been hypnotized twice in the past year, though never

by Ramsay.
You just really get into this mental
state that youre aware of everything that
youre doing but its more like you cant
control what youre doing, he said. [The
hypnotist is] basically controlling your
actions. Its like you have very strong
emotions towards that action.
Ramsay explained that hypnotism allows the mind to step into a place where
hypnotism can take place.
I look at my show as a way to take ordinary, everyday people who want to be
hypnotized and basically transform them
into a cast of characters, he said.
Ramsays show is not narrative in nature. Instead, its comprised of a string of
small segments in which the audience
chooses what they want to see on stage.
He compared his style to sketch comedy
and said it is a concept that he pioneered
himself.
In addition to the show, Ramsay offers
six free online hypnosis programs for
those who join his email list on paulramsay.com. Tackling a number of issues, the
programs aim to aid relaxation, induce
sleep, curb bad habits and cultivate positive energy.
Part of my mission as an entertainer
is to raise a greater awareness for the
benefits of hypnotism everywhere I go,
he said. Its just my way of trying to get
people to not be so afraid of hypnosis.
The way its portrayed in movies and TV
shows has definitely made it a stark and
spooky thing and its really not.

Maine journalist writes biography

on Senator George J. Mitchell 54
BY HARRY JUNG
ORIENT STAFF

SAVANNAH SIMMONS-GROVER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

COLLECTION COMPLETE: Lady Temple (Elizabeth Bowdoin),1767, John

Singleton Copley. The portrait, which is on loan from a private collection, is the fourth installment in the Museums collection of portraits of Elizabeth Bowdoin.
trait of Elizabeth Bowdoin was
painted on the occasion of her marriage as a pairing to John Temples
portrait by Copley a few years prior
and showcases an interesting time in
colonial history when anti-British
sentiment was beginning to form an
identity for colonial values.
In its introduction of art as a way
to emphasize the individual, the
newly-added piece represents a shift
from previously held conceptions
about American portraiture.
[The portrait is] a dialogue
from soul to soul, person to person,
through the mediation of the work of
art, Homann said. Previously it was
just about marking status and family
connections, and establishing ones
rank in the world.
American portraiture, especially
pastels done by Copley, embodied
ideas of the Enlightenmentthat
each person had their own natural
talents and character to be expressed
through art.
This immediacy was best ex-

pressed in pastel portraits, Homann

said. Because they are born out of a
moment.
According to Docherty, this spontaneous nature of pastel portraiture
was used by Elizabeth Bowdoin as a
medium of communication. When
living in London, Bowdoin wrote
to her parents about the portraits
she had sent, telling them where to
hang them. Before the days of internet and iMessage, the portrait was
a medium of visual communication
with relatives.

SEE IT YOURSELF
Lady Temple (Elizabeth Bowdoin)
by John Singleton Copley is
currently on display at the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art, along with
three other portraits of Bowdoin.

For over a year, acclaimed Maine journalist Douglas Rooks spent every day in
Bowdoins George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives
researching the life of Senator George
Mitchell 54. On Wednesday, he returned
to the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library to
celebrate and share Statesman: George
Mitchell and the Art of the Possible, a
detailed and comprehensive biography of
the public figure and Bowdoin alumnus.
In 1985, Rooks met Mitchell, a politician and lawyer who had been elected
to the United States Senator from Maine
just a few years prior. Rooks was working
as editorial page editor for the Kennebec
Journal in Augusta, Maine when he realized Mitchell was no ordinary politician.
Rooks said he was impressed by the
soon-to-be Senate Majority Leaders
critical role in stabilizing regional politics
when Mitchell served as United States
Special Envoy for both Northern Ireland
and Middle East Peace.
I was impressed not just with his obviously keen intelligence, but his willingness to go out of his way to spend time
with young journalists and help them,
Rooks said.
The project drew from hundreds of
manuscripts and oral recordings from
Bowdoins Special Collections.
During the launch, Rooks said that
working in Special Collections and Archives taught him how to separate interesting anecdotes from facts. This skill
helped him build a narrative about Mitchells time in the Senate. He also worked to
balance his research with interviews with

People forget how much good

can be accomplished through
legislation. Its something
people dont even really
think about anymore. But
its important that at least
we consider its possible. In
Mitchells time we got a lot
done, and I dont see the
reason why we cant go back
to that.
DOUGLAS ROOKS
Mitchell and people who know him. He
said that as a journalist, a willingness to be
curious and ask questions is crucial.
I think the department is named after
[Mitchell] because of his longtime connection to the College and because he
is such a fine representation of what the
College hopes its students will go out and
do[its a] sort of civic purpose for the
common good, Bowdoin Processing Archivist Caroline Moseley said.
A recipient of the Common Good
Award and Bowdoin Prize, Mitchell has
dedicated more than three decades to
public service. During the late 1980s and
early 90s, he was heavily involved in the
passage of immigration reform, the Clean
Air Act and Americans with Disabilities
Act.
People forget how much good can be
accomplished through legislation, Rooks
said. Its something people dont even really think about anymore. But its important that at least we consider its possible.
In Mitchells time we got a lot done, and I
dont see the reason why we cant go back
to that.

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SPORTS

friday, september 23, 2016

NCAA settlement calls attention to collegiate concussions

BY MEG ROBBINS
ORIENT STAFF

Ashmead White Director of Athletics

Tim Ryan and Senior Vice President for
Development and Alumni Relations Scott
Meiklejohn informed all former studentathletes via email last week that their name
and current mailing address were given to
the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as per its request in connection with a proposed class action settlement related to concussions. The College
also shared the contact details of current
student athletes, according to the email.
The NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation website, which
Ryan and Meiklejohn linked to in their
email, states that if the settlement is approved on May 5, it would entitle all
current and former student-athletesat
Bowdoin and all other NCAA member
institutionsto medical monitoring that
would screen for concussions and assess
symptoms related to persistent post-concussion syndrome, as well as cognitive,
mood, behavioral and motor problems
that may be associated with mid-to latelife onset diseases resulting from concussions and/or subconcussive hits.
The NCAA will allocate $70 million to
this medical monitoring program if the
settlement is approved. In addition, it will
allocate $5 million to concussion research.
Medical monitoring will extend fifty years
after the date the settlement takes effect.

Although the hearing is not scheduled

until May, the NCAA has requested all
athlete contact information. Comments
in support of the settlement or requests for
exclusion must be filed by March 10, 2017.
Former NCAA football and soccer
players were the ones to originally file the
lawsuits against the NCAA.
The athletes claimed that the NCAA
was negligent and had breached its duty
to protect all current and former studentathletes by failing to adopt appropriate
rules regarding concussions and/or manage the risks from concussions, according
to the litigation website.
Although settlement talks were initiated over two years ago, Thursdays email to
alums marks the first time the College has
reached out to the Polar Bear community
regarding the settlement.
Before this notification, many current
and former athletes may not have been
aware of their inclusion or their eligibility
for concussion-related medical expense reimbursement. However, Bowdoins insurance policies cover the costs of all injuries
that occur while a student is a member of
a varsity athletic team, according to Ryan.
Despite going forward with the settlement, the NCAA does not believe it acted
inappropriately in dealing with the student-athlete cases that brought about the
class-action suit.
The NCAA denies all allegations of
wrongdoing and liability and believes
that its conduct was lawful. The NCAA,

however, is settling to avoid the substantial cost, inconvenience and disruption of

litigation, according to the website.
As part of the settlement, NCAA also
proposes to adopt five new concussion
management policies for its member institutions: baseline testing, no same day
return to play, medical personnel with
training in the diagnosis to be present
at games and available at practices, a reporting mechanism for diagnosed concussions and required NCAA-approved
concussion training and education for
athletes and athletic staff.

PACT testing, the King-Devick Test, Sport

Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT) test
and, new as of this year, the Sway test.
Davies said that in the fourteen years
hes been at Bowdoin, Athletics has never
allowed someone suspected to have a
concussion back into play. This year, the
Bowdoin Concussion Assessment, Management and Return to Play Guidelines
were also updated to increase the time
that a player is required to take off from a
sport after sustaining a concussion.
Ryan said it is standard practice for
medical personnel trained in recognizing

Were fortunate in that we feel like we have great

policies in place to help support our students and those
are in line with the guidelines that the NCAA has put in
place. DAN DAVIES
However, Bowdoin already has the proposed policies in place for its own athletic
programs so, if approved, the settlement is
not likely to make substantial changes to
the Colleges policies.
We dont have a policy change because
we were already doing what theyre proposing, said Director of Athletic Training
Dan Davies. So thats the good news for
us and the good news for our studentathletes, that we were taking the proactive
route five, six seven years ago rather than
what people are falling behind in trying to
catch up with.
For baseline testing, every varsity athlete at the College has to complete im-

and treating concussions to be on hand at

games and practices for contact sports.
Regarding the Colleges efforts to provide education on concussions, Ryan said
the athletic department meets with the
deans office and has spoken about concussions and academic accommodations for
recovering students at faculty meetings and
open lunches, most recently last spring.
Although the NCAA class action settlement proposes a new reporting mechanism, Bowdoin has already been tracking
this data through a NESCAC initiative.
As the only conference in the nation to
participate in conference-wide concussion monitoring, the NESCAC is ahead of

the curve with concussion awareness. The

system that collects this data, known as
the Head Injury Tracking (HIT) Project,
was made available to NESCAC schools
two years ago and expanded to all Maine
high schools in August 2015.
[Bowdoin has] been doing it all so [the
NCAA is] catching up to us rather than us
catching up to them, said Davies. Were
fortunate in that we feel like we have great
policies in place to help support our students and those are in line with the guidelines that the NCAA has put in place.
In college concussions, were looking for information about each students
mechanism of concussion injury, pertinent medical history (date of last menstrual period and history of concussion,
depression/anxiety, migraines, ADD/
ADHD) and how severe symptoms are
near the time of injury, wrote HIT Project Administrator Hannah Willihan in an
email to the Orient. We then analyze how
long it takes to return to full academics
and athletics to look for correlations. The
million dollar question becomes are there
circumstances that can predict shorter or
longer recovery from concussion?
Despite being proactive with concussion management and reporting strategies, Bowdoins reported concussion
numbers have remained fairly static over
the past five years, never varying by more
than five from year to year since 2011. Last
year, there were 62 concussions for players
on 14 athletic teams according to Ryan.

NESCAC showdown as field hockey goes up against rival Middlebury

BY COOPER HEMPHILL
ORIENT STAFF

With wins at Wesleyan (1-4 overall,

0-1 NESCAC) and Colby (2-3 overall, 1-2
NESCAC) last week, the Bowdoin Field
Hockey team retained its No. 1 national
ranking and is slated to face defending
National Champion No. 3 Middlebury tomorrow in the Polar Bears biggest matchup of the regular season.
The Polar Bears and Panthers have
dominated the league, facing off in the
NESCAC Championship match for the
past five years. Bowdoin was victorious in
the NESCAC final last year, but was ultimately bested by Middlebury in the National Championship game.
Losing to Middlebury in the National
Championship last year is something the
returners on this team will never forget,
said captain Kimmy Ganong 17. Although we all have that memory of how
we felt on that field at the end of 70 minutes, we know that this is a new season
with a different team. However, the goal
is still the sameto beat every single opponent we face. Our focus at the moment

is the game on Saturday and nothing else.

Any anticipation for the match hasnt
changed the teams approach to the week
as they hone in on continuing to improve.
Our focus this week has been just
like any other weekgetting better at the
little things, said Ganong. [Head Coach
Nicky Pearson] challenges each and every one of us to get better every day. Each
member of this team is expected to come
to practice with goals set and things to
work on that will help this team win.
The Polar Bears have started the year
with an incredible run. After a win in the
season opener to University of New England (UNE), the Polar Bears have knocked
off four NESCAC opponents in a row.
The team hasnt shown any signs of
weakness; their closest game thus far was
a 3-1 victory against UNE. In league play,
the team has only allowed one goal all season, which came in a clinical 6-1 victory
against Colby on Tuesday. Despite the
margin of victory, the team is not letting
up and continues to look for areas upon
which to improve.
It is extremely important to all of us
that we learn from each game so we can

make improvements for our next game,

said Ganong. Something that stood out
to us all about the Colby game was that
we came out flat in warm-ups and the first
half.
Luckily we went ahead 2-1 at the end
of the first half and then were able to really step up our play in the second half and
score four more goals.
With four national titles in the past decade, the program is one of the most decorated at Bowdoin and knows very well the
high level of play the sport demands.
This team is coached and expected
to play Bowdoin field hockey for all 70
minutes of the game, said Ganong. We
remind ourselves of that and we hold each
other accountable because we know that
is what it takes to win.
With Colby behind them, the Polar
Bears are now focusing completely on
the Panthers, who have had an impressive start to the season themselves, winning all three games so far including two
NESCAC matchups against Connecticut College and Amherst. The revenge
match will take place tomorrow at noon
at Middlebury.

GRACE MALLET, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

POACHING PANTHERS: Liz Znamierowski 16 battles a Panther defender in last years 2-1 win.

Womens tennis gears up for ITA Regionals focusing on individual strengths

BY BRENDAN PULSIFER
ORIENT STAFF

The Bowdoin Womens Tennis team

will be traveling to Boston this weekend to compete against NESCAC rivals and other Division III schools in
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
(ITA) New England Regionals. The
ITA, hosted this year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the
second of three tournaments the team
will compete in this fall and also the
most important.
The ITA is a really good way to
gauge where we are as a team and see

a lot of opponents well play against

in the spring, captain Tess Trinka
18 said. We also see opponents we
wont see in the spring, so its good to
mix it up and try out new competition. Its definitely the biggest event
of the fall for us.
Although spring is the main season for tennis, the fall represents a
unique opportunity for the players
to focus on their own successes as
well as those of the team. Unlike the
spring season, when all matches affect Bowdoins record, the results of
fall competitions only contribute to
individual standings.

Furthermore, only players who

qualify get the chance to compete in
the fall tournaments. This year, six
women from Bowdoin will compete
in the ITA as five singles players and
three doubles teams.
Joulia Likhanskaia 17 enters the
singles tournament as the third seed
this year and the team of Likhanskaia and Samantha Stadler 17 will
enter the doubles bracket seeded
third as well.
The competitors have big shoes
to fill after the 2015 ITA. Last year,
two Bowdoin doubles teamsPilar Giffenig 17/Sarah Shadowens

19 and Tiffany Cheng 16/Likhanskaiaadvanced to the semifinals,

with Cheng/Likhanskaia moving
on to a final match against ultimate
tournament champions Yu/Chong
from Wesleyan.
On the singles side, Likhanskaia
and Cheng, originally seeded second
and thirteenth, respectively, advanced
to the round of 16, while Trinka advanced to the round of eight.
Last weekend, the women squared
off against Division I teams at their
first tournament at Stony Brook.
[Stony Brook] was the first college
match for our freshmen, and thats an

adjustment for everyone, said Trinka. Its tough because tennis is an

individual sport, and in college when
it becomes a team sport that can be
a really hard transition. But our first
years are doing such a good job.
This spring, the team lost one of
its key players with Cheng graduating,
but despite this setback, the squad
heading to MIT is nothing but eager
and hopeful.
Weve only been in season for three
weeks or so and weve only played one
individual tournament so far, said
Stalder. But from what Ive seen, Im
expecting good things.

the bowdoin orient

friday, september 23, 2016

sports

Cross country off to a fast start with strong home performance

BY DAVID BROWER
ORIENT STAFF

The Bowdoin Invitational I this past

weekend was a strong opening meet for
both the womens and mens cross country teams, setting the program up well
for the rest of the season.
The womens team placed first out of
four teams, with captain Sarah Kelley 18
placing first in the five-kilometer race
with a time of 18:47.7. Anne McKee 20,
Sarah Kinney 19 and Julia ORourke 19
also represented the Bowdoin women in
the overall top five.
The men placed second out of five
teams, only scoring lower than Nova
Scotias St. Francis Xavier University.
Matt Jacobson 17 was the Polar Bears
top performer, placing fourth in the
eight kilometer race with a time of

Overall, the teams

strong performance
this past weekend is a
positive affirmation of
the work theyve put
in so far and builds a
lot of anticipation for
the rest of the season.
25:20.9. Andrew McGowan 19, Bridger
Tomlin 17 and Naphtali Moulton 19
also finished in the top ten.
Head Coach Peter Slovenski
thought the teams performed well,
especially given that it was the first
meet of the season.
This time of year we are working
really hard training, and are not yet
in peak racing condition, so I think
we did very well considering the circumstances, he said. The St. Francis
teamin the mens race especially
went out pretty aggressively, but we
stayed with our own race plan and
showed good patience and poise.

The men have won the invitational

for the past three years, but last Saturday, both squads raced against entirely
different teams than in previous years.
However, such turnover is fairly common at cross country meets. In addition
to St. Francis, the University of New
England and Emmanuel College sent
both their mens and womens teams to
the invitational for the first time, while
Lyndon State Colleges women returned
for a second year.
Members of last years graduating class,
including All-American Lucy Skinner
16, were certainly missed, but Slovenski
is pleased with the teams new leadership.
This years seniors are showing great
leadership, especially captains Nick
Walker [16] and Tomlin on the mens
side, and Meghan Bellerose 17, Gillian
Kramer 17 and Kelley for the women,
Slovenski said.
Slovenski was also impressed by the
performance of many first-time competitors, especially Demi Feder 17.
Even though Feder is already an accomplished track athlete, the invitational
was her first-ever cross country race and
she was the Polar Bears fifth finisher.
The teams first year runners also had a
strong opening meet, as seen by McKee
on the womens side and Bennett Sneath
20, who placed 16th overall and was the
top first year runner for the mens team.
We are really lucky that [McKee]
and [Sneath] have made an impact
on the team right away as first years,
Slovenski said.
While pleased with the teams performances, Slovenski still sees areas
for improvement. The spread, which is
the time between the first and fifth finisher on a team, for the mens team was
66 seconds and for the womens was 43
seconds. Slovenski hopes to improve
the spreads of both teams come championship season in November and thus
bring a consistently fast top five to their
more competitive meets.
Overall, the teams strong performances this past weekend is an affirmation of the work the athletes have put in

ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ON YOUR MARK: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP) Sarah Kinney 19 placed fourth as a top performer for the Polar Bears; Phoebe Nichols20 ran a solid race in her
collegiate debut; the pack of Naphtali Moulton19, Bridger Tomlin 17, Andrew McGowan 19, Nick Walker 16 and Connor Rocket19 set the pace for the mens team
so far and builds anticipation for the rest
of the season.
I think this is going to be a really
exciting season, Kelley said. For cross
country, these first meets are more of a
workout and a way to build our confi-

dence and endurance for later in the

season, but after last weekend we have
a lot of confidence going into Saturday.
Tomorrow at 1 p.m., the teams will
host the Bowdoin Invitational II against
Endicott, Wellesley, Wentworth, Uni-

versity of Southern Maine and University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Looking at the season so far, Slovenski is optimistic about the meet.
Our top runners will be ready to
place well next week, he said.

Fear and loathing in Glasgow: the Old Firm returns after four-year absence
BY ERIC ZELINA

CONTRIBUTOR

From Manchester to Milan, Istanbul to Rome, few things stir primal

passions quite like a local derby, the
name given to soccer matches between bitter geographic rivals like
Arsenal and Tottenham, who contest
the North London Derby, or River
Plate and Boca Juniors in Buenos Ai-

ress Superclsico. Fewer still incite

the level of sectarian hatred and violence of Britains greatest rivalry, the
Old Firm derby between Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers, which made
its return to the top flight of Scottish
football on September 10th after a
four-year absence.
The origins of the name Old Firm
are unclear, but the results (and
the hatred) are not. The two teams

ALEX WESTFALL

have maintained a dual hegemony

over Scottish football since inception, winning a combined 101 of
120 league titles, including the last
31 titles.
They say familiarity breeds contempt, and the crosstown rivals are
certainly no strangers, but the roots
of animosity go much deeper than
that. Rangers identity as an establishment Scottish, largely Protestant,
club was already largely developed
when Celtic was founded in 1888
as a way of raising money for East
Glasgows relatively poor Irish Catholic immigrant population.
The rivalry increasingly took on a
political and religious sectarian dimension in the early 20th century, as
the Catholic-Protestant, Irish-British, and Irish Republican-Ulster Loyalist identities all became entrenched
in respective club identity. Celtic supporters often brandish the Irish flag
and sing songs in support of a united
Ireland and sometimes even the IRA,
while their Rangers supporting counterparts wave the Union Jack and Ulster flag, deride the pope and express
support for Northern Ireland.
This deeply entrenched divide has
made the Old Firm a natural battleground, both literally and figuratively, in the ever-ongoing religious and
political sectarianism in Glasgow,
even after the end of the Troubles in
Northern Ireland. Rangers famously
maintained an unwritten rule not to

sign Catholic players, finally broken

in 1989, and violence at Old Firm
matches between the two groups of
supporters is the norm. As recently as 2011, Celtics Northern Irish
Catholic manager Neil Lennon and a
number of players were mailed bullets by Rangers supporters. Likewise,
a number of high profile murders
and assaults in Glasgow, often before
or after Old Firm matches, have been
linked to sectarianism.
Tensions have been somewhat
quelled in recent years, thanks in
part to Rangers bankruptcy and subsequent relegation to the lowest tier
of the Scottish football hierarchy in
2012. After Rangers finally won promotion back to the Scottish Premier
League last season, the Old Firm finally met in the league last Saturday
at Celtic Park in East Glasgow.
Despite an energized crowd and a
roaring rendition of their signature
pre-match anthem Youll Never Walk
Alone (a tune more famously employed by Liverpool supporters, mind
you), the action on the pitch was relatively listless. Rangers sat deep early
to absorb pressure and were punished
again and again by an incisive Celtic
attack, who cruised to a 5-1 drubbing
of the crosstown rivals. New Celtic
signing Moussa Dembl, just 19
years old, dazzled with a perfect hattrick, the first in an Old Firm league
match since 1966. Celtic captain Scott
Brown accurately summed it up when

he said, It was men versus boys.

It is a bit ironic that, as much as
supporters of Glasgows Green and
White might hate to admit it, Celtic
and Rangers need each other now
more than ever. Without Rangers in
the top-flight, the last four seasons in
the Scottish Premiership have been
marked by Celtic dominance and
four consecutive titles. For comparison, last years upstart darlings Aberdeen finished a full fifteen points
off the pace. The lack of parity and
competition at the top has meant a
similar lack of interest in the Scottish
league. Viewership figures and TV
revenues have remained flat, all while
Scotlands neighbor to the south has
seen the value of the English Premier
Leagues TV deals explode to the
point where even the worst Premier
League clubs are among the richest in
Europe. A resurgent Rangers back in
the Scottish Prem to challenge Celtic
hegemony means increased interest
and more cash for both. To illustrate,
last years Scottish Cup tie between
the two sides drew 100 million viewers globally, and Celtics chief exec
Peter Lawwell has recently admitted
that Rangers absence from the top
flight has cost Celtic upwards of $50
million. It should be in everyones interest then, whether your allegiance is
Celtic, Rangers or neutral, to see the
Old Firm resume one of the worlds
most bitter and storied rivalries back
in the top flight of Scottish football.

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the bowdoin orient

OPINION

More than Orientation

or the Class of 2020, Orientation included a new two-part program called

More Than Meets the Eye, which directly addressed issues of racial diversity
on campus. During the first event, which took place before the start of the
semester, 16 current students each shared a personal anecdote related to their experiences with race at Bowdoin.
The second event was about keeping an open mind to new perspectives as first years
form social ties at the school. The talk was led by Reverend Dr. Jamie Washington, the
president and founder of Washington Consulting Group.
Student voices have called for the inclusion of a program on race in Orientation
over the past few years. However, controversial events from the 2015-16 academic
yearsuch as the gangster party and the tequila partywere a critical push to
develop this program because they fueled last years discussions on race. The fact that
the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs instituted this new Orientation program is a
positive step forward in the evolution of Bowdoins discourse on race.
Sydney Avitia-Jacques 18, a member of the sailing team, mentioned one such event,
which was hosted by her team. The gangster party was a critical component of her
experience of race at Bowdoin. Openly presenting events like these to first years gives
them an appropriate context to inform their future conversations about race at Bowdoin.
Moreover, it is valuable that this particular Orientation event continued into the
semester, modeling the fact that conversations about race will happen throughout students careers, not just during Orientation.
There are talks, lectures and discussions dealing with these topics consistently
scheduled throughout the year and are open to all students. Consistently taking advantage of these events rather than only engaging when incidents like the gangster
party occur is crucial for moving towards a more inclusive community.
Furthermore, attending these events and participating in these conversations facilitates a more comfortable environment where students are proactive in having these
difficult conversations. If or when instances of cultural appropriation occur, discussions about these events will be more productive since more students will be ready
to engage.
An important goal of Orientation is to model how to interact with different parts
of our community in a positive way. However, it is also important to strike the right
balance of telling first-year students what they can and cannot do. This program did
just that.
Uniquely developing this program each year is crucial. Including contemporary
stories from current Bowdoin students is important to continue to effectively model
productive discourse on race. Giving first years the context of our campus climate
while also encouraging first years to engage in conversation about race provides a direction towards a more open community.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board,
which is comprised of Marina Affo, Julian Andrews, Steff Chavez, Grace Handler,
Nickie Mitch, Meg Robbins and Joe Seibert.

friday, september 23, 2016

The apocalyptic election

RYAN WARD

HOLDING FAST

The 2016 election season has a lot of

people fearing that the end is nigh. People on both sides of the aisle share this
feeling of impending doom, although
there is intense disagreement over which
candidate is actually going to usher in
the end of days. On the left, the general
conclusion is that if Trump is elected, his
policies will be so disastrous that he will
precipitate all sorts of catastrophic events.
Slate even has a Trump Apocalypse
Watch to update readers of the chances
of a Trump victory in November, which
they say would trigger an apocalypse in
which we all die (presumably opposed
to less-fatal versions of the apocalypse).
On the right, there is a similar sense
that a Clinton presidency would be a
complete disaster. An anonymously written article entitled The Flight 93 Election has set the conservative media abuzz
by comparing this election to the situation
facing the passengers on United Flight 93,
who stormed the cockpit to wrest control of the plane from the hijackers and
crashed it into a field in Pennsylvania.
The authors provocative thesis is that
a Hillary Clinton presidency is Russian
Roulette with a semi-auto. With Trump,
at least you can spin the revolver and take
your chances. The choices are grim, but
the consequences of not acting (voting
Trump) are certainly catastrophic.
Now, I do not think that the state of
the election is nearly as bleak as this, but
I do agree that this election is apocalyptic, in a sense. But rather than thinking of

apocalypse as a fiery end-times scenario,

I am thinking more along the lines of the
Greek word apocalypsis, which originally meant an unveiling or revealing.
That is, I think this election is apocalyptic
in the sense that we are seeing problems
which have been around for a while but
that have not shown themselves in such a
dramatic way until this election.
The problem I am especially concerned with here is illuminated well by
Clintons recent remarks at a New York
fundraiser, in which she stated that about
half of Trumps supporters could be placed
in what she called the basket of deplorables. This sort of sentiment is nothing
new for Clinton. She has always held that
her opponent is a dangerous demagogue
who whips up racial resentment among
his supporters. What is different here is
that she classes as much as a fifth of the
American population as irredeemable
bigotsthose who are too far gone to be
even considered by the Clinton campaign.
Clintons point was to contrast these
people with another basket that is deserving of our empathy and is comprised
of those who feel let down by both parties and are only looking for someone
to change things. The problem with this
distinction is that people cannot be so
easily sorted into opposing baskets.
There are doubtless many Trump supporters who are in dire economic straits
and deserving of our empathy, yet who
Clinton would label deplorable for their
support of Trumps immigration policy.
What Clinton is doing is projecting her
idea of the virtuous working-class
voter onto the real people who support
Trump. She is imagining that the only
Trump voters deserving of her empathy

are those who basically agree with her,

yet feel so disenfranchised that they are
duped into voting for Trump.
Such sentiments come across as obnoxiously elitist coming from a fundraiser where the most expensive seats
cost $250,000. This kind of out-of-touch
statement at an expensive fundraiser has
become almost expected in the past few
election cycles (see Obamas bitter clingers and Romneys 47 percent). What is
different this time is that the people denigrated in Clintons remarks have found a
voice in the unrefined and unapologetically brash rhetoric of Donald Trump.
And rather than empathizing with their
concerns, Clinton makes it clear that
those who are suffering from feelings of
alienation must first prove that they hold
the correct views on immigration, race
and contemporary gender ideology, or
else they belong to their own class of people deserving to be labeled deplorable.
The real apocalypse of this election is the unveiling of the resentment
of downtrodden Americans toward the
global elites who claim that the solution to all of their problems lies in free
trade, unrestricted immigration and the
entrepreneurial spirit. Even Clinton was
forced to acknowledge this opposition
to liberal orthodoxy (cheers, Bernie),
but it has apparently not changed her attitude towards the Americans who hold
beliefs that she finds repugnant. As with
Trump, there is a class of people that she
cannot make room for in her vision of
America. And in this apocalyptic election, that is bad news for all of us.
Ryan Ward is a member of the Class
of 2017.

Privilege, vibrators and feminism, oh my!

BY EMMA ROBERTS AND HAYLEY NICHOLAS
OPED CONTRIBUTORS

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells us

in Beyonces Flawless that a feminist is
a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
This may be true, but we think its more
complicated. Feminism means a lot of different things to a lot of different people for
a lot of different reasons. But were here
to talk about what it means to us. So, we
want to talk about vibrators and activism
and equal pay and some more vibrators
about discovering our own definitions of
feminism and about acknowledging our
not-so-feminist moments. We want to
talk about feminism, but first, we need
to talk about privilege. We know this
topic is often exhausting and divisive but
we hope that through sharing our conception of privilege, we can break down
these barriers.
Now, where do we start? Historically,
certain communities have been dehumanized, discriminated against and excluded from full participation in society
through legal, political, economic and
social means. Social systems were created to exert power over these groups and
prevent them from having the basic rights
that our society championsrights that
often only apply to those with power.
These structures have privileged some
groups of people, making it easier for
them to gain wealth, educational opportunities and political influence for centuries, while disadvantaging others for just
as long. We cannot divorce contemporary

realities from this history.

So, how does this relate to privilege? Although as individuals we didnt establish
these systems of inequality, we cant disentangle ourselves from them or ignore
their impact on our daily lives. If Emma,
who is white, gets stopped by the police,
she doesnt have to worry that the officer
might mistreat her because of her race.
Growing up in a largely upper-middle
class town, Hayley always felt safe in her
neighborhood. When Emma and Hayley
were in high school, they never once questioned if they could attend college or not.
This is privilege. The degree of privilege
you have isnt a choice. Its not Maybelline.
Youre literally born with it. And since its
not something you can change, dont feel
guilty about it. What matters is that you
are conscious of how it impacts your experience and consider it when interacting
with others.
Youre probably wondering what this
has to do with feminism. For Emma
and Hayley, thinking about their degrees of privilege is deeply connected to
their feminism. Emma is white. Hayley
is multiracial. We are both heterosexual,
able-bodied and cisgendered. These identities shape our personal understandings
of feminism, and just as everyone has a
unique set of identities, everyone, too, will
have a unique understanding of feminism.
Hayley grew up a predominantly white
town in suburban Connecticut. When a
boy stuck a pencil in her poufy, natural
black hair in seventh grade, she did not
have the words to express her frustration.
When she was sent to the deans office

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during physics class for wearing a short

skirt in 11th grade, she did not grasp the
double standards of her schools dress
code. When her college-educated mother
helped her with homework, she did not
consider her educational and economic
privileges. But when she began her journey at Bowdoin, she started to learn about
the racist undertones of the incident in
seventh grade; she began to understand
the unwarranted scrutiny of her body in
high school and she came to terms with
the privileges that she has as a result of
her upbringing. Hayleys understanding
of feminism is defined by her privileges
and disadvantages.
Emma didnt always identify as a feminist. When she first read the dictionary

definition of feminism, she was surprised.

If that was it, she wondered, how could
anyone not be a feminist? Growing up
around people who shared a similarly
privileged background, identity was not
something Emma had thought about
much. At Bowdoin, however, she learned
about systems of power and her own participation in structural oppression. She
learned about the Feminist Movement, a
movement that has enabled her to exercise fundamental rights, but has too often
defined women as white, middle-class,
heterosexual, able-bodied and cisgendered. She thought hard about the ways
that white, privileged women, like herself,
had perpetuated other forms of subjugation in the name of feminism. Now Emma

considers herself a cautiously-proud feminist, embracing the concept of feminism

without ignoring problematic aspects of
its past and present.
Feminism is complex. It can be
messy. It can be ugly. It can be liberating. It allows us, Emma and Hayley,
to reflect about ourselvesnot just as
womenbut as unique individuals.
Its helped us understand our privilege,
reconcile with how weve been wrong
in the past and learn about how we can
improve in the future. So, what does
feminism mean to you? Well, thats not
our story to tell. You tell us.
Hayley Nicholas and Emma Roberts are
members of the Class of 2017.

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the bowdoin orient

opinion

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Americans need to stop abusing the peace pipe

CARLOS HOLGUIN

RAMBLINGS OF A
MOUNTAIN MAN

It seems that American greed is

once again creating issues for Native
Americans. This time we focus on
the Standing Rock Sioux and neighboring tribes as they fight to hang on
to their sacred lands from the clutches of an oil conglomerate, Dakota Access. Unfortunately this incident fits
into a larger pattern of Native Americans being trod over by business interests and the U.S. government. This
needs to stop, and America needs to
realize that Native Americans deserve to have their rights respected.
The Standing Rock Sioux and various other tribes have been fervently
trying to get the conglomerate Dakota Access to stop laying down oil pipeline
across lands which
are deemed to hold
burial sites and are
tied to sacred ritual
importance. A judge
recently decided to

halt certain parts of the pipeline

project going through sacred land
and President Obama has stopped
the pipe laying for the entire project.
The pipeline goes through both Dakotas. Not to mention, the pipeline
will also be crossing the Missouri
River, which acts as a water source
for the Standing Rock Sioux. Theres
a high probability the Missouri River
will be contaminated by a rupture
in the pipeline. Moreover, the pipeline would cross the burial grounds
of Sioux ancestors. I dont think any
person anywhere would be happy if
somebody started digging up his or
her grandpas grave for economic
reasons. It turns into a triple whammy when considering there is also
desecration of the sacred lands that
the Standing Rock Sioux and other
tribes religions stem from. People
would probably be angry
if someone started

destroying the Vatican to build a

pipeline. So yes, Dakota Access, I unequivocally condemn your actions as
they further hurt a group who has already had so much taken from them.
Unfortunately, throughout many of
their interactions with the U.S., Native Americans have come out on the
worse end as a result of some Americans lack of respect or greed. One of
the earliest examples was the Catholic missionaries in the Northeast and
Southwest who decided it was necessary to kill their culture so as to humanize them. Dartmouth College was
created for this purpose primarily but
we know it nowadays for the crazy
fraternity immortalized by Animal
House. The Catholic missionaries
actions were essentially a cultural
genocide and apologies have still
never been made to this day. Then we
have Andrew Jackson who created the
Trail of Tears because he and his cronies wanted the land in the Southeast
for their own selfish economic
purposes.
In doing so he pushed several tribes into the Southwest
all in the name of expelling

the savages for the betterment of the

Nation. One of the most recent events
came when the United Stateswithout consulting the tribe at large
dumped massive amounts of nuclear
waste on the Skull Valley Goshute
Reservation in Utah. The U.S. government bought out a select number of
votes on a local council that needed
to sign off on the agreement. The U.S.
government should have figured out
another way to deal with the hazardous waste it created, and the idea of
dumping it on native lands should
never have come to fruition. There
are more examples than these, but
these few show the larger pattern of
Native Americans coming out on the
short end of the stick when dealing
with Americans.
Americans need to realize Native
Americans are integral to the history
of North America and should thus be
given full respect. The history which
exists to this day is incredibly rich but
it is only a fraction of what once existed. One doesnt have to understand
to come to respect these cultures that
existed and mingled for
millennia before the

Vikings landed in Northern Canada.

I hypothesize the only way for Americans to stop abusing Native Americans is to teach their historyand to
do it from their perspective. When
taught through the lens of Americans
and Europeans, Native American history is skewed and heavily biased. If
Americans understand that Native
Americans are the cornerstone of the
America we know today, then maybe
Americans will stop abusing Native
American sovereignty over their lands.
Throughout history, Native Americans have always been given a raw
deal by both the government and private interests. This needs to end. Native American ways and lands need
to be respected and not seen as things
that can be trampled over for selfish
reasons. Hopefully this incident in
North Dakota will be one too many
and show that US Native Americans
matter too. Chief Joseph puts it best:
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal
rights upon it.
Carlos Holguin is a member of the Class
of 2019.

SOPHIE WASHINGTON

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
FRIDAY 23

SEMINAR

Antibiotics From Ant Symbionts: New

Molecules With Unusual Genetic Origins

The seminar will describe the chemical processes of

microbial symbiosis in fungus-growing ants to understand
antibiotics through ecology.
020 Druckenmiller Hall. 3 p.m.
EVENT

Student Night at the Art Museum

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will open its doors for a
night of art, hors d'oeuvres, beverages and a performance by
the Meddiebempsters.
ORIENT
PICK OF THE WEEK
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 7 p.m.

DARIUS RILEY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

CULTURAL CUISINE: Regina Hernandez '17 and Ryan Strange '17 enjoy a dinner kicking o Latinx Heritage Month. The dinner is one of many
events this month that celebrate the cultures and heritages of those who identify as Latinx.

SATURDAY 24

MONDAY 26

EVENT

American Mathematical Society Fall

Eastern Sectional Meeting

EVENT

EVENT

Live in the Lounge with LQH

"Plants and Flowers of Maine:

Kate Furbish's Watercolors"

Bowdoin will host the American Mathematical Societys annual conference. The event will primarily consist of lectures
about mathematical research and presentations from
Bowdoin students. Nearly 400 mathematicians will attend
the conference.
Across Campus, All Day.

The Bowdoin College Library will host a book launch for

artist and botanist Kate Furbish's illustrated collection
of Maine-native plants. This book was produced by the
Library with the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4 p.m.

EVENT

One of Bowdoin's theater groups, Masque and Gown, will

write, direct and perform original plays in 24 hours. The
event is geared towards students who may not have time to
commit to a full production.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.

"Our Changing Arctic: Stewardship and

Leadership for the Twenty-First Century"
Managing Director of the World Wildlife Fund's Arctic Program Margaret Williams will speak about the challenges
that the Arctic faces and opportunities for change.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.

EVENT

"Poisoned Wine Bottles, Not Enough Rats"

As part of the American Mathematical Society Eastern Sectional Conference, mathematician and Algorithm Designer
at Google Dr. Michael Kleber will speak about efficient
search algorithms.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 8 p.m.

"Implied Narratives in Printmaking"

Liz Chalfin, artist in residence for the Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project will deliver a lecture on her drawings and
prints.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
READING

"Hard Red Spring"

WORKSHOP

Novelist Kelly Kerney '02 will read from her recently published novel which explores the relationship between the
United States and Guatemala through the interconnecting
stories of four fictional women.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall. 4:30 p.m.

"Fair Use in the Visual Arts and Beyond"

Attorney and copyright specialist Peter Jaszi, professor at

American University Washington College of Law, will speak
about copyright in museums and colleges.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 11 a.m.

Reaccreditation
Open Forum

EVENT

Paint Night at
the Pub

TUESDAY 27
LECTURE

SUNDAY 25

EVENT

LQH, a Portland based jazz/soul trio, will perform covers and

originals.
Frontier. 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 29

LECTURE

Play Day

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WEDNESDAY 28

SEMINAR

"Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and

Evolution of Anoles"
Jonathan Losos, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology at Harvard University, will hold a seminar to discuss
the comparisons between Anolis lizards in different regions
and their effects on understanding evolution.
020 Druckenmiller Hall. 4 p.m.
LECTURE

"Modernity's Immaterial,
Multimedial Images"

Michael Leja, professor of history of art at the University of

Pennsylvania, will deliver the first lecture for the Across the
Divide: Intermediality and American Art symposium. He will
discuss the immaterial aspects of images and the multimediality of modern images.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
EVENT

Jazz Night in the Pub

The Bowdoin Music Collective will present a night of jazz at

the Pub.
Jack Magee's Pub, David Saul Smith Union. 10 p.m.