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EDITORIAL: Creating a safe placePage 18.

SPORTS: 40 YEARS OF FIELD HOCKEY AT BOWDOIN

Former players will return to watchthe Polar Bears take on a Trinity teamthat boasts a 10-2 overall record.

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on leadership and accepting blame.

The curling team, which wonthe 2011 National CollegeCurling Championships,resumes practice at a facilityin Belfast, Maine.

MARRIAGE: Mainers United for Marriageincreases its mobilization efforts on campus.

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ALUMNI: ResLife asks College Houses not tothrow reunions for alumni during Homecoming.

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IN THE HOUSE: Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Republican Jon Courtney faced offlast night in a debate in Studzinski Recital Hall.

Please see DEBATE, page 4

BY LINDA KINSTLER

ORIENT STAFF

Pope 67 appointed senior U.S. diplomat in Libya

Laurence Pope 67 arrived inLibya last Thursday as senior en-

voy of the U.S. State Depar tment ,and has since been occupied meet-ing leaders of the Libyan congress,interim government, and U.S. dip-lomatic officials.

As charg daffaires, Pope willlead U.S. diplomatic efforts in Lib-ya and fill the role played by thelate Ambassador Chris Stevens,who was killed in a September 11terrorist attack on the Americandiplomatic compound in Beng-hazi, a city in northeastern Libya.

Since I arrived on October 10,I have been meeting the Embassy

staff, and calling on the govern-ment and other diplomats, Popewrote yesterday in an email to theOrient. My first visit was to theForeign Ministry, as is traditional,and yesterday I met with Congress Please see POPE, page 6

White 77 discusses role

as Romneys wingmanBY SAM MILLER

ORIENT STAFF

Please see WHITE, page 6

House candidates spar in Studzinski

New trustees bring expertisein business and law to board

BY MARISA MCGARRY

STAFF WRITER

e Board of Trustees convenesthis weekend with four new mem-bers to discuss renovating the for-mer Longfellow Elementary Schooland changes to upgrade the Collegesdata network.

In May, the College announced theelection of Donald A. Goldsmith 65,Mary Hogan Preusse 90, David A.Morales 97 and David Roux P14 tothe board.

Mr. Goldsmith is a partner at Hol-land & Knight LLP, an internationallawrm based in New York City. He

also advised the Colleges O

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Planning and served as Reunion GiCommittee chair.

Ms. Preusse acts as managing di-rector and co-head of Americas RealEstate, part of APG Asset Manage- Please see TRUSTEES, page 5

ment US. While a student at the Col-lege, she majored in mathematics andwas a member of Alpha Beta Phi, theColleges only sorority.

Preusse has served as Alumni Funddirector, in addition to working withthe Bowdoin Alumni Schools Inter-

view Committee, the Bowdoin CareerAdvisory Network, and Reunion GiCommittee chair.

Mr. Morales is the vice president ofPublic Policy & Strategic Planning forBostons Steward Heath Care. A soci-ology major, he played football and wasa member of Alpha Kappa Sigma whileat the College.

Before serving on the Board, Mr.

Morales was a member of the AlumniCouncil and an advisor with BowdoinCareer Advisory Network.

Mr. Roux cofounded Silver Lake,

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree,a Democrat, and Republican chal-lenger Jon Courtney met in the rstdebate in the race for Maines FirstDistrict seat in the House of Rep-

resentatives last night in StudzinskiRecital Hall.

Pingree, who is running for herthird term, is heavily favored in therace. The last time a Republicanheld the seat was 1996. Accordingto a poll conducted between Sep-tember 24 and 28 by Pan AtlanticSMS, Pingree holds a 33 percent-age point lead over Courtney.

In an hour-long debate organized

BY WOODY WINMILL

STAFF WRITER

by the Maine Public BroadcastingNetwork (MPBN), the candidatestouched on a variety of issues, high-lighting their ideological divides.

Pingree focused on increasingaccess to higher education andboosting the minimum wage asways to improve the First Districts

struggling economy; Courtney, thecurrent senate majority leader inthe State Senate, emphasized re-storing confidence in government,simplifying regulation, and creatingan environment more beneficial tosmall businesses.

Pingree expressed her supportfor Question 1, the referendum onthe Maine ballot that would permitsame-sex marriage. Courtney ex-

pressed his disapproval.Pingree said she was proud of the

Patient Protection and AffordableHealthcare Act, commonly referredto as Obamacare; Courtney doesnot support the legislation, andwould try to repeal it if elected.

Throughout the debate, Pin-

gree, a member of the Progres-sive Caucus, argued for a reducedmilitary budget. Sticking to partyline, Courtney argued against cutsin military spending. He favors amarket-based approach to improv-ing healthcare quality, accordingto his website.

The candidates were also given a

President Mohamed Megarief whois the interim chief of state. He

spent many years in exile as a cou-rageous opponent of Qadhafi, andit was inspiring to meet with himas the leader of a free Libya. I hopeto see the Prime Minister designatelater today.

The Libyan congress elected hu-man rights lawyer Ali Zeidan in-terim prime minister on Sundaynight. Pending approval of his cab-inet picks by congress, Zeidan willhelp guide the country through aperiod of political unrest, and theTelegraph reported that formingan elite military and police corpswill be his top priority.

The New York Times reportedthat even before the September 11

extremist attack on the U.S. em-bassy, the Pentagon and State De-partment were preparing to build aspecial team of U.S. forces to aug-ment counter-terrorism operationsin Libya, citing a Pentagon docu-

ment which stats that the Libyancommando force will counter and

defeat terrorist and violent ex-tremist organizations.The United States and the in-

ternational community in general

Bob White 77, Bowdoin trusteeand chairman of the Romney-Ry-an campaign, spoke last night inDaggett Lounge about life on thecampaign trail, preparation forpresidential debates, and his yearsof experience as Mitt Romneysright-hand man.

White has worked alongside theformer governor since Romneybegan his career at Bain & Com-pany, and has advised all of Rom-neys political races. The two havebeen close friends for years, andRomney jokingly refers to Whiteas TQ, short for The Quail, inreference to the bobwhite speciesof the bird.

As Mitt says, Im his w ingman,said White in his address at the Re-publican National Convention.

White is also involved in the pol-itics of Bowdoin. He served on theColleges presidential search com-mittee in 2000, and supported thesupported the nomination Presi-dent Barry Mills for the position.

I felt, given the set of oppor-tunities and challenges facing theCollege, Barry Mills was uniquelyqualified, explained White in an

interview with the Orient.White drew a parallel between

Mills and Romney, who he says isuniquely qualified for leadershipas well.

I look at the country right nowand we have a lot of challenges,both domestically and internation-ally. We need somebody who canfix the economy and ge t back jobs,said White. I believe Governor

Romney has the set of experiencesto do so.

In response to the Obama cam-paigns mischaracterization ofMitt as cold and heartless, Whitedescribed how Romney spent timeat the bedside of a 14-year-oldmember of his church who was dy-ing of leukemia.

He is a man of impeccable in-tegrity from his time at Bain to to-day, he said.

Obama and Romney are separat-ed by only a few percentage pointsin recent polls, which fluctuatedaily. However, White claims hefocuses on narrative, not numbers.

I dont look at the polls, saidWhite. Right now we are havinga conversation with the country. Ithink there are two very different

visio ns, two very clear choic es forthe country.

White spoke about the frenet-ic life of the campaign trail to acrowd of 200 last night in DaggettLounge. He explained part of the

vettin g proce ss for vice- presid en-tial candidates and the planningand pressure of the nationally-tele-

vise d pres ident ial d ebates .White added that in practice

debates, those who stand in for anopponent make a conscious effort

to imitate the style as well as arguethe policies of the actual opposingcandidate. In Romneys case, Sena-tor Rob Portman of Ohio stood inas Obama.

Although Election Day is still threeweeks away, White explained that thecampaign is preparing to move for-ward in the case of a Romney win.

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The next two matches will determine whether the Polar Bears willhave a home-field advantage in the NESCAC quarterfinals or missthe playoffs entirely.

SPORTS: Mens soccer faces crossroadsFEATURES: Its the great pumpkinPumpkin-flavored treats are popping uponmenus at many Brunswick eateries and oncampus.

A&E: International BeatNew York-based DJ and electro-house music producerHenry Steinway, currently on his international tour, willheadline Bowdoins homecoming weekend.

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NEWSNOTES

Maine prostitution scandalexposes James Soule 77

When police released the namesof 21 clients of Alexis White, thenow-infamous Zumba instructorwho has been charged with running aone-woman brothel out of her studioin Kennebunk, Maine, on Monday, onename quickly attracted the attention ofPortland residents.

According to the Portland PressHerald, former South Portland MayorJames Soule 77 is one of 21 men whohave been charged with paying Ms.White for sex. Soule, along with theother people on the list, is charged withthe misdemeanor of engaging a prosti-tute and has a December 5 court date atBiddford District Court.

Soule was a star player on the Col-leges football team during his time atthe College and has served as SouthPortlands mayor, most recently in 2008.e Press Herald reported that the listof Ms. Whites clients is said to includeover 150 names, most of which havenot yet been released. Soules attorneyPeter DeTroy told the Press Herald thatSoule obviously feels terribly aboutthise biggest impact of this is onhis family and his friends. ats trulythe most dreadful situation.

e Soule family has a long legacyat Bowdoin; Jim, his four brothers, andtheir father William Soule 36 were in-ducted to the Colleges Athletic Hall of

Honor in 2004. A page dedicated to theSoule family on the Bowdoin Athleticssite states, No single family has had agreater impact on Bowdoins athleticprogram than the Soule family. FatherWilliam 36 and his sons Paul 66, Mort68, Jim 77 and Phil have produceda lasting legacyparticularly in theBowdoin football program.

James has embarrassed andshamed the Soule name, Mort Souletold the Daily Mail.

Jim Soule broke his brother Paulsrecords on the football team his junioryear, rushing 780 yards in a singleseason. As a senior he became the rstPolar Bear to surpass the 1,000-yardmark for a single season with 1,140

yardsa record that has yet to be bro-ken today. He set a career rushing yardsof 2,634, which are 300 more than thesecond-place record-setter.

Jim Soule carried the ball moretimes, rushed for more yards, andscored more touchdowns than anyother Bowdoin player before him, thepage notes. Phil Soule, the only Soulebrother who didnt attend Bowdoin,coached football at the College for 39years.is Sunday, the seventh annualPhil Soule 5K race will take place onthe cross-country race loop. Jim Soulecould not be reached for comment,according to the Press Herald.

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Friday, October 12

A student was taken toParkview Adventist Medical Cen-ter after spraining an ankle whilerunning on the trails near the Pick-ard athletic fields.

An intoxicated male student

made oensive physical contact witha female student at the Campus FoodTruck and then punched the side ofthe truck in anger, denting it. A re-port was led with the dean of stu-dent aairs.

Saturday, October 13

Ocers checked on the well-being of an ill student in Osher Hall.

Students at MacMillan Housewere painting t-shirts with red spraypaint. One student noticed that theinstructions on the can said thatthe paint was washable. inkingthat meant that the paint could beeasily removed, he began sprayingthe walls of MacMillan with ribaldwords and phrases. To his horror,the paint would not come o thewalls, even with a strong cleaningagent. e student reread the canand realized that washable meantthat painted items could be washedwithout the paint coming o. estudent was assessed $200 to havethe walls repainted by professionals.

Brunswick Police (BPD) issued awarning to a campus visitor for walk-ing near Farley Field House with anopen container.

Four students at HelmreichHouse were cited for playing adrinking game.

A student was cited for posses-sion of hard alcohol at Burnett House.

Sunday, October 14

An Osher Hall student was cited

for smoking marijuana in the resi-dence hall.

Excessive noise was reported atHelmreich House.

A student in Osher Hall with a se-vere nosebleed was escorted to Parkview.

Wall damage was reported in thebasement of Reed House.

A resident of Canaan, Mainereported receiving late night ha-rassing phone calls from a Collegetelephone number. Investigation

SECURITY REPORT: 10/12 to 10/18

With election day approaching,the Mainers United for Marriagecampaign to legalize same-sexmarriage in the state of Maine isworking hard to rally the supportof the Bowdoin community.

If accepted, the ballot measure,could make Maine the first state tolegalize same-sex marriage by pop-ular vote. A similar ballot measurewas defeated in 2009, musteringonly 47 percent of the vote.

This is the first time that a pro-active marriage ballot measure isbeing put before voters in the his-tory of our country, said TimothyDiehl, board president of Equal-ity Maine, the organization spear-heading the Mainers United cam-paign. LGBT issues have neverbeen proactively decided by voters,its very exciting.

In a letter to President Mills thisweek, Bowdoin Queers and Allies(Q&A) solicited a formal endorse-ment from the administration.

We encourage [President Mills]once again to take a public standon marriage equality, whether as aprivate citizen or as the president ofthe states premiere college, by sub-mitting an editorial endorsing thepassage of Question One to localand state newspapers, said Q&A intheir letter.

Five Bowdoin students are currently

working as internswith Equality Maine.ey are tasked withbringing awarenessabout the initiativeto Bowdoin.

Right now ourmain goal is toget people to voteearly, said internJordan Lantz 15.

Lantz and otherinterns will bringstudents to vote early on October 24and 29, and November 1; Lantz ex-plained that early voting benets thecampaign because it allows organiz-ers to calculate support and estimate

how much they still need to meettheir goal before November 6.

Intern Jack Wostrel 15 organizeda kick-off party at Howell House onOctober 4.

We tried to get 50 people in thedoor which we far surpassed, saidWostrel. However, he added thatthey fell short in meeting their goalof 50 early vote pledges by aboutten pledges.

In addition, the Bowdoin Col-lege Democrats have worked in col-laboration with Equality Maine byrecruiting volunteers, putting upposters, and coordinating shuttlesto polling booths on election days.

I think were upholding marriageas an institution and were sayingeveryone should be able to partakein it if they find the right partner,

said Judah Isseroff 13, co-presidentof the Bowdoin Democrats.e Bowdoin Democrats also sought

to raise awareness about the vote by in-viting relevant speakers to campus.

Were bringing Mary Bonauto,who is one of, if not th e, leading le-gal advocate for marriage equalityin this country, said Isseroff. Bon-auto will speak at 7:30 p.m. Mon-day night in the Visual Art CentersKresge Auditorium.

College volunteers are not sur-prised by Bowdoins positive recep-tion to the initiative.

is is a tough campus to beagainst gay marriage on, said Issero.

Even so, the lib-eral atmosphereat Bowdoin doesnot speak for thewhole state.

Bowdoin isgreat in that theresa lot of support forit here, said Lantz.However its notexactly indicativeof Maine itself.

The ProtectMarriage Maine campaign is work-ing in opposition to Equality Maineis, an organization working to pre-

vent any a mendment s to the tradi-tional definition of marriage.

All the social science researchsays that the ideal environment forchildren is to be raised in house-holds with a mom and a dad, saidBob Emrich, chair of Protect Mar-riage Maine. Its not just addinganother person to a marriage, itsredefining the very meaning ofmarriage and the potential conse-quences [of same sex marriage] aretoo great a risk.

Despite the support Equlity Mainehas received on campus, organizersworry about students keeping theirword in the polling booths.

Until the final vote is countedwe know we have to continue toinform people about why the issueis important and how by support-ing equality theyre supporting allMaine families, said Diehl.

Mainers United steps upon-campus mobilization

BY EMMA PETERS

STAFF WRITER

This is the first time that a

proactive ballot measure is

being put before voters in the

history of our country.

TIMOTHY DIEHL

BOARD PRESIDENT

EQUALITY MAINE

determined that the number inquestion was not in service and thatthe incident was the result of Call-er-ID spoofing.

Monday, October 15

Ocers dispersed an unregis-tered event at Baxter House.

A student in Coleman Hall wascited for possession of marijuana andparaphernalia.

A re alarm at Reed House wascaused by a steam release from theboiler system.

A student at MacMillan Housewas cited for possession of hard alco-

hol and marijuana.Tuesday, October 16

An ocer escorted a sick studentfrom West Hall to Parkview.

A re alarm at the orne Hallkitchen was caused by oven smoke.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit

at 7:12 p.m. Campus systems werenot aected and there was no dam-age reported.ursday, October 18

A female student reported tworecent instances of harassment.

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GREAT DIEHL: Timothy Diehl is board

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On Monday, hundreds of studentswore yellow in support of the LG-BTIQA community at the College.Organized by the Bowdoin QueerStraight Alliance (BQSA), YellowShirt Day is one of many events thattook place as part of Coming Outweek at Bowdoin.is year, the BQSA spray-painted

the slogan I AM __ on the shirtsand provided markers for students toll in the blank.

A lot of people said I am an ally,and other people said I am queer, Iam x y z, said BQSA Co-PresidentSimon Bordwin 13. I think that itwas making more of a statement forpeople to have to choose what their

shirt was going to look like.On the inaugural Yellow Shirt Day

in 2010, shirts were printed withGay? Fine by me, and last year theshirts read Respect. All Genders.All Sexualities.

Bordwin said that the BQSA in-tended this years shirts to be moreambiguous aer it received negativefeedback on the slogans in previousyears. In particular, he noted a 2010opinion piece in the Orient by Jim-my Pasch 11.

He thought that the Gay? Fineby me shirts were sending the mes-sage that queer students need the af-rmation of other people, said Bor-dwin. He was asking, why should I

care if t hats ne by you?Bordwin said that although he felt

that the Respect shirts did a better job,but the BQSA still wanted to improveon the message the shirts were sending.

e I AM __ shirts were lessabout showing other people how youfeel about them, and more about say-

ing who you are, said Bordwin.Kate Stern, BQSA advisor and direc-

tor of the Resource Center for Sexualand Gender Diversity, said that she likedthe way this years shirts were designed.

Labels are a tricky thing, and itsmuch more empowering to pick yourown label, she said.

Many athletic teams ordered shirts, asdid Residential Life and several CollegeHouses. Stern said that she is grateful forthe support of the athletic department,but noted that team involvement canproduce some mixed reactions.

If a whole team comes to pick upshirts, there are some people who areexcited, there are other people on theteam who are unsure how they feelabout it, she said. I know that thereare students on teams who chose notto [wear the shirts], or chose to wear

them underneath a sweatshirt. esestudents who arent in a place wherethey can support the cause still haveto think about it all day long.

Other events this week included theComing Out Stories Forum, a speakerfrom the National Gay and LesbianTask Force, a party at Burnett Housetonight and a trip to the Coastal StudiesCenter this Sunday. BQSA also handedout rainbowags to local businesses.

Tuesdays Coming Out Storiesprovided an opportunity for studentstond support. Students could speak atthe forum, send in anonymous storiesto be read aloud, or simply go to showtheir support.

We wanted it to be more of a

community building exercise, saidBordwin. People dont normally getthe chance to share their stories.

About a dozen students participat-ed in the forum, said Stern.

None of the storytellers werecomfortable sharing their storieswith the Orient, but Stern said there

were common themes among thestories people shared.

People talked about coming outto siblings, both older and younger,and some people talked about thesereally supportive eorts their siblingsmade when their parents werent ableto, she said. A lot of people were talk-ing about crappy things their parentssaid. People also talked about this ideathat you dont just come out once, butthat you come out every day for yourwhole life, and for some people, thatfeels like some giant burden, and otherpeople felt like it was very liberating.

Bordwin said that the BQSA triedto spread what they felt was an im-portant message about coming outthrough the forum.

We tried to convey both in theemail inviting people and at the fo-

rum that coming out is not necessar-ily the right thing for everyone, hesaid. Its very personal. e conceptwas to share if you want, but theresno problem with not sharing.

Both Bordwin and Stern said thatparticipation in the events of ComingOut week has gone up over the years.

From years past, weve seen a lotmore participation and enthusiasmon behalf of straight students, saidBordwin. I think its awesome.

Yellow shirts allow students to choose labels

BY NICOLE WETSMAN

STAFF WRITER

e Oce of Residential Life (Re-sLife) has asked College Houses notto host registered reunion events foralumni this Homecoming Weekend.

e one thing weve asked Housesto do is to not host formal reunionevents that would typically be run bythe oce of alumni relations, not stu-dents, wrote Director of ResidentialLife Mary Pat McMahon in an emailto the Orient.

Such events would typically behosted by the Oce of Alumni Rela-tions, said McMahon.

While the school year is in ses-sion, we try to separate mostly alumeventsintended for graduates 10,20, 30, 40 years out etc.from be-ing held [in] the spaces where stu-dents live right now, she said.

Emma Johnson 14, former secre-tary of MacMillanHouse, said thatshe and her house-mates threw such aparty last year.

Last year wewanted to have analumni event, sowe invited somepeople and it wasgreat. It was reallyfun, but it turned out bigger than wewanted, she said.

Partygoers at the event includedalumni from both the College Houseand fraternity eras of the building.

Johnson went on to explain thatpart of ResLifes concern stemmedfrom the event.

We registered it without alcoholand then it got bigger than that, shesaid, adding that alumni brought theirown alcohol to the event.

Evan Hoyt 15, president of Quinby,agreed with ResLifes ban on registeredalumni events at College Houses.

It could be really awkward ifSecurity walked in and there were

ResLife asks College Housesnot to host reunion parties

BY WOODY WINWILL

STAFF WRITER

students and grads, especially if thegrads were over 21 and the studentswerent, said Hoyt. Whos responsi-

ble? Because the people who are sup-plying alcohol dont live there, and itwould just be really ugly.

Ujal Santchurn 15, president ofBaxter House, said that that theOffice of Safety and Security hasbecome particularly sensitive to is-sues involving underage consump-tion of alcohol.

I believe the biggest concernthe College has is the presence ofso many alumni over the age of 21among minors, he wrote in an emailto the Orient. Having such a largeamount of people in a concentratedplace such as a college house wouldincrease the likelihood that eithersecurity or BPD will shut it down,and, with that, comes the risk of

various charges, especially furnish-ing alcohol to minors.

According toHoyt, ResLife istrying to preventlarge gatherings in-

volving alumni andstudents at whichalcohol is likely tobe present.

I think theyrereally trying toavoid what hap-

pened last year and what was goingto happen this year, he said.

Santchurn said that he thinks mostCollege Houses will cooperate withResLifes decision.

Most College Houses seem to un-derstand Security will be on high-alertduring homecoming. Furthermore, inlight of recent events, there is the pos-sibility that if a House does violate thispolicy, the College will act with greatseverity, he wrote.

Hoyt felt that the decision maynot go over well with all studentsand alumni.

I think it makes sense, but a lot ofpeople wont be happy with it, he said.

PREETI KINHA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

FILL IN THE BLANK: This years yellow shirtsworn in support of the LGBTIQA communityread I AM _, enabling students to define themselves.

The one thing weve asked

Houses to do is to not host

formal reunion events

MARY PAT MCMAHON

DIRECTOR OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE

chance to ask each other questions.In a rare lighthearted moment,

Courtney asked Pingree what herfavorite newspaper was.

People get so stressed aboutthese things.Sometimes youve

just got to light enthings up, he saidafter the debate.

During the de-bate, a section ofthe fabric back-drop in front ofwhich the candi-dates spoke fellto the ground;several MPBNemployees rushed to fix it duringa break. Otherwise, the event ransmoothly.

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Pingree declined to offer com-mentary on the debate.

Thats up to the public to de-cide. Honestly, when youre theperson involved in the debate,youre just glad its over, she said.I think we had a friendly argu-ment over a variety of issues thatdidnt get too nasty.

Courtney alsospoke positivelyabout the debate.

It was good.These debatesare always a littletricky. People gotto see the differ-ences, and I thinkthats the impor-tant thing, hesaid.

The debate wasmoderated by Jennifer Rooks, hostof MBPNs Maine Watch, a politi-cal news show.

I think we had a friendly

argument over a variety

over issues that didnt

get too nasty.

CHELLIE PINGREE

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN

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a global technology investment rm.ough Mr. Roux is a graduate of Har-

vard University, he has many familialties to Bowdoin. His daughter, Margot,is a member of the Class of 2014.e trustees choose new members

based on recommendations to theCommittee of Trustees from currentor emeriti trust-ees, classmates,College sta, thePresident of theCollege and otherBowdoin alumni.

We look forpeople who havethe highest stan-dards of personalintegrity, objectiv-ity and a desire to actively serve theCollege in this capacity. We want tomake sure that the full board is rep-resentative of Bowdoins various con-stituencies, wrote David Wheeler 74,

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chair of the committee and Vice-Chairof the Board, in an email to the Orient.

All but one of these new additionsare alumni of the College. Of the 45trustees on the Board, only three mem-bers are not alumni. Parents of formerand current Bowdoin students are alsocommonly considered candidates forthe Board.

Wheeler lists academia, nance, thearts, philanthropy, medicine and tech-nology as appropriate elds of profes-sional expertise for candidates seeking

a seat on the Board.e Board of Trust-

ees oversees many ofthe Colleges policiesincluding approv-ing professor tenure,reviewing nancialaid policy and closelymonitoring the Col-leges endowment.

Trustees hold veyear terms to the Board, and are re-quired to attend meetings three timeseach academic year. Typically thesemeetings are held in October, Febru-ary and May.

On campus, underage posses-sion of alcohol can lead to a write-up from Security and a meetingwith a Dean; off campus, it canlead to a court date, as eight Bow-doin students have learned thisacademic year.

In addition to the two studentswho received summons on Sep-tember 15 on Union Streetonefor underage consumption of al-cohol, the other for furnishing itsix students received summons onSeptember 8 at 6 Summer Street.

Last year, over 130 studentschose to forego the housing lotteryand find their residences off cam-pus. The College is mindful of thelegal risks these students face whenhosting parties.

Director of Safety and SecurityRandy Nichols tries to meet withstudents living off campus at thebeginning of each semester. He tellsthese students that decisions madein college can have not only imme-diate implications, but also perma-nent ones, and explains why under-age drinking poses a greater legalrisk for students living off campus.

Students who live off campusare most vulnerable to run-inswith the law having an underageparty involving alcohol. Weve hada number of incidents re cently, andin recent years, where students liv-ing off campus have been charged

with furnishing alcohol to minors,Nichols said. When I meet withstudents in group settings, usuallyat their house, thats one of the ar-eas that I focus on, because I thinkthats where theyre most likelyto have a negative contact withBrunswick police.

Nichols said that he stresses thelong-term implications of crimi-nal records at these meetings. Hepoints out that these records canmake findig a job difficult, evenyears after the crime took place.

Our goal is for our studentsto leave Bowdoin safe and sound,with a clean record, and it both-ers me very much whenever I see

a Bowdoin student get into troublewith the law, because its so pre-

ventab le, Nichol s sai d.As off campus residences are not

Bowdoin property, Security is notlegally allowed to step foot in onewithout an invitation from the stu-

dents living there or their landlord.The only time when Bowdoin

security would respond to an offcampus incident at one of thesehouses is when the police wouldnotify us and ask for our presencethere, Nichols said.

Deputy Chief Marc Hagan saidthat the Brunswick Police Depart-ment (BPD) h as an understandingwith Security, but the two organi-zations have different priorities.

Bowdoin College Security Of-ficers are responsible for the safetyand security of Bowdoin students,faculty, visitors, and the Bowdoincampus as a whole. The mission ofthe Brunswick Police Departmentis to enhance the quality of life forall residents and visitors to the en-tire Brunsw ick community, Haganwrote in an email to the Orient.One of the manners in which weare tasked to meet this mission isby enforcing the law in a fair andimpartial manner.

Hagan explained that the onlydifferece between how the BPD ap-proaches on- and off-campus hous-ing is that when on campus, BPDofficers are generally accompaniedby Bowdoin Security officers.

If we can [respond] with a sim-ple request to turn the music ornoise down, then that is fine withus and we will move on to othercalls for service, wrote Hagan.

If students ignore that request,officers consider other options,including shutting the event down,issuing summonses, or even mak-ing arrests, Hagan said.

Hagan said officers respond dif-ferently to every situation, and thetreatment they receive can affectthe course of action they pursue.

Police ocers are not any dier-ent than anyone else, Hagan said.And like everyone else, we dont ap-preciate being lied to, being callednames, rude or sarcastic comments,and so forth. We allow our ocers agreat deal of discretion in the man-ner in which they conduct the day today business of law enforcement and

people might be surprised how un-derstanding and helpful our ocerscan be when treated in an honestand fair manner.

Living off campus, students faceincreased risk of legal penalties

BY CONNOR EVANS

STAFF WRITER

We look for people who

have the highest standards of

personal integrity.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Bowdoin Student Government(BSG) engaged in a lengthy dis-cussion with Dean of Student Af-fairs Tim Foster on the options forchanges to next years First-YearOrientation calendar schedule at itsmeeting on Wednesday.

Foster presented three optionsformulated by the Working Groupon Student Orientation for the classof 2017s Orientation experience.

The first option was to con-tinue the Orientation style usedby the class of 2016, during whichfreshmen arrive on a Tuesday, andclasses begin on Thursday of thefollowing week.

The second option required aSaturday arrival, and meetings withacademic advisors before leavingon orientation trips. Foster said thisoption had low feasibility due tolow faculty interest in returningto campus a week early.e third option also involved

pushing backrst-year arrival to Sat-urday, which Foster and several BSGmembers agreed was a more familyfriendly choice than the mid-weekTuesday arrival, but also meant be-ginning classes two d ays earlier.

Dean Foster also said the work-ing group had considered thatthose two days could possibly beadded to make a full-week Thanks-giving break, but stressed that thedecision was dependent on the

eventual decision on orientationscheduling, and further discussion

with the faculty.At the end of the night, BSG

President Dani Chediak 13 stated

her support for more discussionof the third orientation option,but added that she considered theorientation changes to be impor-tant enough to stand on their ownwithout the promise of two extradays for Thanksgiving.

BSG voted to pass updated Stu-dent Organizations OversightCommittee (SOOC) bylaws, andpresented changes to the StudentActivities Funding Committee(SAFC) bylaws.

SAFC Chair and Vice Presidentfor the Treasury Charlie Cubeta13 presented edits to the commit-tees bylaws. Changes included re-quiring increased oversight of Stu-dent Activities office when buyingtickets for trips, as well as restric-tions on uses of BSG vans withinthe immediate Brunswick area toincrease van availability.e changes also limited BSG

funding provided for student dance,theater, or music performances seek-ing to use Moonlightinga localproduction companyto now onlyoering funding for Moonlightingslighting and sound services for oneperformance per semester.

Both Cubeta and Chediak stressedthat changes to the SAFC bylaws areoen controversial due to their im-pact on club funding, and recom-mended that club members reviewthe changes posted on the BSG web-

site and discuss any concerns withtheir BSG representatives.

BY HARRY RUBE

STAFF WRITER

BSG discusses Orientation

calendar with Dean Foster

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are eager to support the demo-cratic process here in every waywe can, wrote Pope. There is aproblem of insecurity, as many ofthe militias who fought the revo-lution still have not laid down

their armsOur top priority atthe moment is to work with theLibyan government to investigatethe murder of Ambassador Stevensand to bring the terrorists respon-sible to justice.

Pope was recalled to the postafter 12 years of retirement and athirty-one-year career in the for-eign service.

Before retiring to Portland in2000the year that PresidentClinton nominated him to serveas U.S. Ambassador to KuwaitPope served as U.S. ambassador toChad, director of Northern Gulfaffairs, associate director of coun-ter terrorism, and political adviser

to the commander in chief of U.S.Central Command, according to astatement from Victoria Nuland, aspokesperson for the state depart-ment. Pope will serve as chargdaffaires in Libya until a new am-bassador is appointed.

After hearing the news of Ste-vens death , the Press Heral d re-ported that Pope told his wife,

Elizabeth, that he wanted to helpout with the U.S. effort in Libya.

I volunteered for the job hereon an interim basis because Ihoped to be useful. It was a caseof the old fire horse, retired in thebarn, hearing the fire bell ring onelast time, wrote Pope. I have al-ways believed that it is an honorto represent our country abroad inany capacityand besides, my wifeBetsy told me I should go. I will goback to writing obscure scholarlybooks and fishing for brook troutas soon a s I can.

Pope graduated from the Col-lege with a major in philosophy.A member of the hockey team and

Beta Theta Pi, Pope admits that hewas an undistinguished student atBowdoin.

His father, Everett Pope 41, wasa decorated World War II veteranand sat on the Colleges govern-ing boards for 27 years, notably aschair of the board of trustees from1984 to 1987, according to a July2009 Bowdoin news release an-

nouncing his death.Asked if he had any advice for

Bowdoin students interested inpursuing a career in diplomacy,Pope cautioned of the risks inher-ent to his line of work.

I would certainly encourageBowdoin students to think abouta career in the Foreign Service. Iam surrounded here by dedicatedpeople who know that they areinvolved in important and mean-ingful work, wrote Pope. It isntalways an easy life, it can be hardon families, and there is risk in-

volve d, but it ought to attrac t ourvery brig htest and best peo plelike Chris Stevens.

There will be unprecedentedchallenges that face whoever winsgiven whats happening in thecountry. Between the election andinauguration, the tax rebates areset to expire and at the same timethere will be huge spending cuts,said White.

At Bowdoin, White was a mem-ber of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity,and said that the campus was muchless politically active in his day.

In the late 70s I would say peo-

ple were focused on life at Bow-doin and not so focused on the

political environment, said White.Eighty-four percent of Bowdoin

students supported Barack Obamain the 2008 presidential election.

Republican students at the lec-ture and at the reception that fol-

lowed repeatedly referred to feel-ing closeted on Bowdoins liberal

campus. One attendee said that hehoped Bowdoin students wouldone day feel comfortable announc-ing themselves as Republicans.

When asked how a predomi-nantly liberal campus has receivedhim, White said, I am here as aparent and a tr ustee.

According to Politico, there isspeculation that White is a con-tender for a position in a Rom-ney cabinet, potentially as WhiteHouse Counsel. However, Whitesays he pays little attention to suchspeculation, and is focused only onthe election.

I havent even thought aboutthat. Right now were thinking

about the next three weeks, hesaid.

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We need somebody who can fix

the economy and get back jobs. I

believe Governor Romney has the

set of experiences to do so.

BOB WHITE 77

CHAIRMAN OF THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN

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Pumpkin fever: The seasonal food descends on BrunswickBY KATHERINE FOLEY

STAFF WRITER

A step outside makes it clear that fall

has arrived on campus; theres a chill inthe air, the trees on the Quad are vividshades of orange and yellow, and stu-dents are donning jackets once again.Fall also means that pumpkin season isin full swing in Maine.

Pumpkin-avored drinks and foodshave popped up all over Brunswick.Frostys now serves a tasty, glazedpumpkin doughnut, and Wild Oats iscarrying pumpkin-cranberry muns.

Especially popular as autumn rollsin are pumpkin coees and avoredlattes. Little Dog Caf, Wild Oats, andBohemian Caf are all oering theirtake on the seasonal avor and theBowdoin Caf is featuring the CafWitches Brew: pumpkin coee, hotchocolate and whipped cream.

If you are in the mood for some-thing cold, e Gelato Fiasco now hasautumn-themed gelato avors, like thedecadent Fall in Bourbon Countya combo of pumpkin gelato, bourbon,cinnamon-glazed pecans, and caramel.

Even Sea Dogs has incorporatedpumpkin into their drink menu. ebrewing company released its annualPumpkin Ale two weeks ago, a drinkpopular among those looking for acrisp, sweet taste.is beer can also be used as a base

for cocktails. e Spiced Pumpkincombines the ale with Captain Morgansand the Pumpkin Pie fuses whipped

cream vodka with Pumpkin Ale.e Bowdoin Organic Garden had

a particularly impressive pumpkinseason, harvesting approximately 750

pounds of assorted pumpkins.Dining Services head baker JoanneAdams seeded, roasted, and mashed thepumpkins, getting 315 poundsworth of pulp and 36 poundsof seeds for muns, breads,pies, and desserts.

Leover shellsand pumpkinmeat went to alocal pig farm,and the morestriking pump-kins now deco-rate the dininghalls. Pumpkindishes appearedat the Locavoredinner andFamily Week-end, and part ofthe harvest hasbeen frozen for theanksgiving feast.

Savory or sweet,pumpkins are a quint-essential part of anyfall menu. Many ofthe pumpkin drinksand foods being oeredaround town are onlyavailable for a limitedtime, so be sure toenjoy the pumpkinavors while they last!

Championship curling team gears up for new seasonBY NICK TONCKENS

STAFF WRITER

As the ice returns to WatsonArena, a tight-knit and dedicatedgroup of athletes begin their train-ing, ready to earn Bowdoin yet an-other championship.

Watch out hockey: its curling season.When most Americans think

of curlingif they think of it atallthey call up vague Olympicmemories of an accentric sportthat resembles ice bowling, but forCarl Spielvogel 13 and his friends,watching the event during the 2010Vancouver games led to an impor-tant realization.

We decided that we should

start a team at Bowdoin, Spielvo-gel said.

They soon hired a coach andbegan practicing at a facility inBelfast, Maine.

In an unlikely twist, the band ofnewcomers took their league bystorm, winning the 2011 NationalCollege Curling Championshipsin Chicago.

It felt really incredible to win inour first season, after pouring somuch time into it, said Spielvogel.

Since that high point, the teamhas remained competitive.

Meanwhile, college curling hastaken o nationwide and Maine isno exception to this burgeoning

trend. According to Spielvogel, Bow-doins success inspired Unity Collegeand Bates College to form teams.

Although the sport is still for-eign to many, the rules are fair-ly simple: one player slides thestonea granite projectile weigh-

ing roughly 50 poundstowards atarget, or house, painted on theice. Two other players follow thestone, brushing the ice in front ofit and using friction to control its

speed and direction. A team scoresby getting stones as close to thehouse as possible.

As I found out for myself, all ofthis requires technique, precision,and strategy. I joined a few mem-bers of the team at Watson, where

they will practice this season. Inthe past, the curlers had to travelmore than 70 miles away to theBelfast facility.

When I stepped onto the rink,

Spielvogel was spraying the ice withhot water from what looked likea backpack vacuum from Ghost-busters. He explained this was tocover the ice with small dropletswhich freeze into bumps, forminga new, raised layer for the stone to

slide on. This bumpy layer has lesssurface area than the ice sheet be-low, resulting in less friction.

What about those brooms? Scrub-bing the ice hard enough causes it to

melt a little and the more it melts thefaster the stone travels.

Over the course of a match, orbonspiel, the ice becomes slicker,forcing players to constantly adjusttheir tactics.

When youre throwing the

stone, you want to give it a certainspeed. To do that, you have to relyon muscle memory, because thestone requires a different push toreach the target in 1 second than in1.15 seconds . Its really hard.

I decided to try out the motion.I put a slider on the bottom of myleft shoe, and place my right footin a contraption that resembles astarting block. I crouch down andpush off.

Almost immediately, I lose bal-ance, unceremoniously sprawlingout onto the ice. When properlyexecuted, this move looks like agraceful, sliding lunge.

Putting me to shame, Spielvogel

promptly demonstrates expert form.Which leads me to ask how he andhis teammates succeeded so quickly.Natural talent? Yeah, lets go withthat, he says.

Bowdoins team, like the sp ort as awhole, looks forward to a bright fu-ture. e team already played severalmatches in Ohio over Fall Break, andperformed well without having prac-ticed much before going on the trip.

With the original squad graduat-ing this year, Spielvogel and othersare encouraging newcomers to trythe sport for themselves. Its a bigcommitment: the season lasts fromearly October to early April aslong there is ice to play on.

The time and energy you putin is totally worth it. Its alwaysa blast when we travel to otherschools, or invite a bunch of teamsto Bowdoin. The camaraderies re-ally great, he said.

And it feel s good to win.

ICE, ICE, BABY: Carl Spielvogel 13, founder of Bowdoins curling team, shows his form on the ice at a training center in Belfast, Maine.

A TASTE OF FALL: The Gelato Fiasco has started serving its pumkin pie gelato (above).Head Baker Joanne Adams harvests 750 pounds of pumpkin from the Bowdoin Organic Garden (below).

BRIAN JACOBEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ABOVE AND LEFT: KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT. BELOW: COURTESY OF MICHELLE GAILLARD

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Finding life lessons inthe lab of liberal arts

We, liberal arts students ofBowdoin, postpone professional-

ism. We buy into the model thattaking courses from a variety ofdisciplines doesnt simply prepareus for a career, but aids us in ac-quiring the skills for life longlearning.

College is a time for self-discov-ery and development, were tolda time to find our passions, makemistakes, make friends, and honeskills that will enrich us in whateverwe choose to pursue. College isntall about the silent Russian film youhappen to be analyzing, or the de-rivatives you happen to be taking.Its about the mini life lessons hid-den in these scholarly pursuits.

One Tuesday night in Drucken-

miller Hall, working in lab, I gotone of those mini life lessons.Someone is developing lm in the

dark room and I need to visualizea gel. In techni-cal terms, I needto bathe a slabof agarose gelwith UV light tolook for glowingbands of DNA,but the roomwith the UV boxis IN USE. Asign by the en-trance politely requests that I dontturn on any lights.

But Im determine d. Its aer busi-ness hours, so I dont have access tothe gel doc system on the upper oorof Druck. Ive already zapped myDNA-gel with 40 minutes of elec-tric current, and would have to startfrom scratch tomorrow. Added tothe several other lab dilemmas Iveencountered recently, this seeminglysimple endeavor has been almost aweek in the making. I have my heartset on seeing results tonight.

Determined, I see the loop-hole:I will somehow get to the UV ma-chine in the dark room, place mygel in the required spot, and takethe necessary measurements allwithout turning on the lights and

disrupting the photographer. Im-provisation at its best.

Gel in hand, I slide the revolv-ing black-felted door and enterthe dark room. Trying to locatethe UV machine in this very darkroom, I bump the counter almostinstantly and knock the gel out of

the Tupperware and to the floor.My mouth twitches to grimace,but I remind myself, Its okay, Imlearning to adapt to unforeseenobstacles! Im learning to embracemy mistakes! This must be part ofmy mini-lessons plan.

Now on all fours, I pat theground around me, eventually re-covering the gel. At least most of it.A chunks gone, and I really hopeits not the chunk where the DNAshould be. Palms starting to sweat,eyebrows making the move to fur-row, I begin to wonder if the les-son isnt patience or hubris. MaybeI shouldnt have been so proud asto think I could have done this in

the dark.I open the UV machines door withforced calm, place the gel as much inthe center as possible, close the do or,

ip the switches(making a pointto angle mybody to shieldthe develop-ing photogra-phy across theroom from thefaint green lightemanating fromthem), and print

out a picture.When I step outside of the dark

room to check the photo, I real-ize that the gel is not in the frameat all. I bitterly mutter Life-longlearning, Life-long learning! AsI step back into the dark room forround two, Ive stopped guessing atwhat the lesson is exactly.

Lets skip to the end. I succeedin getting the picture I need with-out ruining someone elses. Yes, Ilearned something about cricketDNA and advanced my researchproject. But mostly, I learned aboutmyself. Although now still unclear,I know Ill find meaning in thefrustration and seeming inanity ofThe Day I Dropped the Gel at alater date.

Chef Cara Stadler opened Tao Res-taurant at 22 Pleasant St., the former

location of Provisions Market, in May2012. Formally trained in France,Stadler has an impressive resume withcooking experience in California, Bei-

jing, and now Maine.A Massachusetts native, Stadler came

to Brunswick with her mother Cecile toopen Tao, their rst culinary joint ven-ture. e restaurant is an upscale Asianfusion restaurant that focuses on smallplates to create the perfect bite. I havethe honor of trying to soak up as muchof Stadlers expertise as possible as anintern at Tao for the next eight months.is summer, with senior year on the

horizon, I began piecing together myabilities, interests, and most importantly,my passions in order to gure out whereI want to head aer graduation. Hav-

ing dined at Tao once before, I had metStadler as she came out to greet guests atthe end of service that night. From thisbrief encounter, I could sense Stadlerspride in her food and her desire to sharethat passion with others. I reached outto Stadler in the hopes that she would sitdown with me to share her experiencesof life in the culinary industry.

I arrived at my meeting with Stadlernervous and anxious with my list ofpremeditated conversation topicsscrolling through my brain. I le witha Tao t-shirt and an instruction to re-turn two days later to begin my hands-on, formal kitchen experienceapron,towels, and tools included. I wouldstart out working two days a week,

from 2 p.m. to around 11 p.m. Before 5p.m., all work in the kitchen is in prep-aration for dinner service which runsfrom 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

On myrst day, I was sent to nd theelusive 1/6 Cambro, which I searchedthe kitchen for until I realized that it is

just a special type of plastic container.However, it was clear from the rst hourthat Stadler was a natural teacher; sheand her team thoroughly enjoyed shar-ing their art and passion. I was encour-aged to ask any and all questions that I

had. Whenever there was a lull in ser-vice, Stadler called me so that I couldobserve her at work. She had, aer

all, warned me that she would throw athousand pieces of information my way,and if I only remembered half of them, Ishould consider it a success.

Aer Id observed the kitchen ow,I began to make myself useful. Dur-ing preparation, I helped chop, grate,blanch, and boil whatever items the

past few weeks, dropping a doughnut-battered apple cube into the deep fryerbefore rolling it around in a Chinese-

style caramel sauce ranks at the top.It is like a candy apple on crack, saidJordan Martin, one of the three otherbrilliant chefs at Tao.

Working in the culinary industrytakes heart. ese chefs work long dayson their feet with few breaks, and theirweekends fall unconventionally on Sun-day and Monday when the restaurant isclosed. During service hours, the kitch-en can get intense, but it is a system oforganized chaos.

When we yell, its not personal. Justmove, said Martin.

Every order comes out in a timelyfashion, and nothing is served withoutStadlers nod of approval. e only wayto succeed in this line of work is to be

obsessed with what you are doing.Working at Tao has not only al-

lowed me to gain experience in anon-academic industry but alsoto get away from the monotonousschool routine. I have had thechance to connect with a group ofinteresting and exceptional indi-

viduals whose passion for food ispalpable and contagious, and withinonly a few weeks this incredible stahas armed my desire to enter theindustry.

BY SAMMY SHANE

CONTRIBUTOR

The perfect bite: Working at Tao

stagave me. Aer a few days on thejob I had already learned the proper wayto make a dumpling and how to cleanand blanch pigs feet. During service,I helped plate both the cold dishes anddesserts. As Stadler and her crew strivefor perfection, myrst few dishes madea few trips back and forth betweenStadler and myself until they were wor-thy of leaving the kitchen.

Every dish at Tao is an attempt atperfection, with each morsel placedmeticulously on the proper shapedplate with tweezers or chopsticks, sothat the rst bite of your dish feelslike vandalism. e chefs at Tao takepride in their creations. As the newbiein the back of the house, I was hon-ored with small, perfectly craed bitesof my new teachers creations. eywere just as excited to see my reac-tions as I was to taste their food. Ofall the perfect bites I have had in the

When I step outside of the dark

room to check the photo, I realize

that the gel is not in the frame

at all. I bitterly mutter Life-long

learning, Life-long learning!

KACEY BERRY

GOGGLES ANDGLOVES

As one of the main progenitors of theBowdoin Outing Clubasco into whichfall break was transformed, it is my dutyto inform the College populace of howwe managed to conclude the Allagashwoods adventure.

As you may have heard from lastweeks Orient article, our group of tenwas forced to leave ve canoes and agood portion of our gear in the woodsa mile from any source of water, asidefrom a nuisance of a swamp.

In light of this, my co-leader StephenLightenberg 15 and I led a trip back upto the Allagash on Saturday, only threedays aer we had bid it good riddance.e trip was advertised as a sort of

character-building opportunity for anystrapping young students wishing toprove their virility by beasting canoesthrough the woods. Surprisingly, weamassed a crew of nine.ese intrepid individuals gathered at

the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Cen-ter at 3:30 a.m., whereupon we departedfor the North Maine Woods, stoppingfor a hearty truckers breakfast at Dys-arts in Bangor.e ve-hour drive passed as the

sun rose and soon enough we foundourselves bumbling foolishly aroundthe back roads of the Allagash Wilder-ness Waterway.

Aer some shoddy orienteering,guess work, and an encounter with aroad-side bird hunter, we nagled ourway to the exact spot that we had hopedto reacha road block located a mere1.5 miles (roughly, but who really knowsup there) from our canoes.

With nine able-bodied souls, a re-freshed and satellite-aided sense ofdirection, and the advice of some parkrangers, we found our canoes in anamount of time that proved devastat-ingly embarrassing to the two of us whogot them lost in the rst place.e portaging went smoothly, and

we pulled it owith a single trip. We

ate some pickle and cheese sandwiches,loaded up the canoes, and headed backto Bowdoin with success in our mindsand lactic acid in our shoulders.

All in all, the trip was a rewardingsuccess-story, and it was a great relief tothe Outing Club to nally wrap up thisinfamous trip.

The final chapter of the AllagashBOC TRIP REPORT

BY KARL KOEHLER

CONTRIBUTOR

Upcoming BOC Events

Pumpkin Carving at Schwartz(10/25 at 4:30) Day Hike (10/26) 1st Annual ArcheryTournament (10/27) Merrit Island Snorkling

(10/28)

COURTESY OF TAO RESTAURANT ON TWITTER.COM

DELICIOUS DUMPLINGS: Sammy Shane 13 works in the kitchen at new restaurant Tao.

HONGBEI LI, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

LIGHTS OFF: The dark room in Druck contains equipment that photographs and analyzes DNA.

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TALKOFTHE QUAD

Youre probably reading this whileeating lunch or watching TV. I knowI would be if I were back at Bowdoin.Soon, youll head oto class or to workin your biology lab for the aernoon be-fore getting ready to go out for the night.

But in Granada, Spain, thats not howlife is. Life is structured here, but notin the I-have-to-be-doing-something-every-minute-or-else-Im-missing-outway that weve been conditioned to ac-cept in the U.S.

In Spain, there are times for workand times for play, but there is also alot of scheduled unscheduled time.I know that every day aer class, Illcome home for three hours for my

siesta and will have nothing pressingto do. If I feel like reading a book, Illgo sit in the patio of my piso and do

just that; if I want to take a nap, theresnothing stopping me. Today I walkedaround the Albayzn barrio and tooksome photos of the majestic Alhambrathat happens to be right outside myfront door. No pasa nada.

Here, not taking the opportunityto take a step back and relax is likeneglecting to check your Facebook atBowdoin. It just doesnt happen. eydont like waste in Granada, and wast-ing the chance to slow things down isno exception to the rule.

In America, were focusing moreand more on becoming a sustainablesociety, and being conscious of whatwe waste. Once, on a middle school

trip my grade ate in a mess hall fora week and were notied aer each

meal how much foodscrap waste wehad accumulated with the goal of less-ening the amount. At Bowdoin, Ivebeen on the losing side of two energysavings challenges and am still hop-ing to eventually win my pizza partyprize.

Americans might be informed of anumber of conservation tactics, but itsometimes takes extrinsic motivationto spur us to action. In Spain, the bal-ance happens naturally. People take thefood theyll eatand if they want sec-onds they get itand nobody wouldthink to leave the lights on in a roomaer everyone leaves it.

In Granada, sustainability doesntsimply mean working to not waste our

food, water and electricity, but also tak-ing time to maintain our own energy:people work to ll their schedules notwith quantity but with quality. Ameri-can society encourages us to jam-packour days with activity aer activity andto do anything that we can squeeze intoour schedules in the eort of gettingahead in some way. But here, with thesiesta and mandatory unlled time, wedont relax because we have no morethings to do, we relax because it is some-thing to do. Just like going to class andbrushing our teeth, a good siesta is partof a complete day.

At two in the aernoon, right whenthe sun is at its strongest, the city basi-cally shuts down. Ill walk back to myhomestay from class on empty streets,and can count on one hand the num-ber of times Ive seen stores with theirdoors still open (although down thestreet, tourists seem to love crowding

around Heladera Tiggianiaround 2 p.m. to buy itsice cream).

Its during the lunchtime siesta thatGranadinos have their main familytime. People rush in the morning to getto work or class and at night usually goout to tapas with their friends, but dur-ing siesta, everybody gets together. Eat-ing paella or a potaje for lunch consti-tutes the biggest meal of the day, and itis more than enough to get you throughthe eight-plus hours until the late-nightSpanish dinner.

In America we like to grab a sand-wich and eat it during class, or brown-bag it by scarng down an expresslunch in our ve-minute break be-tween classes. Lunch is just a formal-ity at times, and if we have to miss ithere and there, we make up for it bysnacking later in the aernoon. Buthere, neglecting a family comida is acardinal sin: by my semi-professional calcula-

tions, Spaniards are actually aboutfour times as likely to eat lunch withtheir family on a daily basis than theyare to go to church on Sunday.

Try as I may, it would be hard to goback to Bowdoin and schedule a siestaevery day. It would be great to eat aslow, leisurely lunch with my friendsand follow it with a nap, but with ev-erything else going on thats not verypractical. Like an Amish teenager onhis Rumspringa coming-of-age jour-ney into the outside world, Im living ina totally new area, enabled to look backon my customary way of life from thelens of an outsider.

Our American way of life prescribesa certain way of doing things: weshould schedule our days to the brimand do as many extra-curriculars aswe can, and at

times material goods overshadow our

own personal wellness. ere is de-nitely a place for high-octane activity,but like the Buddhist monks believe,you need some time to do nothingand take a step back from the normalroutine in order to really appreciate allthat you do.

Here in Granada, we schedule freetime for siesta just as though it werea core university class, and Ill surelymiss it when Im sitting in Kanbarnext spring in the middle of back-to-back-to-back classes. Giving ourselvesthe opportunity to schedule somefree time into our days, and not justhave it be an unintended consequenceof breaks in the action, constitutesa very important aspect of personal

self-sustainabilityal-beit one that takes a ten-hour plane ight to an1,100-year-old city to re-ally appreciate.

-Sam Weyrauch

THE SUSTAINABLE SIESTA

Do you really use those bigred cups in America? Of all thequestions about the U.S. thatI thought I would get askedregularly being abroad in

London, ones about theubiquity of red Solo cupsnever occurred to me.From a European perspec-tive, red cups, apparently,are what American party-ing life is all aboutwell,red cups and not being le-gally able to drink until 21,a concept Ive stopped at-tempting to explain (most-ly because I barely under-stand it myself).

In response to the cupsquestion, I run through astandard list: yes, we havered cups, beer pong,kegs, and toga par-ties; yes, a lot of peo-

ple go to bars in cities even if theyreunderage; yes, nearly everyone drinksillegally during their time at college.

It may be the standard clich ofAmerican twenty-year-old goesabroad, but one of the most obviousdierences of being in England is thelower drinking age (18) and the sig-nicant, national drinking culture.(You thought the drinking culture atBowdoin was intense? Brits drink innoticeably larger amounts with sig-nicantly more frequency.) Like anynovelty, the thrill of drinking le-

gally wears oaer the rst few days,but it never gets old.

Of course, London is not just sit-ting in pubs all day, downing pint af-ter pint of cider (although that in itselfwould be a hilarious cultural study);there is endless sight-seeingParlia-ment, the Tower, the Globe eatre,the London Eye, and dozens of coolmarkets and neighborhoodsand,nally, the actual study party ofstudying abroad.e British higher education sys-

tem is highly specialized and not

particularly conducive to countingNature a familiar acquaintance andart an intimate friendyou picknature or art (or pharmacy, philoso-phy, geography, history of art, etc.). Ipicked political science for my timeat University College London (UCL).e actual subjects of my classes

are interesting and narrowly-focused,though they are not nearly as engag-ing and challenging as Bowdoincourses. ey do, however, continueto prove how tiny the liberal arts col-lege world is: there are three Middle-

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bury students in one of my seminars,and last week we played the classicparty game, Do You Knowis Per-son at Your Tiny NESCAC School?(e answer is always yes.)

One of the biggest struggles I havehad adjusting to university life in Lon-don is just that: university (as opposedto college) life in London (as opposedto Brunswick). e sheer number ofstudents at UCL can be overwhelm-ingits common for me to spend aday on campus and not recognize asingle face, the polar opposite of life at

Bowdoin. ough I certainlyhave mocked the BowdoinHello before, I now knowthat I will never take a forcedand awkward hey from an

acquaintance walking acrossthe Quad for granted again.

But within veminutes of meet-ing a British per-

son, they doinevitably askwho Im votingfor in the Ameri-

can presidentialelection. e rstfew times I wassurprised, and then

I loved it (give me achance to talk aboutpolitics and I will jumpat the bait), but now itmostly just reminds meof how much this choicewe have in Novemberaects our standing in

the world. (Likeit or not, foreignperceptions of

the U.S. matter signicantly in an in-creasingly globalized world.)

The campaign season has con-centrated so heavily on domesticeconomic and social issues that Ithink we tend to forget that thesecandidates and this choice matternot just domestically, but abroadas well. If you break out your Solocups tonight, remember that theyare not the only thing that peopleon the other side of the Atlantic aretalking about.

-Nora Biette-Timmons

ABOVE AND BELOW ILLUSTRATIONS BY SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ

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Artist Katherine Bradford broughther light-hearted artistic process tolife last Tuesday, speaking to studentsin the same playful manner in whichshe paints. Students received an inside

look at a uniquely spontaneous artisticprocess in a lecture given at the VisualArts Center. Bradford discussed theinspiration she nds in her chosenmedium, tracing her artistic develop-ment through the course of her career.

Bradford said her interest in paint-ing was piqued at the Bowdoin Mu-seum of Art when she was living inBrunswick aer college.

Bradford works primarily with oilto create abstract pieces that seem toshow the world through an out-of-fo-cus kaleidoscope. e vestigial guesof Desire for Transport, a 54 by 72canvas piece, oat lazily in oddly-shaped boats, exemplify her style,shaped from broad brush strokes anda generous application of paint.

Bradford did not take any art class-es while an undergraduate at BrynMawr College, but decided to becomea painter aer moving back to Mainepost-graduation. Bradford foundBowdoin to be a major resource forher burgeoning career.

When I began painting I was livingjust down the road from Bowdoin,said Bradford. I looked to the Collegeas a way to learn more about art.

Specically, Bradford found inspi-ration in paintings exhibited at theMuseum of Art.

One was Marsden Hartleys sea-scape and another was Andrew Wy-

eths painting of a lobsterman out onthe open ocean at night hauling inhis lobster trap in a sparkling blaze oflight, said Bradford. If I organizedmy day just right I could slip into theexhibitions at the Museum just before Iheaded into town to buy groceries andthen I could carry this burst of inspira-

tion all through my shopping errands.Mark Wethli, director of the visual

arts department, also played a majorrole in Bradfords artistic development.

Once I got to know Mark Wethli,he made me feel welcome at the Col-lege as a guest of the art departmentand a visiting artist, said Bradford.ese visits helped me feel a part ofwhat was going on at the college.

Bradford has remained connectedto the College ever since. Aer liv-ing in Maine for 11 years, she movedto New York and began renting herhouse to Bowdoin students duringthe academic year, but returns everysummer. Generations of students havesince rented the Bradford House.

Oen the students who rented myhouse would end up being art ma-

jors and I kept in touch with many ofthem, said Bradford. Two of them,Bryson Brodie and Chad McDermid,opened an art gallery in New York. An-other one named Toby Ostrander was arenter at the house when a bad re oc-curredhis entire CD collection melt-ed; but we got through that and becamefriends. He is now the chief curator atthe Miami Museum of Art.

Bradfords talk showcased her hu-morous and easy-going personalitythrough her manner of presentionshe was constantly joking and involv-ing the audienceand also through

BY EVAN GERSHKOVITCH

STAFF WRITER

When Dan Dowd guards WilliamWegmans exhibit at the Bowdoin

Museum of Art, he is keeping watchover some of his own work as well.

Dowd is one of ve museum se-curity guards who are also artists. A

photographer and sculptor, he worksprimarily with wood and galvanizedmetal. He moved to Maine in 2001and has spent the last ve years bal-ancing his work at the Museum with

his artistic pursuits.This past summer, Dowd got the

chance to contribute to BowdoinsWilliam Wegman: Hello Nature

Painter Bradford discusses fluid playful process

exhibit. He says he approached hisboss last spring to discuss how thepieces would be displayed and of-fered to paint extensions of someof Wegmans work on the museum

walls to better integrate the exhibitinto the space.

It was a great opportunity to betrusted with my artistic ability, said

BY COLIN SWORDS

STAFF WRITER

CHENGYING LIAO, BOWDOIN ORIENT

STANDING GUARD: Dan Dowd watches over his own contribution to William Wegmans exhibit.

her approach to making art.Playfulness is a recurring theme in

her work, and critic Peter Achesoncalled that quality of hers somethingthat could be called child-likeness orinnocence. For many viewers, it isthis innocence that makes Bradfordswork so appealing.

In reality, its extraordinarily hardto be childlike, and to look at theworld with the same kind of wonderand openness as a little kid, whilekeeping a painting balanced and en-gaging, wrote Devin Hardy 13 in anemail to e Orient. [Bradford] hasthis wonderful mindset from anotherworld and was so good at speaking inthis kind of raw, wry way about herprocess. I think people overlook the

value of being able to not take them-selves so seriously, and to simplymake something.

Similar aspects of Bradfords work

appealed to Louisa Cannell 13, whoalso attended the lecture.

Bradfords work is colorful andbeautiful and carefree. Her attitudeabout her work also appeals to me,as she doesnt seem bogged down intheory or the conceptual aspects likemany artists are, wrote Cannell in anemail to the Orient.

I dont think I could have madethis painting by thinking it up before-hand, said Bradford, referring to apainting on a slide she was showing.But I didntI found it in the muckof the painting.is ability to nd unexpected in-

spiration is a hallmark of Bradfordsartistic process.

As she mentioned in her lecture,at some point she noticed how paintcan look like water, which led her topainting things like swimmers andboats that interact with water, wrote

Wethli in an email to e Orient.Importantly, it was noticing some-thing about the nature of the paintthat led her to this subject matter,not the other way around. Once shearrived at this imagery, it was stillabout the paint and how it behavesthat gave form to these images, ratherthan imposing them on the painting.

For Hardy, Bradfords open-mindedand spontaneous approach gave hercondence in her own artistic process.

I can relate to her process, and itwas so refreshing for me as an artistto hear some validation for my meth-ods, wrote Hardy.

Bradford summed up her ap-proach best by showing a cartoon:a few surgeons are standing arounda patient with surgical tools lookingconfused about how to begin. Onesurgeon says: Lets just start cuttingand see what happens.

Artists & writers moonlight as museum guardsDowd. Especially since Im not re-ally known as a painter.

When asked about how working atthe museum has inuenced his ownartwork, Dowd said that though he hasnot seen his work change as a direct re-sult of the job, the museum is a greatenvironment for employees to learnabout artists and artistic movements.

Steven Perkins, has been workingas a guard at the Museum for threeyears and painting landscapes for 20.Aer moving to Maine in 2000, Per-kins says he frequented the museumas a patron before eventually apply-ing to the security oce.

Before starting at the museum,Perkins worked as a gallery artistand last year, he became a MaineMaster Naturalist. As part of thisnetwork of volunteers, he teachesabout Maines natural history andworks to encourage the preservationof the states natural resources. Per-kins says this pursuit has led him totake up botanical drawing, a changefrom his past focus on painting.

Echoing Dowd, Perkins noted thatworking in the museum has not sig-nicantly aected his own artwork,though he appreciates the opportu-nity to study the artwork.

Spending long hours with art-work each day has given me a bet-ter understanding of the artisticprocess, but no, I dont think it haschanged the way I approach my own

work, he said.In addition to artists, the Muse-

um employs an author, Bob Chap-man. Originally a social worker

and writer for the Lewiston SunJournal, Chapman has worked asa guard at the Museum since 2006and has published two novels, ACertain Fall and Spider Lake.A third book, Mother Night andWater, is set to be released thisyear. He says the theme of child-hood neglect has figured heavilyinto all three books.

Chapman has also written threescreenplays, none of which have yetbeen produced.

Chapman said that his job at theMuseum has helped him developas an author. He noted that writershave long found inspiration in the

visual arts, citing Ernes t Heming-way as an example.

is has been a great job. It en-courages my writing, and it is inspir-ing for artists and creative mindsalike, Chapman said. He also notedthat working part-time gives himplenty of time to write.e Museum also employs guards

Stephen Watt, an accomplished gui-tar player, and Chris Gager, anotherpainter. Neither Watt nor Gager wereavailable to comment.

Although Suzanne Bergeron, ass-sitant director for communications atthe Museum, says she does not seekguards who are artists, Museum Secu-rity Supervisor Tim Hanson said theirpresence is appreciated.

I think its great to have [artists]

in the museum as security person-nel because they are interested inthe cultural property, he wrote inan email to The Orient.

COURTESY KATHERINE BRADFORD

CALM SEAS: Ethereal figures drift in strange vessels in Katherine Bradfords painting, Desire for Transport.

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Last Tuesday night experimental

jazz quintet e Subjects gathered inGibson Hall to showcase a selectionof pieces, most of which were com-posed by the groups own members.e performance marked the

campus debut of new Assistant Pro-fessor of Music Tracy McMullen,who plays the saxophone and con-tributed a composition titled 10a.m. Blues.

McMullen said the piece was in-spired by a 10 a.m class she is teach-ing this semester, called History ofHip Hop.

Sometimes for the students itfeels like its 5 a.m. instead, McMul-len told the audience. Even thoughIm wide awake.e performance provided an op-

portunity for students tosee her familar face in anentirely new context.

I was used to seeing[McMullen] in the class-room so it was awesometo watch her in her element, said Tom-my Spurlock 13. She really let herselfgo, getting into the music and wailing[on the saxophone].

Tuesdays concert was eSubjects rst performance.While McMullen workedwith bassist Je Schwartz inLos Angeles, nding the othermembers was pure chance;the day she moved to Portland, drum-mer Jan Voorst heard her practicing

the saxophone and knocked on herdoor to introduce himself. Voorst wasinstrumental in recruiting the othermusicians, guitarist Garrison Fewelland saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase.

Jazz has a long tr adition of impro-visation, a tradition embraced bye Subjects. Before practicing inperson, the musicians familiarizedthemselves with a set list of chordsand graphics that provide guidelinesfor the concert. e musicians onlyrehearsed for a few hours prior totheir performance, leaving muchroom for improvisation.

Group chemistry is vital for jazz,as improvisation requires a greatdeal of mental focus and technical

skill. Fortunately, McMullen said,

Prof. fronts jazz quintet inexperimental performance

e Subjects were able to collaborateeectively aer only a short amountof time together.

According to McMullen, the exper-

imental aspect of e Subjects con-cert was a reminder for the audienceto expect the unexpected, rather thana straight ahead jazz performance.

One of the songs used some oldrecording of outer space soundsthat the band played over to a reallyinteresting eect, said Spurlock.ere were also spoken-word as-pects, which combined unexpect-edly well with the jazz.

Electro DJ and producer Clockworkwill take the stage in Smith Union to-morrow night at the EntertainmentBoards (E-Board) annual Homecomingconcert. Clockwork, whose real nameis Henry Steinway, is known in electrocircles for his innovative, high-energysets. He is also the youngest artist eversigned to internationally renowned DJSteve Aokis Dim Mak label.

Hes a pretty up-and-comingDJ, said E-Board Co-Chair MichaelHannaman 13. Hes neat because hedoes his own music as well as mixes,so he has a lot of original stu too,which is great. We think itll be a re-

ally upbeat, exciting show.is weekend also marks the rst

time in years that Racer X will not head-line the concert, as two of the bandsmembers are currently on sabbatical.

Its hard because we know RacerX is such a part of the tradition andwere aware that its a big show thatpeople look for ward to, said Hanna-man. We understand the responsi-bility to bring an act that people willbe just as excited about and that will

be just as fun in a concert setting.eres a lot of thought that wentinto this show.

Originally from Los Angeles, Stein-way began producing tracks when hewas 16 years old, according to EDM-trends.com.

In May 2011 video interview withAM Exclusive, Steinway said that hebecame interested in electro musicin high school.

I grew up in L.A., so thats obviouslywhere the scene was thriving in highschool, so all my friends would listen todance musicand so naturally I wantedto be involved, so thats how it all start-ed, said Steinway.

Aer high school, Steinway movedto New York City, where he is cur-

rently studying music business atNew York University.

He began gathering a following whenhis bootleg remixes consistently toppedblog Hype Machines Popular Chartsand won him remixing competitions.

According to his Facebook page,Steinway emerged from the throngof bedroom producers with therelease of his 2011 single, SquadUp. The track caught the attentionof label owner Steve Aoki, who

signed the then 18-year-old to hisDim Mak label.

Since then, Steinway has re-mixed for Aaoki, as well as electro-house artists Dimitri Vegas andFelix Cartal. His remix of AviciisLevels, has reached over 80,000plays on Soundcloud and two mil-lion views on Youtube.

According to EDMtrends.com,Steinway is renowned in electro-housemusic circles for his unique and inno-

vative bass-heavy sound and high-ener-gy performances.

He has toured internationally atelectro-house festivals. He is set to playat multiple large-scale festivals this year,including Beyond Wonderland and theSnowGlobe Music Festival.

In his interview with AM Exclusive,Steinway advised aspiring artists to beinnovative when creating tracks.

I guess try to gure out a sound thatsyour own, try to stick to that, dont justcopy whatever you hear, whats popu-lar because thats not going to impresspeople, he said.

Clockwork will perform tomor-row night at 8 p.m. in MorrellLounge. To listen to his work, visitsoundcloud.com/clockwork.

COURTESY CLOCKWORK

TICK TOCK: New York City Electronic DJ Clockwork will bring explosive dance-music and creative sets to Smith Union tomorrow night.

BY LUKE MILARDOORIENT STAFF

Electronic DJ to perform explosive set

In the future, McMullen says shehopes to teach more jazz-orientedclasses and strengthen the jazz per-

formance community at Bowdoin.e Subjects ended their con-

cert with a piece called Town HallMeeting, a timely composition thatinvited guest MC John Bisbee backon stage. Bisbee is Bowdoins sculp-tor-in-residence, but on this nighthe showcased his harmonica skillsand recited lyrics that included thelines: I write the words / he reads/ others listen and remember andWho you gonna vote for / Who yougonna vote for.

As a peaceful silence fell aer thelast song, McMullen thanked theaudience and encouraged them toconsider Bisbees words and tunein to the second presidential debate

which began aer the show.

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67% of all athletes hail from

New England & Mid-Atlantic

BY DMITRIA SPATHAKIS

STAFF WRITER

In a statistical comparison of the Col-leges 2011-2012 athletics rosters and stu-dent enrollment, the Orient found that alarge number of Bowdoins sports teams

are lagging in attracting out of regionathletes. Among some sports teams oncampus, athletes are 10 percentage pointsmore likely to hail from the New Englandor Mid-Atlantic regions compared to theoverall population of the College.e rosters of the mens and womens

basketball, soccer, hockey and lacrosseteams, as well as baseball, soball, eldhockey and football, were gured intothis analysis, based on the likelihoodof those teams to recruit new players.Seventy-three percent of students fromthese teams hail from New England orthe Mid-Atlantic, while the same is trueof 64 percent of the total student popu-lation. If all sports teams are taken intoaccount, the geographic diversity of the

athletic program closely mirrors that ofthe College at large, with 67 percent of allathletes hailing from these two regions.

Multi-sport athletes are even less likelyto live outside the Northeasts. Seventy-two percent of all athletes on more thanone sports team are from the New Eng-land and Mid-Atlantic regions, but awhopping 90 percent of the ones justfrom the included sports are from thoseregions.

Increasing geographic diversity is amajor focus for the College, which ismeasured in part by the number of dif-ferent high schools that send the Collegeat least one applicant each year. Dean ofAdmissions Scott Meiklejohn declined tocomment on the ndings of this article.

Interim Athletic Director Tim Ryanrecognized the challenges that recruitingposes to increasing geographic diversityamong students.

In the recruiting process, our coach-es proceed with the intent to bring stu-dents to campus that will excel academi-cally, in the Bowdoin community andin their chosen sport, said Ryan. Wehope to assist the College in attractingstudents from across the country, but wedo not place geographic quotas on teams.ere are many factors that inuence thegeographic make up of our teams, suchas the proliferation of certain sports indierent areas of the country, but ourprimary goal is to recruit exceptional

people, regardless of where a prospectivestudent resides.

Speaking of geographic diversity morebroadly, Meiklejohn said that the Col-lege aspires to have a class that representsthe country, not just a part of the country

with a few exotic individuals thrown in,said Meiklejohn. I think the best mea-sure for how well Bowdoin is doing, howmuch the College is accomplishing, andwhats important for its future is the highschool number.

Admissions received applicationsfrom 3,065 high schools last year, a sixpercent increase from the previous year.

Some of the Colleges athletics teams,however, do not appear to be contribut-ing to this growth.

Ryan cited NCAA limitations thathinder the Colleges ability to attract ath-letes from out of region areas.

Our recruiting eorts in the NE-SCAC are limited to being over thephone and going to see student athletes

at camps or games as opposed to visitingpeople at their homes which D-I schoolscan do, said Ryan. e guidelines of theconference also limit recruiting budgetsso youre generally only able to go a cer-tain distance from campus and youregenerally only able to do that every sooen.

Ryan would not go into detail aboutthe recruitment budget, but did remark,were talking about hundreds of dollars,not thousands.

Dave Caputi, Head Coach of Football,considers the challenge of getting pro-spective student athletes from outsideNew England and the Mid Atlantic toembark on one or more campus visits isa serious obstacle.

We dont go on the road to recruitkids, nor can we pay for them to visit,said Caputi.

As a Division III school, all visits toBowdoin by prospective student athletesare considered unocial. Under NCAAguidelines, these visits are nanced bythe prospective student, unlike the of-cial visits that a Division I school mayprovide, which are nanced either en-tirely or partially by the institution.

Modern technology, however, hashelped to level the playing eld. Howev-er, Caputi feels that while lm